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Newspaper
Cambridge Reveille
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1850
Page
1
She walks in beauty like the night of cloudless skies and stars. A blend of dark and bright, her face and eyes glow with a tender light that heaven itself could not deny. Her features and brow radiate calm eloquence and a goodness spent, with a mind at peace and a heart innocent.
A fragmented excerpt from the Indiana State Journal invokes biblical verses about God’s presence in darkness and night. It weaves themes of faith, heavenly praise, and eventual deliverance as storms, chains, and impending death give way to dawn and joy.
A reader asks about the dew on beauty's lips with Dr Arrowshank offering a humorous take on its alleged secretions. Dayton and Jerusalem size comparisons amuse readers while Evitors Sentinel urges broad legal reform to abolish lawyers and reform court procedures.
Mr. Roll posted bond and issued his injunction against the Railroad on Saturday. The Cemetery board has not yet posted bond. Directors suspended work amid interruptions and reroute examinations toward Mount Auburn. A stockholders meeting convenes to decide whether to abandon the enterprise or press the eastern route. Property owners oppose the road and seek large compensation for land taken.
A compact quip item notes a woman’s lack of love for a flower and a fear that a son flower may arise. The Times sharpens its critique, comparing itself to a gall-snipper, in a playful period tone.
The piece details the St Anthony Falls on the Mississippi with a horsehoe bend and a dam site powering a mill and boom. notes the region's pine country as future revenue and manufacturing promise for the Territory. It also recounts a Windsor North Carolina serenade prank where a misdirected boat party frightened a deaf old man and caused chaos, ending with the daughter safe and the pranksters fleeing.
The State vs. Wesley Goodwin ended with a not guilty verdict on perjury after a venue shift from Henry county. The State vs. Simon Mayer resulted in a 14 year penitentiary sentence and $1000 fine for an assault and attempted murder on Leopold Lynse at Dickover's house west of Hagerstown. Mayer and the prosecution witness are German Jews who arrived last summer. Mayer reportedly tried to seize Lynse's money and notes before the shooting. The jury’s ruling and Mayer's stubborn claim of innocence are noted as the court’s action.
In a Senate address on Clay’s Compromise Resolutions, Webster rejects secession as impossible and warns against disunion while urging conciliatory action between North and South. He emphasizes the nation’s unity, warns of war if disunion occurs, and discusses Texas, colonization, and the distribution of public lands.
A voice declares a republic has grown beyond its former bounds, extending across the continent and touching the two seas. The passage invokes classical imagery to describe a protective shield, with the oceans circling its edge in living silver.
Washington March 18. Numerous petitions presented. A bill authorizing twelve thousand dollars to the Winnebago Indians reported from Judiciary and passed. Senate debated Clay's resolutions with Mr Badger warning of possible disunion from current legislation while postponing the subject. California questions discussed in House with Williams defending Taylor and Casey noting constitutional limits and North South divides.
March reports show no changes in markets with coffee dull and provisions steady as pork rises slightly. A schooner sank after snagging a landing near Portsmouth, with some deck passengers drowned. Washington confirms several diplomats and officials. a disturbing crude note reports a molasses hogshead death and a later odd gout cure recipe.
A lady remarks the prettiest bonnet she knows is the bonnet drawn after a quarrel from your heckand. The line preserves local color and shows playful slang in a dated voice.
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