Aboard the Galt House Barroom Poker Night in Louisville
Four or five men drink in a barroom scene at the Galt House in Louisville. Captain Marryat is present with a companion, watching a high stakes poker game where bets soar to twenty thousand dollars. The tale blends cavorting gamblers, loaded pistols, and Marryat’s imagined future as a writer. The narrative shifts to a church interior tour in Trinity Church, with detailed architectural praise of windows, arches, and the organ, followed by a brief humorous vignette about a servant girl and a streetwise quip from officers.
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Galt House
Louisville
Captain Marryat
England
Bank of Louisville
Trinity Church
Christ
St. Paul
St. Peter
Heigthe
St. Paul’s
London
Upjohn
N. Y. Evening Post
Poker and vice in early American gambling tales
An excerpt from Captain Marryat’s Diary of America recounts a Louisville poker party where players wield dirks pistols and bowie knives, a youth losing thirty thousand dollars, and a fall from wealth to steam boat clerk. The tale centers on a once wealthy heir ruined by vice and his quiet fate on the levee.
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America
Captain Marryat
Louisvile
Picayune
Steamboat disasters and deaths in early U S history
A historical summary recounts early U S steam technology and fatal accidents. It cites 3010 engines nationwide in 1838, with 800 in steamboats, 230 deaths from boat accidents, and notable losses from Monmouth, Orohoke, Moselle, St Louis, Home, Ben Sherrod, and Lexington incidents, plus explosions and fires through 1841.
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Washington
Ohio River
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Mississippi
Orohoke
Cincinnati
Ohio
St. Louis
North Carolina
Ben Sherrod
Charleston
Baltimore
Lake Erie
Lexington
Erie
Swallow York Evening Gazette
Leap of Major McCulloch at Fort Henry remembered
The story recalls Major Samuel McCulloch escaping capture by Indians on September 29, 1771 during the Fort Henry siege led by Simon Girty. Surrounded on all sides near Wheeling Virginia, he rode toward a perilous cliff and leaped to safety, a bold act hailed as unmatched in frontier conflict.
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Samuel McCulloch
Wheeling
Virginia
McCulloch
Fort Henry
Simon Girty
McCullough
Short Creek
Bomb-Proof Town Turns Away Invading Troops
A regiment marching to seize a Tyrolean village finds a colony of Christians who resist with faith based works. The invaders discover no fighters, only farmers, blacksmiths, and spinning women, and retreat as the townspeople reveal they are all Christians.
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Tyrol
Portrait of Sir Robert Peel as a Premier in Debate
A clip describes Sir Robert Peel’s appearance and speaking style in the House of Commons. The account notes his light complexion sandy hair and full cheeks, then lauds his extraordinary debating powers, fluency, temper, and persuasive, non confrontational approach. It compares him to Col. Benton and Mr. Biddle for resemblance in voice and manner.
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New York Gazette and Times
England
House of Commons
Robert Peel
Col. Benton
United States Senate
Mr. Biddle
Philadelphia
Mother Faith After a Child's Death
A reflective passage on a mother's grief after losing a child, contrasting her constant ministering care with a father's dimmer sense of loss. It portrays memories, tenderness, and faith sustaining her through loneliness and sorrow, as she clings to God.
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God
FE. H. Chapin
Sailors’ Despair Move Russian Emperor to Embrace Religion
A melancholy tale describes two Jewish sailors in the Russian fleet who excelled in maneuvers during a fleet review. The emperor declares they must convert to Greek Orthodoxy, prompting the men to leap from a topmast and end their lives, a sacrifice whose effect on the czar is not recorded.
Reflective Verse On Godly Love And Humorous Fables
A windowed miscellany presents a sermon on the unfathomable love of God tied to nature and beauty with poetic reflections. It also offers parlor anecdotes and a comic tale about a bashful suitor and a clever cat based on overheard quips and anthropomorphic humor.
Paris letter describes convention sittings and agriculture plans
Mr Walsh reports regular sittings of the Convention of Agriculturists of the North. The Government lends countenance and aid and aims to establish societies in every district. A general scheme was submitted on the 7th instant to the Convention by the inspector general of Agriculture and was fully discussed.
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Walsh
Paris
Rhubarb or Pie Plant for Early Spring Use
Rhubarb or pie plant is praised as a prized esculent for early spring. It occupies little space and can bear for many years with few plants meeting family needs. Seeds sown in spring yield strong plants in a year, then transplanted to a rich border three to four feet apart. stocks should not be cut until two to three years old.
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Coleman
von Thaer
Ohio
Farming and agricultural tips from old journals
A collection of practical notes on farming methods and household remedies. Tips include soil preparation with dung layers for parsnips and carrots, a three hour cure for foundered horses using hot hogs lard, and reflections on corn bread and English agriculture. Also mentions curious physics anecdotes and social caution about trusting a wife named Peggy.
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J Porsyth
J.T. Niles
Proprietors and Publishers
Dorian Persgare
Saeacre
Courts of Ordinary
Court of Ordinary
the Times
Oglethorpe House
LAW Notices
John H. Powers
James N. West
Houston
Bibb
Crawford
Macon
Dooly
Pulaski
Twiggs
J. H. Powers
J. N. West
Perry
Houston County
Seaborn Williams
Tuskeere
Macon County
Ala
Messrs. Thomas & Downing
Columbus Ga
James E. Belser
Montgomery
Alabama
Jonn B. Weems
Columnus
Chattahoochee Circuit
M. Brannon
Bread Street
A. G. Foster
Attorney AT Law
Coumavus
Chattahoochee
Circait
Messrs
Harper & Holmes
W. Dearing & Sons
Poe & Nisbet
N.G. Foster
Columbus
Apalachicola
Fra
Painbridge
Decatur CO
Early, Baker
Decatur
Thomas
E. H W. Platt
Appaly
Baker County
Tif
Wostae
Tee
Front Street
Messrs. Yonge, Garrard & Hooper
John Byrne
William White
Elijah Harris
Edmond Sherman
Samuel Adams
John White
Lumpkin
Stewart County
Iscorgia
Allen Bates
Thomaston
Callon Oswaburgs
Ruse, Patten & Co
Pease
Alfred Iverson
Gen. Watson
Syle
B. W. Walker
R. Vpawnwer
Ibook Bimder
Enquirer
Times
C. P. Hervey
WM. K.schley
Episcopal Church
P.T. Schley
Je Davies
New York
New York City
Louis Davies
Broxaw & CleMons
Messrs. Bradley’s & Demmom
Jeal Brokaw
W. G. Clemons
Luke Reed, Jr
Market House
Broad Street
James Shaw & Co
India
NDIA
Loggins, &c. &c
H Bernbeuter
United States Regimental Band
Fort Moultrie
Columbus and Vicinity
Bernreuter
Just
Willis’ Dashes
Montezuma
Boston
Parleys
B. B. Degraffen
Oregin
B. B. Degraffenbied
Cuthbert Ga
R.C. Geiger
Randall C. Geiger
Cuthbert, Ga
Talbotton
Levi B. Smith
Talbotton, Ga
Het
J. Ennis & Co.s. Iron and Hardware Store
J. Ennis & CO
Victor Hugo
Hira
Cuever Berety
Taglioni
Lake
Como
Fanny Elssler
Fanny Cerito
Lucile Graan
Carlotta Grisi
Taz Marpes
Wasuarseron
Pennsylvanian
Ramsey, Marshall
Bancroft
General Washington
John Danridge
New Kent
Jared Sparks
Dandridge
Daniel Park Custis
G. W. P. Custis
American Portrait Gallery
Orlando Jones
Wales
Sir Robert Peel
Russia
Thompson
Zephyr
Agricultural
Agricultural Science
France
R. J. J. Ottery
Ron
Kane
Dorsetshire
Great Britain
Continent
Conn Brian
London Times
Times-man
Italy
Franklin
Cork
Jamison
Malbero
Bladensburg
Jones
Johnson
N. Carolina
Mr.phantsbein
Peggy
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