Power of knowledge and its uses in society
A dense discourse extols education’s reach beyond religion and art, urging expansive state support for seminaries and primary schooling. It argues knowledge builds the state, cites a poet’s lines on citizenship, and previews further selections from the address. Also noted are Sudden Death of Miss Adeline Hasbrouck, an arrest for horse and negro stealing, and Florida’s new constitutional setup with May elections and June assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genbrook and
Samuels
Bayou de Glaize
Louisiana
Strong
Thomas Rose
McClure
Rose
N. O. Bee
Florida
Uoer
Congress
U. S
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
Courts of Chancery
Circuit Courts
Murder and mayhem spread through drunken quarrel
A house alarmed at two o'clock Thursday morning exposed a brutal scene. A young man lay seriously injured on the floor with a severe head wound and a blood-streaked face. his drunken brother stood nearby with a chair remnant. The brother mistook him for a robber and beat him nearly to death. the injured man may recover. Also notes a farm soil improvement by salt and its effects on grass, turnips, and manure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily American Eagle
John Randolph
Roanoke
Wmn. B. May
Edgefield Court House
Jack Black Knight
Joseph W. Dobson
Expenses of the White House and past presidents
A Washington writer notes that the president's 25 000 dollar salary seems large but is quickly spent on receptions and entertainments. He cites Tyler's sixteen months costing over 33 000 dollars and Jackson leaving with less than travel expenses after eight years. He argues these are painful facts of public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Tyler
James River
Virginia
Jackson
Hermitage
Mineral Resources of Alabama in Randolph County
In Randolph county Alabama there are five large mines of cee and gal and several minor ones producing about 125000 dollars annually and employing 200 to 500 people. Tallapoosa county also has rich gold and silver mines with Goldville supported by one mine. Gold has been found in Coosa Talladega and Chambers counties. In Randolph there is an inexhaustible bed of iron ore with low melting loss. Nitre coal salt and lead ore are found in other counties.
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Alabama
Randolph County
Ala
Ead
Tallapoosa County
Goldville
Coosa
Talladega
Chambers
Randolph
Cotton Seed Hulling Machine Demonstrated at Battersea Mill
A Petersburg Intelligencer report tours Mr. Jabez Sasit’s Battersea Mill to witness an improved Cotton Seed Hulling Machine. The device, belt powered, hulls rough seed rapidly with a clean output, delivering about one bushel per minute under proper operation. Historical notes mention oil extraction profits and past uses of cotton seed oil, including lamp oil and paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg Intelligencer
Jabez Sasit
Battersea
Petersburg
Smith & Boisseau
Fire Burns Butler Smokehouse and Losses Reported
Smokehouse of Maj T P Butler in Greenville burned to the ground on Saturday night with 2 3000 lbs of bacon and other goods. The wind was light so other buildings were not in much danger. Creek and Pawnee fighting reported near Little River with six Creek warriors killed. Pawnees vow revenge. Seminole chief Halleck Tus-te-nuggee figures in potential trouble for Pawnees. Astor's wealth estimated at 25 million with annual nett gain near 4 percent. New York tax on city real estate over 34000 paid in three installments.
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Astor
Greenville Mountaineer
Maj
T. P. Butler
Arkan
J. W. Taylor
Little River
Fort Gibson
Halleck
New York True Sun
Unfolding Tale of a Munich Princess and a Printer
A letter from Munich recounts a curious case where a tailor’s wife becomes a Princess through a series of clandestine events. A midwife’s confession after years of fraud leads to a rightful claim and acceptance by the biological father, altering fortunes and marriages. A second item notes Cameron of Pennsylvania rising from apprentice printer to U.S. Senator.
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Munich
Journal de Prankfort
Hilpers
Brussels
M. H
M. Sch
M. de Spengel
Vilpers
U. S. Senate
Philadelphia Sentinel
Cameron
U.S
Pennsylvania
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Elysium
N. Y. Com. Adv
Adeline Hasbrouck
Stephen Hasbrouck
Broadway
The
Republican
Extra
Charleston
Liverpool
Smith and Wilmer
Avousta
Washingtonian
Dry Creek Church
Sanan
A. Mel Cottover
Eufaula
Alw
Saran C. Cargoes
Camden
S. C
Avexaxpen McCaise
Pottersvile
Misister
Edgefield Baptist Association
Dry Creek
J. M. Chiles
Edgefield
Bland & Butler’s
Leacock & Co
London
Cavendish
Louis Covar. Ie
C. M. Gray
Edgefield Village
WM. W. Goodman
N. B
State of
South Carolina
Daniel Boon
George Hornard Othiners
John Gm Horn
George Elenburg
Larkin Elenburg
Ralph Elenburg
Adam
Nicholas Elenburg
George Horn, Sr
John Hill
Edgefield District
Felix Lake
Benjamin Sorgy
Georges Delaughter
G. M. Roper
Adin'r
Win
Vance
Josiah King
Amos Bush
Joan Bussey
Ryan
Connell
Wm. P. Butler
J. D. Tibbetts
WM. I. Atkinson
Ersons
Anna M._ Terry
J. Terry
E. C. Beer
Messrs. Frazier & Addison's
A&c
Ted
G C. Gordon
United States’ Hotel
Jesse Mercer
C. D. Mallary
Edgefield C
Mantca Maree 8
Holliday
James Minor
Robert Brooks
Spencer Minor
Abbeville Court House
Jeremiah Seigler
John H. Hollingsworth
H. Boulware
Rel
Ty Iai
Mayhe
Hitb
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