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Newspaper
Erie Observer
Location
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1850
Page
1
A fragmentary verse scene describes light on waters and starry grace as water spirits glide over glittering waves. They chant a mournful hymn, a dirge for one who sleeps below, titled the Mariner's Requiem.
In a Green Mountains homestead during a harsh winter a vanished family faces hunger and peril. Marion and the Graham children rescue a dying father and his starving daughter Isabel, guiding them home as Isabel grows, heals, and later becomes a wife to James Graham with Marion as a lifelong companion.
A fragmentary poem praising religion, country, small government, and rural virtue. It extols family as the state, farmers, soil, and domestic virtue, while opposing centralized rule and greed and hinting at economic contentment through land. The lines reference God, empire, and a critique of excessive leadership.
Portrait sketches of Col Bissell and Col Davis in Congress highlight their appearance, demeanor, and stance on slave questions. The piece then profiles rival Speakership candidates Winthrop and Cobb, plus key Georgia figures Toombs and Stephens, describing their looks, oratory, and influence in the House.
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