13 May 1847
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Newspaper
Fond Du Lac Whig
Location
Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1847
Page
1
Poem fragment describes a silver lake scene with ripples along the shore at sundown. Images include moonlight on water, the dipping paddle, and distant mountains, with references to night and dawn. Lyrical voyage evokes nature and solitary rowing.
In Nauvoo the ruins center on the temple built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints begun April 6 1841 and completed amid grand Roman style architecture with a baptismal font of twelve oxen. The observer describes the city’s collapsed streets 100 000 souls and the temple’s 128 feet length 92 feet high 292 feet tall, noting its sale offer for 200 001 dates local recollections and a departing Mormon narrator recounting hardship persecution and faith amid desolation. The account interweaves a somber travelogue with a second section on a Liverpool Times article praising Mr Parhurst invented propulsion promising faster steamship travel and potential Atlantic crossing reductions.
The extract cites Gen Taylor’s general order condemning marauding acts by some Arkansas cavalry in the Buena Vista period. It notes his hope to resume offensive operations, warns that disregard for discipline invites defeat, and recalls Arkansas volunteers fleeing the field while Yen and a hundred true men fought to restore honor, marking a notable moment in the battle’s history.
A Dublin Freewan's Journal entry on the fourth inst acknowledges US and Canada donations for Irish relief. It lauds American generosity, condemns hollow charity, and praises real aid across oceans. The District Court for the county will commence its spring term on the fourth Monday inst.
Wisconsin consensus voices a strong rebuke as the Milwaukee Sentinel reports the proposed constitution for Wisconsin Territory is decisively rejected. The paper lauds the public for discarding what it calls a misdrafted and impractical charter, praising voters across the east center and west for their decisive action.
Julycia Livero notes late election returns for Illinois delegates to a Constitutional Convention showing 38 Locus and 17 White selected. The Chicago Journal says the convention is anti radical, while the Rochester American reports the schooner Raw Owl bound for Kingston with a cargo of tallow disappeared after a gale and later shipwreck fears, with crew presumed lost then later found aboard, the vessel having drifted near Dutch territories awaiting spring.
A fragmentary reminiscence of a sociable evening with friends, books and conversation. Characters Jemmy and Sir Cound discuss sharing papers and catalogs while the mood sifts through light banter and polite entreaties.
In New Orleans municipal elections Whigs secured a sweeping win across six of seven wards 13 aldermen chosen for the Mantipaly Council with a broad majority. The Locos were unable to stop the Whigs despite strong effort and a close vote in the Seventh Ward. Legislative election results gave the Liccufacos 222 more votes, signaling a Whig control of the city government for the coming year.
The report states that before he died the soldier spoke of his father. He drew two pistols from his belt and handed them to Capt Cutter with a message for his father saying he had given them to him and had done all he could. He was then surrounded by the enemy and his final words were heard.
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