Survivor of the Sepoy Mutiny Recalls Lucknow Siege
James E. Dockrey an American born widower and former cleric who served with the Volunteer naval brigade under Sir Henry Havelock recalls fighting in the 1857 Indian mutiny. He describes marches through India, brutal combats at Lucknow and the residency siege, then medicine and memory gaps leading to his admission to Blockley insane department.
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Blockley
James E. Dockrey
New York
Richardson
James Dockrey
Es E. Dockrey
Dr. Chardson
Insane Department
India
Australia
Melbourne
America
Aberdeen
Bombay
Volunteer Naval Brigade
Stewart
Calcutta
Sir Henry Havelock
Anand
Kootapoor
Shanghai
Cawnpore
Til
Lucknow
Residency
Ofs
Dockrey
Canada
Bismarck's Dream and a European Realignment
The Cincinnati Times-Star reports on alleged Anglo-Russian tensions and Austria's growing influence in Constantinople. It suggests a possible realignment that could push Turkey from European power balance, with Austria expanding toward the Bosporus and Germany potentially annexing Austrian lands.
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Austria
Russia
England
Constantinople
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Franz Joseph
Dardanelles
Bismarck
Turkey
Europe
Bosphorus
Afghanistan
Cincinnati Tunes- Star
Editorial War Waver Sidelined by Tongue Tangle
A Detroit Free Press humor piece lampoons a war editor at his desk struggling with geography and diction. The scene pivots on mispronounced Afghanistan and imagined advisories to Gladstone, hinting at political indecision in international affairs.
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Afghanistan
James
Yessir
Tommy
Gladstone
Martha
Rawil-Pisode
Kushk
Komaroff
England
Sarakhs
Kohn-Dilain
William
Detroit Free Press
Wealth and Social Rank in the Old South
Mrs. Falconer notes in the Current that Southern wealth was limited by production constraints but social rank rested on family lineage and demeanor. The elite admitted by lineage, with property aiding status but not necessary, while many owned no slaves or wealth yet shared in prestigious society.
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Old South
Remembering Thomas F Marshall A Kentucky Orator
A Louisville Courier Journal correspondent recalls Thomas F Marshall as a brilliant, volatile Kentucky figure. The portrait covers his eloquence in Philadelphia lectures and courtroom moments, his defense of Matt Ward, leadership among Lexington hunters, a Versailles stump speech, and a dramatic Pilcher confrontation that left Pilcher terrified and defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quincey Adams
Louisville Courier-Journal
Thomas F. Marshall
Kentucky
Marshall
Henry Clay
Adams
Orpheus
Phryne
Rhadamanthus
Petersboro
Crichton
Sir William
Congress
Philadelphia
Napoleon the Great
Napoleon Bonaparte
Julius Cesar Begottten
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Shakspeare
Cable
Matt Ward
Prof
Butler
Louisville
George D. Prentice
Louisville Journal
Crittenden
Helm
Wolfe
Wood
Garrick
Talma
Lexington
Nazarene
Longfellow
Old Acquaintance Reveals Lost Ring and Past Betrothal
A dramatic moment unfolds as an old flame claims to have once loved Mr. Johnson and presents a ring he gave her long ago. Mrs. Johnson learns the item may be the ring she entrusted to him when they were engaged in 1865, sparking tension among the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
John
San Francisco Chronicle
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Daniel
Dickinson
Versailles
John J. Critten
Flora
Bacchus
Fahnestoc
Pilcher
Fielding
Squire Weston
John Wilks
O'Connell
Ben Hardin
John Randolph
Corn Island
Ohio
la Belle Riviere
Eden
FVTVT
Harris’ Rose
M’fc
ST. Louis
Reestowine Bupty
Chen
U.S
Merita
Adidresa Bass Bros
Terrell
Texas
F. Smith & CO
St. Louiss
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