Irvings Moral Quality and Modern Oratory Examined
The piece discusses how audience sensibility shapes reception of eloquence, notes city readers crave graphic tragedy, and argues Irving’s enduring influence rests on integrity in literature. It praises Irving and Scott for benevolent, wholesome writing and Thackeray’s tribute.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Atlantic
Irving
Scott
Thackeray
Lockhart
Heart of Midlothian
The Unreasonable Ant A Twainish Labors With Atract Ant
A narrator watches a common ant to argue it is oddly brainless though diligent. The ant forages, misplaces its haul, climbs weeds, and wanders in circles, failing to return home with its prize. A grasshopper leg leads to a comical, endless tug of war between two ants.
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Heidelberg
Paris
Strasburg
Ant
Jefferson Davis Plantation Leased by Four Former Slaves
The New York Post reports Jefferson Davis plantation at Hurri cane Mississippi is leased by a firm of four former slaves once owned by a brother of the Confederacy president. They own plantations valued at $75,000 and run mercantile business and hires in Vicksburg Mississippi.
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New York Post
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Vermont trackman wins lottery prize of a bookcase
A poor trackman in a Vermont town drew the big prize in a lottery, a bookcase, transferring it from the depot to the place where the lottery was conducted.
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Vermont
Silence and Solitude in Public Life Provokes Reflection
The Rev. Dr. Swing notes social withdrawal can harm a public figure. He says Charles Sumner’s solitary carriage rides deprived him of companionship that might have sustained his influence. He suggests even a servant or educated black person could have enriched the journey and fame, warning the world rescinds affection when isolation endures.
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New Orleans Picayune
Liberty
Grim Death and Safe Living Warn Against Invisible Threats
A column blends a satirical look at perfumed alarms with a call for scientific action to trap and kill germs unseen in air and water. A Washington letter quotes Alexander H. Stephens defending Webster from drunken slander, while short items note local oddities, prayers, and travel times for ships from New York to San Francisco.
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York
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