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Buntingdon Journal
Cary Byars Hounly
French Capture of San Juan de Ulloa Castle at Vera Cruz
The French Navy under Rear Admiral Baudin bombarded the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa near Vera Cruz on Nov 27. After intense shelling, the fort surrendered the same day, with 400 Mexican casualties and 1000 troops allowed to stay in the city to maintain order. The French gained control of the castle while Mexico retained civil authority in the town.
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Vera Cruz
San Juan de Ulloa
Washington
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Rincon
el Caballero
Louis Philippe
U. S
Woodbury
U.S
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N. O. Bulletin
Castle of
St. Juan de Ulloa
C. Baudin
Jtown
Cela
Aldam
Rumored Patriotic Invasion Skirts Upper Canada
Correspondents report a small body of men gathering near the Maumee frontier. General Brady suspects patriots and uses a steamboat to monitor crossings. A night raid lands 17 Tory dead and a patriot killed, with fires burning several houses and a steamboat near Detroit opposite shore. Further movements are described but cut off mid sentence due to imperfect text.
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Upper Canada
Brady
Detroit
Invasion Ends in Allied Victory at Detroit
The Detroit Advertiser reports the invasion ended with 70 militiamen and 6 regulars defeating the invaders. Twelve attackers were killed and 11 taken prisoner with hot pursuit after the rest. General Brady’s seven prisoners were examined and bound over for trial. Theiler was arrested in Detroit on the fifth and bailed. No Canadian residents joined the invaders.
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Detroit
Brady
Theiler
Execution of Gen Von Shultz and Canadian affairs
Report from Sackett’s Harbor notes the hanging of Patriot commander Von Shultz in Kingston and expected executions of Colonel Abbey and Mr. George, with possible Woodruff sanction pending. Includes Detroit Post dispatch on Patriot landings near Windsor and fighting with British forces, casualties on both sides, and looting actions.
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Sackett’s Harbor Journal
Canada Affairs
Gen. von Shultz
von Shultz
Kingston
Colonel Abbey
Mr. George
Mr. Woodruff
Woodruff
British surgeon arrives amid conflicting casualty report
Reported deaths shift from fifteen to forty three as British forces clash with patriots. Rumor says 263 London District patriots join insurgents while 200 royalists march from Sandwich. Patriots, now in woods, repulse enemy. British retreat with baggage and artillery observed.
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London
Sandwich
Destructive explosion on steamer Gen. Brown at Helena
The New Orleans Bulletin reports the Gen. Brown blew up on the Helena barge road on the 28th aiding passengers and freight. The blast hurled two boilers from the boat and wrecked the boiler deck. The accident is linked to steamboat racing and draws calls for legal scrutiny and reform.
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Gen. Brown
Helena
Road to ruin warning from a hanging crime confession
The Cincinnati Mirror cites a recently hanged burglar and murderer who said his crime began by stopping a paper without paying. It argues that such nonpayment is a double crime, defrauding the printer and betraying readers, and warns others away from this path to ruin.
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Cincinnati Mirror
A Noble Boy and His Irrepressible Anger
A narrator admires a lively boy who embodies true boyish nature with faults and caprices. An impulsive moment sees the child seize a hammer and smash furniture, chairs, books, and mirrors, revealing playful mischief.
Boy and Father Clash over Wall Battering Lesson
An exchange shows a boy smashing walls while his father contemplates punishment. The father resists whipping after promising restraint and later tests the boy with a dangerous fence stunt. A reflective narrator recalls instructive talk on truth, happiness, and consequences, ending with the boy asking for a wagon.
Popular Errors in the Southern Literary Messenger
A list of common faults in society and manners. The piece notes that bold professions for the People are not true friendship, courage shows in action not bravado, lighting a pipe on a stagecoach suits a gentleman, and warns that a lawyer need not lie to succeed. It also critiques overfamiliarity, naming friends as danger, and cites customs on wills bread age and learning through citation.
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Southern Literary Messenger
Tom
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