Romantic Wedding in Wales and a tale of thwarted love
A true romance unfolds in a Welsh village where a groom deserts his bride, returns years later after personal hardship, and reunites with her after a staged court of fete. The wedding binds two who once parted, amid social pressure, family strife, and travel memories. The piece closes noting that truth can be stranger than fiction and details an advertisement on frugality and economy.
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Wales
Exes
Haying
London
Augusta Banner
Busness
Augustine
Mrs
Fife
Poetic traveler greets hostler with grandiose orders
A facetious traveler in the interior arrives at his lodging and requests the hostler to unbind and feed the horse with elaborate language. The boy runs in to tell the master a Dutchman wishes to see him, highlighting a language gap and comic misunderstanding.
Abolition Views Prominent in Kentucky Convention Debate
The Louisville Public Advertiser argues that if Kentucky called a convention with plenary power to remodel the Constitution, free labor advocates would prevail and slavery would be abolished. The piece also cites Wellerisms about marital warmth and a husband’s blunt warning to his wife.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Loco Foco Repeal Meeting A Political Spectacle
A thin Cap itol gathering opposed Locofoco repeal. Ex-Officials led the event with sharp anti bank rhetoric. the crowd dwindled as speeches critiqued Jacksonian policy and Ex-Regency. The piece condemns Locofoco aims and warns against a new bank charter and party manipulation.
Bogus Money Ring Detained by Richland County Jail
A gang of Bogus makers was arrested and jailed in Richland County. One member burned State's evidence to escape, but the magistrate correctly jailed him with associates. Dr Morse, a leading Locofoco, previously petitioned to legalize Bogus money manufacture, a bid that largely failed yet continues among his supporters.
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John Brough
Cincinnati
Queen City
Richland County
Morrs
O. S. Jour
Congress Whigs vote repeal of Sub-Treasury Bill
All Whigs present voted for repeal except Mr Sprigg of Kentucky who opposed the regular Whig candidate. Henry A Wise was absent. Messrs Gilmer and Mallory of Virginia voted in the affirmative. The majority in favor was 4711.
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Congress
Sprigg
Louisville
Henry A. Wise
Gilmer and Mallory
Governor Corwin under attack in Portsmouth Tribune
The Portsmouth Tribune ridicules Governor Corwin’s residence in Lebanon and his salary, accusing him of anti Locofoco actions. The piece contrasts Corwin with the State Printer and Auditor, mocks the whistle blowing against scandal, and questions the Governor’s use of funds amid political infighting.
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Coerwin
Portsmouth Tribune
Corwin
Lebanon
Ohio
Columbus
Shannon
anti-Lucas
Ohio Statesman
Dick Johnson
Circleville
Treasury
Cassie
Locofoco
Lynch Law Critique of Kentucky Lynching Sparks Editorial Alarm
A Louisville era American Sentinel editorial denounces a Kentucky lynching as a monstrous perversion of law. It condemns vigilante violence, warns of public moral implosion, and calls for accountability for all participants, stressing lasting shame on the offenders and their families. The piece cites Haman and Ros Esprenne as moral parallels and urges vigilance against future mob actions.
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Kentucky
West
Haman
Ros- Esprenne
American Sentinel
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Ara Bia
Mount Hor
Dead Sea
Isthmus
House of Representatives
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Loco-Foco
Alabama
C. dc
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Col. Payne
House
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New York
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Jackson
Adeline
Boston
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Appling
Georgia
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Wilson
Argus
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Locofocos
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