Printed and Published by Ss. & C. A. Preston Notice
Office moved to the new White House near O Jenney's Mansion on the north side of the street. Terms two dollars per year prepaid, otherwise two dollars and thirty cents. No paper discontinued without editors' option. Advertisements three times for one dollar per square, with twenty five cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal annual discounts offered. Most country produce accepted in payment until all arrearages are cleared.
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White House
O. Jenney
Hovusk
Winter in New York Life and Broadway Carnival
A midwinter panorama of New York City in 1837, contrasting Winter's social bustle with summer, describing Broadway sleighing, the crowded streets, and diverse classes from beggars to fashionable loafers, alongside a Troy Whig meditation on happiness being broadly distributed among all ranks and conditions.
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New York
Our Republic
Niagara
Atlantic
Metropolis
Babylon
Jeremy Diddler
Jeremy
Broadway
the Battery
Harlem
Great Avenue
Hyde Park
Cheapside
Oxford
Regent
Newgate Streets
London
Corso
Rome
Strado Toledo
Naples
Paris
St. Petersburgh
Babel
Troy Whig
Frightful scene of shipwreck victims in barn memory
An observer at Sempstead describes the Mexico disaster with vivid horror. He recounts fifty frozen bodies in a tavern barn, many in the clothes they died in, including children and a grieving sister who clung to her sister’s icy face, and notes rope marks and torn treats.
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Boston Mercantile Journal
Mexico
Long Island Beach
Spee
Sempstead
Lott
Pepper
England
Attempt on the life of the King of the French in Paris
In Paris near the Tuilleries a pistol shot failed to wound the King as guards and troops lined the route. The glass shattered, striking Dukes of Orleans and Nemours while the Prince Royal was wounded slightly. Three young men behind guards were involved. one fired and others halted by bystanders. The three were arrested and identified as about 22 or 23, one possibly linked to Societes des Familles.
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National Guards
Quai de Tuilleries
Pont Royal
Duke de Nemours
Jaqueminot
Palais Bourbon
Societes Des Familles
Calhoun Faces Senate Letter Over Land Bill Imputation
Senator Calhoun confronts a Chief Magistrate letter accusing him of motives in land policy. He demands retraction or formal action, asserting no public land purchases in ten years and warning of consequences if the charge stands. The exchange centers on alleged presidential involvement and speculative impact on land prices.
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Senate
Calhoun
Washington
United States
Congress
House of Representatives
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The
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