Fra Diavolo's Steady Escape From Murder Plot
Translated anecdotes recount Fra Diavolo fending off four assassins in a Calabrian inn, then deceiving a captain by posing as the barber assistant. He later saves two brigands from execution near Arni and confounds authorities with a daring disguise and quick wit.
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Castle“mare
Esmoky Slamp
Fr. Diavolo
Fra Diavolo
Fra Diavola
Lam Fra Diavolo
Sitle
Arni
Fra Dtavolo
Narmely
Salerno
Fra Diasele
Aready
Pra Diavolo
Abhal
4TV
Fra Diaveio
Great Western Brings London Papers and Ocean News
The steamship Great Western arrived in New York eight days after Europe, with 159 passengers and papers from London dated the 11th and Liverpool dated the 12th. Reports include a quiet cotton market, Irish storms, and a treaty between France and Morocco.
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New York Tribune
Europe
Great Western
Matthews
New York
London
Liverpool
Passagggia
Ireland
Trouble in Canton over weather-vane arrow at flag-staff
A May 17 letter from Bos ton recounts clashes in Canton sparked by a gilt arrow weather-vane on the consulate flag-staff. Chinese protests escalated to stone-throwing and musket fire as Americans removed the top-mast and repelled a mob, with future tensions warned.
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Canton
Boston
Acadia
Forbes
Whampoa
Mate Crash
Recutor Journal
Loss of Goods on Brig Henry Clay After Basin Leak
The brig Henry Clay with merchandize from interior merchants arrived Friday night. On Saturday the hold held four feet of water when unloading began. Initial cause believed to be basin drainage, later found outside plank broken creating a hole about the size of a brick.
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Henry Clay
Root
Unknown vessel injury reports and extensive goods loss
A report notes a ship suffered an undisclosed injury with goods totaling between 2500 and 3000 dollars. The narrative describes an encampment near the Blue Bell and a family resisting infection despite warnings. Several members returned after a storm while an old man sheltered in a deserted building to survive the cold. One sister was later brought home unable to speak. This mirrors other similar cases.
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Alilan Tribune
Blue Bell
Dearborn
Jand
Tard
Phila. Eng
Terrible Steamboat Disaster in Louisrus Courier
The Lucy Walker steamboat exploded after boiler failure near New Albany, killing and missing many passengers. Capt. L B Dunham and crew rescued survivors, with prayers for the injured and praise for Dunham. Tents near Isaac Yacomb’s field host refugees facing exposure and hunger, while New Jersey tents and a Philadelphia treasurer alarm threaten aid efforts.
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Louisrus Courier
Lucy Walker
Vana
New Orleans
New Albany
U.S
Gopher
L. B. Dunham
Dunham
Thasis
Ffty
Ffteen
John Nixon
Henry Bebee
Deplorable Millerism Case Details Reach City
The report outlines a painful sequence linked to Millerism with infections among two milliner women and their relatives a grey headed father mother sister husband and two grandchildren. The family left their Northwest city residence early Monday.
Carthage Court Watches Mormon Encampment Fears Outbreak
The Carthage county court convened as the grand jury probes the Staiths murder. Sharp and Williams are free awaiting action. About 150 to 200 Mormons camp near Carthage with Indians nearby. officials fear possible outbreak despite no indictments yet. Two visitors found no weapons but suspect arms hidden in wagons.
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Warsen
Till
Carthage
Sharp
Williams
Falsehoods Corrected on Rhode Island Suffrage Debate
A Provoocratic note defends free suffrage in Rhode Island against Dorrite claims. It argues no native faced punishment for opinions, but for attempts to seize state arsenals, plunder cannon and powder, and disrupt government. It cites the formation of the Law and Order party uniting Democrats, suffrage men, and Whigs to uphold state dignity and laws.
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Glasgow
Alt
Astley Cooper
Str Aatly
Ile
Si Astley
Dundee
Hebt
Prench
Nanwucket
James Lapar
Jibe Island
Christopher Slussey
Nantucket
Halsniza
Rhode Island
Savage
Law and Order Party of
Morse Telegraph Scorched by Lightning in Baltimore
During a thunder storm in Baltimore on Tuesday the Morse Magnetic Telegraph was shut down as lightning struck wires. The superintendent removed the galvanic batteries to avoid injury and proved that atmospheric electricity and battery electricity operate identically on conductors.
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Baltimore
Morse
Magnetic Telegraph
Release of 104 Texan prisoners from Perote Castle
The New Orleans Picayune reports from Havana via Vera Cruz that on the 16th ultimo the 104 remaining Texan prisoners were released from Perote Castle. The act, attributed to Santa Anna, ends months of family distress and follows his leave of absence from the Chambers to tend private affairs after his wife’s death.
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Mexico
New Orleans Picayune
Havana
Vera Cruz
Trent
Castle of
Perote
Texas
United States
Santa Anna
Capitol
Magna de Clavo
Cheap Postage for Youth and a Bold Wartime Feat
The New York Evening Mirror argues cheap post age strengthens morals and minds through home contact and pen use, claiming a penny rate could boost literacy and neural power nationwide. It recounts General Amherst and General Putnam in a lake battle where wedges and a beetle aided taking an armed French vessel at night.
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Russia
Prince Albert
Duc de Monpensier
Duchess of ‘Kent
Duchess of Kent
Levis Pinhippe
Peneliness
Vicount Sydney
Charles Wellesley
Cleth Aarshall
Louis Philippe
England
Louis XVII
Kent
Duke of Orleans
Waterloo
Palais Royal
Louis Phiippe
New York Evening Mirror
United States
Gene Ad Putnam
Canada
Amherst
Putnam
Petham
Patnam
Remarkable Essex Pigimony Prompts Whig Senate Hopes
In a report to the Essex Agricultural Society, Poole chronicles a famed porker raised by John Aley of Lynn. The hog weighed 1200 pounds and yielded fat for pots and doughnuts, while the author notes the animal lived as a bachelor. The piece ends noting the next Senate is expected to be Whig.
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Poole
Essex Agricultural Society
John Aley
Lynn
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Suite
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Gomer
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Kient
Countess of Gainsborough
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Earl of Liverpool
Robert Peel
Isaac Yacomb
Darby Road
Lfe
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
St. Louis
Orse
United States Senate
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