Mecklenburgs Pardons Turn Convicts to US
The Mecklenburg News defends pardons granted to Albert Bierstedt and three others, who must depart to the United States and never return. It notes several similar applications under consideration and argues European governments routinely use such pardons. It warns against turning America into a global Botany Bay and urges action to curb crime and pauper exodus.
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England
Botany Bay
France
Russia
Siberia
Grand Duchy of
Mecklenburg- Schwerin
America
Mecklenburg News
New York
Grand Duke
Albert Bierstedt
Dreibergen
United States
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand Ducal
Bierstedt
Mecklenburg
Department of Justice
Minister of Justice
Brooklyn
Mercantile Journal
Washingtons Mount Vernon Letters Revealing Minute Management
Long Island Historical Society holds 123 original Washington letters from 1793 to 1798 showing detailed estate oversight, crop rotation, stock care, and weekly reports. The correspondence also covers social matters, hospitality limits, and personal views on servants and visitors. Society plans to publish the letters with editorial notes and illustrations.
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The
Long Island Historical Society
Washington
Mount Vernon
William Pearce
Nathaniel Pearce
Edward Everett
Everett
J. Careen Brevoort
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Reading
Carlisle
Fanny Washington
Dr. Craik
Alexandria
Congress
Pendaines
Betty Davis
Huzzy
United States
Sarah
Cyrus
Nelly Custis
Dr. Stuart
Federal City
James
How Coffee Was Discovered in Abyssinia
In the fifteenth century a weary Arab traveler in Abyssinia found berries on a tree that imparted aroma when crushed. He dropped the crushed berries into his water by chance, which purified the liquid and revived him. Arriving in Aden he told the Mufti, who tried the infusion and named the tree Cannah for force.
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Abyssinia
Aden
Arabia
The Mason Sign at an English Inn Trick
A traveling woman at a West England inn exposes the Mason sign to a tailor by leading him through the kitchen to the street. She identifies the Lion and the Lamb sign as the Free Mason sign of innkeeper Mr Lorder, betting he cannot tell the truth. The tailor, fearing Masonry discipline, is dragged along, then learns he was fooled by the sign.
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England
Brigandage in Greece Haunts Athens Amidin Solvency Woes
Mr. Watson of the British Legation at Athens reports Greece has been chronically insolvent for seven years. Annual public safety costs reach £32,000 with brigandage spending of £7,000, yet brigands increase. In two years 47 were murdered, 21 wounded, 19 ransomed, 107 captured, with £15,482 paid by six to ransom.
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Watson
Athens
Greece
Pentelicus
Cithsron
Prussian Uhlans Overrun Austrian Hussars in Saar Skirmish
A brisk Prussian cavalry advance near Saar triggers an intense street clash with Austrian hussars from the regiment of Hesse Cassel. The Uhlans drive the Austrians back through the town, taking 1 officer and 22 NCOs and privates prisoner along with about 40 horses, while some Prussians are killed or wounded.
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Saar
Hesse Cassel
9Th Regiment of Uhlans
Brunn
Austria
Prussia
Hussars
Market-Place
Teller
Prisoners Hailed as Hungarians Versus Prussian Cavalry
Germans were few. most captives were Hungarians described as smart, wiry, and horsemanlike. They appeared capable yet could not match the tall, strong Prussian cavalry, which seemed to sweep them from saddles with ease.
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Ina Meles
Prussia
Assault on Queen Victoria and historic attacks
A retrospective look traces assaults on Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1842 and a 1850 cane strike. It notes Oxford and Pate as insane or misguided, Bean thwarted by bystander, and O Connor fired unloaded pistols. Parliament passed whipping and imprisonment for future delinquents, with sympathy toward Victoria.
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Victoria
Edward Oxford
Constitution Hill
Buckingham Palace
Bethlehem Hospital
John Francis
Old Bailey
J. W. Bean
Pate
Oxford
O’connor
Bean
Forneyte Press
Whirling Dervishes of Egypt Entertain in Awe
A traveler witnesses fifteen dervishes and a boy perform a hypnotic spinning ritual in a marked circular arena. Dressed in dark gowns with white petti coats and gray hats, they bow to the sacred rug and spin for eight minutes at high speed. An elderly performer reaches 656 revolutions in a single final minute as the hourlong ceremony ends with graceful, floating motions.
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Dervish
A Widow with Taking Ways
The New Haven Palladium reports a handsome widow from New Haven riding to Hartford by rail. A western merchant, traveling east on business, shared her seat in a crowded car and quickly learned she was a widow. By the Asylum Street depot in Hartford they had formed a close understanding, and New Haven will lose a widow to marriage.
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New Haven
Sweet Fuel on Morro Gasile Aboard
During a four day West Indies to New York voyage the Morro Gasile faced a fierce storm. Captain Curtis ordered sugar burned with coal to keep the furnace going ten thousand dollars worth of crude sugar consumed. A soldier desertion case ended with his ear being cut off and the Rogue's March echoing as he left the courtyard. He quipped, I have no ear for music.
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Morro Gasile
West Indies
New York
Curtis
Enine
Agricultural Convention at Washington draws vast reach
Delegates from nearly every state and territory attend the Washington agricultural convention. Commissioners clash with the gathering yet the meeting leads to resolutions urging expanded land grants and new state departments, plus plans for experimental stations and increased seed publication funding. A winter 1873 return is planned. Also a New Haven fishing club stocks streams with 25,000 trout and 100,000 salmon for future fishing festivities.
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Washington
Watts
Arkansas
Texas
Florida
Utah
Friends of Agriculture
George B. Loring
Massachusetts
Smythe
New Hampshire
Presidente Clark
Gregory
Ilinois
Cornell
Cornell University
Ithaca
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Senate
Congress
Townsend Glover
Agricultural Department
Taylor
Pennsylvania
United States Department
United States
New Haven
Conn
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Sarah Green
Mr. Pearce
Htow
Lance
Hozier
Queen Victoria
Egypt
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