16 Mar 1839
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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1839
Page
1
The piece proclaims a poetical journey from a Green Mountain homeland toward the expansive west and Atlantic shores. It contrasts bright landscapes with a heart full of longing, memory, and hope for a distant future, naming Viona as a focal memory or figure.
In Liverpool a couple about to marry reach the church yard gate where the groom reveals three conditions he will demand after marriage. He insists on eating alone and finding fault unjustified but the bride parries with witty comebacks, promising to eat first and to prevent fault finding.
The passage argues honesty over scheming for wealth, noting that greed leads to ruin. It cites that worldly men tempt fate by rushing means to riches, neglecting proper secrecy, and inevitably damaging themselves through disorderly passions.
A mariner recalls a voyage with his father to hunt a hare aboard a nimble vessel. After riding a trim ship toward the quarry, the horse falls onto a rock, breaking the back stay and dumping him overboard. The ship then capsizes, and the sailor vows not to privateer again.
The passage contemplates that wealth, health, knowledge, friendships, and reputation can be recovered by industry, temperance, study, forgiveness, penitence, and virtue, but questions whether anyone can recall or restore wasted hours and youth with wisdom or erase them in heaven's record.
J DOWNING argues against congressional land schemes and defends Henry Clay as a faithful trustee for settlers. He critiques public land distribution, warns of speculators and rats in finance, and urges lawful, steady leadership free from corruption and fear.
An 19th century account from the Indian subcontinent describes deadly hot wind blasts in Bandah Bandaciund region. Natives shield faces with cloths to breathe and see as winds surge from rocky hills. Immediate medical care and cold water often save lives. delays lead to likely death.
A brief note from Curtis describes a mechanical cure for squinting using spectacle frames with convex horn and a pupil aperture to force looking straight. The Ohio school fund totals about $300000 in money and lands. Petitions seek repeal of public institutions but citizens favor sustaining the system due to its value. Washington Examiner sentiments praise determination.
The New Orleans Bulletin reports Santa Anna as president again, signaling renewed Mexican resolve against France. Bustamante leads a 4,000 strong division toward Urrea at Tampico, and a decree expelling French residents was to be enforced. Vera Cruz sees return to normal business as tensions persist with French forces.
A playful parade of Wellerisms contrasts haste and consequence with homes, trials, and hangs. The lines fuse proverb and fiction to lampoon rash decisions and fate in a witty, dated voice.
A brief note by W. C. Advocate observes that the Indian tongue lacks oaths in daily speech. It suggests tribes spoke truthfully, with sacred appeals to Heaven or the Great Spirit instead, and that profane oaths were not part of their practice before contact with outsiders.
The New York Commercial quotes a Thursday article about Rev. Dr Bascom. It warns the editor of the Baltimore Patriot that serious trouble is expected by March 4, predicting Bascom will abandon bachelorism. The tone is pointed and satirical.
The Frontier reports assurance of friendly feeling and restored sanity along the border. Public meetings across villages condemn armed actions by some citizens and Canadians in sympathy, with hundreds realizing they were misled about Canadian support for taking up arms.
A man north of Cincinnati reportedly has twenty four children by one wife with eighteen grown sons—raising population growth questions for the city. A daughter of John Nichols in Caroline county Maryland died in a fire.
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