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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1841
Page
1
The notice outlines two dollars in advance for subscriptions with two dollars and fifty cents within six months and three dollars after six months. It states subscription is due after six months. Job work and advertising are to be paid in advance.
Gently admonishes not to worship earthly loves and urges the soul toward heavenly trust. The poem advises resisting earthly passion as earth changes and joy proves transient, urging the reader to seek divine consolation and enduring solace in heaven.
Fragmentary verse reflects on burial in a rural churchyard. The author contemplates life, death, and the quiet peace beyond the vale of tears as flowers are laid on graves. The piece evokes humility, faith, and the toll of worldly ambition.
The Brickwood piece recounts Pitt the Younger opposing a reform of government by Lord North and seeking cabinet strength from the Opposition. Pitt meets Fox, insists on Shelburne remaining Premier only if aligned with his principles, leads to a split and mutual distrust that defined their remaining years.
Letters recount Lord North’s era and the heated debate over a national bank. Talmadge urges President Tyler to veto no further and approve the bank measure to unite the party, restore confidence, and advance national prosperity. The writer argues approval would preserve ties with allies and avert a political collapse.
Correspondence recalls President's dinner for the Prince de Joinville who arrived midweek and visited the Navy Yard. The piece critiques Postmaster General opinions, cabinet plans, and fiscal policy while recounting Kosciuszko and Lafayette stories of service and admiration.
Arrival from Brgig reports a French whaler Coppinet rescuing 40 women and crew after an English bark Endia caught fire from a light in a storeroom. A heavy sea and wind drove 18 passengers and crew overboard before they could be saved by Captain Cognet aboard his own vessel.
The piece critiques Gen Cass and portrays Gen Harrison’s ordeal amid slander. It condemns a friend who remained silent during peril and only spoke after victory, praising steadfast loyalty as true friendship and denouncing time-serving cowardice.
A proposed iron steamer at Brisio ngland is described as the largest in the world upon completion. It would measure about 3600 tons with a deck of roughly 324 feet and four engines of 300 horsepower each. The vessel is planned to carry five masts with a cost around 500000. Constructed from wrought iron over half an inch thick by H Borden of the Troy Iron Works. A Hidgon river steamboat project by Borden spans 7500 feet in length divided into three sections with engines per section.
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