Poverty's Cold Hand Touches a City Night
A feeble beggar laments wealth and indifference on Chesnut Street while artful poverty shadows the rich man’s hearth. The piece contrasts harsh social gap with vivid scenes of shattered dreams, urging charity and human brotherhood amid urban hardship. It ends with editorial hints urging brief, pointed, legible writing from readers and contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny
Chesnut Street
Bod
Erty
Chiauth
A Boston Ship Officer Wins Love Despite Poverty
Ferris Harvard, a loyal navy lieutenant supporting his mother and sister, wins Anne Howell’s heart after proving his virtue to her father, Mr. Howell. A disguise by the father reveals a test of charity, rewarding Ferris with a six thousand dollar check and confirming the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
West End
Ferris
Ferris Harvard
Perris Harvard
Navy
Boston
Harris Howell
Howell
Anne
Farris
Tham
Mr. Howail
Atill
Indy
Tony
Gil
Forris
Hector
The Exile's Ballad of Freedom and Torment in Song
A poem protests oppression and bondage, urging harsh judgment on tyrants. It laments exile, slave labor, and racial oppression, invoking historical fury with references to noble houses and crushed freedoms. The verse pleads for justice as generations suffer under tyrannical rule.
Rulers of Europe sketches from the New York Journal of Commerce
A detailed survey of European monarchs and powers. Queen Victoria is praised for domestic fidelity while rulers like Nicholas I of Russia and Frederick William of Prussia are critiqued for governance. The piece covers Leopold of Belgium, Oscar of Sweden, Denmark’s Frederick VII, and others, noting health, age, marriages, and political leanings with a mix of praise and apprehension. It reflects on constitutional questions and the stability of European thrones amid upheavals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York Journal of Commerce
England
Bess
Charlotta
Little Vic
Prince Albert
Kingston
John Bull
Sordan
Norwat
Raat Jis
Garman Wall
Blo
Stockholm
Eugene Beauharnale
Josephine
Sweden
Nicholab
Rubbia
Bins
Corps D’armee
Imperial Guerde
Russia
Péter the Great
Catharine the Second
Nicholas
Prussia
Grand Duchess of
Alexandria
Alexander
Frederick VII
Denmark
Charles XII
Soelan
Orange
Waterloo
Holland
William II
Leofold
Belgium
Leopold
George IV
Louis Phillippe
Saxe Coburg
William
Frederick
Hanover
Ernest Augustus
William IV
Duke of Cambridge
Saxony
Wall
Johm
Emperor Ferdinand
Austria
Windischgratz
Radotsky
Jalachich
Hungary
Stephen
Davara
Louis
Con
Maxinillian Joseph
Bas Tshan
Dom Montes
Two Sicilies
Ferdinand
Naples
Grekor
Otho
Bavaria
Oldenburg
Turkey
Bulan
Abdel Medjid
Pancho
Ordi
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Odcase
Tina
Virginia
James’ Cite
Tar
New York
Time and Lite
Fife'e
Jessi1r
Dow
Iran
Teara
Isle
Dun-Creeny
M. Galliardet
Courier Des Etats Unis
Silentia
Liberal
Algobate
Wurtemburo
Ussia
Spain
Tsadella II
Christidea
Portugal
Maria
Sardinia
Charles Albert
Radetsky
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