Poetic Rambles From Alpine Rivers And Ruins Of Old
In a travelogue style correspondence from 1860, the writer recalls ruins and desert journeys, the grandeur of Mont Blanc and the Rhone valley, and a Swiss spa visit. The narrative blends poetry with vivid scenes of avalanches, chasms, baths, and mountain vistas, ending in Interlaken after church service and English-tourist life.
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Hirnxmena
Mont Blang
Byron
Xnove
Montanvert
Mont Blung
Moglishiven
Chamouny
Col Dy Baling
Mont Bling
Martigny
Sion
Sedunum
Eli Ton Valais
Italy
Thia Valley
Jerusalon
Nime
Zion
United States
Sidors
Rhone
Gomi
Othara
Obaa
Chu
J.J. Hoadley
Alps
Mont Rosa
Simplon
Mont Blanc
Daubonsee
Switzerland
Thun
Canton
Berne
Interlaken
Reading of a tragic South Carolina scene and the Blue Ridge report
A dramatic sketch portrays a dying woman surrendering her infant to a colored nurse as parting words are spoken, while reflections on South Carolina servants and the Carolina warmer precede a lengthy engineer’s report on the Blue Ridge Railroad progress from Pendleton to Walhalla, detailing costs, crews, and strategic value. The compendium includes political opinions, editorials on abolition, and notices about Alabama secession timing and Southern Confederacy sentiment.
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Lange
Thors
Indy
South
Miss Mary
Missy Mary
Lila
Naumer
Bert Aumer
Carolina
South Carolina
Craig
Blue Ridge Railroat Company
Valhalla
James Lawrence
Pendleton
Walhalla
Seneca Hotton
Senvce River
Just Ant
grialvalencBetwase
Seneca
Seneca River
Kebrugsy
Seneca Bottom
Walehalla
Anderson
Knoxvilly
Athuntic
Anderson Andalhalla
Hayne
Gtvel
Port
Messm
Richard Nervis & Son
Blue Ridge Railroad
Blue Ridge Road
Ft. PF
Society of the Military Institute
Charleston
Tron
Win
D. Carter
Sam
Elow
Blue Ridge
Wid
Seaboard
Ohio River
Charles J. Bourn
Elsing M. St. John
Tam
Watten Gwynn
Blue Ridge TR. i. Company
Morscoveny
Moore
Montgomery
Ile
Lincoln
Eirctoral
Alabama
Derrecratios
Washington
Palmetto
Confederacy
Charleston Mercury
Tur Merrixa
Savaxxai
Lay
Tanenid
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Frances P. Blair, Jr
New York
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George Washington Otis Mellon
Mr. Douglas
Ilinois
St. Louis
Green
Senate
Bulletin
Lever
Creckinridge
Cole Fas
Indiana
Burlingane
Massachusetts
Jim Green
Missouri
Dougls
Witt
Breckinger
Jonghis
Breckinridge
Missouri Democrat
B. Gratz Brown
Free Soil
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Reo Soil
Joneda Douglas
Doulas Partizans
Monomariac
Free Soil Press
Daniel Pratt
Dixin
Joe Sweeney
Apposmattox County
Eptron
Bonn
Imen
Roge Clique
Ubin
Port Moultrie
Mr. Ruffi
Sarrendo