01 Dec 1866
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1866
Page
1
Poetic fragment contrasts silent sisters with singers who die unrecognized. Imagery centers on flowers bending, fame owed to those who sing, and hearts breaking without a sign. Death is described as a cordial wine poured from misery into lasting melodies.
Poetic tribute to a bookstore and its bookseller, praising the store as a cherished companion through life. The speaker laments the world’s decline and finds solace and joy in the shop and its volumes, claiming no other delight compares to the store’s quiet welcome.
A farmer hired Barnes to dig a well near the Penobscot river. After the shaft caved in he hid in burdocks and waited to be dug out. Belief he was buried led family and minister to propose leaving him. He reappeared years later in Holden, explaining he dug himself out after growing impatient. A Belfast note adds a sensational contrast of a Liverpool embezzler returning funds.
Buckley cites a lecture illustration placing a dime near the eye and a half dollar farther away to show how men of business chase a dollar while losing sight of a larger fifty. He warns vanity leads to costly choices as creditors reel in the carriage of pride.
The narrative recalls John O Groat's response to a feud among Great family heirs in Caithness during James IV. His octagonal house and eight doorway seating plan restored harmony. A separate anecdote tells of a blacksmith joining temperance, his wife planting roses and fruit, foretelling happier, shared harvests.
An Archimedes figure is invited to hear a performer who perfectly imitates the nightingale and replies that he has heard the nightingale herself. He suggests inner peace comes from following one’s own worth and not disturbing tranquility.
In the Cleveland Convention the resolutions were reported by a soldier while in Pittsburgh they were reported by Ben Butler. The accounts describe two differing perspectives on the same actions, one focusing on combat and the other on broader issues.
Henry Clay outlines three crimes by New England against Western agriculture denouncing tariff policies and industrial dominance. He argues New England exploited the Mississippi Valley farms from Lake Pepin to St. Louis, destroyed markets, and enslaved Western labor to fuel eastern manufacturing.
Siuteeman argues that southern rejection of the amendment leaves it non binding and not part of the Constitution. Radical journals threaten Congress could demand harsher terms if the South delays ratification, questioning Congress power to compel acceptance.
The Marion Democrat denounces John Morrissey for past actions claiming a lawmaker with murder links should not enter Congress. It contrasts Morrissey unfavorably with senators like Jim Lane and accuses O P Morton of infamous disease and crime, arguing Morrissey is comparatively untainted.
The article notes voters in parts of Delaware County rejected a tax for a new court house, with back tickets citing bondholder taxation as a condition. It praises taxpayers for defending economy and impartial taxation and comments on political party fortunes amid postwar debates.
The piece argues that northern non voters give the North more Congress seats than the South. It cites 1860 census figures, notes excess female and foreign male populations in the North, and claims non voting groups yield about thirty additional seats. It also reports Radical amendments defeated across several states and analyzes new state admissions.
The Philadelphia Ledger attributes a price decline to gold inflation pressure and rising Treasury coin hoards. It cites a potential currency redemption start next year and notes a New York dry goods downturn alongside sugar and meat price drops. The Cincinnati Gazette urges Congress timing shifts to extend sessions, urging restraint against a perpetual parliament. Senator Wright's death leads to Frelinghuysen filling the New Jersey seat temporarily.
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