Immortality and Change in Autumn and Antiquities
The piece muses on autumn’s transient beauty and the wear of time. It recalls classical ruins from Babylon to Pompeii, noting Earth’s revolutions and the apostolic claim of Christ as unchanging rock. It laments lost childhood friends and homes, contrasting human flux with divine constancy in Jesus Christ.
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Marius
apostle
Carthage
pyramids
Egypt
Babylon
Thebes
Palmyra
Ephesus
Herculeneum
Pompeii
secn
Lalands
tve
The Fashion of This World Passeth Away In Spring
The article reflects on mutability, noting the world’s changes from spring’s vibrant fields and singing birds to summer’s heat and withering plants. It contrasts ancient ruins with present beauty, then traces the cycle toward autumn and eventual decay across landscapes and forests.
A Mother's Love Exalts The Maternal Bond
A meditation on maternal love arguing its divine essence surpasses all other passions. It contrasts time absence and neglect with a mother’s unwavering care born of agony and anxiety, and her continued devotion as worldly fortunes ebb and flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Queen of Scots
Mothers and Education Shape Virtuous Children
The piece urges mothers to extend education beyond school into home life. It argues that consistent example plus instruction forms good tempered, cheerful children. It warns that parental contradictions undermine moral teaching and emphasizes mothers of all backgrounds can influence character.
Mhisiga Maxim in Parental Management Sparks Debate
The quotation underscores the aim for adults to model desired child outcomes and argues parental conduct shapes future success in child rearing and education. It highlights the belief that exemplary behavior by guardians guides effective parental management practices.
Parental Authority Urged for Children’s Upbringing
A stern sermon argues parents must establish authority early to raise children in a Christian path. Commands should be reasonable yet firm, with both parents united in conduct. Neglect leads to vice and divine judgment, while firm discipline yields obedience and fear of transgression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Abraham
Lord
Eli
Parting Address to James Cooper in the Comet
A harsh tirade condemns James Cooper for false accusations against Mr. Stevens and the Junto. The author attacks Cooper as a liar and defamer, accuses him of rancorous rhetoric toward Germans and Catholics, and asserts Cooper's testimony is unreliable evidence before public opinion.
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Cambyses
Stevens
M’Lean
gulf of rain
Junta
Cooper
Cooper’s
Mrr. M
Uie
Untitled quotation from Shakespearean dialogue scene
A fragmentary archival line features Casca rebuking Brutus with sharp reproaches. The speaker condemns ingratitude and betrayal as Eng heartily despises, conveying a dramatic denouncement within a political moment.
Tyranny and dogs as social symbols in Addison excerpt
An 18th century quip contrasts canine loyalty with human folly. It notes the dog’s 6000 year companionship and claims dogs only worry humans in trouble, while a human debtor sparks further legal harassment.
Very Large Woman Delays Sleep and Winged Waxing Times
A Brooklin Massachusetts woman has grown so large it takes three hours to fall asleep. Her face requires fifteen minutes to wax. In Richmond, the Whig reports open conflict between Bett the Speaker elect and Poxx who sought the speakership.
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Brooklin
Mass
Richmond Whig
Bett
House of Representatives
Poxx
Gambling implements burned in Norfolk public market
A large crowd watched as police destroyed a stash of gambling tools and contrivances used for fraud. The devices were publicly burnt at the market place as authorities cracked down on illegal gambling activities in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Norfolk
Editor Encounters Odd Names During Eastern Travel
The Charleston Courier editor, while touring the eastern Union, notes unusual monikers met on the road including Preferred Fish, Supply Ham, and Experienced Bacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Courier
the
Union
Prosecution counts rise from intemperance in police court
Clerk Powers reports since January first 1561 cases before the Police Court with over a thousand convicts or sent to the Mun. Court. The article questions how many prosecutions were caused directly or indirectly by intemperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crrie
Powers
Boston
Post
Mayor Claims Cholera’s Fatal Toll in Quebec
At a public meeting the Mayor of Quebec said cholera killed fourteen to fifteen hundred residents this year. A man visiting a barber shop interrupted the barber’s long stories by shouting cut it short. The barber replied he could not shorten further as nearly all hair was cut already.
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Jesus Christ
God
Quebec
peruquier
Child Dies of Hydrophobia After Rabid Dog Bite
Ellen Donovan, a three year old girl in Middlesex County Mass, died of hydrophobia after a mad dog bite. Evidence at the Coroner's Inquest shows parents and friends attempted a cure by roasting and forcing the liver and lights of the rabid animal for the child to eat.
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Ellen Donovan
Middlesex county
Mass
Idle man laments fate of being born on ending days
An idle fellow complains of his hard lot saying being born on the last day of the year month and week kept him behindhand. He jokes it would have been a hundred dollars in his pocket if he had never been born at all.
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earth
Temperance ad for whiskey and liquors in Winchester paper
A Winchester advertisement headed Temperance offers for sale 1060 barrelrels of whiskey and a large quantity of other liquors attributed to a man named Baker.
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Baker
Winchester
Temperance
Coal mine mishap and recovery in Boston harbor
The Bostonians are working a coal mine in three fathoms of salt water. The head of a wharf at the north end of the city fell in and carried away about six hundred tons of coal. They are now recovering it at about a dollar and a half per ton using a scow and diving bell.
Whigs Nominate Steward for Governor in New York
The Whigs in the state convention nominate William H. Steward of Cayuga County for governor, with M Stilwell of New York City serving on the anti-mass conspiracy ticket. The Jackson party nominates Gov. Marcy for re election.
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Whigs
New York
William H. Steward
Cayuga county
M. Stilwell
N. York Journal of Commerce
Steward
State Senate
Stilwell
Jackson party
Gov
Marcy
Shippensburg Free Press Opposes Administration Measures
Editor D Duncan Clarke publishes a lengthy address urging readers to defend human freedom against what he sees as a pivot toward military glory. He frames the crisis as a test of whether the republics Greece and Rome should dissolve or whether national liberty can be sustained.
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Shippensburg
Free Press
D. Duncan Clarke
Greece
Rome
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Beauty OF LIBERTY
STAR AND REPUBLICAN BANNER
winternal Education
Mhisiga
JAMES COOPER
Petersburg
Abbottstown
Abbotts
Joca
tose
Sam
Eng
Casca
Addison
Mepoe
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