23 Sep 1834
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Newspaper
Republican Banner
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1834
Page
1
The article explains subterranean cavities and the diverse stalactites and stalagmites they host. It compares cave formations to icicles and bridges' arches, detailing lime deposition from water seeping through rock and cementing stones. The piece highlights beauty, transparency, and potential use in ornament.
An account describes Reese's Cave on North Mountain in Franklin County Pennsylvania. The party descends to a vast chamber with stalactites calcareous formations and a crystal stream winding along a left wall. They note white formations, curious shapes, and a hidden water course whose source remains unknown. A late discovery is a water lizard resting on a rock. The cave lies between Mercersburg and London, amid a cavernous region marked by many sinkholes and inaccessible passages.
A Dateline dispatch from Schoharie recounts Fritz Kruckenberg asking Mr Schmidt at his doorstep to confirm if a dog on the premises belongs to him and noting the tail being too short. The exchange escalates with a warning to alter the dog's tail or be driven out of sight.
The Chambersburg Repository reports a fatal incident caused by intemperance and Sabbath breaking near Loudoun County. Samuel Mundis and others shot at a tree to kill a squirrel during worship, Mundis fell from the tree after a vow to kill it, dying from a broken skull and a deep side wound. He was buried without an inquest.
Miss Harriet Mattixrir famed English science and literature figure travels to the United States with Miss Jeffrey and Mr Juli msaya German. Commissioned by her government to visit American penitentiaries the visitor is said to need no formal introductions due to her renowned status. She communicates via acoustic tube due to lifelong deafness.
The Postmaster and assistant at Wythe C Virginia have been arrested by a spectral agent of the Post Office Department. They are held to bail with $2,000 sureties each to answer charges of withdrawing letters from the mails. They face trial at Wythe on the 7th instant. A reliable citizen has been appointed Postmaster and the office is placed in charge.
A Leeds area establishment recycles old rags into new cloth used for padding and related textile products, reflecting a local factory reviving traditional rag-to-fabric manufacture.
The Boston Post reports a rag-wool factory near mid-way between this city and Roxbury on Tremont road. Under proprietor Vire Hepworth the operation tears rags in a machine, adds wool, remanufactures into cloth for the noted purposes.
Column laments tax on deputies for portraits, cites Philadelphia Gazette tale of a post master who refused the dollar and was urged to pay after a Washington hint. Questions whether post offices are political hubs and whether corruption warrants Congress’s look. Notes cholera incident exposing misuse of mail frank.
The debate examines bank reports from Mississippi to Maryland and the Metropolis, criticizing the Deposite Bill. It questions Treasury selectivity, warns of political influence over public money, and cites the Bank of the United States era as precedent and caution.
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