30 Sep 1834
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Newspaper
Republican Banner
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1834
Page
1
A dense critique of public virtue and religious display. The speaker notes officials and comedians alike pursuing appearances over genuine goodness, exposing sanctimonious cant, performative piety, and the hollow show of charity. Generosity toward learning and science is praised, contrasted with personal virtue mocked by vanity.
A reflection on etiquette noting many small breaches of civility. It counsels complying promptly with requests, avoiding pressuring others to change a decline, and warns against impolite topics such as personal family matters or complaints about domestic help. It stresses considerate behavior in meals and invitations.
Excerpts describe a sailor’s independence born from leaving land. The seaman’s life creates a separate universe where duties and politics vanish. Language becomes ocean born, reflecting rough seas, wind, and waves, and sailors resemble sea wolves and birds. Blackwood.
A reflection on dual lives in every person the outward actions and mind shaping history reveal only the surface while a secret self grounded in dreams remains unseen and unguessed, guiding inner currents beyond public judgment.
A compact miscellany notes Bulwer’s Pilgrims of the Rhine praising German scenery as a mirror of national genius and describes the Rhine’s romance. It also cites Sir John Pringle on sugar as a health aid, including its anti scorbutic properties and effects on teeth, wildlife, and infants when properly fed.
A transient man visits a fashionable coffee house and orders a full feast with wine and cigars, insisting he will pay any price. After dining greedily, he pays nothing, but the landlord offers a reversal: return the money and seek revenge on a rival, who promptly confesses he was paid to set up the ruse. The man exits with both dinner and money, having outsmarted the host.
This excerpt credits an edited work titled The Register and Library of Medical and Chirurgical Science. It references scholarly edits and contributions within a historic medical publication context.
A Washington report reviews Dr Hannah’s lithotriptic apparatus, praising its simple construction and accuracy. It claims the device can measure bladder stone diameter and grind stones with minimal surgeon experience, reducing danger and pain in the operation.
The Arkansas Gazette reports no battle occurred between the Dragoons and Indians in the West. News notes Gen Leavenworth’s death and officer sickness, but confirms the detachments returned to Fort Gibson by August 10, with the Westward force arriving safely.
From the August New Monthly Magazine, M Ruppel returns with valuable Abyssinian manuscripts. A Bible contains extra Solomon sans Esther additions, plus Esdras, and Enoch with fifteen new Psalms. A dual Abyssinian code covers canon law and civil matters, plus church hymns showing rare poetry among Abyssinians.
A letter from Athens reports that during recent excavations on the Charona battlefield a colossal lion statue has been found along with several antiquities at Kydnos and Delas. The artifacts have been deposited in the Greek Museum for preservation.
Witness recalls heavy darkness during the night of the affair. He says it was so dark he could not tell if it rained, only felt drops, and compares it to “a stack of black cats” for emphasis. He also notes the weather was “pretty considerable kind” of weather and the night was very dark and obscure.
Discussion notes how the Bank of the United States helped restore a specie based currency after its 1817 launch and how state banks resumed specie payments on terms. details reductions in circulating notes, ensuing 1819 1820 distress, and calls for relief from Pennsylvania legislature due to factory closures, bankruptcies, and halted lending.
The commentary argues that reductions in currency and credit tighten labor markets, harming laborers, farmers, and builders. It warns that distrust in the currency depresses bank circulation, jeopardizes state finances and public works, and questions the need for a national bank or rechartering the current one with safeguards. It cites Madison on federal bank authority and favors continuing the present bank with reforms over a new one.
A historical account details the Bank of the United States from 1817 to 1818, noting large imports of specie, limited coin in vaults, and stock held by speculative holders. It credits reform after 1818, the fall of speculators, and sustained confidence by four-fifths of stockholders. It argues against replacing paper with a gold or silver currency, defends state banks, and warns that executive power could threaten the republic’s financial system. The piece discusses treasury notes, gold overvaluation, and the growth of federal patronage, urging strict constitutional limits.
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