Emigration and a Syria lecture amid Norfolk notes
A Norfolk Correspondent describes Mr. Wantebach a Syrian speaker at Freemason Street Baptist Church detailing how Bible work revived Syria education and trade. The letter covers emigration woes in Australia the Australian labor market and the Norfolk Agricultural Societies show, plus a vivid courtroom spoof.
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Norfoix
Wantebach
Syria
Freemason Street Baptist Church
Reese
United States
Beyrout
Norfolk County
Princess Anne
Ruffin
Saranac
Constantinople
Kirk
Brown
Dark Picture of Australia Emigration Delusions
The London Advertiser warns of harsh reality in Australia for emigrants. Private letters reveal widespread disappointment, with many failing to improve fortunes. Diggings yield few successes while many toil, lose health, and barely cover basic needs, turning the young into old before service in the gold fields.
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London
United States
Paris
Philadelphia
Johnston
Europe
Americas
Dr. J
South Frederick Street
Baltimore
N. B
Australis
Australia
England
Antipodes
Arkansas Justice and the Morriss Cotton Case
In a small cotton town a merchant Smith pursued a debt from Jes se Morriss for eight bales of cotton. Morriss agreed to pay, then defaulted, and Smith sued. Morriss’s successor judge dismissed fairness, insisting on “eternal justice” and defying Blackstone and statutes while threatening to whip lawyers.
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Constable
Smith
Jenkins and Jones
C.” Wilson
Court
Wilson
Squire Higgins
Arkensaw
Squire Morriss
Arkansas
Jesse Morriss
Morriss
Stokely Heflin
Blackstone
Statutes
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Binttorks
Lorst
da Lange
Santifal Ate
Do Pemberiiner
Sam Wild
ON & Jacks
Maite Martti
Scoveric
Richmond
Rose & Semple
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Main
Cary
PERMS
Virginia
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New York
U. Mail
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North Carolina
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Columbia
Liberty
Big Eck
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Lexington
White Sulphur Springs
Wisburg
Salem
Christiansburg
Newbern
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Blacksburg
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Rocky Mount
Raleigh
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Wilmington
Rges
WM. L. Maula
Pearl Street
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Paine & Kent
Fourteenth Street
Liverpool
Glasgow
Havre
Tennessee
Kent, Paine & Kent
M. Sattler
Main Street
Carpenter’s Tools
W Johnston & CO
Union
Marseiles
Calico
J. A. Levy
Cheap Cash
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While & Page
Strecker
Jas DE Evans
West Main Street
Shipi Rae
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Andrew Johnston & CO
Calabria
Davenport, Allen & CO
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Eau de Cologne
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Cartha
John Longden
Beaver Dam
Hanover Co
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Coats
Eady
America
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Devonshire
Kersey
Esquimaux
Camptown
Hamilton
Keen, Chiles & Baldwin
NEW Medicine
van Lewd& Taylor's
Aterson & Jackson
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company
Petersburg
Port Walthall
Thos. Dodamead
F.h.cowling
Roper & Cowling
Governor St
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Elias Hale
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Arkansas Justice
Whitehurst
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Virginia Central Railroad
WMF Buller
Southside
Scott’s
Pemberton & Bro
Richmond and
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Pemberton & Brother
Exchange Bank
Jenny Linds
Pemberton & Brotuer
Otto
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