Louis Napoleon’s Prison Years and Return to Power
A detailed account traces Louis Napoleon Bonaparte’s capture after Boulogne, exile to Ham, and contact with Louis Blanc in prison. It notes his defense, the trial by the Paris Chamber of Peers, and his belief in an Empire via universal suffrage, with reflections on his personality and the influence of his supporters during confinement.
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Louis Napoleon
France
Paris
Count Montholon
Montholon
Napoleon
St. Helena
Strasburg
Louis Phillippe
Bonaparte
America
Chamber of Peers
House of Peers
Berryer
Ham
Prince Poligaay
Count D’orsay
Blessington
Jerome
Westphalia
Louis Blanc
Chateau de Ham
Conneau
Acar
Chateau
Switzerland
Louis Philippe
Well
Louis Bonaparte
Boulogne
Jim
Tacitus
Waterloo
Peece
Madame Gordon
Belgium
England
Britain
Western Man and Sea Song Notes
A poem-like verse profile celebrates a formidable Western figure who tames plains and beasts, uses a pine cane, and swallows the prairie, while later imagery shifts to a sea shell and a fond heart singing of distant lands. The couplets juxtapose frontier prowess with romantic longing and distant shores.
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Mississippi
California
Having Enemies and Lessons in Integrity
A piece advises that no one pleases all, warns friends may hide envy, and urges living by truth. It notes enemies grow with success and champions independence, then lists personal conduct tips and a humorously blunt classroom quip about a front toothless animal.
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Neptune
Duel ethics and public sentiment over a fatal duel
A lengthy critique argues the duel between Johnston and Ferguson harms moral courage and public virtue. It condemns the participants for choosing violence, notes the law against dueling, and asserts the press and pulpit oppose dueling as a social evil.
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Qne
Mr. Ferguson
Mr. Johnston
Johnston
Ferguson
Alta
Hamilton
Pacific
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Chas. A. Lealke
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Murphy’s
Calaveras County
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Suher
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BSK
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Cornwell & Bowman’s
J.B. Wallace
St. Charles Sr
Jons Hart
Frank Ronyson
Hall & Robinson
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Hall
B&b
Broadway
Kinderhook Livery Stable
San Fal
Washington, D. C
Congress
United States
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ST. Charles Street Market
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The
San Andreas Independent
Zion’s Mount
Valuecito
Alph
Muaray's
Otno
Calaveras Restaurant and Bakery
Adams & Gilbert
Antelope Restaurant
Union House
John Ford
Empire Bakery & Restaurant
Ooldge Fellows’ Hall
B. Crowley
N. B
American Bakery
A. Schachten
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E. V. Boynton
ODD Fellows’ Hall
Havana
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L. M. Hellman
Center Street
Eneral
Atlantic States
Mokelumne Brewery
Mokelumne , J. C. Gebhardt
Mokelumne
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Campo Seco
Boyle & O'Neil
William Irvine
the Western Man
Canavan
Montreal
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Heaven
Henry
Rayst
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