Shepherdstown Town Government Establishment Act
The act empowers freeholders and residents of Shepherdstown Jefferson county to elect ten town officials including a mayor and recorder. It creates a town board with powers to regulate markets, roads, nuisances, taxes, dog taxes, and bylaws while preserving constitutional limits. It outlines oath, records, officers, sergeant duties, and a tenure with annual re elections beginning March 31 next.
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United States
Shepherds ‘Pewn
Cilmen Incorporated
Iba
Pennei
Ooi Town
Jefferson County
Jane
From the Two Worlds Poem by William Ross Wallace
A fragmentary poetic piece reflects on Wallace's hymn like a national song. It contrasts home inspiration with European themes and notes the era’s Washington correspondence as a broader critique of journalism.
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William Ross Wallace
Huron
The Foreign and Washington Correspondents of a Century
A critical riff on the elusive foreign correspondent and the dull endless Washington beat. The piece mocks omniscient reporters who “report progress” yet miss substance, contrasting glamorous prophecies with Washington’s dreary political reality and clerks who fill space with little edification.
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Thoughhpon
Ile
Washington
Congress
Nothi
Yumas Indians Atrocities And Civilizing Attempts
A vivid 1850s sketch describes the Yumas on the Colorado river as tall athletic traders of mesquite beans and fish, with fierce warfare against Mexicans and rival tribes. it notes Captain General Celoul and relations with Maricopas and Pimas, then shifts to letter from Harriet W. Webster about her innocent father in a public trial, and ends with praise for Utica plank roads boosting trade and movement in the region.
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Colorado River
Red River
Gila
Colorado
Pines
Maricopas
Celoul
Pinos
Calo Raul
Camrarpoe
Daniel Marst
Harriet W. Wesster
Utica
The Priceless Union Debate and a Call to Preserve Unity
A Boston Post excerpt laments a trend to undervalue the Union and threaten secession over social evils. It argues unity contrasts with the world’s sufferings and urges resisting hearings that would dissolve the nation. It cites moral contrasts and domestic economy commentary.
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Boston Post
Shakespeare praised and modern notices mixed in timely dispatch
The text admires Shakespeare as a vivid source of history yet warns against using him as authority. It reports on Richmond & Carr calico printers failing with a capital stock near one thousand dollars and promises creditors’ statements soon. It notes critics mocking married life and cites Gov. Critenden appointing James M. Rice as Judge in Kentucky. It mentions Fredericksburg road subscriptions and a Norfolk road project, plus a New Orleans incident of a woman on a ferry boat boarding a boy and paying him eighty cents before sinking.
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Richmond & Carr
Calivo
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Iearch
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