04 Jun 1850
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1850
Page
1
Fragmented verse admonishes women about independence and sensual living. It contrasts roving freedom with duties, marriage, illness, and death. The piece cites moral ideals, divine order, and Christian virtue as guidance, referencing religious authorities and a Boston Christian Register tone.
An early 19th century column debates a distressed case where a man starved himself to death over fourteen days, surviving only on water and beer, as readers weigh providence, innocence, and moral duty. The discussion shifts to divine judgment, benevolence, and the limits of human endurance in the face of hunger.
The text recounts Kossuth and his companions fleeing through peril, a widow disguising herself as a Degear with a signet ring to seek safety, endured hardships marching toward Wallen and the Turkish frontier. They faced guards, winter privations, and betrayal by a companion, finally seeking aid from the Sardinian Consul after grim journeys.
An official meeting recounts a request and a warm gesture from Madam Koszuth, wife of Hungary’s President, who presents a signet ring and seal. The narrative describes the transfer to the Prince of Servia, who provides a carriage and escort for a difficult, cold journey to Shuntn.
A meditation on agriculture as divinely ordered work. The text notes God as the first planter who wires nature with laws and beauty, shaping gardens, forests, and fields to provide food and beauty, with angels blessing the labor and the environment. It emphasizes harmony between human cultivation and heavenly oversight, yielding fruit and ornament.
The piece argues restraint preserves virtue and order, crediting Almighty wisdom in laws of temperance and discipline. It links restraint to social harmony, personal conduct, and governance, citing the law’s role in upholding stability and moral balance through restrained passions and mutual respect.
A long readers’ note on gossip critiques its pervasive, often malicious spread. It warns gossip damages character, corrodes trust, and fuels petty pleasure at others' expense, urging restraint, charity, and responsibility in public discourse. The piece juxtaposes quoted viewpoints and a local press controversy over editorials and accountability.
A Paris correspondent for the New York Journal of Cruaverce notes Lord Bronham’s strong legal performance in French courts near Cannes. The piece praises his command of French, legal argument, and the admiration of British observers, describing a rare provincial triumph that impressed judges and lawyers.
A ragged OCR narrative portrays a temple high walls and midnight owls as a destructive figure contemplates destruction of worlds. A chorus of voices, including Ged and a judge, debate duty and punishment while a regal elder laments neglect and the threat to a realm. The scene shifts to a court where apologies and etiquette unfold amid a sprawling, archaic setting.
A Presbyterian minister recalls a rare laugh in the pulpit at a young man’s prank during his ordination sermon. The piece also reports a Roman Catholic priest in Calurville Mass fined $10 for assault after ejecting a tenant from a slip. Father Steaun appeals the decision amid public opinion.
Propkess of the West shows Wheeling and Pittsburgh population figures from 1810 to 1850, notes Ohio's growth, then shifts to moral reflections on idleness, crime, hypocrisy, and social duties. It intermixes anecdotes on education, labor, and a Pittsburgh reference, ending with a contested Virginia slave matter involving Monroe County and Richmond.
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