Humboldt Bay Massacre and Rome Gendarmes Clash Report
California papers recount a brutal Humboldt Bay massacre where white settlers killed many Indians on Indian Island and South Besch, despite a prior protection promise from Major Raines. The piece details brutal methods, the scene the next day, and critiques U.S. troops’ ineffectiveness, plus Rome’s massacre by Papal guards and related street clashes in Italy.
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Humboldt Bay
California
Humboldt County
Caliurnia
Suan Tabisco Bulletin
Indian Island
South Besch
United Stats
J. Raines
United States Bar
States
United States
Eel River
Rome
London
Yrmes
Armes
Alt
Portia Pla
Joseph Garribaldi
Central
Italy
Corso
Gend’armes
Monte Citorio
Piazza Colonna
In the Days We Wore No Crinoline
A nostalgic verse laments the loss of crinoline in past fashions and the current crowding of dresses. It recalls cheerful days walking with beaux and boating with friends, contrasts former ease with present discomfort, and imagines men and women adopting simpler styles to restore dignity and freedom.
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Jenny
Jen
An Extra Passenger On Board The Baltimore
A rough-looking genius with a bulldog aboard the steamer Baltimore caused a stir as he tried to sequester his dog in the office. The clerk refused and ordered the dog removed but the exchange escalated into a comical scene. The dog finally sat in the clerk’s office while the boat started, keeping watch on the man.
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John Jacob Astor
Muggins
S’hichap
Muggin
Mugging
Baltimore
Cleveland
Bull
Sharp
The Guasculus arrives in Napa with old jokes and spoofed notices
A chaotic, humor-filled fragment recalls a new Napa paper called The Guasculus edited by A. Mutton head Co. with oddities about subscriptions, domestic wit, and absurd dialogues. It mentions militia drums in Kentucky, oddities about marriages and incomes, and humorous exchanges, all in a satirical period voice.
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Napa
California
A. Muttonhead & Co
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Cavona
Lynchburg Virginian
Benedict Arnold
Earth
Hell
Cincinnati
Hamburg
America
England
Porta and
Jansen
Europe
China
Shakspear
Sendorius
Harvey
Engand
West Indies
Torricelli
Wait
Scotland
Mesmer
Daguerre
France
Morse
Ohio
U.S. Marshall
Senate
John Brown, Jr
Harper's Ferry
Brown
Ashtabula
Owen Brown
John
Virginia
John Brown
Ashtabula County
Canada
M. Johnson
H. O. Willson
Broadway
Paris
Grouce Washington Wyters
Washington
Baron de Bodweo
A Scott
British East India Company
Georgetown
Imperial Guard
Russia
Madame de Bodisco
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Ain
Wis Lhd Hobos
Peapod
Kentucky
Prentice
Mtender
Moonlicht
Jamaica
Harper
Order of
Odd Fellows
Order of Martied Men
Noreal
Suni
Temperance
John Gosling
Congress
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