California gold fever echoes in a stark moral screed
A San Francisco Sacramento account condemns gold rush excesses and speculation. It derides land pirates editors and moneyed elites, portrays widespread hunger illness and desertion, and warns Americans to count the true cost of chasing gold before abandoning homes and families.
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Pacific
California
Atlantic States
Unon
San Francisco
Sacramento
Phonsanis
United States
Cone
Wether
America
Devselas
Arin
Hiaany
Leona
Eeena
States
Hssital
New York
Anil Ee
Bariel Vyster
Marion Island
Sacramento City
Z. M. Chapman
Ballston
N. Y
Courage and Conscience in a Seventeenth Century Verse
A fragmented poem urges moral courage and refusal of temptation. It condemns deceit, bribery, and perjury, urging readers to answer no to corruption and to uphold personal integrity before God and country. It laments how fear, peer pressure, and social temptations corrode virtue.
An Essay on Tits From Ol Humphrey By Prescription
An old essay style piece mentions non medical remedies for fits and distress. It advises walking outside during a fit, counting clock ticks for idleness, visiting altars and prisons to curb extravagance, reading gravestones to curb ambition, visiting the sick to curb repining, and shining on gratitude for despondency with a biblical pledge to cast burdens on the Lord. The tone blends humor with moral instruction and cites a religious maxim as the cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey
Altirshouse
The Gorham Case Reviewed by An English Paper
An Eastern newspaper critiques the Gorham case, noting a landmark English decision on episcopal patronage. It describes a bishop examing a clergyman, royal authority, and a court process that culminates in a unique Anglican orthodoxy deemed Christian work despite conflicting doctrines.
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England
Exeter
Churell
Luis aCindagy
Arene
Akbe Cligeh
Pha Bisting
Olevevman
Counuy
Episcopal
Benton rebukes Missouri union foe and warns editors
Washington letter from March 30, 1850, from Thos H Benton to Avex. Benton denounces a reform paper as revival of old partisan campaigns, urges union preservation, and lists terms for the Democratic party including repudiation of secession and Nashville Convention. Mentions Calhoun, Nashville, Missouri, and 1847 union resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avex. Wanker
Democratic Party
Union
Shadesh Penn
Calhoun
St. Louis
Missouri
United States
Nashville
Calfont
Pebrusky
Washington City
Richmond Enquirer
General Assembly
Wien
Thos. H. Benton
Papal Rome Entry Sparks Bitter Protest in Placid Ledger
An angry placard printed in the Ledger denounces Pope Pius IX and the Vatican for bloodshed and oppression. It laments the crowd’s misplaced praise, accuses the Pope of war and tyranny, and predicts ruin for his successors amid calls for peace and liberty.
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Rome
Philadelphia Ledger
Paris
Pope
Gaeta
Pius IX
Italy
Vatican
Pharisi
St. Calistus
Clergy Thank Archbishop of Cy burg for Baptism Doctrine Stand
An open letter from bishops including Skinner of Aberdeen Primus and Patrick Lor ry of St Andrews Dinkeld and Camblane thanks the Archbishop for refusing to agree that infant regeneration is not guaranteed by holy baptism. The communion emphasizes the Church of England's position and seeks divine blessing in the shared responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyburg
Church of England
Tordelij
W. Skinner
Aberdeen
Patrick ‘Lorry
Measurement series shows racial brain size comparisons
An article discusses a series of brain volume measurements across races and peoples, noting differences among Caucasians, Negroes, Egyptians, Dutch, Peruvian, Australian, and Hotten toy, and claims distortions in cranium do not affect brain capacity as per Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hottentoy
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Calfornia
Bisckwood
Singh
Ian
Sai-bury
Poltry
Chilbert
Wally
Sivast
Heneath
Mersuasion
Noli
Thoms
Harsianis
New Doruys
Blivens
Judie Garret
New EN Wits
Gidson
Gorham
Col. Benton
Gappestien
Eysther
PET Sillician
de. S. G. Marton
Borimler
Jean
Henney
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