15 Oct 1850
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1850
Page
1
Fragmentary verse describes a poet in a sacred garden, longing for solitude and nature. The speaker resists intrusion, cherishes friendship and love, prunes trees, and defends the garden as a realm free from state and show. A plea to keep out frivolity remains central throughout.
A fragmented 1825 26 scene shows a money changer in the Palais Royal area at dusk near a vast wire partition bank counter. Two young felons attempt to steal by deceit, one feigning a transaction while the other menaces, leading to the teller’s fatal stabbing amid a torn report.
A gang who buried a hundred thousand pounds in Paris after fatally wounding a money changer were captured when a guard seized their smuggled gold. The elder killer died at the guillotine after a long legal struggle, while the younger perished moments later. The tale foreshadowed by an anonymous warning ends with the execution and public shock.
A tavern encounter with a young apprentice to a blacksmith reveals innate artistic talent. Colonel Burr contemplates sending him to the city for education, but the father fears losing a valued helper at home. The traveler notes the boy’s promise and urges opportunity.
The Clausenburg gitanos of Transylvania form a two-tier society with a rich musician class ruling two hundred houses near the ramparts. They organize under a vayvode every two years, share earnings among members, and excel in Hungarian national songs, with gifted players improvising on the spot. Their dance, dress, and expressive singing reveal a culture of pride, cunning, and deep musical tradition.
A gipsy travels with his violin, carefree yet proud, ready to perform grave or gay under sun or snow. The nobleman music patron seals his fate as the Hungarian minstrel reflects a race shrinking toward extinction unless it abandons nomadic ways and settles into civilization.
In a Turkish tale from Del Fore’s Sketches the new Sultan confronts reform fears. Voices at his father’s tomb declare You burn, prompting a search that uncovers a dervish instead of a burning sultan. The pivot ends with the Sultan’s ominous Bosphorus return and religious exclamations.
An article recounts the construction of a stone church near the Eud sum river, built by Robert Weir on Cozen property as a memorial of sacred memory. It notes the village need, the gift of land, and the church’s simple design with English circular style, alongside a reflection on silence as potent rebuke and a brief census of Leesburg Virginia population and slave figures.
A London scene report discusses Washington Irving and his status as an alien in legal dispute with Murray, Bohn, and Ratledge as to rights over his works. Vice Chancellor Bruce orders accounts of sales while the case moves to a higher court, underscoring unresolved questions that may reach the Lords. Anecdote of Jenny Lind recounts teagedian Macreary's praise and emotional response to the singer's performance, highlighting the transformative power of her voice.
An emotional farewell scene unfolds as a lover speaks of remaining faithful and sending tokens from European markets. He vows to sketch scenes, bring stones, and send treasures from each voyage to comfort his bride. The angel bride requests constancy and asks that postage be paid for letters.
A collage of dialect jokes and scattering snippets features Teddy and Sam the shipowner, a barber’s quip about women and beards, a river of puns from last winter, a Yankee editor’s fate, a cow on ice, and a farmer’s humor about a pig and a potato. Local color and humor anchor the page.
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