Land of the beautiful land of the free in exile tale
A fragmentary historical piece contrasts two poets and their songs about America then shifts to a prose tale about Reuben Black a hostile neighbor whose quarrelsome spirit and legal battles ruin his farm life Meanwhile Simeon Green with patient industry transforms his place and neighbors life showing the power of steady good will over petty disputes
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Barnum
America
Mr. Taylor
Reben
Joe Smith
Simeon Green
Chanticleer
Simeon
Mary
John Lilburne
Jenkins
Lilburne
John
Liburne
Reuben
Mary Green
Rueben Black
George Green
Reuben Black
Peg
Pegey
Mr. Green
Peggy
Green
Mr. Black
Ruben
Towser
Marsh
Sim Green
Ils
Quiet neighbors and a contentious man find peace
Reuben Black’s quarrelsome nature clashes with Simeon Green’s generosity. After Green assists with a bogged team, Black confesses his fault. a cordial neighborly change follows. Joe Smith’s theft, reform offers, and a final Wendell-like pledge lead to lasting neighborhood harmony and Hardened morals in a North Carolina–tinged frontier tale.
The Difference in People
A fragmentary verse sketch contrasting types of people who borrow and steal, seek mirth or church attendance for show, and those who flatter and perform to gain favor. It notes gamblers, drinkers, card players, and social climbers, ending with a jab at a candidate who bows and flatters to appeal to the public.
Post Office Policy on Transatlantic Mail Transmission
The Post Office Department received official intelligence from the General Post Office in London. It states that letters addressed to the United States and not directed to a specific carrier will be transmitted by the British post after notice to the public. The move ends reliance on the Cunard steam service and shifts letters to the American packet route, a topic long debated by both governments' post offices.
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Srives
THE
Steubenville
Arnaxci
Post Office Department
General Post Office
London
D States
United S.o
Tates
Liverpool
Cunard
National
Texas Bulletin fragment on patrols protecting settlements
In Lan as Aug 17 dispatches mention two companies of infantry ordered to protect settlements where small groups of quently appear. The government train, with carts, under Brevet was heard from the day b setting on very well, and w Piss about the 15.
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Texas
Delphia Bulletin
Lanas
Aus
Ood
Fragmentary line prompts a curious poem teaser
The readable fragment hints at a line about a person or creature breathing and a post, with scattered punctuation and an exclamatory tone. It appears as a stray verse snippet rather than a full news item, offering little actionable context or named entities to identify.
Inventions and satire mix in 19th century musings
A Chambers Journal correspondent muses on a Paris sky balloon guiding an electric sun for night illumination while lamenting risky reforms. The verse also notes a satirical line about funding a concert ticket and politics, hinting at public opinion and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers’ Journal
Paris
Custain
Pension Plea for Mrs Myra Clark Gains in Legislature
The Mississippi pension request cites her late husband’s military service. A year earlier she was regarded as wealthy, now facing a reversal of fortune amid public attention to her claim and the evolving political process.
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Myra Clark
Mississippi
Harps versus Sorts in Perry and Hocking District
Bitter post constitutional battle between hards and sorts. Delegates clash over a supposed large Democratic meeting edited by R Curren and later denied by C, who claims no authority for the publication. A Perry County Democrat August 1 report sparked accusations of forgery and rascality.
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no. O._K
Steamboat Accident and Remarkable Artesian Mill System
A Wheeling Times report describes Pilot No. 2 accident near the wharf where a boiler exploded creating a violent jet of steam, causing panic as passengers fled to shore. It also recounts a Greensboro Alabama mill using six artesian wells, supplying about 1000 gallons per minute to drive a reaction wheel and saws through an underground tunnel system.
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Aboy
Yesterch
Beacon
Greensboro
Alabama
Millwood
Withers
Whitelaw & Surray’s
West Point
Attorney General Hearings Over Fifty Thousand Dollar Claim
Louisiana attorney general presented fee bills against the United States totaling sixty thousand dollars or more. Comptroller Whittlesey rejected almost all, save a single item later deemed unsatisfactory. Secretary of the Interior reviewed and upheld Whittlesey on the small item and rejected it, then referred entire dispute to the Attorney General. Johnson had not decided the case before retirement.
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Dearh
Bishop Bascou
Henry B. Bascoin
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Louisville
America
Bascom
Luis
Methodist Church
Fle
Uniontown
Augusta College
Transylvania University
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Louis
Arkansas
Missouri
Philadelphia Bulletin
Bill Johnson
Kate
Thousand Isles
New York Tribune
Alexandria Bay
Gill Johnson
Isles
Johnson
Lawr
Canada
St. Lawrence
England
United States
Sir Rolert Peel
Islands
Eyrie
York
Albany
Cam van Renssalaer
Rome
Robert Peel
Axoruer Locoroco
Locoroco ix
Louisiana
Whittlesey
Secretary of the Interior
Ewing
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Hucieng
PSIA
Rvone Gia
Ithia
Eve Letepes
Weekly Herald
Choice Poetry
Masie
Liberty
Land of the Beautiful
Land of the Free
Republic of Washington
Jill
Lydia Maria Child
Fanny Kemble
Pennsylvania
Joe
Steuben Miller
Jorgus
Smith
Jove
Joseph
Chow
North Carolina
N.C
David S. Reid
AkdUs Porae
Charles Manly
Reid
Mea J
PEN and Scissors
Bishop Purcell
Cincinnati
Plum Street
Rochester Democrat
New York
Barringer
Spi
Spain
Pfnish
Dublin
Kentucky
Chicago Tribune
Milwaukie
Judge Williams
Vermont
Carolina
North
S Spatin
Bdarringer
Letterman
Wm. M. Barney
Messrs. Goodman
New Orleans
Candhors
Max
Narvaez
Breran Mercer
William Lane
X- le Nave
Feather River California
Europe
Byron
Charles McMicken
American Colonization Society of Ohio
Africa
Ohio
Prairie
Calvin
Moses
Marksville
Jenny Lind
New York Sun
Howard
Irving House
Ludlow
Busteed
Hall A. Son
Wood
Bobo
Dr. Clark
Hodges
Private Box
C. de
M’dlle Lind
MR. Grenning
Jenny
Eeve
Farar Supwreck
Sdr
Canton
Newburyport
White
Squam
St. John
N. B
A.vosr
Wheeling Times
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