25 Dec 1852
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Newspaper
Sunbury American
Location
Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1852
Page
1
The readable lines show archaic phrasing and garbled text likely from a poetry fragment. It recalls a pastoral or dramatic cadence with references to toil and nature but lacks a coherent narrative or identifiable figures.
A first person sketch details a challenging Mount Blanc climb from Chamouni, describing summit views of Mont Minne etain and Tour Rani. The narrator hires three guides, treks through soft snow, crosses icy ledges, and endures night delays amid avalanche fears before reaching the Grand Plateau.
The narrative recalls a perilous ascent of Mont Blanc with guides exhausted by rarefaction and a looming storm. After hours of slow progress and ice wall climbing, the party reached Rocharts Rangers, then endured a fierce gale and hail. They pressed on to descend, describe vertiginous ice and a narrow escape, finally reaching Clinmount at five in the morning after forty eight hours in eternal snow.
A biographical sketch recounts the life of Da Souza of Whydah and Lagos, a famed if notorious slave dealer who rose through Dahomey trade networks. It details his secretive operations, debts, lavish gifts, clashes with Havana and Brazilian merchants, and eventual ruin and death with his property seized by the Dahomey king.
The piece notes foreigners and Chinese laborers arriving to work on plantations. It laments racial prejudice, claims Chinese workers lower costs, and suggests emigration could curb slavery. It mentions thousands already on the island, with wages and terms of service described, and speculates on future arrivals and global changes.
The report details extraordinary gold finds near Forest Creek with Adelaide men recovering 150 pounds of gold in a morning and others yielding six to nine pounds daily at several holes. It notes floods, snow in Australia, rising robberies, and warns of armed bushrangers threatening travelers and transports.
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