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Newspaper
Sunbury American
Location
Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1850
Page
1
Fragmented verses present a poor English girl's imagined life of hope and equality. The speaker contrasts dreamlike earthly bliss with a world of labor’s din and social injustice, longing for a just, peaceful rest beyond mortal toil and misery.
The piece recalls Fort Augusta near the Susquehanna where Sybel Gray falls in love with a handsome stranger a garrisoned settler and a vow to elope ends tragically as he is killed and she is captured by Delawares. Years pass and her memory haunts the valley until hunters find her remains beside two skeletal figures on a mountain rock.
On a Edinburgh to Glasgow coach, a young gentleman in modest dress quietly helps a widow and her infant facing a shower. He shields them with his cloak, shares shelter, and later gives two sovereigns to the mother, provoking mixed reactions from dandies aboard. The Earl of H appears in Glasgow, changing the travelers' mood about connections.
In Washington on March 7 1850 Senator Webster spoke to the Senate on slavery and union tracing the Mexico war to territorial expansion and California statehood. He contrasted northern and southern views, discussed historical slavery justifications, and argued for preserving the Union amid rising tensions.
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