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Newspaper
Sunbury American
Location
Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1850
Page
1
Fragment from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper describing annual subscription terms for The American. Mentions payment per person, discounts for clubs, multiple copies to one address, and partial prices in old currency phrasing.
An 1850 Philadelphia and New York gallery advertises daguerreotypes portraits miniatures and copies in various cases with quick sessions for adults and clearer lighting for children. The Hatters Association and dealers offer low prices on goods and ready-made items with discounts, inviting visitors at any hour.
Whittier’s poem conjures a sweeping panorama of American expansion as a voyager’s horn sounds beyond St Mary's Falls while pioneers, Native and settler, press forward. The verse pictures mining, trapping, war chiefs, Jesuit bells, and the dawning nation. It envisions a young United States shaping itself from raw materials into a mighty state with the West alight by a guiding star.
In Van Buren Arkansas a new territorial judge Archy Yell arrives amid frontier humor and menace. Genera Smoot and rivals threaten him, while a "good natured" Bill Buffum and a giant Archy Buffum story unfold as crowds gather for the Crawford county court opening. The judge delivers a stark vow to uphold law as threats, duels, and backwoods rhetoric swirl around the courthouse.
Archibald Yell debuts in Arkansas with a brutal court melee ending in his triumph as judge and hero. Bill Buffum dies in the clash while Yell rises as a political figure, later winning gubernatorial and congressional support amid war. A Franklin A anecdote closes the piece.
Fragments describe a man named Jackson Averis being tarred and feathered at Yorkville South Carolina for defiance of a vigilance committee and ordered to leave the state. Other items note a grand allegorical statue by Higas Powers destined for Washington and plans for a California lead discovery. Additional notices cover household varnish tips, a Mississippi legislature special session, a Michigan campaign platform, and a Missouri vote on Pacific Railroad funding.
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