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Parestye Poem On a Child Asleep by Miss Pannor
The speaker reflects on a child’s deep sleep after moments of joy and asks if such calm can be kept in life. Weariness and bittersweet images accompany the wish to trade years of life for dreams like the child’s.
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Miss Pannor
Democratic Convention Favor Baltimore in 1844
The Washington Republican reports high Democratic support for Baltimore as the 1844 National Convention site and May as the meeting month. It notes statewide and party conventions in New Hampshire Maryland and Louisiana aligning with Baltimore, while Gen Cass discusses banking, tariffs, land use, and party unity. Also includes Benton on Oregon Territory praising the region's extent and geography.
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Baltimore
New Hampshire
Maryland
Louisiana
United States
Cass
Democratic Party
The Columbia Valley and Its Ideal Capital
A historic passage extols the Columbia Valley as a vast, interconnected land where rivers meet, borders are secure, and sea access exists through a mountain gap. It envisions unity, wealth, and strength with a single capital Thebes and a singular commercial emporium Lyre as symbols of national destiny.
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Columbia
Thebes
Attempted Murder Aimed at Mr Jackson in County
Oxford Mercury reports an attack on Wednesday night the 15th inst as two assailants in women’s clothing attempted to seize Mr Sam Jackson by the bridle, striking him with a kale but without serious harm. He suspects a secret enemy, noting a recent barn fire as possible motive.
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Sam
Jackson
Fition
Oxford Mercury
Murder in Suburbs A Railroad Worker Killed by Fellow Employee
A homicide occurred Monday night in the town suburbs. Mallison Johnson, a colored man, was stabbed in the right breast by Bill Scott, who fled but was captured the next morning and jailed. Both men worked for the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Company.
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Mallison Johnson
Bill Scott
Scott
Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company
Wilmingon Chron
Death by Apoplexy Near Wilmington Infers Tragic Loss
Wilmington March 33 Mr B W Halsey was found dead on a road 10 to 12 miles above Wilmington. It is believed he dismounted to drink from a spring and died in attempting to drink. The body lay in water with hat and cloak set aside. Highly respected, he leaves a wife in indigent circumstances. Verdict of the inquest: death from apoplexy. Messenger.
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Wilmington
B. W. Halsey
Messenger
Bloodshed in Windsor as militia man killed by Tennessee visitor
A Norfolk Herald correspondent from Windsor South Carolina reports a blood scene during a militia parade. William Cheatum of Tennessee shot and killed Mr Weston after a jokeful hat knock. The pistol shot occurred as another man leaned on Weston. The killer fled and has not been captured.
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Norfolk Herald
Windsor
S.C
Weston
William Cheatum
Tennessee
Cheatum
Loss of the US ship Concord on Africa coast
The United States Ship Concord was lost on rocks in the Mozambique channel around October 2. Captain Boerum and Purser Hart died when a boat overturned crossing the Zangola river bar. Remaining officers and crew, except those who perished, return to the United States aboard another ship via Rio Janeiro.
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Concord
United States
Boerum
Rio Janeiro
Mozambique Channel
Hart
Zangola River
Haleigh Star
Rhode Island Supreme Court Opens Treason Case Pardon Petition
The Rhode Island Supreme Court began its term in Newport on Tuesday week with treason indictments against prisoners proceeding as they petitioned the Governor for pardon. Prosecutions will be terminated if offenders submit fully to the law, a move believed to be broadly approved.
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Rhode Island
Supreme Court of
Newport
Petersburg Noted Free of Smallpox for Eighteen Months
A physician states there is no smallpox in Petersburg at present and no new cases in eighteen months. The report concludes there is no active outbreak or recent illness to report.
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Petersburg
Comet Sighted Spark Alarm in St Thomas and Earthquake Felt
Circulating to the South, reports claim a brilliant comet seen at St Thomas on the 2d of the month caused alarm among inhabitants. A shock of an earthquake was felt at St Thomas on the ill inst. around 9:30 PM with no material damage reported, noted by Petersburg Intelligencer and Charleston Mercury.
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St. Thomas
Charleston Mercury
Doctor Cloud’s soil method boosts cotton yield per acre
Warrenton Rep reports Dr. Cloud of Alabama claims fourfold cotton yield per acre through soil management and crop rotation. He publishes his treatment in Albany Cultivator and says manuring is essential. An acre yields about 8000 pounds valued at roughly 8 to 9 cents per pound, totaling about $350 annually on poor land.
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Dr. C
Thar
Warrenton Rep
Horrible Accident Report From Armstrong County
A Pittsburg Sun item relays a grisly county accident during a barn raising. Women cutting chickens heads, a child killed, and a log falling to crush nine people, with two men at risk from the debris. The informant is deemed reliable.
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Pittsburg
Armstrong County
Duel in New Orleans Leaves Senator Waggaman Wounded
New Orleans on March 1 reports a morning duel between Hon. G. A. Waggaman, former Louisiana senator and current state senator, and Hon. Dennis Priuer, late city collector and mortgage recorder. Two shots fired. Waggaman struck in both thighs. Priuer unharmed. Waggaman’s bullet clipped the front of Priuer’s pantaloons.
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New Orleans
Piuls
G. A. Waggaman
Congres
Louisiana
Senate
Dennis Prieur
Wagyxaman
Prieur
Second Earthquake Shocks Guadaloupe Coast
Capt. Smith of the schooner Francis Cannady reports a second earthquake shock on Guadaloupe's north part on the 3rd inst. A vessel off North Point said the quake shook its hull severely. A dense smoke cloud rose from Bassaterre raising fears for the town. Point Petre suffered illness from ruins.
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West Indies
Smith
Francis Cannady
Guadaloupe
Bassaterre
Point Petre
Insurrection in St Domingo Grows Despite Reports
A New York vessel from Aux Cayes brings a Feb 27 letter claiming open insurrection in the south of St Domingo. An insurgent force about 6000 took towns including Jeremie where a provisional government is set. Government troops defect to the rebels and business stalls as a battle occurs.
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St Domingo
St. Domingo
New York
Aux Cayes
Jeremie
Wilmington
Oswego Bank Run Spurs Directors to Act
A bank run at Oswego occurred Saturday the 18th led mainly by depositors. On Monday the directors resolved to suspend operations and consider steps to protect customers and stabilize the bank.
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Oswego Bank
Sus
New payment notes circulation and liabilities
A brief note states its liabilities do not exceed 100000 dollars, with half of that amount allotted for circulation. It adds that its bills receivable, alone, match the total liabilities in value. New York Journal of Commerce.
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N.Y
Speedy Marriage Sparks Hasty Union at Local Tavern
In a swift turn of events Peter Weberly, 45, met Mary Gromley, 20, in a tavern on Bod Street and secured a license for 450, plus 82 for processing and 23 to Rev Mrs Seweibe for the ceremony. The Baltimore Sun notes the rapid nuptial as a curiosity for bachelors.
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Peter Wcberly
Frederick Gephart
Bood Street
Mary Gromley
Seweibe
Baltimore Sun
Free trade restores exchanges except Alabama in new era
The article argues that monetary and exchange regulations fail against natural cheap trade. It claims U S exchanges are healthier now, with low discount rates and strong remittance facilities. It lauds the currency system, warns against further reforms, and mentions years of upheaval and a coming calm.
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Alabama
Com
The Policy of England and American Reactions
The piece contrasts English economic distress with expansive paper money policy and trade restraints, citing 1842 export declines and revenue losses. It questions the artificial state of England’s finances and warns of potential convulsions. A second item reports a murder discovery in Sparta Tennessee with a severely injured man found in the snow and later dying, unidentified.
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England
Philadelphia Ledger
New Opal Button by Attleborough Makers
A new style of button called the opal button has been produced by Mesrs. R and W Rob inson of Attleborough, renowned button manufacturers. The article notes its perfectly smooth face and novelty as a summer innovation.
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R & W. Robinson
Attleborough
New Invention Brings Changing Light Button Fame
In a vividly lit room a novelty button display gleams like a kaleidoscope of colors. Willard Robinson has spent nearly two years perfecting an invention that alters light shade and color, promising Yankee ingenuity. The secret remains with him and the costly device may only grace fashionable coats for some time. Durability tests show the baton and gems retain brilliancy despite wear.
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Willurd Robinson
Boston Courier
Mysterious Disappearance Near Lanisineburg
Mrs Ann La Cross wife of F A La Cross of this village left home Thursday morning about seven or eight and has not been heard from. She is 17, comely, light brown hair, and was wearing a dark calico dress, black mantle with cloak and fringe, black hood with flowers, green veil, gilt boots and light moccasins. Information to JOHN BRUCE Lansinghurst.
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Lanisineburg
Ann la Cross
F. A. la Cross
Lansinghurgh
John Bruce
Death by avalanche near Windsor Vermont
On Wednesday the 15th, Hiram Hastings aged about twenty was found buried beneath snow about two miles from Windsor Vermont near the foot of the Ascutney mountain. He had visited a sick neighbor the previous evening and, returning by an untrodden path, a mass of snow on the hill started and carried him several rods down. He perished under several feet of snow.
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Hiram Hastings
Windsor
Vermont
Destruction at Goadaloupe and mutinous shipboard tale
A passenger aboard the Scherus from Point-au-Pitre reports New Orleans received news of Goadaloupe’s utter destruction by earthquake with deaths estimated around 5,000 and many maimed. He saved only his wife from wreckage as the town vanished in minutes. The ballast on board included a horse, now calcined stone like pumice. Also reported is a mutiny aboard the United States ship John Adams near the Cape of Good Hope, where five mutineers were shot after stepping forward with grievances. Additionally, 300 Mormons arrived in Liverpool aboard the Swanton and proceed to Nauvoo.
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Goadaloupe
Scherus
Point-au- Petre
New Orleans
The
Republican
West Indies
United States
John Adams
Cape of Good Hope
the Picayune
Liverpool
Nauvoo
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