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Dallars
Pitty
Fulton
Portrait of Man and Time in a Poetic Vision
Fragmentary poem lines describe philosophy and beauty as a scribing picture of man and mystery. It ponders temptation, suffering, pride, and forgiveness, depicting a restless soul amid time’s wrecks and a creator’s reverent gaze.
Abolitionists and Southern unity in the slavery debate
The piece argues for Southern alignment against abolitionists in Maine and Pennsylvania, praising Van Buren as a Northern President favorable to the South and the Constitution. It warns abolitionist efforts persist, citing O Connell and Miss Martineau, and condemns their attempts to inflame Northern prejudice and incite slave resistance.
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South
Porter
Pennsylvania
Oo Fairfield
Maine
Buchanan
Kent
Adams
van Buren
Ons
Lis
Lev
O'Connell
Tourishke
Whittier
Birney
Abolitionist Attacks Stirred Opposition in 1830s
The piece denounces James G Birney and Lewis Tappan for publishing a second edition amid a dispute over a runaway slave James Williams and the slaveholding system. It accuses abolitionists of libel, asserts they seek to sway Northern voters, and cites a Richmond Enquirer editorial condemning slave theft and urging harsh punishment for abductors as evidence of growing tensions over escape attempts and anti slavery agitation.
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Ben
Eutitor
New York Commercial Advertiser
James William
JG Birney
Lewis Tappan
Carres Pondent
Ube
Caiaeds
Thas
Winchester
Wheelie
Ohi
Virginia
Canada
Tase
Richmond Enquirer
Abolition Sparks Dark Den Case In Anthony Street
A police probe uncovers a disturbing den in Anthony Street where a white 20 year old Quakeress Lydia Williamson eloped with a man calling himself David Smith, claimed as a marriage but not. The piece condemns abolition zealots and urges restraint in social reforms while describing the incident as a grim example of how abolition rhetoric harms society and families.
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Anthony Street
Society of Friends
Africa
Quote on money and equality from N Y Star
A fragment quotes a harsh view that spending money could overturn social usages and claims no white man should sanction or execute such changes in any part of the country, attributed to the New York Star.
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N.Y. Star
Land Slides Hit Several Southern Towns Across the Mississippi
The bulletin reports low water causing land slides along the Mississippi banks. New Orleans swallowed portions of wharves, Vicksburg saw slides, and Rodney Natchez faced cracked walls and collapsing cotton facilities. A Rodney report notes town portions severed by river flow and two destroyed houses. Grand Gulf may avoid the threat as Gulf Hills abutments loom.
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New Orleans
Vicksburg
Rodney
Natchez
Otleman
Tov Hawk
Grand Gulf
Gulf Hills
Powder Explosion At Pittsburg Powder Mill
The Warrisbarg belgearer reports a massive powder mill blast at AL and AL Watson on the Vonongieli four miles above Pittsburg. About seven thousand pounds of powder ignited with a devastating crash heard nineteen or twenty miles away. One man died that evening and another was injured though not severely. Nearby houses shattered and workers across the river were knocked down by the shock.
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Warrisburg Belgearer
AL & AL Watson
Pittsburg
Connecticut School District Attendance Reveals Unprecedented Pair
The Pine Harbor Courant reports that a mother and child aged four to sixteen are listed among students in a distinct western town school. The finding, tied to mandatory returns on child attendance for school funds, is described as a remarkable, likely unprecedented, event in New England by the New York Star.
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Connecticut
Pine Harbird Courant
New England
New York Star
Grandfather 90 kills grandson 24 in suburb incident
In Moule suburbs, Berth Alexander aged 90 stabbed his grandson Thomas Hamilton aged 24 after both were intoxicated. Hamilton died from the abdominal wound. Alexander has been committed.
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Berth Alexander
Moule
Thomas Hamlton
Astor Fortune Valued At Vast Wealth In Old Ledger
The text estimates John Jacob Astor’s wealth at 25,000,000 dollars, more than double Stephen Girard’s estate. It calculates at six percent returns yielding 1,500,000 yearly, 125,000 monthly, 1,333 dollars daily, 172 dollars hourly, and 2.74 dollars per second, concluding she will be rich by and by.
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John Jacob Astor
New York
Stephen Girard
Morus Multicaulis Silk Culture Gains Attention
The Richmond Enquirer highlights Morus Multicaulis and silkworm culture, noting Virginia's interest and reports of large profits near Fredericksburg and Norfolk. Mentions Brunswick, Caroline, and other areas with outlays of 2 to 300 dollars yielding gains up to 7500 dollars. Excerpts describe gardens turning small plots into substantial harvests and investors pursuing silk ventures this fall.
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Richmond Enquirer
Hicks
Brunswick
Farmer's Register
Virginia
Silk vs Cotton and local silk plans spark inquiry
The piece discusses sand for cuttings and local talks of establishing corooneries nearby. It urges the Register to survey opinions and gather statistics. It notes cotton’s historic rise and asks why silk cannot follow, citing 1837 silk import value of $14,352,823 and the potential to supplant eastern and European imports.
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Register
U. States
Europe
Woollen Cloth Invention At American Institute Exhibit
Samples of woollen cloth from Union Manufacturing Company mills Norwalk Connecticut shown at the American Institute in New York last week. The fabric is made without spinning or weaving by a web formation process, finished to a smooth surface, and claimed to be cheaper warmer and longer lasting than ordinary cloth. Proponents foresee a revolution in woolen manufacture and stronger domestic competition with foreign markets.
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Air of the American Institute
New York
Uius
Union Manufacturing Company
Norwalk
Connecttcut
Remarkable Tooth Extraction Discovery in Philadelphia
Waldie of Philadelphia reports a supposed discovery by Dr Caldwell that a ligamental attachment around a tooth can be cut to allow immediate painless extraction with fingers. He cites a physician who extracted a large molar, then all teeth of a dead subject in the same way, claiming wide use and benefit.
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Waldie
Philadelphia
Caldwell
South Sixth Street
Jenner
Horrible Death Adjourned Inquest at Lisson Grove
An adjourned inquest at the Champion on Princes Street Lisson Grove examined John M Lellan whose death occurred under the described circumstances. The proceeding aimed to establish cause and manner of death with local officials present and witnesses named in the record.
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Champion
Princes Street
Lisson Grove
John M’lellan
Glanders Verdict in Cab Driver Death
A London report recounts the jury viewing the body of a cab driver whose face was eaten away by sores. Depositions say he contracted glanders from a glandered horse he drove, and he died in severe agony after wiping his nose with a contaminated handkerchief. The verdict was accidental infection from the horse.
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W. Johnson
Astley Cooper
Glanders
London Paper
Worthy surgeon dentist’s stump speech ends with a joke
The Louisville Journal reports a candidate for office delivering a stump speech. When a listener asked his price for pulling a tooth, he replied I will pull your tooth for a shilling and your nose for half the money.
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Louisville Journal
Fatal Parisha Cathola Shootout Involving Haggerty Brothers
From the Alexandria Intelligencer dated the 12th, a fatal encounter occurred in Catahola Parish days earlier. Henry Umble and John Davis were killed by a youth named Absalom Haggerty who, after his elder brother Jonathan Haggerty shot the elder in the thigh and urged him to kill, fired on Amble and Ross. Absalom was slightly wounded. the elder Haggerty is believed mortally wounded.
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Alexandria
Catahola
Henry Umble
John Davis
Ross
Jonathan
Absalom Haggerty
Haggerty
Amble
Haggerly
Robbery at a Printing Office In Lynchburg
On Friday night last, a thief entered the counting-room by cutting a pane of glass, opened a desk drawer, and examined papers but took nothing. He sought money, found none, and left, deeming the search for hard money a humbug.
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Lynchburg Virg
Despondent man in Long Buckley attempts suicide
A Long Buckley man on January 9 attempted to end his life by ingesting oil of vitriol but fled to a surgeon. The doctor saved him with carbonate of magnesia in milk, ending his acute pain and curing his despondency, leaving him grateful he survived.
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Long Buckley
Mass
Baltimore Sun
Lawyer Walter F. Os good Dies in Sing Sing Prison
Among recent deaths in Sing Sing is Walter F. Osgood a lawyer from this city with respectable connexions. He was sentenced to fourteen years for forging pension certificates and died in prison of diarrhea on the 17th inst New York Express.
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Sing Sing
Walter F. Osgood
New York Express
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