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Autumnal mourning and the faded garden thou shalt see
Poem in verse lamenting the passing of summer and the decline of flowers and plants. Imagery of frost, treason in Hydrangia, and exotic peers seeking refuges in greenhouses. The speaker lists fading leaves and flowers and bids autumn remind the reader of their own passing hours.
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Hydrangia
Judge McLean not seeking Presidency in Clay plan
Excerpt from a letter published in the Charlottesville Advocate shows Judge McLean denying any wish to be nominated for the Presidency. He states he would not use his name to aid a party, seeks to restore government foundations, and views such service as a national achievement akin to Washington’s.
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McLean
Barlottesvile Advocate
Clay Che
Washington
Bitter Mississippi feud ends in fatal stabbing
A Hancock County affray reported by the New Orleans Picayune on the 18thult. involved J W Gass and D W OChoss brothers against S G Gass their brother in law. Ross stabbed J W Goss with a dirk then tried to seize his gun, prompting Gass to shoot Ross in the head and kill him. J W Goss was not expected to recover.
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Union
New Orleans Picayune
Hancock County
Miss
J. W. Gass
DW oChoss
S G Gass
Brunswick County
N.C
Ross
J W. Goss
W. Goss
Racehorse Penens Celebrates 200 Years Old Victory
The Rateigh Register notes GP Vhe celebrated a truly aged racehorse penens reaching 200 years. The horse won the Jacky Club purse at the New Market course near Petersburg with notable ease across two heats of three mules, on a wet heavy track.
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GP Vhe
Penens
Azar
Jacky Club
New Market Course
Petersburg
Massacre reports and industry notes in Madisonian issue
The Madisonian cites Henry Lee on Indian cotton imports affecting English prices, notes ongoing murders in the United States, describes Mr. Ruggles shoe machine operations and cost savings, and reports on a brutal Nestorian Christian massacre in Mosul with details from the Morning Chronicle.
Massacre of Nestorians in Mosul Follows Foreign Rivalries
A historical account condemns Turkish actions and foreign influence in the Nestorian massacre near Mosul. It blames American, English Protestant, and French Catholic factions for igniting conflict that led to the decimation of Nestorians, including families and a patriarch who fled to the British vice consulate. The piece notes the Nestorians’ centuries of independence and the broader tragedy of indiscriminate killing across ages and conditions.
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Mohammed
London Morning Chronicle
Constantinople
Mosul
Tiyarce
Minis
East
Dr. Grant
Grant
Badger
Church of Rome
Pacha
Batger
Teading
Christ
Church of England
N. Fo Sun
Tragic accident claims young Barrec child life
In Barre Massachusetts a months old daughter of Descon Moses Wheelock died in a mysterious accident. After an attendant left the room the infant reportedly crawled to the bed wall area and fell through a narrow aperture, becoming suspended by a cord until she died.
Currency reform in Alabama shifts to specie payment
From Mobile letters the Alabama currency will switch to specie on Monday October 24. All debts not specified will be paid in specie and the state banks are in liquidation with no new paper to be issued. The nation’s currency improves due to free trade, not a national bank.
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Alabama
Mobile
Change in public opinion in Abbeville South Carolina
A gentleman in Abbeville who refused a challenge received a barbecue from fellow citizens as a token of approbation and esteem, signaling a shift in local opinion.
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South
Abbeville
South Carolina
Powder mill explosion at High Falls near Carthill
A passenger reports a powder mill blast at High Falls seven miles from Carthill yesterday afternoon at five. Six people inside were killed, about 300 kegs of powder stored there. Foreman ill and the in‑charge of packing likely intoxicated. Alarm spread to Cattskill, initial quake fears. A similar fatal accident occurred there years ago.
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South America
High Falls
Carthill
Cattskill
Albany
Jour
Damages Awarded in Frye v Steckton Case in Baltimore Court
In a Baltimore County court case dating from September 1839, Ira Frye sued Lucius W. Steckton, proprietor of the National road line of stages, for damages after a passenger incident between Hancock and Cumberland. The jury returned a verdict this morning awarding Frye three thousand dollars.
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Baltimore County
Ira Frye
Lucius W. Steckton
National Road Line of Stages
Hancock
Cumberland
Beverily Johnson
Lemeel Williams
Wm. Schley
Charles H Pitts
Baltimore
Drowned Sheriff George Phillips Of County
George Phillips, sheriff of the county, was drowned in the Yadkin River while returning from Raleigh where he had gone to settle public accounts. His saddle bags were found fast in the river. The brief notice comes from a letter received from Ashe county.
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George Philips
Yadkin
Raleigh
Ashe County
Edenton Superior Court Delivers Harsh Docket
The Edenton Sentinel reports a busy Superior Court week with Judge Nash. Edmund Bunch received stocks for an hour, three months imprisonment, then another hour in stocks for assaulting a deputy sheriff while on official duty. Joshua Perkins also was jailed briefly for assaults and later arraigned again for another battery. Charles Creecy was found guilty of altering a son’s mark but awaits punishment. The criminal docket continued into Friday with further proceedings.
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Nash
Edmund Bunch
Deans
Bunch
Joshua Perkins
Charles Creecy
Williamson Exon Eifter Sentenced in Virginina Court
R Williamson an exon efiter was brought before the court and, found guilty of felonious passing bills from the Farmer's Book of Virginia, was sentenced to one hour in prison and thirty nine lashes on his bare back plus a year’s imprisonment to be served when Williamson’s disposition permits, with punishment postponed until the next County Court.
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R Williamson
Williamson
Tuyday
Elijah Spencer and son Harbert linked to courthouse arson escape
The Southern Citizen recalls Elijah and Harbert Spencer, charged with burning Montgomery county court house, their jail escape, and Elijah's alleged death from fever during flight near Tennessee. It also notes Warbort Spencer’s passage toward Texas amid the pursuit.
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Elijah Spencer
Elijah
Harbert Spencer
Tast
Montgomery Court-House
Tennessee
Warbort
Mexas
Counterfeiting Ring Suspected in Western State
Reports from the western part of the state indicate a counterfeiting operation carried on by a group in Treaderson county. Local currency has circulated widely, with counterfeit coins described as composed of silver, copper and zinc and likely to deceive without careful inspection.
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Treaderson County
Extra Court Ordered in Anson County December Term
The Superior Court of Law sitting in Anson County NC could not clear the Civil Docket. The presiding Judge ordered an extra Court to be held at the Court House in Wadesborough on the first Monday of December next.
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Extra Court
Superior Court of Law
Anson County
Wadesborough
Cheraw Gaz
Illness Strikes Town Reduces Publication
The Salisbury Watchman notes widespread sickness in town causing a pause in publishing last week. An unusual run of chills and fever affected many households but the illness is now abating.
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Salisbury Watchman
Hardy Carroll Convicted Yet Again for Horse Stealing
In Franklin Court last week Hardy Carroll was tried and convicted for the third time on horse stealing, but the record was not produced and he escaped another sentence. A Lancaster vagrant with a splinted arm was arrested for stealing items from houses he begged at, proving to be a bold rogue rather than a cripple.
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Hardy Carroll
Franklin Court
Lancaster
Change of Fortune and a Narrow Escape on Broadway
The Columbia Enquirer notes Russia appoints Amos Addis of Pennsylvania as a skilled mechanical engineer, but at Williamsport Quarter Sessions Addis and his wife are convicted of assaulting their tenant by shooting him in the leg with intent to kill. Addis is sentenced to one year in the penitentiary and Mrs Addis six months in jail. Also reported is a dramatic Broadway incident where a fare dodger fled a Knickerbocker stage, a wagon ran over the driver, yet he survived and pursued the runaway passenger.
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Columbia Enquirer
Empror
Russia
Amos Addis
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Addis
Mrs A
Knickerbocker
Broadway
Hem
V. S. Jour. Com
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