Addressing the Treasury's Promised Promptness in Debt Payments
Mr. Barnard of New York argues the Administration's claim that it promptly meets every government debt is false. He cites Treasury notes issued to cover payments, unpaid Cherokee pensions, Florida volunteer arrears, and disrupted harbor and fortification projects to show deliberate delays and nonpayment despite boasts of promptness.
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Barnard
New York
Treasury
Chesnut Street
Wall Street
Florida
Jessup
Congress
Mmeet
Quartermaster General
United States
Great Britain
Cumberland
Condition of the U S Treasury Explodes Spending Waste
A political pamphlet accuses the administration of extravagance and corruption. It cites December treasury balance claims, funds shortfalls, and calls for five million treasury notes amid double wages, unpaid labor, unapproved borrowing, and inflated Navy Yard costs.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Treasury
Government finance may force extra session, chronicle notes
The Cincinnati Chron. reports that the administration leaves confusion and debt as a bequest to its successor. It argues Congress should provide funds now to avoid an extra session, or the government cannot be carried on.
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Col
Albert
Congress
Col. Totten
Totten
Cincinnati
Childhood's Laugh by Mrs. Seba Smith
A reflection on the pure joy of a child's laugh and its power to lift weary hearts. The poem compares innocent mirth to birdsong and flower scent, urging adults to preserve such guileless joy to restore memory of happier days and inner peace.
Extraordinary recognition of n years apart brothers in city
Two brothers who had lived within a hundred yards of each other for twenty years learned they were related after a trivial childhood gunpowder accident. Born in Paris, they were separated as infants and raised by different caretakers. They reunited in adulthood, both prospering, and a neighbor at a grandchild’s christening recalled the mutilated finger story.
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Paris
Thema
Tomorrow in Prose and Policy Across a Turbulent Era
A narrative reflects on tomorrow as fate and fear recede before providence while the New Orleans Picayune contemplates personal ties and dramatic reunions. Separately, Mr. Linn introduces a bill redefining U S sovereignty in Oregon with military posts, settler incentives, and an Indian agent to manage western tribal relations.
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Linn
United States Senate
United States
Oregon
Pacific Frontier
Fort Leavenworth
Rocky Mountains
Ship canal proposal and Webster dictionary update
Waar Next reports E J Pierce urges a Lake Erie to Ohio River ship canal to keep the Ohio river fed with water and allow warships to ascend from New Orleans. he believes ice can be kept clear with proper apparatus. Webster announces a new American Dictionary edition adding eight to ten thousand words, surpassing Todd’s Johnson and Richardson Quarto, with improvements and wider usage. Cleveland Herald.
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Waar
E. J. Pierce
Philadelphia
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Ohio
New Orleana
Pierce
Noah Webster
New Traven Herald
Todd
Johnson
Richardson
England
Cleveland Herald
Tooth Ache Remedy Promoted by London Doctor
Dr Blake told the London Medical Society that a powder of alum and nitrous spirit of ether mixed and applied to a decayed tooth could cure even desperate tooth ache. He cautioned the remedy may fail when rheumatism is involved.
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Blake
London Medical Society
Prying Into Other Folk's Business Sparked Light Exchange
Dialogue fiction shows Jack catching Tom at a key hole and one insisting on privacy. Tom objects to prying as Jack questions his actions, highlighting curiosity about others' affairs.
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Jack
Tom
Militia Captain Responds to Lady’s Note With Command
The Boston Post recounts a down east militia captain who misreads a note from a lady as a social invitation and marches his entire company to the lady’s house. The Catholic Almanack for 1841 notes 1,300,000 Catholics in the United States.
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Boston Post
Astosry
United States
No Distilleries in Delaware Report Says State Survey
A state survey concludes there are no operating distilleries in Delaware. Officials say the finding reflects licensing gaps and demand for alcohol production facilities in the region.
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U. S. Treasury
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Seba Smith
Prise
New Orleans Picayune
State of
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