European Powers and the New World War of Domination
The article surveys how England France Russia Austria and Prussia dominate global affairs. It notes their moves in Africa Asia and the Americas and warns that peaceful Europe masks broad aggression abroad while the West re includes the East in a widening battle for power and resources.
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England
France
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Europe
Spain
Turkey
Egypt
Syria
Sublime Porte
Pasha
Druses
Christaans
Lebanon
Africa
China
London
Circassia
Persia
Venice
Milan
Italy
New World
Mexico
River la Plata
South
Central America
Bonaparte
Rhenish
Mediterranean
Poland
Belgium
Rhine
Marshal Valee
Asia
Mehemet Ali
Nile
Aden
United States
N. America
New Zealand
Anon
Buenos
Ayres
Algeria
Mahomet
Naples
Moscow
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Americas
Vicious London Exposed in Sermon on City Vice
A London sermon in aid of the London City Mission presents stark figures of vice in the capital. It cites 500 000 to 800 000 religiously indifferent and 150 000 engaged in debauchery, with 12 000 youth trained in crime and 3 000 receivers of stolen property, plus 3 000 000 pounds in liquor sold yearly and 150 000 living by immorality, as it paints a grim moral panorama.
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British Empire
London
London City
John Harris
Mr. Harris
Tremendous Peak of Arrarat Submerges Village
News from Triflis reports that at the end of June the upper portion of Mount Arrarat in Armenia sank. A hollow interior noise preceded the event. A large village and an Armenian monastery near Etschmiadia were said to be buried with their inhabitants.
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Arrarat
Triflis
Armenia
Etschmiadia
Relics of the Revolution: Mrs Adams Letters Published
The Boston edition of Mrs. Adams letters edited by her grandson Charles Francis Adams reveals her wartime correspondence from June 1776. She writes from Charlestown after Bunker Hill, mourning Dr. Warren while urging faith and courage, and includes prayers for John Adams as he stands to count electoral votes. The Philadelphia Gazette notes the volume as a welcome tribute by America’s first ladies.
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Philadelphia Gazette
Adams
John Adams
Boston
Boston Daily Advertiser
Charles Francis Adams
Bunker's Hill
America
Dr. Warren
Israel
Charlestown
Bunker’s Hill
Congress
Russian Spirit Revenue Tied to Imperial State Control
The Boston Recorder notes nearly a quarter of Russia’s revenue comes from alcohol sales, controlled by the imperial government. It cites Mr Pinkerton estimating eighty two million gallons of brandy consumed yearly by sixty million people, averaging about one and a third gallons per person. It contrasts Scotland where reforms grant three gallons per person.
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Russia
Scotland
Boston Recorder
A Curious Pact by Wise the Astronaut
The statement by Mr Wise, the aviator, is curious. He notes vertigo only when near the ground or connected to earth by rope or similar link, and says that when entirely isolated from the earth the sensation does not occur.
Van Buren Card Question Reaches Kinderhook Timing
Observers wonder what card Van Buren intends to play and when. Some say he should act soon, preferably at Kinderhook, unless delay serves a better strategic move.
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Mr. van Buren
Kinderhook
Boston to St Louis rail link progress and scope
The Wheeling Gazette notes the Boston to St Louis railroad project is advancing with the entire line chartered. Progress includes Boston to Buffalo and Lake Erie shore segments, Michigan, and Michigan segments, with funds and schedules affecting western works. The prospect envisions a grand, long term expansion beyond St. Louis toward the west.
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Boston
ST. Louis
Buffalo
Ohio
Lake Erie
Michigan
Atlantic Ocean
Wheeling Gazette
Planting fruit trees in autumn for best establishment
The article urges fruit tree planting in October or November to let trees establish before spring. It advises digging four foot wide holes, loosening soil, adding light mould, and fortifying with stones or litter. Nurseries are well stocked now, offering healthier plants than those left for spring.
Death by Own Action of a Congressman Ramsey of Carlisle
The Baltimore Patriot reports the death by self-inflicted gunshot of Hon. William S. Ramsey U.S. Representative from Carlisle Pennsylvania. Ramsey arrived Saturday, lodged at Barnums Hotel Washington, then shot himself Sunday evening near six after inquiring about travel to Philadelphia. Coroner's inquest returned verdict of death by shooting himself.
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Congress
Baltimore Patriot
William 8. Ramsey
Carlisle
van Buren
Barnum’s
Philadelphia
Jenifer
Maryland
Carroll and
Howard
Seth Pollard
Washington
Baltimore
Nat
Intel
The Execution of Sir Walter Raleigh
Narrative of Raleigh's final moments before execution at Tyburn. He accepts death with calm wit and courtesy, exchanges farewells with peers, inspects the axe, calls it a cure, and signals the severing of his head after prayer, with two blows from the headsman.
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Water Ratebey
Walter
Westminster
Raleigh
St. Giles
Tyburn
Hugh Breeston
Hugh
Rayleigh
Population Growth in Missouri Reflected by Voting Increase
The Missouri vote shows rapid population growth. 1832 governors Ball and Dunkling earned 17,356 votes, 1836 Boggs and Ashley 27,872, and in the current year Reynolds and Clark approach 62,000. This ~34,500 vote rise in eight years suggests possible seven or eight Congress seats next apportionment. currently two.
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Missouri
Ball and Dunkling
Boggs and
Ashley
Reynolds and Clark
Congress
St. Louis Bulletin
Select Earliest Seed Corn for Better Next Year
A Maine Cultivator note urges farmers to pick the earliest fairest ears for seed this fall and store wisely to ensure a ripe field next year. Early selection multiplies success while using later ears for seed delays harvest. like begets its like.
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Maine
Nonpareil Potatoes Best Early Forcing Crop
This very early potatoe is of excellent quality and tolerably prolific, attaining good size. For forcing or early crop purposes it is the best and earliest variety we have tried. Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture notes its superior early performance.
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Hovey
Time Heals Mortifications With Individual Fortitude
The passage notes time softens emotional wounds from caprice and unkindness. It contrasts quick temper with violence against feelings and contrasts patient endurance through fortitude and resignation as the antidotes to sorrow.
Missouri Methodists Praise Growth of Society in St Louis
The St Louis Republican notes recent Methodist progress in the city and reports several new church erections over the past year. It commends the Literary Institution at St Charles under Missouri Methodists for flourishing growth and advancing Christianity and education, sending best wishes for continued success.
General Dodge elected Delegate to Congress in Iowa Territory
Gen Dodge, Federalist, wins a delegate seat in the Iowa Territory by about five hundred votes, replacing earlier promise of 3090. He has warned the Hawkeye and Patriot editor who opposed him, boasting of his power and his authority.
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Iowa
Dodge
Congress
the Hawkeye and Patriot
Federalists win Baltimore mayor and council majority
Baltimore City reports the Federalists securing the mayoralty and a majority of the common council by a reduced margin of 232. Their gains extend to corporate elections while boasting a constable win in Wilmington. in rogues’ towns their influence remains strong.
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Baltimore City
Baltimore
Wilmington
New Counterfeits Circulating Forty-Nine Dollar Treasures
There are counterfeit fifty dollar treasury notes in circulation with good imitation capable of deceiving observers. The article notes the currency is becoming largely spurious and urges a change for a better system as reported by the Philadelphia Gazette.
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Treasury
Phil. Gaz
Bets on Shannon Win in Ohio Election
The Wheeling Gaz says Van Buren men bet in Wheeling on Shannon’s Ohio victory based on a Petticoat Allen ally’s prediction that he would win by about 10,000. The report notes bets placed in confidence of a strong Petticoat Allen-backed outcome.
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Wheeling Gaz
van Buren
Ohio
Petticoat Allen
Shannon
Oliver Ames of West Bridgwater Mage Builds Shovels for Market
Oliver Ames from West Bridgwater starts life with a dozen shovels, travels to market by wagon, and expands to operate factories at Easton and Braintree. West Bridgwater employs 60 workers with four teams moving shovels to market. Profits reach $50,000 annually after starting life without any dollars.
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Oliver Ames
West Bridgwater
Easton
Braintree
West Brdgwater
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Col. Palmer
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