The Trapper of the Hudson A Legend of Wrath and Revenge
Nick Wolsey, a harsh backwoods trapper, weds a Penobscot woman. After his wife is slain by an Indian lover, he hunts for vengeance. He captures the killer, binds him with his wife’s corpse between living and dead, and drives the man to death as a grim triumph of retribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Nick Wolsey
Highlands
Nick
Hillon
Minamee
Stentorian
Mindere
Noah
Ad Yim
Mo'lle
Adam
Birds of Heaven
The Prela’re’s Niece and Other Vignettes in New Jersey
In a late Whig gathering C P Holcomb recalls a tale of a noble Episcopal bishop’s niece to illustrate virtue in labor, then describes a wealthy Rotherhithe beggar who funds parish welfare, and ends with brief sketches on marriage, Christian charity in politics, and a blunt moral on mind cultivation, all from Morning Paper observations.
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New Jersey
C. P. Holcomb
Tariffville
Connecticut
United States
Griswold
Massachusetts
Gertrude
Bishop Griswoldy
Rotherhithe
James Smith
New York Observer
Subscriptions Rules and Peculiar News from Kingston
The item discusses paper subscriptions and delivery practices, plus odd notes about Millerism, insanity in Kingston, and a France education program for Senegalese youths. It notes subscribers’ duties, how to discontinue, and penalties for uncollected papers, with scattered commentary on current religious fanaticism and public matters.
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N. Hampshire
Kingston
A. N. Brown
Newing
Ling
Out West
Trouble in Canton over flag staff anger
Boston Journal reports a Canton clash sparked by a gilt arrow weather vane on the flag staff at the American Consulate. Chinese protest escalated to stone throwing and gunfire, with Americans defending the square and vowing to muster fifty armed Yankees if another row occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Acadia
Plac
Canton
Forbes
Whampoa
Boston Journal
The Gale at Matanzas Sweeps Molasses Plants and Homes
A Hartford Courant Matanzas correspondent reports a severe gale beginning on the evening of the 4th that destroyed nearly all molasses establishments on the San Juan and Yamuri rivers and damaged or toppled many houses. By the 9th the rivers rose dramatically, causing widespread loss including vessels, launches, and several deaths. The account notes significant property ruin and the peril faced by workers and residents.
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Matanzas
Hartford Courant
San Juan
Yamuri
Juan Hernades
E. Bullit
Juan Centella
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. M. Gest
the Trapper
John Mills
Prela‘re
Berkely
England
Senegal
Africa
France
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