Rebels Suppressed as French Conspiracy Crumbles
Report details arrests of rebels and supporters in Saumur and Montpellier including an ex colonel and an officer linked to Paris. General Comte de Briche recalls 1815 zeal while authorities describe the failed plot as exposing its impotent vandalism against liberty and peace under the king and constitutional throne.
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Saumur
Berton
M. de Castries
Paris
Comte de Briche
Montpellier
France
Danville Election and Training Notices
William Kitchen elected mayor of the 48th regiment replacing Samuel Yorks who resigned. Capt Sechler’s company in Danville to train Tuesday the 7th. 2d battalion of the 4th regiment to meet at Washington Monday the 20th. Wheat price in Columbia 2113 cents per bushel.
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William Kitchen
48Th Regiment
Samuel Yorks
Sechler
Danville
Washington
Columbia
Canal survey between Baltimore and Susquehanna proposed
Citizens of Baltimore advocate surveying routes to connect the city with the Susquehanna by canal, to assess practicability for linking the river to Baltimore. Reports on a Russo‑British arbitration decision favoring the U S and related shipyard experiments are noted with cautious interest.
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Baltimore
Columbia
Epilogue at KinKKHAN School Exhibition Danville 1822
Spoken by Incin Whitaker in Danville on April 25 1822 the epilogue thanks spectators and teachers and urges support for speaking schools. The piece praises speeches for moral uplift and cites Adams Fourth of July and future Danville greatness hoping for a future Milton or Franklin from local students.
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Incin Whitaker
Danville
James Montgomery
Pa State Politics Described as Weak and Polarized
The Columbian Observer criticizes the state executive as timid and indecisive, beholden to hidden cabinet influences. It alleges a shift from Republican origins toward mixed affiliations, with appointments made in pairs from opposing parties to avoid offense, undermining constitutional principle and public virtue.
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Pennsylvania
Fragmented reflection on wisdom and patriotism in aging
A quoted passage argues that friends of blessings must aid mankind while opponents should not be encouraged. It laments that as folly blends with age, ignorance clouds judgment, leaving little room for wisdom dignity or patriotism.
Canaling Books for Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company Stock Opening
An 1800s notice in Carpenter's Court Philadelphia invites subscriptions for 2000 shares at 200 dollars each to finish the Chesapeake and Delaware canal. A ten dollar deposit per share is required on subscription and returned if not all shares are taken. The piece urges Philadelphia and Baltimore citizens to fund the project quickly to rival New York’s canal progress.
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Carpenter’s Court
Philadelphia
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company
Baltimore
New York
New York Canal
Uede
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Chesapeake
New Jersey
Lrenton
Treasury Department
State Treasur
Auditor General
Bank of Pennsylvania
Wm. Clark
Osage Mission Letter Describes Osage Child Recruits for Education
A January 23 1822 letter from Amasa Jones reports Osage chiefs agreeing to end internal conflicts and aid in promoting assimilation. Jones notes taking three Osage children and plans to educate youths in New England, hoping virtues from scripture and mission work lead to notable leaders. Early market items include a box of ripe strawberries selling for eight dollars amid a Boston snowstorm.
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R. Recorder
Amasa Jones
Harewony Station
Osage
Washington
New England
Franklin
Whitfield
Martyn
Boston
Destructive Fire Hits Fredericksburg Area
Twenty seven houses and stores were destroyed by fire on the 12th at Fredericksburg Virginia. Supposed incendiary work. One occupant’s furniture saved. 200 barrels of flour and 300 sacks of salt in a warehouse burned.
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Fredericksburg
Revival progresses in Wilmington church growth noted
A letter from Wilmington reports the revival there is still progressing with 73 additions to the church on last Sabbath week. The writer notes that such times have never before been witnessed in the city.
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Faon
Wilmington
Bible Society Receives January February Donations
The American Bible Society reports gifts totaling $4278.36 received during January and February. The note warns that many avoid a coin while risking their souls by neglecting spiritual needs.
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American Bible Society
The Ruling Passion: A London Theft and a Clever Itinerant Trader
A late London paper reports an aged lady committed for trial for stealing beef and a small joint, with an annual income of two thousand pounds. A butcher testified to forty prior robberies, and a witness says she offered fifty pounds to be freed. A parallel tale from a nearby city recounts a fashionable thief who exploited a shop, but a Scottish merchant tricked her by billing her husband for years of losses, sparing the shopkeeper and preserving the fraud.
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London
Loneden
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Watcaman
National Intelligencer
U. States
Great Britain
Russia
Sourthern
Navy Yard
Potomac
MR Kinkkhan
Adams
Milton
Pope
Bruce
Columbian Observer
State Politics
Osage Mission
James Duncai
Auditor Generale
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