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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1850
Page
1
The Warren Mail issues terms for mail and office subscribers at 14 per annum in advance and 82 0 within the year with 50 cent delivery surcharge to residences. Papers won’t be discontinued until arrears are paid except publisher option. Rates for announcements: one square 12 lines, three insertions, later insertions 25 cents each.
A reflective verse poem follows a forest stream that flows through day and night singing with nature. The piece compares life to a river journey from fountain to ocean, enduring summer, autumn, and winter, and ending in eternal repose.
A harsh winter night frames a tale of Frank Delaval who worsens under his father’s scorn after marrying Ella Morven. Ella’s steadfast love guides him from crime to prison and back to grace as a dying father reconciles, leaving yet another act of forgiveness and a family vow to aid him.
The sister lends guardianship to brothers and guides sisters, blending affection and duty. She elevates family life, sharpens minds, and preserves virtue by quiet influence, from youth to old age. A noble, pure minded sister strengthens integrity and truth. She binds generations with kindness.
A correspondent cites Daniel Webster confessing he could not speak before his school as a boy despite memorizing pieces. The account, shared by the Independent, urges teachers and aspirants to persevere and not abandon effort after early failure. It also mentions New York journeymen carpenters moving to form an association.
A passenger recalls a six year old German boy praying softly in a steamer cabin as his father watches. The scene contrasts with others social distractions and prompts reflections on piety, motherhood, and childlike devotion. The write up ends noting Mr Redman M Price survived the St John explosion on the Alabama river.
A vivid travel sketch describes the Himalaya from Nepal to Bhutan with peaks from 25 000 to 28 000 feet and passes near 18 000 20 000 feet. It notes perilous descents with rarefied air, thunder storms, and birds dying in winds as Moorcraft climbs to Manassa. a separate item reports a child’s needle accident in Cincinnati and Father Mathew arriving at Mobile on the 24 instant.
The article recalls Oliver Evans urging Pennsylvania lawmakers in 1787 to adopt steam boats and steam wagons and recalls the skeptical committee’s remark. It highlights John Fitch the clockmaker who built a steam boat in 1788 from Philadelphia to Burlington and Trenton, facing public hostility and abandoned shares. Fitch forecast steam vessels on western rivers within a century and wished to be buried on the Ohio margin with marine engine music. It notes Rittenhouse backing steam propulsion for ships of war, Fitch’s later insanity and death in Alleghany Hydraulics.
The New York Herald discusses global efforts to end the African slave trade, noting high costs and limited success. It cites rising slave shipments to Brazil, portending risky methods like making slavery profitable in Africa, and includes a local note on Mrs. Elizabeth Brown's statement about her fugitive husband Wm. W. Brown and alleged familial turmoil.
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