Balloon Porters Narrow Escape Captures Peninsula Drama
A vivid account describes Fitz John Porter guiding a balloon ascent toward Yorktown on April 11. The rope failed, the craft climbed, Porter clung to the valve rope and was saved from a fatal fall as the balloon drifted toward Confederate lines, then safely returned to Union ground amid cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Balloon Corps
Fitz John Porter
Yorktown
Porter
New Laimpshire
Lowe
Kitz John Porter
York
Warwick River
Lita John Porter
Niagara
Fortress Monroe
Gloucester Point
Norfolk
Nith
Poem Fragment Reflects Restful Prayer for Sleep
A tender verse speaks of loving kindness guiding rest and blessing a pilgrim's sleep. It asks for pardon to soothe the brow and make peaceful slumber endure through night.
Woodward stance on foreigners in Pennsylvania judged
In a polemical defense of Judge Woodward, a Cambridge Spirit critique is challenged by a reprint of the judge’s 1841 convention remarks. The article cites his motion to exclude foreigners from voting and office, and his 1861 letter affirming the policy, arguing the record shows persistent hostility to foreigners. Also included are brief notes on a bear attack incident, war draft anecdotes, and assorted local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Woodward
Pennsylvania
United States
Woodward
Miss Cobb
Victoria Magazine
Ireland
Merakle
Rat steals pork in odd partnership tale and gossipy Civil War notes
A comic tale opens with Sam and Julius losing a portion of pork to a rat that ate it from the brine and dragged the rest from a barrel. The rest of the piece blends Civil War rhetoric urging unity under Lincoln with overheard anecdotes and remarks on life, death, and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darkeys
Sam
Julius
Yaas
Honorable Employment and the Moral Measure of Work
A reflection on using employment to uplift society, praising humble laborers like ploughmen and careful craftsmen. It argues true glory comes from purposeful acts and philanthropic deeds, envisioning a future where social reformers like Miss Dix are honored, and leaders recognize humane labor over wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Pounds
Hlovace Mann
Death and Immortality in Classical Thought
A reflective meditation on mortality and the immortality of the spirit. The passage contrasts human fading with nature’s cycle, quoting a Greek tragedy line about asking to meet again, and ends with the hope of reunion between lovers despite death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise
Charles Lamb
Ton
Cleimanthe
Clemanthel
Saltpetre and gunpowder making and a note on the aged
The article outlines the powder mix of seventy five parts saltpetre fifteen charcoal and ten sulphur and describes purification of saltpetre and charcoal from soft woods. It also mentions Sicily sulphur and a copper comb mixer. The piece ends with a moral note on energy in old age and a wine anecdote involving Lord Derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Also Mentioned on This Page
LEGAL
Charles Dinsmoor
Scofield
Parmlee & Henry
Joseph A. Neill
Johnson's Exchange
No. 5
Warren
Barnett W. Lacy
Warren, Penna
Jerome Davis
Brown & M'Kelvy
Liberty Street
Warren, Pa
G. W. Scofield
WM. D. Brown
M’relyy
Brown & Jamieson
Pennak
BROWN
HH. A Jamieson
Second Street
Johnson & Brown's
L. D
Wetmore
Oenei
J. Rk, Clark
Hackney
Second and
Liberty Streets
Joan Bisseix
George Salon
Reed
Erie, Penna
A. M. Guinn
Pittsfield House
Pittsfield
Warren Co
Tidioute
L. C. Pexpirron
Brown's Hotel
State House
Public Square
Evie
Penna
Philadelphia
H. L. Brows
Dr. Stranahan
Front Street
Postoffice
Hazeltine & Co
M. Shaechrer & Co
Yankee Nations, &c
Bysecker Block
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Brown Brothers
H. W. Brown
Thos. Brown
Joan Brown
Nesmith & Keiler
Exchange Building
P. R. Bennett
Big Bend Chain
Berry, and Entertainment
Kinzua, Smethport, Olean, &c
L. R. Guer
William Siggins
Youngsville
A. Kirberger
Greenland Brothers
Water Street
Warren Pa
George Ball
Central Clothing
O. H. Hunter
Partiulars
A. Blfunk
Steam Mills
Nathaniel Kidder
Sonnewango Township
DR. Sweet
Liniment
Stephen Sweet
Connecticut
The
DR. Sweets
Sweets
Sweet
Richardson & CO
Norwich
Conn
Morgan & Allen
Cliff Street
New York
Vorits
Boston Review
Chambersburg Repository
Sutton
Rushford
Allegany County
A. Sups
Lim
Boston
San Francisco
New York City
Uncle Sam
Barhugh
Patrick McNeil
Brandon
iIt
Liberty
South
Betsy
Republic
A. Lincoln
Union
Vanity Fair
Franklin
France
Granpapa
Wellington
Newton
Bacon
Milton
Derby
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