Observations on reform and corruption in republican government
In a Warren Mail column, the author criticizes political inertia and the spread of self serving wire workers who control offices. The piece argues virtue and integrity are essential to a republican government and condemns pay increases to attract better men as a flawed remedy. It laments party factions, cliques, and the church being drawn into political barter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Mail
Ephor
Elysian Fields
Tom
Jim Steers
Bob Bails
Sam
Old Ironsides and a New Rocket Tale From 1812
A vivid reminiscence of the Constitution versus the Guerriere with Captain Hull’s bold orders and signature tights scene. Also notes on an improved Congreve rocket for Potomac operations and a report on Northwest sugar cane cultivation yielding up to 850 gallons of syrup per acre.
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Ogden Hoffman
Constitution
Guerniere
Isaac Hull
Hull
Hoffman
Illinois State Horticultural Society
North West
An Irishman Describes Metaphysics in Dialogue
A humorous Irishman frames metaphysics through a brief dialogue. Two men converse as one explains a concept he knows nothing about while the other fails to understand him.
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Gar
New Silk From French Worms Feeds On Japanese Acacia
A French silk production yields a coarse yet strong and abundant fiber from a worm that thrives on the freely growing Japanese acacia. The discovery highlights a potential new source of silk material in France.
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France
Battles Named With Dates Marked In July October December
The text lists battles named Bull Run Bull's Bluff and Daviesville with each date the twentieth of the corresponding month July October and December. It reads like a chronological record of battles tied to those specific days.
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Bull Run
Bull's Bluff
Daviesville
Return Narrative of Ely Capture and Treatment
Washington correspondent reports Hon. Mr. Ely recounts his capture near Bull Run and transport to Richmond. He describes brutal weather, shooting threats, Beauregard and Davis viewing him, and his eventual jail stay with seven prisoners reportedly shot for looking out windows, as Faulkner negotiates potential release with Governor Letcher.
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Washington
The
Phil. Enquirer
Ely
Willards
Congress
Richmond
Mr. Foster
Bull Ran
Mullen
Manassas Junction
W. Porcher Miles
Miles
Mr. Ely
Beauregard
Beaurejzard
Borhood
Faulkner
Mme
Letohor
Assuranes
Col. Corcoran
Have You an Ice House A Cheap Summer Comfort
Practical guide to building a small ice house inside a wood shed. It describes placing upright posts to form an eight by ten foot room in the northeast corner, filling with bark and straw, laying a loose floor, and packing ice with sawdust to preserve it through the season for a family.
Democratic Emancipation Sentiment and Civil War Proposals
A letter by E. K. Smart, former Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Maine, urges arming escaped and enslaved people in the rebel states. He argues Congress may draft and pay for colored regiments, promising freedom after three years, eight dollars monthly, and 40 acres per enlisted person. The piece also includes quips about wealth, a French proverb, and a crude exchange about guns and ugliness.
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E. K. Smart
Maine
Congress
Texas
Difficulties and strong men in age of crop rotation
A compact moral about labor and resilience ties hard jobs to sturdy workers while noting shifts in farming from cotton to hemp and the need for proper crop rotation.
The Unknown Niger Crossing and Mungo Park’s Fate
The narrative describes the city of Yaoori with its walls gates and sultanate, then chronicles the perilous Niger voyage where Park Martyn and crew faced hostile natives. The passage recounts attacks near the black rocks above Boossa and Park’s death after the boat grounded and drowned by the river’s current.
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Africa
Pate
Mungo Park
R. M. Macbrair
London
Yaoori
Boossa
Martyn
Ihe
Niger
Lawyer’s Trick in Supreme Court Handwriting Case
A suit over a joint note sees the wife’s signature identified by a ruse. An envelope with a subpoena is left at the woman’s house and she signs a receipt in a boy’s book. On trial day the signature is proved identical to hers, yielding a verdict against the husband wife and son.
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Supreme Court
Parson Browslow Arrested Amid Rebel Bond Controversy
The invincible Parson Browslow has been arrested and held in rebel bonds after permission to leave was granted and he was about to depart. The Cincinnati Gazelle cites an escaped Tennessean who was to accompany the notorious Parson for direct information.
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Parson
Browslow
Cincinnati Gazelle
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Hazeltine & Co
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren, Warren Co
G. W Hazeltine
P. Johnson
Brown’s Hotel
Brown Brothers
Warren
W. Brown
John Brown
B. G. Keyes, M. D
Hickory and
Third Streets
George Ballsentral
News Depot
Warren Pa
Caughey and Clark
Rolesale
Moffat’s Ale
Bonnull Block
State Street
Erie
M. Caughey
N. J. Clark
Pittsfield House
L. C. Pendleton
Pittsfield
Warren Co
Tidioute
A. Kirberger
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Exchange
Wetmore and Clark
Second Street
Johnson & Brown's
L. B. Wetmore
Junius R. Clark
Beecher & Colman
I.a
Tidioute Hotel
J. M. Hamlin
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
R. Brown
Rasselar Brown
A. Brock
A. Fingers
Water Street
Crystal Palace
C. W. Rathbun, & Co
Dalers
Point Breeze
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glenni W. Scofield
WM. DB. Brown
P. R. Bennett
Front Street
Big Bend
Kinzua
Smethport
Olean, &c. Glade
D. Green
Greenland Brothers
J. A. Morrison
Warren, P
A. Jamieson
M. Shaffer & Co
Yankee Nations, &c
Bysecker Block
Warren County
Wm. D. Patterson
Irvine
R. D. Bennett
M. Carpenter
Bartlett & Hunter’s
Warren, Pa
Nesmith and Keller
Exchange Building
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co. Pa
John Russell
Jos. A. Neill
Russells Brown, Esq
George Sailor
Miss Lydia
Cogswell
Church Yard
Mrs
Adaline Conover
Baptiste
Strop
Razor
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