True Poetry and a Civil War era travel tale mingle in one piece
The excerpt blends Charles Mackay verse with a travel narrative and Confederate era banter reflecting secessionist sentiment. It follows a rainy journey, a turpentine yard interview on slavery, and a long history of early mail routes in Chautauqua County, Buffalo, and Erie with post offices, routes, and contractors dating back to 1804.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Early Mall
Chautauqua County
Buffalo
Buffalo Creek
Erastus Granger
Niagara Post-office
Batavia
Niagara
Erie
P. M
Granger
Julius Guiteau
Stephen Bates, Esq
Canandaigua
Bates
Messrs. Baker and Seely
Avon
Caledonia
Cold Spring
Lockport
John Metcalf
Metcalf
New Amsterdam
Hilland Land Company
Canada
Ontario
Genesee
Messrs
Philetus Swift
Ashabel Warner
Alexander Rea
Rea
Albany
N. Y
Metcalfe
Tam
Phelps
Ashtabula
Ohio
Pittsburgh
John Hay
John Gray
Congress
Dayesque Isle
John Edwards
Ontario County
Westfield
Chautauqua
James McMahan
Vorce
McMahan
Fenn Deming
Canadaway
Orsamus Holmes
Sheridan
Fredonia
Edward Fetherly
Jefferson
Mayville
Jamestown
E. T. Foote
Through the Cotton States in Dixie excerpt card
A Knickerbocker vignette portrays a Jersey wagon ride with a slave Scipio discussing freedom and loyalty to his race. He refuses self purchase and trusts in a divinely guided promise of freedom as tensions rise along a southern road and a curious roadside figure offers wary directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Knickerbocker
Scip
Massa
Scipio
Linsey Woolsey
Parole Prank by Rebel Captors Ends With Self Written Bond
A Missouri correspondent recalls Col. Lawson, captured by southeast Missouri rebels, forced to write his own parole swearing to support the U S Constitution. The amusing ruse left Lawson free, while Julius the contraband voices a critique of colonization and ignorance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Democrat
Lawson
Missouri State Guard
Missouri
United States
Julius
Colonization Society
Country Couple Wed After Age Question at Justice
A country pair sought marriage in Beaver Dam Wisconsin with the bride declaring age sixteen. The first justice refused without parental consent but a second justice accepted after she said she would be nineteen on the 24th of last March. The couple wed and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Beaver Dam Argus, Wis
Bank Demands to Maintain Specie Payments Across States
The State Bank of Indiana refuses to suspend specie payments under any circumstances and urges conformity by the State Bank of Ohio to follow suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bae
State Bank of
Indiana
Ohio
Song Satire About Dixie Tune Referencing South Carolina
A Civil War era private in Jennison's Regiment writes a new Dixie tune verse, mocking South Carolina and Buchanan. The verses express disdain for Pomp and Dinah, and call to look away to Dixie as forts and cannon are claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennison
Dixie
Pomp
Dinah
South Carolina
Buchanan
Census Figures on Slaves and Free Blacks in Washington Area
The census shows 577 slaves in Georgetown, 1 744 in Washington, and 834 in the county remainder, totaling 3 158. Free Blacks in the district number 11 131, with Washington’s total population at 61 123.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Washington
Theological Writer Pins Loss On Sinners and Umbrellas
A theological writer reflects on two things deemed lost in life: sinners and umbrellas. He argues both vanish due to human frailty and weather’s unpredictability, urging humility and preparedness.
Pleasant Information to Tobacco Chewers Described in Virginia Letter
A Petersburg to Schenectady Star letter details tobacco preparation in Virginia with a dirty upper floor, cauldron liquorice rum and tonka bean mix, feet stirring, drying on poles, leaf stripping by women and children, rolling, plugging, and packing for the North. It notes widespread chewing of the leaf and minimal second mastication. It also recounts Livingstone’s desert water method using a grass tied to a reed to form a vacuum and draw water from wet sand for travelers in Africa and deserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Schenectady
North
Livingstone
Africa
Royal Courtship Tales in London Papers
The London press recalls Prince Albert’s courtship with stories of grace and tact. Queen Victoria signals preference by presenting a bouquet at a dance, prompting the Prince to respond by fashioning a symbolic gesture with a penknife, placing a token near his heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince Albert
Critics cry barbarity of Charleston harbor use
A London press venting horror over stone-laden vessels in Charleston harbor draws on the phrase guardians of civilization. The writer counters that real atrocities include tying prisoners to cannon muzzles and firing them, citing India’s rebellion records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enousa
London
Charleston Harbor
Guardians of Civilization
England
India
Rectified Whiskey Sign Sparks Comical Old Time Tale
An Ohio man Abraham Death formerly ran a Cincinnati liquor shop under the sign Rectified Whiskey. An old country woman riding with her son stops to read the sign and exclaims Absolute death or a curious sight leading to a brief, humorous moment in the city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death
Ohio
Cincinnati
Abraham Death
Johnny
Englishman Dines In Philadelphia Sees Rebel Lion Joke
A club guest from England laments that Americans are said to be mostly in the South while noting the humorous comparison that England has gentlemen yet none visit America. The Philadelphia host admits no clear explanation for the stereotype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
England
Stage driver rebuked for swearing by passenger
A driver of a stage was admonished by a passenger who invoked Job’s patience, comparing the driver’s behavior to Job's endurance and asking who he drove for in a pointed exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gar
Jebu
Job
Beecher Quotation Sparks Country Moralizing Snippet
An 19th century opinion attributed to Henry Ward Beecher claims no home is happy without a family Bible a grandmother and a baby. It quips that the finest view is a Quaker lady's bonnet as a humorous contrast to common pursuits of hunting and collecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
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Hazeltine & Co
Variety Hall
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren
Warren Co
G. W Hazeltine
P. Johnson
Brown’s
Brown Brothers
Brown
John Brown
B. G. Keyes, M. D
Hickory and
Third Streets
George Ballsentral
News Depot
Warren Pa
Caughey
Pittsfield House
Mearthe S
EF. Rh. R
J. C. Pendleton
Pittsfield
Tidioute
A. Kirberger
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Wexler
Exchange
Wetmore and Clark
Second Street
Johnson & Brown's
L. D. Watmore
Junius R. Clark
Beecher & Colman
R. Coneman
Dunkirk
M. Weecher, Jn
Tidioute Hotel
J.M. Hamlin
E. M. Pierce
Steves
Corper
Third and
Hickory Streets
Curtis and Guthrie
Warren, Warren Co
Warren, McKean, Potter and Elk
B. Curtis
B. Guthrie
R. Brown
Kasselas Brown
A. Brock
A. Finger
Water Street
Crystal Palace
Scofield
WM. D. Brown
P. B. Bennett
Tatchmaker and Jeweller
Front Street
Big Bend
Kinzua
Smethport
Olean, &c. Glade
D. Green
Greenland Brothers
Warren, I’a
J. A. Morrison
H. A. Jamieson
M. Shaffer & Co
Yankee Nations, &c
Bysecker Block
Warren County
Cornplanter Hotel
D. Patterson
Irvine
Goodroom Ae
R. D. Bennett
M. Carpenter's
Bartlett & Hunter’s
Warren, Pa
Nesmith and Keller
Va“tises, &c
Exchange Building
Hackney House
Second
Liberty Streets
Warren Warren Co. Pa
John Russell
Jos. A. Neill
Russells Brown, Esq
Johnson's Exchange
Carver
H. Hull
Waterstreet
George Sailor
Charles Mackay
Gabriel
Allers
Marion
Yewtan
Consarn
Lincoln
Cordin
Turpentine
Col. J
Lam
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