Forney Claims Lifelong Bond With Buchanan In Kansas Fight
Colonel John W. Forney recounts his intimate ties to President Buchanan and his unwavering support for the Kansas policy. He denounces the Lecompton betrayal and insists he cannot abandon pledges to defend the majority will in Kansas.
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Douglas
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Dining aboard a steamer ends in a fatal pistol tragedy
A London returning traveler recounts a chilling tale on a first class steam boat on the Heighe river where a southern and a northern passenger quarrel over abolition. A pistol is fired killing a man and wounding a woman. the cabin passengers hang the murderer. In Covington Kentucky officers capture a 16 year old girl in male dress living in the woods and subsisting on stolen poultry.
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America
Heighe
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Covington
Atlantic cable transmits news cost per column set at $2000
The New York Herald reports the Atlantic Telegraph cable will charge $2000 to transmit a single column of news from England. A fashion note touts a new bonnet described as unique and cabbage-seat like, trimmed with tomatoes, priced at $30.
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New York Herald
England
Lapres
Edmonson's Funeral Described as Triumph Not Loss
A Douglas correspondent reflects on Edmonson's life as a long struggle against poverty yet celebrated for patience, virtue, and celestial riches. Though he died poor in wealth, he is hailed as rich in character, legacy, and humane deeds. His heirs are urged to guard his estate against depreciation.
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Edmonson
M'Clintock leads Arctic expedition in quest of Franklin
Late intelligence from Capt M Clintock in the London Times reports his expedition now seeking Sir John Franklin and his men. He details drift west from Disco to Melville Bay, plans to reach Port Leopold and Beechy Island, and to examine Fish River for evidence while noting large government expenditures and deficits.
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Disco
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Ile
M’c
Sir John Ross
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Belcher
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Port Leopold
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Peel Strait
King William's Land
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King William’s Land
Heart Memories and Death in a June Evening
A reflective piece traces memory’s pull to a bygone June of love and hope, contrasts sunny days with death, and celebrates enduring memory of loved ones whose examples remain alive in the mind and heart.
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Eden
Alan
Autum
Snakes and Kaffir Tales of the Boa Constrictor
An excerpt describes boa constrictors as nonpoisonous yet capable of crushing a person in moments. It recalls Kaffir beliefs about the species, notes a quarantine custom for killing one, and recounts an Umbilo River sighting of a man pinning a boa with spears while boasting of prior kills.
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South Africa
A. W. Drayson
RK A
Natal
Umbilo River
Xealf
True Heroism in Guilford Courageous Rescue
A Guilford correspondent recalls James McDermott who saved a fellow miner from a deadly blast. While one man ignited a fuse, another risked death to pull him to the surface as explosions shredded rock and ladder. McDermott, humble yet fearless, saved a life at imminent peril.
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New Haven Journal
Guilford
James McDermott
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