21 Jul 1858
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Newspaper
Washington Bee
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1858
Page
1
A collage of odd quotes and brief anecdotes from the era. Items mention a Philadelphia Sabbath Schools tally of eight thousand conversions among children, Arnold the traitor grocer in New Haven, political chatter about 1860 candidates, a Northfield postmaster convicted of robbing mail, and misc observations on banks, ministers, and a pugilist’s views on Canada.
A slice of harvest celebration contrasts with heated political dispatches. The piece laments abolitionist rhetoric, urges loyalty to law and white rights, and condemns opposition as treason to the republic. It labels abolitionism as disruptive to national peace and order.
The New York Journal notes the Rogues Daguerreian Gallery in New York near Broome and Elm streets has grown to nearly two hundred forty portraits. Police use the gallery to identify burglars and pickpockets, aiding arrests locally and even repatriating a criminal to Massachusetts for ten years. Sergeant Lefferts maintains a detailed catalog of originals and facts, predicting the method will spread across U.S. cities.
The text recounts extreme fertility cases, noting Burdock’s claim of a Moscow countrywoman bearing 69 children across multiple confinements, a Vienna notice of Maria Ann Helen bearing 52 children in 11 confinements, and the historic claim of a woman producing six sons in one birth. It adds details on marriages and outcomes across these early records.
A fragmentary miscellany closes with an Ash Nabula reception for Senator Wade and Joshua Giddings led by twelve banner bearing negro girls, then shifts to cockroaches in a Sicilian ship's cargo, plus brief notes on gas Moreau, a balloon ascent, and local incidents from New Orleans to Grand Gulf Mississippi.
The piece argues against materialism and urges sturdy homes as moral centers. It warns that worship of wealth degrades families and communities, urges dignified, loving homes as buffers against city drift, and cites examples on cousin marriages and female Christian influence shaping young men.
French journals publish a Cape letter stating an independent white polity has formed in Southern Africa named the Republic of Trans Vaal. Its citizens are Europeans driven from the Cape during a revolt and settled there by 1850. The New York Times notes smallpox is described as a permanent institution in the metropolis.
A San Francisco correspondent recalls the steamer arrival scene with amused detail including fashionably hats submerged by salt water and women’s hoops twisted like broken umbrellas. The piece blends coastal travel color with a July ball anecdote from Atlanta and a Cambridge society anecdote, ending with a brief note on the Republican Convention.
A fragment from a 19th century periodical urges boys to adopt the era’s quick, decisive spirit. It exhorts vigor, prompt action, and honest purpose, contrasting it with lazy, slow approaches and praising clear, forceful reading and aspirational living. It also notes Thackeray on love and critiques self-contradiction among the honest and dishonest. A rattlesnake, seven feet long, was recently killed in Morgen County.
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