Lent and religious observance amid midwinter notes
The piece surveys Lent origins and customs, Ash Wednesday rites, and old poems urging true fasting. It also reports on daily prayer meetings in New York and a Burns related verse addition, plus letters from Cutler S. Dobbins and other brief items, including a death in Dubuque.
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Old Herrick
New York
The
New York Daily Times
John Anderson
John
Charles Gould
New York City
Burns
Fragments From A Gossipy 19th Century Paper
A noisy column of humorous notices and short items from daily life. It names editor James Wilkins and Albert Smith in a spoof visitor book entry, cites Punch humor about longevity, and reports on Reverend Seth Howell’s death by hanging. Also notes Meade in Brazil, a street kissing punishment, Judge Perrin turning preacher, and a Presbyterian revival in Tallack.
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Surcipe
Seth Howell
Oxford
Ohio
Cincinnati
Inconsistency charges spark Union defense and reflections
The Washington Union addresses accusations of inconsistency from several papers. It vows to devote time to vindicate the paper, acknowledges past errors only as lessons, and stresses honesty in the present. It recalls a London courtroom joke about an errant barrister and notes U.S. cigar consumption as a sign of costly habits among 25 million Americans.
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Washington Union
French Emigration Plan Tied to Slave Trade Says Liberia Governor
Governor Benson of Liberia states in a legislative message that the French emigration scheme is a disguised slave trade. He cites wars among tribes to capture prisoners for emigrant ships and notes such facts are known to Liberians and foreign traders. The Paris Constitutionnel defends the plan as essential for Antillean prosperity. The London News recalls a failed attempt at Wydah where French-Government contracts could not outbid Cuban Spanish slave buyers. The Stella was forced to leave with only one slave aboard. 1,200 were planned.
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Benson
Liberia
Paris
French Antilles
London News
Wydah
Benin
M. Regis
Cuba
Tthe Stella
Editor Speaks Mind On Integrity In North Iowa Times
A North Iowa Times editor argues editors should not pledge to political leaders, asserting principles stand on their own merits. He condemns bending to graft or flattery and praises editors like Pat Richardson for independence.
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A. P. Richardson
Iowa
Pat Richardson
Mexico in Duplicate Government Sparks Civil War
The Richmond South reports Mexico faces two rival administrations, each claiming authority while fighting for control. Describes clerical restitution, looming battles around Mexico City, and predictions of factional spoils and exile ships to New Orleans amidst a broader critique of American sectional politics.
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Richmond
Virginia
Mexico
Comonfort
New Orleans
Guanajuato
Galoaga
Alfonso
Vera Cruz
Santa Anna
Baye
Republic
Tennessee
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Confederacy of Mexico
Kansas
Topeka
Lecompton
Nebraska
Utah
Massachusetts
Congress
Douglas
Seward
Counterfeiters Captured by State Sentinel Report
A man Joseph Woods and a woman were arrested after leaving Madison train on Meridian street with counterfeit coins and bank bills. Woods had $400 in counterfeit Louisiana Bank notes and $774 in bogus gold, awaiting preliminary examination by U S Commissioner Rea. A second report says 13 counterfeiters were seized at Lafayette with over $4,000 in counterfeit money and bogus coin. another suspect was arrested at Francisville with equipment for making counterfeits.
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The
State Sentinel
Hay
Ploeman
Broadwell
Joseph Woods
Madison
Meridian Street
Plowman
Woods
Bank of
Louisiana
United States
Rea
Lafayette
Anderson
American Express
Francisville
Zionsville
Debate Over State Backing of Wabash and Erie Canal
The letter from Daniel McClure of Indiana in 1858 challenges Lucian Barbour’s claim that the State administration favors reclaiming the Wabash and Erie Canal. He cites a Democratic joint resolution deemed unconstitutional for state purchase and asks Barbour to name any party member supporting the project, asserting Democratic opposition across the legislature.
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State Sentinel
Lucian Barbour
Marion County
Indiana State Journal
Partizan
House of Representatives
Charles Denby
Wabash and Erie Canal
Ures
Daniel McClure
Inpranavotis
A Letter from Grant Thorburn Sen
Grant Thorburn writes from New Haven on February 18 1858 noting his eighty fifth birthday with remarks on health and longevity He recalls voting in three elections starting under Washington and living through the reigns of George IV William IV and Victoria He promises anecdotes about Hamilton Jay Morris Gates and Clinton once prominent in the Revolution for future publication in the New York Observer
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Grant Thorburn
Washington
George
Lei
George IV
William IV
Victoria
Hamilton
Jay
Morris
Gates
Lewis
Clinton
New Haven
Conn
New York Observer
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Birmingham
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Pennsylvania
Buchanan
Mathias Loras
Diocese of
Lowa
Dubuque
James Wilkins
Ltn
Wickliffe
Albert Smith
A. S
Gee
Punch
Alexander Dumas
Paddy
Sap Accipent
Wen
Mr. Shorter
Alabama
Jupee Perrin
Judge Perrin
Covington
Kentucky
Church of the
Chiistida
William Smith
Milwaukie
Wisconsin
Louisa Blasbait
Nall
Mobile
Tallack
Insansry
Ray
Butler Hospital For
Rhode Island
Erskine l
Westminister Hall
Sax
France
Russia
Saint Louis
Jacob Knapp
Indianapolis
United Brethren
Marion
Alabama House of Representatives
Gay
Tazewell
Breckinridge
Thomas O. Hindman
Arkansas
Hooper Perricoats
New England Courant
Benjamin Franklin
Heroof
Straubing
Bavaria
Whitefield
Down South
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Union
Cliff
Superior
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Bangor
Maine
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