Counterfeiting the Critter in Maiden Lane
A sharp critique exposes Feuchtwanger and rival Brown selling illicit liquor cures and flavorings. The piece details circulars offering to make brandy, rum, and port from minimal inputs, enabling any buyer to fake aged liquors. It mocks the schemes and warns readers to beware deceptive preparations and inflated promises.
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George Harrison Brown
Philadelphia
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Lewis Feuchtwanger
Brown
Mithridates
London
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Indies
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Maiden Lane
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Holland
The Gold Mines at Pike's Peak Warned Against Rush
The letter from Pike's Peak miners warns that few claims yield real gold and most rushes fail. It notes water access, transport hardships from Missouri River to the mountain ravine, and looming winter closures by mid October. It urges restraint and cautions readers and press against speculative movement and destructive stampedes.
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Pike's Peale
Bornee Grevley
Pikes Peak
Femali
Missouri
Wigens
Suices
Denver City
Enlarged and Liberal Views In The South
A Mississippi editor advocates the revival of the shore trade and says growing reason and intelligence are widening views on slavery. He cites Jefferson and liberal thoughts in free states, then mocks abolitionist opposition with a Cincinnati tale of a couple’s wedding aided by Justice Spencer and a traded wolf.
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Mississippi
South
Jefferson
Free States
Cincinnati
Alexandria
Spencer
Square
The Zouaves at Palestro Revolt of a Soldier's Tale
Translated diary of a Zouave recounts the Palestro fight and the deadly artillery exchange. A wounded comrade recalls near drowning, heroic bayonet charges, and the death of an officer. the unit mourns a fallen friend as reports reach home of Austro-Italian engagements and a royal tribute.
Garibaldi Escapes Rome and Reaches Sardinia in 1849
Garibaldi led a perilous retreat from Rome after its bombardment, guiding four thousand followers through waters and deserts toward safety. His wife died during the escape, and Garibaldi was hunted by Austrians, eventually reaching Sardinia before moving to America in exile. A separate Memphis note claims a seedless apple propagation method by burying limb ends to sprout roots for grafting.
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Rome
St. Giovanna
Punta di Maestra
Ravenna
Nice
Italy
Anita
Alfter
The Ohio Fugitive Slave Law Fight and Moral Resistance
A Springfield Mass Republican capital article argues that education shapes judges and law toward abstract law or conscience. It warns Ohio decisions undermine the Union, fuel violence, and erode public respect for law, predicting slave hunting and nullification will rise as the law dies in Free States. It condemns enforcing the fugitive slave act and praises a higher law revival.
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Springfield
Mass
Ohio
Union
North
Oberlin
Wisconsin
Free States
The Dead of Italy. Mixing Evening Journal tribute
An obituary style piece recalls the dead of Italy as a single army of soldiers who sleep in an eternal bivouac. It notes thousands of casualties across battles such as Garibaldi, Montebello, Palestro, Buffalora and Magenta, with officers among the fallen and generals cited.
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Evening Journal
Italy
Tinly
Gari
Montebello
Steady Income From Mixed Farming and Fishing Note
A cautious farmer with a sizable tract can raise crops and keep livestock for winter income. Mixed farming balances expenses and income, especially when grain is low and beef and pork are high, with wool sales in spring providing cash flow. A curious anecdote describes a halibut, ling, and sow cat catching on a voyage, followed by a note on John Walker’s friction match invention and its US patent history.
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Stockton
England
America
Alonzo Phillips
Springfeld
Mass
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