Boston Daily Advertiser, Wednesday Morning, March 9, 1853

Boston, MA: Nathan Hale and Charles Hale, 1853. 56 x 72 cm. Long article summarizes speech of Mr. Disraeli in British House of Commons on Feb. 18 regarding anxiety of British over accession of Emperor Napoleon to French throne. The Paris Moniteur makes these observations about the effects of climate upon the British character: The London fogs have a powerful influence on the moral faculties...""Under their skies you feel that you lose the two faculties that are dearest to man--the faculty of thinking and the faculty of enjoying."" Ad for Regular Packet through to San Francisco via Aspinwall and Panama aboard the new side wheel, double engine ships Winfield Scott and Cortes on the Pacific side, and Union on the Atlantic side. For a fare of $8 to $20 passengers sail aboard Union from New York to Aspinwall, Navy Bay, whence they take the Panama rail road to Gorgona, thence travel by mules or on foot, to Panama, at which point splendid new steamers await to proceed immediately to San Francisco. The difference in fare is dependent upon whether you use mules or walk, and amount of baggage. Newspaper, tear in fold, fair. . Catalogs: Newspaper/History.