The waning crescent moon, a pale ghost of its former self, lies utterly swallowed by the ragged storm clouds that choke the Carpathian sky. No silvery beam penetrates the dense canopy; instead, an opp…
It is with a measure of cautious optimism that we note the recent establishment of The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, a weekly broadsheet now circulating through the ports and presidencies of t…
The Torricellian column of mercury has descended to 29.78 inches and continues its slow, ominous fall, while the brass dial of the barometer registers the change with a tremor that mirrors the unease …
The Wiener Zeitung of the third of November, in the year of our Lord 1841, has reached our scriptorium by the evening packet, its pages still redolent of printer's ink and the damp of the river. Herei…
A wan, spectral light filtered through dense strata of storm cloud at the eleventh hour, the sun but a pallid ghost behind a canopy of 90% obscuration. The firmament wore the hue of bruised lead, and …
VIENNA, 3rd November 1841 — Upon this day, the imperial and provincial gazettes of the Austrian Empire have been committed to the publick eye, and your correspondent has perused their columns with the…