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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1854
Page
1
The Athens Messenger outlines subscription terms with annual and arrearage rules. Advertising rates list one square for three insertions at 1.00, with longer commitments and multiple column widths priced by duration, plus business cards and candidate name insertions with set charges and advance payment required.
Judge Court of Common Pleas Simeon Nash of Gallipolis and Probate Judge J C Frost with office in the Court House upstairs are listed as county legal officers.
A compassionate exhortation urging kindness to the widow and the orphan amid grief and hardship. It contrasts the sorrowful, desolate life the bereaved face with the duty to support and guide the young toward virtue and faith. The piece laments lost loved ones and the need for solace and guidance.
A girl Dolly mistook a sleeping bee for a rose and was stung on the lip. The bee’s sting provoked a teary cry and a tale of a wager about foul taste. The speaker reflects that the sting reached the heart.
In Hamburg during the Napoleonic era a group of Prussian officers mocked a small man in black at the Exchange Coffee House. The man, revealed as a Post Captain of the Rangney Saeels, demands satisfaction after being insulted, warning he will pursue redress if refused.
An English captain provokes a Prussian rival to a duel at an open ground near Hausburg and Alon. The Englishman uses a pistol misfire test with a prane and hat to intimidate. The captain declares his resolve and fires, forcing surrender. the lieutenant nearly dies, and the Englishman prevails while others recoil from the violence. The Baron soon leaves the regiment after the incident.
A Florida dispatch describes a drought prayer by a venerable Methodist preacher who opposed Baptists. The petition asks rain to start at his Hamilton county plantation and spread through religious areas, ending with abundant supply and the preacher’s long right arm.
The queen is adored by the people and moves among them with friendly ease. She gently taps the heads of visiting children then balances condescension with dignity. Royal children toil in gardens and learn to be courteous to all they meet, even sharing in cottage meals during visits.
A reflective piece contrasts reform as a slow force driven by others not the individual. It ponders when a person can be said to belong to the vegetable kingdom, suggesting wisdom comes with experience.
A fragmented 19th century page quotes Rev. James Martineau on life meaning and lists a sensational claim about Granicular Syrup reviving an invalid for 94 years. It also reports a note that a prominent scientist plans a 600 foot iron tower with steam rails and a lighthouse function to emit a long sighted light for ships.
An outside case of an antique French gold watch was found in Pittsburgh among the ruins of the old Fort magazine. The inscription reads Presented to James Wetherell by his friend, George Washington, May 3, 1755. The date aligns with Braddock's 1755 expedition toward Fort Duquesne.
A humorous witness testifies that he was four feet five inches from the parties when the assault occurred. Counsel presses for precision and the witness explains he measured the distance to thwart future questions.
A speaker quotes Jeremy Taylor on happiness and misery, proposing simple acts of charity as meaningful. He explains that even a half-penny given to a crying child on the way home would suffice to feel he has done something good.
The piece argues creditors vanish while rising wealth continues regular payments, warning against poverty and urging self accusation as a harsh but practical stance. It frames wealth as enabling annual payoffs to butchers while daily hunger prompts, and suggests admitting wrongdoing if necessary.
A miscellany of wry aphorisms and puns on language memory and daily life. The dialogue touches on the phrase vex populi vex Dei the contrast with divine voice and a quip about teachers drivers senses minds and vice. It ends with a fragment about dues and bills.
In Columbus on July 11 1854 the Liquor Inspectors adopt ten resolutions. They set minimum alcohol percentages for distilled spirits reveal inspection records and marking of casks as pure or impure, and require inspectors to publish quarterly abstracts. C E Boyle named corresponding secretary and next meeting set for December at the Neil House.
London dispatch reports a money market improvement with capital flowing back to the country and interest rates expected to fall. Hamburg Amsterdam and Frankfort offer cheap funds as traders buy British securities, while wheat prices stay stable or fall. Weather favors crops with alternating rain and sun and overall crop reports are positive except for slops.
A Washington correspondent reports Soft-shell and Hard-shell factions negotiating a potential coalition with the Administration followed by secession of the other wing. Soft-shell leaders allege Pierce and Marcy lure allies to a rotten political effort as Democracy loses strength.
Judge McLean decides in favor of Minnesota and National Mining Co of Lake Superior over 160 acres of copper lands valued at $200,000. Attorneys Lamurse F. Vinton and Jacob M. Howdap for the winner. Treman Surry and Janne v. Campiece for defendants. The decision stirs interest by settling related claims.
The piece denounces growth of sectional rhetoric in Ohio Michigan and Indiana as a move toward disunion. It urges unity among Democrats Whigs Free Soilers and others to resist slave power and defend Republican principles. It argues resistance is duty and calls for prudence industry and patriotism. The commentary ends urging public judgment and future discussion.
Senator Chase of Ohio introduces a brief bill to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in any U S Territory except as punishment for crime. He traces Jefferson's 1784 proposal, the 1787 ordinance, and Missouri and Kansas Nebraska acts, noting current repeal shifts toward slavery allowance.
Reports describe a severe cholera outbreak among workers on the low ground near the Suspension Bridge at the Falls. Doctors Hamilton and Hunt aided the sick, with about fifty deaths reported, most on the Canada side, as work ceased and workers fled in panic.
A Boston Transcript writer reports from the White Mountains describing a snow arch in Tuckerman's Ravine. Measurements by engineer Cavia note an arch 130 by 84 feet, snow depths up to 49 feet, and a snow mass of about a thousand tons at the ravine head.
Special Dispatch reports Mer. Marcy has secured a mutual pledge of neutrality in the present war and an advancement of the free ships free goods doctrine. The agreement, to be sent to the Senate for immediate ratification, marks a notable step beyond Britain and France though they reserve judgment on permanent recognition. Mr. Marcy's diplomatic strides are highlighted.
Editor of the South Bend Register delivers a high minded address at Indiana Asbury University Greencastle during commencement. He expresses surprise at the invitation and notes lacking formal higher education. He plans to speak to Odd Fellows in Newark on Friday next.
Reported by Weavh Stor, Mr Stark of Ohio is named minister to Chill. He goes with instructions to form a new area with that government and to strengthen commercial relations amid talks of brennan 3 or increase in ties.
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