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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1857
Page
1
Barry Crnw ally recalls a past youth with intimate tone. The speaker laments aging, lost summers, and vanished joys while reflections on friendship and shared dreams endure beyond time. The poem juxtaposes vibrant memory with present coldness and fading sunlight.
A historical overview of type metal production from punches to matrices, mold, and casting. It covers hand and machine casting progress, ignition by Binney and Johnson, the role of breakers and rubbers, the economics of speed, and the shift to copper coatings and diverse type sizes.
Marcus J Parralt, recently named by free state men of Kansas as a delegate to Congress, is a Leavenworth City lawyer who has acted for free-state prisoners in state trials. An 1851-2 Harvard Law School attendee, he later opened a Dayton, Ohio office and served Montgomery County in the state House as a Democrat before moving to Kansas as a supporter of the current administration and later opposing its policies.
The Supreme Court, with Burnett and Terry concurring, affirms the Merced Mining Company right to prosecute mining on the Fremont grant by sustaining an injunction against defendants. Chief Justice Murray dissents in part. The decision discusses ownership of minerals and the propriety of restraining removal of gold.
A railroad expert argues that running trains at high speeds drastically increases costs and wear. He notes a forty mph train costs four times as much as a twenty mph train and that express passenger service causes more damage than freight at low speed. The proposed fix is to price high speed service appropriately and develop business with prudent rates.
A major tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad partially collapsed during widening to add a double track. The eastward Wheeling train was halted as the roof sank two feet. the locomotive chimney prevented a complete burial. Trains now pass to the tunnel while the line is rebuilt over weeks.
A correspondent reports seeing bright lightning to the west around 9:15 PM on a Sabbath, with no thunder heard locally. A Chicago visitor said a heavy storm was underway there at that hour, suggesting lightning can be observed from at least two hundred miles away.
A Friday night mob of White men attacked a Black family in Union township four miles from the city to avenge a prior beating by the Lyles. Wounded include Maddox the former County Commissioner, German man, Jos Glass, and others. Deputies and the sheriff moved prisoners to the city for safety while tempers rose and handbills urged expulsion.
The piece accuses Breckinridge Douglas and other Democrats of personal wealth tied to public land grants. It cites Illinois Central land deals, a massive railroad land giveaway, Corruption Committee findings, and ties to the Apostle Islands. It also covers California politics including the Democratic primary and Fremont mining disputes, with court actions and bond issues shaping the scene.
The Iowa Supreme Court held a slave who moved from Missouri to Iowa with his master’s permission became free after years of residence there. Seized as a fugitive, the man was released by the court, challenging Taney's Dred Scott decision and reflecting growing backlash against it.
A letter addressed to Sir L asks if a lawyer, 37, with four children and an "old line Democrat" stance can find work in Zanesville area. He describes himself as a sharp speaker, Presbyterian and Christian, asking for publication help and a local inquiry. The note ends with plea for assistance to Bro. Phillip.
A two hundred yard long ship chain weighing three hundred pounds per link was forged at Reating Forge in Pennsylvania and supplied by a Russian source for use in raising the sunken fleet at Sebastopol. The value is reported at 1.5 million dollars.
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