19 Dec 1856
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1856
Page
1
A poem contemplates the era ahead describing birds singing flowers blooming and love joy and sorrow not lasting for a hundred years to come. It contrasts crowded streets aging crowds wealth and poverty with future generations living in graves after the current inhabitants sleep.
A fragmentary excerpt contrasts time and life with a meditation on death and sacrifice. It laments wasted hours as a crime against life and urges acceptance of death to become bread on God's table, then shifts to praise the spring and autumn as life’s unfolding beauty for the true man.
An 1807 Plainfield Massachusetts tale recounts a fifteen year old boy who walked seven miles to seek education. He boarded with Mr Maynard and studied diligently, later aided by a minister to hear his recitations, becoming Rev Jonas King D D noted for Oriental learning and aid to Greece. The Buffalo Republic urges winter study to build sober, capable citizens.
Black Warrior, a celebrated war-horse, died in New York last week at twenty eight. He survived the Florida war and served in the pursuit of wild Indians and horse thieves, and later in nine general battles including Molina del Rey and Chepultepec. He carried Kossuth and President Pierce during their entries into New York and never wore harness, famed for discipline and grace under the saddle.
A Philadelphia letter recalls a New Orleans story claiming Mrs. Allston, Theodosia Burr Allston, died at sea after pirates aboard a captured ship forced witnesses overboard. It links the sinking to Burr’s family and notes the tale’s uncertain credibility. The item also notes climate speculation and a mix of other period notices on weather, geography, and postal statistics.
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In Washington last Thursday the Buchanan party parade featured a banner reading SUMNER AND KANSAS LET THEM BLEED, condemning Kansas events and border ruffian violence. The National Era denounces the display as an insult to state sovereignty and free discussion, reflecting broader sectional tensions.
In a private Nov 13 letter from Boston Webster recalls losing a wife and three children and describes a Marshfield burial ground near his home. He contemplates a vault on ancestral land by a Plymouth pilgrims church site as his final resting place and urges sober reflection on mortality.
United States theological institutions total 45 with 126 instructors 127 students and 8749 alumni. Graduates of 1856 added 49 to the count. Presbyterians lead in institutions, Baptists second with 10, Congregationalists operate 6 with 17 professors and more students than Baptists.
The article cites Household Words on the strychnos nux vomica tree found in Ceylon and India. It notes bright orange berries, a hard rind, white pulp, and deadly seeds used historically in medicine by Hindoos and known by Oriental doctors long before Western exposure.
The Toledo Blade notes Owen P. Lovejoy as a triumphant Republican choice in Illinois. It recalls his brother Elijah Lovejoy’s 1837 murder defending press freedom and hails Owen’s 7,000 vote majority as a remarkable sign of current public sentiment and anabler representative for Illinois.
A tattered letter reports about two hundred South Carolinians arriving in St Louis on their way home from Kansas. They carried banners, shouted defiance at Kansas laws, and faced taunts as mock heroes. The writer cites calls for official reports and quotes the New Orleans Bulletin urging severe agricultural resistance to attack northern fronts.
Washington correspondent reports that several Southern and Western railroad companies will press a bill in Congress to grant about 150 million acres of public lands to the railroads. This would come atop the Pacific railroad scheme, risking rapid absorption by speculators and driving land prices for new settlers above government prices. The article notes 16 million acres were given to railroad speculators at the last session.
The Belfast Free Press notes that the Wilsons Bankses Hales and Wades are signed to an infamous notoriety. It claims Wilson and Banks hold a 70000 plus majority over Bogus Democracy and Hare and Wave also win solidly to avoid infamy. The Belmont Chronicle curiously defends the notion of infamous notoriety.
A New York Times correspondence describes a grave in front of Farmers Hotel in Westport Kansas marked by a spade in the soil and a marble slab bearing a biting epitaph. The piece ties Reeder to the Free State conflict and notes proslavery sentiment and threats around his return.
The text contrasts vice and virtue amid pressure, noting that corruption of the heart reveals evils more than intellect. It urges temper in quarrels and hints at manipulation of perception like a hammer shaping a red button into any form.
The report notes authorized army strength at 17,804 with 15,562 actual on July 1, 1846. Enlistments total 4,440 for year ending Sept 30, 1856. 6,594 offers refused for minority or fitness. 6,606 casualties, 3,223 deser tions. It calls for extinguishing Hudson Bay Company rights, vigorous action against Florida Indians, and system reform of western frontier posts. Fortifications progress urged, with emphasis on harbor defenses and liberal appropriations. It warns that without guns fortifications are useless and recommends experiments with mounted guns and hollow projectiles to enhance range and power.
The report shows 16,873,690 acres surveyed since the last issue up to September 13, with 39,000,500 acres disposed of and cash sales totaling over 3.8 million dollars. It calls for Congress action on the graduation act and potential changes to pensions with 2,490 anticipated patent issuances this year. Seven Indian treaties remain for Senate action, expanding Indian title to about 175 million acres with over 11 million dollars in consideration. The administration notes progress in colonization and improvements in Indian welfare.
A Cleveland train struck an Ohio and Pennsylvania line at Alliance junction as passengers dined. Three people were injured but none killed. The Cleveland engineer fled into the woods as crowds gathered. coroner's verdict pending.
Jalge Cady, president of the doctoral Carlos of New York, closes his address urging members to reconvene in 1860 and back John C. Fremont for the U.S. presidency, a call met with long applause from electoral colleagues.
The text notes Strickland, banished for anti-slavery publications in Mobile, has returned to business in Milwaukee. It references Irish census deaths from starvation, Dane County Norwegian vote splits for Republicans, and the American Sunday School Union reporting 2,500+ schools with 170,009 pupils and 693 new teachers. It also mentions plans for a Mississippi crossing at St Louis, and Barnum with Cordelia Howard sailing from New York to Europe.
Nine more Free State prisoners escaped Lecompton as guards and cannons loomed over the makeshift plank shelter. A veteran Kansas unit buried a fellow soldier with military honors after a grim grave scene, while observers note Geary’s policy allows small-boat escapes to continue.
Waeaineton reports Delegate A P Cook from the territory of Arizona arrives with credentials. He claims 10 to 50 thousand residents and vows to push statehood around the size of Pennsylvania. He warns recognition could reopen the slavery issue and trigger protracted debate. The Herald notes possible contention over territorial government and admission.
A report from Georgetown Ohio notes the death by own action of Shertin Rurer O on December 8 1966. The item mentions Mr Wall Appleyace the newly elected Democratic Sheriff of Brown and states no arrest has been made yet. Reading nearby lines references happiness and personal reflections.
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