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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1855
Page
1
A composite reminiscence from the Richmond Palladium features autumn verses on gloom and mortality, followed by essays on life purpose and debt, a Hard Shell sermon excerpt, and light literary notices. It blends poetry with moralizing reflections, citing Douglas Jerrold and a Mississippi preacher.
A worn 10 round proverb urges young men to enjoy life but avoid dissipation and vice as they near old age, promising health and blessings if they remain virtuous. It contrasts idle, ignorant, and poor paths with wealth, honor, a good wife, and children for those who stay active and prudent. It also notes strong-minded visits and a local crime report about a night of vandalism and a defense of property.
The piece contrasts virtue and social conduct, urging encouragement after censure and the value of a good character. It references public morale, isolation, and the impact of social rules, then shifts to a wartime parade scene with troops and a local performance enlivening a tedious day.
The Cincinnati Commercial’s Washington correspondent reports on the day’s chatter. Senators Cass Clayton and Seward are sketched with amused detail, and Know-Nothing figures like Cullen of Delaware are lampooned for stationery greed. Talk turns to the Presidency, war with England, and a Pacific railroad scheme, with Kansas tensions and the opposition caucus drawing comment.
Hon Charles Sumner in Fauquel Hall Boston condemns slavery after touring slave states His remarks recount brutal scenes auction sales and a child nearly struck by an axe He asserts personal testimony refuting slaveholder explanations and cites a sharp rise in Treasury losses totaling 29074000 dollars
The Liverpool Telegraph argues that Britain could not easily invade the United States and predicts American strength. It asserts fifty thousand British troops in the Crimea versus a highly organized American militia capable of forming a hundred thousand troops quickly. It warns Americans would be formidable, disciplined, and ambitious, capable of invading and shaping a vast continental span.
A Kentucky correspondent to the New York Tribune extols William H. Seward as a safer guardian of liberty than the South’s pro slavery leaders. He criticizes Northern backsliding and urges unity for freedom, noting Southern admiration for Seward and discontent with abolition campaigning.
A Boston Journal report from New York recounts a Maine woman traveling to California armed with two revolvers and a bowie knife. Her husband, who took her wealth and deserted the family, fled toward California. she pursues him not for reconciliation but to administer a severe strike, promising a dramatic confrontation at the California landing.
A Cincinnati Columbian lesson urges business men to use advertising broadly. A local advertiser recounts starting small, expanding to all outlets, and notes press-driven demand can move products quickly. He claims country towns now order ads, promising profits exceeding ad costs.
The Lafayette Courier reports Joha Buck near Lafayette Indiana husked and cribbed one hundred and a half bushels of corn in just under ten hours. A large crowd watched at his father's farm Wea Pisins noting early frost left uneven hills and light stands yet buck delivered a remarkable harvest achievement. Meanwhile a Norfolk nurse anecdote describes a volunteer nurse A of Louisiana who cared for the sick at Norfolk and Richmond while enduring illness and medical costs.
Washington and Oregon frontier reports detail Major Haller's retreat with 102 infantry from the Dalles and a projected march of Major Raines with eight companies to confront rising war parties. Hundreds of warriors, armed and prepared, threaten the region as patrols expect a hard battle near the Dalles with ample ammunition found on a fallen foe.
The text cautions against a habit of viewing most things with disapproval and fault finding. It argues such unfriendly judgment arises from vanity and discontent, grows with indulgence, and harms comfort by fostering ignorance and envy in the face of simple faults. It notes that even a child can destroy, while dullness and prejudice use critique as a tool.
The Washington Sentinel notes the Union and Locofoco press factions clash over House control and printer positions. It claims the Union, failing reelection prospects as House Printer, seeks a Senate berth through joint ownership by Meier Nicholson and Forney after a bid to oust the Printer.
A witty remark suggests divinity is easiest because it is easier to preach than to practice. The joke contrasts law physics and divinity, implying the clergy path is lightest in effort though the line is a quip about practice versus preaching.
A Philadelphia judge sentences a man for speech about freedom while a governor targets fugitive law. Reports claim Boston military aiding capture of a beleaguered Black man named Borns. Illinois mob disrupts a public speaker denouncing slavery. The piece cites Northern press divisions on canvass policy and notes large weekly and semi monthly financial flows from California trade and securities, including a Detroit journal's million dollar payments and large sums tied to Dan’s party.
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