24 Dec 1858
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1858
Page
1
A short devotional verse recalling a cherished memory that remains alive in the heart. The speaker honors a loved one, stating memory will endure as a flower that never dies, despite fading summers and absence. The tone is elegiac and spiritual, seeking a gentle thought in return.
In New York two orphans Lola and Hester are cared for by florist Jake Hopkins. Lola charms Mr Larkins, while Hester writes poems later discovered as Lola's Neglected Flowers. Lawyer Holmes helps Hester pursue education, Lola is reunited with Hester after a marriage, and all find new family and purpose.
A correspondent condemns eastern weeklies for peddling fiction and sensationalism, claiming they mislead readers with romance and “velvet and feathers.” The piece argues many people who skip a home paper spend more on trashy print throughout the year.
The excerpt echoes Dr. Samuel Johnson on steady daily virtue. It argues that greatness lies in small acts done regularly, like one shovel of dirt at a time or one kind deed at a time, forming a larger purpose through consistent effort.
A guidance paragraph praises young women who show tender respect to parents, arguing such virtue signals suitability for wifehood. It asserts attention to parents reflects character and will yield a mild, obliging spouse in marriage.
The tribute recalls his mother's guidance inspiring a life of total abstinence from tobacco gaming and hard drinking. He credits her pious wishes for shaping his conduct, noting a seven year old vow of abstinence and lifelong adherence, ending with a plea of love to his mother.
The passage argues that true understanding of others requires seeing into hidden motives and that judging others harshly is a fault. It contends learning reveals our own ignorance and should foster modesty rather than arrogance.
A study traces gold and silver from Augustus to Charlemagne, arguing that world mine output could replenish Roman stock in nine years. It notes weekly English factory consumption of gold valued at 18 000, Birmingham alone, with total yearly English use around 2 million. It discusses losses from wear and non monetary uses, citing M Culloch and Albany Lee Journal.
Lieut Maury recalls Prof Morse story during a Baltimore to Washington telegraph line effort. Morse planned underground wires but insulation trouble forced poles. A plowman quipped the plow was worn after hitting a stump, delaying work until repairs, a vivid anecdote of early telegraph challenges.
The article reports a slave auction in Washington near the City Jail despite a prohibitory act. Buyers examined each slave, including a mother with her infant, as crowds gathered from curiosity to witness the sale of enslaved people brought from a Maryland estate to the national capital.
The consistent anti Lecompton Democrats who opposed English influence and the Lecompton sham are re-elected to Congress. Haskins Clark Adrian Hickman Davis Harris Morris and others who stood firm remain in office while faltering colleagues were rejected by the people. The lesson is urged for voters and politicians.
The Methodist Church reports 133 thousand新增 members in the past year bringing total to 826 519. It lists 47 conferences and 12 515 preachers along with 226 697 raised for missionary purposes. The Aethediet Sunday School Union publishes 1 253 volumes, 258 more than the American Sunday School Union, excluding Church South.
Advertising rates and rules listed for notices and business cards. Includes dimensions, insertions required, and penalties for unmarked or continued ads. Mentions per-year discounts and advance payment requirements for political notices and pigment charges.
Senator Broderick faces critique over votes as administration wins in California. The piece notes Broderick did not attend the caucus, highlights his past support for Buchanan, and cites alleged manipulation of California outcomes. It also mentions Col. S W Black’s gubernatorial prospects and Douglas planned tours to New York Philadelphia and likely Cleveland.
Secretary of the Treasury publishes estimates totaling 52 941 318 68 for Civil list foreign intercourse miscellaneous revenues and public fund sales. Highlights include Post Office deficits 6 509 900 00 and Indian Department 1 866 419 49 with major items in Army Fortifications Naval establishment and Military Academy.
The article outlines a large deficit with about four million dollars more needed this year excluding the ten million loan and a million in Treasury notes. It cites substantial deficiency in the Post Office Department and adds projected Indian War expenses and defense outlays plus ambitions in Mexico Central America and Paraguay.
The passage notes that many people claim mental distress even when not physically hurt, while genuine healthy minds often exist only in imagination, suggesting a bias in extremes of perceived and real condition.
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