16 Jul 1852
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1852
Page
1
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A reflective poem personifying Time as a relentless force. The speaker likens a year to a wave on life’s dark stream, a breath blown from Time’s nostrils, and a transient bubble on the sea, tracing youth, summer, autumn, and death as stages that end with all returning to balance.
Poem urges no tears for Henry Clay. Celebrate the statesman as a lasting national symbol. It prophesies future glory for America and Washington speaking through many voices in tribute to Clay.
A St Louis correspondent recalls a mother and daughter parting on a Louisville bound boat. The bride leaves for the West in tears, while brothers and a father share a painful farewell. The scene ends with the couple near the Falls and the family’s grief, and a second tale notes a drunken father killing his eighteen month old child in Louisville.
Article summarizes coal formation from ancient plant matter under heat and pressure, notes tropical vegetation in temperate coal regions, and explains high temperatures and carbon dioxide aided coal deposits. Also describes cork production from cork oak bark and ancient uses by Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, with modern cork applications and stopples. It ends with reflections on newspaper editing and editorial labor.
The sea is the largest cemetery where kings and peasants lie undistinguished. Waves and sun toll alike over unmarked graves, the ocean unites the powerful and weak in death. Daily thought challenges mind and duty as one casts accounts, like a merchant.
A long reformulated piece recounts Capt. Naylor’s speech praising Gen. Scott, defending his character, and contrasting him with Gen. Fillmore. It links Scott’s military deeds to governance and peace, notes strong Whig support in Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and Kentucky, and cites supportive speakers incl. Captain Porter and William Crawford.
The people respond to Whig nominations with unprecedented enthusiasm and unanimity. Reports from ratification meetings nationwide describe overwhelming turnout and strong support, including a Louisville gathering that surpassed all prior mass meetings in numbers and zeal.
The piece recounts General Perce fainting at Churubusco and a witty exchange with a witness over a bureau removal. It also notes Scott at Vera Cruz warning troops, a Philadelphia grand jury indictments for liquor sales, and Albany Express cattle shipments to New York and Boston since navigation opened.
A satirical verse by J. Covert mocks the Locofoco convention on the road to Baltimore. It lists several presidential candidates and ends with a chorus urging action against the foes and a march toward victory, referencing Pierce and Lundy’s Lane.
Reports say W. Rice American Consul at Acapulco was arrested by gens d armes after the steamship Stockton was seized months earlier. The US consular flag was lowered and the office closed as allied officials, including the British consul, visited Rice in prison. Americans faced unclear protection as ships Merera and Independence waited outside port.
Italy moves to resolve the Papal See and Piedmont dispute by naming an administrator for both spiritual and temporal matters of the Turin diocese while M Franzoni remains archbishop in title. Amat’s nomination has not been ratified by the Pope. Murray, the Englishman, remains imprisoned at Ancona. Sir Henry Bulwer heads to Rome to seek his release.
A New York Tribune letter from May 14 reports Grass Valley Township mills active with large dividends. The Cod Hill Company known as Capt Peck's remains successful as Collins & Co. earns a mint. Dr Bacon quarried Lafayette Hill rock yielding $6,300 from forty four tons, about $140 per ton, with a sale earlier for $30,000 and $28,000 paid in gold. Canadian French recipients reportedly earned about $7,000 each from results. Quartz ledges show growing value and permanent productivity, while global commerce through Ireland and England remains extensive with ships and steamers inland.
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