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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1863
Page
1
Poem tracing a river's endless journey from hills and valleys to the brimming river. The speaker travels through stony paths and meadows, tracing bends, eddies, and glints of light as trout, grayling, and swallows share the flow. It ends with the refrain that men may come and go, but the river goes on.
A bee named Hebe is hauled before the queen for idleness and complaint. She is condemned to long labor tending ten young bees and gathering honey from a thousand flowers each day for three moons. Hebe later finds work easier in a field of white clover and earns her sisters' praise.
A bee in the hive grows joyful and beautiful as she embraces labor. Her daily songs rise, wings gleam, and eyes brighten while drones admire her. Queen Hebe notes a divine law that happiness and beauty come to the industrious who help others.
At Plymouth Church Brooklyn on Sunday, Mr Beecher revealed a rescued slave child named Fanny Virginia Cassiopeia Lawrence born of slavery. He urged the congregation to view the child and denounce slavery as a national sin. The speech ended with calls for God to strike for the armies and the right and for slavery to be utterly destroyed.
A four year old boy named Willie learns what makes a home during a visit from his mother’s guest. He tests doors and rooms, then answers that true home is where his mother lives, conveying a tender moment about family and affection.
A four year old boy refuses a good night kiss until learning he is lieutenant of his company. He asks if lieutenants kiss their mamas and, assured it is proper, salutes his mother and goes to bed.
About seven hundred immigrants landed in Philadelphia and a few thousand and seventy one arrived in New York the same day exclusive of cabin passengers. The Great Eastern not listed brought about fifteen hundred more.
The report details a record year for the American Bible Society in 1867-68 with 1.3 million volumes issued and receipts of $422,588. Ohio totals lead NY except New York, with Eastern Ohio net receipts $14,414 in 22 counties. Highlights include 300 Lanesh societies, 2500 unpaid agents, extensive Bible distribution to soldiers, destitute households, and numerous large private gifts supporting the cause.
In a message dated April 20 1863 Ravena Ohio T Coo Wanrsners agent acknowledges clergy cooperation and county agents in advancing the shared cause. He expresses gratitude for labors and sympathies and hopes the next year will be as fruitful under providential blessing and continued support.
A May 1 1863 muster of the 53rd Tennessee Regiment in Moscow reports Col Wells S Jones presiding and a committee on resolutions. The group urges unity, support for the war policy, endorsement of arming loyal Blacks, and pledge to fight traitors at home and abroad. The regiment boasts 595 men with 535 present, none sick, after months of hard marches and siege work.
The Cherokee country reports near total loyalty restoration and says refugees in Southern Kansas will soon return home, driven from their lands by rebel forces.
A man notes his spouse adopting stylish airs as she reorganizes home life and wardrobe, provoking humorous friction and social performance in a domestic setting.
An amendment to the Revenue Law requires stamping all notes regardless of whether their value exceeds or falls below 20. The change tightens tax collection and standardizes stamping across note categories.
A Cairo dispatch says 25 000 to 30 000 rebels in Vicksburg with Grant's forces encircling the city. Pemberton’s surrender terms were rejected, and Union gunboats and land forces pressed assaults while McPherson Steele and McClernand advance. Casualties and prisoners are reported as the campaign tightens.
Reported from a Civil War era exchange describing a patrol discovery near the brick church on the river bank. Four to five suspects were found at a telegraph station connected to a submarine line across the Rappahannock. Authorities announce prompt punishment, likely death by hanging, under military law.
A Washington letter recounts a brave negro hero in the siege who died to save others. After a landing attempt at Rodman's Point was repulsed by rebel fire, the boat stuck on shore. He volunteered to act, shouted a resolve to sacrifice himself, pushed the boat free, and was shot by five bullets as he fell back into the boat.
A short aphorism urges courage in hardship, suggesting a person may lift spirits by whistling bravely. It hints that shared resilience can create harmony, as two voices combine into a hopeful melody against adversity.
A philosophical reflection argues truth remains incomplete to humans and is fully understood only in relation to God, suggesting all truth is relative and elusive to human perception.
A celebrated draughtsman confined by gout in his apartment has his watch and seals stolen by a sly vagabond who enters the kitchen and drawers. The artist sketches the thief while captive then sends the likeness to Bow Street. Runners identify the man and he is sent to Botany Bay in six weeks.
An anonymous exchange questions a candidate's fitness amid a drunken episode in a public house. It recounts Attorney General Critchfield sending for Cathcart the newly elected State School Commissioner, noting intoxication and a vivid metamorphosis metaphor. It ends by asking readers their opinion of the candidate.
A column urges keeping a lively home atmosphere to guide youth away from gambling and risky venues. It emphasizes letting children enjoy light social activity at home, with warmth, firelight, and domestic ritual as protection against late night temptations.
A moral reflection on idleness as a source of misery and vice. It argues that quick minds falter when misdirected by aimless effort, while focused effort, even if weaker, can achieve more. It compares persistence to the drop that wears away rock and the torrent that carves no lasting path.
The editor Jon Courier reviews the new steel co discussed widely, noting his disappointment that the commission calls and Micon in se do not add to the enjoyment of the time, as the sponge washes away the excess.
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