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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1857
Page
1
The speaker asserts true solitude lies not in remote places but among crowds and festivity. Only by asking the heart in a bustling mart or dazzling hall can one grasp genuine loneliness, as pleasures and crowds mask the absence of true connection. The poem contrasts natural life with hollow social ritual.
A vivid farm scene follows a plowman’s journey across brown paths and ridged cornfields. The article notes steady teams, furrows opening wide, and a patient convoy threading through clay and valley as the landscape yields to labor.
A juror recounts how Charles Ambold faced a murder trial for arson, with Moulton Warren's influence and a torn letter and knife tying him to the crime. Warren is exposed, Ambold is acquitted on a new panel, and Warren dies confessing his guilt in a cascading tale of temptation and justice.
A reflection on how a person’s reputation precedes and trails them, contrasting its vast prominence before with its diminished size after, and noting the eye’s affectionate and guileless view of faces.
The piece declares that excessive sitting harms both body and mind, invokes Nature as enforcing law, and says a neglected mind may rebound to dethrone rulers when it harms its body. It emphasizes the mind as ruler and condemns mistreatment of the body as leading to punishment.
Citizens are urged to transplant trees to raise property value by 25 percent. The piece touts low cost and effort with the benefit of shade, dust and sun protection, plus birdsong from open windows, calling every planter a public benefactor.
A Boston Herold report describes a newly married couple who practice spiritualism. The husband has not eaten for eleven days and plans to continue living without food, joining his wife at the dining table as she eats while he holds her hand.
Analysis notes vast land schemes in eastern territories with ten thousand new townships and villages laid out. It estimates at least ten million dollars cash and twenty million credits invested over two years, and predicts a forthcoming market blow up amid widespread speculation.
The Emigrant Aid Company reports at its Boston meeting that investments may be returned to stockholders with possible gains. Damages for the destruction of the free State hotel at Lawrence, Kansas, are to be pressed in Congress. Amos Lawrence resigns the treasury. old officers largely re-elected. Company receipts for the year total $42,000.
A brother of the distinguished Ed mund Burke, found in reverie after hearing a famed parliamentary speech, muses on how Ned monopolizes family talents yet recalls that in play he was always at work.
Mr. Secretary Stanton examines the Border Ruffian Laws of Kansas and declares some of them damnable, remarking with candor that his Ohio peers are less blunt in their critique.
In Circuit Court this morning Taylor Blow of Missouri freed Dred Scott and his wife Harriet and daughters Eliza and Jane, emancipation performed by a Missouri citizen. Scott, once enslaved by Capt. Peter Blow of Virginia, now free after a decade of litigation and heavy costs. his daughters were effectively free earlier, while Scott contemplates Northward travel for opportunity.
The article notes Colonel Fremont has not appeared publicly but is at work on a new edition of his travels and expeditions. Published by Childs & Co. in Philadelphia, the book is expected to include unpublished material and build on the success of Doctor Kane's work.
The Illinois from Aspinwall with dates to the 19th arrives in New York at 4 PM carrying 800 passengers and 1.7 million dollars in specie. The Golden Gate brought nearly 2.25 million in specie. Panama reports cession of bay island and tonnage to England. Walker's surrender noted alongside Costa Rican reception plans. Vivanco defeated at Callao. Arequipa forces cited. deaths and captures recorded. California news deemed unimporant. California legislature adjourned. mines hydrated, crops poor, and Oregon Indians threaten hostilities.
Isthmus dispatch notes Empire City docked at 7 PM with ten thousand spectators. Gen Walker and staff arrived after capitulation on May 1, visiting St Charles hotel where Walker gave thanks for liberty and victory. Davis signaled Walker’s capture of the schooner Granada while Crabb’s dollar-ship rumors spread in California.
A severe hailstorm hit parts of northern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas, leaving homes damaged and vegetation stripped. Reported hailstones reached several inches deep in Helena, with extensive property damage and scattered casualties among livestock and poultry.
Fragmentary text cites Henry A Crabby and others linked to Sonora filibusters and a shooting by Van Methan a. mentions Wak Col R N Wood, a California senator and former president, with unclear expedition notes from last fall.
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