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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1854
Page
1
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A J VAN VORHES Office on Court street opposite the Public Buildings Advertisements cost for one square twelve lines three insertions. Rates listed for various column widths and durations. Ads left by Wednesday morning ensure next issue. casual advertisers must pay in advance. Names of candidates charged at $1.00 with advance payment required.
The document itemizes county officers for Gallipolis area including Sheriff J L Kessinaen and Clerk C C P , Auditor Eraxia H Moors, Treasurer Liam Golpen, Recorder William H Barnett, and Prosecuting Attorney Samara S Knowes. Also lists Probate Judge J C Frost, Surveyor Jony Ackey, Coroner Bruham Mathews, Master Commissioner Henry T Brown, and Auctioneer Jony F Lucy among others.
Poem in tender voice by Phila Earle urging remembrance after departure. It speaks of grief and memory, the beloved recalled at twilight and in quiet moments, as the speaker’s form rests in the grave and love endures beyond death. The verses request not to forget while acknowledging fading sorrow and moving on with new brides.
A narrator recalls his wild youth and a stern mother who pressed him to return home and reform. After a violent act against his mother, he endures remorse, his mother’s dying, and a lasting lesson on respect and obedience. The piece closes with extended political and local-interest excerpts.
A garbled excerpt lists substances and properties such as platinum as the heaviest cubic inch, hydrogen as the lightest, gold as most malleable, iron as highly tenacious, and diamond as hardest. It notes oxygen abundance and heat conduction, then shifts to a philosophical sermon about matter never being lost and providence guiding thought.
The piece recounts Sherman and Jowett speeches in the Senate on the Douglas Nebraska bill and 1820 Missouri Compromise, with criticisms of Senator Badger’s defense of repeal. It cites Madison, Kent, and Marshall, noting party divisions, constitutional doubts, and warnings about national faith and the Union's future.
Ford and Judge Vendersmith, once respected Lancaster citizens, were bound over to the U S Court on $5,000 bail to face heavy fraud charges against the Pension Bureau. Indignation followed their arrest, with public doubt about guilt. Ford plans passage to Europe and Vendersmith is set for trial in the southern district.
The post mortem on Dr. Gardiner confirms death due to strychnine, described as a deadly Java poison. The Washington Star reports the Gardiner award involved 428750 fraudulently taken from the Treasury, with 268000 enjoined for possible return. Dr. George A. Gardiner also drew 153090 on Dr. H. Meare’s claim, with 33000 going to his own endowment. Meare, indicted in Mexico, admits the claim was a sham and defies U.S. government action.
Washington correspondent predicts soon-to-come developments that would prove the Nebraska bill is a step toward a vast conspiracy to seize Mexico and Central America and turn them into slave states. The piece suggests top Republic leaders and most southern leaders may be implicated.
In the buzzing printing office an atmosphere pushes quick blood to quicken, prompting eager workers to rush tasks and think themselves capable of bold acts. The piece notes how such mood can spur men and boys to act beyond intention, citing R. C. Winthrop as a reference.
Fragmentary notice discusses a bank named Democratic Indianal Banke Locofoco Ohio and banks evolving capital details. Reference to capital around 36 million and state-wide expansion to forty-eight districts appears. No clear events or dates are discernible.
A夜 report recalls a dramatic Senate night led by Senator from Maine Fessenden as Douglas Butler Weller and Seward sparred. The account notes drunken behavior, personal attacks, and gallery interruptions, ending with warnings of a dark historical page marked by Gardiner’s death and Missouri Compromise repeal.
Bricksat notes Ole Father Tartar and others criticize the Statesman for its stance against ALLEx and the Nebraska question in the senatorial contest. Taylor claims the Nebraska issue was not a test and ends his letter asserting a duty to the people and his name.
The State House Commission reports total appropriations through November 15, 1893 at 531 575 dollars with a 17 600 dollar balance. In June a contract to Ambos and Lennox for iron work on the roof reception progressed, with copper roof work due in spring. Commissioners aim to finish before the Delta Legislature and seek 400 000 dollars for 1854 and 1860.
The manufacturing and business community warns of heavy losses due to lack of capital. Legislation has driven from Cincinnati many banks and factories, crippling the city’s financial and industrial sectors amid a drastic 50,000,000 disparity in funds. Local banks claim 180,000 in capital, signaling distress across all trades and classes.
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