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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1852
Page
1
The Athens Messenger weekly edition notes its publication by N. H. and A. J. Van Vorhes with offices on Court Street opposite the Public Buildings. The item states the newspaper's publishing details and location.
The notice outlines advance payment before publication, arrearage penalties, and continuation terms. It sets 1.50 and 2.00 dollar rates, annual discounts, and advance payment requirements for all advertisements. It also specifies deadlines, insertions pricing, and charges for political candidate listings.
Legal notices list attorneys S D Dana W Reed Golden Knowles J D Sohnson with offices in Athens Ohio and county offices. Includes addresses in Athens County and reference to the Court house and Eagle Hotel vicinity.
Mrs. Sigourney muses on falling snow transforming landscapes and lives. The verse contrasts humble rural scenes with urban bustle, noting snow’s gentle spread over cottages, fields, and cathedral windows. It portrays children sliding, farmers plowing, and a festive Christmas mood, ending with snow nourishing the earth and tenderly sheltering life.
A rural New England husking party at Ephraim Bradley’s farm blends work with merriment. Kate Mayflower from Boston attends, endures bold kissing games and hearty supper, then returns home entertained and changed by the rustic celebration. The report closes noting the Erie Railroad’s prohibition on selling intoxicants in company refreshment houses and grounds.
The New York Express notes ongoing public interest in Webster's closing life and death. Authorities and press seek new details as the funeral arrangements unfold with the coffin present in the Library and a brief inscription on the plate.
A correspondent describes Mr Webster’s state and attire at his Marshfield death and outlines tomorrow’s funeral rites led by Rev Ebenezer Allen. The deathbed notes recount lingering consciousness, last autographs, and the desire for modest ceremonies.
The piece notes European war debts totaling 100 billion dollars requiring 4 million workers at 150 dollars yearly to service interest at 6 percent. It posits a global tax of at least 10 dollars per person to cover principal. It claims heathen nations pay cash for cruelties while Christian nations run on tick for such deeds.
A boy explains his mother runs a peach importing business and that people fear Molero Chorbus, so he eats the fruit to help the family. He emphasizes filial duty as a motivating force behind his hard work.
Two weeks into a cholera outbreak in Wheeling, seven deaths are reported as the city grapples with tainted meat that spoils within 24 hours despite salt. State Journal notes the crisis spans the area and shocks markets.
Long excerpt reviews 1852 Erie County Penitentiary and Poor House data. It notes 962 total commitments with 764 males and 198 females, and 904 intemperate cases. Buffalo accounted for most victims and relief cases, underscoring liquor’s link to crime and poverty.
Lord Brougham urges habit as the primary tool of lawgivers and teachers. He contends soberiety prudence and honesty become natural through habit, shaping children and adults away from intemperance and profligacy toward truth and thrift. He equates habit with guiding behavior in serious moral risks and everyday choices.
The Sandusky Mirror reports slave hunters arresting fugitives on the Mad River dock. A young mother with an infant eight or nine months old fled, dropped the child, then returned to the captors. In the May term she disowned the child and preferred its fate with strangers over slavery with herself.
A description of Seneca burial custom where a bird is imprisoned after a maiden dies and released when it sings. The belief holds the bird will carry its kisses to the spirit land, ensuring it flies to the departed. Often twenty or thirty birds are released over a single grave.
The Austrian official Haynau is in Pario under protection of a bodyguard assigned by the Prince President. The piece expresses strong approval of his punishment and predicts lasting curses on his name in history.
An officer in the Rangoon bombardment labored until exhausted and slept beside a firing gun for ninety minutes as ten pounds of powder exploded at each volley. Separately, Mr Bates of Baring Brothers donates 50000 to the Boston City Library. The widow of Joe Smith, Mormon leader, has remarried a keep in Naprog.
The piece defends the terms Federalist and Democrat amid 1830s clashes over the American System and Bank policy. It argues Clay did not abandon Democratic principles, notes Jacksonian leadership’s shifting labels, and extols traditional federalism while preserving the unity of the republic.
Paris report in the Journal of Commerce claims Count Pulsky has petitioned Austria for permission to return and promises disclosures. The note casts doubt on his character and on European liberalism, recalling his prior anti Austria speeches and later praise for Kossuth.
High rail prices in England spur U S mills to resume work. Montour Works orders 20000 tons from Pennsylvania Central Road at about 55 dollars a ton cash, 10000 tons this year 10000 in 1853. Mount Savage works to reopen under John F Winslow. Baltimore and Ohio buys 2000 tons English rails in New York at 750 dollars cash. Wellington Channel open water news lifts spirits as Sir Edward Belcher leads expedition toward missing west coast ship.
The piece disputes claims about Parson Brownlow of the Knoxville Whig being a consistent Whig, noting his past shifts among Harrison, Clay, and Taylor factions and criticizing Statesman coverage echoed by Col. Medary. It recalls Brownlow's 1840 Harrison split and 1848 Taylor bolting context.
The Dayton Empire reports D. Becker Esq has bought the bank’s entire property including stocks, circulation, and real estate for about eighty five to ninety thousand dollars. He plans to redeem the circulation and close the bank.
The New Orleans papers report that treasury drafts to the amount of money transmitted to the Indian Agent have not arrived. The public is cautioned against payment as none have been received.
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