02 Sep 1859
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1859
Page
1
The text extols amiability over quarrel urging reconciliations and pardon. It argues that kindness attracts support and that prompt confession and forgiveness reduce conflict. It also notes injuring others invites reciprocal advantage and stresses grace to seek and grant pardon.
The Boston Transcript recalls Horace Mann born May 4 1796 in Franklin Massachusetts. He rose from a frugal upbringing with a stern mother to Brown University graduating in 1819 and delivering the valedictory. Mann served as state senator and congressman but was famed as a champion of common schools and public lectures.
A reflection on how literature and love evolve from crude initial impressions to an appreciation of simplicity and sincerity, noting how belles lettres and debles lettres reveal charm in restraint and natural expression.
John Henry Kimble, arrested on a vagrancy charge, is held at the station house. In 1850 he owned real estate, houses, lands, and a Volcanoville quartz lead yielding large riches, now reduced to idle poverty. The sudden reversal is noted as deeply sorrowful.
A quotation attributed to Daniel Webster extols the enduring value of immortal minds and moral principles over material works, stating that while marble perishes brass fades and temples crumble, engravers of ideas leave a legacy that brightens eternity.
The Jewish population in the United States is about two hundred thousand with European persecution driving potential immigration. Jews hold prominent roles in politics and business, including U S Senators Yulee and Benjamin and Representatives Zollikoffer Oliver Philips and Hart. English is replacing Hebrew in worship with choirs organs and Sabbath schools. Hebrew Christians number three or four hundred, about one hundred pursuing preaching or religious study.
The piece lists Cuba population by race with totals for free blacks, then outlines annual maritime commerce, estates, mines and produce values. It notes Havana population and foreign residents, the local Spaniard count, and a fluctuating standing army plus ships in port. It then shifts to various quips about wagging tails, dream glory, and Swift and De Quincey remarks.
In a heated House committee session on February 21 1859 Abbott attacks the Buchanan administration accusing sectional rulers in Congress and the White House of profligacy and corruption. He claims slaveholding leaders control the government through caucus discipline and warns of vast waste in army and navy contracts, dockyard spendings, and New Orleans custom house schemes, urging reform and accountability.
The author cites revenue figures from Annapolis Ocracoke Port Oxford and Monterey showing low returns vs high costs. Officers' salaries exceed revenue and projects like New Orleans and Charleston customhouses are labeled curiosities. The piece argues such districts foster idle privilege and waste, promising a continuation next week.
The article criticizes U.S. policy under the National Administration for importing British rails while exporting gold to pay foreign debts. It cites 1842 tariff contrasts, alleges British materials undermine American industry, and warns of bankrupt rail firms from cheap imports. It frames democracy as failing to protect American labor and manufacturing.
The New York Examiner reports 599 associations, 1 163 churches and 992 851 communicants. New York leads baptisms at 10 802, Virginia highest total members, 116 146. Georgia reports 7 944 baptisms with 64 new churches erected in 1858 and 238 new churches constituted.
Aug 22 dispatches to the Democrat report excitement around new diggings at the head of the South Plate and Medicine Mountains, about 150 miles northwest of My Creek. Reports mention many seeking gold and scattered notices from Denver City and Leavenworth as crews travel toward the field.
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