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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1854
Page
1
The Athens Messenger outlines subscription terms and advertising rates. It specifies yearly pricing, arrears rules, and renewal requirements, along with column and display ad costs, insertions, and deadlines. It notes charges for political candidate notices and advance payment rules.
Judge Simeon Nash of Gallipolis serves in the Court of Jemmeon Pleas while J C Frost holds the Probate Judge post with an office in the Court House upstairs.
Reverent poem by Alice Carry praising those who sow ideas and labor in minds and ages. The speaker notes every creature and plant holds history and potential to transform future generations, urging reverence for thinkers and makers who plow in the field of mind.
Poem revisits intimate rural scenes with imagery of cliffs, glens, gardens, and schoolhouse. The speaker recalls fragrant flowers, willows, pines, and ivy, a village churchyard, and the starry midnight sky as distant roams stir longing for home.
A French tale recounts Mme D- a reserved woman on Chaton Island who is baited by a lover via underwater letters. He writes as a merman, sending two letters that arouse her curiosity and fear, provoking a wary but intrigued reaction.
A wary, wealthy woman known as Mme D outwits a clever diver who uses a water trick to court her. She resumes a dangerous game of letters and ends up agreeing to meet her correspondent, then marries the suitor despite a vow not to wed. The tale frames a cautious woman finally trapped by love.
The piece laments journalist poverty and editor burdens, noting editors sacrifice time for others’ ads and stories. It argues Christian benevolence should sustain the press while warning against meddling with powerful interests and religious dogma.
A disillusioned bachelor returns to his sterile lodgings where a housekeeper maintains neat comfort yet echoes a vacancy. Chairs, tables, and furniture gleam, but the room feels uninhabited and dreary. He reads alone with no companion to share thoughts or praise his taste, ending in a sigh and a lament.
In a satirical note the Galena Jeffersonian imagines future salutations in hot climates and during cholera seasons. It predicts people may greet by asking about bowels and intestinal health rather than the current well being. The piece mocks evolving social phrases and bodily concerns.
A compact admonition list warns a young man to be cautious about social behavior and finances. It cites drinking, courting extravagance, doubtful company, overspending, betraying friends, arrogance toward elders, and paying for appearances as reasons to leave.
The narrator pleads with Dulcinea for a final kiss in florid archaic language. Nancy fainted at the scene as the lover promises a sublime withdrawal from her thrice glorious presence.
The passage extols scripture as enduring, likening human wit to gathered flowers that fade, while precepts remain evergreen and grow more beautiful with use. Readers are urged to continually draw from them, with fresh editions and extracts issued regularly.
A historical lecturer extols Hampden, Arundel, Blake, and Mill, all Puritans, as founders of liberty ideas in Britain. He argues moderation, diligence, and prayer define true virtue while critiquing vanity and vice as dangers to society and immortality.
A large Chicago meeting to hear Senator Douglas on the Nebraska bill was disrupted by noise and interruptions, preventing hearing. Reports say speakers criticized the press and the audience, with tension rising as mobs followed him to his hotel. Tax and state expense figures are cited to argue Democratic malfeasance and call for a change to the People s Ticket.
An evening meeting at Charles O Mallys office in the North Side scene, threats by Douglas supporters from Springfield, and a special Irish guard planned for the North Market Hall. The crowd booed and hissed every pro slavery point while the press denounces Know Nothing scheming and Coxs alleged duplicity.
The Parkersburg Gazette reports a backward shift in railroad prospects. By the 20th, full force worked, then a mandated limit on next month’s work caused many workers to be discharged as contractors scale back to meet financial policy.
The piece speculates that the North Western Virginia Railroad sold 600000 in guaranteed bonds to the Baltimore and Ohio Company at par. It argues the B and O cannot pay as fast as NW needs funds, causing a cash block, and mocks those who seek guidance from railroad directors about company plans.
The article reports posted earnings from the Greenfield road since April and forecasts a full connection to Cincinnati by month end. It notes passenger and freight figures, predicting mineral freight will cover expenses, with further profits from passengers and other freight. A fall rush is anticipated with cars and locomotives prepared for fall trade.
A letter from Henry Reed of the Commercial reports the cholera deaths of his eight year old son Henry Reed in Monroe City and his wife Elizabeth Reed about 39, daughter of Dr. A Beebee of Erie. The elder son and two others were ill but recovering. The writer offers condolences.
The article quotes a speech about the Russian people’s endurance against invaders. It notes a resolve to resist to the last man or ruble, from Moscow to Siberia, through the Urals, no retreat from the wilds or mountains. The tone affirms continued public delight in the stance regardless of enemy moves.
The text notes flour is at least a dollar higher in New York than in other states and higher than in California in the midst of a wheat crop. Buffalo Express reports flour and grain receipts at the port exceed last year with a record daily delivery of 400,000 bushels. Canada begins to ship more grain after reciprocity talks.
The leading Democratic paper in New York State lauds the Pierce administration amid a distracted cabinet and public infighting. It criticizes a policy seen as weak and untrustworthy, noting petty post office appointments and a lack of decisive leadership.
Captain Holling is ordered a Greytown agua with the Cyane while the American consul Mr Fabeus presides over a full inquiry into mailianna damages from the town bombardment. He will assess the extent of destruction and the value of all property destroyed.
The Rev Dr Steerns is mentioned in a fragmented note about leadership within a religious or scholarly group. The text suggests a possible path toward a presidency or leadership role, though details are unclear due to the fragmentary source.
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