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Newspaper
Augusta Evening Dispatch
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1858
Page
3
Advertisements for the Evexine Dispatch must be handed in by eleven o clock in the forenoon to appear the same day. Heavy pressure on our columns will not admit of reception after the hour named.
The Savannah paper notes Prof Fowler did not lecture as planned due to weather. Tonight at United States Hotel tickets cost 25 cents for a talk titled Matrimony or Love Its Laws and Power over Human Destiny Selection Courtship Its Fatal Errors and Right Management and Married Life Quicksands. River news reports steamers W H Stark and Augusta in service and weather turning cool after a spell of warm days.
The writer notes expectation that resumption will not occur before July and praises local business leaders for their generosity toward banks. They express confidence banks will avoid mixed currency and seek concerted action, while acknowledging uncertainty about Charleston banks' plans.
A Cincinnati gambling house tale recounts a bold gambler known as Rough betting to the death with a tiger in a faro game. After a struggle and supper, Rough loses his pile but is cheered as he leaves, with the leg paying him fourteen dollars for his trip home. The piece closes with a government land sale notice in Kansas Territory, detailing lots and dates.
The notices discuss government land sales with pre emption by settlers and speculation risks. Warnings about advancing land warrants follow large sales. Fort Leavenworth dispatch notes Minnesota convention adjournment and shifts toward Topeka constitution. Washington reports city council seeking federal aid for permanent and temporary police forces with mounted units.
The report lists cotton receipts and prices in Savannah Charleston and Augusta with weekly totals and on hand stock. It notes mixed grain bag prices and general market activity with limited Boston-like demand and declines in certain notes. The Charleston prices reflect upland sales and shipping stock, while Atlanta Chattanooga and Montgomery report subdued demand and modest price ranges.
Market listing shows wholesale and retail prices for produce like sweet potatoes, corn, peas, and hay. It notes quantities per load or by unit with figures in cents and dollars and references items such as docks and rations. The fragmentary OCR makes exact items and totals unclear.
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