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Newspaper
Augusta Evening Dispatch
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1858
Page
3
Advertisements for the Evening Dispatch must be handed in by eleven o clock in the forenoon to appear the same day. The heavy pressure of advertisements upon the columns of our paper will not admit of their reception after the hour named.
Prof Fowler lectures at Masonic Hall for gentlemen and ladies with illustrated models on sexuality and maternity health. Edward Everett to deliver Washington life and character oration next Friday April 9. Russian gift exhibition to continue with 40 gifts announced Saturday. Incident in Broad Creek Delaware reports a brutal family tragedy. Also notes on gas light tech, church assemblies, fashion fire safety, and liquor law debates.
The Senate reported no major legislation. executive sessions confirmed District appointments. Wisconsin urged Minnesota's admission. Washington Aqueduct land condemnation discussed. House debated the Deficiency bill and Kansas Lecompton split. War Dept adopts Hungarian style cap with black plume. Lieut Beale reports completion of his mission and return east.
The Mobile Mercury reports a near-fatal shooting in which Geo W Harby tried to kill Charles W Stone after a daughter’s plea to wed her. The letter describes a family crisis, social status, and possible motives, with Stone in grave condition but alive. The correspondent notes Harby a respected Charleston native now in St Louis and a beloved local educator. Weather in New Orleans warms as business appears steady on Saturday.
The Governor appointed and the Council approved John P. Putnam of Boston as Judge of Probate to succeed Judge Loring. The appointment lasts until the first of July next, pending bill changes and insolvency effects.
Market notes show weekly cotton sales across several ports. Prices quoted for Middling and Fair range from 9 to 12 cents with fluctuations tied to steamer arrivals. Receipts, stocks, and through shipments detailed for Augusta Hamburg Savannah and related ports, plus commodity prices for groceries and grains.
The report notes limited port stocks keeping prices firm. Rio quality sells at 12 to 12 34 cents, 12 44 to 13 cents for higher quality. Oranges appear at 4 to 4 50 dollars per box. Hay River prices 1 to 1.25 dollars. Goods and implements markets well supplied with items for garden and plantation. River traffic is steady with cargos to Savannah and rail rates listed.
In Augusta and Columbus on March 31 cotton bales sold at better rates than four quotation from the day prior. In Macon prices ranged with extremes from 10 to 12 cents, indicating active trading across markets.
Official drawings list for Sparta Academy Lottery Class 353 drawn April 1 1858 numbers 85 3 46 70 8 45 9 6 27 56 53 a9 4 and Class 351 drawn April 2 1858 numbers 63 42 28 46 61 38 7 65 48 67 1 0. Barber Hitchcock Cashin and assorted merchants and steamboat company lines listed as managers consignors and partners with multiple firms named.
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