Evening Dispatch Adverts Notice and Breezy Columns
Advertisers must hand in notices by eleven in the forenoon to appear the same day. Subscriptions offer 50 cents a month or $1 for three months. Correspondents pieces and brief notices from Zenobia warn brevity is fine. The Weather notes a shift to warmer days amid rising dust in the streets. A long moralizing note urges common sense for young women about love and deception. A Cabal tale reports a custom where women choose husbands and pay the price to their fathers. A fatal fall at the Orphan House yard claims William Reed of Lacoste and Reed, aged about 55 to 40s, killed by falling timber while preparing the alarm bell.
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Augusta
William Reed
Lacoste & Reed, Riggers
Orphan House
Atlantic Telegraph Subsidy and British Control Debate
The Richmond Despatch reports a government backed Atlantic telegraph line tied to a 70 000 annual subsidy that would grant Britain veto power over company actions and priority for official messages. After 25 years Britain could seize the line, with both ends on British soil, raising Congress concerns over a one sided arrangement and U S dependence.
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Atlantic
Lords Commissioners
Her Majesty's Treasury
Lords
United States
Congress
Richmond
Bowlegs Daughter and a Harper's Weekly Correspondent
Gossip swirls about Billy Bowlegs daughter marrying a New Yorker met in New Orleans. The alleged groom is Harper's Weekly New Orleans correspondent, who explains his Seminole access and royal autograph gift from Billy Bowlegs. The tale notes a proposed alliance and the chief’s offer to him, which was declined for private reasons.
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Elizabeth Bowlegs
Billy Bowlegs
New Orleans
Harper's
Crescent City
Harper
Bowlegs
Kat
Everglades
Billy
Betsey
Nevis
Why there are more pious women than men
A compact essay argues women show greater piety than men not from weakness but from inherent dependence. It notes independence as a barrier to male religious pursuit and claims strong minded women rarely become religious while piety softens and elevates female grace and accomplishments.
Outrage at Tampico by Garza cited. Navy conduct questioned
The Mobile Register reports outrage by Garza against American vessels at Tampico and criticizes Lieut Almy of the Fulton for not rescuing Capt Frisk and for inviting Garza aboard. Calls for Washington to discipline Almy and reform the Navy, otherwise declares war rhetoric and questions the fleet’s competence. Also covers Savannah News Supreme Court rulings on Whilden v State and Graves v Warner.
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Mobile Register
General Tay
Tampico
Rascal
Garza
U. S
Fulton
Army
Gen. Taylor
Mobile
Lieut
Almy
Washington
Frisk
Durance
Rgent
Styx
Burserd
Great Britain
Paulding
Chatard
Miss Nancies
Savannah News
U8th
Supreme Court
John B. Whilden
Shewmake & Dawson
Samuel Warner
Joseph A. Graves
Snead
NHOICE HAMS and Sugars For Sale By Local Dealers
One hundred choice hams from the plantation of Rev. Juriah Harris just received and for sale at DAntignac & Hubbard's. Also very choice Porto Rico sugars and Muscovado on offer by Wilcox, Hand & A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juriah Harris
Porto Rico
Wilcox
Sailing Dayz Trade Briefs From United States and Europe
Maritime market notes from New York to Liverpool and Boston to Havre detail limited activity in cotton and grain, with prices for cotton near 8 to 10 cents and wheat around 45 to 60 cents, flour at 170 to 175 per sack, and dried apples. Cargo updates mention Cardiff iron rails to Savannah and Savannah exports to New York including 749 bales cotton.
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United States
Asia
New York
Liverpool
Europe
Griffin
Saxonia
Southampton
Canada
Boston
Vanderbilt
Havre
City of Baltimore
Persia
Glasgow
Borussia
Hamburg
Chttanooga
Sacon
Savannah
Schr North State
Kentucky
Charleston
New Orleans
Mobile
Florida
Texas
Carolina
Virginia
Sherea
Great Britain
France
Cotton Market Action and Goods Trade in Augusta
Commercial Intelligence from Augusta in June 1868 reports a active cotton market with 2500 sales, prices near fall quotations and light receipts. It lists county wide export totals, port receipts, and rising wholesale stocks in groceries hardware dry goods and clothing, with detailed prices for cotton, flour, corn, bacon, coffee, sugar, molasses, bagging, rope, salt, whisky, and freight costs. The piece notes demand for fine cotton and steady but variable prices.
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Augusta
New York
Europe
Osnaburgs
Charleston Port Arrivals and Departures Summary
Charleston reports arrivals including Bark Mo dena from Philadelphia and steamships Isabel Marion Caledonia and ships from New York. Cleared vessels include Bark Greenfield and Col Statterly. arrivals list ships from Barcelona and New York. Savannah port notes show Brig Vilasar and several New York scrhs, with Old Dominion and Poinsett cleared for Cadiz and Newberryport.
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Charleston
Modena
Philadelphia
Brig Surf
Rockport
George Davis
New York
E. W. Gardner
Henry
N York
Theo. D. Wagner
N. York
B . Hawkins
Sehr Vos
W. Webster
Greenfield
Cowes
Moniquita
Barcelona
Isabel
N. Y
Marion
Caledonia
Baltimore
Selina
Schr
W. HF. Gilliland
Col. Statterly
Gchr
Manhassett
N. W. Smith
Isaac W. Hughes
Verassee
Liverpool
Savannah
Vilasar
Plandome
Susan and Mary
Harbor Islands
Kidder
R. M. Demill
Loyal Scranton
Old Dominion
Cadiz
Poinsett
Newberryport
North State
Cure-all Cherry Pectoral Promoted by Dr. J. C. Ayer
An advertisement extols the Cherry Pectoral for coughs colds hoarseness influenza croup asthma and consumption, claiming it protects infants and youths and saves lives by preventing pulmonary disease. It urges keeping a bottle, asserts its superiority, and notes it is manufactured by Dr. J. C. Ayer in Lowell Massachusetts and sold widely.
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J.C. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
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Evening Dispatch
Adam’s Express
Buikizy
Memphis
M. M
Cabal
Vizfecs
Cabul
India
Moore
Landor
D'Antignac & Hubbard’s
Columbus
Cardiff
Wales
Shin Alliance
Savannah Railroad
Commercial Intelligence
Weekly Review
North Carolina
Rio
Cubs
Cuba
Shipping Intelligence
Sparta Academy
Georgia
Eztra
Roe
Swan & CO
Campbell St
Messrs
Coskery & Whitlock
Jesus Josiah Sibley & Sons
Greene & Pulaski
Gregory & Maury Sales
Tee
Ke, &E
Sflenbad Screre
Eee Aly &E
Ifum
v.Duga
State of
John A. Millen
Sears
Gregory & Mann Burnet
Ames
Ner
I. H. Stearns & CO
Mechanics’ Bank
Broadst
Grover & Baker
Broad Street
My4 Thos. P, Stovall & CO
J. W. Burch
Cnee
Giea
Adams Express Company
Ayer
de. J.C. Aven
W. Preble
Clarion
Department OF the Interior
Washington, D.C
Onzo Ball
The
Marine Hospital
Marine Hospital. Daysentery, Relax and Worms. Post Orricg, Hartland
Mich
Jher
Geho
J. Griffin
P.M
J. W. Himes
Advent ‘Church
Warsaw
Wyoming Co
Sam
J.G. Meachamln
Merchant of
Asa Morgridge
K. Hawkins
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mackenzie
Senate Caamnen
Baton Rouge
Aggr
Vincent Slidell
AYERS
Phinny & Clayton
Warbeeow
L. Opxrins, Esq
J. C. Harsalson
Bsiness
F Phinizy
E. P. Clayton
Sam. Swan
Haviland, Chichester & Co
Wm. H. Tutt
Plumb & Leitner
Sanford
Noah Nichsiten Se Gas Light Company
U States
American Institute
F. Scofield
John A. Burckmyer
East Bay
Cuarurston
Neuffer
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