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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1845
Page
4
The Washingtonian narrative follows a penniless Philadelphia family during a stormy night. A husband fallen to intemperance leaves his starving wife and child, wounds old vows, and returns to drink at a tavern, trading his wedding ring for alcohol as fate seals his ruin.
A brutal husband strikes the mother after a dispute and fatally injures both her and their child. The child, having witnessed multiple deaths in the family, dies beside his mother as dawn reveals the tragedy. Friends find them the next morning and bury them together.
A sober warning recounts an inebriate’s decline after a single purchase of liquor. The piece describes delirium tremens gripping a man, turning objects monstrous and driving him to ruin. It ends urging readers to pledge temperance and keep it, dating March 25th, 1845.
The text argues that even moderate drinkers accept temperance as essential, insisting that workers and clerks be sober. It claims employers will not hire a sot and require credible sobriety vouchers or recommendations for every job applicant. The piece links sobriety to trust and employability across trades.
A survivor with fifteen months wandering and exposure came into camp covered with hair and almost naked. He was identified as Sergeant Ed wards of the 44th Regiment Queen's. He says the troops were nearly drunk at the Gun dunm u ch massacre and could offer no resistance.
The writer argues for a balanced stance avoiding sectarian religion and party politics while pursuing an exhaustless Christian principle. The goal is a charitable appeal to friends of the cause, with publishers Stevens & Arms offering to insert the appeal.
Announcement for a new volume of the Southern Medical and Surgical Journal to be published in Augusta by P. C. Guieu edited by I. P. Garvin and Paul F. Eve. Monthly issues of sixty four pages with original communications and reviews. Subscriptions 3 per year prepaid. letters to Guieu and editors sent free by post.
The prospectus outlines aims to reform human nature through phrenology and physiology. It announces new departments on physiology, animal magnetism, and a devoted section on women, promising integrated study of mind, body, and society to reveal true human capabilities.
An appeal outlines a monthly Phrenology Journal designed for all readers, promising knowledge for human improvement. It details low subscription prices, 32 pages per issue, and bulk rates, with O. S. Fowler as editor and Nassau Street address in New York.
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