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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1845
Page
7
The narrative describes John B. Gough delivering a powerful temperance address in Washington, moving diverse audiences with vivid moral tableaux. It notes a surge of pledges, the expectation of further appearances, and money raised to sustain his mission while praising his humility and family background.
Thomas Wightman Esq presented to the Charleston Total Abstinence Society as part of the Hon. J. B. O'Neal program.
Edgefield District March Term court reports Granville Hoard convicted on one witness for retailing liquor in Edgefield in 1844. Defense cited Daniel Webster against Massachusetts 28 gallon law, but Judge Frost overruled, stating federal law cannot bar state police powers to maintain peace sobriety and order. Temp Advocate.
A New York Legislature bill proposes amending license laws to submit licensing to a public vote. If the majority oppose licensing, no licenses would be granted, with existing penalties enforced on liquor sellers. The Massachusetts Standard notes the Empire State is finally moving on this issue.
A Georgia man swears before a magistrate that he will never drink again yet is seen in a bar, not lifting the liquor himself as a bar-keeper serves him. The note warns the bar-keeper to beware of consequences.
A Cincinnati source cites a citizen naming 67 liquor sellers on two city streets over fifteen years. Of these, 53 died and 46 died drunk, with many ruined financially and morally. The piece notes high prison representations and condemns the trade as a deadly, ruinous vice.
Reports from Cracow and surrounding Polish regions show rapid temperance growth with health gains and lower mortality in areas tolerating societies. In Holland temperance groups claim establishment in forty to fifty towns with government approval and Rotterdam hosting about five hundred abstainers.
The piece quotes progress in temperance across Holland and Africa. It notes gin and brandy at eighteen pence per bottle in Holland and cites a letter from the Apostle of Temperance predicting a decline in drunkenness. In Africa missionaries praise Temperance Societies, counting 1400 adherents at Kat River and one fifth of Liberia’s population as members.
Old Humphrey recalls a child’s tears over a broken thread and learns a moral about trusting the heavenly Father to mend broken lives. The tale pivots on simple sewing as a metaphor for spiritual repair and grace.
The obsequies for poet Kryloff in St Petersburg were grand with 30 000 attendees and 500 carriages including three imperial ones. He lies in a gilded coffin beneath a gold laurel crown and Empress sent flowers, aged 83. A sarcophagus will memorialize him. Pennsylvania promotes printers with Gen. Cameron as senator and seven Philadelphia printers rumored as alderman candidates.
The new Post Office Law will take effect on July 1. Until then the law regarding private mails remains unchanged.
A compact reflection on mortality noting that fear lies in life’s burdens rather than death itself. The line emphasizes how human struggles shape our view of the end.
August market notes brisk demand for cotton with prices fully sustained from 44 to 64, principal sales 5 to 53. Bagging activity limited with no price changes. Groceries market unchanged with very limited demand.
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