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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1845
Page
4
The poem translates a rare Spanish manuscript where the speaker adores a lady, her voice like breathings of angels. A sculptor glimpses seraphic beauty and limits of marble. The poet roams with fancy seeking an ideal being, praising a divine vision beyond words.
The piece extols Spring as it thaws winter and fills Washington with birdsong, budding violets, and new verdure. It notes March 22 1845 and shifts to a Temperance meeting at the Buzzard Roost where drinkers vow to resist temperance efforts and defend liquor rights with humorous satire and mock seriousness.
The verse laments the passage from life to the afterlife and questions whether souls depart to celestial realms. It wonders if the dead join angels in the divine choir and roam the crystal fields of light beyond time while reflecting on evanescence and the hope of eternal bliss.
At noon yesterday a group strolling arm in arm on St. Charles street debated annexation while sipping and lingering over drinks. The banter touched on politics and daily life, with one pairing joking about "two leagues of land on the Colorado" and the idea that "united we stand" applies to their joined stance against the weather and current events.
A Newmarket New Hampshire rum shop allegedly evades laws by charging three cents to try on an old hat and then offering a free glass of liquor, creating a curious local practice.
The notice states guardians are placed to oversee the Revere Works, pledging strict attention to education morals and manners. A renowned Music Teacher will handle music separately, with optional attendance. Boarding offered. terms obtainable at the Seminary Broad Street Augusta Ga, near Bridge Bank Buildings. Sept 28 11 9m
The Star of Temperance is announced as a weekly family newspaper in New Orleans and the Southwest. It promotes Total Abstinence, education reform, libraries and agricultural societies. It aims to elevate morals, temperance, and improvement while avoiding sectarian religion and party politics. Publishers Stevens & Arms solicit friendly insertions.
The prospectus explains that phrenology will reform and perfect humanity by revealing the primitive nature and constitution of man. It argues phrenology tests all doctrines, morals, and creeds by human nature and adds physiology to emphasize health, life, and happiness as the foundation of improvement.
The article extols animal magnetism as integral to phrenology and physiology and predicts it will supplant other remediaries. It announces a new monthly journal by C. S. Fowler on phrenology, physiology, and magnetism with a focus on women's education, health, and moral reform, inviting subscriptions.
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