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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1844
Page
7
W H Watson, Elgis President, advised the package should not be opened and the firm joined with three cheers. They emphasized no disrespect to the donor and praised Mr Mason for generosity while refusing to take anything that might cause excitement, deeming the transaction honorable to all involved.
A Sunday encounter recounts a girl with a five-part tin pail linked to liquor sales, hinting at a dealer who profits from underage access to rum. The piece condemns the moral failing and calls for action against such traffic alongside reflections on a broader social harm. A second note describes Dr Blackman’s remarkable surgical repair in Newburgh, restoring a girl’s facial deformity after malignant fever and extensive tissue loss, enabling mastication again. A third item outlines the Atlantic Basin project at South Brooklyn near Governor's Island, detailing a forty-two acre basin, stone stores, wide entrances, and improved harbor facilities for ships and trade.
A Tribune summary lists New York counts: consuls 47, banks 32 with capital 27,480,600. insurance firms 71 with capital 20,597,034 including 18 marine and 47 fire and 6 life and trust firms totaling 8,000,000. Churches 193 by denomination. ministers 201. schools 10. moral societies 39. periodicals 46. newspapers 63. packets line 98.
A historical sketch describes Nauvoo as three years old with about one thousand houses mainly whitewashed log cabins. It notes the Nauvoo House hotel, the unfinished temple, a baptistry with gilded oxen, a 2000 to 3000 strong legion, a university with named faculties, and a city organized with a mayor and four wards. Population tops seven thousand inside and three thousand nearby, with private property and a communal farm nearby.
Intelligence from Texas recounts Col. Hays with fourteen men defeating about seventy five Camanche and Waco Indians near Pinto Trace, with some Mexicans aiding. The cavalry clash lasted fifteen minutes, ending in heavy Texian losses to the enemy and the death of their chief, leaving twenty three dead and many wounded.
The account states several men mortally wounded with one shot fired from eight to ten steps. Peter Fox was shot through the head and died instantly. R A Gillespie and Samuel Walker were dangerously wounded with lances. Mr W believed mortally. he was a Mier prisoner who escaped from Tacubaya near Mexico last year.
The item covers Yankee enterprise ice supply from New England and Delano's contracts for Custard steamers and Liverpool hotels, then shifts to disparate notes: Jesuits expelled from Persia, Spain’s seven ministries in a year, Pennsylvania public works tolls, a fatal rifle accident in Pittsford, gambling losses in Pittsburg, elderly apple trees, a ground report on a steamboat grounding near Alexandria, castor oil from Joshua Willis in Georgia, troop movements from Fort Leavenworth, government deposits in New York and Albany, Treasury receipts praise, Nauvoo prophet, Harvard's staff, a new telescope cost, Saxony king’s bed, Egyptian horses, and a cooling method for heat with a rice-water remedy.
The Augusta market shows steady cotton prices with little change. Prices range from 4.75 to 7.75 cents, with principal sales near 5.5 to 6 cents. Two bales of New Cotton arrived on the 30th from J. Harris in Burke and James Gardner in Columbia County. Bagging demand improves as growers build supply, while groceries remain dull.
A list records payments to the Washingtonian Augusta G H Crump John Jinkins Dodge Co Mrs J Danforth D L Mims Macon W S Williford Social Circle G W Graves Anderson C H S C W Gibson with dates ranging to June 1844 July 1845 and Dec 1845 reflecting a ledger of transactions for multiple organizations and individuals.
E Starnes presents a prepared work for the Franklin Literary Society of this city. Just published and for sale at this office priced 37 cents as of August 3 1844. The pamphlet discusses arguments surrounding religious tests and Christian faith in a formal tone for readers seeking philosophical views.
A brief on specie basis exchange shows a4 3 dis and 25 dis values listed. It notes a broke at 12 percent dis and outlines related calculations for currency exchanges and brokered fees.
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