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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1844
Page
3
From our neutral stance we veto the wretched precedent and urge Republicans and the press to oppose the political grave-digging troubling the nation. The piece questions whether the country still holds to its noble constitution and warns of harm to the young.
The piece argues temperate drinking is undefined and varies by head capacity. It uses a father and son anecdote to suggest drunkenness is a mistaken head measurement and proposes reconsidering laws and Bible views, urging total abstinence until issues are settled.
A city exhibit this week presents a philosophical apparatus demonstrating oceanic phenomena including seastides, gulf stream, maelstrom, and lunar influence on tides. It claims Newtonian theory overlooks key causes and highlights five oceanic vortices moving water between poles and equator.
The display outlines tides in the Atlantic Pacific Mediterranean and Arctic seas with notes on the Amazon and Red Sea. The exhibit closes today inviting readers to view the apparatus, promising satisfaction for fifty cents.
A Columbus reader urges active temperance work against rum sellers. He recalls a personal tale of a brother ruined by alcohol and warns of social pressures from fashionable parties and temptation. He asks friends of temperance to join the cause and defend the nation from the ruin of drink.
A statement extols a well regulated Printing Office as the premier learning and literary seminary. It claims graduates possess disciplined minds and matured judgments, placing them among the best practical men in any community.
The Lincolnton Courier reports the U S Mint at Charlotte burned Saturday morning. Fire likely incendiary after roofing caught from outside work. Most contents destroyed except gold in vaults. Loss seen as great for state and country. rebuilding requires Congressional appropriation.
Since the last Liverpool advices the Augusta market shows decline with prices around 44 to 6 cents per pound. Liverpool stock on the 19th last month stood at 1,000,8000 bales, about 40,000 more than ever before. A large stock and expected abundant crop explain the low prices, while bagging demand rises with season. Groceries remain dull, with limited trade from both wholesale and retail.
Fragmentary note on exchange rates and specie basis. Mentions percentages and timing but lacks full figures or context.
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