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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1844
Page
7
A dramatic recounting by Mr. Wilmot shows a family once blessed by love reduced to misery. The wife, once beautiful and affectionate, is now confined to the Lunatic Asylum in St. John, raving and incoherent. The eldest son Charles and the other children are ragged beggars, while the father wanders Fredericton in a pitiable state.
The House approves a Pollock amendment mandating domestic manufacture for articles purchased by Congress if prices match imports. An amendment to bar funds for the President’s wine cellar is debated. the Wine for the President clause is struck down, and the furniture purchase amendment with prohibition is agreed to. Md. T. Herald
A Guilford County writer praises the temperance movement in North Carolina noting hard cases reclaimed and urging use of eloquence to combat the drink curse and abolish temperance slavery.
A report on temperance efforts across Kentucky notes sparse meetings and rising pledge violations among elites and fashionable youth. Despite apostasies, the writer remains hopeful about reform progress and state sentiment ahead of the election.
An Ohio Organ piece notes temperance progress with trustworthy inns along the Cincinnati to Georgetown road. It names Dudley and Tucker inns as safe travelers stops, praising their abstinence and calm political climate. A large temperance convention is planned in Baltimore on September 12 with a 15 member reception committee to host delegates.
A grand temperance gathering at Killarney on June 5 attracted an estimated 5000 to 6000 attendees from local gentry, with a speech by the apostle of temperance. The event enrolled over 1500 new members, and attendees noted pledges by notable figures including Jerningham, heir to the Earl of Shrewsbury, and Mrs. O'Brien. Letters from London and praise for the cause were cited as influential in Waterford and beyond. The piece condemns alcohol as poisonous and links intemperance to premature old age and mental decline.
A Highland Messenger report describes a Jamesville specimen of extraordinary size with four legs and feet, four wings, and a strange split configuration. The creature, taken from an egg and now preserved in spirits, is shown for public inspection through a curious display.
The author speaks of a future day of deliverance from the curse that mars the world. Creation first declared very good by its Framer, but sin has marred it, bringing death to its elements. The earth bears divine displeasure and will become a stage for transgression until gradual decay ends in dissolution.
The passage contemplates apocalyptic visions of judgment and ruin. It contrasts natural disasters with celestial omens and the ultimate fate of the world, describing the solemn emotions such events induce.
A brief anecdote praises a true born Irishman for wit and gallantry as he returns a parasol to its owner after a windy mishap. The exchange includes sharp banter about service and compliment, ending with a humorous quip about the observer’s proposed student list.
A mix of short notes: W L Buck receives a sword from Congress for gallantry on the USS Epervier during the war with Britain. a Nantucket house has cedar shingles installed in 1777 with no rot. D W Adams is acquitted in a Mississippi murder trial. Also recipes, yeasts, and home remedies. tax figures for liquor by country. a New Jersey safety lock prize. silk handkerchiefs from Mrs Colburn. laudanum mishap rescued by vinegar. a suffocation precaution. Meyer and Ague remedy via muscadine grapes and sun. and grain shipments from the United States to Canadian ports via Lake Erie and Welland canal reaching 1,958,000 bushels by July 23.
The piece notes $1000 buried in woods near Alexandria found and moved to Alexandria Bank awaiting owner. It mentions Philadelphia riots with Grand Jury presentment supporting firing on the mob and calls for improved police. Also references emigration into Iowa Territory, 41 ladies arriving, Cumberland crew rations, and predicted cotton crop losses.
The Augusta market reports dull cotton trade with old crop prices around 44.26 and new cotton selling briefly at 7 cents. Little new cotton has moved, some shipped by planters, some in store unsold. Bagging demand unchanged, groceries show little activity but expect general improvement soon.
List of payments to the Washingtonian showing subscribers and their towns. Augusta: R. Thomas, W. H. Goodrich, C. J. Jenkins, J.A. Van Winkle, J.T. Wade. Loo ney Point: John L. Hill. Hollingswortha: Robt Allen. Aiken SC: D. J. Walker.
E Starnes offers Logical View of the Tests Timonies to Christianity prepared for the Franklin Literary Society of this city. Published and for sale at this office priced 37 cents dated August 3 1844 alerting readers to the new pamphlet.
A fragment notes a sale with a two percent discount and a stated 5 to 40 day window. It appears to reference business terms for a transaction or collection, mentioning Broke and Co. yet details are unclear. The readable portions point to discount and payment timing in a small business notice.
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