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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1844
Page
7
A poem narrates a child’s dream of an angel summoning him to heaven, followed by the mother’s sorrow as she watches him die. The ending shows his plea to his mother to kiss him and join the angels, then he lies pale on his pillow as gentle sleep takes him. Printing offices trivia closes the piece with Franklin’s marital odds and a census note.
A mob overpowered jail guards at Fredericktown and hanged Abraham Smith, condemned for murder, on the night of the recent election. The coroner's inquest blamed Jones Sinclair Mayse Polis Cox Blackburn Shettly and five others. State warrants were issued and arrests followed.
Reports say Cox, Shettly, Blackburn, Pollis, and another man were examined before Justices. Sin clair and Mayse, two ring-leaders, had not been found. Mayse was later at St Mary's Landing awaiting escape. Those arrested were committed for murder trials.
Report from the Missionary rooms notes rapid move toward abolition of idolatrous rites in Southern India. On March 14, 1844 the bishop of Madras reports ninety six villages in Tinnevalley freed from idols and seeking Christian instruction. An English missionary cites seven hundred natives under his care in two months. A letter from an American Board missionary offers hopeful signs and potential for broader laborers to gather a harvest in due course.
A foreign journal reports Weinhold performing a cat experiment where the head and spinal marrow were removed and replaced with a metallic alloy. The animal regained movement briefly, lifted its head, and opened its eyes before becoming still. Blood circulation and gastric activity appeared normal, and body heat returned.
Godley's Letters from America praise American efficiency and energy. The writer notes superior ship design and labor productivity, higher land prices for settlers, and strong administrative skill across hotels, ships, prisons, and factories. He cites frequent political engagement and broad newspaper reading as evidence of a blend of politics and business uncommon in Britain.
Brantz Mayer notes in Mexico as it was and is that street vendors reflect literacy progress. He observes a class where the schoolmaster is abroad, with books and instructions enabling individuals to be their own letter writer, a system Mayer finds efficient and labor conserving.
A line of about a dozen evangelistas, or letter writers, sit on curb stones at the Parian in Mexico. They work with ink and colored paper to craft declarations and scolding love letters for a rial to twenty five gents, often on azure paper with hearts and doves. A seated damsel or lover composes complaints while the scribe shapes the prose. This trade brings notable income in the region.
Reports from Marengo Alabama record the killing of James Warden by his overseer Alexander Des with a three ball wager rifle after a five mile chase, Des captured by dogs and jailed. Other items note Mormons’ faith, Col Stone’s death, Tyler withdrawing, Vicksburg flour prospects, Collins appointed First Auditor, Mexican Navy, Hanover consul for Philadelphia, Milton Wisconsin wheat and no liquor, bot remedies, burns cures, a French assassin in New Orleans, Burke correspondence, American ice import, a Welsh coal mine fire, a Prussian assassination attempt, Ireland crime dip, straw manure method, and a Roman forum cow market summary.
The camel is described as the only animal unable to swim and helpless once it loses footing in a stream, turning over and unable to prevent drowning.
Cotton brings 44 to 64 cents with little above 64 cents. Daily arrivals near 100 bales. Dry weather aids picking but river remains low. Bagging demand rising. prices unchanged. Groceries show limited demand with slight market improvement. River expected to rise in 2 or 3 weeks.
The following persons have paid their subscription to July 20. 1845: Augusta J. Van Duysen Porter Flemming Wm Smith Jr.
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