Temperance News and Reform Efforts in Hamburg and Ireland
The report highlights temperance meetings in Hamburg led by the Washingtonian Society, praising reform and the examples of recovered individuals. It notes Father Mathew's influence on the press, Ireland's prior drunken excesses, and the dramatic drop in spirit-dealers after his movement began. The piece includes anecdotes from local meetings and references to historical whiskey consumption in Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperance Hall
Friends of Temperance
Hamry
Ling
Ashingtonian Society
Hamburg
Dld
Cours
Journal
Father Mathew
Cleryman
Ocsion
Ireland
London
Idlic
Ery Metropolitan Daily Journal
France
Dublin
Mattthew
Inhomas-Street
Cireu Ce
An Affectionate Spirit Urges Family Love
From the Norfolk Herald this piece extols affectionate feeling as a strength not a weakness. It condemns distant dignity in fathers and urges binding families with warm heroics of filial parental and fraternal love saying God is love and children should be taught to love God and each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Herald
Printing’s Benefit Lauded by Foreigh Review in 1839
The Boston Mercantile Journal highlights a Foreigh Review passage praising printing. It contrasts era war and cruelty with the enduring impact of movable type, noting how a Mentz boy’s game and small craftsman labor outshine vast campaigns and emperors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Mercantile Journal
Foreigh Review
Tamerlane
Damascus
Mentz
Walter Penniless
Napoleon Bonaparte
John Faust
A Horrible Picture of English Life in Capital and Labor
A New York Commercial excerpt describes a Punch engraving showing wealthy capital at ease with luxuries and a footman serving wine while beneath workers suffer in coal mines. The scene contrasts opulence with starvation and crippled labor, a door barred by patent locks keeping love and hope out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch
London Charivari
N. Y. Com
Royal Tribute to Talent
Mrs Steournry recently received a bracelet from the French Queen as thanks for a poem praising the royal family. The gesture reflects growing European appreciation for American writers, contrasting earlier views of Americans as savages.
English writer praised by German literary figure
A German lady of high distinction describes Mrs. Extet of Columbia as an accomplished writer on Schiller. She admires her knowledge of the language and her cultivated mind and heart, noting the English work shows deep understanding and merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chron
Improved cotton gin described by Mr. Kelly of Vicksburg
The Tuscaloosa Monitor details an enhanced cotton gin invention by Mr. Kelly of Vicksburg Mississippi. Dr Maclin has purchased the state rights. The design adds three grate sets two brushes and a larger brush wheel within an air tight cylinder and proposes a grated flue to direct dust to the pick room. Cotton produced by the device is said to fetch higher prices per pound.
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Tuscaloosa
Kelly
Vicksburg
Miss
Maclin
Extraordinary longevity and curious curiosities from old notes
A Greenville Mountaineer report claims a North Carolina man named Bracx Well lives to 136, dating to Braddock's defeat, with a temperate simple life and active health. The piece also notes Belgian giant Pierre Morissette, coins of Cyrene, silphium's myths, and remedies for preserving horse radish and earthenware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Bracx Well
Braddock
Greenville Mountaineer
Augusta Market Cotton and Groceries Report
The Augusta market notes strong cotton demand with principal sales near 71 to 72. A premium square bale could bring slightly above current highs. River freights to Savannah run 75 cents per bale, with transient boats sometimes 62?4. General grocery demand remains solid and prices match current levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
List of Payments to the Washingtonian
Augusta Dr Newton A Baker paid to June 11 44. Newbridge Robt C Mayson to Dec 3 44. Lawrenceville Ga C W Simmons to Nov 25 44. Darbys P O Mrs Nancy Thomas to Nov 25 44. Eatonton John Huidsen to Nov 25 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washingtonian
Augusta
Newton
A. Baker
Newbridge
Robt. C. Mayson
Lawrenceville
C. W. Simmons
Darbys P. O
Nancy Thomas
Eatonton
John Huidsen
Dr John Millen Candidate for Lax Collector of Richmond County
Announcement lists Dr John Millen as a candidate for Lax Collector of Richmond County in the January election. Attorney Samuel T Chapman to attend courts in Edgefield Orangeburg Barnwell districts and nearby Georgia counties. Also includes Augusta clothing store notices and a law partnership Snead and Milledge announcing practice across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Millen
Richmond County
Amuel T. Chapman
Nat Law
Law
Equity
Edgefield
Orangeburg
Barnwell
S.C
Richmond
Augusta
Snead & Mil
Middle
Lincoln
Warren
Court of Common Pleas
John C. Snead
John Milledge
Exchange Table Specie Basis and Bank References
A compact item lists numerous Georgia banks and branches under an exchange table. It mentions State Bank Milledgeville and branches, Georgia Rail Road Bank, Athens, Macon, Columbus, Augusta, and other institutions. Notes include bonds for specie, various discounts, and par values amid market uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank
Central Rail Road Bank
Milledgeville Bank
Georgia Rail Road Bank
Athens
Ruckersville Bank
Central R. R. Bank
Macon
Exchange Bank of Brunswick
Insurance Bank of Columbus
Bank of
Hawkinsville
City Council of
Milledgeville
Columbus
Monroe Rail Road Bank
Chat
Augusta
Central Bank
Phenix Bank
Bank of Darien
Bank of Columbus
Georgia 6
Pr. Ct
Charleston
Avabasta Notes
Avgusta
Mechanics’ Bank
Brunswick Bank
Bank of Augusta
Augusta Insurance & Banking Co
Georgia Rail Road
State of Georgia Savannau
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O’connell
N. Y
Washing- Temperance Society
Eir Hall
Ving
Knight
Casey
Constancy
W. K. Mitchell
Democratic Pacifique
Moorsted
Belgium
Lille
Louis XVIII
Cyrene
Africa
Jupiter Ammon
Pliny
Julius Cesar
Home Industry
Insurance Bank
J. B. Courtright
WM. Haines, Jr
Garvin & Haines
Moedicaericecines
Broad-street
A. St
North Side
Eagle and Phoenix
M. Antony
John B. Murphy
Sills Street
Guedron
N. Ballingal
Gcharles McCoy
Reynold-street
Lincoln-street
Porto Rico
Allow
Georgia
Baltimore
Western
Gunrow ER
Dupont
FFF
Russia
Moasses
N. Orleans
Avana
Malaga
New Orleans
Havana
St. Croix
Tosacco
N. Carolina
Irginia
Souchong
Cis
New York Light
Boston
Philadelphia
Lexington
Richmond, Va
Carecks
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