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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1843
Page
7
The author urges tactful private discussion of intemperance, promoting total abstinence by example. Recommend local societies be well organized with capable officers, attract attendees, and use essays and instruction to improve morality and neighborly trust through steady, unobtrusive reform.
A worried wife pleads with her erring husband to reclaim their happiness through temperance. The husband vows to wear no more the chain and signs the pledge, restoring hope to their cottage and sealing the vow with renewed love. Augusta, Nov. 13th.
In Charleston a reformer, after a timid start, faced a crowded audience as a heckler cried out for salvation. The scene shifts to a critique of intoxication, urging rescue from intemperance and comparing lost children to those led astray by drink. The piece also mocks Burritt the Learned Blacksmith and his moon clairvoyance scheme, citing a Boston Post excerpt and a Revolutionary War memory.
At a temperance gathering Hawkins assists a suffering brother as the crowd swells with compassion. The moment the man signs the Pledge Book a surge of enthusiasm erupts, underscoring the speaker's call to move philanthropy and redeem the reformed drunkard.
A timid volunteer with a stutter steps forward to enlist but is dismissed after the captain jokes that fighting is the aim not talking. The man fears being unable to call out and hesitate before a surrender, yet the captain reassures with guard support and a lighthearted dismissal.
From the Charleston Rambler dated the 12th with Liver pool and London news to the 19th inclusive. Liverpool cotton prices rose on the Switzerland news then fell after the Hibernia voyage. frost reports from the south caused a market reaction. Ireland trials progress slowly with 30,000 witnesses claimed. Orangemen reorganize openly. Great Britain steamer expected at Liverpool before Christmas. England Bartlett and Hibernia voyages noted. Duff Green opposes commercial treaty views in Times. Leeds manufacturers plan Constantinople venture. East reports speak of bloodshed and treason. Punjaab ministers exposed to treachery. Mr. Sands elected Liverpool mayor. a dock project on the Cheshire Mersey discussed.
A record of payments to the Washingtonian and various locales through June 10 1844. Names include Bassford Blain Milner Allen Smith Bell Bassford and Hill with amounts through December 16 1844. Locations cited are Washington Sardis Clarkesville Goosepond Mobile Parelett and associated payees.
The Augusta market notes active demand for cotton with prices up from prior quotes. Main sales at 74 to 7 cents, some at 8 cents for select lots, higher than English rates due to West crop losses from rains. Bagging shows steady demand with no price changes. Groceries remain in request as planters buy more than at season start.
A compact list of banks across Georgia and nearby states notes exchange rates for specie bonds, including State Bank branches in Macon Milledgeville and Columbus, Central Rail Road Bank in Macon, Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, Phenix Bank in Columbus, and various city councils. It references Georgia bonds at 6 and 8 percent notes, with locations from Savannah to Charleston and Richmond.
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