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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1844
Page
3
In a blistering critique, the Christian Citizen condemns war’s indiscriminate bloodletting, warning that if not stopped the God of peace would witness civil carnage. The piece portrays deluded leaders urged toward massacre, blood rivers, and a hundred thousand hearts sacrificed to hate.
Dr. Baily of the Cincinnati Herald extols Thomas H. Stockton, a Methodist Protestant minister, as the nation’s most eloquent pulpit orator. The Philadelphia sermon on the ascension is praised for method, imagery, and dramatic power, with the preacher rising to celestial heights and drawing vast audience awe.
A missionary child mourns a sibling buried in a dark grave as another sickness follows. The youngest child, naming burial as planting, recalls seeds sprouting. The text reflects on resurrection imagery drawn from seeds and springing from the earth.
A miscellany notes insect eye facets counted in a beetle and horse fly, Webster’s dictionary praised for price and date, apples preserved by corn immersion, Buenos Ayres declares war, temperance viewpoints, a homicide in Annsville, a premium offer for a comical story, Mexico’s public debt, steamboat explosion causes, royal heads’ tee-total pledge, Oregon letter on liquor, a found thigh bone in Wisconsin, a desert shanty Yankee with supplies, and a brief Marietta snow glimpse.
The passage compares corruption and decay with resurrection and reward, likening the sower to a parent burying a beloved child. It invokes "Sheet Anchor" as a comforting refrain, promising beauty and glory after toil and loss.
A Victorian essay encourages young women to work without blushing and apologizing when seen in homespun attire. It praises Cobbet and cites male admiration for female labor, urging industrious habits as the best path to worthy husbands and criticizing critics as fools.
Three mathematicians Fuss Savitch and Sabler conducted independent trigonometrical levellings across land barriers between the Caspian and the Azoff. Their measurements converge within a foot or two, placing the Caspian’s low mood at 83.6 English feet with a possible error of 1.3 foot, resolving a long debated geographic question.
The Augusta market shows a depressed cotton outlook with prices quoted from 3 to 44 cents, little demand for bagging, and fair demand for groceries at the previously quoted prices. Principal sales range from 4 to 4 1/4 cents for cotton.
A city offer promises all widows a liberal supply of good beef free of charge at the Lower Market house on Monday morning. Orders can be placed at the Washingtonian office or with City Marshal J A Christian. The appeal accompanies the Christmas message urging universal participation.
JMR Russell announces a successful atmospheric voyage by balloon with John Wise aboard on Wednesday December 25 1844 at 1 PM at the Hampton Race Course in Augusta. The event includes a parachute drop with a living animal and room for 5 000 spectators. adverse weather may shift to the next fair day.
A fragmented OCR list references State Bank and several regional banks including Milledgeville, Macon, Athens, Columbus, and Darien. It notes Central Rail Road Bank affiliations, city councils, and various bond mentions with scattered phrases about sales and disbursements.
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