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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1844
Page
7
The speaker notes delays hinder growth of a temperance society but hopes for expansion as more residents sign on. Some nonmembers and few tavern sellers remain. with time, those traders will quit and the village will become thoroughly teetotal. Further remarks reference Morevanon.
On the seventy fours deck Jack and a knot of teetotallers discuss the pledge's value and motives. They note hypocrisy among signers, urge faithful temperance support, and contrast pledge signing with real virtue, then pivot to a meditation on the majesty of poverty and knightly mercy.
A grander ceremony shines in the weary, poverty-stricken man whose worn figure embodies toil and want. Though markets vary and life is hard, his steadfast heart earns respect, while his patient wife and pale children share his inner kingship in a humble, loving home.
The Synod of South Carolina and Georgia met in the Presbyterian Church on the 21st. Rev. John H. Wilson opened the session and on Friday Rev. B. M. Palmer, Sr. was chosen Moderator. The body voted to divide into the Synod of South Carolina and the Synod of Georgia. Funds from the Columbia Theological Seminary will be redistributed to Georgia as appropriate. The Columbia Seminary will remain supervised by a joint Board of Directors. The Synod adjourned last evening.
Seizure of the Argentine squadron by the frigate Congress followed a firing incident at Montevideo as Bainbridge’s captain Newman faced court martial and drowned after his reprimand. Also recounted are a panther killed by a girl with an iron and smoothing iron, a tale of King Louis Philippe’s fortunes, and a Baltimore drunkard sent to the alms house.
A bystander recalls a man in a fit of intoxication who, struggling to his feet, gazed at the gentleman in the tree and proclaimed that describing the horrors of intemperance would require a pen of iron dipped in hell fire. The scene electrified those in the office.
An orator defends political consistency with a flamboyant speech about being born from a forest, Earthquake, Mississippi and adventures with rivers. A related jab labels an opponent a soulless man while debating birth and death metaphors in frontier rhetoric.
The Frontier Journal reports a deer-stalking incident where J. D. Balmat of Fowler killed a boy, George Newton, mistaken for a deer. the boy died within minutes. It also notes a Cincinnati Frenchman pursuing a married woman who eloped with her husband’s money, leaving behind a portrait.
Mr Noel maintains the School for Boys at the same location on Macintosh street opposite the Constitutionalist office. Terms remain as before. October 12 13 tf.
The report records a recent rise in cotton prices on lower qualities yet warns Liverpool market declines of 6d to 4d per pound on all grades, with fair at 4d. The effect on local prices remains uncertain after holidays. Bagging and groceries show little activity as planters return home for the new year.
Augusta Robt Campbell listed for sale through November 15, 1845. Sparta N C Sayer listed for sale through July 20, 1845. The brief notices indicate impending public actions on the named dates.
The subscriber's School will reopen on Monday the 30th inst offering spots for the ensuing quarter. Tuition terms include incidental expenses and cover spelling reading languages and book keeping with payment in advance. B. B. Hopkins leads the classical and English school and invites additional pupils.
An exchange table lists specie basis for jeans with reference to Yeon oda fe dee 102 par. 7 di Cibexs. The text is fragmentary and reads like a market or accounting note with unclear context and no complete details.
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