Strange Wheel Attracts Alabama Town Visitors
The Washingtonian notes a price license rise for spirits and a mechanical wheel exhibited behind a grog shop in a small Alabama town. Visitors pay 12 cents to watch a constantly revolving device its operator claims mimics mythic serpents and Ixion. The piece draws curious locals and prompts satirical commentary on temperance and public morals.
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Ise
Rron
Alabama
Vis
Oubt
Juno
Juiter
Rindamanthus
Earth
Tartarus
From the Dew Drop Recollections of a Rumseller
A veteran recounts running a rum shop near Rum Ollo long ago noting respectables momentarily patronizing such places. One evening a feared neighbor, old L, stopped for his final glass before walking five miles home, illustrating the blurred lines between respectability and vice.
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Rum Ollo
Old L
The Rumseller's Conscience After a Drunken Night
A narrator recalls aiding two men who drugged an old man to drink, then watched him become drunken. The tale follows the man home and the rumseller's torment over possible responsibility for harm, ending with a haunting question about today’s remorse.
Temperance Lecturer Hawkins Moves Hearts at State House
Mr Hawkins, invited as a Temperance lecturer, moves audience with a touching account of his conversion driven by his daughter Hannah. Despite inclement weather and busy city schedules, the State House Representative Hall granted him a Sabbath evening lecture, drawing a tearful response from listeners.
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Hawkins
Hannah
State House
Temperance Reform and Crime Warns From Georgia to Philadelphia
A mix of temperance advocacy, crime warnings, and curious anecdotes spans remarks on Temperance leading to abolishing courts, a Macon suicide by gambler, a Rabun county volcanic mountain report, and an Italian FRANCE style horse stopping method. The piece cites RAM as crime’s parent and calls church and state support.
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Philadelphia
King
Grand Jury
Criminal Court
Ram
The
Southern Banner
Rabun County
North Carolina Line
France
Looking Aloft as Comfort in Adversity
The piece urges readers to seek steadiness in life’s tempests by looking toward spiritual rest and peace. It echoes a prayer for strength in hardship, citing faith in a higher life and divine support as the heart’s true portion.
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Goopmay
Philadelphia
Attorney Samuel Chapman to Attend Courts in South Carolina and Georgia
Attorney Samuel T. Chapman will attend the Courts of Common Pleas and Equity in Edgefield Orangeburg and Barnwell districts South Carolina and the Courts of Richmond and adjacent counties Georgia. The notice lists locations including Augusta Georgia and dates in September.
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Amuel T. Chapman
Equity
Edgefield
Orangeburg
Barnwell
S. C
Richmond
Orrice
Augusta
Snead & Milledge
Lincoln
Warren
Court of Common Pleas
John C. Snead
John Milledge
Exchange Table Specie Basis Across Cities
Exchange table shows specie basis with cities including New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Lexington Richmond Savannah Charleston and Valaiain par. Data appears fragmented but lists major trade centers and parity.
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New York Light
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Lexington
Richmond, Va
Savannah
Charleston
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St. Marya
United States
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Charles Julian
Washington Hall
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J.C. Self
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Richmond County
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Eagle and Phoenix
Haviland, Risley W« CO
Globe
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Ite
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Judy
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Susannah Broadhurst
Noel
Constitutionalist
Terns
J. G. Dunlap
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W. J. Hard
Ebenezer Starnes
County Line &Cademy
Quaker Springs
R. J. T. S. Park
N. G
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Chronicle & Sentinel
Constittionalist
Mninner
E. E. Scofield
Insurance Bank
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Corres
St Omim
Bae
Rio
Porto Rico
Laguira
Tallow
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Gunrow ER
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LeaTuer
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Toacco
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Virginia
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Souchong Hyson
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Augusta Notes
Mechanics’ Bank
Brunswick Bank Tee Twee Bank of Augusta
Augusta Insurance & Banking Co
Georgia Rail Road
State of Georgia Savannan Nores
State Bank
Deal Marine and Fire Insurance Bank
Planters
Central Rail Road Bank
Nores State Bank
State Commercial Bank
Milledgeville Bank
Georgia Rail Road Bank
Athens
Ruckersville Bank
Marine & Fire Insurance
St. Mary’s Bank
Central R. R. Bank
Central Bank Center Exchange Bank of Brunswick
NS Ae Insurance Bank of Columbus
Phoenix Bank
Columbus
Bank of
Hawkinsville
Milledgeville
Monroe Rail Road Bank
Bank of Darien
Rete Chattahoochie R. A. and Banking Co
Western Bank of Georgia
Bank of Columbus
Planters & ¢ Mechanics Bank
Columbus Bank of
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