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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1845
Page
1
A fragment notes a group called Total Abstinence Perak forming a society to oppose drinking. Members pledge as gentlemen to refrain from spirituous or malt liquors wine or cider for health and family protection.
Dr J O S A EVE presides as president with M J ARD as vice president and Hawkins Huff and Wm Haines Jr as other officers Sallerstedt treasurer and James Harper E E Scofeld Rev C S Dod James Godby John Milledge listed among members of the Augusta organization.
A southern style agricultural note favors broadcasting Indian corn as green manure and successive plowing to enrich soil. It argues four crops per season can rival years of clover, with lime applied fall prior and rapid growth southern corn for extra soil matter. It uses factory wool demand as a social incentive, urging demonstrations before investment.
The American Farmer advises spring spraying with a mix of soft soap and sulfur on tree trunks to kill insect embryos and prevent girdling by mice and rats. It also recommends digging around roots and applying a lime mix to the soil, then replanting and testing the method with a bet offered on future adoption.
In tough times cotton prices won't rise enough from self sufficiency alone. The writer urges keeping duties on sugar and molasses, expanding cane and hemp cultivation to move planters from cotton, and notes hemp supports labor. He warns river planters above Vicksburg may switch to hemp if duties protect the system and manufacturing remains misunderstood by the public.
A seasoned sheep breeder plans to settle in Buncombe County North Carolina after travel through western states. He moves with his family and flock from Western Pennsylvania to Asheville, trusting health climate land value and other advantages for wool production as praised by the Raleigh Register.
From the Natchez Courier we learn James Brown of Yazoo County sent wool samples to Samuel T. McAllister. The wool, weighing 400 pounds, is praised as the finest texture yet seen in Mississippi. Brown seeks to exchange it for cotton goods from M s manufacture and promises more wool in months ahead. McAllister reports strong factory progress and ample employment, with products rivaling the best in the Union.
The passage asserts a firm pledge to act with urgency toward the Southern people, adopting a line of policy deemed essential to making them the most prosperous on earth. It vows to sustain this urgency until thorough attention to regional interests renders it unnecessary.
The Milledgeville Recorder advocates expanding wool production in Georgia. It cites Mississippi as a model of success and argues the South, especially Georgia, has ideal wool country in the upper and middle regions. It contends wool farming could bring incalculable advantages and prosperity.
Recommend planting tansey around peach tree roots to prevent peach worm trouble. The practice aims to protect trees from infestation and promote healthier growth.
A discussion argues for prioritizing American history and republican ideals over foreign classics. It warns that foreign literature distorts civic knowledge and urges teachers to instill pride in Washington, Hancock and Adams, shaping a distinctly American literary tradition.
A narrator recalls meeting Arab women en route to a feast and contrasts proud display with honest labor. The women wear caftans, silk kerchiefs, and heavy jewelry while the piece condemns vanity and urges poverty to forego costly appearances for dignity and sustenance. It argues that pride harms families’ futures and stresses practical living over ostentation.
The text cites Pithias with two thousand talents of silver and four million daries in gold, Crassus funding ten thousand tables for Rome at three months of corn for each citizen, Solomon’s temple gold totaling 600 talents, Lucullus spending no less than fifty thousand denarii per supper, and Plutarch noting a single guest supper valued at fifty thousand denarii.
A fragment quotes Sir 7 Browne noting that sleep is death's ashen brother and should be met with prayers, implying caution about sleep's closeness to mortality.
A reflection on happiness arising from within and the futility of changing external conditions. The author argues true contentment springs from mindset rather than external efforts, warning that seeking happiness through others or events can magnify grief.
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