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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1845
Page
8
Poem about distant imagined union and shared happiness between two souls. The speaker recalls a dream of love with Octavius and longs to win a smile and share all joys. An idealized vision unfolds beneath a brighter sky, opposite the weary world.
A lyrical grieving scene follows Eve kneeling beneath a divine sky as stars blaze and winds sigh. She laments a sin marked on her heart, cursed and unhealable, while memories of happier days fade and her future seems doomed to wander life’s uncertain seas.
An account by a sergeant recalls a smart youth ruined by intemperance. After repeated admonitions he attempted to kill a quartermaster, was convicted, and faced a British execution. The condemned youth expressed sorrow for his mother and met death with calm, his last words pledging protection of his mother.
A Philadelphia observer chronicles a temperance meeting with Mr J B Gough. The orator faces a crowded Baptist Church, tells poignant home truths of drunkards, delirium tremens, and the struggle to break chains. The writer praises Gough as a regenerating figure in a society seen as tottering toward decay.
The article promotes a monthly Journal of Phrenology, physiology, and magnetism, detailing its aims to study human nature, health, and moral progress. It outlines departments in physiology, animal magnetism, and a section on women, with subscription terms and distribution plans.
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