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Augusta Washingtonian

Location

Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1844

Page

7

The Yearning for Food in Dream and Hunger

A reflective verse fragment contrasts summer heat and youth with a longing for meat and drink. The speaker imagines a cool refreshment in dreams but wakes to nausea and faintness, noting that what refreshes innocence awakens sickness in reality.

Midnight Appeal Reflects Drunken Fearful Family Plight

Awake at 11 p m a boy of about ten sought help as his drunken father beat his mother and drove them to the porch. The witness provided aid directions and mourned the family’s distress, noting the wedding night memory of pledged love. The scene echoes a grim portrait from the American Eagle.

Enhdbeld American Eagle

A pledge tale of courage against liquor in South Carolina

An elderly man urged to use alcohol as medicine signs the total abstinence pledge, declaring he would die for his country rather than drink. A boy refuses a rum cup, saying Pa don’t drink any, and the piece follows tales of hard cases and the spirit of resistance to liquor in South Carolina.

South Carolina S. C. Temp. Adv

Temperance spirit noted across towns with meetings

The Dahlonega Times and Mariette Advance report temperance observances with processions to churches and eloquent addresses. The day added 47 names to the pledge and officials note progress in New England and Germany with princes promoting societies.

Court House Methodist Church Dahlonega Col John New England Germany Father Mathew Bavaria

Selfishness as a curse and warnings from history

A moral meditation denounces selfish living and asks who benefits death. It quotes J. A. James and Rev. Geo. B. Carever on nations that prosper in pride and sin and warns the world as ruins of Rome Athens and Egypt echoScripture.

J. A. James Geo. B. Carever Earth Collosseum Rome Parthenon Athens Temple of Kernak Egypt

Departure of the Steamboat Amid Crowded Deck

On the deck I watched the steamboat depart as hundreds boarded amid confusion. The vessel strained against the wharf and paddles splashed the water while the mate called to all aboard. A hack pulled away as the scene intensified.

Prospectus for Baptism Debate Publication in Louisville

A Lexington Kentucky debate prospectus between Alexander Camp Bell of Bethany Virginia and Rev N L Rice of Paris Kentucky covers six propositions on baptism conversion and creeds. It announces a published debate volume priced at two dollars with bulk discounts and orders due February 1 1844 to D S Burnet Louisville Ky.

Lexington Alexander Campbell Bethany Virginia N. L. Rice Paris Kentucky Campbeen Rice Mr. Rice Campbell Mr. Camppecn Campsect God Mr Rice D.S. Burnet Louisville Ky

Augusta Market Corn Prices Hold Steady

CornEs no material change in price since last report. Limited business due to holidays and weaker demand from large operators. Principal sales quoted 7 to 9. Steamer from Liverpool expected end of month with new advices. Bagging demand low as Planters are supplied. Groceries show very limited sales to Planters since Christmas.

Liverpool

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