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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1845
Page
2
The Washingtonian announces it will discontinue its volume in July due to insufficient subscribers. It offers that paying one dollar will extend the paper until then and asks overdue subscribers to settle balances to avoid further reminders.
A Columbia woman underwent alleged mesmeric sleep, Dr. Dugas removing her entire breast on the 12th without pain. After waking, examination confirmed the removal, a tale cited as a wonderful yet dubious medical possibility.
Curators report examining several specimens by Dr Halsee at the Masonic Hall and pronounce them equal to the best seen. The public is invited to visit his rooms to view watermarked likenesses of local faculty clergy and many citizens, praised for excellence.
The Protestant Unionist of Pittsburg praises moral reform and adopts a principle of discussion in love. It asserts that truth argument and persuasion should settle disputes, recognizing opponents as fellow men sharing common mortal, religious ties. The piece urges harmony between Christian branches and goodwill among readers.
The editors express confidence in the authors of the piece and urge readers to support and purchase the publication. They vow to uphold a high standard, shed light on topics, and inspire compassion through investigation. The notice invites patrons to order the work for friends.
The periodical Sheet Anchor of Boston is commended for its aims of temperance humanity and intelligence. It is praised as lively and able with worthwhile content for readers beyond seamen and costs one dollar per year.
Forsyth publisher Solomon Harris announces the Little Georgian has been enlarged and improved. The paper claims broad appeal and usefulness and notes a subscription price of 1 50 per year.
A 19th century editorial urges fostering diversified industry through supportive laws and tax relief while condemning rum commerce. It argues protection for new factories from alcohol-related risks, calls for civil action to aid domestic manufacturing, and warns against hazards from alcohol to labor and property.
The piece argues Augusta must broaden and regulate its industry to avoid sinking into insignificance. It questions whether grog-sellers will prove their patriotism by halting a trade hindering the town's prosperity, and ends with, We shall see.
The speaker condemns liquor sellers as a privileged class harming society. He argues only rum retailers can corrupt crowds, profit while impugning citizens, and escape penalties, calling for public judgment on republican values and national lineage.
The piece accuses four local drunkards of worshiping evil spirits and describes their deaths as horrific torments in hell. The speaker blames grog-sellers and urges citizens to act, warning that the doom is tied to indifference and urging reform.
Washingtonian recounts Deacon D and Death operating a shop near the Central Railway track selling alcohol described as liquid fire and distilled damnation. The piece portrays their aim as killing souls and bodies of customers through slow gradual effects or rapid impact, citing a fall visit by a young man from a neighboring county to his father near the shop.
A narrator recounts a brutal scene after a man leaves a tavern and fights erupt. Deacon D. is blamed for leading to intoxication and death as a freight engine driver aborts a fatal collision with a severed body found near a bank. The piece condemns moral corruption and calls for virtuous conduct.
The piece decries intemperance as a pervasive social evil. It claims alcohol harms families and communities, destroys youth and age, causes poverty and crime, corrupts politics and justice, and corrupts morals, ending with a dire warning of national decline. Strong emphasis on widespread harm and social breakdown.
The Maryland Temperance Herald notes repeated tales of sea serpents and their various forms. It recounts how new wonders occasionally surface about the creature’s reappearances and unusual doings, framing a long history of imaginative reports.
A historical note warns readers about a so called Land Snake found in taverns hotels and liquor shops. It details its tiny beginnings in bottles and casks then its lethal bite causing eye and gait symptoms as drinkers descend into dizziness and delirium, with neighbors warned to beware of such tainted beverages.
A searing excerpt of a temperance pamphlet satire appears in the New York Organ discussing a song titled Little Fools and Great Ones. The verse extols abstinence yet mocks teetotalers as Cow, while praising the rise of self restraint as a sign of true virtue. The piece prompts readers to judge authorship and notes a request to add a stanza about robbery.
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