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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1845
Page
6
Post Masters may receive Washingtonian subscriptions and remit payment. subscribers can handed to the Post Master to avoid postage. The paper expects likely discontinuation soon and will refund any money sent for new subscriptions.
The piece anticipates the Washingtonian’s end at the close of the present volume. Editors state they have run a deficit of about one thousand dollars after three volumes and insist they acted from conviction, not motive, while hoping the cause of virtue and morality remains in others’ hands.
At the Macon gathering of the friends of Temperance in this state delegates were chosen to represent South Carolina at the August Temperance Convention in Pendleton C. H. The appointees include Rev. James O. Andrew N Hoyt J C Postell W T Brantly Dr L D Ford and Hon E A Nesbet and D C Campbell. Further delegates were appointed at the initial meeting.
The stance of Judge O Neall of South Carolina is noted as he extended the invitation to the Georgia Society on behalf of his Carolina brethren.
The Georgia Constitutionalist passes from P C Gurev to James Gardner Jr. The paper pledges loyalty to the Democratic party and promises earnest, courteous editorial work while acknowledging uncertainty in its new vocation. The Chronicle & Sentinel offers fraternal welcome as the new editor previews a tempered, peaceful stance.
Mr. Jesse Johnson has brought to our market water melons from his county farm. He is a total abstainer and aims to offer fellow citizens a fruit cheaper and less pernicious than city confections.
The article reports one or two slight showers since the last note, a decrease in heat, and at the time of writing the weather turning very sultry. It adds that abundant rain has fallen in the vicinity, providing relief.
A Philadelphia gentleman notes rowdies use the term Onderdonker to salute ardent spirits, likening it to a hot dose for the ex bishop deposed for drunkenness. The piece praises Bishop Potter as successor and hopes abstinence will curb wine drinking among Episcopal clergy in the state.
A late temperance gathering featured a young gentleman stepping forward to sign the pledge. He spoke in a moving, earnest manner, recounting a personal appeal that impressed attendees. The report notes the unnamed signer’s strong example to fellow youths.
A damaged reminiscence recounts a man once boarding at the Tremont for 30 dollars a week who sank to ruin from wine drinking. He claimed a 20,000 dollar future income and a tender mother who warned him to remember God and temptation. He was engaged in 1836, married in St Pauls church, later divorced due to misconduct, and advised youths to beware wine and bad company while noting he had signed the pledge and prayed to resist temptation.
In Cincinnati a hotel keeper, Robert Bland, was shot by friend Samuel Pownil, a Londoner who runs a variety store. Both men drank heavily and boasted of duels, Bland tested pistols, and Pownil shot Bland in the street. Pownil appeared in court, shaken by the act, a sober warning against intemperance.
A Richmond Enquirer excerpt recalls Uncle William telling boys of independence and the Fourth of July, then launching a temperance pledge that grows into a Cold Water Army. It contrasts sober resolve with a Satanic Majesty letter urging lawyers doctors and preachers to promote strong drink and temperance hypocrisy.
A rally urges readers to host their own procession and picnic party to prove liquor sellers cannot drag them toward a drunkard's grave. The message frames the stance as a moral stand and public demonstration against alcohol.
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