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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1845
Page
2
A town note urges subscriptions to the Temperance Banner issued semi monthly at Penfield for one dollar per year. A local resident, Mr Metcalf, hosted visitors to view a splendid flower in bloom at his home on Tuesday evening, where ice lemonade complemented the event despite partial blossom.
The papers announce the death of General Andrew Jackson the Hero of New Orleans. He is praised as the man who filled the measure of his country’s glory and unmatched popularity since Washington. His eight years as president are tied to the nation’s history in a unique way.
The writer cites a Roman tale where a senator quieted a faction by recalling the fable of the belly and the members. He urges patience and warns against clinging to opinions after evident absurdity, advocating public improvements despite dogged dissent.
The Georgia State Temperance Convention assembled in Macon on the 4th at 10 AM in the Methodist church with Rev. Seneca G. Bragg elected president and E G Cabaniss as secretary. About one hundred delegates were enrolled including notable political figures and eminent divines from across the state.
The Georgia Temperance Convention met at Macon with 140 names added to the pledge and resolved to issue the Temperance Banner as its organ. Delegates will attend South Carolina meetings, ministers are urged to deliver sermons on temperance, and a visit from John B. Gough to Georgia next autumn is sought. The next session is set for Milledgeville in November.
A reader disputes Rev Nathan Hoyts upbeat up country portrayal and ridicules a Savannah Republican reprint. The letter targets Athens and broader Georgia sentiment, noting presses from Charleston to Milledgeville and even distant papers could copy the piece to Haydensville, Feejee Islands for mermaids.
A letter from Augusta defends Southern readers against caricature and urges visitors to travel through Augusta to the mountains. It notes modest hotels, good tables, and entertainment, while promoting an upcoming canal project and local shops. It highlights Shultz's hill view, the Augusta Bridge, and accessible churches for Sabbath rest.
A narrator contrasts the fate of a counterfeit maker with that of a wealthy villager who profits from crime. He notes the prison bound man and the Rumseller who exploits others while owning wealth and status. A widow and washer-woman suffer while the powerful escape scrutiny.
A stark critique contrasts the protected rich with impoverished families ruined by a rogue robber. The piece laments drunkard patriarchs, mortgages, and vanished futures, urging readers to name oppressive rulers as tyrants and demand justice.
The piece portrays a wife bound to a cruel drunkard, enduring constant abuse and neglect. Faith and hope remain her jewels as sorrow, loneliness, and broken dreams mark her life, yet she clings to a trusting heart amid gloom and hardship.
Miss Williams, a young temperance advocate and Sunday school teacher, sought class signatures for a temperance pledge. She learned from the fourth pupil that the girl’s father drinks wine, prompting the reply that her father is a clergyman, which left Miss Williams astonished.
In a temperance scene at Crystal Fountry a faithful teacher urges Miss Williams to sign a pledge. A minister’s child refuses, citing her father, while a pale orphan girl is encouraged to sign. The tale highlights class tension and moral duty in a church community.
D Covington of Iowa writes in 1845 arguing to tax alcohol sellers to cover costs of prosecutions and welfare. He urges moving expenses from all taxpayers to those who profit from selling ardent spirits and calls for reform against the liquor traffic.
The piece recalls Sandy Welsh once a New York innkeeper and now a zealous Washingtonian. It notes his past as a dealer of death draughts and his downfall into poverty, yet highlights his current moral labor and warning to others against ruin through drink.
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