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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1844
Page
5
Publication details state a weekly Saturday issue by James McCafferty with prices for single subscribers and club rates. It outlines post paid communication, post-office rules, and advertising rates including payment terms and discounts.
Maj. Philemon Schoppert relays a letter from Robert G. Waters, formerly of Newberry South Carolina, detailing his capture at Mier on December 26, 1842, during a Mexican siege. Waters describes brutal conditions in a Santiago fortress prison, the loss of Texians at Mier, aid received from General Waddy Thompson, and hope of returning to Texas, requesting patience from relatives and best regards to friends.
A reflective exhortation urges turning the inner eye away from outward spectacle and worldly noise. It recalls hardship and escape in Texas and Mexico during 1843, detailing hunger, thirst, captivity, and a brutal march toward freedom, ending with a meditation on home as shelter from envy and luxury.
A dated note from New Orleans February 28 1844 by Rosert G Warens reports arrival in the city after writing from Mexico a month earlier. He credits release to Gen Thompson and says he will travel to Texas at the first opportunity and write again upon reaching home.
A rose blooms in beauty and fragrance then is stolen and spoiled. The speaker warns noble women to guard vanity and pride, lest they fall from their lofty place and suffer a thorn in the heart for wrongful desire.
A long humorous piece recounts a doctor offering a cure for lying and memory loss with a money back guarantee. A trickster spectator pretends illness, pays five shillings, and is faced with a staged cure using cobbler's wax as a final gag.
The fragment recalls a 1621 event in New England where a dispute led to a duel between two groups, lasting 24 hours, during which participants were denied food or drink. The text references the duration and the harsh treatment but lacks full names or locations.
A tale cites Sir Astley Cooper advising simple gun cleaning using quicksilver in the case to unload and scour barrels. The Cincinnati Gazette recounts a fire incident where a citizen sought $10,000 insurance for his burning roof, bargaining at five percent as alarms rang and a rescue followed.
A cautionary tale of a mother seeking measles treatment whose remedy note was misdirected toward pickles. Also reported is the death of Bill Ford from injuries in a prize fight with Tom O'Donnell in New Orleans on the 22d, with O'Donnell's arrest. A farcical boarding scheme and a music composer joke close the column.
The notice states that Mr. Clay was born on April 12, 1777, and will be 67 years old on April 12 of the next year. It records his age in relation to his birth date.
A quirky column touts a sovereign cure for whooping cough using an opossum, and notes an English gardener’s method to destroy caterpillars by wrapping currant bushes in woolen cloth. It also suggests red pepper as a deterrent for bed bugs applied to bed joints and woodwork.
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