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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1845
Page
8
A narrative from the Alexandria Gazette portrays a gifted young man who, after excelling in languages and science, falls into ruin through intemperance. He lies dying in a small room, tormented by remorse as Death nears. The piece laments ruin caused by drink and the erasure of his memory.
The article urges unity among diverse supporters of temperance, praising Washingtonian methods that unite people across religious and political lines. It extols rescuing the fallen from drink, emphasizes compassion for the tempted, and defends ongoing reform against critics while insisting God is with their cause.
Announcement of a new monthly medical journal to be published in Augusta by P. C. Guieu. New editors Garvin and Paul Eve with collaborators. Sixty four pages per issue, monthly. Subscriptions $3 annually paid in advance. Letters to publisher P C Guieu and editorial correspondence free of postage. November 21.
Proposes publishing a monthly in Savannah titled The Southern Historical Magazine. Promises a Southern oriented, nonsectarian platform for original thought, criticism, and discussion of literature, religion, politics, and Southern interests. Names Georgia Historical Society material and W. Thorne Williams as publisher, with October start and five dollar annual price.
The prospectus argues phrenology as the science of human nature to reform and perfect man guiding ethics morals and religion. It previews new departments including Physiology and emphasizes health life and happiness depend on understanding animal life laws, with the journal as a sample of future courses.
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