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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1844
Page
2
Post masters are empowered by law to remit money to publishers for subscribers of the Washingtonian. Readers can avoid postage by delivering the amount to the Post Master with a request to remit it to the publisher.
The next annual meeting of the State Temperance Convention of Georgia will be held in Forsyth on November 21. Delegates or letters are requested from temperance societies statewide. Col Joseph Henry Lumr Kin to deliver the anniversary oration, with Col Junius A Wine as alternate delegate.
The Spanish brig Beatriz recently arrived at Halifax from Porto Rico carrying sugar rum and molasses. Molasses and sugar sold well but rum failed to find buyers. Offered at one shilling per gallon in bond, it could not obtain sale and was refused even when offered to cover duties. The Beatriz then sailed for the West Indies with six pipes of cargo.
The writer extols a tariff deeply rooted in public sentiment as more beneficial to health happiness and morals than any protective duties on imported rum. The essay lauds extending such protection to Halifax and claims rum loses favor when shipped there.
A western rum-sucker entered a church during service seeking grog and only realized the mistake when the preacher reminded him that the church is no place for evil spirits. It is likely he had been drinking recently.
The piece denounces election betting as pernicious and corrupting to the franchise. It cites large sums wagered, likens betting to a faro-bank, and argues it degrades patriotism, undermines judgment, and should be treated like other gambling by law.
Rev B M Sanpvenis president of the State Temperance Society forwards a list of Burke County T A Societies. Alexander Burke County T A Society constituted in 1842 with 143 members Hopeful T A Society formed in 1843 has 73 members Bark Camp T A Society established in 1848 has 71 members Brushy Creek T A Society formed in 1842 has about 80 members New Prospect T A Society started in 1843 has 10 members Wa L Tucker signs the communication.
The Washingtonian quotes a flaxen haired boy asking why Uncle Moses nose is red. The reply states Uncle Moses drinks brandy, highlighting a light, homey exchange typical of the era.
Anouncement notes the resumption of the Southern Medical and Surgical Journal with its first issue on January 1, sent to former subscribers. It explains delays were caused by unforeseen circumstances and that terms have been modified, requesting notice of exchanges.
A speaker urges women to join the temperance cause to end the misery caused by alcohol. He cites alms houses and jails in New York where wives and children suffer from drunken husbands and many offenders are jailed for abusing families. He argues abstinence by all, including women, can reduce widespread poverty and ruin and tells children to welcome the temperance thread as a golden chain to God.
A Reverend reports refusing to be set ashore on Sabbath in a temperance tale. He stresses single effort fails without organized action. The piece argues a formal pledge unites moral forces, defending the temperance cause against the power of intemperance and urging collective commitment.
A Temperance Society forms in a village after a minister lectures locals on reform. The grog shop keeper becomes president and liquor is banished, praised by a West merchant who recalls the clergyman’s impact and a lifetime of change. The piece highlights individual effort.
An elderly man confronts his son Jake a known bruiser after a night of drinking. The father despairingly offers twenty dollars and orders Jake to leave the city and never return until he reforms becoming a deacon. The tale contrasts a rough upbringing with a possible change inspired by exile and reform.
A tale follows Jake who pockets money then travels to a new city. He finds work, joins a church, becomes a deacon, and writes home claiming his faith. The old father, though warned by Jake, continues drinking and sin leading toward bankruptcy and ruin.
A brutal murder in Sandersville County ends with Jesse Brock dead after a quarrel with his wife. Two neighbors John Philips and William Grant confronted Brock as he attacked Mrs Brock, with Philips’s gun and a chair post used in the fatal assault. The coroner and jury affirm skull fractures. debate rises over culpability and law enforcement response.
The Boylestown Olive Branch argues that temperance meeting resolutions urging support for temperance papers please readers but do not feed editors or pay rent. They should accompany resolutions with practical action to back publishers financially.
George Cuthbert, alleged drunk in the streets, claimed he was a “victim to science” and that he had found it out. When pressed, he urged silence to reveal that he had been attempting to determine the comparative strength of—though the sentence breaks off in the obstructed report.
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