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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1844
Page
7
A quirky exchange from the Liverpool Journal recounts a man discovering his tolerance to alcohol. He describes taking three glasses of brandy then gin and whiskey in rapid succession, with no effect, before agreeing to accompany the constable to the watch house for study.
An English ambassador witnesses a Mahometan prince’s opium rite. A bearer brings a lifelike corpse, a black elixir, and after repeated administration the man awakens animated. The despondent subject explains he spends most days in reverie, drinking opium to endure time and dull pain. The tale highlights the brutal effects of inebriety.
Col. William Orr of Henderson County North Carolina died several hours after a wagon accident seven miles from town. He and his son were returning from Augusta with a five horse wagon when another team ran away and struck Orrs wagon. Orr was knocked down and a wheel passed over him breaking ribs and a collar bone. A physician attended but he died after about five hours in agony. He was about 51 and leaves a wife and two sons. Orr had served Henderson County in the Legislature for two sessions and held other offices.
A group fleeing through woods lost a runner with two broken legs and another thrown rider injured. They raced down a steep hill where their wagon smashed on a creek bank. A fine horse broke two legs and was shot. The scene was described as a deeply sad sight.
The article describes a river telegraph method using submerged steel masses and galvanic wires to balance electrical charges across water, aiming for wireless communication possibly with Europe. It notes experiments, cautions about large magnets, and recalls Morse’s system disrupted by lightning during a Baltimore storm. It also profiles Patrick Faulkner of Boston, an Irish native who gave large sums to family and charity through modest work.
The recipe describes making a substitute for paint using burnt lime lumps, hot water, a fine sieve, whitening or burnt alum, sugar, rice flour, glue, and five gallons of hot water. It yields a washable, durable coat applied warm on exteriors or cold indoors, with coverage of about a pint per square yard and adjustable coloring.
A notorious bank robber named Root, ex-Ohio lawmaker, jailed five years in Jeffersonville for a Madison heist of 27 000 dollars plus costs. A Millerite treasurer absconds with 1 960 dollars from Philadelphia fund. Miners sought for Sandy Lead near St. Louis with vast mine capacity. Death reported from hydrophobia in Cleveland County. Rothman’s Comet linked to 1585 sighting. Rufus Kingsley the last drummer from Bunker Hill lives in Hartford, Pennsylvania. Park Packing in St. Louis expands with multiple slaughterhouses. Millerite encampment deaths of two children noted. Boston sheriff collects 800 in fines weekly. New York–New Orleans steam line to start next spring. St Patricks Total Abstinence Society in New Orleans grows to 5 200. New York has 190 churches and 1 000 groggeries. Glasgow meeting mourns Joe Smith with 509 Mormons present.
The list catalogs Georgia financial institutions including Mechanics Bank Brunswick Bank Bank of Augusta Georgia Rail Road branches and city councils Milledgeville Macon Columbus and Savannah notes and bonds with mentions of banks such as Planters Mechanics Bank Western Bank of Georgia and Insurance banks indicating various branch statuses and bond mentions amid general banking mnemonics.
The Augusta Market reports cotton at 34a 54 cents for superior square bales. round bales max 5 to 54c. Principal sales run 4 to 5c. Stock rises due to river forwarding difficulties. river low but up three inches in three days. Weather suggests a further rise, one foot three inches more could make river navigable for steamboats. Bagging activity is fair with stable prices. Groceries demand remains strong with no price changes since last report.
Married on the seventh inst by the Reverend Geny Py Pierce LD Lautersrent to Miss Amana F Cuarke both of this city.
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