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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1844
Page
3
The Richmond Compiler notes railroads cost more to build and maintain than expected but can handle larger traffic with low charges. It recalls 1829 prizes for a locomotive, the Rocket’s speed, and contrasts with modern engines pulling hundreds of tons at modest speeds on level roads.
A Petersburg Intelligencer item describes James Martin’s new printing chases with internal screws controlled by a wrench. The design tightens the form securely, reducing quoins and furniture use, signaling practical gains for printers and mechanics. The piece also includes a quotation praising mechanics and a call to support neighbors starting in business.
On a hot beach I observe an old man left to die in a sand grave while a companion explains a practice of abandoning the dying awaiting burial. The narrator notes such barbarous custom, comparing it to earlier Socotran burial practices that rushed to end pain.
Wellsted's Travels describes dying fathers urging strict ancestral customs and forbidding intermarriage with foreigners, theft, or delaying mercy for the sick. Victims and successors often fulfill the final wish with a poisonous liquor from a local tree, fueling legal murders and protracted blood feuds across generations.
Journal recalls a frantic hunt on Bayou Waxie Opelousas where six panthers were killed including a grown female by three locals led by John Rider. A legend of a Canada line hunter who survived a ferocious panther fight with a knife and intact heart is told, illustrating pioneer grit and danger.
The New Orleans Republic records intelligence from Vera Cruz to August 24, via the Falmouth at Pensacola. It confirms 10,000 Mexican troops marching toward Texas and suggests they may not engage actively until autumn. Steamers will carry troops from Tampico to Galveston in October, with possible local volunteers. Shannon, U.S. minister to Mexico, was warmly greeted at Vera Cruz. Sickness is reported low at Vera Cruz and across the Southern Atlantic coast except Galveston.
Diversified items report war dispatches from Guadaloupe in New York harbor and New Orleans, a reform in French American affairs with Lavergne, a new English hammer forging shaft engines, potato crops failing in New York and Vermont, a Baltimore shooting during a procession, gas manufacturing advances in St. Petersburg, a divorce for Sylph Taglioni, counterfeit arrests in Cincinnati, extravagant rent at Orleans Ball Room, and a Dublin funeral fund anecdote about aid and a Lord Chief Justice.
The following subscribers have paid their subscriptions to the Washingtonian up to July 20 1845. Augusta J Seastrunk W E Jackson W S Royal Jesse Ansley Thomaston Jas Spier Waynesboro R Prescott.
R Hook has moved to a dwelling opposite his long residence next below Mr John Bones store and will be ready to answer professional calls in town and country on August 31.
The Augusta market shows minor cotton decline with extremes 4 to 6 cents and main sales near 5 to 54 cents. Frosts caused little damage, river low but two navigational swells aided traffic. Brisk bagging demand. planters stockpile. Groceries enjoy fair demand in line with current quotations.
Miss Sarah Wray announces the opening of a school for young ladies on October 1 in the former Mrs. Egerton room at Reynold and McIntosh streets. She will offer a full English education with limited enrollment of twenty five and will devote full attention to instruction backed by references from Rev. William J. Hard Rev. E E Ford Dr L D Ford Dr W H Turpin and Dr John Carter.
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