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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1844
Page
3
Prof Morse protests a misimpression in the New York Journal of Commerce about his method to cause electricity to cross a river. He submits a diagram to clarify the arrangement and correct the misunderstanding, noting the correspondent’s misinformed description.
In a dated 1844 letter Morse explains a diagram where wires link river banks via plates f g h i and a b c d. He notes the galvanic battery O and magnet U show electric transmission across river segments with performance depending on battery size plate distances and geometry.
The article explains a method to move brick structures using concave cast iron plates and cannon balls between walls. After lifting on three screws, the building is rolled to a new location, then reassembled to its original state without damage. It also discusses nourishing active minds in children through engaging information and incentives.
A 1824 Brescia will left 700000 livres to charities and heirs, later found related to two married natural children. Rome court expected to annul their union. Edward Willmer plans a series on the U.S. for European Times. Millerites predict the end of the world at 4 pm today and several men prepare for the bridegroom’s midnight cry. A Royal Society inquiry questions a sailor’s tar and oakum leg cure, confirming the leg was wooden.
A compilation notes a fatal stabbing at Mars Bluff by Thompson, an Edgefield murder acquittal, Cuban crime waves, and a chorus of brief items. It reports Jean Louis Barbarin's New Orleans death, political candidacy contrasts, Bancroft’s quote on Native customs, school attendance in Philadelphia, steam mail links London to Calcutta, and New Orleans business optimism. It also covers a fatal drinking scene in New Orleans, a coachman quip about lifting a heavy lady, and various moralistic anecdotes.
News from Liverpool up to the 4th inst shows a weak cotton market in New York with heavy stocks and signs of a decline. prices quote 4a 5c for certain qualities. Bagging demand remains steady with no price drop anticipated as needs are large. grocer ies show fair demand and unchanged prices from prior current.
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