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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1844
Page
5
Officers of Augusta T A Society listed include Dr Jos A Eve as President and Rev William J Hard as Vice President. Secretary WM Haines Jr and Treasurer L D Sallerstedt noted with managers James Harper and others.
A skeptical vignette blends counsel for gloom with a dramatic Alpine rescue. The speaker urges quick, broad perception and dismisses obsession, while recounting a perilous moment where a friend is saved from a crevasse by Marchietti aided by Knickerbocker’s tale and a swift ascent. The piece mingles reflective humor with perilous adventure and literary allusion.
A Carlyle reply to a young man on study and character. The conclusion stresses doing faithful work in one’s current role, silently bearing chagrins, and striving to fulfill duties before seeking broader ventures. It emphasizes self-improvement through action over books, while recognizing value in combining study and work.
An English sporter recalls a mountaineering expedition in Switzerland near Le Monde Perdu. The guide led the party across a glacier where recent falls concealed crevasses, creating a dangerous moment during ascent into high snowbound peaks.
A New Orleans night scene centers on a singing man challenged by a watchman at Poydras and St. Charles. He argues for patriotism through song and faces arrest for disturbing the peace, invoking ballot by ballad and universal rights as he defends his performance.
A tale from Ireland recalls a warming pan known as a friar. A hotel servant misreads orders to move a weary priest, first to No 6 then to No 4, despite the priest’s protests, illustrating a comic misunderstanding in an inn.
A London crowd witnesses a comic duel between Shaw the Life Guard and Captain Barclay at Drury Lane before Waterloo. Stories from the Cape Town Mail recount Napier brothers and famed acts of valor, including drummer rescues and Ney’s mercy. Details cover Corunna, Coa, and Soult with Napier family notes and honors.
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