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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1844
Page
7
Pierre, a bankrupt veteran, faces debt and rejection until a mysterious benefactor pays all his debts. The man behind the act is Jacques Laffitte, a Paris banker, revealed after Pierre meets him on a tribunal bench.
A study of wealthy lookalikes with no visible means, from Count de Grammont to Beau Wilson and Reilly. The piece traces Wilson’s lavish lifestyle, vague fortunes, and sudden decline, plus Reilly’s Vienna splendor and Paris poverty, ending with his death in hunger.
A European traveler describes Vienna s fire system with watchmen on St Stephen s tower four hundred feet up. They use maps books and telescopes to identify the burning house owner s name and location then relay details down to ground crews so alarms reach the scene swiftly. The tale is linked to Shakespeare s Vienna line.
The column lists coinage at the U S branch mint in Dahlonega up to August 1844 with 45511 pieces totaling 30056750, notes a fatal shooting at Edgefield Courthouse, and reports on magnetic telegraph plans Boston to New York, spurious Bank of Louisiana notes, a bleeding German passenger aboard Knickerbocker with medical aid, temperance and moral quotes, a nine week Squaw Corn, crop prospects in West Tennessee, a Mormon claim of Joseph Smith’s resurrection, death of Gen. Wm S Murphy in Galveston, Fort King convention for Florida division, reflections on sons-in-law and prodigal sons, temperance ships sailing from Nantucket, valued observations on inner jewels, sale of Pencillings by the Way, compass power affected by onion juice, Cheviot banner motto on wheat, editors’ honors and French libel imprisonment notes.
A Journal des Debats correspondent reports that the Mahouris in Akaroa killed about thirty English colonists and ate some bodies. The account claims captives were not eaten by the tribe's own, and identifies Captain Wakefield among the victims. The Mahouris allegedly killed to control a bay they had not purchased.
An 1840s style notice describes a remedy using whole seed to cure founder in horses after quick use. It notes quick application by mixing two pints with feed and claims a perfect cure. A separate brief highlights a shoe ad and a fire destruction report of Kentucky Penitentiary with prisoners safe. Snow fell at Butler Pennsylvania recently.
The Augusta market notes better demand for cotton as the river rose on Wednesday but low other markets keep prices steady. Cotton values run 4a 64 with little rise unless of superior quality, fair cotton yielding 6a 6ds by wagon. River navigation improves with several steamboats. Bagging demand fair with no price changes. Groceries show gradual improvement though prices remain unchanged.
The following subscribers have paid their subscriptions up to the 20th July 1845 Augusta H Hickman Nelson Carter D B Thompson Eli Mustin James Harper Hamburg Howard Garmany W W Sales.
The notice states no payment was made and no sale proceeding occurs. A 10 day period is noted, with actions postponed until payment or settlement is completed.
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