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Newspaper
The Colored American
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1866
Page
3
The Colored American announces weekly issue details with subscription rates at four dollars annually and ten cents per issue. It lists advertising charges per ten lines and additional insertions and notes information about notices and a potential free copy for eligible subscribers.
The following named gentlemen join to receive subscriptions for the Colored American Johnson Harper Gar Tompkins Williams Johnson. Call at the office on Jackson corner of Ellis Street or with any listed gentlemen. Also offering job printing for colored friends including party tickets show bills labels at reasonable rates.
The Colored American will publish every Saturday morning. Subscribers must pay one cent in advance to ensure timely delivery. They will be waited upon next week for prompt compliance. Those missing papers should call at the office on Jackson and Islas streets for service and future regular delivery assurances.
The list names agents authorized to receive subscriptions and advertise for the Colored American. Lewis Williams of Washington Georgia, William Finch of Athens Georgia, Rev. William Campbell of Macon Georgia, Jones Porter of Savannah Georgia, Knowas P. Maxwell of Charleston South Carolina, I. W. Attwood of Zanesville Ohio.
Church record lists multiple congregations with service times and pastors. First Baptist at Prinfield corner Rev Olis and Marbury streets holds 10:30 am 3 pm and 7 pm services led by Pastor Henry Watts. Thankful Baptist on Lincoln Road Walker Streets led by Pastor Henry Johnson. Central orford Baptist on Walker Street between Campbell and Cumming with 10:39 am 3 pm and 7 pm services led by Pastor Peter Johnson. Nuata Methodist on Jackson Street with 10:30 am 3 pm and 7 pm led by Pastor Edward West. Bethel Protestant Methodist on Camp Street Dublin with 10:30 am and 7 pm services led by Pastor Samuel Drayton.
The notice lists multiple local schools and their daily hours for classes and night sessions. Teachers named include Cumming Beard Jencks Foote and Dowd, with locations near Grammer School White Baptist Church Upper Market and Springfield.
The event marked January 1, 1866 as the first New Year’s Day since Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Speakers included Rev. Samuel Drayton and Chaplain Henry M. Turner. Captain Bryant of the Freedmen's Bureau urged immediate contracts and self-reliance. Tour guides and editors praised progress while Congress debates reconstruction and other national issues.
The article urges delegates to the Freedmen’s Convention to debate rights and methods of obtaining them with dignity and resolve. It cites South Carolina as a model, demanding law and order, protection of life and property, fair labor contracts, equal suffrage, impartial justice, and inclusion in the jury system.
The governor outlines guiding principles for post emancipation policy. He lauds the emancipated African for fidelity and decorum, urges protections for person and property, and calls for open courts and race-based testimony to secure rights while guarding against social and political equality. He emphasizes moral suasion and legal restraint as safeguards. References to unrelated notes follow.
Reports note a Green County Penn gold vein extending into West Virginia and a petroleum firm striking oil at 519 feet. Baltimore churches give 151000 to aid the South poor. Mrs Elmy dies from needle wound infection. Ex-Emperor Soulouque travels toward St Thomas via Havana. Cape Laytien bombarded and razed. Geffrard’s forces seize ruins. Peru peace with revolutionists triumphant. Washington arrests total 9000 in three months. Brigham Young states fifty children, ten lost. Washington original will archived in Virginia. Wayne county Pa man father of 31 children, 30 living healthily.
A father's counsel to his daughter as she marries. He urges patience and forgiveness, noting joys and crosses of married life. He advises concealing faults, seeking reconciliation, and treating husband as a dear friend. The poem ends with embracing unity and a peaceful, loving parting at death.
A Richmond Republic note questions a San Francisco claim that twelve trillion bottles of genuine champagne wine are produced yearly, with over three trillion sent to the United States. The piece mocks the arithmetic and scales involved, suggesting the numbers are implausible for any republic to count.
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