30 Aug 1855
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Newspaper
Albany Patriot
Location
Albany, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1855
Page
1
A mixed page blends legal ads and probate notices with extended portraits of Lord John Russell in Parliament and a vivid vignette on Russian marriage customs. It describes land and slave sale notices, court hours, and required publications, plus social scenes in Saint Petersburg including a bread and salt wedding gift ritual.
The report records 2,070 passengers with $228,675 total, averaging $8,864 per person. Six months of immigration show 68,476 arrivals, projecting equal numbers for the year, implying about $12,000,000 in property associated with this influx.
The New York Journal of Commerce reports emigrant arrivals at Cauile Garden since new arrangements began, listing daily passenger totals and property brought into the country. From August 1 to August 9 the figures show 1 914 passengers on Aug 1 7 with 3 207 249. Aug 8 166 passengers with 8 086 75. Aug 9 600 passengers with 14 239 98. Meanwhile political debate features Hon. Martin J Crawford arguing natives’ superiority and a Know Nothing remark on fear of immigrants, quoting Philadelphia Platform on immigration.
Kenneth Rayner denounces religious intolerance in 1835 North Carolina debate arguing that excluding Catholics from office insults religious freedom and damages national unity. He cites historical persecution and warns such proscription undermines constitutional democracy while urging adherence to inclusive, liberty rooted principles.
In a travel excerpt, Charles Weld notes American bathing at Nahant with women in vivid layered garments and white caps. He remarks the garb doubles as modesty and display, the colors bright, and the sight of “gaudy” trousers and sparkling white feet. He praises the healthful, invigorating effect and the radiance of the bathers.
News from August 11, relayed by the Picayune, notes widespread deterioration in cotton crops across the Southwest due to persistent wet weather and rust and rot. Letters describe stalks with many bolls rotting or unripe, harming yield and plant vitality.
The London News weighs the Crimea command options after General Simpson’s resignation. It doubts any current general displays fit qualities for high command, listing Airey, Sir Colin Campbell, Sir Richard England, Pennefather, Sir George Brown, and DeLacy Evans as inadequate. Major Generals Codrington, Baller, Eyre are praised for brigade leadership but not for directing large forces. Daily war letters praise Markham, with Melville in Scotland, closing the field for ministerial choice.
The Legislature fixed Lecompton as the future capital, naming it after Judge Lecompte of Baltimore and Kansas Supreme Court. The town, on the Kansas river near the territory’s center, is praised for beauty, timber, and water. Shares in the Lecompton Town Company rose from $100 to $1,000. The territory’s Supreme Court affirmed the legislature’s action as legal. A column from Augusta Chronicle disputes a Georgia canvassing rumor about Jenkins and Johnson.
A biased retrospect from Spirit of the South argues Sprightly Samuel’s imagination inflates political gains. It cites Tallapposa letters claiming Winston leading in county races, Cherokee support for Shortridge, and a proposed standoff in the state’s political landscape.
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