08 Feb 1850
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Newspaper
Albany Patriot
Location
Albany, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1850
Page
1
Fragmented public notice text outlines ad rates and legal requirements for estate creditors guardians and auctions. Mentions advance payments deadlines and publication rules with scattered references to dates places and charges, reflecting a damaged historical newspaper page.
Notice of sheriff sales for multiple properties in Baker County. Listings include land Lot 7 in the 8th district, various debt-related levies, and estates under executors. Dates reference January 4, 1854 with sales at the courthouse door in Newton, listing numerous names and parcels in complex legal notices.
Court notices from Dooly County emphasize sales and levies to satisfy judgments. Documents reference land parcels in the 9th district, a house and lot in Drayton, and a Black woman named Milly to be sold on the first Tuesday in March. The notices name various claimants, executors, and sheriffs, including W Roberts and J. Davis, with dates in 1849 to 1867.
On the first Tuesday in Peerialy next, at the courthouse door in Troupville, Lowndes County, land lots and real estate of Roderick Morrison, Hopkins M Wilder, Henry J Stewart, Nathan and others at public sale to satisfy mortgage and fi fa judgments from Lowndes Superior Court in favor of Moses Smith and John R Harris. Includes multiple land parcels in districts nine and twelve, and a few enslaved people listed among the property. Sale date: 1849.
Listings of 1850 era sheriff and tax sales across Lowndes Baker Dooly and Early counties. Warned auctions include lands and personal property to satisfy fi fas and taxes. items include Witt property in Teonoville and Dawson Webb estates. mentions of quarter sections, lots in Baker and Dooly, and guardianship sales. Authorities include Sheriff Richard Allen and tax collector notices. dates given as first Tuesday in February and March. locations Newton and court house doors.
Poem tracing human fault and lack of heart amid worldly life. It calls for pity over judgment, urging readers to comfort the afflicted and share abundance, in a tone from a 1859 New Orleans publication.
The text mixes a tale of a peasant bitten by his own dog and fearing hydrophobia with editorials on postwar politics and Southern rights. It cites Barballini, Toombs and Stephens, Bahama steam links, and Governor Johnston, discussing free schools in Louisiana, federalism, and the danger to the Union. It includes reflections on American republicanism versus monarchy and a survey of attitudes in America.
The passage argues prejudice harms speech and thought, urging cautious, reflective judgment. It asks whether trust in appearances alone would mislead, and cites a reflection on discerning truth before speaking, linking prudence to deeper inquiry and restraint.
A detailed report to the Senate recounts Henry Stephen Sullivan British charge d affaires to Chile being severely caned in Lima by W Potter at Valparaiso. It describes Sullivan ordering Potter’s wife from rooms, insults to the landlady, and Potter’s demand for an apology which Sullivan refused, leading to a public chastisement deemed deserved by twenty witnesses.
A South African Commercial Advertiser report carries a letter by Robert Moffat describing his discovery of a vast inland lake after a journey of 55.4 miles into Africa. He notes two broad northern rivers feeding the lake, rich fish life, and peaceful primitive inhabitants with the general African race type.
A garbled letter notes the Creole group at Matanza joining a revolutionary stance against government officials and authorities. It mentions men, a dry goods store, and a likely game or trade restriction affecting purchases. Names and details are unclear due to OCR errors.
The report notes that Hon A Iverson will deliver gratuitous distributions from his planting fund on personal application at his office or by mail if requested post paid. Also reports a shipwreck involving the Agnes from New York to Bremen off Texel on December 19 with twelve crew and seven passengers saved and 43 lost.
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