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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1836
Page
1
The item notes a weekly Saturday morning publication at No 261 Broad Street opposite Masonic Hall. It indicates a standing printing or newsstand address likely serving daily or weekly readers with fresh issues each weekend.
The notice lists subscription prices for semi weekly and weekly papers with advance or year end options. It details advertising charges per square, insertions, and monthly rates, plus standards for removals and refunds. It also covers sales of land or slaves by executors and guardians and requires public sale notices with fixed advance publication times. It specifies posting rules for estate debtors and creditors and for leave to sell land or slaves.
The notice states one editor remains in Florida while the other departs. payment is urged from debtors to aid the establishment during absence. Gov. Rhyxin vetoes a Pennsylvania Gerard Bank capital increase bill, which later passed constitutionally and became law.
We announce the arrival of Mr. Hant, manager of the theatre in this place. Several distinguished actors and actresses are engaged. The theatre will be opened tonight. For particulars, see advertisement and bills of today.
A. M. Nisbet accepts Discount Clerk role at the Central Bank. His departure from the Editorial department of the Southern Banner is lamented as a significant loss to civil liberty and party strength. The piece notes the party’s reaction and mentions Georgia Insurance & Trust Company stock activity and transfer book plans.
The issue covers English and American racing merits with biographies of noted horses Merman Felt and the brothers Fancaster Walton and Ditto. It includes the Declaration of Independence by Texas’s Conventional Government and notes Col Hosox collecting donations from Georgia Alabama and Mississippi to aid Texas in the war against Santa Anna.
The text appeals for provision to aid a brave and chivalric people in their war, framing the choice as liberty or despotism and victory or death, and praying for a speedy glorious triumph.
The Charleston exchange involves sending the Courier with a later date to this office while other papers receive the earlier issue. The writer condemns the Courier editor for withholding the date from this office, calling the conduct narrow minded, pitiful, and contemptible.
In Florida 1836, Constitutionalist editors condemn Van Buren as abolitionist aligned and unfit for Jackson’s successor. They accuse Jackson supporters of inconsistency and warn Southern readers against backing a candidate tied to abolitionist aims, arguing his future policy would mix opposing principles.
From Indian Key dated March 7 a large body of hostile Indians is reported within 30 miles of the settlement. The inhabitants of the island are in imminent danger of attack as feared. The letters confirm the threat and reference preparations for defense.
Journal notes from Ivian Kay on March 17 describe Indian incursions near Cape Sable and a suspected spy from Spain. A search party retrieved two Indians and warned that Florida and Key West are exposed with no Revenue Cutter patrolling the coast, urging immediate military relief and defenses.
In a letter from Georgia, a writer asks whether the nine Democratic Union Jeffersonian picks elected years ago reached Congress. He speculates on their whereabouts, urges them to speak up before adjournment, and laments the cost of their silence. Signed by BOB SHORT.
A Virginia political clash is discussed with strong rhetoric about burning or expunging the Senate journal. The piece condemns efforts to destroy constitutional records, contrasting Websterian and Jacksonian loyalties. It cites the Albany Advertiser and notes the Baltimore to Philadelphia steamboat service and Maine banking capital.
A legislative committee in the state has reported in favor of increasing the budget from 785000 to 7050000 dollars. The move aims to expand funding for a state program, outlining projected costs and potential impacts for agencies and services.
A dated OCR fragment lists numerous firms and individuals for March 23 and March 29, including Evers and Hope, W and Bryson, JW and IT Heard, Dortic, Rowe and Smith, Beall, Gould, Galliner, Cook, Parrott, Co., Sullivan, Smith, Benson, Richards, and several others, implying a commercial or public notice of engagements.
From Augusta Market in Liverpool and HavVite notices the latest date shows a flat cotton market with a four cent reduction on last week. Some sales completed at a full one cent decline with most trades reported between 17 and 18 cents for good to fair lots, while 15 to 19 cents values appear in the range.
Shipping notices report the arrival of steamer Jno Randolph from Savannah with boats and merchandise to multiple traders in Charleston and Augusta, including names like W & H Bryson and Rathbone Baker, and departures of steamer Ino Randolph with cotton and other cargoes. Additional berths include arrivals at Greenock and Liverpool, with various British, American, and loaded ships noted along with signals and conversations among vessels. Henry Shultz seeks help regarding the Breithaupt estate and German relatives. Also mentions Sporting Magazine contents and racing notes.
Gentlemen receive new drab hats for summer made of Russia fur, lightweight and warranted superior. March 80 edition highlights a fashionable article sold to subscribers by Price and Mallery.
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