10 Aug 1833
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1833
Page
1
A partial 1890s style note mentions a morning at the Globe Hotel with a pie considered and a name Rick appears. The legibility is poor and the event details are unclear.
The speaker urges drivers of internal improvement to back a railroad from Cherokee to Columbus then to Moon Milledgeville and Savannah along the Georgia side of the Savannah River. A successful plan would bring settlers, open land across the region, and position Savannah as the state’s commercial hub.
A Georgia sheet urges Clarke and Vidian factions to resist federal overreach under Taou rates and warns of despotism if the proclamation principles are accepted. It criticizes district gerrymandering in 1825 and 1225, calls for Georgian voters to assert rights, and denounces Clark party leaders backing Ware and Hanice as unprincipled.
A letter to the Augusta Chronicle proposes a five thousand dollar bet with a named Georgia politician that the writer can beat him in a duel at the "Mighty Workshop" with the Superintendent as judge. The note favors the judge’s selection and hints at timing and place.
An authorized Herald statement outlines coinage from 1793 to 1832 totaling about 27 million dollars by 1830 and 3.49 million in 1832. It details gold, silver, and copper shares, sources in Africa and the Americas, and notes large gold exports. It also mentions cotton market activity and a lively sale of 7999 bags with prices near recent levels.
The report covers rice, flour, corn and grocer items with brisk demand for fresh ground flour and prime green coffee. Santos exports include Cuba molasses and French wine. Freight rates show varied charges to Greenock New York Boston and Providence with one vessel in port, the Lady Dunmore bound for Greenock.
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