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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1834
Page
5
Executors and guardians must publish sale notices for land or Negroes on first Tuesday between 7 and 3 at the county courthouse. Public gazette notices required sixty days before sale. personal property notices also published forty days. Applications for leave to sell or for Negroes must use public mail arrangement for four months.
The text outlines irregular office hours with several time ranges and days. It notes openings from morning to afternoon on weekdays and altered hours on Sundays, with specific half hour increments and several typos indicating unclear times.
The initial bale of new cotton arrived yesterday from Col. Pvt Fitzsimons plantation and was purchased by Mr. George H. Metcalf marking the start of the season.
The Northern Mail notes European accounts up to July first arriving with the Hibernia in New York. No individuals of significance are mentioned in this arrival. Commercial extracts will be found under the proper heading.
A late night blaze swept the Augusta Restorative on Broad street then spread to a corner dwelling and two stores, damaging Summing's Law Range near the Port Office. Buildings owned by Mrs. Gordon and John P. King were destroyed or heavily damaged while most contents were moved or saved. post office papers survived due to hurried removal. No goods were taken from Mr. Ruse's store. Uninsured letters and papers were among the few items saved. overall loss likely insured though full damages undetermined.
The text extols West Point as a premier impregnable post and key military site on the Hudson, noting its proximity to New York and the Highlands. It describes the landscape around the point, the triangular landform, and the steep mountain edge shaping views of the river and surrounding scenery.
The narrative details the Point between the water and shelved cliffs, with a road from the lower corner to the water edge and steam boats stopping daily. An omnibus and shaded walks lead to a grand hotel atop the plateau, praised for luxury, albeit at high charges, and overseen by W B Cozzens. The site includes cadet barracks, college buildings, hospital, parade ground, Kosciusko’s garden, and memorial monuments for Kosciusko and Lieut. Col. E D Warn, reflecting military oversight and public interest.
The narrator surveys West Point grounds and fortifications. He notes marble monuments to officers and cadets including Vincent M. Low and Lieut. McDuffie, plus a Georgian memory, the cadet barracks, and views from the mountain highlands. Fort Putnam ruins reveal cells and dungeons linked to Major Andre. The piece contrasts revolutionary era glory with present degeneracy and reflects on cadet life and discipline at the Military Academy.
The writer declines a social invitation due to needing to sort a paper stock and plans to review it later when time and inclination permit, sending a farewell until then.
A letter dated August 5 1834 from Gaerenspore details two large county meetings in Greene County where State Rights and Nullification arguments clashed. Speakers like Col Wm C Dawson and Y P Kina urged State Rights while others argued for Union doctrines, drawing strong applause or silence across Greensboro and the southern meeting. The writer notes Greene’s steadfast adherence to principles and the public's reaction to the debates.
The Augusta Chronicle debates whether Georgia nullified federal law by opposing the 1802 trade and intercourse act with the Todians. It argues the federal constitution reserves powers to the states and that any intrusion by Congress into Georgia's chartered limits is unconstitutional and void. The piece critiques the Covelucionarias extract and questions the editor’s logic on nullification.
A Georgia article argues against nullification by states, insisting constitutional supremacy applies to all laws. It contrasts Georgia’s defiance of a 1802 act with Carolina’s, contending only constitutional principles, not state interests, justify nullification. The piece challenges the Union Party and warns of unchecked state power.
From private papers of the late J P Brown manager of the Mobile Theatre it states he was engaged to Miss Chang Fiourr a Columbia Telescope note denies a Post Office Department offer to Col A Blending Local crops in Georgetown Union describe promising Rica crops but poorer corn yields in neighboring districts A locomotive E L Miller on a trip to town suffered axle failure tearing up track and displacing a tender causing minor injuries to a passenger with the train reaching depot after 4 PM the locomotive remained undamaged.
A detailed notice describes a 15 hand high mahogany bay horse owned by Carter, missing since Saturday night from Patrick H Carnes’s plantation. The animal is unshod, with prominent eyes, long mane, uncut dock, and long tail. a reward is offered to the finder who delivers the horse to John Conroe.
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