17 Aug 1833
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1833
Page
1
A fragment notes a meeting or event at the Globe Hotel involving Jackson and Ellis on a Saturday morning, with street location details included. The lines are incomplete but indicate a local notice or summary of an attributed incident at a city location.
The notice lists subscription rates for a weekly and annual paper and outlines payment terms and penalties. It includes posting rules for advertisements, rates per square, and frequency, plus legal notices for sales of land or enslaved people, and required publication times before sales and court actions.
Richmond County residents are urged to attend an adjourned City Hall gathering Saturday on a proposed Athens to Augusta rail line. A committee of H. H. Coxnixe W. W. Montgomery James Harper Sass W. Davis and Wal. C. Micov will report. editorials discuss northern interference in southern affairs and defend local figures amid political controversy.
A Columbus Enquirer report details a fatal shooting in the Creek Nation near Owens’s residence as U S Army troops accompany a deputy marshal to remove him. The account cites conflicting statements, notes prior disputes between Owens and the marshal, and argues the soldiers used excessive force while enforcing removal orders amid government policy toward settlers and Indian lands.
Ragvustu Natovs owes an apology to the Doctor of the Courier RR for an error claiming the University conferred honorary initials A.S.3. The Doctor instead received a higher distinction being made regular A. M. in a formal, collegial sense, reflecting a complex sequence of titles.
The Athens Mail due Monday at 5 P M did not arrive until 7 P M as heavy rains raised water courses. The delay is attributed to rising waterways and ongoing storms. Read details of the latest intelligence reported tonight.
A Georgia reader urges bold internal improvements linking Columbus Macon and Milledgeville to Savannah and the Altamaha. He calls for citizens to subscribe capital, attract northern funds, and build rail connections to boost Charleston trade and Georgian staples.
The page records prices for cotton, rice, flour, corn, sugar, molasses, Havana goods, bacon and lard, spirits, and shipments to Liverpool and New York. It notes cholera health concerns and evolving market sentiment, with quotes on bale prices and cargo rates, and remarks on cotton sales and buyer hesitancy.
Man of undoubted qualifications in the Cherokee Territory will inspect and describe land or gold lots. Drawers in any neighborhood, six at a time, sign a joint note to pay thirty dollars to D. C. or bearer on December 28 for an accurate description and valuation of our lots drawn in the last lottery and current issue.
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