22 Aug 1835
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1835
Page
1
A brief publication line notes a weekly Saturday morning issue from Broad Street under the Globe Hotel. The fragment indicates a newspaper act as a local notice or listing with no additional events or names.
Semi weekly and weekly paper rates in advance or end of year payments. Public sale notices for land or slaves by executors administrators or guardians required by law with sixty days notice. personal property forty days. debtors and creditors forty days. leave to sell land or negroes four months notice.
A brief historical notice from Augusta dated Wednesday August 19, 1835 urges virtue with the maxim Be just, and fear not. The short item echoes civic moral instruction within a colonial era newspaper fragment.
The piece notes State Rights nominees for governor Charles Dougherty and for congress Roger L Gamble Richard H Wilde and Thomas F Foster. It then cites the Baltimore riots with a vehement Augusta Sentinel quotation condemning mob rule, city leadership, and the collapse of laws and order.
A public letter urges immediate abolition of the upper city Negro Church. The writer asserts such churches breed mischief and offer inferior religious instruction while other churches serve negroes better. Public opinion is described as united against negro churches and preachers, and the author calls for prompt action.
The August American Turf Register notes the departure of editor J. Sxinner and details Mr. Gipton B. Saxis taking over. It discusses Silk culture in Connecticut, American silk samples from 1791, and a critique of Southern political letters urging vigilance against hostile factions.
In August issue of Site Culturist and Farmer's Manual published in Hartford and cited by the New York Evening Star the article notes the growing interest in sericulture across the United States. It highlights the potential for silk production and the regional spread of enthusiasm among farmers and readers.
The Courier defends its moral stance and independence, denying changes driven by party pressure. It claims no paper in the country is as free from such influence and notes its repeated cautions to avoid making this a party question or organizing party actions to protect the South.
A Georgia citizen argues that both Union and State Rights parties misuse Jacksonian policy to judge candidates. He contends presidents should serve the whole nation, not parties, and condemns secession denial, Force Bill, deposits removal, and misused funds. He questions Van Buren and White as consistent leaders for Southern interests.
The piece argues the Union and State Rights parties must choose between Van Buren and Judge White, questioning consistency and loyalty to the Constitution, tariff and force bill stances, and the risk of civil conflict over slave rights and internal improvements. It notes White’s shift from administration support and warns both candidates are evils. The August Southern Agriculturist and local notices follow, with commentary on farming practices and Indian encroachment in Russell county.
Reports from Mobile and Norfolk discuss Judge Andrews of the Northern Circuit expected to preside at the upcoming Columbia Superior Court term in cases previously handled by Judge Schley before his bench appointment. The Norfolk Herald confirms Warnen’s election as representative from the county. other items note abolitionist Robison’s execution near Lynchburg and arrests in Georgetown for distributing incendiary material.
The Charleston Courier reports mob actions including a lynching in Lynchburg and arrests in Norfolk tied to abolitionist plots. It condemns mobbism, cites Northern cities’ violence, and notes a Dorchester set piece in a new revolutionary tale. It also covers a Columbia Theological Seminary meeting denouncing incendiary interference and Abolition Fanatics.
In a telegraph excerpt from Ui$, the Antislavery struggle prompts warnings that the South underestimated the North’s rapid growth of 250 Antislavery Societies and doubled fundraising for anti slavery tracts. The piece notes South apathy aided fanatics and editors urging vigilance.
Cotton stock at 10 216 bales with quiet activity and prices held firm. Mississippi and Alabama lots sold at varied prices, Texas at 18 cents per pound. Sugar demand shows a revival with coastwise shipments resumed due to low freight rates. low grade sugar sold around 7 cents per pound.
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