23 Aug 1834
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1834
Page
1
The fragment notes a Saturday morning bread street event connected to the Globe Hotel. Names or specific details are missing, leaving only the venue and timing hints.
Notice to administrators guardians and heirs that estate lands or enslaved people must be sold on the first Tuesday after public notice. Public sale requires sixty days notice in the newspaper and forty days for real property notices. Court of Ordinary leave to sell, and mail arrangements, with daily closing times for different routes, are specified.
The text outlines office hours with times like ten to eleven A M eleven to one P M and half past numbers. It also notes Sunday hours from half past twelve to one ten and from five to six P M. The fragment mentions a 1010 address or code and irregular punctuation.
News from Milledgeville reports the governor overruled evidence and protest in the Augustan election for Colonel. Commission ordered Capt. Jessre W. McKeen installed. Also notes a letter from Jonis and a New York Mirror volume praised for its elegant engraving and presidential portraits.
An observer describes Hudson River scenery from West Point to Catskill in 1834, noting towns like Newburgh Fishkill Kingston and Poughkeepsie along the banks. He contrasts grand river views with less impressive inland landscapes and reflects on roads, villages, and the Pine Orchard Catskill Mountain House vantage.
The narrator describes a journey from Catskill to Lawrence’s Tavern and up to a high overlook near Table Rock. He extols the dramatic cliffs the Hudson Valley offers and compares Georgian scenery to southern sites, urging Southerners to visit regional wonders and assert pride in native landscapes.
A vivid account of the Catskill Mountain House near the Hudson, describing its size, architecture, and prominent features. It notes the distance to Round Top and Irigh Peak, and the Catskill Falls reachable by a two hour wagon ride. The piece also unfolds customer complaints about hotel and stage-line practices and broader social commentary on governance by freemen. The river, falls, and scenic routes form the centerpiece, contrasted with critiques of travel bottlenecks and overcharges.
A detailed scenic passage describes a semi circular ridge, a rocky chasm wall, and a projecting Ast ridge where one might walk without getting wet. It notes a roof like angular hollow under the ridge, a mound of earth, a basin below, and a lower wall where the stream descends 80 feet then splits. The scene ends with the ravine leading into deep woods and pines, awaiting continuation.
The Augusta Chronicle urges the State Rights Party of Oglethorpe County to assemble on the 29th inst to measure principles and assess their tendency to the public good. The piece portrays opponents challenging the party and appeals to friends of the state to unite in defense of foundational liberties.
The Baltimore Chronicle notes rumors of War Secretary Lewis Cavs pondering resignation to Cincinnati. The New York Times dismisses a Mobile Theatre romance rumor. The City Health report finds isolated cholera cases in filthy homes, not epidemic, easing in Montreal and Quebec, with no citywide alarm. Gold and ore reports from Nacoochee Valley and Athens Banner mention steady gold yields and new steam packets planned on the Norfolk Charleston route.
The week saw 200 bales change hands with prices 13 to 14 8 cents for fair to good cotton. About 200 casks sold at 3 a peg. flour quoted at 6. Corn cargo of 2000 bushels arrived from Beach Island. freight to New York listed at 1 per date.
Market reports show a declining Cotton market with mixed weekly sales from 20 to 110 bales in various lots, prices quoted from 12¾d to 14¾d, and stocks held in Charleston Savannah Mobile New Orleans Philadelphia Virginia Augusta and Hamburg totaling about 48,729 bales. Rice sales continue at prior levels with 600 bbls Rough rice noted and stock tallies in New Orleans and afloat. Sugar and Molasses remain dull, Coffee shows a cautious uptick, and Exchange rates firm with minor premium on London and New York drafts.
Boston reports improved coffee demand with export and home sales. Prices for 400 cargas at St Domingo ease to 10 cents cash and 200 at Aux Cayes 100 for six months. Cotton shows no major change with Upland 145 to 160, Alabama 150 to 160, New Orleans 165 to 170 per bag four months, with limited supplies and firm prices amid a healthier European market.
July 4 Crosby Liverroop Margret notes ongoing cotton prices with little variation. Public sales totaled about 2,700 bales including Suratg Madras and Para Cotton with Suratg at 64d per lb and Madras around 7d to 10d per lb. Some Egyptian cotton realized 15 4d per lb duty paid.
The Formosa at New York reports steady demand for cotton with no price changes. Week's sales total 6447 bales including 1558 Louisiana at 2031, 4053 Upland Mobile Alabama Tennessee at 102 to 128, 400 Pernambuco at 8581, 294 Bahia at 140 10 146, 14 Bahia St Domingo at 125, 48 Guadeloupe at 163, and 10 Porto Rico at 1950, all duties paid.
Edward Norm Belleck aged four years eleven months and one day died in the city. He was the son of Frederick Belleck and his wife. Funeral arrangements were pending as authorities notified relatives of the bereavement.
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