29 Aug 1835
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1835
Page
1
Publication line appears to indicate a weekly Saturday morning issue published under the Globe Hotel on Broad Street. No additional details, dates, or names are provided in readable text.
Semi weekly and weekly paper rates listed with annual options and arrearage terms. Advertisements priced by size and frequency with minimum charges. Legal notices cover sales by executors guardians and administrators with prescribed posting times and publication durations.
The Central Committee of the Union Party nominates Horace Hotsry of Harris and Thomas Grascock of Richmond to fill vacancies from resignations of James C. Terrell and John W. Sanford in Congress. The Standard of Union notes the nominations as of Saturday.
A Richmond Whig correspondent notes a free man of color in Westmoreland County sold himself in the past weeks, transferring his liberty by bill of sale for three hundred fifty dollars. The remark asks how abolitionists and colonizationists will respond, implying high value placed on freedom by some.
A young man named Amos Dresser, active in Abolition circles in Ohio and a Lane Seminary alumnus, was seized in Nashville on the 11th. Evidence from his letters shows a coordinated plan to spread abolitionist doctrine in slaveholding states, risking slave insurrection. The committee released him after a mild punishment, prompting calls for harsher justice.
A Boston Commercial Gazette reply cites delegates to the May Anti Slavery Convention as clergymen and notes many clergymen in New England daily spreading abolitionism. The correspondent lists Rev John Dowling of Newport as a vice president, plus several English and American clergymen in New Bedford and Brooklyn aiding immediate emancipation.
A Southern appeal urges immediate state and national response to abolitionist activity. The writer cites hundreds of ministers and clandestine networks across states, calling for unified action, county meetings after October elections, and potential conventions of slave states to protect safety and rights. The piece warns North and South to act as one against a common foe and to avoid party divisions.
The piece discusses printing notices about abolition papers arriving in Richmond, noting interception claims by the New York postmaster and countering with the idea that only Charleston-bound mail is stopped. It advertises The Apprentice's Companion August issue as varied and valuable for apprentices and masters, and Littell's Museum for August with belles lettres and a portrait of Miss Jane Porter.
An unusually cool season yields a mosquito-free city while the Sandhills swarm with these pests for the first time. Authors ponder drainage, boat absence, and shifting conditions, noting nights are so cool a blanket feels comfortable.
A Lincoln county notice from the State Rights Association invites a public meeting on a momentous state issue. The letter suggests widening the scope to include all county residents to better serve the objective and rely on public duty.
A Carolina audience hears charges against Northern abolitionists led by R G Wiltras of New York and editor of Human Rights. The letter-writer urges secession from free people of color, tighter slave discipline, and deportation or sale of colored individuals, warning that abolitionist presses fuel unrest and may prompt a dissolution of the Union.
The Knickerbocker for August offers a rich literary mix with Col. Knapp’s Reminiscences of Ballston and Saratoga touching on Hamilton, Perry, and Louisiana purchase. Ollapodiana expands on rural life and newspapers. a critique of The Avengers of Sult. praise for newspapers as life itself. and travel sketches including My Tablets with London war impressions.
Latest date from Liverpool and Havre show slow activity with light receipts in Howard Street. Cotton sales in Boston and New Orleans steady to slightly firm. stock around 7973 bales, prices 16 to 19 cents, with overall demand limited and many small parcels selling through the week. Sugar and molasses markets show limited demand but fair stock, while Liverpoo l market notes a decline in cotton prices and 11,520 sales across Georgia Mobile New Orleans and other regions.
In this city on the 13th inst by Rev Mr Talmadge Cuannes McCoy wed Miss Fran cis daughter of William Tutt both of this city In Hanburg on Thursday evening last Rev Mr Reed joined John N Oliver to Miss Hannier Sarus of that place In Aiken on Thursday evening 20th inst Ware officiating Milltnoon Hankin married to Miss Sanan Neat both of that town In this city on the 17th inst Rev Mr Geo Pierce united James T Rives of Columbia 8 C to Miss Amuuia E Witurameon of this city On the 11th instant Wit1rram Aone married Miss Emmaline Munruey all of Wilkes county
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