Weekly Broad Street Gazette Publishes Saturday Morning
The notice states the publication appears every Saturday morning on Broad Street under the Glob Hotel.
30 Aug 1834
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1834
Page
1
The notice states the publication appears every Saturday morning on Broad Street under the Glob Hotel.
Public notice text outlines rates for advertisements, deadlines and insertion rules for semi weekly and weekly postings. It details notices for land or negroes sales by executors administrators and guardians, and required court sale timing. It also lists mail routes and daily closing times for several mail districts including HaIeston and Western Mail services.
Augusta reports cholera rising in New York City with 18 deaths among 33 new cases on the 18th and 889 weekly deaths citywide. Albany logs eight to nine cases and multiple deaths as the disease spreads, while the Rail Road announces Sunday travel stoppages starting next month.
Savannah Republic reports a city council resolution requiring vessels leaving New York or other cholera ports to halt at Cockspur Road Tybee Island for eight days. Ships with sick passengers must remain at Five Fathom until health officer deems quarantine necessary.
On Monday evening the theatre opened a brief season under Mesers Hant and Harpy. The comedy of Perfection or the Maid of Munster was performed with spirit and was well received. Mrs Canter played Kate O Brien with skill and improved singing and acting since Augusta. The program for the evening included Simpson and The Mogul Tale. Admission reduced to 50 cents.
The account describes Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road lines from Albany to Schenectady and on to Saratoga Springs and Boston Spa, with steam and horse propulsion. It notes Schenectady as a rail junction near the Erie Canal, population around 5,000, and Bathing spas at Saratoga and "Ton Spa" drawing visitors.
The article describes hotels in Saratoga Springs and Caldwell with details on building size, grounds, and notable guests. It lists the United States Hotel Pavilion Congress Hall and Union Hotel, plus a central public reading room, and notes visitors such as Gov. Marcy and the French Minister. It covers surrounding springs, mineral waters, and nearby sights including Saratoga Lake, Beaus Heights, and Forts George and William Henry.
The narrative describes steamboat travel between Lake George and Lake Champlain, a riverside hotel at its shore, and a detailed survey of the Portress of Ticonderoga. It covers the lakes, waterfalls, ferries, and the rail and canal routes, plus the fortifications seen during the Revolution. It notes Mount Defiance, Mount Independence, and how Fort Ticonderoga changed hands from French to British to American control.
In a long letter the writer details retreat paths from Fort Ticonderoga retreating via Fort Independence to Hubbardton and Schuylerville, noting Burgoyne's surrender to Gates. He describes Mount Defiance views with companions, recalls Crown Point Burlington and Plattsburg, and muses on future travel toward Schenectady and Niagara Falls.
In a National Intelligencer reprint from May, Augusta banks push a resolution to curb cash exchange by individuals dealing to obtain specie. The measure, aimed at limiting access to funds from distant banks, would halt accounts and require immediate specie settlements, amplifying concerns over monied interests dictating credit use.
Anaw Post Office is set up at Long Cane in Troup County with John Hill named Post Master. Cholera reaches Poughkeepsie as four family members die and a fifth is not expected to survive. The Southern Whig expands to a larger newspaper, and health notes praise Columbia and local conditions amid political unrest and a street altercation ending with shots.
An assailant pursued and stabbed a man several times during his retirement. Dr. Harris allegedly carried out the stabbing and fled the scene while the victim died instantly. Thompson had earlier been arrested as the pursuit concluded.
Sayannatt Marxzrt notes the week’s cotton harvest around 300 bales at 1140 14 cents principal, with few buyers and limited demand. Rice has no transactions. flour at 64 dollars. corn arrivals thin with limited demand from 4 cents to 1 dollar per bushel. freight to New York and Providence at 1 dollar per bale.
The Cuarteston market reports limited Upland cotton activity this week with 547 bales sold mostly for the Northern market and a Liverpool vessel. Prices are steady with varied classifications from short staple to prime and rice, sugars, and flour trades described. freight rates to Liverpool and other ports noted. In Panapetrasya the week sees modest cotton sales totaling around 1,248 bales despite large prior purchases, with Georgia Upland and other lots exchanged at steady to firm prices reflective of market conditions.
Lyverroot Mankes reports moderate demand as arrivals swell and prices hold steady. Trade lists Sea Island to 16d 294d and various regional grades up to 14hd per lb, with total 15 800 bales, including 900 American and 400 Surat for shipment. Sales in recent days reach about 4 000 bales at prior levels. Khorrivale activity noted as considerable this week.
In Colncibus Geo John W Stapler aged 19 and George W Dillingham Esq long resident of Lee Berkshire County are reported to have died. The brief obituary notes Stapler’s passing on Thursday morning and Dillingham’s death in his 90th year.
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