Semi Weekly and Weekly Paper Rates and Notices
The notice outlines subscription options for a semi weekly price five dollars per year in advance or six dollars at year end. Weekly price three dollars in advance or four dollars at year end. It details advertisement charges for different insertions and rules on limits, as well as mailed remittance risks and acknowledgments. It also includes legal notices about sale of land or enslaved people by executors, administrators, or guardians with publication timelines and court filing requirements.
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Ting
Cituate
Mail Arrangement and Office Hours Notice
A brief notice outlines daily mail and office hours schedules. It lists closing times for various post offices and standard daily deadlines, with specific cutoffs for morning and afternoon mail. It notes Sunday openings and general operating hours.
Augusta Races and a profile of Henry Shultz contrasted
A detailed Augusta race card shows first day results with colts and mares racing for purses, plus entries for a second race. The piece also profiles Henry Shultz, Holstein native and Hamburg founder on the Savannah River, praising his public spirit, philanthropy, and political influence as a model for public confidence.
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Augusta Chronicle
Holstein
South Carolina
Henry Shultz
Hamburg
Savannah River
Georgia
Hambron
Augusta
Shultz
Altona Mercury
Philadelphia Gazette Joins With State Rights Press
The Philadelphia Gazette is bought by Col R cuxt and merged with the Commercial Intelligencer edited by J T Cannan. Messrs Ragner and Coxnap will publish and edit the united paper, aiming for a liberal, patriotic, influential Southern readership.
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Philadelphia Gazette
Col. R Cuxt
Examiner
Commercial Intelligencer
J.T. Cannan
Messrs. Ragner & Coxnap
South
Gov McDuffie Inaugural Praised Amid Nullification Era
The piece lauds Gov McDuffie's inaugural address as noble and elevating for South Carolina. It links his return from federal politics to duty in the state and celebrates leaders in Hamburg and Savannah River Nullification sentiment, crediting Mr Suvitz for orchestrating the dinner that helped Nullification gain traction.
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Gov. McDuffie
Ilan
Carolina
Shultz
Hamburg
The
Mercury
Altona
Suvitz
Proposed Convention for Governor Nomination in Milledgeville
The Milledgeville Journal notes likely cancellation of a governor nomination convention during the current legislative session. It urges delaying selection, delaying public debate until flexible spring timing, and stresses delegates discuss privately to build broad consensus before the election.
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Wenerceive
Milledgeville
The Cotton Crop
The article notes repeated references to authentic evidence concerning the cotton crop. It discusses implications for farmers and markets, citing ongoing observations and data points that support broader conclusions about yield and quality.
The Cotton Crop Prospects in Georgia and Beyond
Letters from planters and merchants discuss a sharply reduced cotton crop due to frost and drought. They report half to two thirds shortfalls in Georgia counties such as Morgan, Monroe, and Hancock, with yields far below last year and expectations of price changes. Some note storage plans and market anxieties while others defend cautious forecasts against sensational reports of a Gulf-wide boom. Early Frost cautions that the national crop will be much smaller than top-cromise projections suggest.
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Nee
Moncan County
Georgia
Manisox
Nathaniel Allen
Morgan
Garey Snowe
Augusta
Alabama
C. Hudson Wade
Mercator
Savannah
United States
New Orleans
Gulf
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
New Orléans
Mercdior
Jlamburg
Galaxy
3D Mat
Cotton Crop Outlook Drafted From Southern Reports
A New Orleans letter dated December 2 1884 estimates the cotton crop for the season. It notes October storms caused damage in Mississippi and Alabama but improves with favorable weather. The estimate suggests a possible increase of about 20 to 80 thousand bales, with Mobile and Tennessee showing modest variation from last year.
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Guy Smith
Morgins County
TiTeTioMattar
E. Mn. Bortor
Charleston
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Oansans
Mississippi
Mobile
Alabama
Tennessee
Controversy Over Bank of the United States Debated in Two Houses
Debates in both chambers centered on preambles and resolutions concerning the Bank of the United States, President’s protest, and Native American policy. The Senate and House passed or tabled various amendments after lengthy sessions, with reports on the Central Bank and Augusta stock increases and the Darien charter.
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Muirpervines
U. States
United States
Senate
Cleveland
Welford
Meyers
House
Dawson Lied Leen
Messrs
Gordon
Nesbit
Reese
Wood
McDnald
Dawson
McAllister
Echols
Patterson
Wofford
Cary
Clayton, &c
Central Hank
Bank of Darien
Bank of Augusta
Darien Bank
Conomttes
Central Bank
General Assembly
Bank of Augusia
Mr. Glawodl
Sail Bank
Augusta Market Cotton Prices Rise Amid New Purchasers
The Augusta market notes a rise in cotton by about four cents since Monday as wealthy interior planters enter, with wagons returning empty to haul goods. Prices quoted 14 1 16 to 19 1 3 for various lots, while overall supply shrinks and forecasts of a shorter crop persist across upcountry and West regions.
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Augusta
Interor
Savannah
Charleston
New York
Mary
Louisiana
Mississippi
Married Notices From Banks District Court
In Barnwell District South Carolina Edwin A rites to Margaret Ne vouly daughter of Urban Cooper and others announce marriages in this city. Robert Pleesiming of Warrenton to PCYN. Charlga Mills and Lili Zak Bec also listed as marrying persons from Warren County and Savannah with details on the week of the instant month.
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Aine Lili Zak Bec
Dangitrol Anam
We Oriner Piace
Appointment of City Officers for Next Year
Council to select five officers including City Marshall, Clerk of Council, Collector and Treasurer, and several clerks with specified salaries. Also lists six city constables, city surveyor, clerk of the court, sheriff, and four Soullage Masters, by order of Council dated December 11, 1834.
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Vis
Court of Common Pleas
Sherif
Geo. M. Walker
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