15 Feb 1834
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1834
Page
1
A Saturday morning notice appears at the Globe Motel corner near Jackson and Ellis. The fragment notes a regular publication spot and time, indicating a recurring community notice.
Executors administrators and guardians must sell land or enslaved people by law on the first Tuesday of the month at the county court house between morning and afternoon hours. Public notice must run sixty days prior. for property sales forty days. notices to creditors forty days. four months to apply to the court for sale of lands or negras.
The letter from Sivannah reports a large State Rights Meeting in the Exchange denouncing the Proclamation and Force bill and praising anti Federal stands. It notes Merchants and Planters Bank of Mogth Florida stopped payment with heavy debts and potential losses to the community. Augusta races preparation and track improvements are described, along with Western Herald’s sale and relocation to Dahlonega.
The writing praises friends and political allies in the West for their noble, courageous, and disinterested support from the start. It urges continued liberal backing and loyal remembrance of their faith and devotion amid success or defeat across the state.
The Southern Recorder extracts Gov. Troup’s stance on Nullification, noting he opposes the form used by a sister state though he supports state interposition. He argues the remedy is not constitutional nor necessarily peaceful and contrasts it with allied positions, citing sovereignty and the need to exhaust peaceful efforts before force.
From Washington dated February 1 1834 reports widespread misery and protests across the nation. Complaints intensify as meetings multiply and laborers suffer while the administration pursues a hard line against the Bank. The writer accuses President Jackson of deafness to petitioners and questions government finances and deposits.
A letter complains that Georgia bills trade below par in Philadelphia and New York, while Georgia accepts its own money at par locally, causing Georgia citizens to lose when purchasing foods elsewhere. The author warns of currency destabilization tied to the Bank of the United States and urges a remedy within months.
CLAY denounces Franklin as lacking new arguments in opposing capital punishment for murder. The writer defends the death penalty citing Mosaic law and New Testament passages, argues against abolition, and urges stern duty in an enlightened community.
In the House Wayne attacked Polk over the Appropriation Pill. Sutherland defended Polk as the debate grew heated and stalled amid factional lines.
The column reports on political maneuvering for the Speaker's Chair with names like Kentucky’s Hirdin and Sutherland, and chatter about posts, removals, and appointments in the Post Office and Treasury. It notes rail stock subscriptions in Georgia and discusses West Indies labor opinions, Andrew Jackson’s image, and a 1834 letter about Cherokee affairs and a judge's injunction affecting land ownership.
New York reports no change in cotton prices since the previous week. Transactions total about 650 bales with arrivals including 150 New Orleans bales at 11 to 12 cents, 300 Uplands at 10 to 11 1/2 cents, and 1901 bales imported. Prices remain dull due to bad weather, with sugar and molasses trading at steady rates and notes on frosted cane reducing exportable stock.
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