21 Feb 1835
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1835
Page
1
Published weekly from Broad Street under the Globe Hotel. Rates list semi weekly and weekly editions with arrears rules. Notices cover land and negro sales, personal property sales, and estate debts. Washington anniversary parade planned with Marshal McKren and speakers at Presbyterian Church.
The notice lists mail delivery times daily and Sunday exceptions for multiple marts including Nonrtueny, Western, Savannah, Cuantestoy, Artusns, Gurexsvilee, Cannesviley, and the associated opening hours. It details daily due times, closing times, weekend variations, and special Sunday morning and evening openings.
Augusta date line notes debtors must pay by March first due to heavy payment. Calhoun report praised as influential on executive patronage. Aiken hosts Washington Birthday Military Ball at Taorri's Horst on Monday night. Thomas Tobin elected Major of the 75th Battalion Georgia Militia. total votes 255 with Tobin 184 and Burton 71.
The Columbus Enquirer has been enlarged and improved with new type and a strong editorial stance in the true faith. The Pendleton Messenger, a State Rights paper, also arrived in a new dress, with praise for its editor and prospects for success.
The article announces Mr Coorzn s Farewell Byyerit this evening with an overflow audience expected. It highlights Knowles s Hunchback presented for the first time here starring Mr Cooren as Master Walter and Miss Cooren as Junta with Mr Fornes as Sir Thomas Clifford. Tomorrow features Fornes tragedy Julius Caesar with Mr Fonsxs as Brutus and Mr Coor rman as Mark Antony.
The piece extols the Mercer Institute as a model for education based on manual labor. It argues the system is republican, self reliant, and broadens access to learning, cultivating both body and mind, with hope it will supplant traditional schooling and render students independent, industrious, and virtuous.
A political argument critiques Judge White’s nomination as a misaligned choice from the enemy ranks. The Milledgeville Times and Western Carolinian oppose it, while Whig and State Rights factions face internal divisions and questions of principle versus office. The piece condemns equivocal actions and urges consistent stance despite party motives.
The piece argues about Gov. Troup and Judge M L Xan. It questions party unity and the value of current concessions. It warns against sacrificing long term goals for present gains and urges prudent use of the moment to strengthen future prospects.
A Baptist Convention initiative in Georgia established the Mercer Institute near Greene County, a labor and study school for about eighty students. The three story brick building and farms cover extensive acreage, with daily routines blending scripture, labor, and study. Debates formed, and commitment asked from Baptist leaders to support this “Heaven directed” enterprise.
Georgia records note unprecedented cold with temperatures ranging from 8 below to 6 above zero over a two day span as observers recall 87 years of data. Reports mention a fire at the Atheneum in Baltimore and a Senate approved Post Office Department reorganization amid ongoing corruption claims.
Market reports from Augusta show active cotton trading with prices rising amid demand strong since last week. Bank notes, exchange rates, and stocks listed alongside a forthcoming administrator sale of enslaved people to divide Zachariah Linkfield estate.
An event recorded in Columbus Georgia marks the 244th day of the year with Lew Anthony and Miss Martha unionizing under the supervision of Mr A Taylor. The ceremony gathers residents of Muscogee County to witness the nuptials.
DIED In Waynesborough on Sunday after a lingering illness Mr LILLIARD J ROWE aged 22 leaving parents brothers sisters and many acquaintances At Lagrange Georgia apoplexy claimed Rev THOMAS W STANLEY On Mobile Alabama JOHN STOCKING Jr Mayor On Columbus Mississippi Col GEORGE W BUTLER formerly of Augusta Georgia last month
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