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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1836
Page
2
Advertises publication schedule noting issue produced each Saturday morning from No 261 Broad Street opposite Masonic Hall.
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The River has risen to a favorable level for steam boat navigation after a period of low water. The Savannah mayor proclaims Thanksgiving and prayer for December 31. Rev George F Pierce has accepted a professorship at Randolph Macon College and departs for Virginia. The Raleigh Star notes the Southern Literary Messenger’s strong debut volume and urges Southern readership support.
The United States Telegraph reports a lengthy Congressional debate from the House on receiving petitions for abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. The discussion avoided a decisive vote, with Beardsley urging patience and warning of undefined dangers tied to pressing the issue. Georgia Legislature notes bill passages on pilotage, poor debtor relief, Cherokee costs, county audits, and a ferry across the Savannah river.
The 1835 session details bills and resolutions on banks wares and roads with multiple incorporations and repeals. It notes amendments to militia laws and education funds, rail road support for Spalding, and tax allocations. It records votes on many measures, adjournment sine die, and editorial comment on abolitionist petitions and Southern responses.
An 1800s fire in New York razed 674 tenements across Water Fronts and streets including Pearl Wall and Exchange areas. Merchants and vessels suffered heavy losses, with 123 reported losses totaling 3.353 million dollars and potential far higher. The Merchants' Exchange was gutted, and embers crossed to Brooklyn amid zero temperatures and gale conditions.
The United States Telegraph discusses abolitionist controversy with remarks by Mr Beardsley and a sharp reply from Mr Pickens. The Globe accuses nullifiers Hammond and Pickens of stirring the issue to aid abolitionists and challenge the North's Democratic allies.
The Columbia Jockey Club opened December 21 with a produce stake for three year old colts, entries paid, and three starters. Gadsden won heat one and Vertumnus won heat two in a heavy track. Argyle dominated first day four mile heats, while Second and Third days featured Lady Morgan, Cut Throat, Rush Light and others in pursuit of purses of 800, 600, and 400 dollars amid unsettled markets and coastal cotton trade notes.
Market remains quiet with few sales since the New York fire. Liverpool reports prices 4d lower to November 4, affecting local quotations for a time. Only small quantities offered since last note, and negotiations are curtailed pending clearer markets.
Died on the sixteenth of the month in Talbot County Georgia Jons Toaxen Cox aged thirty seven years influenza caused death. On the fourteenth in Jones County Georgia Mrs Mantua Jamison consort of Mr William Jamerson of Stewart County aged nineteen.
A local mill operator, Robert Philip, reports steady production of Flint Corn flour grit meal and fresh ground meal. The message notes availability of Flint Corn on hand and related products for customers.
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