03 Jan 1835
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1835
Page
1
Publication note states a weekly issue published every Saturday morning on Broad Street under the Globe Hotel, indicating regular print schedule and location for readers seeking the paper.
The semiweekly paper charges five dollars per year in advance or six dollars at year end. The weekly paper costs three dollars in advance or four dollars at year end. Advertisements run at six and four tenths cents per square for first insertion and four and three tenths cents for each subsequent semiweekly insertion. Legal notices require specific advance publication times and must follow tax and sale notification rules. Executors administrators and guardians must advertise land or enslaved people sales on the first Tuesday, with sixty days notice for real estate, forty days for personal property, and related estate notices.
The notice details daily office hours with morning and afternoon blocks and a mid day break. It notes a Sunday shift with opening from 12:30 to 1:00 PM and from 5:00 to 6:00 PM, reflecting limited weekday accessibility.
The Calhoun with Capt O Neale reached Augusta in 80 hours from New York. Papers from New York dated 23 and 24 instant contain no later foreign news or notable domestic items. No U S Bank stock sales reported on the 23rd. The U S Telegraph requests proper credit for a War with France item previously published, attributing it to the Charleston Mercury.
The piece presents Judge Clayton defending the President's war policy toward France and urges Southern public action. It warns Congress and the nation that swift, firm declarations against the measure could shape public opinion and deter further war efforts, calling for immediate Southern public meetings.
The question is one of extraordinary moment to the South. It describes war as possibly causing dissolution or consolidation of the Union. It argues a third term for Gen. Jackson would follow a war declaration, concentrating power and making him irresistible to defend the country, urging action now before influence is contemned.
A critical examination of northern politics, demagogues, and the danger of flattery toward the sovereign people. The piece contrasts true patriotism with hollow popularism, warns against leaders who flatter voters, and argues for disciplined public virtue and independent judgment over mass flattery.
The piece recounts a Georgia case where Judge Hooper ruled to expunge extraneous parts of Indian bills, upholding state sovereignty over Cherokee lands. It criticizes Governor's counsel Cuthbert for procedural neglect and questions executive overreach while noting broader judicial tensions in Georgia.
Stand Wattie and Elias Boudenot transmit excerpts from New Echota brothers. A Ridge meeting at Ridge's produced resolutions unanimously adopted and a congressional memorial. Delegation named to Congress includes Ridge Boudenot Vann Davis Gunter Smith Bell West M Coy. Boudenot predicts strong effect, energy to exit state jurisdiction.
In response to the Federal Union’s assertion that Georgia law is not linked to federal authority, a counter argument states the law nullifies acts of Congress treaties and Supreme Court rulings. It asserts the Supreme Court’s authority supersedes the Federal Union and questions Georgia’s long standing complaints about federal laws. U.S. Telegraph.
The Greenville Mountaineer notes Hon. W. R. Davis has recovered enough to travel to Washington. It comments on rumors of pork shortages, stating drovers avoid the area and prices remain high. It also mentions potential Massachusetts senators to replace Mr. Silsbee and cites winter cold in Boston and Hudson. It covers New York Exchange plans for a marble statue of Gen. Hamilton by Dall Hughes.
Market notes show very little business in cotton with few buyers and sellers and expected higher prices due to a shorter interior crop. Reports from Alabama and Nashville discuss expected yields, with Alabama predicting a drop and Tennessee forecasting a larger crop for the state but a decline in North Alabama. Current arrivals and sales figures are listed, including upland bales and prices around 15 to 17 cents, with shipments not yet cleared and a near halt in transactions after holiday breaks. Other commodities covered include flour, sugar, coffee, molasses, spirits, bacon, and freight rates, with scattered prices across staples and regions.
A set of marriage notices lists J J Royal to I A Bell in Burke County, Mulford Marsh to Sarah Fryer in Burke, William Tickney to Mary Wake Lace in Wilkes, John James Flournoy of Athens to Eliza Venable in Jackson, and John Thomas Grant to Martha Jackson in Athens. An obituary records Eliza Jane Bell of Burke County who died after four months illness at age 25, and Mary Lucas of Sparta Georgia, aged about 60, noted for church membership and virtue.
A Georgia county extract describes a 5 or 6 year old enslaved boy named Mivee and valued at eighty dollars, verified by county officials. It also notes an upcoming sale on March 1 at Edgefield Court House of sixty five enslaved persons, including cooks and house servants, with twelve months credit. Advertisement repeats in Augusta Courier and Hamburg Galaxy until sale day.
The Justices of the Inferior Court for the County of Richmond will on the first Monday in January next appoint a person to take charge of the Poor House for twelve months. Applications must be in writing and terms may be learned by applying to any court member or to the Clerk, James McLaws.
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