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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1833
Page
5
A fragmented legal and advertising notice outlines rates for print space, duties of paper offices, and legal requirements for administrators guardians and estate sales. It mentions publication costs for various insertions and the timing rules for sales of land and slaves.
A 1823 Edgefield District report outlines county election selections for the Inferior Court, a Carrion benefit performance, and a Charleston inspired ordinance debate. It praises youth support for liberty, free trade, and state rights, noting a large Edgefield gathering lauding devotion to liberty and opposition to tyranny.
Resolutions passed unanimously approving convention and legislature actions to open rolls for volunteers at each poll precinct for the sheriff election next Monday. Thousands offered to march on short notice. 2000 expected enrolled. Union men and district leaders pledge to volunteer and influence the state cause as speeches and a Hamburg band energize the crowd. Blue cockades and ribbons spread through town as citizens ready to defend the state, seen as a noble expression of freemen.
A January 3 meeting at the Globe Hotel in Augusta organized by J. R. Rezo and J. McKisye adopted resolutions defending state sovereignty and opposing federal overreach. They urged support for South Carolina, warned of armed conflict, and appointed a seven member committee to rally citizens, with the missive to Augusta Chronicle and other papers.
Courier and Liverrogr report brisk demand for cotton in early week with finer descriptions sought then middling to prime sold and an advance of a quarter cent. Weekly sales near 5000 bales with extensive owner shipments keeping stock light. Other notes record quiet markets on November 13 and mild price gains on speculation.
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