Weekly Gazette Publication Note
Publication line states the newspaper is issued every Saturday morning by Broad Street under the Globe Hotel.
17 Jan 1835
Page 1
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1835
Page
1
Publication line states the newspaper is issued every Saturday morning by Broad Street under the Globe Hotel.
The document lists subscription rates for semi weekly and weekly papers with advance or end of year totals, advertising charges per square inch, and rules on insertions. It also outlines publisher responsibilities for remittances and legal notice requirements for executors heirs guardians selling land or enslaved people, and notices to debtors and creditors with specific publication timelines. It specifies public gazette notice intervals: land or negro sales sixty days, personal property forty days, debtor/creditor forty days, and leave to sell land or negroes four months.
Postal offices listed set daily due times and closing hours for multiple stations including Savannah, Charleston, Brunswick, and Grenville. Open hours span 8 a.m. to 6 p.m with split afternoon windows. delivery closes 9 to 10 a.m. and mail dispatch schedules note Western and Northern routes and Sunday closures.
The Georgia Chronicle publishes Col Dawson’s speech on Supreme Court citations amid party shifts from war to peace. It also previews legislative debates and adverts Waldin's Circulating Library Part 11 for 1834 praising its cheap, high quality selections and broad subscriptions.
The item lists thanks to A. B. Cuaron and others for public documents since the session began. It notes Dr Silas Fuuten of the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane for the 10th Directors’ Report. Also commends Dr Joszen Tooxe for acoustics and deafness study and Andre A A Dexten for a Georgia Rail Road preliminary survey report.
Senate report from the Foreign Relations Committee on France urges no new law for reprisals until indemnity is paid per 1831 treaty. The writer argues delaying action risks war and criticizes current policy as unjust to France, warning that further debt and tariff fights are unlikely for the South.
A Georgia Senate discussion contrasts the Constitutionalist’s stance with proponents of nullification. It argues that unconstitutional laws are void, cites Marbury v Madison, and questions whether nullification justifies state resistance. The speaker favors a minority report asserting that twelve acts and related sections are unconstitutional and urges open declaration of principles aligned with Jefferson and Madison.
In Raleigh a Confederate style Cotton report analyzes European stocks for 1834 35 and 1835 with estimates of American imports 1833 1834 and consumption. It argues prices must curb consumption if stocks stay tight and notes optimism for 1835 with cautious prices and mills expanding. The piece also covers convention questions and a Senate House of Commons compromise shaping North Carolina representation.
The correspondence describes a severe gale and Siberian cold with sleet and freezing rain, disrupting Charleston and court days. It notes political turmoil including debates over Pacific Deposits and revolutions, a disputed seat for Robert Patter, and corruption concerns tied to contractor overdraws in the legislature.
Partial OCR yields scattered dates from Liverpool with December and May references. The fragment mentions latest dates and a late December item, suggesting a shipping or arrival notice context without complete details or clear entities.
Weather remains very wet and streets muddy causing little business and firm holders awaiting better prices. Quotations nominally 149 to 164 with strict prime 17. Uplands sales 2048 bales at 14 to 17 1 2. Stock 100145 bales. market quiet as buyers wait for abroad advices.
The notice reports the marriage of John C. Ferrill to Miss Matilda G., only daughter of O M Lillibridge, in Savannah on the 7th.
Alexander Graham Esq of the extensive firm Kerra Graham and Hope died December 1834 at about fifty. A Mecklenburg County native, he was long a Salisbury merchant and in the last eighteen years a city merchant. He started with limited means and built a handsome competence through industry and perseverance. A man of unimpeachable character and reserved yet benevolent nature, he leaves a wife and wide circle of friends. The notice is a personal tribute from one who knew him well.
Georgia, Columbia County estray record cites Janes Vannoroven district 3 tolls before 8. W Graser Justice notes a brown mare about 5 or 6 years old four feet eight inches tall no other marks. William Colvard Ansel M Alto certified extract dated December 19 1834. Administrator's sale states on the first Tuesday in March at Lower Market House Augusta negroes Isham Henderson Baltimore and Milly to be sold for division among Zachariah Linkfield's legatees. Hollands McTyre administrator.
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