Public rebuke of Bishop and Hargrove over Cherokee land case
The author denounces William N. Bishop and Z. B. Hargrove for alleged falsehoods and agitating publications defending their role in Cherokee land disputes. He accuses them of unlawful possession, biased grand juries, and improper state policy, citing Governor Lumpkin and related figures, and calls for legal examination and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Journal
William N. Bishop
Z. B. Hargrove
Bishop
Col. Rockwell
Goss
Vann
Holden
Gov
Lumpkin
Maj. Prince
Col
Rockwell
Hooper
Humphries
Murray
Ishop
Joe Vann
Hardihood
Superior Court of
Hargrove
Tam
Odium
Saha
Turley
Sam
Epsy
McLean
Thad
Vann’s
Murray County
Land dealing and violent eviction in Cherokee country
Documented statements from Macon and Baldwin county certify Spencer Riley acted as authorized land broker for Roger Macarthy in the Cherokee country for over a year. Testimony describes executions used to raise funds and a March incident where armed men moved to oust Riley from possession with Baker coerced into joining the armed group.
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Macon
Roger Macarthy
Spencer Riley
Macarthy
C. Lippett
Grorota
Bibb County
Enoch M. Fincher
William G. Macon
James R. Bennett
Riley
John Scurley
Baldwin County
Murray Superior Court
Isaac Baker
Murray County
Col. Bishop
Baker
Vann
Bishop
WM. Y. Hansell
August as Saturday Be Just and Fear Not
Fragmentary line from 1835 text invokes virtue and courage using biblical cadence. No clear event or person beyond generic exhortation.
State Rights Nomination for Governor Cis Dougherty
Announcement of Cis R. Dougherty as the State Rights candidate for governor. plus extensive notes on a Scriven county independence celebration at Jacksonboro with Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions read, remarks by Avaverus Sravony Jones, a grand dinner, and a toast-filled, unified State Rights gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cis R. Dougherty
Scriven County
Jacksonboro
Spanona Goonaxu
Virginia
Kentucky
Avaverus Sravony Jones
Patnrex Henry
Virginia and
Jefferson
Georgia
Southern Literary Messenger July No. topics teased
The July number of the Southern Literary Messenger is noted as interesting with advertised contents to be shown in a later column. The tenth or June issue has arrived but not yet read, and details will follow in a subsequent column.
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Murray Superior Court
Wm. N. Bishop
Bishop
M.T.C. Lumpkin
Messie
General Assembly
Gov. Lumpkin
Nathan Ward
J. P
Murray County
Vann’s
Spencer Riley
South
Southern Literary Messenger
Constitutionalist questions Judge Schley's congressional resignation
The Constitutionalist argues over the status of Judge Wm. Schley and asks whether he has truly resigned his seat in Congress. It questions the authenticity and timing of his claimed departure and presses for confirmation.
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Wm. Schley
Congress
New volume of the Minnon impresses with engraving
The first No. of the new volume, issued on the 4th instant, is praised for literary merit and superior typography. It features an allegorical vignette and a plate of the Washington Pillar at Baltimore, described as beautiful and chaste.
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Washington Pillar
Baltimore
Union Nominations Debate and Bank Stock Sale
The Macon Telegraph comments on the late Union nominations at Milledgeville and Baltimore, noting unity in the party over immediate division fears. It also reports the sale of 1500 shares of Mechanics Bank stock at premiums ranging from 18 to 30 dollars per lot, with total premium about 29 000 dollars and a handsome extra dividend anticipated.
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UNION
Macon Telegraph
Milledgeville
Baltimore
Mechanics Bank
Augusta Courier Reports Stockholders Receive 3 92 Per Share
The item notes about 1150 dollars per share paid to old stockholders along with a regular dividend of 5 dollars and an extra dividend of 142 dollars in December last plus a 15 dollar rise from last year, totaling 3 92 per share for 12 months.
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Augusta Courier
Milledgeville Fourth Toast From Gen Mitchell
Patriotic toasts reflect support for state rights as Gen D B Mitchell missed the celebration due to fever. The sentiment denounces Alien and Sedition Laws and consolidation while urging adherence to Union safety and state sovereignty.
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Milledgeville
D. B. Mitchell
Grytremex
State Rights
Lam &c
Stock quotation correction from State Bank notice
In a prior quote the State Bank Stock was misstated as $110.00 for $100.00 paid. The correct price is $121.00 for $100.00 paid, and this correction clarifies the value per share as reported in the stock notice.
Independence Anniversary Toasts in Charleston
The South Carolina observance featured Maj. Bynann R. Lawrens as orator at St. Finbar's Cathedral. Toaster lines praised Washington Jefferson Calhoun and Lafayette, urged state rights, and mourned figures like Turnbull while praising U S constitutional ideals and the Senate’s resistance to executive power.
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Brsuor Exerayn
Cincinnati Society
Whig
Free ‘Trade and State Rights Society
Charleston
D. C
St. Finbar’s Cathedral
Maj. Bynann R. Law- Rens
The
Cincinnati
South Carolina
Washington
Jefferson
John C. Calhoun
Volunteers
LaFayette
Europe
America
George McDuffe
Robert J. Turnbull
Brutus
Hiss
United States
Senate of the
Reply to Bishop controversy sparks partisan claims in Georgia journal
The Georgia Journal republished a morning notice discussing W. N. Bishop and Spencer Riley. It accuses Bishop’s certifiers of complicity, while praising Riley’s allies and questioning the Bishop appointment as a move to incite violence and undermine law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Journal
W. N. Bishop
Spencer Riley
Riley
Bishop
Federal Union
Fourth of July Celebration at Appling Columbia County
Citizens of Columbia County gathered at the Baptist Church on the fourth to hear an eloquent sermon before the Temperance Society by Rev Jonian Harrs. An after-lecture by Ron't M. Gaxax, Esq followed, then a barbecue in the adjoining grove with many of the county's leading ladies and toasts of patriotism.
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Appling
Columbia County
Baptist Church
Temperance Society
Jonian Harrs
Ron't M. Gaxax
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