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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1834
Page
6
The Milledgeville Central Committee on July 4 1834 recommended General Robert Augustus Beall of Bibb to fill the vacancy in the State Rights Congressional Ticket. They praised his character and pledged support from the Whig-leaning factions, while noting Beall’s differing views on some policy points.
A June 1834 letter reaches the Courier Enquirer detailing a political crisis in Washington. It argues Congress closed one of its most eventful sessions amid accusations of executive usurpation, corruption, and Jacksonian factionalism. It mentions Secretary McLane’s suspected resignation and Cabinet dynamics.
The speaker notes that in his late communication to the President he offered little new. He believes his retirement reasons were read in detail earlier, and will be disclosed in time, but likely suppressed until public sentiment is solidified.
The Augusta newspaper quotes a policy for receiving obituaries through the Post Office dated Saturday July 12 1834. It states they cannot publish notices lacking the writer's name to prevent impositions and will strictly adhere to this rule.
Dr George A Brws chosen to succeed Seat on the Central Committee of the State Rights Party at Milledgeville. Also Gov appoints Jess G Porsity Milledgeville to judge the Superior Courts of the Ocmulgee Circuit to fill the Lamar vacancy.
The City Section reports 17 persons died in August, including 8 whites and 9 blacks. Among the whites, five were under twelve months old, and two deaths were due to consumption.
The committee of citizens invites Hon. Jey P. Kiva to deliver a eulogy on the life and character of General Lafayette. He has accepted the invitation. Arrangements for the occasion will be announced in due season by the committee.
The Frankfort Argue reports a cholera outbreak in New Port Campbell county Kentucky with thirty cases and about fifteen deaths in three to four days. The notice notes rapid spread and high fatality within a short period.
At a State Rights Central Committee meeting in St Milledzeville on the 4th, Gen. Robert Avousty Bratt of Macon was nominated to fill the vacancy on the State Rights Congressional Ticket after Col. Shaporn Jones declined. If Gen. Beall accepts, the ticket is complete, and voters may judge the two sides.
In our advertising column we note proposals by Samugn Wiicur Min.r editor of the Macdonough Jacksonian to publish a paper in Newnan Cowery county. Micaaut J. Rapper of this city also aims to publish a Clarksville Hibersham county paper if encouragement comes. Both have our best wishes for success and are long-time printers in the state.
In Washington City Gen. Grasy’s extensive Usitem Spares Tececnara printing establishment is praised as the largest of its kind, with stereotyping book binding and a staff of about two hundred. The piece lauds Grasy’s public spirit and virtuous conduct, notes his support for liberty and nullification opposition, and calls for liberal patronage to sustain his works and newspapers. It also mentions a Senate episode regarding marshal nominations and a possible political trick, left to readers to judge.
The Augusta Chronicle reports the fifty eighth anniversary of American Independence celebrated in Waynesboro. A morning procession led by Col. T. M. Berries proceeded to the Methodist Church for readings and an oration by Jan Jones Greensam. A large dinner followed with remarks from Judge Bysh and other State Rights leaders praising states rights and opposing federal overreach.
The piece extols the fourth of July as the day of liberty and human happiness. It honors Revolutionary heroes who resisted usurpation and the memory of Washington Jefferson Lafayette. It contrasts the Constitution as framed with current executive view as binding yet restrictive to State liberties. It affirms state sovereignty as the cornerstone of liberty and union.
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