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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1833
Page
5
Public notices outline terms for land and enslaved property sales. Administrators and guardians must publish as required by law. Provisions cover payment, insertion rates, and sale scheduling on the first Tuesday with conditions for notices and debt settlements.
A letter from Athens dated July 6 1833 urges Augusta and Athens residents to consider the Charleston Rail Road project. Clark party factions clash over federal principles and Nullifiers threaten to contest the governor nomination. Citizens are called to a town meeting on July 20 at 9 oclock to discuss the issue.
The writer describes New Orleans from the Mississippi bend to the upper and lower Faubourgs, noting shifting street names, three city divisions, sprawling markets, canals, and a damp swamp belt. He highlights mosquitos, mud filled gutters, levee frontages, and mighty steamboats docking along the river, with Mobile history promised separately.
A vivid midnight scene in New Orleans portrays steamers plowing the Mississippi and their thunderous belching as they tow ships and cargo. Beyond the river’s glow lie sickrooms, gambling halls, and watchful guards, while the river shapes a grand, expanding city faced with growth, danger, and hidden sorrow.
The notice describes the Lumpkin Courthouse lots sale, noting the front lots size about fifty five square feet and priced from three to four hundred dollars each, with back lots similarly proportioned. Total sale amounted to over twelve thousand dollars, and the event ran from Wednesday to Saturday after prior notice.
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