20 Jun 1835
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1835
Page
1
A local notice states publication runs every Saturday morning from Broad Street beneath the Globe Hotel, indicating a regular newspaper schedule or listing period.
The notice sets subscription rates for semi weekly and weekly papers with advance or end of year options and a per insertion pricing scheme for advertisements. It outlines compliance for estate sales by executors and guardians, and required publication periods for notices of land or slave sales, personal property sales, debtor and creditor notices, and leave to sell land or slaves.
The Augusta Chronicle offers sale of the paper and all printing materials after October first. It notes a large subscriber base and extensive advertising patronage, with a valuable stock of printing types and presses, inviting brokers to inspect books and assets before purchase. Editors are asked to publish the notice in exchange.
The Southern Banner notes the withdrawal of Judge Claxton from the gubernatorial canvass and invites future cooperation with the Editor. A Grand Jury list is published including Foreman Aceustin Staconter and members Davis Borrom, Daniel 8, Raven Kercuum, Jesse Ansty, and others.
The May number of this periodical offers racy and instructive content. It features articles Our own Country and American Literature praised for taste and truth, exploring broad subjects to exercise judgment and imagination. The table of contents is noted in the advertising columns.
A republication notes WM N Bishop replying to Spencer Riley. The piece criticizes personal attacks and irrelevant content, arguing such conduct undermines fair debate and self-corrects through confrontation.
A letter denounces a man for acting as judge of a political spirit, condemning him for abuses of the State Rights Party and calumnies against its members. It notes the work THE JURIST and its Fifth Part May Number edited by William Cranen, praising its talents and value to the legal profession and urging attention to the prospectus in the ads.
A treasury-print vents a stern homily on consistency and questions the editor of the Standard. It cites the editor’s political faith expose opposing the Penitentiary system and claims influence used to overturn it with the last Speaker of the House. Further queries promise more texts for consistency lessons.
The Alabama Journal rebuts the Chronicle arguing nullification does not bar Congress from enforcing laws. It condemns reliance on constitutional form as a shield for despotic policies and cites the Alien and Sedition acts as examples of laws passed in pursuance of form but violating spirit.
A Missouri Georgia era debate fights about State sovereignty and Congress power. The exchange centers on Judge White and the Force Act, with critics warning that endorsing coercive federal power betrays states rights and risks federalism stability.
The Richmond County Grand Jury for the first week of the June Term 1835 endorses the constitutional act to create a court for correcting legal errors and cites uncertainty in current jurisprudence. It praises clerks, reviews Poor School Funds, and recommends jail, liquor license, and slave-holding controls, plus court officials. It closes with thanks to Judge Schley and the Attorney General and orders publication of the presentments.
The directors announce a schedule in which 300000 will be distributed among Georgia counties on specified July dates. Counties listed include Appling to Franklin on July 2, Gilmer to Jasper on July 9, Jefferson to Muscogee on July 16, Newton to Thomas on July 23, and Troup to Wilkinson on July 20. Notes must be payable at Central Bank of Georgia with two or more endorser fields and cannot be accepted after noon on the specified days. New certificates required. notes bearing debt names of defaulting makers or endorsers will be discounted.
From Havre the Augusta Market reports cotton prices declined contrary to expectations as of the first of August. The note cites unusual market weakness and suggests a shift in demand affecting the commodity outlook.
May in Liverpool reports a dull market with limited sales at lower prices. Cotton sales total about 11,000 bales in five days, with 1,000 speculated and 1,200 exported. import year totals reach 359,008 bales, stock around 160,000 bags. Liverpool notes quiet demand, strong supply of inferior ports, and uncertain crops in India and Brazil. Havre and other ports show active demand with 2,500 to 3,000 bales sold daily. stock about 35,000. Andrew Scott shipment pending arrival.
In this city Grovar Wr. Lam aged 20 months and 23 days is recorded as the only son of Thomas 8. Metcalf. The notice documents the death and specifies the family relation and age.
Wil. Way, agent, presents a New York import sale of dry goods. The inventory lists cotton cambrics, muslins, ginghams, calicoes, linens, shirtings, curtains, quilts, gauze veils, silk crapes, bobbinet laces, sewing notions, corsets, and ready fabrics. Prices vary with banded quantities and styles. The goods are fresh, new, and offered as cheap as any in the market.
Public outcry will occur on the first Tuesday in July at Jacksonboro with sale hours. Tracts include 3 acres at Skinner's Bluff, 250 acres on Beaver Dam Creek, 500 acres granted to E Sapp, 900 acres in two parcels to J Smith, 250 acres to Henry, 350 acres to S Kemp, 200 acres to A Bound, 168 acres to William Graves, 234 acres to T Shields, 500 acres to John Bryan, 600 acres to T McKinney. Terms announced sale day. Charles J. Jenkens for the heirs of Seaborn Jones.
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