14 Mar 1835
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1835
Page
1
A notice states the publication appears each Saturday morning and is billed under the Globe Hotel on Broad Street.
The notice outlines subscription rates for a weekly and semiweekly paper with terms for arrears and end of year options. Advertisements cost 6 1 2 cents per square for first insertion and 3 4 percent for subsequent insertions, with minimum one square. Legal notices require publication deadlines: sales of real estate, personal property, debtors and creditors, and applications to sell land or slaves must run for set periods before sale or court action.
Notices list daily mail due times and closing hours for multiple routes and offices. It details exceptions for Sundays and Saturdays, with start and end times and special open periods for the Western Savannah Mails and related routes.
A dated letter from New York February 28 reports dull market conditions with little cotton activity and exchange on England at 74 percent. The correction notes an error in a previous sale notice for Hamburg lots, stating 189 improved and 9 unimproved were sold, not the earlier figures, and that the sale was postponed to March 24.
A Republican urged in a meeting report that opposition to an unnecessary war be united across parties and that anti slavery efforts continue. The piece notes a Boston anti slavey society and petitions in Congress. It cites resolutions from New York Young Men's Anti Slavery Society calling Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
A proclamation urges abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and commends Representative Dickson for efforts to end slavery in a U S territory. The piece also reports on universal suffrage rhetoric and a New York press scorn for universal suffrage voters with a mob incident against French officers at Castle Garden.
A correspondence extract arguing against backing any candidate who opposes the Force Bill. It stresses that opposition to Van Buren or Jackson must not erode principle, and warns that waiving the Force Bill undermines the party’s integrity. It praises Judge McLean’s stance but rejects broader support beyond justice.
Long, partisan discussion critiques Presidential candidates Van Buren and White, arguing southern principles risk erosion under popularity and force bills. Letters warn against Jacksonian worship, urge unity for State Rights, and foresee harm if Judge White or Van Buren prevail. Includes racing notes and Scriven county resolutions opposing federal threats toward France.
A lengthy legislative item describes a Senate vote of 31 to 5 approving a bill to reconfigure the U S circuit system. It would attach Delaware to the third circuit and Maryland to the fifth, redefining Baldwin and Marshall’s circuits with new state groupings. The House debate included resolutions on citizens rights and presidential negotiator authority. The report also notes theater attractions, Commodore Diffott on the Constitution, a drowning incident near Tortugas, and Col. Austin's release from Mexican confinement.
The period shows light receipts and limited warehouse offerings with mixed cotton sales at full prices. Western flour demand rises while cargoes move. spirits and sugar see price shifts. freights to Charleston and Liverpool steady, framed by weather and mail disruptions affecting trade.
MARRISD in Savannah on the 8th instant Stephen A Patot to Miss Mary S daughter of the late Alexander Ervine both of that city In Athens on the 10th instant William M Boggs of Chirk county to Atias Louisa M Joinson of Lilurty county.
On the first Tuesday in April next at the Court House in Jacksonborough Scriven County two hundred two and a half acres of Oak and Hickory land in Coweta County parcel 202 levied to satisfy 1834 taxes. Also several adjoining tracts forming 1250 acres near the Savannah River, and fifty four pieces of timber levied to satisfy a fifa in Willis Burke et al. versus William C. Wayne. Richard Brown administrator seeks letters of dismission. creditors must appear at the Louisville office by law. D. Er. Gothwell, Clerk.
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