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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1836
Page
2
The excerpt presents a verse sequence praising a face as unseen by the painter yet implied through memory and emotion. It reflects longing and recollection as the speaker compares current cold life to earlier warmth, invoking Janus, Apollo, and a broken harp string to express fading softness and lingering music of memory.
Citizens of Edgefield District met in the Court Room to consider the abolition question before Congress. Resolutions condemn abolition, affirm Southern rights, denounce Mr. Pinckney, and pledge secession if federal authority attempts to end slavery.
Local leaders denounce a late extraordinary resolution as endangering constitutional protections for States against Congress meddling with slavery. They oppose abolition zeal and praise Rep. F. W. Pickens for his congressional stance. The meeting directs the Columbia Telescope, Charleston Mercury, and Augusta Chronicle to publish the proceedings.
The king delivers a lengthy opening to the session praising domestic prosperity and ongoing peace with France, urging ministers to advance measures on taxation, church tithes, municipal corporations, and legal reforms. He notes the slave trade treaty with Spain, calls for economic and maritime strength, and seeks improved justice administration and toleration while addressing agriculture distress. He hopes for a united effort to resolve Spain’s civil conflict and to strengthen Ireland's governance.
The text outlines a royal directive to examine Poor Laws and social reform in Ireland, urging use of English and Welsh acts as a model. It emphasizes prudence, wisdom, and the aim of increasing happiness and prosperity by promoting religion and morality, with a commission to report findings. The message underscores domestic peacetime governance and institutional reform.
The notice announces the editors are away in Fiorids and entrusts charge to trusted gentlemen. It urges debtors in city and country to pay immediately to support the publication during their absence and maintain the paper’s interests and subscriber convenience.
The Southern Agriculturist and related useful periodicals arrive for March issues, but due to time constraints they are not reviewed in detail. The brief notice notes receipt of these journals without providing summaries of their contents.
The Ladies Companion for February is published today but its merits are not yet assessed. The issue features a fair engraving of the Blackwell's Island Penitentiary and two pages of music.
A Washington source states Senator Seton will not resign his seat in the United States Senate despite earlier House of Delegates requests from Virginia. The announcement contradicts a prior statement and asserts continued incumbency.
A review lauds Bulwer Lytton's Rienzi the Last of the Tribunes as a worthy addition to his novels. It notes the work sustains his reputation, showing creative vigor and the master hand of E. L. Bunner in line by line craftsmanship. It emphasizes more a sustained fiction than pure fantasy.
The Herald accuses rival Troup editors of desertion from party and principles while praising the country’s cause over Van Buren. The piece labels opponents as rogues and questions their arguments, asserting the Herald’s own stance as superior to the rivals’ criticisms.
A group of gentlemen forms a stock company to establish a new stage line between this place and Montgomery Alabama. Sixty Torsano dollars have been subscribed with more expected. They oppose monopolies and criticize mail contractors and drivers for poor traveler treatment and extra government allowances. The plan promises reliable pick up, comfortable travel, and attentive service for patrons.
A boiler exploded on the Steam Boat Free Trade, Capt. James Young, near Bone Maker Point about fifty miles from Augusta on Monday. The captain died within six hours. One colored man was killed instantly and two others died later from scalds. The mate, engineer, and three colored men were badly scalded but hoped to recover. Forester aided the wounded. The incident is reported alongside editorial letters and political commentary about Mr. Pinckney and abolition debate in Congress.
A Savannah Georgia report notes a vessel collision or explosion near a bridge wall. One passenger and several boat staff escaped injury, while Young's body was recovered to the city yesterday morning, urging caution and possible protective legislation.
The Augusta Chronicle letter criticizes Governor Scarcy and Governor McDurrie over troop deployments to Florida and Georgia. It argues McDurrie sent two full regiments while Scurry sent one battalion and a troop, claiming Georgia would have sent more if not for the governor. The writer questions official praise and asserts Georgia’s governor obstructed timely action.
An 1835 letter from a Navy officer denounces Commodore Elliott for the treatment of Midshipman Barton after a duel with Midshipman Wood. Barton was wounded in the leg, carried to the Constitution, and later sent back to the Shark before being treated on shore. The account alleges inhuman order and calls Barton’s conduct honorable amidst the controversy.
A fragment recounts a breach of promise suit in Franklin County Pennsylvania with Miss Rebecca Jordan and Napoleon B. Hughes, plus a reference to $2,000 settlement. It lists Piedmont era Bank of the United States directors including Nicholas Biddle and John Sergeant, notes changes at the old Bank of the United States, and local militia movements in Putnam and Walton counties. The item also mentions retrocession talks for the District of Columbia, Southern support for such a move, and updates on Columbus Bank directors and readings from Dublin and Enquirer-Sentinel sources, with consignors and merchants listed.
Prices and items of trade in Augusta market including bacon butter brandy and other goods. Cotton prices and stock figures across New Orleans Mobile Charleston and Savannah with daily sales and export notes for the period.
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