28 Mar 1835
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1835
Page
1
Public notice outlines subscription prices for semi weekly and weekly papers with advance or end of year payments. It details advertising rates by insertion and minimum square, rules for limited notices, and legal sale notice timing for land or slaves, estates, and guardianships with posting periods.
The column lists daily mail deadlines and closing times for Northern Mart Western Mart Savannah Mart Quantistown Mart Anexs Mart Greensville Main Cannesville Main and office hours open periods. It notes mail delivery cutoffs, daily closures, Sunday exceptions and special Monday through Friday schedules. It sets weekly dispatch days and adjusts for mail distribution and Western and Northern mail closings.
Augusta on Wednesday March 25 1835 reports that Dr Ducas has closed his Anatomy lectures and Dr Fono as Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy in the Medical College of Ga is urged to deliver popular lectures on Chemistry and Natural Philosophy. Dr Forp has consented to lead a class and use the college apparatus to illustrate the science’s importance and usefulness to life and learning.
A State Rights party letter praises neutrality between White and Van Buren, arguing both lack distinct virtue and criticizing their ties to the administration. The writer notes White shares Jacksonian, Force Bill era flaws and condemns both as consoldiationist or presidential tools. Some friends disagree.
The speaker rejects supporting either party in a choice between flawed candidates. He argues for self government over compromisers who offer only masters or tyrants. He warns that one state's refusal to back a candidate can shift others toward a more acceptable policy, shaping national conduct over time.
The Charleston Courier reports on Tidyman Wood and the Philadelphia Eastern Penitentiary, praising separate confinement and moral education, with Wood advocating humane treatment, Bible study, and labor to reform criminals rather than corporal punishment. It highlights the system as a modern Howardian model in America.
At a Charleston meeting of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company Mr Wituraw Ron Enreux Jr was elected Superintendent of Transportation to fill the vacancy caused by Horatio Allen's resignation. The report also notes political items and various incidents including a Massachusetts resolution rejection and a damaging fire at a Hermon factory affecting wagons and carriages.
The latest cotton market notes demand remains strong for prime cotton though scarce with sales from 15 to 16.4 cents, 17 cents for choice. Receipts from the country are light due to bad roads and planters delaying harvest. Grocery supplies are ample but interior trade has been light. Freight to Savannah is 50 cents per bale and to Charleston by river and rail road is one dollar.
Col Joan N Biren of Talbotton dies suddenly at age, leaving a widow and six children. Revered for generosity and faith, he served 20 years in the Methodist Church. Also noted is infant Jon Howann Bostwick, two months and twenty-two days old, who died at Sandhills.
The Voice of Experience extols the Indian Vegetable Elixir as a safe remedy for rheumatism gout bone and joint pains. It claims 90 cures in 200 and cites certificates from South Carolina residents including WM Barclay and Allanson G Sinclair attesting to dramatic relief and full recovery after use.
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