29 Mar 1834
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1834
Page
1
A brief Saturday morning notice near Jackson and the Globe Hotel mentions a morning time and location by the Globe Hotel area. It notes a recurring Saturday occurrence and references the NE R district.
Notice requires executors administrators and guardians to sell land or enslaved people on the first Tuesday of the month at the county courthouse between forenoon and afternoon hours. Publication must occur forty days before sale with debtor and creditor notices and court leave to sell.
The freemen of Lincoln County invite public participation in Lincolnton on April 26 to form a State Rights Society allied to Georgia's State Rights Association. The notice urges adherence to a Milledgeville meeting recommendation and notes local political tensions over post office removal and party discipline.
A speaker argues that sovereignty is a unitary, absolute authority. The General Government cannot possess sovereignty independently of states, since both are creatures of their respective creators. Delegated traits do not make sovereignty divisible or shared.
A Georgia newspaper fragment discusses sovereignty as vested in the people, not governments or officers, with federal and state authorities treated as agents of the people. It notes corrections about Forsyth’s statements on a Augusta Bank stock matter and traces the advertisement misreadings to a bank stock sale and capital stock plans.
A compilation notes a Bank of Augusta capital stock sale at $120 per share with a $124 dividend and references an October 1853 report of capital stock expansion. It also cites a December 1853 selling notice and a Georgia Courier cotton price report showing a half cent rise for good and prime and current quotations for various grades.
The article notes Mr Hant's benefit tonight and praises the Raven Family performances. It also mentions the strong lineup, urges theatre friends to attend, and highlights the rational amusements promised by the bill.
A condensed review cites Onard Green’s Georgia map as neat and valuable, praising its price and adding it to a Milledgeville Academician endorsement. The column covers Lucien Bonaparte’s failed bid as U.S. minister, New York customs cash duties, French medical damages, world sugar production growth, emigration from North and South Carolina, a Congress adjournment proposal, and Kentucky Bank charter details with capital and governance provisions.
February notes from Augusta describe steady cotton prices around 93 cents and 103 cents for new lots, with buyers returning for better prices. Market activity shows 5 planters folding back, river navigation is fine and boats arrive regularly, while merchants report plentiful goods and steady shipments.
A late 19th century style financial bulletin outlines exchange rates and bank discounts. It notes 60 per dollar in some markets, 1-2 percent discounts on various bank notes, 2 percent discounts on Savannah and Augusta Bank Bills, and mentions premiums on gold and foreign currencies. It also references delays on bills and payable dates across cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Savannah, and Mobile.
The report notes flour sales limited to bakers and families at 13712 to R162 129 with last transactions at 81.50 per bushel, no HO stock in market and many sales at a stand. Whiskey shows kid sales at 21.5 cents in limited lots with improved demand confined to small lots, drum storers offered at 21.26 cents.
The Savannah Georgian notes Myers Liverpool Mercantile Advertiser dated February 3 reports a heavy cotton market in Liverpool with 153,700 bales on hand and rising prices. Market activity shows limited sales but ongoing accumulation, with prices quoted around 70 8 3-4 to 81-8 and 76- or more.
The Macon Messenger Augusta Chronicle and Charleston Mercury will insert the banner text above and transmit their accounts to the office for payment. The notice outlines cooperation among papers for disseminating the material and settling charges.
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