Augusta Glimpses and Local Views From the South
The Southern Rose sketches Augusta Georgia, praising prosperity on Broad Street, waterfront activity, hills and Sand Hills scenery, and the Arsenal. It highlights Miss M and Dr Barber’s phrenology lectures, Spear’s painting in City Hall, and a May Day festival. Also noted are Hamburg, river views, Shultz’s public-works, a Bridge view, and local criticisms of shutter habits.
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Aveusta
Geonda
Augusta
Liverpool
Arsenal
Miss*m
America
Medicalollege
Medical College
Savannah
Hamburg
Mr. Shultz
Georgia
Carolina
Shultz
Mount Auburn
Barber
Spear
Washington
Cry Council
Mifflin
Forsyth era rumors swirl over Kitchen Cabinet fate
The article questions the future duties of the secretary and secretary of state roles as Forsyth serves in both posts while speculation grows that the new Post Master General will renounce political interference. It mocks a rumored pledge to end electioneering through the Post Office and recalls Kendall's prior political lines.
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Cass
War Office
Forsyth
State Department
Levi Ae
the Treasury
Rhode Island
Martin van Buren
Kendall
Fourth Auditor’s
Departure of Forsyth and shifts in Treasury staff
In Washington on May 19 1835 letters report Forsyth leaving the State Department with Woodbury to succeed him and the Treasury seat to be filled by Rives or Stevenson. Kendall has asked Stockton Ree side and others to refund money improperly received from the Department.
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Sentinel
Punch
Devil
Judge White
Be just, and fear not. May 30 1836 issue notice
This notice requests payment from persons indebted to the paper by the 4th of next month to cover a large upcoming payment. It notes willingness to accept remittances by mail postpaid and mentions deferred correspondence to readers, including the Gatx reply and Federal Union comments.
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Gatx
Federal Union
Thanks to B H Warren Esq for Baltimore papers
A note of gratitude to the respected friend and townsman B H Warren Esq for supplying Baltimore papers containing the latest proceedings of the Van Buren Convention.
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B. H. Warren
Baltimore
Jefferson County State Rights Delegates Named for June Convention
The State Rights party of Jefferson county on Tuesday last appointed Hon. R. L. Gannte Dr. Pattie 8 Lentz and Granaz Staruerox Esq as delegates to represent them at the State Rights Convention in June.
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Jefferson County
State Rights Party
R. L. Gannte
Pattie 8
Lentz
Granaz Staruerox
Newspaper Improvements and Dress at Two Papers
The Savanna h Republican and The Standard of Union unveil new dress and a greatly enlarged, improved form. Charleston Mercury’s correspondent provides extracts from New York papers received by the steam packet Wm. Gibbons, with late files up to Saturday, to be found in another column.
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Tennessee
James O. Harrison
Lexington
Madrid
Middleton
Gen. Jackson
Col
R. M
Charleston
Hartford
New York
Savannhh Republican
Standard of Union
Charleston & N. York
Charleston Mercury
Wm. Gibbons
Cabinet Explosion and Kendall Transformation Rumor
A Baltimore Patriot Chronicle letter and similar reports suggest another cabinet boiler collapse may occur. The piece mocks Amos Kendall, claiming he is being transformed into a trustworthy figure, and jokes the government would gain more from this change than from the philosopher's stone discovery.
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Baltimore Patriot and Chronicle
Amos Kendall
Recommendable juvenile periodical praised for city sketches
The piece promotes a Charleston produced juvenile periodical with charming sketches of Hamburg and surrounding areas. It highlights an timely window shutter hint and urges families to read and gift the publication for pleasure and instruction. It questions the Sentinel’s stance on Punch versus the Devil and calls for informed civic engagement.
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Hamburg
Sand Hills
Charleston
Girma
The Next Governor
The editorial voices support for State Rights principles and urge rigid adherence and steadfast advocacy. It hopes newspapers align with the convention’s nominee, trusting in the enduring nature of principles despite changing men.
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Macon Messenger
Platform Principles For Governor Nominee In State Rights Focus
The text declares support for a convention candidate aligned with 1832 doctrines and strict State Rights, rejecting neutral or opportunistic choices. It urges a fearless, named advocate for nullification or State Rights, condemns mere popularity, and criticizes opposition as federalist and untrustworthy. The call emphasizes consistency, candor, and unwavering adherence to party principles.
The Lost Bride Tale in May Issue of Ladies Companion
The May number of Ladies Companion presents The Lost Bride an original tale based on 1798 New York events tied to Guielmo’s mysterious death. It features a steel-plate Catskill Mountains engraving embroidery patterns and two pages of music, with a prospectus for a third volume.
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Mont
Alabama
Aaron Burr
Mobile
Ladies Companion
New York
Guilielmo S
Catskill Mountains
Confusing Baltimore Convention Surges Beyond Constitution
Two day proceedings of a national convention are described as chaotic and beyond proper authority. The piece mocks the convention’s influence, notes delegates flocking to the President’s house, and condemns state colleges in favor of unauthorised national gatherings. It ends with a jibe praising Jackson and the Republic.
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National Intelligencer
Baltimore
U. States
Jackson and the
Republic
Public dinner honors a persecuted statesman
A Philadelphia audience recently honored a renowned statesman labeled a chosen victim of Executive vengeance. Pompexton’s published speech condemns the President’s alleged slanderous plots, praising presidential decorum and integrity while mocking cries for punishment, and warning that a blackened mansion would reflect poorly on the Chief Magistrate.
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Philadelphia
United States
Pompexton
China
Western Stage Line and the New Post Master General
A letter praising the Post Office Department and the new Post Master General Kendall. It argues Kendall is capable of reforming the department, guiding it with the rules he has laid down, and improving its usefulness for travelers westward from Columbus.
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Post Office Department
Columbus
Kendall
Post Office reproaches contractors over mail stage preferences
A May 1835 letter from Amos Kendall to Tarzon Avent & Co. rebukes their Columbus to Mobile mail line for favoring passengers headed to Columbus, Ga. The Postmaster General warns against anti-competitive practices and urges uniform policies and reciprocal good will across routes to ensure uninterrupted service.
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Tarzon, Avent, & Co
Columbus
Mobile
Montgomery
W. R. King
U.S
Alabama
Department
Euch
Amos Kendall
State Rights party urged to resist force bill influence
The piece denounces a push by Force Bill supporters within the State Rights party and warns against compromising principles for office. It likens political temptation to a parable of the horse and the stag, urging steadfast devotion to party principles and warning against enemies or misguided friends who would curb their independence.
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State Rights
Sop
State Rights Party
Brutus Quarrels With Ghost and British Seizure Noted
The Augusta Chronicle report quotes Brutus cursing Julius Caesar and challenging Jove as he recalls a murdered conqueror’s memory. A Novascotian item notes an American vessel seized at Liverpool by customs officers for carrying tea tobacco coffee shoes and other goods to supply rivals along the coast. The seizure amounts to about 4000 dollars.
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Cuantistox
William Gibbons
New York
Europe
Evening Star
Boston
Havre
Thomas Phoenix
Hollman
Nova Scotian
Liverpool
Coenties Slip
Front Street
Mesurs
Miller & Barreker
Merchants’ Line of
Philadelphia
Samuel Aymer & Co
Messrs. Miller & Bancker
Hilliker
Messrs. Aymer
Novascotian
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van Buren
United States Senate
Globe
Vermont
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Virginia
The
Ball
Ourang Ourang
East Indies
Peale
Mr. Peale
Mr. P
Boston Courier
Davaprun
Eastern Stage Company
Commercial Street
West Cambridge
Brookline
Charlestown
Roxbury
Cambridge
Cambridgeport
Union Street
Messrs. Smith and Stetson
Georgia Journal
Twiggs
Bibb
Monroe
N. N. West
Commissioners Creek
Macon
Tarversville
Twiggs County
S. W
Ocmulgee
Romulus M. Saunders
North Carolina
Andrew Stevenson
James Fenner
Edward Condict
New Jersey
Upton
Heath
Maryland
Robert Strange
John L. Nevitt
Mississippi
Franklin Cannon
Missouri
Charles G. Atherton
New Hampshire
John Cotton Smith
Connecticut
George J. Flood
Ohio
Thomas H. Brown
Indiana
Gayton P. Osgood
Massachusetts
1St Presbyterian Church
Saunders
Gen. Saunders
Jonathan Allen
Berkshire
Mass
Peter V. Daniel
Daniel
Maine
N. Hampshire
N. York
N. Jersey
N. Carolina
Kentucky
Michigan
Baltimore Patriot
Baltimore Chronicle
Punch and the Devil
MR. Poindexter
Western Stage Line
Augusta Chronicle
Julius Chsar
Jove
Elysium
Brutus
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