Southern and Western Rail Road Report by Charleston Committee
The Charleston Committee urges a Charleston Cincinnati rail link to unite South and West, reduce frontier ignorance, defend slave institutions, and seize West trade. It compares routes, costs, and times, urging state unity and rapid action to secure Atlantic commerce and regional prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Courier
Southern & Western Rail Road
Charleston Committee
Coxcrupen
Europe
Charleston
Cincinnati
Lexington
Knoxville
South
Union
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
North
Cuaneston
Atlantic
Messrs
E. D. Mansfield
J. 8
Williams
Mansfield
Paris
Cumberland Gap
French Broad
A Call to Advance in South Carolina Prosperity
The piece urges citizens to seize the current impulse in South Carolina especially Charleston to push forward a grand enterprise. It celebrates a wave of public and private prosperity, calls for unity after party strife, and urges laying a foundation for a lasting monument of enterprise wisdom and patriotism for future generations.
Charleston to Cincinnati Rail Road plan discussed in 1825 meeting
Charleston citizens resolved to cooperate with Cincinnati and others to explore and survey a rail route to the Ohio River. A seven member Committee of Correspondence would coordinate with state and other states, arrange surveys, and seek legislative funding. Delegates may attend a convention. names Hamlin, Hayne, Edmonston, Coleock, Bennett, Boyce, Black are proposed to lead efforts.
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Cincinnati
New York
Lake
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Wheeling
Mobile
Theennessee
Ohio River
Charleston
Seaboard
Phiadelphia
Williams
Europe
Ohio
Newark
Alba
Committee of Correspondence
Robert ¥. Hayne
James Hamilton
Charles Edmonston
Charles J. Coleock
Atlantic
U. States
Mississippi
Arkansas
New York Canal
Savannah
Echmond
Washington
Florence
Augusta
Alleghany Mountains
Coosa
Talapoosa
Chatahoochee
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Coast
Copartnership in Augusta Chronicle Publisher Change
Announcement from Augusta dated November 14 1835 that W F Pemserton joins A H and W F Premxiertox to publish the Augusta Chronicle new volume. Debts of the old firm are to be collected and books closed. Also notice of a public meeting at City Hall to discuss the Southern and Western Rail Road project.
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W. F. Pemserton
A. H
W.F. Premxiertox
Augusta Chronicle
Augusta
Georgia
Carolina
Cincinnati
Ohio
New York Mirror reply referenced in Southern press dispute
The New York Mirror article responds to Southern reflections on peculiarly Southern institutions and abolition, noting apologies for misplaced remarks and asserting a stance to avoid religion and political debates. The Augusta Chronicle acknowledges the Mirror editor’s careful guidance and refrains from slave emancipation discussions in its pages.
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NEW York Mirror
Mirror
Augusta Chronicle
The
Chronicle
Abolitionist Attacks and Southern Response in 19th Century Post
A Southern citizen preserves and publishes excerpts from a New York Evangelist issue to illustrate abolitionist aims. The piece condemns immediate emancipation, notes Utica and Peterboro meetings, and includes Gerrit Smith’s call for war to end slavery, urging Christian duty and anti abolitionist sentiments.
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New York
Utica
Peterboro
2D Presbyterian Church
England
Gerrit Smith
South
Southern warnings on impending ruin prompt reader reflection
What think you reader will not such declarations open the eyes of the Southern people and prepare them for the coming storm The piece suggests awakening to danger and hints at continuing extracts from the paper at an early period if space allows
Georgia Legislature Strives With Old Conflicts and Reforms
The Georgia Legislature reports bills on county division, land grants, and Anti-Abolition constraints while debating taxes, penitentiary punishment, and a Briar Creek causeway project. Senate and House race to fill high offices amid resignations and guard expenses, with a pardoning vote near unanimous.
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McIntosh County
Liberty County
House
Foxwxurth
Ector
Bartet
Davis
Elbert
Law
Cherokee Circuit
Roaens
Ezzano
Frournoy
Mexniwernen
Marion
Houston
Scurry
Bank of
Augusta
Borex
Craxton
Georgia Guard
Buack
Scriven
Augusta Bank
Briar Creek
Bates
Senate
Waxxen
Georgia Lumber Company
Strxumay
Sarroxp
É&C. House
Scriven County
Snaw
Peter Lequeux
Briat Creek
Messrs
Bracx
Hansox
Messrs. Barss
Burgzs
Merriswether
Bavers
John B. Childers
Hancock
Frovnxor
Gonvox
Chatham
Hanns
Putnam
Messrs. Lewis
Jones
Hirt
Jasper
Treasury, &c
Or. Curry
John C. Easter
McKixxex
Lewis L. Grirrix
Monroe
Attey Coonray
Marx Hursox
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Buffalo
Cleaveland
Portsmouth
N. York
Charleston Harbor
Delaware Bay
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake Bay
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Boston and Worcester
Albany
Maryland
Alleghanies
Richmond
Lynchburg
North Carolina
Danville
Roanoke
Mississipi
Cape Fear
Yadkin
Fayetteville
Beatty
Ford
Catawba
Oukewhe
Alabama
Memphis
Nashville
N. Orleans
New Orleans
Congress
Chesapeake and Mississippi
Mississppi River
Balimore
Southern Conception
Florida
Upper
Southern Review
Tennessee River
Muscle Shoals
Ohio & Mississippi
White River
Aioa
Ocean
West Indies
Florida Cape
Martine Hospital
H. M. Brackenriver
New York Evening Star
Texas
City of
Mexico
Charleston Mercury
Michigan
A. H. Remberton
Avalléri, A
Woop
McIntosh
Krxe
Glynn
Brunswick and Florida Rail Road Company
Fints
Walker County
Sirroxn
Caanirs Carter
Court of Common Pleas
Ronrygowaid
Newton
Heif
Yeas
Kexan
Bass
Hanxyess
Harrison
Carroll
Suicx
Moons
of. Clark
Jaxx
Bunyxs
Georgia Rail Road Company
Lewis
Bonner
Chattahoochee Circuit
Lannnum
Oglethorpe
Rappes
Medical College of Georgia
Ocmulgee River
Calhoun
Columbus
Flint River
Bank of Columbus
Scurer
Hanis
Warren
Boner
Bank of Chattahoochee
Hanson
Brack
Stewart, Randolph, Sumter, &c
Joux W. Gannon
Lucius H. Frarazastoy
Jones Kexvaicx
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