21 Nov 1835
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1835
Page
1
Publication appears as a steady weekly notice printed every Saturday morning at No 261 Broad Street opposite Masonic Hall. It indicates a regular printing location and schedule for the periodical.
SemI weekly paper costs five dollars in advance or six dollars at year end. Weekly paper three dollars yearly in advance or four dollars at year end. Ads charged by size: semi weekly or weekly six and a quarter cents per square for first insertion then two thirds cents each further. monthly one dollar per insertion if not over one square. Minimum one square. Notices require insertions to be specified or run until forbidden. Executors administrators guardians notices of land or negro sales held on first Tuesday. sixty days public gazette. Personal property forty days. Debtor and creditor forty days. Leave to sell land or negroes must be four months.
In Richmond County the Inferior Court tried three enslaved suspects named Katy Amy and Daniel for poisoning Mrs Many Monnen leading to her death in August. Katy and Amy were found guilty while Daniel a boy aged 12 to 14 was acquitted. Katy faces execution on first Friday in April 1836 while Amy is ordered to hang on Friday November 27 next. Arsenic was later found in Mrs Monnen s room and in Mrs Bryson s death after disinterment confirming the case.
Dr Robertson delivered an introductory lecture to a large eager audience Monday evening and was praised for both content and delivery. The first course lecture is scheduled for Tats Evewarna at the Masonic Hall according to the advertisement.
Sunrise report says two prisoners Cummings and Leslie escaped after breaking jail doors. City officers recaptured Cummings while Leslie remains at large. The fugitives freed two others who faltered and returned, then cut through a brick wall until iron bars halted progress. They then picked four locks and knocked the turnkey down before fleeing into the street.
A man named Przncz Gone was killed Sunday afternoon on Milledgeville road six miles from Augusta when Hinam Wrrrs attacked with a sword cane. The assailant White fled and is at large. The deceased was a well known waggoner with a Putnam county family.
The Courier reports a railroad quarrel led to a fight in the county. A third rail line worker allegedly struck the waggoner through the body with a sword cane after the confrontation. White, recently from Pennsylvania, was employed on the railroad and had come into the county months ago.
The National Intelligencer reports volunteers urge armaments across the United States to strike at Mexican territory. The piece quotes a section of an 1818 act adding punishment for beginning or aiding any military expedition from U S soil against foreign powers at peace with the United States, under penalties up to three thousand dollars fine and three years imprisonment.
A Cleveland Observer item recounts Z A Slocumb falling from a church steeple in Cleveland. He allegedly drew a Spanish clasp knife, struck it into the stone to hold, and dangled for about twenty minutes until help arrived. The tale invites doubt about its plausibility and the witnesses’ belief.
A lengthy editorial critique attacks a New York paper for misrepresenting biblical slavery passages and condemns Southern figures cited on slavery. It shifts to Georgia Senate and House actions in Nov 1835, detailing railroad and banking legislation, debates over state support, and Savannah’s plea for increased banking capital amid regional competition with Charleston.
Fitzgerald, who sailed from New York on the Empress, escaped at anchor off Staten Island and remains missing. The Bank of the United States has sold its Cincinnati banking establishment and related branches to commercial lenders. Englishman James Kocron was killed when a railcar passed over his head. An Alabama correspondent reports frost cut cotton yields drastically after a promising start, reducing expected per-acre tonnage from 1000 lbs to about 200 lbs.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.