03 Oct 1835
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1835
Page
1
Publication appears as a weekly Saturday morning notice printed on Broad Street under the Globe Hotel. No further details or contents are provided in the fragment.
Semi weekly and weekly newspaper subscription rates listed with advance payment, arrearage terms, and yearly totals. Advertising charges per insertion for notices, land or negro sales by executors and guardians, public sales timing, and required publication periods for notices of sales and estate matters appear, with guidance on posting and legal deadlines.
A. H. and W. F. Pemberton announce a new partnership with Wu. F. Pemberton in Augusta on September 30 1835. They will publish the Augusta Chronicle volume and collect ten years of debts. Correspondents are advised of upcoming items and late replies will appear in the next issue.
The Charleston area railway accident delayed Saturday's mail until Sunday evening. The Engineer suffered a broken thigh and a Black man was killed, as reported by the Courier of Monday.
The Augusta region offers employment opportunities in silk culture with two experienced locals seeking work in silkworm raising and silk thread manufacture. Immediate inquiry at this office will provide full details on these two individuals and the venture.
Citizens are urged to send in Governor, Congress, and Legislature returns by county. Non subscribers will receive each Chronicle issue until all returns are compiled.
On Saturday last at Mr. Surry's house a Justice of the Peace election for the 119th District was held. State Rights Col Wall Dore 50 and Mr Jason Warerns 87. Gen Texas Glascock, a Union leader and canvasser for Watkins, saw his candidate defeated by 13 votes, leaving the General to remark he was tired of electioneering.
The September issue of Foreign Literature Science and Art is previewed with a table of contents in the advertising columns. The Gastronomy article from the London Quarterly Review is praised as a feast. An engraving of Snargate Street Dover decorates the issue, famed for its cliffs and perspective view.
A longstanding dispute unfolds as G Halsey accuses Judge Schley of persistent charges against his political orthodoxy. Letters from 1832 reveal neighbors and supporters debating Supreme Court decisions on Worcester v Georgia, with calls for unity among Southern leaders to confront Northern abolitionist pressure and potential secessionist measures.
The paper condemns Judge Wm Schley’s political doctrines as repugnant to republican government and public safety. It references the Missionaries case of Wonersten and Beren and hints at forthcoming scrutiny of bold claims and their consequences for the state.
In Augusta Chronicle style a humorous verse exchange mocks recounts of the 119th District election where a candidate asks Tom Toven for support and is refused with a quip that the voter will pray for him. The piece preserves period voice and names while noting the political moment.
The Augusta Chronicle editors issue errata to the Lincoln Meetings preamble and resolutions, altering phrases about interference by slaveholding states and shifting “protection” to “favoritism.” The piece cites political taunts toward Constitutionalists, referencing Van Buren, Johnson, and Schley, with Timothy Quaint signing as a local observer.
The Liverpool accounts to the 24th ult show a decline of a cent and a half per pound in Cotton. The market remains dull with daily receipts rising and sales on Saturday Monday and Tuesday at 16 to 16½ cents, mainly 15 to 15¾. Freight to Savannah is $100 per bale, Charleston by rail $150. The river is very low, hindering boat movement.
Roar W. Noerxt wed Mise Sinan Neat in a city ceremony conducted Sunday morning by James W. Meridith Esq. Both spouses reside in this city.
In Montgomery Alabama on the 2nd instant Mr Camertero Desc formerly of Augusta but for a few years a resident of Montgomery.
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