11 Oct 1834
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1834
Page
1
Entry notes publication every Saturday morning under the Globe Hotel on Broad Street. The brief item marks a regular schedule and venue for readers in the district.
Executors Administrators and Guardians of lands or slaves must hold sales on the first Tuesday in the month between forenoon and afternoon at the county court house. Public notice sixty days before sale is required. Property and enslaved people must be advertised forty days prior. Creditors must be notified four months after application. Court processes follow.
The notice outlines mail closing times for various regions including Te a een uyr Go lock M CuanLESTON and NORTHERN and WESTERN mail with daily deadlines and Monday Wednesday Friday patterns. It also lists office hours open from 8 to 10 A M and other midday slots with Sunday adjustments.
Augusta reports election results with Val Walker and Henry Mealing leading for senator and state elections. Union candidates Glascock Rhodes Harris Jankins Walker and others show vote tallies. State Rights ticket members receive varied support. Board of Health notes fifteen cholera cases in Augusta with nine from boats and six elsewhere.
The Dramatic Corps performance in the city impresses critics and audiences alike. Mr Freep’s Hamlet drew long applause. Mrs Smith charmed as Cicely Homespun in The Heir at Law. Mr Hont, and Messrs Rice and Laxaron, earned praise for their roles, with Mr Smith noted for his engaging stage presence.
The Savannah Board of Health reports multiple cholera cases and deaths in the city from Oct 2 to Oct 5. Two deaths occur at the Cholera Hospital and several new cases are listed by Drs Barnard Arnold Koilock and others. The board notes no other cases beyond those recorded and adjourns with officers Charles S. Henry and S. Suerratt listed.
A Rochester 1834 travel account tours Cayuga Lake villages Cayuga Seneca Falls and Geneva noting steam boat links Erie Canal access Canandaigua and burning springs. It details Rochester bridges falls near Carthage and a 300 foot arch bridge, plus city landmarks and a racey incident with a riotous crowd of Black residents seeking a slave from Palmyra prompting arrests and trials.
The piece laments the threat of a Northern riot and praises Mayor Sty Cun for his humane, practical leadership. It condemns fanatical abolitionist zeal and urges cautious, virtuous action to prevent ruin. It questions Northern justice in Rochester and warns of divine justice against injustice.
The piece reports M Rothschild's massive $5 million loss amid stock speculation. It notes 35 to 40 Cholera Morbua cases at South Boston House of Correction with slight symptoms, Detroit reporting 222 cholera deaths in August, Eclipse Lightfoot sold for $7,000 to John C. Craig then sent to Tennessee, and London concerns over specie exports. Also mentions Lord Chancellor Brougham praising O Connell, and heavy rain raising river levels with flood fears.
From Augusta and Hamburg to Savannah and Charleston shipments reach 175 591 bales for year ending Oct 1 1834 with gains over 1833. Extra figures show monthly and route breakdowns by steamers and rail in Atlantic trade. Prices hold firm with middling to good fair 12 to 13 cents and freights steady.
Moderate demand for New Upland cotton keeps prices at 14 to 15 cents for choice bales. Rice sells at $3 per cask, flour at $6, corn scarce with retail around 80 to 85 cents per bushel. Freight to New York 63 to 75 cents, to Providence $1 per bale.
The issue reviews cotton and rice pricing amid limited supply due to Savannah River navigation suspension. It details sales by grade, stock on hand at Charleston Savannah Augusta Mobile New Orleans and totals since September with prices for uplands sea islands and long staple cotton. It also notes slow rice and spirit sales, steady bagging prices, and exchange rates with regional freight and shipping context.
The market reports a subdued week with little dealer demand and sparse spinner purchases. Prices for higher grades hold firm while inferior and middling descriptions quote lower. Around 2000 bales sold amid moderate demand and steady activity in Cotton.
A 13 year old listing describes a young man with six years in city business and broad up country connections seeking an aerial or moderate role. Contact via Chronicle Office with reply.
At Macon racecourse owners are offered a wager where Union beats Lady Burke for blood, with expenses paid if Union wins at Macon Conree. Grand Park may accept a 1000 pound stake from 14ik Shigh on the same purse with 50 pounds weight. Wagers can be closed anytime by the Lady Burke and Grand Park owners.
New stock from Swowden and Sheat arrives including dry goods prints gowns and shawls. The assortment features gro de ville prints extra jet black gros de zine merino ponge percale and cottons while house servants fabrics such as shirtings negro cloths and carpets are offered at low prices with daily restocks expected.
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