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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1833
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR shows a weekly morning notice at a street corner near Jackson and Ellis, behind the Globe Hotel, incomplete about who posts or what is sold. The readable fragment suggests a recurring Saturday routine.
The text outlines rates for newspaper payment options, insertion charges, and legal notice requirements. It specifies advance and end-of-year paper prices, arrearage terms, and minimum charges, plus semi weekly and weekly insertions with per square rates. It also covers postpaid letters, executor notices, and auctions of land or enslaved people with required public notices and timelines.
The paper notes that certain letters and items including "EPturisus Usum" and "Most HENES" are received but excluded due to space. The author of Most HENES will likely tolerate a post election delay since the piece remains valuable after the event and other important matters must appear first.
A public notice highlights Jaige Clayton's cotton seed oil work and its promise for Georgia's economy amid political critiques. It also previews Mr McDuffie’s speech defending nullification and criticizing constitutional charlatans in the ongoing state crisis.
A dramatic critique extols honesty as the root of power in Southern politics, praising a congressman’s truthful motives and eloquence. It predicts the Nullifier movement’s spread through Georgia, vows to erase disparaging Carolina resolutions, and calls for dignity of the state to rise above factional attacks.
A Columbia assembly denounced Rev. Pinney's sermon as dangerous and adopted resolutions opposing colonization and education for enslaved people. They urged a town ordinance to stop teaching reading and writing to the colored population and pledged support to the council in enforcing it. The meeting was chaired by GOL J. Haley and secretary Jos. W. Lusesst.
A very numerous and respectable meeting of Columbia citizens was held to discuss local matters. Attendees included prominent residents and community leaders who debated issues affecting the town’s future and civic improvements.
The August 27 1833 meeting in Columbia denounces Rev. Pinney a Liberia born missionary and instructs him to leave town citing contempt for local citizens and alleged seditious aims. A three person committee is chosen to convey the resolution to Pinney and publish results in local papers.
The speaker holds samples of oil and cake and asserts they are excellent lamp oil. They report witnessing its effectiveness in cleansing metals and tortoise shell, noting its strong cleaning properties.
The Cotton Market reports dull activity with low sales in old and new crops. Prices for upland cotton range around 18 to 19 cents as rainfall and drought dim the growing season. Meantime, London and Liverpool markets show mixed futures with high speculation and rising yarn costs.
Notice reports the death of Edmund Byne aged one year at Labarynth on Wednesday the 21st after nine weeks of illness. The brief obituary notes his parents Henry and Carole J. Byne and mentions a prayerful verse.
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