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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1834
Page
2
Miss Carter delivers a farewell address at the Augusta theatre on Wednesday. The speaker thanks patrons for their support and reflects on virtue, liberty, and the drama’s role in stirring noble feelings before bidding the audience farewell.
The Chirleeton Courier outlines letters from Savannah dated September 13 and 14 reporting a severe India cholera outbreak along the Savannah River. It notes hundreds of deaths among enslaved people across plantations, with many cases on each site and removal of workers, crops abandoned, and a grim forecast from physicians about the disease’s progression and mortality.
A Georgia observer denounces Federal Union writers and State Rights rhetoric while urging unity against tariff policies. He cites ruined river estates, slave labor shifts to pine lands, and medical remedies as communities flee and rebuild amid scarcity and political pressure.
Whig editorial argues that Clark party leaders push for Northern and Western interests against Southern rights. It criticizes tariffs, calls Jackson money a sign of creeping despotism, and warns that executive overreach threatens constitutional liberty and states’ equal rights.
The piece discusses Poinsett the Union party leader in South Carolina urging Unionist turnout in Charleston elections. It quotes Charleston Courier critique of nullifiers, accuses administration corruption, and argues Georgia Bibb county voters should question Bibb candidates on Jacksonian allegiance before statewide elections and two Georgia Senate seats hinge on legislative results.
The Macoh Messenger questions the stance of the Republican Union party in the state noting scant discussion of the Old Hero. It cites claims from the Georgia Telegraph that abuse of Jackson marks a Union man as a Nullifier and calls such critics wolves in sheep’s clothing.
The piece warns state rights supporters in Georgia to stay vigilant against alleged misuse of precinct voting. It cites a August 1834 report of possible cross county vote boosts and calls for active policing of the franchise. It also notes a post office contractor dispute in Augusta with stalled payments and department delays.
A contractor owes the government $1165 on a long overdue debt. With the post master insolvent and the draft returned, the Chief Clerk sends the contractor to seek securities on the post master’s bond. He must travel forty miles into the pine woods in August to recover funds, while the source notes the facts from seen letters.
Augusta notes a slate for state rights congressional ticket led by Gen Robert A Beall of Bibb with Absalom H Chappell Esq of Monroe Dr William C Daniell of Chatham Col Thomas F Foster of Greene Col Roger L Gamble of Jefferson George R Gilmer Esq of Oglethorpe Mirabeau B Lamar Esq of Muzchger Gen Daniel Newnan of Walker and Richard H Wilde Esq of Richmond.
A concise ticket lists Senator Henry Mealing Esq and Representatives Charles J. Jenkins Esq and Dr. James B. Walker as candidates.
Charleston records ten deaths in the week ending the 14th with four whites among the victims. Stranger's Fever was cited as the cause for several of the white deaths, while black and colored residents accounted for the remainder.
The report confirms the death of Judge Wa EI Crawford near Elberton while en route to preside over the September term of the Superior Court in Elbert County.
Farewell address read by Miss Canter before a large Augusta audience last Wednesday at the Augusta Theatre. The speech, penned by a local gentleman, was delivered with handsome poise and met with rapturous applause.
The Mana ters of the Theatre consent to continue dramatic performances for a few nights more before leaving for Charleston. Tonight features The Comedy of the Promissory Note and the Afterpiece Two Eyes Between Two among other entertainments.
From New York Charleston extract notes the William Gibbons did not sail due to quarantine fears and lack of willing passengers. The David Brown has not arrived. Providence and Patterson manufacturers visit Charleston as cotton demand rises after rains. Buyers pay 16 cents for fine cotton. market supplies are limited.
The Board reports one cholera case in a 60 year old Black man belonging to G W Lamar, notes recovery of another, and records a death from a steamboat crash. It recommends removing commerce restrictions, cites unanimous medical opinion on contagion, and assigns a committee to obtain authors’ names of letters disputing the board.
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