Apalachicola Then and Now A Busy Port's Struggles
Editorial correspondence from Apalachicola describes its early settlement around 1828, major storms in 1851 52 and 1856, population around 2000, cotton trade volumes rising from 70000 to 110000 bales, coastal rail prospects, and local business life including the Advertiser newspaper and the main Trunk railroad push. It notes mail delays, harbor capacity, hotels, churches, and a resident commerce driven by cotton with oysters and fisheries.
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Apalachicola
Murder Point
Water Street
Presbyterian
Georgia
Exchange Hotel
Advertiser
J. L. WxMan
Jonny M. Gorriz
Gorriz
Gorrie
Jenny C. Carnoun
New Orleans
New York
Bainbridge
Albany
N. York
N. Orleans
Savannah
Florida
East Pass
West Pass
St. George’s Island
Gulf Shore
Augusta
Quincy
Tallahassee
Dvell
Apa
Main Trunk
Brother Murrhy
Southern Georgian
Murphy
Desperate Hawesville jail killer and riotous ruffian Lowe
Descriptions of Lowe an infamous Hawesville jail inmate who terrorized the town with gunfire and armor under his clothes a mail coat said to have withstood many bullets. Reports recount a clash with Maxwell and a scene of heavy weapon fire with Lowe uninjured.
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Lowe
Hawesville
Kentucky
Maxwell
Louisville Journal
Edgefield
Epaerreno Court Houss
8. C
Red Oak Grove
A.M. Lervi H. McDaniel
Joan H. Jones
Jones
Levi H. McDaniel
Wasteful Capitol spending sparks outcry in Oregon and beyond
The piece criticizes federal profligacy amid tight revenues. It highlights Capitol costs including $47,072 for front doors and $5,075,000 in appropriations, with estimated final totals near $8,000,000. It names Speaker Orr’s ornate surroundings and costly furnishings as examples of excess. It cites a Detroit gambling-room incident and Jefferson’s fiddling lore, plus Jacksonville rail news.
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Capitol
Speaker Orr
Committee of Ways and Means
Representatives Hall
Boston Journal
Detroit
Jefferson
Telegraph cotton market reports from Mobile to Liverpool and London
Telegraph wires disruption hampers daily reports yet Mobile New Orleans and Halifax markets show cotton sales totals for March 8 to 10 with Middling around 11 1 4 to 11 3 8 cents. Arabia news steadies prices. Liverpool stock 382000 bales with U.S. share 343000. Latest notes from London Havre and Washington report peace hopes and a post office ceremony for the late Postmaster General.
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Arabia
New Orleans
Mobile
Liverpool
Halifax
United States
Uplands
Pacific Assurances
Liverpool General Martels
London
Telegraph
Saturome
Havre
Orleans
Tres Ordinaire
Frances
Crankeston
New York
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