Glarksville Chronicle announces weekly print and price
The Glarksville Chronicle is issued weekly by publishers and proprietors. The notice advertises a price of three dollars per year in advance.
15 Feb 1861
Page 1
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Newspaper
Clarksville Chronicle
Location
Clarksville, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1861
Page
1
The Glarksville Chronicle is issued weekly by publishers and proprietors. The notice advertises a price of three dollars per year in advance.
A Tennessee act establishes a temporary stay on executions and writs of attachments issued in courts of record or by Justices of the Peace for money claims. Defendants may appear to justify security for delayed payment, with procedures for additional security and docket entries. The act also allows options to avoid personal property sales, and clarifies the effect on existing judgments and securities.
A long OCR text details acts on bank capital and suspension periods, shifts to notes and exchange, and provisions for Bank of Tennessee operations. It includes policy adjustments on bank capitalization, note issuance, and delivery of property, plus references to concurrent political events and the stance of South Carolina and Fort Sumter. The document weaves legislative changes with wartime reporting and public notices across federal and state lines.
A 1861 letter from Benton County signed Cuam asks readers to reflect on national division, secession, and Union fate. It rebukes southern disunionists, defends the Union, and urges loyalty to Washington while urging restraint and unity amid calls for nefarious acts and political strife.
A collage of 19th century telegraphic extracts covers political addresses, constitutional talks, and public notices. It references Virginia, Tennessee, New York, Virginia’s leaders, and congressional matters, alongside London bread riots and Texan defiance, with Lincoln era rhetoric and calls for unity amid sectional tensions.
The fort sits on a manmade artificial island near Fort Moultrie and Fort Johnson, about three-fourths of a mile from the coast. It is a pentagonal brick fort with fifty foot walls and multiple gun tiers, including bombproof casements and mortars. Construction spanned ten years at a cost near half a million dollars, with strategic water depth limiting large vessels.
The excerpt cites a Georgia figure J. Wing arguing for a strong central government, condemning republican weakness and urging obedience to law. It includes Warren County tax notices, relief messages from Pensacola, and reports from Vicksburg, Santa Rosa, and Mississippi about shortages, unemployment, and looming conventions amid a chaotic political climate.
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