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Columbus Times

Location

Columbus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1850

Page

2

Land Sale Ad in Apalachicola and Gadsden County

Auction notice for two land tracts from the estate of Reuben Hicks. One tract near Apalachicola River offers 400 acres waterfront humock and canebrake with a sugar mill and slave quarters, plus 120 acre sugar cane field. Second tract in Gadsden county near Quincy spans 800 acres with island cotton. Terms: one fourth cash, balance as credit over three years with bonds. Brokers listed for inquiry.

Avin Hicks Apalachico Eng Quincy Fla Jesse Ocker Hardaway S. Ta James Drummond Seerster Diamond Grove Brasewick Va Gadsden County Pia Tal- Jedeere Road Johnwee Foremin Muse Burwell B. Wilkes Br’or Reuben & Hicks Charles A.bran Russell County Ala Phraim Brown A. Brown A. J. Brown Legatnes

Valuable Lands for Sale and Southern Independence Rhetoric

A 19th century notice advertises four hundred acres in Russell County Alabama and land on Wolfe and Notcheway creeks with terms for sale. The page also contains a lengthy, heated political appeal urging Southern resistance to abolition and Union dependence, concluding with a ghostly sign-off from a Native Georgian.

Louis A Gonere

Che Cimes: a Tuesday December 17, 1850

Publication fragment notes a Che Cimes event on a Tuesday in mid-December 1850. The readable text provides no clear names, locations, or outcomes, leaving the item as a brief, date-focused notice.

The Boston Fugitive Case and Hughes Defenses

A long polemic defends Willis Hughes in the Boston fugitive slaves affair. It disputes charges in Justice and alleges a political use of the Crafts case to attack Southern rights, recounting letters from Macon and Savannah figures praising Hughes and detailing delays and legal obstacles in Boston.

Dia Hughes William Ellen Crafts Boston Macon Abolition Party Athens America Messrs Ray Rosa Florida Robert Collins

Public assurances by Macon citizens on Mr. Hughes’s character

In November 1850 Macon witnesses defend Willis H. Hughes against defamation tied to fugitive slave recapture. Signers include Geo W Towns, Robt Collins, Jas Dean, James Dean, Chas Campbell, Thad Holt, and others asserting his untarnished honor and urging support amid calumny.

James A. Nesbit Macon State of Georgia Willis H Hughes Hughes Boston Rost. Collins Ina FH. Taylor Willis H. Hughes Ivate Citiras Geo W Towns Robt Collins RA Latkinson Sam TJ Ray M A Franklin James Dean Geo Mlogan John B Ross Asher Ayres AR Freeman Chas Campbell Thad G. Holt W B Johnston S Clanier BE Moultrie Griffin Scott, Carhart & CO Bray, Carhart & CO AH Chappell Thos L Ross New York Cobb the Express Muscooreamp Asat- Cultural Society Soutlh South Caantes A. Peanoot Esa James M. Cuamnuns Peabody

Local Candidates Announced for City-Offices

Weare requests to announce JAMES Pf. MAGUES as candidate for Marshall. J. Brooks named for Deputy Marshal. H. Noble nominated for Tax Collector in Muscogee County. JAMES FERGUSON billed as candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns for the January election.

Weare James Pf. Magues Marshall Tert Jae Charles E. Mims G Dee J. 4. Brooks H. Noble Muscogee County James Ferguson

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