25 Jun 1850
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Newspaper
Columbus Times
Location
Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1850
Page
1
John Forsyth and R. Ellis with the cc firm act as proprietors and publishers, indicating their control over the publication and its business operations.
The piece highlights the LaGrange Female Seminary under Principal Milton E Bacon with praises of the board of instructors led by D W Chase and Milo P Jewett. It asserts the institution’s strength, experience, discipline and affability, plus a March 21 1860 testimonial from Jewett praising Chase and the music department.
An 1849 advertisement touts Sarsaparilla Blood Pills as superior and safer than all rivals. It markets 40 pills per box at 25 cents, promises extensive efficacy with certificates from physicians and officials, and lists multiple depots and distributors. The copy emphasizes safety, universal suitability, and continued normal activity during use.
A Southern assembly warns that Northern agitation over slavery threatens the Union. It denounces petitions to Congress, fugitive slave laws, territorial moves to exclude slavery, and proposes a Missouri Compromise extension with explicit rights for slaveholding states. It calls for renewed Southern unity and a new convention after Congress adjourns.
The Nashville Convention endorses the Missouri Compromise line as the guiding standard for the South. The Augusta Republic urges press unity to support the line, arguing it honors both sides and resists North imposed terms. Reports from Vicksburg detail the Dupré e Graves clash, with Dupré e mortally wounded after a knife attack and Graves firing in self defense. A California outlook warns against migration, and the American cotton market notes demand vastly outstripping supply, with St Petersburg seeking cargoes.
General Twiggs is expected in Savannah on the eve of the holiday season. There is some probability that Point Pascola or Pensacola will be made the headquarters of the general during the fashionable season. Pensacola is believed to be the least likely choice.
A western editor notes his wife gave him “twelfth little responsibility” yesterday and immediately adds a plea for more subscribers to be obtained at the office.
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