27 May 1841
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Newspaper
Columbus Times
Location
Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1841
Page
1
A long transcription of local notices and advertisements including subscription terms, rates for various ad types, and legal publication requirements. It reports a court scene in New Orleans where Mrs. Gaines asserts her rights, the judge admonishes decorum, and General Gaines engages in a pointed exchange. Also includes railroad notes, antiquities of Tennessee, agricultural tips, and assorted 1841 era notices and excerpts.
The New Orleans Chamber of Commerce circulates to cotton exporting state chambers a proposal to shift the annual cotton statement date from October 1 to August 21. The change aims to keep year-to-year crop accounts distinct and is expected to be adopted by the New Orleans Price Currents and likely followed nationwide, per the Mobile Journal.
A hogshead of tobacco from Cherokee county was sent to our market on Saturday, consigned to Broadnax Newton and Haynes. It is the first Alabama grown tobacco ever brought to this market. The soil and climate of Cherokee are well suited to tobacco, and it may soon become a major agricultural product of the state.
The Savannah to Macon Railroad should soon be nearly fully restored and expanded. Current service reaches 80 miles from Savannah, with plans to extend to 135 miles and approach Macon within 60 miles. Grading continues to Oconee and embankments between the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers progress rapidly, targeting full line use in about 18 months.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes the Supreme Court will decide certifi cates of deposit and similar devices that dodge bank paper laws are illegal under the 1816 statute. It mentions the State v Ohio Life Insurance Co and Miami Exporting Co cases awaiting Bank decision. Philadelphia judges rule in Croft v Reilly that a bearer check loaned for accommodation and passed to a third party to pay a bona fide debt cannot be recovered.
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