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Newspaper
Georgetown American
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1840
Page
2
The Secretary of the Treasury presents 1839 receipts and expenditures including customs lands and Treasury notes, with an available balance and a projected 1840 deficit. It discusses exports and imports, debt and bank notes, and estimates of receipts, highlighting a potential shortfall and possible remedies.
The fragment notes contention over a Grovets and Marye dispute and mentions a report from the Committee on Federal Relations to the Houses, stating it has not yet come to hand. The text is incomplete and lacks clear conclusions or dates.
From SHORGETOWN South Carolina January 11 1840 the mail service is deranged sparring marks the day in Congress Calhoun and Clay exchange sharp questions provoking a tense Senate scene and a heated House arms length exchange as party feeling grows stronger in Washington.
The New York Star reports goods of various houses on consignment are being transshipped to Liverpool from New York. The method is presented as a safe way to reduce foreign debt and ease import surges.
A Dec 28 report describes Indians attacking a wagon on the Federal road near the Ocibla river, wounding two and killing one, with three provender loads left on the road as drivers fled. Saturday night a dwelling near Monticello was burned after an Indian attack. the family escaped.
The Mississippi constitution bars slave importation as merchandise after May 1, 1833. The federal court in Jackson led by Judge Gholson ruled contracts for enslaved people brought into the state after that date are void. The decision could affect contracts worth millions and impact debts to northern traders.
The Charleston Observer reports its office burned last Friday destroying presses and much furniture while saving some books and a desk. The paper will suspend until a new office and equipment arrive from New York, with readers urged to await restoration and support.
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