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Newspaper
Georgetown American
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1840
Page
2
Excavation at the site of the old Calaboose in New Orleans uncovers a subterranean dungeon with brick arches and iron hoops. Water floods the chamber as work continues, prompting calls for a formal antiquarian investigation into its origin and the dark history it may reveal.
In Harrisburg the House received petitions both supporting the Banks of the State issuing notes under five dollars and opposing rapid resumption. A resolution suspended legislation on the 22nd, with further action on the Bank regulation bill. A strong query sought to block the Committee from sitting again. Foreign news from New York is seen as favorable but not enough to spark immediate price gains.
A late Texas paper reports General Demyss has disinterred nearly all mastodon bones found two miles below Bastrop near the Colorado River. The fossil quadruped is noted as existing in Texas and across the United States south of 45 degrees latitude.
A fragmentary obituary notice refers to Mason Cobb and Benj Cobb with ages 84 and 87 and a Capt Tok Bobb aged 52. It mentions brothers and a mother, dates around the 4th to 20th inst, and a report of revolutionary oil and heirs with seven siblings and joint ages totaling over 700 years.
A brief note emphasizes an exceptional case of continued family longevity as a rare example within the lineage.
A correspondent questions local merchants on shop status and advertising. The piece argues printing and advertising sustain business, noting two shops open while others shutter and urging continued effort to inform customers and keep markets healthy.
The readers are told buyers may procure goods locally to aid business and reduce abroad purchases. The piece notes readers misunderstand the council’s position and costs. It lists elected council members: E Waterman Esqr, T G Carr, W McNulty, S Farrow, and G T Lathrop.
In Congress Buchanan proposed a Select Committee to study amending the Constitution to limit small denomination bank notes to support a gold and silver basis for currency. Webster opposed new grants. Calhoun and others favored opposition. House debate on treasury notes and printing papers. New Jersey election committee resolution adopted to report seating decisions with full evidence.
A reader laments common practice of selling water with milk in town. He argues dilution harms nutrition and urges vendors to raise prices or stop disguising water as milk. He notes he cannot afford cow milk and would pay more for quality. Sent via steam packet Savannah.
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