30 Jul 1830
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Newspaper
Virginia Advocate
Location
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1830
Page
1
The New York Mirror sketches two types in the human family, a “pretty creature” girl and a coarse boy-man, detailing their manners, dress, and imagined flaws. The piece lampoons youthful femininity and male swagger with sharp, satirical prose and pointed judgments.
A long, rambling tale follows Owseley and a neighbor Jones as they scheme to recover debts by stealing a hog. The story escalates with trickery, accusations, and counterplots ending in mistaken belief and a dramatic, cautionary outcome about trust and retribution.
The Virginia Advocate lists weekly publication every Friday at three dollars per annum payable in advance. No subscription under six months. editors may discontinue for arrears. Five subscribers net the sixth. Advertising rates: two squares for three insertions, 25 cents per additional insertion. Chancery orders up to two squares published for five dollars. All editor letters must be postpaid.
A scrambled OCR fragment poem set includes lines about The Choice of Death and Death’s dominion, with references to a kinglike figure and catastrophe, followed by Burns verses about leaving Scotland and mourned loves. The text also mentions two brothers who died, strangled by one another years apart.
The Albany Daily Advertiner offers a chaotic cross reading with notices of public affairs, sensational items, and stray anecdotes. It mentions a coroner’s verdict, a new minister to Russia, a marriage notice, a dyspepsia remedy, a dog missing, a slander fine, a July act incident, and assorted oddities including a lobster and a wig maker.
A fragmentary 19th century note from the Richmond Compiler extols frugal living and household economy. It stresses simple, practical advice for labor, housing, and food, warns against idle wealth, and urges replacing horses with oxen to save costs while maintaining families and farms through prudent management.
A South Carolina governor pardoned Jerediah Smith, a Black man convicted of murder, on condition of imprisonment and exile. After release, he settled near the state line in North Carolina but was hunted again when neighbors alerted officials. A court contended the pardon valid, leading to renewed confinement.
A court debate centers on whether a man who became a North Carolina citizen retains constitutional immunities from South Carolina. Prosecution and defense clash on rights under state constitutions and pardons. The Chancellor denied the prisoner relief and remanded him to jail as the case awaits renewed argument on death sentence considerations.
The Hon James Hamilton delivers a long postwar address praising state rights, reflecting on his early career in Congress, the federal government, and a shift to view the union as an instrument of power. He recalls trust in national aims, then critiques centralization and advocates for states’ reserved powers.
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