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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1836
Page
5
A brief notice stating a publication occurs each Saturday morning at 261 Broad Street opposite Masonic Hall. The item notes the street address and location without further details.
The text outlines subscription prices for semi weekly and weekly editions with advance or end-of-year payment options. It states no paper will discontinue until arrears are paid and lists advertisement rates per square for various insertions. It also covers executor notices, land or slave sales by admins, and publication windows for sales, debtors, creditors, and leave-to-sell notices with specific day counts.
Augusta April 5 1836 notice from editors stating one is in Froerida the other will depart soon leaving the paper in the hands of gentlemen trusted to uphold the paper�s interests and subscribers. Readers owing money are urged to pay promptly to aid the establishment during their absence.
Two wagons loaded with eggs arrived Monday from Habersham county containing 7579 dozen or 91068 eggs. They sold at 14 cents per dozen, mainly to the Grand Haven proprietors. The city swells with visitors to observe the Match Race between ngye and Colonel Crowet's Stable on Lafayette Course Tuesday. Large bets already placed and expected to exceed any two-horse wager in the United States.
A Committee of correspondence and Enquiry urges the Postmaster at Athens to promote a road passage through the state. The letter argues the route offers an important advantage to all citizens and calls for prompt and decisive action, asking parties to set aside sectional feelings to secure the benefit before it is lost.
The paper publishes Hon William GC Preston’s abolition speech praising his oratorical power. Reporters admit they cannot faithfully capture the lightning of his mind and the speech’s impact, urging readers to see and hear it themselves.
An 1836 Georgia newspaper excerpt reports Brigadier General Eustis leading the Army of Florida across the St Johns toward the war zone. Col Butler’s command returns safely due to bad roads. Three guides arrive from St Augustine to aid the march, and a pursuit by mounted troops clashes with Indians. Troop strength listed as about fifteen hundred with 750 cavalry.
In a mature reflection on the Presidency race the South declares opposition to Van Buren and Warre amendments, warning the abolitionist tie and urging State Rights to choose electors. The piece notes possible Union party splits and ends with a farmers quip about preferring neither crow nor black bird.
Accounts from Texas report a considerable Texian defeat in a recent engagement with Santa Anna's forces. Col. Davin Crocker and companion Bowrey, Col. Bonham of South Carolina, and Col. Bowie are named among the slain, with calls for aid from the Union to sustain them in battle. The piece also notes elections and a board meeting of the Georgia Insurance and Trust Company, naming directors and officers including Thomas S. Metcalf president.
The St Augustine Herald reports troops concentrated at Volusia on the 22d crossing the St Johns. Sentinel casualties occur among Captain Ashley's company. three sentinels killed and several wounded. A letter from Volusia dated February 22 describes heavy fighting, two hundred mounted men sent to the southeast, and plans for a three-pronged operation under Gen Eustis Clinch and Col Lindsay toward the Outhlacoochee.
Reports from Florida detail Capt Dimic with 30 U S troops at Picolata and Indian movements near St Johns including boats crossing the river. Generals Pope and Eustis engage and a cavalry battalion from Georgia is promised by early April. A Vols detachment fights Indians near Volusia. a court martial is ordered. The letter lashes cabinet shifts and Polk prospects amid Van Buren support, with Mobile tributes to General Gaines. Texas news recounts Alamo fall, Santa Anna victory, and Houston response, plus frontier mobilization. Augusta cotton markets note demand and Liverpool import updates.
A 1836 Athens Georgia communication urges Tennessee and surrounding states to back a Cincinnati to Charleston railroad. It outlines routes via Knoxville and Franklin versus Ashville, notes potential Georgia benefit, asks delegates to consider location to maximize reach, and offers to share information. Committee members Hannum Pride Thompson Anderson Hallam request prompt review.
Correspondence from March 1836 denounces the Kitchen Cabinet as changing and unreliable. It alleges prearranged shifts: Cass to France, Polk to War, Mason to Speaker, with pledges made to Gov. Cass and supporters. The piece questions why these promises remain unfulfilled after four months.
Reported from Texas via an arriving gentleman describes the fall of San Antonio and the massacre of Texian troops. It claims Col Bowie shot himself and Col Travis killed himself to avoid enemy cruelties, with the entire garrison said to have perished.
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