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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1821
Page
7
The document recounts a brutal crime where the assailants described carve up the body and threaten a deponent. They left the house around 2 PM for their boarding house, but could not eat, hastily fleeing to the woods to escape. The public already knows other details of their capture.
A tumult of editorials in Augusta letters denounces personal feuds and public fealty to patronage. The piece praises Jaomis Caventri editor of New Monthly Magazine and warns Mr Bunte against sensational self-importance. It cites a Methodist preacher Parker Williams in Augusta and critiques religious clergy and laymen amid factional conflict.
The article notes appointments by the President of Lawson White of Tennessee King of Maine and John W Virginian as commissioners under the Treaty of Amity Settlement and limits with Spain concluded at Washington February 221 1819. It mentions a United States loan of four million dollars at five percent interest and references related financial details.
A London note reports Napoleon Bonaparte sightings in New York with grand carriages and speculation about his arrival via Philadelphia. Concurrently two men, Henry Wright and Robert Smith, are jailed on forgery suspicions linked to government documents, with authorities pursuing further inquiry and noting weak clerks’ certificates enable fraud.
The article clarifies three indispensable steps for alien naturalization in the United States: report on arrival, declaration of intent after two years, and final declaration or oath three years later. It warns that neglecting the Report on Arrival invalidates subsequent citizenship steps and notes historical efforts to enforce these requirements through laws and printed copies for public guidance.
An extract from the Federal Gazette describes a massacre in Manila where foreigners were killed amid cholera rumors. It notes 35 Europeans and 80 Chinese victims, with the governor and 6,000 troops unable to intervene. Midshipman Wilson of the Macedonian is highlighted as a distressed casualty.
Local market notes show Saratoga Water available in boxes or bottles with April 9 details, indicating flexible packaging options for consumers seeking refreshment.
The sale will be on the first Tuesday in June at the Augusta market house. The Eagle Tavern and outbuildings lease, expiring April 26, 1624, are levied on Jesse Whipple’s property to satisfy Sturges & Burroughs vs W. & J Whipple & Co. Sheriff Lamkin notes the April 9 term.
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