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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1836
Page
1
A brief notice states publications appear every Saturday morning at 261 Bread-street opposite Masonic Hall. The ad locates the business site and cadence, signaling regular weekly distribution.
The notice outlines subscription prices for semi weekly and weekly papers with advance payment options and end of year rates. It details ad insertion charges, minimums, and deadlines, plus legal sale notice rules for executors and guardians requiring gazette publication sixty or forty days prior depending on sale type, and four months for leave to sell.
Local notices report Gov McDuffie arriving in Augusta staying at Eagle and Phenix Hotel during absence. Bank of Hamburg opens stock subscriptions with over subscription and election for directors. City election results list mayors and council members. Race report describes Argyle vs Bascombe on Lafayette course with Argyle fading late. The Ladies Companion for March features stories and poetry including Cherokee Threat and The Public Man.
A fragment notes the Companion magazine’s value and urges readers to consult its contents and advertising pages for the other articles, contrasting entertaining pieces with the main publication. It hints at misfortune and devotion themes while underscoring the periodical’s worth.
The Sentinel criticizes a mixed ticket from the State Lights Party proposing Judge Warre and a cross party slate. It argues the State Rights and Warre factions oppose such compromises, urging adherence to principles, and assigns electoral responsibility to opponents for any future Georgia vote while detailing regional boundaries and legislative notes from 1836.
Citizens of Augusta overflowed the house on Monday evening to honor a gifted young actress who played Mariana in the Wife. Though praise was widespread, some disturbances from drunken patrons disrupted hearing, prompting calls for managers to restore order and protect the theatre’s dignity.
On Monday the Senate passed the bill for admitting Arkansas as a state by a 31 to 6 majority. The act includes sections detailing the admission, enforcement of federal laws, and other purposes. The Arkansas convention proclaimed a republican Constitution and state government for over forty seven thousand residents seeking entry on equal footing with existing states.
The steam packet Florida under Captain Hebbard arrived yesterday afternoon from Picolata via Jacksonville. We received the Jacksonville Courier from Thursday last and make extracts. By the Dolphin Captain Pennoyer arriving this morning from Picolata we received a letter dated last Wednesday. We must await tidings by further ships.
Financial account covers April 1835 to April 1836 listing balances and revenues. Items include taxes of 1834 and 1835, digest receipts, jail fees, market dues, fines, livestock sales, storage, rents, wharf operations, dray licenses, retail duties, billiard table duties, city and state duties, showmen charges, and fodder weighing.
Latest Liverpool and Hayle dates show ongoing demand for upland cotton with prices steady to firm for good to prime lots. Sales totals reach 1850 bales with varied prices from 16 to 21 cents, while Sea Island sales by the week total 391 bales at 36 to 45 cents, and overall stock on hand at 31,796 upland and 2,539 Sea Island bales. Freight rates to major ports listed, with minor updates on other commodities and prices.
The arrival and departure log records steamer calls including Cherokee Forester George Washington and John Randolph with multiple cotton bales and listed agents, merchants, and consignors in Savannah and Savannah Meettthandize. The entry notes April dates, vessel names, boat numbers, and consignments totaling hundreds of bales, plus ships sailing to New York and Providence and an air ship voyage mention.
In Elbert county on Thursday evening 7th inst L. G. Hannis Esq to Miss Susan Beyer daughter of Singleton W Allen Esq. The ceremony united two families and marks a quiet, formal union in the local community.
The court adjourns until Monday the 18th of April 1836. All suitors jurors and witnesses must take notice. By order of the Court DV MACMURPHY Clk. April 13.
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