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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1816
Page
7
The speaker cautions that the clause should not be wielded to threaten national safety or independence. He fears the clause's influence will alter his final vote, or at least be materially affected by the motion's fate.
A fragmentary translation recounts a formal 1815 treaty pledge among Emperor Francis, King Frederick William, and Emperor Alexander promising Christian fraternity and mutual aid. It cites unity of Austria Prussia and Russia as a single Christian nation and calls for peace through divine guidance and mutual benevolence.
The Mail reports a favorable cotton market with price lots at 28 and 29 cents and tobacco prices 15 to 14 dollars. The Bank Bill passes both houses and awaits Presidential signature, seen as a national aid replacing specie and aiding planters and merchants with steadier exchange and circulating currency.
The President and Senate appoint several officials: Connellius P. Van Ness of Vermont as Commissioner under the British Treaty to determine the Vermont New Hampshire boundary. Davizx Snstox from the Treasury Department as Secretary of Legation to France. Haaman Wise R of New York as Consul at Bristol. Emaxuxe Wamsersiz of Georgia as Consul at Ostend. Henryr Wins0r of Maryland as Consul at L Orient. Tuomas L. M.Kewnsr of DC as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, succeeding John Mason. Nat. Int.
The speech argues the national bank bill should appoint five directors with President and Senate approval. The remarks depict Mr. Wilde as a dispassionate, statesman like figure with vigorous intellect and valuable congressional talent.
To the Editor of the Chronicle readers question Me Monroe as presidential nominee arguing his revolutionary services are poorly documented and overemphasized. They note memory gaps and urge solid facts, recounting Monroe's Virginia Convention start and opposition to federal taxation powers.
The piece argues Congress should fund navies armies and fortifications, criticizing Mr Moarce as an honest politician, while urging Georgia to resist sacrificing independence for Virginian supremacy. It questions Monroe’s diplomacy and warns against abandoning the Union to Britain, tomahawks, and torch.
A military officer replies to a defamatory piece titled A Friend to the Army. He denies claims that he exchanged Savannah Bank dollars for depreciated Georgetown and Alexandria notes to profit, stating he used fifteen thousand dollars in Savannah bills for troop payments and had no personal gain. He cites certificates from Major Kunnin, Mr. Maurye, and Mr. Black to prove his case and condemns the accuser for impugning an officer’s honor.
The document records a man stating he possessed twenty thousand dollars with fifteen in Georgia money and the remainder in DC and Treasury notes for the regiment. A. B. Fannin asserts that all witnessed and known monetary dealings were conducted with strict honor and propriety.
Savannah April 1814 certify that Lt Mary Paymaster of the 7th US Infantry handed me three treasury notes of $1000 each to exchange for small notes to pry off his troops. I exchanged one, could not exchange the other two, and returned them. I certify all monetary transactions of St Mallory observed by me in Charleston Savannah and Augusta were correct.
An eyewitness certifies seeing Lieut John H Mallory Pay Master of the 7th Regiment of Infantry with current money on the road to Fort Hawkins around mid April 1816. He discussed offering a ten percent premium to convert to Virginia money for troop payment, but Mallory refused, noting Virginia currency would not serve his purpose and he had already declined a nine percent premium in Savannah.
An act sets annual salaries replacing daily pay. President pro tempore and Speaker receive 3000 dollars each while Senators Representatives and territorial delegates receive 1500 dollars. Deductions for absence apply, sickness exceptions noted. payments follow existing procedures. Signed by H. Clay and James Madison in March 1816.
A dated notice from March 31 1816 lists numerous addressees awaiting pickup at the Columbia courthouse post office. Names include Charles Mathias John Allens Thomas Malanr John Ayres Solomon on 3 ot thy Wm P Beall Hannah Newberry Messise Burly etc. Postmaster Browns and Wm Pascal or borough issue the list with receipts and tax returns noted.
After a sermon on Sabbath by the Rev de Mr Tarply at the Methodist Chapel a collection was taken for the Female Asylum of this place totaling seventy two dollars thirty seven and a half cents.
Married at Bedford on the evening of the 21st inst. by Rev Doctor Thompson Major Green B. Marshall of this place to Miss Frances Coleman daughter of Mr Lindsey Coleman.
The attorney Joel Crawford announces his candidacy for the 4 seat in Congress in the upcoming election. He seeks to represent his district as a Republican candidate and emphasizes reform and public service.
Savannah on April 12 1816 records a claim that Lt J H Mallory Pay Master to the 7th Infantry refused to exchange three thousand dollars in Treasury notes for District of Columbia money insisting he did not know the exchange rate and noting his desire to exchange for smaller notes for troop payment while detained in Savannah.
Grand Lodge communication of the Grand Lodge of Georgia to be held at the Grand Lodge Room on the first Saturday in May at six o clock P M. Lodges under the jurisdiction by their representatives are ordered to attend. By order of the Grand Master D D Williams Secretary.
The Grand Lodge of Georgia declares lodges in arrears be struck from active lists and all degrees thereafter invalid. Notices order publication in state newspapers to inform and bar recognition of said lodges and members with overdue dues before December. Savannah reports April 14.
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