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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1808
Page
7
Judge Thompson weighs credibility of witnesses and finds some perjured. jury returns not guilty after a lengthy trial cited as the county’s most argued. The Augusta paper notes Europe news from Napoleon and Spain, plus agricultural outlook and local notices about elections and ships.
In Chatham Jail a negro boy named Isaac claims belonging to Dotter Jenkins of Bryan county. Colleton Jail holds Peter who says he belongs to Mrs Robert Gibbs. Richland District Jail contains Harry Thompson a free man marked by facial scarring. Richmond District Jail houses Virgil claimed by James Barrows of Georgia Hancock county. Kershaw District Jail reports Billy belonging to a Mr Threewits on the Congaree River and Abram a froat fellow claimed near Orangeburgh. Newberry Court House Jail lists Daniel as belonging to Samuel Rowell of Laurens District. Married Tuesday evening Rev Reddick Pierce united Andrew I Di to Mife Extra Savaces both of this city. Died recently in Savannah Anani, from firm Spencer and Cooper, longtime Ad gutta merchant. Doctor Dennis Smelt is a candidate for the next Congress. Cotton this week 12 4 cents.
Proposals from DaNiel Tannes and Company for publishing a weekly newspaper by subscription in the city of Augusta. The notice outlines subscription terms and distribution details for a new local periodical.
The Mirror of the Times argues that universal and affordable knowledge preserves liberty. It pledges a republican stance, religious liberty, and moral improvement, promising weekly issues on royal paper with three dollars yearly pricing and delivery to town and country subscribers starting the first Monday in October.
Notices include a benefit for Mr Young with operetta and comedy at a Tusday Augus event and a later benefit for Mr and Mrs Utt. A wood delivery demand seeks 20 to 2000 loads within five miles with upfront payment. A South Carolina proclamation offers 300 dollars for Joshua Kennedy captured after escaping Pendleton jail. printers asked to republish.
On the first Tuesday in September a sale will occur at the courthouse in Elbert County between ten and three o clock. The property includes a Negro girl named Betty held by execution for William Cartery, a sorrel mare four feet six or seven inches tall, two cows and calves with a bell, and Beaverdam Creek land in Elbert County totaling two hundred acres with Fowler related stakes. One hundred acres are held by Fowler and the land was advertised in June with sale postponed for lack of bidders. A newly man of about twenty with country marks on his back and two upper teeth missing is also in question. owners must prove property, pay charges, and claim him.
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