06 Aug 1836
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1836
Page
1
A brief notice states that the publication appears every Saturday mornings from No 261 Broad-street opposite the Masonic Wall indicating regular weekly issues.
The document lists subscription terms for a semi weekly and weekly paper with rates for annual and end of year payments, advertising charges per square inch, and rules for arrearages and redundancy. It also covers requirements for notices of land or negro sales by executors and guardians, deadlines for sales and debtor notices, and publication durations for court applications and estate notices.
Augusta reports new local post offices at Tuckasecking in Effingham County and Mount Hickory in Chambers County Alabama with appointive postmasters. A volunteer rifle corps named Oxica Riffl...rumey is organized, listing officers and sergeants. The section also discusses U S Mexico tensions, questioning Gen Gaines actions and noting the New Orleans Bee on possible understandings with Mexico.
A large Charleston gathering on the 28th ultime endorsed resolutions opposing establishing a United States Bank Agency in the city. Mayor E W Noxon presided with Secretary Thoxas D Conny as secretary, and the meeting declared that a large majority of Charleston citizens oppose any such agency in the state.
The proposal denounces the establishment of the agency as harmful to trade commerce and agriculture. It argues banks incorporated by state law should serve locally and urges a memorial to the Legislature for prohibitory taxation if the Bank of the United States seeks to create the agency in the city or state.
Congress empowers the Post Master General to solicit proposals for a daily express mail service from New York to Mobile. The plan outlines two routes via South Carolina and Georgia with speeds and mileages, aiming to extend mail benefits nationwide after assessment of resources. The six and a half day transit to New Orleans is noted. Also covered are army dispatches and officer movements near Wetumpka Taladega and Tuskeegee, plus Seminole expedition hints from Columbus Enquirer and Montgomery Journal.
At a July 29 1836 meeting of the St Pauls Church Board of Wardens and Vestrymen the death of Rhuann Tunman Esq former chairman was announced. The board adopted resolutions honoring his memory including erecting a church tablet with a 300 dollar appropriation and naming a committee to carry out the tribute. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to his widow and published in city papers.
From Vera Cruz and the official Mexican journal to the end of the month. It reports General Filisola’s discipline and his recall to Mexico after obeying Santa Anna’s halt to hostilities. It notes Mexico will not recognize the Santa Anna Burnett convention and mentions South Carolina praise for its leaders in Congress.
The Richmond Whig reports on the old college of William and Mary with Prof Dew as president and a dual division of moral and political faculties between Dew and Tucker. It also notes ventures from New York to the Pacific and highlights John Randolph's Will and Roanoke College as topics.
A Northern traveler argues that southern slaveowners are often pitied and slaves appear relatively content. He cites that slaves work less than Northern laborers, are fed and clothed, and even cultivate small plots for comforts, urging readers to visit the region to form their own conclusions.
The report covers Liverpool and Havre markets with steady cotton prices from 14 to 184 cents per pound, freight costs to Savannah and Charleston, and Liverpool sales tops. It notes Upland stock levels, limited prime grades, and weekly export flows to Liverpool Havre and North Europe.
A plantation overseer is sought in Columbia County about 15 miles from Augusta. Applicants with good recommendations on capability may apply at the Chronicle Office. August 83.
Clarke McThir and Co offer on hand and to alter for sale a wide range of goods from the grocery line plus a large assortment of shoes tools and iron. Stock includes 1000 pieces hemp bagging 700 pounds hemp bagging 6000 bushels clean Liverpool salt 700 barrels assorted domestic liquors and 10000 pounds rock salt among many items. July 27.
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