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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1808
Page
3
Fragmentary note discusses a peculiar future linked to a Mandarin family. It mentions the father aged near 90, his death expected, and a custom requiring his son’s presence for burial after seven years. Observers describe their dress as matching statues, and Liverneal residents urge Parliament to curb grain use to avert famine amid embargo fears.
At the Independence anniversary celebration Hon. F. Sage profiles James Madison as a war advocate and foe of speculators. Dro St. Rofe lauds prudent administration and republican virtue amid rivals including Napoleon. De C H M Havens discusses the fates of Benedict Arnold Aaron Burr Timothy in a public trial context.
An April 4 letter from Tangiers notes seventeen American sailors joining a party from England with licenses to carry cargo to Spain and back. The writer laments the hazardous trade, reporting seven detained at Alliance and two at Malaga, fearing others may share a similar fate.
Augusta dispatches describe Spanish intelligence and rumors of Napoleonic actions in Iberia and Cadiz with reports of fleet movements and potential uprisings. The piece also notes US policy aligning with Jeffersonian democracy, local jail references, a death in Abbeville County, and electoral affirmation for Abraham Marshall as elector.
Certified by Radford Buit on August 13. The document lists numerous defaulters across Captain Atcherfin and Captain Dardan districts, including Edward Brooks, Benjamin Culpepper, Samuel Burner, William Few, Elizabeth Cohorn, Andrew Perry, Judith Sanford, Nelson Gann, and many more with various district references and names. The record appears as a formal roll or assessment of delinquent accounts for the year 1808.
In Richmond Jail a Negro man named Sir Hector about yeats of age claims kinship to Adge Mitchell of Savannah. Also a Negro named Billy about 22 years old and 5 feet 9 inches says he belongs to John Kelly at the head of M Bean in this county. Owners urged to comply with the law and take them away. Donaldson, tailor. Aug 13, (ct)
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