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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1836
Page
1
A brief note indicates publication on Saturdays, with the address 261 Broad Street opposite the Masonic Hall. The line conveys where and when the newspaper is issued, highlighting a fixed weekly schedule and location.
Semi weekly and weekly newspaper rates in advance or year end payments. Public notices require 60 days for land or negro sales, 40 days for personal property, and 40 days for debtor notices. Admins or guardians must publish leave to sell land or negroes for four months.
Augusta note cites Charleston Mercury and other eastern papers received by Rail Road on Monday evening. Papers were brought to Charleston by the Steam Packet South Carolina, arriving Sunday morning.
Citizens of the vicinity invite Senator Jony C. Cataoes and Representative W. Thomsox to a public dinner in the village on Friday the 12th instant. Invitations have been accepted.
The Montgomery Journal reports the state election on the 1st: the White ticket won all races save one. Senator Toxas 8 Mars and Representatives Olven Atrasp Scorr Camrasut were elected, Crommelin narrowly defeated. White candidates for Roads and Revenue Commissioners also prevailed unanimously.
A Charleston Courier correspondent from St. Augustine laments Florida’s suffering and lost positions. He notes interior towns fallen to Indians, few inhabitants remaining, and questions government aid for losses since 1813. He calls for the jal commission to assist and punish delinquency.
A local correspondent denounces a Philadelphia Saturday Evening Port piece titled The Raneway as a vile distortion. He cites a late anniversary meeting of the Antidilavery Ruckety and warns against slander harming the fugitive cause amid warped reportage and violent rhetoric.
A critique denounces a Boston abolitionist publication claiming runaway slaves find freedom in Canada and mocks British protection. It argues such tales mislead Southerners, urges subscribers to withdraw from The Saturday Evening Post, and warns against meddling with domestic institutions.
Crowded Varner Augusta visitors flood Franklin College for commencement exercises. Speakers include J. J. W., W. A. Jannat, M. H. Hannis and others presenting essays on religion, philosophy, literature and politics. Alumni orations laud education, patriotism and national growth. Notable events include a portrait visit by Hanensham and a Burke county dinner plan for returning troops.
National Intelligencer reports Major Gates, struck from the Army roll, has gone to the Hermitage to seek restoration to rank and to request a Court Martial trial. The article notes requisitions from General Garyks to support a projected march into the Province of A Texas.
August 6 list includes Stovall & Hamlen WC Way WE Jackson F & H Clark Stovall Simmons & Co A Cumming Dortic & Lee GA Walker A Johnston. August 8 entries include Johnston Dortic & Lee Webster Parmelee & Co Kerrs & Hope Geo Lott Snowden & Shear W Way Mrs Hobby H Hutchison TH IC Plant J W Whitlock Stovall Simmons & Co Rathbone & Baker J & D Morrison Davis R Allen Richards & Stoy G Buckley Co H L Jeffers Young & Green Geo Parrott Benson & Urquhart J E McDonald L Richards M R Smith. August 9 includes J & D Morrison J M Carter 8 M Thompson A Sibley Cowling & Gardelle P Carre J HZ McDonald R Anderson H W Sullivan G Parrott.
A dense market dispatch reports cotton receipts and prices across multiple ports. It notes limited activity in Augusta and Baltimore markets, with prices for prime cotton around 184 cents per pound, freight rates to Savannah and Charleston, and weekly receipts and sales figures for upland and sea island cotton. Reports from New Orleans and Liverpool reflect a generally dull market, with fluctuating quotes and cautious demand.
The report notes sales from 14,000 bags with 1500 bales of American taken on speculation and 500 American for export. Imports total 639,917 bales, up from 532,368 year to date. Present stocks stand at 244,670 bales, compared with 200,110 last year.
Married in Greene county on Thursday evening the 28th by Rev W R Thornton and Dr A H Rayde. Exing R Asbury, daughter of Richard Asbury, wed in Greene county.
Died. Sama rt Harvizin aged 9 years 6 months. Mrs Many B. Brown died aged near 60, leaving five children. Nicholas Summon and John Saxmen, volunteers from Newberry district, died in Florida after wounds and hardship. Nicholas suffered for months, his brother John cared for him before both died. Colum bia Telescope, 6th inst.
Daniel Mahony announces his Augusta school will resume Monday August 15 at Broad Street and from October 1 on Telfair Street near the Presbyterian Church. He will teach Greek and Latin Classics and English education, promising literary and moral cultivation. The school has two five month terms with tuition: Classics 20 dollars, English senior 12 dollars, junior 10 dollars.
Public notice from Petersburg Va detailing the Great Northern and Southern Daily Mail Route from Petersburg to Blakely North Carolina on the Roanoke. It describes frequent mail and passenger service, freight transit for horses, hotel improvements at Blakely, multiple connecting lines, proposed branch openings, and forthcoming railroad developments. The notice invites other papers to republish and notes a change to the local business firm handling accounts and debts.
Clarke McTeir Co announces continuation of W and H Bryson warehousing and forwarding, with fire insured cotton stored at no cost to planters, liberal advances on cotton and produce, and sale of customer consignments without commissions. They offer a large grocery stock and tools, shoes, and Swedes iron, with July 27 notice.
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