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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1836
Page
2
From the Southern Literary Journal the speaker pleads for memory in a quiet, pensive hour. He asks the beloved to remember him when sight of beauty and social scenes surround her. The verse seeks enduring recollection even as joy and peace remain intact.
A Savannah Georgian letter discusses a Georgia–Tennessee rail reconnaissance led by Judge Wayne and Mr. Scudder. It details a route from Knoxville to Athens via New Echota and Cass County, arguing for a state-built line to connect with the Central Railroad and spread westward commerce, with estimated cost under 2,000,000 dollars. It urges a November Macon convention delegation and adoption of the plan to boost Savannah trade.
In Florida War notices from St. Marks dated July 20 1836 and related letters from Capt. H H Walker and F M Coxens describe Indian camps along the Ocklocknee and St James Island. The report details scouts chasing Native groups, engagements in which a Tampa Bay Indian was killed, and shortages of arms and ammunition as volunteers confront border dangers amid a tense national crisis.
Lieutenant Joseph B Johnson describes a night skirmish near Micanopy where 22 to 30 Indians attacked, two Coker and Vagle men killed, a rescued boy identified as Mr Coker's son, and pursuit halted due to lack of provisions. He sent a rifle to Tallahassee and recovered Major Cooper’s mare and colt while returning with horses. An express from Micanopy carried the message.
Captain Townsend reports to Governor Cart from Suwannee Oxp Town Fort Danney detailing an May 16 ambush and a subsequent hour long engagement with an estimated 40 Indians. He praises his small force for calm, notes 1 wound who died after 20 hours, and observes fires set by the enemy and houses burned the next day.
In 1828 General Andrew Jackson was elected to pursue retrenchment amid charges of Adams era extravagance. Expenditures rose from under thirteen million to beyond sixteen, then to eighteen and up to forty seven million as cabinet changes occurred. The article also recounts the Fanning massacre at Goliad, detailing Joseph H. Spohn’s escape, the executions of Col. Fanning and others, and Spohn’s later flight to Vera Cruz with recollections of Col. Portia, Major Miller, and Captain Kimball’s humanity.
The St James brings Europe news of a near miss at the French king's carriage. Assassin Louis Allibeau, 26, was captured after a shot from a hidden pistol. The weapon hid a small barrel and percussion, lodging in the king's whiskers amid smoke. Allibeau, son of a Penni gan innkeeper, spoke of a larger conspiracy as his head and two arms.
A number of young men were arrested on suspicion of accomplice ties and gun shops were looted after the assassination attempt. On Sunday morning June 26 the King Queen and Royal family attended a Te Deum at the parish church near Neuilly to thank for the monarchs life. Officials pursue connections across arts Lyons Nismes and other locales as the case unfolds.
Reports from Havre dated July 1 and Paris papers through June 30 detail Allibeau s claimed remark about alphabet ranks and a self harm attempt in prison amid ennui. British and American residents meeting at Rue Neuve St Augustin, chaired by Sir Sidney Smith, plan an address to congratulate the King on his escape with figures like Gen Armstrong Sir Robert Steele and the American Consul present.
Augusta announces a congressional ticket listing Julius C. Alford of Troup Edward J. Black of Scriven W. T. Colquitt of Muscogee William C. Dawson of Greene R. W. Habersham of Habersham John H. Howard of Baldwin Joseph W. Jackson of Chatham Thomas Butler King of Glynn Eugenious A. Nesbit of Morgan as candidates.
The Members of the Static Rights Association of Burke County are requested to assemble at the Court House in Waynesborough on the first Tuesday in September next. Burke County, August 10, 1836.
A note to correspondents explains that a letter from Madison Springs and several other articles are held over to the next issue due to limited space.
Our carrier for the city area above McIntosh street is ill and a replacement not fully familiar with the route is used. Subscribers not receiving their papers are asked to inform us of any omissions.
The Columbus Herald reports the Cherokees are not moving in hostilities as previously stated and that the country remains quiet after earlier misreporting in last week’s edition.
The Southern Recorder reports rumors of a clash between Tennessee troops and Indians with severe losses on the Indian side. The city notices the reports are vague and unconfirmed, with no confidence placed in the tale. The message arrived via stage from Mobile several days earlier.
The Washington Mirror announces a political shift from neutrality to supporting Gen William Henry Harrison of Ohio for the U S presidency. The paper will be devoted to that cause, will publish twice weekly, at five dollars per year, and plans to print the Minion’s propertus soon.
The Columbus papers report little on the Creek War with no intelligence from the nation for some time. The Herald notes no word on Gen Samon or his expedition and suggests a decisive move may follow. A report on Col Arrona’s detachment a brush with Indians in lower counties is unverified.
A Volunteer Corps named The Floyd Infantry is organized in Savannah to offer service to the President for twelve months under a recent act of Congress. Officers elected include Captain Benjamin B. Sturges and Lieutenants Samuel Elbert Muse, Wm. Davis Berrien, James Madison Folsom, with staff sergeants and corporals listed as James Stockey Edgar McDonald Michael M. Mattox Edmund Law James L. Richardson John C. Austin John L. Grayson and Richard Cooper.
A city address urges merchants to fund prizes for cotton loads and public spirit, praising Rexs Bratt for prompting the movement. Recalling an eight year old cotton exhibition, it notes the previous event drew the city and showcased fine samples and neat packaging as competitors paraded along Broad Street before a merchant committee judged the entries.
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