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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1836
Page
5
A notice states publication occurs every Saturday morning at No 261 Broad Street opposite Masonic Hall. The brief indicates a regular print location and timing, naming the street address and landmark for readers seeking the newspaper.
The notice details subscription prices for semi weekly and weekly papers, with arrearage rules and minimum charges. It outlines advertising rates and insertion rules, responsibilities for money remittances, and legal sale notices by executors guardians and administrators including timing and publication requirements for land or negro sales and related notices.
Augusta on Wednesday August 10 1826 notes a Charleston Mercury source and mentions papers from New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Norfolk received via the Rail Road and steam packet South Carolina arriving Sunday morning. The piece closes with a moral maxim Be just and fear not.
Citizens invite Hon. Jony C. Cataoes and Hon. W. Thomsox to a public dinner in the village on Friday the 12th instant. Invitations have been accepted to show approbation of their political conduct as members of Congress and the district’s representative.
The Montgomery Journal reports the Alabama election of the State Legislature on the 1st. The White ticket won all but one seat in the Senate and Representatives. Campbell, a Van Burenite, defeated Crommelin by about ten votes. White candidates for Roads and Revenue Commissioners also won unanimously. The paper notes a turn in fortunes, with only Dr Oliver among the former opponents retained.
A Charleston Courier correspondent reports from St. Augustine on February 2, lamenting Florida’s plight. He notes ongoing hostilities, land abandonment, and Indian control of most interior areas except Picolata and St. Augustine. Inhabitants request government aid for losses and a punitive response to offenders.
A local correspondent denounces a Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post piece titled The Raneway, copied from Bulls lo Advertiser, as a vile misrepresentation. The writer claims anti slavery sentiment favors fugitive cases and urges readers to resist sensational abridgments used to attack abolitionists.
The piece denounces an abolitionist article about a slave family fleeing to Canada via the Niagara River. It questions the veracity of the tale, condemns abolitionists for inciting discontent, and urges Southern readers to withdraw subscriptions to the Saturday Evening Post, arguing British freedom is irrelevant to enslaved people.
August 1836 report from Athens describes Franklin College commencements with honors and speeches by alumni, faculty moves, and a portrait exhibition by Hanensham. Burke county residents plan a dinner for returning Creek War veterans, with toasts and public notices of support.
National Intelligencer reports Major Gates once on Army rolls seeks restoration to rank at the Hermitage to face a Court Martial. He plans an interview with the President as part of efforts to gain reinstatement.
August 6 through August 9 lists of creditors and affiliates including Stovall Simmons & Co, Webster Parmelee & Co, Kerrs & Hope, Geo Lott, Snowden & Shear, Rathbone & Baker, Davis, J M Carter, J HZ McDonald, G Parrott, Benson & Urquhart, Richards & Stoy, M R Smith, H L Jeffers, Young & Green, J E McDonald, Cowling & Gardelle, P Carre, and others.
Latest market notes from Liverpool and New Orleans describe limited cotton demand, steady to lower prices for Upland and American varieties, and ongoing arrivals and exports. Reports include quantities shipped, sales, and stock levels, with freight rates to Savannah and Charleston and prices for flour and groceries amid tight supplies.
The report states sales of 14,000 bags with 1500 bales of American taken on speculation and 500 American for export. Imports this year total 639,917 bales, up from 532,368. Present stocks stand at 244,670 bales, compared with 200,110 at the same point last year.
Married in Greene county on Thursday evening the 28th by Rev. W. R. Thornton Doct. A. H. Rayde wed Miss Exing R. Asbury daughter of Mr. Richard Asbury both of Greene county.
Died. Sama rt Harvizin, eldest son of Caleb and Maria Hatfield, aged 9 years 6 months. Mrs Many B. Brown, aged near 60, widow of 5 children, leaves mourners and believers in Christ. At Tampa Bay, Nicholas Summon, orderly sergeant, and John Saxmen, volunteer, both of Newberry District, died after wounds from Seminole skirmish. Nicholas endured amputation and camp hardship before death. John died soon after. This notice reflects sorrow and Christian consolation.
Daniel Mahony announces the reopening of his school in Augusta on Monday August 15 at Broad street and from October on Telfair street near the Presbyterian Church. He will teach Greek and Latin classics and English education, with two terms of five and a half months each. Tuition: Classics 20 dollars per term English senior 12, junior 10.
The Petersburg Rail Road Company announces its line from Petersburg Virginia to Blakely North Carolina on the Roanoke is now equipped with superior locomotives and cars for swift travel. Daily mail connections, mixed lines, and regional branches are planned, with several tri weekly services linking Raleigh Fayetteville Tarborough Warrenton Oxford Salisbury and other points. The Baltimore to Washington line is in operation with steamship continuation to Richmond and Petersburg. The firm change includes CLA MecTeir Co. continuing operations and settlement of all debts and credits with W. & H. Bryson.
Clarke McTeir and Co announce continuation of W A Bryson’s warehousing and forwarding business with improved safety and insured fire coverage. They offer liberal storage terms, advances on cotton and produce, and sale of all cotton consigned without commissions, plus a large line of groceries and hardware items, ships, nails, salt, liquor, shoes, smiths tools, and Swedes iron. July 27.
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