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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1836
Page
6
A poetic lament recalls a bard asking a beloved to remember the speaker. The lines describe solitude and reflection in the hall of youth and beauty, pleading that memory not spoil the beloved’s happiness. The voice seeks only to be remembered when sorrow arrives.
An 1836 letter from S B Parkman discusses Jackson County planning a Georgia Rail Road reconnaissance from Knoxville to Athens. He endorses Thompson's route via New Echota and Cobb County to the Chattahoochee, estimating a 110 mile line costing under 2 million dollars. The piece urges a Macon convention delegation and argues Georgia must seize its natural advantage to boost Westward commerce.
Letters from 1836 describe Florida hostilities with Tampa Bay Indians, detailing enlistment, ambushes, and patrol actions. Capt. H. H. Walker reports locating camps near St James Island, engaging an Indian, and seeking munitions as troops scour creeks and bays along Ocklocknee for signs of Indian forces and possible allies.
Lieutenant Joseph B. Johnson describes a pursuit of a party of about 30 Indians who attacked settlers including Mr. Coker and Mr. Vagle. They killed two young men, recovered a rifle, and sent a wounded mail rider with dispatch to Tallahassee. Johnson and 22 men, reinforced to 29, fell back due to lack of provisions. They recovered a horse and colt belonging to Major Cooper and continued pursuit for about six miles.
Captain William Townsend reports from Suwannee Oxp Town Fort Danney to Governor Rihann K. Cart detailing a May 16 ambush near Fort Dabney and a May 16 to June 17 engagement with about 40 Indians. He praises his small force for courage, notes eight to twelve enemy killed or wounded, and records fires set by the Indians the day after the fight.
The piece reviews General Andrew Jackson’s rise to power in 1828 and his vow to reform government spending, noting Adams era expenditures under thirteen million and Jacksonian cuts to sixteen million, followed by rises to eighteen to twenty-two million and a current figure above forty-seven million. It recounts the Texan massacre at Goliad, focusing on survivor Joseph H. Spohn’s account of Fanning and companions executed under Mexican orders, including details of the surrender, transport, and deaths, and Spohn’s escape via Vera Cruz.
A July 1 Portsmouth departure and Europe news recount the assassination attempt on the French king. Assassin Louis Allibeau, 26, a Penni gan innkeeper’s son, stood near the Archway of the Louvre with a concealed pistol. The weapon misfired, the King saved by a tilt away from the window, the National Guards praised, and Allibeau confessed the plan’s head as his own.
A group of young men were arrested on suspicion of aiding the plot as gun shops were looted. The King, Queen, and Royal family attended a Te Deum at the parish church near Neuilly on Sunday, June 26, the day after the attempt. The King’s Council, Peers, and Police pursue leads across Lyons, Nimes, and other locales to uncover any network.
Reports from Havre dated July 1 and Paris papers to June 30 describe Allibeau claiming the alphabet’s first letter as his name while the king fears other letters. He allegedly tried to commit suicide by striking his head against prison walls due to ennui. British and American residents held a meeting at Rue Neuve St. Augustin chaired by Sir Sidney Smith to present an address to the King, with Gen. Armstrong, Sir Robert Steele, the American Consul, and Lord Canterbury among the attendees. the gathering was well attended.
AUGUSTA GA list of candidates includes Julius C. Alford Edward J. Black W T Colquitt William C Dawson R W Habersham John H Howard Joseph W Jackson Thomas Butler King Eugenius A Nesbit with Be just and fear not motto.
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.
TO CORRESPONDENTS. A letter from Madison Springs, and a number of other articles, are omitted till our next, for want of room.
Suburban readers are urged to report missed deliveries as the carrier for the area above McIntosh Street is ill and a less familiar substitute is handling routes.
The Columbus Herald reports the recent Cherokee movements were misinformed and that the country remains quiet. No hostilities occurred or planned, per the latest note in the 9th instant edition.
The Southern Recorder notes rumors of a conflict between Tennessee troops and the Indians with severe Indian losses, but the hints are vague and not dependable. The report reached the city via a Stage passenger from Mobile, yet no corroboration or confidence is found locally.
The Washington Mirror announces a political shift from neutrality to supporting Gen. William H. Harrison of Ohio for the U S presidency. Edited by Rufus Dawes the paper will now focus on Harrison and will publish twice weekly at five dollars per year. It also promises to print the propertus of the Minion when space allows.
The Columbus papers offer little on the Creek War. The Herald on the ninth notes no news of Gen Samon or his expedition, with expectations of a decisive move. A Columbus rumor claims Col Arrona’s detachment fought Indians in lower counties, but the source is unverified.
A Volunteer Corps named The Floyd Infantry has been 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, 1st Lieutenant Samuel Elbert Muse, 2nd Lieutenant William Davis Berrien, 3rd Lieutenant James Madison Folsom, with sergeants and corporals named as listed.
Citizens recall a past cotton exhibition eight years ago that spurred interest as Rexs Bratt receive praise for promoting a new event. Merchants are urged to fund prizes for top loads, with a committee of merchants to judge samples displayed along Broad Street opposite the Banks.
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