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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1836
Page
8
A Wyoming Herald piece urges readers to shun alcohol as a social curse. It extols temperance before describing domestic ruin caused by drink and condemns vice with vivid, moralizing imagery.
From the Columbus Enquirer report the Creek War continues despite claims of its end. Captain Jernigan pursues a Creek force from Stewart County to Lumpkin, engages them in a swamp, and routs the Indians, leaving many dead and goods and horses abandoned. Gen. Sanford arrives with horse, but the enemy has scattered and cannot be found.
The Columbus Sentinel notes surprise and hurt in New York over Gouverneur's removal as Post Master. It recalls his act of justice against incendiary mail circulation to the South, praised by him but denounced by abolitionists, and questions who influenced his displacement beyond Amos Kendal.
A blistering critique questions party leadership in New York and accuses rivals of displacing a trusted ally. The piece cites Van Buren rumors, warns of abolitionist influence, and urges readers to reconsider loyalties before the decisive November election night.
An excerpt from a July 1 1836 war department letter to Gen Gaines urges cautious action while retaining authority to advance as far as Nacogdoches if Indian hostilities threaten the frontier. It warns against compromising neutral relations and emphasizes defending the border with necessary measures if armed Indians approach.
From the North and later from England the Liverpool packet Roscoe arrived in New York. Lord Melbourne’s trial concluded with a verdict for the defendant. The Irish tithes bill debates continue in the Commons. Mr Grotes’s ballot motion failed by 51. Madrid advices bring little news. Carlist skirmishes near St Sebastian. Cuban revenues pledged. James Mill dies in London. The French deputy chamber limits new lottery houses. a penny newspaper duty passes in committee. New York stock quotes and The Express to replace Hudson’s list.
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