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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1836
Page
2
Poem from Southern Literary Messenger republished in The Evening Star. The speaker venerates the Star of descending night, praising its silver light as sun sets. He recalls gazing on the star, inviting contemplation and prayer, and links the star to Bethlehem and the infant Saviour. Frederick County Virginia.
The Southern Whig notes Calhoun’s Athens visit during Commencement, detailing citizens’ warm reception and a public dinner offered by a committee, which he declined. It reports reactions from local editors, Governor Lumpkin, and trustees, defending the honor of Athens and stressing Calhoun’s stance on abolition and public deposits. It condemns attacks by Troup ranks papers as unfounded polemics.
The narrative recalls a dignitary's reception during a college commencement with mixed applause, then shifts to a long battlefield dispatch from Lumpkin dated August 10 1836 detailing the Creek Campaign. Gen Sanford and Major Alford lead Stewart Rangers and others through swamp nets, fighting Indians near Chickasahatchee and Itcheonochwee creeks, with injuries, captures, and the removal of women and children noted. The piece closes with Southern and national editorials debating Van Buren and a New Jersey fugitive slave ruling.
From the U S Telegraph a fragment reports a June 24 1836 letter from Mount Verney quoting an Arkansas trip tale. It mentions a supposed Constitution of the American Company with Martin Van Buren as a member and a capital of 1 000 000 dollars aimed at regulating trade or commerce.
A letter to the Globe questions the existence of a company and Van Buren membership. It notes the land advertisement appearing the same day as a treasury circular and asks how Van Buren acquired the stock, through cash, favors, or political influence.
Augusta column lists the 1836 Congressional ticket with Julius C. Alford Edward J. Black W T Colquitt William C. Dawson Rt W Habersham John H Howard Joseph W Jackson Thomas Butler King Eugenious A Nusbit and their counties such as Troup Scriven Muscogee Greene Habersham Baldwin Chatham Glynn Morgan to be represented as stated on August 20 1836.
Members of the State Rights Association of Burke County are requested to assemble at the Court House in Waynesborough on the first Tuesday in September. Burke County August 10, 1836.
Our paper is delayed for the portion of the city above McIntosh street due to the carrier’s illness. Subscribers not receiving their papers are asked to inform us of the omission.
The Bank of Hamburg announced that Dr. E R Covrnrenn was elected bookkeeper on the 16th instant. The Teller election scheduled for that day was postponed.
The Register notes two cases and one death from smallpox reported in Raleigh North Carolina as of the 16th instant, detailing a loathsome disease with confirmed occurrences and mortality in the early record.
Charleston Board of Health logs eighteen deaths for the week ending the 14th, including four white and fourteen black and colored residents.
Revenue in Boston for the last month totaled $512,300, up from $363,000 a year earlier. The gain amounts to $129,300, reflecting a strong rise in city earnings compared to the same period last year.
The Greenville Mountaineer notes that in the middle and upper districts of the state, bids fail to yield a full average cotton supply. Heavy rains reduced yields, but late hot weather has improved the crop's appearance.
The steam packet Mr Gibbons arrived at Charleston on Wednesday last from New York, having left that port on Saturday evening last. No intelligence of interest has been received by this vessel. The ship Europe arrived at New York on the 9th instant, having left Liverpool on the 1st of July, but brings no later political intelligence than was previously received. The Commercial accounts from New York and Liverpool will be found under their proper head.
An alumni committee of Franklin College announces a new monthly periodical titled The Athenian to be published in Athens after arrangements. The committee will run the work until the society’s next meeting. Subscriptions are five dollars per year and the venture seeks support from Southern literature supporters.
The State Rights Sentinel defends voting the full slate in Georgia races. It commends General Glascock on abolition but argues dropping any ticket member to favor him harms the ticket and aids opponents Jabez Jackson and others. It contends such a split betrays Georgia’s interests and the South’s rights.
The writer accuses opponents of removing experienced public servants and replacing them with men eager to be second to Van Buren. They condemn the newly appointed as lacking ambition beyond post-congress letter writing, urging readers to align with the Chronicle's stance except for the editor’s reluctance to back Judge White.
The Raleigh Register predicts a Whig win for Governor Dudley by five to ten thousand votes and a strong Whig majority in the Legislature. It notes Granville and Orange counties’ support, cites a 2,123 lead for Douary over Staiwr, and records 50 White and 45 Van Buren state legislative selections.
The Constitutionalist notes the Exastr arriving on the 16th, built for the Savannah and Augusta Steam Boat Company. It features a unique plan with both ends square and wheels near the stern, a light draft for low water, and aims to ply this river end. The piece celebrates Savannah's growing prosperity and Health and hopes for profitable ventures from Elbert’s owners and more boats to come.
A Georgian letter in the Augusta Chronicle urges major city improvements. It calls for a salaried mayor, a night city guard of twenty men, and a reformed Board of Health, contrasting Charleston’s $4000 mayor with Augusta’s potential $1500–$2000. It questions mosquito control and cites Badman’s insect habits article.
A fragment from the Augusta Chronicle dated August 19 1836 records a mock legal instrument in which a man offers to sell his wife for one hundred cents to a specified party. The text notes a supposed contract recognizable by law and includes a pledge regarding the wife’s property and encumbrances.
The Charleston Courier reports Major Williams was killed Monday morning the 8th inst by 200 Seminoles at St Arthur s Bridge while en route from Black Creek to Nowardsville. His son in law, aboard with him, escaped. Williams allegedly first struck a Seminole in a cattle dispute. Wanton, his son in law, fled toward Micanopy but may have been killed. a horse found dead suggests his fate. The schooner Mills from St Augustine arrived with extracts from a letter to a local contact.
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