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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1836
Page
6
Poem from Southern Literary Messenger printed in TO THE EVENING STAR praising Star of descending night. Speaker notes star as beam of twilight, late sun, and divine reflection. Mentions Bethlehem, infant Saviour, and Fredericks Co Va.
The Southern Whig reports on Hon. John C. Calhoun's visit to Athens during Commencement. Citizens hosted a public dinner which he declined, and a letter explains his reasons. The piece defends Calhoun on abolition and deposites while criticizing rival press for falsehoods about his reception.
A visiting figure received by followers as a high priest of nullification enters the college chapel stage to a tepid reception. The piece notes opposition to Georgia and Indian removal policies, criticizing the guest while recalling a published critique from the Banner. It includes broader commentary on Van Buren, abolitionism, and a New Jersey fugitive slave ruling.
A fragment from the U S Telegraph reports an Ohio paper reprinting a Frankfort Commonwealth letter dated June 24 1836 Mount Verney. The letter describes a visitor who claims to have seen a Constitution of the American Company with Martin Van Buren as a member and a capital of 1 000 000 dollars and alleges efforts to regulate in Arkansas.
A letters page discusses a firm named in Globe ads for lands for sale and asserts Van Buren’s membership. The writer claims proof exists if denial is issued and questions how Van Buren acquired stock. The note links the ad’s appearance with a late treasury circular and speculates on funding and influence.
Augusta readers learn the 1836 Congressional ticket listing 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 all from various counties including Troup Scriven Muscogee Greene Habersham Baldwin Chatham Glynn Morgan with a Be just and fear not motto.
Members of the State Rights Association of Burke County are requested to assemble at the courthouse in Waynesborough on the first Tuesday in September next. Burke County August 10, 1836.
Notice to readers served above McIntosh street that the carrier is ill and a replacement is being used. Readers not receiving papers are asked to report the omission to the publisher.
Dr. E R Covrnrenn was chosen Bookkeeper of the Bank of Hamburg on the 16th instant. The Teller election planned for that day was postponed.
The Railegh North Carolina Register notes two cases and one death from smallpox as of the 16th instant, describing the loathsome disease's appearance and impact in the area.
The Charleston Board of Health lists eighteen deaths in the week ending 14 inst. Fourteen are blacks and colored, four are whites, reflecting the city’s mortality for that period.
Revenue in Boston last month reached 512300 dollars, up from 363000 dollars the previous year. The year‑over‑year gain amounts to 129300 dollars, reflecting strong growth in municipal receipts.
The Greenville Mountaineer reports that in the middle and upper districts the cotton crop bids fail to reach a full average supply. Heavy rains reduced yields but recent hot weather has improved the plant's appearance, suggesting cautious optimism despite earlier setbacks.
The Steam packet Mr Gibbons reached Charleston on Wednesday last after leaving New York on Saturday evening. No intelligence of interest was received aboard. The ship Europe arrived in New York on the 9th instant from Liverpool, but conveys no later political intelligence than previously known. Commercial accounts from New York and Liverpool will be listed under their proper head.
An advertising prospectus announces a new monthly periodical named The Athenian to be published in Athens once arrangements are complete. A committee of gentlemen, named by the Alumni of Franklin College, will run the venture until the next Society meeting, with five dollars annual subscription.
The paper argues Georgia State Rights men must vote for the entire nominated ticket. Although praising General Glascock on abolition, it warns against dropping any ticket member to favor him. Supporting Glascock would indirectly aid opponents like Jabez Jackson Towns Owens and the rest of the delegation. The stance condemns betraying Georgia’s interests and the South’s rights.
The speaker denounces opponents for ejecting experienced public servants from national councils and installing sycophants who seek only to serve Van Buren. He endorses the Chronicle’s lines except for the editor’s reluctant stance on Judge White.
The Raleigh Register forecasts a Whig victory in North Carolina with a 5,000 to 10,000 vote majority for Douary over Staiwr and a Whig majority in the Legislature. Granville and Orange counties are praised for influencing the result. Dudley leads, and 2,123 is given as the statewide county majority. Fifty whites elected to the Legislature versus forty-five Van Buren men.
The Exastr, a new steamboat built for the Savannah and Augusta line, arrived at the Savannah wharves on the 16th. With a novel plan, square head and stern, and wheels near the stern, it has a light draft and will navigate the river at low water. The Journal notes steady steamboat growth on the Savannah River and the city’s rising prosperity, and wishes continued success to the Elbert and its owners.
A Georgian letter in the Augusta Chronicle urges bold city reforms including a salaried mayor, a standing city guard, and a reformed Board of Health. The writer criticizes current administration, questions mosquito control, and cites Charleston’s mayoral salary as a benchmark while urging citizen action.
In an Augusta Chronicle excerpt dated August 19 1836 a man signs a document that appears to bargain and sell his wife for one hundred cents with witnesses and a seal. The text notes it was presented to a bar member for legality and asserts the wife is to be kept free of encumbrances.
Charleston Courier reports Major Williams slain Monday morning August 8 by about 200 Seminoles near St Arthur s Bridge while en route from Black Creek to Nowardsville. His son in law fled. Wanton from Newnansville toward Micanopy possibly killed. Express from Black Creek notes Wanton not yet reached, horse found dead on road. Mills from St Augustine arrives. extracts of a letter shared.
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