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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1815
Page
6
A detailed wartime outline urges rapid campaign against hostile Indian nations from the Missouri to the Arkansas. It warns of possible British leverage, advocates a 3000-strong mounted expedition ready by April, and proposes a frontier network of defended posts near settlements to deter raids.
A court martial session held in Quebec on January 3 focused on a military case described as an assault in the city. The proceedings involved military authorities and the defendant identified as a General.
Fragment note suggests the court will end its session in a few days and render a condemnation verdict. The text alludes to formal specifications and published tables as supporting backing for the decision.
The prize master Joseph Badson Corfilander of Gloucester reports the Equity sailed from November 27 and was captured December 4 in Italy. It reached Quebec with about 120 barrels of duty paid goods, including wines and punch, while passengers in the eastern mail stage learn of Maitland and the prize at Portsmouth.
Bantry reports from Annapolis that yesterday the army bill of the state has passed the House of Delegates for five regiments. The notice notes a gentleman’s information and confirms the legislative action in the capital.
An extract dated December 23 1814 from Beverly Chew in New Orleans to his wife describes Gen Jacksons orders, arrests and fortifications. He notes 5000 Tennesseeans encamped above the city, Kentuckians due, a large arms supply, and a city turned into a camp with infantry cavalry and artillery. He mentions a force under Gen Keene and 3000 troops plus two black regiments deemed insufficient to attack. News arrives of 300 horsemen from Natchez and daily troop arrivals, with no enemy news. The Abingdon note reports January 3 1815 that Jackson with 5000 militia and British regulars under Brock and Cockburn fought 7 miles below Orleans. Jackson allegedly defeated them and pursued them beyond the battlefield, Tennessee and Kentucky troops composing the army.
In Augusta the town celebrated news of a defeat of the enemy before New Orleans. A large party at Hotel Zeny and Pallant honored Colonel Appling and the officers with a commemorative dinner. The report arrived in Savannah by mail and was joyfully received by all.
Here is a brief sale listing including 50 bags prime green coffee 36 bundles Gerdian hammered steel 410 casks LYP Tencriff wine 35 crates B and G plates boxes Dicanters and tumblers 3 dozen tumblers wine blis elegant set dobie do ditto patterns Flint Swedish allum Swedes iron bale cloths 75 CSE Teal Holland gin 12 bottles each 800 bushels ground salt. Bills om Philadelphia.
An 1815 era dispatch reports Confederate and allied forces near New Orleans. It cites numbers: eight regiments with a 500 to 1100 strength, plus marine corps and artillery, and notes Kentucky reinforcements, heavy artillery, strong fortifications, and hopeful prospects for peace as Gen Jackson advances.
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