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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1821
Page
2
A poetic lament recounts long sorrow after a youthful trust is betrayed. The speaker recalls mockery and scorn from friends and lovers, ending in tears and ruined fame. The verse notes a later marriage of Mira to Ephraim Mudd and a Shakespearean moral about female temperaments turning a maiden to a misfortune.
A traveler traverses a rough turnpike to a narrow north road leading to Monte Video famed for its scenery. The ascent reveals a cliffbound ridge, a Gothic tenant house, and a cultivated valley with a long lake below, ending near a tower atop gray rock formations.
Description of a secluded hillside estate centered on a house with a tower, lake, and cliff views. Paths wind through groves to a summer house by the water, a south rock summit, and a hexagonal tower offering a 960 foot vantage over farms, towns, and the Connecticut valley.
In Quincy on January 18 1816 a letter praises Samuel Tucker Esq a Massachusetts legislator and veteran Commodore Tucker detailing his naval service from 1776 to 1783. It recounts his defense against three British frigates in 1778 voyage to Bordeaux and multiple perilous sea encounters testing skill and perseverance.
An essayic tale from the National Advocate recounts an uncle Bartholomew urging steadiness over migration and a youth named John Fickle who shifts from mechanical work to farming amid a landscape of restlessness. The narrator weighs the costs of mobility against long residence and measured growth.
Augusta market reports no variation from the previous week as of Monday January 8. Prices hold steady with steady demand noted in the local exchange.
The New Theatre debuts Wednesday with Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer and the farce Of Age Tomorrow. A largely fresh company earns praise for talent and style, while manager Mr. Youna earns credit for fittings and taste. Also noted: Stockholders elected Printers Bank directors James Johnston Benjamin Burrougha George W Owens and others.
The New-York Daily Advertiser editor misreads the Union's state count in the Missouri admission vote. He totals forty four yeas and nays and notes every Senate member was at his post. The piece corrects that the Union has twenty three states and forty six Senate seats, acknowledging a one-state error due to rapid family growth.
The piece argues that delegation in debating societies mirrors government but warns delegation transfers no real power. It critiques a New Jersey proposal for a General Debating Society as impractical, since debate requires autonomy and cannot be delegated.
Extract from a letter dated Nov 14 from Savanilla reports that on the 10th the Independents entered the Cmnega after fierce combat in which 300 Royalists were killed and many wounded.
A garbled report references Blockade actions near Barbadoes and Barbary ports with ships Ente and Montpetier. Details note Capt Kearney, Port Royal cruise, a brig Ente of 14 guns, and a lieutenant governor Bentinek death in Bubice at government house.
The schooner Julie from Chaleurs Bay, owned by Mir. Terien, was wrecked off Mons Louis in a NE gale as night fell. The crew endured exposure and hunger while seeking shelter, with two men perishing and several survivors later reaching Cap Chat and Saint Anne, aided by Mrs. McGibbon and others after a perilous journey.
In a Nashville circuit court case a family led by Mr Pig faces charges of attempting to poison neighbors with Cantharides in coffee. A supposed deceitful doctress recruited to expose the daughter of Saveet to seduction and marriage schemes. she fled with vials of medicines.
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