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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1836
Page
6
A visitor recounts staying at the Globe in Augusta, attends parlor conversations on George M Duffie and slavery, critiques classical quotation in speeches, notes town architecture and streets, and describes social scenes, churches, education, and local life along Main Street. The piece ends with notices and an exchange about Cherokee affairs and abolition-era politics.
Augusta July 1896 celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of independence with a city procession led by Col. Mrdwant F. Borsemain. The page lists order of march, church service, speeches, and naval salutes, followed by a medical and scientific notes section and an 1836 Indian war letter fragment.
A Biruschniaen message is received and will receive attention in our next. Frost Tan Nowyrs expresses gratitude to Charleston Mercury correspondents for a file of the latest Northern papers, brought by the Syeain Packet Columbus from New York, arriving in Charleston on Wednesday last.
Letter to the Post Master from June 27, 1836 reports war activity nearing end, Jim Henry's party mostly captured and confined at Port Mitchell. The Smiths work on arriving to make hand cuts for prisoners. Suspected to be sent west. chief and five or six others may face death. Army in motion. bridges block renewal of advance.
A quoted exchange cites President Jamson in 1829 arguing the safest and fairest use of surplus revenue is to apportion it among states by representation ratios. The discussion appears in the Washington Chronicle and National Intelligencer, reflecting early federal views on revenue sharing.
At a public dinner the Barnwell Cadets are celebrated for their Florida campaigns. The verse recounts their Charleston to Augustine march, battles with Osceola and Seminole forces, and honors Major Dang and fallen soldiers near Fort King. It praises volunteers and resilience.
A June 1836 letter from Gav. Schley describes army supply delays, eventual field action, and captures around Fort Mitchell. He notes Gen Scott and Gen Jessup coordinating with Georgia and Alabama troops and friendly Indians to corner Jim Henry and his party, with hundreds of hostile warriors surrendering and pursuit ongoing near Columbus.
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