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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1836
Page
2
Poetic medley urges resilience after a grievous loss. The speaker rejects tears and maternal solace, insisting the heart remain steadfast and proud. A stern lesson rises: endure with calm resolve and a worthy, defiant memory.
From the North America packet, news arrives June 1. Spain’s Cortez dissolved. Mendizabal’s resignation feared. Irish reform demands rise. Catholic Association rebranded Reform Association seeks abolition of tithes. Madrid politics show Isturitz and Galiano as ultra liberal rivals with French influence suspected. Creeks war winds down. Georgia line praised for conduct and discipline under Scott and Jesup.
Maj Ansart 3d Art has resigned his commission and may repair to Washington to await the Government's decision after social duties. Col Kenan, mustered into U S service on the Ist ult, is honorably discharged. Lieut A J Lee will join in a week and Lieut Betts in a month. Surgeon Lawson will report by letter to Maj Gen Winfield Scott.
The National Intelligencer reports the Treasury and Pet Banks show public money rising to 41 million dollars as of June 1. It lists bank liabilities and means to meet them, plus numerous appointments by the President and Senate, and notes an incident in which a stranger named Jouy G Bray was badly wounded by an accidental discharge. The issue also covers Texas troop movements, Indian Affairs appointments, and weather and disease news from other ports.
In Augusta on Saturday July 16 1836 reports note small pox raging elsewhere with no army cases. The Augusta Insurance and Banking Company plans to raise capital on the second Monday in October to 300000 dollars and may push to 500000 under charter. Constitutionalist mentions yesterday.
The Southern Whig reports a postal notice from Red Hill Georgia that A M Wilson a subscriber there has run away and owes the paper a sum described as high dollars. Wilson previously subscribed to the Chronicle until the notice from the Whig.
The Evening Star notes completion of the Jersey City to Philadelphia route soon, promising safeties, conveniences, and punctual baggage transfer from Courtlandt Street to Philadelphia. Travel would run New York 6 AM to Philadelphia by 11 AM, Baltimore 5 PM, Washington 7 PM, with a 13 hour trip including meals.
A review praises Thomas R. Dew's Federative System address and The Doctor in Two Volumes, noting Dew's profound thought and its impact on Union support. It announces Harper & Brothers edition, lauds public discourse, and highlights a Georgia patriotic toast program with twelve items praising liberty, Washington, Jefferson, and Texian heroes, including General Glascock and other Southern figures.
A dense satirical meditation on the public as a constellation of overlapping circles. Each person claims the whole for themselves and acts pro bono publico for personal gain. The public is a nest of nested publics, from general to particular, fashionable to religious, each a world of its own.
At Burke county's Pleisant Grove Academy a July 21 meeting arranged the sixtieth Independence Day celebration. Maj A Pulmerrvon named Day President, L F Tomix Vice President, and Rienanp Seavees to deliver an address. Pupils recited pieces before a dinner for about 400 citizens, with toasts to follow after the meal.
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