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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1836
Page
6
Poetic reflection on endurance after a blow. A speaker counsels not to weep but to bear the grief with pride and calm, to aspire to a noble fate and a steady heart in the face of loss. The verse centers on resilience, remembrance, and dignified resolve.
From Liverpool and Dublin comes news of Spain under Isturitz and Galiano. the Cortes dissolved on May 23 and Mendizabal’s fall. Irish reform demands and repeal of the Union. Catholic Association rebranded as Reform Association presses for tithes abolition and corporation reform. critiques of French influence and US politics cited.
Maj Ansart of the 3d Artillery is granted permission to repair to Washington after completing social duties while awaiting government decision. Col Kenan, mustered into US service on the Ist ult, is discharged with honor and thanks. Lieut A J Lee and Lieut Betts to join their companies after specified terms. Surgeon Lawson to report by letter to Maj Gen Jessup Winfield Scott.
The National Intelligencer reports a growing surplus in the Treasury via the depository banks, detailing liabilities and means to meet them as of June 1. It lists appointments by the President with Senate consent including Cass to France and several U.S. officials, plus a military accident in Greenville and Texas sitreps.
The Augusta scene notes small pox raging in Columbus with no army cases reported, while the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company plans a capital increase on the second Monday in October to 300000 dollars and contemplates a further rise to 500000 dollars as allowed by its charter. The Columbus papers offer no further details on the health matter.
The Southern Whig reports that A. M. Wilson, a paper recipient at Red Hill Murray County, has run away. Wilson owes the paper a high amount and was a subscriber to the Chronicle until this notice.
The Evening Star reports the Jersey City and Philadelphia Railroad will soon complete the line from New Brunswick to Trenton securing a Jersey City to Philadelphia route. Travel from New York to Philadelphia is planned with baggage service from Courtlandt Street and a 13 hour daylight run via Baltimore and Washington, including meals.
This piece discusses Thomas R. Dew on the Federative Republican System and its literary impact, praising his address as a powerful defense of the Union. It also reviews Harper and Brothers Doctor, and remarks on public sentiment, culture, and political life, with a focus on 1836 publications and prominent figures.
A verbose reflection likens the public to intersecting circles with the individual at the center, each person part of many publics. It warns that claiming to act pro bono publico hides self interest, portraying publics as nested patent coffins and a spectrum from general to specialized publics.
At the Pleisant Grove Academy in Burke County on July 21 a 60th Independence Day celebration was set with Maj. Pulmervon as President, L. F. Tomix Vice President, papers and an address by Rienan Servanes. About 400 guests attended a community dinner and toasts followed the exercises.
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