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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1811
Page
6
A readable fragment lists forthcoming textiles and sewing goods from Phelps & Howards including cottons, muslins, laces, mitts, hosiery, and dyed fabrics. The inventory mentions fabrics such as navy and madras cloths, meretricious trim, and assorted handicraft notions.
A damaged OCR fragment lists items and quantities including brown sugar loaves wagons barrels nails writing paper tea powder sarees shot fags? It mentions July 12 and a shop inventory style summary with several misread items and numbers.
The subscriber informs Augusta residents of his intent to carry on house and sign painting and gilding in all branches. He lists on hand lampblack red lead linseed oil white lead and various pigments and glazing materials for sale at his shop, second door east of the Herald Office. July 2. t
Despatch from Don Joaquin Blake to the Regency reports a decisive victory by the allied Spanish British and Portuguese forces at the Albuhera camp on May 16 1811 against Marshal Soult. It praises Marshal Beresford and Gen. Castanos and notes heavy enemy losses while cavalry and British infantry supported the pursuit toward Badajoz. The message promises fuller details soon.
The subscriber Thomas Flournoy announces a fall sale of several properties in Richmond County. Items include a Broad Street house and lot in Augusta, a corner lot at Ellis and Centre Streets, a five acre plus tract at the Sandhills, a sizable tract on Ray's Creek with timber and cleared land, a large dwelling with outbuildings, and extensive plantation equipment. Also offered are many enslaved people, livestock, a plantation wagon and gear, horses, mules, and household furniture. A long credit exists for real estate and cash for personal property. July 32.
Reports from New York describe the pursuit of the Tamaahmaah brig by the British frigate Melampus and a deadly volley fired at pilots and passengers of the pilot-boat Brothers off the New Jersey coast. The incident follows a chase in seven fathoms water near a light house with no provocation identified.
May reports from London note low cotton and tobacco markets in Liverpool and dull trade. British responses cover Europe wars with news of a major Wellington Marmont battle near Almeda, 4000 dead and 700 prisoners. Burdett versus Speaker case ruled for the defendant. Monroe named Secretary of State signals amicable US Britain ties. Park's fate confirmed in Africa and Ney’s Spain command reassigned. King of England rode May 20. Joseph flees Spain for France, Valladolid to France.
General Wilkinson expresses thanks to the Baltimore Whig editors and other papers for support in his cause while asking them to refrain from commenting on his four years of alleged persecution. He states he will face a general court martial and warns against any pretrial public appeals that could prejudice the court. Baltimore Washington June 17.
The writer laments four missteps and two regrets. He condemns submitting to Britain and France, distrusts crowned heads, and faults Congress for not forming a prudent plan to avert ruin. He urges decisive action to protect American safety and assets amid foreign debt concerns.
A late English letter reports a Commons bill likely to pass imposing a penny per pound duty on cotton, 4s 6d per cwt on ashes, and 3d per pound on tobacco, with another note that the bill passed on May 24.
A failed attempt to break into Dummer Academy at Byefield was thwarted before daylight. Authorities identified a suspect connected to a broader rights dispute and reported a near completion of a harmful act. Nechlnpert Harald was noted in initial investigations.
An extract of a British officer's letter from Portugal dated March 27 1811 recounts a bloody field scene. A French captain searched naked corpses for his colonel, slain after a duel with a corporal of the 13th Hussars. The fight ends with the French officer killed. 600 to 700 naked dead noted.
The piece mocks a Duke of Queensbury’s lavish diet and extended life routine, then shifts to U.S. politics noting Congress’s unfinished inquiry into General W. and a Natchez letter. It ends with a sensational account of two ancient human remains found near the Cumberland river, their odd burial suggests a prehistoric people and raises questions about local fortifications.
Alexandria dispatch notes talk of a proclamation to convene Congress on October 1 and suggests delays in its release. Rumors claim General Turreau is en route to Halifax in poor health. Also reported: U S frigates President and United States sail from New York Quarantine Ground with Commodore Decatur, and British ships patrol off Sandy Hook.
Baltimore reports Colonel Burr, recently from France, remains in Paris and holds frequent interviews with state officers though he appears obscure. Newburyport residents were awakened by a barn fire on Lime Street owned by Mr. E. Pierce but it was quickly extinguished with little damage and suspected as incendiary.
Oliver Cromwell declares it is time to end the long Parliament for its corruption and vice. He denounces MPs as mercenary and treacherous, calls out bribery and moral decay, and orders them to depart the House at once under threat of consequence.
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