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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1813
Page
3
The General informs willing recruits that service will be requested when due and warns that their mode of warfare must spare noncombatants. He vows to deliver Proctor to Tecumseh if Fort Meigs falls, offering to turn Proctor over to the rebels if they execute a Perricoas plan.
From Fort Meigs the Northwestern Army intelligence was furnished by Governor Meigs who passed through Chillicothe on Monday. Col Johnson's regiment likely left Fort Winchester before General Clay's orders. he intended an expedition to Indian towns and then Brownstown. If he meets a larger force at Brownstown his situation becomes critical.
General Green Clay reports a council of war determining a renewed attack on Fort Meigs. Indians and 4000 troops plus possible reinforcements are expected. British regulars from Fort George and Eric are being dispatched. Tecumseh is near the River Rogue. a strong defense is planned with 4200 barrels of flour en route from Fort Winchester.
The Vermont State Prison reports remarkable weaving progress as inmates compete to outdo each other. A specimen shows convict S. G. on the 22d, weaving fifty eight yards and a quarter in fifteen hours using No. 46 factory yarn and shuttles, aided only by a helper for winding and sizing.
The report notes a gingham weighing fifteen pounds and one quarter, crafted with fine cloth and rapid shuttle throws. It questions future gains from the institution in its infancy and ponders the state’s benefits from further improvement.
Norgork July 10 reports the privateer Anacoide under Captain Shaler arriving at Ocracock after a successful cruise. It seized a British packet from Rio Janeiro with 75,000 dollars in specie deposited in Newbern, plus other prizes including the brig Mary from Guidvatars bearing 30,000 and the brig Hariet from Buenos Aires to Lisbon valued at 100,000. The report clarifies the Anaconda did not accompany the Essex and notes a Spanish brig sighting the President frigate com Rodgers in the West Indies with several prizes and prisoners landed at St Bartholemews Ledger.
Chronicle reports Governor Mitchell has purchased ample powder for militia use if Indian hostilities require service. News mentions limited Niagara Army updates, no Fort Meigs attack, and reduced Malden fears. British fleet activity includes Hampton Roads departures and potential Baltimore visit. New London remains blockaded.
Reports from Sackett's Harbor note patrols and a new ship Gen Pike. Gen Lewis arrives to lead land forces. Boston and New York dispatches cover Murray's success over Suchet at Castella and Russian mediation proposals. Letters from Portland and Liverpool discuss French and Allied battles near Leipsic and debates on embargo policies in Parliament.
Milledgeville July 21 reports Indian Affairs unsettled, frontier families evacuating to safety as government action awaits. An extract from a congressional letter discusses war funding, direct tax quotas for Georgia, and a proposed fifteen percent deduction before collection.
Patrick L Rowentsdy a printer married Exyzapern Harris daughter of Thomas Haynes Esq of Warren County by Reverend James Allen on the 18th inst. A plain ceremony noted in the local records.
A listing of current prices for commodities including flour oats cotton peas salt tea sugar coffee gun powders corn meal hyson tea imperial tea imperial hyson skin iron steel and bacon with ranges in shillings pence and dollars and per bushel prices for lead and shot. The figures show multiple price points such as flour 8, oats 50, cotton 7 81 2, sugar 15 to 16, corn meal 62 1 2, and lead rates per bushel.
Nathan Brealove offers a ten dollar reward 10 miles from Sparta in Hancock County on the Milledgeville road for ApRamy a 35-year-old African American man about six feet tall tolerably dark complexion with one upper tooth missing. He wore homespun pair linen shirt and a new wool hat when he ran away.
Auctioneer J. Fraser offers a cash sale of a likely Black man described as a satisfactory title bearer. The listing notes the post office sale date at 10 o'clock on July 25.
Proposals will be received at the General Post Office Washington until September 18 for mail routes in Georgia and nearby towns. Details cover Petersburg to Buckley's store, Coosawhatchy to Augusta, Pocotaligo to Beaufort, Savannah to St Marys, Darien to Brunswick, Riceboro to Sunbury, and multiple connections via Augusta, Milledgeville, Athens, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monticello, and Darien with weekly or twice weekly schedules and specific departure and arrival times.
The notice outlines mail routes to Seavannah Milledgeville and St Stephens with schedules and penalties. It sets times for arrivals departures and weekly travel, with allowances, forfeitures, and quarterly payments. It commands proposer pricing by year and requires nonwhite carriage prohibition.
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