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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1836
Page
5
An 18th or 19th century style notice stating publication occurs each Saturday morning at address 261 Broad Street opposite Masonic Hall. The terse line identifies the printing location and timing without additional context or events.
The document outlines subscription terms for a semi weekly paper at five dollars yearly in advance or six dollars by year end, and a weekly paper at three dollars annual or end-year pay. It details ad rates per square, insertion frequencies, and rules for limited insertions, plus legal notice publishing timelines for land or negro sales and estate notices. It also explains mail remittance risk, and required public gazette postings for executors, administrators, and guardians.
The Federal Union of the 19th instant reports that the current Representatives in Congress from this State are all candidates for reelection.
Judge Loxesmeer has disposed of his interest in the Office of the State Rights Sentinel to Winciam EB. Jones for a length of time favorably known to the public as the able and spirited editor of the Southern Whiz published at Athens.
Letters received Monday report the death of Rhuann Tausay Esquire in Lincoln county North Carolina. The July issue of Foreign Literature Science and Art launches a new series of 9192 pages, enlarged and cheaper, with contents from European periodicals and features like Chemical Manipulation and Cabinet Encyclopedia editor Dr. Lannwen. Subscriptions incur no extra charge despite the increase in size.
Extract from a Tennessean letter dated July 8 1836 notes local political leanings toward White and opposition to Missouri Restrictionists. Mentions rail road plans from this place to La Grange and connectivity to Athens Road, predicting broad Southern impact. Questions Georgia voters about choosing a federal abolitionist and questions Milledgeville Federal Union’s claim that Southern rights are ably sustained, noting varied Congressional conduct.
A voter questions how all representatives have sustained the rights of the South and asks whether the Federal Union would erase a current congressman from its ticket for “ably sustaining the rights of the South.” The letter prompts a call for candor on party stance and representation.
News briefs from New York and Washington cover the Formosa laden with $600000 in gold and a cargo bound for Havre, the 120 gun Pennsylvania Ship of the Line nearing completion, Louisiana gunmen for six months under Gaines, a Washington marriage report between Mr Van Buren and a renowned literary lady, state prison profits in Massachusetts, a humorous take on Texas pronunciation, and a quip about the late actor Kean drawing a full house.
July 25 consignors include Jackson WC Way L Ganahl G A Walker R F Poe L Dewelle Thos J Wray A Frederick B W Force Richards Stoy Holcombe Peck & Co Adams Parmelee & Co R Barber Kerrs & Hope E D Cooke Rankin & Evans Thomas M Woodruff Stovall Simmons & Co Sol Kneeland & Co W A Ramsey M Frederick E B Beall Clark McTier & Co H C Bryson & Co J P Setze & Co A Baudry T I C Plant N B Jarrett TJ M Cooper Geo Parrott M R Smith Benson Urquhart G H Taylor & co Sibley & Usher L Richards H W Sullivan. July 26 consignors include Clark McTier & co H C Bryson & co T I C Plant E B Beall Geo Parrott Benson Urquhart M R Smith.
The Liverpool market notes no change since last report with steady prices for prime Upland cotton. Enquiry remains good. 184 cents per pound quoted for top qualities. Week's arrivals: 203 bales Upland. sales total 661 bales across varied prices. Coffee and sugar markets show small activity. Cognac sold at 1.50 a bottle. freight rates listed for cotton shipments to Europe and America.
The report notes about 750 Laguayra at 125 cents, Havana at 124 cents, and St Domingo at cents for fair to good green coffee, with scarcity. Cotton demand is fair with some advance on fair quality. Sales include uplands at 19 to 24 cents, Florida at 20 to 21 cents, and ordinary New Orleans at 17 to 18 cents per pound. common qualities are not in demand.
Joan Campreld of Louisville recounts a dispute with Captain Malone over accusations of cowardice and ill conduct during the Florida campaign. She details troop movements, engagements near Fort Cooper, and her attempt to set the record straight for Jefferson County readers, ending with a call for public understanding.
The subscribers offer about 16000 acres of land at the fork of the Alabama and Tom Peppebeekhee rivers with 12 miles on the Tom River and about 4 on the Alabama. Located 50 miles from Mobile, cane brake lands suited for cotton, with several springs and 500 acres cleared. Nearby summer residences and shipping via steam boats. Terms and details from McLOSKEY HAGAN & Co Mobile. May 17 1836. Administrators Sale. 166 acres in Burke county to be sold first Tuesday in September at Waynesboro Court House for the estate of Charles Jones deceased. Terms announced the day. John M. Jones, Adm.
The Augusta Meeting in Georgia opens December 6 with Hickory John vs Miss Medley in the great match race. A Colt Sweep Stake for three year olds is offered the day after, with several entry and distance details and a separate November closing for another sweepstakes.
On a Tuesday in October next a sale at the Lower Market House in Augusta will offer parts of the estate of Thomas Cumming deceased. The properties include a large vacant lot on Green Street facing City Hall, a lot in Summerville with adjoining neighbors, and a Columbia county plantation on Euchee Creek about sixteen miles from Augusta with about twenty three hundred acres, one thousand cleared and thirteen hundred timbered, adjoining Beall Cliett and others.
A shopping note lists Paris imported items available today including jet black bombazines grass bleached linens fine cambric handkerchiefs damask linens and tablecloths sewing silk gloves gowns and silk hose. The catalog covers haberdashery such as beads ribbons combs hair powder scents soaps and rose waters.
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