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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1836
Page
5
The brief note states a weekly Saturday publication schedule with the address 261 Broad Street opposite Masonic Hall. It presents a compact newspaper row indicating where the issue is distributed or office location as a factual circulation detail.
The notice outlines subscription rates for HSVES and weekly papers with prepaid options, arrearage terms and ad pricing. It lists land and Negro estate sale rules, posting requirements, and timelines for notices of sales and creditor/debtor notices. It specifies publication periods for various legal notices and permissions to sell land or enslaved people.
The June issue of Ladies Companion features a handsome engraving of The Bride and several literary articles. The Anniversary of American Independence committee appointed Rev. Mr Smrna as Orator of the Day, which he has accepted. Michigan and Arkansas bills to admit them as states passed the House after Senate origin, 147 to 52 and 143 to 50, paving the way for two new stars in the Union pending Presidential approval.
Extract from a letter dated Columbus June 16 1836 notes volunteers recalled from Fort Twiggs and stationed in Columbus for protection. The writer plans to leave that afternoon and return home in a few days, seeing no further chance of fighting Indians.
The Greenville Mountaineer reports a direct mail route is established from Greenville to Edgefield C H connecting with the Hamburg or Aikin line, enabling Charleston papers and letters to arrive in two days. A second route runs from Greenville to Rabun C H via Sitton's Bridge and Pickens C H.
The Cassville Pioneer reports a late-night tidbit from Walker county claiming an old man named Burke and his family were murdered by Indians and burned in their home. Three people died, the family was small, and the killers remain undiscovered. The note also praises the June issue and reviews Southern Literary Messenger with a favorable New York Courier tribute.
The United States section notes disagreement with Halleck’s literary conclusions but praises the Messenger for vigor and manliness in its papers. It asserts the Messenger holds a proud position among American periodicals and that its criticisms, though sometimes hawkish, are largely just and well-founded.
The May issue of The Knickerbocker New York Monthly Magazine lies delayed due to an unfinished engraving. The engraving depicts the Hudson River and Palisades from Fort Lee landing. Prospectus of the Eighth Volume will begin in July in the next issue.
The latest issue features a large elegant engraving of a distant view of Mount Tom near Northampton Massachusetts. It includes the Connecticut River and a bridge, forming a striking picture-engraved by M Osnonne from a painting by A Brewannsox. The issue promises original literary matter by popular writers and neat typography, marking it as an elegant, attractive publication.
In the Senate on the tenth inst, Mr. Benton introduced a bill to establish the Constitution's currency for the federal government. It would forbid bank notes and paper money under specified denominations from being received for U S government, Post Office, or federal courts after set dates ranging from 1837 to 1842. The bill was read and ordered to a second reading. We heartily wish it success.
Major Baden, in command at the Augusta Arsenal, is praised for his energy and service despite illness. A June 8 1836 dispatch from the Ordnance Department commends his efficient leadership amid Indian hostilities, expressing entire satisfaction and thanks from Colonel Geo. Bomford.
A June 11 1836 gathering at the Court House where Capt. Fostzn presided and Secretary Annex recorded a tribute to Samuel Pearman Duke late a Morgan Guards member and Florida campaign soldier. Resolutions wear crape for thirty days and express condolences to his relatives and friends.
Extracted notes show resolutions by the Augusta company praising the deceased Mr. Duggin and requesting copies to be published in the Augusta Chronicle. The group thanks volunteer companies and Augusta citizens for kindness during his illness and in burial, signed by N. G. Foster and Wiliam L. Aten. Additional letters report rumors of a battle near Columbus involving Gen Moore and 1200 Indians and an early account of Indian forces surrounding Fort Jones near Roanoke Georgia with no confirmed news of Moore's army.
A letter from Camp Grongta Alabama dated June 18 1836 reports Noah Mabhlo and son captured and war ending. It also quotes Hudson's Correspon dence claiming a plot to place Gen James Hamilton over Houston with ten million dollars pledged. J Hamilton defends himself and urges reprint of his remarks to counter the accusation.
The Mobile Chronicle prints details from June 8 about an Indian identified as O ha ta ta ca arriving at Little River and a fatal fight between Powell and young chief Ho pi to pha. Witnesses say land losses fuel hostility and a cholera like sickness spreads among the Indians. The paper also reprints a Texas dissatisfaction letter questioning Gen Houston over retreats on the Guadaloupe Colorado and Brazos rivers, with harsh criticism and claims of cowardice.
Reports from Montgomery describe General Jessup joining Alabama volunteers at Tuskeegee and Col Shackelford resigning after balking at marching to seek Indians. Governor’s orders restrained volunteers from leaving camp, many quitting in protest. A volunteer observer claims the force could have defeated Indians within two weeks if allowed to march.
New York Evening edition reports a sudden relief in the money market over the last two days. Bank offerings have fallen by about one quarter to one third as U.S. Bank agency discounts shifted millions of Southern Western and Eastern paper. European arrangements and Boston relief are cited among causes. Stocks showed a very light day yet advanced with a firm market post Board, U.S. Bank quoted firm at 1224.
In Columbus there are six small pox cases in the hospital, all convalescent. Four of the patients will be dismissed tomorrow as entirely cured. One case remains at the home of Mr. Wim P. McKeen and cannot be moved to the hospital without risking Mrs. McKeen’s life. A guard is posted at the McKeen residence and at the hospital.
Recount of events from the New Orleans Bulletin and other papers notes Gen Samuel Houston sailing on the Caspian with Surgeon General Dr Erwin Major Alexander Le Roy and Major Cook on a Texian army mission. Also reports escapes from Indian attack among stage passengers and updates on Indian prisoner killings and local racing results. Additional items include passage of state admission bills in Congress and widespread cotton crop damage from heavy rains in the Carolinas Georgia Alabama with projected losses across the South.
The Augusta market sits flat following unfavorable Liverpool accounts. Quotations run 13 4 to 18 cents per pound with some sales of good to fair quality reported at 19 cents.
The text compiles cotton trade data from June to May across Cianteston, Liverpool, Havre, New Orleans, and Monntr Manxey with bales shipped and sold, prices in cents and pence, stock levels, and weekly sales. It notes dull markets in Liverpool and Havre, steady rates for prime uplands, and mixed activity in New Orleans and Charleston areas with Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi cotton dominating deals.
In Scriven county on Saturday the 11th, by Rev A l Dopson, Mr Cranounn Rev-111 to Miss Patience Resuino, both of Scriven county. In Athens on the 14th, Col Pau J Semmons of Washington Wilkesco to Miss Rusty J Heovart of Athens. On the 2d at Nauconchee Habersham county, Mr Beorns Pream of France to Miss Avatine Petriny of the locality.
In Edgefield district at Major Starke Summer hill residence on May 29 a baby girl Seasw Rue preea Dintox, daughter of William C. and Ann Dillon, aged ten months and five days, is recorded. A sorrowful note states Mrs Amarna Siretns, wife of Lieut. William Shields of the U S Navy, is left with two small children.
Copartnership notice states the business formerly run as JACOB MOISE will be confined to Moise and Cohen under new firm name Moise & Cohen starting June 22. The Parmeios Register reports Petersburg Virginia edition with content on agriculture including sugar crop, grape vines, clover, lime, corn, silk, railroad notes, and related market and rural economy topics. Readers and correspondents thanked.
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