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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1811
Page
7
Fragmentary note mentions ships and cargoes returned to proprietors and closes with a formal sign off by a duke and secretary. Details are incomplete and names or dates are obscured in the OCR.
Translation of a Swedish royal proclamation declaring war on Great Britain and Ireland and ordering all navigation and communications to cease. Included is a note about Turkish forces and a report on rifle battalions and Cossacks routing a Turkish corps, with details of actions near Karthalinien.
Washington reports the U S Supreme Court lacked a quorum with judges Miurthall Livington and Washington present. Levi Lincoln is said to have resigned and a replacement nominated. A Baltimore letter claims the schooner Friendship cargo was not confiscated but placed in depot per Bordeaux regulations, contrary to Mr Roffel’s understanding in France.
A Rascal ran away from Oglethorpe county about a month ago. John, age 23, 5 feet 10 inches, slender, fluent talker, has taken to growing wool on his forehead. Suspected to have fled with Mr. Strongs’ associate, who earlier escaped to Virginia and passed as a freeman. Efforts to reach Virginia via Augusta are planned to employ forged passes. Five dollars for lodgment of John or ten dollars for delivering him, with expenses.
The Augusta Chronicle reports a 251 new subscribers since October 6 and announces a future Friday publication. It also conveys news from Milledgeville that Gov. Clayborne has taken Mobile by peaceful possession, and Augusta Bank will discount Savannah branch notes at 8 percent with two Augusta-based invorters.
In a lecture style denunciation the speaker warns that adopting constructive or implied powers could destroy state rights and convert the constitution into a consolidated government. The note then shifts to a funeral sermon for William M'Tyre to be preached Friday at noon by Rev. Mrs Green at the deceased’s residence.
In line with Adjutant General orders the first brigade plans inspection and review for the 11th Richmond County regiment on May 16 and 17. The 11th Columbia County regiment holds conventions May 22 and 23 with reviews following. Warren County conventions and inspections occur May 24 and 25 with reviews on the 26th. Brigadier General Walker approves with George Walton as aide. March 2.
Public notice from Michael Fleckx offering 30 dollars bounty for Shadrack a deserter with forged papers of freedom. He is about 40, walks lame with rheumatism, and has a buck named Buck, possibly to Augusta. Peter Donaldson, Esq. to cover expenses. March 2.
The subscriber announces three Negro fellows are sought as apprentices for the blacksmith business on Reynold Street near Calffrey and Buffin's Hotel. The owners may rely on proper instruction and attention to be given. J. J Perin, agent.
An old advertisement seeks a warranted character Negro fellow fit to drive a carriage tend horses or wait in the house. The owner has no use for him. Enquire for the Printers.
A miscellaneous advertisement listing a subscriber’s assortment including sugar, leaf sugar, Jamaica and Northward rum, French brandy, gin, nutmegs, soap, hyron, glass ware, German steel, salt, and related items. The entry reads like a general shop inventory or catalog line with numerous commodities.
On the first Tuesday in April at the Market House in Augusta a Negro boy named John is to be sold to satisfy Hart & Worley. A 350 acre pine land tract in Richmond County bounded by Major Cowles Crook Wright and Tinley’s land is levied for John H. Duebel. A Negro woman named Harriet is to be sold to satisfy Seaborn Jones. Conditions apply.
A notice offers ten dollars for the capture of a enslaved man named Cuffey, about thirty two, five nine, with a low voice and quick speech, last seen near Augusta then Savannah area. He wore a homespun shirt, brown bathcoat, and two long coats missing. He is believed to head toward Savannah with a wife and a brother in Augusta. Rewards plus extra for return.
A political notice announces Osap1a H. Crawford as a candidate for sheriff of Richmond County. The filing date referenced is January 26, indicating the start of campaign procedures and eligibility.
The horse WHIP will stand the season at a Columbia County plantation fourteen miles above Augusta on the main road to Washington. Price thirty dollars payable by note Dec 1 next, with discounts for early payment and single service fees. The season runs to July 25 with fall option gratis in Carolina near Edgefield. WHIP described as sixteen hands, mahogany bay, strong and fertile, bred to be a top turf sire. his progeny claim notable victories in Virginia Maryland and Kentucky. GALLATIN to stand in Greenesborough then Waynesborough. Joseph Gotten listed as owner or manager.
On the first Tuesday in May next the market house in Augusta will host a sale of lands from the estate of the late Fair Rhodessi. The tract totals are 100 acres adjoining Aarquhart, 14 acres adjoining Rhodes, 21 acres, 3 lots in Bedford, and 22 acres with various adjoining parcels. Proceeds go to the heirs and creditors of John Rhodes Mary Rhodes and others. The sale runs 10 am to 3 pm by order of the Inferior Court March 2.
A notice reports missing clothing items from a wagon near Camp Creek in Wilkes County between late January and early February. The thief or finder is promised a five dollar reward to return the property to Joseph Kektes in Wilkes County or Augusta. It adds a separate sale notice for superior powder at the office.
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