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Augusta Chronicle

Location

Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1816

Page

2

The Proposed New Tariff for the United States

A House resolution directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report a general tariff on imported goods. The document details previous duties from 1812 and the Mediterranean fund, explains the new tariff proposal with specific duty schedules, and notes distinctions between duties on tonnage and imported merchandise. It outlines ad valorem and specific duties, lists items subject to each rate, and discusses enforcement and policy considerations.

House of Representatives Secectary of the Treasury Congress Secretary of the Treasury Ceney United States United. States U. States Great Britain Mediterranean Fund Meiiterranean Fund U.states

Import Duties on Wines and Goods from Foreign Vessels

The document lists duties on various goods including woods and wines, with per ton, per gallon, and per pound rates. It notes an additional alien duty of twelve and a half percent on all goods imported in vessels not of the United States, with limited exceptions, and states that this alien duty is not subject to drawback upon exportation.

United States United Tates Bristol Gilli Cassia Aiea Forestimento Tunis Imperial Gunpowder & Gomee Hyson Bohea Imperial, Gunpowder, &Pomee Hyson and Young Hyson Brazil Oporto Othiy Aland Sicily Islands

Passage of US Britain treaty bill and new duties plan

Congress approves the bill carrying the convention with Great Britain into effect after mutual concessions on treaty powers. Lawmakers turn to Secretary of the Treasury proposed duties schedule and the National Bank bill, with details in today’s paper.

United States Great Britain Congress Secretary of the Treasury

French News From Bordeaux and Paris Disturbances

Captain Chazel of the brig Philip arrived with Bordeaux dates to January 4 and reports no major political events in France. American prices for cotton and rice are noted, and Colonel Lavalette reportedly escaped prison the day before his scheduled execution as French public calm persists.

France Chazel Philip Bordeaux Cotten Georgia Lavalette Charleston City

Alarm Over Foreign Banknotes Circulating in Georgia and South Carolina

The piece warns that large quantities of northern bank bills have flooded Georgia and South Carolina, while local banknotes are kept from circulation. It argues premiums paid for these foreign bills and predicts grave social evils unless a plan is adopted to stop the flow, raising fears of courts and severe penalties for those dealing in the notes.

Georgia South Carolina

Stop Northern bank notes and push silver circulation

A speaker urges militia captains to form a written resolution banning all bills except those from local incorporated banks to curb counterfeit risks, curb imposition and speculation, and promote silver in circulation across the Southern states. The call compares Northern notes to crows taking corn and warns of losses if the policy is not adopted.

Augusta

Marriages of Mr Gilbert Longstreet and Mr Bogan

Married on Wednesday evening last by Rev Doctor Thompson Gilbert Longstreet wed Miss Henrietta Eve daughter of Captain Oswell Eve. On Sunday morning last Rev John Garvin joined Mr S Bogan to Miss Inn Fee, both of this place.

Thompson Gilbert Longstreet Henrietta Eve Oswell Eve John Garvin 8. Bogan Miss Inn Fee

Abraham G. Noxier Died At Cambridge South Carolina

Abraham Giles Noxier died at Cambridge South Carolina on the 23d of the month in the forty second year of his age. He was a practicing attorney for seventeen years and stood at the head of his profession. His integrity industry and amiable manners earned him public patronage and the respect of a wide circle of friends. His premature death leaves a void in society and those he left behind, including fatherless children, face a severe bereavement.

Cambridge South Carolina Abraham Giles Noxier

Funeral Sermon on Col Hammond Death in Edgefield SC

On Sunday March 24 a funeral sermon will be preached by Rev. Abraham Marshall at the late residence of Col L Hammond in Edgefield District South Carolina for the death of the late colonel. The notice is printed in Current Money and lists 24 cents as payment.

Abraham Marshall Col. L. Hammond Edgefield District South Carolina

Grove property to be disposed under lease option

An unspecified party plans to dispose of a property known as The Grove at the upper end of the city by lease or the ensuing year if an application shortens the delay.

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