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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1808
Page
2
Disjointed ledger excerpt lists annual sums for various mint operations and personnel. It notes a forger overseer and an assistant, plus eight thousand fifty for unspecified tasks. Additional line items cover furnace repairs, equipment, timber, metals, contingencies, and thirteen thousand dollars for governor judges and secretary.
The speaker argues for a war establishment to deter attacks amid uncertain peace prospects. He urges arming and equipping the militia to defend the nation, warns against relying on a weak frontier, and rejects prejudice against a standing army while favoring disciplined regular force.
The readable line hints at an army related topic about a facility and its ceasing occasion. It presents no clear individuals organizations or dates. Further context is needed to determine a coherent news item.
House records list yeas and nays on passage of a Senate bill authorizing presidential suspension of embargo acts under specified conditions. The York dates noted include April 13 dispatches from New York reporting Pellew’s squadron seizure of Grefic and harbor actions, and April 14 Boston items on the Braganza royal family voyage to Rio Janeiro via Patagonia.
Reports from Charleston note the total destruction of the principal town of Trinidad after a fire started in an apothecary shop on March 24. The blaze, aided by dry engines and lacking water, consumed 480 buildings and much public property. Losses reach 3.5 million pounds. two lives are recorded.
Augusta May 7 issue notes limited space for documents and cites reports from Livex Pool London and Charleston. Mentions Embargo debates, new post routes Athens to Milledgeville, six thousand troops authorized, and forthcoming adjournment details. Also records elections of Nicholas Ware and Solomon Marshall, shipping news, and obituary for Latty Water.
Allen Nesbitt offers ten dollars for the capture of a negro named Billy aged about years, six feet one inch tall with dark complexion and bushy hair. He wore a dark grey coat and overalls and may travel toward Savannah or river routes. reward for delivery or safe confinement in Beach Island jail. Also notices Raif a fifty year old enslaved man about six feet tall with bald head and visible forehead scar, last seen mid April in Augusta, possibly traveling to Virginia or Maryland. reward and expenses paid for return to Wiley Brazil.
Notice from James Barton seeking the return of a enslaved man named CR SAR who ran away from a Savannah River plantation around February 1. He is about twenty years old, five feet tall, with a white kersey jacket and overalls, little English spoken. A reward is promised for capture or return. May 7, 121.
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