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Published Every SATURDAY MORNING No 261 Broad street opposite the MASONIC HALL.
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1836
Page
1
Published Every SATURDAY MORNING No 261 Broad street opposite the MASONIC HALL.
Semi weekly and weekly papers announce subscription rates in dollars per year with advance or end of year payment options. Advertisements vary by insertion frequency with minimum one square. legal notices require specific public gazette publication windows before land or slave sales by executors administrators or guardians.
The notice urges debtors in city and country to settle accounts promptly to aid the establishment during its absence. It describes April issue contents, highlights articles on Rev Jno Fannisrean and Recollections of Sir Warren Scott, and promotes the St Peter's in Rome painting exhibition ending that week with a description by Bishop Exorann.
The Mobile Chronicle cites a Mexican Consul sourced statement disputing the Col Fannin massacre and claiming Fannin’s men are alive as prisoners in Victoria. It also notes the Bravo Montezuma warship losing a rudder while trying to pass Matamoros bar, engaging the Invincible with no losses, then returning to port and sailing with a Santa Anna convoy.
The piece contrasts a gentleman's Missouri and tariff views with Jefferson's, arguing the South cannot support a man opposed to slaveholding interests. It cites his 1828 tariff vote, district slavery stance, and pushes back on Van Buren leaders as impudent and sycophantic, warning of political ruin amid Southern infatuation.
Georgia political gathering denounces Martin Van Buren and the Missouri question. Resolutions pledge to withhold Van Buren votes, appoint a nomination committee for four delegates, and send them to the Milledgeville convention to nominate anti Van Buren candidates.
Tomorrow evening features Act IV of the Merchant of Venice with Miss C Barnes as Shylock and Mrs Barnes as Portia. The program also includes Chis Il or Tur Merny Mowancen and the Dutch Brothers farce. The note praises the gentleman actor for industry and sobriety and calls for a full house.
The Blues and Hussars arrived in Savannah from Picolata on the 2d and took passage on the Forester and Washington, expected today or tomorrow and to be warmly welcomed by friends.
A reader criticizes an editor for refusing a challenge and ridiculing citizens who volunteer to defend their country. The letter defends courage, patriotism, and the duty to publish truthful information despite personal risk.
In Augusta on April 30 1836 Richmond county citizens met at City Hall to nominate delegates for a Milledgeville convention. The assembled group chaired by Jon Canmicuars appointed a five member committee to draft a pro abolition of Van Buren pledge. The resolutions warned of a crisis pitting Liberty against Power and critiqued the presidential canvass.
A brief notice reports a routine action conducted at the office on May 4 related to a job privilege. No individuals or organizations are named in the readable text. The item reads like a clerical update or internal dispatch describing standard task completion.
Richard W. Herbers Jones applies for Letters of Administration of the estate of John Jones, deceased in Appling Georgia. The clerk cites kindred and creditors to appear and file objections within the legal period to show cause why letters should not be granted, dated April 80 1836.
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