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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1812
Page
3
The National Intelligencer reports the President has appointed two subordinate officers as Deputies to the Head of the War Department. The duties of the office are extensive and laborious, and the appointments aim to streamline administration.
From notes across several sources the article urges immediate support for a government loan opening on the first of next month. It argues subscriptions may exceed expectations as funds will be lent rather than hoarded, aiding merchants, growers, and manufacturers while boosting national credit. It highlights low risk, near-circulation certificates, tax exemptions on the loan, and hopes of a patriotic surge despite general opposition to public debt.
The text argues that national security and prosperity depend on government finances and borrowing power. It warns that local interests will favor personal gain over country unless citizens support a loan plan. It notes foreign bankers may seek to monopolize lending, urging citizens to act to reap benefits from such a measure.
The King v Col Browne concerns forged instruments alleged to bear signatures of George Harrison and Cecil Jenkinson to fraudulently obtain 6000 acres in St Vincent. The case traces 1809 grants, rival claims, and a subsequent 1810 order later found to be a total forgery.
The court heard that the documents were prepared in the office of a Mr Stevens in Chancery Lane and that Col Browne delivered and removed the rough draft. A clerk in the Duke of Bedford's office drew the accompanying plan under Browne's orders, tracing him in directing the forged instrument. Witnesses Sir Charles Brisbane Harrison Jenkinson and Steele testified the papers were engrossed by Browne's clerks, and the jury found Browne guilty despite high character from Lord Moira and others.
The Chronicle publishes Foster and Monroe letters on Florida, Spain, and U.S. claims for compensation for Spanish depredations. It argues the U.S. should seize Florida, insists Spain remains debtor, and cites national law and treaty grounds for indemnity and action.
The excerpt argues that the United States correctly possessed a territory and warns that restoring it to Spain would harm U.S. interests and injure Georgia. It frames the matter as a formal government declaration about national sovereignty and the consequences for the state.
The Senate resolved to postpone indefinitely the adjournment motion amid unanimous federal opposition and a verbal statement by Mr Bibb that no action would be declared necessary before a recess. They indicated May 18 as a possible relaxed date if public business would not suffer. President’s communications awaited for possible prior attention.
Augusta reports the Richmond county quota of one thousand recruits requested from Generals Wiggs and MIntosh divisions was instantly filled. Captains Cumming Longstreet and Donaldson led three times the required number, offering their services with patriotic zeal. The piece praises officers and soldiers and urges other associations to join, noting ladies admire brave men.
Brigadier General Walker accepted Captain Longstreet's Company into the Richmond Regiment Militia quota yesterday strengthening local defense and readiness amid regional tensions.
Mr John R B Fairlamb is appointed by the inferior court of the county as Inspector of Flour for Augusta city under recent legislation. The newspaper notes a new Mill Stone Manufactory near Louisville producing stones equal to the best French Burr so training local supply for the southern market.
The Trustees announce the church building is sufficiently finished for public worship and call shareholders to meet Saturday at 5 PM. The New Church will be opened and dedicated on the following Wednesday at 11 AM with a sermon by Rev. Thompson. The City Council schedules a licensing meeting for Saturday for applicants. prior licenses expire on the first Monday after.
The subscriber revokes a power granted to Ephraim Doolittle of Edgefield district to collect taxes. Doolittle will be absent for nine months due to ill health. Waillough by Barron, Esquire of Augusta appears as attorney in fact. May 5.
The Soar inspection act will operate on June 16 in Augusta mills and other locations. All flour barrels for sale or export must be inspected, weighed, and meet standards with 165% net weight, 27 inch length, at least ten hoops, proper nail, and marked with the miller’s name. Fees apply for shortages and the editor of the Withington Monitor is asked to publish and bill.
The sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in June at the court house in Jacksonborough Scriven County multiple enslaved people and several tracts of land along the Savannah River and roadways from Savannah to Augusta and Louisville to Savannah, plus pine lands and hewed timber to satisfy various executions involving Dan Daly and John Connally and others.
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