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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1836
Page
5
The item appears as a small public notice in a weekly issue listed at Brondestrett opposite the Mason Hall. It emphasizes regular Saturday morning publication while giving no further details on content or events.
The document lists subscription terms for semi weekly and weekly papers with advance or year end payments. It details ad rates per square for semi weekly weekly and monthly insertions, with minimum charges andRules for limited insertions, plus responsibilities for remittances and post office acknowledgments. It also states legal notice requirements for sales by executors administrators or guardians including timing and public gazette publication periods.
Augusta items report Florida Volunteers to be paid off at 10 o clock at the Pran vens Hovel. Miss Barnes thanks a Friend for a letter and enclosure. Mrs Barnes Benefit praised for Haller role. Bank of Hamburg directors plan a grand three story building on Mar Irete street with strict specie deposits policy.
A public testimonial from the Richmond Hussars meeting at the United States Hotel honors Captain Samuel Borrs for gallantry, leadership, and generous devotion to the corps. The resolutions express gratitude for his deportment, personal sacrifices, and efforts toward the comfort and welfare of the unit.
An extensive first person account describes marches from Tampa to Fort King and Fort Drane, Indian encounters near Withlacoochee and Micanopy, the Cave, and Bay area battlefields. It notes cattle captures, Indian depredations, and the perceived failure of the campaign plus calls for sustained mounted patrols and block-house defenses.
The column lists firms and traders such as Gould & Bulkley and Parrott & Co with dates May 6 7 8 10. It reports on levee activity and prices for Mississippi and Louisiana cotton, notes arrivals and stock levels, and cites Levy's Price Current and market conditions at New Orleans Liverpool and Caledonia with details on rates, classifications, and a caution about false packing and weight adjustments.
Commercial updates show Upland stock 29 641 bales and Sea Island 1 700 on hand after shipments. Weekly sales include mixed grades with prices easing in the Uplands but firming after Liverpool favorably influenced by New York accounts. Sea Island demand moderate with varied prices. rice flour and sugar noted with limited activity. Public sale of 2005 shares Rail Road reported. state bank quotes 126 with dividend off.
The steamers Richmond and Tugalo tied up with tow boats Nos. 18 and 6 9 respectively from Savannahs, hauling merchandize for agents including M Rowland Rathbone & Baker R Smith and others. Departures listed include steam packet George Washington and steam boat Forrester with cotton bales totals 784 bales on 9th and 557 bales on 8th for Savannah.
On the first Tuesday in July next an order from the Superior or inferior court of Columbia County acting as Court of Ordinary directs the sale at the Greenville court house of land No 218 9th District Merri wether County containing 2024 acres belonging to the estate of Mary J Wood deceased for distribution among the heirs Jas Burroughs executor May 4
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