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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1817
Page
6
An observer recalls a militia muster led by Captain Clodpole in a distant county, detailing the chaotic parade drill. Soldiers struggle with commands, line formation, and wheeling as the captain pushes for precision amid heat, thirst, and muttered grievances.
An excerpt from Guy Manneving’s Tales of my Landlord follows Balfour of Burley fleeing across a river after shooting Henry Morton. Soldiers pursue by land and water. Burley shoots and reverses, then dives the river as dawn nears, grappling with mounted troopers amid pursuit and impending capture.
A Norfolk Herald report recalls the explosion of the Buenos Ayres armed schooner Atrevido near port, killing 48 aboard including most officers. The brig Independencia and the two vessels had been in port two months, and the blast destroyed the vessel abaft the main mast while a few survivors were rescued from the sea. The gunner allegedly opened the magazine against orders, with pistols causing the fatal accident, making the pilot elder Thomas of Hampton and four youths among the dead. Commodore Chaytor donated the remains to the pilot’s widow, and salvage efforts continued.
Fragmentary report describes two individuals lost in the river after being swept downstream. The passage notes their struggle, a possible sign of them sinking, and that onlookers recovered their corpses about a quarter mile downstream. An external marker bears a crude epitaph.
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