28 May 1836
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1836
Page
1
An item noting a publication time and address appears, stating every Saturday morning at No 261 Broad Street opposite Masonic Hall. The fragment indicates a weekly issue location and timing for a local newspaper or notice.
The notice outlines subscription rates: semiweekly at five dollars per year payable in advance or six dollars at year end, weekly at three dollars in advance or four dollars at year end, with no paper discontinued for arrears except by publisher. Ads run at set rates per insertion, with minimum one square, and deadlines for limited run or extended insertions. Executors, administrators, and guardians must publish sales notices of land or enslaved people sixty days prior, personal property forty days prior, estate debtors and creditors forty days, and applications to sell land or enslaved people must be four months published.
Augusta paper reports Judge Johnson's refusal to block upper bridge construction. Troop arrival noted with thirty U.S. soldiers under Lt. Freeman, pending four more companies from Point Comfort to march for Creek nation. Rumors place Gov Scuny at Columbus aiding western frontier defenses. Six artillery companies ordered to Fort Mitchell via Charleston from New York, Fort Monroe, and Fort M'Henry.
The Cherokee Treaty has been ratified by the Senate with a 31 to 15 vote, as conveyed in a letter to Hon. Jesse F. Cleveland from Jussz FP. Ouivuann, Georgia delegate. The message, dated May 17, 1836, confirms the official approval.
The Columbus Enquirer reports the mail line is entirely stopped with no news from Montgomery and Mobile since Tuesday. Indians have seized stages, killed drivers and passengers, making it impossible for contractors to move any forces through the region.
The dispatch argues Powell did not co operate with the Creeks and belittles claims of credit. Florida reports show Indians in large numbers. Powell would not abandon his own operations to aid the Creeks. Seminoles are embodied, indicating Powell remains with them, and their dispersion depends on his departure.
A public notice expresses gratification at efforts in Today's paper to sustain the Cavalry corps in an efficient manner. It stresses the corps importance to city peace and safety and hopes for proper, ably led reorganization with privileges not typically granted to others.
A brief statement praises a volunteer corps in the city as essential to sustaining prosperity. It emphasizes civic duty and the group’s role in preserving the community’s vigor and well being.
The Savannah Georgian notes the steam packet Florida arriving from Picolata with a report of a white man named Mott killed and scalped at his plantation near Mandarin, twenty miles from Jacksonville. A letter from Micanopy confirms Indians killed four locals and wounded two near Micanopy, naming Henry A. Moore, Robert Lanier, John McFadden, Ephraim, Herace Smith, John Goss, and Harry as involved or affected, with several missing or wounded.
Mr. Parkinson M. Skinner of Putnam county enlisted with Captain Merriwether’s Dot pasted unit in Major Cooper’s Battalion. He died at the City Motel on Saturday night from a wound accidentally inflicted by another volunteer on Thursday evening. The coroner’s inquest ruled death by a left breast wound penetrating the heart, caused accidentally with a knife by Alfred C. Mason on the 19th. He was interred yesterday with military honors by the Savannah Volunteer Guards and Phenix Riflemen.
The first lecture in a Modern Greece series at the Masonic Hall drew a large, attentive audience of local ladies and gentlemen. The speaker’s eloquent account covered Greece under Turkish subjugation and its revival, praising the historic name of Greece. The notice invites the public to Mr P's second lecture this evening at 8 o'clock.
Three companies of the corps, from Morgan, Putnam, and Hancock counties, commanded by Maj. Cooran, arrived in the city Sunday morning. They had been expected aboard the Cherokee after intelligence late Friday night. A warm civic reception followed at the Eagle and Phenix Hotel with a modest repast and toasts praising the battalion and the citizens who supported them. Maj. Cooper acknowledged the volunteers and the foreign-born citizens who stood by the nation, while a toast by Capt. Bones referenced Gen. Scott and Seminoles. The battalion then marched home in good order, bearing the goodwill of the entire population.
A letter from Major Mark A. Cooper, late commander of the Georgia Battalion, defends the unit against criticism that volunteers were inferior. He cites three months of arduous service including Fort Cooper and Fort Drane, praises gallantry of officers and men, and quotes Gen. Scott and Gen. Crissy on the battalion’s conduct, urging public support and urging visibility of their actions.
A Mississippi letter from Narcuez dated April 25, 1836, discusses the Choctaw and Chickasaw cessions expanding Yazoo land and population, boosting cotton prospects and rail-road potential, and extols Southern unity against abolition. It criticizes the Federal government, defends State Rights, and warns against Northern influence in the Presidency. The piece links Mississippi growth to national tensions and notes regional military and political matters, including Virginian and Carolina ties.
The Turf notes the celebrated horse Joan Biscombe arriving at the Union Course on Friday for the great Northern and Southern Match set for May 3 on the first day of the second spring meeting. Also, Georgia’s governor appoints Williams Rutherford to the state bank’s board, replacing R. K. Hines who resigned. Roads financing by New York Assembly includes twenty four rail roads. Brooks comments on Mediterranean trade versus New York state trade.
Liverpool reports mixed upland cotton activity with arrivals of 2960 bales and 5738 bales cleared, prices advanced then checked by addl declines. Week’s sales total about 3400 bales with varied lots from 14 1/4 to 20 cents, while Savannah and New York markets show softer tones and active imports.
May 21 to May 23 notices list numerous firms and agents connected with the South Carolina Rail Road. Names include Beall Barber Cowling Gardelle Betze Jackson Baldwin Cook Force Lott Boggs Stovall Simmons Parmelee Lyon Bustin Cook Cumming Prouty Kitcher McDonald Young Greene Parrott Co Benson Urquhart Richards Jeffers Yarboro Merriweather and others. The notices reference acting quartermasters and multiple commercial partners in association with railroad operations.
Reports list arrivals and cargo movements with steamers Richmond Georgia and Cherokee, plus multiple consignments of cotton. Entry covers merchants, agents, and officers in Savannah on 21st to 28th dates, 1876, including vessels Forester Georgia Richmond and Vermont events, with listed cargo and departures to Liverpool New York Providence and Augusta.
In Camden County on the seventeenth. Rev Horace Galpin officiates the marriage of William E. Jaggson of Augusta to Exizanera M daughter of Mr T Los H Miller of St Marys. At Athens on Tuesday the seventeenth inst Rev Dr Church ties the knot of Col Jonx R Seamonn of Habersham to Cornnutia F daughter of the late John K M Charlton.
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