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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1836
Page
5
Saturday morning publication at No 261 Broad Street opposite Masonic Hall announces upcoming notices and community items. This terse fragment signals a local newspaper stand location and a recurring schedule for public notices in the area.
The notice details subscription rates for semiweekly and weekly papers with annual and end-of-year options, including penalties for arrears and policy on discontinuation. It outlines advertisement rates by insertion frequency and square, minimum charges, and the need to specify insertion counts. It also covers mail remittance risk, and legal notice publication requirements for executors, guardians, and estates including land or enslaved people sales timelines and publication durations.
The Augusta paper notes Judge Johnson refusing an injunction against the new bridge. It reports thirty U.S. troops, led by Lt. Freeman, arrived by rail and will march with four more companies from Point Comfort to the Creek nation. Gov Scnxy possibly relocates to Columbus to aid western frontier defenses. Six artillery companies are ordered to Fort Mitchell via Charleston from New York, Monroe, and M'Henry.
The Cherokee Treaty has been ratified by the Senate as of May 17, 1836. The important correspondence from Jesse F. Cleveland to Hon. Jussz FP Ouivuann notes the ratification via a 31 to 15 vote.
The Columbus Enquirer reports during the week that all routes to Montgomery and Mobile are blocked. Indians have seized stages and killed drivers and passengers, leaving the nail line halted. Contractors justify stopping the mail line as passage through the nation is virtually impossible.
The report claims a savage Warrior cooperates with the Creeks and directly directs affairs, but this is not credited. Last Florida accounts show Indians embodied in large numbers, Powell remaining in his own operations. Seminoles’ embodiment suggests Powell is with them. upon his departure they would disperse.
A public note expresses satisfaction at Today's advertisement showing an effort to sustain the Cavalry corps in an efficient manner. It stresses the unit’s value to the city’s peace and safety and hopes for proper and capable reorganization, noting privileges not to be granted elsewhere.
A brief note highlights a volunteer corps in the city as the key to preserving prosperity and growth, asserting its sufficiency to maintain a flourishing community.
The Savannah Georgian notes from Monday report the steam packet Florida arriving from Picolata via Jacksonville. A North recent arrival, Mott, was killed and scalped at his Mandarin area plantation. An accompanying letter confirms four whites killed and two wounded near Micanopy by Indians, listing Henry A Moore Robert Lanier John McFadden Ephraim Herace Smith John Goss and Harry as involved or affected.
The sorrowful tale follows Mr. Parkinson M. Skinner of Putnam county attached to Captain Merri wether’s Dot and Major Cooper’s Battalion. He died at the City Motel on Saturday night from a wound to the left breast that penetrated the heart. The coroner’s inquest ruled the wound was accidentally inflicted with a knife by Alfred C. Mason on the night of the 19th. Skinner was buried yesterday afternoon with military honors from the Savannah Volunteer Guards and Phenix Riflemen.
The first in a Modern Greece lecture series at the Masonic Hall drew a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen. The speaker’s eloquent description of Greece under Turkish rule and the struggle for freedom impressed attendees, with strong anticipation for Mr P's second lecture this evening at 8 o'clock.
Three companies under Maj Cooran arrived from Florida early Sunday morning. Morgan Capt Foster Putnam Capt Merriwether Hancock Capt Brown reported by a video party below the city. They were met ashore after a brief delay and driven to the Eagle and Phenix Hotel for a short, hearty collation with locals. Major Cooper praised their volunteers and thanked citizens of foreign birth who supported the cause.
Mark A Cooper defends the Georgia Battalion against implied criticism of Florida Campaign. He cites Fort Cooper, Fort Drane, Withlacoochee engagements, and 17 days in hostile territory to praise officers and men. He quotes Gen Scott and Gen Orren approving the battalion, urging public support and recognition of their gallantry.
A Mississippi letter from Narcuez, April 25, 1836, extols Mississippi’s growth after Choctaw and Chickasaw cessions, praising soil, health, and strategic location. It discusses slavery, abolition, State Rights, and federal power, urging unity among Southern states and warning against Northern politics. It also notes regional news from Virginia, Delaware, and rail/railroad developments, plus cotton market reports.
The Turf notes Joan Biscombe arrived at the Union Course for the great Northern and Southern Match on May 31, opening day of the spring meeting. Also mentions governance changes in Georgia and a New York road project, with Brooks praising New York trade dominance.
Liverpool markets show upland cotton prices fluctuating with weekly sales around 3400 bales. Reports from Savannah and New York describe declines in Liverpool to 4 to 1d per lb on middling grades, while Upland and other varieties show mixed demand and prices ranging from 14 to 20 cents per lb. The week’s activity includes numerous bales traded across Boston and New Orleans markets with varying qualities and regional prices.
A historical listing from May 21 to May 23 shows railroad and legal interests tied to the South Carolina Rail Road. Numerous firms and individuals including Webster Parmelee Co, Benson & Urquhart, Stovall Simmons & Co, Ward, Parrott & Co, Young & Green, H L Jeffers & Co, and various quartermasters and traders appear as associates or creditors in a detailed ledger style entry.
Maritime intelligence lists arriving steamers and shipments with Richmond Savannah service. 21st steamer Richmond and 22d steamer Cherokee report departures and cotton movements including 1876 bales, with multiple agents and firms named in Savannah and New York. Nearby vessels depart for Liverpool and Providence as ships sail for overseas destinations.
In Camden County on the seventeenth by Rev Horace Galpin William E Jaggson of Augusta wed Exizanera M daughter of Tlos H Miller of St Marys. At Athens on Tuesday the seventeenth by Rev Dr Church John R Seamonn of Habersham married Cornnutia F daughter of the late John K M Charlton.
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