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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1807
Page
2
A translated report discusses French and Russian forces amid the battles near Eylau and Dantzig. It notes casualties, retreating troops, and leadership fears while miners and officers lament dwindling recruits and morale. The writer warns of a potential spring fleet and a renewed push toward Berlin.
A three ship squadron escaped from Brett while a larger force from Rocktort failed to do so due to easterly winds. The telegraphic notice also reports the new planet Juno identified near Bremen by King of Lilenthal, with its distance and comparison to Earth, and notes on Uranic discoveries and satellites. The Liverpool item adds that the American ship Latenay capt. Alden arrived after 32 days from New York with passengers to England.
The readable fragments name Captain Whitby of Leander and Captain Piette. Mention also Captain Brewster and his son, with pilots Jonathan Brewster Robert Mitchell and John White, indicating a deceased’s next of kin or related command.
In Cincinnati on a reported Saturday last Cuartes VatTier was found guilty of stealing public funds from the Ohio River river money. The sentence included a fine of 200 dollars for VatTier and 94500 dollars for the property owner James Findlay esq. VatTier was to be imprisoned thirty days and publicly whipped on his naked back with ten stripes on May 23 at ten in the morning, to pay prosecution costs and be committed until the sentence is carried out.
Washington City reports a letter from New Orleans accusing Gen John Adair of vile designs and plotting with Burr. Ralston and Floyd corroborate Adair's Nashville movements. Andrew Jackson accepts call to lead volunteers as tensions with Britain loom. Jackson to issue orders soon for potentially distant service.
A printed letter from Rome recounts a plot against the current administration tied to Burr and federalists. It claims Hatheway, once a Federalist, revealed reasons for his switch and urges publication of secret evidence to expose efforts to subvert the government and influence New York politics.
A 1807 Rome Oneida County letter from congressmember J Hatheway warns that publishing confidential letters could provoke federal retaliation. He declares he can proceed no further with federalists in Oneida County and laments public censure as a consequence of disclosure.
A dated Washington ciphered dispatch from February 27 1804 details factional maneuvers among Federalists. G Griswold notes Burr as central to power, Hamilton’s stance shifts, Lansing’s nomination by Clinton and Spencer, and fears of unity against Burr. The text hints at presidential plans and party rifts in New York elections.
A compilation from the Public Intelligencer and Anglo Federal Expedition uses letters from Carthagena and Charleston era correspondence. The missives discuss grievances against John Adams and Rufus King, a doomed Miranda episode, ship captures near Jamaica, and coroner records in Philadelphia. The tone notes public censure of officials and wartime panic.
The writer describes life in a harsh cell with poisonous attire and poor food, noting companions dying from confinement. He accuses Col. Smith A and others of hostility to Jefferson's administration, says a memorial to the U.S. government is forwarded, and reveals plans to send a longer account to the United States while awaiting transfer to Oma in Mexico.
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