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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1815
Page
2
The fragment describes Austrian concerns over royal succession and residence for a countess and her possible adoption of Lipona. It mentions choosing a city as residence, Emperor’s stance on travel within possessions, and the obligation to live as a person of distinction while honoring Austria.
Signed Geren de METTERNICH dated September 14 notes Newcastle and Leander frigates under construction to contend with American ships. They are enlarging quarters and cabins for admirals, preparing for voyages to Matifax and arbudoos, warning of revolutions and destruction of spirit spreading globally, per the Boston Centinel.
The Transit from Nantes arrives in 45 days with Paris papers to September 17. No public announcement of the allied powers and France treaty. Ney’s trial continued, Murat in Corsica seeking access to his wife in Austria, Jerome Bonaparte in Württemberg with permission to stay.
A letter from Detroit dated October details a trial of a British lieutenant for desertion and riot. A jury found him guilty of riot with a $500 fine. other charges were acquitted. An Indian killing and tensions with Canadians are noted, along with naval crew distributions and travel from Java to Bourbon and St Helena before returning to the United States.
The piece notes that Salleyrand and Fouche forged papers claimed for Allied monarchs and Louis XVIII. Paris authorities call the documents impudent forgeries. A French authorized publication mocks editors for relying on signatures and notes. It cites absurdities about Fouche and ministers and criticizes links to Versailles and Paris papers.
Letter from Captain Lewis Warrington to the Secretary of the Navy dated New York November 1845 describes the sloop Peacock arriving after nine months and detailing operations from May to June in the Isles of St Paul Amsterdam Java and the Straits of Sunda where four captures yielded about fifteen thousand dollars in specie plus four to five thousand in gold. One prize carried pepper and wool goods and a chest of option on board.
Capt Mellan of the Marret reports from lat 40 70 30 that three frigates three brigs and two schooners of the American squadron approached a Northern port after boarding a schooner under American colors. A second sighting notes a heavy frigate, likely Guerriere, steering toward Sandy Hook with Commodore Decatur. A passenger on the Minerva confirms the vessel turning into Sandy Hook as it left. Charleston Times, Nov 17.
An extraordinary tale from Cambridge recounts Solomon Cranige who died of hand surgery complications. He married two sisters and fathered thirteen children with each. all eight adults and 26 children attended his funeral in a notable display of harmony between the two households.
Washington City reports the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy with their families arriving at the seat of government. Gevorce W. Ervine, former minister to Denmark and later Spain, is in the capital, arrived recently from Havre via New York after sailing from Havre on August 18.
New York receives news that the United States frigate Guerriere commanded by Decur, arrived after a 36 day voyage from Commodore Bainbridge. The squadron including Congress and Macedonian and smaller vessels passed Corve longitude, with the Guerriere joining the fleet.
The communications from Col Erwin, a commissioner for opening a road from this place to Nashville in Tennessee, will be found truly interesting to the citizens of our State generally due to their political tendency and immediate interest to each individual.
To Mr Thomas Fumming Augusta November 48 1515 notice meets public information. Subscribers to the fund for opening and improving the roads to Tennessee are informed of progress and that funds have been spent in the west. Deadrick of Nashville receives report.
Cherokee Nation chiefs and agents confirm an agreement with Georgian, Tennessee, and Mississippi backers to build a route from Caldwell's Bridge Tennessee to the Georgia line via the Cherokee Nation. The compact outlines use, security, and terms for open passage to boost commerce and native industry. It binds subscribers and successors to support and maintain the road for a set period.
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