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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1809
Page
2
A dispatch from Paris recounts Arthur Wellesley sending a humane request to Marshal Mortier for permission to send officers to Talavera to tend English wounded. Mortier replies that the sick will be treated as French wounded and pledges financial support until approval comes.
Paris reports an imperial decree dated August 15 at Schoenbrunn ordering a 180 foot granite obelisk on the Pont Neuf. The monument, to be finished by 1814, will bear The Emperor Napoleon to the French People and depict actions of the Grand Army in the Jena and Vistula campaigns.
A private letter notes Turkish gains over the Roffians at Ismael with heavy losses to the Roaffians including 3 400 killed and 17 cannon, and 7 Roaffian generals fallen. Bergian defeat cited. Saltzburg seeks funds. Vienna talks on eleven million francs. England envoy Wellesley reportedly pressed for Cadiz port and Cuba guarantee. General Frazer sails to Gibraltar as fortifications rise in Middleburg and Floh.
Reports detail Gen Reubell fleeing to Ostend after accusations of energy failure and aiding Brunswick forces. He boarded a vessel at Ostend and arrived in Gravesend. His wife accompanies him and is linked to Miss Patterson. London authorities reportedly authorize Reubell to proceed to London.
From Visnia dated August 27, reports say desertion from the Austrian army is high with 100 to 200 men daily arriving at allied advanced posts. Discouragement pervades the Austrian forces as deserters increase.
The Chester Chronicle lampoons a Carnarvonshire estate sale promising land water trout streams grouse game and forty or fifty voters to the purchaser who wins a parliamentary seat. The notice mocks parliamentary reform and warns of political trades on September first.
In Worcester, church warden R. Baylis was indicted for two libels against Rev. G. Waldron the restor. The verses quoted were drawn from scripture and posted near the pulpit. The defendant, when asked to defend himself, justified his actions.
A dated address from Salem New York September 19 1809 in which John Stark replies to Jesse L Billings as committee chair of Washington county Republicans. Stark praises past efforts against British influence but warns many hirelings remain and urges discernment between true freemen and federal aristocracy. He pledges to continue exposing enemies of manly rights while praying for peace and liberty.
A Columbia South Carolina letter reports that citizens forwarded resolutions on September 4 to President Madison. Madison replies that unity is needed to review foreign policy after Britain’s reversal, urging public support to defend rights and national respect.
Philadelphia reports the Spanish schooner Junta of Seville arriving with money and dispatches for Chevalier Onis. A death is announced for Samusi Waire, Esq. The Vermont Copperas Factory in Strafford claims superior copperas and better terms than seaports. Mr. White is noted as longtime U.S. senator.
From Marietta reports a new nail making machine by M B Blknap and associates promises rapid production of nails brads and jacks. It cuts forms and heads nails in two seconds with two nails at once. Men from Europe and America viewed the device as a powerful different mechanical approach.
Reports from Georgetown and Lisbon recount stalled negotiations with France and new U S senators from New Jersey. Coverage notes shifts in British ministry, republican gains in Rhode Island and Connecticut, and sensational anecdotes about Napoleon and court intrigue.
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