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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1813
Page
7
The fragment discusses Indian tribes fed at the expense of the United States. It notes Arthur acted under General Harrison and Captain Martin claimed assurance that among the Indian defences one figure was the same villain who burned the house with prisoners at the river Rasin. Chron.
Port of Portsmouth reports the English brig La Fantome in company with the Young Muntons near the Isle of Shoals on Wednesday afternoon. They boarded a fishing ship and seized three men from the Liverpool Packet. The U States igs Enterprize and Rattlesnake with two gunboats pursued. By 5 p.m. the British vessels were near the shoals while the American ships closed in, then received a lighthouse signal to return.
The Chronicle notes Major General Pimexxne and his suit arrived Tuesday en route to Milledgeville where the general plans to stay until the Creek Nation expedition is organized by the Georgia and Tennessee troops. The piece discusses army cohesion, rank harmony, and the broader war news from Europe including Paris and St Sebastian's surrender.
News from Champlain and Clinton County reports 300 to 1000 British forces crossing the land into Champlain on the 3d, landing at Chazy then retreating. Commodore Macdonough prepared to contest the Lake, but the British withdrew back across the line to Isle aux Noix. General Hampton currently at Chateauguay or Four Corners.
Reports from Albany and Philadelphia recount Gen Wilkinson with Randolph and Coles advancing from Grenadier Island along the St Lawrence. Brown’s brigade joins near French Creek while Austere uncertainty places Kingston or Montreal as aims, with an expected approach by Nov 8 or 9. London Liverpool news notes German favorable reports and continued demand for cotton and tobacco.
A Tennessee force under Gen Jackson attacked an Upper Creek town after a brief engagement. About 400 warriors fought the militia, six soldiers died or were wounded, the Indians were driven off, and most warriors were slain with 80 to 90 women and children captured. A Morgan county citizen reports Cherokee nation prisoners seen by the army under Gen Floyd.
Report from Fort Lawrence describes infantry detachments guarding sick, moving toward Gowetau ninety miles into the Indian ee. Intelligence says a hostile Indian group, about 600 strong and poorly armed, besieged friendly Cewetau Indians for four days before retreating. Gen Floyd’s army reportedly within 25 miles of Cewetau on the morning of the 6th. A government Indian Affairs letter dated the 22d notes the siege ended with the enemy returning to their towns.
News reports Smith the Span ish Patriot who robbed Mr. Cashen of Amelia Island has been captured in Abbeville District South Carolina with six enslaved people and money. Citizens of South Carolina honored for assisting in the arrest as pursuit continues for another gang of enslaved people bound toward Neuss river.
Editors are requested to publish that Richard H. Wilde, Esq. declines being considered as a candidate to fill the congressional vacancy created by the election of the Hon. Wm. W. Bibb to the U.S. Senate. The note follows the Chronicle announcement during Wilde’s absence from Augusta.
Prices for cotton rose to 19 1 2 with brisk sales noted over several days. Shippers are mainly northern merchants and belief in an embargo ahead of Congress fuels the advance, though the article warns prices may not hold. Other items like tobacco at 7 50 and pork at 6 dollars are listed.
The notice lists a wide assortment of imported and domestic goods including coffees, wines, spirits, teas, spices, hardware, tools, irons, locks, millwork, nails, hardware items, and shoes. It reads like a market inventory or advertisement detailing products and grades with numerous items and abbreviations.
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