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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1836
Page
5
Published every Saturday morning. No. 261 Broad Street is listed as the posting location opposite the Masonic Hall. The brief notice indicates a regular weekly dissemination point for readers.
The notice outlines subscription rates for Whore Ms Semi-Weekly and Weekly papers with advance and end-of-year options. It lists advertising prices, insertion rules, and requirements for limited insertions. Legal notices require 60 or 40 days publication prior to sales of land or Negroes, personal property, debtor notices, and four months for leave to sell land or negros.
Report on county and precinct voting shows the State Rights slate led by Gen. Glascock winning majorities against a Union ticket. The piece notes attacks against Glascock and pride in State Rights support, with full vote tallies for both the State Legislature and Congressional tickets.
Seaton Gnanteann 377 Cons E Horses 375 Horxiss Houser 268 Januz Jackson 369 GronoE W Owens 379 Gro W B Towns 372 appear in the fragmented OCR list of names and numbers. The passage shows a sequence of personal names with associated numeric values, likely catalog or roster style.
Burke County reports a slate featuring Senator Lawson and Representatives Buxt Hanns and Hansr aligned with State Rights positions in a congressional bid. Supporters push for regional autonomy through a party lineup.
A group led by Senator and Representatives including Surra Caruzn and Tannen calls for unified State Rights policy. They urge fast action on legislation aligning state prerogatives with federal oversight.
The Van Buren ticket for Senator and Representatives, along with Congress, carried Wilkes County by a 150 vote majority.
The Hon. Joan Fouskin, Secretary of State, arrived in the city on Sunday evening by rail from Charleston and took lodging at the Planters Hotel.
Sexton reports the burial of thirteen individuals in the city for the month ending the 1st instant. Among the interred, five are described as white and eight as black.
An advertisement notes that from Tus Day onward Charleston cars depart Hamburg each afternoon at 3:30 P. M. except Sundays. Downbound passengers sleep at Aiken, upbound passengers also sleep at Aiken, arriving in Augusta about 8:30 A. M. the next day.
The Special Committee reports daily cholera tallies in Charleston with 14 new cases over twenty four hours and 4 deaths, including racial breakdown of whites and blacks and colored people. Subsequent days show 10 to 15 new cases and multiple deaths, with patients under treatment.
This morning’s note recounts the death of General Corrie, a Union ticket congressional candidate, as communicated via a Georgia Journal slip. The piece traces how the Federal Union and Constitutionalist papers handled the report, and cites a rebuke from the Sentinel over the Constitutionalist’s remarks on General Coffee's death.
The piece questions sources for extras and accuses the Federal Union editor of falsifying dates to suppress Gen Coffee's death news. It argues the paper published early to influence an election and warns readers to doubt the report if proven wrong. The author cites Guieu and presses concern over timing and truth.
The New York Evening Star review extols the current New York Mirror issue with Inman's portrait of Fitz Greene Hallock, notices on Loiterings of Travel, poems by Bayton and Hong, essays by Kwarr and Duxnar, and a Sunday Sermons column. It lauds the periodical as affordable at five dollars annually and rich in engravings, music, and original prose. The piece notes a future expansion with abroad papers and serials.
Oct 1 consigners include E B Beall A Cumming Clarke Mc Tier Co Dalby Houghkerk S Tenney Moise Cohen B Bustin B Baird V Durand Co Edgar Carmichael Matthew Nelson Adams Parmelee Co Benson Urquhart G W Mayson Geo Parrett
A long OCR fragment reports cotton trades from Liverpool Havre and several ports. It lists weekly sales, stock levels and prices for Louisiana Mobile Upland cotton with varied cents per pound and notes cholera and river conditions affecting entries. Multiple traders and firms are named, with dates in August and October and numerous regional market updates.
The article notes stock on hand will remain as the new crop appears while high prices driven by last season’s crop shortage trim consumption and boost foreign sugar imports, keeping prices dull according to Levy’s Price Current.
The notices report the deaths of Mrs Susan McWhorter at Sand Hills on the thirtieth after a severe illness, Maria Dawson Atkinson aged 3 years 8 months at Beach Island, Tomas W Onivan of Scriven county, Wils Urquhart of Summerville near Augusta aged seventy six, and Anoues Rusu in Waynesboro at eleven years.
AVES and GRISWOLD RE announce an extensive assortment of staple and fancy dry goods for wholesale and retail. The sale features French Merinos Thibet Cloths English Circassians silks laces linens knits and ready to wear items with options from auction importers and manufacturers. Norfolk and Charleston steam packets.
The genuine Tonic Mixture may be had at Wa. J. Henry sole agent for Augusta and its neighborhood on October 5.
B B 2 mercuant re announces a broad assortment of goods now available on favorable terms. The display includes broadcloths and other fabrics, inviting friends and the public to explore the extensive selection offered.
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