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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1806
Page
3
The writer notes European rulers sign peace treaties with care and ceremony while people keep fighting. Each side violates the pact, reprisals follow, and more wars erupt with thousands killed before new agreements are made, repeating a cycle of conflict and fragile treaties.
Captain Burner reports a fierce gale along the Florida coast on September 15 with St. Augustine suffering heavy damage. Houses blown down, vessels driven ashore, Shorey and the Pier demolished. Cape Romain vessels feared worst than in 1804. A Philadelphia ship from Havana with sugar cargo driven aground. A brig wrecked near Shochey was towed to St Marys.
The Augusta paper reports Louisiana celebrating Independence Day with a large gathering near Bonhomme mills. Richard Cavik Esq. presided as president, Seth Emmons vice president, and toasts honored Jefferson, Clinton, and congressional policy. Citizens pledged loyalty, harmony, and defense of liberty amid regional republican celebrations across Missouri, Kentucky, and North Carolina.
Ten dollars reward for a slave named ACK who ran away July 26 from a plantation near Augusta. About twenty five years old, five six or seven, yellow complexion, speaks plain English, has country marks a half moon on each temple. He wore a broadcloth coat. Reward paid on delivery or jail so owner can reclaim him. Rodham Tulloss. October a.
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