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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1836
Page
5
The notice advertises a weekly publication run published every Saturday morning from 261 Broad Street opposite the Masonic Hall. It emphasizes regular delivery and the address for subscribers or vendors.
The notice outlines subscription prices for THR Mes weekly and semi weekly papers with advance or end of year payment options. It details advertisement charges by square, minimums, and required insertion counts. It also explains mail remittance risks, postmaster acknowledgments, and sale notice rules for land and Negroes by administrators or guardians with timelines.
Augusta items report Liverpool cotton market trends with letters from correspondents. First bale sold in Columbus at 414 cents per pound from M R Evans’s plantation, Muscogee County, and a Hawkinsville bale from Rosxin Hatsten. New York health notes 227 deaths in week, 140 under five, with Journal of Commerce claiming overall health remains typical.
At Spring Hill on Saturday last the Agricultural Society of Richmond county chose Gen. W. W. Monacementy as President Gen. War Watxen as 1st Vice President Gen. Da vid Tartar as 2nd Vice President William Lonesmeet Esq as Secretary and Joan Eys Esq as Treasurer The officers join Wx. Eys Pave Fitzsim oss J. G. McWaonren and A. B. Lona ATREET as the Board of Agriculture members.
News arrives that Captain Lumu eL Gates of the 1st Regiment U S Artillery died at Micanopy on the 7th due to Florida’s unhealthy climate. His loss is mourned by the Army and Volunteers who valued his gallantry and gentlemanly conduct during the late campaign.
A writer signing Barpwrs contends the State Rights party formed a compromise proposal. The Chronicle denies being the organ of compromise advocates and questions Baldwin’s assertion that the State Rights would benefit from any such deal. The piece discusses alleged humiliating acknowledgments by Union party members amid the debate.
The letter argues that schemes to win by unfair means will fail and demands names and purposes behind any proposed compromise between the two parties. It challenges Baldwin and others to reveal overtures, warning that silence would imply the opposition misleads the public about the State Rights party.
Captain Wray steered the Iron Steamboat Cuaruan on a Friday river excursion for friends and the public. The River was calm and the machinery ran smoothly, with pleasant temperatures, good company, and generous hospitality. The trip was memorable though the ladies were absent, which the Courier of Monday noted as a missing charm.
The Washington Globe reports the President has granted Major Gates’s request and ordered a Court Martial to reconsider the Fort Barnwell episode linked to his dismissal from the army by Gen. Jackson. It notes a key fact about alleged Indian stratagems and Gates's single patrol near the besieged group.
The Mobile Chronicle on the 22d notes letters from Lowndes and Montgomery counties describing widespread cotton damage from a worm. Planters fear seed loss and distress as harvest prospects decline. reports suggest Alabama’s crop will fall well short of expectations.
A citizen in Europe reports on Europe’s calm, Spain’s civil war, Don Carlos’s strengthened position, and England’s mixed role. The note questions English policy, Marine involvement, and the assassination attempt on the French king, suggesting Republicans remain weak and unlikely to prevail.
Dismissive critique of Ireland's agitation cites O Connell and the Lords as driving forces while urging calmer leadership. The Standard of Union notes a Georgia incident description of an Indian camp encounter near Irwin county, with 11 Indians and 7 women killed, 18 dead overall, plus prisoners.
The St Francisville journal reports dew crop gathering beginning with many bales housed and a potential short overall harvest. It notes discouraging prospects, a late fall could save averages, and poorer outlook from East and West Feliciana. Also fashions shift to smaller sleeves and three to four banded levels. News covers steam boat plans Savannah Charleston Baltimore with south funding, editor changes, and canal tolls in New York state.
An August ledger lists numerous firms and individuals including Kneeland & co, Stovall Simmons & co, Haviland Risley & co, E B Beall, J P Setze, Geo Parrott, Young & Green, Benson & Urquhart, and others. Entries show dates August 27 29 and 30 with multiple names tied to sales or auctions conducted by regional firms.
Letters from Liverroot and Livemoor dated July 1836 report cotton sales in Liverpool with daily totals of around 2000 to 2500 bales. Prices vary by quality as demand fluctuates and the packet delays affect market activity and price levels.
The report details a week of strong cotton activity with 30 020 bales sold in the latest week and prices firming. It notes continued demand from speculators and exporters, rising prices per pound, large Upland and Orleans sales, and ongoing imports to Liverpool, plus mixed domestic market signals and a Virginia crop update.
Sudden death occurs Saturday in this city to Bassanix Bantos of Hand & Barton, aged 36. He hails from New England and is the son of General Barton of Revolutionary memory.
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