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Newspaper

Augusta Chronicle

Location

Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1816

Page

2

Liverpool Cotton Market Reports and World Turmoil Foreseen

The Liverpool market notes rising demand and higher coarse goods with increased imports from America and Brazil. The letter warns of global upheaval and a Europe driven to conflict, urging caution as political storms threaten trade. A transcript from the New York Columbian recounts General Gaines pleading not guilty and preparations for a sealed court review.

Liverpool Siis Orleans Forence Uplands Pernambuco Rs Ad Maranham Brazil Lisbon

Fragmentary Napoleoniana Essay Fragment on Servitude

Extracted from an M essay claimed to be by Napoleon I at Elba critiques courtiers and servitude. Passages discuss desire for masters versus slaves and the idea that tyrants cannot force obedience, hinting at foundational societal protections against oppression.

Bora Pance Bonaparte Elba

Court martial of General Gaines over 1814 actions at Sackett's Harbour and Fort Erie

General Miller arrives as court martial convenes and General Gaines surrenders his sword to the judge advocate. Charged with a range of offences including misrepresentations and unjust praise, the specifications accuse him of neglecting strategic opportunities, misreporting fortifications, and rating officers unfairly during campaigns at Sackett's Harbour and Fort Erie in 1814.

Miller Gaines Sacket’s Harbour Fort Erie Kaosfer Cers 49Th Infantry

Mexican flags feet reach Martagorda in Spanish Maine

The dispatch from New Orleans notes small feet under the Mexican flag landed at Balize last month and now lie at Martagorda Bay. It states the Mexican congress backs eventual success, while royalists wane, predicting Mexico City will fall to the republicans by next fall or winter.

New Orleans Bay of Martagorda Spanish Maine S. W City of Mexico

British Admiral Warns Algiers Over Treaty Or War

Washington National Register reports the Mediteranean Fleet commander is authorized to tell the Dey of Algiers to acknowledge the treaty or risk immediate war. A refusal would be treated as a declaration of hostilities.

Algiers Washington National Register

Barbary States Threats and European Pol icy Reflections

The article reviews Barbary piracy from Morocco to Tripoli, condemns depredations and mistreatment of prisoners, and questions European resolve to curb the Barbary States. It notes Ottoman protection, military strength estimates, and historic Spain’s failures, with calls for strong action by England Netherlands Neapolitan and American governments.

Africa Morocco Fez Algiers Tunis Tripoli Barea Europe Spain

Public concerns over Barbary threat and political cohesion

The author argues against inflated fears of Barbary dangers and urges calm to preserve the republic. The piece notes temporary subjection would not last, warns of greater evils if Barbary influence grows, and suggests European power control could jeopardize American commercial interests. the discussion will be resumed.

American Republic Lexet

The Season and Drought Impacts on Cotton Crops

The Season reports severe droughts in the state and South Carolina reducing a cotton crop to at most half. It notes widespread dryness across the Southern States and poorer yields than usual for the Union, contrasting with Europe’s unusually wet season. The piece comments on the uncontrollable seasonal shifts and remains submissive to what it calls a heavenly dispensation.

South Carolina Union Europe

Compensation Vote Yeas and Nays Published by Advocate

The Advocate reprints from the Journals of the House the yeas and nays on the Compensation Bill to show public sentiment. It lists 81 affirmative voters led by Messia and others and 67 negatives including Adgate and Barbour, urging fellow printers to publicize before the election.

House of Representatives Messia Alexander Atherton Baylies Betts Birdsall Bradbury Breckenridge Brown Calhoun Champion Chappell Chipman Clarke N C. Clark Ky. Clayton Cleadennin Conict Conner Cooper Creighton Culpepyper Davenport Gold Grosvenor Hardin Jederson Hopkinson Hulbert Irving Jackson Jewett Johnson Kent Kerr King N.C. Law Lovett Marsh Meyrant M‘lean Middleton Milner Moore Mosely Nelson Newton Noyes Ormsby Parris Pickens Pickering Pitkin Randolph Reed Robertson Sargeant Savage Sharpe Rley Smith Pa Smith Stearnes Sturges Taggart Tallmadge Tate Taul Taylor C. Thomas Throop Ward N. ¥. Webster Wendover Wheaton Thos. Wilson Woodward Wright Tungerford Ingham Langdon Lewis Love Lowndes Lumpkin Lyle Lyon Maclay Mason M‘coy Piper Root Ross Southard Stanford Strong Telfair Townsend Tucker Yose Wallace

Desperate Georgian Turns On Federalists Explodes in Anguish

The narrative recounts a dramatic scene on August 24 1816 in Augusta where Mr Dixon confesses to being fed up with Federalist accusations and contemplates self destruction after an explosive outburst. He laments misperceived opposition and vows to reveal truths about political enemies while handing his possessions to the Chronicle editor. Rigsby swallows a Grand Jury presentment amid a chaotic sequence of sentences evaporating from a report and a plan to publish congressional tickets for widespread voter impact.

sDixon Rigsby Messrs Dix Dixon Imega Chronicle Fell Stitchcomb Christian Papins Lamsure Augusta Grantlands Forsyth Telfair Wilde Crawford Cuthbert Terrel Congress Cobb Terrell Dourly Abbott Jones County Atlantic

Preacher Hull to Speak in Presbyterian Church Sunday

The public is informed that Rev. James F. Hull of New Orleans will preach at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning September 20 at the usual hour. Public notices also announce Daniel Hannah as a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns for Richmond County at the ensuing election on September 20. Samuel Liverman is named as another candidate for the same office in Richmond County in the same election. Patrick Prescott will run for representative of Richmond County in the state Legislature, with George Allen, Esq. also a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives at the forthcoming election on September 13.

Brazil Logwood Honduras Campeachy Mxchan London Amsterdam Hamburg Cays Bordeaux Cadiz Lisbon Dublin Paris William & James Krown & Co James. F. Hull New Orleans Presbyterian Church Daniel Hannah Richmond County Samuel Liverman Richmond Patrick Prescott CPWE George Allen, Esq House of Representatives

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