An old newspaper from 1813, Norwich, Chenango Co. NY

 An Old Newspaper from 1813

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 21, 1878

We have been favored by Joseph M Arnold of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] with the perusal of a copy of The Telegraph, published in this village, Saturday, October 30, 1813, by James M. Miller.  The copy referred to is the eleventh number of the second volume, and consists of four pages, the reading matter on each of which measures nine by fifteen and one-half inches.

Its columns are filled with war news from various points, including:

A "Horrid Detail of the Disaster on the Mobile," in which the whites were badly beaten by the Indians;

An account of the defeat of the Republican army of Texas, on the 13th of August, twenty miles beyond San Antonio, by the army of Arrandono; 

Announcement of the arrival of letter-of-maroue vessels with prizes; 

An account, thirty-five days from Liverpool, of the capture of the U.S. brig Argus, August 14th, by the British vessel Pelican, after the Argus had taken and destroyed twenty-one sail of British vessels;

Promotion by the President of Oliver H. Perry to the rank of Captain in the Navy, after the battle on Lake Erie;

An appeal to the "Old and Young Patriots of the Western District," by George McClure, Brig Gen. Com'g Niagra Frontier, to join his Brigade in defense of their country and right;

Another order by the same General, signed by John C. Spencer, Acting Aid-de-Camp;

A letter from Gen. William H. Harrison, September 30th announcing the reoccupation of Michigan, Proctor's army capture, and the Indians submitting;

Another letter from that General, to the Department of War, dated "Headquarters, near Moravian Town, on the river Thames 20 miles from Detroit, October 5, 1813," confirming the "complete victory over the combined British and Indians and British forces under the command of Gen. Proctor," and mentioning the wounding of "the brave Col. R.M. Johnson";

A receipt for making wine from cider;

The invention of a machine for moulding and manufacturing brick;

Announcement of the death at Fort George, on the 5th, in the U.S. service, of Josiah Miller, a resident of this village, aged 26 years.

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In its advertising columns appears a notice to the "Proprietors of the Norwich library Society," signed D. Buttolph, Librarian;

Loring Warner advertises the loss of a red Morocco pocketbook, containing money and valuable papers;

A.& J.B. Graham notify their delinquent customers that they must pay up, or their accounts will be placed in the hands of a magistrate, "without discrimination";

Asa Sheldon Advertises mortgage sale, by Birdsall & Ely, his attorneys;

C. Beecher made hats and caps, and wanted an apprentice;

Reuben Nichols wished to exchange articles in the saddlery line for any quantity of good bear skins;

J.S. Fenton sold dry goods, groceries, drugs and medicines, hardware, looking glasses, crockery, paints, oils, drums, and would pay $3 per hundred for black salts, in exchange for goods;

Perez Randall had just received from New York a large stock of dry goods, crockery, hardware and groceries, with rum, wine, brandy, whiskey, powder, etc.;

James Birdsall had received the appointment from the US. Marshal to receive reports from all British subjects residing in Chenango, Delaware and Otsego Counties;

Isaac Foote, Jr., advertised Sheriff's sales;

Nathan Pendleton, Administrator of the estate of William R. Randall, gives the usual notice;

Darius Babcock, of Preston, was desirous of recovering his saddlebags, lost between Noah Grant's in Pharsalia and Hugh Smith's in Preston;

David Phetteplace and Thomas Phetteplace, Administrators of Philip Phetteplace, advertise;

J. Birdsall, Secretary, gives notice that the "Chenango Cotton Manufacturing Company" have appointed Hascall Ransford, Peter B. Garnsey, Joseph Richmond, Joseph S. Fenton, John Noyes, Henry Mitchell, Nathan Parke,r James Birdsall and William Munroe, Directors;

Samuel Birdsall had opened a law office "at Lewisville, near Franchote & Van Rensselaer's Store in the town of Butternuts"; 

Monell & Chamberlain, of Greene, published a law card; 

Thomas Smith had rented "the distillery heretofore occupied by Sharp & Milner, one mile north of the Court house," where he would be happy to "exchange six quarts of whiskey for each bushel of good rye or corn, provided five gallons or upwards are applied for, which cannot be calling the grain less than six shillings per bushel, the whiskey to be of the same quality as that which has been retailed by Perez Randall for a year or two past;

Hascall Ransford, Perez Randall and James Birdsall call a meeting of the inhabitants of the Fifteenth Township, at the house of Lot Clark, to consult upon the propriety of selling "The Gospel and School Lots of Land belonging to said Township (Norwich and New Berlin);

The proprietors of The Telegraph kept for sale at his office, "Abaellino, the Bravo of Venice," "Webster's Spelling Book," "the American Preceptor," "The Columbian Reader," "Narrative and Report of the cause and circumstances of the deplorable Conflagration at Richmond, Va.";

and "clean cotton and linen rags" were wanted at that office.