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AUGUSTA CHRONICLE. " . . Vot. XX.] , FREEDOM of the PRESS and TRIAL b y JURY shall remain inviolate. [No. 1022 AUGUSTA: (Georgia) Printed by D. DRISCOL, near the market. SATURDAT, May 3,1806. [3 Dolls, per Ann.] “jri-ir-- inin— r r i .■ M ■■■ ” “ * ' *•"*•" - Tjrnr —nWlKliiia——M —u— (By Authority.) AN ACT Extending the powers of thesurvey »f gene, ta she territory of Loujiana , and ti thes' pur fifes, K it evaded by the Senate and llonft of g 3 Representatives of the United States of America, In cong ejs affe tabled , That (he Towers veiled by law in the survey or general, {hall extend over all the public lands of the United States, in the territory of Louisiana, so which the Indian title has been or hereaf ter fin al I be extinguithed. It dull be the duty r.f the fa id Purveyor general to appoint » fafiL-ient natn' er of ikilfui surveyors as his t&bptmcs, in the ibid territory, one of whom iie (hall, with the approbation of the fccre cary of the rreafurv, designate as his princi pal deputy for tire fame. Which f.dd depu ties (hall fcvcrally take an oath, or affirma tion, truly and faithfully to dilcharge ihe duties of their refpcdlive offices. The said principal deputy shall reside and keep an isf £oe in the said tcnitoiy, and (hall, under tthafcpcrintendance of the furvevor-gcneral, rt::ccu;e or cause to be executed by the other &::uties, such surveys as may hereafter cc aaihorifed by law or as he may be di reded to execute by the commillioners ap pointed for the parpofe of afee: raining the titles and claims to land aforefkid ; arid In all generally perform therein, in conformity •rub the regulations and inftrudions of the £tid surveyor general, the duties imposed by law on the Ltd surveyor general. &:c. 2. And he it further evaded, That all the plots o: surveys, and ail other papers and documents pertaining, or which - did pertain to the office of surveyor general, un tier the Spanish g wernment, within the lim- Jisof the territory afoief dd, or to any other rSrcer heretoforeeftablifhtdorauthoriftd for the parpofe of executing or recording fur. vcys of lands within the said limits (hall be delivered to the principal deputy atorcfiid, and no plot of survey shall be admitted as evidence, in any court of justice, unlefsccr »i£kd by the said principal deputy, to boa grtie copy of the iccord in his yface. See. 3. And be it further treadled, That fa much of the a«H, eniituled, “ An afl for sfcercaining au.l adjusting the titles and ' chains to hnd within the territory of Orleans and the cliffrict of L uifiana,” as makes it die duty of every claimant to lands, wirhin 'the territory of Louisiana to deliver to the recorder of land titles to a plot cf the traft, or tracts, claimed by him, be and the fame is hereby repealed, so far as relates to claimants whose trads h..d not been survey - cdby the proper effi.cr, under the Spaniffi government, prior td the twentieth day of December one thoufaud eight hundred and three- And the commillioners appointed tor afeertaining the titles and claims to land, within either the territory cf Louisiana, or that of Orleans, are, hereby authoriftd to direst the officer exercising the powers of fur veyOF-general, within the fame, to execute fach surveys as they may think nccefi’iry, for the purpose of deciding on claims presen ted f,r their decificn : Provided, That the expence of executing such surveys Shall be de frayed by the parties claiming the land, un- Isfs the fame be claimed by a legal French or Spaniih grant, made and completed before thefirftday of O lober 1800 ; And provi ded also and it is hereby further erased, that every such survey as well as every other survey, by whatever authority heretofore executed, those of the above complete titles only excepted, (hall be held and considered as private surveys only ; and all the traasof land, the title to which may be ultimately cor firmed by cong refs in con formity with the provilions oi the aid above mentioned, (ha 11 prior to the issuing rs tne patents, be re.furveyed, it judged ncccffiny under the authority of the pcifon exercising thejoowers cf surveyor general, and at the expeiice ot the parties. Sec. 4. And be it further evaded, I hat the farvsyor general (hall fix tns ccrnpenfa tion of the deputy, surveyors, chain carri ers and axe men, in the territory of Lou.fi ana : Provided, That the- whole expence of surveying and marking thelir.es, wheth er paid by the United States, or individuals, shall not'exceed three dollars per mile, for every mile that shall be actually run or .ur veyed and marked. And the principlal de puty aforefaid (hall be entitled to receive from individuals the following fees, that is to fay, for examining and recording the sur veys executed by any of the deputies, at t e rate of twenty-five cents for every mi.c ot the boundary line of such survey and for a certified copy of any plot of a survey in his office, twenty-five cents, NATHI. M ACON, Speaker of the Ihufe of Reprefentati'ves. GEO: CLIN TON, Vice.Prefidint of the United States and P re. fident of the Senate, Approved, ■ B^ ERSOV . S LANK DEEDS OF^CON VEY A NCE, FOR SALE at this Oh MCE. AC'S S. Faffed by the las Legifhturo of the fate of Georgia. AN ACT For the better feleftton and drawing Grand Jurors Jor the frieral counties in this Jiate, BE :t tnafiei by the Senate and House of Repr e f en tati-ves of the Jiate of Gear - £ :a f tn Genet- I Affemlly net, and by the authority of the fame, That it (hall be the doty of the jufticts of the inferior court of each county, togedier with the fhcruT and clerk, or a majority ot them, to convene ai the court-house of their nTpeftive coun ties, on the tirif Monday in jane next, and biennially on the firit Monday in June there after, whofc duty it fliall be to feleft from the books of the receiver of tax returns, for their irfpeftive counties, fit and proper pet Tons to serve as grand jurors; and (hall make a lid of persons fofelefted, arid trans. mit it under their hands to the next superior court ot their refpeftive counties; and it ' ftiail be the duty of the judge, there pre siding, to cause the clerk of the said supe rior court to make out tickeis with the names of the persons so fllefted, which tickers thali he pat "in a box to be provided by the clerk, at the public expcnce, which said box dull have two apartments marked number one and two, and the clerks of said courts (hall Immediately after receiving such lids, fairly enter the fame in a book for that purpose, to he provided at his own tx pcnce, diiiinguifliing in separate columns the persons liable to serve as grand jurors, and those for the trial of civil and criminal causes, ?s pointed out by law ; which said box (hall be locked and sealed up by the judge, and placed in the care of the clerk, and the key in the care of the fheriff, and nn grand jury (hail be drawn and impannel bur in the presence of the judge in open court, nor (hall any clerk of the court, or other person having the custody of the jury box, presume, on any pretence whatever, to open the said jury box, tranfpefe or alter the names, except it beby direftion of the jndge in open court, attending for the pur pose of drawing jurors, under the penalty of being dealt with in the manner pointed out bv law for malpractice in office. Sec. 2. And be :t further enacied , That the said judge, in open court, (hall unlock 8c break the seal, & cause to be drawn out cf the apartment of the said box marked number one, not less than twenty, three nor more than thirty.fix names to serve as grand jurors, which names so drawn cat (hall, after an account is taken of them at each time of drawing, be carefully depoftted in the other apartment of such box marked number two ; and when all the names (hall be drawn out of the apartment number one as aforefaid, they (hall then commence drawing from the apartment number two, and return them into number one and so on alternately ; but no name so depoftted fliall on any pretence whatever be destroyed, except it is within the knowledge of the judge that the said juror is cither dead, removed out ot the county or otherwise difqualified bylaw, or the thcrilt certify the fame. < Sec. 3. Aadbeitfurther enaEtef, That if it (houid so happen, that there (hould be a failure of the court in confeqnence of the nonattendance of tbs' judge, then and in that case, the jurors being summoned, (hall (land over to the next fucceedtng term, in the manner as suiters and witnefles do in like cases. Provided always , that if the said jollices, fiaeriff and clerk aforefaid, (hall jail to make such feleftion on the day afore, said, that then it (hail he the duty of the said jufHces (hcvilF and cleik aforefaid, or a majority of them, to mtike such (election at or before the next superior court there, after, which (hall be held in theif refpectivc counties. Sec. 4. And be it further enatted, that so much of an aft entitled an “ aft to amend nr. aft entitled an aft to revise and amend the judiciary system of this date,” paifed at Louisville the 16th day of February, 1799, as militates against this aft, be, and the fame is hereby repealed. ABRAHAM JACKSON. Speaker of the House of Representatives, F JARED IRWIN, F ref dent cf the Senate, A (Tented to, December 7, 1805. JOHN MILLEDGE, Governor. AN ACT To appoint conmiffoners for the belter re ?ulat>on and government of the town of [Vafhington, and for incorporating tae T) E it cnaEted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Ajfemhly mt. That the following persons, to wit: Francis Willis, James Corbet, Felix H. Gilbert, Thomas Terrill and William San fom, be, and they arc hereby appointed commifioners of the town of Wafliingtnn ; and that they, or a majority of ihsm, (hall immediately after the paffine; of this aft, convene and proceed to the appointment of j a clerk, and such other officers as they may deem neceflary to carry this adl into execu tion, I Sec. *. And he it further enaSed, That the said commissioners (hall hold their refpec i»ve appointments, hereby given them, un til the firft Monday in January, ISO7, at which time, and on every fubfequeni year thereafter, the citizens of Walhington, entitled to vote for members of the general aficmbly, (hall choose by ballot five perfens to fuccecd them as commissioners of said town, and they (hall have, and they are hereby veiled with full power and author!, ty to make sch bye-laws and regulations, I and iafl'uH or itOpole such fines, penalties and fenfeitures, and doing other incorporate I sdls, as in their judgment (hall be condu cive to the good order and government oi the said town of Wafhing'ton, Provided, • that such bye-laws and regulations be nut repugnant to the laws and constitution of this Hate, " . Sec. 3. And he it further enetltd, That ar.v two or more jottices of the peace for said county of Wilkes, are hereby authori fedand required to preside at luch elections to r cottiraiffionws aforefaid. Provided al t}ki/iye 'Tixu*,.., omliii.g herein contained (hall be so construed as to prevent the *lecliau of the commissioners herein be fore named j and any person or persons who may hereafter be eletted commissioners of said town, (hall be ie-eligib!o at the next, Or any fubfequen* election, after the expira tion of the time for which he or they may be elected as commissioners, under this ail. ABRAHAM JACKSON, Speaker of the House of Refire/e/.tatives, JARED IRWIN, Prcjidtnl of the Senate, Afllmtcd to December 7,180 J. JOHN MiLLEDGS, Governor. COMMUNICATION. THF/SECRET PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The Houle of Representatives having now taken effi the injumftipn of secrecy from their late confidential proceedings, it appears that they related to the Spanilh territories., With Spain we have two important points of difference, reluhing from our relations with France. One is the quell ion refpefling the extent and limits of Louifian •>, which was ceded to us from France by a dclcription referring* to a prior erffion, or rcceflion, horn Spain to France, and also to the ancient French polfcffion i f the province. From a want of geographical certainty, a dispute has arisen, with refped to the foulh weftern boundary ; and, from a limilar caufc, to. gethcr with the relative terms of the de feriprion, there has been a dltfcience ol opinion and claim, as to the cafUrrt extent 0} the ccffion. While the territorial liuiiiS were thus unsettled, our government has abltained from taking pdkffii nos the dis puted traci of country, or changing the ex iting Hate oi things. The other fubjed of controversy is the claim we make on Spain, for French fpolitions committed within Spanilh jurifdktion, previous to oar treaty of settlement with France, if Spain is liable to us, France may be justly refponfiblc to Spain. So far at leafl France is concerned iw the dispute ; and, being in an alliance effenfive and defenfive with Spain, it is Cuppofed must, upon the principles of that alliance, in case of a rupture between us and Spain, take purlin the war against us. The territorial controversy not being fettled, our vessels have been fubjedfed to duties on their passage down the Mobile, and certain ptrfons under the Spanilh jurif diilion eroded the line of our acknowledged territory in a riotous pursuit of a family of the name of Kemper. The Prefidem, after (lengthening the adjacent polls, by a judicious arrangement of our troops, laid the fuhjedt beiore Con gress for kgifiative cr nfideration; Two leading measures appc.u to have been pro ofed. One was to raise such an additional Handing army, as the Preiident might deem Efficient (not exceeding _ tro P s ) <( to protcA the southern frontier oft.ie O. States from Spanilh inroad and insult aid to chastise the fame." The o -jed of this was a military expedition, off dive as well as defenfive, against the Flotrdas. In principle, it feenrs to be similar to the pro. pofitton of Mr. Ross in ihv case of the viola tion of cur right of deposit ai New Orleans. It was opposed, as annecdlary and dange rous, leading directly to a war with Spam and with her ally, France, and to an even tual alliance with G. Britain, A majority of the House rejected it. The objeft of the other mcafure, which proposed and finally adopted, was as it is expressed on the journal, “ to procure aces. fion of the Spanifti territories eaftwatd of the river Mississippi by purchase," and by an appropriation pi tt’O 3 ci 4^ aM » •* to enable the President, in effefling such purchase, to lecure to the United States, the »ort advantageous terras.*' It was fimu lar to the ad, which preceded 'the acquisi tion of JLousfi ma. Indeed the policy is the fame, and the hint appears to have been taken from that case. In opposing this, the Federalists aded confidently with their opposition to that measure. The principal objedion against the propefed purchase, * seems td have arisen from another quarter, that France has an undue influence over Spain, and by her mediation will coerce Spain to make the cession, in o der that by some fccrct llipulation between them the purchase money may be eventually fccured by France. This has buen reprefenttd to be dishonorable, and, by the aid of strong prejudices and a heated imagination, has been wrought into a topic of vehement invedive and declama tion. It has even been pronounced a hiibing of France to bully Spain. Whereas the simple truth is, that Spain being an inde pendent power, it is as to us, both in a moral and political view, pcrfedly immate rial, in case of a cession, how Ihc may think proper to dispose of her money. Refpefling the proper time for removing the injundion of (ecrtcy, there appears to hpen a lilfffrrm. i rrK conliitution and the rples cf the two houses have provided for confidential proceedings, whenever it may be neceflary, as in case of foreign relations. The rCafons are very obvious. Iris not to conceal the mtnfures of Congress from the people of the United Sralcs, but from foreign nations, with whom we have occasion to negociate. In'* the present case, the question was whether the proper time had come for puhlifhing the journal. Some doubdefa wiffied, by a prematuredifeiofure, to prevent the purchase. Some, who were friendly to the purchase, were of opinion that it was not necessary to keep the proceedings any longer from the public eye. Others thought the fuhllance had, by forac means or other, already been divulged, and therefore itoqght to be for mally puhlifhed. And pcihaps a wish to cuumcraft the unfounded fcggeftions that the majority were afraid and ashamed to have the people know what they had been doii-g in few.*, **»• *•**« its influence. At any rate a fufficient number of the friends of the prepofed purchase joined in the vote to give a majority. And the journal is now before the public. What effeft its publication may have upon the negcciation, and what will be the final iifue of the measure, must be left to be deci ded by the event. In the mean time, it is confidently believed, an intelligent public, notwithllanding any efforts to rniflead them, will be fatisfied, that the ohjcdf of this pa cific policy is highly beneficial and impor tant, Intel, The grand jury, for the diftrift of N. York, have found bills against Samuel G. Ogden, Col. W. S. Smith, Captain W. Aunftrong, Gen. Miranda, and Captain ThomuS Lewis. From a London Paper, The follonuing picture of the timet is given by Porcupine , andcanuot fail to command the attention of our readers, “ As conceded with the department of finance (fays he) we must remember the state of the poor.* Upwards of SIX MILLIONS a year has been raised upon the parishes to be dealt out in aid of those means by which the laborer obtains his bread ; and of persons receiving this aid, there are upwards of one million ! All, all the laborers having fam ilies, are now paupers ! ! This is a new state of things ; a state of things which has been produced by the funding and tax ing fyftcm pushed to an extreme, is there any one who will deny, that this is a molt deplorable state of things, which has render ed ALL the laborers, having families, pau pers > — The plain fact is, that a man with a wife, and with four children that arc una ble to work, cannot now, out of his labor, pcffibly provide them and himfelf with ths means of living, I do not mean, that he cannot live comfortably, for, to comfort, such men have long ago bid farewell ; but I assert and am ready to prove, that he can not provide them, without parilh aid, with afutuciency of food, qor/atify their era vines, but to Juftain lift. Will even Old R »fr, wallowing in the luxury of eighteen :houfand a year, drawn from the public purfc fay that nothing ought to he attempted to alleviate ihcfc fuffe rings ? There are hun dreds of thoufards of the people of England who never taste any food bur bread and ve getalsles, and who scarcely ever know what it is to have a foil meal even of thele ! « With the United States of America, wc have a dispute not cafily fettled, without an abandonment, on our part, ot much of that which we have heretofore contended for and maintained. A pret y equal mix ture of arrogance and imbecility, in our ruin. ifters, has produced this dilute.’*