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AUGUSTA CHRONICLE. ' ; ■ •; . . ■ '■ » ■ • * I . * . v *••**■•• , v , ** " "** ''' -—■■■■■ ■■■■ - ■■■ !*■ II „il 111 * II -—— ■ — — —1 ■' —■' ■ « Vol. XX.] FREEDOM of the PRESS anb TRIAL by JURY shall remain inviolate. [No. 1024 AUGUSTA: (Georgia) Printed by D. DRISCOL, near the market. SATURDAY,\ Mayiy, 1806. [3 Dolls, per Ann.'] THE SUBSCRIBERS, HAVING Parchafcd Mr, D. Pace's WARE-HOUSE and lot en the Ri ver, next above Call*’ Ware- Houle, in t nth miking such orherimprevements there wiii rend if them fa f’c and cemmodicus far the reception of Cetton, Tobacco and all kinds of Merchandize—They take the liberty of tTFcring their fcrviccs to their friend* arid acquaintance* in the up country, in the FACTORAGE St COMMISSION BUSINESS. Their price* for Storage and yill other charge* will be regulated by those <?ftfce Sited and efhblilhca Houfcs in that line In this plfce— Having comfpondcnts ja all the principal Sea Port Towns, they will at all time?, be able to give the ir Friend* in the country, their Eatlicft ad vices te spewing the variations and prices of produce. From the mrft drift srd per fe vering attention, they hope t» (hare a part of the bnfhefs in their line. They also intend continuing the Drv GOODSj And Grocery Bujtnefs In the Sore they at present occupy on Brbad ftreer, next door shove Mr. Wilij-;m White's, and opposite Meßrs. J<*hn Willfon and Nephew, and arc defircus of fel'ing by their present flock Os Goods, which i* well calculated for the feafdn, and an ohjeft worthy the attention of country merchants in particular. JONES Q SEMMES. April 26. (4' ) “For Sale,' On good terms , A HOUSE TWO Stories high, situated in Broad.firect and now occurred as a « Dry goods & Grocery Store. It is one of the most advantagetuflv firua ted in this place, (or business, Poll ffien noav be gived when requited. For particulars apply to the printer. April r t . (t 0 SHOES & BOOTS ■Kota Opining at the (lore occupied by Mr . KnedarA, next door below Mr, A Wa terman* s Store, A quantity of Shoes, Confistingof mensfirft, fecund and third qi ality - Womrni and Mcrsraor rocco& Leather Slippers - Suwarrow Boots —which will be f»ld cn moderate tenp.», at wholesale and retail. AL c O, Afewdoz. of TRUNKS. Att'il ,0 \ ( f Q CommiflioiiSc Factorage. THE SUBSCRIBER. RETURNS his thanks tohi* friend* for the libe al support he has received fii Ctjthe commerctiUer t of the abate bu(i r«fs, and inform* them he continues the fame WARE-HOUSES and STORES, for tie reception of iiobvck and merchan bize. THOMAS BARRETT. March it, (t/) L O S T, Clothe a 2d. of December last, a NOTE «n coL J feph Ph ilips, in favor of John Hatcher, payab*# the firft day of *anuarv, ? So6.—-All PerCcra arc for warn cd from taking the Cud note, a. Pjy«»t i* flopped. Any pe.fon returning the note with a POCKET-BOOK and bw pipe • loft with it, (hail be rewarded for their trouble, they can be of no ufc to any one but the owner, ~ __ T , v - r r r SALLY HATCHETT, Jdminiflratrixjor JOHN HATCHETT. OgUthirp* county , May 10. QJ_ NOTICE. THE Copaxtnerfhip of Tho’sßarkett and William M. Cowles, onoet the firm of Thomas Birrett S 3 Co. w folvcd this day by mutual content. -All petfons indebted thereto, are fohcited to make payment, and tbofc "that rave ary demands against the concern, wi?l render them in ta Thomas Barrett, who is aothon fed to fettle the fame. , THOMAS BARRETT. WILLIAM M. COWLES. March a. * (*/) Postponement. WE, the Commissioners appointed by the Legislature to dispose of the Fraftional Surveys of Wilkinson, Baldwin, and Wayne counties, have, (for fevcrsl icalbns) postponed the sale, until the 16th of June next, at which time, wc will c®m* mence. WILKINSON. Those of the ift diftridl, on the i6ih day of June next, and continuing from day to day, between the hours of ten and three Sundays excepted,) until the 23d inclu live. t Those of the 2d diftridl, on the 24th day of June, until the 27th inclusive. Those of the 3d difiricl, on the 28. h day of June until the zdday of Jaiy iiK.Jufive. Those «f the 4th diftriil, on the 3d day of July, until the 7th inclufivc, Those of the sth diftrid on the Bth day of July until the nth inclusive. BALDWIN. Those of ift dilbift on the 12th day of July, until the 16th inclusive. Those of the id diftrift, on the 17th day of July, until the 24th inclusive. Those of the 3J did rid, on the 25th day of July, until the 29th inclusive. Those of the 4th diftrid, on the 30th day of July, until the day of August inclusive. Those of the sth diftrid, on the sth day of Aeguft, until the 12th inclusive. WAYNE. Those of the ill diftrid, on the 13th day of August, until the lift inclusive, Those of the. 2d diftrid, on the 22d day of August, until the 26th inclusive. Those of the 3d diftrid, en the 27th day of August, until the 30th inclusive, TERMS OF SALE. Os the purchasers, bonds fer the amount of the purchase money will be required ; at, four equal inftalments, t® be paid in Gold or Silver ; the firft payment, twelve months alter date. In «jddm»n to which a Mort. gage on the premies wilt he required. MOSES SPEER, ] O -REDk. SIMMS, \ 3, PATRICK JACK. J 3 Wafh'ingtsn, February 17, 1806. . NOTICE. TO the proprietary their agents or truf* tees, of the following trad* of land, situated in Bailee couny, that anlef* they or cither of their agent?, do come forward and fettle the taxes due on faiJ land, with, in fix monihs fr'm this date will be fsld by the Colled >r of said county, for all taxes due thereon, agreeably to law, viz ; 6co acres pine land, on the waters of the Big Spring, on Buckhead creek, grant ed in the name of Win. Hooker, and Jo seph Atkinson. Alfa 100 acres pine land, on M Bean creek, granted in the name of JohnOgg. 1 Wm! BOWLING, r. t r. Burke county, Jan, rr. {6m) §3* ALLperfons indebted to the late firm of William H Jack (3 Co ct to the estate ot Andre zu Innes , dc ceafed, by bond or note, are once more called on for immediate fettiement; no further indulgence can be given.—Those indebted to either of the above mentioned firms on open account, are reqaefted to liquidate the fame previous to the firft day of September next.—After that date, fusts'will be commenced sgainft delir, agents without diferimination. JAMES SEGGS, Mm'r. 7*iy i.i* ( ts ) GEORGIA, 1 At an Inferior Court Wilkes County. j held in and fer the county oj Wiihes, on Friday March 14 ih 1806. Prefcnt their lionets. Wiiliam Sanfotn 1 Holman Freeman > Jfufiices » Amn Lipham, 3 To that Honors, the jujlices of the. Inferior Court of the County es Wilkes . THE Petition of Nicholas Jartctt, ham *bly fheweth ; that he is new confined by virtue of a Bail Warrant at theUftance et Jofcph P d'ard, for a fura money which he is unable to pay, and that he is willing to give up all sci» ettate, beth real and per sonal for the benefit of his creditor*. He therefore prays your honor*, that he may have the benefit of the insolvent ad extended toward* him. It is Ordered th* the said Nicholas Jarrctt gives notice to his creditor* as the law direft*, to appear by tbcmfclves er attornies at the Court Houfc in the coun ty ot Wilke*, on the last Saturday in June next, toihewcaafe, if any they have, why the said Nicholas Jarrctt fheuld not be dis charged in term, of the aUs of tht Afiembly in Inch cases made and provided. I hereby certify the foregoing to ho a true copy from the record of said court NATANI. WILLIS,’ Clerk. April 26. 190 # Valuable Lands, FOR SALE. THE Subscriber cff*rs for Sale the Plan tation whereon Mr. Dreadzil P»ce, at prcfent refidci, adjoining the Village of Camplcllton, South Carolina, and contain* ing fix humbed acre*. The Plantation known by the nsrne of Mount Airy, a Co adjoining Camphelltor, containing about three hun dred acre*. These Plantations join, arc both on the Savannah river, and from their flu. alien (the moil' distant point being within three miles of this city) pvfiVfs peculiar ad vantage*. Also, three LOTS in Camp he 11 ton, with the iaproveratnta thereon, nowin the occupation of Mr. Ja* M The above property will be iold low, and the payments made cx'remely ac- 1 commodaticg to purebaftrs. Apply to JOHN 8. BARNES. Augusta, April 26. (ts) ■ \ (By Authority.) AN ACT Declaring the eonfent of Congfefs to an aEI ts life Hate of South Carolina , pojf,d t/t the l ijt day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred andfour, so far as the fame relates to author 'Jing the city council of Charlefion to imp ofe and colled a duty on the tonnage of vtjfels from ftr etgn ptrtti BE it enailed by the Senate and House of Rebrefentalives of the United States of America, in c trig refs assembled , That the cor,lent cf Cong rtfs be, and it is hereby granted and declared to (ha operation of an »d of the' General Affemkly cf the lla f e of Scu;h Carolina pa (Ted the twenty, firft day of ptxeoibec in the year es our lord one thou fxr.'l eight hundred and four, entitled *» An aft to authorife the city council cf Charlcf ton with the ewnfent of Corgrels, to impose and levy a duty on the tonn ge of (hips and veilis for the purposes therein mentioned/' fofar as the fame extends to authoring the dty council nfCharlcfton to impose and kvy a duty not exceeding fix cents per ton, on alifhips and vcflels of the United States which shall, arrive and be entered in '.he port of Charlefion ffom any foreign port or place whatever. Sec 1 . 2. And be il further enabled, That the colie ftor of Charlefion is hereby author!- fed to col left the duty impeded by this aft and to pay the fame to such peifons’as shall be authorifed to receive the fame by the city council of Charleftcn. Sec. 3. And be it further etsaELed, That this aft (hall be in force for three years, and from thence to the end of the next ftifion of Congress thereafter and no longer. NAT Ml. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, S. -SMITH, Prejidtnt of the Senate , pro tempore. Approved—March 28, 1806. TH : JEFFERSON AN ACT For the relief of Peter Land ail. BE it enabled by the Senate and House fa Reprefentativts cf the United States of America in Congress affemhled, That the feerrtary of the trrafury he and he hereby is direfteu to pay to Peter Landait., late a captain of one es the armed vessels of the U. States, out of any money in the trrafury nototberwife appropriated, the sum of four thousand dollars, cn account of his claim to prize money, accruing from certain cap tures made and carried into Bergen, in the year one thousand seven hundred and feventv nine; to be dedufted from his proportion of the money which may be obtained from the Danish government, in fatistaftion of the claim aforefaid- NATHI. MACON, Speaker of the House of Reprefentafvvts, S. SMITH, Prefiient of the Senate, pro tem. Approved, March 28, 1806. TH: JEFFERSON. —— AN ACT To incorporate the tfttfiets of the Prefhyte rian Congregation of Georgetown. BE it enabled by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U , States of America , in Congress assembled, That Ste phen B, JBalfh, William Whann, Jambs Melvin, John Maffit, John Peter, Jofhaa Dawson, James Gaidar, George Thomph n, Richard Elliot, David Wiley, and Andrew Ross, and their fucccffors, duly elefted, or appointed, in manner herein after directed, be, and they arc hereby made, declared. and confthurcd a corporation, and body politic, in law, and in fad, to bars con tinuance forever, by the name, ftilc, and title, of “ the Trustees of the Prtfbyterian C jngregation, in Georgetown." See. 1, And be it further enatted. That all and lingular, the lands, tenements, rents, annuities, rights, privileges, goods, and chattels, heretofore given, granted, deviled, *r. bequeathed,'to the said con gregation, or any petfoo or per fens, for theafe thereof, cr K«v® been punliaicvt - for, or «n account of the fame, be, and are hereby veiled in, and confirmed to the said corporation; And further , That the said corporation may purchase, take, receive, and enjoy, any lands, tenements, rents, annuity, rights, or privileges, or any goods, chattels, or other effeds, of what kind, or nature soever, which shall or may hereafter be given, granted, (old, bequeath ed or devised, unto them by any peifon or persons, bodies politic, cr corporate,- capa ble of making such gilt, grant, sale, or Us que ft ; the said property, real and per, funa!, to rent, fell, convey, and confirm. Or otbcrwtk dispose of, as fully and effec tually as any pc ion er persons, bodies palriic-, or corpo ate, may or can do: Provided, That the Hear annual income of all luch property, may not exceed the sum of 3,000 dollars, that no part of the ground now appropriated, and inclofcdfora giavc yard, be difpefed of for any other purpefe, and that the aferefaid property, real and per sonal, be conflfiered as held in the trust, un der the management, and at the disposal of said corporation for the purpefe of defraying the exptnees incident to their mode «f re ligious worship, of inclofing and keeping in decent repair, their grave yards, ami • other lots, with the buildings thereon, and of affording such relief to the poor, as their funds may from time to tia*£allow, and. for no other purpefe. Sec. 3. And be it farther matted, That the said corporation, by the name, flile, and title afoiefaid, be, and ihjll be hereaf ter, forever, able and capable in law, to sue, and t* be sued, plead, and be pleaded, answer, & be anfwftifcd Uum, dniend, tic be defended, In any court, or courts, or other phiQJs, Sc before any judge or julgcs, juttice or juitices, or other person wharfoever within the diftrlft of Columbia,' or elfr wbere, in all, and all manner of fuirs, ac tions, complaints, pleas, caufrs, matters, an 1 demands, of whatsoever kind or nature they may be, in as full & efTcildal a manner, as any other person, or persons, bodies politic, or corporate, may or can do. See. 4. And be it further emitted,'That the said corporation, shall have full power and authority, to make, have, and ufc, a r common seal, with such device and info-rip. tion, as (hey lhall think proper, and the ' fame ro break, alter, and renew, at their pleasure, to appoint a treafqrer, fccretar/ and such other officers, as thly may deem nectffaty, and proper; to aflign them their duties, and fix their compensation, and to remove any, or all of them, from office, appoint another, or others in their place, as often as they (hall think fit, to make, ordain, establish, and execute, such bye laws, and ordinances of a secular nature, as may be deemed ufeful, for their ewn government ; ami the fame to altar, amend, or abrogate at pleasure, to fill up vacancies that may happen in their number, between two annual elections, and to determine upon, do and tranfadl ail business, and matters appertaining to the said corporation, and to thtf secular affairs of said congregation, a. grccabls to the ru’es, ordinances and bye laws thereof, during their continuance in office ; Provided, That not less than five trustees be a quorum to do business ; that no b) e law, rule «r crdiiiar.ee shall be made, repugnant to the law* cl this diftrift. Sec. 5. And be further tnatted. That there shall be an annual meeting of the members belonging to said congregation, held on the firft Tuefday of April, in every year hereaf ter, at the church or usual place of public worship, at which time and plicc the said members, or such of them as may be ptefenf, (hall eleC), and choose by bailor, from their own number, r.inc trustees, to (erve for the year t-nfuing their election, and untill o hers shall be defied, or appointed ta serve in their place. 3cc. 6. And he it further enatted. That the rtaftces (halt keep or catife to be kept, in suitable books for the purpefe, just and proper entries of all the proceedings and accounts of said cot gregatu n and corpora tion, and have them laid before the mem bers, at every annual meeting, previous to taking the votes, a d (hall always deliver the said books, together with *ll the pro perty »f said congregation and corporation, in good order, to 1 heir fuectfibrs in office, whenever required. NATHI. MACON, Speaker of the House of Repre/entafives, S. SMITH, President of the Senate. pro tttn. Approved, March 28, iB«6. U TH: JE?F£KSO^.