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.xcmsmiaErfw.T *• GEORGIA. * J)j hit Excellency JOHN MILTEDGE, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army tend Navy of this Staie t and of the Militia thereof, A PROCLAMATION. 7 HERE AS in and by an aft, palled ' V lilt; 261b'day of June inst. entitled “ An aft to dispose of and distribute the late ** ceftion of lards obtained from the Creek ‘-Nirior, by the United Stares, in a treaty “ cjnclmi’-d at the city ot Vv’afiungton, on the fourteenth day of November, one << rheufand eight hundred *nd five,” the G-vemor is required “ forthwith so ifluehis «proclaim* ion, and cause the fame to he pubhlhed in one cf the Gazette# of the *• Cities of Savannah and Aogofta, and in ** thnfe of I.miifville, Sparta, Wafliington • r and Peterfburgh, setting fourth the out «» lines ( f this aft, and requiring ail persons « jn f **rffted therein, to exhibit their claims *» jn ihc coun ties oft hHr refpefti ve it fide ” I have ;h**rcfore thought proper to issue . this my proclamation, in order to make ' known the outlines of the aforc-rccired aft, which arc is after mentioned, to wit : The territc. • to which the Indian title hashed* cxttngnifhed, by the treaty conclu ded at the ci>,y of Walh’ington afrusWd, and for the disposing of and ciftiihudng which, the afore.reel tea aft, was pa {Ted, is to be laid off in the following manner ; The lire dividing the counties of Baldwin and Wilkin,fon is to be extended fouth for « ty.ftvc degrees wed, to the Ocrnulgec ri “ verand all that part of- find territory which lies above said line, is to be attached to, and considered as a part cf the county of Baldwin; and that part below said line, excc.pt the rrferve made in the afpnfsld trea ty, is to be attached to, and confldercd as a pirt of the county cf Wiikinfon. ’The whole territory nfiirtihid is to he divided in to thirty-eight didrifts, as nearly equal in size r.s they can he conveniently made, by rmrling parallel lines fouth forty-five degrees weft, and others interfering them at right angle; ; the land contained in the several didrifts, except the reserve aferefaid, is to * he divided by lines running parallel with the lints dividing said diftrifts, and others rroffiVig them at right angles, Co as to form traft - , (forty-fi-e chains fquart) to contain two hundred two and an half acres each. ,The fraftional parts cf surveys which may be occafiancd in each diftrift, by the natural or artificial boundaries off. id territory? are to be set apart for the redemption of the public debt, under the direftion cf a future Legifla-urf. The Surveyors appointed to make the sur veys in the several diftrifts as aforefaid, are to give bond for the faithful difeharge of the . j-i..-» ur-nrenroy urc rex aio«e-le cireft, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars • each, psvahle to the Governor for the lime being, or ids fucotiTors in office, with such fecuritv as may be approved of by him, or a majority of the Just ices of the Inferior Coufts of the refpeftivc counties where the said Surveyors may re fid a ; which bonds are to bo taken by the Governor, or thcalore faid Jufttcvs, and deposited in the Executive OIS-e. The forveyors aforefaid are to make the surveys cf their refpeftive diftrifts in their “ own proper per fon”—they arc immedi ately rfrer the boundary and diftrift lines shall have been run by the proper authority, to mark or cauls to I mulct'd, plainly and difiinftly upon tree*, if pr.fticablc, othcr v ife flakes may fuffico, all lines which they may be required to run in making the iur vews aforefaid ; which' lines they (ball catifc to he menfured, with all possible exaftnefs, with an half chain containing two perches el fixrccn feet and one half each, err,filling of fifty equal links, which fttall be ad just ed by a flanoard to be kept for that purp.de in the Surveyor. General’s office, and t;,ke as accurately as poftlMe, the meanders of all water r.nurfcs which shall form boundaries to tmy of the furveys—dtey are to note in field hooks to be kept by them refpe.ftively, the names of the c irnft Sc ft ttion, trees ( which are to be numbered in futhmrrntras the Sur veyor General may direft} and all rivets, creeks, and o?her water courses which may be touched upon or crofted in running or meiifuring arty of the lines aferefaid ; trftn. feripts of which field b.> ks, aOcr being ex amined wi'h the origins!*, by the surveyor general, and certified and iigned on every pvge by the refpeftive furveyers returning the fame, are to he depoftred in the Sarvey or.General’s HS e—they arc to furnifti the Survevor.Gcotr.il, within ninety days after ter the running of the boundary and diftrift lines . s nforefaid, with maps of their rcfpic tive diftrifts, in which'(ball be corrcftly deleniarcd, reprefcotfd ard numbeted, in furh order es the Survey or-General may prtOribc, till the 'urveys within the laid fe ver.:! diftrifts, ard, at the fame time, with detached plats of such surveys, certified and figntd by them refpeftivcly—and they are to conform to furh iaftrucuons, not milita. tirp; wi.h ihe aft iforereeited, as »hey may receive fronuhe Surveyor General, trem time to time, during their continuance in office, hikl while executing the dunes thereof? I he surveys containing two bundled two and an h.df acres, as aferefaid, arc to be dillributid by a lottery, m which puffins are to be entitled to draws as after mention ed, to wit :—Every free male w Kite perlite, twenty-one years ot age and upwards, who is a citizen ot the United States, and has resided in this ftatc three years immediately preceding thepaflage of the aft afore.recited, and paid a tax tew aids the fnpport of go. ▼e-nment, (Including such as cay be abfcnt i on lawful bufincfs) onedraw—every free male person of like defeription, having a wife, or legitimate child or children under the age of twenty.one years, two draws—all widows with like refidcnce, one draw.-.all free female white persons, who have arrived to the age of twenty.one years or upwards, and have resided in this Hate, as is above, and are unmarried, one draw—all families of orphans residence as aforefaid, under the age of twenty-one years, whefe father is dead, one draw—and all families of orphans confiding of more than ere, who have nci their father or mother living, two draws— but if only one, then such orphan is to have one draw ; thedraws cf orphans to be entered in the county and difttift where the elded of each family of them refidcs. No person who drew a prize or prizes In the late land lottery, is to be entitled to any draw or draws in theontnow contemplated*. Alphabetical lids of persons entitled to draws in the lottery aforefaid, are to be made out within three months from the psf. fmg of the afore.recited ad, by such per sons, not exceeding two to each battalion ciftricl, as the JuUices of the Inferior Court in each county may appoint; and it is de chred to be the duty of the said Jaftices to tn;d;e such appointments. The persons, so appointed are f» attend in each Captain's difhift, on Upriany feveraf day s the said Joftices rr’ajT w deein neccffitry and appoint, (having lirft given ten da) s notice in each didrift of such attendance) for the purjkfe of taking down the names of persons entitled to draws as aforefaid, and are to receive, as a com pen fa t ion for their fcrvices, from the applicants f?r draws, twelve and an half cents for each draw by them entered ; and previous to entering on the duties of their appointments, they are to take the following oath, which l« to be adminif, tesed by any of the said Jultices :—“ I, ‘ , do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be) that I will not receive,or register any name except the person giving in Ifcull firil take the oath preferihed by this aft." 'l'he Hits aforefaid, when completed, and conies #f them depoftied in the office of the refpeftive clerks cf the Superior Court, * are to <vi transmitted to the Executive Office, by the persons appointed to make them cut. All applicants for draws h the said lottery, except widows, are to take the following oath, which is to be administered by the persons appointed to take down their names as aforefaid, to wit: “I , do foiemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be) that I am a citizen cf the United States, and have resided in this ftatc three years immediately preceding the passing of this aft, and am now an inhabitant of this diltrift ; that I am twenty-one y#*ars cf age ; that I have a wife, child or children /as the case mar be) that 1 have not given tn my name for any draw or draws in the prefect contemplated lottery, in any other part of ibis Hare ; that I have not drawn a frsft of land in the former lottery j and that the orphan or family of orphans whom I now return, is or are entitled to a draw or draws under this aft, to the left cf try knowledge... So help me God." And wid ows, applicants as aforefaid, the following oath :—“ J, , do folesdy swear or afirm, (as the case may k) that 1 cm a widow ; that 1 have resided (he three lad years in this Hate, and am now resident in this duhift ; that I have nor cut in my name for a draw in the prelent lottery in any other part nf this state ; and that 1 have not drawn land in the former lottery, to the heft cf my knowledge and belief—So help me God." The Governor is to cause tickets to be prepared and the lottery drawn in the fol lowing manner :—The. names of persons entitled to dratvs, are to be written on (e -partite pieces of paper, as nearly equal in iirc as they can be made, and depolited in a bex or wheel, conftrufted for the purpose ; and the blanks and prizes are to be deposited in another box or wheel; and from each wheel one ticket at a time is to be taken and de. liycrcd to the commiflioncrs appointed to Superintend the drawing of the lottery, who are to declare the refuh, and raufeeach name agairft which a prize may be drawn, and a ' ddcription of the prize, to be entered in a book to be provided for thst purpose. One month’s notice of the day the draw, ingof the lottery will commence is to be given in the fevettd Gazettes before men. tinned. v It any Didrift Surveyor fhaM resign or die, the Governor is authorized to fill the vacancy thereby occasioned. And if any Surveyor shall fail to execute the trust repo sed in him, either from inattention cr odte. wife, infuch manner, as intheopinion >f the Gove; nor, may render doubtful the tiniffiing furveys within the time limited, he is cm. powered to declare his appointment vacant, and fi.l the fame. t The Diftrift Surveyors are to take an oath faithfully to difeharge the duties rrqui. red of them, which is to he administered by ( the Surveyor General; and the chain-car. riers arc to take an oath accurately to mea. sure all lines on which they may be employ, cd, with as little deviation from thecourfes pointed out to’ them by the Surveyors as paffibie, and to give a true account of the fame which oath is to be administered by the Diftrift Surveyors. No lurveya or grants for land in the a. forefaid territory are to be admitted to a jury as evidence of t»ie to the lands therein, except thole obtained by virtue and under the authority of the afore.ieceited aft. Persons against whofc names lots cf land may be drawn, are to receive grants for the fsme, on paying into the Treafuxy of this 1 *« flats, fix dollars per-hundred acres; tut If any person entitled to any let of land as a forefaid, (hall fail to pay that sum and take out a grant for the fame, within twelve months from the day thfcdrawing cf the lot tery i? completed, then fuel) Jot (hall revert to, and be veiled in the Hate, and appro priated for the redemption of the public debt. Returns of petfons entitled to draws as a forefaid, made -contrary to the true intent and meaning of the alore-rcceited aft, are declared to be fraudulent; and all grants which, may he iffueti in conference of draws made in the contemplated lottery, cn any fraudulent return, are declared to be null and void, and the land so granted is to revert to, ahd become the prt perty of the Bate. Now therefore, the Juflices of the Infeii or Courts cf the refpeftive counties—the pcrfpns to be appointed to make out the al phabetical lifts afortfaid—and all perfens entitled to draws in the contemplated lottery under the afore-recited aft, are called upon and required to comply with the requifu tions thereof. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State, at the Statc-Houfe, in Louisville, this twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fix, and of the Independence cf the United States of America, the thirtieth. JOHN MiLLELGE. By the Governor, Iloß : MARBURY, Secretary of the State, AUGUSTA, July 5. ON the (ml Inst. a difputc arose between a Negro fellow and a wenth at the heufe cf Mrs. M'Corcle at Guriy’s bridge, Lincoln county Mrs. M'Ccrcle it appears, had interfered, and the fellow who belonged to her husband, went, cut a club, and on bis return, knocked her down, and mur dered her on the spot.-.-the villain made his cfccpc. A reward is offered, and the fellow is deferihed as being 5 feet 9 inches high, about 30 years of age, and having on a blue Jacket--his name is Barrett. ' • \ The Reader will plcafe to look in the full page for the Declaration of American Independence—Tt applies nearly as w«U row, as at the time it had been full publilhed. Th* City Council, at their lad meeting, have appointed Mr. Claudius Magnan, Ass. iibr for Augusta. The variety of advertifemerts will apolo gue f*r excluding a number ol articles, v. hich, though net important, may amuse the Reader- —-From Europe we have noth ing cf a later date than incur last, except that the King of Pruflia would appear to have fuzed en Swedilh pomerania, «s hi has done cn Hanover, without leave or licence of his rcyal brothers ! On the A mcrican coail the French pirates come to co-operate with the Biitilh, to rob and fpoliate ; cn this principle alone the Bcli-ger. eats seem to agree, MARRIED, cn Tuefday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Cloud, Capt. John Beale Barnes, of the United States Ar tillery, to Miss Mary Ann Douglass Hammond, of this city. To the Citizens of RICHMOND COUNTY. We return you our grateful ac knowledgement* for the confidence hitherto icpcfcd in or, as your rcprercwraiive*— and inform you thac we decline being van didates at the next gercnl elrflion. THOMAS FLOURNOY, FREEMAN WALKER. July y. -H Dodcr Smelt, molt rd peftfully informs his fellow Citizens, that he is a Candidate for the next Congrcfs, and • alio, forj the vacancy that exitls in the pire fent Cong-efs, occaficned by the re Agnation of the Honorable Joseph Bryan of Chatham county. JuneEg. [3] N. B. Mrs. HSllhonfeJ M (Trs, lan, Day Sc Hely, are requested to insert this t hree times, and apply for payment. NOTICE. PROPOSALS wi'd be received by'the Clerk, until the fir ft Monday in July next, for nnilhing the new Court-House. The money to le paid on the completion cf the work. * Ay order of the Infer tor Court , MATHEW FOX, OI L Tune 28. [if] ( AUCTION. For Sale by the Subscriber This day, before his Store, A handsome alTortment of Calicoes, Mens and Womens Shoes, Do, Suwarrow B >ots, Several articles cf Household Furniture, Liking GlaflVs, Ribbons, Gloves, 1 Chest H>fon T«.a,' 10 Cows and Calves. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. THOMAS BARRETT. ■ J u b S- %* For Sale By the Sutfcriber. i2,co lbs. Green Coffee, i 19'kbit. & 8 bfad*. prime retailing Sugar, r 5 puncheon* old 4th proof Jamacia Rum, 6 Q:- Crlks L, P. Tcntiiffc Wine, 6 HhJ*. Mobiles, 50 Piece* Bcft Invcrrcf* Gotten Ergging. Double Sealed and Caniftcr Gun Powder. Do. F. ditto, 4 Ton Patent Shot, \ Do. Bar Lead. f 6 Bcxci Cotton Cards, -ALSO,— A NEW AND WELL CHCtBN SUPPLY OP DRY GOODS. All of which will be fold low for cash or produce. By L. CANTELOU, ■7« fr G (3M NOTICE. THE Creditor* ts Nich. las Jarrett are hereby notified that the examination’ into (he insolvency of laid Jarrett i* I oned until Saturday the tl irristJa, izy c f September next, at which time hi* ctedi. tors in.perfon or by attorney are xequcfttd K tn attend at the Court House in the county c f Wl'kes, to drew cause, if any they hare, why Gid Jarrett Ihouid not be difchsrgyd under the aft* of tU» ftatc regulating tkccn. larpcir.cr.t cf Infclvent debtor*. By order of the Jufiices oj the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, NATHNI. WILLIS CM. 7± '■ [£] Five Dollars Reward • Q TO LEM from my yatf, . near Augnfta s on Sunday rsi S ht * 3°-h Jun«, a red ff SORREL HORSE, fevea •IIC 11 or eight years old, 4 f Cft 10 or 11 inches high, a fwiich rail, and a "bite Ijct on hi* right battcck, trots, pact* and rack?, rough{hod all round.—The above reward will he paid on the delivery of f*id hoife to the fublcti ber, 01 THIRTY DOLLARS, for hot ft 2: thief, RODHAM TCLLOSS. 7»*y Ut) Two Dollars Reward. Jl Thurfdsy M two J negro fcllnwr, MON DAY and CHARLES, ran ■* away from the Subfcribct’r plantation near Augutta it is fufpccltd that they arc a fellow belonging to • Mr. Ccurfe, or by Cherry who btlcngs M George P : etfon—a")' F* sf » n who w;j, . a r* prehead said Runaway*, and deliver them to the owner, Ihall receive rb# a^ovs reward. Man- VERDSI;Y. N. B, ssfaid Fellows «*n>e to town on ly for the purpofs of robbing, it caught without psfics, the City-Maiflial or Con stable will plcafe to give them ejlalhescr-ch, and they shill be paid for their trouble faid negroe* will be fold to at y person li ving in Carolina, or at fifty mika dtftancc from Auguda. July 7. ((/•) Ten Dollars Reward. RAN- AWAY from the fubferiber a mu latto girl of the name of SALLY, It is fappr-f-d Iht i* in the vicinity of Augufis, or in B;*ch HI ind-—whoever brings her to me in Aagufta. St" 11 receive the above reward. GEORGE W. EVAN*. 7vlv 7. [ ? /J Now in Columbia Jail- Brought to the Jail cf Colum bia county cn F/idny the fixtesnth of May* a negro fellow wh> fay* his name is TOM* this fellow wa* advsrtifcd some time past« ?s he said he belcrg-d to John Wood of Koike county, but itoce he fays hr belong* t"> John Weenies about four miles f forl Wsyn* {borough, the owner is requeued to come f rvard prove his property, pay char ges and take him away, Wm. FLEMING, s-c c. J'Dy ?• [3jJ MARSHAL SALES. Or. the fir A Turfday in Awgujl next, bflveen the vfual hours of in the Cilf r s Augufia, at the house formerly occupied fy Laurence Somers deceased, • WILL BE SOLD, An Assortment of DRY GOODS & GROCERIES. Levied on ?.s the Property es Lanrence Somcr* dscesfed, to fa defy a judgment i*J favsr cf Jos. G Cormick, and poicted out be the p'antlfF r ’ondrfo"* •• ca-h. GEO. W. MOCKS, d m 0 July 7. Executors Sales, On the fame day {frfl TufJay in Argvju) at the fame place, and immediately after tv.fi Afnrjh' I’s Sa'es. Willbe ditpofed of the rrfr.h:- of, the Petfonal proi's-v of the f.ui.Lnu xtpw Somers dcceaCd.