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is til£ COjOhC* S iiO-l hIS
niily’s Handing, that I am in
formed that he was obliged to
make over his property in pawn
ere he could get a good honeft
man to be bail for his brother —
And his certificate given before
C ol. Watkins, and Tolicitor-ge
neral Van Alien, that he had
with an armed force, or fome
thing like it, taken an honeft
man from his bed, and whipped
him unmercifully, to fuborn his
evidence. And I believe Ids
note of hand, given avowedly
for a horfe he as a tory plundered
during the war , is now in exig
ence in Hancock county. From
fuch your coadjutors Major,
coed lord deliver me !—You
have brought the old gentleman,
contrary to my wifh, ftrongly
into view—and at the clofe of
your family hiftory, as though
it was a family piece of furniture,
you have fmacked down the gib
'lot. Your inquifitivenefs about
Thomas Jolmfon’s father fhall
be farisficd, he lived and died
AV HONEST MAN. At thC Clofe
of your prefent impeachment,
it is my hearty wifh, for you to
t'cape the pillory. I am told the
kgiflature charge you with not
having fully complied with your
oath of office.—And were you
to pay in the 9950 dollars 52 cts.
you took out of the treafury , you
would poffibly be another
“ POLL TAX MAJOR.” —
As to what you fay of monies
owing you by me, you know
}xu let the fuit be once called
out of court —and recently twelve
refpe&able fellow citizens on
their oaths in open court decreed
I that I owed you not one copper. —
[And now I leave y©u with de-
I daring that ifpoverty be a crime,
II own myi'elf unable to efcape
I It—but I would rather continue
I daring my remaining life to earn
I my bread from day to day, than
I lo hold as you do ill gotten pelf
I—and at lad would glory in dy
ing on the honest bed of po-
Iverty, fooner than live and be
Ipolleffied like yourfclf of plan-
I cations, negroes, and fine houfes,
lender Major your bankrupt repu-
I tiition,- —And thus POLL TAX
■ MAJOR Tom Johnson bids
■Lieu, to the degraded and im-
Ex-Treafurer, and,
■ ’.whenever the peculation truck is
■ put kck again) Jute to he POLL
I PAXMAJOR John Berrien.
■ —Arran my jewel now!—Can
■L's v/iffi for any more ?
■ A.
Urf ltn jriii the ffuefilion, and Major
I ddarns’s teftimony y as follows :
i \d e fiion —Did the defendant
you, or within your know-
H! e yB" to any perfon, ever deny
H >s bein g -deputy Treafurcr, or
W ol j7 that in that character he
Wr li die treafury office under his
■, lrc —or that he commanded
■ ne § u ard over the fame ; and
By you ever hear the defendant
B t?r an ex p re ffi°”j which could
wjfiibly hear the conftruction,
having direffily or indi-
Hyv v » or wantonly and impro
■ ufed, or converted to his
Purpofcs, any part of any
Hp ,0 ‘ lc monies, or of private
or even of yazoo depofit
cntrnfted to his care in the
W eahl ry Office.—And have you
by loud and common re-
B‘ t; John Ber-
Men the plaintiff, was turned
out of office, for making life of
monies entrufted with him in
his official character, as treafu
rcr of the Hate of Georgia.
Anfiwer • —The defendant told
me he was deputy treafurcr, and
commanded the guard that had
the care oi the treafury—that he
had advanced monies and ex
pected to advance more, for the
payment of certain debts of his,
and that it was with the appro
bation of the treafurcr, who was
to furniih faid monies, that might
be deficient for him, until his
falary amounted to the fum.—
I have underdood from common
report the then Treafurcr, John
Berrien, was removed from office
for making ufe of the monies
in the treafury while in his care.
Extra ft from tic files ofi the
cjfi.ee of the Superior Count
cf Jcfferfion county ,
Wm. M*Dow ell, clerk.
The following fingular ac
count of a phenomenon which
appeared in the air near the vil
lage of Quintana, in the pro
vince of Burgos, in Spain, is
given in the Paris papers, as an
extract from the Journal of
Madrid, of the 7th J uly.
<c At it o’clock in the
morning of the 1 ith of June, a
ftormy cloud was lecn at the ex
tremity of the village of Quin
tana, towards the north, and a
\ cry thick fog which feemed to
proceed from the adjacent
mountains having joined it in a
very grofs column, they formed
together a very fantaftic figure,
with arms, feet, and a long tail.
The refemblancc of a very large
ferpent, of a fky blue color,
was foon after plainly difcernecl,
as proceeding from the junction
Of the cloud and fog, which ex
tended itfelf lb far as to touch
the earth. It emitted from time
to time, torrents of hre of a dark
and red colour, and at length
feparated itfelf from the cloud in
the direction of the village, with
frequent eruptions of flames and
fpaiks cf fire. The inhabitants
were very much terrified, but a
violent gale from the north, fe
parated it in the fouthern extre
mity, while the greater part ad
vanced within 400 paces ot the
village.
“ It was feen to tear up in its
paffiage icvcral large ftones and
trees. In particular, a very
large oak was find ftripped of its
leaves, and afterwards torn up
by the roots. It deftroyed all
the cherry and apple trees in its
way, and burnt up the ground
over which it pafftd for more
than 60 paces. This fingular
phenomenon continued its de
predations for about 25 minutes,
and then again joined the cloud
out of which it came. The da
mage which it did to the vine
yards is very confiderable.”
What has preducedthefie meafiures ?
1. The voting of 75,000 vo
lunteers, indead of the regular
ccnditutional militia.
2. The attempt to deprive
Pennfylvania and Jerfeyof their
right to elcdl eleftors of the
* it>
prdident.
3. 'Hie expenditures of 87 1-3
millions of dolla s, in eleven
years, by the federal govern
ment.
4.. A naturalization law,twice
as long as that which the king
or Great-Britain impofed upon
us.
5. Running up annual expen
ds to 12,800,000 dollars, for
1 boo, under the general go
vernment.
6. Voting for a hired army of
42 or 43,000 men.
7. The propofition of Mr.
Kofs and others to commit the
powers or congreis, in regard to
the votes for' the prefidential
electors, into the hands of the
chief juftice of theU. S. and fix
fenators, and fix reprefentatives,
without controul.
8. Ihe omifTion to proiccutc,
to convidion, William Blount,
charged with high crimes and
mifUmeanors by the houfe of
reprefentatives.
9. The omifllon to profe
cute John Ward Fcnno, and
others, who have proposed to
veil the power of choofing the
fenators of the United States, in
the hands of the prefident; and
to abolifh the ibatc governments.
10. The miferablc iflue ol'
the Britifh treaty.
11. The open declaration of
the London prints, that our late
fecrctary of Rate, Mr. Picker
ing, was much attached to the
Britifh intcreft.
12. Ihe lad and complete
verification of the fads fueseft-
OO
ed by Mr. Jeffcrfon, in the let
ter to Mazzei.
13. The evidence of Mr.
JcTicrfor/s attachment and great
utility to the caufe of religious
liberty, which lias been particu
larly influential in Maryland.
14. The tnanifeft wifhes of
the republicans to preferve
peace with all the world, and to
keep down the public expenccs,
Thcfe and ibme other impor
tant caufes, have produced the
changes. Among thofe caufes
are the evidences of monarchial
views anti v/i fries, which have
been laid before tire world.
Much has been faid on the cafe
of Dr. Rufh.»—A letter of the
15th of Odobcr current, has
been received from that gentle
man, by one of the Lancafter
committee, in which he fays,
c< The delay of your letter ren
dered a fhort publication ne
cefTary. 1 have acknowledged
in it, Mr. Adam's predilection for
monarchy , as exprdTed in his
works.”
(tff Advert'foments omitted in
this day's paper, Jkall appear in
our next .
iTHE SUBSCRIBER
earnefily recommends thcfe indebt -
ed to him , who contemplate pay
ment in cotton , to withhold that
article no longer, if they wife to
avail tbenfelves of the prefent ge
nerous price—as it is now on the
decline, lie thinks common henef
ty alone, Jhould teach thcfe who
have fold their produce to others,
the juftice and necefftty of coming
forward end dfebarging their
accounts with him immediately ;
common fenje at leaft willfuggeft
the confequences of further delay
of payments.
Z. LAMAR.
1 November 26.
CGI LECTOR'S SALE.
H ill be SOLD , at the Market
llcuje , in the town of Louifiville,
on the i ]th Jay of December
next , at the ufual hours ,
One 8111 lARD TABIE,
taken as the property of Jofeph
Fletcher, for the taxes for the
year 1800. 'Fax due 100 dollars.
GARLAND 11ARDWIC1L
November 15, 1800.
Defaulters in the ( eunh of 7'//cr-
Jon, Jor the year 1800.
V / Z.
Capt. Vinings DifLiEl
Jofeph Srotr Wil iam Allen,
John Saucer, I aac Rohinfon,
Jar. A dams, Thos M‘Guaity,
Sain. Rlondworth, Vinton Row
ell, William Nance.
* apt T erry’s Dt/lrifl.
Thomas Little, Follei Little,
Samuel Little, Robert Little,
John Brackenridge,
Capt Hamptons Diflrifi.
James I iilmao, John james,
James Horn Mann* n Cammel,
J eile Pipken, Andrew Little,
Benjamin Thompfon, Bcrrcy*
i lughs
Capt Schley’s DifinH.
Benjamin ( nberr, jun. V«nj,
Barron, (oltpli White, ( hefl y
Boftick, Icn. (inflin L. Lamp
kin, John Iloufley, Joi n La
mar, V iliiam 1 van.", Andrew
K urn?, Mortis Gilbert, Jo‘cph
Gilbert, Horatio Maibuiy, Wil
liam Robinfon acob • obin
ion. Abner Gnfhn WiShans
Mathews, George Clcyton a
cob i'elerlon Thomas ohnfon,
Simon Day, Joleph h awls,
Culven Fore, ary * right.
Copt. Coward'y Diflrift ,
James Weeks, V\ idow Tmt
ley, William D del, Ifaac Cur
tain, Irvin ( .ihoon
Capt, Vivwns Di/irift.
Mofes Cauer, JcUe Acock,
John BradQiaw, Mathew Mooic,
Capt Key's Diflricl.
Hugh J ambert, Mathew Da
vis, George Farnett, William
[ evens, Mijah ChnJtia.
John Whitehead, k. t. r. j. c,
O&ohci 21.
GEORGIA.
By his Fxccilcncy [AMES
j A C KS O M, Governor
and Commander in Chief of
th® army and navy of this
Bale, and of the militia there
of.
A PROCLAMATION .
HAVING arranged and cnjl
vp the votes from fuck coun
ties ay have made return oj elections,
held jor perfons to rejre/ent this
/late in the heufe of reprejentatives
0) the congre/s (j the United States,
and ii appearing that fames Jones
and Benjamin I alha/erro e/quires ,
have, the tnghejl number of votes jer
the fame.
I hi<ve thought fit to ifjue this my
proclamation notifying the fame in
order that the jaid James Jonty
and Benjamin I allioferro. may
figmfy their acceptance or refufai
of their /aid appo ntments —And alfo
that th \ adduce the reqvifiles and
qualjications required by law.
Given u der ?«v hand and the
great feal of this /late, at the
State Hovje in Louifvil’e , this
twenty seventh day of Oftoher,
in the year p/ our Lord 1800,
and in he twenty fifth year of
American Independence,
jAMES JACKSON.