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lquisville, TUESDAY, Dtctmhtr 24, 1799* The following are his Excel the Governor's rcfon, for diffen.ing to the two bills men lioned in our . , h r sbroker end Gentlmtn cj the ' Hook of Reprtjtntatives, ]T will ever be with theutmoit, It l u aance and regret that I Iha’l fxercife the conftitutional check of the executive, on the pro ceedings of the two branches of the legiflature —but when on reflexion, I find a bill improper, and on confiderin* exiflmg cn cumftances oppreflive on a con fiderable part of the community, as well as injurious to the reve nues of 'he Hale; I conceive it a duty which 1 owe to my coun try, and ajullice due to the two branches, to return the fame with mydiflenr, and to fubmit for their confederation my reasons for fo doing, that \ hey may weigh the fame in their judgment, and if not found of that importance with which, perhaps, I have been unfortunately imprcfled, that the two branches may then proceed in the conflitutional way to enaft it into a law ; The bill is entitled “ an aft fupplementary to an aft entitled an aft to revise and amend an aft for preventing controverfies con cerning the bounds of land and for procefljoning the fame.” My reafons are—Firjl, becaufe the frefent bill virtually repeals the very aft which it contains in its title , which was faffed the iSlh day of j February, 1799, by its acknowledge 1 H m its body, or w hat is really the • bill, the aft entitled " an aft for ; preventing controverjies concerning the bounds of land and for procef fonmg theJamC pojjed the 2 d day 1 if February, 1798, and its making j dl operations to take place under that aft only, which, in efftft, de hrs the provifo of the aft 0) the M day of February, 1799 , for the laving harmlejs the title of pur chafers of confiscated property , for mich, in many inflances, new grants we been obtained , and of courfe n f tu , lnts run i an d /rem which /70m the indefiniteve description of thofe f is at that fales, and the 10/s of th'original gran's and plats, and in 7' C °l lht words of them ; the ' l aU ma y bc m *de liable to refund to a great amount, Sffondly— Becaufe from the ! r codful fires of Savannah, and the '* (nts late war , numbers of in/P n j £ ran ' s an dplats were burnt, | fmdifflroHd, a \ ty 0/ the records of them were h th ‘ on the yaon of Savannah. ' a fl l y—Becaufe from, the IT** received by the Execu curing the political year 1709, to thi two bran. tr-h err omrr.enceme the J- I'JPon, relative to th 'ds carried off by the Bri. a L r t5 ~ a & redt probabi ity of ** con fiderable of than , if not the whole, being portly recovered. Application having been made grounded on that information , to the minijler of the United States near the cowt of London, to demand them of the Fritifh government, under the 7 th article of the definitive treaty of 1783, between the two nations, and becaufe the limited time for the operation of the prefent bill is not fujjici' nt to give a fair eppor ; tumty for thofe plats and records to be delivered up aod returned depofi led and arranged in the Jurveyr generals office . fo that accrfs to them by prior holders, ard certified cofus of them cm he obtained ; u huh, in its confcquences w uld prove rppref five, and might in many cafes bar the kelpl fs widow and orphan frern their juft rights, as well as mani/efl y injure the fate, and at any rate would prove produHivt of endlef lawfui's and conjvfion, which are contrary to the apparent intention of the hill, JAMES JACKSON. State H. ufe, L f -u;fviile, Nov. 30, 17c 9. Mr , Pnfidenl and Gentlemen oj Senate, I HAVE d*ffetited to a bill which originated in your branch, emifled, •* an a& to authorife the corrm’flionere . f 1 he town of Bunfwitk in the county of Glynn to difpofc rf certa n pan of the faid coftmcM for the purpofc of bu Ming an Academy for faid county ” Becaufe—-The common* of a town, are the common proper y adHfrighr of the lot holders thereof, whcPmjght not to be d.vettcd of that property and right but by their own content, ti puffed or implied—cap!cfTed by the voice or deed of at leaft a majority rf fuch holders ; or, implied by the afl’ent cf their rrpre ■fenfstives, chofen by themfclves, for the government of fuch town, | I Becauf; —(bould fuch o nfent appear, i the property of the town r ught not to be | t.k en from it to be d fpofed of for county purpofes, which the o'jrtf ot th'sbill is maniftflly in ended for i and there is do l limtiaiion as o what pari of the com mors the comm flionere may fed. The bill m i s bo y declaring, “ that the commiflion r« of the above town aod commons, are au borized to fed as much of the fa d commons a» they may judge neceffary/’ which in fadt gi v ts tbcm the power :o fell all (he commoi s and to confine the lotholdera to thellrects of the town only, which won d prove p ejudi* c al to the I calih and in erefts of 1 • f iti zeos, and dtpnve them of l!*e advan l?ges a d com orts commons alw.ys af fo r d from tf.e og of milch cau<c for the ufc < f ;he r farodtes. And bccaul.', lirunfwick'S a Tea port, which t. me day muft becontc of fiilt rate ' inr por' to ibis ftatc and the u nor its nob'c and cap;cicus haibour, i s fafe and eafy entrance from the fca, its heal* I ihy fituation continually viliud hy the pure and falubruius b re< Z'.S f |orn *l ,c atlantic ocean—the fertility of toe foil in it* nr*ghb urhood ; added to the wealth which w I: be ooured into it from jibe Oconee and Oakmulgre riv rs, through the channel c* the Alatamaha — • fgp.all cut, wh ch to older countrits would be made in a f w weeks from that river into Turtle river only being need fary, will infure it to become the fou h* etn rendezvous of the American cavy, aod a moft ezier.five trading city—its number of inhabitants will be propor tionate, and an exteofioo of its bounds rrq'iTitc—the commons will afford th a exicnficn to the very great advantage of the city funds, if preferved—whilft on the oilier hand, if now difpofed of, it is evident that the growth of fhc city mutl be cramped, or the fame commons | ‘be purcbefcd back at aa iflcalcolablc Kjrtfire to ilic injury r>f tie cic/em. *nd the d.rtiudion of the c ty fund*. JAMES JACKSON. f!nufe % L. out; Vi he i D:c. 5, 1799. Head Quarters, Louffville , lift December, 1799* GENERAL ORDERS. IT has been notified to the Commander in Chief, that the gallant o-d veteran (lie late major gcncial Clarice, of Geor gia, whole name ought to be foj deai to this and the United States, for his truly heroic exploits-—is decCafed, It is therefore required, that all officers, in military commif hon, belonging to this ffate, do wear for one month fiom the iff day of J nuary next, a crape round the left aim, as a to' en of that affedlion, which ihe go vernment and military boar to his memory, for his great, patri otic and unitary cxeitions dur ing the revolutionary war. By older of the Commander in Chief , Thom as Johnson, Sec'ry, * Names of Defaulters in ihe county of Jeffafn, Capt John fens Diflrifl. JOSEPH Gilbert,doftor John Pugfley, *1 homas |ohnfon,| |ohn Black, Michael Shelman, Andrew Burns, Jacob Robinlon, William Robinfon, Jos. White,, Elifha H. Waldo. Capt Co/well's Diflrifl, Robert Wornock. Capt. Vining's Diflrifl, Nathan Powell. Capt. Jerry's Diflrifl. Thomas Bailey, Peter Bailey, Mathew Bailey, Wm. Thomas, Henry Her by, Micajah Polk, ien. John Vanwinkle. Capt, Hamptons Lift rift. Wm. Boykin, Charles bight, Elizabeth 1 ong, Louis Barrow, John Mannin, R. Evan*- Capt. Ratjord's Diflrifl . Thomas Sanford, widow Goff, Benjamin Sanford, james Hall, fen. Gideon H irks, John Hut chifon, John Ingram, John Bcr ryhill, widow Summerlin, Capt, Vivian's Diflrifl. John B:ad(haw, Levy Jack-, Ton. jun. Jofcph Engliffi, George Taff. R. Fullwood, r. r. j. c. December 10. The SUBSCRIBER Begs it-ave to inform his Friend* anil the i'u.ihc, that he ha- taken ■ to C‘»pan nerlhtj* JOHN P. W II LiAMiON, and ue» to terry o the Factorage and Commiffion j BUSINESS, Under the FIRM o! Hammond (3 Willicmfon , at hi* Store, on leilair’s wharf, w’ ere every attention will be yain tu Ihe m crelk of ihofc who may favor them wi.h ibctr buiinkl*. Samuel Hammond. Savannah, Dec. 3, 1799. Wanted to Hire, A NEGRO BOY. * Enquire at this Office, The SUBSCRIBER WILL fdl the PLANTA TION whereon he now lefides end THRE t HEGROES , if a punkafer offers in ten days. There is 86 acres oj good land , with a handjeme ftream c/ water running through it/or the purpoft of working a cotton gin ; about 45 acres of frejh opened Tind under good the little Farm is in every other refpett in complete o r der. As it will he ft, anjwcr a pei /on living in Lew futile, and bevg Ito fuch generally known , a furth r defenphon would be unnecejfary . The terms may be know n by apply mg to theSub/cnber onthepremtfts . Abner Hammond. December 24. LouifviTe Gazette Office, December 17, 179.) j try Subscribers who are indebted for the 1 om/ville Gazelle, or for anv ether printing done at this office, are requrjfed to come forward and pay up their arrears. The terms of the Gazettes are payable half yearly ; but ogreat many have teen Jorwaided to feveial counties in 'he fate, on a prolnife of remittance by the Juft cpporluniy~-whiih miJl have Juice occurred , and others now offer by conveyances, at this fa fan, which will no doubt he improved by Juch gent'emen as are inclined to pay. The great expences incident to an e/lablijhmrnt fuch as a newf -1 paper, ought to be imprejfed on the minds of the Subfcnbcrs and in duce them to difcharge the amount of their accounts with greater punc tuahty4 The Editor can certainly fay, that, in eflablifiing the Lrui/ville Gazette, he was a floated more by a djire to comply with the numerous folic Italians cj gentlemen in /enrol parts of the J/ate, and a hope of its proving advantageous to the coun try, than by any prejpeft oj gain to himfelf ; the expences of the. bujinefs have hitherto very far ex ceeded the receipts from it. While , therefore , the Editor returns hisJv cere and nu ft grateful thunks to theft who have be<n pleof d to favor him with their bufinft, and particularly to thoje whoft pay ments in adiawe have enabled him in jome mrajure to fupport a credit) he earneflv en'reats thoje indebted , to fttde their accounts as Joon as pof/ible, AMBROSE DAY. W ANTE D. As an Apprentice, to the Black fmilh’s Bufine ft, A NEGRO BOY. from 14 to 18 years of age. Any perjnn willing to put their negro to , the above bujimfs, may depend up n his being taken care of and treated weil. job Tounfley. December 10. JOSEPH \V H ITE, Taylor and Habit Maker , RESPECTFUI LY informs his Friend* and the Public in genera!, that hs Ini returned 10 Louilbille, and in e c* C'.Tyli f on UuUne.i w th h'l former anm, lion an<l difpit It. »rd Inherit llieir j>afron ajja. He vviU work on at mo eta e 'irmi at pnffioie • and as much indulge; c« ’>« given ro hn former g-od Coftoancrs <.l bis Ci'cumrt tree * r ill aomiti December 17.