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About Augusta herald. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1799-1822 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1817)
AUGUSTA HE it ALL). TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1817. IT is mentioned in the Georgia Jour nal, that His Excellency David B. Mitch ell, Governor of this State, has been ap pointed Agent of Indian Affairs, for the Creek Nation, (the place formerly held by Col. Hawkins.) and it is stated to be under stood, that the Governor accepts the appoint ment. The Honorable William Rabvx. President of the Senate, will of course by the provisions of the constitution, “ exercise the Executive powers of Government, till the next meeting of the Legislature.” WE are sorry to learn, that the disease, (the Pneumonia,) called in many parts of our country the Cold Plague, is now prevail ing in Laurens District, in South-Carolina, in several places on the Saluda River, and in some parts of Abbeville District. It commences generally we are told with a chill, and pain in the head and side, anil of ten presents many of the symptoms of the j pleurisy, and quickly prostrates the strength ufthe person attacked—its pr igress in L iu- j rens District, we are informed, has been marked by great mortality. The Banks or this District yesterday re commenced the payment of specie. The ; sound of dollars, jingling on every counter, seemed the joyful congratulation of prison ers released from long confinement. Their conduct on this occasion is certainly not a j little creditable to our Banks, and ought at once to secure them that confidence of the community, which has been attempted to be withdrawn from them. They were among the last to refrain from specie pay ment ; they are among the first to resume it. Nat. Intelligencer. The Spanish Patriots it is said contem plate an attack very soon on Pensacola, and it is expected that place will become the scene of military operations on a large scale between them and the Royalists. The Uni ted States will have at Fort-Montgemery, not far distant, a respectable force, to pro- j tect onr neutrality against (lie aggressions of either party. [ Georgia Journal. Since the removal of onr troops from Camp Crawford, near Appalaehicola-Bay, the Indians in that quarter have manifested an unfriendly disposition, by burning the houses erected there for the accommodation j of the troops, &c. A large number of the j savages are said to be embodied, as if they ; contemplated further mischief. Ibid, j Wealth of New-Tork —The total valua- j tion of real and personal estates in the s ev * ! eral counties of this state, returned to (he Comptroller’s office in 1816. amounts, m the aggregate, to two hundred and nine ty three millions, eight hundred and eighty two thousand two hundred and twenty four dollars. [N. V. Paper. Adam Jourdan, who was sentenced to suffer death, on the 2Sth inst. for FOR GERY, has been pardoned by the Governor. —The motives by which his Excellency ap pears to have been influenced upon this occa sion, are, the recommendation of the Jury, —the petition of a number of respectable inhabitants.—the apparent ignorance of the culprit respecting the nature of his (.(fence, —and the smallness of the *um for which the forgery was committed. To these may be added, the hope that a Penitentiary system will soon be in operation, by which offences now punishable by death, may b« changed to modes of punishment less sanguinary, and mure equally proportioned to different trimes. The punishment of death is attach ed to so many offences under the code now in operation, that criminals are often per mitted to escape, through the leniency of the prosecutors; who are generally unwill ing to takeaway the life of a fellow creature, for the trivial sum of forty or fifty dollars: but if the prosseentor possesses a sanguina ry disposition, the criminal, for a smail of fence, may suffer that sort of punishment, which is usually affixed to the most enor mous offences. [Savannah Gazette. Execution. —John Gibson, (a black man) late cook of (lie schooner Maria, who was convicted of murder, in poisoning one of the passengers of that vessel, on the high seas, V-was yeterday executed in pursuance of the sentence which had been passed upon him —He professed to the last his innocence of the crime, and met his fate with undaunted firmness. [Charleston paper. Two beautiful Royal Braxillian TIGERS, (a male and female) arrived here in the schooner Catherine, from Norfolk, on Sun day, and will be exihibited in a day or two, near the market. These Tigers were in tended a* a present from the \ ice-Roy of | Rio-Janerio to the prince regent, and were j captured oil their passage during the late war by the United States frigate Constitu tion. [Charleston City Gazette. atm ■ IMPRESSION V gentleman at the Rotunda one evening seeing some wax fall from a chandelier, on that part of a lady’s dress, who sat next to him, not a greit way from her bosom, im mediately took out his watch, and clapped one of the seals upon it—“ Bless me, shr, (said the lady) what are you doing ? ’ —“ Du ly trying to make au impression upon yon Madam,” replied lie. It will be seen by the following Proelftma tion, that the Penitentiary Edifice of this state, is ready for tiie reception of its ex pected residents, and that the new Penal Code is in full force and operation :—. STATE OF GEORGIA. By His Excellency, David B. Mitchell , Gov ernor and Commander in Chief of the Ar my and Navy of this Sate and of the Mi litia thereof. A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS by an act passed at the last Session of the Legislate of ; this slate, bearing date the 19th day of De- i ceinber, 1816, entitled “A« Aet to reform ! “the Penal Code of this state, and to adapt “ (lie same to the Penitentiary System,” it 1 is enacted and declared, “that so soon as 1 “the Penitentiary Edifice of this state shall j “by Proclamation of the Governor, be de clared in a fit condition for the reception of “ Convicts, the following Code shall be con “ sidered in full force and operation.” And whereas, by a report which 1 have received from the Commissioners of the Peni- j tentiary Edifice, it appears that the said ! ; Edifice is now in a tit condition to receive Convicts and the act aforesaid being now \ printed and ready for promulgation: 1 have j therefore thought proper to issue this my i Proclamation, declaring the said Penitentia- ! ry Edifice of this state, now in a lit condition ! for the reception of Convicts, of which all j Judges, Justices. Sheriffs, and other officers, . civil and military, within this state, and uli j the citizens of the same, are required to take * notice and govern themes!ves accordingly. | Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State at the State-House iu Mil* ledgeville, the twenty-fourth day of Feb in the year of our Lord. IBt7, and of the Independence of the United States the 41st year. O. B. MITCHELL. By the Governor, ABNER II \MMOND, Secretary of the Slate. Latest from England. Charleston, Feb. 24. By the cartel brig Samoset, Capt. Ste vens, arrived at this port yesterday in 47 days from Loudon, the Editors of the City G izette have received London papers to the Ist January, and verbal accounts to the 4tli. The Samoset left. London on the .id, aud the Downs on the 7th January. We understand by a passenger in the , above vessel, that the lower classes of peo ple in England were still in great distress, j I owing to the scarcity and high price of pro- j j visions; and that every species of commercial : business was dull and unprofitable. Public 1 meetings continue to be held iu various parts j of the country, but were not so serious as | the great Riot iu London, which was of far ! greater magnitude than the statements pub lished in the English papers would lead us to believe. The Duke of Wellington left Loudon * in the Ant packet 29th Dee. ou his return i to Palis. His Grace's sudden arrival and 1 departure has thrown some light upon the j internal state of France. That country, it ; appears, is no longer able to maintain Ihe ' enormous number of hungry mouths quar- j tcred upon her by her “ Deliverers.” For j a clearer developeiuent of this subject, our readers are referred to the remarks of the i Editor of the “Times,” ia a preceeding co- | lumn. . These papers contain the proceedings of the Court Martial on General SAVARY, for contumacy, hut for which we have not room to day. After two hours deliberation, thu Court unanimously declared General S. J guilty, aud condeinued him to the punish- j meut of death. ; The Samoset was taken up by our Consul at London, to bring home lot distressed A merican Seamen, who had got out of employ and thrown themselves upon his protection. Many of them were in a wretched condition wjien they embarked, 3 of whom died on the passage of different diseases. VVe have selected from our London files the most interesting articles for this day’s paper—further extracts shall be given here after. FROM NASSAU— By the British sch’r. Henry and Robert, arrived yesterday from Nassau, ive received the papers of that place to the inth inst. Seine interesting para graphs are extracted from them, relative to the money forcibly taken by the Spaniards from the wreck of the British sloop ol war Tay. The Henry &, Robert has ou board 56,000 Dollars in SPECIE. Great Fire at the Isle of France. —A geu- j Reman of this place has received, via Gibral- ; tar, a letter from his friend at Port-Nord- i Ouest, Isle of France, dated 3d Get. which mentions that on the 23th Sept, from twelve j to fifteen hundred houses were cousuined by , Fire in that town. The fire broke out in a wooden building, in the Hospital Street; extended as far as the Govenmeut House, j then up the great street that leads to Pam* I plemouse, as far as Trou Fanfaron. Prop erty to an immense amount has been destroy- j ed, as the fire was in a part of the town oc- , copied hy persons extensively engaged iu commercial business. London, Nov. 13. The Weather —The following ineteorologi- ; eal account of (he year 1698, shows at least that our forefathers were occasionally visit ! cd hy as unnatural seasons as those of the present year. January much snow in deep drift* ; all ibis month ice upon the wate.', which on the 2Cth was eight inches thick, i. e. within two an«l htilf us thick as at any time nn tlie ea -11a! of Jam-»s*s-pirk in 1740. Vet on the lightning, and five elans of thunder.' February, the wind jf. E, almost all the month, aud little sunshine, except six days the second week. The f-Ult, great storm, snow several yards dee* the whole month— March 24 th aud 23th, thunder and lightning, warm sunshine all day, with sulphurous clouds, hot evening. pril tlie tttli, thun der, followed by showers. The 22d. snow ed hard from morning to noon, then a little | sunshine, (hen snowed again very fast, then sunshine folio ,ed with large hail, as in i April, l~4(). The 23th, showers of ft ree S great ha I with thunder and sunshine mixt. i The 271 h, thunder, and it stonii of hail after. | A cold mouth. The SOtli, the first cuckoo, j gooseberries not blossomed still. May 3d, a great deep snow all over England. The 13th woods like winter. The 17th great hail. The 31st, wheat very low ; cold weather. June 3d, cold, yet great thunder and lightning, loud and near, with fierce | large hail, three inches deep on the ground. | The 16tli, ina warm rich soil was the first : wheat ear seen near London. The back i wardest spring in 47 years. July, Ist part ! very wet. Tlie 13th evening, great rain. ! from the 18th to the 20th cloudless sun | slnne. The 20th, rain, with a great deal oT | red lightning, with unceasing thunder. No | gooseberry tarts till July. The 30th, apple trees in small blossom as in the spring. Au ; gust the 13th, 14th, and 18th, frosts jet 5 the ; latter half, the pleasantest time in the year. The 6th, one ele.p of thunder, with a show er of the biggest drops known. The four last months had scarce two days together without rain (except from July the IBIIIJO, the 26th.) the wettest season known, whole fields of corn spoiled eveu in Kent, much more in the north. Horses were turned into tlie pease and barley. The earliest wheat did not cut till the middle of September—ln Kent, September 29th, barley standing uncut there, much lay in (lie swaith till December; that which was brought in was soaked with wet, and almost useless. Much corn in the north 1111 got at Christmas ; aud in Scotland they were reaping iu January, and beating the deep snow oil’ it, as they reaped the poor green empty crop. Bread made of what was got would not stick together, hut fell in pieces, and tasted sweet as if made of malt. October the 3d, much lightning, and pretty much thunder. The 13th, 10th ami I7tll, extreme cold nights, wind N. N. W. The ; 30th, a great deal of rain and snow ; wind jN. E. November the 17th, light ning and j thunder. December, warm. The 7th a hot : steam. The 22d, wheat sown, which proved j as forward in harvest as any. The seed time was so wet that there was hardly above ; half a crop sown this year. 1 have been the more particular in the account of this year, wliieh, upon the whole, was the coldest from 1693, when my journal began, to 1742. Mr. tsuy. A terrible war abroad ; scarcity, dearth, famine, and division* between the contenders for liberty or slavery at home. | The poor were compelled to feed on uncom mon and unwholesome things. In October ! began that very fatal and contagious spotted 1 fever, which prevailed over all England, j and made sad havock of people. But for ! the symptoms of its history and cure, we ! must be obliged to foreigners. The next I years, 1696 a«d 1697, were both tiad and j dear years. December the 22d, a terrible tempest of thunder and lightning at Halifax. TIIE WEATHER. MARIETTA, FF.B. 14. Since the 16th January the weather has | been excessively cold, with the exception of j a few moderate days. Tiie Ohio river has j been completely bridged with ice since about tiie 20th uit. and loaded waggons sleds, &c. have daily crossed vvitli perlecct safety, the ice being about nineteen inches (hick. The oldest inhabitant e.iunot remember a winter as severe as the present. Letters from gentlemen who have lately left this place for the Eastward state that the snow, on and near tire Allegany moun tain, is from two and a half to three feet in depth, on a level. Andover Theological Seminary. At the beginning of the present year, six ty seven gentlemen were preparing at An dover for the sacred oEices of the Christian ministry.——The scholars are divided into three classes three years being the time allotted for the completion of their studies. Places Cußßzvr. D Cts D Cts i Cotton per lb. - - - - 23 23} j Tobacco ----7 780 ; Flour per barrel - - - 12 | Pork per hundred io 12 Beef per lb. - - - - 8 12 ; Bacon ------ 10 i 6 , 1 Lard ----- -- 13 1h { Batter ------ 25 37} Tallow - 18 Corn per Bushel - 123 t 50 Meal ------- 150 Su.lt per bushel - - - 1 U 3 Sugar per huudred - - 10 t» | Coffee per lb. -- - - ?l 23 Molasses per gallon - 75 Rum Jamaica per gallon ljso ; Whiskey ----1 ) Peach Brandy - - - t 25 Coguiac ditto - - - - 2|3<> j 3 j Iron >a ! 5* Steel German - - - - 18 ' 21 Blisterditto .... t 2 ( ’r/pAP,SH HANGINGS, With Bordering to Match, F*r Xuic ui i/ic ylttj'ufa JJook-Store. "~AUCxiIJ?^ ON rRID/n , the tftfr of %/larcJj next , at, 11 o'clock , Will the Sold before the - Post-Office , without reserve. THK t-‘LLO iviNGfi A.KTI LHS, 42 Pieces 4 4 Pjam Book Muslin, 3(> D ’.to Tambored ■ ditto, 25 Uilto Jaconet ditto, 19 Dr to Carubiic, (J- pa n, veined, figur ed, twilled, laetd and loom seeding) 135 Pieces Leno Muslin, Plain and tarn boro'd, 75 Pieces Phin Jaconet ditto, 113 Ditto Blue Rom.ills.” 102 Ditto Madiass Handkerchiefs. 1 khms \ll sums under $ IpO, Cash— Over g 100, four months—Notes on Stampt Paper with apurovetl entfbrserts. , James Fraser, Auctioneer, March 4 44 The Subscribers HWIi JUS;' RECEIVED,* One Hundred and Thirty Pack ages of British, French and India a ooi) s, . Consisting of almost every ar . tli le calculated lor tue and >utl)|iier Business—VVhich they oiler at wholesale and retail on accommod vim- tetms William Sims & Co. March 4 44 ~f7j o u e. Prime Family Flour, for Sale by KO6IIRS dj- com ins. March 4 44 Bank of Augusta, 28th JANUARY, 1817. ON MO 1 lON— Reuplvird, by a majority of the whole Bo.vttn op direction, that a Meeting of the S TOC K.HO LDii I<S be called (giving 30 days notice thereof accord ing to the Charter ) for the purpose of consid eiing the expediency ofincreasiog the Capi tal Stock. 1 NO TICE THEREFORE, IS HEREBY GIVEN, I hat the said Meeting will be held at the B \NK,on SATURDAY, the Btk MARCH, 1817, at 11 o’clock, a. m. By Order, Augustus Moore, Cashier. & Some evil disposed person or parson >, having taken array several PL/.NS, from the Fence which incloses the Roman Catholic Church —The Trustees will give a liberal reward to any person who will give such infii m.ition as will lead to a discovery of such offenders The TRUSTEES wish to contract with some person to furnish and Plant Fifty or Sixty CHINA and POPLAR TRESS Ap plication can be made to Mr. J, B. Lafittej or John Ca'iiim. February 28 43 150 Dollars Reward. ON the 19th of last month, Ffteen BALES of CO T TON, were sent in two Waggons, by the subscriber, of Hancock County, direct ed to Mr La Rothes’ Ware-House in Augus ta, the two Waggont arrived in Apgusta, on the 22d inst. but the Cotton was not delivcrttl according; to Direction—One of the Waggon ers has since returned home, and from his ac count it appears, that the other Waggoner Sc a White Man by the oame of REYNOLDS, h« v <? gone off with iwo of the Waggon Horses, as the Waggon with the other Horses wero left in the streets of Augusta, and have since been recovered—but no intelligence of the . Cotton has been received, & it isp-e-umed it was sold in Augusta, and that the White M»n and the Waggoner have gone off with the avails of it. The Bale* of Cotton were mar ked R. T. B. with a small Cross between the letters. The Man wiih >he Negro was rather of small size, of ordinary appearance, and when lust seen, was indifferently dressed —The Negro was about thirty years of age, tall, well made, and sensible: 'one of the Horses rode off by them, wrs a Grey end the oiber a Bay, having his hft knee stiff \ Rewatd of One Hundred Dollars will he given for the apprehension of both, with the Horses, or Fifty for either of them and the Horse he rides , and Fifty Dollars will he given for such information rtsne ting the Cotton, as may lead to a recovery of it. N. B bis probable the Horses may be ex changed, and the dress of 'lre ihl-rs alt-ied. Henry Lucas. Ms-ch 4 4* 44 Notice. NINE month’ after date, application will be made to th' thio’able the Inferior Court of Scriven County, for leave to hell a trait of Land ly ing rn U'tlkin on County, 19 th containing 202 f acrei, known by No 95 Being the remain der part of the real euate of Jacob Reddick, clecrw/d, Sold for the benefit of the heirs of sutd estate . Charles Cutteau, Guardian. March 4 imqm 44 Hr GAMUTS, Or Scale of Music, with Blank Rules t>> Note upon. —•Bor Hate at the jtugnua. Booh- Store.
