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Pajfed hy the iaf Legijbrture ts thefate of
Georgia.
AN ACT
Tt amend an aft to carry into rjftft theJtXth
feftion of the third article of the etnfitu
tinn of this fate,
w. HEIIEAS, the constitution of this I
Hate, tn the said sixth fcrtion of the third
article declares, That “ the powers of the
court of ordinary or tegiftorof probates* (hall
bo yelled in the inferior courts of cadi coun
ty, from whTe decificn there may be an ap
pc-i't to the superior court, under such rc
ftfiftions and regulations as the general nf
fembly may by law dirert, &c.”
BE it enaXedby the senate and Ilou/e f
Repreftntafives of the fate if Georgia,
m General affemily met, and hy the autho
rity thereof, Thar in case either party in the
{aid courts of ordinary, {hall or may be dif
fatisfit'd with any deciiion rhetenf* then,
and in ail such cases such diffatisfitd party
may, within four day* nftet the adjourn,
merit of the said court, be allowed to enter
an appeal, by paying all cods which may
have occurred, and giving lecurtty to the
clerk of (lift fa id court of ordinary for such
further costs as may accrue by jeafon of such
appeal; which appeal so entered, (hail he
.be the said clerk, tratnmit'iced to the clerk
of the superior court ol the county in which
such proceeding may take place, at lead ten
days before the next superior court of said
county ; and which said superior court (hail
determine thereon ar such term, according to
law and right; and letters teftaraentaryv or
of adminittration, (ball not he granted or
inuvu uitin iin. «i,v,tTV_.. „e'e —oy tne
said lupcrior court ; but the said court of or
ditary may, pending such appeal, grant
temporary letters to coilcft the estate of.the
dcceafal. „
Sec. l. And be it further eno fled by the
authority afonfaid , I hst no Idas tcllaracn
taty or of administration, (hall be granted
to any person or persons who is or are not ?
citizen or citizens of the United States, re
ading in the date or Georgia.
Sec. 3. And be it further enafled, That
all arts heretofore palled militating agsinft
this aft, dial] be and the fame ate hcrcbjVc
pcalcd.
ABRAHAM JACKSON,
Speaker of the- litvfe of Re hr ft nt a fives,
JARED IRWIN,
P rtf dent of the Senate ,
AfTentcd to, December 7,180 J.
JOHN MILLEDGE, Governor.
AN ACT
To amend the feveralafls regulating roads
in this fate, f> fat as ref pells the opera
tinn of /aid ails tn the county of Burke,
BE it tnafied hy the Senate and lloufe of
Reprefentatin et of the State of
tn General Ajfctflbly nut, and by the au/ho.
riiy of (be fame, That from and after the
palling of this art, itlhall be the duty of the
justices of the, inferior court of the county of
Burke, to appoint ovcrleers of the road in
such manner that there (hall be» one oveifeer
to each road inevery captain’s diftrirt.
Sec. 2. And he it further enaßtd, That
the power heretofore txercifcd by the said
justices of the interior court, of apportioning
the hands liable by law to w ork upon roads,
(lull be veiled in, and exercised by the juft
iccs of the peace in each diftrirt.
Sec. 3. And be it further enaHed, That
it (hall be the duty of the justices of the
pace, in every diftrirt where any doubt
fhail exist as to the number of hands which
may be in the pc (It (lion or employ ofany per.
fen, liable to work on any road or roads,
to give fifteen days notice in writing, at the
place ot holding court in such diftrirts pre.
vious to the bolding of the said court, divert,
ingard retiring all owners or persons ha.
ving any luch (lave et Haves in his, htror
their pofftflion, to attend at the said place
of holding court, then and there, on oath,
to render an account of every (lave in his,
her or their polTdiion, liable to woik on
toads, and in default ot such attendance, the
said justices may impose a tine not exceeding
one dollar for each hard liable to w r ork on
-said toad, to he levied and collcrted hy sxc
cation against the goods and chattels of such
person in default. Provided always, that
such defaulter may render an cxcufe, upon*
oath, before either of the said justices, which
(hall be judged of by the said justices, and
if deemed fufticienr, the said fine so impofej
(hull he remitted ; and it (hall be the duty
of the said justices to firnifh the said over
acts in their diftrirt, with lifts of the hands
liable to work on the road for which he may
be appointed. And the fines when collert.
ed, (hall be applied to county purpefes,
ABRAHAM JACKSON,
Speaker of tae Houft of Rcprefer.tat tves,
JARED IRWIN,
Pref. dent of the Senate,
Aflented to December 7, iSof.
JOHN MILLEDGE, Governor,
•B“T :t i- ■■ mj N
HAMBURG, February 11.
Letters front of the Bth instant
mention, that i n if.c 7th, the regiment of
the dukeof Brumfwick entered that city,
and marched to Cell, where a Prussian field
ncfpttal had already arrived. The Britilh
troops have evacuated Bremen, and have for
the tr.oll part re-embarked. A great defer,
turn prevails among his Britannic ma lefty’s
legion; At the last fair, 300 of the caval
ry arrived at Brur.fwick, where they fold
fanh« h r° tfCS Ba?gagf * and *** P ro ««M
LONDON, February I;
A private letter from Dublin fay«,
“ Mr. Ryan, at whofc hoofe in Marlborough
the meeting* of the Roman Catholic
Committee were held, wrote to Mr. Fox,
congratulating him on bia acceflion to politi
cal power, and hoped that he would not for
get his friends the Irilh Catholics, -who had
always supported him. Mr. Fox aofwered
the letter rather in a general manner, than
ked the gentleman for his congratulations,
fa id that in or out of office he would not for
get the Irish Catholics, and that Mr. Ryan
might make what use ht thoaght proper of
his letter.”
February 21.
A private letter from Bremen of the i uh
irritant contains the following article, rela
tive to the sentences passed on the officers,
whofc conduit produced the recent misfor
tunes to the honfe of Auflria..
** You have ofcourfe heard that the arch
duke Charles hascaufed a thorough investiga
tion into thecaufes of the raisfortanes of the
imperial arms in Germany, and, aftonilhing
to think, the undermentioned persons, so
high in the confidence of his majesty, ore
kid to have had the following sentences par
ltd upon them, for the criminal part they
have acted in the late transitions*—
Prince Aulbarg, to Ire deprived of his
nobility, his cltates confiscated, and irrpri
, fonrd ten years in the fortrefs of Spielberg.
Prince Lamberti, imptifuoed for'life, in
the fiid fortrefs*
General Jell, fentenccd to be foot.
Privy Gounfellor Callemback, ordered to
quit the imperial Hates.
Counfellor Fafzbcndcr, to be difmiffcd
from his office.
Field VTjfth’J TT-inr.!*—, ct-w Mu
fhal Aufenberg, havecoinmicted silicide while
under arrclt. •'
All the ftaff officers of the regiments of
Kaunit7, and'Spork, reduced and disgraced.
Count Cobemzel, ordered to quit the
country.
General Mack's plans to be lab mi cud to
a hoard of general officers.
Thirty gencralsdifmiflcd, and many more
under examination.
T he Lords of the Council have come to
a determination, that (hips being American
property, hut not American built, failing
under Tea letters, cannot be ccnfidcred A
mjtncan vdTols; and coofoqucntly arc not
entitled to import ion in this kingdom, under
the acl of 571 h of his majesty, chap. 97.
Mr. Etlkine has been called up to the
Houfc of Peers hy the title of Baron Rrikine,
of Re.ftormd, in the County of Cornwall.
THIRTY-THIRD BUt.LETINOF THeGrAND
ARMY.
AuflerlitZy Dec. 7.
“ Gen. Baxhowdcn, with a canfidera
ble number of other generals, of whose
names we are ignorant, have been killed.
The Ruffian general Kutufow is wounded;
and his son-in-law, a young man of great
merit, is killed.
_ On counting the number of the dead bo
dies, there were found eighteen thousand
Ruffians, fix hundred Aultrians and nine
hundred French We have here Seven
th ou fa nd wounded Ruffians, and according
to all accounts, three thousand wounded
Frenchmen. General Roger Valhubert is
dead cf his wounds. An hour before his
death took place, he wrote to the emperor
•••“ 1 Ihould wi(b to have done more for
you ; io an hour 1 (hall be no more. I re
gret not the loss of life, fincc 1 have been
able to participate in a viftory which af
furcs you of a happy reign*.-When you
think of those brave men who have been
wholly devoted to you, think also of me j
I have only to remind you that I have a
family-—1 cannot do more to recommend
them ro your notice. ’* • , n-' »
u Generals Kellcrman, Scbaftianl, and
Th'tebauU arc out of danger. Generals
Marify and Dumont arc wounded, but by
no means dangeroully.
xt 1 he n*mes of the generals mads prison
ers arc, Bubizcnflci, ■ Wimplen, Mueller,
Zanowlki, Berg, Vciehon, Strifzy, Szer
kakeff, Prince Repnin, prince SiLctki,
Adrian, Lagapott, •'ulima Mezcnkoff.
“ Many more died on the field of battle ;
besides from four to five hundred officers,
among whom are 20 majors and lieutenant
colonels, and more than 100 captains.
From the London Courier.
. Feari/ary 10.
WESTMINSTER ELECTION,
This morning came on the Election of a
Member to (erve in Parliament, for thcCi
ty and Liberty of Wellminlter.
Mk. Fox —“ Gentlemen, one of the
wifcil Aits ever piflod by Parliament, is
that which provides, that when any Mem
ber accepts an office, he (halite fern back
to his CohlHruents to have theif ftnfc and
opinion of his conduit, and to afeertatn
whether they coafider him as having, by
foch acceptance of office, deserted or (till
preser ved those principles upon which they
had formerly returned him as their Reprc
fentativc. >. , 1
“ Gentlemen, if you think by rtiy hav,
in® accepted the poll I now occupy in his
M jjelty's Councils, Iha ve violated or aban
doned those principles upon which you last
did me the honor to elect me as your Repre
sentative, you will do wifely and wellinrel
jeiling me —f Huzzas J. But if. Gentle,
wen, you confidcr that I hare not deserted
nor betrayed any of those principles, then,
Gentlemen, i hope I may expeit with con-
Sdfcncc, tu enjoy again that honour you have
so often conferred upon me.— (Huzzas.)
I have accepted of theoffice from no desire to
gratify any vanity or intcrefted feci- v>
ing of nay own, but solely from a sense of
duty and of the calamitous Hate of the coun
try. That the Hate of the country is high
ly perilous, no man in his senses, will, 1
think, deny. If we look at home, there
is much rcafon to feel regret; if we look a
broad, there is little realoa to indulge hope.
And there is certainly less cause for us to ex
pert that we shall communicate fatisfadian,
than that we shall give disappointment. Un
doubtedly, Gentlemen, there is no bright
exception to the general gloom ; the immor
talday of Trafalgar, dearly as it was pur
chased by the death of our great hero, docs
attone for the calamities we have experien
ccd elfewhere ....{Huzzas.) This is not
the time or the place to go at any length in
to a consideration of the ftateof the country
...but that this fcate is highly perilous and
calamitous, is unquestionably truc. Under
fuck circumftanccs, I have, in conjundion
with many great and able men, ventured to
undertake an important office, with a view
to contribute our belt exertions, to avert
from our country the perils by which it is
menaced.—and we have done so, fully aware
that there is but too much reafen to fear
disappointment, and little hope of gaining
credit or reputation. Whatever way indeed
we turn our eyes, We can difeover fiercely
any thing that is calculated to gratify our
wilhes, or to encourage our hopes. At home
we witness great fufferins, and
distress; and in that department with
t am m Q‘C immediately conneded, I
can fee little from which to draw confolaition
for the part, or hope for the future. Gen
tlemen, ds I fa id in my advertisement, it
would neither befuitable in my rime of lief,
'•nor to the long connexion that has subsisted
between us, to make profefiions; but you
may rely upon it, that 1 dull remain in place .
a hienj to liberty, an enemy so corruption,
and a decided fupportcr of that just weight
which the. people ought to have in the Con
futation.”— Huzzas.
Mr. Fox was than put in nomination,
and no other Candidate being proposed, the
: High BatlifFftated the (hew of hands to be
in box’s favour, and declared him so be du
ly defied.
He was afterwards chaired.
# the afternoon the friends of Mr. Fox
dined at the crown and anchor Tavern. Mr.
Fox in the chair. Mr. Sheridan fat on his
right hand, and lord R. Spencer, on bis left.
The dinner was served up about 6 o’clock.
After dinner, thefirft toast proposed by Mr,
* Fox, was—
“ The King, with three times three,”
The next toast was—
i “1 he Elcdors of the city of Weftmin-
I fter. 7
Mr, Fox then observed, that as he not
only labored under fomc 'degree of irdifpo
fition, as mu ft have been observed on the
hustings that day, but alfohad fomebufinefs
to tranfad, he would beg leave to retire, af
ter giving a toast which he had long been in
the habit of proposing—
“ The cuafe of Liberty all over the
world.”
Then followed the healths of—
“ Lord Lauderdale,” “ the friends of
freedom in Scotland,” and <( the Duke of .
Norfolk.”
Mr. DionuMfung thepupolar song, of
Burns;—
“ Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled.”
And several other appropriate songs, and
the evening concluded with the utmost con
viviality.
iSiINTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, January i 6.
. An cn grpffed bill, intituled An ad ma
king provision for defraying the expenecs
which may be incurred in the purchase of the
* Spanilh territories lying on the Atlantic
ocean gulph of Mexico, and call ward of
the Miffiflippi, was read the third time;
and on the queflion that the fame do pass.
It was rcfolvcd in the affirmative.— Yeas
76— .Nays £4.
It was then moved and seconded to amend
the title of the Laid hill to read as follow,
cth : “ An ad making provision for defray,
ing extraordinary expences attending the
intcrcouife between the U. S. and foreign
nations,” and on the question thereupon,
It was resolved in the affirmative—Yeas
81— Nays 46.
A motion was then made that a committee
ba appointed to carry to the Senate the foil
lowing BQcffagc:
ff By the House of Representatives,
January 16, 1806.
ft Gentlemen of the Senate :
(i Wr transmit you a bill which has pas
sed this House, entitled {t An ad making
provificn for defraying any extraordinary
expences attending the interccurfe between
the U. S. and foreign nations,” and in
which we request your concurrence. This
bill has been pafled by us to enable the
Prcfident of ilia U. S. to commence with
more effed a negotiation for the purchase of
the Spanilh territories lying on the Atlantic
ocean and gulph of Mexico, and caftward
of the river Mississippi. The nature and
importance of the raeafure contemplated
have induced us to ad upon thefubjed with
dosed doers. You will} of consequence,
confider this communication as confidential.'
To which motion an amendment was moved
to strike out in the proposed message the
W*rds ‘« rinser M\ffi£ippi” afid to insert in
lieu thereof the words ** Bay of Perdido •”
and on the question thereupon,
■
It paflcd ia the nsgat hc«.Yeas ‘
Nays 68. 59
Thursday, February 6.
" Rcftlved , That the additional doty of
two and a half per centum advalorem, i m *
posed by an aft, entitled « An aft farther
to protest the commerce and Teamen of the
U. S. against the Barbary powers,** be can.
tinocd for years,**
The qucftion was taken, “ that the jour,
nal be so amended,” and resolved in the
affirmative, by yeas and nays, every mcro,
ber present voting in the affirmative.
A motion was then made and seconded
that a committee he appointed to prefcnt to
the Prefidcnt of the U. S. the resolution
agreed to by this House on the 1 4th ultimo
in the words following, to wit: *
** Refolded, That an exchange of tcrrito,
ry between the U. S. and Spain is deemed
by this House to be the most advantageous
mode of fettlemcnt of existing differences
rcfpefting limits between the U. S. and
the court of Madrid, and that any arrange,
metu between the two governments, which
Ihall secure to Spain an ample barrier on the)
fide ol Mexico, and to the U. S. the coun,
tries watered by the Mississippi and to the
callward of it, will meet the approbation of
this House.”
On which motion debate arising, it *as
moved and seconded to postpone the conli
deration thereof until Thursday next.
And decided in the negative—. Yeas a?
—Nays 64.
Another motion was then made and fecon.
ded, m amend the said original motion by
inftrafting the fame committee also to pre
fer to the Prefidenj of- the U; S. another
resolution agreed to by this House, on the
said 14th ultimo, in the words following to
wit: b
“ Re/ol’ved, That dollars be
appropriated by law, toward defraying the
expense which may be incurred, in the pur.
chafe of the Spanish territories, lying on the
Atlantic ocean and Gulph of Mexico, and
eattward of the Mississippi, to be paid outof
any money in the trwfury not otherwise
appropriated, and to be applied under the di,
roftion of the Prefidcnt of the U. S. who
(hall have authority, if necessary, to borrow
the laid sum, or any part thereof,'in behalf
of the U. S. at a rate of interest not excee
ding fix per centum per annum, redeemable
at will ; and fliall caufean account thereof
to be laid before C-ongrcfs, as soon as may
be.
On which motion to amend, the qucftion
being taken,
It was resolved in the affirmative,
And then the main qucftion being taken,
that the House do agree to the said original
motion, as now amended,
It was resolved in the affirmative:
Thursday, March 25.
On ruction of Mr. Dawson the House
refolvod into a committee of tK« whole on
the state of the union, on the resolution for
the better protection of our ports and har
bors.
The firji resolution for appropriating
150,000 dollars for the better proteftion of
ports and harbors was agreed to without
debate—Ayes 63—. Noes 30.
The feconi resolution was read for the
appropriation of 350,000 dollars for buil,
ding gun boats.
Mr, Dawson moved to strike cut this
sum, and leave a blank, with a view of
filling it with a larger sum in case the third
reaction (hould be disagreed to.
Phis motion was disagreed to ; Ayes 36.
When the resolution was agreed to—Ajes
7 2 *
The third resolution was read, appropria
ting 66 0,000 dollars towards the building
of fix line of battle (hips.
Mr. Newton moved to strike out 660,
000 dollars, and line of battle ihips, so as
to confine the resolution gcncraly, for naval
j>urpoC?x, A}'«a ia.
The queftioa was then taken on the re
solution, which was rejefted, only 30
members being for ir.
The house eonfidcrcd the report, when
thefirft resolution was agreed to 78 to 33.
The second was agreed to 91 to zi. And
the third disagreed to, Yeas 36, Nays 72 ;
whereupon a committee was appointed to
bring in a bill,
Saturday, March 29.
Mr. Thomas said, he wilhed to submit
a refolutisn, to amend the conftitutien. It
was for the purpose cf«didrifting the fcveral
dates for chcice ofcleftors of Prefidcnt and
Vice. Prefidcnt, by the people.
Refolded, That the state legifiatures Stall,
from time totimt, divide each date!.di
drifts, equal to the whole number d Sena
tors and Reprcfentarives from each date, in
the Congress of the United States ; and fliall
direftVthe mode of choosing an eleftor of Pre
sident and Vice-President, in each of the
diftrifts, who Ihall be chosen by citizens
w \o have the qualifications requisite for c
leftvs of the mod numerous branch of the
datc>gifl a t«re, and that the didrifts so to
be cotidituted, shall confill, as nearly as
may be contiguous territory and of pro
portion of population,' except where there
may be any detatched portion of territory,
not of irfclt to form a didrift, which
then (hall rem% unalterable until a new
cenfas of the UnVcd Stales (hall be taken.
On motion of Mr. John Randolph,
the House took up the report of the commit
tee of the whole on ftnHry resolutions agreed
to by them on the ilthylt.
When the quedion waiput on concurring
io the report of the commute ol the whole
in their agreement to Sheffield resolution, as
follows; »
Second Rtf»luttsn t That th. union cf a