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; io live in a favourable climate : but he
oeS t oa country vtbere there are no fwch
things as tithes- bread or beer,
'I acre is no tranfiftion in America which
does a man any discredit except he lojei mo.
xity by ts •
liicra are more mechanics leave England
jV, -i) cf an y other class : and they are more
ti.titffed ’han any other men, because there
v novr/aStures in America to give them
emplnvmenr.
pM.r- in in E.iglifi farmevTro-n the
neighborhood of London, living only three
yr-iltN from Baltimore . he fays he is not
worth one thilling, being {o much erabanaf.
i'i d as ti <Jp'ij to congrejs for an aft of in
foli'cncj •
I cm compere the W<lfta emigrants to no
thin,* but an old boric turned out on a com
mon (j pine and starve to dea'h : as there
are no poor ta-\«s in that country J nor pro
for the old and indigent.
In travelling through any part of Ameri
ca, there is more difirefs met -with in a day,
than its/ecu in England in forty years.
As yoh ride along the road in very fevers
wca her indeed, »ou wilt fee the greater part
of the chi Illicit nearly naked ; and as toihocs
or dockings f h*y ate very rare. ' •
With rcfpAt to farmer’s horses in the '
waggons, all the accoutrements on four hor
ies arc ntx wo;th live (hillings, T.hcy con
flaatiy wotk without (hues.
As <0 clothing, the American goes almoji
•without, fur tht.e is a heavy tax cn it,
and on every other article they buy.
Gentcoi jh,op{c, as merchants from HA.
land, arc much more extravag mt than any
other fort tftner, ixctpt the Amcricars
thcmfclvcs, who, I thick, exceed all na-
As to America ail hough held up as a free
country, there is more Jlavery endured there
incur day, than there has bun in England
for ages.
Aineiica has many luxuries, but veryTcw
ccaforis.
7 he beggars would frequently befo Impor
tunate, that 1 have been obliged to get up,
■sod drive them from the door, and some
times to take a itick and beat them. It a
yd an be charitably it dined, there is greater
icaCou to give alms in America, than in
England ; as in the former country there is
litnc-or no provision made for the poor.
■The Americans ** have little toboaft of at
prefect. Laws, they have none; religion,
none; produce on an acre, about one in five
compared'with ours ; pne to three on all ne
ctaries on the average ; but two kinds ‘of
fruit worth men tinning, apples and peac!**.
All the others are but trajh, and DtopcT only
for hogs. M'. lons are •'emcirkahly fine.
The produce of the foil will do little more
than find clothes and food, tor the man who
cultivates it,
I knew a mafier builder in Baltimore, to
be fa perplexed by his men, at the fall of the
year, when he had raised a large building
up a great height, as to be compelled to car.
ry bricks and mortar up to the fcaff Ad him.
felf. He generally had from 20 to 50 men
at work*
Th** land is already taxed higher than it
is capable of .paying. I have heard fcveral
rcfpeftable men fay that they do not make
fufficicnt porSt cn their land to pay thr taxes.
The negro rax is very heavy upon land’d
property, aniasthe accumulated burdens
xiicreafe daily, cultivation cannot, except
by extender;, furnilh the means of payment.
If I may be allowed to give my opinion,
if the American citizens want any thing, as
a nation, it is honour .
There is hardly any example of a federal
-Ift or an anti-federalift, cf a pTefbvtcria.a or
of a church of England man, vifuing, much
Ids permirrirg their families to intermarry.
Generally fpeskmg, as a body of people,
the Americans are bad ; though like all o h.
er cuinmunitles, there arc individually fosne
very good men amengft them.”
C '‘ ‘ '-J • ' T; ' f »' * ' -Vy ‘
From the Kingdon ( Jam.) Royal Gazette.
TO THE EDITORS.
Gentlemen —l requett you will have the
goodness to insert the following extraordi
nary occurrence in the Royal Gazette ; it
may pollibly lead to some important d Ico
very. With great rdpeef, 1 remain, gen
tlemen, your obedient servant,
7 W. W.
Greennvlch Park, Sf*Anr, fan. 22, 1806.
<< A vew days ago it was mentioned to
me, is the fil.’pe of a complaint, that there
was a wild man resident in the woods of this
pan!h, who h. J interrupted the negroes
in working their provision ground See. Up-
Cn enquiry, I found his residence in the
woods had not been a fecrer, but some late
outrages which he had committed, prompted
the fuffers to complain. It appeared that
he hadoccafionally molested the women, but
alwavs ran from the men. Upon this infor
mation I Cent out a party, with a guide who
knew his haunt*. The party divided wi h
S view of surrounding his hut ; and, in the
deepest receffts cf the woods, they saw him
fitting on the point of a rock.
He" fled, but after a (hort pursuit was 0.
vertaken, and brought hither. He was oa.
ked, save the scanty remains of a doublet;
his beard hud attained the utenoft extent of
its growth, his fret and hands were callous
as leather ; his (kin was difcoloured with
filth; and, altogether, he exhibited the raoft
humiliating cbjcft that monkill debasement
could furnifh. When firft taken hs affefted
dumbness, but afterwards I obtained from
tim the following particulars ;—His namo
is Charles Martin, is an Italian, bora at
Florence, thinks be has been two or three
years in the woods ; he entered them at Port
Maria, (shirty miles frem this place:) in
tlvu U'n?. nytr fa* a white fc*, notaho
fjfj h iofta,l o<>; b*d enjoyed pctfeft health.
Whn was alkcd why hs had abandoned
focit, J r » nc rnninged hit-(hodden, ar.J 1«>-
ed up his hands as it in the aft of adoration,
when a cordial was given to him he was I
Cautioned not to drink much, asexetfs would
kill him j he replied, “ Death to me is 'wel
come."
*Je was clothed, fed, and encouraged ;
and the writer of this retired to recommend
h:m as a fit objeft for the h'. fpital. In a
niinurc afterwards he Was told that the wild
map had Heaped. It fa ms he had watched
for an opportunity olbeingunobferved, when
he r eizal b»s viftoals, and ran with amazing
celerity towards the wepds. 'The dogs were
alarmed and pursued Him ; as they approach
ed, he threw pieces of meat to hay them :
When he found his efforts to tfcape unavail,
ing, he dopped Suddenly arc rah to his pur- /
suers. When he was ex populated with, on
wantcf confidence, after the kind treatment
he had met with, he (hook his head (iglud
deeply, and fa id, u Men is mj enemy ; lam
afraid!" His intelleftsapj car to be found,
alahougb he fpcaks with great reluftance .
lie is well made has blue eyes, is in stature
about five leer eight inches. His hut is
’ fafkioned much like an Indian wigman, and
hehascontrived a fubte-rrane -us kitchen with
great ingenuity ; His habitation was fur
rotuukd with fprines to catch birds, me of
which he hid prepared for Lis breakfaft.
He had difpHyscl talent in fabric.ting divers
sous olbafk'ts ; and what is ftrango, not.
run, n it e.en a kti.fr, was found in his pos
session.”
*==ss ’.rgyj^sriSTZ SSt rsSZSSZ
AUGUSTA, 10.
MEWS CONDENSED.
Wp are without news frrna England since
the 25; h or 27th February*—we may of
coutfe t xpeft a large and frelh fttpply otfpiing
intelligence—Our affairs ar home however
are far from being uninterdbng.;—Congrefs
which broke • p the. 2ld nit. it is believed,
passed fomt Important bills—-we may now
reafcmably indulge the hope that matters
between Great.Sdfain and the U. States
wiii Hon t-e amicably fettled, a treaty of
commerce will probably be the result-.-The
ceflion of the Floridas to America, may be
confideted the next grand object, and a,grand
cbjeft it will be to Georgia especially.—Mi
randa is (aid to have landed at Barcelona in
South America, with from 3 to 500 men,
under proteftion of two Eiigl.;(h trigates, a
force totally inadequate to the conqucft of
that country, except Uie inhabitants be gen
erally difpokd and organi zed to (hake off the
Spanish yokej which is reported to be the
case—We have-accounts by the way of Ha
vanna, that-King George is no more, this
account cannot be rtiicd on. Mr.-Strongis
re-elefted governor in Maflachnferts, by a
considerable majority of votes over Mr. Still
jran—in Connecticut federal candidates are
said to have fuccceded to every office at the
late elcftior—On :he 15 h ult. Judge Ship- <
pen, died in Penufylvania in the 78.fi year
of his age. The judge has confcmed that
Mr. Ogden should put off his trial till the
Iz-hd /of fuly next. VI . O. rcyrefents
that he wants Mr. Madison (and puhaps
Mr, JefFerfo.) to be present at his trial !
The F'emfi iquadror, which waa lately on
the coad cf Abica, has (wept the entire
coast and taken 22 guinearhen.- Robert
SquU b the gafdner and .Botanifb, died late
ly near Cl.-:k(Lor.—The Cambrian ' and
Leander have returned once more to Sandy
Hook (New-York,) where they viiit every
veffei—John B. Coles and Nicholas Filh
are the federal candidates in New-Yoik lot
the next Cmgrers.—On Friday the 2d inst.
a negro man was hanged in Columbia county
for having wantonly and maltcioufly cut and
destroyed a gentleman’s tiding chair—Two
negroctf, who prevaricated on thisjnan’s tri
al, have had their ears cut off.
On Friday :ha 2d in:t. an unhappy man
ofthenamc efGaulrrr, who lately came
in the stage from Savannah, (hot himfilf
near Doftor Pufcley *s, on B ier Creek. The
man has been for lotne time deranged in his
intellects.
By gentleman from we have
received a paper.of ifiat'ciiy of the j*h.
inlt. there are accounts from England till
the 121 I) March, but nothing idlest sting
—the following is the rnoft pltafing and
important wc find :
Wcareaffimd, (fays the London Tra
veller of the ioth ot March) that several
conferences have taken place between Mr,
Monroe, the American Atnbaffador, ard
liis Majid)’* MiniCrerj, relative to tha
matters in difputc between Great-Britain
and the United States; and that, there is
every profpeft rs a speedy Sc amicable adjust.
ment cf al! differences.
Thb fame paper also contains the following
paragraph :
“ The rroft conciliatory meafurc* are
adopting by government, for ‘he adjufttrent
of the differences wi*h the U7 S. On Sa
turday, twenty-five American ftarritn were
diftharged at Portsmouth, fr m La Ville ds
Milan friga'e, Sir Robert L urie, h’ely
returned from th" Hdifax ftarion, Orders
have also been feat to tha other ports, to
dbeharge ail American fearnen on board his
Majcfty's (hips.”
Mr, hlaoity in his speech on Mr. Grigg'»
ujdutioniy concluded thus :
I have dated that which appeared tome
to be the bed plan to fecurc oor seamen from
imprfflTnenf, but the man who (hall cftual
ly produce the plan, which (hall have the
wMI d<rel*.';thf gu'tltcdc cf thv fIJ- *
tier-." TKSrCAK.
Let ii be propped toGreat. Britain that
all and ever;- of her ftanica in the king's and
mcrchjnts fcivice Lc htar.dtd in fene (irked
ard eonfjMcuoos part of the body (fay the
torched or palm of the haudf with the letters
G. }\. rhat i? ; George Rex, and we con
ceive else pouit is fettled. Every man wear
ing this badge or brand ra'hcr, may be juft
lyand without difpuiy, claimed by the Bru
tiih government and its 'officers, as their
fubjcCtr, wherever found.—lt may rcafona
*Ti!v he ur-fu.ned that all cobtroverfws on
this liead will be speedily ataivend, as it is
veiiS;,,believed that few or no American cit
izens will conicfceiid to W£a» the nark cf
tie be-Ji.
Mr. Mapon will find that if the Britiih
government accede to this fimpV regulation,
there will be an end to tho impressment cf A.
m~ric«n learner, and that of course the
writer of this paragraph ytnVJftrve the
gratitude of the nation.
•<• V l l
OnTuefday, the 15th inst. ’he Speaker
laid before the House of Representatives,
the following letter from the fccictary of
the treasury
Treasury Department Apri! ff, fBo6-
Sir...ln anfvßef to the rpqueU contained
in the tefoliuiOn of the House of Hepte
fentatives of the 6th infr, I hive the honor
to ftflte, that Mno applications ha"e been
made to draw money from tl'.e trealury tor
the purchase of the Ploiidas before an ap
propriation made by law fur that pnrpolc/*
The circuit*fiances, which may have pio
duced an impirffico, that fueh. aii: applica
tion had been being nneomuded with
any imttcr pertaining to the duties of tbe
office of fertethty of tbe trealury, are not
ptofjired ii> come Within tbe feope of the
information required Loin this dvpajtmcnt
by the House. )
I.ha « the honor to be, with great re
tir, your obedient servant.
Albert Gallatin.
, Some time ago, wc noticed a report which
hac been < ircti’atcd in the upprr part of this
fiat?, that fevefal gentlemen of the tuft re
fpcAabi'iiv »n that quarter, had been con-
with the ho'ptious Ct'bies, and cun.
ceincd in a traffic of forged hills It
would appear from a late publication by Gen,
John Clark, that his name had been men
ttontc! ; hut in this addr*fs to the public, he
has, in our opinion, vindicated his honor ii
chersftcr to the fatisfartion of every man in
thn cvrimuritv—tbe great leng'h of t his
pit Mi;■-./ion and the srd:f;'rnfibledntv of pub.
iiftvng th- la ws of Cong»efs, ?nd this Hate,
pit-cuts us tram giving it a place.
C n Wfdn»rlay Tail, the Richmond M«1U X
ti” ar-d Volunteer Corps were reviewed in
this City by hi* Excellency the Governor.
A MEL iNCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.
Go Wtdnefday the 2d ult. in Wilkinlon
County, Mr. Jerry Hatcher, ddeft Son of
-Mij. JMin Hatcher, in a hunting party,
had taken a Hand, when the drive was near.
1/ oorr; one of the company who was feme
dillance off, observing him strike one of ihe
dogs with the butt end of his gun, which
fired at the fame inftanf, and, melancholy to
relate, the load entered near his mouth and
palled oat on the top of his head... He «y
-•pi red about three houiis after, Mr, Hatcher
was a young man much tefpc&edand esteemed
bv thole who acts acquainted with him,
and who .Sincerely regret the fated accident.
From the course of the flict and the manner
in which he (truck the deg, it is evident
thejgun mult hive,been cocked. He has
left a DifconfMate Va.Vw innate
pi rents and connections to bemoan his un.
timely end.
Ytfterday Jeddcdiab Seymour, cor darned
at tlwbft fuprrior court of this county, for
house burning, received his Excerency the
Governor's pardon, under the gallows.
DIED, ,Ydie-day nrirn’ng at his plants,
tkmnear this City, Capt. Samuel Bogg,
A worthy citizen, an hufband
and a very indulgent matter.
The Pofl-OfEcs is removed
to the House lately occuoicd by Mcffis Har
ris y Lowe, ccpofre Lov’ct Mur^t’s.
JOHN B. WILKINSON, P. M.
An grist n, May to* I Bw6.
j»Cj“ By order of the
Board ofTrnftces, the Pews in
st. haul’s Church will be rented this day,
at xi o'clock, A. M. for three months.
B. F. HARR!-;, 1
S. M. SMYTH, I Committee,
■ W. J. HOBBY, j
OEJRGiA, iVatrrn Count',
Notice Is Hereby Given.
TH AT mn* months after date app'ica
tion wi’-1 be made to the honoiablc,
the Court of Ordinary, for fai l county,
for leave to fell one Tnft of Lend, 00
Hs.h'i Ctcflc, contßring 370 acre*, tn-’re
or ’ef«, adjot' ing Pe rfon’* »r,d other?, it
being the real etfate of John Kelley dec.
for the benefit of the heirs and creditor?.
ELIZABETH KELLEY, Adm’rx.
May to. . , (*)
Ink powder.
Os the very best kind, to be had
on low terms (by whoiefale and re
tail) at the Chronicle Office.
I'ebruary 22,
LOST,
On the 22d of December last,
a NOTE on Co'. J f;ph Phiilipa, in favor
otJohn Hatchett, payable (he firft day of
January, i £c6.—All Pen'ons aie forwarn*.
cd from taking (be said note, a* payment
it ftoppeL A’ y reviou itturnirg the note
with a POCKET-BOOK, and fomc pape*a
luli with it, fh.4.1 be rewarded for their
trouble, they can be of no use to any oriC s
but the owner.
SALLY HATCHETT,
JUmir.i/hcttix fvr
John Hatchett.
eoun f r, May to. [3 ]
Fifty Dollars Reward,
g* V* AN. A WAY from the
Subft ribs r on or about
jnf the 25th of Deceinter left, a
"* negro fellow nam«d JACOB,
vc^ow complexion, Him
; xl.e, abi-ut fix feet high &
branded on the cheek. T G. which is q .ite
vtftble, also, whxti* forctwhat rcmaikublc,
he has blue eyes.—He wrt brought frrra
Ms.yhnd, and I cxptft Lme white perfen
has persuaded him to elope. A Reward of
Fifty D Hats will be paid on delivering the
said Negro to me in Greene county, or f«-
curhig him in any Jail iu this Hate ; and a
furth-r fnm of Fifty, if fuck offV.ider ia
brought to can vidLon for invelg'iug him
away. He is by trade a good B ackf.ul.h*
THOM-IS GRIMES.
Greene ceuntr, Muy ic. fjtj
Forty Dollars Rezcard•
13 AN AWAY on the
«*> 'i -IV c;h of Apiil last,
8 * - SAM, a ftoutlikely fellow,
if ’ * ■ I afc .ut jf yctra of ?g? and
about c reet 1 cinches high,
also hi* wile ROSETTA,
a likely wench ibcut the
fa me ape, middle fixed rathe r of a ycllowifh
complexion. It i* lht > gIVC
a wrong name to Weir owtocr, aadl very
likely, change theircWn uame« (the fellow
wasprefent when Speiraud Buvta wre ans.
dered) both north ward raifed.—Acy per
fjnfccurlng said oegtoea »n any JaU ard
giving information to the oabfcribs?, fhi-1
receive the above reward,
WILLIAM WILKINS.
Columbia county , fday *©• (4')
~ ~NO r ICE.
ALL persons having any de
mands agiinft the estate of me lute Win.
Tyler deceased, of the county ot Columbia,
ar reqyffrd tocorre foiwaid, and tender iii
th-ir accounts for J nd?b?cd
earnctUy requeued to coma,---
idi waru and make payment.
Wni. BERRY,
Benj. LEIGH, \.W*u
1 A. CRAWFORD. J
May to, t2c6. (s*'•
~ \ NOTICE.
WILL BB SOLD,
On Monday the lsd day of June next, in
Columbia County, at t,he plantation of
the late Wm. -Jj/er, at prfent occupied
by Wm, Berry,
PART of the pcrfonal estate of the late
Wm. Tyler, confiding of Negroes,
Kotk of different kinds, Houlthold and Kit
chen Formuxe, The sale to continue Lorn
day to day until the whole is fold—Terms \
of fate—Ciedit ml the fiift day of Decem
ber next, on the purchaser giving bond and
fecuriry, that may be approved.
Wm. BERRY, 1
Bihj. LEIGH, J* AJi/t’rt,
A. UcaWFOKD. J
Mry JO. (30
Notice —the last time.
HiViDT declined bufiaefi entirely in
this pace, 1 have once more to re quell
a lih f; » . arrears to come forward and
pay, cf after tho 18th of the pie font
month, tiK.it acrtompti fhaU he placed
in the hand* offomc person for colieiticn.
JOHN ANDREWS.
May 10, ( +)
GEORGIA, IVurrtn County,
WHEREAS Sarah Jones hath appK~
ed tom: for letters of admitijir alien
on the goods and chatties, rights and ardit of
Aqitilla Jones late ol this courty due fed.
THESE are therefore to dm and emon.
ijh all and Singular the kindred and oedi’prt
of said dtexaftd, to be and appear before the
Court of Onr nary for said county on the frji
menday in July next, to jhew cause, if any
they have, why said Letters jhould not be gran
ted.
Given under my hand and [cal at office this
6’h of May 1806.
J r. PERSONS, o. c,
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