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Vol. XX.] FREEDOM of the PRESS anb TRIAL by JURY shall remain inviolate. [No. 1024
AUGUSTA: (Georgia) Printed by D. DRISCOL, near the market. SATURDAY,\ Mayiy, 1806. [3 Dolls, per Ann.']
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
HAVING Parchafcd Mr, D. Pace's
WARE-HOUSE and lot en the Ri
ver, next above Call*’ Ware- Houle, in
t nth miking such orherimprevements there
wiii rend if them fa f’c and cemmodicus
far the reception of Cetton, Tobacco and
all kinds of Merchandize—They take the
liberty of tTFcring their fcrviccs to their
friend* arid acquaintance* in the up country,
in the FACTORAGE St COMMISSION
BUSINESS. Their price* for Storage and
yill other charge* will be regulated by those
<?ftfce Sited and efhblilhca Houfcs in that
line In this plfce— Having comfpondcnts
ja all the principal Sea Port Towns, they
will at all time?, be able to give the ir
Friend* in the country, their Eatlicft ad
vices te spewing the variations and prices of
produce. From the mrft drift srd per fe
vering attention, they hope t» (hare a part
of the bnfhefs in their line. They also
intend continuing the Drv
GOODSj
And Grocery Bujtnefs
In the Sore they at present occupy on
Brbad ftreer, next door shove Mr. Wilij-;m
White's, and opposite Meßrs. J<*hn Willfon
and Nephew, and arc defircus of fel'ing by
their present flock Os Goods,
which i* well calculated for the feafdn, and
an ohjeft worthy the attention of country
merchants in particular.
JONES Q SEMMES.
April 26. (4' )
“For Sale,'
On good terms ,
A HOUSE
TWO Stories high, situated in Broad.firect
and now occurred as a
«
Dry goods & Grocery Store.
It is one of the most advantagetuflv firua
ted in this place, (or business, Poll ffien
noav be gived when requited.
For particulars apply to the printer.
April r t . (t 0
SHOES & BOOTS
■Kota Opining at the (lore occupied by Mr .
KnedarA, next door below Mr, A Wa
terman* s Store,
A quantity of Shoes,
Confistingof mensfirft, fecund
and third qi ality - Womrni and Mcrsraor
rocco& Leather Slippers - Suwarrow Boots
—which will be f»ld cn moderate tenp.», at
wholesale and retail.
AL c O,
Afewdoz. of TRUNKS.
Att'il ,0 \ ( f Q
CommiflioiiSc Factorage.
THE SUBSCRIBER.
RETURNS his thanks tohi* friend* for
the libe al support he has received
fii Ctjthe commerctiUer t of the abate bu(i
r«fs, and inform* them he continues the
fame WARE-HOUSES and STORES, for
tie reception of iiobvck and merchan
bize. THOMAS BARRETT.
March it, (t/)
L O S T,
Clothe a 2d. of December last,
a NOTE «n coL J feph Ph ilips, in favor
of John Hatcher, payab*# the firft day of
*anuarv, ? So6.—-All PerCcra arc for warn
cd from taking the Cud note, a. Pjy«»t
i* flopped. Any pe.fon returning the note
with a POCKET-BOOK and bw pipe •
loft with it, (hail be rewarded for their
trouble, they can be of no ufc to any one
but the owner, ~ __ T , v - r r r
SALLY HATCHETT,
Jdminiflratrixjor
JOHN HATCHETT.
OgUthirp* county , May 10. QJ_
NOTICE.
THE Copaxtnerfhip of Tho’sßarkett
and William M. Cowles, onoet
the firm of Thomas Birrett S 3 Co. w
folvcd this day by mutual content. -All
petfons indebted thereto, are fohcited to
make payment, and tbofc "that rave ary
demands against the concern, wi?l render
them in ta Thomas Barrett, who is aothon
fed to fettle the fame. ,
THOMAS BARRETT.
WILLIAM M. COWLES.
March a. * (*/)
Postponement.
WE, the Commissioners appointed by
the Legislature to dispose of the
Fraftional Surveys of Wilkinson, Baldwin,
and Wayne counties, have, (for fevcrsl
icalbns) postponed the sale, until the 16th of
June next, at which time, wc will c®m*
mence. WILKINSON.
Those of the ift diftridl, on the i6ih
day of June next, and continuing from day
to day, between the hours of ten and three
Sundays excepted,) until the 23d inclu
live. t
Those of the 2d diftridl, on the 24th day
of June, until the 27th inclusive.
Those of the 3d difiricl, on the 28. h day
of June until the zdday of Jaiy iiK.Jufive.
Those «f the 4th diftriil, on the 3d day
of July, until the 7th inclufivc,
Those of the sth diftrid on the Bth day
of July until the nth inclusive.
BALDWIN.
Those of ift dilbift on the 12th day of
July, until the 16th inclusive.
Those of the id diftrift, on the 17th day
of July, until the 24th inclusive.
Those of the 3J did rid, on the 25th day
of July, until the 29th inclusive.
Those of the 4th diftrid, on the 30th
day of July, until the day of August
inclusive.
Those of the sth diftrid, on the sth day
of Aeguft, until the 12th inclusive.
WAYNE.
Those of the ill diftrid, on the 13th day
of August, until the lift inclusive,
Those of the. 2d diftrid, on the 22d day
of August, until the 26th inclusive.
Those of the 3d diftrid, en the 27th day
of August, until the 30th inclusive,
TERMS OF SALE.
Os the purchasers, bonds fer the amount
of the purchase money will be required ; at,
four equal inftalments, t® be paid in Gold
or Silver ; the firft payment, twelve months
alter date. In «jddm»n to which a Mort.
gage on the premies wilt he required.
MOSES SPEER, ] O
-REDk. SIMMS, \ 3,
PATRICK JACK. J 3
Wafh'ingtsn, February 17, 1806.
. NOTICE.
TO the proprietary their agents or truf*
tees, of the following trad* of land,
situated in Bailee couny, that anlef* they
or cither of their agent?, do come forward
and fettle the taxes due on faiJ land, with,
in fix monihs fr'm this date will be
fsld by the Colled >r of said county, for all
taxes due thereon, agreeably to law, viz ;
6co acres pine land, on the waters of
the Big Spring, on Buckhead creek, grant
ed in the name of Win. Hooker, and Jo
seph Atkinson. Alfa 100 acres pine land,
on M Bean creek, granted in the name of
JohnOgg. 1
Wm! BOWLING, r. t r.
Burke county, Jan, rr. {6m)
§3* ALLperfons indebted to
the late firm of William H Jack (3
Co ct to the estate ot Andre zu Innes , dc
ceafed, by bond or note, are once more
called on for immediate fettiement; no
further indulgence can be given.—Those
indebted to either of the above mentioned
firms on open account, are reqaefted to
liquidate the fame previous to the firft day
of September next.—After that date,
fusts'will be commenced sgainft delir,
agents without diferimination.
JAMES SEGGS, Mm'r.
7*iy i.i* ( ts )
GEORGIA, 1 At an Inferior Court
Wilkes County. j held in and fer the
county oj Wiihes, on Friday March 14 ih
1806.
Prefcnt their lionets.
Wiiliam Sanfotn 1
Holman Freeman > Jfufiices »
Amn Lipham, 3
To that Honors, the jujlices of the. Inferior
Court of the County es Wilkes .
THE Petition of Nicholas Jartctt, ham
*bly fheweth ; that he is new confined
by virtue of a Bail Warrant at theUftance
et Jofcph P d'ard, for a fura money which
he is unable to pay, and that he is willing
to give up all sci» ettate, beth real and per
sonal for the benefit of his creditor*. He
therefore prays your honor*, that he may
have the benefit of the insolvent ad extended
toward* him. It is Ordered th* the said
Nicholas Jarrctt gives notice to his creditor*
as the law direft*, to appear by tbcmfclves
er attornies at the Court Houfc in the coun
ty ot Wilke*, on the last Saturday in June
next, toihewcaafe, if any they have, why
the said Nicholas Jarrctt fheuld not be dis
charged in term, of the aUs of tht Afiembly
in Inch cases made and provided.
I hereby certify the foregoing to ho a true copy
from the record of said court
NATANI. WILLIS,’ Clerk.
April 26. 190
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Valuable Lands,
FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber cff*rs for Sale the Plan
tation whereon Mr. Dreadzil P»ce,
at prcfent refidci, adjoining the Village of
Camplcllton, South Carolina, and contain*
ing fix humbed acre*.
The Plantation known by the
nsrne of Mount Airy, a Co adjoining
Camphelltor, containing about three hun
dred acre*.
These Plantations join, arc both
on the Savannah river, and from their flu.
alien (the moil' distant point being within
three miles of this city) pvfiVfs peculiar ad
vantage*.
Also, three LOTS in Camp
he 11 ton, with the iaproveratnta thereon,
nowin the occupation of Mr. Ja* M
The above property will be iold
low, and the payments made cx'remely ac- 1
commodaticg to purebaftrs. Apply to
JOHN 8. BARNES.
Augusta, April 26. (ts)
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(By Authority.)
AN ACT
Declaring the eonfent of Congfefs to an aEI
ts life Hate of South Carolina , pojf,d t/t
the l ijt day of December in the year one
thousand eight hundred andfour, so far
as the fame relates to author 'Jing the city
council of Charlefion to imp ofe and colled
a duty on the tonnage of vtjfels from ftr
etgn ptrtti
BE it enailed by the Senate and House of
Rebrefentalives of the United States of
America, in c trig refs assembled , That the
cor,lent cf Cong rtfs be, and it is hereby
granted and declared to (ha operation of an
»d of the' General Affemkly cf the lla f e of
Scu;h Carolina pa (Ted the twenty, firft day of
ptxeoibec in the year es our lord one thou
fxr.'l eight hundred and four, entitled *» An
aft to authorife the city council cf Charlcf
ton with the ewnfent of Corgrels, to impose
and levy a duty on the tonn ge of (hips and
veilis for the purposes therein mentioned/'
fofar as the fame extends to authoring the
dty council nfCharlcfton to impose and kvy
a duty not exceeding fix cents per ton, on
alifhips and vcflels of the United States
which shall, arrive and be entered in '.he
port of Charlefion ffom any foreign port or
place whatever.
Sec 1 . 2. And be il further enabled, That
the colie ftor of Charlefion is hereby author!-
fed to col left the duty impeded by this aft
and to pay the fame to such peifons’as shall
be authorifed to receive the fame by the city
council of Charleftcn.
Sec. 3. And be it further etsaELed, That
this aft (hall be in force for three years, and
from thence to the end of the next ftifion of
Congress thereafter and no longer.
NAT Ml. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
S. -SMITH,
Prejidtnt of the Senate , pro tempore.
Approved—March 28, 1806.
TH : JEFFERSON
AN ACT
For the relief of Peter Land ail.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House fa
Reprefentativts cf the United States
of America in Congress affemhled, That the
feerrtary of the trrafury he and he hereby is
direfteu to pay to Peter Landait., late a
captain of one es the armed vessels of the U.
States, out of any money in the trrafury
nototberwife appropriated, the sum of four
thousand dollars, cn account of his claim
to prize money, accruing from certain cap
tures made and carried into Bergen, in the
year one thousand seven hundred and feventv
nine; to be dedufted from his proportion of
the money which may be obtained from the
Danish government, in fatistaftion of the
claim aforefaid-
NATHI. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Reprefentafvvts,
S. SMITH,
Prefiient of the Senate, pro tem.
Approved, March 28, 1806.
TH: JEFFERSON.
——
AN ACT
To incorporate the tfttfiets of the Prefhyte
rian Congregation of Georgetown.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the U , States of
America , in Congress assembled, That Ste
phen B, JBalfh, William Whann, Jambs
Melvin, John Maffit, John Peter, Jofhaa
Dawson, James Gaidar, George Thomph n,
Richard Elliot, David Wiley, and Andrew
Ross, and their fucccffors, duly elefted, or
appointed, in manner herein after directed,
be, and they arc hereby made, declared.
and confthurcd a corporation, and body
politic, in law, and in fad, to bars con
tinuance forever, by the name, ftilc, and
title, of “ the Trustees of the Prtfbyterian
C jngregation, in Georgetown."
See. 1, And be it further enatted. That
all and lingular, the lands, tenements,
rents, annuities, rights, privileges, goods,
and chattels, heretofore given, granted,
deviled, *r. bequeathed,'to the said con
gregation, or any petfoo or per fens, for
theafe thereof, cr K«v® been punliaicvt -
for, or «n account of the fame, be, and are
hereby veiled in, and confirmed to the said
corporation; And further , That the said
corporation may purchase, take, receive,
and enjoy, any lands, tenements, rents,
annuity, rights, or privileges, or any
goods, chattels, or other effeds, of what
kind, or nature soever, which shall or may
hereafter be given, granted, (old, bequeath
ed or devised, unto them by any peifon or
persons, bodies politic, cr corporate,- capa
ble of making such gilt, grant, sale, or Us
que ft ; the said property, real and per,
funa!, to rent, fell, convey, and confirm.
Or otbcrwtk dispose of, as fully and effec
tually as any pc ion er persons, bodies palriic-,
or corpo ate, may or can do: Provided,
That the Hear annual income of all luch
property, may not exceed the sum of 3,000
dollars, that no part of the ground now
appropriated, and inclofcdfora giavc yard,
be difpefed of for any other purpefe, and
that the aferefaid property, real and per
sonal, be conflfiered as held in the trust, un
der the management, and at the disposal of
said corporation for the purpefe of defraying
the exptnees incident to their mode «f re
ligious worship, of inclofing and keeping
in decent repair, their grave yards, ami •
other lots, with the buildings thereon, and
of affording such relief to the poor, as their
funds may from time to tia*£allow, and. for
no other purpefe.
Sec. 3. And be it farther matted, That
the said corporation, by the name, flile,
and title afoiefaid, be, and ihjll be hereaf
ter, forever, able and capable in law, to
sue, and t* be sued, plead, and be pleaded,
answer, & be anfwftifcd Uum, dniend, tic be
defended, In any court, or courts, or other
phiQJs, Sc before any judge or julgcs, juttice
or juitices, or other person wharfoever
within the diftrlft of Columbia,' or elfr
wbere, in all, and all manner of fuirs, ac
tions, complaints, pleas, caufrs, matters,
an 1 demands, of whatsoever kind or nature
they may be, in as full & efTcildal a manner,
as any other person, or persons, bodies
politic, or corporate, may or can do.
See. 4. And be it further emitted,'That
the said corporation, shall have full power
and authority, to make, have, and ufc, a r
common seal, with such device and info-rip.
tion, as (hey lhall think proper, and the '
fame ro break, alter, and renew, at their
pleasure, to appoint a treafqrer, fccretar/
and such other officers, as thly may deem
nectffaty, and proper; to aflign them their
duties, and fix their compensation, and to
remove any, or all of them, from office,
appoint another, or others in their place,
as often as they (hall think fit, to make,
ordain, establish, and execute, such bye
laws, and ordinances of a secular nature,
as may be deemed ufeful, for their ewn
government ; ami the fame to altar, amend,
or abrogate at pleasure, to fill up vacancies
that may happen in their number, between
two annual elections, and to determine upon,
do and tranfadl ail business, and matters
appertaining to the said corporation, and to
thtf secular affairs of said congregation, a.
grccabls to the ru’es, ordinances and bye
laws thereof, during their continuance in
office ; Provided, That not less than five
trustees be a quorum to do business ; that no
b) e law, rule «r crdiiiar.ee shall be made,
repugnant to the law* cl this diftrift.
Sec. 5. And be further tnatted. That there
shall be an annual meeting of the members
belonging to said congregation, held on the
firft Tuefday of April, in every year hereaf
ter, at the church or usual place of public
worship, at which time and plicc the said
members, or such of them as may be ptefenf,
(hall eleC), and choose by bailor, from their
own number, r.inc trustees, to (erve for
the year t-nfuing their election, and untill
o hers shall be defied, or appointed ta
serve in their place.
3cc. 6. And he it further enatted. That
the rtaftces (halt keep or catife to be kept,
in suitable books for the purpefe, just and
proper entries of all the proceedings and
accounts of said cot gregatu n and corpora
tion, and have them laid before the mem
bers, at every annual meeting, previous to
taking the votes, a d (hall always deliver
the said books, together with *ll the pro
perty »f said congregation and corporation,
in good order, to 1 heir fuectfibrs in office,
whenever required.
NATHI. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Repre/entafives,
S. SMITH,
President of the Senate. pro tttn.
Approved, March 28, iB«6.
U TH: JE?F£KSO^.