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Shocking to humanity !
A Duel was fought on Monday the sth
jnft. between Lieut, iVm. Littlejoan of
the army of the Uni|ed State s, and Dr.
Peyton, both native* of London county,
in'ihb date, they fought fecor.ds.
The rlrnrrft.-nces which gave rife to this
unhappy affair, are of a nature too delicate
for po'-lication. The moment Lieut. Lit
tlejohn received the information which gave
ti eto the ffufniuleifiandirig, he prepared his
plftols ar.d rode in pUrfuit of the Doftor,
who was thnr morning gone to the country,
ton a visit toor.t of bis patients met him in
the road within one m>lc of Leefharg and
dtrriaru'.cd fa:isfaCiior, *hc Doc
torm-lied, that he wonld give I im the
Satisfaction demanded, but requeued
toiificn tn go to tie Lis family firft, which
yrquell »as ;cfuh dby ihi Licit, who de
«2ared rrofl p-'fi'tvHy that if the Df-Aor did
not ioimldiau*/accept one of the idol#, he
'would blow hiir through. Ihe Do£lor
accepted 01*. ot rite pillols, they to; k
tlieir Hands, at about 14 feet 1 difla nee, the
Doctor's pHUd went off fir £ and miffed the
Licit, who theft deliberately wa'lced up to
the Doflor, uiid IhOt him thiongh the Jett
bread, the D. clot expi;ed in a few min
utes.
We are informed a jury was called, who
brought in a verdbfl or Wilful mure* >•.
Situation Eagh. 1
Died, Ltely on Penobfcot river, Madam
Orsarj, JEt. 115 year?, rclift of Orcno, late
rh • f of the Penobfcot Tribe of Indians, who
died a few tears Tore, 'JE*.* iro. She re
tained ktr natural tacuhtes until a fliort lime
before her efcif.
Wrfhington Miniirr.
Just Published.
And for Sale at this Office, the
Georgia and South-Carol mar
ALMANAC,
For the Year 1809.
Containing, besides the usual matter, the
Declaration of independence, an elegant
Treadle on Aftronrmy, with a variety of
Anecdotes &c.—-Those who purchase by
whokfale lhail be r-ccommodatcd on liberal
ttrms for ready money,
November 5.
’GEORGIA,
By his Excellency Jared Irwin,
Governor, and Commander in
Chief of the Army and Navv of
this State and of the Militia
thereof ;
A Proclamation,
Whereas 1 have received official
Sm-ormadon of a c v uei arid barbarous tnur.
< ■ r having been cotnmuted 09 the body of
I cward, Denton,-'in the county of Hancock,
em the sd dey of July last, w hich appears
e from 3 copy of ihe verdift of the inquest
hold the ev i to have been perpetrated by ore
Lei.-d.ijf Lev , who it is r<prelected has
i x rmde his tfrajc : Now, in that
1 laid Ke: dall Lewis may he brought toan
i e.f for she crime'alledged against him, J ,
lave thought fit 10 iffuc this try
li n, off-ring a reward of One Hundred
Delian ro any pcrf*n or perfor s, who will
arpithe.id'ar.d lodge in the common jail of
YV;:lhio£'on connry the said Kendall Lewis.
diden under my hetnd and the great Jed of
ihe fair, at ihe Stale- Houjc m MtUedge.
utility this 31 st day of December, in the
year of our Laid, 1808, and of the In
dependence of the United States of Amen,
ta the thirty third.
.JARED IRWIN.
*7 the Governor,,
Hor. Marburt,
Secretary of the Etei'e.
To Printers.
for Sale,
A Printing Office, complete and
ctn be fitfrd for work,in hours
—terms calk and cheap.- Enquire of the
printer hereof.
February 4. (ts)
B. HALL, & Co.
Have Just Received at toeir State
four doors below the City-Hotel.
30 Reams Printing Paper,
12 do firft quality letter do
36 do jft, »nd and 3rd quality cap,
3 Trunks Ladies Morocco flippers affbr
ted colors,
4 do. Mens aqd Youth’s fit (I and second
quality (hoet and pumps,
Two very convenient New-Ark made
GIGS,
With Plated Harness Complete.
ALSO ON HAND, .
A General Aflortmenrof
Dry Goods 4? Groceries,
All of which they will fell on
the lowed terms# ~
February 4, v . f J? )
1 Public Auftion.
On TUESDAY next, of ten o'clock, WILL
BE SOLD , by tie Sub/criber, before the
B oft .Office.
TEN HOGSHEADS
W. I. RUM.
JAMES FRASER, Auctioneer.
February 4. N ' *
TO RENT,
Lt Ellis Street a large mud convenient
Dwelling Houle, (
With a good garden lately oc- i
cupicd by T. C. Ruflell efq.---
for terms apply to the Sublcrjber
living adjoining said prcmifes.
*James Edwards. 1
February 4. ((f)
FOR SALE.
An Excellent Horse,
Large, muscular and well pro
portioned, he baseafy gaits for the laddie,
and from the ft.cngth tt celerity, with which
he trots, will make a good chair ho*fe, he |
will be fold for cafti or approved endotfed
note-, or birfred in part payment Tor a
handfom? Gig.—-The horse mav be seen and
terms ksown, by applying at Mt. M‘Co)’s
City-Hotel.
Frbniary 4 . (ts) \
.. Notice,
Those indebted to the eftatc pf
i Obedience Bjgg late of Richmond County
! deceafcd, are icqueftcd to invkc payment,
and those wholuve emaods again ft the cf
tate, will pieafe 1 1 render them in.
Bazil Lamar, adm’r.
February 4. [jt]
notice: ~
ALL persons indebted to the
■Eftatc of the late David Tinfley, are rc- >
quelled to call and difeharge their note*,
or they will in a few days, be put in fait,
as no longer indulgence can be giv£nV
Charles Crawford, ]
Samuel M. Smyth, j Ex'rs.
Fch. 4. [ ztj
Notice.
• - • ‘ '" i'
Application will be made after
the expiration ol nine months to the hen
-01 able the Inferior oovrt of fiurke county,
for leave to fell three bUrtdred acres of land,
or. the wafer* o' Nkbcriy'v.r ak adjoining
lands of Ar hnr Williams' Kfq. and Wm.
Gaodall and ethers, fold at the request and
; for the benefit of the he’fs of Berij min
Da*.* being their real eftatet ’
Susanna Davis, Adtnr'x. ,
lanujrrv.ix. 1809- t , (mgm)
I CAUTION.
I forwarn all perfens from tra
ding for five notes', of hsnd, and a Red
Morocco pocket book, which I loft at or
nea r Auguftx, and am n:»w apprehensive
that fume designing psrfon has them in po
feffinn, the not< sos hand ate as follows,
viz : one for two hundred drllan on Solo
mon Salfbury, baring date payable the firft
day of Ja?;oary 1809, said Salftviry living
in Burke county. One of twenty five dol
lars, be;ring date payable the firft day of
laruary 18« g, on A. Gordon. ."Two On
Josiah Mathi?, one of thirty feivtn dollars
and seventy five cents, and bearing date
payable the firit day of January iBcg* the
other bearing date payable the firft of Janua
ry > Bio, of thirty dollars, Alfa, one of
one hund red and ten dollars, on Jtflfe St?'-
phccs, be ring date payable the firft day of
January 1839- -' . - -• [
N. B. Any person fecoring farid Book
and papers by lodging them at this Office; 1
(hill be hacLmely rewarded by the fnb- (
feriber. [
D. G. Saljhury ,
Feb. 4*
Sheriff’s Sale.
On the firft Tuefday in March next, at the
Court ffou/e in the tttun of Way nsjboi ought
between the vfual hours. *
Will be Sold,
45 Acres of land morcotlefs in
Burke County, adjoining lards of Griffin Se
Mrs. Buxton, levied on as the property of
William Stobo at the instance of Francis
Parris Executor of Parris dec.
.ALSO,
land in the a2d
difttift in Wiikinlon County, No. 37. ad -
joining lota No. 38. and No. 54. levied on
as the property of Stephen Wheellcr dec* •
at the instance of (amea Letter Executor of
Jcffe Cox and others. .. •
# Jojefth Perry, Sheriff.
February 4. (|t)
THE RICHMOND j
Jockey Club Races, 1
Will commence on the third
Thursday in Fetrtuaty ' {the 16th inst.) tit
Win; M*Tyre’s cfq. on the Savannah Road
four miles from Augusta, free tor any Horlc,
Mare or Gelding. a j
The purses anddiftanees as fillonvs, %'iz :
First day’s running three mile heats fur a
pnrfc of 2©o dollars.
Second day’s mailing two mile heats for
a purse of 150 dollar*. f f
Third day's running, a fwrepftakes, mile
hears, for the entrance money and overplus l
foppofrd to be worth about two hundred dol- ;
lars.
The weights and regulations the fame as .
the Angoftn Jockey Clubs, exe'eptirg that
no winning Horse (hall ftiatt more than one
day...during the Race*.
My orde rof the Cln h .
Feb. 4. . (jr)
25 Dollars Reward
Jfc Will be given to any
pet fen who will deliver
1 HALL, to me on Tiger
JJs f River, Union Cr unty, g,
jS£j&gngm Carolina, cr feenre him in
any jail so that 1 can get
him. He ran away about the middle of
November lift—he is about 30 years of age
5 feet »o or i r inches high—a bright Mu
’atto—a Cooper, Shoemaker and Kid
ler, and generally nfei his left hand.—One
of his fidss and an arm have the marks of
j being burnt—hair clof-lv cropped.
; ' Kindred Bobo.
February 4. • (jt)
' WillbeToldT'
I GnlSsturday the fyth day of February
next, to the highest bidder, at the Plan*
tatirn of Charles Ward dec. sundry at- ,
tide* belonging ro laid aftate,
Conlifling of a flock of Cattle;
Horses and Hogs, with fjme articles of
| household furniture and plantation tool*.
Alfa, A set of Bhick-fmirh’s
tools, a new tire and Waggon * ,
Conditions will be ra-dc ku>wn on the
day of file. ' '
Sufanrah Ward, admr’x.
Feb. 4. (sc) \
Sheriff 9 s Sale.
On the firft Tuefday in March next at the
id our t- House in Columbia county ,
Will be Sold,
100. acres ©f land in Columb’a
county, whereon Ignatren'Gilpin lives ad
joining Reynolds, Hdge, N. Davis and A
bram Davis, levied on to f.tiity tfcc adm’t
1 of Win, Di’Z'er vr. said Gilpin.
v ALSO,
A Waggon ana hind gecr, le
vied 1* the property of Dtxo.i PiPryman,
tsx-collcftor to fatiify the Inferior Court,
U pointed cut by the of said Per
ryman. R. Y. L. ? /GSTGN, (hfF.
February 4 [jt] ■
Sheriff’s Sale.
On the firft T utfday in March next, at the
* Cny.ruhoufe ;« Warren bounty t ieiuecn the
yfxtaL hour*. •
Will be Sold,
3 acres of land more or less
ia Watrep county, adjcjnmg Johnson and
other* at. being the land whereon |nbu
Williams row lives, with a Grist-Mill
thereon taken a? the property of said Wil
liams ro an execution in favor of
David Csifon affiynee and printed out by
John Stiih Plaintiff’s attorney,
ALSO,
400 acres of land more or less
, in said county, on Big Cterk adjoining
JohnM‘Cny and others levied on as the
property of Lewis Brady to fa Issy an exe
cution in favor of Gr? (hsm Smyth and
pointed out by the defendant.
ALSO,
825 acres ofland more or less
.in said county, on the waters of Brier >'r:ck i
adiJoing Benjamin Ghcclelin, Jr ffr Rich- J
■ etfbn >ud other*, levied on as the ptoptrty )
of Peter Hodo to fttisfy an,ex cation in fa* I
vor of Joseph Stub* aad others and return, j
cd to me by Joha Burkhalter conftablc. j
ALSO. )
. 100 acres of land more or Ufa I
in said connty, cn the water* of Wiliams
Creek, adjoining Jacob Darden and others, ■
it being the land whereon Enoch Dixon
now. lives and levied on a 1 hi* property 10 '
fat isfy executions in favor'of John Gibson I
and others, and returned tome by Jacob
Darden ccnflablc.- C. millions C; fli *
THOMAS BATTLE, ». a.
February 4. Ijt) ’
Sheriff’s Sale. !
On the sirs! Tuefday in April next, at War.
nn Livrt*houfe % hnweev the ufval hours*
Will be Sold,
One negro man named June ta
ken a* the {.foperty of Jt-fhua Jocts, by
virtue of ah execution iffaed fr6m the ir.
fertor cot ft of this county, in favor of
Ethcldred Thomas Kfq. under the Teredo,
low of a Mo- tgage.—Condif ien* Cash,
* - THOMAS BATTLE, o ».
January 2;. (j .j
Sheriff’s Sale.
On the jirft Tuefday in March next ,
at the Court-houje in the town of
Waynejborobetween the usual hours
Will be Sold,
=lOOO acres of land in Glynn coun
ty, adjoining lands of Robert [Slumlord add
others, a!fb, two hundred two and n half a
cres of ianu in thr fir ft diftrift is Wilkinson
county, dumber 267, the abore trafts of land
levied On, and pointed out by Colonel John '
Milton as ftcurity for Col, Robert Watkin*
1 deceased.
ALSO,
| 333 acres of land in Burke epurv*
ty on Boggv.gurt adjoining lands oi TnirU
Fenn, and Henry Hughes, also, ninety-sight
acres of land adjoining rheh’itc in said count,
Crtunfv on Boggy-gntt-adjoining lands, of
Joseph Daniel and Sarah Matthews, thea
bove tracts levied on as the property of A
lexander G. Gordon to fitisfy an execution
in favor of Taylor and Moore.
ALSO,
Three quarters of an acre lot lA
in the town oi VVaynefborough, with a boufc
thereon now in the occupation of William
Srone, taken as the property of Edmond
Lawe, at the inftanceof G.o. Powell guar#
dianofS. and P. Wvies m : nor*. >-M
Joseph Perry, Sheriff,
January aB,
Sheriffs Sale.
On tht fir/I Tutfday in March next* Ot tk*
Market - House in the city at the
usual hours,
Will be Sold,
One undivided seventh part of
eight hundred aesfs of land on Savannah
River in the county of Richmond, at pre- .
sent occupied by Mrs. Harris*
bonded originally by Savannah River fat*
the east, by lands of William Dabney
Cawthorn, on the South Ac. levied on as
the portion or jharc of Michael Harris in
said entire traft, to fatisfy Executing in
favour of Jacob Danfotth and Campbell St
Nei’fon against said Harris, A pointed out
by the plaintifff.
Conditions Galh.
A, RHODES, s. r. 6,
January *B. (jt)
GEORGIA, Columbia Qfiuvjj,
WHEREAS John O. and Levi Pearre
have applied to me fer letters »f Ad
mnljlration on the estate of Eli Pearte late
of said county deceased,
Th/fe are therefore to cite and adtnonijh
all xndjingular the kindred and creditors 0/
■ said deceased to he and appear at my n ffice
vifthin the time alluved by lava, to /bens)
•enufe (if arty they have) vjhy said letterl
should not be greeted, <
Chen under my hand and seal at ofsity
the 3\f dhy of January ( 809.
A. Crawford, cl*k,
( GEORGIA, Greene County•
1 \K7 HP RE AS John Gregjby hath afpfi*
V r (d to me lor letters of Admiuifiratio*
•t» the efate and efeSfaf IP's Ilian Grtp.Jby
late of this county deceased. ifc j - x
THFtsS art t hay fort to cite and ndniostijh
all and finguhr th kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear before the '
notable court of Ordinary, mitt,in the limi •
prefer ibtd 'by Jam, to Jhtw cauje. (if any they
can) why said lettersJiould not be.granted. ■
Given under ,«y hand and seal at offset
the t+ih day of January 18(19. ,
A. B. Fannin
for T. Carltion. cl%
GEORGIA, IVlhartn County.
WHEREAS folly Torrence hat afi*
plied to me for Utters of Administra
tion »« the eflutt s>j William Tarrenct of said
1 canty dec « • ~ - i
(THESE ate therefore to cite and admen*
ijh all ar.d finpylar the kindred and creditors ■
j of fain dtetajed, to It and appear be!ere tka
honor able court fij Ordinary tsiithin thi tins*
| pre/rib’d by lam to jhetd cauje (if any they
| can) why .aid uitns Jhould net be gram ed.
Given una.r my hand the iblh day of
January, 1809.
S WEATHKRbY, CUrk.
GEORGIA* Morgan Cuun.y ,
W BERK AS Nancy Jones has applied
( to .ne jit Utters of Admin, fiat ttu on the
\ tjUu of Herjnmih Joneslate of said county dee
\ THESE ate thees ore# cite and admn u .
) ijh allard singular the kindred and creditors
j of said deceased , to be and afaeui be) ore the
nonoiabie court of Ordinary, on the frit
Mundiy in March uhi t hen & thereto fhem
caffe {»> any they can) why fa& later f Jhould
no, te grat.td.
Cii,en under my hand ar-d seal at iJUe w
the. and day of Jsn 1809
1 I r . E NNIM. CUrk.
! , GEORGI A, Mvpgon County .
WJ HERE \6 Arfeim Pier- n has applied
V A tots for letters of cdintnif,ration -vi
j the (flatt and eff.Rs of Pi,lds Permit lass es
j said county dunfed.
7 HKSE tut </ ttefote to tile end admcv’Jh
dll and firgvlaf the ktreLtd 0r.,1 of
Jaid .deter fed,, to be ana af petit at my of
ficewit’in the ,me pu hi edly Um then
and tsiere to fi.no caffe yip any the) dkn)
mhy said IttUrs.Jhculd no, be parted.
Given under my hand tfu and do * of
January 1809.
i. s. Fannin, chk.