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Vauxhall Gardens
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Joseph Came,
RETURNS his thanks lo bis friends
and she Public, for the great en
couragement he b is reef Ived since he has
established himself at Vauxhall, and re
spectfully informs them that his
Garden , House
AND , '
BATHS.
•re now in complete order for ihe recep.
' tion and entertainment oi all decent and
orderly behaved persons. His Baths are
open every day from sunrise until 9 o’.
* ‘ clock at night, except on Sundays, when
they will close at is o’clock in the mor.
Tllng. No exertions shall be wanting on
his part to ensure a continuance of pub
lic favor, and to render his visitors com
fortable and pleasant. His Due is fur
mahed with every refreshment that the
market affords.
By permission of Messrs. M'KinneA
Shultz he has also^ established at his
Elegant’SPRINGS, a house of Refresh,
jnent— to which the attention of all gen.
llcmen, who visit this delightful resort,
is respectfully invited,
v 1 • . Mny ?4.* ts
h. strays.
CROHGIA, I TX/ILMAM Fuig.
Wilkes County y VV eons toils txfirr
* nv: one b>»( k hcise, between sixteen und
seventeen years old, fresh shod all round,
tire mane hangs on the left shoulder and
neck, and q scar on the left slu uldtr,
four foet 11 inches high—appraised to
Twelve Dollars by C. Brocks and John
Murphey, (fie 33d of M y, tßi7.
H. Brooks, j.p.
Georgia , Willies County,
ROUERT A t KINS post-d before me
this 31 si of M y, 18! IT, a black
fil.y, tier and snip, two hind feet white,
•bout three years old—appraised by
BcrJ imin Hubbard and Nicholas Shuts
to be worth Ten Dollars.
W Freeman, j.p.
Georgia, Wilkes County .
J?MAH WALTON told before me
this 3ld day of jurv, 1817, a sorrel
m re abi ut i feet 6oi 7 inches high, se
ven years old, a Whitt b Zz in her fore
head, both hind feet white. & one fore, long
Hunt and tail, acme saddle spots, brand
ed on both shoulders and on the jaw,
trots and paces, with a bell on worth 75
Centi-~appraiscd by Benjamin Halid.*)
•nd Joseph Cailoway to be worth Forty
Dollars. y
W. Freeman, j.r.
Georgia, Wilkes County,
OTERHfiN EVANS, of Kiltie creek,
O near the French store, tolls before
nu. abLik horse,-ten years old, five Eel
high, all of his feet wore, a small star
end a snip to the forehead, blind in the
right eye, switch tail, droop rump, trots,
paces and centers, and is v ry much wind
fulled, three shots ot —appraistd to
ilty Dollars by Hinjmin Wall and
’ John b. Nelson, this 5 h July, IST
W illiam Robertson, j p.
Georgia, Wilkes County.
.T\ «biieL JACK .v>N of this-oeunty
JkJ ar.d Capt. Walker’s disuir.t,
• k ngs before ml- a sorrel mare, about 4
ft; 9 itches high, w.th a star in her
v for. ht.di and a snip on for nose, out
White loot behind, supposed to be eight
Scars old—appraised by John Mot-re and
f than Eehois, to Thirty Dollars this
12th July, 18*7.
Joel Hood, j.p.
A True Copy fr >m the Entity B k.
John lialiday, Cl'k.
July 23* * c
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20 Dollars Reward.
ARbCONDED from my Plantation
on Ogechre iiv- r, on Saturday the
28ih ct June, Two Negroes,
Roman & Randol,
The former aged twenty years, daik
Complexion, five feet s ven o* eight inc h
ts high, tali made, and of French
extraction, bu* not visible unless closely
examined. The other a mulatto, about
eighteen or nineteen years old, five stet
fiv- or six inches high, full face, tolera
bly/Uuk made, a vt-ry sensib’e, subtle
fellow, at d supposed will attempt lo pass
f-r a ire# man. >The above teward will
b given to any person who will dt liver
the in to the und.rsigned, secure thtm in
any jai* so thi subscriber can get th»m
Mt«in, or ten dollars for eilheiwand all
- Reasonable txpmstt defrayed to the per
* S£u w dcKnr at Shiver’s
iWH-s, Warrcaccußtv Georgia.
. - JOuas Shivers.
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There was an important oinls
sion in Die following publication,
which appeared in our paper of last
week.—lt is now published corrected
and entire.
TO THE PUBLIC.
When an individual is arraigned be
fore the great tribunal of the public,
for alledged misconduct, common jus
tice requires that he should not be
condemned unheard.—lt is not ne
cessary for me to investigate the mo
tives which have actuated (lie authors
and propagators of the reports which
have been spread abroad to my disad
vantage—of those the public must
Judge fri-m tire annexed statements
and proofs. My object is to defend
mj.elf, but lo injure no person—how
far I have obtained that, let the im- :
partial judge.
liiad been absent from Augusta a
short lime; upon my return 1 was sur
prised by a change of behaviour a
mong many with whom I hud former
ly been on friendly terms; upon inqui
ry 1 learned that accusations i*td been
made against me of cruelty to a yel
low boy named James,, my slave; who
was Represented to be dying in conse
quence of the severity of a chastise
ment inflicted on him by myself. As
these reports have been widely circu
lated, a statement of the whole trans
action is due. in jnstiee to myself.—
Tl»is boy, of a very bad character,
was purchased by me under the im
pression that as he was young his had
habits could not have become fixed,
and that mild treat
meut a ‘jjHfcf MKm be made. I
him and en-
him from vice by
shewing him every indulgence suita- '
blc for his condition—For a short j
* time this system seemed to ha\e the j
desired effect; but he soon relapsed,
was often absent without IcaVe, from
my employ; and in consequence of his
lying Out in the wet became afflicted
with a severe rheumatism—l one
night found him in my chamber, evi
dently with an intention of either ta
king what money I might have in my
pocket, or of getting the key of my
iron chest, which ho knew to be al
ways near the head of my bed In
consequence of. which 1 chastised him,
but with severity by no means dis
proportionate to his crime, lie fre
quently runaway, and laid out all
night in the wet, and being (hen un
der (he operation of medicb.e, I was
advised that it must be prevented, or
the loss of his Hie would be the con
sequence. After repeated pardons,
aud repealed promises of amendment,
the offence was still repeated, und 1
again chastised him, but not in su* h
a manner as would cither endanger
his health or his life, as will appear
by the certificates of Che attending
physicians hereto annexed. The in
flamed state of the small lacerations
of the scarf skin, was occasioned by
an erroneous application of an inha
ling liniment, prescribed by (he phy
sical! for his disease, which applica
tion was made without my knowledge
or assent.
By examining the certificate of
Hr. Glenn, shewing the slate of the
boy 's bchilli on the sth iust. ihe day
before he left my house—and those
ol Doctors M‘\N horter, Kendall und
. ItouieU; slating bis xhnation on the 7ih,
Bth,aud 9ih instant, ihe public'will
be able to judge how probable it is,
that he was in a dying condition on
the 6(h instant, us was reported as
lo the report ot his death said to have
happened on the 7th instant, was It
confined to the city merely, where ,
the falsity of it is so well known, it
need not bo contradicted—hut, as it
has spread widely through Ihe country,
I feel it my duty to state, that it is ut
terly unfounded, and that he is per
haps at (his moment, playing in (he
streets, where some of my friends
have seen liiifi several days since.
Pressed down by a load of calumny,
I cannot but feel myself wronged; and
in taking this and every other mode
,of vindicating myself, I rely on the
justice of the community for my ex
©use. At any rate, I cannot be de
prived of the consolation of a consci
ousness of innocence
JOHN M QUIN.
: Augusta* 22d July, 1817.
! AVGUSTA, OROHGIA, 1
i Richmond County . j •
| Personnally came before me James
i M*Morcland, and being duly sworn,
, deposed! aud saith,thatMr.
j colored boy James, for some lime
. past had been sick, or rather rheu
» malic, and complaining of pains in ids
breast and limbs—during that time
he was visited by Doctor WVsndal I and
Glenn* who are Mr. M'Quin’s pbysi*
cittOtp flnj) while he WM receiving me- ;
dicine from them. It was known (hat I
he slept on(. He at another tin*, 4
when ordered hy me* about 5 o’clock \
in the morning to go out and clean 1
both himself and his mat t, which he
had abused, absented himself and ne- |
ver returned until the evening-—when \
a black man brought him home—he 1
(old the man that Mr. M‘Quin flogg- ’
ed him and starved him. lie certain- |
ly was whipped once or twice severe- i
ly,. or at least to leave considerable i
marks, which, according to his con- i
duet, 1 believe he deserved. One i
time, or the first time he received the i
whipping aforementioned, was for go- i
ing into Mr. M‘Quin’s room, (say 12 i
o’clock at night) when I know he did I
not call him—what his views could
he |do not know, nor am I able to i
form any idea—and (he second time ]
he received the whip, was for absent- <
ing himself—he has repeatedly ran <
away* t
On Sunday last Mr, MQuin had (
occasion to go out of (own, and at or '
about half past 8 o’clock or 9 o’clock, '
I Went to Mrs. Longstreet’s and wish- i
ed the hoy to come home with me, & i
was answered by Mr. Gilbert Long- <
street, that the colored boy James, 1 i
could not have, as he was under his
charge, and should remain so until he
could see the result; but he believed i
the bu) would die. I
During his sickness Doct, Glenn i
visited him at Mr. M‘Quin’s store as 1
the hoy was not allowed to go in the I
wet. On Friday last it Was thought
proper to confine him in the house,
a* he could not be depended' upon ,
when sen! out, and he was kept in
that way from Friday nnlil Sundav,
when Mr, M‘Quin unlocked him—
i during his confinement, Ephraim the
i bla k boy brought victuals from Mrs. |
. Longslreel’s tor him,’ 1
All these occurrences have taken
place during tny stay with Mr. M‘-
Quin—*.\nd I do declare,
that since Dud. Glenn’s last Visiting
the hoy James, that he was not whip
ed by Mr. M*Qnin —and also, that I
saw said yellow boy James, by his
own wiil. jn the absence of Mr. M‘-
Qnin, t ub upon his legs the liniment, i
camphor, &e. medicine given by Doct.
Glum (o rub on his Joints.
JAMES M * M O I* ELAND.
Sworn to before me this 9th July , 1817.
s BfcNj. 11. Meigs. 7. r.
I do hereby certify, that on or a- ■
bout the 21st of June last, 1 was re- j
?[ue<i(ed by Mr. M Quin to prescribe
or his mulatto boy James, whom he
sent down to the shop for that pur
pose. On examining the boy 1 found
him labouring under most of the
symptoms which characterise acute
rheumatism. 11 is right knee and an
cle as well as I now recollect, were
* principally affected.
On Sunday, the day following, f
visited the boy at Mr. M*Quin’s store
ami round him much relieved, inso
much that he was able to walk about
the room with'but little pain. Hav
ing still some lever and pain, 1 pre
scribed what I conceived his situation
demanded. On repeating my visit
the next day, I was informed by >»p.
M*Quin that the boy had gone off the
night before and lay out, neglecting
Co take the medicine directed to be
taken that evening.
From this time to the Ist inst. the
boy was irequently at our shop: ins
ancles were swelled, and (edematous,
as were his wrists—which, he said
was occasionally painful. Mr, M‘-
Quin several times told me of his run
, nirg away; and I well recollect his
black boy Pphnpm being several
limes at our shop enquiring for James
whom he said hud ran away.
On Saturday the sth inst. about 12
or 1 o’elo k, I casually called
M‘Quin at his store; and on making
enquiry respecting his hoy James he
informed me that he had ran away
some time the day before, and was not
found till near ll o’clock at night
lie also informed me, that he had
chastised him as soon as he got him
home, and had him at that time con
fined up stairs in a bed room immedi
| a dy over his counting-room. At his {
I request 1 went up to see the boy, 1 i
found him lying on a matrass or a j
blanket, will) one foot fastened to a 14
or 25 pounds weight. I examined
him respecting his previous disease.
He complained of no pain whatever,
nor could I discover any symptoms of
disease at that time except a slight
mdcmatous swelling of his ancles and
feet. I saw no marks of a whip on
his ancles; nor did any oireumstance
occur at the time to induce me to be
lieve, that the boy had been inhuman
ly or improperly chastised.
From the boy’s situation, I was of
opinion that his exposure to the in
clemency of the weather would bo
attebded with Injurious, if not faf ales- j
sects—l therefore advised Mr. ifie-
Quio to confine him tome time pre
vious to this occurrence, but 1 do not
know whether he did dr not. , *
He had also proposed as a mode of
punishment, Jo reform him if possible,
to confine him to bread and water on
ly; and asked me whether or not it
would be injurious to him in his (ben
present situation. From the prevail-,
iog disposition of his system to take
an inflammatory action, I did not he
sitate. to give it as my opinion, that so
far from being injurious, it was what
the state of his system imperiously: de
manded. On the afternoon of the. sth
inst. 1 left town and have not seen the
boy since.
Relative to the uncommon inflam
matory appearances observed by Dr. <
McWhorter, it may be readily ae- ;
eounlod for,, from the following cir- <
cumstance:—l had directed thejoints
affected to be rubbed with a stimula
ting liniment, which applied to a part !
whtere the skin was the least abraded,
would produce more or less inflam
mation. This liniment through mis
take was rubbed on the whole or great- j
er part of his body, according .to the
lestimonv of Mr. M<Morcland.
*
From my acquaintance with Mr.
M*Quin, particularly during my at
tendance on his hoy, I am tar from
believing him to he a cruel or inhu
man master. Nor did he to my
knowledge use any measure with his
hoy James, but what prudence aud the
safely of the boy’s health demanded.
James Glenn,
Augusta, July 14,1817.
I hereby certify, that on (he even
ing of the 7th of July, I was called to
visit in my professional capacity a ne- ;
gro boy (Jim) of Mr. John M*Quii»’s,
said to have been whipped by ills mas
ter in such a manner as to endanger
his life. The boy 1 found to have
been severely whipped, principally on
his legs, the stripes redder and appa
rently more inflamed titan usual from
applications of tiiccowskin, with fever
and genera! soreness. The boy was
perfectly in his senses, and had no
symptom, which in my judgment,
could be magnified, at that time into
cause of alarm for the boy’s life—My
belief then was, from the existing,
symptoms, aud the history of the boy’s
behaviour for two or three weeks be
sere, that bis indisposition was owing
to his lying out in the wet weather
and catching a violet cold, giving to
his system a general inflammatory
tendency. Hence the muscular sore
ness and fever were ascribed to the
rheumatism. 1 therefore believe the
whipping, as evidenced by examina
tion when 1 saw him, as entirely in
adeqate to the production of the dis
eased action, which existed cn Mon
day evening.
J. G, M‘Whorter*
On Tuesday evening, last, I visited
pursuant to Mr. M‘Quin’s request,
his mulatto boy Jim, at Mr. G. Long
streei’s, cqjdined as I had understood
in the « ourse of the day, by a severe
and cynel chastisement inflicted by his 1
master, from the effects of which, lit
tle, if any hope was entertained fur
Ins life. ~
On examining the boy, I discover
ed traces of the lash upon l one of his
shoulders and hips, producing on these
parts, an abrasion of the skin, while
his legsevideuced its impressions, only
by discolouration—He laboured under
slight fever, aud complained of pains
in his breast, and in thejoints of the
shoulders, elbows, hips and knees,
but not of the parts wearing the marks
of the whip; the pain of thejoints was
much increased on motion—The day
following 1 repeated my visit at the
solicitation of Mr. M*Quin, in com
pany with Dr. Smelt, and found the
boy labouring under more fever, than
he did on the day before, his pulse 1
beating quick and hard, and indicating !
the necessity of bloodletting, but in {
ether respects, could discover very |
little, if any alteration.
In the examinations made of the
aforesaid boy’s ease, not a single symp
-1 tom was observed, denoting danger,
I nor one that could warrant the opin
ion of refcring his sufferings to the i
chastisement inflicted by his master;
but on the contrary I recognized all
those symptoms characterizing acute
rheumatism, a disease the influence
of which, be had laboured under since
the 21st ult. at which time so painful
and torturing were the symptoms,
that the slightest motion seemed to
threaten syncope.
T. H. M Fendall.
Augusta, July 10,1817.
Ido certify, (hat on (ho 9(h inst.
Mr. John M'Quiu of this city, reques
(ed that I vrcnld -visit James « ..C
& hoy, I hen at the house of *,4
«ill.ert L»«g S tre«, in
Or. Fendall; I necnrd ngl, J
I us duly, and «, tomdlMioo “ ■ !L
the last named gentleman, „„
Longs'reef being also presem, JffToi
ceeded to the investigation of i| lc [ ■ " ri
~I« appeared tome upon die fust v i H
that the patient had languished %
time under mute
prominent symptoms that eliapa’Jß aS I
ize this malady, were appa. en r V B „ rr
then fonjunctly examined the \,M
generally, and found that corporpiß Ser
punishment had been inflicted, rJH ca i
in my conception) too libe»allv. t 0 H ofl
subject under lh©| influence §ff m m rs,
but am decidedly of opinion, il, a( Jfl , the
hie of the boy, was not at that i, lne M er j
ture endangered from the coireni o ß to
he had received. The methodus tnefl &rr
dendi, that bad been adopted, mctmyß foe
approbation—l observed at the mo! 100
ment, that the might with saletßevi
be removed to Ins m ister’s dwellin Bfai
Injustice to Mr. M‘Quiu, { aflirnßflu
that die punishment resorted to, woulMcm
not have been too severe, l ad no disßfre
case previously existed; for it is tullvlac
proved, that his mansr vices mcriie’Bjiq
more than the usual chastisement. B pli
D. I tb
CHROi\ f ICLErI fai
Wednesday, July 30, 181 L I
OC R last papers, in addition toB
former advices, furnish us no! bine ofl
political interest At Home we u;cß
all quiet-—reaping, in.full fruition, afl
harvest of domestic happiness, polkfl
ii al harmony, and commercial pros-l
■ perky. Abroad, the scene, as usual,l
is not so bright and promising. Iql
Spanish America, suffering humanity** l
still maintains a,dubious' conflict a-l
gainst unnatural oppression—the e-l
vent of the struggle is yet unccriain.Bla
In Europe, legitimate monarch) islol
endeavoring to expend and perpctuaielci
its influence over that portion of tLel p
globe. Franee is stiil the theatre oil n
persecution and proscription. In the! o
Continental fcystem Austria, Prussia,l tl
and *he minor powers, emails passive! tl
puppets io the hands ol the two great! |
poi|Tal Jugglers of Europe. The! a
stand which Russia at present oceu-l t
pies among the European Govern*! t
meets is mo. e prominent, secure aid! t
dignified than that, of any of ber'co-l <1
temp raries. The intriguing policy! *
r of Great Britain keeps her in such al c
state of oontidUal vacillation, that thel j
eye of political sagacity, dazzled a idl
confused by her erratic movements! i
cannot pry into her motives, or disco-B s
ver the'intention of her belligerent'! <
position, by any attitude she may as. l ]
suine. So fluctuating is the atandadl
that determines tl.e fate of nations, I
that the most rational expectation! I
and judicious arrangements, are of* l
ten blasted by the vicissitudes of aill
hour, or the intriguing occurrence! B
of a day.
Providence, (». i.) July 11. I
1 Fraud in packing cotton. —ln a bad I
of cotton imported into (his town last I i
month, from Savannah, was found ■
packed in the centre, astone weigh-1
ing 45 14. pounds. The cottoo up I*
purchased in or near tho capital &!
the State of Georgia, and it is ex* I
pected the pur;baser can and will!
prosecute the offender. Much to the I
credit of the Slate, it is understood I
that her Legislature has lately pass-1
ed a law to prevent such fraudulent I
practices—subjecting (he person on I
whom the fraud is proved to a penalty I
of S IOO6.
LATE ST FKOM~AMELIA.
Our latest advices from that place I
are of the 29ih instant. In cotae- I
■ quo nee of expected ■
j having arrived. General MacGregor I
| still remains on the island, placing it I
I in a posture of defence that will war* I
| rant its security against any comin* I
; geney which may hereafter happen. I
The complete apparatus for a prints, ? I
establishment has been received, and ■
a newspaper Is about to he issued.— ■
The general is likewise zealously ®°* I
; gaged in organizing the executive 1
and judiciary departments, anden-l
forcing salutary regulations for tlie I
preservation of good order through* I
out the territories occupied by j lll I
troops. The provinciolists, residing I
on what may he considered the b *un- I
dary line between the Spaniards and ■
indep.endenta, appear somewhat appr fi * ■
hensive that their property may sus* *
tain injury fr m the conflicts ol th® I
contending parties; and, as might I
have been reasonably expected, arc
anxious to be relieved from then* ap*
prehensions, by being taken under tae j