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LUgusta a few days
was at 154 to 10—
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A—Upland, were
* early part ot the
.ml a traction were
dined about a hall
ottered at 161 to
U, 25 a 30 are the
at 50—none afloat
it command over
’ GEORG 1 A.
1 truly in h prosperous
w 011 haiul 111 actual
s this the state owns
he amount of #1,005,-
liry arises here—How
lied most advantage-
J policy to keep them
y.—Journal.
CATF.D,
on —In your last paper
Frierson, Esq was
ie Reserve at Macou.
and ask. Where was the
t thousand dollars an
>ut two days actual la
ment's salary he appro
of a court-house and
b : could not or would
ferior court, or Com
of Macon liave act
j agent, without any
;enl’s salary forjour
ortable court-house
actions attached to it,
did all the public buil
bridge across the Oc
Is at the town and oth
e of the pubic prop
; would be less chance
A Citizen of llibb.
WITHDRAWN,
ditors of the Ame
vvith their respec
tive tnenus, iiem a meeting at \Yill-
Hms* in the Bowery, and came to a
Hir understanding, that Mr. Calhoun
Hott/d be withdrawn, as a candidate
Hr the presidency, and both parties
was originally intended, should
for Mr. Adams, and it will be
Hen by tbe present union between
He American and Patriot, that this
Hratiieinent is carried into effect.—
■ e aie crediblv informed, that Mr.
Htliioun has authorised his friends to
Hie in to the arrangement, if it should
■mtear that he had no chance of ob
j Miing the votes of the State of New-
Hurk. Mr. Johnson Verplanck, act-
Hg for Mr. Adams, convinced the
Hiends of Mr. Calhoun,that birth can-
Hdates would he endangered if both
Hrsisted in pushing their claims, ami
Mr. Adams was the strongest they
Helded to him. Our readers at a dis-
Hnce may therefore with safety an-
Hunce that Mr. Calhoun is witdrawn.
he never should have permit*
Hd his name to be used.
I.V. I’. JS'at. Ailr.
American Tea.—lt is stated in a
tter from New-Orlcans that a Mr.
lallct, living near the river Amite,
is succeeded in raising Green and
yson I ea, in considerable quantities
11 his plantation. A specimen of 11 v
>u J ea which accompanied the letter,
‘as on trial found to be palateablc
Hd refreshing, and the only thing ne
tssary to enable Mr. M. to make tea
jual to that imported from Canton
ppear* to be a knowledge of the Chi
ese metliod of cuiiug it.
An action was lately brought in
rt f" ° r unt . v Albany by a female
iiul, [by her nearest friend] to re
over damages from a Physician
Jl . ne gbgencc and mal-practice in
n“]S the Plaintiff’s arm, which
f. c !een dislocated at the elbow
f lnt * The case was fully made
Ut .’ appeared that the arm
k . een rendered entirely useless.
,c jury returned a verdict of six
[Uintiff d ° l!ars dunnages for the
I* I'P arr| vai announces the surren-
L® uiiipeluha, with its whole g.tr-
L p con *isting of 6000 men, who
marched f„r France.
L j' 1< J t VT Congress of Sovereigns is
Lj 11 1 at MiHi), who will detar-
Ppain 011 H £ oVc,mnen t suitable for
L 1”? G !*P'KS. —A signal victory
I'urlT llK< V {’l'ecks, over the
lieir ent( ‘ rn, 2 Peloportessus, and
f eet u; nn - V , “ ei ’ rl . v destroy ed—their
preeks* & j ° a d!y situated. The
length. m LanaUu “ erti In great
State jugis Utuvr,
[Owing to the arrival of the mail (which
brings us the Milledgevillu papers containing
the proceedings of the past week) but a short
time previous to our hour of publication, we
are unable to give but nn imperfect idea of (lie
business done in the Legislature. We are con
sequently obliged to coniine ourselves chiefly
In the bills when brought up,and passed, with
out noticing their progress, or the debates had
on them. Should any thing of considerable
general interest, (or local, having any bearing
within the limits of our circulation) come be
fore tin* legislature, we shall endeavour to give
i; the attention it deserves.]
The election of Secretary of State, Treas
urer, Comptroller, Surveyor-Geucral,&c. takes
place on Saturday next.
Among the nortces given of bills to be intro
duced, are the following :
IN SENATE.
Ey Mr. Robison—Toadd part of Dooly nnd
Houston to Pulaski county.
Ey Mr. Swilley—To divide the county of
Appling.
Ey Mr. Hlackstone—To make permanent
(lie suite of the public buildings iu Crawford co.
[Since passed.]
Hy Mr. Montgomery—To make permanent
the suite of the public buildings in the county
ot l)e Kalb, in Decatur, and incorporate the
same.
By Mr. Cleveland—To lake into considera
tion the propriety of laying off the state into
seven Congressional districts.
Ey Mr. Burney—To alter and amend an act
entitled, an act to empower the general court
of Pleas, to grant writs of partition of lands and
tenements held in coparceny, joint tenancy,
and tenancy in common in this province, and
appointing the method of proceeding therein.
By Mr. Swilley—To compel the Judges of
the Superior courts of this state to attend at
their places of holding; courts, and also at the
time appointed for holding their respective
courts, v ithout a lawful excuse.
By Mr. Beall—to give Justices of the Peace
jurisdiction in cases sounding iu damages not
exceeding thirty dollars.
Mr. Swain laid on the table the following re
solution: Resolved,That no member of Senate
he allowed any pay while absent, except on
account of sickness of himself orfamily.
On Motion of Mr. Powell, the fol
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted :
Whereas, it is desirable to ascertain
the wishes of the citizens of this state
as to the mode of chosing electors of
President and Vice President of the
United States :
Be it therefore resolved by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the state of Georgia in general assem
bly met, that it shall be the duty of
magistrates who shall preside at the
several elections to beheld in the dif
ferent counties of this state, for the
choice of members of the legislature at
the next general election therein, to
propose to each and every voter at
the time of receiving his vote, whether
lie desires that the choice of said el
ectors shall be confined to the people,
or retained by the Legislature, and to
request such voter to signify such de
sire by endorsing on his ticket the
word people or legislature, according
to the truth of the fact; —and on coun
ting out the b illots to annex to the re
turn of said election by them so trans
mitted to the executive d< partment, a
true statement of the votes so given, to
theend that the same maybe laid before
the next legislature by his excellency
the Governor.
And be it further .’ tesolved, that
his excellency the Governor be and be
is hereby requested to cause tins res
olution to be published without delay
in the several gazetts t this slate,
and to continue the said publication
once a month until the next general
election.
Mr. bullock called up Hie resolution submit
ted‘l >v him. recomiiieiidi'ig to the board ot di
rectors of Darien Hunk to remove the brunch
ol said bank from Marion to Macon.
Mr. Blackshear proposed the following as a
substitute.
lir.suirfil. That the committee on Banks be
instructed to inquire into the expediency of
establishing a Branch Bank at the town of .Ma
con. Agreed to.
The Judiciary Committee were instructed to
take into consideration the propriety ot abol
is in; tne Penitentiary system, and bringing
into operation a code of laws necessary to sup
ply its place.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
By Mr Robinson—To extend the time ol ta
king out lottery Grants, and to reduce the tees
for the same.
By Mr. Moreland—To make permanent the
site of the public buildings in the county ol
Hoieton, and to name the same.
By Mr. Daniel—To extend the time lor tak
ing out grants oil Mead Rights ami Bounty
Warrants
By Mr. Heard —' To cause students of medi
cine” to be examined before they are permitted
to practice.
B. Mr. Daniel —To reduce tlic salary ol the
public, oliicersol this state, troin and utterllieii
present constitutional term ; and to reduce
I lie tees ol comity olncers, ami to regulate, de
line and apportion their lees.
By Mr. Thomns (of Warren)— Tu have the
pr.jpn i.y of sheriffs and their securities bound
from the dale ol their bonds.
|>y Mr. l,est*r —To make permanent the
site of the public buildings in the comity of
Monroe uim inline and incorporate the same.
By Mr. Green* —To provide compensation
lo (.'rand and Petit Jurors for their sen ices.
Bv Mr. Lau.ur —To take into consideration
wlmt amendments, if any, are necessary to the
insolvent laws of tins state.
Bv Mr. Law —to establish in each county an
office for the record of births.
/By Mr. Ingersoll—To incorporate the town}
W Macon, in Bibb county. . .
V Bv Mr. .Mcrnnev—'l o extend prison ty>unde
to tiie bounds ol each county.
By Mr. Fort —To direct the loan of #3OO,
of the public money to individuals on bonds
secured bv mort gages on real estate.
By Mr. Poster —to nwulale thei general elec
lions, and to appoint the time ol the meeting
of the general assembly. [Proposes the legis
lature to meet on the lid tnonday in January J
By Mr. Glascock —To authorise the sale ot
the lots in the tow nos Mille.lgev ill* Unit rr
",u"’ nsold, and also of an additional number
ot lots in the town of Macou, and to authorise
tie commissioners of the tow nos Macou to
•ay oft and sell number of 20 acre lots ad
joining the common thereof.
OUR fisheries!
Our fisheries have been carried on,
lor a few years past, to a greater ex
tent titan at any period, since the dec
laration of our independence.— Before
the revolutionary war, the, state of
Massachusetts aloneemploved £4,000
lons of shipping 4000 seamen in cod
fishery. These fisheries were des
troyed during the revolutionary war,
and for many years afterwards did
not regain their original importance.
To encourage them, Congress, in 1792
granted a bounty to the owners xaiul
seamen ol the vessels employed in the
bank or cod-fisheries, and in 1814 this
bounty was considerably increased,
liming the late war with Great Brit
ain our fishermen sustained heavy
losses, and the whale fishery, for a
time was a.most annihilated ; but
since the return of peace, it has revi
ved and is now prosecuted, vve believe
on a larger scale than ever before.—
In IK 18 there were in the districts of
New-Bedford and Nantucket, 72 ves
sels engaged in the whale fishery, with
an aggregate tonnage of 17,158 tons,
and from a siatemennt which has just
been published in the Nantucket In
quirer, it appears, that there are, at
this moment, employed in the South
ern whale fishery, from the port of Nan
tucket alone, nearly twice as many
ships as are engaged in ihat fishery
from all the ports of England and
France. It is also a fact, that most of
ol the English and French whaling
ships are commanded by Nantucket
ami New-Bedford seamen, who have
been drawn from their homes by for
eign allurements. Bonaparte, it is
well known, made great efforts to Ffs
tablish a colony of Nantucket men in
one of the French ports, and there is,
at this time, a colony of Quakers
from Nantucket, at Milford Haven in
M ales, where they have erected a
quay and formed an establishment
for the Southern whale fishery. As
this employment is perhaps the most
adventurous in which men are enga
gaged, no small compliment is thus be
stowed on the nautical skill and
tearless character of American sea
men. iV". J'. Observer.
Expeditiun of JSlaj or Lorg.
I he exploring expedition, con
ducted by Major Long of the U. S.
army, tookits departure from Phil
adelphia on the thirtieth of April
last with the view of traversing the
Am ei ican territory in a northwest
erly direction, anil returning by
way ol the great northern lakes—
The gentlemen composing the ex
pedition accordingly proceeded by
way of Wheeling, Fot t Wayne,
Chicago, Praire du Chi on and Fort
St. Anthony, and to the scource of
the river St. Peter. ‘I hey then
travelled down the valley of the
lied river to its junction with the
Assinnipoin, having ascertained,
agreeably to their instructions, the
point at which the forty-ninth de
gree of north latitude, the northern
boundary of the United States,
crosses that river. Bv this it ap
pears that a considerable propor
tion of the country occupied by the
colony of the late lord Selkirk, or
that part of it called the Pembina
settlements, is included within the
territory of the United States. The
jonrney thus far was performed by
land, the party being furnished with
a sufficient number of horses for
the transportation of their baggage
and other uses.
At this place the expedition em
barked on board of bark canoes, in
which they descended Ked river
to its mouth, crossed the southern
extremity of Lake Wenepec, ascen
ded Wenepec river, proceeded
through the Lake of the Woods,
Rainy river arid Lake, and down
the Thamana Tekoea to Lake Supe
rior.
Here they exchanged their ca
noes for a batteau, in which they
traversed the Lake to its outlet. —
During their voyage through the
Lake from the 1 5th to the 30th Sep
tember, the weather was exceeding
ly boisterous, snow squalls having
occurred daily for nine days in
succession. On the night of the
20th Sept, the snow fell more than
three inches deep and the ground
remained covered with it through
the day following.
They pursued their voyage to
Mackinaw in the same craft, and
there left lieuts. Scott and Denny,
and the guard detailed at Fort St.
Anthony for the service of the ex
pedition, with orders to rejoin the
regiment on the Mississippi.
They then sailed for Detroit on
hoard the revenue cutter A. J. Dal-
las where they’ embarked on board!
the steam boat Superior and landed
at Buffalo.
Pursuing their journey home
ward, they took their passage on
board one of the New-York canal
packet boats at Rochester on the
Gennessee river and travelled on
the canal to Albany whence they
took the customary route to this
place.
W e are happy to learn that no
accident or misfortune worthy of
particular notice has happened to
the partv ; that they were, for the
most part, treated civilly by the
natives, and with the utmost hos
pitality at the establishments of the
Hudson Bay Company, several of
which they passed on their route-
Their tour extended to the fifty
first degree of north latitude, and
embraced a circuit of more than
4,600 miles, upwards of 3,000 of
which were through a savage wil
derness, remote from the abodes
of civilization. This long aud
hazardous expedition has been
completed in the short period of
three days less than six months,
and greatly redounds to the credit
of the distinguished scientific officer
by whom it was conducted, as well
as to his intelligent brother officers
and companions. It will also, no
doubt, add much to the stock of
knowledge of our northwestern ter
itory and its resources.
Philadelphia Paper.
A Daring attempt lo murder.
On Friday night, the 3d inst. an
attempt was made to murder Col.
Hartwell Tucker, High Sheriff of
Brunswick county, Va. by George
Elliott, a neighbour, for the pur
pose, as is supposed, of robbing
him of his money, as he had,at the
time, about 8,000 dollars, belong
ing to the public in his possession.
He came to die Colonel’s that eve
ning, apparently to pay a friendly
visit, and, after sitting till bed-time
was conducted up stairs to bed.—
The Colonel also soon after retired
to rest, in a chamber, below. About
midnight, when the Colonel was
asleep, Elliot entered his room,
and stabbed him in three places in
the left side. His life was saved
l>v the timely interference of his
faithful servant, who was in the kit
chen, and, hearing a noise, ran to
his master’s room, and seized Elli
ot, who gave him a severe stab in
the neck. Before other assistance
could be obtained, Elliot made his
escape, but was taken a few days
afterwards by two of the deputy
Sheriffs and a nephew of the Colo
nel’s, and is now lodged in Bruns
wick jail, awaiting his trial.
Daleigh Star.
Canal. —The survey of the Cum
berland and Oxford Canal in Maine
has been completed by Mr. Hutch
ison, an experienced Engineer from
the state of New”-York. Mr. Hutch
inson estimates the expense at
something short of a hundred and
thirty-eight thousand dollars. The
friends of the Canal will now, vve
trust, go forward with confidence
in this noble enterprise.
Portland Argus.
On Tuesday the 14th inst. was
celebrated in the village of Salina,
the opening of the junction of the
side cut from the Erie Canal with
the waters of the Onondaga Lake.
.V. V. .Mere. Adt'.
Norkidgewock, Me. Oct. 17. \
Shocking Accident. On Sun
day evening last, between the hours
of 8 and 9 o’clock, the dwelling
house of Mr. John Whitman, of
Milburn, was discovered to be on
fire; and awful to relate, all his
children (5 in number) perished in
the flames. The parents were from
home at an evening lecture. 1 is
supposed that the children retired
early to bed and were all insensible
of the danger that awaited them till
too late.
A letter from a lady in Paris, Onei
da county, (N. Y.) mentions, that
lour ladies had died near that place,
having been poisoned by a worm which
had been boiled in the ten kettle.—
Two of the ladies, died at the tea ta
ble—the other two the next morn
ing-
it dvitrcib
AloWvWm GnutUevvv,
H AVING removed their stock of
Goods from New Town, request
all those indebted to die firm to make
immediate payment to $. Rose, at this
Office, who is authorised to receive
the same.
Nov. 10. 35
tfafe TO LET,
convenient STORE-
Apply at this Office.
Nov. 19. 35
JS'OTi: LOST.
I HEREBY caution all persons
against trading for a Note of band
given by K. W. Horn to the subscri
ber, dated on or about the last of heb
ruary, 1823, and payable first Decem
ber, 1823, for the sum of thirteen dol
lars : I also forewarn the maker of said
note from paying the same to an} per
son except myself.
Z. HOLLOMAN.
Bibb County, Nov. It*, 1823. 2 v3.
ivimcu.
THE Copartnership of WTi.let,
Hchhahd, & Cos. is by agree
ment this day dissolved.
WM. T. HUBBARD,
ALFRED BKLDEN,
Twiggs Cos. Nov. 17, 1823. 3\v35
JVOTU’K
NINF. months after date applica
tion will be made to the Honora
ble the Inferior Court of Jefferson
county when sitting for Ordinary pur
poses for leave to sell the real estate
of John Whigham, late of said county,
deceased, for the benefit of the heirs
anil creditors of said dec’d.
ROB’T DONALDSON, Bx’r.
Nov. 19, 1823. 35*pm9m.
.'Administrator 1 * Sale.
XM7TLL he sold, on Thursday the
t T first day of January next, to
the highest bidder, at the house of
Young Allen, in Jefferson County,
Two JVepo Staves*, viz.
Willis, a man, and Refus, a boy, be
longing to the estate of Susannah Jor
dan, deceased.—Sold for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors of said dec’d.
and in conformity with an order of the
Court of Ordinary of said county.
Terms made known on the day of
Sale.
JOHN JORDAN, Adm’r.
Nov. Bth, 1823. 35tds.
JS> LOST BOY.
w, Came to the house of the
j subscriber,on Sunday night
ssmamLmmk last, a Negro Boy, aged
about G or 7 years: says his name is
OSDKN, that he belongs to widow
Kichen of Jones county, and that he
catne to this place on Sunday, with his
father, by whom he was left. The
owner is requested to pay charges and
take him away. j. STONE.
Fort Hawkins, Nov. 19. 35
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