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K I • nnd commercial relations,
fehem, suited to the mutual in
■‘ of the two countries and to
■T r 'nizWith special satisfaction
Ehconstituted state in the char*
■,.r of a sister republic. _
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■J | n S BOOTH hus been appointed In- ; ;
■ GEO. B. WARDLAW Marshal,! ]
(J . va of Macon, by the Coinnussioneri.
HF. Greeks.— Every paper from
■ North brings us accounts of meet
■‘ resolutions, See. in favor of the
■ cities, committees have been ap
jKitcd to receive donations, and it
■cars, from accounts published, that
I® appeals to the sympathies of our ,
■zeus have not been made in vain.
H circular letter in their behalf has
■u addressed bv the students of the
■eolo'pcal Seminary at Andover,
■;i the colleges in the Union. It is
IKicd bv 19 young gentlemen, who
■resent twelve different colleges.
■]he following are among the dona-
IH,; to the New-York committee,
in the papers.
ffHCollectipii taken up in the Metho
■t church in John-st. N. York, Bli 3.
Bniin the Union Hall academy,Sso.
a School, g 65.
jH'hc profits of two days work from
Durkin, hairdresser g 14 50.
the servants of the City ho
■ 814 50.
HFrom Col. Rutgers, g 100.
students of Columbia cul
■e, 8 291.
Peter Smith and his son, of
co. ('received by letter,)glOO.
in the Episcopal church
■ Utica, 880. — In the Presbyterian
■ ali. 8101.
Hu many other places collections
been, and are to be made in the
■'l'he managei sos the Albany theatre
SjHve offered the proceeds ol one
performance.
committees appointed to re-
donations from the citizens of
|BiTei)t places liave not reported, hut
■ understood that considerable sums
■< I,arising and others have offered
personal services to the New-
committee to navigate a vessel
H COMMUNICATED.
Editors. — Ihe commis-
ol the Town of Macon hav-
IH; met and enacted many ordi-
wellbeing and good
|Hder of the Tow n, w e u ould beg
through the medium of your
er.to recommend to them what,
■ suppose, to be a lit subject of
and one which we pre-
has escaped them—it is, (to
the common phrase,)old Bach-
Htrs. They are certainly,as useless
■ society as any class ot people
■t taxed by the laws of the State;
■<l as this plate and its vicinity,!
hurthened with an unusual mim-
■ r of these ribless beings, we
■Hoi’ld recommend to the Corpora
to tax them in sucli a manner
■H would compel them to join
by w t-illock’s holy hand
Hlsome umvedded lair one. Speak
■’ °1 this reminds us of a few
es Wc have heretofore seen on
subject, containing, as we think
to rid society of such useless
H, n S s ’ aud at the same time, ensur-
the blissful char m s ol the “ holy
of matrimony” to many an
virgin, who would
compelled to drink the
l jJ s the bitter cup ot eternal ce
;‘cv.— We think the plan might
■H’ vantage be adopted by the
we therefore re-
■ mmeild it to their serious consid
** k^rt ‘ un ’ in the midst ot ny slum
■iu Li , [numbers ;
♦ a 1 ( ‘ rr mrd it whs coined into
yji*. *i 1 ruw in sucli beautiful uietre,
■ v “ lneve( heart! any poetry sweeter.
M | lm j' eeni that u law bud been recently
riv , fluid;
■•tin ordp?. J ,? I nc, ‘ t,|lor *’ pates should be
them willing to iiim ry,
* urye us u iiiuii could well curry.
use,^ e ' <,rS K 1 umbled and ‘(were no
■ on> trous injujitice and horrid abuse ,
And declared that to ave their own heart’s
biood trom spilling,
Os such u vile tux thay w ould ne’er pay a shil
ling. J
but the rulers determined their scheme to pur
sue, r
So they set the Old Bachelors up at Vendue :
A cner whs sent through the town to and fro,
lo rattle hi.s bell and his trumpet to blow—
And to hand out to all he might meet on the’
wav,
Ho ‘. lorty Old Bachelors sold here to day •
And presently all the old maids in the town,
r.uch one in her very best bonnet and gown :
1 lom thirty to sixty, fair, plain, red and pale,
Ot every description, all flock’d to the sale.
1 he auctioneer then in his labor began
And called out aloud a? he held up a man,
Ho.v much lor a Bachelor—who wants to ■
buy ?”
In a twink every maiden responded, “ I,” “ I.”
!u short, at a very extravagant price,
The Bachelors all’ were sold off in a trice ;
And forty old maidens, some younger kome ‘
older, ‘ j
Lack lugged an Old Bachelor home on her
shoulder.”
And now, gentlemen Bachelors,!
wishing that you ma) ere long see
the “ error of your ways” and enter;
into tbe blissful state of matrimony,!
and enjoy its usually comcomitant
happiness,
We remain your most obedient
servants. Calebs & Cos.
ORDINANCES
FOR THE INTERNAL GOVERNMENT OF
THE TOWN OF
MACON.
§ 1* Be it ordained by the Commis
sioners of the town of Macon, That
all persons who have, or may establish
a brick-yard, within the corporate lim
its of said town,to make brick for sale,
shall obtain trom the secretary of the
board, a license for such privilege, to
expire at the end of every year ; and j
shall each pay in advance therefor, the I
sum of thirty dollars ; and on refusal
or failing to do so, within ten days af
ter being called on by the marshal,they
shall be severally subject to a tiue of
on* hundred dollars.
, §2. And be it further ordained, That
a tax of ten dollars shall be imposed
on all shosvmen or jugglers, who shall
perform or exhibit for public amuse-!
ment, aid charge therefor, for every •
night they so perform or exhibit.— i
Twenty dollars a week on all collec-!
tions of wax figures. len dollars a
wpek on every elephant, tiger, camel, [
lion, Butlhloe, or other large animal.
On every monkey, baboon, bear, or;
other small animal, five dollars—anti, !
on every fowl three dollars.
§ 3. Be it further ordained, That
any person who shail build a fire!
(whether for kiln-drying plank, or for
other purposes) near any dwelling or 1
out house, where danger can be appre- j
hended, shall, if a wlute person, forfeit
and pay a sum not exceeding ten dol-j
lars for each day he or she shall con-;
tinue a ire at the same place,after ha
ving been notified bv the Marshal or !
any member of the board ; and if a
slave, the owner or employer shall be
fined a like sum, after like notification
to said owner or employer; and if a
free person of color, shall pay the
like sum, after a like notification ; and
in case he be unable to pay said sum,
lie or she shall receive thirty-nine
lashes for each and every offence.
§ 4. Be it further ordained, That
any person who shall be found in the
streets or elsewhere, after dark, car
rying lire, except the same be so con
fined that no possible danger can at
tend it, shall, if a w hite person, pay a
fine ot five dollars : and it a person of
colour, shall receive not exceeding
thirty nine lashes, by order of any
member of the boju and.
§ 5. Be it further ordained, That
a fine of one dollar per day be impos
ed on the owner ol every horse or mule
running at large in the inhabited part
! of the town ; and it shall be the duty
of the Marshal, upon the request of
any white inhabitant of this town, to
take up and secure every such horse
or mule, till said fine and all expenses
incurred in the collection thereof, (if
anv) be paid.
§ 6. Be it further ordained, That
every person planting trees in front ol
any lot, snail plant them at the dis
tance of twelve feet trom the edge ot
the street.
§ 7. Be it further ordained, That
in the absence of any officer of the
board, his duty may be performed by a
i deputy : Provided, he shall be appro
. veil of by the board ; the principal to
be accountable to the board for the
. official conduct of said deputy.
§ 8. Be it further ordained, That
’ if any retailer or retailers of spiritu
ous liquors shall sell or retail on Sun
day, or after 10 o’clock at night at any
time, any fermented or spirituous li
quors, or who shall keep open doors
■ or windows of their shops, (public inn
’ keepers excepteii)shall lorleit and pay
’ on information and proof thereot to
anv member of the board, the sum of
five doll at s, and for every succeeding
; like offence, the sum of ten dollars.
5 §9.Be it further ordained, That
if any retailer of spirituous or fer
mented liquors, or any other person,
’ (public inn-kcepers excepted,) siiah
suffer any person to tipple or drink
in his, her or their house, or on his,
her, or their lor, on the sabbath day,
he, she, or they shall pay the sum of
five dollars for every such offence.
§ 10. Be it further ordained, That
it any person shall suffer anv negro or
person of color to gamble or plav at
any game for money, or other items,
in his, her, or their house, or anv buil
ding appertaining or belonging to the
same, under the immediate coutrol, or
on his, her or their lot, he, she, or they
shall forfeit and pay for every such of
fence the sum of ten dollars.
§ 11. Be it further ordained, That
if any person or persons shall barter
or buy from any slave or slaves, any
corn fodder, cotton tobacco, wheat,
rye, oats, rice or poultry of any de
scription whatever, or any other arti
cle, commodity, or thing, (except slclt
as are hereinafter enumerated,to wit:
brooms, baskets, foot and bed mats,
shuck-collara, and such other thing or
things, article or articles,as are known
to be manufactured or vended by
slaves for their own use only) without
a ticket, authorising such slave or
slaves to dispose of said articles,which
ticket, such person so trading, is, and
are lieieby required to keep for his,
her, or their only justification, specify
ing the amount or quantity so intend
ed to be disposed of, trom his, her or -
their owner, overseer, or employer ;
such pets nor persons so offending,
shall, on information and conviction of
the same, before the Intendaut or any
two members of the board, be fined in
a sum not exceeding ten dollars.
§ 12 Be it further ordained, That
it may be lawful for any citizen to
take, from any slave who has no per
mit, any article which he may offer
for sale, and is prohibited by this or
dinance from selling without a permit,
and notify the Marshal of the same, j
whose duty it shail be to receive and
advertise the same,at any public place
for ten days, and if no owner applies
for the same, it shall be sold, and the
money placed in the treasury of the j
the Corporation : Provided always, j
that nothing in this section shall be so i
construed, as to prevent the Marshal |
from selling, immediately, any provis-1
ion ot other article that would not
keep, and placing the nett proceeds in
the Treasure unless called for by the
ow ner within ten days.
§ 13. Be it further ordained, That
every free person of color, and every j
slave living apart from his or her mas- j
tor, shall have a guardian, who i* ei-!
ther case, shall turmsh the Secretary j
of the corporation, under the penalty !
of fifty dollars, with a description of
; said ward.apd shail be responsible for
the conduct of said person of color, or
slave according to tlwe ordinances of
, this town. The Secretar)- to receive
| in all cases, one dollar sot his trouble
in making a record thereof.
§ 14. Be it further ordained, That
■ any person who shall be guilty of put
ting into any pump, any piece ot brick
or other substance whatever, so as to
i prevent the free use thereof, or who
, shall place or cause to be placed near
1 any well, any barrel or other vessel ol
cooper’s ware, or who shall wash or
note any cloths, vegetables or other
j articles whatsoever, within the space
of twenty feet of any such well,or any
of the public springs, or the railing
; thereof, (if anv) or who shall be guilty
!of any filthy or indecent conduct
’ within or near said well or spring, cal
culated to affect the same, shall, il a
white person, pay a sum not exceed
-1 ing ten dollars ; and if a person of co
lor, shall receive not exceedingtwen
i ty lashes, unless his or her owner will
pay the above fine ; and any person
who shall place, or cause to be placed
within the streets or elsewhere, any
nuisance, shall,for every such offence,
j if a white person, pay a sum not ex
ceeding five dollars ; and it a person
of color, shall receive not exceeding
twenty lashes, or pay said fine.
§ 15. Be it further ordained, That
any white person who shall be guilty
of running a horse, or otherwise riding!
in a disorderly manner along the j
streets of said town, at any time, shall
pay a fine not evceeding five dollars,
and if a person of color, shall receive
on the bare back twenty-five lashes for
the first, and thirty-nine lashes for ev-j
ery subsequent like offence, unless the j
owner will pay the fine imposed on a
white person guilty of such conduct.
§ 16. Be it further ordained, That
any person who shall fire a gun, blun-.
derbuss.or pistol, in any inhabited part
of the town, on any day except on mi-;
litary parades or in case of necessity,
to be judged of by the board, shall, tor
the the first offence, forfeit and pay a
sum not exceeding five dollars, and
for every succeeding offenee,a sum not
exceeding ten dollars.
§ 17. Beit further ordained, That
every white person against whom any
information is exhibited, unless other
wise specially directed in this ordi
nance, shall be summoned by note in
writing, served upon him or her,or left
.it his, her, or their usual place of
abode, by the Marshal, one day at
least before the meeting of the board,
to appear before them to answer the
charge; and if upon such summons!
the party shall refuse or neglect to
appear, or render a sufficient excuse,
for his or her nun-appearance, such
refusal or neglect shall be deemed
and taken as a confession and ac
knowledgement of the charge; and
the subsequent proceedings shall be
the same as in other cases of convic
tion ; and any person having been
summoned by th# Marshal t attend
as a witness in any case which may
come before the board, and who shall
refuse or neglect to attend or to ren
der a sufficient excuse for their non
attendance, shall forfeit and pay a sum
not exceeding ten dollars.
§ 18. Be it further ordained, That
all weights for weighing any article
of produce or merchandize, shall be
of the avoirdnpoise standard weights;
and alt measures for liquors, whether
of wine or ardent spirits, shall be of
the wiire measure standard ; and all
measures for grain, salt, or other ar
ticles usually sold by the bushel, shall
be of the dry or Winchester measure
standard ; and all measures kept for
the purpose of measuring cloths, lin
nens, or any other merchandize usu
ally sold by the yard, shall be of the
long measure or English yard stan
dard.
§ 19. Be it further ordained, That
so soon as proper standards of the
aforesaid weights and measures can be ;
obtained by the Marshal, and appro
ved of by this board for that purpose,
it shall be the duty of the Marshal to
go round to the trading houses and
shops of all merchants, shop keepers,
and retailers, within the corporate
limits of said town, who buy or sell,
either by weight ®r measure, or by
both, and carry with him the corpora
tion standards, both of weights and
measures, and weigh and balance all
such weights as may be kept for the
purpose of using, either for buying or
selling by, and also to measure by the
said corporation standard, whether
liquid, dry, or long, all such measures
as may be kept for tbe purpose of
buying or selling by, and all such
weights and measures as shall be
found to agree precisely with the cor
poration standards, and not hitherto
stamped, shall be stamped by the
Marshal, and the owner or owners of
such weights or measures, or the per
son who may have them in use shall
pay the Marshal the sum of two cents
for every weight or measure he shall
stamp with the stamp of the corpora
! tion, and any person, either merchant,
jshop keeper, or retailer, w ho shall re
! fuse, upon application made by the
Marshal for that purpose, to have all
their weights and measures which
are kept for use, tried by the standard
and stamped, or shall refuse to admit
him peaceably to perform the duties
required of him by tins ordinance, or
shall refuse to pay him the sum requir
ed liy this ordnance for his trouble in
measuring and stamping, or shall use
any threats or menaces in order to de
ter the said Marshal from doing his
duty effectually as herein pointed out;
any person so offending, shall be fined
ten dollars for the first, and twenty
dollars for every subsequent offence
§ 20. Be it further ordained, That
if any merchant, shop keeper, retailer,
or any other person, shall, after the
first day of July next, sell by any
weight or measure, which shall not
have the stamp of the corporation
thereon, fairly and properly made by
the Marshal as aforesaid, such person
or persons so offending, shall forfeit
and pay a sun* not exceeding five
dollars for the first, and ten dollars
for every subsequent like offence.
§ 21. Be it further ordained, That
if any person shall make a..y counter
feit resemblance of the corporation
stamp, on any weight or measure, for
the purpose of defrauding the said
corporation, or any individual there
by, he, she, or they so offending, shall,
on conviction thereof before the Inten
dant or any two members of the board,
be fined in a sum not exceeding twen
!ty dollars,one half to the informer, and
i the other half to become a part of the
! corporation funds.
§ 22. Be it further ordained, That
it shall not be lawful for any person
or persons to retail any spirituous or
fermented liquors by a smaller quan
! tity than one gallon, or receive pay
for any liquors that may be drank in
! his, her, or their houses or shops, in a
j smaller quantity than one gallon,
without first obtaining a town license
;so to do, and all retailers wishing to
sell by a smaller quantity than one
gallon,may,on application to the secre
tary,and faying the sum of ten dollars,
I receive from him a license for that
purpose, and all license granted by
the secratary of this board, shall be
so made a9 tw expire on the second
Monday in January, in every year ;
Providtd always, That the sec
retary shall receive from the par
ty so applying for a license, the sunt
of one dollar on every such license so
granted by him, and that lie shall pay
over all such sums of money as he
may receive for town license, to the
treasurer of this board, within thirty
days after the receipt thereof, under
the penalty of forfeiting double the
amount for neglecting so to do.
§ 23. Be it further ordained, That
any retailer or othe r person, who shall
sell or receive pay for any spirituous
or fermented liquors, in a smaller
quantity than one gallon, who shall
neglect ot refuse to take a license in
term of this ordinance, shall tor the
first offence be fined in a sum not ex
ceeding thirty dollars, and in the sum
of ten dollars for every subsequent
like offence, and every act of selling
tby the party so offending, shall be
considered a repetition of the offence j
one half of the said fines to go to the
informer, and the other to the cor
poration.
§ 24. Be it further orcTained, That
if any person shall sell or attempt to
sell any goods, wares,or merchandize,
or any other property whatsoever, as
vendue master, or at public auction,
within the corporate limits of this
town, without having first obtained a
license from the secretary, he shall
forfeit and pay for every sale or at
tempt to sell, the sum of two hundred
dollars, to be recovered of him on. in
formation and proof before the Inten
dant or any two members of the board
and to he applied, one half to the use
of the corporation, and the other half
to the person giving information and
proving the same : Provided always,
that nothing contained in this section
shall be construed as to extend to sales
made by lawful officers, undvr execu
tions issuing from the proper authority
or to sales made by or undei the au
thority of executors, administrators or
guardians.
§ 25. Be itjurther ordained, That
if any person shall refuge to pay a fine
together with the legal costs, on ap
plication made by the Marshal for that
purpose, the Intendant, or in his ab
sence the Intendant pro tern mav is
sue his warrant of distress or wnt of
execution directed to the Marshal,
authorisi ig and commanding him to
seize upon the goods and chattels of
such person or persons, or so much
thereof as shall be sufficient to dis
charge such fine and costs ; and the
said Marshal shall levy such execu
tion upon the effects of such offender
or offenders, and after advertising the
same fifteen days at some public
place, shall sell and dispose of the
same to the highest bidder, paying the
overplus of money arising from such
sales (if any) to the owner of the
goods thus seized.
§ 26. Be it further ordained, That
it shall not be lawful for any person
to bathe in the Ocmulgee river within
the corporate limits of this town, un
less it be after the hour o! eight o’clock
in the evening under peualty ot five
dollars.
( The remainder of the Ordinances will
be published next week.),
vi ,.\usi\.u;s
OX Tuesday the 27th inst. at the
iiouse of ( 01. Booth,at 10 o’clock
A. M. will be rented to the, highest
bidder, all the HOUSES on the Com
mon, having as much as two acres of
Cleared Land attached to them.—
Also—all Houses on unsold lots and
all Cleared Lots within the corporate
limits ot Macon.
GEO. B. WARDLAW, Marshal.
Macon Jan. 21 1824. 44.
ALL the land belonging to the es
tate of V\ illiam W. Dawson, de
ceased, will be sold at the place of
holding court in the town of Macon,
on the first Saturday in April next.—
This land lies a few miles below the
Reserve, on the Ocmulgee river, and
persons w tshisg to establish a perma
nent interest in the town of Macon,
i would do well to attend the sale. A
credit will be given until the 25th De
cember next, and good security requi
red. There are two squares of oak
ar.d hickory land, with one hundred
and fifty acres cleared—one square of
pine land with forty acres cleared,and
one square of Ocmulgee low grounds
with forty acres cleared, with a good
framed dwelling house and other buil
dings on the pine tract.
All the above tracts are adjoining,
and would make a fine settlement.
Sold by order of the Court of Or
dinary.
Charles Bullock, Adm’r ? debo-
Martha B. Dawson, Adm’x $ nis non
Jan. 21, 1824. tds44
Eost or MisVaid,
BY the subscriber, a Note of hand given by
Kinchen Curl to Sumner Stone or beuier,
) ami dated tbe 2d -Muy 1824 —The finder is re
! quested to leave it at this Office, or at the Ma-
I con Hotel, and tbe maker is requested to pay
I it to no one but myself. J. P. BOOTH.
| Mncon Jan 20 1824. 44_
j b oorgia—W\bb Couyvln
AQUILLA BLAKELY
,Ml toles before John B. Grace
Esq. Capt. Eldri Ige's dis
trict, a bright bay mare five feet one
inch high, no marks or brands percei
ivable—about eight or nine years old,
appraised to sixty dollars, about the
10th December 1823.
1 CHARLES INGRAM, c.i. c.