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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. _ ■ Le the honor to be, with dts -1 .; s hccl consideration sir, your E? ■r nE ou MhTproviional Govern - mentjif the Greeks, London. < I ill ■ c _ WZ i7.\1751,A V. 1 ‘ v II ■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.