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THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
VOL. I.
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1810.
No. 12.
PUBLISHED BY SEATON GRANTLAND,
i (PRINTER TO THE STATE,) ON JEF-
FERGON STREET, OPPOSITE THE
NORTH END OF THE STATE-HOUSE.
TERMS......TIIREE DOLLARS PER AN
NUM, ONE HALF TO BE PAID IN AD
VANCE.
ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE THANK
TULLY RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED
AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES.
be' brought to'the Superior or Inferi-jbe understood that a spirit of indus-
or courts in this state, an4 the ver-try does by no means pervade the ge-
dict of the jury shall be for a sum neral population ; the greatest num-
under thirty dollars, the defendantiber are extremely poor for want of
shall not be charged' with more costjindustry. The hunting life is here
than would have necessarily accrued, at an end ; but a prediction for the
provided said recovery had been be-hunter’s life pervades a great part of
tore a justice ot the peace; and the the Cherokees, and many are waiting .Austerlnz,
remainder of the court charges may,to hear whether the government will Mniesteaux
be retained out of the sum so reco- give them the necessary aid and en-!(; 0j ' nmci tc , j e
vered ; and if the verdict of the ju-|cOUragement to migrate to the west!p. ir u
' ftatog of <Scot0ia.
AN ACT
To regulate the rates of tavern li
cense in this state.
§ 1 BE it enacted by the Senate,
tmd House of Representatives of the
State of Georgia in General Assembly
Diet, and it is enacted by the authority
of the same, That from and after the
passing of this act, each person ob
taining tavern license, shall pay for
such license, the sum of five dollars,
any law to the contrary notwithstan
ding ; provided, nothing in this act
shall be construed to controul the
rates which now are, or may be es
tablished by the corporations ofSa
vunnah and Augusta, or any other
incorporated town in this state.
§ 2 And be it further enacted, Thai
any person on application, and com
The following is said to be an accu
rate list of the French fleet at Tou- far forgets himself and his station.
Ion, Genoa and Corfu, in the state as to be betrayed into undignified
tnd unavailing querulousncss.
in which they were in February
last.
Grand Napoleon, 140 guns building.
the ju-jc6Uragement to migrate
ry be not of sufficient amount, the side of the Mississippi.
plaintiff shall be bound to pay the
same ; provided, this act shall not
extend to, and govern cases where
the demand set forth in the declara
tion, shall be proven to exieed the
sum of thirty dollars. Provided\ no
standing this they have strong localj] <e Boreas
attachment to the place of their birth,fr/UTm *
and to the sepulchres of their fa- ! L e ]y jmi j je
thers. This being the case, to in-'f^, Hanibal'
duce great numbers to migrate, theylj^,. Dunawcit
must be excited by advances of such,j iC (> cnoa
thing herein contained shall extend kind as they need to establish them-Bralot,
to any case sounding in damages
BENJAMIN WHITAKER,
Speaker of the IIoufe of Represent.
HENRY MITCHELL,
President of the Senate.
Executive Department, Georgia,
Assented to,
12th December, 1809.
D. B. MITCHELL,Governor.
MISCELLANY.
The following view of the conditi
on of the Cherokees cannot fail ge
nerally to interest our readers, or to
... .afford peculiar gratification to the
plymg With this law, may have li- philanthropist. It confirms the most
cense to retail spirituous liquors, - 4
without being obliged to keep other
public entertainment ; provided, such
person shall give bond and sufficient
security to the Inferior court, in the
sum of five hundred dollars, to keep
an orderly house. And provided also,
that if they do keep a house of enter
tainment, they shall not be allowed
any other pay than agreeable to ta
vern rates.
BENJAMIN WHITAKER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
HENRY MITCHELL,
President of the Senate.
Executive Department, Georgia,
Assented to,
December 13th, 1809.
D. B. MITCHELL, Governor.
sanguine expectations that have been
entertained of ameliorating the lot
of the Aborigines of our country, &
must operate as a sufficient motive
to a strenuous perseverance in the
enlightened policy that has hitherto
characterised our conduct towards
them.—Nat. hit.
Letter from Return J. Meigs, Esq. to
the Secretary at War.
Highwassegarrison, 1st Dec. 1809.
Sir, I now transmit a General Sta
tistical Table for the Cherokee nati-
Paris
Notwith-lLe Robuste,
selves on the rivers mentioned ; viz.|j J *Aj aCc ; 0
anus, ammunition, beaver traps,i^,. SuiFerin
blankets, and some provision of the t c Magnani.ne,
bread kind, flour or corn ; com will rf 4roc Unknown
siut them best. After the first year,Itwo t} l .,,; a n«
they will want nothing of the govern-
ment, except a factory for Indian
trade, and a promise of protection by
the government. These things once
attained, and their attachment and
friendship is secured for ever—the}’
will be proud of being closely con
nected with the United States, by
whom they have been raised in im
provement far above the western In
dians.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
. Your obedient servant,
RETURN J. MEIGS.
IVWiam Eustis, Esq.
Secretary oflVar.
The document referred to in this
letter purports to be, “ A general
Statistical Table for the Cherokee
nation, exhibiting a view of their
population and of improvements in
the useful arts, and of their proper
ty acquired under the fostering hand
of government, which has principal
ly been done since the year 1796. n
It exhibits in detail the number of
on. This was attempted in 1806
having at that time the consent of Cherokee males and females, of hor
AN ACT
To compel the J ustices of the Peace
in this state, to keep a fair and re
gular book of entry.
$ 1. BE it enacted by the Senate
arul House of Representatives of the
state of Georgia, in General Assem
bly met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same, That from
and after the first day of March next,
it shall be the duty of each justice of
the peace in this state, to keep a fair
and legible book of entry of all civil
proceedings had before him, for the
recovery of debts, &c.
§ 2 And be it further enacted, That
in all cases where any justice of the
Peace in this state shall resign or re
move out the limits Of the district,
for which he shall have been appoint
cd, it shall be the duty of such jus
tice to deliver the said book, or a fair
copy thereof, to his successor in of
fice, withiu sixty days after he may
be commissioned, or deposit the
fiamc with the clerk of the Inferior
court.
BENJAMIN WHITAKER,
Speaker of the House of Representative*.
HENRY MITCHELL,
President of the Senate
Executive Department, Ceorgia,
Assented to,
13ih December, 1809.
D. B. MITCHELL, Governor.
130
1 nearly flt-
J ti ll Ollt,
120
Outer road.
120
Do.
84
Do.
64
Do.
84
Fitting.
84
Do.
84
Do.
84
Outer road.
84
Do.
84
Do.
84
l)o.
84
Do.
84
Do.
84
Do.
74
Do.
kingdom, ought to feel, when he so
It is too true, that the press in this
country is deplorably licentious; and
though you were cgregiously incor
rect when you made this circum
stance a ground of official complaint
to the executive, yet all temperate
Americans must deprecate the scan-'
dalous calumnies, that are daily pour
ed forth upon your nation, mission,
and person. But it is not the free
doms the press has taken with your
name, that have made it odioua in
America. That you may not return
impressed with a belief, in which it
is to lie lamented you came among
us, that party is the only index to o-
pinion in the United State*, or that
certain violent newspapers ate the
organs of the sentiments of the great
body of sober and reflecting people,
Eight frigates, including the Pro- J take the liberty of addressing you
corpine, 2 corvettes, and a number j n the language that is almost univer-
of brigs. jsally held, relative to this controvcr-
Geiioa—-One frigate, one schoon- s .Vi by those native and genuine A*
cr, one brig, building.
BURLINGTON PORK.
mcncans, who, with a natural and
decided preference for the English
nation, are at the same time alive to
th<- their own: and alwayw
Under date of Burlington, Deccm-' arc a t,' ke indignant at all foreign ag-
ber 1st, a gentleman gives the l°l*,gressions whatever. It may perhaps,
lowing particulars : (notwithstanding your patriotic Zeal,
I send you the weight of foil
r 'some what assuage vour disappoint-
very extraordinary hogs, that were ment, to know that by this respecta-
weighed alive this morning in the ble class your instructions arc more
tay-scales of this place. They were
littered in January, 1807, and are
blamed than your conduct; and it
is highly proper, that you should be
the property of Mr. Ellis Wright,|apprised of the independent and ho-
who has taken them to Philadelphia.j nor . l i J j e motives which govern them
ihe weight ot the largest is ,791 His. juncture.
Your nomination created some
suspicion and much clamor. Pe
remptorily refusing to ratify the terms
E roposed by one minister, after they
a “ ‘ “
of the second
of the third
of the fourth
AN ACT
To amend the twenty-sixth section
of the J udiciary law of this state.
Whereas a practice has been a
1 doptcd,‘aml now prevails in some-
parts of this state, of bringing
suits to the Superior and Interior
courts for debts which constitu
tionally are, and by law ought to
lie exclusively cognizable in the jus
tices’courts ; which practice is inju
rictus and oppressive on many ot the
(•good citizens of this state ; by sub
jecting them to more cost than was
contemplated by the constitution and
j uliciary laws ui this slate ; for re
medy whereof;
§ 1 BE it enacted by the Senate &' to
House cj Representatives of the state
of Ge orgiu, in General Assembly met,
and it is enacted l>u the authority of
the same, That where any suit shall
the late Secretary of war; but the
Cherokees having some unfounded
jealousy, that there was something
in tlit measure intended to take ad
vantage of them, and expressing
some reluctance to the measure, it
was postponed until the last year.
It has now been done with at much
accuracy as possible, by the interpre
ters. If there is any error, it has
probably arisen from a disposition in
some to report a less number of per
sons, and of live stock than they ac
tually have. The Cherokees on the
Arkansa and White rivers, are not
included in the table now transmit
ted ; it is estimated that there is a
bout 1000 including men, women and
children on the west side of the Mis
sissippi; tiny have also many cattle
and horses, some of them being very
wealthy.
The table now forwarded, doe* not
exhibit all their wealth ; they have no
inconsiderable quantity of cash in cir
culation, which they receive annually
for the sale of cattle and swine. In
1803 they had not a single perch of
waggon road in their whole country,
In that year they consented at the
request of the government to have a
road opened for a communication be
tween the states of Georgia and Ten
nessee. This road with its branches
was opened by those states and is a
bout 220 miles, on which they have
a turnpike; by agreement with the
government, for which they are bound
to keep the road in good condition
for carriages. Since finding the ad
vantages arising from roads, they
have at their own expence opened up
wards of three hundred miles of wag
gon road for communication between
East and West Tennessee. These
roads intersect the first mentioned
great road at different points, except
one road of 100 miles in length, o
pened by Doublehcad, commencing
at Eranklin county, Tennessee, and
runs to the Muscle Shoals, and it is
contemplated to be continued to the
navigable waters of Mobile. But to
effect this the interposition of the go
vernment will be necessary ; because,
from the Shoals to the navigable wa
tt rs of Mobile, the road must cross
lands claimed b) t ie Cherokees and
: Chickasaws.
Thus far, as exhibited by the Sta
tistical Table, have the Cherokees
prospered by the pastoral life and by
domestic manufactures; but it must
black cattle, sheep, swine, spin
ning wheels, looms, waggons,ploughs,
grist mills, saw mills, saltpetre works,
powder mills, silver smiths, schools,
white people and negro slaves in each
town, village and plantation, amount
ing to one hundred and thirty-five.
It is scarcely practicable in a news
paper to present in its details such
u comprehensive table ; and almost
every useful purpose will be attain
ed by the following condensed view
of its contents.
Number of Cherokee males 6,11G
do. females 6,279
Total 3031
The size of the largest is as
lows :
Height,
Length from the
end of the snout
to the root of
the tad,
Round the girth,
The others are
fob
3 feet 8 inches.
9 1-2 feet.
3 feet 8 inches,
nearly the sa
Tflcse form part of a litter of 18,
partly of the English and partly of
the Guinea breed. Four or five o!
die litter were killed at 11 mohhts
old, and weighed near 400 each.—
The bow when 1'ati lied and killed
Horses
6,519
Black cattle
19,165
Sheep
1,037
Swine
19,778
Spinning wheels
Looms
1,572
429
Waggons
30
Ploughs
567
Grist Mills
13
Sawmills
3
Salt petre works
2
Powder mills
1
Silver-smiths
49
Schools
5
Children at school 94
White people
341
Negro slaves
583
whether he
next season.
A considerable number of the white
men are married to Cherokee women,
others are employed as croppers tor
the Cherokees.
Col. Ore, who carries on the ma
king of salt Saltpetre at this town
(Ntckajack) told me last year, that
he had made in five years upwards
shall kill them before
If In? does not thev
will average 1000 lbs.
From Relf's Philadelphia Gazette.
TO FRANCIs“jAMES JACK-
SON, ESQ. Ex-Embassador front
His Britannic Majesty to the Uni
ted States of America.
Sir—In the first moments of that
perturbation, from which the most ac
complished diplomatist cannot at ail
times be exempt, and into which e
ven a person of your experience
may be excused for falling, on the
sudden occurrence of a crisis so un
expected and embarrassing, as your
late discomfiture, you were indiscreet
enough to alledge the constitutional
liberty of the press in this country,
as a charge against the executive go
of 60,000 pounds of Salt petre, ajvernment, which your complaint im-
considerable part of which he uscd plics that department might correct
in the making of powder
An estimate cj' the principal articles,
their value, viz.
1037 sheep at 82 —
19778 swine at 82 —
13 grist mills at 8260 —
3 saw mills at 8500 —
30 waggons at 840
Dollars 571,500
This property has been acquired
by the Cherokees within a few years.
Thomas Jefferson, late President
of the United States, was on the 18th
of Sept, last, elected a member of the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts at
W iirsaw.—‘National Intelligencer.
ad been accepted & effectuated on
our part; recalling & disgracing that
minister, and appointing another who
had been used to treat with fleets at
his heels, were not indications of a
verv friendly disposition on the part
of England. Notwithstanding these
omens, the mass of the American na
tion prepared to accredit yoil as one
of the most distinguished members
of that corps, which, in the states of
Europe, is as regularly trained, for
med and distributed, as armies and
navies—aware that you were vet
reeking from the discharge of a most
detestable duty at Copenhagen, hut
. . , . , . . hoping that vour employment on so*
weig xn about 250 and the male was vera j suc h exigencies was, father id
very small. I 1 rum the great size ofj fJ|( . amrH4 . 0 f your Vocation than
optional, and that the fame of such
achievements, preceding you here,
would have the effect rather to soft
en than aggravate your tone—and
with nn honest confidence, trusting
that you were selected lor your sit*
perior talents and vetcrati skill, and
coming to negociate, if not to con*
elude, an accommodation. The A*
inericans are a simple, peace loving
people, little versed in diplomatic so
phistry. Peace and plain dealing art
emphatically their policy, inasmuch
as one is the source, the other the on
ly safeguard of their prosperity.
Whatever therefore was declared by
a few unimportant individuals of the
insolence an. I bad faith upon which
your embassy was grounded, the
government, with a large majority of
the country, were disposed to re
ceive you with hospitality, and anx
iously desirous that your terms
might be tolerably amicable, and
your tone tolerably decent.-*—With
such terms aiul such a tone there
was a temper to be satisfied ; anil it
is notorious that the belief was very
general, of your having entered up
on discussions, which promised an
arrangement. After indulging a few
weeks in these flattering expectations,
it was understood with amazement,
and regret, anil indignation, that you
came three thousand miles, with a
magnificent appointment, without au*
thority to adjust any one point in
dispute, and with orders to couch
vour communications in the most
mperious, and offensive style of the
new phraseology of diplomatic cor*
respomlence. You came, as yotl
have yourself declared to our goven*
ment, expressly to do nothing : and
m doing that nothing, you assumed
a tone of contempt and defiance.- . —
Under such circumstances, you
ohould not be curprised thju i; ^
You should have recollected, that
when an ambassador is most iliscon
certed, he ought to appear the least
6519 horses at 830 each 195,570 disturbed ; that by the law of the land
19165 black cattle at Sb each 153,320 the executive cannot interfere with
2,074lthe press, and that when the first con
39,550{sul of France, with whose annals you
3,380havc such especial reason for being
1,500 familiar, laid a similar grievance be
l,20o'fore the British ministry, he was
583 negro slaves at 8300 174,90o!told that the courts of justice were
— —. the only means known to the law for
punishing such offences, that Peltier
was convicted by a jury, and sen
tenced by my Lord Ellenborough,
not by Mr. Addington or the King.
These things you should have known,
for they would have saved you the
mortification, which every man, par
ticularly the envoy exlraordinar)
and. plenipotentiary from it migtuy