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THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
VOL. I.
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, JANUARY
IS 10.
No. 13.
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(l'RINTT.R TO THE STATE,) ON JEF-
FERflON STRF.F.T, OPPOSITE THE
NORTH End OF THE STATE-HOUSE.
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. NUM, ONE HALF TO BE PAID IN AD
VANCE.
ADVERTISEMENTS WILL Bl! THANK
FULLY RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED
AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES.
’ misaioncrs are hereby authorised, to
a a ims of tOTCHtL out to the.lowest bidder, altar gi
' y vi
irt£, thirty clays public notice in om
jof the Gazettes, and at three or mure
ther of those two great powers, which
for years have kept her in arms
when we do this, we bid a solem
adieu to republican institutions. W*
have on the other hand to give ir
only the luxuries of other nations Foi
the sweets of independence and self-
government. The people who could
not do it with tne country and re-
a&erifF*
WILL BE SOLD on the first Tues
in February next, in Laurens county,
between the usual hours,
AN 4CT
To divide the county of Wilkinson, public places in the county ; and all
and to form one other new coun- the overplus, if any, considered as
tv. belonging to the county funds,'
i t BE it enacted by the Senate) A And be it further enacted,Xbzx.
and House of Pip reserikithes of /Ar aU officer *» civil and military, shall
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met,
That
be divided and formed into two new such division had not taken place, Jantic states, who are exposed to
counties, in the following manner,: and that thc county of Twiggs shall feel more severely the privation o»
that is to say ; beginning on thc Oc- at h'-“ r own expence run, and pbunlyjcQmmeree, appear to have become
mulgee river, where the upper linelj} 1111 * dividing line as hereto-
of said county of Wilkinson strikes, 01 e P°' nt °d out ; and whereas the
_• .i i*i Irmintv nl Wibincnn hnvi*
tnd Nome of HBpreseriMOvrs of 1 » ‘ vuu v v “" y
^tateofGeorgia in General Ass'embhf oXd md en j°> r their respective ap- sources we possess, are unv/orthy
net, and by the authority of the same, pomtments, m winch ever county the divine birth-right of lrecuom.
that the county of Wilkinson shall the y mav as ,Llll y as though|Our brethren of the Eastern and At-
Three Hoi ’ses, v
levied on as the property of Francis die river, thence on the said uppcrj count Y ot Wdxinson have employed
Holton, to satisfy an execution in line of said county where the samej mcnto ® court-house m said
isfy
favour of Thomas M’Griff.—-Condi
tions Cash.
January 4, 18e)9.
11-
crpsses the main south fork of Com- c°nnt\, which will be rendered use
less by this division :
§ 6 Be it enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Inferior court in
■ach county is hereby authorised
missioners Creek, thence a straight
Isaac Ktrsey, Sheriff.f ,m: to tae first branch which the
tds !P resent une crosses, dividing Pulas
ki and Wilkinson, on a south west
SCHOOL.
Having declined teaching school,
I take the liberty of recommending
to mv former employers, and others,
Mr. CHRISTOPHER RANKIN ;
w ho comes highly recommended for
his steadiness, sobriety, morality, and
abilities, from the President and
Professors of Jefferson College in
Pennsylvania ; also by other gentle
men ot the first respectability of said
state, as well as of Virginia. And
from my personal knowledge of him,
if my judgment of his abilities de
serve any regard, I most cheerfully,
and gladly recommend him. He
has commenced in Milledgeville,
where he will teach English Gram
mar, Latin, Greek, Mathematics,
Geography, anti the other arts and
sciences, as far as can be, without Ap
paratus, at the usual prices. Board
Can be hud at this place on reasonable
terms.
John H. Posey.
January 9.11—tl
P. Menard,
Has lately established the
BAKING BUSINESS
at his house in Franklin street, and
tvill be happy to supply the public
with any article in that branch.
Just Received,
AND FOR SALE,
Fresh Philadelphia Porter,
Playing Cards,
Snuff,
Tumblers, and
£0,000 American Segars, best
quality.
Almonds,
Raisins, per box.
Herrings do.
Salt,
N ails,
Cheese,
Cotton Bagging,
Fresh Mustard,
Gin.
January 2. 10-
Wiliiam Worsham
Respectfully informs his distant
friends, that he continues to keep a
House of Entertainment
on the main road leading from Geor
gia (by Danville) to Richmond and
Petersburg in Virginia, and about a
.quarter of a mile below Prince Ed-
* ward Court-House ; where lie will
accommodate travellers in the most
genteel and comfortable manner, and
at a moderate price. His stables are
well provided with provender, and
direction from the corner that di
vides Laurens and Pulaski counties
and lower line of Wilkinson, thence
with said line as it now runs, until it
strikes the Ocmulgee river, thence
up the meanders thereof to the place
ot begiuing on said river ; anti all
that part ot Wilkinson coaatv, com
prehended within the lines aforesaid,
shall form anew county to be known
iy the name of Twiggs, and that all
the remaining part of said count}
shall form cue other new county to
be known by the name of Wilkin
son.
$ 2 And be it farther enacted, That
the Justices of the Inferior court al
ready commissioned, and hereafter
to be appointed for said counties,
shall be vested with full power and
authority to fix on, and purchase for
the county of Twiggs for county u-
ses, a tract of land not less than one
hundred, or more than two hundred
two and a half acres, at the most
convenient place within the said
county, for the site of public build
ings, which shall be at thc centre or
within two miles thereof ; at which
place, the courts and" elections shall
be held, as soon as suitable buildings
are erected thereat, and the said
commissioners or a majority of them,
are hereby authorised and empow
ered to contract with a fit and pro
per person or persons, for the pur
pose of building a court house and
jail in said county, at such place as
is made choice of as the site of pub
lic buildings, after giving at least
thirty days notice in sonic one of the
public gazettes of this state, and a
three or more public places in th
county ; provided nevertheless, that
until the court-house shall be com
pleted, the elections and courts tor
said county shall be held at such
place as the Inferior courts respec
tively shall point out, until the pub
lic buildings shall be completed.
§ 3 And be it farther enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the justi
ces of the Interior court, or a niajo-
, t frity of them, for the county of
Twiggs, be, and they are hereby au
thorised to lay off out of such land
as may lie purchased for the county
use, such number of lots as they, or a
majority of them, may think proper,
anti sell on twelve months credit,
taking bond and good personal secu
rity, to said court and their succes
sors in office, for the amount of such
sales, which nett proceeds is hereby
appropriated to the defraying theex-
pences of erecting the public build
ing in said county, and to other
county demands as are common.
and required to levy an extra tax in
proportion to their respective taxes,
to compensate the undertaker of
laid court-house, and that the house
shall be sold for the mutual interest
ot each county by the courts thereof.
§ 7 And be it farther enacted by the
lUthcrity aforesaid, .That that lot of
land in the twenty-sixth district of
Wilkinson county, number one hun
dred and eleven, conveyed by Samu
el Dick to thc county aforesaid, is
Hereby declared to be vested in said
Dick, Ills heirs 3c assigns, on his re
binding to said county, whatever
sum or sums she may have advanced
to him in consideration thereof.
§ 8 lie it enaet d by the authority
aforesaid, That all the pubic records
of Wilkinson county shall remain
and belong to the county of Wilkin
son.
BENJAMIN WHITAKER,
Speaker of die Home of Representatives
HENRY MITCHELL,
President of the Senate
Executive Department, Georgia,
Assented to
December 14th, 1809.
D. B. MITCHELL Governor.
convinced of the maxim, that oni
step of humiliation prepares the war
for another ; and that it is better to
submit to what nnv prove only a-
temporary inconvenience than to last
ing and disgraceful imposition. For
I rejoice to inform you that nmid all
the difficulties which surround the
administration of the general govern
ment, its friends in several sta
have lately increased the former great
lorn. Smith was by nature endow
’d with personal graces, that inte
rest the f male. He mingled feei
ng with heroism, and his countenacc
vas an index of his soul. Pocahon-
\s had never before beheld such a ,
lumivi being, and her heart yielded
homage to the empire of love. In
he first interview rfhe looked as she
felt, and like Dido, hung entranced
on the f .cj and lips of the gallant
man.
An interesting occurrence soon af
forded an oppoBtunity- of exhibiting
h r affections. Powhatan and his
council of Sachems had resolved on .
the diath ofSmith. A huge stone was
rolled before the assembled chiefs.
Smith was produced, and the execu
tioners with knotty clubs surrgund-
cl him. The moment of his fate
had arrived ; his head was laid up
on the rock, and the arms of cruelty
were raised ! At this moment Poca-
lontas darted through the band of
warriors; she placed her cheek ttn
najority. And surely it cannot but Smith’s and the same blow would
be distressing to every friend to his
country, to see an Amcricah citizen
become the apologist of any nation
alio violates our plainest rights.
I'he sta'o of agriculture and home
m mufactures appears to he fast pro-
grcising in improvement through-
)ut the union, and it. is pleasing to
find that our state bids fair to hold
no inconsiderable rank in the scale.
In several states legislative patro
nage, in the establishment of agri
cultural and munuf.tcturing societies,
has been afforded, and it were much
lobe desired that institutions of a
imilar nature could take their rise
here. These may be said to gene
rate and cherish the life’s blood of a
free nation. Nature in her profus
munificence has given to us the ma
ll.tve decided both their destinies.
The heart of an Indian is not made of
coarser materials than ours. Powha
tan caught the feelings of h.s daugh
ter, and sympathy with Pocahontas
procured a, pardon for his prisoner.
Charmed witty her success she hilng
wildly on the neck of the reprieved,
victim, while excess of joy checked
the utterance of her affections.
Smith indulged all the sentiments
of gratitude. He had not a heart
lor love. With a spirit of enter
prise, he aspired to great and lauda
ble achivcirkmts. The pleasure of
softer passicnis he relinquished to the
imbecility of gentler natures. He
coldly thought of the advantages
to he derived from the ardent affec
tion of Pocahontas, and grounded
terials of our comfort and indepen- his pretences of mutual love on thfe
dencc within ourselves, and invites calculations of interest.
to use them. It is a consoling Alter seven weeks captivity, Smith
returned to Jamestown, his settle
ment in Virginia. By his Indian
guides he sent presents to Pocahon
tas, which the hopes of love regarded
as the testimonial of returned alfec-
MISCELLAM'Y.
§i 4 And be it further enacted, That
his house supplied with the best li- 3 > h j 0 h nson John Eadv, Sen.
TV* flvArA Yirhrs h:iVf‘ _ * . A .. ’ r ...
quors, &c. To those who have
heretofore favoured him with their
custom, he returns his grateful thanks,
and solicits a continuance of their
patronage.
Prince Edward,
Nov. 14, 1809,
10—tf
4 Negroes,
Administrator’s Sale.
Will be Sold at the Market House
'in the town of Sparta, on the 20th ol
February next,
3 or
the property of Tabitha Hamilton,
deceased—Credit will be given un
til the 2Jth of December, 1810
Bond with approved security will bt
required.
DUKE HAMILTON, Adm'r.
December 19. 8—fit
Elkanah Lofton, Philip Pitman, and
William Cauley, be, and they are
hereby appointed commissioners to
iixonasite of public buildings for
the county of Wilkinson, and to
purchase for the county use, not less
than one hundred acres of land, or
more than two hundred two and an
half acres, and to lay out what num
ber of lots they, or a majority of
them, may think proper, and sell on a
twelve months credit, the purchaser
giving bond or notes with good per
sonal security, payable to the Infe
rior court and their successors in of
fice, a hich nett proceeds are hereby
appropriated to the use of building
a court house and jail in said coun-
KENTUCKY.
Extracts from Governor Scott's Mes
sage to the Legislature of Kentuc
ky, communicated on the 5th ulti
mo.
“ It was once since the last ses
sion of our general assembly, fond
ly to be hoped that we should have
been able, at this period, to have fe
licitated our country and each other
upon the amicable adjustment of our
differences with Great Britain. The
solemn assurances of her minister
resident, to the Executive of the U-
nited States, which appeared to fix
the basis of a friendly arrangement;
by which the President was induced
to suspend the operation of our non-
intercourse act, suffer the British
ports to be filled with our producti
ons, and permit our property to an
immense amount to be set afloat on
thc ocean ; have eventuated M a dis
avowal on the part of that govern
ment, and have afforded anothe
striking instance, that we cannot look
for safety in British faith. We seem,
to have also hut a small prospect of
the restoration of a friendly commer
cial intercourse with France ; the ob
noxious decrees of both those pow
ers seem to have reduced our com
merce to little more than a name,
and there is from our sea-board
scarcely a port or high sea in the
world where we are not liable to be
captured or despoiled by one or the
other, unless we submit to terms un
worthy an independent nation. We
seem finally to be reduced to the ne
cessityof retreating within Ourselves,
from the injuries and depredations
of a warring world, until the inte
rests of the belligerents shall teach
them to respect cur maritime rights
or to commit ourselves on an ele
ment where we are incapable of any
effectual resistance, to be humiliated
and controlled at their pleasure
One other alternative, only, presents
itself, and fortunately though it has
its advocates they are not numerous
that is to plunge ourselves into the
vortex of those bloody conflicts which
observation, that for the same time,
perhaps no country, upon the earth
lias exhibited, and still continues t
do so, such an astonishing progress
in improvements of almost even
description, as this state. They are
sure indications of our prosperity,
and if the idle or extravagant com
plain of their lot, the most abundan
evidence nevertheless exists to shew
we ought to be happy.
“ But, Gentlemen, the unwary
most irequently lose their treasure.
It is scarcely in the nature of man to
see the prosperity of his neighbour
without some degree of envy, som<
attempt to share and frequently,
what is worse, to wrest from him
his enjoyments.—Appeals to justice
and humanity are still more impotent
with nations than individuals ; a ha
ul spirit of indolence in one respect,
has seized upon us ; and while bask
ing in the sunshine we think not oi
the tempest. Our arms purchased
our liberties, and by our arms must
they he defended. It is the order of
nature and of fate. It would there
fore bt* well for 113 as we value our
rights and our existence, occasional-
to review their strength. W
have people but they are naked and
untrained. We have vet to learn to
t:on. The constructions of the heart
are governed by its wishes, and fan
cy is ready with its eloquence to gain
faitht to all the dreams of deluding
fondness.
At the return of Smith to his co
lony, he found them in want and
despair. He encouraged them by
engaging descriptions of the country,
and disconcerted a scheme forabun-
loning the wilds of Virginia. An
interesting event strengthend the re
solution he had inspired. Pocahon
tas, appeared in the fort with the rich
est presents of benovolence. With
all the charms of nature and thc best
fruits of the earth, she resembled
the Goddess of Plenty with her cor-
nucopioe. Even Smith indulged for
1 while, his softer feelings ; and, in
the romantic recesses of uncultured
walks, listened*to the warm effusions
of his Indian maid. She sighed,
and she Wept; and found solace in
his tears of tend, rnes, which seemed
to her the flow of love.
Soon after, Pocahontas gave a
stronger proof of her affection. Pow-
make our citizens soldiers, by giv- hatan had made war upon the colo
ing them weapons and discipline, and Lists, and had laid his warriors in
having a sufficient portion of their ambush so artfully, that Smith and
strength actually disposable in a mo- his party must have been destroy-
mem of emergency. It is much told. To save the man she loved,
be regretted that our general govern-ji n a night of storm and thunder, Po-
ment, which has it more completely
in its power, does not act more effi
ciently upon this primary national
object. It has the means to com
mand arms, and power to establish
discipline ; the want of both of which,
I greatly fear, will not soon be re
medied on the present plan.”
BIOGRAPHY,
Of the Indian Princes Pocahontas.
In the wildest scenes of nature
have been found her most engaging
beauties. The desert smiles with
roses, and savage society sometimes
exhibits the graces of humanity.
Pocahontas, the daughter of Pow
hatan, with the colour and charms of
Eve, at the age of fifteen, when na
ture acts with all her powers, and
fancy begins to wander, had a heart,
that palpitated with warm affections.
At this time, Captain Smith, one of
shake Europe to her centre, and the first settlers in Virginia, was
ty of Wilkinson; which said eom-icling to the skirts oi one er the o-|brought a captive to her father’s king
cahontas wandered through the wilds
ind woods to the camp of Smith,
and apprized him of his danger.
Love seems the supreme arbiter of
human conduct, and, like Hortensia,
forgets the brother, and the father,
when opposed to the fortunes of her
’avorite.
A dangerous wound, which Cap
tain Smith accidentally received,
rendered his return to England ne
cessary. He felt the pangs his ab
sence would inflict on the heart of
his Indian maid, and concerted a
scheme for impressing her with a full
belief of his death. The next time
Pocahontas visited the camp, she
was led to thc pretended grave of
Smith and deluded with the dying
professions of her lover. Imagina
tion will picture the sorrows of so
fond a heart.—Untutored nature
knows none of the shackles of refine-
neat, and violence of passion finds
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