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♦•ROM THE COLUMBI AN CENTINEL.
NUMBER I.
!rmircd within the gloomy recesses o'
a dung-- n groaning responsive to th<
clinking of their chains ; or turned
Inshore friendless and pennyles^ in e
strange land, without the reinotesi
(probability of ever again treading
(their native soil!—This fellow-citi
zens is not a highly coloured picture
(of our situation—It is not more ex-
A refer-
To TITF, PEOPLE OT GEORGIA
Tellnv-Citizens,
At a time when the whole civili-|travagant than the reality
zed world is convulsed to its centre jicnee to the common journals ot the
when in the conflict for supremacy,
the sacred right of neutrality, is dis
owned alike by the “ Mammoth of
the Land and the Laviafhian ot the
Ocean —In fine, when America
our common country is insulted,
wronged and even despised by those
tyrants who have deluged the plains
of Europe with the blood ofher ill-
fated sons; one of the people—an
obscure unassuming individual pre
sumes to address you on a subject
of the most interesting consequence
to \our welfare and happiness
The right of exercising at stated
nnd convenient periods that supreme
influence which the people possess
in the government, by continuing their
faithful, or removing their unfaith
ful •servants, is what principally dis
tinguishes a Republic from a Monar
ch’, a government of the People
from the government of a Tyrant.
Tlii;. right, at all times inestimable,
ir. bv the concurrence of circumstan
ces, as important as they arc deplo
rable, rendered peculiarly interesting
at the present eventful period—A
jrcriod when we must exist by the
most strenuous exertions only, or re
lapse into a state of worse than colo
nial servitude. The political tem
pest which has for years past desola
ted Europe, and threatened the ex
tinction of neutrality, has at length
reached with its baneful influence
the peaceful shores of America.—
Great Britain and France in their
zeal to destroy each other, seem
bent upon the extirpation of the
whole human family. They are in
deed hostes humant generis. Our
hitherto extensive commerce second
only to that of the proud mistress of
the Ocean, has fallen an unresisting
dogs
.var were let slip upon you by your
then unnatural parent, your now in
exorable enemy ; and the horrid In
dian yell, excited by intrigue, was
sounded within hearing of your wo
men and children ; When an inva
ding ai my marked its desolatingjfy -an execution in favor ol Henry H
course through your country' with Strickland and others.
For Sale,
A House and half acre Lot,
situated on Wayne
street, near tt>e m?.y
ket ; atpr'fent oenr-
pied by Doctor Gil
son.
a Hou*e art!
. , , wa. j l ■!!■! I, --W? half acre I or, joining
kiniton county, levied on as tnc pro- the above. For terms apply to Messrs. Hill
perty r ot Scott Montgomery,to satis- aiu t Ponce of Augufta or to
A. M. Devereux.
Tues-
couit-
house in Wilkinson county, between
the usual hours,
One Lot of Land,
No. 351, in the 3d district of Wil-
. m, "•****•
day will verify the statement.
Such then is the state of the nati- fi rt and blood, and a triumphant na-
. . ( Also, Lot, No. 358,
on—All these outrages and wrongs v y flushed with the pride ot conquest;^ t ^ e district, River Swamp
are unappeased ; our repeated over- hovered around your coast; did y‘ )U vL an d, levied on as the property ot
tures have been answered only by [could you then have supposed that Scott Montgomery, for the use ol A.
repeated injuries. And will you A-io the degenerate year ot eighteen! Strickland and others,
mericans ! Descendants of the mar- hundred and eight, there could be
tyred Heroes of the Revolution, con- found Americans, ^ Representatives
sent to wear at this stage of vour ex-imd Senators in Congress, base e-
Milledgeville, March 20.
Cl—tf
Also, Lot, No. 143,
Notice.
There WILL BE SOLD at the
Plantation of Doctor Henry Winder-
weedle, dec’d. in Wilkinson county,
at Public Auction, on the 24th day of
August next, the following property,
in the 23d district in said county, l e *, v ; z . Q ne Mare, bridle and sad-
voke'nuugi, puuue.v v« uc.u.c vied on as the property of Joseph B.;^ Two Heiffer Yearlings, one ri-
)iral- Britain, that inhuman power which J ont [ 8 ’ tosatisly Josuh Durdens rx-dj n g Carriage, and Harness, one
' h‘ U 1 1 ... tvio Kvr ornnefa. rr« • » n’l
istence as a nation the iron yoke nough publicly to declare that Great-
of oppression which you once so g
lantly threw off ? VVill you by suf-jwas then “ transporting hither large
feting the repeated insults & wrongs,swarms of foreign mercenaries to
of Britain and France, tacitly invite [complete he» works of desolution &
into this land of equal rights and pri-jdeath,” had “ done us no essential in-
vileges the common enemies ofliber- A nd that two years alter-
ty and offer upas incense on the wards, in the still more degenerate P APUll’P*
altar of royalty, your Repub-|year of eighteen hundred and ten, a'wiLL BE SOLD on the IstTues
Ijcan Constitution, and Declaration [majority ot the Representatives ot
the people in pursuance of that doc-
of Independence and Rights l I!
vou are prepared for this, summon
quickly to your aid the passive phi
losophy of the degraded Italian ;
prepare to prostrate yourselves with
abject servility beforefthe footstool of
despotism, & worship in the image ol
some princely tyrant your ro\ al lord
and master. But let us reverse the
picture. Are you resolved to make
a firm and vigorous stand in defence
of your independence ? If this be
your determination you will have
unple scope for its exercise in the
choice of Representatives to Con-
'ress-at the ensuing election. Un-
ler circumstances like those I have
been describing Fellow-Citizens,you
will be called upon on the first Mon
day in October next, to relieve, as
far as the citizens of Georgia can be
instrumental, your country from her
present unparalleled; and unremitted
difficulties. The public sentiment
which has too long remained dor
mant, will then I trust be audiby ex-
the se licensed pirates. That com
mercc which once whitened every
victim to the unrighteous edicts of pressed in the election of men who
will watch over with diligence, &
maintain with energy your violated
sea with the American canvas; r, gb ls * Independent Electors! Spurn
which under the banners of neutrali-|‘ rom Y n " r Pf^ence the temporising
ty, wafted to every port the products!'™ tc, b lhe tune saving sy cophant,
•y, is now,alas!likeLuci- lwho w °uld “ patch up a compromise
of our industry, . , - .
fer son of the morning, fallen from its between honor and interest, necessity
high estate,never I fear to rise again. and advantage* ns disgraceful as it is
Each of the belligerents have in their contemptible. Let a sense of \our
turn given us ample cause for war ^country’s wrongs fire with indignati-
but the “ thoughts” and actions G f on your bosoms, and point with vi-
our Representatives have notwith- S or )' our energies on that momen-
trinc would degrade once Indepen
dent America iato a state ol absolute
and unqualified submission ; into a
state, taking all things into consider
ation ten-fold worse than the coloni
al dependence from which she had
just emerged ? I will not pursue
these melancholy reflections. Geor
gians! the crisis is an awful one.
Big with the fate of freedom and
mankind, it behoves you to be on
,our guard, and commit the sacred
harge of vour liberties to men
if intelligence only ; to men of
unimpeachable honor and undoubted
integrity. Care not what men call
themselves ; ascertain what they re
dly are. Judge of their professi
ons by the general tenor of their ac
tions. Let this only question be
asked ; the only test required by
Washington and Jefferson ; “ Is
he honest. Is he capable, Is he faithful
to the constitution If he be real
ly all these, not if he only seems to
re them, he is a true and genuine
republican, a Patriot in the most li
beral sense of the word. Such a
man will never desert the cause of
Liberty and the People. Such
men in my opinion are BIBB,
TROUP, FORSYTH fc? CLARKE.
The merits and pretensions of the
respective candidates shall he noticed
in a succeding number.
GEORGIANCS.
ecution. Returned to^rne by aconsta |Silver Tobacco Box, ere Silver
ble. Conditions,CASH. I Watch, one Gold Diamond Neck-
Ueddick Bell, Shf. lace and Ring, Two Smooth Bor’d
August 1. 40 tds. Guns, and sundry things too tedious
to mention. ‘Terms will be made
kown on the day of sale.
Meritt Ethcredge, Ex’r.
N. B. Qn the dnv and place a-
bove-mcnt:oned, \>ill likewise be of
fered for sale, some medicine.
July 11. 37 5jSl—6t.
day in September next, at the court
house in Laurens county, between
the usual hours,
One Lot of Land,
No. 40, 22 1-2 acres, lying in the 1st STATE OP GEORGIA, Laurens County.
district Wilkinson, now Laurens'. , W “ E ^ EAS ' he . wi , d ™ of J°. h ." 1 ^‘ ,ac “
, . . * . late of this county dee d, ha» applied to me
county, levied on as the propel tyol f or letters of udminiltration, on the tftate
James Branswill, to satisfy two exe- of the fait! rfrceafrtl. Thefe are therefore
cations in favor of the StAte. ALSO, to Cite and admonilh all and lingular the
Q ne kindred and creditors of the faid deceafed,
r, . | c. FT- J ;to be and appear at my office, within the
T Factional olirvcy Ol Ecind, time prescribed by law, to Ihcw caufe if
in the 18th district Wilkinson, now any they can, why faid letters flinuld not
Laurens countv, No. 242, containing l,e K r * nt(, d. Given under my band this
61 acres, taken as the property oH 6t 1 a ^° -I u y* ,81 o-
1 ^ - A. Love, c. c. o.
Dissolution.
standing been “turned on peace.”— 1 day.—Invoke the pallid corpse] Co-partnership of Thomas &
° • <•• ot Pearce and the murdered seamen * 1
Encouraged by the exertions ol her u ‘ * .“''r ,, j V, *|ScuRRY is this dav dissolved by mu-
loval «hM subject., COMM! all'those indebted to
Britain perseveres in her naval war- "lent against the unfeeling cowardly
fare upon our rights. Her unjust' vretch « who w ° uld “ hr,nk . a PP alled
.vstem of impressment and search is fr f om a contest for the maintenance
enforced with circums'ances of ri- of >' our independence. We boast
gor and cruelty hitherto unpreccdcnt- much even now ot nat,onal mde P en
said firm, whose notes or accounts
d. She has blockaded our ports,
dence, a term on which the Ameri-
cattuied our ships and destroyed the ton S*» e once dwe t w,t , h P tculiar
Hies of our people. She has let loosej force propriety ; but where is the
upon the Atlantic, the common high- 1 ™" who sincerely believes whatever
wav of nations, swarms of merciless!^ ^ fancy, that the United States
privateers, to harrass our trade, and ar , e independent ? Is a nation
devour the products of our land.| whost * naval lea S ue . , or sovereignty
“ She has constrained our fellow-ei-i™)' eVi r - v da X be violated with ira-
tizens taken captive on the high seas” pumty.even by a Inpolitan Corsair,
to enter into her service, to fight her
battles against their will, and perhaps
eventually to turn their arms against
the liberties of that country which
had assisted in
independent ? Is a nation whose
Representatives, time-serving dema
gogues, arc too ignorant and cow
ardly to support a wise and magnani-
they had assisted in establish-" 10115 administration m boid and vi-
i„g: and nume rous other infringe- S° rous measures—who one day re-
merits of our sovereignty, which if s , olveon a permanent system, and
are now due, will make immediate
payment to Jett Thomas, and those
whose notes and accounts become
due next fall, produce will be taken
at the market prices.
Jett Thomas.
Richardson O. Scurry.
The Business in future will be car
ried on by the Subscriber, under the
superintendance ot Richardson O
Scurry, who will receive payment 8c
give receipts in my name
JETT THOMAS
July 27. 40—3t.
Petcr'Rowlett, to satisfy the States
execution. ALSO, One
Fractional Survey of Land,
No. 322, 189 acres, 17th district
Wilkinson, now Laurens county, le
vied on as the property of Horatio
Marbury, to satisfy James Meriwe
ther’s execution. ALSO,
One Lot of Land,
lying in the 1st district Wilkinson,
now Laurens county, No. 182, 22
1-2 acres, levied on as the property
of John Barnbanec, to satisfy Collin
Alford’s execution. ALSO,
One 1-2 Lot of Land,
No. 363, 101 acres, lying on the
East side of said county in the 2d
listrict Wilkinson, now Laurens
county, taken as the property of Leo
nard Greene, to satisfy the State’s
execution. ALSO,
One Lot of Land,
No. 362, 1st district Wilkinson, now
Laurens county, levied on as the pro
perty of Jeremiah Welch, to satisfy an
execution in favor of Bedford Brown.
Conditions, CASH.
ISAAC KIRKSET, Shf.
August 1. 40—tds.
Auguft !.
40— 4
AGREEABLE to an order of
the Court of Ordinary of Hancock
county, WILL BE SOLD, on the
first Tuesday in September, at the
Market House in Milledgeville,
406 Acres of Land,
lying in Clarke county, on the wa
ters of Ellison’s Creek, adjoining the
lands of Wilson, McCisic, and o-
thers, sold as part of the real estattt
of Andrew Borland, dec’d. for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors of
said deceased.
Alexander Borland,
Abraham Borland.
J u b' 4. Administrators.
Notice.
All perfons hiving demands on lhe eftate
of Robert Tait, late of Hancock county,
deceased, are requested to render them to
me duely attefted, and thole indebted to
said eftate, are requested to make immedi.
ate payment.
Appleton W. Roseter, Ex’r.
July it- a?—tf.
&ljeriff’&altd.
VVILL BE SOLD on the 1st Tues
day in September next, at the court
house in Wilkinson county, between
the usual hours,the following Tracts
of Land;
Lot, No. 311,
in the third district of said county,
levied on as the property of John
Lewis,to satisfy the states’execution,
and others.
Also, Lot, No. 9,
in the said district, levied on as the
property of Joel and Ford Butler,
to satisfv,the states* execution. Con
ditions, CASH.
Arthur Burney, d. s.
August 1. 40 tds.
FOR SALE,
at this office, Fifty Reams
Medium printing paper,
of good quality Price 84 50 cts.
per Ream.
The Subscribers,
Return their thanks to their friends
and customers for the liberal support
...v...,.... v, u . p- V i --j , . - , i •. it . they have had in the FACTORAGE
suffered w«h impuuT.y, will justly ,h ' "gy'g a " d L„i COMMISSION LINK, and
degrade us from the proud list ot 811 s la ■’ 111 open en . a would beg leave to recommend to sz . , r ,-, ~ ,
independent nations. g ^ 1 ^
France on the other hand is equal- ons Kel *| ow . Citizens , which v w Ul ? loUNGER ’ who has ,v u ed Wldl tbom ;On the first Tuesday in September
V unjust and inexorable. She too h;u . e to answcr bv r votes at the !‘«r several years, and they take plea- next , at the court-house in the county
'as not been wanting in inanifestat.-U Rl ,. in£ , Comrressionnl .lertinn. Th. !sure m announcing to their friends, 0 fH andolp h t between the usuai hours
WILL BE SOLD,
20,000lbs. Deer Skins,
levied on as the property of William
1
has
ons of hostility. Our great comm
fi i! capital which was rashly aban
doned by Congress, and as impru
dently risked by our merchants, to the
mercy of the merciless j has only
served to enrich the coffers of the
imperial despot.—Where are our
merchantmen which once opened
their sails to the prosperous wind
and boldly put forth for sea ? Burnt]'
lensuingCongressional election. Thel, , ,uu “ , u 8 f , U5 ’
tr present Congress is, I repeat it, with iU “ the >' h ? v , c «*» “” fid ™ ce
the exception of a few spirited and !" h,m ' and doub J not b,,t l,c wd ' do
' enlightened individuals, amongwhomf st,cc to ,h " s '-' ’ ,ho ma >’ en,rust thcn '
I delight to number Crawford, bus,n “ s to h, ’ D care
Bibb, and Troup a weak and tem
porising body. They deserted in
the hour of peril the restrictive sys
tem, without having resolved on an
[efficient substitute when they had so-
tn uinl^’ determined that the only al-
Sturges, Burroughs Butler.
Savannah, June 5. 32—tf.
& Commis- ditions, CASH.
upon our own coast, or rottmir ml. .*■ r. .
r? , i 6 ternative were “ Embargo, li ar, or
French and Spanish ports, they will g lf t, n fi Sji i on » T }
never return to cheer with the bu-
sv hum ol industry the cafe-worn , , • . /
* • ther a pa.uck \ war
u erchant!—\\ here are our seamen, ,■ • , . * . . e
. /. , . ! were al raid to resort to ; and if
our brethren, Citizens ot America?
Deprived of the navigation of theii
vessels which were condemned with
out even the formahti of a trial, the\
ere either forced into t service ol
their plunderers grown rich on tht
spoils oJ their honest industry ; im-
The embargo as I have
already observed was repealed or ra-
thev
their
resolution was founded on truth, the
nation is in a state of the most abject
and acknowledged s^mission.
C* gums ! Are you satisfied
with the situation in which Congress
las left the nation; srlf-abased, in
F actorage
sion Business.
The Subscriber will enter into the
above line of business, in the Store al
present occupied by Messrs. Sturges,
Burroughs and Butler, on the first o
July next, and solicits a share of ih
business of his friends and the pui>
lie.
Henry H. Moungei
Savannah, June 5. 32—tf.
School Rooks
For Safe t' t/iis Office.
Hammet, to satisfy an execution in
favor of James Dick, h Co. and
pointed out by the defendant. Con
P. Fitzpatrick, Shf.
July 25. 39 tds.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Laurens county
WHEREAS William Pdman hai apple
ed to me tor letters of adn.iniftration on the
Eftate of John Pitman, late of this county
dec’d. Thele are tt.erefore lo cite and ad
monifli ( all and singular the kindred and
creditor* of the faid deceafed,to he and ap
pear at my office within the time preferi
bed by law, and (hew caule if any they can,
\vt y fjid letters (hoiild not he granted. Gi-
':n under my band, this 25:h day of July,
10.
A. Love, C. C. O.
Auguft 1. 40—3’ +
Ten Dollars Reward.
DESERTED on the 8th inst. from
a detachment of my company near
the confluence of the Ocmulgee and
Weofanhatche rivers,
JOHN SILVEY;
he is a native of Virginia, 5 feet 6 i-2
inches high, fair complexion, blue
eves, light hair, and by occupation a
Black-smith. The above reward will
be paid to any person, who will ap
prehend and deliver said deserter to
me, or any commissioned officer of
the United States’ Army ; or con
fine him in jail and give information,
so that I get him again, and all rea
sonable expences from the place of
apprehension to that of delivery, or
confinement.
T. A. Smith, Capt.
Commandant.
Tort Hawkins, July 25. 39 ft.
Ten Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the Subscri
ber on Friday the 20th July, a negro
woman, named
HANNAH,
about 30 years old ; she is of a yel
low complexion, and when spoken to
has a down look ; it is supposed she
is at this time lurkigin or about Mil
ledgeville. Whoever will deliver
her to me, or secure her in jail
that I get her again, shall receive tha
above reward.
John White, Capt.
Putnam county, Aug. t, 40—2t,
BLAMK iFfiEBS -
El.EG ANTI. Y PRINTED,
IFOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.