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THE GEORGIA JOURN AL.
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VOL. II.
MILLEDGEVILLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1810
No. 5.
PUBLISHED BY SEATON GRANTLAND,
(PRINTER TO THE STATE,) ON JEF
FERSON STREET, OPPOSITE TIIU
NORTH END OF THE STATE-HOUSE.
THREE DOLLARS PEll AN
NUM, ONE.HALF TO BE PAID IN AD
VANCE.
ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE THANK
FULLY RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED
AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES.
"mill F.nofc V Il.LK PRICE CUR RENT.
Cotton, ' - • 12 13
Salt, « • * I 75 to 2
Iron, . • . id
Corn, • • • 2 85
* Whtat, « * . . . I , 1 .... ,
(fj° Persons indebted to the
subscriber are notified, that their
notes and accompts are placed in the
hands of Mr. James Fleming for
collection, who is fully authorized to
receipt accounts and settle my bu
siness in this place. It would be well
for persons concerned to attend to
the above, as their notes and accts.
will be placed in the hands of a pro
per officer lor collection, after the 1st
day of January next.
Samuel Coleman.
Milledgeville. Nov. 21 4—2'
Droereux, San ford, & Co.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM N. YoRfc,
A LARGE SUPPLY OF
Fall and Winter Goods,
CUTLERY t? GROCERIES,
which they will dispose of for Cash
on as good terms as they can be pro
cured in Milledgeville.
October 31* 1—St*
, ..... - 1
Administrator’s Sale.
WIT.I, BE SOLD tt the refidence of Am;
Hitt, in Randolph county, on Saturday the twen
ty liccond of December next, part of the perfonal
eftate of Theophilo* Hill, deceafed, to be fold for
the benefit of the heir* and creditors of faid de.
ceafed,—Terms of file will be made known on
the day.
Amy Hill, Admix,
Mute McClendon, Adm*r.
November 21 . 4—2t
GEORGIA Randolph county.
Whereas Edmund Baird and Eli
T,nbtth Shuffil have applied to me for
letters of administration oti tht estat-.
and effects of Barnabtre Shuffil, lau
of said county, deceased. These are
therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and credi
tors of said dec. to be and appear
nt my office within the time prescri
bed by law, to shew cause if ant
they have, why said letters should
not be granted. Given under my
hand at office, this 10th Nov. 1810.
John Collier, C. C. O.
November 21 4—3t.^j
All persons indebted to Bird and
Williamson are informed, that Har
ris Allen is authorised to receive
payment ; and all persons indebted
to the subscriber, 8c to Bird & Fort,
for Medical services, are informed,
that they expect payment or at least
a settlement of their accompts by the
1st of January’. Those who fail to
make settlements, will find their ac-
compts m officers hands for collect!
on. THOMPSON BIRD.
November 21 4—3t
For Sale,
A House and half acre Lot,
•'Mated on Wayne
street, near the mar
ket; at prefent occu
pied by Doctor Wil
son.
Alfo, a House' and
3T#?iS3fi§£K9Si83fVhfttf acre I-ot, joining
the above. For terms apply to Messrs. Hill
and Ponce of Augufta or to
A. M. Devereux.
Milledgeville, March 20- *8—tf.
For Sale,
The well-kuOwn square of Land,
No. 276 in fifth Wilkinson, on the
river ; fifty-two acres cleared under
good fence and in high cultivation ;
contains more high swamp than any
other square or fraction in said dis
trict ; well calculated for corn and
cotton, and adjoins Governor Mit
chell’s trac.t, seven miles from Mil
ledgeville. It can be purchased at
a fair price by applying to WILLIAM
BIFIRS, near the premises.
November 21 4—ft®!
Ten Dollars Reward.
STR AYE 0 from the RuBfcriber on the firfl
May lad, a CHItSNUT SORREL HORSE,
about 4 feet 6 inches high, large bla/c face, all
white feet, anti one as high up as the knee, a-
bout eleven years oM. A Dark Bsly Colt went
off with him JOEL ST' KKS.
Nov mher 14 3 —St
Lorenzo Dow,
Will hold religious meetings at the
following places, at 12 o’clock, God
willing :
At Clinton, 1st December; Mon-
ticello 2d ; Madison 4th ; Eatonton
•*jth ; Sparta 9th ; Powelton 10th ;
v/aiTenton 11th; Wrightsborough
12th ; Washington 13th ; Lexington
15th; Athens 16th; Watkinsville
17th ; Jefferson 18th ; Carnfesville
20ih; Elbefton 21st; Petersburg
22d; Abbeville, South Carolina,
24th ; Cambridge South Caroliria
25th; Columbia, South Carolina,27th.
STRAYED or stolen
FROM the Subscriber on the Ocmulgee
fclver, about the tat of April tail, A
SORRtiL FILLY, w
handfomely formed, and rather inclined to
have a sway back ; (he is remarkably round
in 'he body. No marks recollected. Who
ever will deliver her to mein Milledgeville,
with the thief (if ftolen), (hall receive so
dollars reward* and if (Iraycal* 10 dol'ars.
< Matthew Mutt*
November 21.4—-St
Cash will be given,
AT THIS OFF ICE, FOR CLEAN
LINEN AND COTTON
RAGS,
Por the use of Mr. Sims* Paper MiH.
October 31. 1—tf.
From the Aurora.
THOUGHTS,
Respectfully submitted for the consider
ation of Rulers.
Why may not peace and justice he
secured to nations, with the same fa
cility and certainty, that they are se
cured to individuals of the same com
munity l Do the Laws of different
countries, in order to prevent civil
commotions, point out the manner,
in which the one shall be secured,
and the other dispensed ? Are dif
ferences (vhich sometimes arise a-
mong neighbors, in their dealings
with each other, amicably settled by
arbitrators ; and events submitted to
them for decision, when the parties
have -almost ruined themselves by
a tedious & expensive course of law’ ?
Yes—-Why then may not business be
settled in the same manner upon a
larger scale, even between the con
tending nations of the earth, the grea
ter part of whom arc already ruin
ed ?
Shall man short lived, man, take
the life of his brother, and know not
tor what ? Shall the bosom of the
earth be manured, and tire waters of
the great deep be stained with human
Wood ? Shall the list of broken heart
ed widows and helpless orphans be
daily encreased by the premature
deaths of husbands and fathers s’—
Shall a few individuals keep the
world iii commotion, and entail mise
ry on millions ? Shall thousands and
tens of thousands of human victims,
be immolated on the altar of man’s
ambition ? Shall the bubble honor
be purchased at so dear a rate ?—
Shall the page of history be written
with blood alone by the present ge
neration l Forbid it heaven ! May
thy wrath be averted & the sword of
vindictive justice, which is now sus
pended over the guilty nations of the
earth bathed in blood, be returned to
it6 scabbard, no more to be drawn!
It is believed, that a plan may be
adopted, which would cause the hor
rid tumult of war to cease, and banish
from the world its concomitant evils.
Let every nation, which may desire
the blessings of peace, send forward
one or more representatives, who
should be cloathed with authority,
and as a body be invested with the
power of regulating the law of na
tions. Let each nation be compel
led to abide by the decisions of this
convention, and pledge themselves
to unite in enforcing obedience, if
any individual power should refuse
to submit to terms of amity, which
they might prescribe. Such arbitra
tors ivould doubtless dispense justice
—should not a full representation
be immediately obtained, the num
ber would increase, and the greatest
consequent abilities would then be
to prevent national and civil wars
Such a body would form aq invinci-
ble and irresistible phalanx, and u-
nite the nations of the earth in friend
ship and affection. There would be
a commercial intercourse between all
the members of Adam’s great family.
The sword then useless would be turn
ed into the plough shares, the rusty
spear be sharpened, and bent for a
pruning hocks Then might the
children of rtlen unite with the choirs
Shove saying glory to God in the
highest; on earth peace and good
will to men.
If any are disposed to enquire,
how this can l»c brought about, • the
reply would be, let those, will) have
the reins of government in their
hands send forward to Wlkbin^loY
their several delegates, who (night
rally round the standard of peace.
As something should be establish
ed upon a permanent basis, let a Tem
ple of Peace be erected in America,
or some part of Europe, a9 might be
agreed on. This should differ from
the temple of Janus at Rome, by hav
ing its gates always open, whereas
that was shut in time of peace for the
last time when the prince of peace
came into the world. Thither the am
bassadors of peace might assemlde,
deliberate and devise plans for ame
liorating the state of the world ; and
would have the prayers of all the re
ligious, in every country, engaged
for their success.
The simplicity of the above plan,
for the magnitude of the object, may
induce some to think that this desira
ble end could not thus be secured.
But if any thing is done it must be
upon a simple, not a complex plan.
May God put it in the hearts of the
several rulers of nations to adopt
this, or substitute some other mode
to secure the peace and happiness of
the world !
PHILANTHROPOS.
The Editors of papers in America
and Europe, arc requested to insect The
above in their papers.
We understand, and as wc believe
from correct authority, says the Bos
ton Chronicle, that the Bank of Li
verpool had stopped payment the
beginibg of September; that the Eng
lish stock had fallen 10 per cent, and
that owing to the great and continued
want of bullion, and the difficulty ol
exporting manufactures to the con
tinent, brbad-cloaths and other wool
len goods had fallen near 33 per cent.
- —
Home Manufactures.—In 4
towns of Ulster, county, iu the state
of Ne\v-York,it appears by the cen
sus, that there have been manufac
tured 148,855 yards df cloth in the
present year.
Murderer discovered.—Li ghteeA
yfears ago, a young woman named
Elizabeth Reeves, was found mur
dered in one of the docks at Phi
ladelphia, but nothing was ever heard
of the murderer until now. The de
ceased was about 17, handsome, ap
prentice to a manlua-maker. A man
was seen bv a boy from the wharf
on the morning of the day on which
the corpse was found, heaving stones
on the body, but on finding that he
was observed, he made of, & was not
discovered. A reward was offered
by Governor Mifflin of J5800, for the
apprehension of the villain without
effect. But on Saturday week Charles
Bleecc, latea Constable of that city, was
committed to jail, after a hearing be
fore the Mayor, charged with strong
suspicion of the aforesaid Murder,
on the confession of his stepmother,
then at the point of death. The
statement she is said to have made
on oath, is to the following import :
That on the night on which Elizabeth
ReeVes was murdered, the accused
came to his father’s house with his
clothes covered with blood, took off
his shirt, threw it into a wash-tub,
and washed die blood off it.—That
he w r as for some time afterwards ve
ry restless in his sleep, and would of
ten make frightful exclamations. In
the dead of the night soon after the
murder of Miss Reeves, she, the step
mother, heard him groan, and went
up into his room and asked him what
was the matter, and he answered that
A young woman had just bfeen in the
room with a lighted candle in her
hand, that he had his face towards
her when she first entered the room,
but he turned his back to her as soon
as he saw her. These and some other
occurrences had induced her to sus
pect the accused of the murder, and
she could not die in peace without
divulging what she knew respecting
it. The accused asserts his inno
cence, and says that he can prove
that he was in the state of Virginia
at the time Miss Reeves was murder
ed He. afterwards admitted that he
was at home at the time, had read
the Governor’s Proclamation offering
a reward for the murderer, and did
not go to Virginia until the year af
ter. Another man who was with the
accused at his father’s on the night
of the murder, and who does not
now five in that state, has likewise
been accused, by the same woman,
of lieii^g concerned with him in the
murder ; and we understand that a
stock buckle, whirl? wits found in the
hand of the cor|«e, is marked widt
the initials of that man’s name.
By the President of the United States,
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by the fourth section of
the act of Congress, passed on the
first day of May, 1810, entitled h An
act concerning the commercial inter
course between the United States
and Great Britain and France and
their dependencies, and for Other
purposes,” it is provided “ that in
case either Great Britain or France
shall before the third of March next,
so revoke or modify her edicts as
that they shall cease to violate the
neutral commerce of the United
Slates, which fact the President of the
United States shall declare by pro
clamation, and if the other nation
shall not within three monts thereal-
so revoke or modify her edicts m
like manner, then the third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth,
tenth, and eighteenth sections of flit
act entitled “ An act to interdict the
commercial intercourse between tht
United States and Great Britain and
France and their dependencies, aivti
for other purposes,” shall, from and
a;ter the expiration of three months
Irom the date of the proclamation a-
loresard, be revived and have full
three and effect, so far as relates to
the dominions, colonies and depen
dencies, and to the articles the growth,
produce or munufacture of the do
minions, colonies fit dependencies, of
the nation thus refusing or neglecting
to revoke or modify her edicts in
the munner Aforesaid. And the re
strictions imposed by this act shall,
from the date 6f such proclamation,
cease and be discontinued in relation
to the nation revoking or m'oAily-
ing her decrees iu the manner afore
said
And whereas It has been Officially
made knovVB to this government that
the edicts of France violating the
neutral commerce of the United
States have been so revoked as to
cease to have effect, oh the first of
the present month: Now therefore,
I, J mes Madison, President of
tht: United States, do hereby pro
claim that the said edicts of France
have been so revoked as that they
ceased on the said first day of the
present month to violate the neutral
commerce of the United States: aid
that, from the date of these presents,
all the restrictions imposed by the
aforesaid act shall feease and he dis
continued in relation to France and
her dependencies.
In testimony whereof I have caus
ed the seal of the U. States to
be hereunto affixed, and sigfted
fne same with my hand at the
city of Washington* this second
(l. s.) day of November, hi the yea*
of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and tfcti, and of thfe In
dependence . of the U. States
the thirty-fifth.
JAMES MADISON.
By the President,
R. SMITH, Secretary of State.
(CIRCULAR.)
TREASURY DEPAR TMENT,
November 2d 1810.
Sir—Yotl prill herewith receive
a copy of thfe Proclamation of tht
President of the United States, an
nouncing the revocation of the edicts
of Frahce which violated the neutral
commerce of the United States, and
that the restrictions, imposed by the
Act of May 1st last, accordingly
ceace from this day in relation to
France. French armed vessels may
therefore be admitted into the har
bors and waters of the United States,
any thing in that law to the contrary
notwithstanding.
It also follows that if Great Britain
shall not, on the 2d day of Fthiuarv
next, have revoked or modified in
like manner her edicts violating the
neutral commerce of the United
States, the 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7ih, 8th,•
9th, 10th, and 18th sections of the
“ Act to interdict the commercial in
tercourse between the United States
artd Great Britain and France pnd
their dependencies, and for other pur
poses,** shall, in conformity with, the
act first abovemeutioned, be r* vived
and have full force and effect, so far
as relates to Great Britain and "her
dependencies, from andf after the said
2d day of February next. Unless
therefore you shall before that day
be officially notified by this depart
ment of such revocation or modifica
tion,.you will, from and after ,the
said day, carry into effect the ulipve
mentioned sections, which prohibit
both the entrance of British vessel*
of every description into the harbors
and waters of the United. States, and
the importation into the U. Status, of
any articles the growth, produce of
manufacture of the dominions, colo
nies and dependencies of Great Bri
tain, and of any articles whatever
brought from the said dominions,
colonies and depehdencics.
I am yours &c.
ALBERT GALLATIN.
The Collector of the Customs
for the district o ;
The schoonet Spencer, Moffatt,
arrived at New-York on the 30 ult,
in 31 days from France—Mr. Jar-
vis came passenger, and brought
deapatenes from our Minister at Pa
ris for government.—Capt. Moffatt,
and his passengers, inform that Gen
eral Armstrong left Paris on the 12th
of September for Bordeaux, where
he arrived on the 25th of September,
and it was said, he would embark on
board the ship Sally, Scott, about the
10th of October. Mr. Jonathan
Russell, of Providence, was left as
Charge dts Affaires in the absence
of General Armstrong. All the A-
iticrican sequestered property at Bay
onne had bee t sold, and it was ru
moured that a ter deducting 50 per
cent, and the expcnces from tin a-
mount of the sales, the balance
was to Ik: restored to the lawful
owners. On the 12th of Septem
ber General Armstrong received
a dispatch from the Due de Ca-
dore, the substance of which was said
co be an assurance that the Emperor
would restore all the American se
questrated property as soon as the
American government would restore
all the French property sequester
ed under the Non-intercom se Act.
—About 100,000 troops had recent
ly marched iroin France for Spain.
Mr. Alexander M‘Rae, ol V , gi-
nia, has been appointed American
Consul General lor France, in the
place of David Baily Warden.—
Aaron Burr was at Paris at the latest
dates from the place.
Georgia Legislature.
SLNANE.
Thursday November 15ih.
The Bill to be entiled an net- to
regulate the collection of Rents was
passed- 4 -Yens 25—Nays 11—
The bill to amend an act giving
further time to the fortunate draw
ers in the late Land Lotteries was
read a third time and passed with an
amendment.
Mr. Taliaferro from the eomroit-
tee reported a bill for the better re
gulation and government of the town
of Milledgeville.
Mr. Talbot agreeably to notice in
troduced a bill to prescribe the orfth
of the special jury in cases oi Divorce
—rec’d and read the 1st time.
Friday November 16th.
Mr. Pray agreeably td nrttice in*
troduced a biff, the more effectually
securing the Probate of Wills—rte'd
and read the 1st time.
The bill to incorporate the “ Bank
of Aa'gusta” vivas read the fluid tirtie,
and passed—Yeas 28—Nays 7.
Mr. Barnett laid on the table the
following resolution—Resolved, that
the Treasurer do immediately pro
ceed to deposit HI the hrr’4;r. of the
proper officer, all bonds, % es or o*
tlier securities given for the payment
of money dot this state, oti account
of thfe sales of Fractional Surveys,
made under the authority of an act
of the General Assembly ol this state
—passed 7th Dec. 1805.
tk communication was received
frorti Ilia Excellency the Governor-**
referred to a special committee con
sisting, of Messrs. D.tv is, Spalding,
Bacon, M‘Cormick ami Pray--to
meet such committee as may b< ap*