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THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
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No.
VOL. II.
MILLEDGEVILLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, i 810.
PUBLISHED BY SEATON GRANTLAND,
(PRINTER TO THE STATE,) ON JEF
FERSON STREET, OPPOSITE THE
NORTH ENn OF THE STATE-HOUSE.
TERMS THREE DOLLARS PER AN
NUM, ONE HALF TO BE PAID IN AD
VANCE.
ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE THANK
FULLY RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED
AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES.
MILLEDGEVILLE price
CURR ENT.
Cation, - - -
J9
Sait, - - •
1 75 to 2
Iron, ...
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Corn, ...
2 25
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STATE 3j \WS.
Sales ol Public Lunds.
In pursuance of an act of the Ge
neral Assembly of the state of Geor
gia, passed the 15th day of Decem
ber, 1810, WILL HE EXPOSED
TO PUBLIC SALE to the highest
bidder at the State-House door in
the town of Milledgeville, commen
cing on Monday, the 4th of March
next, and continuing from day to
clay until Saturday the 9th, inclusive,
between the hours of ten o’olock in
the forenoon, and three o’clock
the afternoon,
All the Squares
AND
Fractional parts of Surveys
of LAND reserved to the state
in the seventh district, formerly
B aid win, now Twiggs county,
which remain vet unsold or disposed
f; together with
LOTS No. 377,
in the 4th district, formerly Baldwin
county, drawn by John Clark, No.
412, in the 2d district formerly Bald
win county, drawn by Thomas Cul-
breath, and Lot No. 17, in the Jth
district, formerly Baldwin county,
drawn by William Eltuff—Commen
cing by the sale of the lowest square
in the said Tth district. Terms.—
The purchasers to give bond with suf
ficient security, payable in the fol
lowing manner, to wit :—one fourth
part thereof in twelve months after
the said purchase, one fourth part
at the end of twelve months thereaf
ter, one fourth part at the end of
twelve months thereafter, and the re
maining part in twelve months there
after which bonds and security may
be given by the person or persons
purchasing, his or their attornies or
agents duly authorised to execute
the same, and will be taken in the
name of and made payable to His
Excellency the Governor for the time
being and bis successors in office, &
if the purchaser of any of the afore
said squares or fractions shall ne
glect or fail within six months after
the same may become due to pay
the lirst or any of the succeed
ing instalments, the Treasurer is to
issue his execution for the amount of
the debt and interest that may he
then due, and all the property of
which the purchaser and security
shall he possessed at the time the
bonds were given, will he bound for
the whole of the purchase money
which may then or thereafter become
clue.
John Herbert, ^ g
S. M. Devereux, > |
Wm. D.Jarratt, j ?
(£7** The Editors of the Republi
can, Savannah, Chronicle, Augusta,
Monitor, Washington, and Georgia
Express, Athens, will publish the a-
bove in their respective papers, until
the day of sale.
December 19. 8—tds.
Tarien.
Vivion, Dunham & Co. conti
nue to tranfact btifinefs in the FACTO
RAGE and COMMISSION LINE. Ha-
ving large and Convenient Ware-HOufea,
will receive and forward produce to any
part of the United States.
THEY HAVE ON HAND,
5,000 Bushels of Salt,
and a general supply of
GROCERIES,
Which they will barter low for produce.
V. H. Vivion,
W. A. Dunham,
Geo. Street.
December 19 a—14
AN ACT
To amlinrife the Judge of the Middle District to
hold an extra feBion in the county of Wash
ington.
Whereas there was a failure of
the Superior court which should have
been holden in and for Washington
county, on the first IVIonda) in No
vember instant—And whetaasiccon
veniences are likely to result there
from, for remedy whereof ;
§ 1 BE it enacted by the Seriate and
House of Representatives of the State
of Georgia in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the autho
rity of the same, That the Judge of
the Superior Court for the Middle
Circuit be, and lie is hereby autho
rised and empowered to hold a court
in and for the said county of Wash
ington, on the second Monday in Ja
nuary next, and that all officers of
said court, jurors and witnesses be
required to attend under the same
penalties, and under the like restric
tions, as if the said court had been
holden at the period heretofore point
ed out by law for the holding of said
court.
§ 2 And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the Ju
ry drawn to serve at the court which
should have been holden in and for
the said county of Washington on
the first Monday in November in
stant, he considered, held and taken
as the jury for the term to he holden
in pursuance of this act, they being
summoned to attend said court at
least ten days prior to the sitting
thereof.
§ 3 And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all and
every person and persons who were
bound by recognizance or otherwise
to attend the court which should have
been holden in Washington county
on the fjj-st Monday in November
instant, apd who shall not have been
discharged by due course of law, be,
and they are hereby required under
the same penalties to attend the court
which shall be holden lq pursuance
of this act.
Benj. Whitaker,
Speaker of tbe Houle of Representatives.
Jared Irwin, *<•
Prefident of the Senate.
Executive Department, Georgia:
Assented to, 8th December, 1810. ■
D. B. Mitchell.
Governor.
AN ACT
To define the duties of Clerks of the Superior
and Inferior Courts and Sheriffe.
Whereas a practice has prevail
ed in the Superior and Inferior
Courts of this state lor Judgments
to be kept open notwithstanding the
Sheriffs may have returned the exe
cution or executions bottomed on
such judgments satisfied ; & where
as great evil might grow out of such
practice, for remedy whereof,
§ 1 BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of Georgia in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That from and
after the first day of February next,
it shall be the duty of such Clerks
immediately after the return of such
execution or executions, as the case
may be, to enter such satisfaction on
such judgment either in whole or in
part, as per Sheriff’s return.
V) 2 And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of such Clerks
to keep a docket book for the special
purpose of entering the name and
stating the cases of the parties, plain
tiff or plaii|tiff’s and defendant or de
fendants and enter such satisfaction
as aforesaid.
$ 3 And be it further enacted, That
the respective Clerks of the Superior
anti Inferior Courts of this state
shall keep regular Subpoena Dock
ets, and the said Clerks of the Supe
rior Courts shall also keep seperate
dockets for all crimiual cases, which
shall he entered in their regular or-
if he
of
of the meeting of the Court to which
they may be made returnable, which
said dockets shall remain in the said
offices, subject to the inspection of ail
persons concerned therein.
$ 5 And be it further enacted, That grace him by their follies, some of-
where it sh<ill appeavby the Sheriff’s fend him by their insolence, and
tdventures into the circle
action he must expect to encoun
ter men as artful as himself: that oi
his children some may be deform
ed, others vicious—some may dis-
rcturn of any execution or executi
ons that the same has been paid by
a security or securities, h shall he the
duiy ot v-hokco i«. ..." s "' t «...■
try i’i such docket, book, and such se
curity or securities shall have the use
and control of said execution for the
purpose of remunerating him or
themselves out of the principal for
whom he or they stood security.
Benj Whitaker,
Speaker of tbe Houle of Reprefentativea,
Jared Irwin,
President of the Senate.
Executive department, Georgia:
Afaented to, 15;h December 1S10. ‘
D. B. Mitchell, Governor.
Sheriff’s Deeds
For Sale at this Office
§ 4 And be it further enacted, That
the different Sheriffs in this state
shall keep lair and regular execution
dockets, wherein they shall enter all
executions delivered to them and the
date of such delivery, together with
all their actings and doings thereon,
and file the same in the Clerk’s office
out of which such executions may
have issued, on or before the first day
MISCELLANY.
THE PROGRESS OP YOUT H.
BY I)R. JOHNSON.
The youth has not yet discover
ed how many evils are continually
hovering about us ; & when he is set
free from shackles and discipline,
looks around into the world with
rapture ; he secs an Elysian region
open before him, sp variegated with
beauty, and so stored with pleasure,
that his care is rather to accumulate
good than to shun evjl; he stands dis
tracted by different forms ol delight;
and has no other doubt, than which
path to follow of those which all lead
equally to the bowers of happiness.
He who has seen only the super-
fices of life, believes every thing to
be what it appears, and rarely sus
pects that external splendor conceals
any latent sorrow or vexation, lie
never imagines that there may be
greatness without safety, affluence
without content, jollity without'
friendship, and solicitude without
peace. He fancies himself permitted
to cull the blessings ol every condi
tion and to leave its inconvenien
ces to the idle and the ignorant.
He is inclined to believe no o re mi
serable hut by lus own faults ; and
seldom looks with much pity upon
failings or miscarriages, because he
thinks them willingly admitted, or
negligently incurred.
It is impossible without pity and
contempt, to .hear a youth ol gene
rous Sentiments, and waim imagi
nation, declaring in the moment ol
openness atujj^onfidence, his designs
and expectations. Because long life
is possible, ha considers it as certain;
and therefore promises himsell all
the changes of happiness, and pro
vides gratification for every desire.
He is for a time to give himself
wholly to frolick and diversion, to
range the world in search ol pleasure,
to delight every eye, and to gain e-
very heart; £t to he celebrated equal
ly for his pleasing levitica and solid
attainments ; Ins deep reflections and
sporting repartees.
He then elevates his views to nobler
enjoyments, and finds all the scatter
ed excellencies of female worth in a
woman, who prelers his addresses to
wealth and titles. He is afterwards
to engage in business ; to dessipate
difficulty and overpower opposition ;
to climb, bv the mere force of merit,
to fame and greatness, and reward
all those who countenanced his rise,
or paid due regard to his early ex
cellence. At last he will retire in
peace and honor, contract his views
to domestic pleasures, form the man
ners of his children like hansel!, ob
serve how every year expands the
beauties of his daughters, and how
his sons catch ardour from their la
ther’s history—he will give laws
to the neighborhood, dictate axioms
to posterity, and leave the work! an
example of wisdom and of happi
ness.
Wijh hopes like these, he sallies
jocund into life : to little purpose is
he told that the condition of humani
ty admits no pure and unmingled
happiness ; that the exuberant gaiety
of youth ends in poverty or disease;
that uncommon qualifications, and
contrarieties ot excellence, produce
envy equally with applause ; that
whatever admiration and fondness
may promise him, he must marry a
wife, like the wives of others, with
some exhaust him by their profusion.
He hears all this with obstinate
incredulity, nfid wonders by what
'•'.’■nilv old tigV is influenced, that,
ir cannot forbear to fill his ears whh
predictions of misery.
Among other pleasing errors of
young minds, is the opinion of their
own importance. lie that has not
yet remarked how little attention
his contemporaries ran spare from
their own allaiis, conceives all eyes
turned upon himself, and imagines
every one that approaches him, to be
an enemy or a follower, an admirer
or spy. He therefore, considers his
fame as involved in the event of eve
ry action. Many of the virtues and
vices of y6uth proceed from this
quick sense of reputation. This it
is that gives firmness and constancy,
fidelity and disinterestedness, and it
is this that enkindles resentment for
slight injuries, and dictates all the
principles of sanguinary honor.
But, as time brings him forward
in the world, he soon discovers that
he only shares fame or reproach with
innumerable partners ; that he is left
unmarked in the obscurity of the
crowd ; and what he does, whether
good or bad, soon gives away to o-
ther objects of regard.
He then easily sets himself Iree
from the anxieties of reputation, and
considers praise or censure as a tran
sient breath : which while he hears
it, is passing away, without any last
ing mischief or advantage.
A cure for the Consumption
Is stated to have been lately dis
covered in Spanish America by an
Indian. The remedy is said to be
speedy and infallible, in all cases of
diseased lungs, or what is called Pul
monary Consumption. It consists ol
an infusion of the inner hut k ol a tree
called Alcoruoque, which is iound
on the Spanish Maine. Should, the
Alcornoque prove to be a specific
remedy in all cases of Pulmonary
Complaints, it « ill he an article ot
the first importance in our Meteria'
Mcdica; and the discovery will be
of incalculable benefit to society. It
is estimated that 1 -4th of our po
pulation gocsoffby Puhnanary Com
plaints, or what is called Consump
tion.—Washingtonian.
Kotzebue says, “ I have a prac
tical standard by which to measure
unhappiness, which rarely deceives
me. Whenever any thing unpleasant
occurs to me, I ask myself whether
in a year’s time I shall think of it
more ? Will it then have any influ
ence upon my fate i II I must answer
these questions in the affirmative, I
have then reason to consider it as a
misfortune ; if not, I concern ruyscit
no more about it.”
POLITICAL.
(The following may servo to shew
where lie the hopes and fears of at
least a large portion of the English
nation.)
IT.OM THE LONDON STATESMAN.
The following very important in
telligence we have this morning re
ceived by pest, from one of the most
respectable Houses in Liverpool:—
Liverpool, Sept. 12, 1810.
“ Dear sir.—We send you the
following extract from a letter from
Ncw-York, dated Aug, 10. It is
from a quarter, on which we our
selves place much reliance, and we
think you may safely take the intelli
gence it contains for the lact. We
also send you a paragraph cut out
of an American paper just received.
“ Yours, 8tc. ”
Extract from the American let hr.
“ You may be fully assured that a
perfect understanding subsists be-
teen our government and that ol
France, and that measures will be
taken accordingly ; indeed it has
been roundly stated, that the pro
ject has long since received the sanc
tion of both parties, and that our Go
vernment only waits intelligence
from Europe to take that stand which,
iome virtues and some faults ; that | I much fear, will end in the destruc
tion of our Ferdinal Constitution*
We have much foreign trade, but
is a losing concern ; and I am grii-v*
ed to add, that the war party is d i-
Iv gaining new accessions of strength*
Your Orders in Council, your im
pressment, your violating the liberty
of our waters, aiid above all your
new system of blockade, fotbode no
good.”
The following is the paragraph al
luded to :—
From the N. T. Evening Post Aug. f
Foreign Ai f urs.—From the late
accounts from Europe, it appeals
that there is no longer a hope that
our affairs with foreign powers can
be settled by negotiation. Wc must
now sit down and acknowledge that
we mean to submit to every indig
nity which can be heaped upon us, or
we niust gird on the sword, and de
fend ourselves. We must prepare
for war, or for subjugation ; ihcrfis
no avoiding it. Meanness will shield
us • no longer. The public mind
ought to be prepared for energetic
measures. They must be resorted
to. And should another session ot
Congiess pass over in contriving
much and performing nothing, the
country will be nearly ruined. It wnl
be almost too late to think of saving
the nation.”
Remarks by the Editor of the States
man.
There is some difference between!
the writer of the paragraph and that
ol the letter ; yet it is not material,
for they both plainly tend to shew
that the Americans do not expect a-
iiv accommodation with England.
And indeed, how can the}-1 W^hat
conciliatory counsels have our min
isters adopted towards the United
States ? what insult have they with
held their hand, or their heart from
offering to America ?—Impressing
her seamen ; violating, and grossly,
the liberty ol the American Waters;
insulting the American Flag ; firing
into the American ships of war;
sendingsuccc8sive Ambassadors with
Olive branches, which they tneaut
to strip of all their verdue ; sending
Ambassadors to make apologies
which were undisguised insults; send
ing men without rank, and without
character, to be the messengers of
their peevish counsels—these have
been part and only partof the wrongs
and wounds inflicted by our minis
ters on America ! And is this to be
borne lu re ? Have we no interest
in it ? H..ve those who have,tu pay
the taxes, and have no trade, no .in
terest in the conciliation or breach
with America? Have those who
have to pay the poor rates, no share
in the debate—-whether laboring me
chanics shall get their bread* and the
bread of their wives and children,,
by industry, making them well ted
and honest, of shall eat their bread
in the work-house, with idleness in
ihcir hands and vice in their hearts?
Have those mechanics no interest in
the settling of the question ? Ah
God ! they not only-feel they have, but
they grin with rage when their pi-
niug children, involuntarily and -un
consciously ’put the question to them f
Yes, basest c-f ministers, hear the
truth arid be appalled ! The mechanic
grins with rage at your conduct to
wards America—except when he
consciously smiles with hopes oi ven
geance ! And what was, or is, tile
Inotivc of your policy towards Amt!-
rica ? What were, you to get by dj?
or what to lose by conciliating her ?
What to get but that satisfying of
mean <k malignant passioni, wtudi
gratification is the delight ofiliivie
minds ?—What else'cookl- you get ?
But that was enough for. you !. You
can hazard -every political evil to
gratify poor passions ! You cad-bear
any political evil for this enjoyment!
You can hazard the loss cl'Ireland,
to indict pain and disappointment on
the Catholics ! You can hazard Ire
land, to torture her with a Union !
You can hazard Ireland, to revenge
yourself on the press ! And you
can bear with the loss of Ami rican
Commerce; to soothe the piutng re
gret with which >ou lost An erica
hf.rself !—-It was ilut soothing,
which you could not bear to part
with, that you hed to lose by conci
liating America. Nothing on earth
besides had you to lose, or could you
lose, by the wise policy of concilia
ting America ! Nothing ! The ho
nor of the nation, ;of the English
nation, you would have saved by it!