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VOL. III.
M1LLE DGEVILL E, WE ON ESI) AY, JANUARY 29, 1,812.
No i4.
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PUBLISHED BP
SBJtoHtf Flbmisg GrahTlasb,
PRINTERS TO THE STATE,
Op J«fkrwn-Street, •ppo»ite the fitate-Honie.
TERMS,,....THR-‘-E DOLLARS PER AN
NUM, ONE HALF TO BE FAlD » K AD *
VANCE.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be thank
fully received, and published
at the customary prices.
LAW OFFICE.
The tubfcriber ha# now fixed his per.
manent refidence at Milledgeville, where he
may generally be found ready to attend to
buQoefa In hit profcflional Hse. He will
conftantly attend the Superior Court# in
Hancock county, and after the enfuing Cir
cuit, will principally devote his attention to
the Superior court* io the counties of the
Ocmulgee Diftrift.
Seaborn Jones jr.
N. B. Hit Office ia kept on the cast
aide of Jefferfon ftreet, oppofitc Maj. Ro
bert*# White Houfe, where either he or hi#
Brother may at all time# be feen.
May fli 80—tf-
Notice is hereby given,
That the co.partnrrfhip of Barton,Kees
and GoligMy, was diffolrrd on the 13'h
of November, tsio.
Rensom Golightly-
January id is—st*.
NEW STORE.
Sears & De Forest, have lately
arrived at this place from New-
York, with an assortment of
bey goods,
Groceries and Hardware,
together with an assortment cf Sad
dles and Bridles, which they offer
for sale at the store lately occupied
by J. W. Devereux, Esq, as Post-
Office.
N. B. Likewise the best Madeira
Sherry and Malaga Wines. Also, a
horse, gig and harness for sale.
November 13 3— 26t
Will be Sold,
T O the higheft bidder, on Saturday the
8th February next, at the late dwelling
house of Jeremiah Edge, dee'd, in Hancock
county, all the personal eftate of said dec'd,
conaifling of Horse#, Cattle, Sheep and
Hog#, Household and Kitchen Furniture,
Plantation Utensils, £jfc. Twelve month#
credit—the purchaser giving bond with ap
proved security.
Katy Edge, Adna’x.
January 1. 10—fit
WILL BE SOLD,
On Thursday 5th of Ma ch next, at
the houfe of Anthony Gholfon on Fish
ing Creek, about nine miles from Mil*
ledgeville, agreeable to an order of Court,
the remaining part of the perfonal ef.
tate of John Gholfon. deceafed ; con
fiding of Negroes. Horfei. Cattle, Hogs,
ti ruse-hold and Kitchen Furniture—
Twelve months credit will be given;
the purchaser giving fmall notes with
approved feeurity.
* Anthony Gholson, Ex’r.
January 22 13—6t*.
©omcdttc.
S TRAYED from the fubferiher, about
the Id OfloHer laft, A chesnut sor.
rel rorsb,about 5 feet high, coarfe mane,
trots naturally, and no brand recollected,
with very high weathers. Any perfon who
will deliver htid boric to me shall be fuita*
bly rewarded.
William Cook.
Monticello, Jan. 29 J9—tf.
Notice.
The copartnerlhip of Anthony Dyer
tnd Son being this day diffolved by mu.
tual confent, all thole indebted to the
late firm either by note or book accompt,
are earnedly solicited to come forward &
make payment to Anthony Dyer who in fu
ture will have the fettiement of the same ,
He is dispofed to make the payments as
accommodating as poffible, and hopes
that this reasonable requeft will be drict
ly attended to, as it will be painful to
him to adopt compulfory meafures.—
likewise all thofe having claims againd
the firm will prefent them for fettiement
Anthony Dyer
Otis Dyer.
Monticello,CId December, 18U.
WILL BE SOLD,
In the town of Msdiibn, Morgan county, on
Tuefdsy the eighteenth of February next,agree
able to an order of court, part of a lot of land
Mo. 2B8, in the fifteenth diftritt of Baldwin
now Morgan county, being part of the real
eftattof Robert Hamilton, deceased. Sold for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms
will be made known on the day of fate, by
i Hamilton. Ex'
William
Jannary 8
11—fit
DOCTOR BIRD,
Will about the middle of February next,
commence the PRACTICE of PHYSIC in
Milledgeville. He is determined to pay
fkridt attention to the duties of hiaprofeffion.
His charges will be reafonable. the poor At.
tended gratis, Dec, is »—tf.
By order of the Honorable
the Inferior court of Scriven county, will
be fold, on the 28th day of February next,
at the late residence of james DougHfs, dec.
the following property, being the personal
eftate of faid deceafed, vie*—Harry, Leah,
and Four children. Conditions made known
on the day of sale.
James Dubose 8c Wife, Adm.
January 22 13—4t#
L OST, a note of hand for 120 dollars,
due firft inftant, given to the subscriber
by Newbill Moore, with a credit on it for
25 dollars. All perfons are forwarned a-
gainft trading for faid note, as Mr. Moore
has given bis obligation for the halUnce
due. John S. Thomas.
January 7 11 J
Notice.
ALL perfams are cautioned and forbid
not to cut any more timber* or in any
way trespafs on that Lot, or bounty of
land, No. 268, Wayne county, lying on
Grreat-Satilla River, in this State, without
my approbation.
Rich’d C. Haze.
January 82 13—3t.
WILL BE SOLD,
At the Market-Houfe in the town of
Sparta, on the firft Tuesday in March next,
one trad of land, lying in Hancock county,
on the waters of Little Ogechee, adjoining
Duskell and others, contsining eighty acres
more or lefs j it being the real eftate of
John H. Turner, and fold for the benefit of
the heirs. The terms of sat* will be made
known on the day of Tale, by
James Turner, Guardian.
January 22 18—tda.
Substance of the supplemental’]/ JItli-
tin ui.l.
Sep. 1. Organizes a minor class of
militia# to consist of persons liable
to militia duty, over 18 and under
21 years of age ; liable to be order
ed out whenever the President may
have power to call out detachments
of militia, to continue 3 months in
actual service only, in the state
where they reside.
§ 2. Constitutes the junior class to
consist of all men over 21 and un.
der 30, to serve 12 months at a time,
in aqy part of the United States.
$ 3. Provides for a senior class,
over 30 and under 45, to serve 6
months at a time, in their own or an
adjoining state.
§ 4. Every captain must enroll
the militia of his company on the
first Monday of April annually.
% 5. A part of each class only to
serve at one time, to be designated
by lot; ‘and no individual to do ac
tual duty more than once, until me
whole ciass shall have served.
§ 6. Every militia man may fur
nish a subttitue out of the class to
which he belongs.
§ 7. Every officer failing to do his
duty shall be cashiered, and fined not
exceeding SO dollars by a court mar
tial.
$ 8. Every inhabitant enrolled a-
mong the militia on the first Mon
day in April 1813, shall 6 months
thereafter be entitled one stand of
arms, the right to which shall ina
lienably be vested in him, and which
cannot be levied or desttained upon,
to satisfy any demand whatever;
provided, that every such inhabitant
shall make oath that he has not be
fore received a stand of arms : lia
ble to be fined and punished for ma
king false oath.
$ 9. Any militia man selling his
stand of arms, or disposing of it in
any manner, shall he fined 40 dollars,
and imprisoned 60 days.
§ 10. Any person exporting, or
causing to he exported, any stand of
arms shall be fined 50 dollars.
$ 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, con
tain provisions to regulate the mailer
in which the arms shailbe preserved,
or forfeited in particular events, and
to carry into execution the preced
ing provisions ot the hill.
were thrown do^gyn. Mr Noland fell
towards the window and whs saved ;
Mr. V. fell the other Way and perish
ed in the smoke !
Many doubtless perched in the
same way. The volume ot smoke,
•which could not at first «scape
through the roof, was bent down
wards ; black, dense, almost satura
ted with oily vapours. M my were
suffocated by it, who might have had
strength enough to leap the windows.
Several were saved by the fresh air
which they inhaled at the windows—
or even at acrannv.
Poor Botts ! a man of astonish
ing assiduity and attainments at the
bar, has perished with his Wife and
her Niece—-he fell perhaps a vic
tim to his hopes. He thought it
more prudent to sit still with his
wife, while the crowd passed by ;
but her sister-in-law Mrs. Page,
yielding to the sympathetic impulse
of her fears, rushed forward and is
saved. What a seal has death set
'non this tamilv!... At or.e fell swoop,
Doctor Williamson
fccfpeAfally informs the citizens of Mil-
ledgeville and its vicinity, that he baa com
incnced the Brattice tf Pbjsit,
January r tf
Doctor Mitchell
BEGS leavsto inform the citizens of Jonss
Cpunty> that he will attend to the duties of his
profession, with rsesy attention that ia netesfary
Jannary 1. 10 tf.
Great Bargains for Sale
For calls or likely young negroes, a plantation
on the Ocmulgee River, in Jones county, 10
milea from Clinton, with about Eighty acres of
open land in good repair with crow fences; an
excellent filhery At good ford acrofs the river .with
convenient honftt tor carrying on trade with the
Indiana or white people ; alfo about one hundred
head of cattle and 60 head of hogs; two fquarei
of Land on Walnut Creek joining each other, with
90 acres of open land. Mo further description
il nectffary.as any perfon witting to become a
purchafe* may know the particulars by apply,
ing to the fubferiber living on the ptemifes.
William Binion.
January 15 12—St.
LOST,
O N Tuesday the i4th inftant, a Small
Rid MoaoccoPocket Boor, (with
feveral pieces of tin around it) containing
a note on Thomas Chappell for 81 dollars
and fame cents 1 and another on Amo#
Wheelus for 16 1.2 dots, with a credit of
one dollar { both notes given to the fuhscri.
her. All perfons are forwarned from trad,
ing for either of the above mentioned notes.
James Southall.
January 92.is— 3t.
For Sale,
A BOUT 900 acres Oak and Hickory
Land in Lincoln county—any person
sviihing to purchase may be accommoda
ted on advantageous terms. The payments
will be made cafy to the purebafer. If re
quired, the land will be divided into two
or three tracts. For terms apply to Ma
thew Talbot, efq. of Wilkes couoty, or
Walter Jones in Milledgeville.
January 15 12—41.
Will be Sold,
On Friday the *Tth of February next, a part
of thejperfonal property,conaifling of horfes,
cattle & bogs, furniture, ke. belonging to
the eftate of John W. Jones, lateof Putnam
county, deceafed- A credit of nine months
will be given on all Turns over five dollars.
On the base day, the negroes belonging to
faid estate will be hired, and two plantati
on rented for one year.
Jesse Jones, V £
Benj. Hill, J |
January 13 19—<t
hilUro
converted
Wanted,
A Journeyman Black-Smith,
who is well-acquainted with Coach
and Chair-work and Mill .Irons.
None other need apply.
Geo. W. F. de la Huff.
N. B. Warranted AXES of all
kinds may be had at a short notice.
G. W. F. H.
September il 46 — ■ tf.
Richmond. Dec. 31
We cannot paint the details of
the scene of Thursday night—No
description can do justice to its hor
rors—and there were so few persons
so cool and self-collected as to accu
rately paint any part of the mass of
woes which fell in a moment upon its.
Some scenes are so fraugnt with hor
ror, that, a delicate pencil would have
to skip them. Besides, time enough
has not been had to bring together
an accurate group of woes.
It is painful to touch upon the ca
tastrophe of those who have gone/or
ever. Their ashes are in tiic g, uve
--hut their memories are entombed
in our hearts.
The generous and worthy Srmtn,
who but a tew days since wa» crown
ed with one of the highest honors
which Virginia can bestow is snaten-
ed from his country, his distracted
family, his children and his friends!!
It is not certainly known whether he
had effected his escape from the buil
ding and rushed again into the flames
to save his child !— There is a con
fusion in the story, and perhaps it is
as well if it never were cleared up.
| Abraham B. Venable, the Presi
dent of the Bank of Virginia ; a man
who has filled our public stations
with very high repute; who has been
in the House of Representatives and
in the Senate of the United States
during the most interesting periods
-—he too is gone !—He has left no
wife or children; but a long train
of relatives and friends to weep his
loss. He was in the box with ladies
he begged them not to be precipitate
or impatient; but was at length dri
ven towards a window in the lobby,
with a crowd of others. The suf
focating smoke came rolling on. Mr.
V. and some who were \rith him
into Orphans !
How heavily has the hand of death
fallen upon the family of the H.»r-
vies !—Poor mourners, deeply in
deed have ye drunk of the cup of
affliction. Within five short years
we had numbered among the dead,
the venerable John liarvie, the ami
able Mrs. M’Craw, the interesting
little boy of Dr. Brockenbrough.—
But by one blow, the distressed mo
ther, Mrs. Harvie, has lost her no
ble and high-souled daughter, Juli
ana, her excellent son, E. J. Harvie,
and that sweet little girl, Mary
Whitlock, her beloved grand daugh
ter !! .'—Reader conceive if you can,
what you never can have felt.
Lieut. James Gibbon, of the U. S.
Navy, has gone with the rest! Young
as he was, he had tasted of the cup
of affliction. lie was taken captive
in the Philadelphia, and immured
in the prisons of Tripoli. On
this fatal night, he and Mr. John
Lynch were in the same box with
Mrs. Gallego, Miss Conyers, Mr.
Venable and others—Wnen the a
larm was first given, they endeavor
ed to quiet the apprehensions of the
ladies, but when the front Beene was
in flames, they reached over for Miss
Couyeis who had sunk motionless
below—ihey took her over; they
held iier De tween them, in a state of
insensibility, her head falling over
Mr. Lynch’s left arm. In 4 ihis man
ner they proceeded towards the head
of the stairs, ‘ when Gibbon said
“ Lynch, leave Sally to me. I am
strong enough to carry her ; she is
light, and you can save somebody
else.” Mr. L. replied, “Godbless
you Gibbon, there is the stairs,” and
the n turned round to seek some of
the other ladies. Poor Gibbon and
his lovely and interesting companion,
sunk together.
We must drop this recital. We
have already stated the deaths of
Mr° Gir irdih and her sweet boy—
of M 4. Gibson, whose husband per
naps is i.ow on his way from Eu
rope ; what a blow upon his heart!
of .he venerable Mo. Page; of Mrs
Lcsslic; ot the lovely Nancy Green,
he daughter of Mr. Green, the Ma
nager ; of the amiable Mrs. Robert
Greenhow. The particulars of most
of thier fates are wrapt in oblivion—
Their ashes arc in the grave.
These perished amidst the flames
—buijMrs. Patterson and Mr. Wil
liam Brown were overwhelmed by
the crowd.
Let us change the scene. It is a
far more grateful task to describe
the fate of those who have, as it were,
miraculously, escaped. It is some
relief to our feelings, to contemplate
those who seem again to have “ re
visited the realms of light.” It is
almost a*, if the grave had given them
up again from its jaws. We arc
sorry, indeed, that qur limits do not
permit us to give any but hasty snat
cues and sketches of events.
Mr. John G. Jackson was over
come by the suffocating smoke and
fell senseless. His last recollection;
was that his feet were descending ;
but whether the floor or stairway
were broken or he had reached the
descent he was not conscious—but
insensibly he descended to the level
of the pit, where a strong current cf
fresh air revived him, as he lay a-
mongst a heap of prostrate persons.
He struggled to rise and found him
self on his feet with a lady clinging
to him and beseeching him to save
her. With difficulty he found the
door, not beiug acquainted with the
house, but at last he emerged with
the lady, when the fire was pouring
through the front wiadows, and ’ere
they had advanced far, the roof tum
bled in.
Mr. M. W. Hancock carried with
him to the plav his niece, the two
Miss Herons & 3 boys. .When the a-
larm was given, he did all in his power
to save his proteges—but was at last
separated from them all. The flames
were approaching with a degree of
fury and rapidity that was perhaps
never exceeded. Hitherto the scene
had been all bustle, confusion and
consternation ; it now changed to
one of awful horror and desperation,
that beggars all description.—He at
tempted to reach the centre window
in the lobby of the lower boxes.-*
He at last succeeded in mounting on
the heads of the crowd betwixt him
and the window, and finally reached
it, surrounded by the unavailing and
afflicting cries of those suffocating
around him. He stepped within the
window and with difficulty raised the
lower sash—he thrust his feet out,
when the sash was suddenly pressed
down and caught his feet betwixt it
and the stil. He extricated one foot
but could not the other* until those
behind him who had sufficient
strength left to mount over him and
the lower sash which kept him down,
did so. He found himself so far
gpne from suffocating that he gave
himself up as lost—the flames how
ever rushed over his head and the
introduction of fresh air at the bot
tom of the window gave him new
lile. Those behind him being no
longer able to keep him down, he
with a last effort raised the sash, ex«
tricated his fooj and jumped out.—
It gives us sincere pleasure to add t
that the 3 boys and girls whom he
carried with him have all escaped
with their lives.
Mr. John Lynch was the only per
son who passed the window after
Mr. Hancock. After he had left
poor Gibbon, he met with a variety
of horrid adventures. All was ut
ter darkness in the Lobby, and suf
focation threatened. It was an aw
ful crisis—and but that one of the
windows was burst open and let in
fresh air, he thinks all in the lobby
must have perished ; at length he
reached the window, where he found
a gentleman fixed fast, whom he
since believes to have been Mr. Han
cock. After an awful lapse, the
flames were rushing on in all direc
tions, his hair caught fire, hope de*
serted him ; he was struck with hor
ror at the idea of being burnt alive.
He rushed towards the window, wav
ing his hands as quick as possible fl
yer his head and clothes. This was
a dreadful mo intent; he saw many
drop down on each side of him suf
focated—the window was now free,
and he scarcely on the bottom of it
when he heard an awful crash behind,
him. He threw himself out and pro
vidence preserved him.
Mr. Robert Greenhow precipita
ted himself down the stairs over fire
brands and bodies, with hit fine sou
in his arms—and was saved.
Mr. Head Lynch made a wonder
ful escape with his child. His lady
watt saved by a strong man’s pulling
her by the hair of the bead over the
bodies in the stair, way*
Mr Stetson feii in the lobby with
his headto the wall ; but for » crack
which hip mouth accidentally caught,,
he would have died for the want of
air—- he fresh air that streamed
througn, it revived him cnotqgh to
lift his head to the window—a fresh
draught of it revived him, and he
jumped out.
Mr. Gordon was saved io a state
of insensibility. His Lady was saved
by jumping through a window and