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MILLEDGEVILLE. MARCH 30, 1814.
PUBLISHED BY
SeifoN $ Fleming Grantland,
STATE PRINTERS,
AT g •? A YEAR HALF IN ADVANCE.
DESERTED.
FROM my recruiting rendezvous it Irwin,
ton, Wilkinfon cout *y» Georgia, on fur.
Ail letters to th« Editor* mud be port paid.
hough, the 1 J*h of December ft/Benjamin j
Stt/i/xw, a private foldier in the 8th U. 8. in. | ^ ens co “ ,u >; a , . ' *>'
! fantry of the following description ; horn in “Been hands high
North*Carolina, Moor county, twenty two
years of age, about $ feet 9 1.4 inches high,
| fair complected, grey eye*, light hair, and by
ceived to "this pnpor for less than a
fe'ar. All persons who have onee enter
NOTICE
O subscription will in fiitnre be re- ; profession a farmer, and bis left ear is partly
" ' bit or cut off i stout, well made, and inclined
to be quarrelsome, and aaid at the time he en.
jilted that his place of residence was in Wash*
ington county, Georgia, about 16 miles from
nay rendezvous. A liberal reward willl be giv
en to any person who will apprehend and con-
fine him in any Jail in this state or deliver
him to me, or any officer in the U. 8. service
besides all resonable eapenees or apprehend
ing him.
LEMUEL GRESHAM,
2d Lt nth V. 8. Inf y.
•„i their names will be considered sub.
ccribers till they signify to the contrary.
The advance money must iu every case
he forwarded, ami no pnper will be dis
continued till all arrears are paid.
February 23.
Oconee Navigation-
Encouragrd by the liberality with which
•'ir Shares of the Oconee Navigation company
/,ave been fuhscribed for, and the flattering
irospect of its continuance, thediredtors have
determined to commence working on the ri-
»cr, the enfuing fummer; in confequencc of
which, (h reh ildrn are hereby required to
pay into my office (which is kept in this place)
previous to the fiift day of May n»xt, tweniy
fiye per centum on the amount they may have
jjhfcribed. To tccommodate this payment
:o the difficu'ties of the times. Shareholders
who cannot make it convenient to pay the
twenty five per centum, in money, may dis
charge the fame by fumiihing healthy tasks.
Me labourers; for whom liberal wa-get will be
allowed, and particular attention paid to their
health, See. Shareholders, who may prefer
fu 'ithing labourers to the payment ot money,
mutt notify me to that effect, previous to the
flrt day of May ner, rpecifying the number
of labourer* to be furnifhed j which labourers
mnft be held fuhjedl to the demand of the trea.
hirer. It is expected the work will be com.
menced in the month of June, and continued
is long as the depth of water, and clemency
of weather will permit, at leafl. From this
ibsieholders will know how to mske their cal
eu'ations, as to the number of labourers it will
require, to pay the twenty five per centum.
Liberal prices, in fhare»of the company, wil
be given for labourers, or to perfons that wilt
furnifh hands See & render navigable, under the
direction and infpedton of the diredtors, an*
particular fhoal, or obftrufled part of the
fiver, between Piffling creek and the junction
of the Appalatchee with the Oco ee Per.
fons dispofed to furnifh hands fcc. and render
navigable any particular fhoal or obftrufted
part of the river,and reejive fhares of the com.
pany therefor, will deposit in my office pre.
v.ous to the firft day of May oext, feaied pro.
pofals, fpecitying the fcoal or ohRrudted pan
of the river they wiil render navigable, the
price for which they will perform the labour,
and by what time the work fhall be completed
The diredlors will mee in this place on the
tat Thursday in May next, for the pnrpofeof
taking laid propi fair See. into confider ition.
B\ order of tbe DireBon,
GEORGE IRVING, Treajkeer
(Ej-The fubferiber will attend in Gree»«bo
frnigh, from the 25ih to the 90th April, iudu
five, for th e above purpofe.
Greensborough, 15th Jan. 1814. 15 3m
10,000 DOLLARS
CONSTANTLY »n bund, for lb. |mr.
pose of purchasing Pork, Fat Beef, Ba
con, Flour Whisky, Brandy. Soap, good
Vinegar and Candles for the United Slates
troops. The highest price wiil be given
for lltose articles delivered at Fort-lluw-
kins, and a proportionable price for them
delivered at.Milledgevilie—A large sup
ply of thorn is immediately wanted. Al
so will he given 8 dollars per day for
strong Waggons and goud teams, or 8 dol
Ur# per day and found—should owner
prefer the latter price, they may rely on
being well furnished.
FA It IS H CARTER.
Febmary 21st. 18—tf.
STRAYED from the subscriber, liv
ing on Turkey Creek three miles a-
bove Mr. Joseph Chairs’s mill, Lau-
IIay Horse about
or upward#, slim
made, black mane and tail, short
docked and swab tail, both his hind
feet white, aged about seven or
eight years old, round bodied and
makes a noise in his nostrils when rode
brisk; no brands that I recollect, or it
any unknown. Whoever has or wi.l
rake up said horse and will either
send orbring him to mi living as a
bove, or will advertise him in the
Georgia Journal, letting me know
where I may apply fvrhim, shall be
well rewarded for thtir trouble and ex
pence.
Lewis Hicks.
Laurens, Counter. Turkey 1
Creek, March 8th, 1814 J
March 16 21—3;*
Notice.
ALL persons having any .busines
In the Clerk’s Office of the House ol
Representatives of the State of Georgia
nre requested to make application to
George R. Clayton, erq of Millcdge*
ville, who is authorised and empower
cd to transact the same, and who wil
always be ready to attend to any appli
cation.
Augustin S. Clayton, Clerk
March 1. 20 4t.
Wanted at Fort Hawkins,
CORN & FODDER;
For which the following prices will be
given :
Corn, Sixty two and a half cents
per bushel ;
Oats, Fifty cents per bushel.
Fodder, One Dollar and fiity cents
per hundred pounds ; to he delivered
at the Ferry over Ocmulgee river.
The subscriber will enter into con
tract for Corn and Fodder, delivered
at Fort Lawrence on the Flint river,
or Fort Mitchell on the Chatahouchee
river.
T. BOURICE,
Hep. qr. AL Gen'l U. S. Army.
Fort H »'vkin«, Feb 25 20—ti.
CASH will be given lor good well
smoked BACON, at 9 cts. per pound ;
elso 5 cents per pound for Pork on the
foot, delivered at the Ferry on thr
Oakmulgee near Fort Hawkins, by
the 1st of April, 1814
JENKENS D. WEATHERS,
Agent for the U. S. Contractor.
March 5 21 31*.
the Subscriber
TTAVING purchased the house and lot
JlT tormerly occupied by Mr. Scurry, in
tiic town of Milledgeville, will be happy
at all time* to attend to any busines* in the
hne of hit profession. He intends practicing
in the Ocmulgee Circuit, and will be tbaukful
tor a portion of the public patronage.
James V. Frierson,
Attorney at Law
Milledgeville, JaMkry • t*
WILL BE SOLD,
On Monday the 4th day of April next, at
the late refidence qf Elliot Coleman, deceafed:
a part of the
Personal Property
belonging to the eftste of faid deceafed, con
sifting ofhoufehold and kit- bn furniture, hot
fee, cattle and hog*, a riding chair, a parcel nf
::ornand a new boat Term* will be made
known on that day, and the fate will he con
tinued, if requifite from day today, until the
whole is fold. The houfe and lot lately oc
cupied by the deceased, will be rented on the
Jay of fate, or fooner if applied for.
John Scott, Rx’or
Februa- y 22 ' Js '«
Notice.
All persons having demands against
the estate of Elliott Coleman, t late of
Btldwin county, deceased, are required In
render them, within the time prescribed
by law, duly authenticated, and those in
debted to said estate, are requested to
make immediate payment to
John Scott, Ex’or.
Fehruarv 22 18—fit
,-iH)
utrp
WILL BE SOLD,
At the market house in the Town of
Sparta, on the first Tuesday in April next,
between the nsual hours, the foil, wing
property, to wit
Negroe
egroes Jesse, Luke, Dinah, Milly.
Vmy, Mariah, Nancy, William & young
Lulce, taken as the property of Georgi
Xarswnrthy Herd; to satisfy an execution
in favor of William Shivers against An
drew Stewart and b&Uy his wife, Adtnr’s
of said estate.
WL Gary. Stiff
Ids
Mr rch 2
1 ft-
WILL BE SOLD,
At the Court House in Jasper county, on
the firft Tuesday in April next,
One Stud Horfc known by the name of
Dare-Devil, levied on as the property of Rus
feljonr*, to satisfy an.execution in fivorof
John Stewart, affignee, for the nfe of the re.
prefentatives of Aquilla Uurrocghi.againft the
(laid Ruasel Jones and James Kidd.
Allen AVClendon, n. s.
FebruaryfiS 19 tds.
Notice.
Strayed from the subscriber on tbe
28th of January last, a likely bay mare
with a blaze face, five years old, has a
number of small white spots on each
side of her neck, three white feet, had
a small sore on the right side of he:
ack and was shod before---likewise a
black mare, five years old, shod al
yund ; whoever brings them to the
subscriber in Marion, shall receive a
liberal compensation from me.
ROBERT CUMMINS.
March 23 22 tf.
Wanted Immediately,
Seventy Waggons, for the United
States sen ice, lbr which liberal hire will
be given. T. BOURKE,
I). q. M. Gen. U. S. Army.
Fort-Haw kin#, Feh. 16. 1814. tf.
WILL BE SOLD,
On Tuesday the 26th of April next, at the
late refidence of the deceased, in the town of
Hartford,
All the Personal Property,
of Thomas A. Hill deceafed, confiding of
hoofehold and kitchen furniture, some Hock,
&c. Terms of sale will be made known on the
day
Robert Hill, A dm’-.
Behnury w otv
IMPORTANT LAW CASE.
Lorenzo Astolfi,*} Aetinu for a Libel 011
vs tthe character of the
Joseph ChiappL J Plant iff'.
Phis action was tried at the present
Febmary sessisn of the Major's court of
theeity of New-York, before the honors
ble Josiah Oirden Hoffman, recorder.
The Plaiutiff is a respectable confec
tioner of the rity of Philadelphia, &the
defendant is owner or proprietor of a
museum in the city of New-York, for ex
hibition of wax figures, entiled“ the Ita
lian Museum .”
The declaration charged the defendant
in substance with wickedly and maticiou*-
ly forging, m dicing, and fabricating a cur
tain ridiculous, libelous, and ludicrous
group and collection of figures of wax,
if aid concerning liie piai.nilf, contain
ing among the same a certain fi ;me unit
effigy of wax intended to represent the
plainliir, and two other figures of wax, in
tended to represent two countrymen, am!
by the said group the plaintiff in u false
ludicrous, and odious attitude, posture,
and occupation, purporting among oilier
things to lie in I lie act of holding in one
hand a cup, as if off'eriug the contents for
sale, and with the other hand playing an
organ to aud before the said two ffguris.
who are represented us convulsed with
horrible and odious laughter, and grin
ning at the said figure intending to repre
sent the plaintitt*. That this group was
openly and publi ly exposed to view, fo
the purpose of injuring the plai:,iiff. &
* ' is g- nupofffgnrt'twas announced to the
tuplin by printed hand billscunt.-iumg < •
mong other things the following wo ds:
“ original portrait of Lorenzo Astolfi. #
onfeelioner in Philadelphia; lit-is rep
resented w ith two countrymen b. lore him.
& playing on the organ, ns lie used to do
when lie first commenced business.”
The cause was ably conducted by Cow
drey, Addis, & Wilkins, of counsel for the
jilantiff, and Anllion, ofcouncil for the de
fendant.
After the argument# of the counsel, nod
a very able anil luminous charge by In*
honor the recorder, the jury reti red for »
bout tweniy minutes, aud returned will,
a verdict for the plant iff for nineteen hun
dred and seventeen dollars damages.
The cause being moved, excited much
interest, and the court-room was crowded
with spectators.
families; they are doubtless well known
to your Excellency. AH they ask tor
is, liberty to proceed with their empty
vessels and necessary fishing appara
tus,under such restrictions as your Ex
cellency shall judge expedient, to the
fishing ground in Boston Bay, for the
purpose of fishing for the Boston mar*
kct.
If theyhad not, heretofore, (except in
the instances alluded ti>)demeuned them
selves as good citizens,quietly & peacea
Lily pursuing their innocent St ncceccs-
iary avocation / if they had not rigidly
obeyed the laws ; unilormly respmc
the authorities of their country, and
been constantly attached to the union
of the states ; they would not now ap
[ tar before the lather of the merican
people. But they confidently appe;
to the officers of the customs, and all
those citizens who have witnessed thei
conduct, for its uniformity in the above
recited particulars.
NAYS—Messrs. Baylies of .'ass. Bay*
ly of Va. Bigelow, Boyd, Bradbury,
adle - - -
CONOR ESS.
house 0ruurt1F.SE vtj Ti11- ■
From the Boston Patriot.
‘ A HOOK. IN THE NOSE.”
The follow ing petition, signed by thirty*
seven Fishermen of Boston and ii* vi
cinity, ha* been forwarded to the Presi
dent of the United Suites. By some,
it may be styled “ a liook in the, jiosk.”
To his Excellency James .Madison, Pre
sident of the United States.
'Hie petition of the subscribers, fish
ermen of Boston and its vicinity, hum.
lly sheweth, that many of them have
nadvertently and without due reflecti-
m, signed a petition to the legislature
f Massachusetts, praying for relief
from the restriction imposed upon them
by the M Act laving an embargo on all
ships and vesnels in the pom and har
bors of the United States;’* They have
vince learnt, that therein they were
most grossly imposed upon, ahd deceiv
ed by< designing individuals. For,
had the legislature granted their prayer,
and any one man availed himself of the
circumstances, it would have involved
this state, and perhaps the nation, in
civil war; it would have raised the
state standard against that of the union,
and brought upon us all the horrors of
siivil commotion: ConsequenceB which
they now comtemplate with horror,
and deprecate aa the greatest of evils.
They ask no indulgence incompatible
with the great national objects contem
plated by the embargo law. They trust
it would be wholly superfluous to des-
pribe tV.eir necessities, or those of thrir
Wednesday, March ».
No petitions or reports w«-re presented
this Hay. Anil nearly the whole Hay wn#
o«t 'ipi. d in desultory proceedings iu re
lalion to
YAZOO CLAIMS.
The house resumed the consideration ftf
I he unfinished business, being a motion
to reject the bill for indemnifying certain
eluiiauiits to land in the Mississippi terri
ton.
Mr UcJcly of JV* T. who was entitled
to the flo6r w hen the house yesterday
adjourned rose mul declared, that
such was his confidence that the house
would not, in the wav proposed, re
ject this hill, but permit i: to take the
ordinary course of other business, he
should decline troubling the house with
the argument he h«d intruded to offer—
He merely took the occasion to correct
wliul he *h omed an erroneous impression
which prevailed yesterday,that the mes
sage of President W ashington in relation
to ilii., subject, wo# such a 01 • as ronvey-
ed au lotimutiuu ol fraud connected w ith
the sale of the land.
Mr. Wright <f Aid made a few ohsvr
v at ions on the great importance of tin.
subject, aud the imposing authorities bj
which the recommendation of a eooipro-
•niseis surrounded Undersuahcircum
stances, A the pledge which lieeoni'.nded
(tail been given by the government to coin
promisee this claim as now.proposed, lie
1 aped the bill would not be rejected,
&c»
Mr. Troup of Geo. replied fo the hitter
irgiiiueiit, and d-nied ihat any pledge in
'Ins rcgpcct had beengivel) by the govern
ment.
.Mr Pitkin of Con. rose fo rem irk
•ml) upon one uiguim nt whivh had been
used in the discussion upon this question
—That the present claimants hud notice
before ptirchusc, of the fraud. He said
the subject had come before tbe judicial
tribiinnls iu (.’oiinc«*ti<iit, where many of
I he purchasers resided- am! it had fieei
iueontrovertihly proved that the first pur-
••fiiisei s under the act were, totally igno
rant of the fraud. The purchase, he »,iid,
was divided into shores,called scrip, like
bank stock, and passed by delivery, entit
ling the holder to sm-h quantities of land
as were therein named. He well knew
someoftbe original grantees who were
there selling the scrip or stock ; and it
was represented that no fraud had taken
place.
Mr. Alurfree of ;Y. C. observed that
this subject was acknowledged to be of
great importance, affecting the claims
of a large body of settlers outlie public
lands, aud he therefore trusted it would
not be hastily decided, lie was not cer
tain, he suit!, that he should vote for the
compromise at all, because iu the first
place, he did not kuow that the ugents
of the company wore authorised to acept
it ; and secondly, beoaiise he believed
tho United States could make & better
bargain with them. But for the pur
pose of examining these points, and of
further investigation, Ik* trusted the bill
would not be rejected, but sulferred to
take the usual course. As the bill at
present stood, he said lie should vote a-
gainst its passage hut he was not willing
10 preclude discussion and amendment
by premature rejection.
The question on the motion tore/Vcfthe
bill, was decided iu the negative by the
followiug vote :
YEAS.—Messrs. Alexander, Alston,
Bard, Barnett, Beall, Bowen, Brown,
Burwell, Caldwell, Calhoun, Conard,
Crawford, Cuthbert, Davis of Penn, lfe-
noyelles, Desha, Earle, Kppes, Evans,
Farrow, Forsythe, Fraukl n, Ciholson,
tioodwyn, Gourdin, Griffin, Grundy,
Hall, Hawes, Hungerford, Ingersoll. Ing
ham. Johnson of Fir. Kenedy, Kerr,
Leffiirts, Lyle, Macon, M’Coy, M’Kim,
M’Lcau. Moore, Nelson, Newton, Orms-
hy, Fiper, Pleasants, ftea of Pen. Roan,
Smith of Pen. Stanford, Tuunebiil, Tel
fair, Troup, l dree, Wlutehill.—38^
Bradley, Breekenridge. hriglmm, Ua-
perlou, Champion, Cilley. Clark, Com
stock,Cooper, Cox, Creighton, Culpepper,
Davenport, Davis, of Muss Dewey, Ely,
Findley, Fisk of Vt. Fisk of JS. t. For
ney, Gaston, Geddes, Grosvcnor. Hele,
Harris, Huffy, Irving, Jaekson of It. I.
Jackson, of Virg. Kent of JV*. F. Kent of
Aid. Kilbourn, King of Mass. Kingq/A 4 .
C. Law, Lewis, Lovett, Lowndrs, M
Kee, Miller, Muffit, Montgomery. Most
ly, Mtu free, Marked, Oakley, Parker.
Pickering, Picking, Pitkin, Potter, Johu
RcedAVin.Reed, Rich,Richardson,llirigc-
ly, Robertson Buggies, Seybert, Sher
wood, Shipherd, Skinner, Smith, of JV*.
H. Smith of iY. T. Smith of Va. Stock-
ton. Stuart, Sturgps, Taggart,Tnllmage,
Taylor, Thompson. VosepWard. of Alois.
Wagd of N. J. Webster, Wheaton,
White, Wilcoek, Williams, Wilson (f
Mass. Wilson of Pen. Winter, Woodj
Wright, Yancey—92.
The bill was then read a second timo
by its title.
Mr. Oakley of AT. F. moved to refer the
bill to a select committee.
This motion gave rise to a desultory
conversation between Messrs Ingersoll
of Ph. Maeon of N. C. Lattimnre efMisa.
Stanford of N C. M Kee of Ky. Troup
of Geo. and Yancy of N. C. as to the pro
priety of referring it to a committee of
the whole, the eoinmilt.ee of Claims, and
the committee of Public Lauds, and mo
tions for these several objects were suc
cessively rejected.
Tile motion fora reference to a select
committee prevailed Ly « large majority.
Mr. Grundy of Ten. then rose to move
the adoption of the following instruction
to the select committee.
Resolveil, That the rommiUee appoint-
d Io ro
od on the above bill he instructed
port the evidence of the authori* vested
iu the agent now attending to eompiumiso
the claims set up by the respective clai
mants.
Mr. G. said, that as a majority of this
house appeared to he of opinion with the
Seuutc, that a compromise could and
ought to ho effected, it whs a great object
that uny law passed on this subjt-i t should
Te so passed ns to be effectual. That it
might be effectual, tco great caution could
tint be excmm'i] in examining Lie autho
rity tinder which these agents acted.—-
Mr. G. said lie had voted to reject the
Li, and should vote against any bill
which might lie passed on the subject;
hill if such an aet w ere to pass, he wu
anxious that it should be in such manner
as should attain the views of its advo
cates.
Mr. Stanford* of .A* C. trusted, os tho
subject was ref md to a eommiiee. that
hey would lie instructed to in k<* a detail
'd report on the mi riisof this,perhaps the
mu*t base ami abominable claim thw
world ever knew. ' hose origin wits so
‘orrnpl and revolting to the mind of every
honest man. He thcrefoie moved to a-
int nd the resolution so as to require the
committee to make a “ detailed report.”
1'his motion was opposed by Mr Oak
ley. as iiuneeessury on a subject so fully
understood ami *0 frequenly reported on
in both brati' he# of the Legislature
Some incidental renouks were merle by
M r. Nelson of Va. in favor of printing
ell the document# relatiug to this claim,
of which, although heretofore.priuted, ho
hod been unable to find a copy in the
mnnton Library of the House, and lie be-
iieved it would lie difficult to find a com
plete copy, nor perhaps the whole ofthe
originals, in the possession ofthe Clerk
of the House.
Mr. Jackson of Va. remarked that
these documents had been twice nr tlirieo
printed for the use of the Home, and lie
ind no doubt there w ere a sufficient num
ber of copies within reaeh of the mem
bers. To reprint them now wotild re
quire a longer time than was allowed for
the duration ofthe present session.
Mr. Stanford confirmed the statement
of the difficulty in obtaining a complete
copy of these documents, and adverted
to a copy once belonging to the House,
out of which some interested Yazoo clai
mants he supposed [for no other person
would think of doing it] had with a knilb
cut all those leaves ofthe kook whicli
contained the important evidence ofthiv
fraud of the transaction.
The motion of Mr. Stanford to amend
the motion of Mr. Grundy, was negutir
ved.
For the motion B3
Against it yo
Mr. Ingersoll of Pa. rose to more to
add to the proposed resolution the follow
ing amendment :
“ And that the eommitttee he further
instrut ted to n*<-ertain and report to the
House the amount of money actually paid
by iona fide third purchasers for grants;
or litlos they may hold under the original
grant.”
Mr. I. said his object was to ascertain
the amount of losses for which these third,
purchasers claimed indemnity. He took
it for granted that Congress would not re*
turn more than the principal of money ae-s
tuully paid by them for these claims, airff
the interest wbe.re it was ejptiiabB'dub.
t