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VOL. VIII.
MILLELKifcVILLE I UKSDAY. HEBRUA.K Y \ I. 1817.
N«%J7.
I'LltUSDCIi BY
S. & K. Ci KANTIAN!),
STATE-PR1S TKU8.
jpuu S.vLK, a couiiuySbrn nog.
jhj'ORSALE.—202 1-2 acres of oak Land,
i man; bred
hi this state, about thirty-four years of M.' with a cabin built, 25 acres prob'd aud
sge, able, stout and healthy, used to tanning, the rails split to fence it—lying in Laurens
makes a pretty good shoe ; U an active boat- county, on the waters of Turkey creek near
mi'■ — man, with a knowledge of the Oconee ; faini- Chair’s mill—any person wishing to purchase
q-j- This paper is published at three dollars , liar with the management of horses, and serv- will make u known to 1*. Stovall St Co Angus-
year in advance, or four dollars if not ing about the person Mid house; also a strong ta, or to T. Sc J. Stanford of tins place.
.. ... . DAVID STANFORD.
Jan. IS 16. 15 5t
bf not ices not. published weekly, charged as
the firs’. Administrators’ sales of real estate
advertised for S 4 cash—of personal proper
ty J’j—notices to debtors and creditors S 3—
nine months' citations 8 5—one fourth more
in every instance, if not settled for when h it
for publication. On these conditions, and
these only, -vill subscriptions or advertisements
be received after the 1st day of January 1817.
(rj-The law rt Mires land Scjiegroes belong,
ir.g to te.tutors aiid intestates, to be .vlvertis-
ed sixty (lavs; perishable property, forty ; no
tices to debtors and creditors, six weeks i and
citation* for leave to sell real estate, (monthly)
Hin t months. Land mns' he sold at the court-
house in the county where it lies, and on liie
first Tuesday in the month.
fi ~p xo paper will lie discontinued (but at the
discretion of the Editors) till all arrears are
nettled. Letters must be post-paid
(0- Postmasters will greatly oblige us by
giving us notice of ail papers winch are not
regularly taken from their offices—and such
other information as they may think proper
to communicate.
cry ONE of' the Editors of the Journal
tviU attend the several Superior Courts of
thi* Circuit during die next term, for the
purpose of collecting.
J emarv 26, 1616.
A. Is M A N A C.
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Sun
Sun
FEBRUARY.
soft
11 Tuesday >
6 36
.5 24
12 Wednesdai
6 35
5 25
13 Thursday,
6 34
5 .6
14 Friday.
6 .T3
5 27
15 Saturday,
6 3.
5 28
16 Sunday,
6 31
5 28
17 Monday.
6 30
5 29
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Fresh Garden Seeds,
Just received and for sale by
IIENliY II. HOLCOMBE, ft. Co.
February 1 lo—3t
‘“Journal of a Vo tins; Man, tfc.
f|AiIE remaining copies of this popular and
JL interesting work have been at length re
ceived from die Binder, and are now ready
for delivery to subscribers.
S. St F. GRANTLAYD.
January 1st, 1817. 31—tf
■^tttu'.l 3 VLB, ai tuis office, lit Ewell's ME-
JP DIU'VL com '.‘ANION, which treats, ac
cording to the most useful practice, of the
diseases common :o warm climates—common ca-
te* in surgery, as feacures, dts’ocatisns, He.—
and the complaints peculiar to -women and chit-
a,-:-1. To which is added, a concise and un-
p irtial liistory of the capture of Washington.
* January 21 H-tf
March next, wilt be sold
residence of Jolin Cason,
deceased, of Burke county, all the negroes
.N iiic lirst Tuesday in April next, wdl lie belonging to the estate of said Cason, for
January 28.
O sold at the court-house m Greene county, the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
154 1-2 acres of land, lying on the waters of estate, agreeable to an order of the honorable
Ei tile river, it being a part of the real estate the Inferior court of Burke county, at Janus-
of James tiarvdlc, deceased. Terms made ry term. WILLIAM HALL, Adm’r.
known on the day of sale. j January 8. 13—uls
Ilium 1'uiu.ips, Guard’ll.
January 6-
14--9>
l HA VKU from Dublin, Laurens county,
O on lit
the 19ilt of December, a pale son el
P URSUANT io an order of me court of niare, about seven years old, slim tho* well
Ordinary of Jones county, will be sold to made, switch tail, fourteen and a half liandi
Uic highest bidder on the 1st Tuesday in April i high, a large star in the forehead and some
next, at the court-house of said county, the
hall of lot No. 133, in Jones ccunty, whereon
Williamm L. Griggs, dec’d. formerly resided;
sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors.
Terms made known on the day.
SAUL DAVIS, Ad-n'r.
J nary, 8th 1817. 14 ids.
GLOB E TA VEILW
HR subscriber begs leave to inform bis
Tl' friends and the public in general, that
he has purchased the house formerly occu
pied by Capt. James Black of Monticello,
where he intends keeping a house of Enter-
1 ailment, his table and stables iviV at all times
■be furnished with as good as the country
will afTord, and nothing slirdl lie lacking on
bis part to render the weary traveller com
fortable and easy.
GEORGE STOVALL.
January 24 * * ''
TuTbe sold on l.iie 15in ol F.oniary
\v
lo.J
next, at the Court-house ill Monticel-
per county, one negro man named Jack ;
also, twenty-five acres land, part of fraction
S >12, in tiic 19th district Baldwin. iiowJ.es.
per county, being part of the property ol
Henry W. Evans, dcceascd-sold for the be-
nelii of the heirs and creditors. 1 erms made
known on the day ofs.de.
JOHN II. THIMBLE,'j
in right of his r:ife.
ROBERT COLE,
M SH \CKLEP01U>,
JOHN EVANS
January 6.
Adm’rs.
14—tclst
first Saturday i
, Vlavch next, at the house of the sub
scriber. »Uthe personal ejtate.^ Samuel Sie-
^TyiLLbe sold on the
j, tiir. subscribers, four dooi S below me City-
1 Hotel, have just received from New-
York and Philadelphia, one hundred and
.thirty packages of GOODS, which in addition
to their former stock, make their assortment
very complete. They will sell fu"cash, cot
ton, or town acceptance. The following ai -
tides form a part :
Superfine and common broad cloths and
casimercs, police cloths, flannels, blankets and
incus’ lion skin big coats, worsted hose, bom-
ba/.elts, bombazines, slorkincus and Berlin
webbs, negro plums, coalings, tec
Fancy ginghams and callicocs, cotton shirt
ings, Irish linnctiH, from 6 to 10-4 damask
diaiicrs, cotton ami thread cambrics, lcnn,
jackonetl and mull muslins, white plaid and
sliambra northern homespuns, toilanett, fin '
rentine and merseillcs vestings, brown hoi
lands, coach lace, furniture and dress fringes,
Hag bandann: s, coiton and silk Umbrellas.
Figured and plain levantinei, florences,.
sarsnetts and cynshews, rich bordered le-
vantine, damask, merino slid canton crape
shawls and handkerchiefs, Canton and Italian
black and colored crapes, 4 to 8-4, white and
black lace shawls and handkerchiefs, cotton,
silk and thread laces, marino and silver gown
trimining pearl reads, head oni.-.-oents and ar
tificial Rowers, l’illercens and Russia fur tip-
etts, fur and swans down trimming, ribbons,
silk sliaws, silk and silver cords, lie. gentle,
men’s ami ladies lined heaver gloves, a hand
some assortment of jewelry, and a few gold
and silver patent lever watches.
Ladies and misses heaver and chip huts,
gentlemen's and youths beaver rovam and
wool hats, jockey caps, an assortment of gen
tlemens and ladies morocco and leather shoes
ov the trunk, a few cases of saddles, bridles
anil sadille-bags, morocco skins, Windsor and
fancy chairs, horse, twig and bide whips, Sir.
an assortment of plated saddlery, straining
and girth webs, plated wheel bands, gigg
and clock handles, plated liames ami setts oi'
plated and yellow gigg furniture, rich plated
crewett frames and cordial stands, cut glass
saltsellcrs, Hritania inetal teapots, tec.
II. I1.L. butt, table and chest binges, trace
chains, waHle and wafer irons, wire selves, la
dies work boxes and gentlemen’s dressing
cases, fire fenders, knives and forks, pocket,
pen, shoe, saddlers, drawing anil cutting
knives, tulanci table and tea spoons, Turkish
oilstones, brace anil hills, iron, brans and rich
plated candlesticks and snuffers, steel-yards,
pocket do. chest, closet, desk, stock, trunk,
horse-screw and pad locks, carpenters, keul,
smiths and shoe hammers, 28 to 34 incli
smith’s hellowses and bellows pipes, anvils,
vices, beck irons and screw plates, files of all
descriptions, screw augers, n .'I, hand, tenant
and frect saws, currycombs, waggon boxes,
hell metal and tea-kettles, frying pans, sad
irons, shovel and tongs, surveyors measuring
'apes, marbles, tea-trays, pocket pistols, pa
tent coffee mills, fee. &.C.
D. I’oncc’s F F rifle powder, hyson tea
Spanish segars, nutmeggs, pepper, ginger,
allspice, copperas*, fix.
T. St J. CUNNINGHAM.
N. B. The subscribers have received an
assortment as above, at their store in Greens-
boro’, and also by Samuel Daniel, & Co. .Ma
dison, Morgan county. T. & .1. C.
Alienists. Nov 10. 5—tf
white on one or both of her bine feet—her
feet considerably split auk ■ hivered by old
shoes, and immediately on the back bone
where the binder part of the saddle come
had been much hurt—a natural trotter. Any
person that will deliver said mare to me in
Dublin, or will givc*i iformationso as she may
be got, shall be liberally rewarded and ail
expences paid. THO’S .MOORE.
January 20. 15—3t
n f ILL be sold on tne lirst Tuesday ia
April next, at the Court-house in
GUF.R IA, Ful.vki county;
R Superior Court, April Term, 1816-
3 J*E MSI—l'|K>n|ihe petition of the
Commissioners of the court-house and
Jail of said county, (successors of the Corn*
missioners of the town of Hartf .id,) by Rich
ard Jones their attorney, praying the foreclo
sure of the equity of redemption in and to a
certain lot of land, situated in the town of
Hartford in said comity,known in plan ofsaid
town by No 3, in square letter A, containing
one half acre, which was mortgaged by George
\\. Daniel, to said commissioners, for the
better securing the payment of the sum of fif
ty six dollars:
On motion it is ordered, hat the said
George \V. Daniel do pay the amount of the
principal, interest ami cost, into the Clerk’s
office of this court, within the term of twelve
months from this date, or otherwise the equi
ty ol redemption in arid to said mortgaged
premises, be ^henceforth bnrred and forever
foreclosed, according to the statute in such
eases made and provided—Anti it is further
ordered, that a ropy of said rule he published
in one of the Gazells of this state, once a
month for twelve months, or served on the
mortgager or his agent, at least six months
previou* to the expiration of the time in which
the money is directed to he paid.
True exratlt from the Minutes.
w EDWARD SMITH, Clk.
““V A. 29 inifm
NINE months after date
PENAL CODE.
I’wiggs county, Lots No 256 6U, in the 25'h
and 22<l districts of Wilkinson—the n ai
estate of Allen Beckham, deceased. Terms
made known on the day of sale.
LABAN BECK-IIAM, Ailm’r.
January 28. 15—9t
I^IOIl SALE, Lot No 26 in the 9th disiric
veil's, deceased, consisting of stock of all kimr,
household and kitchen furniture, phuitatio i
me'idls a'id a number of other articles too
r,,r,„„s to mention. Terms made known on
of Baldwin, now Jones county, drawn by
(Joxs’s orphans. Any person wishing to pur.
chase will apply to Mr. lViunx 0 Dh.i.o*,
near the Market, Augusta—t l.c land lies with
in one mile of Clinton, on the Monticello
id. Januarv 29. 16 — 4t
pEN DOLLARS REWARD— Straye
stolen from the subscriber on the night
f the 30th of December last, a likely bright
orrel Gelding, seven or eight years old, a-
bout fourteen and a half hands high, trots na-
ural, * small blaze in his face, nicked tail,
branded on the near shoulder I S. Any poi
son delivering lit* said Gelding to the sub.
scriber, Tatnall.county, Samuel Buffington in
Milledgeville, or I). Moore of Dublin, will
receive the above reward and reasonable ex-
penc.es. M ARTIN HA NUN.
February 1. 16—3t*
W r ILL lie sold outlie hist Tuesday ii
March next, at the Courthouse in the
county of Laurens, between the usual hours
of sale, one negro woman 75 years of age,
tamed Rusk, says she belongs to John Hop-
'•■ins of Son h Carolina—sold to satisfy the ex
penses of apprehending her and jail fees
ALFRED THOMPSON, Jailor.
January 23, 1817. 16—ids
i AHK. public are hereby notified, that the
subscriber has declined keeping a House
>f Entertainment in Sandersville, and no calls
will be attended to in that way.
11. CROWELL
January 27. 16—2t
appoint mu will
lie made to the honorable the court of Or
dinary of I'wiggs county, sitting for Ordinary
purposes, for leave to sell 101 14 acres of
id
land in smd comity, being the real estate of
Stephen Stephens, dic’d, for the benefit of the
heirs and creditors.
CELIA STEPHENS, xdm’x.
May 23. 31 ni9m.
AI I Ett the expiration of nine months, ap
plication will be made to 'lie honorable
the Inferior court of Putnam county, sitting
or Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the
real estate of Thomas Cavenali, deceased, sold
tor 'lie benefit of the heirs and crcditots of
said deceased.
EnU Aftn CAFKoYAfl,} ,
(I HOUGH CAVEoYAH, J * 7,/m ’ *•
December 26.
NINE months aftei the date hereof, appli
cation will he made to the Inferior court
of Jackson county, lor leave to soil two hun
dred two anil a half acres of land in the 25lli
district of Wilkinson, No. 53, being the read
estate ol Mary Staton, deceased, for the bene
fit of the heirs of saiditec’d
May 16. FLEMING STATON, Guardian
NINE months after dale application will
be made to ■ lie honorable the court of Or
dinary of Twiggs county, for wave o sell one
hundred one and one fourth acres of pine land,
being port uf l»t No. 23, in the 27tn district
ol formerly Wilkinson, nuiv Tiviggs county
it being part of the real estate of John Land
late of said county, dec’d. sold for the lienefi
if the heirs.
HENRY SOLOMON, Adm’r.
May 22, 1816. 31 m9m
AN ACT
To Reform the renal Code of this State,
and to adapt the same to the Peniten
tiary System.
\ LL persons ind
l\ Jin
KS'“"‘"1 I :UIDYI10"AU!>,
.1 mu ary 10.
A‘Vl« lnfcriw court of I’u.nam county.
^ui ,g fur ordinary purposes, will lie sold a
* K . 1- Eatonton, on the first
the court-house in ■ . , , .
Tuesday in April next, a tract of land belong
W to tiie estate of Ralph Owens, deceased,
containing 112 acres. .< tug and being m Pot-
containing know ,» bv No
^Ur^dritne- of originally Baldwin.
Termsui 8uk ' ^oHN^N.OWENS. Adm’r.
, , 7 14—tils
January 7.
• Will
O '* TTlie first Tuesday i 1 April next
he sold at the court-house in the town of
Monticello between the u mal hours of sale,
”, S S 1...1 iy;-5 * if!%«»;
4, co'it lining <
„ e hundred and thirty five a
„., vca i estate of The-
SK.'StSSU-u'*
' i ' k ‘SSSS«t M „.
JOHN GASTELLO A , j
. i 14* "“tils
Januavy 1-
f afj'LL be sold on Monday the lin'd of
\\ March next, at the ln’e res.dtnre of
i ir. deceased, of Putnam county
nil the perishable property of said deceasei..
•.insisting of horses, hogs anjl c ws, hous^
hold and kitchen funotii
ul many other
Terms of
articles too tedious to mention, terms
bled to the csiutc of
imes Lamar, ilec’d. are reijuestcd to
make immediate payment, and all tin sc hav.
ing any demands against said estate are re
quested to present them duly authenticated
lor settlement.
Nxthxmm. II SniTn, Adm’r.
December i7. >2 fit
\v
ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in
March next, at the court-house in the
town of Sparta, the following negroes, to wit.
Billy a fellow, Frances a wench and Delpha a
girfi being a residuary part of the personal es
■ate of John Lewis, sen. dee'd. Terms of salt-
made known on the dav of sale.
DAVID LEWIS, Ex’or.
Janusrv i4. <4—Ids
der of the honorabli
JJUKSUANT ’«> an oi
L Gourtof Ordinary of Jones county, will
be sold to ilie highest bidder on the firs'
Tuesday in April next, at the court-house in
Clinton, in said county, one hundred one and
a fourth acres of land, it beingthedividedone
iialfof lot No 9, m the 9lli district of said
county; also lot No 122, in the 3d district ol
Wilkinson county ; also three negroes, a man,
woman and child, the same living the estate
of Joshua Williams, deceased, and to be sold
for the benefit of the heirs. Terms made
known on the day of sale, hv
WILLIAM HAMMAUK, Ex’or.
January 8. '4 tds
8 >t(lls AT THIS—On I uesuay the 2j,I
J of February next, will be sold in the town
it Madison, Morgan county, at public outcry,
lie valuable Grist and Saw Mill on Indian
creek, formerly the property,of Jacob Oilam,
iow the property of the subscriber—also,
will be sold with the mills, one half lot of
ii iine land, the mills having 18 acres, more or
ess, exclusive of the half lot. Persons wish
ing to pin-chase would ilo well to view thv
whole.—Terms of the sale will he made
known on the day by myself or ifccnt—.hall
-■xpest one half down.
LEONARD CARMEN.
January'15. 16—4t
^ LL persons are hereby cautioned against
trespassing on Lot No 107, in the 2-ltli
listrict of formerly Wilkinson, now Pulaski
countv, either by cutting timber or taking a-
way tiie liglilwood.
JAMES. B. BRYAN.
January 30. 16—6t*
ns in jcbled to t tie estate of Lapl
\ U ‘ l ltrs
James Johnston, late of Twiggs county ,
deceas d, are hereby requested to make pay
ment, and those li .ving claims are required
to present theiracounts for settlement.
YOUJYG JOff.VSTOX, E.rV
Ja- nary 28. 16—6t
w
/ ILL be sold on Saturday the lain of
March next, a part of the personal pro
perty of Capt. James Johnston, lateof Twiggs
county, deceased. Terms made known on
the day, by TUB EXECUTORS
Januarv 28. jfi—6>*
^ MiOKC.K SIMMONS, who is represeiiti-d
X as living within twelve miles of Savannah,
is informed that his negro man John, 5 feet 7
inches high, marked with cuts on each cheek,
is now m confinement at Fort-Haw kins.—
lolin says lie was stolen from the vicinity of
Hartford, 12 years since, by some Indians—
■ ie lias been taken up in the Indian Nation and
i nt to the Fort for safe keeping. The owner
s desired to come anil prove his property,
pay the expences incurred hy Lis apprehen
sion and maintenance and take him away.
J. 11. HOOK, Capt. 4th Infantry,
Coinniauduitj- Fort-Hawkins.
January 31, 1817. 16—3t'
U ,’1LL
19tl
/V an order of the court of Ordinary of
.limes conntv, wi'l he sold to the highest hid-
any uemaniis against
of Lawi-eice llill, deceased.
V l.L persons having
t>ie estate of Lav
M ill please bring them forward proper v at
tested. anil tb ise indebted are requested to
j VMES REID. Adm’r.
13—fit *
Januarv ltl. —
7v\- J^ftiTt T ie»’U> in April ni’M
\ } l, e sold at tne com t-hon
co-mi' , all the real e.ttt'e » f
on the firat Tuesday in April next, at the
e iurt-house of said county, one lot of land
lying on Cedar-creek, U being a part ot un
real estate of Janies Bonner, dec’d. whereon
said dec’ll, formerly resided; sold for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms
made known on the day of sale.
D. NIELSON, l
K. TARVER, 5
January, 8'h 1617
Adm'rs.
14-tds
O N die first Tuesday in April next, will
be sold at the Court-house in the eoun-
iv of Baldwin, in pursuance of an order of
will 1 tiie honorable the Court of Ordinary iff said
,• in Greene I eoumv.a lot of land known by No 202, in tie
ffin ('ah,lie's, i 18th district Wilkinson, containing 202 1 '
^ wasAl. consisting of 81 a,-res .-Ma'vt.
- i„„,i„tv. on'he water, of Little ,
tie'river, i horn, deceased ; anil to be sold for the bene-
J county, _ on me_ "*; r 7 fit of the liei.-s anil creditors of said dec’d
^ others, terms | bc ^
made kn urn on VLS0V A(lmV .
Vh"'ia">
14
ialc, by
Januarv '
le known on the day of
E. B. JENKINS. Adm’r.
15—tds
be sold at public auction on the
19tli February, at the house of Robert
Brown, late deceased, niar \N hatley’s Mills,
Morgan county, all the Housediolil ft Kitch
en Furniture and a large quantity of Corn and
Fodder, and about tw enty-five bales of cot
ton and stock of Good), and plantation tools,
and a number of other articles too tedious iu
mention. Terms made known on the day of
sale, which will continue until all i» sold—al
so a number of negroes to hire.
ROBERT SHARP, Er'oi
January 23. 16—till
^ L\E niinillis afterdate, application will
he made to die bonorjhlc inferior coi
of Jones county, for leave to sell two hun
dred and thirty acres of land, more or le
on Cedar creek, w ith a Saw mill and Grist
mill framed thereon—also, one lot of pine
land in Jones or Wilkinson, on big Sandv
creek ; the property o Robert Ousley of
Jones county deceased.
ISA AC T. MORELAND, AJm'r.
January 26. 16—m9m.
NaTLsE months after the dale licrvuf, appli-
Jlm catio will be made to the honorable
the Inferior Court of Putnam County, when
sitting for Ordinary purposes, for an order to
sell 153 1-2 acres of land, more or less, in
said county, lying on little river, adjoining
Lynch, Morgan and others—also, one town
lot in Eatonton—for the benefit of the heir
and creditors of Stephen Daniel dec’d.
LEWIS DAN ILL, Aftm’r.
January 20,1817..*
NINE months at-er date, application will be
made to the court of Ordinary of Putnam
county, for leave to Hell the negroes and
landed estate la-longing to llie estate of Die
late Samuel Cox of said county, deceased ; for
tiie benefit of the heirs.
Jr Mss SiucKLiroun, Gaard’n.
June 27, 1816.
'INK ninnihs uf,i rdale, application will Ik-
made to the Court of Ordinary of Jones
county, foe leave to sell a tract ofland in said
county, on the waters of Caiiev creek, (iir the
benefit of tin- lieii's of ■' ■ King, deceased.
KINl'CHEN CUKLE, Guardian.
May 22, 1816.
l- 1 ' 1 *'ni'iiUli.s afiei dale liereot appiicaiion
will be made to the honorable the court
f Ordinary /iir the county of Hancock, fin-
leave to sell one tract of land lying in the 12'h
district of Wilkinson,containing 202 1 -2acres
No 352, for the benefit of the heirs of Joseph
Thorp, deceased ; tiie said land granted to
sltiil Joseph Thorp. .IamksSimmoxh, Adm’r.
Mav 8 Ei.ika Tnoar, adni’sc
4^' INE months after date application will be
xm made to the Inferior court o Putnam
county, when
lien sitting for ordinary purposes,
for leave to sell three hundred acres of lard
in liurk county, on Beaverdam creek, being
part of the real estate of William Stinson,
late of said county, deceased.
I HO MAS DAVIS, Qualified Ei*or.
January 8. 13—m9iii*
N INE months af'er dale hereof applica
tion will he made to the honorable the
Court ofOrdinary of Washington county, for
leave to sell sixty-five acres of land lying on
the waters of Williamson’s swamp, Washing
ton county, joining Homes, belonging to one
of the heirs of Janies Bullard, deceased.
CHARLES HOWARD, Guard'll.
January 7. 10—m9m*
Jatfier Court of Ordinal,,, September, l hlfi.
| tiie petition of Jesse Roberts, adminis
trator in right of his wife, and R'.lxut
Peniek, praying to he dismissed from the ad
ministration on the estate of Greene McAfee,
deceased. It is thereupon ordered, that after
six months publication of this order and no
person appearing to gainsav the same, that
dicy bc accordingly dismissed.
'True copy from the Minute*.
Sept. 2. ROBERT ROREY, r. r o.
N
i INK months after date application will
court of Putnam county, for leave to sell fifty
acres ofland in said county, on little river,
being part of tiie real es'ate of Alexander
Miller, deceased ; for the benefit of the heirs
of said deceased.
GARRETT HUDMAN,
IS ALAI! PARKER,
January 9. 13—ni9m'
Adm’i
GEOHGl.i, Tatnall S’lpemo • Court,
her Term, 1816.
Jlanoni lloid )
vs C label for Divorce.
A’ancy lloid. J
[ t appearing to the court from the re
turn of the slu-rift and other statements,
that the defendant is not to be found ;
On motion of Islwm II Saffnld, attorney
for the libellant, It is ordered, that the defui.
dant Nancy Hoid be and appear at tin* next
term to be held in and for tiie county afore
said,on the first Monday in April next, then
and there to answer in said case, or the court
will enter up judgment by default, and that a
copy of this rule be published in the Georgia
Journal once a month fur four months.
J AMES FERRY, Clerk.
January 14. 14—m4m
IN E months al'icr dare , appiicaiion will
lie made lo he la mot-able court of Ordi
nary of Haurock county, for leave to wll a
tract of Land lying in the 24th district ofWil-
VVhf.rk as the liberty of the ettizens
depends upon the excellence of criminal
laws, and the proportion of punishments
.♦» nearly as omy be, to the different de
grees of offencesand
Whereas sanguinary and cruel punish
ments, are only suited to despotic and ar
bitrary governments, and are totally in
compatible with the principles of lenien
cy and moderation which should distitt-
Ruish the republican, above all other po
lilical institutions: And whereas the a-
dapiation of the Penal Code, to the Peni
tentiary system, is deemed, and has been
proved by experience, to he the most mo
ral, efficacious, and nierciiu! plan of pun-
i'hmcnt •—
He it therefore rnaett d by the Senate
nnd H'lttec of Nc/irrsentalivi * of rhi
Slate of Georgia in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the au
thority of the same. That so soon as the
Penitentiary Edifice of this State, shall
by Proclamation of the Governor, be de
clared in a fit condition for the reception
of ronvicts, the following Code she. 11 be
considered infull and complete operation.
FIRST DIVISION.
PERSONS CAPABLE OE COMMITTING
(. RIMES.
§ 1. A nine or misd. nt- anor.shalicon-
sist in a violation of the public law, in tht*
commission of which, there shall bc ah
union or joint operation of act and inten
tion.
§ 2. Intention will be manifested by the
circumstances connected with tiie per
pc tration of the offence, and the sound
mind and discretion of the person nccu
sed.
§ 3. A person shall be considered as
of sound mind, who is of a proper age to
know the distinction between good and
evil; or wh *, upon being interrogated,
lias a correct conception of the offence,
with winch he or she is accused.
§ 4. An infant of such tender years, as
to render it improbable that he or slit
should be impresst d with a proper sense
ol moral obligation, or of sufficient capa-
:t y, deliberately to have committed the
ff. ncc, shall not be considered orfouim
guilty of any ci ime or misdemeanor.
§ 5. A Lunatic shall not be f. urul guilty
ot any crime or misdemeanor, committed
by him or her, whilst in tiie condition of
insanity
§ 6. Anldeot shall net lie found guilty
or punished for any crime or niixdemea
n r, with which he or site may be chaig
ed.
§ 7. Any person counseling, advising
or tncoui aging an intunt ol such tender
years, lunamic or ideot to commit un of
fence, shall he prosecuted for such of
fence as principal, and if found guilty
shall suffer the same punishment as wouiu
have been inflicted on said infant, luua
tic cr ideot, if be or site had possessed
discretion and found guilty.
§ 8. A Femme Covert, or married wo
man, acting under the hreats, command
or coercion of her husband, shall nut be
found guilty of any crime or misdemea
nor, not punishable by death or perpetual
imprisonment; mid with this exception,
the husband shall be prosecuted ns prin
cipal, and receive the punishment which
otlietwise would have been inflicted on
the wife, if she had been found guilty :
Provided, it appears from all the facts
and circumstances of the case, that
violent threats, command and coercio,
were used.
§ 9. Urunkcness shall not be an excuse
for any crime or misdemeanor, unlcs*
such druukr ties* was occasioned by thr
fraud, artifice or contrivance of other
person or persons, for the purpose of hav
ing a crime perpetrated ; and then the
person or persons so causing said drun
kencssfor such malignant putpos”. shall
oe considered a principal, and sutfor the
same punishment us would have fo en in
flicted on h : person committing the of
fence, if he or she had been possessed ol
reason and sound discretion.
$ 10. A person shall not be found guilty
of any crime or misdemeanor, committed
by misfortune and accident, and where it
satisfactorily appears there was no design
or intention.
§ 11. A slave committing n crime not
punishable with death or perpetual im
prisonment, by the threats, command ot
coercion of his or her owner, or any per
son exercising or assuming authority over
such slave, shall no* be found guilty ; and
it appearing from all the facts and ctr
cumstances of the case, that the crime
was committed by the threats, command
and coercion of the owner, or person ex
ercising or assuming authority over such
slave—he or she, the said owner or pet -
sun, shall be prosecuted for, and if found
guilty of the crime,shall st.ff. r the burnt
punishment as lie or site, the saidowne-
or other person, would have inecurred,
f lie or site had actually committed tht
offence with which the slave is charged.
§ 12. A pers'.n con.milting a rnm. ,.i
misdemeam r, tinder threats and. mena
ces, whi.lt suffu.ii ntly shew that Ins or
tier life or member was in danger, shall
n it be ft mid guilty, and such threats nnc
nenaces bttng proved and established
the person or per-ons compelling by then,
he pi nvoissl .n of I lie < Ifence, shall In
considered a principal, and suffer the
same punishment as if he, she os they,
had perp't rated tin off nee.
SECOND DIVISION.
ACCESSORIES IN CHIMES.
§ 1. An accessory, is he win. stands by,
aids and assists, or who not bting present,
aiding, abetting or assisting, hath advised
and encouraged the perpetration of the
crime. He or the who thus aids, abets
or assists, or advises, n; encourages, siial.
be called a principal in tiie second de
grre.
§ 2. An accessory, is »1»■ a person who,
after full knowledge that the crime has
been committee, conceals it from the Ma
tt ,i. 'b.v. lied a principal
in the third degree. ’' ^
THIRD DIVISION.
CRIMES AGAINST GOD.
$ I. A belief in the providence of G 4,
his existence arid supeiintentmigeigi'tiry,
in the concerns of individuals, and the
destinies of tint ons, being essential to the
lappinexa and morality cf the people,
Ifare ot the'repttbi
the prosperity and welf
bc—crimed against God, shall therefore
•onsist: In denying his existence, or a
utnre state of rewards and punishments.
§ 2. Denying of God, or A future state
of rewaids at>d pun'shtnents, shall he
punished, upon conviction, wit It being ip*
capacitated to give testimony in a Gontt
of Justice, or of serving in any office of
honor, profit nr trust, in this slide.
FOURTH DIVISION.
CRIMES AGAINST THE ST ACTE AND
THE pr, PLK ■
§ 1. Crimes against the state atul its *
people, shall to gist in treason in the first
degree nnd second degree.—Exciting cr *
attempting to excite ah ir.surieciiou
revolt of slaves. AT
§ 2. Tnasnn in the first d>-gretv£kall
consist in levying war against the state.
in tho same, or being adherent to’the e*
ort‘
nemtes of the state, within the same, giv
ing to tly.m ui-d and comfort in this state
>r elsewhere ; and thfreef being legally
convicted of open clued, by two or more;
witnesses or other r.ohiputent and ct cthe
bje testiip. ny, or a voluntary confession ;
these cases shall be adjudged treason a-
galnst the stnte and pec pie. 1 ' ..
Treason in the first degree shall bf
fiv iieht d with death.
Treason in the second degree,
shall consist in the knuwiedge nnd col *
ct'alment of treason, without otherwise
assenting tci.'nr partii ipatlng in the shoi-^.
i®
The punishment of trea-ou in. .V.e r --r*bnc
grete, shall be solitary confinement, or
hard labor, in the Penitential y, for any
term not less than three years, nor Ion*
g< r than seveit years.
§ 4 Exciting an insurrection or revolt
■f slaves,Ntor any attempt by writing,
peaking or otherwise, t<- excite an in-
urrection or revolt, oi slaves,’ shall Uq
pu ished with death.
FIFTH D VISION. *
CRIMES ANl) » FENCES AiiAIN-'T TR| '
PKU,ox> of ta riZENs on imwvilo-
A LS.
§ i. Murder, is the killing of a human
being wuh malice,expre.-s or in plied.
§ 2. Express malice, is that dciibarate
inumion in take away the life of a fellow-
realm e, which L munitested by extoy*
n .1 circumstances capable of proof.
§ 3 Manceshall he implied where no
C..uiidctabie provocation appear g, and
where all the- e.ireumstanctsol !k- kiliit g
shew an b.'ndoned and miitgnaiu hfttrt«
— The punishment of Xiurder shall ip
de-ai h.
§ a. Murder shall be denominated ho*
micidc to the firm ..vgr, e.
t> 5 Manslaughter, is homicide, it. the
second degree. Mausiaughtei is the kil
ling of a human creature without toj.iiqe,
express or implied, and without any nu*- •
line* ot deiitivitition whatcrer. It must
bo voluntary, upon a sudden heat of pas
sion ; or invoiuutary, in the. con inrs-ion
of an unlawful act, or a lawful act with
out due caution and circumspection.
§ 6. In ail cases of voluntary tr.&rv-
slai'gnter, there must be. some actual as*
s u.t up. n the* person kuling, or an at
tempt by th peison killed, to commit a.
serious peison.il iijuty on the pc-rsoi
killing. Protoc lion by words, ihrca'*,
tue-nuces or contemptuous gesture*, shall
be'in no tase suffi-itnc to fine the person
kiilmg, from thi- guilt and ciime of nin.*-
Uer. Toe killing must be the result f
that sudden violeht, impulse ot p-issK,h,
supposed to be* irreststable ; for it there
should appear to have hten an inffrv: I
b. tween the assault or provocaiit n given,
-nd the- homicide, soHirfont for the voice
ot rta.on and hunianny to be lieardyfjfhe
killing shall be attributed to (T.iibefkte
revenge, and punished as mutderT .
5 7. Voluntary manslaughter, shall be
punished by confine mem, o» tabor,
solitude, in the Pemtentiavy, ,foi- a :«r m
ttot less than one year, nor longer tliaa
fire years.
5 8 Involuntary manslaughter, shall
co s'st m Ute killing of a human
witho-it any intention to do so ; bat iff
the commission of an unlawful act, or k
lawful act, which probab y origin produce
such a consequence.
§ 9. Involuntary manriaugbter, in tiie
commission of an unlaw ml act, shall be
punisbrd by confinement, or l..bcr, »r
solitude in the penitentiary, for it term
not less than six mouths, uud not longer
than three years.
§ .0. Involuntary mnns'aughter in the
coinu.i .hiun or peiformat.ee of a lawtnl
act, w lute there has r.ot been observ.-d,
necessary discretion and caution, >hal be
punivlied by confine mem ot labor, ot tnii-
:une in the penitentiary, for a term not
less than three months, and not longer
than one year.
kinson at the time it was surveyed. No 26(>, ; gtstrate, or harbors and protects the per-
alsoa ia*Kro M'oinan snd Hoj, belonging to the son charged with, or found guilty of the
heirs of Samuel Foster, deceased crime. He or she, who thus conceals the
Sepu l<fo Euxauatu T ostxr, Adtn'x. offence, or harbours and protects the per-
§11. In all c-ses ot' voluntary or Invo.
luntaiy man. Freighter, the jury may i
jury may re
commend the commutation of thepuniih-
utt nt in the I’enitentjary, for tlna of cou-
linement in the common jail of the chut)-'
ty wliere the offence may have been ct m-
mitted, and a fine to lit imposed at the .'is-
(liscreiitiu of me court, which fine shall
be paid to the C lerk, of the Interior
Court, for the use of the p.or of the
county where the com icttun take* place.
§ 12. There being no r itional distinc-
tion between excitsubl^iud justtfi blc h>>
niicide, it shall no longer exist. Justifia
ble homicide, is the kil ing hf a hutfoiit
be in ^ in relf defente, or ni deft no.e ct ha
bitation, property or person, ugi.insi o/ e
who manifts'ly intends or endeavors bjr
violence or surprise, to commit » know n
feloay, such as murder, rape, robbery,
bu'gtary, mul the like, upon either.
§ I S. A bare fear of any of these ofit p-
ce*, to prevent which the homicide ixab
lodged to have b<r;v comnritred, Imwes^r
well grounded such uppaht uMork nuy
be, will cat justify or wat rnm the kiiFi't;,
there must be an actual danger at the
time, and the SVh ny must Lave been io-
tended. * *-.* ririVfiS .
§ 14. If a person invade'* or I
on the pi’optrty nr h^bttatkn ,