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Grand Lodge.
. „ The MEMBERS cf the
CRANDLODGEofGEOR
‘-jjNfT jfi *v * GIA, are notified to attend
’ /T I ‘ * ibeir Lodge Room in the
,y lilatme, the firth Saturday
J\Pf- ” December next, at ten
f jfe? ‘’ /V JfC o'clock in theforenoon, being
Ac-* - grand quarterly communi-
—... 3->_ cation, for the e e&ion of
ttftkers and other bullnef* of the Craft. Ihe different
orn -tiittc- * will hr.ve to produce their reports. he
lc Ige, under the jurifdi&.on of this Grand Lodge,
nuiif render in their returns, hy their proper repre
fcntitivet ; and in default thereof, the Grand Lodge
regulations will be put in force.
Jty order of (he R. It ■ G rantl Planter.
D. 1). Williams,
Grand Secretary.
gs The editors of the Louisville Gazette, Augusta
Herald, and the Milledgeville Intelligencer, are re
a tie lied to insert the above twice in their papers.
November 17 I"7
Mr. John Michel,
1I \S the honor to inform the ladies and gentlemen
of this city, and its vicinity, that he has returned from
the country,and will TEACH the VIOLIN, FLU IT.,
DANCING and FORTE PIANO. He engages to
promote the advancement of his pupils.
He also TUNES PI vNO FORTES.
lor terms apply to Mr. Mtcitet., at Mrs. Cabos
linrding-Houle,on the Bay,between Bull and Dray
ton llreets.
November 7 124.
~ GLRMAN GOODS.
August G. Oemler & Cos.
Have received from Bremen, via Baltimore,
u addition to their former block,
The following Goods, viz.
A complete assortment ol Looking Glasses
fine and middling sort Violins
Violin-strings, bridges and screws
Hand-Organs, Trumpets
Lanthorns assorted
Sldtts and slate pencils
M note Images, Chessmen
Glass and Stone Beads
v ol vet Bindings
Silver Spangles, Masks, Cloth-brushes
Ludies elegant dressing and work boxes
Wafer-boxes, in nests
pictures on glass
Crayons in Ixixes
Counters, spectacles, fine tooth combs, fee. See.
ALSO ON HAND.
C lfTae'-mills, needles, silk umbrellas, needle
eases, ele-ant llower-pois. segar anti smtff
box-s, garnets, tapes silk handkerchiefs, chil
drens cotton frocks, silk and thread fringes,
cheeks and stripes, German rolls, shirting,
th e id and cotton stockings, hempen osnaburgs
pi.* illas, time-pieces, gold and silver watches ;
u id a variety of other useful articles in their
line.
Which they offer for sale low for cash or
% ) ‘-oved ‘own-notes at short sight.
.Yovember 10 125
The Subscribers
Having entered into io-pirtnerfhip, und r the firm of
SMALL & M XJSII,
JT.iw t.ki*n Store* and Cos ntinp-Houfe on Meffr*.
b vfl rn & IHIURK ‘S W H VKF; and tender their
ferv icea to their friends an! the pub ic in the FAC
TORAGE and COMMISSION BUSINESS.
Robert Small.
John M‘Nish.
Savannah, Odlober fir... 119
SMALIT&M’NISH,
Have received on consignment,
ny th.c schooner Dol/ihin , Gale, just arrived I
Jrom A'ew-York,
SI casks London bottled PORTER
9 tlo. Lnglish do. ALL
which wrrti
100 tierces bottled London PORTER, of an
excellent quality, previously on hand, they offer
f n sale on rnoderatc terms, ior cash.
November 3—122
Commission & Factorage
BUSINESS.
TIIF. fubferib t hiving larjre and convenient'Stores
the wharf adjoining James Wal ace, elq offer* his *
ftrvict*s to his it i%uds and the public, a* a COMMIS
SION MERCHANT and FACTOR.
Thomas Lawrence.
October 5...111
Thomas Storr,
HAVING taken part yt the (lores occupied by
J.tun JoiiNsroN juu. e*q. beg* leave to tender his
(et vices to his li it.tub and the public, a* a
Factor Ik Commission Merchant.
Should he be entrutted with the tlifpoi'a] of any part of
their Ciopt.heEa ters himtclt bv his alliduity and un
temitted attention totheir auteteft*,to merit a continu
ation of their f*, oi*.
tJctober 1. 108
John S. Mitchell,
iicspectfiuj informs his friends ami the public
ts his commencement in the’
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
lii which line, lie will, at all times, thankfully rc-
Ceive, and punctually execute, their commands He
has opened Ins Counting.Houiie on f£r. James John-
Ron, ju.unr'i wharf.
Klftobcr 4 As. it’d
MILLEDGEVILLE, (Geo.) Nov. 5.
Monday last being the con*tituiional day for
the meetingof the general assembly of thisstate,
a number ot the members ol both brauches
nict in their respective chambers, in the state
house, on that day. A sufficient number of the
members ol senate having appeared, to form a
quorum that body proceeded to the choice of
a president and secretary, when the honorable
Robert Walton, esq. was elected to the for
mer, and William Robertson, esq. to the
latter appointment. The representatives hav
ing oil Tuesday formed a house, proceeded to
the appointment of speaker and clerk, to the
former of which the honorable Benjamin
Whitaker, esq. was duly elected, and to the
[Utter Hines Holt, esq.
After the organization of both branches hav
ing been made known to the governor, his ex
cellency made the following communication :
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate ,
and of the House of Representatives ,
The period for the annual convention of the
legislature havtny again revolved, I cheerfully
proceed to disdharge the duty enjoined upon
me by the 8’ it section of the 2d article of the
constitution, so far as to lay before you the oc
currences, during the last year’s administra
tion, with which, it appears to me necessary,
you shoe Id be acquainted.
Immediately alter the adjournment of the le
gislature, in December last, 1 wrote the gover
nor of North-Carolina, apprizing hint of the
measures which had beenado^jdby litis state,
for an adjustment of the differences between
the two states relative to boundary, and arrange
ments were made for a meeting of the com
missioners appointed for that purpose, which
took place at Buncomb court house, in North-
Carolina, on the 15th of June last. Packet No.
1, contains copies of the letters which passed
between the governor of North-Carolina and
myself, and a copy ofthe report made to me hy
the commissioners on the part of this state, by
which you will perceive, that, agreeably to the
astronomical observations ol the artists who at
tended the commissioners, undet the authority
(/ he two stales, upon ascertaining the 35th
degree of north latitude, Walton county will
be found to Ire within the limits of North-Caro
lina. I h.'d Haltered myself, that when the
measures which were adopted hy the last gen
eral assembly, relative to this subject, had been
carried into execution. Walton county would
have claimed the attention of the legislature,
Ibr no othei purpose, than the passage of such
laws as might be deetnpd necessary lor its bet
ter organization ; but by adverting to the re
port of our commissioners, it will be seen that
a law ofaf.tr different nature is expected
To your consideration, therefore, I submit this
subject, not doubting, but that the result of your
deliberations will be suuh as policy and justice
dictate.
The justices of the inferior court of Chatham
county, conceiving they had the right so to do,
on the 4tli of Lay fast, made an order for the
removal from office ol Edward White, esq. the
clerk of the court of ordinary fm that county,
and appointed Thomas Bourkc, esq. in his
place ; against the commissioning of whom,
Mr. Wlti’e protested, on the ground that the
court had not the power to remove their clerk
from office at pleasure. Having some doubts
myself as to the court’s possessing this power,
I thought proper to require an .opinon from the
solicitor-general of the middle district (he be- j
tng nearer tome than either of the oilier state’s *
attornics) after which, and prior to any decision j
by me on the question, the court furnished me ’
wilt the opinion of the attorney-general* which
being at variance with Mr. Walker’s, 1 address
ed the solicitm for the middle district, which
is, that the com t have not the power to remove
their clerk after he h.:s been commiSsoned by
the governor, l determined not to consider Mr.
White as out of office, and therefore refused to
commission Mr. Bourkc. The court, notwith
standing this decision, arrested the records and
papers belonging to the office of clerk of the
court of ordinary of Chatham county from Mr.
White, and put them into the possession of Mr
Bourkc, recognizing him only as clerk'of that
court. The executive viewing the person who
has been commissioned, under the express law
of the land, as the only one authorised to dis
charge the duties of clerk of the court of ordi
nary of Chatham county, until properly remov
ed. and tjie inferior court having appointed ano
ther person to that office, whose proceedings
alone they sanction, the interposition of some
other tribunal appears to me necessary. It is
therefore that l had thought propel to trouble
f’ou with this business. All the documents re
ating to it, will be found in [racket No. 2.
I regret that it is not in my power to state to
you, that the conduct of our red neighbors was
as peaceable during tire last year’s administra
tion, as it had been for many years back. By
the documents marked No 3, you will find that
on the 28th of viay last, near Trader’s hill, in
Cutnden county, a cruel and unprovoked mur
der was committed by two Indians, of the Creek
nation, on the body ol Samuel Greene, a harm
less. unoffending citizen. Immediately on my
receiving information of this transaction. I com
municated the particulars of it to colonel Haw
kins, the superinteiidant of Indian affairs in
that nation—who, it appears by his letter to me
ol the 3Sd of June, had been apprized of the
circumstance before my communication reach
ed hint. From my knowledge of the anxiety
ol colonel Hawkins to preserve peace on our
frontier, and do ample justice to the* citizens on
all occasions. I think l may be warranted in
sayinj. that his utmost exertions will not be
wanting to bring the perpetrators of this act to
punishment.
lit cou sequence of the high waters during the
last spring, several of th z surveyors of the late 1
acquired territory, were prevented finishing from
their districts within the time contemplated ;
the drawing of the land lottery did not therefore
commence until the 10th of August. It was,
however, completed on the 24th of September,
a much earlier period than was expected, and
grants are daily issuing to the fortunate per
sons therein, for the lots drawn by them. It
will test with you to make appropriation for
the pay of the managers of the lottery. I thought
proper to draw on the contingent fund in their
favor, for one hundred dollars each, in part for
their set vices. Injustice to the managets, I
must add, their task was an arduous one, they
met it w ith cheerfulness, and diligently and sa
isfactorily discharged their duty.
Under an act, passed the seventh day of De
cember, 1805, entitled, “ An act to establish the
number of commissioners for the town of Mil
ledgeville, and to extend and define their [low
ers,” the commissioners of Milledgcville re
ported tome, on the 16th day of September
last, that the state-house in this place was in
such readiness, that the present session of the
legislature could be held therein—in conse
quence of which, I issued the proclamation re
quited of me by the abov e mentioned act, and
caused the public records to be brought here.
A copy of the proclamation above alluded to,
will be found in packet No. 4.
The state has Ireen again deprived of an able
and patriotic statesman, in the death of the hon.
Abraham Baldwin. In the recollection of his
services and virtues, I know you will be pene
trated, in common with your fellow-citizens
throughout the state, with emotions of the deep
est regret for the loss vve have sustained. The
vacancy thereby occasioned* in the Senate of
the United States, I have filled by the appoint
ment of the honorable George Jones This,
with the other executive appointments made,
under the 9ih section of the 2d article of the
constitution, since the adjournment of the last
legislature, will be found in the document mark
ed No. 5.
The warrants drawn on the treasury during
the political year 1807,amount, in the aggregate,
as you will perceive by the package marked
No. 6, to the sum of seventy-seven thousand
and seventy- eight dollars, sixty-four and three
quarter cents. Out of the fifteen thousand
dollars appropriated tome as a contingent fund,
I have drawn to the amount of nine thousand
seven hundred and twenty dollars, twenty-nine
and a quarter cents. The warrants drawn on
this fund, in compliance with concurred and
approved resolutions of the last legislature;
the pay advanced the managers of the land
lottciy, as above mentioned, and the expence
attending the removal of the records to this
place, have served to make the amount thus
large—the contingent expcnccs otherwise have
not been greater than usual.
I cutinot conclude - this communication with
out endeavoring to impress on your minds, the
necessity of making pro. ision for the furnish
ing a quantity of arms and ammunition suffi
cient lor the militia of this state, in any event
which might occur to render the use of mots
necessary. The dastardly and treacherous at
tack of the British ship of war Leopard, on the
American frigate Chesapeake, serves to con
vince us, that however great inay be our anxi
ety to be in peace with the rest of the world, it
is essential that we should be at all times pre
pared for war. The unanimity and spirit mani
fested by our fellow-citizens throughout the
United Slates on this occasion, cannot but be
gratifying to you all; but what a different sen
’ sation must be produced, when we reflect, that
S if called into the field, they would not be on an
” equal footing with their fellow-citizens of our
sister states, as it regards the means of carry
ing their wishes into execution. Let me intreat
you, therefore, to delay no longer providing for
the accomplishment of this all-important ob
ject.
That divine goodness may preside over you,
and so harmonize ana direct your deliberations,
that in their issue the interest and welfare of
the state may be abundantly promoted, is the
sincere and ardent prayer of your fellow-citizen,
JARED IRWIN.
State-House , PlilledgcviUe , Mvemberi, 1807.
ELECTIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE.
Governor —Jared Irwin, 51; Benjamin Talli*
feiTo, 33.
Senator to Congress —Wm. 11. Crawford, 59;
George Jones, 27.
Secretary of State —Horatio Marbury, 51;
Eleazer Early, 34.
Surveyor-General —Daniel Sturges, 48 ; Ed
mund B. Jenkins, 37.
The past summer and present fall has been
remarkably dry. We have had no rain, until
Thursday last, for two months. We have also
experienced many and sudden changes of heat
and cold in that time, and yet so healthy a year
was never known in Georgia. We have
scarcely heard of an instance of a fever of any
kind, within ten or twelve miles of this town ;
and not one fatal or malignant has been known
by the physicians of this place. In the month
of September, generally the sickliest in the
year, they observe, that not a single instance of
fever occurred in their practice.— Washington
Monitor.
llow sportive is nature ’.—sometimes adding
—sometimes diminishing—as a proof of the
former, we mention, that captain John Simp
son on Big Generostee, s. c. Pendleton district,
has a daughter and son. The former, Eleanor
Simpson, aged ten years, in height five feet
two inches, weighs 180 pounds—the latter,
John O. Simpeon. aged four years, is four feet
high, and weighs 90 pounds.— fen Melon paper.
! Trsnfttie*Halifax ( ti'. S.j Tri graph?, Sep:. T.
TO THE rEOPLF. OF UOVA-2COTIA.
Countrymen and F i'.ow- subjects,
Neatly two l “ ;ths have elapsed since we
have had intelligence of an hostile rencontre,
between a sliipot war of our sovereign, and one
belonging to a neighboring nation, which cir
cumstance alone was likely to produce a rup
ture between the two commies. Since that pe
riod every convey auce has brought us intelli
gence ot the deep resentment occasioned on
tne part ot that nation by this event, ot their
menacing and insulting language, or their ac
live and hostile preparations. But wiiat effect
has thia intelligence produced on us ? Do we
appeal as if were in any degree concerned in
the event, as though we had the remotest in
terest in what is transacting so near to us, as if
tie were at all the object ot that warlike prepa
ration, the noise ot which cannot fail ol teach
ing our ears ? bo far from it, that it would
seem as if vve reposed on a bed of poppies, en
vitoned by walls of adamant, as if we had an m
deieasible title to that piotection horn the ca
lamities of war, which Divine Providence has
so long vouchsafed to afford us. Indeed, my
friends, this is not the way to avert such cala
mities. An humble trust in the protection of
Divine Providence is unquestionably our duty,
but it is equally so to exert the means for our
own deleuce and security which that Provi
dence has blessed us with. To preserve peace,
vve should be prepared for war.
bince the event just alluded to, all has been
activity and bustle in the neighboring states,
every exertion has been made or is still mak
ing. bonifications arc erecting in all quuitcis
for the defence of llieir towns and coasts ; na
val equipments are forwarded with the greatest
zeal ; a considerable number of regular forces
are raising, the vvhoie body of their militia is
put on the alett, and a detachment of one hun
dred thousand, (mostly volunteers) drawn from
the different states, i* organized, armed and
preparing with all dispatcli ‘or actual service.
And can we conceive that all these prepara
tions are lor defensive war ; surely hoi. hwe
did, then own unoisguised declarations would
soon convince us ol the contrary, and that we
are in some measure their object, as they speak
of tne invasion and subjugation of these colo
nies, as one ol their hist hostile measures, of
the success ot \v nich they do not appear to doubt.
T'oi our protection, what have vve tinder Pro
vidence to rely on i The naval and military
forces of our parent country, the natural
strength of our own, our knowledge of it, our
courage and capacity ot its defence. The two
first resources will, I doubt not, be usefully em
ployed. I have confidence in the skill uno zeal
ol our naval and military commanders and those
under their authority ; but we should recolLct
that the ships of war nmst be employed at a
distance from our shores, that their utmost vi
gilance may be eluded ; that the events of war
may, and most probably will occasionally pro
duce a temporary superiority of the enemy on
our coast ; in which case vve shall be open to
invasion. In this event the military force in
the province, or any addition vve could reason
ably expect his majesty’s government couid
spare front the genetal defence of the empire,
vvouid alone be inadequate to that of the coun
try ; our internal and natural resources must
then be resorted to, and be assured, my coun
trymen, they are incalculably great, if so man
aged as to become available. Our country is
luturally strong, and presents numerous obsta
cles and impediments to an invading enemy ; it
may, with little labor and expence, be render
ed infinitely more so. by the fortification of dif
ferent passes and military stations ; we have in
many parts of it a numerous population, which
would afford abundance of men for its defence ;
those men are able of body, hardy, active ac
quainted with the ground they would have to
contend for, deeply interested in the success
of the contest; and I atn convinced no wise de
ficient in that personal courage by which such
contests are often decided.
WHERE ARE WE NOW ?
In order to know our proper position on the
political chart, as well as on the nautical, it is
necessary to know our latitude and departure ;
to examine our traverses when we have not
head winds, and to make the proper allowances
for lee-way,
About eight or ,ine years ago the good ship
United States was almost without chart or
compass, on a rough sea, and very scurvily
manned and officered ; the goodness of the
timbers alone pteserved her from going to
picees on a foreign coast; until, as luck would
have it, a lubber having “ thrown her all up ini
the wind” it was found necessary to put into
port, to refit, clear away rotten Umbers, get in
new masts and standing rigging, and give her
anew bottom, and officers and men of a differ
ent cast.
Ever since, the United States has had seve
ral good trips, and made up for former bad
management abundantly. It is well to go back
to those times, for remembrance—experience
is a good thing in affairs, and many a good fel
low goes to old Davy from keeping a bad look
out or a bad reckoning, because nobody knows
how the land lies.
Eight years ago we were almost wrecked
by the folly of some, the ignoranee of many,
the superstition of others, the wickedness of u
few, and by the too prevalent notion, that we
could not go to sea at all but with a wind a
a point or two north of east—like many
other errors, we have got over this, and were it
not for pirates, to which all the world is expo
sed, we now find that vve can go to sea with any
wind and go as far as any one—here we are
then—there stands Porto Rico and there lie?
Jamaica—where arc we now 2