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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