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Coror.cr'b Cuke, ChaiJiam Ccimtyr Thoui^st Wiliiasus, D„.i_kson, Henry Tuck jcv and Matthew Stone, having been duly'Sun? stioned to attend a Jury of Inquest on the 15ti August, 1310, on the body of a Negro Man, a Wallace** wharf, and having made default, notice is hereby given, that unless they d , severally, file sufficient excuse with-the clerk cf the superior court qf*said county, within ten -days, executions will be issued against them ifor-the sum prescribed by law, and costs. James M‘Annuity, c. c. c. August 18 -M -09 • - ‘ »' ' ' ' ’ I' ■ I —" Coroner’s Office, Chatham County. . David Polock, George. G ore, James Watson, William Stackhouse and Peter Shick, having been duly summoned to attend a Jury of Inquest on the 16th August, 1810, on the body of a Ne •gro Man, at the house of-Dr. Kcllock, in Brough ton.-^treet, and having made uefault, notice is hereby given, that unless they do, severally-, file sufficient excuse with the clerk of the su perior court of said county, within ten days, executions will be issued against them for the amount.prescribed by law, and costs. James jVI‘Annuity, c. c. c. August 18 m 99 Washington Bridge ,1 Prize NO. Jl. SCHEME. 5315,000 T do. . 5,000 - '30 do. gl.000 10.000 SO do. 100 5,000 60 do. - - 50 3,000 100 do. - 20 - 2,000 2;5(j0 do. •• - 8 • ► 20.000 i 3<722 Prizes • w w V '860,000 £ & c .<* 7,278 Blanks 10,000 Tickets, No. 1 to 10.000 at g6 is 260,000 The prizes are subject to a deduction of 15 per cent, and will be paid 60 days after the •drawing of said Lottery is completed. The Managers inform the. public that they Kave made such a contract for the sale of the Tickets, as to render the drawing of the Lot tery, at the time appointed, absolutely certain. Thty therefore engage to commence the draw ing afNew-Haven, on the 15th day of October next, and to continue from 4hy to day, at a rate not exceeding 600 tickets per day, until the. whole are drawn. The drawing shall positively be oomiileted by the 15th of Novem ber next. The Managers have given bonds to the state, with surety, 'for the payment of the prises which may be drawn. % ' -MOSES ROGERS, 1 * LEWIS B. STURGES, f B. M. WOOLSEY. > W. W. WOOLSEY, l STEPHEN TWINING, J ?fcv>- Haven ffiuly bt/i, 1810. IT* TICKETS in the above Lottery, for Bale by the subscribers, who will pay all Priz es in Savannah, purchased from them, subject only to the deduction specified in the scheme. itf“ Prize Tickets in other Lotteries receiv ed in payment for Tickets. Marquand, Paulding Penfield. August 14 -97 THE NEXT LOTTERY. That will be Drawn in the U. States. SCHEME OF A L O T T E R Y FOR THE Cultivation of Vines IN THE UNITED STATES ; JSuthjrised by an Act of the Legislature of the Utah of Pennsylvania, to be drawn in the city of Philadelphia the 29th of Oct. 1810. 1 Prize of gisooo is g 12,000 1 , - ■m 8 000 8 ,000 1 m 4-000 4 COO 3 ■m 2,000 4 000 1 m 1,500 1,500 8 . 1.000 8 000 10 m 5 00 5 000 10 m 3.00 3 000 12 sa 2,00 2 400 30 m 1,00 3 OOO 102 O 50 5 1-00 200 - 20 4 000 5000 0 * -r 30,000 5378 Prizes, 12622 Blanks .890,000 18 000 Tickets at Five Dollars each. Fart of the CAPITALS TO BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS First Brawn Number on the 5'h day, 8500 Do. do. ldh 500 Do. do. 15th 500 Do. do. 20th 1,000 Do. do-. 25th L000 Do. ‘ _ . do. 30i h 1 500 Do. -do. 35th 3.000 Do. do. 40th 4,000 Do. de. 45th when only 200 Tickets are in the Wheel, the First Drawn Number to be a Prize of 8.000 |Q“ Prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. The whole of this Lottery being contract ed for, and bonds given for the punctual drawing and payment of prizes, it cannot be postponed a single day, atid must be finished in twelve weeks from the commencement. 80“ TICKETS for sale at A. WEY- •MAN’S, on the Bay, in wholes, halves, quar ters and eighths. Prize Tickets in the late Union College Lottery taken in payment for tickets in the above lottery. The Managers List of Prizes in the Union College Lottery, just received at the above store, where all Tickets may be exam ined gratis. July 24—t—88 Notice. My attornies during my absence are Messrs Small & M‘Nish ; Mr. John Carnochan and Me James Kills. George Scott* August 2-—-92 FOR THE EVENING LEDGER. ELEGY, . - wsittzs ova* an old minting rats*. Many a feene commasdrthe tear to-flow From foft companion's fympathetic bread, For fell deftrnfiion levels, at a blow, The rich, the poor, the bafeflt and the bell. Many, who now in eafy'fplendor ride, In death’s embrace, to-morrow may "be prone; And, after fuch extinction of their pride, Their praife be pnbiiih’d only by a Hones •Nor ma leable, nor folufcle by art. Is the cold marble, but yet men devffe A pian to make it, when their friends depart, A lying praifer by their praifing lyes. No man’s exempted from the world’s diftrefs, But each, to woe and defolation’s doom’d, And each in ruin, like this printing prefs, Mull fall at lafi, when vigor is confum’d. Here, of a ft one, the mournful relics reft, On which, when whole, the flory meant to cheat, (By malice wrought, by human hands-impreft) ' Made it the fenfele s aider of deceit. Truth (hall no more lament her-troken law’s, Nor juftice mourn her proftituted name, ■By fa.fehood’s iffuing from this prefs’s jaws, Or perfection's faaguinary flame. On the fmocth papyrus df’Egypt, firft, Were wholefome laws and moral truths impreH 4 Now, we give printing to defigns the word, Who from it (hould receive effects the bed. That noble art, by w hich the reas-’ning man, Tho’ in his grave, contends with ftreogth for righti Should fcatter wide, each falurai y p an, The mind conceives beneath her reafon’s light. What tends to curb, to foften ftubborn hearts, To teach us wifdom, and inculcate good, By printing, (honld be held as queen of arts, The things fit fole’y for her piefaVfoed. But from the pref9, fo fatelels-is her maw, Midft counfels fage, and axioms abftruse. In fpite of reafon and decorum’s law, How oft (he belches fol y and abufe. All learned arts, through printing we are taught, Between her jaws all feienre is impreft; And genius m nirns to fee her, like a fot, i refer, to mental worth, the worthlefs jefi. Yet ’tis not (he prefers, vaft gift of Heav’n, Defign’d for ends ennobling to be us’d ; But all enjoyment-, which to men are giv’n, By men ungrateful-grossly are abus’d. The fubtle pow’rs of intellect have dar’d, To doubt the types of everlalHng tiytb j And wicked art at fweet religion freer’d, To tickle folly and to vitigte youth. I ■ This prefs tells much, v.-hicR here in ruin lies, Of life precarious, and of view left, fate; Like it muft fall the filly and the wife, The chiefs an warfare and the knaves in (late. Though from this prefs’s once capacious jaws. Thick iflti’d falfehood and detraction free; Still I’d fall biifsful under nature’s laws,. Could I, while hvmg, but as finlels be, Long time it totter’d, ftrugg’ling with deeay, Yet, while it flood, ’twas made to litter ill; So ev’ry objetft vanilhes away, From brutes that die, -to men who never will. Cleans’d be the prefs, for reafon’s pure abode, Fair as the morn, and vigorous is youth.; Thus deftly it will prove a virent 1 road, ’Leading, who follow, to-eternal truth. P. Wants a Situation, ' As TEACHER of an ENGLISH SCHOOL, a Young Man of considerable experience, and who c m come well recommended. A line di- r ceo to A. R. and left at this office, will be duly a.tended t >. and immediately, answered. August 18—c # —99 # Notice. - : The subscriber will be absentfromthe state for a few months, and lias appointed Mr, Chri- tian Gugel and Mr. Joseph Jipson, iiis attornies. The latter will, attend to his professional business. Lewis. Cooper. August 18—99 To the Public. I offer as a Candidate for CLERK OF THE MARKET. If elected, will endeavor to dis charge the duty thereof. John Dillon. August 9—95 _,i . ■ - - i Citizens of Chatham County,. I offer myself a Candidate for CLERK OF THE MARKET. If elected,-will do the duty required by law. B. TIDD. August 14 97 Clerk of the Market. The subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he will be a can didate for clerk of the market at the ensuing election, and solicits their suffrages. John P. Oates. August 9—95 Grand Lodge. sT- FROM THE ENQUIRER. FOR THE EVENING LEDGER. TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA. An attempt has been made to influence your suffrages at -the ensuing general election, by an anonymous author in the Georgia. Ex press, styling himself “ Voter.” I am very willing to believe that this writer in the publi cation ofhis piece, relative to the attorney-gen eral, John Forsyth, esq. has committed errors more of the head than cf the heart. My induce ments in thinking so, proceed from an exam ination o'f the communication ; from the pro fessions of attachment to the political princi ples of Jefferson, which are analogous to those laid down in our Bill ol Rights ; from an os tensible attachment to the success of a genuine republican congressional ticket ; -and from a laudable enthusiasm in the cause of democra cy ; which reign prominently throughout. Viewing these circumstances as correct crite* ria by which to judge of the sincerity of “ Vo- 101’s'* ostensible politics, I must think that his procedure, in the instance of Mr. Forsyth, al though elicited,-as I am very sincerely willing to believe, with a view of subserving the inter ests of republicanism, was an error of the head : for, assuredly* if his design of injuring Mi. For syth’s election does succeed, the cause of de mocracy will, in this- instance, not only -not be subserved, but will actually be subverted. In scanning rfae piece, however, although the design of Voter evidently is to injure the election of Mr. Forsyth, still no reason can be discovered therein, why you should withhold from him your support. Votei does not assert, that the attorney-genera' is now a fed eralist i that he is not now a democratic re publican ; he does not insinuate that the attor ney-general’s political conversion is superficial j , case hinges-—which facts, therefore, should be that he believes him to be a political vane, lia- contested and weighed with the utmost cau» THE YAZOO FRAUD J• The very first bar, which meets us in the ex amination of these claims, is tire decision of the supreme court of the United States. This Is the Entering Wedge—xthich is to drive every thing beford it—the rights of the nation,-as well as tbe ties of public virtue. For, if we may believe Mr. Peck, this very -document de cides “ all the points in controversy in favor of the Georgia grants”—the merits of these grants were fully discussed, u the title of the purchas ers, under the act of 1795, adjudged\alio, and tiie rescinding Act of ire State of Georgia of 1796, declared null andqyiiD.” . We might, indeed, meet the Yazoo hero on the threshold ; as to the tru-h of his own as sertions. For it is true that the supreme -court j has made this very g&vebal decision, in words; whatever may have been the scope and spirit of their reasoning. The special case within their contemplation was that of a pur chaser for a valuable consideration, without notice”—and what is the summary of theirr decision, in wouds? It was, that the state of- Georgia could not pass an act, by which 44 the * -estate of the plaintiff, in the premises so pup. chased, could be constitutionally and legally im- ! paired.” * j But, let osjpass this over. We contend, that ; the opinion of the supreme court was impro- i perly and incautiously pronounced. .We say, | that this was a case where t-here was a fictitious /issue made up between the parties; in such i case is there not every possible scope for col. ! lusion to the defeat of justice ? May not parties agree upon those facts, on which the whola ble to be acted upon by every adverse politi cal blast—No 4 the only object of Voter’s re marks are, to attempt to convince you that Mr. Forsyth was f ormerly a federalist ; that when he was a young'man “ he eulogised Mr. Adams, when in power, and in the pulpit of St- Paul’s Church, in Augusta, ascribed things to Mr. Jefferson as detrimental to the welfare uon.f Judge Johnson seems to have ended where he ought to have begun. “I have been very unwilling.” says he, “ to proceed to the decision of this cause at all. It appears to me to bear a strong evidence upon t«r face of it, of be ing a mere Feigned case,” ^et his “confi dence in the respectable gentlemen who have of America, which be must have known were been engaged f©r the parties,'” banishes all hi* done by M\. J’s predecessor?* All this m.ght j« scruples.” “ They would never consent to j impose a mere feigned case upon this court.’* j They 2 the lawyers! And pray, from wbat ro mantic bar were the ideas of judge Johnson ex tracted ? A>e the lawyers -of South-Carolina, so many Wythes ? Will they never vindicate cases which their consciences do not approve ? Are not good fees apologies for every thing} Was not Warren Hastings himself Fortunate enough to acquire advocates ?—Besides, is it Dot the interest of these respectable gentlemen, “ to make the BAp appear the better rea son i”—The “ scruples” of judge Johnson would have been more creditableto him,if they had but,persuaded him to pause upon the very threshold of his argument. How much better would it have been, if he had at once declared, that he would not “ proceed to the decision of this cause at all,” so long as there was such a strong evidence upon the face of it, of its being “ a mere feigned cause Y* The parties to this suit were Messrs. Fle?eh« er and Peck—each of them is a Yazoo claim ant—and one of them sues the other, for tho purpose of making good his own title. Is not the interest of these parties the very same B Fletcher’s interest is to secure the terei firma which he Hks bought—and Peck’s, to fortify his claims to .those extensive tracts, of which he is “ the principal owner.” Each of them would have regretted, if the other had been baffled in his purpose. Was it, then, to bo presumed, that Fletcher^ould have put fortK all his strength to overthrow the pretensions of Peck ? Is there nof a suspicion, upon the very face of it, that this was a mere feigned-issue to try the title to the land ? This issue par ticularly rests on the third count in the declara tion : “ The third count recites the undue means practised on certain members of the legislature, as stated in the second count, and then alledges that, in consequence of these practices and. of other causes, a subsequent legislature passed an act annulling and rescinding the law under which the conveyance to the original grantees was made, declaring that conveyance void, and have transpired { and even allowing it, as a re publican I only sympathise with o'hers, that the attorney-genera! once was a federalis ; that he unfortui.a ely once was devoted to prin ciples which, by their odious tendency, when reduced to practKe, worked their own antidote in (he obnoxionsness of the-promoters of them in the eyes of the people, whiclt, in -its turn, was the cause of those in power being hurled f’om their seals. But whilst I lament the at tachment, a- any lime, of a man possessing abilities equal to those of the at'orttey-gerreraL to principles which a'e erroneously and so- phisiicaily styled 4 ‘ ‘Federal f 3 whilst I t egret that, in the days of his yruth, Mr. Forsyth en listed himself in 'he banners of a set of men, who, by their general conduct, deserve to be politically known as pseudo federalists ; I, nev ertheless, on his dereliction of those wrong principles ; on his genuine political apostacy, tender to him the right hand of political fellow ship, and congratulate him on his accession to the republican phalanx. Instead of abusing him, as Vo'er dies, I would forget his former error, and support him in his subse quent public walks, so long as lie swerved not from his adopted politics. II you ask what proofs we have of the sta bility Gf Mr. Forsyh’s political principles, I answer—in his public annunciations thereof in public assemblages in the upper counties ; in his uniform, unrefrained, ingenuous expo sition of his present politics, and in his frar-, avowal o'fthem last month, to you, thro’ the editor of a Milledgeville gazette. His politi cal enermes do not charge him with an exist ing tvant of attachment to republicanism ; they do not charge him with an existing predilec tion for federal principles, under the rose. His dereliction, Fellow-Citizens, I believe, both honest and firm ; his talents will not suf fer in a competition^with those of any mem ber who now goes to congress from Geor gia, with the exception ofa member of the senate ; he is. moreover, a native of your state ; and, if en couraged in his political career, will reflect honor upon you. His attachment to republi- | asserting the title of the state - 'to the lands* it can principles 1 hope I have proved to be firm ; : contained. The count proceeds to recite, at large, this rescinding act, and concludes with his patriotism is not questioned ; why, there fore, will you withhold vrnir sunpor* from him in October. THE VOLUNTEER. The Members of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, and the i-espective Lodg es, by their proper rep resentatives,*are hereby notified te attend at the Lodge Room in the Fila ture, on the first Satur day in September next, at 10 o'clock a.m. be ing the Grand Quarterly Communication. Bv order of the rt. worshpful G. M. D. D. Williams, grand ssc'ry. August II— —97 The following anecdotes are extracted from a small volume lately published at Philadel phia, entitled, The Life of Washington ;— “ About the time the tearships were to sail from England, Washington, being advised thereof, spoke to lord Fairfax, then at Mount- Vemcn—“ Well, my lord,” said lie, “ and so the ships with the gunpowder-tea, are, it seems, on their way to America !” “ Well, but colonel, why do you call it gunpowder-lea ? ” “ Why, I am afraid, my lord,” replied W. 44 it will prove inflammable and produce an explosion that shall shake both countries.” Soon as it was known by the British ambas sador at Paris, (lord Stormont! that the king of France had taken part with the Americans, he waited on the French minister, De Vergennes, .and with great agitation mentioned the report —asking, if it was possible it could be true. “ Very possible, my lord,” replied the smooth Frenchman. «* Well, I’m aftor.ifned at it, fir,” continued Stormont, “ exceedingly aftoniffied—America fir, is our daughter! and it was extremely in delicate of the French king thus to decoy her from qur embraces and make a w—eof her !’’ “ Why, as to that matter my lord,’’ quoth Ver geimes, with the true Gillie fhrug—“ there i . no great harm done, for the king cf France is ven willing to marry your daughter, and make ai: boaeft wosaaa of her I” ft averring that, by reason of this act, the title of the said Peck in the premises was constituripn- ally and legally impaired and rendered null and void. “ After protesting, as before, that no sticb promises were made as stated in 'this count* the'defis dant again pleads, that himself and the first purchaser, under the original grnh tees and ail intermediate' holders of the propsrty, were puichasers without notice. “ Yo this plea there is a demurrer and ioin« der.” . We ask, then, if this defence was such a ono as the state of Georgia or the United States would have set up, if they had been a party to the suit i Were those exertions.made to prove the fraud and existence of “ such promises,’* as the case required ? Above all, were the re quisite exertions made to disprove the plea of “ No notice,” on which this whole question was made to binge, in the decision of tbe court ? What is easier in such cases than-a collusion between parties ? In the present instance the important ingredient of notice, is ipso facto, to all inteqts and purposes, relig* <j*jished. Was the message of genera! Wash ington, on the 17th of February, 1796, enfor ced ? Was the 'special warranty of their con veyances, enforced ?• Were all those eircum- .n.ances, which were calculated to rouSe the ■* hole attention of the countiy. dwelt upon ?—» Parties, indeed, always play a very safe game; v *ien they can play into each other's handr— icy foresee before hand the great point .on uich the controversy pi inctpcliy turns; may ey not take care so to shape ibeir tissue of .acts, as to throw this great point in their favor..-