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to oe found the power in C-.iiucls o j
prescribing the tin-.e, place and thannc
of mskmg returns ? That such a p wcv
cxifted fonrewhere could not he denied,
a? without it an eleftion would he nu
j *, y. Will it be contended that this
power 7s vetted in the genera! govern
ment : when it is not recognized by a
tingle word of the coulltlutton ? It is
citdt, then, that as the conililui.iou is
pcrfcdFy silent as to bellowing such a
power in the general government, it does
not belong to that government ; nei
ther wa it necessary to carry into effcdl
any power fpecifieally given to the ge
nera! government- If, th- n, the pv
er docs not belong to congress, 2 j it,
niuft reside somewhere, it follows front
the theory of our government that it
must belong to the Hates ; auu that the
only i>owrer in this house on the fubjcfl
isvlo judge of the returns ; not to utcide
the time, place, and ma after in which
tne\ flu 11 be made, much lei's to dispense
with the regulations which the dates
irav uvke relative to them. But it
may peihaps b afice.l, b w the judicial
power of this houie can be exercised
without unit.ug with it the power con-,
tended for on this occafioti ? i'o this en
qu y the aniwt • is eaty—the light to
judge and 1 tie: luic of decifiou aie ddlinCt
things, and while the right to judge
may be in one body, the piefo-iption of
the rule may be in another. The rule
in such cases is theie mutt b: a itate re
gula’ion, when it relates to pi iute on
which the flutes have exclusive lcgifla
tion. If this case -relate to a buiinefs
i;i which Ge-irgia has the exclulive right
to legifl.ite, there can be 110 oilier ruic
than fitrlegiflatioa. In order to illus
trate this tab , luppofe good votes tnouiu
be offered after the expiration of the
time within which the eicifftoi was di
rected to be held by slate laws ; will it
be contended that this house would have
a right to direct them to be received ?
Or that the constitutional rights of the
house would be impaired by being obh
ged to refpeCt the regulations of a slate
*3 to the time, place, and manner of
holding elections? jult so a3 to returns.
The conftitutionai right of the house to
judge of them is not impaired becaute a
rule of judging is preferred by andtner
authority. Nothing is more common
than this ; it is indeed, a leading fea
ture in all the political in dilutions of
the United Ste. T-.e power to judge
being velted in one body, and the pres
cription of the rule in another. All of
cur political writers have contidered this
as one of the m.dt important feature*
-in our inffitutiona. If we can dispense
in this in flan ce, with the tme fixed for
receiving returns, we may chfpenie with
slate regulations in other cases. If we
tan dlfpenfe with one rule, we can uis
peofe with ail; and while the Hates are
lunftitutionally fixing rules, we may be
•thfpenfing with them; a conciuliori at
which common fenfc revolts.
With regard to tbe prevalence of the
’tyitU-tpieffed by a majority of the good
given, it was observed, that that
could be only ascertained by tome legal
provision, and that the only way of guar”
lmg it from afcufe was to preserve the,
laws of the Hate inviolate ; and that al
tho’ in lome few instances a rigid adhe
rence to t era might be prouudtive of
lome hardthip, yet in its general effedt*
it would be produ&ive of much greater
good : and, it was added, tnat that lpe
ctes of reatoning was as novel as uufouud,
which went to protect the rights ot the
citizens of a Hate by proltiaiuig the law*
made to secure them.
To Ihcw that the law of Georgia, li
miting the time within which votes
liiould be received, was obligatory up
on the house, an elaborate argument was
gone into, to prove, by a minute dilLc.
uon of the constitution, that inaimuch
cs all powers not expielsly given to the
general government wcrcreterved to the
people or the tlateb, and inaimuch as the
inly powers fpecitkatly given related to
the time, place and manner of holding
eftftious, and not to the time, place and
manner of making returns, no luch pow
er resided in congress.
From all this leatoning it was conten
ded, that though the house had a right
to judge of the returns of its members,
A that righ’ unuit be exercised in obedience
to the rules fixed by the Hate of Geor
gia, which conHitutionady poffcffed the
power of preferibing them, and that
they mull be coulidered as conciufive,
Ufiltfs revoked or modified by congress.
The friends of the np.rt remarked tiiat
the powers of the House on this fulj dt
was veiled, by that part of the contluu
t'on which oeelares that “ each House
inall be the judge ol the elections, teturns
and qualification* of its own members ;”
and that this power was diftiuct from
that which gave ultimately to the legis
lature, in case they saw fit to exercise it,
the power of determining the time, place
and manner of holding tleftiori*. The
words, judging of te utns, were cemp r e-
henfive, uureltnCted, and inclufire of eve
ry Hep incidental making returns. The
power could not be confined to the mere
judging of authenticity of the cer
tificate of the returning officer, as that
would be nugatory. It inu;t iikewife
include ti.e manner in which the vote*
were counted, in diffrifts ; the manner in
v nich they were tranfmirted ; the place
jppointed for receiving them ; and the
a leer; tilling of their aggregate number.
3. haO been truly said, that where the*
bufir.ets of the election ceases, that of the
returns begins ; which, therefore, mutt
b’ coniiaercd as embracing every ttm ,
ai.cr t.i. vatc* were given. A, 10-m ..
aiiclictiou termi. atis, the candidates is
euctrd, the ouly thing rcth-.i,!.. .* to
-? P the re'ilt ; ntr J Go
•he retuiii6 made. What, then, is the
right if this House to judge ? Accoiding
this e-er let. n, they have nut a right t
judge o the certificate of the cffic- rs ct
G'-gia; t! ;y have not a right to judge
how tlie votes are tranimitteri ; but 01
afl th’S ‘he govrrno’ - is to judge, under
a law of Georgia. But such a law would
be a mere nullity, as it would be in diic.it
opposition to the words of the ccnftitu
t ion, which give to this House the entire
right of judging of the returns of its
members. The sass was that the law of
Georgia could only be considered as con
diluting the governor the oigan of in*
formation to this House, which is the
on.y tribunal, to which the returns can
ultimately he made So conudering the
fuhjcdl, there was no realon for the re
mark, that the principle contained in the
report went to fctafiJe the law of Geor
gia. SiKMild the power of the H -use,
in this cate, be denied it woul-i prevent
us from investigating any case, however
charadler.fed by fraud, and would pto
flrate, at the teet of an executive officer,
the power so guardedly bellowed on each
House. It ‘5 enquired whether we wiil
set aside the law of Georgia by thedeci
fion we are about to make; but it docs
not fodoiv 1 fiat the adoption of the re
port will have this effett. The law of
Georgia lay-- that the governor lhall count
the votes motived at a certain day s but
it does not lay that the House lhall not
count thole received afterwards. We,
in fa£t,tiieu carry into effect the law of
Georgia as far as it goes, and only, in
cate of a failure, supply the deficiency.
Couid there be a doubt of the principle
assumed in the report, it would Lit’ remo
ved by a denial of it giving the power to
any petty officer of the flute, by fuupres
liug tue votes, to deprive the member,
legally elected, of his feat. Would this
be a juit principle i Is it notour pnn
eiple tp*. a majority fliali govern? And
is it nft ii.rai.ge 10 fay, that a slate lhall
have die right ofviolat mg fuels a prmci
Witn regard to a return, it might im
i y two tilings ; tfie original certificate
o* the preTiding officer in each election
diitrici. , and the general certificate of
the whole dcCtion, the several p uts of
which’ woe lieid in different places. It
was ncc.-ffary tfiat these several ceriiti
car s Ihi.tlu Le examined by lomc general
au' !j’ ■. As 4 matter, then. tore o ne
ceffi.y, fome authority ain't r.iide 111 the
flutes, to count up tne whole number ot
votes, b.l to certify the pctlon* elected,
riua poeer was veiled in different ways
111 tile it feral lutes. Whoever ex I. filed
it Could le or. iy contidered as tht certi
lying ofitter, wnofe certificate was not a
<Jec.Uou,3ut limply a return, fubj.ct to
the contioi ofthis House, which u made
by the con flit ut ion, tile ju ige of it. Ihe
confliiuton fays the Houl. arc to judge
of ttie returns. Can thole tetui ns, tiiere
tore, be eonclulive and binding upon the
Houle? It so, the power of judging la
altogether nugatory. If we cannot go
out ot ttie returns, and judge ot any
thing not in them, we cannot be laid to
pofleis any power over them. But ihe
word* ot the conttuutiuH are precite ;
giviug the unreltridtd power iu judge.
The House then may receive other evi
dence to loiisiy them, than that found on
the face ot ttie returns, and on iuch evi
dence may either allow that waich is
nut in them or dilallow that which it.
I A case has been put, of votes received m
| contravention of a Hate, after the time
, tixed tor receiving tueai ; and it lias been
j laid that theie votes ought not to be re
! ceived. Why ? Becaule the time ot hoi-
I ding elections being exprelsiy vetted in
j the lla.e legislature, in the tirit inttancc,
j and Congrcts not Having changed the pre
j leribed tune, the ltatc regulation mult
j prevail. But let the calc purlued tur-
I ther : suppose luch votes are not only
J received, but included in returns made to
j ihc governor ; —he is not to judge of the
j legality oi the votes given ; toe Hate law
5 only uirctts him to count up the votes
I rtturned ; whether they ought or ou 6 ht
j not to be received he cannot ju Ige ; of
this the Houle is the judge. He cannot
i receive evidence out oi tne returns ; lie
j therefore cvuiuupthe votes; proclaims
j the person naving tbe highcit number;
and me returns are forwarded to this
,) body. Tile) are in due hum ; but votes
j appear to bp admitted which, Ly the law
• ot Georgia, ought not to have beeu aj
: mitted Is the liouie concluded by tins
return ? Are they not, on the coutrarj,
go out ot it, and receive
evidence oftiie lact, that luch improper
votes were admitted ? No one wnt deny
ti. Further—luppofe the preliding ot
ticer to have refuted voteo offered in time ;
suppose he had reiufed all tile votes given
tor a candidatein leveral eou .ties, the go
veruor could no. pay any attention to
ihcle votes ; lor his certiiieate mult be
founded exclulively on the votes returned
11 him—He would be obliged, theretore,
to certify at duly elettti', the perlon
having the highcit numb-rof such votes,
although it might be proved that the
lupprelfcd votes, if counted, would have
given the highelt number to another can
didate. Could not the Houle, in this
case, go out of the returns oi the gover
nor, and allow the votes fairly given, to
be counted ? Is the election to be affe&eci
by such oaudio i or neglect ! Clearly not.
In the prefect calc, the votes in qicition,
according to the law of Georgia, were
lawfully given, and ought to have beer,
returned. Had that iaw been observed,
they would have been returned. In otic
iclpect ouly was there a neglect of it. —
Gan that, then, be Hid to be a violation
f the law of Georgia, which corliit* in
iving effect to its provisions, which they
nave failed to he observed ? The great
principle in judging oi cUctions, cwjit
‘o be, that the will of the peopV, fairly
cxpitflcd, lhall govern. And that con
llvuCtion of the conflitntion and laws of
the IT S. ought to prevail, which coufills
in giving effect to good votes, rather than
deflroying them. This is the principle
ot the report.
The ftdqption of a hofti'e principle,
would be to facrifice the lubflance of
election 10 its mere ihadow.
The fuggeltion that the principle of
ihe report is calculated to alarm the j a
lousy of the flate* is ideal. Thejudg
ing of the election of members is a joint
authority; redding in ;he slates in the
firlt mltance, and ultimately in this
house. It the controlling power does
; not reside here, it rdides no where ;
‘there is a blank in ihe government. It
I cannot reside in Georgia, for the power
lis not concurrent, ami it not tiere, ihe
j slates mult inevitably submit to every
irregularity that may be pradded by
subordinate agents. It has been laid
that the law of Georgia is in force, but
it can have no force at the expeuce of
the conftitu.ioual power of the house.
But was that law complied with ? It so,
the preftnt Conte it would not cxnt.
It was true, that the general princi
pie is a found one, which 1 paraies exe
cutive, legislative, aud judicial power.
This might be an arguui. ui for ihe in.
ftuution of a fp-eul tribunal for the
trial of eouteiteU elections, but it is an
abundant anlwer to sh w, ihat this has
not done ; but in :t, on the con
trary, the constitution 01 .he general go-’
vernmeot ai well as the con dilutions of
the several Hates have made the legifla
live homes juugts 01 the eleClious of
their members.
In tlie coutfe of the difeuflion, the
fads as Hated 111 the report, wue eithei
considered as perLcuy correct, or as par
taking lo little of error as not to invali
date the conclulions drawn from them.
Some imall divcilicy ot opinion exilltd
I between the Committee ot je-iecuous and
the fitting member, which wa*, However,
j reconciled 011 explanation.
The debate
j whole, and was afierwarus pro), cutcd in
‘tne House. Messrs, J Bindley,
! Btdwell, G. W. Campbell ujid Litner
! advocated: and M.3srs. M 30, Early,
| bioan, Ellis, N. YV iliiams, Broome and
i (Quincy oppoled uie report
1 In the courte 01 the otfeuflion, vari
ous precedents were quoice., from the
j Journals of the houie, lonic ot which
j were considered as applicable to one
h jC, aim teiuic as applicable t# the other
ii ie ot the quelt.ou at issue 1 but on a
tuil examination of them, tl)ey Hied so
faint a light on tne lubj ct tnit w have
co. lido u it uuucCefl-.y to nptice them.
The tea aud Bays were It he 11 taken
on the hr ft member of the rcio'.ution
iubnotted Ly the committee of elections,
| viz. “ That t>owies Mead, returned to
tins houie as a member thereof for the
Hate of Georgia, is not entitled to a
feat.”—Yeas 68—Nays 53 —as follows.
Yess.—Meffrs, And.rfon, Archer,
Bard, Barker, Bassett, Bedlinger, Bet
ton, Bidwell, Bishop, Blake, jr. Blount,
Brown, Bryan, Buttler, G. YV. Camp
bell, Chandler, Chirtenden, Claiborne,
J. Clay, Ciopton, Conrad, Crownin
lhietd, Dana, Dawson, BUiot, Elmer,
Eppes, Findley, Fdk, Fowler, Garnett,
Gray, Gregg, Hailey, Hamilton, Hoi-
I land, Holmes, Jacklon, Junes, Knight,
Lewis, jr. Mailers, N. R. Moore, Mor
row, Mumtord, Newton, jr. Olin, J.
Randolph, T. M. Randolph, Rea, of
Pen. Richards, Sammons, Sandtord,
Schur.eman Seaver, Snniie, O’B Smith,
S. Smith, Stanton, T. YV. Thompson,
A. Trigg, Van Rensselaer, Varnum,
Walton, Whitehill, M. Williams, Wil
son and Winlten.
Nays.— MelTrs. Alston, jr. Broome,
Boyle, Casey, M. Clay, Clinton, jun.
Cook, Cutts, Darby, Davenport, jun.
Carle, Early, Ellis, Ely, Guodwyn,
Green, Heiins, Hough, Kelly, Kenan,
Leib, Livmglton, Ma 6 ruder, Madilon,
Meriwether, Morrow, lvlolefly, j. Nel
son, K. Nellou, Titken, jun. Pugh,
Quincy, K.iea, Ten. Kullctl, banly,
bioan, J. C. bmith, Southed, Staulcrd,
b.urges, Taggart, Tailmaage, Tenney,
Thomas, Tracy, Van Cortlaudt, Verp
lauck, VVadlworth, vVtntehill, Wickts,
D. R. Wilium*, N. Williams, aud
vVynn*.
And then the yeas and nay* were ta
ken on the remaining members of the
refoluiion.
“ I’hat Thomas Spalding is entitled
t i a feat in mis house, a* a r. prcfentative
of the Hate ot G.orgia,”—Yea* 66.
Nays yz.
WASHINGTON <£ITY, Jan uary ().
Our re nters arc to tne enlight
ened and indefatigable exertions of Colonel
iiawkins to ameliorate the e rndit on of the
abong.ues oi the country, by ißirwducing
among them the bleiling* of civilization.——
f he tucceis with which these efforts have
been attended in he short period often years
i.a without a parallel in the hittory of lavage
nations. Convinced tiiat whatever rebates to
a lnbjr& so intcreiting, and lb deservedly
dear to the just pride of our countrymen, wiil
oe peruied with plcafure, we offer them a
n ch treat in the fol.owing itrikii g specimen
ot Indian eloquence.
IN the year 1797, ISTEHOCE fcal
led by tne whit* people the adjutant) vi
fr.ed th agent for Indian affair*. ‘This
old man was elleemed by all.who knew
inm, being an honed roan communica
tive and jocular, and when a boy was ap
pointed by the chiefs of the Creek nation
to make the fire of welcome for general
Oglethorpe on his full atrival to take
poffcffiou of and cdablilh the colony of
Georgia. There were then at the reh
..ence of the agent, the principal chiefs
of tiic twelve town, of the lower Cre-ks.
Their o!j cl -.vas to prevail on the a
gent to give up the plan of civilization
and to conform himlYlf in the manage
ment of lr.dian affairs to the caprice
and in file nee of the Indians. Their
converfatien on this fuHed laded foi
three days and became iufolent in tlie
extreme on the lafl day. Itlehoche re
mained on-his bear skin, iilent beater
until the thirJ day, and then had the
following dialogue with the agent.
Istcbjcke. Father, have not you white
people a book which tells when jrou
were created, and where, there are two
of them, a small one attached to a large
one, which 1 remember to have seen
when a boy ?
stgent. \ es, go on.
Ijleboche . 1 1 is true that when E
fmgiutb M'Jf-e (the matter of Breath)
made you white people, that he madt
of you, a man and a woman, and he
made a garden for them, and put all the
good things in it and gave it to these
two while people, and is this in the
hook f
/gent. Yts, go on,
litcbochc. Wnen he made these two
people and every thing for them he cal
led up the woman and gave her a t,i(k.
Woman, lays he, 1 have made all these
things for you, and they are all good,
but the giapes they ate not ripe, you
mud not eat them, and then Ff iuga'ub
Mijf e left her. 1* this iu the book ?
s/gent. Yu, go on.
liteboche. When Efaugatuh MifTe
left her and went off, the h ake came up
and afk.d what did he fay—that the
gmpes are not ripe ? Woman, they are
ripe, they are good, eat them. 1* this
in the book ?
/gent. Yes, go on.
litehoche. By and by, Efnugatuh
MiHee came back, and looking round
hint, exclaims, ha ! ha! who bag Ipoil
ed my tables ? who has spoiled my ta
bles ? The woman replied, the fnakt has
(polled your tables ; he told me the
grapes were tipe, advised ine to eat
them, and I did eat them. “ Did he
fpotl my tables ? Go then, woman, and
math Ins head, and tell your children to
mash his head.” Is this in the book ?
/Igent. Yes, go on,
Istehoche. 1, ever since I heard this
story, remember it, and that you white
people when you fee a fr.ake you kill
it. The talk was not given to me or
my people s 1 never killed a snake.
In my hunting or travelling if I fee
them, they generally give way to me,
aud if they are cross 1 give way to them
I luppofe something has vexed thrm,
I leave them, there it room enough foi
me and them. I am now an old man
a* you fee, can just creep about, and ruy
greatest. pleasure is to crawl here to fee
and converse with you, and take a dilh
of coffee with you. Your plan of civilt
zation I think I comprehend, and 1 be
lieve it is for the good of my nation.
1 am very* old as you fee, and was a har
dy lad when gen. Oglethorpe came fir It
to Savannah ; then I was appointed by
my father to make a fire for him, and
welcome him to our land ; and when
grew up to manhood, 1 accompanied
him in his attack on St. Auguliiue a
gamit the Spaniard*, and from that day
I have alfociated much with while peo
ple, am greatly attached to them, particu.
(arly thofc in authority, from whom 1
have received many aits of kindness, and
it is a pleafuri- to be able to fay to you,
that I never Hole a fltin’s worth of pro
perty in my .life, or did any injuiy to a
white man. I am old as you fee, and
have seen more than any chief in my
land. I have lilteued to your plan, I
am pleased with it, and if 1 was young
I would soon prove to you tiiat there
would be no other difference between us
than the color of our Ikin. ] am old as
you fee ; and I firmly belirvc that Walh
iiigton, like Efaugatuh miffee, has giv.
en a talk for the salvation of us red peo
ple, that you have brought and delivred
this talk to us ; that these people are
playing the Inakc, and that unless yon
take and inalh their head* (clenching hit
fifts and knocking his knuckles together
repeatedly) you will not lucceed in your
plan—you will not fuected in your olari.
After this fpctch, the old man laid
himfeif down on lus bear tkin, thelilten
ing chiefs fat in file rice for a few minutes,
then rote up, and went off without lay
ing one word.
BENJAMIN HAWKINS.
I, Timothy Barnard, atfiffant agent
and interpreter for the lower Greeks, do
hereby certify the foregoing to be cor
rectly reported.
TIMOTHY BARNARD.
A Jf’t If Interpreter.
NINTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, January 2.
Mr. Vurnum, from the committee to
whom v<as referred that part of the mes
sage of the president, which relates to
the organization and clafli Beat ion of the
militia, made a detailed and argumenta
tive report in part, which concludes
with recommending the following resolu
tion.
Refined, That it is inexpedient so a
dopt mealurts for tbe cUnification or new
organization of the mil; ta.
Referred to a committee cf the whole
on Monday.
Mr. (Jregg, from the committee o/.
public land*, made a report on the peti
tion of Geo. ‘Turner, u.navorable to the
fame.
Wtircupon, Refolvcd, that the prayer
of the petition of G-o. Turner
not to be granted. i
Mr. Sai!/y , from the commi tee p jr
pointed to conltder the expediency o
relating the aCt of mitigating or remit*
ting finrs and penalties, made a detailed
report, with an accompanying bill, to
ex end jurffdi&ion in certain cases to
the slate judges and slate courts ; which
was referred to a committee of the whole
house on Tutlday next.
The house went into a committee of
the whole on the bill for eltablifhing
rules and article* for the government ot
the armies of the L\ State*.—Mr. J. C.
Smith in the chair.
The bill was taken pp by feftions.
On reaching the 8 h article, which
atithorifei a court martial lo pumfh with
tlenlh or otherwise any one who, be
ing prelcnt at any mutiny or sedition,
does not use his ut mod endeavor to lup
prefs the fame, or coming to the know
ledge of any intended mutiny, does nots
without dilap, give information thrr-of
to h's commanding officer,” —Mr. C.
IV. Campbell moved to fluke the word.
“ death or other wifi.”
-Meflrs Va. mini and Mel Ton opposed
tlk niotion, which was difagired to
without a divifinn.
‘lna fabfeq’uent artic!;, Mr. G. l iff.
CftmpheH inuveii to Hrike out that pan,
ivhu:h authordes a court martial to pun
uk with death any one who qffer* vi
olence to his 1 lficer.
Mess s G. YV. Campbell, Cook,
Southard and Talmagc tupported, and
Meflrs. Ncllon, Snniie aud Macon op
poled it ; when the qurllion wa* put,
and the motion loft—Ayes 20.
A* the* comm.lite progressed in lead
ing the bill, numerous amendments; prin
cipally verbal, were made.
The committee then rose, reported
progress, and a. ked leave to fit again,
which was granted.
The S/>eiier laid before th - ffeuf a let
ter J tom, be Sec: et ary f State , ene-tfrig
a report on the memorial of Peter Lamt .is.
/ petition was pijented /> 0.0 funelry hat
lets oj Boston, Jitniiar in tenor to that fioni
certain baiters oj Philadelphta , aticl referred.
Mr. J. C. Smith, from the committee of
(lairs, J'ubmii/ed a bill for tht relief of the
governor, feci etarf and judges of the terri
tory N. IV. of the Ohio which was refer
red to a committee nj t he whole House.
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RE PUB LIC A N.
savannah,
January 24, 1806'.
■MnbMM.wva.wiM “ ijifTß mimj-t
Having given til? moll of the foreign intel
ligence in tin day’s Republican in an Extra
‘beet, on Tuei lay I*ll, our dith of nr an is not
In highly seasoned as we c uM with. ‘I he ue
hate, however, of the Ilquleof itejirelenu
tives of the V. S. on the eontelted eleftoin
1 1 Cowles Mead, el’q. t'r in Ihm lute, together
with a few other fclciffions, will, we
render our paper of to-day tolerably paUtofle,
To correspondents-
I The Limner No. 12, is received and
flail appeAr in our next.
The politicnl essay of Philo* flail Me*
Wife have an early insertion.
ANFCDO 1 KS*
A Jack |Kt tch in It (ted tlpon
leading an innocent man to ex
petition. While the noose was
preparing, the unhappy vidtirn
ie with great earned
<|efs, and laid there inuli furcly
ije fume mirtake, as he had com
nitted no crime, and there wai
1)0 warrant for his death. “ l\tc
in your neck.” laid Jack - t
“ you can complain agaioft me
if I am wiong, you know my res
ponsibility.
An evidence in court speak
ing in a very haifli and loud
voice, rhe lawyer employed on
the ocher fide exclai ned, in an
angry manner, Follow, v/hy
tlost thou iratk. so furioufiy ?”
“ Becauie, (replied the tuilic,)
I think I fers a thief.”
AUCTION.
TOMORROW, THE 2 S th in ft.
Win e solij at 12 o’clock,
THE SCHOONER
Vicl OJiy ’
AS (he now lays aC
lluntkr’* wharf, burthen 7 o
tons, and well found.
CONDI l lONS—Approved
notes, at 2 and 4 months.
o. H. dtackhoulc, A uct’r.
J in. 24 4.3_
(TflTckliF ijiscouN 1 and deposit.
Savannah, Jan. 21, 1806.
AN cleftion t'.ran afliflant clerk., 111 room
of Mr lame* Armltror.g, promoted, will take,
■dace at Bank n WcTih f-s-.y next the 29th
!r, t. Candidates are r-quclted ro fend in
heir applcattons on or before tiiat day with
he riamnut those they mean to oflei a* thier
secui tics.
Thomas Meridcnhall,
fan. 24 2t 1 C • Shier.
BibK,
< FKERS f>r tale for calh, or
’ arierfor N gro' - i, t ncc houses and
! ds in the vi. age of br. o-u , one
vhich wa* inintr'.y oCt vpied oy S/e •
| nhci. .Tou.it, la/., of -his t.fy, d t-c. /he
1 ‘|iher /.V3 a*Jj niT: g. Fci par tcoU-s
i .ppl to Ir. J .na/han Crue, in h -
vini.'.ah, r in Wdvne-fb ‘nugtt to
Stephen Rlou’it.
Jiil. 24. *Ol. 4^-