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For the Georgia Republic At*
To try Qonjliteunls of Chatham County.
Cftl ZENS,
THE happindfsarid perfection ot a nation,
drr enumerated by writers among the firfl
duties of government. I would ask, wheth
rl those duties have not incalculably rrtroga
ded in this date by the operation of acrirv.o
j,ies jealousies and intrigues, excited by
land monopolies and land fpecuhtors r
difinterdied citizens will anfwerin t>ne affirm
ative. Yazoo has been the apple of dilcord
thrown among the people of this ft ate i it has
tended to arouse every piffion and resentment
the human breast is fufceptibleof-—to kindle
tip enmities between men who, otherwile,
might have shared the benefits of friendly in
tercourse—and to diminish the faith and mo
rality of Georgians, in the estimation of ftfter
(lares and foreign powers.
Knowing these to have been the ten
dencies of the Tales by virtue of an a<st m
titled, “ An Aft for appropriating a pait o’
the uncultivated territory of this state for tne
payment of the late state troops, and for other
purposes therein mentioned,Tpafftd tie y:h
day of January, 179-, and which is ge
nerally denominated the Yazoo, or usurped
aft—under this knowledge* I had the best of
reasons to rejoice when thelcgiflature gave irs
aflent ro the ccflion of that territory to the li
nked State s —l rejoiced beenufe the effefts of
that cefiion will be : 1. To dived Georgia cf
all those anxieties and vexations which have
rcfult-'d from the ufurpecl aft, and which for
Vt-ars back, have diftorbed and and agonized
her in‘ernal tranpuility* 2. A (urn of money
wiii be put into the (fate treiiury, which will
fuperfede the neceftity of taxation.
Tiie Unite*.! States will take upon them
fclves the bui tl.ens and nesponfibility attached
to the Tales and purchases under the usurped
aft. 4. Controversies about the Miffiifippi
Territory will ceaie.
These arc the promised advantages the state
will derive from the cefliOn to the U. states.
A letter from Mr. Gallatin v/as laid before
the last general assembly, wherein he requefh
a transmission to his department of all monies
and documents appertaining to Yazoo.
A committee was appointed to take into
ronfideratioh this communication from the
iccretary of the treasury. The committee did
not report —the rcalons for which may have
appeared tothem good and convincing t but
1 mull confd's, that it is the imprefilon of my
mind (and my conduft would have evinced
that imprdtion, if the fubjecl had been sub
mitted to the house for difeuffion) that Mr.
Gdlann’s communication fliould have been
immediately complied with —for it cannot ad
nut of a doubt that the monies and documents
are, by the cefiion, vested in the United states
—the legislature his therefore tacitly denied
giving up to the United States that, which,
upon a principle of right, is their property —
Should a more direct refufal be adopted by
the next legifluure, it will no: be difficult for
any co r.prehcnfion ro divine the effects such
refufal will ‘nave on the agreement enteredrnto
between the tommiffioners on the part of the
United flares* and those on the the part of
Georgia, which has been ratified-.
1 indulge myfelf in a hope that at the next
session the difficulty involved in this affair will
be obviated, and that we Hull be permitted
to enjoy the advantages 1 have before desig
nated.
6. I nave the fadsfaftioh to inform you that
& loan rs five thoufiand dcihn has been granted
to the university of this state, which Turn will
adequately enable that in (lieu non to fulfil its
tltuies. Fron, this liberal mtalurc of the le
gi flaturc* mUch important good will result
It is a faft of great notoriety* that ycur chil
dren when educated abroad, generally return
\v th itntimcnts hostile to your manners* vour
opinions and your political interefls : hence
thenccefiity for educating them in their native
ftate,to which they will be attached by a natu
ral consequence, in every shape, Which indi-;
cares the valuable patriotic citizen*****—The
firfl attention of a nation should be directed to j
the education of its youth, because upon their
morality and their intelligence, its g;ory—its
freedom—its fafety, depend*
Despotic { ovt a ments are bottomed on ig
norance i science is deftruftiv-e to tyrants —
it shakes their authority—it developed their
Yillainnies —lcience is the foul of freedom —
it guarantees the rights of man —it affords a
sacred proteftion to REruencAMisM. such is
the operation of science—let it be nobly en
couraged-—kc the Athens of Georgia vie with
the Athens ot Grece—what should prevent
it * principles e>f knowledge are better under
flood and obtained with more facility than in
ancient /eras. send your youth to other coun
tries for their education—“ it is too degrading
an acknowledgement of the ignorance and im-
Lriority of your own and will always be the
c rule of so great foreign attachment that upon
* principle of policy it is inadmiffibic.”
7, The printers of the Columbian Mufenm,
agreeable to their contrast, deposited in- thre
t> ficc of thcFecretary of ftate* a fpecified num*
her of Marhurv & Crawford's digefl— they I
negleftedto drpofit at the fame time the man
ufeript copy of the work—which prevented
an immediate diftribiltion of the books; as it
was contended* their authenticity and accura
cy would depend upon an examination and
companfon with the manufeript copies—*fo
soon, however, as the manufeript copy is de
pofitcc* I confider the governor authorized,
legally and constitutionally, to distribute the
books (after a carefulcomparifon with the ma
nuferipr) in the Way pointed our by. an aftpaf
fed December 6, 1799, enl hled “ An Act to
carry into effect the 8:h feftion ot the 3d arti
cle of the co Ablution.”
Th U. P Charlton.
Savannah, Tan. c, 1803*
SAVANNAH.
IVedi esfi:iy Event’g,
January c, 7303.
Rvii\ piety ever was, and ex r er will be
respected. A r o man ever fuffered in the
e A Ini at ion of his neighbours for feeling
his obligations to his God. put hvpo
crify is in every shape detestable.
The public will recollect that the Mu
seum has for many months teemed with
anxieties about religion, and was parti
cularly hofti/e of late to the priviiedge
for performance at the theatre on
sacurdav nights. lor our parr, we
know not what political right existed
for the prohibition, or what command
forbid playing on those evenings. Wil
ling to leave the encouragement or dif
courarremenc of the plavhoufe to our
fellow-citizens, we have ever decided
ly approved the conduct of the majority
of aldermen on this o craft on.
The public, remembering that the
Museum called on them to exercise their
indignation agaitlfl the pratftice, will
know bed what to ftiv wh-n they learn
that Francis StebMns, principal of that
Mule urn, was at the play on Saturday
night last —and could not pass the eve
ning’s entertainment without Quarrel
ling with a boy.
For ourftlves—we are not disap
pointed in th.e mnn. we ever believed
those who make the loudest noise about
rclio-ion, have the least of it.
to 7
It is proper to inform our adverrifmg ctff
tomers* that v>e adopted as a rule which
will no: be departed from, that
For all advertisements, the publication of
which fihall have expired previous to the com
mencement cf each quarter beginning with
the hrft day of this month, the bills will be
made out & forwarded as soon as convenient
Not a fingE exception will be admitted,
Continued advertisements are not includedin
the quarterly bills; except at the end of each:
year. Bills for the present time will be drawn i
for the quarter only.
We cannot view any apology for this ar
rangement as necessary. No one can pofisibly
be oftended who has refledlior* fufficient to
remember that the priruingbufinefs is expen
sive, and that very limited credits for the
necessary articles, are at best, all that can be
obtained.
Subscribers who have not yet paid their ad
vances, will recollect that we cannot live by
charging only.
DisUj at his plantation in Brvan county, On
the 28th ulc. ISRAEL. BIRD, F.fq.—As a
hufband* he was affectionate; as a parent, he
was tender; as a mailer humane and confuier
ate, and as a neighbor, obliging and benevo
lent. In him society has loti one of its mod
adtive and ufcful members,
fkstedt
MARINE LIST.
ENTERED,
Ship Cleopatra, Davenport, London,
—— Arabella , Molineux, Domini co,
Brig Jndujtry Dunn, Turk's [(land,
S mil ax, Smyth,
—Neptune Caun, Alexandria,
Happy Couple , S trks, New York
Schooner, Jndufiry, Rijj, Char left on,
—Ann Cottle S t Domingo,
June Ridge St Croix
—-— ->-Rambkr, Pitcher * Rechefilet ,
Shop Ref elution, Fowler*, Bofilon ,
Harlequin, Gale , New-York,
CLEARED,
Schooner J eru,aia Arlington Nerls,
Sloop Lark, IVriche , Clrkjlsn,
— Diligence, Hatcbard, St Vincents
LONDON, November 4.
The activity which has of late df
played itfelf in our naval department
is now understood to have been entire
ly misrepresented.
It isfaid that the frigates lately comr
miflioned, are destined to relieve those
in the East and Weft Indies, fome of
which have been upon those stations for
fix or seven years, and cannot return
until the arrival of others, while the
opening of rendezvous for seamen is
thus explained, so very few men haol
entered since the paying off vcffels in
actual fcrvice, that many ships in com-
inifnon sot fix months have not even at
this moment a third of their peace eftu
bUfhment", and as they are wanted to
relieve others which have been for a
long time on foreign stations, lieutenants
O O ,
have been sent on shore from several ot
them, in order to fill up with all pofli
bledifpatch their TefpeFtive compli
ments. But not a Tingle guinea of
bounty money has been offered in such
cases.
withrefped: to the orders sent by the
admiralty toP/ymoutb for al/ the Blips
there to rake on board their compli
ment of royal marines, the fad is, the
that the barracks at Plymouth
I not being fufficient to contain the whole
jof the division of marines, they were
quartered at the distance of two, three
and even four mile* from the parade.
But the inconvenience of this plan was
soon felt, and until the barracks at mill
(formerly the prifonj could be complet
ed, it was thought moll: proper to dis
tribute a certain number of them on
board the men of war.
It is added that not a tingle line ofbat
tle (hip in ordinary has, in the flighted
degree, been prepared for cornmiflion,
and that the Temcraire, Culloden and
superb, were ordered to be put in a com
plete state of ordinary the very day when
it was reported directions had been given
they should be fitted for cornmiflion.
There is no doubt that very aftivt prepar
ations have taken place in the French ports,
particularly at Toulon. It is undoubted fa<sl
that a greater quantity of nav&l flores of all
kinds has been imported to F.ance within the
last 15 months from the Batlic than the amount
of the whole supply in the articles during the
eight preceding years. At Rochester, Brcft,
and L’Oriens, great exertions have been made.
Th/s however* by ‘no means juftifics any
fpecuiation of immediate war. Every body
knew that France would endeavour to reftorc
her navy, almcfl: destroyed ; and replennifh
her naval arsenals uterly exhausted.
—mi ,ni mi—,. 111 i wruirtriiM
HEAD-QU ARTERs, Louisville, Dec. 3,
i3o 2.
General orders,
The adjutant general will again proceed
to the annual convention of the field officers
of the refpedlive regiments and battalions, to
gether with the brigade infpedtors of the bri
gade they refpe&ively belong to, at such
times and such places as may be moft con
venient for all the field officers of such bri
gades, in order to inflruft them in the dis
cipline presented by cor.grefs, and in order
that the evolutions preferibed by law, may
be facrifcd.
The Brigadier generals will order a com
pany of Light Infantry* or Fufileers* to attend
each refpedtive brigade convention of officers
—provided and equipped as the law diredb,
such corps to be.
in instances however, where manifeft in
conveniencies will 2rife in convening th
field officers in each brigade, and when from
various caufes* theobjedl of such conventions
cannot be fully answered. The brigadier ge
neral of each brigade will in lieu thereof,
adopt finch mode as he may deem best cal
culated for effc&ually inftru&ing the field of
ficers in the defeipline preferibed : which end
the commander in chief is imprefled with a
belief can be bed effected in brigades where
it may be found inconvenient to convene the
field officers, by ordering the field officer, or
j officers in each regimental or battalion di-
Jftricl, to attend the adjutant general, when
| the regimental or battalion officers a•■e con
vened for the purpose of being inftru<fled in
the difeipiine and evolutions.
He will a!fo concert with the several bri
jgade infpeclors on the moft proper time for;
convening the refpe&ive regimental and bat
talion officers with the adjutants and firft ser
geant thereof, for the purpose of instructing
them in the said difeipiine ? And as it is of
the highest consequence that the privates
should be particularly taught the duty requir
ed of them in the field r the commanding of
ficers of thereoimem* and battalions are cal
led on to act in concert with the a.ijutant te
nerai and brigade inspectors by ordering regi- j
mental ard battalion mutters, at such timear I
they may be notified by the adjutant
nerai, that he will attend them for the pur-|
pose. JAMEs FAUCHE, Adj. Gen. M
By order cf the Commander in cbitfi^M
BRIGADE ORDERS, Jan. 1, 1803.
The officers commanding regiments and
battalions within the firit brigade firft divisi
on, will have the fame paraded by eleven o'-
clock in the forenoon on the day refpedtive
ly appointed for each, armed and equipped
as the law direfls, in order to be infpefted by
the adjutant gencraf.
Effingham county, batalion on Monday 1
2ift February next.
Chatham county regiment oiThjrfday
third of March.
Bryan county battalion on Thurlday*
March.
Liberty county battalion on Monday
March.
MTntofh county battalion on Wednofday
9th March.
G ynn county battalion, on Friday nth
March.
C/.mden county battalion, on Wcdncfday
16ra
T:*’ officers wil! attend in complete
form, and with their com millions, and the
officers commanding companies aie required
to furnifii the adjutant general on the day of
parade with returns of the fame, fp/Aifving the
number of commiffiorcd* and non commii
fioned officers, an.i privates ; and arms, ac
coutre me-nrs, dCC.
The field and companv officers of the
Chatham regiment, with the adjutant, and as
many now c > nmiffioned officers as the co n~
uianding officer of the regiment, may deem
neceiTary, to conftituie a fufficient number
to perform the requisite evolations, will con
vene on Wedncfday the 2d day of March
next, at such places he may point out ; pro
viced with each a fufee, or vr.usket, and the
requisite accoutrements : At which time and
place, the adjutant general and hrigade in
fpedtor*will at-tend for the purpose of inflrud
ing them in thedifcipline presented by law.
The other counties within the brigade
mg only battalions ; the adjutant general wilß
be enabled to execute the duties required
one day, and co.ifequently,after the
is completed in th • counties; the brigade in-,
fpeftor will agreeably to Laco, form into al
company, in front of the battalion j all ‘he]
captains and subalterns, and the adjutant
thereof, taking in also, if he thinks proper, the
non-comrniffioned officers cf each company,
and as many privates as will be necessary to
confhtute a fufficient number; and proceed
to jnftruft them in the manual exercise, and
such evolutions as the adjutant general may
direct.
The brigade infpedtor, Major Lyon, will
take the neceflbry lleps to carry this order in
to eftefr, and Will icporr f .ch officers as may
be in default t by o.dct of
Brigidier-gerier.ii fATTNAL,
J. E. HO US 1 OUNt Aid ed Camp, j
Lijt of Letters remaining in the pofT*
office this day, which, if not up by
the firft ot April, will be returned to the
General-p ojl - office .
A*
John G. Almy, 1 homas Allen, Wil
liam Allen, Juan Andrew, .Samuel W*
Allen, Samuel Akins, 2.
B.
Robt. & John Bolton, 3 ; Belcher
& Die kin Ton, George Brown, Nathan
Beal, B. B. Bell niger, Dr, Bancroft,
William Beggs, William Blogg, James
Bofwood, Samuel i(aas, James Bryan,
Josiah Bryan,—£oudct, William Box,
Christopher Bull, Eliza Beekman, Jo
nathan Brightman, Pierce Butler* 2 ;
James Brown, Wiliam Brown, Andrew
Briant, Thomas Bordman, Eleazer Bel
Beck, William Burnftdes, Bclfawv
William Brown, fafeph Bafligney, 2.
C.
James cc Moses CJc-land, John Cox,
Benjamin Churchill, 2 ; Thomas Currie,
John Cumming, joftn Chapman, silas
Caulkins, z\ William Corn white, jane
Conner, mrs. Conner, William Conyers
George Cal well, Martin Clarke* Can
navan Montmollin, & Cos.
IX
samuel Davis, Baiph Dodfworth, a S
Richard M. Dimon, Marie Louise
da, 2 ; jofiah Davis, Catharine Doner
Thomas Davis, Daniel Daly, james
Dey, joint Dunn, John Den, George j
Dugiay, John Dryfdale, 2 ; Wiiiiam
Divan, Henry Darnell, 2 ; mrs. Daroeii,
William De Wolfe, 2 ; A. Dervcr, at
Gunn’s Tavern.