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CKO AC IA MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY,
Czded tc t'.’c Unit'd Stui<?s •
(Continued.)
!?■ n c ?T efq. further faith, that (
Roberts Thoms, efq. in a con variation on
thf* ful hfl before the mcetir/* o r the laR le* j
fiOature, tolH the exponent ,>c MouM <n j
favor nf a sale. as he thouq-t it would be an ;
;v'vmi raise to the ilate. if it cam<• forvarK in a j
favorable ihr.p'% The deponent, further fa-rh i
that, general Gunn }ikewi> tol l the depo
nenr, the fitting cf the le.-unature,
that no member of sh e Je*:/isVature fiu >< ( [ < r
could expect to h&vc a inare if htt did not
vote for the bill.
(Signed) K. FLOUR-IOY. ;
Thomas Lewis*
y— in Ai m
f A MRS SIMMS, efq. one of the repre
fentadves from the county of Columbia, be
jnrr duly sworn, faith that he had frequent
conversations with Tvobtuts i oou**- c j Gq. a
member of the fen ate of this Rate, at rbe 2 afT
vHlon of the legislature at Augußa ; that the
deponent did frequently, during that KM on.
;nd uhilft the act for the disposal of the vvdt
, rn territory was in agitation, adviL the laid
Roberts Thomas not to vote for the fide of
*he land?, that the laid i nomas laid them..
■.w an onrortuniry of making formhirrg
-the deponent told the Lid Roberts T homas
Trr, the purchasers would deceive him, and
Ter he haul voted in favor of it he would get
othing j to which the laid Thonras replied, |
: 2 wound, take care to maker himfelf lecure j
before he gave ins vote.
The deponent further faiih, that during l
:he lass feffon of the legislature, whi Iff the
aid bill for the disposal of rhe western lands
as cn the carpet, general Gunn called on
e deponent and told him that he was fear
: 1 the bill would be loss. Luke Mann, efq.
member of the senate, as the deponent un
erftood that day, voted sgainft the bill ;
/ iunn tlien said, Sims I suppose from what I
ive heard, you are a poor man, and you now
Live an opportunity of making something (
kind fome for yourfelf and family, if you will j
revail on Mann ro vote for the bill, 1 will j
a,ive you 50,000 acres of land. The depo- j
nent furtlier faith, that the said -Gunn told the |
deponent he would give the fame if he would |
yet mr. Wood, a senator, to vote for it, or I
any ctlier member of the senate ; that he |
was in company with mr. John King, and |
mr. Samuel Wright, two members of the |
lame senate, at their quarters in Auguffa— j
that a converfaticn arole about the Idle cf the I
western lands ; the deponent expressing 12i.11-;
lelf opposed to that rreafure, tiie laid John \
Kin# and Samuel Wright told the deponent!
he ought not to eppofe it, for he might make
Ibmethin” clever ii he would come into the
° .
n.taiure, or morels of that nature.
(Signal) JAMES SIMMS, j
Sworn to as aforefaid.
Burrall Pope, dquire, one of the mem*
bers of the lad and prefers t knate of this date,
tjuhig Body Iv/orn, faith, that beino, a member
of the fenare at the hid session of the legilla
tore, he lodged at mr. Herbert’s, in ‘Auguit.:,
with mr. i larrifon Muigrove, then a member
of the house of representatives, from die fi j
countv —that one evening, v*hilft the bid for
the difpofai of the western territory was in its
pallage, the Paid Muigrove told the cleponen
i.e had found out more than ever he knew
l>e. r cre, that he had dhoovered there were two
(Lares in Cumming’s company rderved for
him ft if and every member that would rake
them ; the deponent further faith, that at a* -
other time laid [vlufgrove laid to the depo
nent, friend Pope, I am authorised to reL
you that you can have one hundred guineas
Tor ycur part, to which the deponent anivvrreci
‘ e had no part; that at another time the laid
iuigrove further told the deponent he might
r coo fiver dollars,
(Signed) BURR ALL POPE.
I worn to asaforefakw
T Ti enry G. Caldwell, tkpuire, being duly
i iaith that during the fitting of the lafi
t - ntion at Louifviilr, the deponent had a
c< • fat ion with general Gunn, when the
far: Gunn alked the deponent who was to
be ? > rnor next year ; the deponent said he
he a- ‘dge S:ith mentioned, the said Gunn
fnooh 3head and said it would not do, that
Stith I been ungrateful to his poor rela
tions,: hat he had made a great deal of money
bv the ‘: *ulation and had not been generous
to thru - e deponent cfked the laid general
Gut nh< v; vuch judge Stith had made by that
fcufnefs, nerai Gunn answered thirteen
t ouLiid : • ars. The deponent then alked
u.c laid G. n if the said Stith ha 1 a (hare in
the lands, m which general Gunn gave no
d're'a anfwor, but Girl hf Hi engaged to
,rr]ve picTe :>t sr h thirteen thomand ohi * ars foi
uj<: \-ftnerjcc in or fir g the law for di-'Uoial ct
rhe lands ; that if the'law plied, Stith was to
have the money—that the law bar. paffLl and
that in conleque r, ce he had given him a
idunht for the money, and he ticker had re
ctived or would receive it.
T-T-vn-r r> O ‘ T T'TT rj T
fSi'Ticu j Tin.NR tG. ••
Vo ‘ /
Ty, vil’ P. (V'jrcHßt.t, rneneher cUhe lati
a, well as the prHVnt kVislntnre of the OW
p- tfe be• n ' T duly Iwon,, niai'Cto <*•.: i a, t (
*“* w > O ‘ • t . t f. j
lairh, that on Ids return *nvn i.upul.a, a.,er
rhe rifir.p of the -.ire, ’* P'CF* in com.ua- j
ny wi r h ihonr as riqp.re, nmemm ;
of the senate cf that lr ■ u cue* from the co.im- .
tv of lyfhntihiVy. v, urn a converf u fi'ii i ,; o\ j
olacre between this dej ‘rent suuMne 1 i’
Thomas Wylly, cn the iuLi-rc of v s l.d.e o ,
the w GKrn tei rrrorv of tu.s bate, ’* men took ,
place demur that feffon, when
ras V vliy to id this deponent, that pc, the j
fa id Wylly, had fold a fnaie when he ndo ;
m cue ol (he companies liiu pinchafiQ
the said rerri ory, to one Vfihbn, a merchant
in Aiit lilha, for v hich he had got a negro fel
low r.arr.i"’ Dub*!:r, v-'liicl* v euli rpi fed
f>r in pr- f-:;r the laid lhav, bur tins vie pc
rent believes the negro was only in parr, for
the (aid Wylly aifo informed this deponent
that he hie! feme money befidci, winch was
paid tiini on nvCOo'it cr iud .uare, a..cl turtuci
that the laid iiegro Oubim was then ruling
behind the carriage in which the said Wylly
and this deponent were , and this depongnt
| fun her. faith, that at the fame rime the said
! vj t ;I La ;a_thjs deocnent, that he would
make B or 10 riiebrocs by the Wares he held
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i in the d’Herent conipanics who purchi-fed the
| said territory s that this deponent then ob
ferve'! rt> the said \Vy 11y thnt he had not made
as much t$ forme others-of the senate had,
when the said Wylly oblerved that he had
‘encased rco soon, that lie was not so lucky
as fome of them who had held off until rhe 1 all.
(signed) _ and. b. Mitchell.
Sworn to as afore said.
Henry Mitchell, efq. senator from the
county of Warren, in the last and present
general a.Tembiy, being duly sworn, ‘faith,
that during the fitting of the lass legislature
at Augusta, the deponent was lent for by mr.
Gumming, one of the grantees ol the Georgia
Miff Hip pi company, to his house, wherein a
j coriverlution about the sale of the western
j territory, rhe said rnr. Cuvnming asked the
(deponent his opinion as to the propriety of
such sale, the deponent answered ic was a sub
! jt it that would come before him in the senate,
(and confeqnently he did not think proper to.
| form his opinion before ic did come forward;
that the said mr. Gumming further told the
I deponent that provided he thought it right
Iro fell -the lands, thac he fhouid not be pre
cluded from having a snare, although a mem
ber, for that the companies had made pro vi
rion for shares for all the members, provided
they though*; fit to take them.
’ (Sfritd) HEART MITCHELL.
Sworn to as afarcfauU
James M’Njml, efq. a member of the re-
I prefentative branch of the last legislature, and
I now a member of fen ate, being duly sworn.
! Lith that in a ft: or: I pace cl time aftrr the aa
jourrunent of the Lit legislature, he was u*
rli- town of Augufia, in company with An
drew Innis, who told him that he was one o,
j die aiibcUits contemplated in an act palled
| bv the arordaid itiiion, tor diipofing of a pan
jot the western territory of this tine, that the
j purdiaiers and their atfociaces were reduced
; to the neteftiry of pauing a ciedit in favor of
| Roberts Thomas, men ienator of Hancock
j countv, a-j an tuTociace, for the lull amount oi
j eigvt clear shares oi land, without his paying
! ore (hiking for the fame ; v?hereby they did
j procure the vote and in cured of him the laid
j I Tomas, in raising the afoudmb *it. Fhar
j after the legislature adjourned, rive fii i Ro
] hurts was alarmed and .did propole-to fell or
j let his eight fhr.res as aforei'aid, revert no the
! grantees and their afibciites, for a furn not
! ids than three, nor more than five thousand
dollars, which proposal was acceded to,, and
that he, as. one of the a Hoc i ate s, was called
m for hrs prenertionate part of the alorefaic!
hum, which he did pay -j whereby the claim
of the aforeikid Roberts was thereby extia
guiihed for and in the behalf of the grantees
and their atTociates, or words to that effect.
(Signed) JA6. M’rlEilj.
Swomno as afoivfaid.
i
John Thomas being duly sworn, faith,
that his lace brother, Roberts Thomas, a
member of the fvnate tt the laid legislature,
told the deponent char the companies who
purchased the western lands had compliment-i
ed the said Roberts Thomas with fomettiing, j
either a lhare or (hares, or lomething of that
kind, that he docs not iuppoie that his late]
brother could have had tae sum of 2,000 j
dollars in caih before the meeting of the
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jlcgifiacure, nor had he 1 v part of his
•property about that t 5 deponent
knew of: the deponent further faith, that his
hte brother was pcfTeffed of a note of hand
for nine hundred do’lirs given by Jacob
\\ al bur per, to which the name of A. Jones is
finned as awitneffi that he does not know
ihut his brother fold mr. W aid burgher an\
property. The deponent further faith, that
h s brother was \Aoenoed, he told the
deponent he had voted for the sale of the lands,
aid thought he had done right, and was it
ro do again be should do the iame j that tut
deponent does not believe that the companies
ini-r the said R. Thomas any monies, and
tint it he had a !urge furn of money, he mud
hew unt it bv the Hie of the lands or shares
vh ch the companies had given him as he
fin.jp’ des.
* (Sb : n?J) JOHN THOMAS.
Sworn to, as j forefull.
James Lucas being duly sworn, faith, that
fon'.e time after the breaking up of the last
ie n ‘tVUie, v hen Roberts i nomas, ciq. as a
member of i r.me in that legiuatute Had re
n ne ! to Hancock county, that tins deponent
h<ard that the ibid Roberts Thomas was either
fdiirp, or about to fell off all his property, &
tej remove ; that trus deponent tben went with
‘ere of bis neighbours, to the house of
fi i Thomas, and had borne converiation with
‘dt on the bale of the western territory, when
ft frid Rt burl's Thomas informed thisdepo
jnvnt that he was, end had always been in
! fay or of the Hie of said territory, and that
; sh? companies avHo had purchafecl the fame
had L: him have a (bare or two in the said
lards j an', t.iis deponent inriner t:„at
on the day of election for members to con
i giofs, the deponent Ew a mr. Waldburger at
! chc 4xr4Vi.n'for Hancock county, who inform
j ey the deponent that he had purchafecl a fharc
jof the said lands from the said Roberts Tho
! ins, and that he had given his note of hand
!dr the fai.re for nine hundred dollars, which
flare Icq the said Wald burger, had afterwards
fa! !, by which he had rni.de a profit of 125
debars-, 2nd this deponent further faith, tha:
or or about the day on which the lad legisla
ture adiourned, he was in Augusta, and that
jiu. King, efq. a member oi the senate, car
ried the deponent to the house of mr. Thomas
(Camming, and there lpoke, as he believes,
| ruone of the grantees of the Georgia Mifsif
|he pi company, to let the deponent have a
! (hare in laid company, that the deponent did
in ccr.fequence thereof, receive a certificate
| for one ihare, for w hich he paid one hundred
!dollars-, and further, that fome time in the
beginning Gt Auguff iafi, this deponent being
in Augulta, law mr. Reuben W ilkin ion, a
member of the lase legislature there, who in
formed the deponent that he had a snare in the
Tenr.cffee company, and that lie had but a
few minutes before paid the balance of rhe
purchase money therefor.
{Signed) ‘ JAMES LUCAS.
) Sworn to us aforefnd.
I (To be continued.)
EXCHANGE.
Three (lores in the third (lory to RENT, For terms
•enquire of John Bolton, Esquire.
’ By order of the Board,
‘THOMAS PITT. Secretary.
June 28. 78.
Now Opening;
A. CJ
For [ale at tie Jlcre o f ike hibfnber , the North
, H'A! Tor ;er of Market jau ire, and oppejite to
i Mr. K ; m. Dir. on.
•ico peces-Lleeant Town Work,
c. • a eftmed ‘Calicoes and Cambric,
*- * 7
100 pieces Humhumf,
wiiil a v.Cicrai uJ jrtvi >.it of other I'd'” *.j O )13 S.
EZEKI/lL TARN ALE.
T{jne -20, tP 4_r 78
Will be MOLT) at Public A..Alton, (in ‘pur
fitcnc* of c;; order of the Inferior Court cf
j */
County) on the .f j? Tuesday,
til September next* bet uceen the hours oj
ic and i o'do ik, at the Court-he use in said
e> o A t] t v,
45, c00 Acres of Land,
/AN tne waters of the Great Sarnia, Doing in
grains of i coo acres: ALSO, one water
! >1 m the t-ivvn (.t S . Mary’s, in tue county oi
Camden aforefaid : the fame being the real estate of
James Ma- otnb, late of the said county of Cant
den, deceavb. .Conditions Cadi.
June 28. h idea. FARcv AVERY,
MARY AVERY,
Admix, of J. Macomb, (idealed.
Escaped Irc m Goa i,
RCB ER T a mulatto MA N,
THE nro;: = f>\ , f Mr. Thomas Armstrong, wears
hA Iruir long behind ann before, has good deaths
Five win be paid to any peron for taking
up said negro* J. P. Ga . A g. c. c,
LB . ~
Mahogany Furniture.
Nozv landing from the brig Dean, from New
york, and are to be sold bargains if applied
for fcon^
Mahogany Secretaries, (with doors comp ete)
BreakLft A Card tablA,
Hair dophas & Beau r eau>
Mah'*ga’ v tnd wild Cherry Bed (leads,
Appiy to WILSON & KNOX.
fDay ns’s Wharf.
Wh j have, also, hjft received from Char left op,
3coclb. GREEN COFFEE in bags,
Jure 30-41—78. ’
THE EEGfGAR.
ATI ! curse me not -no crumb of bread
Has pail thefc lips since ycftcr-morn •,
No Idielttr for this aching head
Have I, abandon’d and forlorn. tv
Dark is the night, and cold the blast,
With misery am I doom’d to roam ; vk_
All hopelels on the \\ ide world call,
Without one friend ; without a home.
Yet, tho’ by every ill oppreft ;
Tho* pining want alfail my life, 10%
A home 1 had ; I once was bieil ; \
A mother lo\’d; a happy wife. ; _ ;
Think not, dear fir, it is my aim,
A cunning studied lie to ra:ie, . . ]
Like beggars bold, who daily claim,
The mite which palling pity pays. 1
My husband kept a little loop ;
And well his honesty was known ;
Os credit was the fared prop.
ITis name would pass thro’ all the tows.
No comforts to his wife deny’d
A tender husband could aftord,
Each prudent wiih was gratiti’d.
Peace fmil’d, and plenty deck’d the board.
Why could not this good fortune laid !
Sure heaven intended me for woe.
Did i. unthinking, live too fait
For one so humbly plac’d ? Ah no !
Indeed, dear fir, I’m not to blame.
The man who long had been my pride
Grew idle, gam’d and loiifto fliame,
The victim of intemperance died.
Our few remaining goods were kept
For house rent, due a year and more.
We were turn’d out. Ah ! how I wept
As flow I turn’d me from the door. r
Tho’ now of husband, home bereft,
Yet, 1 could make a living lure ;
This comfort to my heart was left,
I Hill might work, however pooL
Buoy’d up by hope, a little hut
I took at twenty pounds a year.
My daughter to a fchool 1 Cent ;
’ X vVUj no; ft vji¥, nov wn.s it dear.
The Tweet child was just turn’d cf ten,
From her alone my pleasures rose ;
And she was ufeful too ; for when
1 wafii’d, llie carried home the clothes.
Her beauty ripen’d with her years,
A lovelier gill was never seen.
And now, an anxious parents fears
Increas’d with blooming frefh fifteen.
These fears, alas ! were too, too just.
From a fond mother’s bosom torn,
She’s now to \ice and scorn reduc’d.
Would she had ui’d, or ne’er been born fl
A villain, to fedu&on train’d,
With speech so foft and mien so mild,
By flattery and love well feign’d,
Ruin'd my unsuspecting child.
With me no longer would she rest,
I strove my spirits to sustain.
I labour’d on, and did my belt
A (lender livelihood to gain.
Two months past, with her paramour,
I saw her in a gig, quite nigh ;
Though finely dreft, she charm’d no more ;
Wan was her cheek, and funk her eve.
I hurried home ; the blow so rude
I fainted, and all thought me dead ;
A burning fever thence ensued
Which fix weeks kept me to my bed.
Confin’d by illnefsfo severe
And long, my little money went.
Doctors and nurses both were dear ;
And 1 was in arrears for rent.
When of the fever I was quit,
1 fold fome clothes to buy me meat.
De edted, weak, for work unfit,
I beg’d my landlord but to wait.
ID would not. Yesterday he came .
With cruel tannts he bade me—“ walk”— \
Myfelf I wept, but more the (home,
An only child—how wild I talk.
I had one, boy, and dear was he ;
But by a roving passion led,
He left us all and went to tea.
Fle’s gone so long he must be dead.
A sailor, by yon lamp’s faint gleam
1 fee you are, alas ! ike ycu
In garb and manner did lie seem
VV hen fond he breath’d his lust adieu.
With all a hopeless mother’s grief
Seven tedious years the lad I mourn.
My darling cannot bring relief—
No, never shall my George return !
“ Your George !” the stranger fault-ring cn’d,
“My name is George,”-—'“George what” •*
“George Rose.”
Abound her, finking at his fide.
His rugged arms he widely throws,
Loud feream’d the wretch, “ O God my boy ! ”
That woe-worn heart’s fad beat is o’er.
So long unfelt the touch of joy,
It flutter’d ; heav’d ; and burst—no more !
FOR SALE.
FOR cajh tr a difcontable note y
A Likely Nijro Girl about ip year cfi agt
accufiiovsed to Houfie work , who can jew wash &
iron. F'soq Likely Negro, Men one accvftom
edto the field, the ether qlmojt new, apply /#
■hills & Monnox.
June 30 jSoj, (it j%.)
Office 0f IJ-itour.t is DepoJ: /.
Savannah, February 1, ISo 2.
ALL perforts btfinefs at the Back,’
Wilt plea i’c to ooierve, that after the i sth inltant r.©
b lis or notes of a leh Turn than one hundred dollars
will be received for diicounr.
7 homos MendenhoU, Crifhter.
RANK.
FROM the full of June next, until the fit ft of No
verroer, the hours lor trtn&fting bnfmefs at ihi%
oiiicc will be from 9 o’clock until 2.
“By crcL-r of the Board,
Thomas Mendenhall, Cajbier\
Mav 30th, 1303. ‘ -ca