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TERMS,—S3 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,] BY BURR ITT & M RAC HAM. THE GEORGIA STATESMAN I? published weekly at the Sent of Govern ment, opposite the State-House Square, at Three Dollars per ann. in advance, or Four Dollars if not paid in six months. N. B. Sales of land and negroes, by Ad ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, art required by law, to be. held on the first Tues day in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon, ami three in the idV-rnoon, at the. court house of the county in which the property is situate. Notice of these sales must be given in a public Gazette SIXTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must be given in like manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must be published for FORTY days. Notice that application will he made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell laud, must be published for NINE MONTHS. Ai.l Letters must be POST PAID. FROM AN EXCELLENT LITTLE BOOK, NOT HALF ENOUGH READ — PRICE Si 50. Non hub cat matrona tibi, qua', juncta recumbit Decendi genus; aut curtum sermone rota to Torqueat enthymeina, nec histori:. s sciat omnes juv. sat. \ i. v. 446. O! what a midnight curse has he whose side Is pestered by a mood and figure brid ! Let mine, ye Gods (if such must be my fate) No logic learn, nor history translate. I have selected the motto of this number for the sake of my honest fellow-countryman, the writer of the following letter. liiscascis, indeed a piteous one ; and were it not in a great measure of his own creation, he should have my most sincere and fervent condolence. 1 shall give his unaltered, to the public; f:;. r wwv., , * , .t although he treats me harshly, yet 1 am so well convinced ol my own in nocence, that l am perfectly willing to submit to my reader his lett< r. with all its argument, and asperities, and rest for the present, on the char acter of my former essays alone for my defence. Mr Bachelor, It is the privilege of those who are injured to complain—and consid ering myself in that predicament, 1 shall, without ceremony, avail myseli of the right—Sir, you have stung me to the quick, you have done me vital injury, you have touched ine there, where l was most vulnerable , and shall 1 not complain t Vcs! and the world shall hear me too—but I am borne from my purpise by this heat : iet me, with tcmpjr, toll my story. I am a plain man, a farmer, and what th’c world calls an oldtashionei! fellow : not like yourself, a Bachelor, 1 hough I speak not this in disparage ment, for if your tale he true, it is surelv not your fault that you arc Still 'single—l have a wife and a pretty numerous family—six daugh ters and two sons—and these chil dren 1 had thought to have brought up with some credit —that my girls should have made good house wiv cs, for the young farmers of the neigh borhood, and my hoys he qualili and to take my plnCo on the farm, as age, and the evils in its train, should r« n der me unequal to it. 1 lie farm which 1 hold has been in possession of the family ever since the first set tlement of this colony—and so long, also, family tradition says, has there descended’along with the land. Iron: till her to son, a sot oi rules for the government of the owner s house iio’ld, which have known no vicissi tude or shadow of change. My father, a staid and sober personage, felt for these domestic Canons tin most profound veneration; and with truly parental care, instilled into niy infant bosom, the same pious rever ence. In his last illness, -and tiut a short time before he expired, the good old man called rpc to him, and wringing my hand, said, “My son, you arc about to enter on an impor tant duty, to assume a station which will devolve on you serious and sol emn obligations —yet. a little while, and you will lie the head and repre sentative of the Squaretoes family— van have been carefully and diligent ly taught the family laws, you Have seen how, under my administration of them, we have flourished, and so may heaven bless and prosper y. u, as you carrv them into Strict and steady execution.” My first care, after I had taken my father’s place, was to look out tor a help-mate—for it was one of the laws, that the head of the family shmild u-e his best endeavors to per petuate the name—l chose for my partner the blooming daughter ol a neighboring firmer—not one of your delicate, nervous, tea-sipping ladies of the present day ; but a robust and active damsel, "ho would lisc w ith the dawn, milk her father’s cows, at tend to the hcn-housc and diary, and at breakfast, could dispose of as much beef-steak as any lady in the days ot good Queen Bess , no vagaries about the rights of women, or the equality of the sexes, ever disturbed her quiet brain —on the contrary, both precept and example, had taught her that important lesson, to love, honor, and obe'i her Lord and Muster. She made me happy, (how could such a wife fail 1) and our union has been fruitful as I have told you— Now in the family statute book, there was no law, so fondly cherished none considered ot such vital importance as this : “ That a deep and humbling sense of their inferiority to anil en tire dependence on the males, should lie, with unceasing rate inculcated oh the females.” This idea they were to suck in with their mother’s miik ; it was to be presented to them in a thousand shapes ; to grow with their growth, and strengthen with their strength; and as a means to this end, the extent and limits of their education, were exactly defined —it consisted of reading, writing and arithmetic to the rule of three—The Bible and Testament, the Whole Duty of Man, and the Art of Cooke ry, by Mrs. Hannah Glass, made up their library—all beyond was forbid- den ground. Os the fruit of the tree ot knowledge, they might in no wise oat: this was prohibited under the severest pains and penalties.—Deep ly impressed with the importance of this law, it was the fixed determina tion of myself and wife, to educate our daughters in strict conformity to it—and though l say it, tiiat should not, yet I will say, that with our three eldest, we succeeded ci mpletcly— aye, shew me, who can, three more notable and housc-wifeiv women, than Bridget, Winnifred an ; Dinah— Girls that can turn their hand to any thing—id ilk a cow, iron a shirt, mend il stocking, or make a pudding*—And i defy any one to catch them idling over a book; except on Sundays, and then strictly within the pale of the law; none of your novels, or his tories, ot stT-h; but one of the pious books above mentioned. —These girls were brought up when we were young and active, and had an eye to every thing; and (must he permitted to add, that to me it is wonderful, that women so calculated to make reason able men happy, alioaht remain still on hand. Ol .my three younger daughters, would to Heaven, 1 could say as much; hut they have blasted all my hopes, broken the statutes ot the family and thrown my household into contusion.—This misfortune 1 owe, particularly, to my own impru dence, but more particularly, Mr. Bachelor, to the baleful influence of your essays. t had before heard that these old Bachelors were dan gerous fellows, in a family. I now know it to my cost —you have sub verted mine—you have introduced anarchy and misrule, where order and good government reigned before —you have divided the house against itself —But let me preserve the or der of events: about eighteen months past, a sister ot' my wifi s came to visit us —she had married very early in life a merchant, who settled in a city, distant about two .lays journey from our residence—The steady pur suit of commerce, had made them wealthy—she was a true town-ladv, with all the airs, and graces, and high flown notions, and delicate sensibili ties of the tribe: a reading lady too —but this fact l did not know til! sometime afterwards. Towards the conclusion of her visit, I began to suspect, that something was in the wind. I saw frequent consultations o-oing on among the women; they would get into a knot in a corner, and whisper most earn stlv, every now and then casting towards mo a iook of apprehension —my daughter Grace, too, my fourth girl, was un commonly assiduous in her attentions to me—she had always been a duti ful, good child—but i litre was some thing of eagerness and solicitude about her now , which excited my no tice—if 1 called at any time for my favorite beverage, butter-milk, it w as sure to be handed by Grace—as soon as I entered the house at my smoking hours (for 1 am regular in these, things,) Grace dew to get my pipe and tobacco. At length the batteries were open ed in form, and the a;tack commenc ed —as we sat round the dinner ta bic,' my wife's sister observed that she had a gr< at favor to ask of me —her niece, Grace, she said was her name sake, that she was a great fa vorite with h r, —that the girl inul been brought up in the country, that she was now grown quite a woman, and begged that 1 would permit her to take her to the city and she w her soinetnirig of life. —1 replied, that the request was one, which 1 could by no means grant —that the country where she had boon reared, was the proper place for the girl—why should she he parading of! to the city, to catch the infection ol it., manners, or to he ridiculed and laughed at as an awkward country hoyden ! Grace said not a word, but 1 could see, by the (lush of her cheek, and the toss of her head, that she scorned my words ; at least, that she thought herself formed to excite very dillor ent feelings from those o( ridicule or contempt : my three eldest broke forth at once in high dudgeon. “She go to the city truly! a hisrh thing 11a- tibi militaries, pacisque imponere morem, parccre subjects al debellare superbos. \ ip.gii . MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MARCH 2R r marry come up : fish of one and flesh of another—they had been women grown, many a long day, and no city for them—in doors and out of doors,' late and early, hot and cold, they were to work, while madam Grace, forsooth, was to be made a lady of!” I quieted my girls, and told them the thing should not be. Mow all this time my wife Debo rah had not uttered a word—and still l thought she looked as if she wished Grace success—l was the rather in clined to this opinion, because I knew she was vain of the girl’s beauty, and counted on its one day making her fortune. To be further assured of her wishes on the subject, 1 waited till we w ere warmly tucked up in bed and every thing quiet, and then, as our maimer is when an important subject is on the carpet, 1 opened the discussion—“ Deborah, my dear, you have not given your opinion on this subject; I hope you do not wish to expose our ciiihl to this useless and dangerous trip?” She replied, “ Husband, 1 would not differ with you before company, because I know my place—but why should’n’t we in dulge the giri ?—she has beenbrought up according to the statues, (statutes wife ?) and there is no danger now— beside, why should not she have a chance to look about her and make her fortune —look at neighbour Gub bm’s darter and all; she went a trip to the city, and she is now married to a rich man, and keeps her car riage—to be sure, comparisons arc odorous —(odious, you mean Debo rah,) ah, i am no dictionary ’cumin — but I mean that Sail Gubbins is not to compare to our Grace in beauty.” —The discussion was lengthy, but finally 1 suffered myself to be per suaded, though unconvinced, and consented to the trip. SI was gone six months—and when she returned, so completely was she changed, that i scarcely knew my child—instead of the plump, rosy-cheeked country girl, with health and life, and acti\ it) in every rouble—l saw a thin, ema ciated, idicatc figure, with check of snow, and languid step, moving -low ly towards us—all the warm habiili niciits of the country, the comforta ble potty-coats, the snug pocket— thrown aside; and in their place a thin muslin dress, and a thing which i think they (very properly) call a ridicule. A gush of parental affection filled my eyes, and taking h r in my arms, i enquired what was the matter, and why die had not informed us of her illn;and why she travelled in such a dress, or undress rather, as must bring leer iife into imminent hazard: Smiling at my apprehensions, she re pin'd, that she had not been ill—that, to be sure, she was) ratiierin delicate health, which proceeded, she believ ed, from the extreme sensibility of her nervous system —but that she had gotten some composing drops from Dr. Bolus, a celebrated Physi cian, which she found of great use — All this was rue and worm-wood to me —in bitterness-of heart, 1 cursed my own lolly a thousand times—but the w orst was yet to come. 1 found mv lady’s mind more metamorphosed j than her body—she had been read ing novels, plays and histories—nay, 1 even caught her one day deliver ing lectures to her younger sisters, on the 'Rights of Woman,’ a hook she had met with in her aunt’s library —I now found that there was no time to be lost, and set myself seri ously to correct the effect ot’ my own too early compliance.—l strictly pro hibited the bringing of any book into my family ; positively forbid Grace, to hold conversations on what she had read, and commanded her regu larly to take her turn with her sis ters, week about, in managing the household affairs, a thing which un der various pretexts she had since her return neglected —These were irksome duties to her now r —but she was forced to submit, and things s cmed to he getting right again, when you, Mr. Bachelor, stepped in, and ruined all my hopes. 1 have talc n tbr sometime past, The En quirer; I read very carefully the new-, the advertisements, and the pric- current —but there are two things that 1 never look into, essays and the speeches of our members of Congress—it was thus that your lu cubrations escaped me-—when I had finished my paper, 1 threw it down, and thought no more about it, never dreaming, that it would get into the hands of the women. 1 began to dis cover after a w hile, that something was the matter : whenever the week of one tfmy three youngest, particu larly Grace, came round, there was a great falling off in the administration —My stockings were unmended, the diary neglected, ray butter-milk not furnished me in due season.-—One morning after 1 had been kept wait ing for my breakfast some time, 1 determined to go mysclt and see what the girls were about. I step ped softly into their room ; the door was open, and l found Grace reading aloud from a newspaper, with an agi tated voice and impassioned maim r, while my two youngest were sitting round her, devouring her words, and the tears trickling down their cheeks —so deeply were they engaged, that my approach was entirely unpcrccrv ed—l determined to keep my station in silence, till i discovered the extent of the mischief.—lt was your fifth number, Mr. Bachelor, and the mat ter which was beguiling these simple damsels of their tears, w as your fool ish story of a Roman woman, Agrip pina, 1 think you cull her, who had brought the ashes of her husband with her from some distant land, in stead of giving him decent and Chris tian burial where he died. 1 listened to all this—hut when you came to apply the case, and conclude with-a strong appeal to our women, playing on their vanity, as you seem very capable of doing; my patience could hold no longer; i burst in upon the giris, snatched the paper from them, and in a voice of authority, sum moned them to the hall. In this room 1 determined to convene the whole family, and have a solemn in vestigation of the affair. They all appeared (except my sons, who are too young for these matters) and took their seats in silence—l pro ceeded with great form, produced the statute book, read the law, charg ed Grace with her offence, inveighed bitterly against its enormity and called on her to know what she could say in her defence—She rose, and to my astonishment and di -may, ad dressed me thus— "Father, 1 respect your authority within reasonable limits; nay, I would step beyond them rather than displease you ; but you expect 100 much, when you suppose, that 1 will go, or can be carried all lengths —l am now eighteen, capable ifever, to think for myself, and 1 hope that in thi free country, womeuhave some rights —the law w hich you have read, 1 re- vel* against; it is gothic,, obsolete, and. I deny its authority—Have not women souls, have they hot reason is it not given them for a guide, and is it not a duly which they owe to themsclve-,'and to Heaven to im prove their talent, and not like the unprofitable servant to bury it ? This languag* may surprise you—you brought me dp in utter ignorance, and may well he astonished that 1 have thought of these things; but my trip to iho city threw books in my way, 1 read them eagerly, and though not with method or system, yet with some advantage—they opened my mind, they increased my thirst after knowledge.—At mv return home you prohibited books—l then thought myself obliged to obey ; and my mind seemed fast falling into its former lethargy, when the Old Bachelor— God nloss him ! came to my rescue— he awakened my curiosity, he roused my energies, he warmed my ambi tion, and determined me, at all haz ard, to proceed in the career ol knowledge, i immediately became subscriber to a circulating library not very distant. 1 was furnished with histories—they are now in the house. I and my younger sisters have read and are reading them, with zeal, with enthusiasm—and 1 speak for them as well as myself, when 1 tell you firmly, hut respectfully, that in this course we will persevere. ’ —Astonishment held me dumb . my two youngest in . taiitiy rose, and avowed their sis ter’s sentiments; and even Deborah, my old and faithful help-mate ; De borah, the wife of my bosom, took .sides against me —My three eldest, to be sure, stuck to me-—were clam orous ; but 1 felt that they gave me but little aid—tilings of this sort, in deed, are not their fort—Finding such determim and opposition and sup ported by such numbers, 1 thought it best not to proceed immediately to extremities —but gave the cul prits one week to consider and to re pent of their ways—assuring them, that I would bo master in my family that the name of Squaretoes, or the domestic laws, should not he dis graced or violated by me—and they shall not, though my lite should an swer it. But sue, Mr. Bachelor, th? traits to whii h you have reduced me—my rules v iolated, my authority trampled on, my family in open re bellion —bow, Sir, can yon repair this injury—what amends can you make me, for order and good government destroyed, and anarchy and disorder introduced, and confusion worse con founded ? Your injured and offended fellow citi/.cu. OB ADI AH SQUARETOES. Unpublished letters of George Wash ington. Whatever comes from the pen ol our beloved Washington, speaks with peculiar interest to every American bosom. V\ it It the freedom, the glo ry, and prosper ty of his Country the name t>f that unexampled char acter is proudly identified ; nor can bis history tail to he “ read in our nation s eyes, whilst patriotism, gratitude and affection vivify the heart. With no common scnsibilty, therefore do wc present to our Rea ders the following letters, uricr be fore published, and found among the papers oftlielate Col. Samuel Grif fin, who resided in Williamsburg, Virginia. They have been transmit ted to us for publication, by the pre sent Mrs. F. Campbell, the only daughter of tiic Colonel.— Phanix Gazette. Camp above Trenton Tolls, t 4th December, 1770. I Dear Sir : The unfortunate mode adopted by Congress for the appointment of Officers under the new establish ment, has been big with every thing evil, and among others with the most shameful delays. In short, so much confusion and uncertainty at tend the appointments, for want of an arrangement of the officers that 1 do not see whether we are likelv ev er to recover from it—this has de termined me in the present exigency of our affairs to encourage, by every means iu my power the raising of men for continental service ; and as your camp may be a proper place to set a work of this sort on foot, I wish you would select such persons ns you shall judge fit to command companies in tiie first place, and likely to raise them in the next, and promise them in my name, that if they can raise companies upon the Continen tal towns and establishments, or even if they can engage fifty privates, f will immediately, upon a certif icate thereof from you, take both of ficers and men in to pay and nl loiv a dollar and a third for every man they enlist, and the men their bounty of S2O, &c. You will observe, 1 do not mean f ) take either officers or m n into ; ..v, till at least fifty men are engag ed to a company, and a certificate obtained of it. because, as 1 intend them in aid of the 88 Battallions vo ted by Congress, 1 cannot consent to burthen the Continent with the ex pense of an additional number of of ficers, unless they are accompanied with men. These companies arc to be raised upon the same terms, and for the same time of the other Bal taliions, and will, as they are raised, he regimented. As an encourage ment to the captains, they may nom inate their own subalterns; but then, 1 will reserve the right of negativing them, incase 1 find their choice falls upon improper persons, from local attachments, rather than the public good. If you can set eight compa nies of this kind on foot, and will fa cilitate the recruiting ofthem, I think 1 can undertake to engage you the Regiment and a principal share in nomination of the Field officers. In this work, you are to recollect, that no officers already appointed on the new establishment, are to be with drawn from it, lest confusion should he thereby introduced ; and that my wish and desire is. that those com panies may he raised as far as possi ble in the Jerseys At present I shall only add, that I am, with great esteem, dear sir, your most obedient servant, GIRL WASHINGTON. Samuel Griffin, Esq. Mount Ter non, l Ft brunrij 20th, 1788. \ Dear Sir : 1 have been duly honored and gratefully affected with the rrcei; t of the Resolution ofthe Visiters and Governors of William and Mary Col lege, appointing me Chancellor of the same ; and have to thank you for your polite attention in the trans mission. Not knowing particularly what du ties, or whether any active services are immediately expected from the person holding the office of Chancel lor, I have been greatly embarrassed in deciding upon the public answer proper to he given. It is for that reason l have chosen to explain in this private communication mv situ ation and feelings; and to defer all ultimate decision, until I shall have been favored with farther informa tion on tins subject. My difficulties arc briefly these: on the one hand, nothing in this world could be farther from rny heart than a want of respect for the worthy gentlemen in question ; or a refusal of the appointment with which they have honored me—provided its du ties are not incompatible with the mode of life to which I have entirely addicted myself. And on the other hand, I would not for any considi n tion disappoint the just expectations of the Convocation, by accepting an office whose functions 1 previously knew (from my pre-engagements aud occupations) 1 should be absolutely unable to perform. Although, as 1 observed before. I know not specifically what these functions are yet- sir: 4 have con- fOR SI IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTIES. [NO. XIV— VOL. I. ceived that a principal duty, requir ed ol the Chancellor might be to at tend a regular and indispensable visitation once or perhaps, tw ice a year. Should this be expected, I must dccT.ae accepting the office. For, notwithstanding, 1 most sincere ly and ardently w ish to afford what ever little influence I may possess, in patronizing the cause of science, l cannot, at my time of life, and in my actual state of retirement, persuade myself to engage in new and exten sive avocations. Such being the sentiment ofa hear! unaccustomed to disguise ; I flatter myself the candid manner ih which I have explained it, could not be dis pleasing to the convocation; and that the intervening delay, between the present and the moment in which I shall have the pleasure of receiving such ulterior explanations as may enable me to give a definitive answer will not prove very detrimental to the collegiate interests. With great esteem and regard, I am, dear sir your obedient humble servant, GEO. WASHINGTON. Samuel Griffin, Esq. BOI'NDARY OF THE EXITED STATES (IV THE PACIFIC OCEAN. On the 31st of January last, the President of the United States com municated to Congress,in compliance with a resolution of the House of representativ es of the 18th of that month, a Report from the Secretary of State, with the correspondence with the British government, relating to the boundary of the U. States on the Pacific Ocean. The report con sists of a letter of instructions from Mr. Adams, when Secretary ofState, to Mr. Rush, whilst the latter was Minister in London : of an extract from a despatch from Mr Rush, con taining an account of his discussions with the British Plenipotentiaries on Ihe subject ; protocols of conferen ces : and of a paper specifying the conditions, as to the boundaay to which the United States would ac cede, and a paper declaratory ol those in which Great Britain would acquiesce The settlement of our boundary on (lie Pacific Ocean is daily becom ing more and more important. In dependently of the expediency c f preventing future conflicts, by an early adjustment of the line of coast over which our government is here after to exercise sovereign jurisdic tion in that quarter, the claims ot those who are engaged in the fur trade, the fisheries, in the traffic with Indians of that coast] and in the in tercourse with the Islands in the Southern Pacific, and with China, demand the earnest attention of our constituted authorities. In a word, the interests of navigation and com merce are deeply involved in the question of national right and juris diction in that region The parties that have had territo-- rial claims on the extreme western part of this continent, are Spain, Russia, Great Britain, and the United States. The facts upon which they respectively rest, arc distinctly ad verted to in Ihe Instructions of Mr. Adams, and the letter of Mr. Rush. This correspondence, how over, is no later than the Ulh of August, 1824, and is antecedent, to the treaty with Russia, which, although formed at St. Potersburgii- on the 17th of April, 1824, was not consumutcd, by an exchange of ratifications ut Washington, until the 11th of Janua ry. 1825. By the third article of that treaty, it was stipulated that, here after there should not be formed, by the citizens of the United Sates, any establishment upon the north-west coast of America, nor in any of the Islands ndjac- at, to the north of 64 degrees and 40 minutes of north lat tude ; and, on her part, Russia en gaged that none should he formed by iior subjects, or under her authority, south of’ the same paraded of' latti tude. The claim of Russian sover eignty, consequently,may he regard cd as having been virtually quieted, and fixed at the latitude of 64 de grees 40 minutes north. Bv the thijd article of the treaty v*. ii.ii Spain, of the 22d of February, 1818, the boundary line between her former possessions and those of the United States, is described by the Sabine, the Red River, the Aik 5 sas, and latitude 42 degrees north, to the South Sen, or Pacific ocean. To"this arrangement it is understood the new government of Mexico has made no objection, and is willing to conform. All the territorial rights of Spain, north of latitude 42 deg. north, have, therefore, bee n transfer red to the U. States. The Spnni.di and Russisn claims having be n thus amicably settled, there only remains the conflicting chirns off he United States anti Great Britain. The right of the United States to territory on the north-west coast rests upon that of Spain, which, as