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E.’ Bassett, master, will sail
on the 10th of June. For freight or"passage,
having good accommodations, apply to
may 26—30 P. &. S. F. HURD. *
Baulk of Darien,
’ : APRIL 24. 1321.
■jy OTICE.—From and after the Ist May
It neXtto the Ist Nov. thisßank willopen
at lle’clock, a. m. and close at 1 o’clock, p. n.
By order of the Board,
[26] EBEN: S. REES, cashier.
Notice.
HINE months after date, application will
be made to the honorable the court
of ordinary of this county,” for leave to sell a
tract of Land, containing 202| acres, sit lu
sted in the 23d district, Wilkinson county,
and known by the number 80 in the planoC
said county; for the benefit of the heirs of
col. Jesse H. Harrison, deceased.
mary m. Harrison, adm’rx.
JAMES PELOT, adm’or.
Mclntosh county, Sept. 28, 1820
(£/• All persons* having any demands a
gainst said estate, will render in’ the same
properly attested, to JAMES ‘ PELOT.
oct 7” ■ l—-—5 .
Notice.
months after date, application will
An be made to the honorale the court of or
dinary of Wayne county, for leave to sell a
certain tract of land with about twenty acres
cJCared, with an excellent orchard upon it,
lying on the south'side of Buffalo creek,
three miles above Wayne court-house, be
longing to the estate of John Johnson, dec.
sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors.
JOHN STEWART, adm’r.
RACHAEL JOHNSON, adm’x
march 17 —T —20
Georgia—Mclntosh County.
Superior Court, ?
, April Term, 1821.5
Present the Hon. T. U. P. Charlton, Judge.
UPON the application of Nancy Malden,
stating the existence and loss of a cer
tain Deed of Indenture, by which one Abra
ham Driggers, bargained, sold and conveyed
unto the said Nancy, a certain tract or par
cel of land, lying, being and situate in the
county of MTntosh, Bounded north east by
Dunwoody’s land, and on all other sides by
vacant lands, canfaining one hundred acres,
mere or ldps, a copy of the same (in sub
stance) being filed in office on motion of
William C. Banks, attorney for the 9aid Nan
cy, it is ordered that lhe v said copy be es
tablished at the next term, of this Court, in
lieu of the lost original, unless cause to the
contrary be shown—and that a copy of tills
rule be published one of the public Ga
zettes of this circuit, onte a month for six
months.
i ‘-ft. ■;. Extract from the minutes, ‘ j
. A. 11. POWELL, c. s. c. an c.
april 14-—24
A PROCLAMATION,
By THOMAS 8188, acting governor of the
state of Alabama.
“I 1 ® 7 HERE AS by an Act of the general as-
V t sembly of this state, it is provided
that the governor shall by proclamation offer
a reward for the apprehension of any person
charged with a capital offence, who.may
hfwe escaped Custody—ami it having been
made known to me, that JAMES BERT, and
THOMAS BELL, charged with the murder
oi an Indian, (of the Creek nation) in the
county of Henry in this state, did some time
in the month of February last escape, and
has taken refuge in the southern part of the
staje of Georgia.
Two hundred Dollars reward will be given
for the apprehension and.delivery of the said
James Bell and Thomas to the Sheriff of
Henry county. One of them is about thirty
years of age and lias” losthseverafof his fore
teeth—the other about twenty five years of
age, both near five feet ten inches high and
slender make.
Given under my hand and the Seal of
the State at State-House in the
town of Cahaba, the lst-day of May*
1821. THOMAS 8188.
• By the Acting Governor,
k'.-i Thou as. A. Rooms, sec’ry of stafe.
■Qjr’Tlie editors of the Georgia Journal and
Darien Gazette jvill insert the foregoing
arul forward their accounts to the
i .--Executive Office of Alabama, for payment.
may 26 —c —3o - ;
” £ ;
Blanks, Cards, &c.
Printed at this Office, with neat
, . ness and dispatch.
DARIEN H! GAZETTE.
Pork for sale.
gviy
’ SS'K/ barrels mess and prime, low for cash.
may 19-2? J, H. GIEKIB 8t CO.
Just received’
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT f
of. •
EUROPEAN AND DOMESTIC
©©©lD©
which will be disposed of ap wholesale or
retail, on liberal terms, by
C. THAYER,
. jan 20—12 Camochan’s Building.
*
Cheap Cash Stove.
A. BENNETT and J. BENNETT, jun. ,
TJAVlNGentered into copartnership, the
Jl business will in future be conducted
under thefirm of
J. $ A. VEMMETT,
who intend keeping s general assortment
of European and Domestic Goods, Crockery
ware and Groceries, which will be sold low
for cash.
(ChV.ll persons indebted to Amasa Bennett
are requested to’ make payment—andthose
to whom he is indebted to present their
claims. . april 21—-25
T""""-” “”
Mansion House Hotel.
The undersigned having coraple-
Hii fl te£ * nevv aa “ commodious btulfi
mg') on Walton andßroad-streets,
AoJladifeels pleasuse in announcing to his
old friends and the public; that he is now
prepared to receive them, and fully enabled
to entertain as well, if not far better, than
any house of the kind in this part of the
country. His table will always be well sup
plied, and bedding comfortable and cleanly.
A Bar is also attached to the Hotel, which
will at all times be found to lie well sup
plied with the best of Liquors, &c. Gentle
men with their families, can be agreeably
accommodated with private rooms. Rooms
are also reserved for such gentlemen as may
wish to enjoy themselves with private din
ner or supper parties.
Considerable expense has attended tlie
erecting of the above hotel—and those who
may favor the proprietor with their calls,
may rest assured that nothing will be left
undone to render them comfortable and a
greeable.
His Stables are always well supplied with
good com, fodder, hay, &c. and every at
tention will be paid to horses left in his
charge, as he has an attentive ostler and far
rier for the purpose.
JOHN HOLZENDORF.
Darien, Oct. 10, 1820—52
Notice.
ALL persons'having demands against doc
tor Charles Belton will please pre
sent their accounts on or before the tenth
instant; andthose indebted will please make
immediate payment. june 2—31
Two Hundred Dollars’ reward.
ABSENTED from the plantation of James
Moore, (one of the undersigned) on
the 23d of December last, a Negro Wench,
named CELIA, and on the 11th January
following, a negro man named JACK, both
belonging to estate of Mrs. Martha Pow
ell, deceased. Fifty dollars reward will be
given for the apprehension of eaph or either
of said negroes on delivery to one of the
subscribers and all reasonable expenses paid. ‘
As it is believed said negroes have been in
veigled or stolen from the premises afore
said, the further sum of one hundred dollars
will be paid for proof to conviction of the
offender.’ ■ . • -■ f
Celia is about thirty-five years ofage, Afri
can born, speaks'rather bad English, and in
a very peculiar nianner; but is otherwise
smart and shrewd. On being spoken to,
she has the singular habit cf throwing up
her head with a disdainful air. JACK, her
husband, between forty and forty-five y<prs
of age, about five feet eight inches high,
steady and sedate in his manners, one up
per tooth lost, and some country marks.—
Both of said negroes, it is believed, are brand
ed on tlie breast with the letter M.
LEIGHTON WILSON') executors on
JAMES MOORE Restate Mrs.
GEO. ABBOTT J Powell.
Glynn county, February 7 , 1819.—17
v Fifty dollars’ reward.
WHEREAS the ropes and fastenings at
thefmouth of Black Island creek, as
also those of tlie flood gate, were .cut and
opened on Thursday night last,,by some
evil disposed person or persons. The above
reward will be paid for the discovery and
conviction of the perpetrator or perpetra
tors, if white persons, and twenty dollars if
negroes or persons of colour, by the Darien .
Eastern Steam Saw Mill Company.
J. 11. GIEKIE & CO. agents. 1
june 2—31 > . ‘ \p
Contractor Wanted,
TO erect a BUILDING at tfie Darien
* Eastern Steam Saw Mill, twenty-six
feet by forty, for a rice haachine, to be two
stories high, the building to be positively
completed in all the month of August, Ap
plication to be made to Messrs. James. H?*
Gierif. & Cos. or to Mr. Jameb Stewart, ■
at the Mill. march 31 22
■ . ALMANACS,’
FOR THE YEAR OF OUIt LORD
1821,
For sale at the Gazette “Office.
DAEIEN, (GEORGIA,) SATURDAY, JUNE 9. 1821.
Look at This/
FIIHE subscribers having bought out Mr.
X Nathan Thomas, merchant taylor, res
pectfully inform their friends and customers,
that they now have a large and, general as
sortment of READY MADE CLOTH
\ /JYG-viz:
Superfine black and blue broadcloth Coats
| Do. mixed Coatees and Waterloo Coats
Do. and common surtout , do.
Superfine casithere and cloth Panhiloons, as
sorted
Coarse do do
Do. satinett and stockinett do
Ho. Negro Trowsers
Superfine cloth and common Vests
Black silk and toilinet do Jg'."-
White and colored roarseilh^gj||p|r
O* ton 6r<*
i. Juwn STilßYfi I'&wHOOnS -’
Linen, hlach silk and nankeen ditto
Common linen and lioroesjhtn Trowsers
Knit,,linen and flannel Drawers
Fine linen Shirts—coarse do.
Hompespun do.—summer Jackets
ALSO, c
An assortment of cotton and linen Thread
and Buttons ‘ ‘
Toilinet and marseiHes Vesting
Queen’s chord—Bombazetts
Black Cambric—Tape—Nankeen
Brushes—together with many oth
er articles not mentioned, whichr will
be sold low for cash. *
may 12—23 J; 8c A. B ENNETT.
&At an adjourned meeting
of commissioners of roads of M‘lnto.i!i
county on Friday the 25th May, 1821, pre
sent James Dunwoody, chairman, James j
Nephew, Jonathan Thomas, Alexander M‘- 1
Intosh, Francis Sams, Edward H. Sams,
Charles O’Neal, Wickham Gould, Allen B.
Powell. ‘Shere not being a majority of the
board present, the members present adjourn
ed to meet again on Saturday the 9th day of
June next, when a punctual attendance’ of
the commissioners is requested by 10 o’clock,
a. m. on that day.
JAMES DUNWOODY, chairman.
Allem B. Powell, sec’ry. [26]
Notice. -
AN election will beheld at the coUrt-Jiouse
in Darien, on Saturday, the 16th June,
for a Justice of the Inferior court, occasion
ed by the death of general Francis HoYkins.
JONATHAN THOMAS, > •
Wji: A. DUNHAM, 5 ‘ c ‘
may. 26—30 • i’
PROPOSALS
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION,
In Pensacola,
The proposed seat of Government for the
FLORIDAS,
A NEWSPAPER,
TO BE CALLED
THE FL OR 1D IJL N.
FJFHE recent acquisition of the
JL has been hailed throughout th&finion,
as the attainment of an all important jpfetical
desideratum. For although some object to
the terms, none hesitate as to the necessity
for the purchase. As yet, we know little or
nothing of the country, and can make but
very imperfect estimates —we have an indis
tinct, undefined idea of its relative. Political
and Commercial importance! but we are al
most wholly ignorant of its soil and climate—
we know that it connects and completes our
Atlantic 7 Seaboard from Passamaquoddy to
’the Sabine, — we know that it affords several,
excellent harbours w e know that it effec
tually excludes foreign from the
councils of various warlike and mischievous
tribes of Indians—but we wish further to
know, what are its Agricultural advantages
—wliatthe character ofits soil—what its pro
-4 duce—what the temperature and influence
r ofits climate—its Geography, its Topogra
phy, its political and natural History and de
lineation.
With these views, the undersigned pro
pose topublish apaper at Pensacola —whose
main object will be the collection and diffu
sion of the required information. Their
earliest attention andmost assiduous enquiry,
shall be directed’to these objects; and they
are confident in the assertion, that they will
possess advantages, which no other estab
lishment can hav e.
The political events and changes of the
general government, and of the Territory of
Florida, will meet with proper'attention and
consideration. . {■
THE FLORIDIAN, will be conducted on
pure American and Republican principles;
and as such the Editorsconfidently rely on
the patronage of their fellow-citizens.
They will commence publication, immedi
ately after the United States receive posses
sion, and no exertion on their part shall be
wanting to render their paper useful and in
teresting.
TERMS.
THE FLORIDIAN will be published
weekly on a Super-Royal sheet, with anew
and elegant type, at Five Dollars per an
num—Three Dollar# to be paid on receipt of
the first number,—the balance at the expira
tion of six months.
CARY NICHOLAS.
GEO. TUNSTALL.
f/hshrille, Jlpril 7 , 1821. -
’ Marshal's sale.
• - On the first Tuesday in July next,
Will be sold in front of the court-house in the
. city of Darien, between the usual hours of
10 and 2 o’clock,
ONE House and Lot, No. 49, situa
jfmtted on the corner of Bay and Jack
j| jj a ! son-streets, occupied by John Hun
rli Fi levied on as the property of
V.H. Vivion at the suit of the United States.
JOHN 11. I4OREL, m. n. 0.
may 25—30
For sale
TwtAFTS on Providence, (R, I.) from
one to five thousand dollars, in sums
to suit purchasers.
ALLEN SMITH & CO.
april ,7 —23
ffIDiJLS & WAR REjy h a p e received
in addition to their fortner'ttock
i' r A ‘GsaxnAL assortment of
irRY Good|4ft|kLmens, English Ging
hams
Cslicpes, Dimities,Cambrics
Blue and yellow Nankeens, Bombazetts
Cotton Hose, silk and kid-Gloves, leather do.
Vestings, flag iHandkerchiefs
Russia drill Duck, Oznaburghs
Domestic Goods, &c. £e.
50 pair gentlemen’s calfskin Shoes
75 do. do, fine nail’d do.
56 pair ladies walking Shoes and Pumps
20 bags Coffee ‘ ‘ V
‘■’■'S’ also
A general assortment of BOOKS, all ,of
which will be sold low for cash,
may 26—r— M
—'——”— ’’ —
’ Nathaniel Cornwells
WATCH-MAKER, SILVERSMITH
■ ’g ■ -AND .
RE S PECTF ULL Y l nfor ms the irthalutants
of Darien and its vicinity tftkt he has
returned to this city and taken, a stand near
ly in front of Messrs. Hall, Cooke & Cos. and
has a general assortment of Goods in hia line,
which he offers for sale oh reasonable terms
-all kinds of Clocks and Watches repaired
at the shortest notice. uec23-8
*_
A(eio Goods. j -j,
Up. k. A.- BEN NETT,
HAVE just received, in addition to their
former stock in Store, per sloop
Bridgeport, from Savannah, the following:
Calicoes—Florentine silks
9-4 and .0-4 Counterpanes
Osnaburgs—Bombazets - .
Striped and white Homespuns
Bleached Sheetings—Russia sheeting
Russia Duck—silk Umbrellas
Case fine Hats—Suspenders
Threads—fine shoes —Groceries
Casks Porter—barrels Ale
Barrels-Cider—l pipe Cognac Brandy
Hhds. and barrels Whiskey ,
Holland Gin—barrels St. Croix Sugar
Barrels Loaf Sugar—barrels Mackarel
Kegs Tobacco—kegs Powder
Boxes Candles—boxes. Soap
Hyson Tea in chests—bags Shot .
1 tierce Pocket Flasks
Barrels Flour—barrels Basket Salt
Barrels white Beans
Barrels Almonds—bags Filberts
Demijohns—stone Jugs
Spanish Segars—tags Corks
Boxes Herrings—keffs Lard
Barrels Pork
76 boxes Muscatal Raisins*
Bags Coffee—Brooms—Saddles
(C? And many other other articles which 1
will be sold low for cash. A small assort- <
meat of CROCKERY WARE. (
On Consignment, -
13 boxes Chocolate
Double and single Mattrasses
may 5—27 1 1
Sheriff’s sale.
On the first Tuesday in July next,
Will be sbld in front of the court-home, in the
city of Darien , between the usual hours of
10 and 2 o’clock, the so lloiring negroes, viz:
IICEBE, Molly, Maria, Elsy, Barrick, Al
len, Vindex, Bob, Nancy, Bess, Morris; Sib
by, Mary, Nelly, Abram, Peggy, Lena, Maria,
Tamar, Sarah, Jimi Hannah, Charles, Mon
day, Sandy, Dina, Dick, Wawny, Phillis,
Sawny, Affy, Allic, Sucy, Tena, Smart, Bo.v
son, William, Carolina, Mary-Ann, Billy,
Judge, Cate, Bob, Maria, Cato, Juno, Han
nah-Maria, and Tom; levied on as the pro
perty of James E. Houston, deceased, and
sold under execution on foreclosure of mort
gage, to satisfy Crawford Davidson assignee
of George Scott.
JOSHUA A. COFFEE, s. m. c.
may 26—39 _ “
Public Examination.
THE public examination and exhibition of
the pupils of M'lntosh Academy will
take place on the 17th instant, at Batsden’s
Bluff. The public in general, and literary
characters in particular, are respectfully in
vited to attend. It is presumed that parents
and guardians who have committed youth to
the charge of said institution, will feel a spe
cial interest in being present; and it is par
ticularly requested of the guardians of said
institution, to give their prompt attendance
as early as possible on the morning of that
day, to attend so some business of import
ance/ Jty'order of the board.
ALLEN B. POWELL, sec’ry.
juue-2—31 ,
FROM the charleston courier.
H|. LA IF REP OR TS.
The enormous and daily accumula
ting number of volumes of the Eng
lish decisions begins to startle and an
noy the professional men of Great-
Britain, who, perhaps will one day dis
cover, that the preservation of liberty
does not necessarily require or involve
such complex and minute ramifications
and distinctions, as these volumes ex
hibit and unfold. We never acceded
to that the greater the re
a particular rule was essential for every
individu alright.
Truth is immortal—Justice is sim
ple; audit would be a pity, if a rea
sonable man, with honest intentions,
could, after due application, mistake
either. The great streams of juris
prudence are sufficiently obvious aDd
sufficiently useful, without picturing
on maps every creek and rivulet.—
When the rule is clear, the application
is simple, and it is ridiculous, if not
wicked, to obtrude on the world, with
the claim of authority, decision after
f decision, reiterating that, which having
been correctly decided, ought only once
o be reported, and, if incorrect, ought
: ot to be reported at all.
The law, in T Great-Britain, is the
oost servile of professions. Accord
ing to their common law, which Penn,
in his simplicity pronounced uncom
mon, that only is right which is con
tinuous, A principle is not correct,
until it has run the gauntlet through a
long lapse of time, and an incredible
number of judges, each of whom plays
upon the common law as he would,
upon an octave flute. There is ‘no
thing certain in this part of their judW
cial system. There every Judge, to a
certain degree, legislates; and when
one of them speaks with reverence of
the decrees of his predecessors, he
intimates very clearly what he expects
for his own.
Tradidon is beautiful when it res
cues what is lost, preserves what is
ancient, and revives what is obsolete.—*
But tradition necessarily impliesuncer
tainty—and right can never be uncer•
tarn. Jusdce does not require to be
reclaimed. The light cf letters may
grow dim and perish; but the light of
truth is everlasting.
We, therefore, conceive the multi
plication of examples in a science,
Which professes to rely on precedent,
as a deviation from the reason of the
rule, and as painful and onerous to those
who are required to be familiar with
them. If there were indeed a selec
tion from the general adjudications, of
such decisions as fairly constitute ex
ceptions to general rules, or exhibit
novel combinations or view's of estab
lished principles—a publication of
these would be interesting and valua
ble. There may be, it is true, new
cases, but we do not think there can be
new principles, or in other words, new
law. And yet the common law, con
sisting of the successive decrees of
Courts, it is obvious that the judges in
England have a controling power over
the law, which imparts a great interest
to their decisions, and causes such
anxiety to procure them. Now we
prefer, in every respect, statute to judi
cial law. The first emanates, as it
ought, from the chief authority of a
State: it is promulgated officially, and
is generally known. It works a gene
ral good or a general evil. When er
roneous, every body sees, feels, and
complains of it, and when obnoxious,
it will be repealed. An evil done ih
the other case, operates on individuals,
excites little attention, but often does
irreparable injury..
With these views and opinions, it
would appear desirable that statute
law should, as far as possible, be made
to include the various relations of men
in society. The common law, much
good as it may have done in Great-
Britain, must necessarily expire of ple
thora. When the task of reading be
comes intolerably burthensome, and
immoderately dear, men will begin to
think for themselves. And after all,
he has little that will avail him any
where, whose mind is crowded even
to satiety with the thoughts and reflec
tions of others.
The evil we allude to is growing;
upon us; and we presume not many
years hence, a lawyer will be expected
to have in bis office, in addition to the
British cases, those of our sister States
from Maine to Louisiana.
No. 32.