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GEORGIA.
B j hit Honor GEORGE WALTON, Esq.
Captain-General, Governor aud Command
er in Chief in and over the said State.
A Proclamation.
WHEREAS in pursuance of the
Ordinance of Cougrefs for ap
pointing and eftablifliing a
Board of Commiflioneis for
Indian Affairs in the Southern Department,
the Executive of this State did, by their Aft
of the 9th iuftant, order and appoint, (the
Superintendant being absent,) that the eighth
day of June ncxtlliould be the time, and the
South margin of the Okonee river, oppofitc to
the Rock Landing, the placej for holding SL
Treaty with the Creek Indians: I HAVE,
THEREFORE, thought fit, with the advice
of the Honorable the Executive Council, to
ifluc this my Proclamation, notifying the fame
to the people at large, and to all others whom
it may concern. And, in the mean time, it
is hereby injoiued and required, that the truce
heretofore agreed on, be iuviolably preserved
on the part of this (late.
<yIVEN under my Hand, and
Seal of the said State, in the Council
Chamber, it this tenth day
April, in the Year of our Lord, one
thousand, seven hundred and euhty
liinc; and in the thirteenth Year sis
the Independence of the United States
of America.
GEORGE WALTON.
sj his Honor's Command ,
JOHN MILTON, Secretary .
COD SAVE THE STATE.
GEORGIA.
B J hi. Honor GEORGE WALTON, Esq.
Captain-General, Governor and Command
er in Chief in ami over the said State.
A Proclamation.
WHEREAS the Executive, on the
ninth inflant, ordered and direfted
that the troops now in fcrvice
should be furloughed until farthet orders ; that
the non-commitfioned officers and privates
who had liiifbehaved intheEafleru Diftrift
ihould be forgiven, upon future good
behavior and obedience ; aud that the State
Agent fiiould iurnifh cloathiug for the whole
of the troops without delay: I HAVE,
THEREFORE, thought fit, with the advice
of the Honorable the Executive Council, to
illue this my Proclamation, notifying to all
the troops now in lervice, that they are to
tonfiderthemfelves under furlough until far
ther orders ; that they are to hold tVemfelves
in cumtant readings again to be called into
fervite at the ihorteft notice; and that thty
are commanded forthwith to deliver their
arms to the Infpeftor-Gcnftral, cr to his or
der, to be put and kept in repair.
GIVEN under my Hand, and (he Great
Seal of the said State, in the Council
Chamber, at Augusta, this tenth day
of April, ;n the year of om Lord, one
thousand, seven hundred and eighty
nine ; and in the thirteenth Year* of
the Independence of rhcTUnited States
of America.
* v GEORGE WALTON.
By his Honor's Commana\
JOHN MILTON, Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE STATE.
By the UNITED STAIES in CONGRESS
afTembled, July 15, i;88.
On motion of the Delegates for Georgia,
Whereas it is‘ represented to Congress by
the Delegates of the (late of Georgia, that
tbe principal parts of the frontiers of that
Bate have been for several years past invaded
and kept in a slate of alarm by the Creek In
dians ; that the fighting men of that nation,
supposed to amount to not less than fy thou
fatid, have been so far instigated by refugees
and fugitive traders, who had formerly escap
ed from these dates and taken refuge' among
them, tsn to keep up constant aud bloody ex
cursions on the different parts of that fron
tier, and that the settlements of four of the
exienur comjfie« ire a| rtU) g entirely broken
up*
teA/ved, 1 hit* *r»e Superintendant and
Comwldumeri Jo; tht0 VM theru Department
be in ft r ufted, if they ftiall find it neceflarjr,
to notify to the said Indians,* that ftiouid they
persist in refuting to «iter into a treaty upon
teafonable terms, the arms of the United
Statet (hall be called forth for the protection
of that frontier. »
Ordered , Tfurt the Secretary at War re
port to Congress a plan for carrying into ef
eft the purposes fpecified in the preceding
Relolve, as nearly as may be upon the prin
ciples of the Resolution of the aift July 'at,
for the proteftiou of the frontiers of Penn
fjlvania and Virginia. , .
CHARLES THOMSON, StSrj.
• , \fi\j
Rufi away
From the Subscriber, 14th inst,
A Negro Man
Named Harry , a jobbing car
penter, about 5 feet 9 inches
high, of a yellowish complexion,
and a little pitted with the fmaH
pox, and has an bit ulcer On one
of his legs; had Cto when he
went away, a white : negro cloth
coat, breeches and boots.
G. JONES.
March 17, 1789.
W *. S> ' '
To be Leafed ,
On very reasonable terms , Jar one
•sear or longer ,
The Houfc and Premises
Thereunto appertaining, including
two acres of land, wherein Mr. Ro
bert Bonner resided. Apply to
Thomas Cole .
Archibald Smith has toiled
befure rite a yeliow bay gdd
ing about U or 12 years biu,* about
thirteen and an half hangs high,
branded on the near buttock D and
on the near shoulder M trots and
canters, and had a (mail bdl tied on
with a leather Bring. Whoever
owns the said gelding, may have
him by proving the property before
me, paying reasonable charges, and
applying to the said Archibald
on the Twelve Mile Beaver-dams
of Shoulderbone creek.
HENRY GR aYBILL, T. M.
Greene county) March 17, 1789.
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Stray ed or Stolen
' From the subscriber, one White Mare
about 14 hands high, rather better,
branded on her hind quarter with
the letter T ihe walks and trots faft,
has a blemißi on one of her eyes,
and is about 7 years old"; Alio, a
Bark Sorrel Horse, niuch about the
fame size, he lias no brand, is white
on his note, has tine hind white leg,
and a imall white spot oil the fnuffle
joint of the lame leg j also, several
white spots on his back.
If ft rayed, 1 will give Eight Bel
, lars reward to any person reiurning
them; it stolen, Ten Guineas for the
horse, and thieves.
JOHN T^TTON.
• March »y 89,
Mmihenvvwith foal,
Notice .
WILLI A M.d’all, jun. 1941 2-3 acres firft
quality on the river Alatamaha, be
tween Cathead and the mouth of Oconee ri
ver ; 11666 acres firft quality, of oak and
hickory land throughout this state; 11666
acres second quality, oak and hickory land.
Thomas Keys, 1000 acres firft quality, of
oak and hickory land ; Joseph Cook, 2500
acres second quality, of oak and hickory land,
twenty negroes.
Samuel Boazman, 100 acres second quali
ty, oak and hickory land; 200 acres third
quality, oak and hickory land, three negroes.
The above is an extraft from the General
Return of taxable property for the year 1788,
in Richmond county, and are yet in default,
and not in the county. The above property,
, or so much thereof will be fold at the Court
house in said county, for ready caih only, the
twenty-firft day of April next, to fatisfythe
taxes due from the above persons, provided
the money is not paid up before the said twen
ty-firil of April next..
A. CRAWFORD, for C, T,
March ll) 1 789.
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BROUGHT to mefoirie time in
March 1 aft, a Negro man nam
ed Leitr, fays he is of the Conga
; country, fpe\ks very bad Enghih*
about 40 years of age, 5 feet 6or 7
mchts high, and is very remarkable
by Ifa/ing his country m&rks on each
; of his breast botnes, and ochers down
aliing his bellV below his navel, and
h s his left thumb crooked, which,
as he lays, was donefoy a gun burst
ing in his hand when in his own
country. Any peffon or persons
claiming the laid Negro, by proving
his or her property, and applying to
• • me in Burke county, may have him
00 paying charges.
fames Lewis , S. B. C.
May i 17 8 B.’
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PE < Et< Campbell tolls before
me a black horse about 14
ca:/ds high, 8 years old, branded
on the near jaw S R a star in his
lore head, the hind toot white. Al
so, a bay hbrie 4 years old, with a
blaze and snip in his face, about 4
feet 3 inches high, branded on the
near buttock q the near hind toot
shite, both natural trotters. The
„ owner may have his horses by prov
ing them before me, agreeable to
law. r
< J FEW, J.P.
... Bedford , March 9, 1789.
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Found by the Subscriber,
AN Audited Certificate, amount
£B4 some (hillings and pence.
The proprietortor owner may have
it by effe&ually delcnbing the fame,
and paying for this adviiemenr.
fames M. Simmons .
fujl publiffied , and may be had at
the Printing-Office , a Jew Co
pies of a
Funer&l Sermon
On the Death of Daniel Kdloggt late
of the State of Connecticut; *ho
died at IFq/hingtcn, the 20th of
August 1788.
Preached at the Request of the WASHING
TON I.OOGE, No. 5. of ANCIENT
YORK MASONS,
By Ihe lUv. Brother JOHN HUW*