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ZJr. ?i!j end Ct nil nr. in rs the
Conventions
The Conftitmicn for the government of
this state, which you now deliver tome, ftiall
have the Great Seal affixed to it, and depart
ed in ti e Office of the Secretary of the State,
It ftiall be announced to the people at large by
Proclamation, and a fudicient number of co
pies printed for the use of the several coun
ties. 1 hope and believe, that it will bepro
dt'*live of public good and bappinefs, the ob
jeds cf government and of focie;y,
GEO. WALTON.
The new form being an aflimilation to the
Federal Constitution, its notification and de
pnfit was announced to the town by a dis
charge of eleven cannon, in honor to the
derated ftatesl/tvbeif his HonorT' witb the
Prefidtn* and Members of the Convention,
ami the Prelident and the Membetsof Coun
cil, repaired to the Gov eminent House, and
4rank aglafs of wine to its profpeiity.
Qn the firft of this month, Saint Tammany’s
clay was celebrated on the banks of the Sa
vannah, by a company of about one hundred
gentlemen.
His Honor the Governor was appointed
Chief Sachem, Col. Marbury half King, and
the Hon. Henry Oiborne, Col. T homas Glal
tock, Robert Walton, Etq. Robert Watkins,
the'Honorable J. Weed, C. Hillary,
NathanielChridmas, W. F. Buolier, Efquites,
Major C. Colins, R. Foi fyrfr, and J. Meals,
tfqu ires, Couufellois ana Warriors
The company aflemb'ed under a row of
trees, and the Sachem ami warriors retired
to the Wig-warn over a small ravine, where
the ordci of the day was fixed, and theiaw
eftablilhed —That the Grand Sachem lhould
be obeyed in all things •> and that every man
lhould do as he pleated, provided he iet every
man do lo too.
At three o’clock dinner was fervedup, and
fuccceded by drinking the following toads :
1. The memory of Saint Tammany.
2. Our Father and Great Chief Sachem,
the Prelident of the United States.
The Half King, the Vice-President of
the United states.
4. Our eldest Brother, Lewis the i6:h.
5. The memory of the brave warrior, Ge
neral Greene, and all our brothers who have
fallen in battle,
6. May the red hatchet be buried deep.
j. The Squaws of all our towns : may we
never let them want for fat bucks and full ears
of corn;
8. Sweet tobacco and a clean calemut, to
*ll the fr lends of our nation.
9. May our hunters be fuccefsful, and our
traders rich.
ic. May our Brothers of two towns not
become Seminoleans*.
11. Ad our Brofhcrs in the eleven towns.
The day was spent and concluded with great
lannony and fefiivity. As the Queen of
eur Saint, while upon earth, was connected in
the tcry of hiscatalirophe, it is recommend
ed that, in future, the day be also kept
by. the ladies ; the more efpecically as it hap
pens in a pleasant season of the year.
The exertions of the managers (Captain
Howell, Hon E. B. Hopkins, Esq. and Col.
Milton) cannot be too highly spoken of, their
nolire and judicious condud added much to
rhe harmony of the day.
* A term: in the Creek language, fignifying
wanderers»
—
Frail the Columbian Magazine .
In the la ft century it was a cuflomin Eng
land for the Puritants to give their children
feripture names. Every body has beard of
Pratte-God Barebones , a member of Parlia
ment in Oliver Cromwell’s time. Mr. Hume
has given ns a lift of a jury impannelled in
the county of Suftex, which is as follows :
Accepted Trevor,- Return Spelman,
Redeemed Comptors, Be-faithful joiner,
Fsint-not Kcwit, Fly-debate Pvoberts,
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Make-peace Heaton, Fight the good fight of
Good-reward Smart, faith White,
Staudfafl-on-high More-fruit Fowler,
Stringer, . Hope-for Pending,
.Earth Adams, Graceful Harding,
Called Lower, Wecp-not Billing, •
Kill-fin Pimple, Meek Brewer.
This fancy was brought to America hv fomr
M the firft planter*, and it It** uot yet gUtn
uholiy out of ?; thlon. I knew an old gertle
man who had a lift of nam©# s taken from grave
stones, &c. which he used to read when he
felt a fi f of the vapours coming on, and it
never failed to disperse them. I wifl* I could
get a copy of it. But left I should not be able
I will give yon one of my own collecting, for
the Ler.efit of youi hip’d or hyllerical readers,
who may want a little enlivening. You may
depend upon it that every one of the follow
ing names is genuine, they either are now,
or were not long ftnee actually existing in
some one or more of the United States.
Males. j Females .
Seaborn Cotton, ' Dsme Threc-ueedles
Recompence Waddle,* Grace hour-acres,
Diamond Pearl, Delire Joy,
Stanrifaft Smith, Love Tripe,
Houeftill Capon, Faith Savage,
Hate-evil Nutter, Hope TuthiU,
Preserved Cunnabeil, Charity Howard,
Timothy Titus, Patience Sweet,
Welcome Arnold, Submit Clap,
Knot Martin, Mindwell Benjamin,
Ottiwell Kettlewell, Decline Lamb,
Bitum Slily. Waitftill Gulliver,
The lalt was an old Maid.
From the Rev. Mr. Cutler’s account of indi
genous vegetables.
silk Weed.
Blossoms redilh. Common by the road Tides,
and in pastures in July. The feeds are con
tained in large pods, and are crowned with
white down, extremely fine and foft, relem
bling liik, which h.ts occalioned the name of
liikweed. It may be carded and spun into an
even thread, which makes excellent wick
yarn. The candles will burn equally fi»?,
and afford a clearer light than those made of
cotton wicks. They will not tequire so fie
quent fnuffing, and the fmoku of the fnuff is
ief3 offenfive.. The texture of the down is
week, but fufficiently strong for dipt candles.
If greater strength (hould be r eceifary, a tmall
quantity of cotton wool may he mixed with
the down. Large quantities may be easily
collected, and the tallow chandlers might,
doubtless, be supplied ior less than hall the
price of cotton yarn.
CAME to my house the 25th of
April, a negroe fellow named
crince, aged about 30 years, and
wench barah übout 21 years. They
have a pass from John Richerlon,
who, they fay, now oveifets for a
v r. Soles, in Midway settlement.
From the impropriety of the pass,
and other circumftanccs, h«ve rca
ion to ! eliev- they have lun awaY»
and as such have detained them j
but there being no goal in this coun
ty, I will not be ulpable in case of
their elopement.
MICHAEL SHELMAN.
Wajhingto'n County, May 2, 1789.
Burke County , April 6, 1789.
THE fubferiber gives notice
that he has dep; sited in the
Cle.k’s office of this county, a copy
of a deed, as near as could be af
certainetf, from John Smith, late of
ilurk't.county, deceased, to him for
two hundred acres 1 of land, on Dry
Branch, Waters.of Ogechee, in or
der to have it eftabliflied and record
ed, in lieu df the origninal, which
was loft during th ( - late war.
01m ' WILLIAM JONES.
ABSALOM Rhodes tolls before
me a bald eagle horse, about
13 hands high, 9 or »o years old,
branded on the mounting (houlder
A. The owner must prove his pro
perty before me, agreeable to law.
W. FREEMAN, J. P.
A»?ufltt } May C, 17^,
Notice.
On Saturday, the 30 tb v.f. at Ten o'Clacl if
tbe Forenoon , at the Houje of the Subscriber , ,
Will be Hired fiindry
Field SLAVES
Belonging to J retatah Dyar. Bond
and approved lecurity will be requir
ed for the payment of die hire,. nef
for the nrgroe 1 being well uled, and
returned by the 31st of December’
next; and for their not being re
moved from the ftav
JOHN TWIGGS, Guardian.
AV* "**'«*+ AV,- s. 780.
(y E G tv G 1 A. JB) LfXVts Cj a dtWi
(L S.) £ Eiq Regifterof Pro-
LEWIS GARDNER, c bats for the County
J of Richmorid.
VT /H£R EA S John Wilson has applied
V Y to me for letters of admiuiftratiou on
the estate of Isaac Greene, deceased : These
are therefore to cite and admoniffi all and
lingular the kindred and creditors of the said
decealed, to be and appear before me at my
Otiice, on the ptb dav ot June next, to
shew cause, if anv they have, why !e 'ers of
administration should not be granted
Given under my hand and fed, at my
Office, the ninth day of May
the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-nine, and
in the 13th year of the Indcpendenco
of the United States of America.
To be fold or let,
T H E.
House and Stor§
Formerly occupied by Mefirs AlrjfiU
andcr Shearer & Co. in Broadfi
ftieet. ior terms apply to
P. HaYFS.
April 16, ijß6.
For Sale,
The LOT adjoining Dodtor
Lauder's, on which are every
necessary building for >a family.
Immediate pofleffion will be
given, and the terms known byf
applying to me. The lot is well
inclofed, and the houses will in
a iew days be in good repair.
THOMAS GORDON.
Aupufla, AP"I 11, 1 ypg *
U.. the 22d of Mav iu\t a L .»e
house of Mr. 'I homas Greer,
win be let to the lowest bidder or
undertaker,
The Building of d Bridge cn *
Lchee Creek ,
The fame to be completely fin’lhed
by the 15th of G&ober next, and.
continued in suitable repair for and
during the term of f ven years from
triat period.
THOMAS GREER, fen 1
ROBERT SAVAGE, \Ccmm'rt .
LEVI MARSHALL, }
April zi f 17K9.
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s 1 R A r E 1 )
OUT of a lot in Augusta, about the iBfT
of March last, a bright bay horse,
about thirteen and an half ’mud* hii»h. and
feveo year* old ; had a Iniill Oar in his fore
head, not branded, low in fleftt, and a littl*
rat-hamM. Whoever will deliver hint to
Mr. James Stuatt, in Augufla, fhaJl feceiva
Four Dollars reward#
May 8, J7fy,
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