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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, * * - 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. - - . • ' ' ' 1 ■*——— m 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, %