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ExiraSl cf a letter from Marietta*
“ The progress of the fettlcment is f'uffici
ently rapid for the fiift year. We are continu
ally erefling houses, but arrivals aie fafter than
we can possibly provide convenient coverings.
Our fiift ball was opened about the middle of
December, at which Were fifteen ladies, as
well accomplitlicd in the manners cf polite
circles, as any I have ever seen in the old
Rates. I mention this to thew the progress
of society in this new world, where, I believe,
we iliall vie with, if not excel, the old Rates
in every accomplifntnent necessary to render
life agreeable and happy.”
CHARLESTON, June ir.
On Thurl'day the 28th ult. in Camden di
ftritt, a duel, with pistols, was fought be
tween Mr. Jacob Brown and Capt. Baker ;
the latter was killed, the former so badly
wounded, that he expired within the space of
twelve hours. The quarrel between them,
it is said, originated from a controversy that
took place the lafl election for members cf
Afiembly.
On Monday lafl the Court of General Ses
sions pal Ted the following sentence on Mr.
Wefcot, for gouging and maiming Mr. Bowen:
That he Ihould Hand in the pillory, on the
green near the goal, a quarter of an hour, be
imprisoned four weeks, pay the sum of fifty
pounds, and be kept in confinement till the
fine is paid.
AUGUST June 27.
'JIB Ee(lival of St. John the Baptist was ce
lebrated by the brethren of Lodge Columbia
on Weduefday lalf, the 24th inst. agreeable
to the customs of the ancient fraternity—they
marched in proceliion to and from the church,
where they were entertained by the Rev.
Brother Boyd with a sermon in the true spirit
of Masonry they dined and pasted the af
ternoon at the Academy in the nioft enlivened
sociability and pleasing decorum
The Honorable the Senate of the Conprefs
of the United States have appointed Samuel
Allen Otis, Esq. (late member of Congress
from Maftachufetts) to the h norary place of
Secretary to that Honorable body
A letter from St. Croix, dated April 5,
fays,— “ Times are very dull here There
has been no rain thele fix months pall. The
canes are burnt up, and flock dying for want
of water. Three or four gallons of water
command a molt extravagant price.
On the 22d iuflant, the House of Re
prtfentatives of the United Stares proceeded
to the investigation of the fa£is Hated in the
petition of Dr. Ram.ay, and, after a full and
impartial difcnflion of the fubjed, the Houle
resolved that Mr. Smith (of South Carolina)
was a Citizen of the United States seven years
prior to his election-, and conlequently was
eligible to a feat in that House. The ques
tion was decided (after an intcrelling debate)
by calling the yeas and nays, and there waa
but one dillentient in the House.
At the Scllion 0! the General Afiembly of
Rhode-Ifland, at Newport, in May lafl, an
ad was palled for levying and colleding with
in the ports of that slate, the fame duties and
imposts as (hall be levied by Congress within
the eleven dates under their jarifdidion, to
be paid in the fame monies or articles ; the
ad to take place at the fame time as the con
tinental ad for that purpose.
Errata in our lafl—ln the lafl line of the
protest, signed by £. Lyman and-j. Weed,
for in ane , read inane
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GEORGIA. \By Lewis Gardner,
(L. S.) ( Efq.RegifterofPro-
LEWIS GARDNER, f bats for the County
7 of Richmond.
TT7HER EAS Amey Savidge has applied
VV to me for letters of administration on
the estate of Robert Savidge, deceased : These
are therefore to cite and admonish all and
Angular the kindred and creditors of the said
deceased, to be and appear before me at my
Office, on the 13th day of July next, to
fliew caufc, if any they have, why lexers of
administration rtiould not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, at mv
Office, the ihineemh day of June, in
the year of our Lord oue thousand
seven hundred and tighty-nine, and
tu the 13th year of the Independence
of the United &taief of Amenta.
Notice.
II.IR.EAS Britain Bailefs offers for sale
a trad of Land, said to contain thirty
fix acres, lying ia Richmond county, state of
Georgia, joiuiug lands of the estate of Charles
Clark (lately deceased) Joseph Lellie, James
Stallings, and Mr. Getrons, in order to pre
vent any person or persons being deceived by
purchasing the fame, I do hereby give this
public notice, that the said thirty-fix acres of
land aie within the boundaries, and is part
of a trad of land belonging to the said Clark’s
estate, originally granted to John Dodd, and
after conyeyed by good and fufficient deed to
the said Claik, as by reference beiug had to
the land records of this state will fully appear,
and is now the lawful property, and in pos
session of the heirs of the said Charles Clark
deceased.
ANN L. CLARK.
June 25, 1789.
George Heard, 1
• vs. V Slander.
Drury Cook, j
I THE defendant* Cook, do acknow
ledge that I did on the 10 th day of June
last, without any foundation, speak of Major
George Heard that he was a hog thief, and
that I could prove it, for which I am extreme
ly forry,do beg Major Heard’s pardon, wijofe
charader I refped and esteem. Given under
my hand in open Court, the'l4th April, 1789.
Signed PRTJRY COOK.
Tcjl. HENRY MOUNGER, C. VV. C.
Two Stray Ma»es,
r 1 A KEN up by Drury Glover, and deli-
X vered me to be dealt with as the law
direds: One a yellow bay, about 13 1-2
hands high, .9 or 10 years old, a star in her
forehead, both hind feet white, some laddie
spots, The other a dark bay, also about 13
1-2 hands high, 5 years old, a fmalf star in
the forehead, some saddle spots; neither of
them have any brands perceivable, they ap
pear to be of the Englilh bteed. The owner
or owners will obtain heir property by ap
plying to me and lawfully proving the fame.
JAMES STALLINGS, J. P.
June 2 5, 1789.
Richmond) PERSONALLY came David
County. I Love, of Greene -county,
Planter, who being duly sworn on the holy
Evangelists %f Almighty God, doth declare
and fay, that having two hogtheads of Tobac
co infpeded this day at the Augusta Ware
house, one of which being in this deponent’s
name, No. 9(19, weighing Grot's 1057, fare
92, Nett. 9*5 ; the other hogthead being in
the name ot Joseph Morrow, weighing Grots
1171, Tate 99* Nett. 1072, No. 970, for
which said two hogtheads the deponent -e
--ceived notes from the Infpedors, and has
since either loft or miOaid them, and atpie
fent cannot be found.
D. LOVE.
Sworn to the 20th day of )
June 1789, before me y
D. HUNTER, J. P.
IN the last of January, or or the beginning
of February, >789, I loft in Augutta a
bond of Col. Richard Call, in favor of a Mr.
Benjamin Edwards, of North-Catolina, lor
five hundred pounds : It was given (as well
as I recollect) in November 1786-
FRANCIS TENNILL.
Eiiiht Dolhrs Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from the Subscriber,
a large SORRF.L HORSE, about 15
hands high, ha 9 a small star in his forehead,
and some of his feet white, but which, or
how many, I don’t remember. He has had
his tail and mane lately trimmed, and has
two large lumps on the points of hi- (boulders,
occasioned by work; lie has no brands
Any perfun who will deliver the said liorfe to
me, *t my plantation, about otic mile from
Augusta, (hall receive the above leward.
ELIZABETH CORNELL,
Junt to, I7»v*
GE ,? R G1 A> 1 ltV3it Gardner,
■' s ) I frfy R chiller of Pro-*
LEWIS GARDNER {• for the Count/
J of Richmond.
YV EREAS Thomas Giafcock, has applied
to me for letters of administration on
!?* * fiatc Wiilum deceafed :
lhefe are therefore to cite ami admonifli all
and lingular the kindred and creditors of the
laid deceased, to be and appear before me at
Office, on the 27th day of Inly next to
Ihewcaule, if any they have, why letters of
administration Ihould not be granted.
Given under my hand and leal, at my*
Office, the 27th day 'of June,
in the year of our Lord 1789, and
in the 13th year of the Independence
of the United States of America
SOME time in rhe year 1786, Joel Craw
ford, now deceased, gave his bond foe
thirty pounds paper medium to j »hn Brandon,
of the town of Augusta, to become due when
the said Brandon niadc cities to a certain traft
ot land, which he has never complied with :
I do hereby forewarn any perfou from trading*
foi the said bond, as I will not pay it, nor
any part thereof.
FRANCES CRAWFORD, Extr\\
April 2;.
R. BKKT R* ber.f >n tolls before'
me a bla k nerfe, near four
tren hands high, about twelve years
old, trots and paces, is branded on
the off shoulder and bu o»k thus 1
P. 2 ai d has lb me laddie spots. Ihe
owner inult prove his property ag?< e- *
able to law.
JAMES STALLINGS, J. P.
Jane 13, 1789
WILLIAM Stub, jun. fclq tolls a hi/
Mare 13 1-2 hands hi*h, font vears
ol t. has no visible brands, a small flat in her
forehead, the inner part of her hind foot white.
The owuer or owners of said stray, may
p/ove his, her, or their property, befoic
D HUNTER, J P
*
Wt do hereby into* in the
public, that we will tell
Lots in Louilcville by pri
vate Jale.
H. LAWSON, 1
J. SHELMAN, 5 Cmm ' r - ■
April 27, 1789.
Just PublifliCv'l,
And may be had at the Printi»g‘Ojfi(e t
THE
Constitution of the State
of Georgia
Ratified the 6th of May, 1789.
A. L S O,
The Federal Constitution.
And a few Copies of the
LAWS
Os the General Affcmblv of toe
State ot Georgia, pafifcd l«*ft
Seflion.
Georgia , tPdka County » April ( Term % 17S8.
Strphe•; Hearu,
vs. £ Attachment.
1 urnt r Lan •, j
Ordered , •
r T“MIAT the defendant do appear and plead
1 within a year and a day, otherwite
udftmeiu by default ,
Fx'ra't from the Minute*,
HFNRV MOUNGLR, pioC, W. C.
N9%> li, i;W.