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SATURDAY, June 21790.!*
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EXTRACTS
from the Proceedings of the House of
Jentatives of the State of Geo ga, < onvsned
at Augnjia on Monday , 'June 7 1790*
[Concluded from our laft.]
Friday, June 11, 1790.
A Meflage from the Senate by their Se
cretary, Mr. Watkins.
The Senate have concurred in the resolu
tion of this House, authoiifrag the appoint,
xnent of an additional Notory Public for the
city of Savannah, and the ballots being taken
are as follow:
David Momaigit, 12.
James Clay } 12.
Benjamin Sheftsll, 12.
Ordered, That Mr. Stitk do carry the said
nomination to the Senate.
Refolded, That R* bert Seagrove and Diniel
M‘Lean be, and they ate hereby appointed
Lumber Meafurer* for the county of C*m*
den; and that Benjamin Sheftall, William
Spencer, and George Far is, be, and they are
heteby appointed Lumber Meafurers for the,
|>ort of Savannah; and that John Jackson be
appointed for the county of Liberty, and
John Goode for the county of Glynn.
And the said rcfolution being again read,
Was agreed to by the House.
A meflage from the Senate by. their Secre
tary,, Mr. Watkins*.
Mr. Speaker,,
The Senate have parted yotrr refrlution di
rafting and requiring the Tteafurer to re
ceive no payment in difeharge of any monies
due or owing to the state, bur gold and diver,
cc the paper medium, feat up for concur
rence, with an amendment, they do
your concurrence. And he withdrew.
And the amendment being read, is as fol
lows :
Between the words “ medium” and ex
cept, insert, “ iflued under authority of an
Aft parted the 14th day of August, 1786,
entitled, •* An Aft for emitting the sum of
fifty thousand pounds in bills of credit, ahd
for establishing a fund forthe redemption of
the fame, and for other purposes therein men-
fuch paper medium to be received
until the. 14th day of August next, and no
longer.
And the resolution, with the amendment,
Being read,
RtjowJ, That the House do concur there
in.
Ordered, That Mr. James joncs do ac
quaint the Senate thereof.
The House proceeded to take up the mef
i»ee from the Senate, appointing Thomas
Wylly a justice of the Peace for Effingham
county, John Mucbell and Etheldred Wood,
as Juftieff for the county of Greene, and Farr
Williams, Raymond Pemere, juo. and Moses
Cree, be added to the lilt of Jufticos for the
county of Glynn.
And the fame being read, was concurred
in*
Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the
Senate thereof.
A meflage from the Senate by their Secre
tary, Mr Watkins.
Mr. Speaker,
I aiu direfted by the Senate to inform yttir
House, that the Senile have | «fled the follow
fog refulution t
Ri,ilvn t That fairy Wilfen, Jobu WaU
k
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GEORGIA.
ton, John Appling, Sherwood Bugg, Clc
. memius Davis, Henry Hampton, William
Lee, Robert Walton, Brittain Dawson, Tho
mas Haynes, Joseph Ferguson, John Stewart,
John Foster, Philip Clayton, Fitz Moris Hunt,
aud Thomas Watkins, be inferttd in the lift
of Justices for the county of Richmond,
And the said meflage being read,
Re/olved, That this House doth concur
therein.
Ordered, That Mr* Carr do acquaint the
Senate thereof.
The Speaker then adjourned the House fine
dtu.
Entraßs from the Proceedings of the Senate.
Friday, June It, 1790.
Resolved, That the name of Thomas Lewis
be infetted in the commiflion of the peace.for
the- county of Burke, in the room of David
Douglas, Esquire, dereafed; aud that the
names of john Lafleuer, William |oues v and
Edward YVeathers, be inserted in the afore
taid commiflion. To which the House of Re*
prefentatives concurred;
The Senate proceeded* to eleft officers for
different counties ; and on taking the ballots,
it appeared the following were duly elefted :
George Handley, Esq. Sheriff for- Rich
• mond county. Thomas Watkins, Ffq. Clerk
of the Superior Court for said county. Da
niel Burnett, Collector of Taxes for Waflwug
toneouaty, for the year 1789; John M Call,
Collector of Taxes for Effingham county, for
1789; and James Stuart, Colleftor of Taxes
for Liberty county, for 1789.
ayglCJt MmjlyjelUKijHK <*£ £JHUE SUE
LON DON, December 13.
of a curious hand-bill in. ridicule
j of the (hocking crime of fuicidet
Thomas Touchwood, Gent, purposes, on
the last day cf this present November, to
(hoot himfelf by fubfenption. His life being
of no further use to himfelf, or his friends,
he takes this method of endeavouring to tutu
his death to fonie account ; and the novelty
of the performance, he hopes, will merit the.
attention and patronage of the public. He
will perform with two piftohv ‘he firft (hot to
be di.efted through the abdomen , to which
will be added another through his brain ; the
whole to conclude with ftaggeiing, couvirl
fions, gt innings, &c. in a manner never be
foie publicly attempted. The doors to be
opened at eight, and the exhibition to begin
piecifely at nine. Particular places, sot that
night only, reserved for the ladies.
N. B Beware of coun erfeits and importers.
The person who advertifes.ro hang himfelf
the lame night, in oppofiuon to Mr, Touch
wood, is a tailor, who intends only to give
the reyrefemation of death by daucing in a
collar, an attempt i. Anilely inferior to Mr.
T.’s original and authentic performance.
Jan. Our treaty with Piuflia and Holland,
so loudly coudemued, proves that Mr. Put’s
abilities* in lefpeft to foreign affairs, s c as
splendid as his talents in the domeitic tianfac
tions of tkf Bate.
The f) stem now begins to open its advan
tages to the public, slid whtn full y coinpleai
ed # will give tv fcieat-luuiu a degtse of
■ independence of ltrength which (hail place her
t in a duration far above what .lie ever couid
> boast, even at the zenith of her glory iu the
, adminiltratiun of the late Lord Chattum
, Site will be enabled to command reipert,
t- and to preserve peace; to advance hereto.
• fperity unmarked by bioodihed, and keep •
Europe in awe without firm# a gu i.
Illiterate h’relirfga may abuse the Mrniflef
for not taking advantage of the diftrelTe* til
> France, and blame his pufillauunity in not
lit iking a blow in that quarter of the world
that would difibfe our ancient enemv front,
■ railing her arm againlt Engiaud foi centu ic*
to come: But he who has read the hillory >f
empires, and i» able difpaftioiiately to weuhl
the nature of the cause, as well as the event,,
nufi perceive that the injuilirc of such a pr >-
ceeding could only-npprefr the opprerfed, and'
gaining a momentary triumph over France*
ensure an everlalliug fttgma to the arm-, of
Great* Britain.
Our conduit on this important occaliott
deviates not from the national character wo
have so long preserved, and if we are to he
( taught by precept, and follow from examine*
the altive part which our Gallic neightuuiS
took in the Americau war, ads *rds a due les
son againlt any nation embroiling herfelf m
the internal commJtiona of another; <he
diadem of Louis was loft in the Britilh fut«
render at York town, and the • t Otum fung*
by France on the occidon, was a palling bell -
to her own monarchy.
As an arbitrary government we had noth,
ing to fear from her; but, when the set- upi
the ftaudard of liberty, we have fometht ij;
to dread from her rivalihip. We could no&
aHi It her King in regaining his puwe., i>e
caufe that would be werrtug againlt theprin*
ciplos on which our own conltiunon Hauls;
it would be imitating the very coulud wi.di
involved the crown of that country iu its u e*
feut d ill refs , and wc could no* tike part w.cti
the National ABem’ily, as thit would hides
to maturity the very lyflem of a goveiumenc
that we are to apprehend as a rival.
Peace, therefore, was the grand objVt of
this country to maintain; and, whillt new
laws were treading down eltablilhed con'ti*
tutions, it was the duty of a wife Mmnter
iu England to Hicngtheii- our alliances, and
to form a connexion founded on such recipro*
city of advantages that ita everlalting pre
servation mult be the inteieft of each party.
The triple alliance, theres re, between.
> England, Pruflia and Holland, is founded ou a
bad* the molt permanent, and, in order to
give it auxiliary lltength, it extends in a cer
tain degree to the courts of-Sweden and run*
ftantinople, and if we are not milinformed,.
will bring to its further aid the united ltren.*'h
of Poland and Saxony, it being certain that
this northern division of Gerimny will give,
after the demise of the prefen* King ot P»*
land, a monarch to tba» republic The er«
rors, or rather the corruption, that has crept
into their government in its republics!) fta>e,
make it the wdli of the King, as well as the
intetert of the people, to have their conlti'u*
tion monarchical, and to nominate the Ele.i'»c
of Sax«ny fuereiror to the crown of P >isn t.
A Treaty is permanently arranged betw»eo
the King of P'unhand the Grand Seignor,
hy which piutfu is engaged to fide with the
Turks, till an honorable aad fquiueic
• can be üb.au.ed,
[Vol. IV. No. CXCIV.3
