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SATURDAY, March 14, 1795.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
AND
GAZETTE of the S T A TE .
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State of Augusta free and independent.
•To the grand inquef of the body of the county of
scam and fate aforefaid.
WHEREAS it is refpeftfully meant and com
plained of that a certain Bella H—r, late
a commoner for the county aforefaid, not having the
grace of God about his house, and being instigated
by divers evil minded and wicked men (to wit)
Mount Vesuvius, Tom Young and the Devil, to
gether with a number of others, whose names in
due time will be made known, did on the night of
the tenth of November last pad, or on some other
night of the fame month, or the month of Decem
ber following, in Torkjhire-Hall, or elsewhere, to
the publick ptofecutof unknown, wickedly and
corruptly, enter into, a wicked, venal and corrupt
combination, called Land Jobbers , or some such
name, and whereas corruption is a crime of a mod
heinous nature in every well regulated republick,
yet true it is and of verity, the fame Bella H——r
has presumed to commit, and is guilty aftor or art
and part of said crime, in so much as he did by
corrupt motives enter into the abofe illegal, dis
graceful and corrupt combination, under the name
above designated, and did in the fame month of
November or in December following, or in the
beginning of this present month of January ,agree to,
and join with a number of other wicked men be
longing to the combination above designated, in
corruptly and difgracefully supporting and voting
for a Certain matter fnpplementary to Moonshine,
contrary to the dignity, and true interest of the
date aforefaid, ana the peace and fafety of the good
citizens thereof—and further that the said Bella
H r, *notwithftanding his oath, and disregard
ing the sacred trust reposed in him, by the county
and date aforefaid, did by corruption and bribery,
agree to fell (to them that would give lead to said
date, and mod to him the said Bella as a commo
ner) a certain empire in the wed, being of the right
and property of the date aforefaid and the citizens
thereof; and forfo doing the said Bella did receive
shears to the amount of five hundred thousand acres.
And so the jurors fay upon their oaths,--that the
said Bella is guilty, aftor, or art and part of all and
each, or one or other of the aforefaid crimes, all
of which, or a part thereof being proven by a ver
dift of a-jury in a court to be holden before the hono
rable judges Tar and Feathers —The said Bella
H—r ought to be punilhed with the pains of fear,
to deter others from the like in future.
VAN TANTOROBOGUS,
Attorney General.
January jr, 1795..
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From the General Advertiser, printed in
Philadelphia , February 11.
BALTIMORE, February 6.
Extract of a Utter from a gentUman in Augufa. to
his friend in this town, dated January 8.
** I am dill here, and have waited longer than I
expeftedy to enjoy the speculative farce which has
been afted by the legiflature—Such a
scramble for public I never beheld- Fe
deral Judges and State Judges, senators and repre
fentatwes, all plucking the fate goose. An ediraated
traft of 28,000,000 of acres, but feppofed by those
acquainted to contain 50 millions, has been disposed
of for the trifling comparative furar of 500,000
dollars— 300,000 dollars over that sum were offer
ed by another company ; but the members were
well trained, and being also a little intereded duck
to the half million. Those who are said to be
principally conceined in the purchases and who
have made immense fortunes by it ate Mr. Gunn,
the fenafor of that date; Judge Wilson, of the
United States; Judge Pendleton, the didrift judge; ;
Mr. M'AHifter, attorney of the United States for I
Georgia;* Gerr.. Glafcock, the marlhal of the •
didrict ; Patrick Henry, and other* of Virginia;
K$S
FREEDOM o-f the PRESS and TRIAL by JURY shall remain inviolate. Confitution of Georgia.
GEORGIA.
and the two state judges, Wilson, and Stithy with
John Houston; a Mr. Coxe; Mr. Scott, and some
others. The governor, Mathews, diflented from
the bill, and it was hoped by the people out of
doors would have had firmnefs fufficicnt to keep
to it, but he was aifo got over, and the bill finally
palled yesterday.
“ The citizens, generally, execrate the business,
and I have my fear that this infamous fpecalation
will involve the United States in a rupture with
Spain and the Four Southern Tribes.
« Speculation cannot be censured in private in
dividuals, when the judges and officers of the U
nited States embark so notoriously in it; and that
too in a speculation, the consequences of which are
likely to be very injurious to the national prosperi
ty. The Britiffi merchants in Savannah and Char
leston are generally engaged in it.
« We are, I fear, my friend, galloping sass in
the road of corruption, and contaminating our
manners with the ariftocratical principles of Great-
Britain—ln vain (hall we look for private honesty
and public integrity, when avarice appears to be
I the predominant paflion of so many of our rulers."
From the Maryland Journal.
Mr. Edwards,
I was extremely lurprifed on reading in your
paper this morning the strange conduct of the'le
giflature of Georgia, in felling their back lands,
as represented in the extract of a letter from Au
gusta, I have been acquainted with some of the
: fir ft fetters of that country, and some ymu 4|o—
was informed by one of their molt ancient and re
fpeCtable citizens (a gentleman well acquainted with*
the Indians and the back lands) that there were no
lefsthan 50 millions of acres in their weftern terri
tory—a body of land both for foil and climate,
equal to any in America, Now, Sir, if we calcu
late on this grand sale, we (hall find that if 500,000
dollars will purchase 50 millions acres of land, it
is just one cent for every acre. Surely this profli
gate legislature ought to be wellfcented, not with
the periumes of Arabia, but with the contempt of
the whole human race. It is said the people exe
crate the bargain,—l (hall think them worse that*
fools if they submit to it. The land undoubtedly
t belongs to the people, and (hould the members of
the legiflarure betray the interests of their constitu
ents in so bale ami flagrant a manner,, they ought
to be punilhed.
How they will dispose of the half m illion of dol -
lars will be a curious enquiry hereafter;, it is easy
to conje&ure into whose pockets the money will
go—but I have hopes this infamous tribe of (pecu
lators will be disappointed in their scheme.
You may expedl to hear from me again on this
fubjeft. Yours, Qb-serverv
Baltimorey February 6, 1795-
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE c/REPRESENTATIVKSr
Tuesday, February 3.
The house went into a. committee of the whole
on the military eftablilhment ©f the United States,.
Mr. Cobb in the chair.
The resolution proposed by Mr. Dayton was
taken up, and Mr. Giles proposed, as an amend
ment,. to strike out the word three from the resolu
tion which would then read “ years." Mr.
Giles introduced his amendment with some re
marks delivered in rather a low tone of voice.
Mr.. S.. Smith had often, been furprized at the
way in which the constitution was introduced into
every fubjedl- He never felt that furprize more
fertfibly than he did now.. The member who-spoke
last had. difeovered that the raising of any army for
! the term of three years was disagreeable to the
! constitution. Hi could not comprehend what Mr.
; Giles would be at. He was against a.ftandiugar
| my. lie as against a militia. Mr. Smith coaid
not conceive what kind of support he would give
the government. Was he to depend solely on the
virtue of the people ? There were vicious characters
in America,, as well as elsewhere. Mr. Smith
asked i-f we are never to learn uiifdom in military
matters•? When general Howe, with thirty thou
sand men, landed at Long Island, the Americans
raised a body of flying camp men, who were to
serve only for fix months. The consequence was
that a- erear number of valuable citizens were just
longyenough in the service to be disgusted with it,
but not long enough- to learn the military exercise,
or military feelings. This short enlistment had a
very bad effeCt. The - fame practice had been con
tinued since that time, and had always produced
mifehief. Can there be any bad eonfequence of
enlisting these men for three years, when we can
have them at the fame expence of bounty, as if
they were only for two years ? Whenever a gentle
man is at a loss for an argument, the conjlitiuion so
brought forward. The result would be, that when
it was really ufeful to do so, the reference will be
laughed at. There had been fix months men in the
army of St. Clair, whose time was out, and who
had left him just before the defeat. Men had been
1 enlifled on so (hort a date, that their term was
expired before they could be marched so the camp.
Mr. Giles. The remarks of the gentleman last
up, are of so extraordinary a nature as to demand
a reply. Mr. Giles had not pointed out any obli
gation on the house by the constitution to rejeft the
term of three years. He never had been against »
militia. . [Mr. S. Smith here feidthat thegentle
man had said he was against any military force.]
Mr. Giles denied the accuracy of his several quota
tions. He was a friend to a militia. He cleaved
to a militia. How it came to be imagined that he
would be against it, he was at a loss to conceive.
There was a privilege in that house which Mr.
Giles would - never give Hp to any man, and that
I was the privilege of speaking his opinion. He
I thought two years 2 long enough term. He (hould
vote for it. If the men were wanted after that for
a longer term they could then be continued.
Mr. Smith said that if the gentlemair had not
been referring to the constitution, why was it tak
en into his speech ? The words of Mr. Giles that
Mr. S. Smith quoted, he had taken down, while
that gentleman was- speaking.— * It is very well
“ known that I have always been against the ufc
“ of any military force." He had considered .
them as extraordinary at this time, and was glad
to hear the gentleman corned them.
Mr. Hartley was for the longed term. It was
a hard thing to call out the militia from their
work. The supporting of the army would be the
Ihorteft way to ftnifh the war.
The amendment was negatived by the com
mittee.
The question on the resolution irfelf was next
called for.
Mr. Findley. It was with some reluftance that
he rose on this question. He knew that on former
occasions his support to themeafures for encreafing
and continuing the weftern army, was supposed to
have been influenced by the situation of the weftern
counties of Penn fy 1 "ant a-. He hoped that when it
was considered that the head quarters of the armjr
was near fyyo miles below Pittsburgh, and that'
this was the hearest post,- and when it wasalfo con
sidered, that the Indians of the Sandulkies, wh<*
harrafied the frontiers of Pennsylvania and Virginia,,
had not been made an objed of offenfive'operations,
he hoped it would be believed that he was not
influenced in his opinion on this question by his
local fituaiion. He went into a retrofpeft*. The
firft offenfive operation (general Harmar's expedi
tion) was evidently undertaken without a compe
tent knowledge of the ftrengxh and temper of the
Indians, or of - the influence by which they were
supported ; ccnfcquently it encreafed the war. The
expedition of general St. Clair was a!fo provided
[Vol. IX. No. 440.]