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Apiece, under the ftste\act »f
Scarapfeliftb banded td the
editor of the Soin-bem Cemrael for.pab
lication; burin paling through the orde
al of Mf.Zjfajt&tii has met with the late
qfjlhe d-nt-nyd.
'f tfe editor nas asserted that it was tod
jocorrefl for publication bot that gen
tleman will pardon the writer when he
differs from him, and inhds on the con
trary. *
The author, jiowever, means npt to
arrogofe to hirafclf any foperierr knew
ledgd, .or perfection— be has his faults—
9pd the coropofirion alluded to is pot
without tfiem. What he infids on, is,
that the piece is riot more incongruous
than other pieces* of rtsnature, that have
appeared. The author’s dtfrgn was no
thing more than to set the combination
of the doftor? iq point of view,
without wording their feelingsand
in. order to do this, he has been careful
to avoid personality or abuse. His lan
guage, he Matters himfelf, is that ot a
gentleman^---and if, byway ofdegrefliari
tig has introduced some epifodes,' if wjis
jpjHciy to prevent the piece appearing flat,
tnd uwhtetefting.
With regard tt) its prosody, or poeti
cal numbers, the author bids defiance to
the editor’s most critical obfetvation*;
jjnd the autbo r fancies, that the orthogra
phy, and punctuation, requires'but little
aid. • The author prelected the piece, in
dVbate, to a gentleman of known poeti
cal talent, and claflical knowledge j—his
opinion was.flattering—and he declared
that he was aflonilhcd at the obj< Ition.
Jbf any time however, if the editor with*
CS, the matter may be difeuffed.
SCARAMOUCH.
o-000
GEORGIA, Columbia Countt.
Jn xhe SUPERIOR COURT, Decern
btr Term 1797.
following charge was delivered by
his honour Judge Taliaferro to the
Grand Jury for the county aforefaid*
to wit,
Gentlemen of { the Grand jury ,
AS the grand inquest of your county
you have it greatly in your power
to difccuntwtance vice, and promote vir
tue and obedience to the laws; and lam
per fu acted you will think with me, that
there never was a time in this country,
when a rigorous execution of the laws to
effeft tfrofp defirabie putpofes, was more
neccflary than the present, Every day,
nay almost every hour, prefects some
new feene of fraud and viliainy, or some
daring outrage, that require the particu
lar notice and attention of a grand jury :
When men will disregard the laws, and
live in open violation of them ; and when
primes become frequent and dangerous to
fockfty.j justice cries aloud for examples,
and it becomes your duty and mine to
make them,
Tbe laws are the only security we can
have for our civil rights* and when they
ate fuffered to be violated with impunity,
the life, property, and the reputation of
man, are left at the mercy of the corrupt
- and lawfefs.
_ It is matter of aftonilhment to me, as
I am perfeaded it must be to every friend
tp order and goqd government, that per
firos who experience the bleflings of per
feft iiberty and profeftion from the laws
of the country in which they live ; fliould
so far abandon their own profpeftsof hap
pfoefs in society, as by their own conduft
so assist in breaking d own the only barrier
against improper encroach 1 roents on their
fights.
When «e examine the progress of go
wermnent, in the several countries where
the rights of mankind have been in any
degree attended to.; we (hall find that so
long as they continued to regard the laws*
2nd while their measures were dire died
by virtue, they have keen prosperous and
happy ia peace, in war viftorioas; but a
contrary ©onduft has feldorn failed to pro
duce different effefts.— How wateftful
then ought every man to be over the laws;
’ and how cafefnl to pfefcrve titem ibvio
htr as the only source from whence we
cad derive protection or bappintfs rn so
ciety.
*• I 4ft a!) not trouble ydn with an enu
meration of-the fcverstl offences that re- .
quire your notice; fuffree it to fay, *hat
every violation of law, every negMl to
perform a duty required by law, and eve
ry thing of notorious ill example, are
crime* and puniftiable by our laws.
I {hall direct the clerk to lay before
yon the digeft.of the tax returns for your \
county, it will be your duty to examine
It with care, and present all defaulters.
GEORGIA, Columbia County,
December Term, 1797.
i ft, WE the grand jurors for the coun
• try aforefaid off ffiac oaths prefect m s
grievance the impaired Hate of tike public
roads!and bridges in this county, where
by the produce of the community, is da
naagedf aod. recommend to she jufiices
of the inferior court to appoint overseers
for the teveral roads leading through this
coorriy.
2d. We present as a grievance that the
magistrates are not thoroughly formfeed
with the laws now in force in this state.
We also lament that profane {wearing is
so little noticed by the justices of this
date, and recommend that a flop may be
put to that growing evil*
3d. We present as a grievance that the
law is not executed on offenders, where
by depredations are committed ©n the
good citizens of this state with impunity,
and lament the want of a penitentiary
houfc, at a place within which persons
convifted of petty offences, might be
coropeited to work fora term of years, in
lieu of the continuance of thole sangui
nary puni foments at present iuftifted in
such cases f and earnellly recommend to
the.general aflfembly a reviflun ot out cri
minal code of laws, and the adoption of
labour in confinement as a punifotnent in
mefe criminal cases.
4'h. We present as a grievance there
is he mode pointed out by law foralcer
taining the true state of county funds, and
of the receipts and expenditures of the
persons inrerefted with the public build
ings, and do recommend to the next le
gislature, and particularly to our coun
ty members, to appoint some fit and pro
per person whose duty it (halt be 10 re
ceive all monies appropriated to county
purposes, and make due returns to the
honorable the fmv’rior court, to be laid
; before the Grand Jury at each term held
; in the fa-id county.
fihi We present as a grievanoe the
, negltdf of the inferior judges of this
county for attempting to Qenfure the con
duit of the latter commiflioners of the
court house and jail who e relied the pre
sent court-hoofe and jail for the moderate
sum of one hundred and fifty pounds,
whilst they pass in silence, and thereby
virtually applaud, the conduit of the for
mer commilfionersjf the court-houfc and;
jail, who expended the enormous sum of
four'hundred‘pounds and better, for which
tb% county cannot nor never could (hew
property to the amount of one Ihillirig,
atfd for their refufing to fell or dispose of
the public lot of tend in behalf of the
county pursuant to the refolurion of the
la ft legi ftatu re.
6th. We present as a grievance that
the road leading from the Chickasaw ford,
db Brier creek, to Columbia court- house,
is hot opened agreeable to law.
* 7th. We present as a grievance that so
little artemion has been paid to rhe pte
fentments of grand juror* of this state.
Bth. We present our thanks to the two
last legiftetufes of the state ; the former
for declaring null and void the usurped
aft of the 7th January 1795, la * ter '
for wore fully and effeAuaily erafmg from
the archives of the government the re
mains ot traces of that perfidious all, ahd
for the last alterably*s granting a lcnger
tithe to the pretended porchafers, under
the fafid usurped aft, to receive their fe*
veral deposits. ;
qthr. We recommend thfc ensuing legifi.
lature not to appropriate the Yazoo de
posit, but to pursue with firnmete the
virtaotss example of their predecefforsy
and to ftriftly guard the unalienable rights
of the citizens against all external and in
ternal attacks which brave been or may
be made, where the virtuous citizens 0*
Georgia will convince older (faces and
nations that they are determined to fur
rarount every difficulty, and hand ddwn
to posterity, unfallird and unimpaired,
those glowoui principles of republican
tfm (the rights of man) for which tfifeir
virtuous forefathers have expended fa
mufti blood' and tteafure so confirm.
• Laftly* Wb present oor thanks to his
honor judge Taliaferro for his judicious
ehargt to os at the opening of this session,
and rceommend that k with ouf prefent*
ments be pubßAed in the next Gazette.
hfATHAN HARRIS Fmmk* k
Hegh Bkfir, Ifoam Bayles#
Jfafe Wm, Hogg,
Wrrii Lovelace* A* Wright*
John Peek, John Drvis*
Solomon Ellis, JeTewwh Lumkia*
Edwd, Cartlcdge, Edd. O’Pfealy
! Eli Ganrert, Party Wijlfon,
Thomas Hunfon,. Benjw Reese,
JoftL Tanker flay, Martin MeifoWd*
T. FVw,
Ordered* That flue charge, together
with the pre tenements, be puWifhed fr»
the Statu Gazette agree able ih* rc
qtreft of the grand jury*
Take* frdm the
PETER GUt,
Ckrk'&Office, Dec . 28, 1797*
\ |
The SubjLribsft, ptatkiMnir* nf tityfic «
hnd Surgery in the toton of /lugujta,
refpellfully beg leave to inform the Pub
‘ lee, t'kat they have unanimoujly agreed
to adept ’the following rates of charges
for thtir ajfijtante and medeeines t to
commence on the isl day of January
next— viz*
V DoL Cts,
ISITS per day in town i co
Dirto from bed 3
Drtto«»the country per mil© 1
A Call from'bed, thn l visit )
notneccffary y 1
Advice per letter without )
Medecine > *
Attendance (or 24 hours ZO
Ditto for iz ditto 5
Consultation 5
BoluiTss (common) per doteir 1 50
Ditto (anodyne) each 5a
with muse each X
Cathartic 50
Draught ' 50
Emetic 50
Leniment per ounce 50
Lirrctus pet pot *
. Lotion per pound 1
Mixture pet half pound >
Ditto per pound 1 50
Ointment pet ounce 50
Pills per dozen i
Powders per dozen I go
Ditto (vermifuge)' each 25
Piafteiseach I
TihCiures per ounce 50
Ingredients for common )
decoftion- 5 *
Ditto bitter for quart t !
Ditto with bark, St c. »* go
Amputating thigh, kg or arm 40
Ditto finger or tod >0
Blood letting *
Cupping, &c. *
Dreifing wound each time zg
Extra&ing a tooth f
Extirpating poiypua . jo
Introducing catheter rfi time g
Ditto each fucceedi-ng time a
Ditto featon *
Infer ting issue f
Opening abce&and dressing f*
, Reducing ft adore of a 7 M
’ thigh, leg of arm >
Ditto rib, Clavicle, Ac. g
I Ditto diftucation of thigh 20
i Ditto ditto leg or arm ro
i Ditto ditto jaw, Sic, g
' Operation for Arteuriiin 40
' Ditto Catarad 40'
Ditto Fiftulh 2^
pitto Hernia 40-
Ditto Hydrocele ao-
Ditto dfLythotomy go
Pitto Patecemifes 20
Ditto Trepan 40
Cases in midwifery 3 0
Allo'ther charges in fame proportion*
CORNELIUS DYSART,
JOHN H. MONTGOMERY,
DENNIS SMELT,
GEORGE GRAVES,
JOHN MURRAY,
WILLIAM BRAZIER.
yftfgu/br, Dec. t 6, T 797. r> .
A Lirt of Defaulters in Warren
County for the year 1797.
Captain Abercrombie’s dijinct .
!> ©WARD KELLEY, Henry
Highnote, Jesse Pitman, Wilham
Gatchlngs.
Captain Hatcher’s dijlrict,
Jicdh Chiver9, Jfchn HiMbu, Henry
Chambers, Zrephetirah Mott, John Wel
don, Thomas Jacklon, Craft Highnote.
Captain tVilfon’s -dijlrict •.
Robert White, Edward Harris, John
Whefeler, Joseph Guy, Hardy Ncwfom.
Captain Bnrekley’s dijirkid
Jathes Mereer*
Captain Hill’s dijlrict .
James Perry, Michael Roe, Francis
Wynne, Joseph M‘Ginty.
L. WRIGHT, R. T. R t W, C*
December 14, 1707.
■ • *■ «
N O T J Q £.
9
ALL perfon* having any demands a*
„gainft the estate of the late Andrew
Gdw*cßb dec* are hereby notified to ren
, der them in properly attested within the
•im b Kq#if«d by law 1 and all persons
indebted to the estate of the said dec.
are requeued to make payment by that
time* *J—
WILL BE SOt, D,
On Saturday the tWeoty-fotifth Fe
bruary next, at the plantation of Janwfß
CtrtWell iii Columbia County, all the
pfctfonai erftate of the said Andrew Cul
welfy dec. confiftrhg of the one half of
one negrO, the half of the ftOck of eatrte> ,
horses, pltmtafioh tools-, bed, Stc. The !
terms of the fak CASH, the property !
hot to be altered until the tettot a it
IcotnpKfed with.
JOHN FOSTER, ? i
JAi. GALDYV&bfc. } 44mr ?
GBGRGEA, WiliEii* Cotffc***
NOTICE.
WHEREAS John Sellers wa®
brought before us by writ of Ha
beas Corpus, charged with horse Healing,..,
and it appearing that he had kept a horse
concealed in the woods or cane-brake lot
two months, and other circumstances ap
pearing which convinced us that he wa#
stolen, on which charge the Laid SefleiS
is now confined in jail. The horse is of
; a bright bay, four years old, fourteen _
handsand one inch high, white face and ...
under lip, three white feet and a fmatl
white spot above the other hoof, and oil
his left fide sear his shoulder, and. trotff
altogether. Any person claiming saids
horse is requefled to apply to Howell
Jarrett, £/q. fheriff, and prove the fame £
said Sellers fays he borrowed the horie of
a William (Griffith, on Edifto, i£ mile!
above Cannon's bridge. It is supposed
the horse was stolen on the back part®
of Virginia, North-Carolina* or over
the Mountains. The several printers are
requefled to publish this notice that the
owner may get his horse, and the thief
be punished.
R. WORSHAM, 7
D. HILLHOUSE, S % t C;
JOHN fOPE. 3 . j
A Lift of Defaulters for the County of
Oglethorpe, for the year 179*?.
Captain Haynes's diftntl.
T ARKIN WILSON, William
-Lr Wilson, James Stewart, iSamuef
Stewart, major.
Captain Ra^[dale's diflrifU.
j James Hogg, Tifdale Whatley.
Captain Roberts' di/lrift.
Turner M IftvaH, Joshua Afltew, Sa*
; muel Ewing, John Daws, Nathan Da
; vis, Joel Newfam, Josiah Ivey, Tboma*
■ Price.
Captain M ( Elroy*s dijtriß .
William Eilis, jun. William Jamts,
Benjamin Raden, James Reihry, John?
Rogers, Sherwood Janes, William Bragg,
Little R. Janes.
Captain Strongs dijtrtft,
John Johnson, Jeremiah Bngg.
Captain Collier's dijlriß.
Abraham Durham, Garret W.- Part*
Eztkiel B. Park, Jesse Crimes.
Captain Waters's difbriEl .
Samuel Waters, James Wallis, Archd,
Crafford, David White, Alexander
White, James Short, Matthew Wileys
Robert Corrorh, John Stroud.
Captain Norris's dijtritt.
John Haggard, Alexander Gordtm.
Captain Thompson's diftriEt.
John Roland, John BiggeiftafF, ParifSr
Thompson, William Aylott, Pteterfoit
Kimball, James Coil, James Langford,
John Wakefield, James Giddion, fen*
James Giddion, jnn. Thomas Moore*
William M Kee.
Captain Berry's di/ltiM.
Charles Sims, fen. Andrew Hartsfitld,
Sihon Fields, William Maxfleld, Sampfoit
Smith, Moses Finches, John Graves*
Ifham Hindon.
Captain Btooks's dipritt.
John Hopper, James Stedman, Wa*i
Elliott.
Captain Barnett's difiriß. i
DrUrV Allen, James WigTey.
Captain Hudfpeth's diftriß.
Reubin Angle, Janies Kenny, Cotti
William Pye, Samuel Bell, Robert
ny, Robert Garrett, Jacob M f Elrt>y*
James East, fen. James Kenny, jun.
Captain Evans's diflritt.
William Stewart, John Thomafe, Fran*
cis Kilpatrick, Joseph Scott, Griffin
Knight.
JOHN GRESHAM, It. T. R<
- . -.’.i -J .. ■■■!..— >t ~l«l »■
Notice to all that it may concent)
That agreeable to an ofder Os the honor®**
bhe the Inferior Court of the county of
Oglethorpe*
IV 1 L L B E S O.L D, (
After the expiration of nine months from
the date hereof, the following trafts of
land, part of the eltate of Harrifoii
Mufgrove, latte of this county, dec.
ONE tradt of two hundred
acres, on the waters of. Lit tie river,
adjoining tVinkfeld Shropjhire ; one ditto t
two hundred and thirty * adjoining ——
Barks ; one do, of two hundred acres 09
Little river, adjoining Andrew M'Bride ;
one do. of two hundred acres on Little
idvtr, adjoining Ornan IVhaUeyy with a
mill ire Bed the? eon ; one do. of twelve am
{.res on Little river, adjoining Daniel Ro*
btrts ; it being for tite benefit of the heirs
and creditors.
FRANCIS GORDON,) c
JOHNSANItE?, J I
GLEN OWEN,
Jane MusGßO^’ > E, £*'*.
$3- Wank EXECUTIONS I
for laid at this Oftke.