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SA TURD AY, June 11, i §bj.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
AND
GAZETTE OF THE STATE.
FREEDOM ok the PRESS and TRIAL bv |U R Y shall hem arc inviolate. ConJUtutien of Georgia,
AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, near the market. (j Dolls, per Annum.]
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Received , and for Sale ,
One Trunk UMBRELLAS,
from 27 to 36 inch,
One ditto CAM BRICKS and CALI
COES, handsomely allotted,
50 ft. POUND PINS,
Also, 70 STILLS, Philadelpia made,
from 301075 gallons, and
4 Hhds. JAMAICA SUGAR,
6 ditto ditto RUM,
6 ditto Northward ditto,
AH of which will be fold very low for
CASH Or PRODUCE.
SAMUEL M. SMYTH.
Thomas McCall Harris,
H A 6 i M POK'IED
JFVartfLoNDON. the following Articles,
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PRINTED and died Calicoes,
Muflinets and Dimities,
White and colored Quilting for Vefii,
White and coloicd jeans and Sattinet,
B.ack Muslin,
Cambrick handkerchiefs and ftiawls,
El'egant fiivered (ilk shawls,
Plain, fancy and black ditto,
White, green and black lace veils,
Black, white and colored crapes,
Black fattin, plain and striped for veils,
Sattins, farcenets and lutcftrings,
Toweling diaper,
Pullicatand printed cotton hukTs,
China, fatnn and love ribbands,
Ladies and mens silk and cotton hose,
Ladies white and colored silk and cot
ton gloves,
Ditto cotton mitts and glove tops,
Curtain lines, taffcls, fringe and bed lace,
Cotton and fi‘-k turnings,
Thread, fringe,
Silver lace and fringe,
Cut glass, and mock pearl beeds.
Fine thread lace and edging,
Black silk and patent lace,
Plain, spangled and black fans,
„ Ladies pocket books,
Ladies and mens drefling cases.
Black, Shaneal and bugle sprigs and
Wreaths,
White do. fancy do.
White and fancy plumes and feathers,
Black brulh and round do.
Ladies kid flippers and sandals,
Colored chip and cane hats and bonnets,
Ladies black beaver hats,
...FROM NEW-TORK .-
i6o Dozen China cups and saucers,
1 Trunk Morocco flippers,
1 Bale white nankeen,
10 Pieces bandanna handkerchiefs,
10,000 India fegais.
For Sale at his WARE-HOUSE, in
Broad Street, Augujia.
* TO LET,
THE TENEMENT (the Store cx
ceprcd) lately occupied by Eleazer
Early , Esq.—Apply to
THOMAS M f CALL HARRIS.
The Subscriber
Idas just Received from Savannah t
Forty*nine Barrels SUPER
FINE NORTHERN FLOUR,
Which he will dilpofe of at Eight
Dollars and an half per Barrel,
For Cash.
’ Bd. BIGNON.
Ten Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the fubferiber
Ift of April, a negro lad named
JIM, about 18 years of age, tolerable
black, and (pare made, formerly the
property of Samuel Clayton. Any per
son who will deliver the said negro to
me in Pcterfhurg, (hall receive the above
Reward, with all expencca. I do for-
all petfons from harboring the said
negro under the penalty of the law ia
such cases.
JOHN OLIVER.
Ma? ifr
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JUST received, direct from the Paten
tee, a trelh supply of Dr. Lee’s Patent
bILLIOUS PILLS, prepared (only) by
Samuel li. P, Lee, New-Landon, mem
ber of the Connecticut Medical Society,
which have been found lb highly uleful in
all parts of the world, particularly in the
American seaports, where fevers prevail,
and Angularly ufeful to all fea-faring peo
ple, both as a preventative and cure, for
diseases of foreign climates. There is no
medicine found so ufelui and eificatioiis
in the spring fealun, for those com
plaints which arise from a redundance of
Bile in the llomach, caufmg Jaundice,
IndigelHon, Dy fen caries, Intermit tan t
Fevers, and Costiveness. They are e
qually well known lor their Angular vir
tues in removing the effeds of a debauch,
in eating and drinking over night, by
relieving the fyllem from that lassitude,
fullnefs and feverilh heat consequent to
indulgencies at the (luine of Bacchus!
The above Pills, from a number of
years experience, are considered the belt
purgative physic, of any in use from rhe
(hops, being pei Lilly mild and fafe, and
may be used freely without any interrup
tion tobufinefs, therefore proper for tra
vellers by sea or land. An emetic should
never be taken (unless from absolute ne
cdfity) whenever these Pills can be obtain
ed. For sale with printed directions and
certificates, price 50 cents per box, by
ISAAC HERBERT, Agent'
for Georgia and Sourh-Carolina,
Os whom Venders may be supplied
on commillion, See.
Also, just received from the above Pa
tentee, Dodor Lee’s celebrated ARO
MATIC PASTE, for the Teeth and
Gums, a medicine unrivalled for cleaning,
whitening and rendering firm in thefock
ets, all Icofe, black and foul teeth, cures
the feurvy in the gums, and thereby pre
vents their bleeding, and is perfedly fafe
to the enamel of the teeth, in children as
well as adults. Its use gives a fine sweet
breath, and cures a fee ted one, and its
taste is remarkbly pleasant. This medi
cine Hands high in repute, and the pro
prietor pledges himfelf lor the fafety and
good elfcds of it. Price 50 cents per
box.
Also, Dodor Van Vlecck’s German
STOMACHIC BITTERS, in cannif.
ters, at 50 cents each. The feeble con
valescent, as well as bitter drinkers, and
public inns, will find them the belt and
cheapest of any.
The Sublcribcr
Has juji Received & for Sale,
Fourth proof Jamaica RUM,
Weft India and Northward do.
Madeira and Malaga WINES,
Bcft Baown SUGAR,
Swedes IRON, and
CROCKERY WARE, in Cratci, well
aflbrted.
Which he will dlfpofe of very low for
CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE
ISAAC HERBERT.
April 5.
Hugh Nejbitt
HAS taken ids brother ALLEN into
Copartnerlhip. They will condud
their Business under the lirm*uf
H.& A. NESBITT.
ftT Those indebted to the late Con
cern of Roljlon 13 Nrjbitt , to Samuel
Barnett, or to the Subscriber, are requeft
cd to make payment to the above Firm.
HUGH NESBITT.
Augujla , April 30.
V~O~R SAL eT
By the Subscriber,
TWELVE LIKELY NEGROES ,
Among whom are feme good
COOKS. JOHN SCOTT.
Avgufa, May 13.
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GEORGIA
[Published by Authority.]
Seventh Congress of the United
State
At P'-ffion, I>«?giin and held at
the City of Washington, in the Ter
ritory of Columbia, on Monday, the
sixth of December, one thousand eight
hundred and two.
AN ACT more effectually to provide for
the organization of the militia of the
dijinCt of Columbia,
BE it enatted by the Senate and House
of Reprefeiitcrtives of the United
States of America , in Congress affembledy
That it fhaii and may he lawful for the
president of the United States, whenever
an increafeof the militia of the territory,
or other circumstances, (hall in his opini
on, make it nccclfary, to lay off the said
militia into additional companies, batta
lions, regiments, or legions and brigades,
and (hall appoint and commission, daring
p’cafiav, iha proper officers for the fa me.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted ,
That the Prefioent of the United States,
(hall when he may deem it necessary, ap
point the proper officers to compose at lead
one troop of cavalry, one company ot ar
tillery, one company of light infantry,
and one company cf grenadiers or rifle
men, to each legion, which officers (hall
proceed by voluntary enliflmenr, within
their legion, to complete thttr company
or companies, with the lead poffihle de
lay, and every person belonging to the
said companies (hall wear, wliile on du
ty, such caps, or hats, and uniforms, to
be purchased at their owncxpence, as the
commanding officer ot the brigade to
which they belong, (hall determine on,
and direct; and the said companies shall
perform the fame rotine of duty, and be
lubjeft to thcfimc rules, regulations, pe
nalties and orders, as the red of the mi
litia ; the President may, ncvcrthelefs,
order them, or any of them out on duty,
as occasion, in his opinion may require,
by entire companies. That no person be
longing to any battalion company (hail,
under colour of enliding into any com
pany to be made up by voluntary enroll
merit,.beexcufed from doing duty in the
infantry, and in the company in which
he had been enrolled, or might be enroll
ed, until he (hall have equipped himfclf
foe service, in such volunteer company,
according to law, and (hall have produc
ed a certificate thereof, from the com
manning officer of such company, to the
commanding officer of the battalion com
pany, to which he did or might property
belong ; and no person having enlisted in
any volunteer company, ftiall be permit
ted to withdraw himfclf from the fame,
under the penalty of ten dollars, unlcfg
in case of removal from his legionary di.
ftrift, to be recovered as other fines im
posed by this aft, upon the evidence of the
commanding officer of the company, from
which he ftiall io withdraw ; which com
manding officer (hall return all such cases
to the firft battalion court cf enquiry
that shall fit thereafter. And the com
manders cf the refpeftive legions shall di
rest by order, to the different comman
ders of battalions, to what battalions the
different volunteer companies shall be at
tached, and lhall parade with on battalion
doty j and ffialidireft how they shall be pod
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[Vol. XVII. No. 87a]
Cfl on legionary parades, unlcfs differently
ordered by the brigadier-general.
ike. 3. And be it further enabled.
That where any battalion or company
dillrift, or alteration in dltuifts actually
laid oft', may hereafter be found necefi'a
ry, the eommading officers of
(hull affiemhlt; the commanding officers of
battalions and companies at feme fit and
convenient place, and may proceed to
lay oft'or alter any such battalion or com
pany dlltrifts, which dillrifts shall in all
calcs be designated by certain lines and
bounds, and recorded by the clerks of the
refpeCtive courts of enquiry.
bee. 4. And be it further enafied.
That ic ihnil be the duty of the com
manding officers of the companies to pro
ceed forthwith ro divide their companies
into divisions by ballot, from one to ten,
for the purpofc of regular rotine of duty
when called into adlual service, and to
return a roller of each divifmn, and its
number or rotation, within fifteen days
thereafter, to the commanding officer of
Ins battalion, who (hall forthwith trans
mit the lame to the commanding officer of
the regiment or legion, who (hall direst
the fame to be recorded by the clerk of
the court of enquiry. The fame regula
tions ihall be observed by every com
manding officer of a company, battalion
and legion or regiment, on the subsequent
enrollment of any person therein, unkfs
futh person (hall produce a certificate of
his having been before drawn for the a
bove purpofc, in which case he Ihall be
enrolled accordingly ■, and any militia
man removing out of the bounds of one
iLJinpdU)' iinotlur, fl’.-Ii spill V tl) the
commanding officer of the company to
which he did belong, who shall give him
a difeharge certifying the class wherein
he was arranged, and whether lie had per.
formed his tour of duty or not, and ajfo
the time and dale ot such service, which
certificate the fa id militia man ihall pro
duce to the captain or commanding offi
cer of ihe company into whole bounds he
shall so have removed, witlun ten days
after his firftltmcm, and such officer is
hereby required to enroll him in the nu
merical class fpecified therein, and every
militia man so removing, and failing to
produce such certificate, shall be arrang
ed and enrolled in the class destined to
perforin the next tour of duty ; and if
any captain or commanding officer of a
company (hall relufe to grant such certi
ficate upon application to him made for
that purpofc, he fhallfor such refufal, in
cur a penalty of thirty dollars, to be af v
fefled and applied as other fines imposed
by this ail.
Sec. 5. And be it further ettnP.ed,
That each and every officer appointed, or
who may hereafter be appointed and com
rnillioned in manner aforefaid, shall, pre
vious to entering on the execution of his
office, take the follow'ing oath, (to ho
adminiftcrcd uy ajuftice of the peace, or
the court of the county in which such of
ficer resides) to wit:— “ I
do swear that I will support the consti
tution of the United States, and faithful
ly difeharge the duties of in
the of the militia of the
dillrift of Columbia, to the best of my
{kill and judgment —So help me God ”
If the said oath he adminifttred by a ju
fliceof the peace, it (hail be his duty to
certify the fame to the court of his re
fpeftive county, there to be entered of re
[ cord by the clerk.
' Sec. 6. And be it further enafled ,
That the commanding officers of compa
nies ihall enroll every able bodied white
male, between the ages of eighteen and
forty-five years, (except such as are ex
empt from military duty by the laws of
the United States) resident within his
di ft rift ; and that in ali cases of doubt,
refpefting the age ot any person enrolled
or intended to be enrolled in any compa
ny, the party questioned (hail prove h".-