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■ SATURDAY, March 30, iBo£. £ iS & M GI A% fVot; XIX. No. 96$
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GEORGIA.
By bis Excellency JOHN MILLEDorE,
Governor and Commander in Chief of the
Army and Navy of this State , and of the
Mihtia thereof
A Proclamation.
WHEREAS I have received official
information of a moll wilful and
cruel Murder having been committed on the
night of the 19th of January raft, upon the
body of Robert Knight, in the county of
Jefterfon, in this state, which appears from
a copy of the verdift of the inquest held
thereon, to have been perpetrated by one
Hez«kiah s Goff, who, it is repretented has
made his escape.
In order therefore, that the laid
Plezekiah Gaff may be brought to exemplary
3 lift ice, I have thought lit to issue this my
proclamation, offering a reward of one
hundred dollars, to any perfoti or per
sons, who will apprehend and ledge him in
forne Cecil re jail within this State.—And I
do hereby charge and require all officers
civil and military, belonging to this State,
to he aiding and assisting in apprehending
the said Herckiah Goff, so that he may he
brought by a due courte of law, to answer
the charge againft him,
Sven under my handy and the Sr eat
Seal of the Staiey at the State lioufe
in Louisville, this twenty.eighth
day of February , in the year of tur
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fivty and of the Independence cf the
United States of America the twenty
ninth.
JOHN MILLEDGE.
By the Governor ,
lioß. Marqurt, Sec’y
GOD SAFE THE STATE.
Potty Dollars Reward.
* 'O~AN r AWAY from the fubferiber, Irv
in September last, a negro gfh' fiahred
NANCY, between ten and eleven yeata
of age, has many marks of the whip, and
pretend* to be afflifted with fits. Said girl
was purehafed of Samuel C Scott, of S.
and it is apprehended that fhc
has been taken off by fomc designing per
foa, if so, I will pay One Hundred Dal.
law on conviftion of the thief and delivery
•t the girl, ot Forty Dollars for the girl
alone.
GKO. W. MOORE.
March 16. ' (6 1)
FOR SALE, OR TO RENT,
THE crommodious Haute, Store Haute,
framed Stable, and out buildiags,
together with sixteen acres of newly clear*
ed laad, Coma wood land and a goad fpting
. thereon, lying and being in the town of
Waynsfcoro*, Burke county, inaaiediatc
pofefua will be given. Far terms applv to
Wm; BADULY.
February z. ts
BROUGHT to the Jail of Columbia
county, on Saturday the qfh instant,
a negro man who calls hitntelf JOE, of a
dark complexion, about five feet (5 or 7
inches high, stout made, and fays he be
longs to a Mr. Smith Cotton, of Hancaak
oounty, near Sparta. The owner is hero,
by rcqusftcd to come forward, prove hit
property pa j charges, and take him away,
F. FARRAR, Sheriff
March 23. (3O
John An ,
SOLICITS all perfoas indebted to him
by Bond, Note, or otherwite, socojne
forward without delay and difeharge the
tense. Ue has taken Mr, SAMUEL P. AN
DREWS into his Shop, as foreman, who
will attend to the business in his abtence.—
Andrews still continues carrying on the Ta«
oringbafinate in all its various branches, aad
olicits thefavoar of a generous pahulic.
NOTICE.
ALL persons to whom the estate of the
late Andrew Inncsftands indebted are
to render their accounts properly
attested ; and thole indebted to the said ef
tatc to make immediate payment to
JAMES EEGQS, Admr .
Augujiay Dec. 8, 1804. ts.
Blank Bonds for faic at tkk
office.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALES.
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To be Sold at Public Auction,
On tutfday the second day of April next, at
the Store lately occupied by John Pierce,
deceajed, on Broad-fireet, in the city of
Augufia,
All that well Assorted Stock of
DRY GOODS
GROCERIES.
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Several Bale* of Cotton)
Asd Hoglheads of Tobaeeo,
Several prime Negro Men,
And a Girl,
Together with the Household and Kitch
en furniture,
roicoo feet of Lumber,
J Aud one Horfc, belonging to the estate.
The sale t© ceramcnce at 10 o’clock,
and contim/e from day to day, until the
whole ii fnld.~ Condition* Cas«t.
ROBERT HAMILTON,
JAMES HAMILTON. J Aam
March 2. •
NOU I C
ALL persons having claims against, the
estate of John Pierce, late of the ei
ty ts Angufta, deceased, are,defiredtt ex
hibit them duly attested; and thole indebt
ed to make immediate payment to
ROBERT HAMILTON, 1
JAMES HAMILTON.
March 2. (S‘)
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Great Bargains,
to be had by the Sub/criber for cajh, cond
or tobacco.
A LARGS ASSORTMENT ©F
I7K.T o, -
Suitable for the present ftajon ; and also,
a Large quantity ff
GROCERIES.
He flatters himfelf, that having purchaL
ed those good* for calh, that it if in hii
power to* fell them either by wholcfalc or
retail, as low a* any in this city. He hai
a quantity of COTTON CARDS by the
g o x, and a very elegant aflortment of
BOLTING CLOTHS,
from N#. i t« 8.
F. PHINIZY.
N. B, The public arc informed, that
his WARE HOUSE it in complete order
to store Cotton (3 Tobacco. F. P.
Augusta, December r. ts
“LIME STONE, - *
A large quantity for sale by th c
SuWcriber. F. PHINIZY
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JUST RECEIVED,
Jlnd for stie tty the Suiferiiers.
3 Hogfhcads 4th proof Jamai
ca HUM,
Me!affe» by the Hogshead,
Northward Rum by thc Barrel,
French Brandy dirt©,
] WINES. do.
Mal:iga> J
Claret by the c?Bc,
Bottled "do. at D. 4 50 C. per dozen,
and D. 3 75 c. by returning the bot
tles.
White Wine Vinegar,
Black Pepper by the bag, and
DRY GOODS ASSORTED.
B. BIGNON Sc SONS.
March 16. (3*)
' NOT! C~E.
AFTER the expiration of nine months
from thc date hereof, application will
be made to the honorable the Inferior Court
of Wilkes county, to fell 780 acres of land
the property of Marmadtikc Mendenhall
deceased, laying at the mouth of Williams's
Creek, Little river, and joining lands of
Edward Moore and others, for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of the dec.
ELIJAH MENDENHALL, Guardian.
March 2. 1805, lam lm •
Mr. £ovd, cn the Georgia Claims*
The qucftion before the heufe is not whe
ther w e are to do a good or an injury to the
class of men who are denounced a band of
fpecolators : but it is whether we ftiall a-
I gree to or rejeftlhe amendment to the re
-1 solution offered jrefterday to the houfc by a
fnuletnan from Virginia (Mr, Clark.)
ederday was taken up in reading the laws
of Georgia, and ot the United States and
various other papery, which have becu long
in the hands of the members, which no
doubt had been so attentively parufed by
them, as to have rendered the reading at
this day not indifpenfihly requisite. Mr.
Bayd laid, that if papers were to be read
for the ioftruHian and edification of the
• fadis he tjlptjght it, Would lit*ye> been
' ot mure consequence to lu«ij read the decia.
ration of independence, and the treaty of
peace of 1783, in which the independence
of the United States, was acknowledged
by the osly power on earth wh > contended
against it—we were then free, sovereign
and indcpe«dcnt Hafts, to all intents and
parpofes, and as sovereign Hates, each and
every Hate in the onion had full power and
authority to dispose of the lands to whom
they pleafcd, and under what conditions
they pleated, and if the ; Hate of Georgia
in the exercise of her fovereigoty have con
veyed to the Miililfippi land company the
right of foil «> the land in question, and that
, company have tranfferred the lame to the
- New England Milfillippl land company, the
right is vetted in them, unlcfs wc have »r
-rived at that Huge ot v political depravity that
j what was yesterday acknowledged as a right
I ftiall to-morrow be.dcclaiedas a wrong.
Why is it iliat fpsculators are so much
reproached, when we oarfclvcs have become
j (peculators to an extent beyond the aggre
}' ana in J Initfd
y Srates ot A^ic'tcaf Has not congros r—
tUrtfy fpeeuiattol ia the pure ha fc of Louifia
m * and paid the price, and will gentlemen
contend here, as if they mean to he confid
ent they might dq, that we have acquired
no right to the fame bccaufe we purchased of
France, who had no right to fell, as its
goverment holds all its powers for the good
of the French people, and that it is not ior
the good #f France that their territories
should be f alienated from them ? Does it
follow that when a nation has veHed in an
other its rights ol foil and jurlfdiftion, that
the inveftiturc does not hold good, without
enquiry into the purity of the motives of
the contracting parties? will you then
prevent men from putting their reliance and
| confidence in the Hate kgifiarurcs ?
It is afeed, if they have a right to the
lands in Georgia which they claim, why do
they propose to rclinquifh to the United
States nine tenths of the claim? It would
be a fulHcient alnwer to that qucHion to fay,
that oongrefs is the only power poffdling
the right to cxtinguilh the Indian title to
that country, and if Georgia had poffcffed
that right he apprehended the present claim
ants would have been (offered to go on and
improve their farms in that diHrift ; they
never would have been diHurbed in their pof
fellion. He was not in favor of (peculators,
but he had made up his mind never to lay
his hand violently upon the claim of any man,
more than he would a man’s property when
he was in full and quiet poffellion. Nor
should he pretend to inftra4l others in the
disposal of their money persuaded that e?c
ry man had a right to lay his money out in
such way as was mod agreeable to hirnfelf
and of which he was the bcH judge.
It is afited who dare vote lor Iquandering
the public money in this wholefaie manner ?
/ this is my declaration in reply. 1 dare to
vote for the tneafure proposed by the com
mittee ot claims, Nay, furthe* - , lam bound
to vote in its favor. It is my duty to vote,
for I have (worn t® support the conftitutfon
of the United States, and that conHitution
declares that no Hate (hall make any eX poll
fafto law, os law impairing contracts. But
why do gentlemen dwell so much upon spe
culators.-—The aft of congress to obtain the
ceilien of her wcHern territory from the Hate
of Georgia, is a fpeculatien upon the fpvcu
lators who purchased the right of foil to the
Mifliflippi terrritory.
1 do net enquire whether Ovo r gia fold
her land in f.»ail trafts or in large dthrifts ;
nor whether (he fold the land to individuals
or companies—numbers and quantities I lay
out of the qneftioa, and confine my&lf
merely to the enquiry, did sue fell, aad
Hading that (he did fell, and that for s
valuable confideratiot, my mind rests fat.
lifted and I am compiled to render that
juttice which the annulling aft of Georgia
refuted. Nay the price itfelf does not enter
into ray contemplation j circumlfanccs may
alter the relative valve of the price to the
article. Will any gentleman fay that the
price at which oongrefs have fold their land*
to the great purchasers. Inch as Sirjtns and
others, is a canfe to jpUfy our fettiag those
feles aside ? I apprehended not —why do
they meafurc by a different standard in the
case •{ Georgia.
Georgia under the old regime was what
was called a government; the tight of ju
rifdiftSen was given up ta her exrrcife from
fhefiillj the right of foil remained in tbs
crown ; bat when we acquired our indepen.
dence, Georgia took poffeflicn, which (he '
was jaflifiaUe in doing, of the foil a* well
as the sovereignty—and there being pofleff
«d of both, it was competent for the legifla.
tute todifpufe of the vacant land, and no
subsequent legiihture could conltitutranally
fay it avails not, mid it (hail nor bold—l
am not aihamed of this op/uion ; on the
contrary it is corroborated by the prafticc
of ail the Rates in the uni»n. A grant of
land by the legislature is universally held
sacred—it is lo under the government of
the United brutes also, yet neither the
Hare legislatures arc all the citizens of the
rtate, nor are coantries all the ritissem of
the United State?, which according to the
doftrine we have heard advsneed are requi
fitc to compleat the contrast, This being
the case I will not vot<» for the amendment •
it goes to dfttroy the right which the
petitioners have to the refarved fund of live
millions of acres; it go»s to defeat and
overturn a well cllahliflied security which
the people of the United States hare for
—if r tT ~ v "'ill not vi»**
uJchu lts Ido not v&TTz w xr-xirci have --
a divine right t«* do wrong.— Mr. Boyd
said, if all the fpecula tow, were fronted from
thefc walls, he did not know who would
remain—he had no quarrel with them about
the queftinn, but he (hould ever contend
that every man had a right to punhafe hi*
objeft in his own way ; the right grew out of
the moral cotnpift agreed to as fundamental
io every edablnhcd and well regulated foci
cty
lament that the great hngih of the
debates on the Yazoo Buftnejs y precludes the
p*ffibility of our giving more on the /übje£i t
than Randolph’s speech and Boyd’s reply to
it,
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES,
"March x.
Mr. J. Randolph moved that the House
do coma to the following resolution, —
Refolvedy by the Senate and House of
Reprefenratives of the United States of A
merica, in Congress aflhmbled, two thirds
1 ofboth Houfcs concurring, That the fol
lowing article be submitted to the Icgiflature*
of the fcvcral dates, which, when ratified &
confirmed by the legislatures of three fourth*
of the said Hates, (ball be valid and binding
as a part oi the constitution of the U. States.
The judges of the fupremc and all other
courts of the U, Stares (hall be removed by
the Prsfident, on the joint address of both
Houfcs of Congrefi. rsquefting the fame,
any thing in the conft;ration of the United
States t® the contrary n*rwithftanding,
A motion was made and seconded, that
the said resolution be referred to a com
mittee of the whole House.
And the quellion being token thereupon.
It was nfolvcd In the affirmative— Yeas
63 —Nays 35. —
Another motion was then made and the
question being put, that the said refolutton
be tiic order of the day fw the firft Monday
in December next, *
1c was resolved in the affirmative.
Mr. Nicholson moved that the House do
ctme to the following resolution ;
Re/olved, That the following article,
when adopted by two thirds ofboth Houles
of Cougrcfs, and by the legislatures of three
fourths of the refpeftive Rates, lhall become
a part of the coofliiution of the United
States, v:z.
That the legiflafure of any (late may
whenever the raid legilla'c.rc Hull think
proper, recall at any period whatever, an/
Senator of the Uoi ed States, who may
have been clefted by them ; and whenever
a vote of the legifiaiure of any Hate vacating