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About The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1789-1806 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1805)
pur • ww ' mr‘~> door/gea, ;_■'Ae»ggar;a3 -aiwaf Kewwwt 1 Af'this firm*., that the I-and Lottery is ih f.rll operation, we concciye that the *pub- ■ lie ition of the. following aftswill be .0# ufc to our k fellow citizen,. __ An Aft'ta tnahr difLriiutinof the late Cfjfton of laud*, obtain i ftom the Creek Ha tton, by the United Stales’ .Comm'Jf:oner’s, in a i realty entered lytoat or near Fort IP Mjnfo» t on tt?t fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and. tavg, heC, t. Ami he it further eua.led by the au hot Ay aforefnid , That t Hal and contained in dell rifts (hall he. divided hy lines {oontug parjlkl'iviih the dividing imrfs of thjjrii^s,/and by others crowing them at, fight angers, (.> as to for it (rafts of forty, fi/e two, hundred and ! .;/;s p;yl- a '.half apres each,, plainly and dcftinTy rirviLcd, jo i mnmr different from rhs ordinary mode heretofore'purfoed tot |.lne#,Jvah|s (hie, .to be point, ed o*t by* th- fumy <;/, general j except the county. Waj’op, which (half he laid off into tra; :s or fovchty ch.iihs (quafo, and rd con tain, foot hundred ahd ninety acres each, unless where the l|np which is to form a tempurar-v bpuntdar/ between she said rcr rhory and Ci'tek I nlian.i, or the couffe fef navigable rivers, nay .•••ruler it impraftica. blc, *j-,d'' hfu this ml'- fit ail be jdep sxJPtd.. from vn farther rh:-»n foch particular, dir- 1 curri(btnncs may require ; timl all iraftimal parts offurveys, v luck irs‘y b« created by the coo rfes of navigable livers, by the tcnif porary boundary Sr rtf, or o her unavotdablfe circumftanccs ; And all ifiands within- the limits ol the said territory, and lyingfouih— welt'of the middle or tn*ih fotirce, >of the O cdnce'bf •Ala.tamaha ft ver?, foal’ boteforved •: and fold, and the Hina-, anting therefrom, he apbrojSriated in foch ftf«n~fcr i «8- a ■future IcgiJlatipK may dire ft j— rwt'er. - • theiefs, to -the fortunate drawers, refpeft.-, , fvflr, of The traftfc Or Ctftions of land Ad jacent to such fractional parts of surveys cr islands, a preference for twelve month*from ard after the completion df, the drawing-of the lottery con temp!.ltcd by this aft ; and the right to parch,afe foch fraftional parts of forveys or iilands, at foch rates as may be ftip.ilated by law, except foch id-ands as Contain above One hundred acres, which (h ill bc‘ drawn for in the manner pointed out by this aft. Sec. 8. An (I be it further enaSltd by the authority afnrefud , That the said land (hall be appropriated by lot, in the manner fol- ’ lowing, to wit; After the surveying is completed, and the returns made to the farveyor-ganerd, his Excellency the Go vernor (hall cable ti-kets to be made out whereby all the timbers of the surveys in the different diflrifta (Tx.il Ibe represented, which tickets ih.di be put into a box.to.con ftituty. prizes, with others to be denominated blacks, of which blanks the number or a mount (hall he determined,, by fohftrafting the number of prizes from the whole num ber of draws, to which the said lottery (hall be fobjsft, upon the following principles : that is to fay-.. Every free male white per son, twcnty.one years of age and upwards, being a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant ofthis date, twelve months im mediately preceding the palTtge of this aft, or paid a tax towards the fopnort bf govern ment (including foch as may beahfent on law. ful bufinefo) (hall be entitled to one draw ; Every free white male person of like decep tion, having a wife, legitimate child orchil, dran, under twenty-one years of age, (hall be entitled to two draws; and all widows, ha. vir.g legitimate child or children, under the age of twentr-pnc years, who have redded twelve months in this ttate, immediately preceding the paftage of this aft, (hail -be,, entitled to, two draws • and all fiuibllcs of *. orphans, under ewenty-one years of age, having no parents living, (hall be entitled! to one draw. Sec. 9. And be it further enabled by. the authority aforejaid, That lifts of pcffpns entitled to drafv, in conformity to the pro visions of this aft, (hall be taken and made out, within three months from the paffag* thereof by any three or more of the jufticeg of the inferior courts of the refpeftivc coun ties, or foch fit and proper perifons as they may appoint, not exceeding one for each county, who (hall previous to their entering on the duties of their appointments, fcvc.. rally enter into bond and security, to be approved by the said jnftices, in foch rea sonable fom as they may deem neccflary, for the faithful difeharge of the trull reposed in them ; and also take and fubferibe an oath in writing* faithfully to perform the duties required of them by this aft.—And it (hall be the duty of the said just ices, or any three or more of them, or foch persons as they may appoint, to attend at the court.houfes of the refpeftive couhtics,' on as many seve ral days as the said jufticci may deemne.-' ceflary and appoint, for the purpose of ta king and making out such lifts, giving at Jeaft ton days notice of foch attendance, by advertiferoent, at five or more of the most public places, in the refpeftivc counties j and the nanws of all persons entitled to draw, with the number of draws to which they be entitled, (hall be catered in a bock, to be provided for that purpose in each county —which said lift* or books/hall immediate, ly after the fame (hall have been completed, and tranfcxijpti {hereof deposited in the s ll ff I i . { ..K .'•* f clerk’s office of rhs fopmc-r courts, be trarf mitted'by vhefaidju(ltc?s to bis Excellency A the Governor, for■ which'• faidfcrvicc the said jufticcs, or fetch persons as they may - appoint as aforefaid. fnal! receive from the persons entitled to draw, on entering their names refpcrtively, fer each draw twelve and a half cents,- And his Excellency the Governor is hereby auihorifed and required forwith to iliac h'j proclamation, and caufc the fame to be puhliflied in ai! ' the Gazettes of this llaie, Getting forth the cu times this aft, and requiring all persons interest ed therein, to exhibit their claims in the. couoti«s of thqir rrfpertive refidencc, sup porting hy rhe oath.or affirmation of one or nior* credible witneflesy whew doubts cxiil in the minds of the said justices, or persons to he appointed 4»y them as afor^fnid. £cc. io. And be it further enabled by the authority afore/aid , That immediately ,as- ■ , ter the returns (had have been received from the diftrirt -forvqyors, apd the justices of the inferior courts, his Excellency the Go vernor be aiuhorifed, and.he hereby is rrqni red, to caufc fair Hits to he made, .and ar ranged in alphabetical order, of the persons entitled to draw, and came "the lottery to be carried intocfFert, conformably to the provisions contained in this art, under the • fuperinfendancy of five managers, or,a ma jority of then?, to be appointed by the le gillature, who (hall apportion the blanks aft! prizes in the manner, aforefaid, and give one month's public notice, in all the Gazettes of the (late, previous to the com mencement of the drawing, and (hall set forth in such notification* the days of draw ing for the names enrolled, under the letter A ; the days of drawing for the names cn. , v rolled under the let ter B ; and so on through out the alphabet, commencing the drawing with tHe names belonging to'ihefuft letter* Sec,. ,H Afjdhe ft further ena.fted.by thf i c authority a/orefritd f That ail persons, agaipft /; whose names lands may. be drawn in pursu ance of this art, (hall be entitled to receive grants, which (half be ilfued under the hand 01 his Excellency the Governor, and the great seal of the (fate, on application of for tunate drawers refpertively, who (hall Have complied with the requisitions of this as, and being applicable to them, their refpert ive heirs or devifecs, inverting in them fee v simple titles, to the particular survey or , . surveys of lands, drawn again# their nurses refpertively, by paying into the treasury of this (late, within three month’s imme diately after the drawing is completd, tho ' sum of nine dollars per hundred acres, for river land of the fir# quality—-fever: dollars*'* per hundred acres* for river land of the fe. cond quality—fever* dollars per hundred a cres, for highland of thefirft quality-.'- four dollars per hundred acres, for high land of the fccond quality—two dollars per hundred acres, for all third quality land— and half a dollar per hundred acres, for all pine land; and that prices (hall be affixed to said lands, in the following manner, viz— ~ All river land of the firft quality, at one dollar per acre ; all river land cf the second quality, at fifty cents per acre; ail up-land of the firft quality, at fifty cents per acre ; all up-land of Ihe second quality, at twenty five cents per acre ; all up-lard of the third quality, at twelve and a half cents per a cre ; and all pine land, at fix and a quarter cents per acre ; which (hall be paid by the following inftalments, viz,—One third of th« price of the refpertive trarts, on or be fore the expiration of three years, to be com puted from the firft payment; and one-third annually until the whole, price a of the lakd is difeharged* before the said fortunate drawers (hall receive a grant for the fameand in, case of failure in any of the aforefaid payments, the said lands (hail revert.to, and be vested in the state. Pro vided neverthelej i, That the said fortunate drawers (hall be at liberty to pay tip the whole amount, at any time before the ex piration of five ycarS, and (hall be entitled to receive a grant immediately on To doing. , Sec. 12. And he it further enafted by the authority aforefaid , That no con trad for the conveyance and Tale of tickets in the lottery aforefaid, previous to obtaining grants there tor, (hall be binding or obligatory oo either cf the con trading parties, their heirs, exe colors, r.dmini lira tors, assigns or devifees, in any court of law or equity in this state. Sec. 13* And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid , That where vacancies may happen by death, resignation or others wife, ot any ot the drftrid forveyor or foe- ' veyors, appointed in purfuanc* pf this ad, the Governor is authorised and required to fill up any vacancy or vacancies j and in case - any (uryeyor (hall fail to prosecute the trull in him, cither from inattention or otherwise, in such manner as, in the opin ion of the Governor, may render doubtful the finifhing the surveys within the time limited, he (hall have power to declare such appointment vacant, and to fill up the fame, as in case of other vacancies. Sec. 17. And'whereas it may so happen, that persons may have surveyed lands in the aforefaid cession, contrary to law, and on which grants may have iflued : Be it there . fore enacted by the authority aforefaid , * That all fuoii surveys or grants, arc hereby declared to be null and void to all intents and purposes, as though the fame had ncve r been made or itiued; nor (hall any survey Gr 1 £ T * nt r fo* foods jn the aforefaid cession, be admitted to a jury• titfcYi i to the lands in this aft citeebtr ;* those obtained .by virtpe,' alid under tte “i authority of this aft, any law to the coh- ( trary notwithstanding. . « • « ABRAHAM, JACKSON,* ; ' Spi alter of the House of Qeprefe r. ta fives* SOLOMON WOOD, President of the Senate, pro tem. Affentcd roMav it,, 1803, JOHN MILLEQGE, Governor. Art Aft Supplementary to an aft, entitled 41 An Ad. to make dfr’ibution of the late 'cejfion of land obtained from the Creek Nos ton by the United States CpmmiJJiQn ers, in a treaty entered into at or near Fort fVdktnfan, on the 1 6th day of June 1802 and the ad relative thereto, p.affed the present fejjton. BS it enaded by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Ge orgia, in General AJfembly met, and by the authority of the Jame , That the term allowed for receiving and vranfnsirting the lid of paribus who arc entitled to draw for land, in purfuance.of the aforefaid aft, {hall be, and the fame is .hereby extended and continued until the (irftday of March next. Sec, 2, And he it further enaded by the . authority aforefaid , That monies direfted to be paid into theTreafury in lien of office fees, in pursuance of the aft entitled/ 4 an aft to alter and amend an aft' to make dif trihution of the late cefilon of land, obtains ed from the Creek Nation by the United/ States Commissioners, in a treaty entered into at or near Fort Wilkinson, on the 16 r h day of June 1802,” palled at Louis ville, the nth day of May, 1803, (hall ; he paid within the term df 1 , .twelve months from and aft£r the completion of the lottery , Contemplated by th.e aforefaid aft*- and in c default thereof, such lots of land on-which the whole of the monies (halt not then be paid (hall revert to,' and become the property of this fta(e, and fold .in like manner as, fraftienal partYof surveys. Sec. 3. And be it further enaded, That the legitimate child or children of any decea sed citizen, whose mother has again inter married, (hall be and they are hereby de. dared to be entitled to one draw in the land . lottery, in like manner as families of le gitimate children whose parents are both dead. , Sec. 4 • And be it further enaded by'the authority aforefaid. That it (hall be the duty of the Julfices of the Inferior Courts of the several counties, to correft the re turns of,the names of petfons enrolled in the Jand. lottery, and transmit, to the Governor Jth- lids so correfted, on or before the fird day of March, who (hall be governed by such correft lifts, in arranging the drawing, or carrying into elfeft the said Lottery. - ABRAHAM JACKSON, Speaker of the House of Roprefentatives, ; DAVID EMANUEL, P ref dent of the Senate . Affcnted to December 10, 1803. JOHN MILLEDGE, Governor. LONDON, May 18. The account of an engagement between the Brcft and Channel fleets is hourly ex poftcJ. A letter from Falmouth dates, that atfeven on Tuefday evening, the Bred fleet,. confiding of twenty-five fail of the line, and frigates, were all under weigh, and Handing out to Tea. Lord Garde ner had- formed his fleet, confiding of fevetv teen of the line, and feyeral frigates in the line of in twodivifions. The Con. test gun-brig arrived at Plymouth, on Thursday, wifhan account, .of the move-,., ment of the Bred fleet, in consequence of which, the fifteen, fail of the liqer in , (be Soynd and Cawfand Bay, were expefted to fail in.the evening to join Lord Gardner. House of Commons, May 16. Mr. Grey took notice of his Majesty’s Speech from the Throne on the 15 th of January last, in which it was dated, “That 44 his Majcfty being engaged in confidential 44 intcrcourfe and conneftion with certain “ Powers on the Continent, and particularly 44 with Ruflia, with a view to objefts relative 44 to the general fccurity of Europe, could 44 not therefore enter into any further expla -44 nation on th* fubjeft of the overtures 44 made by the French government," He xemarked also, that lince that period a sum of five millions had been voted by Parlia- - ment for Continental purposes. Under these circuraftances, and at this advanced period of the fedion, he felt himfelf juftitied in allcing of the Minister, whether it was in tended to offer any communication to .Par* liament with refpeft to those proposed alii, ances. Mr. Pitt answered, that as matters were now situated his Majesty’s Ministers did not deem it proper at present to advise the. Sovereign to make any such communication, Mr. Fox enquired whether a communication of this nature might reasonably be expefted in the course of the pending Seflion ? Mr. Pitt replied, that such a communication, hebclieved could not be made with certainty. Mr. Fox urged the noceffity of some com munication, even though it might not ■ amount to 44 certainty," Mr, Pitt made no further replication* , ... '< BOSTON, July 3. On Saturday last arrived at Providence, the (hip Hazard, capt. Rowan, from Can ton. On the 19th or 20th of June, 2 de t g«es to the fouthwaid of Bermuda, fell in with the Toulon fleet of*t 1 fail, cf the line, last from Guadeloupe, from wheace they baii failed in company with the Cadiz fleer, which had parted and proceeded to the Ha vanas* The Ton 3 on,fleet fleering N. E. Capt. Rowan wa« in company sometime. The French fleet was more than ten de-.' ; grees to the northward hf the tnoft noiih. errmoft Wost-India island, and fleering liom them towards Europe. ■ NEW.YORK, Jane 15. We learn, with pleafnre, that fevcral of our mod wealthy merchants, have it’in con templation, to build exte-nftve picrs, dock* and (lores at Staten. Kland, near the tjua rantine* ground. The advantage* which will ref lilt from thefc erections, will not only prove productive to the individuals ‘ who may engage in this bufinefsj but will be ofimtnerife importance to the commercial intcrefts of this wealthy and growing city. It is a faft which will not be denied, that during the last winter while our rivers were full of ice, fcvcral vcffcls were saved from , deitruCHon by making a harbour along fide of the public dock, the only one there fuf ficiemiy extensive to afford a harbour, . ; . 7 u h 4* ' The (hip Erin, ; of Baltimore, arrived at Dover the 18th May. Madam Bonaparte was on board, last from Amftcrdam, where Ihe was hot fufftied to go bn (bore ; she is attended by her brother. Madam Bona parte is in the last state of pregnancy j her . brother did not think it fafo to "proceed to Baltimore. The Erin was in- the Twtd a ‘ week*-and was placed between a <64 and a " frigate,-* sfgoard boar kept about the flap all night. ‘ .»• . . ; NEW.ORLEANS, May 2r . A melfcnger arrived in this city yeftcr day, from Waftiihgton [city,] difpatchcd by the Poflmafter general, to arrange the carriage of the mail from the feat of govern, merit, through Virginia, the two Caroli na v Georgia, and part of Weft Florida, to this places—The whole distance, as the road will now run, is 1 206 miles, and the mail will be carried in iy days. No licwf papers can be carried under the pretest ar rangement-. -it will be referred for letters only, ' MARRIED, last evening, by the Rev, Father Walffi, Edward L tylngjlcn, Esq. to Mde. Marte-hoiiije-Magdeieine- Valentine- Da^vezac-Cfijira-Moreau, widow of the late Louis Moreau de Lafiy. • ■ BALTIMORE, July 6. " " , Arrived, fchT Fanny, Penrice, 22 days, from Martinique, On the morning sf the 14th passed the weft end of Antigua, and saw a fleet ap parently merchantmen, under convoy of a large ship of war Handing for Guad. or Mart, supposed they were vessels taken out pf St, John’s, Antigua, as he was informed the day before he failed, by a French officer, that the fleet had taken possession of that island. June 16, spoke brig Rambler from Tobago for Boston, learnt that Lord Neifon touched at Tobago the sth with 14 fail of the line, failed for Trinidad, and espefted to fall in with the French. Arrived, brig Fanny, Bounds, 16 day* from St, Thotrtas, By a paftenger on board the Fanny, whb left Gaudalpupe a few days before, we learn, that, The Freach and Spanish fleets landed their ftok at Mart, and look in tfelh men— failed about the 6th inst. destination, ua known, but supposed to be for- Europe-i -they had been previously joined by four more (hips of the line two French from P.ochefort, and two Sp.mi(h % from Havanna, and said to have 60,000 stand of arms on hoard-w -it was confidently reported at St. Thomas, that Lord Neifon was at Trinidad. SAVANNAH, July 13. By cap;. Chadwick, of the schooner Hannah, arrived here yesterday from St. Mary’s, we have been favored with an ac .count of an engagement which took place on Saturday last, at Rose bluff, between a schooner fitted out by the Cambrian frigate, for the purpose of cutting out from their moorings on the Spanish shore, the veffeis referred to in the above extrafts of letters. The schooner fitted out by the Britilh frigate was captured by her from the French, about two weeks since, after a chafe’of 22 hours, ; between Charleston arid Tybee bar, moun ting 18 nine pounders, and carrying no men. She appeared abreast est Sr.-Mary’ 5 at 3 o'clock, and came too, and at % got under weigh again, and Tailed op the river to commence the attack, whick took place about five. The engagement lasted near aq hour, when three boats were manned by the Brrtilh schooner to board the privateer, which they effected, and re-took the ship, brig, and privateer. The Engliffi had 4 killed and 10 wounded.—-The lieutenant received a (hot through the jaw, and in one of his thighs, but was not thought in . 2 dangerous ftate.-»»«On the part of the Span iards five were killed, and fifteen made prifopers, and the rest Jt/nped overboard andfwam to the (hare. Among the former were capt. Hooper, 1 .the commander cf tnc privateer, and capt. J-ofan Randolph, i a:c of this city.
