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4 CHARLESTON, March ?9.V EAST-BAY STREET LOT t TERY. SIXTEENTH DAY’S DRAWfM. juizg of 50 dollar? —No. 444)* Prizes of 4®dollars-— Nos. 6252 874 148. Prizes of 12 dollars—Nos. 8992 1351 ion 3621 647 2915 8592 82467975 ',00968326 4288 1801'>9if 303 1 4937 ,041 2431 T 933 8?7 2 6061 1544735 8303 q BB6 2276499 6599 56 368; 3451429 ,169 2762 8219 8587 3472375 c 2001 £77 *5015869 19138453 31897620 5857 lBO 5589 6730 9565 3771 74658909 5073 4701 7508 4369 4* *9* AUGUSTA, April 12. OOR. readers will perceive this day, that we coufiderably lengthened our columns on a larger size paper, than ulual.,.\V:, or the reader rather, has gained on the whole, one column at lead, which is a confiderahle ' fV'jeft in a. weekly paper ; to continue this, we must expert more punctuality fiom our bFuWcrihers, who cannot he ignorant that pa. per is tydear and ready money article in our four hern markets.. tiuft, there. ( ? fa, that th ife indebted to, th: Chronicle {and they are not a few) will now chear fnJly come forward and difeharge rheir ac counts, the better to enable us to lay i« a fs.»x;lc oftlus large size paper, for the future. The mails of this week have brought us what we Iv'vc anticipated in cur iafb...tor derails we refer our readers to the page* of this piper.- We admire the spirit and feelings of our fiew corrcfpondent, 8.-—but the pice-, ,wc fear, is too hatih and vneoneft, to meet the public eye, Tait, who had been under fcntence of and broke out of Hancock j 'il. Tome . T time ago, has been apprehended in Edgefield diftria S. C. and fafely lodged this week in our jail. Great hopes are entertained in England, of a fpcedy peace with Frande, from the complexion of their prefeat Miruftrjr...they possess moderation, talents, and the confi dence of that nation,..but what fays Bona parte ? that’s the quctUon. Accounts from Madrid stare that Bona parte hid ordered the Spaniards to march an army In'o Portugal—this is probable enough ...the Englilh and Ruffians took their de parture from Naples about the muddle of January—-part of the grand army had alrea. dy arrived in Paris. It has bean resolved in the Bvttifh parlia ment, 2581089, that the remains of the late Wm. Pitt ihould bs interred at the public charge, and a monument cre-lcd to his memory in Weftminftcr Abbey. Bead-Quarters, Georgia, Lwifvtlle, %th April, 1806. THE Commander-“in Chief, wi:h deep regret, has to announce. the death of Majn General JAMES JACKSON, , who commanded the firlt div ifion of militia, aru* was one ct the Senators, Sta.-., in the Congrcfs of the United Stages. This unfortunate intelligence was con veyed to him on the 7th initanr, by a let tfir, da-cd the 19th of l ul month, from the General’s Colleague, the Hen. Abraham Baldwin, in the following words “ Ihe diftrefiing talk, which my letters have so •t long led you to expert, is at length en forced upon me, of announcing to you the death of my beloved and much refpefled “ Colleague General J ACKSON. I have .« been with him all night, and,, doled his ti eves iuft at the dawning of the day. •• lx is now more than twenty years tt f UR - e vve have been, intima’cly aflfociated uin the datict of public life. A pait « the duty .which 1 t-el to be left to me is,, to declare, thatiin flerUng integrity and «« honest devotion to the public good, 1 « have never found his fupetior. Death has bereaved the State of a Gene ral and a Statefrtian, who was no lets yah ant in the field, than eminent in the cabinet. ' JJurin" onr revolutionary war tn t.'e days » es peri?, he exerted his utmuft powers in defence of his country *s rights, and perfor med aas cf bcrcifm—and in her councils both at home and abroad, he advanced and supported theintereft of the State with ttern jnteyrity, undaunted perfeveranoe, per fcicoityof mind and flow of eloquence. So . gftat were his public virtues that, from an-eaily part cf his life, he held the Srft and.molt diflirguifced appointments, both civil-and military, in the gilt of his State. To acted the k)fs Georgia has fnftained by the death of her beloved General and patriotic and able Sutcfman, who yielded ; ,tsp his tail breath from liomc, in the fcrvice -cf his country, and to manifrft me eftirea tion in which his worth and ferviccs arc held by a grateful people, the Commander - in Chief ORDERS, Am. offish in military comreifficn, be -Wing to this Stare, and requellsthe ctd! ~effic«r. thereof, and the citizens in general, . to wear crape round the- left atm, for the apace of fix weeks, to commence on the hr It dav of May next. ’ . , By order of the Camr.andrr m Lbi'f. - J GEO. R. CLAYTON. , Secretary. | W 0 Foi TUB Chronicle—f rtm a Friend. DIED, at the City of Wafcington on th ei,9ili ultimo. Major General Jambs Jackson, a Senator from this state, in the Congrefr of the United States—While I fepl, ielloN.v citizens, a proptnfity to pay a tribute of refpeft to the manca of this Hero, I candidly aver my incompetency to the arduous talk—His high Military fame, his fpkndid talents in the triple > rapacity of Chiti Magiltrftte, Senator and Lawyer, and above all, his feeling integrity in public and private life, demand-eulogiims ftapenor to my pen. —Gen. J.ickfon emigrated from England, his native country, to this state, then a province, at an earlv period of his life. in ti e lute icvolulkni ht was aaong the fir'll that drew a fwo*d, jo defence of America, against «he proud Albion of-the Seas, nor did he {heath ir, till l e saw the haughty tyrant humbled—-iitice this bloody feene, that “ tried the fouls ofmen,” our gallant departed friend, has had a holt of enemies, ot ail dsfcrtptions, to contend with, bur, tike an able General as he was, he not «nty conquered, hot ronfigned thvm to ob livion--jack son to this liare, has been what the famous Washington was to the union— the latter, was the favorite infi-rbwicnr, in the hands of Heaven, that fepe.tated thefts v happy Hares flora the grtfprf an p the former, from his abilities and afliduity, has added to his country what would' be cafled in Emvpe a Kingdom, or Principality, by overturning a contract with a set of men, who had nor the public good tor . their object— .by this, I do not mean, to •derraft ft dm the able coin peers that acted with him on the occasion ; but it mud be admitted, that Jackson laid the foundation flnnc-.-He deserves a Man (oleum, and 1 trust that an enlightened and liberal Legrflature, wiih an able Executive Magistrate, at its head, will do jutticc to the moll amiable of women (his rriitV) anthoffspring. General Jackson from his long publicfervices, aban doned a liberal Sc lucrativ'c profcliioh, w i;it:h to his family, has proved a severe Kiss. Extra SI of a letter front an intelligent orJ refpcSable gentleman at St, Loan, to hit Correspondent bcre t dated the \ 6th L'ebru~ ary 1806. “ We have, little additional information relative to our Wcffern boundaries and coun tries laying in that direfiion from this—l have no doubt in my own mind that captains, Clark and Louis will find their way home by water, if they ever return, altho’ I am ap ■prifed of the difficulties they will have to en counter, from’the time they begin toddeend towards the sea foroutbeft iotormttipn muk:a the di(lance from the stone mountains weft, of the Source of the Mafora and other fri* hli tary ft re?ms of the Mitltfippi, to the fca . iri a diicCt coarse not more than 3 to 400 miles, ctnfequently the defccnt.mult tfc vast, ly abrupt, for upon the ftoney..mountains we have an elevation cf Vast height, and made, by gradual tilings for upwards of zoco much of that ciiftancc very perceptible as will appear by the velocity cl the waters in the Mafora and other river, upon which the 'traveller pastes towards the weft.—The ri vers- weft of that ridge of courfr must be difficult to navigate, paifing ovsr Rocks and immense falls—un lefts they (hould take a fouth. wcftcrn directioa and ftrcach along 'he courfc of the fea-fthore toan iramenfediftancc a bird journey would also find i*s embarraff meots and perhaps infturmoimfable difficul ties—but tbofo 1 hope will also be got over by .our travellers—and upon their return much important information may be expect ed ; in the mean time wcftlall. be preparing to lay before the public more extended in formation c.f the country laying within the boundaries of Louifians, and call of that great dividing tidge w hich feperates the wa ters falling "into- the Milfiluppt from thole running westerly towards the fea—prfor.s of TeftpcdabiUty and intelligence are upm ’ exploring parties, onmimy Ol thi moftimjOc tant rivers palling' through .he Territory of LouiSana and O/Icrms, and conliderablc in formation has been already obtained. I have seen fume intelligent tradets that have t£a verfed the country from Hadfori’v Bay north of the head waters of the iVliffiffinpi, as they fay, & as fares the Mafora, zoeo mi es above its innaioF. with the former— the .tlelcrip. tion they gave of that of country corrcfponds pretty -much with wh it I have seen of this, from inch infor mation as they f«y they obtained from the natives in these regions ; the country weft of the dividing ridge is very barren, moontan. cons and in fomc places fardy—cxccffive poor for game of every kind. The rich fcttlcments 0! Sanufee irqncftr onablv fall into the country properly called Louilwna, if all the waters falling mm the MiffilSppi are to be included, its distance from this place is not so great as I had for. mcrly considered it. 1 have seen a Spamfti fiddler who informed me that he had travel led from Santafee to the mine a bntor, 60 .0 80 miles from this, in 25 days, through me woods all the way and that he had gone much on* of the direfl roorfe upon the way, to be more in the woodland country, where water is mote'abundant.” Colonel Smith, surveyor of the port of New. York ha* been removed from office, in confequeoce of bis lecret con near on with Miranda— we have not beard of the appoint, tnent of a successor. Aurora. ' A let ter received in this city from Bourdcaux dated the 17 th, February, Gates, that thl Fnrlilh were liberating all American vcffcls. ® [Philadelphia Paper.] HORRID MURDER 1 About 7 o'clock ou Tuefday evening last in Effingham County', John London, efq. * was Ihot off I.is hoife as he was returning home from a neighbors within about a quar ter of a mile of his cwn house. It was im mediately discovered by one of his negroes who was a Small dittance behind him, and who alarmed the neighbors. It appeared on examining his wounds and from every ncccffary evidence chat he had been twice (hot; the contents of one gun lodg ed in his bawds, the other in the bread, 1 the whole amounting to 51 (hot. An in qurft was held over the body and after taking many affidavits on the fobjeff, the jury gave it as their decided opinion, that he was wilfully nmrdcrsd by one Lewis Magahagan, with an accomplice [for it appeased there mnft have been two concerned in she atro cious adl.j M-'igahngan h?.d already concealed himfelf or gone .sway so as not to be found ; a pas ty of men went immediately in pursuit of him but had r.ot found him on Fridry. He was a near neighbor to Mr. London, and the dispute, which it appears has been ihe death of Mr. L. is said to have arisen from nothing more confeqneniial, than the fhoot .,} ipg qf a dog that had been fomewbat trou biefonae to 'Mr. Ldhdofi, and belonged to Maghagan, Mr. London wns about 48 years • ol age. [Georgia Repnhttcan.] The Rev. Mr. Cloud will preach in sj*t. Paul’s Church To-morrow at the ui'ual hours. -.to, a r mr. s^aeaaa Georgia. By his Excellency JOHN MILLF.DGK, Governor and Commander i*t C'hief 0/ the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof. A PROCLAMATION. W HEREAS 1 have received cfficUl information of a mad wilful and cruel murder, having been committed on the night of the ijihoflaff month, near the plantation of Mr. John M'Call, inthe s cooi ty of Effingham, in this date, on the body of John London Esq. Senator for that county. And ‘whereas it hat been rcprefeJited to me, that, from fevers! affidavits, which have been taken, there can remain but lit tle doubt that she aforesaid murder was by one Lewis M Gahagao, who has rrd who is of middle ftaturc, has light eyes, ind hair inclining to he red, i» (rnn'-what freckled in his face and on his haunt, and hat piece cut of one of his ea. 5. ~ r in o'd*r therefore, that the (aid Lewis M‘Gahagao, ttj?,y be brought to exemplary juftiCf, I have thought fit to iflue this rry proolsmntion, offering a reward of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, to any person or per fens, who will appre hend and lodge him io the Jail of cither of the counties of Chatham, Richmond or- Wilkes - and I do charge and requite the Jailors of the respective Jills ahuve menti oned, tint, in the event cf his being placed in the care cf cither ofthem, he will he par ticularly vigi’a-nt and attentive to hit fafe keeping—and Ido hereby also charge and require, all officers, civil and military, be longing to this (fate, to be aiding and assist ing in apprehending and fccuring the (aid Lewis M'Gahsgan, so that he rpay be brought, by dnccoorfc of lav/, to snfwcr to the charge Pledged sgainft him, . Gxvvn under my hand, and the Great, Seal of the said State, at the State- House in Louisvftt*, this 3d day of April, in the year ot otir Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fix, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the thirtieth, JOHN MILLEDGE. By »hc Governor, \ Hor: Maebuh v. Secretary of the State, ' • ■ (TO For Sale, On good terms, A HOUSE TWO Stories high, situated in Bread street and now occupied as a Dry goods & Grocery Store, It is one of the mets advantageously fitna ted in this, place, for bofineft. Poss flion may be gived when required. ALSO. A New Waggon Made to the Northward, inthe . completed order. ■ For particulars apply to the Aprtl it. (* ) The subscribers Take the liberty of informing their Friends and the Public, that they have entered into Copartnerftip, under the firm of VASSER HICK*, and are new receiving at the House, two doors above Cant. S. M. Swyth’s, near the Mailjct, an affsrtment of Dry Goods and Groynes, which they off* for Sale at the most Reduced price*, for Cash or Prodvci. * P JONATHAN VASTER. JAMES R, HICKS. ; April it* (3*l Ten Dollars -Reward. . QTRAYED away fran u Doftor Murray’* Mill** on Butler’* Creek a Black Horse, tiling fix year* old* ’llfTl about sixteen hand* high with a small star and Srip on hi* forehead* and a white ting round the * twiddle of hi* left car; whoever will deliver said horse to Doff or Murray in Augufta* or the fubfcriberat said Mill* (ball receive the above reward. JAMES CHRON. April i a. , (3O A Negro in Jail. Brought to the Jail of Striven county, a negro m a n, named CATOj he ia about 30 year* of^ge—* fait wafer fel low —he fay* he beloog* to Asia Savidge, who live* about to mile* above Aognfta,-- The owner ia requelted to come forward* nay charge* and take him away. Wm. SMITH Jailor. April 12. < *++* ' 1 ~ - - - -i -■ Postponement. On thefirft Tuefday in June next, agreeably to an order of the Honorable Inferior Court of Burke county. Will be Sold at public Auction. At the court-hovife, all the real eflate of Ji-tnca Reid* deceased. Con ft fling of three Trails of Land, Situate io Burke county, on the north ,fid« of Brier creek* cdntiguoo* to, and adjoining ««h other, UuA tbc whole 575 acre** more or lets* bounded wcftwardly by PowelJ'* and* northwardly by Price’** eaftwardly and fcothwardly by Tabb’a and Beall'*. ALSO, One trail, containing 150 acre*, more or lef* formerly said to be Samuel Reid'** adjoining the afore said trail** for the bene fit of the beitt and ci editor*. Condition* made known on the day of sale. ISAIAH CARTER, Adm’r. April ra, (3O 'NOT IC E. WILL BE S OLD . ‘ On the jeth of May at the plantation of IVm . Jones fen . of Columbia county all theperfonal property oj the late Aquiia Jones Dec. AH pttfon* having any claim* agiirft find eftale to render agreeable to law* and all rfcrfon* indebted to the said estate to make immediate payment to ■ WILLIAM JONES, Jun. Ain't. April 1,1. (+) Notice is hereby Given* TH AT an EleAion for Membera to com pofc the City Council es Augufta* for the rnfuing year* will be held 00 the second Monday* being the 14th day of A prtl next, a* follow* r For Diftrift No. I . The EleAkm for two memsiis, to be hcliTat the Oid Court-H>ufe, under the management of Pranci* Volloton, Nicholas Fox, and Archibald Hatcher, or any two of them. For Diftrift No. 2. TheEir&ion for threx members, to be held at Mr. D’Antignac'i Hotel* under the management of John D’Antignac* jame* S. Walker, and Donald M'lver* or any two of them. For Diftrift No. 3. The ElcHion for two uiMßta* to he held at Mr. Longftrcci’*, um.er the manage ment of William Longftreer, Isaac Herbert and Thoma* Barrett* or any two of them. The Managers are requeued to keep the poll open in their refpolhve di ftriflr, from i# o’clock in the morning* to two o’clock in the afternoon, and to make return of the perfon* ete&ed* together with a lift of the voter*, to WILLIAM J. HOBBY, Jntendam , March 29. (**} GEORGIA, Greene County, At a meeting of their honors the Judges 9 the Inferior court of said county • Prise wt —Jams Nfjhit Oliver Porter, Samuel Harper IVilliam Greer, THS Petition of William Mili cane. Rating that he ia now confined in the custody of a Ccnftable of said coun ty j on fondry B*il Warranta issued eut a gainst liim by Jame* Nelbit, and that he 1* unable to pay off or give bail for the fame, and further, that he ia wiling to surrender up all hi* property for the benefit of hi* creditor*, and further pray* the ben efit of the infolveat law ; wherefore it i* ordered by the court that the fourth Sat urday in April next be set aprt lor , the said William Milicanf, to make hia appearance before the said Jufticv*, and (hen and there have an equity had a* to hia Infol veney, and that thru to be pobUfhed in one of the Gazette* of this Bate for sixty day* prevjau* to ihu laid fourth Saturday in A prilnext. A true copy Taken fern wit nntes» HENRY CARLRTON. joo’» For THOMAS CARLS TON, Ctf • Jan* *5. (*•*•)