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COMMUNICATION of his Excellency the Gdvemor
to the Legislature at their last Selfion.
fellow Citizens of the Senate, and of the lloufe of
ReprefentatiVeSy
THE objefts which have rendered it necessary to con
vene you at this period are not only highly important, but
jndifpenfable, in as much as they require Legislative deli
beration at an earlier time than is appointed for your or
dinary annual convention.
The firft, and which is of the moft magnitude, is, that
of a compromise of differences between the State and Ge
neral Government in relation to our Western Territory,
which at length has been happily effefted, and articles of
agreement and ceflion duly executed by the Commiflioners
0 f this state and those of the United States.
Upon this great event, opening wide the avenues of
increasing wealth and prosperity to the state, promising
futui-e tranquillity to our frontier, and establishing, by
the removal of all interfering obstacles, a permanent basts
0 f confidence and good understanding between the United
States Government and that of Georgia, I moft ftncerely
felicitate you, gentlemen, and our fellow citizens through
out the state. *
I have direfted to be laid before you the articles of a
vreement and ceflion, and the letter of our Commiflioners
which accompanied the official copy of that instrument; in
the examination of the firft article of which you will find a
different boundary delineated to that prescribed in the aft
veiling our Commiflioners with the power of ceding to the
United States part of the Western Territory of this state.
It therefore becomes necessary that the fame fhojdd be ra
tified by the Legislature, and for that purpose fix months
have been allowed from the date of the execution of the
instrument.
It is but a justice due to the Commiflioners df this state
to here remark, that, from their frequent communications
to the Executive during, the pending of the negotiation,
their afliduity and attention iu accomplilhing this desirable
measure appears to have been unwearied. And I should
be also wanting in candor and justice, wete I not to ex
press my belief of the readiness on the part of the Com
jniffioners of the General Government to comply with the
diftates of justice and right, amidst the conflicting occur
rences which naturally arose to retard the completion of
the inftrumeqt.
The second point of importance, which claims your atten
tion, is the appointment of an Agent or Agents to attend the
treaty dire died to be held with the Creek Nation of Indi
ans, for the purposes mentioned in the articles of agree
ment and ceftion relative to the Tallaflee county, the lands
est out by the line drawn with the Creaks in the year
1798, and the lands within the Forks of the Oconee and
Dakmulgee Rivers, to whom inftruftions may very p'roper
y be given on the fubjeft of the restoration of, or indem
nity for, property plundered of the citizens of Georgia by
the Creeks, as ftipUlated in the treaty of Coleraine.
The obstacles which have hitherto prevented the appoint
ment of Commiflioners by this state, as therein expressed,
)eing removed by the conditions contained in the articles
of agreement and ceflion, if confirmed by the Legislature
at the preient session, will no doubt be coilclufive;
The Indians having already aflembled at Fort Wilkin
son, and much impatience observable on their part, it will
be necessary the Agents fliould be on the spot as fopn as
poflible;
The State of Georgia is much indebted to the friendly
exertions of the United States Commiflioners appointed to
hold the treaty with the Creeks for their unremitted efforts
&nd success in detaining them at Fort Wilkinson to this .
moment, and from whom I have received every assurance
of a sincere delire to promote the objects contemplated.
I deemed it essentially necessary to fend an Agent to the
treaty to colleft such information as might be uleful to lay
before you at the present time, and for that purpose emi
powered Gol* Samuel Hammond, who readily assented and
repair I to the spot. My inftruftions to him, and the in*
formation he has collected, you will find in the letters
marked No. 2.
The third point which requires your attention is, the
palling of a law authorizing the eleftion of four Reprefen-;
tatives from this State in the Congress of the United States,
at the next general eleftion in October, to reprelent the
State from the 4th day of March next, in conformity with
an act of the United States, entitled, “ An Aft for
the Apportionment of Representatives among the several
States, according to the second Enumeration.”
The papers marked No. 3 contain several proposed ja
mendments to the Constitution of the United States by
the State of North Carolina, received under cover from
bis Excellency the Governor of that State, which I have
taken the earliest opportunity of laying before the Legitla
ture for their consideration.
The answer of the Prelident of the United States to the
address of the Legislature at their iaft feflion will be found
marked No. 4; it is expressive of those sentiments to be
expefted from the diftinguiftied talents and patriotism of
klie Chief Magistrate of the Union.
B ’id of Executive appointments, marked No. 5, made
B the 9th feftion of the 2d article of the Constitution,
B vacancies which have happened during the recess of
4 igiflature, are submitted for your information.
i hat Divine Goodness may preside over your deliberati-
P B ’! n( l direst you to a right decision on the important
B‘ : ; ’ which is the principal object of your convention, is
P- anient prayer of
ft Your fellow citizen,
I JOSIAH TATTNALL jun.
P- oufc, Louisville, June io, 1802.
■ / : des Harris, Esq. was, on Monday last, elefted
of this city.
County Artillery Company Parade, July the
5 thy 1802.
■ f following were the exerciles of the day: Discharges
• ar? iery, small arms by platoons, with unanimous
■fc-'’ “ A long life to Gen. Jackson, a speedy convic
ti his enemies.”
■ot toasts were drank: \
■ ‘ rs. A speedy restoration of health to Gen. Jack-*
■’ lay the righteous inen be his guard, and cleanse
■ h of all his foes.
Serjeants. A long life to Gen. Jackson, our father
converfion to his enemies.
Corporals* May Gen. Jackson for ever conquer, and
our command exceed that of his enemies.
Goners* May Gen. Jackson’s name for ever be re
membered through artillery well direfted at his foes.
om ardiefs. May Gen. Jackson’s enemies experience
our cartridges with conviction to their hearts.
Fifer and Drummer. May Gem Jackson be surround
ed wrth muiic while his enemies are convicted for oppref
’ ‘ St* Mary's, July 7.
On Saturday the 2 6th ult. the (I,ip Jane a'nd Agnes,
from the yard of Patterson and Young, took possession of
her element, amidst a large concourse of people, who tefti
fied the pleasure and admiration which this new proof of
the fifing genius of-native Americans was well calculated
to inspire.
Notice is hereby given, /: ‘
THAT thie Pnefident and Direftors. of the’ Office of
Difcoimt and Depoflte will proceed, on Friday next,
to eleft the following Officers, viz. one Discount Clerk,
one Porter, and two Watchmen. Applications, direftfcd
to the Prefidfent, are to be sent into Rank previous to that
day. THOMAS MENDENHALL, Calhier;
July 13, 1802.
In COUNCIL.
Savannah, July 12, 1802*
Rejoiced, 1 ‘
HP HAT Council will, on Monday next, the 19th in-
X. ftant, proceed to eleft the following City Officers,
with the salaries and fees hereunto annexed, and that no
tice thereof be given in the Gazettes of this city.
A Recorder, with fees.
A rieafurer, fix hundred dollars per annum , arid fees.
A Clerk of the Council, three; hundred and fifty dollars
per annum, and fees.
A Cierk of the Mayor’s Co.urt, with usual fees.
A Mai dial, three hundred and fifty dollars per annum ,
and fees. 1
A Sheriff, with usual fees.
A Clerk of j-he Market, with usual fees.
A Messenger, one hundred and fifty dollars per annum,
and fees.
A Surveyor, with usual fees.
A Grave Digger and Keeper of the Grave Yard, \vith
usual fees, and a salary of one hundred dollars per aiinum
for keeping the grave yard fclofed, clean, and.jq ggpd order.
Extract frorti the minutes, W
1 homas Pitt, c. c,
Valuable Rice Lands for Sale.
A1 RACT of 500 acres, op the Mortar Swamp, in
the former parish of St. Andrew, bounded at the
time of survey by land vacant.
ANO 1 HER fRAC I, on said ftVarnp, containing'2so
acres, bounded at the time of survey by land of Stephen
Drayton lbutlieafterly,, and- on every other fide by vacant
land. . - .
The plats atid-grants may be seen in the hands of the
fiibfcriber,.by whom the terms of sale will be made known.
> . ‘ DAVID LEION.
§3r* WANTS A SITUATION, either in a
eountinghoufe or store, a young man Who writes a legible
hand, and can be well recommended. Apply to the print
ers; . ... . - July 8, 18S2.
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’ HUNDRED DOL
VJ LARS REWARD. Sto
** len from the fubferiber’s planta
,. tion near Georgetown, on or a
ifflii imiH 7 t b April last, a likely
Bright bay horse, 7
years old, about 15 hands high, trots and canters very
neatly'and of a very gay carriage, branded on the mount
ing buttock LD, walks fall, and has a trick of throwing up
his head often when rode. As well as the fubferiber can
recollect he believes the said horse had a few white hairs
in his forehead, and a light streak on his nose inclining to
one of his noflrils. The above deferibed horse formerly
belonged to the federal troop at or near Augtifta, in Geor
gia. It is probable the said horse may be offered for sale
somewhere to the southward of this in fome of the towns,
or poflibly in the upper country.
The above reward will be paid upon prosecuting the
thief or thieves to conviction, or, should information be
given to the fubferiber, by port or otherwise, so that the
laid horse may be recovered again, a reward of 20 dollars,
with all reasonable charges, will be paid by
Francis 6. De Liesseline..
Georgetown , South Carolina, June 4*
IC7” Any information given to the printers of this ga
zette relative to the said horse will be forwarded with dif*
patch. .
GEORGIA."! By N. Baker, Clerk of the Court of Or
(ls.) dinary for Liberty county, in the state
N. Baker. J aforelaid.
WHEREAS John Lawson, JEfiq.* has applied for
letters of administration on the estate of Stephen
Dickinson, and Jane Mahan, widow and reliCt of said
Dickinson, each of them now deceased, These are there
fore to cite all and singular the kindred and creditors of
said deceased to appear before the Court of Ordinary, at
Riceborongh, on the firft Monday in Augnft next, to /hew
cause, if any they have, why such letters of administration
fliould not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this ift dav of
July, 1802, and in the 26th year of American
Independence.
ICT* Blue wrapping paper for sale at this efface.
In COUNCIL.
I Savannah, Mat 17th, 1802.
N conformity to a Resolution of Council, passed the iff
of February, 1802, the City Surveyor made Return
a Survey of the Wharf Lots, for the purpose of afeer
taining the true Line of Low Water Mark, and all En
croachments thereon, by which survey it is stated that the
following Encroachments exist, to wit:
James Wallace’s wharf, . 2 feet.
William Belcher’s, .. 24
Same, . . . 12
Same, * * . 1
Andrew M‘Credie’s, . 4-*
Archibald Smith’s, . . 15
George Jones’s, . . 5I
William Elunter’a, ♦ . . f
Anciaux’s, . . 2
John Morel’s, . . -t
Edward Harden and others, 3 1
Mrs; Moore’s Estate, . -1
Robert Bolton’s, . .
Joseph Clay’s, . . 4 i
Edward Telfair’s, . . f
N. W. Jones’s, . * y
William Taylor’s, . . u
Barack Gibbons’s, . .
E; Gairdner and Cos. . 15
Henry Putnam’s, ; - . 2
Richatd Wayne’s, . 7
Robert Bolton’s, . . 2 i.
William Wallace’s, ; .
Ambrose Gordon’s, . . i 2
Whereupon Resolved , That the proprietors of the faid
wliarf lots be required to remove the said encroachments
within three months after the publication of this resoluti
on, and that, unless they flra.ll refpedtively remove the
said encroachments before the expiration of that time,
Council will then proceed to cause the said encroachments
to be removed at the expence of the proprietors, in pur
suance of an aft, entitled, “ An aft to prevent encroach
ments on the river Savannah, and to remove such as now
exist in the said river, or elsewhere within the jurifdiftiou
and limits of the city of Savannah,” passed the sth De
cember, 1801.
And it is further Resolved , That prosecution be com
menced against the proprietors of the wharf lots aforefaid
who ftiall negleft or refufe to remove their refpeftive en
croachments, for the penalties imposed by the said aft,
and that they will be proceeded against, by distress and
sale of the property, real and personal, of such defaulters,
for the costs and expences which may be incurred in making
such removals.
And it is Ordered, That these Refolutioils be publish
ed in the Gazettes of this city once a fortnight, for the
space of three months.
Extraft from the minutes,
Thomas Pitt, c. c.
NOTICE*
ALL persons having demands against the Estate of
John Currie, efq. late of Savannah, deceased, are
requested to render them in, properly attested, to mr. A
lexander Currie, at the late residence of the dfcceafed; and
all persons indebted to the said Estate are called on tc>
make immediate payment, that provision may be made
for difeharging the debts and legacies;
Alexander Currie,"J Administrators,
Joseph Miller, S. with the will
” ‘ ■ Andrew M‘Credie, J annexed.
Savdnnah, 10 tb June, 1800.
NOTICE is given, that, after the expiration
of nine months from the date hereof, application
will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Burke
county, for an order thereof to fell two hundred and nine
ty .acres of land, belonging to the Estate of Elam Yar
brough, deceased, in the county of Burke, adjoining lands
of the Estate of John Duhart, Ja. B; Reid, and Thomas
Yarbrough, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of the
said dfcceafed. - . -
James Jones, Attorney for Thomas Yarbrough,
Administrator of Elam Yarbrough.
March 8, 1802*
$0- NOTICE. .
AFTER the expiration of nine months from the date
heieof application will be made, in pursuance of the
aft of the legislature in such case made and provided, to
the honorable the inferior court of Camden county, for
pertniflion to fell forty-five thousand acres of land on the
waters of the Great Satilla, being in grants of one thou
sand acres; also one water lot in the town of St. Mary’s,
in the county of Camden aforefaid; the fame being the
real estate of James Macomb, late of the said county of
Camden, deceased, and will be fold for the benefit of the
heirs or creditors of the said deceased.
W. B. Bulloch, attorney for the administratrix.
Savannah , 20th May , 1802.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ;
THAT an application will be made to the Justices of
the Inferior Court of the County of Chatham, at
the expiration of nine months from the date, for an order
for the sale. of the following two trafts of land, to wit:
All that traft or parcel of land, containing rooo acres,
situate, lying, and being, in the county of Effingham,
butting and bounding northeast by Denmark’s, vacant, and
Rester’s land, and on all other sides by vacant land,
granted to Justus H. Scheuber, deceased, the 20th day
of February, 1795: Also, that otter traft or parcel of
land, containing 1000 acres, in the said county, butting
and bounding east by Lane’s and Ironmonger’s land, north
west by Lane’s and Martin's land, and on the other fide by
vacant land, also granted the 20th of February, 1795, to
the said Justus H. Scheuber, deceased: Being part of the
real estate of the said deceased.
Priscilla Scheuber, executrix.
Balthaser Shaffer, executor.
Savannah , 4 tb May t 1802.