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General Vives repealed, in the course of 1
(ht« evening, the same tiling to Mr. Pnsquier
with whom I had afterwards n short .conver
sation o. . the subject. He seemed extremely
astonished that the Spanish government
should have adopted that course rather than
to authorise their Minister to exchange at
pneo the ratifications. Since, however, the
measure they proposed coincided with the
views of the President, ns stuted in his mes
sage, and would at all events prevent a rup
ture, wc both agreed that no time should lie
hist in communicating to you ticucral Vivos’
declarations.
I have the honor to he, fcr.
ALBERT GALLATIN.
F.xtrort of a letter from Mr. Hush to 1,'ir Secretary
of State, dated London, February 15,1820.
“ General Vives, despatched by the King
of Spain on a mission to the United States,
is now here, on his transit to our country.—
I have not hi • n aide to command the op
portunity of an interview with him. -It may
be more asceptable to the government to
hear what Lord Castlereagli told me, who
has seen him. This was, that he did not
fail to say to him every thing of a healing
nature as between the United States and
Spain. His Lordship added, that lie still
looked to an accommodation of all the dif
ferences with the same wishes as formerly.
General Vives, it seems, mentioned to him,
t hat lie was not without a hope of producing
a conviction, on his arrival at Washington,
that, a3 respects the grants of land about
which surli difficulties fmd arisen under the
treaty, Mr. Ontahad gone too far in his ad
missions ; further than farts would he found
to warrant. I replied, that my government
would listen to what he had to advance on
this topic. His Lordship said no more.—
The General embarks from Liverpool, for
New-York, on the first of next month. He
will probably be in the ship that takes home
this despatch.”
of reformation v im a calmness which bo-
comes a people.determined to be free. Let
ters from Cadiz confirm tin* previous accounts
of tho tranquility of that city. The govern
ment is occupied in forming a corps ofdO.ftOl)
men, to support the new constitution of the
nation, and tv art against those who mn\
disturb the public peace. The prefects, sub
prefects, and municipalities arc organized
and co-operate with the go\ ernmont in main
taining tranquility.
Maputo, March qj.
Yesterday we laid a double Icte. at the
court, to celebrate, at the same time, tbs
birth slay nl the Queen, and the anniversary
of the publication •n’tlie Constitution.
'J lie Junta have required the dismissal of
all who were of the 70 who petitioned lor the
overthrow of the Cortes.
All tlie political chiefs (prefects) nominated
by the Cortes, are restored to their offices.
The Secretariat of the Cortes is also re
established. Its offices, seals, papers, and
the original of the Constitution, have been
restored to it. All tile Clerks arc restored
to their posts.
Madrid is inundated with pamphlets, ga
zettes, and handbills, which arc showered on
the people from every quarter,
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Tuesday, May 30.
LATE FROM FRANCE.
new-york May 15.
Ily the Maria Theresa, at this port, and
the arrivals at Boston, Bordeaux papers to
the 4th, and Paris to the 1st of April arc re
ceived.
The law to suspend the exercise of the
liberty of thepress was passed by the French
Chamber of Deputies, March 30—for it 130,
against it 109.
The students of Medicine at Pnris have
presented an address of thanks to the 150
Deputies who voted against the law abridg
ing individual liberty. Other addresses of
the same nature were preparing at Paris.
Paris, March 27.
The Danish Press cannot treat of poli
tics, nor give news, without special nermis-
sion. In Belgium many editors have beenar-
rested. It appears that from the Baltic to
the Pyrenees there is a “ holy alliance” a-
gainst the Press.
March 28.
Yesterday and this day the commission of
the Chamber of Peers lias continued to ex
amine Lcuvel the assassin.
We have communicated to us the minute
of a decree dictated by the Holy office,
which was intended to rivet the chains that
the people of Spain have just broken. They
assure us it was ready to be executed.—
This decree consisted of It articles, princi
pally directed to keeping out of the country
books that were disliked by those who is
sued the decree, and farther to restrain the
domestic press.
March 20.
There is a report in circulation that a dis
position to revolt has been manifested among
the troops in Prussia. Notwithstanding the
extreme watchfulness of the government,
the Spanish news is knowm to every one.—
Prussia has not forgotten that a constitution
was promised her as a reward for her efforts
In favor of national independence. The con
stitution, announced in danger, refused after
victory, is the object of all wishes. We are
assured that some superior officers, sincere
friends to the King, have recalled the pro
mises made to the people, and have insisted
on the necessity of fulfilling them, These
officers it is added, have been broken, and
the troops have loudly called for them to be
reinstated. We are ignorant of the conse
quence of this affair.
A daily paper announces as a report, that
un explosion, like to that of Spain, seems to
threaten the kingdom of Italy. The move
ment began at Bologne, and the example
Was soon followed at Milan. A unanimous
determination was manifested for the inde
pendence of the country. The Revolution
ists demand filr their King the Arch Duke
Reynicr, with a constitutional government.
March 30.
They say that a courier has brought to the
Austrian embassy despatches which confirm
the report, which we have already given,
concerning the kingdom of Italy.
A letter from Bordeaux, of the 4th ult.
states, that “ troops are on their march to
Bayotme; probably a storm is gathering
which may hurst on Spain. The Holy Al
liance will perhaps assist Ferdinand. If they
do, farewell to the tranquility of Europe for
# long season. A postscript to the above
says, “ Italy is in a state nearly like that of
Spain previous to tlie establishment of the
Cortes.”
“ The two late laws passed for the restric
tion of the press, and against personal liber
ty, are extremely unpopular."
From the continuation of the discussion
Of the law against the liberty of the press, it
*’ probable it will he completed and promul
gated on tin; “ dark day.”
It is said Mina has intercepted a corres
pondence from Madrid, of the highest ini
port,nice ; and he will not communicate it
out to the Cortes.
An ultra journal announces this day, with
a triumphant air, that Alava, Guipuscoa and
Biscay arc nearly in insurrection, to re-es
tablish the throne, and arbitrary power.
It is confirmed that agitation prevails in
Portugal. Tlie Baitish pride, before which
overy one abased himself, excites at this day
a daring indignation. The English are often
publicly braved, and advised to relieve the
vountry from their presence. We are as
sured distinguished persons have already
been designated by an independent party, to
Propose to the Cortes at Madrid a Fcdera-
Bon between the two people of ancient lbere
March 31.—Persons of all classes eagerly
subscribe fur the relief of the victims of ar-
bitrary power. Among the signers are La
bile, La Fayette, Benjamin Constant, and
many other Deputies.
” hat a satire on the ministry ! What a
founded in the Wc.nv.lli of argument or the
veal of party. Upon the character of such
reflections there cun be but one opinion, and
against the desolating tendency of their ut-
lernnre, nil good men, must with one accord,
raise an uplifted arm. There is a peculiar
impiety in the heresy that ought to deliver
ovqr its author to nil future recollection im
pressed with un odium, that no political pe
nitence could obliterate mill no national in
dulgence should forgive. 1 for one am wil
ling that all such treasonable attempts, and
the reward they merit, should live upon a
more imperishable record than a newspaper
paragraph, and while your misdeed is barely
going the rounds of surli a petty chastise
ment, the last best interest of this govern
ment would seem to demniid the aid of a
more efficient tribunal.
Coming fresli from a contest, far from be
ing inglorious, with the literary champions of
England, your opinions are calculated to
have a weight, which on this occasion they
do not deserve, and which on all occasions it
befits tlie common virtue of this country to
nblior and resist. Was it not enough that
the great councils of the nation should have
been torn and distracted hy a heartless and
Was it not enough that
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Ijhaructcristic trait of the system to which
* fimcc is delivered !
Now that the discussion upon the liberty
J” me press is terminated, it is thought that
l*’ Llauscl des Cousevgues will develope his
Uoject of an accusation against the Duke de
tod* S, t cn 6 a 6 e ^i * n the face of all France,
ta . .... .Bordeaux, April 4.
*ne Spanish nation proceeds in tlie work
(t7* The revolution in Spain has produc
ed, on the other nations of Europe, the effect
we had anticipated. In Italy, Prussia and
Portugal, a disposition among the people
to shake off the galling yoke of despo
tism has been recently manifested. The par
ties to the Holy Alliance, (or in other w ords,
the Sovereigns leagued against Liberty) are
not inattentive to what is pp-sing. It is said
they will interfere in the auairs of Spain—
Let them beware of doing so, lest they stir
up another storm not less terrific than that
of the French revolution, w hich deluged all
Europe with blood, and some of it royal
blood. If foreign troops be called on to rein
state in arbitrary power, the perfidious and
pusillanimous Ferdinand, his destruction will
he the first, but the least to be lamented, of
the fearful consequences of such a policy.
The dates from Liverpool arc to tlie ]2th
and from London to the 10th ultimo. Dis
content appears to be the order of the day
in England, Scotland and Ireland. At Glas
gow, Paisley and other places, placards
w ere placed on the walls addressed to tlie
people of Great Britain, calling upon them
to come forw ard immediately and effect by
force a revolution in the government; also
enjoining on tlie manufacturers to abstain
from work after a certain day. Obeying this
requisition, tile weavers and other workmen
quitted their labour, and the streets were co
vered witli crowds of the idle and disconten
ted. Tlie want of efficient leaders and the
intimidation of the military had induced ma
ny of them to return to their work. On the
Cth of April a body of volunteers, conduct
ing some prisoners through Greenock, were
attacked by the populace, and a smart skir
mish ensued, in which 20 of tlie latter w ere
killed and wounded. The mob broke open
the prison and Bet at liberty all who were
confined for sedition, but no others. Ac
counts from Madrid were to the 28th of
March ; the 9th of July is the day fixed for
the convocation of the Cories. A private
letter says, “ Terror is general—Devolution
or Death is the order of the day. Vie are
not without fears for the lives of the most
august personages.” None of the foreign
Ministers at Madrid, with the exception of
our minister Mr. Forsyth, bad congratulated
the King on his acceptance of the Constitu
tion. They wait for instructions from tiieir
Courts.
Qj/* While bathing on Sunday evening in
the Oconee river, Mr. James Nf.vins,
young man who had lately come to this place
from New-York, to superintend tlie Book-
Bindery of Messrs. Ginn Curtis, was un
fortunately drowned. The untimely fate of
this industrious and respectable stranger,
who promised to be a useful citizen, is deep
ly regretted.
0^7* To give the whole correspondence
between the Spanish Minister Vives and our
Secreiary of State in one paper, we have
been compelled to exclude many other arti
ties. In a letter subsequent to this corres
pondence, the Minister of Spain denies posi
tively his having intimated to Mr. Gallatin,
as stated by that gentleman, that he was au
thorized, in the event of satisfactory expla
nations from our government on certain
points, to deliver the Floridas as a pledge
for the ratification of the treuty.
FOR THE SOUTHEltS RECORDER.
To Robert Walsh, Jun'r, Esq.
You have the credit of being the first Amc
rican who has ever looked upon the sc.pera
tion of these States with a fixed and imwa
vering purpose, and if you are not the last
you may be fairly considered as at large up
on tlie lenity of public justice, and li ving upon
the. bounty of a nation’s forbearance. I n view
of the communion of peace arid happiness
which this country was enjoying, and in re
membrance of the fellowship of trial and
suffering it had endured, to contemplate its
disunion and to give to that contemplation a
regular process of deliberation, required an
induration of feeling, and a cool calculating
contempt of consequences, of which I will
risk a hope you are tlie exclusive and unen
vied •possessor. Your speculations are not
.only "pen and wary, but are cxultmgly re
peated, and equally contemn an excuse,
Must they again
an unsatisfied avarice ? Is this un-
irk not finished P Is Missouri to be.
up as a holocaust, by a new and hy-
il philosophy, for the sin of the “ In
stitution” of slavery ? Will nothing
t the overwrought charity of your
Priests and the solemn but sudden philan
thropy of your Patriots ? By your account
it would seem that mulling would, for you
have denounced the devoted people of Mis
souri and declared they may yet be rejected
from the Union, and as Liras your influence
and exertions can attain that result, presiding
over wliut you doubtless consider the first
paper of the Union, and coming down with
the full force of your name, you have entered
into the conflict under no expectation of a
repulse.
It is true you arc a person of superior li
terary acquirements, but it is equally true
there is no ora. more sensible ofthe fart than
yourself, and in you there is offered a singu
lar instance that neither prudence nor mode
ration are necessary to tiieir support. Do
not however imagine that berause you are
the. defender of American literature, and that
because there is such an overweening herald
ry in the title, and such a proud defiance in
the s
stvle of your paper, that you alone hold
and dispense all the disposable learning of
the nation; some ungleaned remnant may yet
be left upon the extended domain of know
ledge, at least enough to convict you of that
want of principle and consistency, common
to every toot of party, or self-sufficient hire
ling of a faction.
You have on a former occasion quoted an
old maxim “retorquere non est respondere,”
which I mean to make applicable, if I can,
to my present undertaking, to shew, if your
own evidence can be relied on, that your
mind, on two subjects at least, has submitted
to a regression from former opinions, and
which, either to justify or support, will re
quire something stronger than the prurient
intrigues ofDc Witt Clinton, or the hollow
professions tif Rufus King.
In your ‘ Appeal.’ a work beyond which
there is nothing which could have added to
your fame, but which will now he read with
the mingled sentiments of admiration and
contempt, you have, among other tilings,
mainly labored to prove bow illusory were
the speculations of England with reference to
the instability of our Union, and how unjust
were her strictures on the character of our
slavery—1 propose to lay before the public,
some of your views on those two points, and,
ns it is your favorite mode of arguing, to do
it in your own language, which, without us
ing an unmeaning compliment, in well suited
to the dress and expression of any opinion
where modesty k, sincerity is neither sought
nor expected.
At the close of the revolutionary war, not
withstanding the English had suffered much
in men and money, and greatly more in pride
and character, yet “ finding the trade with
America retained and even likely to be in
definitely enlarged” they yielded to the most
open demonstrations of joy that the struggle
was over—But say you “ it is much more
certain that with multitudes of all classes, the
dismemberment of the empire left an ulcera
tion, ‘ a galling wakefulness’ w liich found re
lief only in the most extravagant and malig
nant hopes ; and that the experience of the
war was lost upon the majority of the nation,
in regard to the character and destinies of
the colonies. On the conclusion of peace, it
was confidently announced and believed, that
tile confcdcracy of the S:,jti s w ouid quickly
be dissolved, .hat the fore.es of Great Britain
remaining a none them, might be called in to
quell the disorders, which the seperation
from the mother country must produce; that
a seconJ revolution would happen, and re
store them penitent and submissive to her
dominion. Such w ere tlie topics of conso
lation administered hy writers of authority,
and greedily swallowed by men in office
Lord Sheffield embodied them in a pamph
let soon after the ratification of tlie definitive
treaty and took, by general consent, the sta
tion of oracle, which he ought never to lose
so marvelously have events confirmed all his
opinions.”
The most prominent methods of testifying
opposition or contempt towards an opinion
is by direct open contradiction, or by bitter
sarcastic ridicule, ami when one or tlie other
is employed for such purpose, it settles the
complexion of tlie opposing assertions, from
which a change is perfectly inadmissable
upon any other ground than an honest con
viction of error. In the first part of the a
hove quotation, you have roundly treated the
idea of a dissolution of this confederacy as
being founded in the most “extravagant and
malignant hopes." And in the latter you
have, indulged in a keen pleasantry of irony
against the “ oracles” of Lord Sheffield,
which at least ought to have secured you from
all future attempts to realize his lordship’s
predictions—If he had known as much of the
pliancy of your sentiments as tlie present ge
neration, he might have entertained strong
hopes of relief from your satire, but in his
day, bad as it was, there was nothing known
in the science of human duplicity that could
have enabled him to calculate upon you as
proselyte. But you add further “ the rei;
of Lord Sheffield's sapient opinions was na
turuliy prolonged in Great Britain, by the
comparative insignificance of the military
and naval establishments of the United Stales
under the federal administration; their total
disarray after its overthrow ; the simplicity
of their institutions, and tlie vehement alter
cations of the parties into whirl) they wero
thrown. It beef.itie anew, a common belief
and loud hope with the ministerial politicians,
tlint America might yet be regained hy arms
or by arts; and even those of the opposition
settled down in a contemptuous commisera
tion of her weakness and sinister destinies.
The rencontre of the Chesapeake and Leop
ard nmde it quite certain, for all parties, that
tlie Americans were rewards ; that the Irish
had fought tiieir battles in the revolution ;
mid that there was only food for merriment
or pity in the. idea ofthrir meeting, at sea,
British skill and valour. The Edinburgh
Beview told confidently of 1 the feeble and
shadowy texture of tin - federal government’
had * little hopes of a system of polity
liich, in nn advancing society, tillered no
prizes to talents and no distinctions to wealth,’
and foresaw that ‘the slender tie, which held
the United States together would hurst at
once in the tumult of war.”
It must lie. a subject of great surprise to
the friends ofLord Sheffield, and )M-rimps of
gratification if it came from a source that
could he depended on, to find that his sapi
ent opinions, after passing from the country
of their origin, arc obtaining a currency in
the very one, where they ought most to he
detested, and that too through the agency of
a person w hose whole artillery of wit had
been aimed at their overthrow : But as great
as is either their surprise or gratification, it
bears no proportion to the exultation of feel
ing that doubtless they experience, from the
conversion of this second Saul of Tarsus, to
the faith and belief of opinions he had so
long and so contemptuously persecuted; and
although this change may be neither sincere
nor lasting, as it has boen effected at the e.x-
pence of his political honesty, and without
a motive connected with truth or duty, yet
as his unalterable confessions, they must for
ever silence the clamour of Ins strictures, and
while they confer on the object of his detrac
tion a triumph over his candor, they will c-
qtially serve to commemorate a very unpro
fitable folly.
But as ridiculous as were the speculations
of Lord Sheffield, they had infinitely greater
claims to sense and respect than those of Air.
Walsh ; the latter is not a foreigner, he has
not written at tlie close of the revolution, and
under the torture of keen disappointment, he
lias not written when the “comparative in
significance” ofthe army and navy of the U-
nited States remains to lie redeemed, lie hns
not written when tlie “ simplicity of our in
stitution*,” lias, on that account, wanted ci
ther strength or respect, nor haa he w ritten
when the “ vehement altercations of parties”
has either been unusual or seditious. Far o-
llierwise, he lias “ embodied” and submitted
his reflections, when “ ministerial politicians”
havejiarted with tlie delusive hope of gaining
America by “ arms or arts” after a well tried
experiment of the use of both, as our gallant
armies in tlie first case, nnd your party in the
’list, can fully testify, an experiment which
he
they will not soon he anxious to repeat, un-
as a “ society with a uniform face" would
be more favorable to its success. When A-
meriean cowardice 1ms ceased to gratify the
pride of the land of our origin, ami when
American prowess, “at sea,” has neither been
food for merriment or pity to British skill
or valour.” To an ingenuous mind no wider
field of indignant, contemplation can be pre
sented than barely to assert that Lord Shef
field was an Englishman and Mr. Walsh is
an American.
But before I dismiss my remarks upon this
last quotation, I would enquire of you how
you intend hereafter to meet the Edinburgh
Review? Will you candidly acknowledge,
that so little reward was “ offered to your
talents” that the “ slender tie which held the
United States together” ought to “ bui - 3t” a-
snnder? Will you own that the contempt
for tlie “ distinctions due to wealth” will and
ought to overcome the “ feeble and shadowy
texture of the federal government?” You
will have to do this or worse, and if the last
be possible, you have given strong proof:
that it will be neither unsuited to your genius
or inclination. ATTICUS.
Washington, May 11.
After the Message form the President
of the United States to Congress, on the
subject oi'our relations with Spain, there
can he but little doubt but th.it that mat
ter will be suffered by Congress to rest
where it now does ; in the expectation
that the Cortes will do what is just in
relation to us, by causing the treaty to be
atiiied, and the faith ofthe Spanish na
tion to be redeemed from the reproach
which has been east upon it by the refu
sal of its sovereign to ratify the treaty.
An attempt wag made yesterday, to ob
tain an expression ofthe opinion ofthe
House of Representatives in lavor of q
different course ; hut, the previous ques
tion being then called, and the call being
sustained by a majority of the house, the
motion was overruled. There appears,
indeed, no probability that Congress will
ijndcv present circumstances, no urgency
demanding it, authorize the President to
cause to be occupied any part ofthe ter
ritory in the possession of Spain.
[.Vat. Int.]
The proposition moved some time a-
goby Mr. Clay, looking to the expediency
of making an appropriation for an outfit
and salary for such minister or ministers
as it may be deemed proper to send to
any of the Independent Governments of
South America, was yesterday agreed to
in the House of Representatives by a
mall majority. The difference of sen
timent betw een those who supported and
those wiio opposed this resolve, is per
haps not great, being a difference of form
rather than of substance. There is no
member of the House of Kepresenta
fives, probably, who would object to an
appropriation for compensating any Min
ister whom the President with the con
sent ofthe Senate, should think it proper
to send to any independent government
in South America. The real question
was, therefore, whether the appropria
tion should be made prospectively, or
concurrently with the appointment it
self, when the Executive shall think lit
to make it.
One thing is pretty evident, that this
decision of the House is consequent on
the disclosure of the result of the negoci-
ations respecting the treaty with Spaiu,
as indicated in the documents this day
published.
A bill hns passed the House of Repre
sentatives fixing the time for the next
meeting of Congress to take place on the
2nd Monday in November, instead of
the first Monday in December next. Be
sides the Iwgo quantity of unfinished Uu.*
sincss, it is probable that the Manufac
turing Question, and the unsettled state
of our relations with Spain, had n bear
ing on the decision ofthe House of Re
presentatives on this question.
A joint resolve for suspending the op
eration ot the act of this Session for n-
tnending the Revolutionay Pension Law,
has passed the House of Representatives.
The proviso added to the resolve, on the
motion of Mr. Foot, authorises the Pre
sident to suspend the payment of the
pension ofnny pensioner who in his opi
nion, is not entitled to a pension under
the law of the present session, and not
under the original law, as heretofore sta
ted.
In the course ofthe. Debate yesterday,
Mr. Clav (Speaker) avowed his ihten-
tion shortly to retire to the pursuits of
private life.
May 13.—Much business hns been
done in Congress within the two past
days, i
The joint resolve for suspending the
operation ofthe uct to amend the Revo
lutionary Law, has been rejected in the
Scnote. That umendatory act of course
bears immediately on the Pensioners.
This information ought to be generally
diffused, as well as copies of the nmernla-
atory act, and ofthe forms prescribed hy
the War Department for carrying it into
effect. It particularly behoves the friends
of the uniuformed, indigent nnd really
meritorious pensioner, to look to this
matter, and to look to it promptly.
The bill fixing the second Monday in
November for the next meeting of Con
gress hns passed both houses, h requires
only tlie assent of the President to be
come a law.
The same may be said of the bill to
amend the Navigation Act.
The bill for a loan of three millions
having passed the Hones of Representa
tives, is now before the Senate.
The resolve respestingaii appropria
tion for a Minister or Ministers to South
America, which has passed the House of
Representatives, does not, ns the Morn
ing Chronicle appears to suppose, re
quire the assent of the Senate. It is an
abstract expression of the opinion of the
House of Representatives ; and it is pre
sumed is not intended to be made the
foundation of any legislative act.
Just before the hour of meeting last
evening, nn incident took place in the
chamber of Representatives, worthy of
note, from its not having been fatal in its
consequence. The chain by which was
suspended the massive brass chandelier
hanging in the centre ofthe Hall, gave
way, as one of the attendants on the
House was lighting the lamps, nnd fell
with o force proportioned to its great
weight. The servant was thrown some
distance from the ludder, and escaped
unhurt ; and although the members
were gathering fast in the Hall, and the
fragments of tlie chandelier covered a
considerable space, it happened the seats
immediately within its reach were not
occupied, and no member was seriously
hurt. A more providential escape can
scarcely be imagined ; the weight ofthe
chandelier being several hundred lbs.
May 16.
The First Session of the Sixteenth
Congress was terminated, about 4 o’clock
yesterday afternoon, by the adjournment
of the two Houses sine die.
The session closed in perfect harmo
ny. The President attended at the Ca
pitol to receive and sign the bills ; and
tlie Heads of Departments were also
there during great part of the day. No
session of congress, that has passed under
our observation, has been marked by
more, deliberation nnd coolness in its
closing scene....Nat. Int.
MARKIED,
On Wednesday evening 17th fast. at Marion,
Twigg* county, hy tlie Rev. Mr. Fiilghain, G. C.
.Moffett, Esq. attorney at Inw of Hint place, to
Miss Agwkss F^kmihu, daughter ofthe late Jas
Fleming of Columbia countv.
O’ Tlie Funeral Sermon of the late Mr. 3a.
mill H. Wood, will lie preached nt the Hsiplist
.Viecting-Hoiise in this place on next Sunday,
hv the Itev, Edmund Shackleford. May 30
GENERAL ORDERS.
Head-Quarters, Georgia, )
Milledgeville, May 26th, 1820. j
A T the Brigade Court-Martial held at Dublin,
12th May 1819, of which Licot. Col. Eli
jah Blackshkak of the 39lh regiment Georgia
Militia wus president; was tried Captain Jacob
Robinson of the Laurens troop ot Light Dra
goon*, on the following charges:
“ Making out and returning to the Executive
a false puy roll," uml of
“ Dngentlenianly and unofficerlike conduct
To which charges the prisoner pleaded “ nut
guilty.” »
The Court after mature felibeution on the
evidence adduced, find theArisoikr Capt. Ja
cob Robinson guilty olWic nk^fiiurgc exbibi
ted against him," fur uinkinJtBnT and returning
to the Executive u false p|yyoll, and sentenced
him to be cashiered. *
The proceeiUBRyjiAJtiikcn up by the Exe
culive, it is caf!siiW\lJlnit the accused, Capt.
Jacob Robinson, ohlillr only have been tried
under the mLitia Iws in force at the time the
offence allcdgtod shonid have been committed,
which was in March & April 1818, wiiicil laws
did not authorize a Brigadier-General to ap
prove the sentence of & court-martial in rases
like the present, hut left them subject to the re
vision Ot the commander in chief; and more
over the charge upon which Capt. Jacob Ro
binson is sentenced to he cashiered, is not sup
ported by ev idence.
Tlie Commundcr In Chief therefore disap
proves the sentence of the Brigade Court Mar
tial, of which Lieut. Col. Elijah Blackshear was
president, for the trial of Capt. Jacob Robinson,
and orders the sentence reversed, and that be
be restored to his command.
By order of the Commander in Chief,
JOHN C. EASTER, Adj. Gan
May 30. lo
jVflNfi mouths after date, appUc&tioi
Ttan\e\ XtfUVMi, Juft,
Has ju»t rbcbiviei> and orrza* fob salt»
ft hhds. New-Orleant Sugar,
10 bbls. Muscovado do.
It) do. Loaf do
do. Ho. Ncvfr-Orledni Molasses,
6 tierces prime Rice,
6 bbls. Jamaica Rum,
15 do. Rutenburg Gin,
2 pipes do. do.
lo bbls. Current Wine,
lt> do. Whfin Grosvilie Wi««v,
10 do. Red do.
ft coils bale Rope,
ft kegs Sr.lt Potre,
10 bundles Wrapping Ptoper,
10 bags Coffee,
ft to.teen Wire Sires,
8000 yds. Homespuns,
3000 wt. Sweed Tire Iron, >
AO pr. gentlemen’s fashionable Boots,
200 do. do. do. Shoes,
A cases do. do. white fcbl’k HaC^
A large nnd general assortment of ladieft
BOOTS and SHOES.
May 29 1<I—<lt
RANAWAY
F ROM the Subscriber in Baldwin coun
ty, the 7th Instant, a negro man named
BRISTOL.
He Is nbnut 30 years old, black complected,
some of his fore-teeth out, of middle stature,
carried with him a large plaid cloak; he was
lately the property of old HWiatn Sapp of
Burke county, who now owns his wife, and
was sold to me by two of his twins John and
Dilson Sapp, tbv 10th of April last, hy their
father’s approbation. Whoever will seenra
the said Negro so that 1 may get him shaQ
be sati.-factorily rewarded.
JESSE MORAN.
Mayjlffi 18—1*
Cast Steel fixes for Sale.
S HE subscriber has on hand a quantity oP
dp AST STEEL AXES, and will warrant
to for which lie will take Lucas’s money.
L. It. LEWIS.
Milledgeville, May 27 1«—2t
FOR SALE,
A LOT of LAND. No. 119, lying In the first
district, of Wilkinson county, containing
202 1-2 acre?, (drawn by Samuel I. Catlett)
hounded N. E. by lot No. 126, N W. by lot,
No. !20, S. W. by Lot No. St, nnd S. E. by lot
No. 118. Also, a valuable plantation in Jones
county, containing 303 3-4 acres—12 or fifteen
likely Negroes may be had with the plantation.
ROBERT R RUFFIN.
Jones county, nrnr Clinton, May 24. 16—3
Sheriff's Sale,
W LL be sold on the first Tuesday in July
next, between the usual hfiiirs of sale, irt
the court-house in the town of Dublin, LourcnS
county, the'foltowing property, te »it:
282 acres of land, well improved, lying oa
the waters of Big creek, adjoining Hightower
and Turner Mason ; taken as the property of
Henry Culpepper, lo satisfy an execution in fa
vour of tlie State of Georgia against Alfred
Thompson, tax-collector of Lnureus county for
the year 1818, and Henry Culpepper, Jacob
Farmer and Charles Fowel, his securities; also,
2U2 1-2 acres of land in the twenty-second
district W ilkinson now Laurens couuty, num
ber 284, on the waters of Rocky creek ; also
one lot of land 202 1-2 acres adjoining the a.
bove tract, taken as the properly of Charles
Powel, to satisfy the above execution.
13 head of cattle, taken as the property of
James Beaty, to satisfy executions in favor of
William H. Parrlmore, and others.
One lot of land, No. 180, in the second dis
trict of Wilkinson now I.nurens county, taken
its thu property of Samuel Pauncy, to satisfy
cxrcutioun in favor of tho administrators of It
Brntwel, deceased—levied on hy constable and
returned to me.
One half of tot of land No. 272, in the second
district of Wilkinson now Laurens county, con
taining Sol 1-4 acres, taken as the property of
William M. Price, to satisfy three executions in
favor of Gerard Burch vs. said Price and Elisha
WRtson—levied on hy a constable and returned
to me.
101 1-4 acres ofland, it being one half of lot
No. 272, in the second district of Wilkinson now
Laurens county, taken as the property of Wm.
M. Price, to satisfy two executions in favor of
Adam Hunter, for the use of Gerard Burch, a-
gninst said Price, Elisha Watson anil Redick
Watson—levied on by a constable and returned
to
One lot of land, No. 110, in the 18th district
Wilkinson now Laurens county, taken bs tbo
property of Isaac Bayett: also, lot No. 102, and
part of lot 109, in said diatriet, all taken as tha
property of said Bayett, to satisfy sundry execu
tions in favor of the administrators of George
Dykes—levied on hy a constable and returned
to me. Conditions cash.
CHARLES S. GUYTON, Sh’ff.
Mny 18th, 1820.
I Do furwnrn all persons from trading for eight
notes of hand given by me to Enoch Roe, or
beftrer, for five hundred weight of seed cotton,
or twenty-one dollars and 75 cents each—on
demand the first day of January last, as I have
paid them, and nm determined not to do it a-
gain. They arc now in the hands of G. li.
Chain s. W ILLIS WOOD, Jun'r.
Dublin, May 15 lt»
THE SUBSCRIBE
H AS just received on cQnsignment, 50 bar
rels fine FLOUR, one door north of Messrs
Goodall Si W ashb'iru.
May 38, M, HOPPER.
NOTICE.
T HF. Justices of the Inferior court together
with the Sheriff, Sic. will convene at the
court-house in the town of Milledgeville, on tho
first Monday in June next, for the purpose of se
lecting fit and proper persons to se/ve as Grand
and Petit Jurors, ugrceuhiy to an apt ofthe Ge
neral Assembly, passed the 7th day of Deceal-
ber, 1605. TI10 3 H. KENAN, CPk.
Mny 27 ^ | t
G EORGIA, Baldwin county.
Thomas Smith of captain M'Crary’ndiA
trlct, tolled before Amos Young, Esq. % Sorrel
Horn four feet ten inches high, supposed to he
eleven years old, a large blase i„ ins face, the
right fore foot white, with a v. hite streak up the
back part of his leg, the left foot white, with •
small white spot above his ham, some sadd'n
spots on his back—appraised to forty-five do*
lute, April 8th, 182Q.
William Senteil of ceptaju Stephens'district,
tolled before Charles Smith, Esq. a bright Sorrel
Horse, with a blase in his face, some saddle
s|iols, and marked with geer, switch tail, about
fourteen aud a half hands high, seven or eight
years old—appraised to eighty dollars, 20th Ar
pril, 1820.
Sarah Harris of captain Stephens’ district,
tolled before Charles Smith, Esq. a large Bay
Mare, very heavy with foal, one hind foot white,
about fifteen hands high, nine or ten years old-
appraised to one hundred and ten dollars, 28tk
April, 1820.
Richard Terry of captain M’Cmry's district,
lolled before Amos Young, Esq. a Sorrel Mare,
five years old, four feel high, and some sadrits
1820—appraised to thirty-five dollars, April 5th,
William M’Gebee of captain Dozier's district,
tolled before James P. Dozier, Esq. a Sorrel
Afore, about ten year* old, a star in her forehead,
blaze taco, both hind feet white, four feet high,
with a blemish in the right eye—appraised to
fifty-five dollars.
George W. Gwens of captain M’Crary’s disk,
tolled betore William Griggs, Esq. a large ches-
uut Sorrel Hone, with a small star in hif fore
head, and a few white hairs about the root ot
his tail, supposed to be fifteen years old, five
feet two inches high"—appraised to sixty-five
.dollars. TH08 H, KUNAN.Cl'k.
I May 27 1«—