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VOL. III.
Ml LLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1003-
4.:
PUBLISHED WEEKLY",
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On Hancock Street, opposite the Auction Store,
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FROM THE WASHINGTON (oKO.) NEWS.
Mr. Uciku—Among the strangest phe
nomena now-atlays, is your humble servant’s
undertaking to give you the news of the
day. Hut feeling top-heavy from a cere
brum overcharged with recent observation ;
and believing, that, when there is too high
a mental action, like arterial action, it may
be reduced by adopting what the faculty call
the Antiphlogistic system, or in other words,
by letting out the surplus quantity of mat
ter, wa ll, Mr. (illicit, I could not resist the
sweet temptation of writing you mv jour
ney from Augusta. Then, sir, to commence.
At three o’clock, some few mornings ago,
the unwelcome blast of the stage horn
sounded disagreeably wild no my ncoustory
organs ; and with a few hems and haws,
slipping as if mechanically into my cleat Its,
and wrapping myself up in the panoply of
alltick plaid cloak, I mounted that noctur
nal vehicle.—On my entree, I found I was
not the sole passenger—the whip was crack
ed, and oh’ ive went, in person only—for
you must know I left Ihe best part of me in
Augusta—but that’s a different affair from
the present subject. We drove along—all
was still, save now and then when the dri
ver relieved the monotony by some or these
wild and desultory whistles which form
part of his profession—after nodding and
gaping some twenty times, and rubbing the
cobwebs from off my eyes, l found that Ti-
tlionus had taken a parting embrace with
the fair Aurora—“ The morning blushed a
rosy red,”—the air was fresh and reviving—
my companions moved, pushed, and finally
looked out ; and a Colloquy soon commenc
ed:—" II we you seen the last Millerlgeville
paper, sir?” said one to me ; yes, was my
reply—“ War is in the camp, sir,” said he
—“our political elements are opposed to
each other ; the Judiciary and Exectitii c arc
playing Gumming and M’Duflie off—one
shoots and the other dodges—the Govern
or has got a spinal wound from the Manda
mus Pistol of Judge Clayton ; but accord
ing to the last accounts, lie is in a forward
state of convalescence—the Moabites and
Bedlamites are bidding each other defiance.”
Onward we moved : The stranger still com
menting on the recent occurrence ; and we
all digesting it as a precious morceau before
breakfast. At length we reach Columbia
Court-House, well known for good eating
and good drinking ; the usual rendezvous of
the votaries of Bacchus, w here, though lie is
not decorated with the vine, yet the strong
eup of I’each brandy, which aU..i> r—» l. —
ton of the pine forest quaffs off, bespeaks
their devotion to the god of good cheer.
As soon ns the roller napkin had been ap
plied to remove the remains of an ablution,
and I seated myself in the porch, a grey
headed old gentleman, whose peculiarly
tnaiked physiognomy, adcording to T.'ara
ter's rules, indicated no mediocrity of talent,
paid. “ Stranger, w hat’s the news in Augus
ta ?” and whose costume of other days set
elf to advantage by a cue the pendant me
morial of revolutionary times, exhibited tiie
“ tont ensemble,” as the French rail it, of
an old and dignified character, llinugh he
appeared to be possessed of some prejudice
and garrulity, which Physiologists tell us to
lie inseparable from old age. He immedi
ately beset me with interrogatories con
cerning the political feelings of the people of
Augusta : “ Sir,” said he, “ you cannot he
a stranger to the political dissensions which
at present exist in our country ; that pure
and patriotic feeling which once character
ized us as a people, is merged in party fac
tion ; and the wild and ambitions views of
an aristocrat borrow no small portion of
importance from Ihe general interest which
blent them ; the unsullied name of Repub
lican is in fact commuted for the more fa-
' die appellation of Clarkite or Crawfnr-
dite ; anil the contagion has become
tend, that even a lady at a ball has been
known to ascertain the physical power; of L e ' rc produced, some of them from Hie
cani party m the hull room. l»v conntinc . J . . . , , , .• r t \ „ i . 1 ,i „
head?.” “My young friend,” said he, '• This ™ st , distinguished ladies of the land he
is the gangrene of our .tociely—this is the I "hole oi it of sum excellence, that Ihe
gnawing vulture which, like that that fed on best judges found it almost impossible to
Fortunately, the
borough, of famous memory, broke in upon
our view, where we beheld a happy as
semblage of “potent, grave, and reverend
Seigniors,” or to descend from Sltakcspeii-
an and adopt the Georgian phraseology,
“so many squires,” Justices’ court being
then held in this borough of Right. On
our exit from the stage, ive had to encoun
ter all that glare of rude curiosity peculiar
to a country village. I soon was lost in tlie
crowd; and making towards this Areopa
gus, which was held in the open air, proba
bly like, the Athenian court of that name,
least judges and criminela should he under
the same roof, it being contrary to their re
ligious opinion of things—they were then
engaged in determining an assault and bat
tery case ; explained, methodized and ar
gued liv two young Puffeiitlorfs ; when
strange to tell, while the young I’laekstuni-
nn was belabouring them with a Diarrhea of
worth, one of the ccntincls of Justice’s tem
ple sci nit'd to labour under the effects of a
sleeping potion—such as we arc told was
given at the instance of the. Sybill by jR.
pens .when he wished to get rid ol Cerberus,
in his descent lo the Klysian plains to visit
the ghost of his father Anchiscs. Upon en
quiry, I found this faithful minister of Jus
tice had been seduced by the fascinating as
pect of a brandy bottle on that day—oil' he
was borne, even his Ipgs acknowledging the
potent efficacy of good distillation. But yet
justice was not suspended, thanks to the
fructifying properties qf our constitution
which gives us abundant supply of Justices.
Again the contest was renewed between the
'l’cmplars ; and with stentorian efforts each
endeavoured to out-talk the other, while
the objects of their arguments stood oppo
site to each other in menacing attitude and
angry mood ; one holding a rock in his
hand, which, influenced by the current of
his passions, underwent rotatory motions
not unlike those of a mill-stone, while his
pusillanimous opponent evinced no desire
to appeal to the god of battle while his
tongue could espouse its ow n cause, or per
haps he was restrained by his awe of the
court. At length order was restored ; and
the votary of Astrea hiccuped out the opi
nion of the court. Dinner bell rang; and
in come lawyers, justices, constables, crimi
nals and all—and shoal and homminy soon
disappeared-—a truce at length being made
to eating, to the stage once more,—and took
a farewell to Wrightshorough, believing as
I thoughtfully moved along, that if the ge
nius of civilisation ever winged its flight
that way, it was to give it a passing male
diction.—Our colloquial talents recovered
their accustomed vivacity, and chat and an
ecdotes relieved the journey until at length
we reached this city of yours, where I lie-
held a groupe of politicians big with the
affairs of tlie nation, anxiously expecting
our arrival. JOHNSON.
IU nil. EDITORS CF Ml.. „ir. HTHHItOUi
Easton. Mil. jYov. 0, 1822.
The third Exhibition of the Maryland
Agricultural Society, you know, was to
be held on the 7lh and 8th instant, at
Easton, on the Eastern Share of the
Chesapeake. Accident put it in my
power to he present at it, at the same
lime that it gave me an opportunity
which l might otherw ise r.evci have had,
of seeing this part of the country.
Of the Exhibition, I do not know that
I can give you any instructive account.
Cattle Shows are pretty much like all
the world over ; and, when you have
seen one, you cannot expect to see my
thing new at another, unless, indeed you
be a connoisseur in stock, to w hicb mer
it I have no pretensions. As to the
stock, however, I heard it remarked that
the Horses, Mules, Sheep, and Hogs,
were very good, but the Cattle not so
good as might be expected in a country
having such capacity as this for grazing.
The greatest contest far a premium,
and the otic most difficult to decide, was
that for the best Cutter. The house
wifery of the country had been put in
requisition, and twenty-eight samples
I’lotncthcus's liver, checked its growing
energies and forever prostrated its strength.
'\e have had heroes and champions, who
li ne fought and bled, and by Iheir blood
"ashed nut the footseps of foreign pollution,
“1 plncrtl us high in the scale of nations.”
‘'But, alas!” repealed this venerable Ncs-
tor, “ we have degenerated- a rich and an
enlightened people—strange to tell—We
hive become thn dopes of a few intriguing
eliiraftcrs who have ludd the, fee simple of
a large estate iq the fully and credulity id
’ ”jl M ffi'b*:—and now the finger of reproach
; 'iu ridicule is pointed at us by our sister
rto11 a.” 1 listened with profound attention
to the observations of this old gentleman—
ha was peculiarly animated :!z an expression
of self-approbation seemed to linger on his
countenance after lie had done speaking.
Bri iktiist was announced; Si my old Mentor,
and myself took a parting shake of the
h-o: 1. Having satisfied that want which
philosophers say is produced mechanically
hy tl: - attrition of the coals of an empty
stomach on each other, or the operation of
the gastric fluid on its sensitive surface—in
other language, having devoured some so
l'd portions of good shoatand dock and hav
ing swallowed down a few cups of coffee,
to the great expense of our landlady, I fear,
for we swallowed grounds and all, at the
'ranted signal, I re-eritered my travelling
prison. From thence we journeyed along,
tot haying encountered one single memora
ble adventure, which like Don Quixote’s nd-
’’vntuie with the wind mill, might brighten
■nir u-mils on the alphabet of History.—
My jaded companions, now and then, pre-
‘a'lited in gaping attitude, a thevaux de-
”*se of teeth like the speckled kine of Pita-
r °. half white half black, See. or in the di-
h> uinn of their breakfast and ideas, rolled a
'i'tt'l "f pigtail in graceful motion from one
chccl; to the other,’till at length Wrights
make n selection,
names of the fair competitors were not
reveled to the judges previous to their
decision, or the Butler might have been
preferred on other grounds titan its own
merits. The pi ize. to the general satis
faction, 1 believe, fell to an industrious
woman, whose family owes its support
mainly to her management.
There was a part of the Exhibition
with which I was particularly pleased ;
which was the Domestic Manufactures,
including carpeting, rugs, kc. which
were of great beauty and durability.—
Indeed, this branch of industry, really
domestic, is carried to a greater extent
on this shore than I had supposed. I
was at the house of one gentleman, a man
of considerable property, and a good li
ver, who informed me that, for the thir
ty years he has been a housekeeper, he
has never had a blanket, coverlet, sheet,
towel, or table-cloth, which was not of
the manufacture of his own family : and
this, I understand, is by no means un
common. The flocks of sheep nre large
and numerous, many, gentlemen posses
sing flocks of from an hundred up to a
thousand, and even over that number.—
The country seems to be particularly a-
dapted to raising them'.
The arrangements for the Exhibition
were very good, and every attention was
given to them by the committee which
superintended litem. The number of
persons attending the Show was nothing
like so great as 1 have seen at the. Bulti-
because it was composed altogether of
agricultors, (to use your new coinage)
who were really interested in what they
met for. A more respectable looking
body of men, take them all together, I
have seldom or never seen, their ap
pearance indicating a fertile country, anil
industrious habits. Only one thing seems
to rue wanting in the arrangement of
these Shows. A part of the objects of
the Exhibition are those which peculiar
ly belong to the ladies. The products
of their hands ought lo he exhibited se
parately, so that they should have tin op
portunity of comparing notes, and emu
lating each other’s excellence. I’er-
Itnps, indeed, the judges of these articles
ought to be of the sex of the makers of
them : that is a point, however, which!
1 will not take upon myself to decide, j
You may expect me to say something)
°f the features of the country I am in.—
It is a very level country, indented with
hays, and intersected by rivers, which
are salt nearly to their source. It a-
hotinds with the most beautiful scenery,
and is very generally in good cultivation.
I speak, of course, of the country near
and around Easton, having not been
father from it than the princely estate
anti hospitable mansion of Mr. Eloyd,
which lies about twelve miles from (his
place, and which is beyond comparison
more beautiful than any I have ever
seen. There are others in the neigh
borhood, I am told, of less extent, but
in natural beauty and elegant culture
nearly its equal. That I have not seen
them is not the fault of (heir possessors,
who deserve the gifts of Providence for
Hie hospitality and liberality with which,
they use them. The soil being level!
and light, is much easier of cultivation j
than ours, and is, therefore, farmed, in |
general with less labor. For the same
reason, the roads are in general, excel-1
lent, and easy for carriages. Ope or two j
facts will afford a better idea of these pe-j
culiaritics than a volume ot’general re-!
marks. The horses, even for the car- 1
riges, are never (or rarely) shod ; and
in the streets of Easton, on the first day
of the Exhibition, were counted tiro liun
dred and thirty-three gigs from the coun
try. Having mentioned Easton, 1 ought
to add that it is more of a town, & a better
built toivn, than I expected to have seen,
and seems to be a place of a good deal of
business.
re try strong^
to you, at some covenienl season, to do
as I have done. When you are weary
ol the routine of your business, and long
for n few day’s charming recreation, take
a trip across the hay.
.Mammoth Apple.—East week, says the
Trenton Federalist, a gentleman brought
to our office an apple presented to him at
tlie turnpike gate near Holmesburg, Penn,
on the post road from this to Philadelphia.
It weighed, when taken from tlie tree, one
pound and a half, and measured, when
brought to this office, one foot three inches
in circumference. It was raised on the,
place of Jacob Thurlcy, near Hnlmosbtirg.
Extraordinary Production.— In the gar
den of a gentleman in this neighborhood,
there accidentally sprung up, the present
season, a vine from a single pumpkin-seed,
which produced 70 pumpkins, weighing,
collectively, thirteen hundred and seventy
pounds .'—A part of the vines, projecting
from one side of the stem, were cut off be
fore they came to maturity, to prevent their j
encumbering a cucumber bed.— Ohio paper, j
SPECIMEN'S OF ABORIGINAL ART.
Tlte September No. of Silliman's
Journal contains a description of a Rock
found on the Western Shore of the Ri
ver Mississippi, at St. Louis, in which
are the impressions of too human feel.—
They are said so exactly to resemble na
ture, as to render it questionable with
persons who have seen them, whether
thoy were formed by some man standing
in the spot while the rock was very soft,
or were the work of art. However,
the rock is stated to be calcareous, and
eo very hard that it 1ms been but little
worn by the sand and gravel washed o-
vor it duringtho periodical floods. The
National Intelligencer mentions a rock
in the Dislrict ol Columbia, and the Com
piler one in the vicinity ol Richmond, on
both of which something resembling the
impression of human loot on soft earth
can be most distinctly traced. We have
every confidence itt these, statements ;
yet ii’ farther proof were wanting, it could
be readily adduced by referring to evi
dence in our own neighborhood. About
150 yards from the foot of Pocahontas
Bridge, on the. North side of Appomat
tox River, is to he seen it rock, in which
appears a regularly formed Basin, about
8 inches diameter by C inches deep. The
spot in which this curiosity is embed
ded is said traditionally to have belong
ed to the Indian Pi iuces Pocahontas,
and accordingly to this day the rod
hears the name of her Wash-Basin■ Our
decided impression upon inspecting it is,
that it is (lie work of some rude sculptor
among the Aboriginal inhabitants of this
tenitory ; and if our conjecture is not
erroneous, this Rock is certainly one of
the most interesting specimens which
time lias spared of the skill and ingenui
ty of the once powerful and savage tribes
The I*EMTENI'!AR I in atrormt u'ith the STATE OF GEORGIA
1822—Oct, 3J
"l ,uu 1 j a>li on 11 at it I 31 si Oil. 1 b21, as per ttccunnl leiiiicied,
Debts then due, created in 1821, -
Old debts due, 1820, .
Stock on hand in manufactured and raw materials - •
Drafts on the Executive in favor of the Contractor,
1‘ or 2 quarters salary ofnllicers guard,
In favor P. Keeper, for the purpose of building a
Store-house, - -
Due Philip Cook, P. K. for money borrowed by him from the Bank to
pay the 4th quarter’s salary of the officers and guard, and for blan
kets for the convicts, -
Balance in favor of the Institution,
Dr.
127
43 3-4
4,34 G
80G
05 1-4
7,053
01 3-4
4,000
3,841
500
1,997
2S 1-2
2,420
8G
25,022 25 1-4
The PENITENTIARY in account u'ith the STATE OF GEORGIA, Cr.
8,5*8 40 1-2
1822—Oct. 3i
By um’t of debts due in notes and open accounts,
Stock on hand in manufactured articles
Raw,
$5,G7S G2 1-2
4,401 30 3-4
Expenses for clothing Guard and Convicts, -
Incidental charges for hospital stores, wood, candles, stationary, lime j
for whitewashing the building, &c.
Work done in adding additional buildings to the Penitentiary, repair- r
ing St altering Desks for the Senate and Representative Chambers, '
anil for chairs furnished the State, - - _
Tools and implements purchased for the use of the work-shops, inde
pendent ofihose made in the building, -
The 3d quarter’s salary of officers and guard, paid out of the funds of )
the institution, - - . . . r
Balance of old debts created in 1820, not vet collected, -
By balance in favor of the institution, brought down,
10,080 02 1-4
1,594 32 1-2
807 34
1.317 41 1-4
409 87 1-2
1,913 50
391 31 1-4
>5,092 25 1-4
2,420 8G
rillLIP COOK, P. K,
A I ABLE shewing the number of CONVICTS received in the PENITENTIARY from it* com-
me ncenunt, to the first day of November, 1322. Also.. ..the number Pardoned, served out their sen
tences, deceased and escaped, and their respective occupations, and places cf‘nativity
1. he number of Convicts received, discharged, pardoned,
escaped and died to lit November, 1822.
Year 1817, Received 1G,
ISIS, do-
1819,
do.
24,
53,
1620, do.
1S21,
182J
do.
do.
30,
207
Pardoned
Escaped
Died
Pardoned
J nkapea
Died
Pardoned 3.
Discharged 10.
Escaped 4.
Died 1.
Pardoned 12.
Discharged 13-
Died 1 •
Escaped 3.
Pardoned 11.
Discharged 9.
Died G.
Escaped 2.
Pardoned 10.
Discharged 14.
Died 2.
Escaped 4.
117
The number of Convicts in the Penitentiary, on the 1st
A ovember, 1822, and their occupations.
6 Taylors,
14 Boot and Shoe-Makers,
2 Shoe Cutters and Binders,
3 Saddle and Harness Makers,
i A CiartvslfinYis "atm ouiners,
4 Sawyers,
19 Wagon Makers and Shop joiners,
1 Cabinet Maker,
2 Carriage Makers and Trimmers,
4 Turners and Spinning-wheel Makers,
2 Windsor Chair Makers,
3 Painters,
4 Rough Choppers,
2 House Cleaners and Washers,
2 Cooks,
1 Hospital attendant,
1 Invalid,
1 Exempt from labor.
90 Remains in Penitentiary, 1st November, 1822.
Georgia.
South Carolina,
North Carolina.
Virginia.
Ncw-Y ork.
Pennsylvania,
Maryland.
Their places of Nativity.
5 New-Jersoy.
1 Rhode Island.
3 Connecticut.
4 Massachusetts.
3 Canadas.
2 Tennessee.
1 New-Iiat.ipshire.
PenitIentiajiy, Georgia, Jilillcdgcville, 31 st October 1822.
IS Ireland and Scotland.
4 England.
2 West-Indies and at Sea.
] Holland.
3 Spain.
1 France.
1 New-Orlcans.
pm LIT LOOK, P. Iv.
Huntsville Land Office.—My the obliging
attention of the Register nfthe Land Office
in this village, ive are enabled to present the
public, with the annexed abstract of the op
erations of this office under the relict law of
March, 1821.
This abstract includes only the transac
tions of the months of August and Sept.
1(121. We learn from the Register that the
new certificates are made out and "ill lie
ready for delivery in the course of this
week. [.Vitl. lilt.]
Total qtiniitly of land contain
ed in the Eirreudcred certifi
cates 1,237,807 ‘12
Total ain't, nf purchase money
including interest 7,899,196 02 1-2
Total quantity of acres refill-
quished
Amount ofpurchase money of
lands relinquished -
Total quantity of acres retain
ed
Amount of purchase money of
lands retained
Total quantity of acres patent
ed
Amount of purchase money of
land patented
Trial quantity of acres held on
further credit
Amount due on lands held on
further credit
Amount Yazoo Stock extin
guished
07
;.U7,SSfi CS 1-2
822,011 35
4,750,988 08 1-2
141,987 34 1-2
980,886 83
077,S83 73
0,740,111 OO
1,163,31
1-4
more and Philadelphia Show?, but it wa3 jof Virginia.-— Petersburg lnt.
St. Louis, Oct. 12.
First arrival nf Furs from the Rocky Mountains.
Capt. Perkins, of the Missouri Fur
Company arrived in town this week, with
a boat load of furs and peltries worth
$ 14,000, from the Rocky Mountains.--
Another parcel belonging to I be. same
Company, worth $ 10,000 is on the ri- J
ver, and expected to arrive in the week
coming. The whole has descended the
Yellow Stone river, and must have been
transported 3000 miles to arrive at this
place; such is ihe extent of country laid
under contribution by the commercial
position of St. Louis.
In this first adventure [since the re
vival of the fur trade] to the Rocky
Mountains, it is gratifying to learn that no
hostilities of any kind have occurred
with the Indians, and that present ap
pearances promise great success to the
enterprising citizens who are now ex
tending their trade to that remote re
gion.—Enq.
INDIANS IN AMERICA.
Dr. Morse in his Report of Indian Affairs,
recently published, gives the following state
ment of the Indian population in North A-
merica.
Indians in New-England, 2.247
New York, 5,184
Ohio 0,107
AliohSgon o,.,i tv. i\. Territories 23,9110
Illinois and Indiana 17,006
In S. States E. of the Mississippi, 65,122
W. of Mississippi and N. of Mis
souri, 53,150
Between Missouri Red River, 101,070
YVcst of the Rocky Mountains, 171,200
Between Red Rive.r and Rio Del
Norte 45,370
The Abbe de Pradt, in an article in tbe
Constitutional, on tlyr approaching Con
gress, says, “ I should as soon think of hav
ing the affairs of St. Domingo settled by a
Congtess formed altogether of white?. In
truth, I know not why Princes and Ministers
should give themselves the trouble of quitting
their homes ; fur they know before hand all
that they can say to each other, and what
they have to decide. The 7th of July of
Madrid has disturbed Jz dislocated the n hole
of the political machine of Europe. Tile Ca
binets are off their hinges, ru tl the Congress
will not set them to rights. They had made
their arrangements for one tiling ; another
lias taken place. They reckoned on Spain
being counter-revolutionised, and now it is
more revolutionised, than ever, and less
manageable than formerly. The events
which may take place every day in Spain
may well derange all the plana formed in
Ihe first moment. Spain is so far from the
plat e where she forms the subject of consid
eration ; it requires so much time to act.
j Oh ! but this Spain is an embarrassing coun-
j try! With her it may lie necsssary to di-
| gest "hat cannot he devoured. The nn-
I nouncement of the Congress has excited the
j warlike piopensities of many. May it bo
i j.r, intiieo to represent to those warlike per-
I sonages, that war eariild mi with the blood
I of men, and the money of llic people, that
I ihe assailants being only able to enter hy
Catalonia, would have to take the bull liy lie
j horns, and must commence hy grant number
of sieges, that Napoleon began hy occupy
j ing Figueras, Barcelona, I’ampeluna, and
I other places still—that the Holy Alliance
j has very little money—that the first mate!:
| would set fire to their paper edifice,” fee
471,186 I hondon paper