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f VOL. III. Ml LLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1003- 4.: PUBLISHED WEEKLY", /JIGS'. GRA.YTLA.YI) t{ U.M. ORME, On Hancock Street, opposite the Auction Store, AT THREK DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE, On KOltR DOLLARS AT TUB BXPIRATION OF TUB TEAR. !ET Advertisements conspicuously inserted nt the customary rales. Letters on business, in all cases, must be tost raii, 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