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Georgia legislature.
SENATE.
Monday, November SO.
lotion of Mr. Grnntlnnd, Resolved, that
vernor he authorised and required to em-
ivith an adequate salary to be paitl out
contingent fund, a skilful, able, and ex-
:ed civil engineer to be known as the sn-
rulant of public works in Georgia, who
itliout delay proceed to make an accurate
of the several navigable rivers in this
m ludiug places where canals arc practica-
I can be advantageous! v.cut, as well us any
vorks of public utility that may be deem-
cdicnt, of nil which a detailed report shall
le to the next legislature, stating the best
t and probable expense of accomplishing
ue, together with such maps, charts and
igs as may be necessary to a correct under-1
ug of the subject.
Tuesday, December 8.
, Walker introduced a bill for the purpose
,ing a sum of money by lottery to build a
lie Hall in Augusta.
. Walker introduced a bill to vest the fee
* of the Cemetery or Burial ground in Au-
in the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal
li in said city.
Thursday, December 10.
i. Black'shear introduced a resolution an-
ling the Governor to appoint two lit ami pro-
arsons, to proceed without delay, t’> ascer-
pe true head of the St. Mary's river: and,
[es.arv, the Governor shall order out a suit-
letad'iinent of militia to protect the said
udonerfc The resolution was ordered to
the table.
Friday. December 11.
bill to be entitled an act to alter and amend
to prohibit slaves from selling rerta.'i com-
s therein mentioned, was read the third
id passed
OUSE (»F REPRESENTATIVES.
.1londay, December 7.
lotion of Mr. Slieftall. a committee was
ed to prepare and report a bill for the
^ the last session, ami to renuii e (lie ongi nation of
the whole of it de nova.J The resolution lies
oil the table one day, of course.
On motion of Mr. Butler, a committee was
ordered to be appointed to bring ill a bill grant
ing a pension to Major General John Stark.
Claim of Beaumarchais.—The House then re
solved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr.
Smith of Maryland in the chair, on the hill for
the relief of the heirs and representatives of
Caron de Beaumarchais.
[The magnitude of this claim makes it an im-
I'Urtant one, and the long interval of time which
has elapsed since the debt was contracted, lias at
once tripled the amount of the debt, and involv
ed in some obscurity the question of the justice
of the claim. In the report of the committee to
whom the subject was ref, rretl at the last ses
sion, and on which this bill is founded, the mem
bers of the committee were unanimous.]
(V*i -W33V'
Stales will be reduced during the present Con
gress. One major general mid two brigadier gen
era's only will be retained. It is again rumored
tliutgenera! Jacksou will retire to private life.
.’lap of Georgia.—We are at length enabled
to announce an important acquisition to geogra
phical knowledge, in the publication of Sturges’
Map of
m*M, through their inattentive herald, Mr. JTudsfaMI '
or perhaps t :on mistaken, amt nothing wrong or mconsiss
tent ever appeared n the Journal. Perhaps the editors
have a right to think and judge for the public, and may,
therefore, give to affairs such coloring as they muv limit
proper. I Wish to know whether an editor lias a right to
think for the community, and if lie lias, is it not Ins duty
to give a correct and impartial coloring to all subjects?
ENQUIRE!!
DIED,
On the 23d of November, at tlic bouse of Col. James
ll.tchcock, Morgan county, Mr. Kosvvcll Atk.ns, recent
ly from Connecticut, aged21jears.
lap of Georgia] which, after many delays an
inburrassmcnts, incident to undertakings ol this
nature, has been completed. Its elegance and
accuracy are such as to vie with any map publish
ed in the United States, and does infinite credit
to the per-ever ance and enterprise of those who
have brought it to its termination. A correct
map of Georgia lias been a desideratum ; we have
been almost the only state in the Union without
one. The imperfect delineations, which have
hitherto been presented to our eyes, have only
misled us, and instead of communicating know
ledge, have but perpetuated error. The rapidly
increasing population uf Georgia, the uncommon ....
value of the products of its soil, the very great an, l a ” excellent road to the Agency. I ravel-
improvement in the face of the country, and its [ eis from above Augusta and Milledgeville, will
many navigable waters, have all combined to find this their nearest route.
GUNPOWDER. TEA.
J UST received a fresh supply of best Gunpow
der Tea, by Terondet. Atkison dj' co.
Who wish to purchase 500 BALES COTTON.
Dec. 15. *
TO MOVERS TO T11E ALABAM A.
1 Y Ferry on the Oakmulgee is in complete
I order 5 it is 14 miles above Foit Hawkins,
make a correct map essential to almost every in
habitant. In tins they can now be gratified at a ‘
trilling expense; arid we hope the proprietors!
will meet the reward their useful labors entitle
them tu.—Georgian.
The Slave Trade, on our borders.—The fol-
Dec. 15.
on
Collin Tope.
Auction and Commission Business.
T
jNHE subscribers respectfully inform their
_ friends and llie public, in general, that they
have commenced the Auction and Commission
Business, in the house nearly opposite the Boole-
lowing facts (says the Philadelphia Deni. Press) \ Store, on Wayne-street. Business consign.
TUESDAY MOKNIXU, DECEMBER 15.
’•'he legislature, it is supposed, w ill adjourn cm Satur
day next The members jiave increased tlic.r pay to five
j dollars per day. The bill to dispose of the newly ac-
j qnired territory from tbc Creek and Cherokee Indians, by
j lottery, lias passed belli Houses. Every malcvvliitc per.
j son, eighteen years old and upwards, being a citizen of
the United States, and an inhabitant of this shite three
j years preceding the passage of the act, shall he entitled
to one draw ; every male person having a wife, or legiti-
I mate child or children, under the age of twenty-one, shall
j he entitled to two draws ; all officers and soldiers of live
j revolutionary war, w ho are hidigcnt or invalids, and who
safe! v of Executor* and Administ rators;I ", C .1 7? '*''7°! 'he Untied Slates,
irep ire and report a bill for the greater ! ] ^ ‘ lotvvn draws, and all w.dow, and lam,-
I hes ol orphans under the age of twenty-one, one draw
J Persons who drew prizes in tlie former land lottery arc
j prohibited from partic.pating m the present lottery.
irep ire ami report a Dili lor the greats
f carriers of goods on hire, by land and
Wednesday, December 9.
following bills were severally read the 3d
d passed:
Dilt to authorize the Inferior Court of Lin-
nty to transcribe the records of the Su*
mil Inferior Courts, and Court of Ordiua-
aid countv, into new bound books,
bill to authorize the masters, wardens and
The following gentlemen were elected by the
Legislature on Saturday last, to survey the lands
lately ceded to this state by the Creek and Chero
kee Indians. Messrs. Win. Watson, Nisby Dob
son. Nathaniel Collins, Tim oas Johnson, li
Lucky, D. f. M'Neil, Joel Walker, John Allen,
s of Mount Vernon Lodge, at Athens, toj " m> Hardwich, 1 iio’s E. Hardee,
lottery, a certain sum of money to build * Cunningham, Clem Powers, John Torrance,
5c half. Reconsidered. Rob’t Henry, jr. George W. Johnston. John P.
have been communicated from such authority as
leaves us no room to doubt their authenticity. It
is a common practice at A'ew-Oi leans to send an
agent abroad to the West-Indies, and even Afri
ca, to purchase a cargo ot slaves. They are then
brought to the United States for about one third
what they can he purchased at here. So soon as
the slave ship arrives olV the Balize, the agent
leaves her, and goes in the most expeditious man
ner to JMew-Orleuns, where lie gives information
lo the proper authority, that a ceitain vessel is in
the Mississippi river, said to be bound to New-
Orleans, and having on board a certain number
ol negro slaves, contrary to the law of the United
States. The vessel and cargo are libelled : and
the slaves are sold at public vendue, and purchas
ed cheap, by common consent, for the account of
the original importer. One half of the purchase
money goes to the United States, md the other
half to the informer, who, as before mentioned,
is the agent of the owner of the slaves. Thus, af
ter all expenses, negro staves are imported at less
than hall what they would cost in the United
States. In this way not less than 10,000 slaves
have been imported into Louisiana in the year
last past. -■ i-
ed to their care will receive prompt attention.
John II Wright <$• Co.
Milledgeville. Dec. 10, 1818. I'll
IV
NOTICE.
KING about to remove to the Alabama tei*»
ritorv, all persons interested, are he eby
notified, that I have appointed col. R. Blount my
agent, who is fully autho ised to transact all my
business in Georgia.
Dec. 5. Reuben Strange.
NOTICE.
\ ] INE months after date application will he
^ made to the honorable the inferior court of
Wilkinson county, when sitting for ordinary pur*
poses, for leave to sell thereat estate of Daniel
Kongrev, deceased, for the benefit of the heir’s
and creditors of said deceased.
Dec.10.1818. William Brune.r,adm’r.
bill to incorporate the Sparta Academy,
till to incorporate the Hillsboro’ Acade-
lasper county.
Friday, December 11.
to incorporate the town of Dai ien was
I third time and passed.
Tied acts.— \nact*o authorize the Jus-
|the Inferi ir Court of Telfair county, to
extra tax for the purpose of building a
use in said county.
t to alter the time of holding the Inferior
1 the spring term of the Superior Court
lunty of Madison, and the spring term of
lior Court of Wilkes county,
tto incorporate the Union Axe and Fire-
la vannali.
[to alter and amend the first section of
[article of the Constitution, passed last
[ta^alter and amend the fourth section of
article of the Constitution, passed last
Saturday, December 12.
flowing bills were read the third time
l to prevent assignments or transfers of
) a portion of creditors to the exclusion
■ of the other creditors of persons who
de, or who are indebted at tiie time of
Inmeut or transfer.
| to regulate the practice of medicine
ry in the counties of Chatham and
[ tn repeal an act, entitled “ An act to
amend tneroad laws of this -stat
ecu the county of Laurens,” passed
December, 1815.
I to authorize the Justices of the Iufe-
i of M’lntosii county to levy an extra
■ support of the poor,
to authorize the Justices of the Infc-
lof Emanuel county, tu sell the public
■ county.
Ito authorize the Justices of the Infe-
lof Jones county to levy an extra lax
pose of building a court-house ami jail
kilty.
Jto alter and amend an act for the bet-
|ou of the town of Danielsville in Mad-
jto alter anil change the name of Bct-
i that of Betsey Duliart.
[tu incorporate the Baptist church at
i Greene coonty.
t amend the road laws of M’lntosii
Blackman, Joshua Coflee, John M'Bride, Greg*-
by E. Thomas. J. II. Cunningham, Clia’s M'Keii.
non, Reuben Neill, Thomas Glenn, C. Garliii"-
ton, E. R. Young, Peter L. Livingston, Nivm
M'Bride, Elijah F. Callaway, Thomas Clioely. D.
J. Black min. John White,' Rob’t Hodges. ‘John
A. Rhodes. Edward L Thomas, Dennis Laik,
Douglas W. Porter, Cyrus White, Joshua Calla
way, Join II. Broadnax, Jethro Darden, Win.
Wilkins, Allen Daniel, James Merriwetlier, Wm.j
Montgomery, James C. Humphries, Win. Ma-j
thews, Win. II. Underwood, R. Kennedy, Hemv
Dance, Thomas Wright, Archibald M'lutire, It I
\N illis, Randcl Siiellield, Jacob M’Cleudon, S.
W. Peat man, Lemuel Gresham, l.'ha's Phillips,
Edward Ware, Martin Wood and A. B. Slielic.
GEORGIA. J VSPHIt COUNTY.
JKKSON ALLY appeared before me, Alexait-
e dec Smith, who. after being duly sworn,
s iith. that he was in possession of tour promissijv
ry notes, drawn by Lewis Graves, for twenty
live dollars each, all made payable on the 25th
day of December next, or a few days thereafter $
all made payable to this deponent: which said
notes are lost or mislaid so that they cannot be
found. Alexander Smith*
Sworn to and subscribed befme me, this srist
day of ,Vuv. 1818. Woody Dozer, y. p.
,1
Hydrophobia.—Dr. Trent, of the city of
Rirliiiiiind, Ya. Inis given a long statement ol
; a distressing rase of Hydrophobia, which lias
I lately fallen under liis observation. lie con
cludes with giving the impressive evidence ol
I the effect produced on observers by rases oi
I Ibis description :—“This is the fourth rase
■ ofliydropliobia w liieli has occurred here with
in eight months. They all ended alike. In
I eighteen years’ practice I have never seen or
■ heard of a case in our rity before. 'I’liis
ease Was the only one ever seen by me, and
I hope will be the last, as it is painful in the
•xtreme, to encounter a malady which mocks
every effort to deVelopc its nature, or reme
dy its ills.”
The following very extraordinary case of
hydrophobia is given in the Petersburg In
telligencer: “One of the most singular rases | *KX Friday night last, from my waggon, half
f hyrophobia is mentioned in a tier nan pub- / a mile below Milledgeville, a sorrel mure,
SALT.
UST received from Darien and for sale, 200
bushels ground Alum Salt.
Dec. 14. Isaac Bower.
the French language taugo a
HE subscriber respectfully informs the <iti»
' zetis of Milledgeville and its vicinrtv, that
he has commenced giving lessons in Abner Locke’s
mom near the court-house. He will also attend
I lie ladies or gentlemen at their rooms, should they
prefer it. Dec. 15. [t] J. M G. .Van.
STOLE’S
Domestic summary.—It is stated that the Che
rokee Indians have expressed a willingness to
take reservations and relinquish the balance of, .....
their lands to the whites Accounts from the ' ,l< ’ •‘’Have. A gentleman, alter having
lieation on this disease, by a Mr. Christian
west state that genet ul Ripley is concentrating a
considerable military force at Baton Bouge, toas-
i mud dog with his sword, tlioughtless-
rrtiirned it into the. scabbard. Eight
cend Red river and thence to proceed and occu-l y*‘af.s after this circumstance, having a quar-
py the country in dispute between the Sabine and! rel with two gentlemen, he wounded them
wounds were
and soon healed, as is fre-
i del Norte. A large military and naval force j both with the same sword. Tl
assembled there which is said to be piratical I inconsiderabl
in its character. Lieut.colonel Armistead as-jquently the case with those occasioned by the
sumes the command ot the corps of engineers bite of a mad dog ; hut again opened, after
is! r.'T'* *!?»•« .V.k,
lias been introduced in congress to increase the I 1 , 111 * xme scizivt l "Bli liydiophabta and
congress to increase the
salaries of the four heads of departments to giiOOD
each; the attorney-general $3,300,and the post
master general g 1,000 1'he governor of S.
Carolina has advised the legislature of that state
to appropriate $20,000, for the improvement of
the Savannah river from August.i to Panther
creek. The portrait of Washington, by Sully,
from one of Stewart's full lengths, painted by or-
leruf the legislature of North-Carolina, has ar-
died.’
Declamtion bf Independence.-—The splendid
edition of this great nntiunal work, announ
ced by Mr, John liinns, of Philadelphia, is
at length finished, and its patrons will, we
entertain no doubt, he presented with a spe
cimen of American manufacture, of advance
ment in the arts, and of embellishments,
itcrot the legislature id Aortli-l arolimi, has ar- . . j .. . * viuvonmimmui
rived in Raleigh A fish thirty feet in length,' ' vl *« eh wiH he. a surprising evidence of our
of an uiiknowu genus anil species, has been found I successful progress, l'hc cost uf this plate
near New-Lon lon. The Grand Jury of Balti-’ * 8 considerable, and a great length of time
more has found bills of presentment against up-! lias been consumed in its completion. The
tressional Proceedings.
SENATE.—.Yovember 2(i.
pnor submitted the billowing resolu-
kideration : Resolved, That the com-
! Judiciary he instructed to enquire
kdiency «f changing the present Ju-
i of the United States, so far as to
the gradual diminution of the tium-
^dges who at present compose the
art ; for the restricting of the func-
[iesof the Judges ot that court to
p»e sessions thereof, and the other
Btal thereto ; of establishing and
[Circuit Court in each state in the
providing for the appointment of a
kmber of Judges for the holding of
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
ell moved to rescind the rule of
Ich revives the unfinished business
asion of each Congress within one
; commencement of that which fol-
object of this ruii is to throw
[all tiie business brought over from
wards of twenty persons, for tlu crime of priva
teering under South American Hags, against the
commerce of nations with whom our government
is at peace. Salt is now selling in Nashville
at$10percwt. This high price is in conse
quence of the lowness of the river. Upwards
of fifteen hundred Africans were earned into
Havana in one day (Oct. 29.) A waggon load
of colored people taken out of the state of Nen-
Jcrsey since the passing of the late law prohibit
ing the slave trade, lias been stopped at Reading,
Penn, and brought bark to Easter, where the sub-
jeet is under legal investigation They were
destined, it is said, to the Alabama territory.
General Lallemand’s establishments in the pro
vince of the Texas, and at Galvezton, have been
broken up and dispersed by a body of about 200
Spanish troops The resolution declaring the
admission ot the state of Illinois into the union
4 feet 8 or 9 inches high, 8 or 9 years old, small
star in her forehead, some few saddle spots, a
blemish in her right eye, and very rough shod.—
Twenty dollars will fie given for the mare am}
thief, or ten dollars for the mare.
Nelson ITilson.
Jasper county, December 8. 1813.
publisher must rest his claims to patronage
on the merits of the work, and the attach
ment of every American to this great char
ter of our liberties ; notwithstanding which,
he has considered it his duty to publish the
law of the United States which guarantees
the integrity of each man’s invention and
publication. The editor of the Dcmorcratic
Press has found it necessary to take this
step, as some persons, availing themselves
of his original designs, and knowing that
great time and expense were required to fin
ish the work, have anticipated him, by fin
ishing cheap and indifferent copies of the in
strument. It is hardly necessary to say that
the people of the United States will not tol
erate this surruptitious mode of competition,
on an equal footing with the original states, was! , T , V 1 •
lead the third time and pas-ed in the House ofl 11 ?! destroying tlicir
House of
Representatives of the United States on the 24th
nit.. -Mr. Burgess, the surviving agent of the
American Colonization Society, made a full re
port of the result of his mission to the coast of
Africa, at a late meeting of the society at Wash
ington city. Nine hundred and ninety-five
persons died in Charleston during the last twelve
months, previous to the first of October, of u'hom
572 were males, and 423 females. Col. Mat
hew Lyon, who now resides in Kentucky, has
sent a petition to Congress, praying remuneration
for his severe sufferings under the sedition law,
during the presidency of Mr. Adams. At the
time he was prosecuted for a libel, and imprison
ed and fined, he was a Representative to Congress
from the state of Vermont A letter from
Washington city sayq the army of tlio United
prospects—it is a kind
of larceny of the mind. Original inventions,
propositions and projects should be respect
ed by civilized nations : it is however, cer
tain, that every man of taste, who feels de
sirous of possessing and preserving this va
luable document, will purchase a copy of the
one published by Mr. Binns.—N.V.Nat.Adv.
On the 20th ult. two severe earthquakes
were experienced at Hayti.
COSIHUlllCATKD.
1 observe in your pnper before the last the remark of a
“ Voter,”and the reply to it in the last Journal, It would
seem that a Voter was right, and that the Journal had
before been wrong j and yet we are told that the Journal
has always been uioiit. Perhaps th> ed.tors of the Jour
nal Ult eu^ftl to hobby over _their %st iacorree; smv
NEGROES FOR SALE.
\«]1LL be sold for cash, at the market house
T Y in Sparta, on the first Monday in Febru
ary next, nine or ten likely negroes; composed
of men, women, boys, and girls, entrusted to tlm
care of the subscribers to sell as agents for an
absent friend Persons wishing to purchase will
do well to attend, as they w ill certainly be sold.
John Lucas,
Dec. 14. [tf] John Abercrombie.
~ ANDREW UU'IUtURG,
n AS just received and offers for sale super
fine blue,black and olive Cloths, blue,black
and mixed double mill Cassimere, fine white Flan,
ncl, Fine undress Calico, furniture do. fine Irish
Linen 4-4 wide. Sheeting do 6-4 do. (5, r, 8, 9,
and 10-4 Rose Blankets, 50 pieces India Cotton,
20 dozen negro Stockings, superfine Ginghams,
superfine Lonlon Mul Muslin, Gentlemen's and
Ladies’ fine silk Stockings, tine 0-4 Cambrics,
superfine white MerseiNes, an assortment of
Hardware, <^'c. <§ - c. amt will shortly receive fif
ty thousand real Spanish Segars.
Milledgeville, December 15. [(]
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION SOCIE Ff-
r lNHK subscribers to the support of this iiisti **
tution, are respectfully requested to meet a
the scHoon-nooM on Friday the 1st day of Jan.
uary, 1819, at 2 o’clock, p. m. where tlie consti
tution of the society will be formed and its ofii-
cers chosen.
The liberality of this public liaa been already
displayed to its honor, in so irreat a deeree. th if
solicitation is hardly necessary. It is however
requested, that the subscribers would be general
and punctual in their attendance.
John Ilill, jun’rr
December 1, 1818t
NOTICE.
T'fnHE subscriber respectfully informs the vo.
IL ters of Baldwin county, that lie will be a
candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns ni the en
suing election. Laird Fleming.
November 2-4.
P ERSONS indebted to me, whose notes wilt
become clue by the 25th day of December,
(instant) will be sued after that day, without dis
crimination or delay, unless they make punctual
payment. [Dec. I.J J. T. Turner.
X INL months after date, application will be
made to the honorable the Inferior court, of Jaape"
county, for leave lo sell tlie real estate of Jesse Dennis, dec
WIU1AM FA inlaim •.J — ',’. *
wuiu« lauu'.ttjuuri, adoi’r.