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Three Dolls. per ann.~\
Volume VIII.]
CAUTION ;
w HERE AS on the 17th of
August last, I gave my four notes
of hand to Isaiah Irwin, for twen
ty-five dollars each, which
due one month after date
gave my other note of ]
said Irwin, for fifteen dollMr bear-<
ing date the 17th Auguw 1807;
due one month after date? All
persons are hereby cautioned from
trading for the said notes or any
one of them, as I am determined
not to pay them, the confederation
for which they were given having
failed.
Thomas Lee.
July SO, 1803.
NOTIFICATION
To TAX-COLLECTORS
and SHERIFFS.
J" 1 HE Collectors for the year
1807, and thYe for the year 1806,
who are ftili in arrears, are NO
TIFIED, that until the 10th day
of November next, will be allowed
them to make final set dements of
their account;;. Such Collectors
as had it not in their power to get
their lnfdvent lilts certified by the
Grand Juries at the Spring circuit
of the Superior courts, will do well
to avail themselves of the opportu
nity which will be afforded for do
ing so at the ensuing Fall circuit;
for executions wall assured issue im
mediately after the day above men
tioned, again ft those whose ac
counts are not then closed.
The Sheriffs, to whom execu
tions against Collectors have been
already forwarded are required to
report to me, without delay, the
proceedings which have been had
thereon.
Geo: R. Clayton,
Treasurer .
Treafury-OtHce, Georgia , J
Milledgcville , 11 th July 1808. y
SKINS,
The fubferiber hats cn hand,
SOOO Fox & Raccoon SKINS
60 Otter ditto.
150fb Beaver ditto.
To dispose of for CASH, at Files
burg, Jackson county.
„ DAVID FILES.
July 28, ISOS.
COLT’S PURSE.
A SUBSCRIPTION is now
taking up for a COLT’S PURSE,
to be°run for in the year eighteen
hundred and eleven, near Wash
ington, by colts dropped in the
spring of this year—fifty dollars
entrance, and* halt forfeit in the
event of not starting.
Also, a fubfeription for a colt’s
purse to be run for the ensuing
fall by any colt not exceeding three
years old, foaled in Georgia—con
dition of entrance the fame as a
hove—both fubfeription* will dole
on the firft of October next..
Julv 23, 1808. ts.
Washington, (Georgia) Printed weekly for Sarah Hillhousr .
Letter of Dr. FRANKLIN.
Philadelphia, July io, 1776.
fafely the letters
IJMplordfhip so kindly forwarded
and beg you to accept my
xßßfefficial dispatches to which
yoOfet# contain nothing more J
than wh we had seen in the ad j
of parliament viz. offers of pardon
upon fujmiflion ; which 1 was fur
ry as it must give your
lordfnip pain to be sent so far cn so j
hopeless a business.
DireCfing pardous to be offered
to the colonies, who are the very
persons injured, exprtffes, indeed,
that opinion of our ignorance, bale,
nefi, and insensibility, which your
uninformed and proud nation has
long been pleased to entertain of us; J
but it can have no other effe Ct than I
<
that of increasing our resentments. {
It is impoffibie we should think of
fubmiffiion to a government that
has with the moft wanton barbarity j
and cruelty, burnt our defenceless
towns, in the midst of winter; ex
cited the savages to massacre our
peaceful faimers, atjd our slaves to
murder their masters , and is even
now bringing foreign mercenaries ;
to deluge our settlements in blood. I
These attrocious injuiies have ex- 1
tinguifhed every spark of affection !
for that parent country w e once held ]
so dear; but were it possible for us ;
to forgive them, is it possible for 1
you, I mean the British nation, to ,
forgive the people you have so heav- j
ily injured ? You can never confide j
again in those fellow fubjeCts, and 1
permit them to enjoy equal freedom \
to whom, you know, you have giv
en such just causes of lading enmi
ty ; and this must impel you, were
we again under your government,
to endeavour the breaking of our
j spirit, by the severest tyranny, and
| obftruCfing, by every means in your
i power, our growing strength and
profperiiy.
But your lordflup mentions “the
king’s paternal solicitude for pro
! moting the establishment of lading
peace and union with the colonies.”
If by peace is here meant a peace to
be entered into by diftinft states
row rt war, and his majesty has
given your lordfnip power to treat
of such a peace, I may venture to
fay tho* without authority, that I
think a treaty for that purpose is not
impracticable, before we enter into
foreign alliances; but lam pea
fuaded you have no such powers.
Your nation, tho* by punishing
those American governors, who
have fomented the difeord, rebuild
ing our burnt towns, and repairing
! as far as possible the mifehief done
: us, -she might recover a great snare
i of our growing commerce, with all
’ the advantages of that additional
strength to be derived from a
, frierdfhip with us, ye* I know too
t well her abounding pride and de-
I ficient wisdom, to believe (he will
! ever take such salutary measures.
j Her fbndnefs for conquest, as a
’ warlike nation, her lust cf domia-
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1803..^
ion, as an ambitious one; and
her thirst for a gainful monopoly,
as a commercial one (none of thorn
legitimate causes of war) will all
join to hide from her eyes every
view of her true interest, and will
continually goad her on in these
ruinous, distant expeditions, so de
finitive both of fives and oftreaf
ure, that they must prove as perni
> cious to her in the end as rile Cru
| fades formerly were to moft ot the
nations of Europe.
I have not the vanity, my lord,
to think of intimidating, by thus
! predicting the eff.Cts of this war;
for I know it will in England have
the fate of all my former predic
tions, not to be believed, till the e-
Venf shall verify it.
Long did 1 endeavour, with un
feigned and unwearied zeal to pre
: serve from breaking that fine and
noble China vale, the British em
j pi re ;~for 1 knew, that being once
: broken, the separate parts could
not retain even their (hares of the
; strength and value that existed in
j the whole; and that a perfect re-u
----nion of these parts could scarce
over be hoped for. Your lord
’ fi.rp may probably remember the
tears of joy that wet my cheeks,
j when at your good sister’s in Lon
j don, you once gave me expeCbi
j tions that a reconciliation might
j Toon lake place. I had the misfor
j tune to find these expectations dif
’ appointed, and to be treated as the
1 caufeof the mifehief I was laboring
jto prevent. My consolation, un
! der that groundiefs and malevolent
j treatment, was, that I retained the
j friendfnip of many wife and good
• men in ihe country, and, amongst
: the refi fome (hare in the regard of
J lord Howe.
| The well-founded esteem, and,
! permit me to lay, affeClion, which
j I shall always have for your lordship
! make it painful for me to fee you
j engaged in conducing a war, the
\ great ground of which, as deferibed
j in your letter, is “the necessity of
| preventing the American trade from
! palling into foreign channels.” To
me it seems, that neiiher the ob
taining nor retaining of any trade,
; how valuable soever. is an objtCt
for which men may justly spill each
other’s blood; that the true and
‘ sure means of extending and fecur
> ing commerce are the goodnels and
’ cheapness of commodities; and that
the profits of no trade can ever be
j equal to the expence of compelling
| it and holding by fleets and armies,
j I confider this war against us,
: therfore, as both unjust and unwise;
; and I am f erfuaded that cool and
i dispassionate posterity will condemn
j to infamy those who advise it,, and
) that even success will not lave from
\ fome degree of dishonor those who
* have voluntarily engaged to con
duct it.
I know your great motive in com
ing hither was the hope of being
infrumental in a reconciliation,
and believe, when you find that to
! be impoffibie on any terms given
j you to propofi*, you will itlinqu sh
so odious a command, and rauro
Payable half yearly.
to a more honorable & private sta
tion.
With the greatest and moft: sin
cere relped, 1 have the honor to be
my lord, your lord Chip’s moft o
bedient humble lervant.
B. FRANKLIN.
Lord Viscount Howe.
■■ .
For the MONITOR .
£ 7 he following is ihe parody whrb
was offend seme time since by Toby
Tu klc, and by accident mis laid. Mr
T. has favored us with amt hi r copy, j
Tune— Hail Columbia .
Hail, civil three-up! happy game*
Hail, ye, of everlasting lame,
Who fight and b:eed to count.
your Jack,
Who fight and bleed to count
your Jack,
And w'hen the rusty rub is done,
Enjoy the fluff your fk.ll has won.
Let high , low , Jack , now be
our boaft*
And let the GAME a fquaofve
colt
Ever watchful how to beat,
Let no one wan, who cannot
cheat.
Firm—till morning let us sit,
Dr ink, fight and swear, thin mind
our bet,
And as sound souls at three up jo in and
Black eyes and head'd t her we shall
find.
Immortal gamblers! rife in bands,,
Defend your rights, and play your
1 hands*.
Let no rude peeper item give,
Lei no rude pet per item give,.
Nor touch the ticker where there lies -
Ot broken heaus the wdl-tarn’d
prize.
While dealing out we have a
knack*.
Os making notches on the pack,.
Thatiuck & marking may prevail
Should ev’ry feheme of flock in?
J 01
’ (■ l
Finn—till morning, &V..
‘ Sound, found the banter for a game, „
But let not daddy Midi’s great nante:
Ring through tilt room at vTift.
to p!av,
Ring through the room at v.
to p>ay v
But let the fiharps to three-up dear,
Each lifttn with a ji.>fui eu *
With equal (kill, without a trump
Let chance direct him at the lump
Ot horrid fear, be all r ear;,
For ail may quit whene’er they
pleait..
Firm—till morning, , £s?r..
On.ce more to feive his gamesters 9 ’ ■.
hands:
The tavern hofl who now com
mands
The fourct from which the whis
key flows,
The source from which tlfe whif-.
kty flows,.
But arm’d in fun he fears rm fuls,
His hopes are fix’d oh cards & i>g.
And wl en the candle finks awav,
And all had got too drunk to play
He lead us out and lock’d the;
door,
Ref U *d to let us drink do uou*.
Fit to—till nwr