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MARRIED.} Last Thursday evening, at Col. Marbury*s, !
in this town, by the Rev. Doctor Boyd, Colonel Richard
Call, to the amiable Miss Alethea Anderson Jones ; a Lady
endowed with every accomplilhment to render the marriage
(late happy.
*
Augufia , November 13, 1786.
AT a Meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the
Town of Augusta—Present
WILLIAM GLASCOCK,")
. SAMUEL JACK, * f _. r .
ROBERT FORSYTH, and f tl l uires *
EDWARD TELFAIR, )
Ordered, That the Clerk make out a Lir and correct copy
I of the Minutes and Proceedings of the Board, inserting in
I their proper, places all talcs of lots, with the name or names
I of the purchasers, diftinguilhing the fame by inserting the
I ftrect or streets on which the said lots may he, together with
I the uumber and the sum or sums paid or to be paid for each lot.
Ordered, That the falc of all lots already fold bepoftponed
I until the second Monday in December next. And that the
I Clerk receive of the purchasers the monies required in part
I payment of the principal, and the whole of the interest, agree-
I ably to the order of the Board of the 13th September lalt,
I until the aforefaid period.
Ordered , That twenty Lots, agreeably to the annexed plan,
1 be exposed to public fale* on the second Monday in December
I next, under the following regulations :
Each purchaser lhall lign an obligation with fccurity in the
I following words :
“ These are to certify that we have this day pur-
I chafed a lot in the town of Augusta, on street, No.
I for which said premises we hereby bind and oblige onrfclvcs
I jointly and severally, and each of our heirs, executors and
I administrators, to pay to
I Commissioners and Trudies, or their fucceflors in office,
I within three months, the just and full sum of
land in case the coulideration money be not paid on that day,
I the aforefaid premises lhall be let up within three days here-
I after, and in calc ol any deficiency between such l’ale, and
■ the original contrail, We do hereby bind and oblige our
■ selves to make good such deficiency. Witncfs our hands and
Ifeals this day of . 178 .**
WHEREAS this Board on the 14th day of August Jaftpaft,
■ did agree to certain conditions for the finilhing the church in- r
■ tended to be completed in this town, with Colonel Mead ;
■who, having failed in giving bond and security for the true
Hand faithful performance, and otherwise neglecting to perform
■ any part of the aforefaid work,
It is therefore ordered , That the completing of the said
■Church be set up on Monday next, at Fox’s Tavern, to the
■lowest bidder, on the following terms :
A bond ami security in judgment for the performance of
■the work, will be required of the person undertaking the
■fame. And he lhall be paid in the following manner :
■ Ono-third when the work is begun.
■ One-third when the house is enclosed, brick work com-
Hpleated, and Boors laid.
■ The remaining One-third when the fame is concluded.
| Ordered , That the Clerk do cause the proceedings of the
■loard to be published.
■ The Board then adjourned till Monday the 20th inst.
■ JAMES M. SIMMONS, C. B. C.
■ [The Plan above-mentioned will be printed in our next.]
■The following Appeals will be tried before his Honor the
,■ Governor in Council, on Thursday the 4th of January next,
■ tbe parties concerned are desired to attend :
WTilliam Griffin, 1 Appeal 1000 acres of land, Wailiington
il vs * f county.
■enajah Jordon, 3
1 Elijah Clarke, 1
3 vs * f Wailiington County.
'Wehemiah Dunn, j
;rg jAMES MERIWETHER, S. E. C.
I notice .
■ 1 HE concern of FISHBOURN and GRAVES being
■ X dissolved, all persons indebted thereto are requelled to
»ake immediate payment; and those having demands againlt
M? id concern » arc requeued to call ou the fubferiber, in
;a®Vugufta, for payment.
I . THOMAS GRAVES.
Just received from Philadelphia, and
to be had at the Printing - Office,
The Columbian Magazine,
For SEPTEMBER, i 7 £6.
Embelliflied with I. A (hiking likeness of the late Major-
General Greene, and IT. The Arms of the United States of
America,—both elegantly engraved by an American artist.
Containing : Sketch of the life of General Greene—Curfo
rv thoughts on the Bate of the foul in deliquio—Chronicle for
1850 —The lliipwreck—Defcription of the Kraken—Of the
antipathy between the crocodile and the vulture of Brazil—
Legislation, and Eastern apologue—Account of the vice pe
culiar to the savages of North-Ainerica—Friendly dired.ous
to a young gentleman going abroad—Thoughts on fpintual
beings—Letter relative to the present Hate of China—Review
of the hiftory of South-Cardiiha—bn the Marquis de la Fa
yette —Charader of Lieutenant-Colonel John Laurens Ac
count of the Rate of affairs in South-Carolina, after the eva
cuation thereof—On American manufactures—The loves of
Artho and Colval—Explication of an abstruse paflage in Ec
clelialiics—Hard times—On the marriage, concubinage, and
children of the Tuiks—Defcription of the arms of the United
States —The young bear and the old one—Add refs from the
Philadelphia focicty for promoting agriculture—Confluution
of ditto - Premiums offered by ditto—Speech of General
Washington—Mathematical quefiiotis— Poetical epistle to a
friend —to a liftfcr—Addrels to Biiliop Seabuiy—Queftion
Epigram.
The high est price in Cafti will be given by .
the (übferibers for
T O ii A C C O.
George Barnes & Co.
GEORGIA. 1 Bj' Lewis Gardner, Esq. Regiiler of
(L. S.) 4 > Pi cbats for the County of Kich-
I.F.WIS GARDNER. ) ir.onrf.
WHEREAS Martha Anbry, Widow, hath applied to me
for letters of administration on the estate and effects
oi Chandler Aubrey, late of this county deceased : These are
therefore to cite and admonish all and lingular the kindred
and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before
me, at my Office, on the nth day of December next, to
rtiew cause, if any they have, why letters of administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, at my Office, the nth
day of November, in the year of our Lord 1786,
and in the 1 ith year of the Independence of the Unit
ed States of America.
Fn GENERAL assembly,
August 13, 1786.
Ordered
THAT theCommiffioners of Confifcated Estates for the;
year 1778, be called onto lay their books and papers
before the next Legislature.
Extrad from the Minutes,
JAMES M. SIMMONS, C. G. A.
Richmond County, Clerk’s-Office, Nov. 2, 1786.
Ordered ,
r*ir HAT the Diftrids for holding the Courts of Confciencc
be as follows : The lower diftrid, called Augusta, be
ginning at the Burke county line, and running up
river to Glover’s old plantation, then along the ridge lead
ing from said plantation between the waters of Reed’s and
Uchee creeks, to the heads thereof, thence along said road
to the Sand Hill Old Mill, and along said road to where it
interfeds the Burke county line, the Court for which Diftrid
{hall be held at Augusta, called the Kiokee diftrid.
The Middle Diftrid lhall begin at the aforefaid plantation v
running up- Savannah river to the mouth of Cagg creek,
thence up said creek to the head thereof, and thence along
t:;e ridge which divides the waters of Green, Brier, Germa
ney’s creeks, and Kiokee, to Wilkes county line, the Court
to be held at the Court House, ou Little Kiokee,' for said
Diftrid.
The Upper Diftrid, called Wrightfborough diftrid, (hall be
gin at the mouth of the aforefaid Cagg creek, thence running
up Little river to the mouth of Williams’s creek, thence up
said creek to Wilkes county line, the Court for which Diftrid
(hall be held at the town of Wrightlborough.
A true copy from the Minutes,
PETER CRAWFORD, A. C. C.