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. p . (' / V *• „ * ?7 \ * friends And fellow Citizens f IT is well nigh become again a queftioq whether the good people of,Georgia (hall be freemen or-slaves ? This important queftiou has been once through the fntet|io fition of Providence decided in our favor : Let us then husband the precious b!efling ; nor wantonly again sport with it for the, profpeft of a to-day’s mess -of-poifoned pottage only, to the utter exclusion of our inheritance in it forever.—Re- Tnentber'that we are now surrounded by a numerous host of that very (lamp who so lately, by our credulity, threw all that was dear to us into jeopardy:—Refled but a moment on their kindred charaders at the commencement of our late troubles, and cooly compare them with those now mancevre ing on the fame'principles; then fay whether we have a (hadow of reason 'to hope, that the result of their prefeat fehemes will be finally less calamitous to us than on the late occasion ? —From the day that we returned fore and bleeding to the remnant of our lhattered fortunes have these very.men been in some line or other occafion to rob us of that freedom and independence, to which we have bravely waded through deluges of civil blood--let us then (land faft ; the unhappy embarrafl'ments of our government, and thp dlftrefles of out people have called forth -the wife exertions of our Le* giflature fo4pe support of the former, and for the relief of the latter i out these our steady foes are again combined to defeat the effedual operations of our exertions to Item the torrent of their meditated mifehief? ; we have .designed (God forgive U 6 for it) to capitulate with them on their .own terms; and yet our Paper Money, through their igJUience and open attacks ((hame to freedom and independence) daily tieprtciatet! Refieft on this*-'--adieu for the present. * N... , CURT I US. ' * t ■ .f 1 ~ ' ** V Mr. SMIT H, ' ' • . t ' t •• >. - , v t ’ i •' * £ ; ‘ IT affords me realpleafure to fee the firt'ubtis citizens of this rising young date, begin to take the helm of \ffairs into their hands, to fee the designs of otir former pitots, and point out remedies to bring our bark, lojig cceueftbig with the boisterous demerits, to ft fafe port, where, by ikilful jepairh, (lie may lead the owners and navigators to wealth, greatness, and happinfeft 4 , • • To a difeerning eye, th* condgft ofotir late legislators has been highly applaudable ; their particular , attention, to our finances, their anxiety to eftahlifti a good government, the steps they have taken tP: eftablhhilU hf ■ the Handful of paper money now m circulation, an 4 their.with to have a new constitution, .all ppiptout that by n«rfeveren,ce* we may soon fee this fertile country, flouri thing, if not beyond, equal to any of the After states, and by convincing the world we mean well, bring niqubers of honest citizens here from all parts of the globe, and* convrace others-of * different character among us, that honesty is the best pplicy. Experience in all ages, and in all countries, has taught the gyilized part of mankifid.this.doftrine ; and furelyg man . of experience has a better chance of succeeding in any under taking, than one groveling in the dark, defthute of the Knowledge of what fias .at all times led our ancestors to greatness. . f ■ . It is obvious to every one who has been lately in South - the unhappy and diftrefled situation of that lifter Rate, ‘occasioned b£ the yeftriftion of (heriff’s sales, highly impolitic, if it deserves a name What ? To form fair And Vkholefomt laws, inveigle honest men of property to give credit, and after alri&oft ruining them and their tions, having got all they could out of them, pass aels in the iegiflative (6 tender thefti any property instead aud silver; or their produce at a calh price ; and now in .this present assembly, I am eredibly informed* when it was prp pofed to open the courts of justice, for recovery by inftal inerits of debts due two years Sgd, an honorable and honest member, opposed it, proposed lbven years, and very Know ingly observed if-the creditor was.paid. <& «//, he j«ell off: Good God! WHat a sublime arid just sentiment! Heaven protetfand defend iis against such citizens. What has South-Carolina got by it > Loft their credit, character, and every thing Which' fhoiild hate been held mod sacred in every country Who are giifiers f Adventurers only; who drown their senses and ideas id dilfipatiou arid extravagance, fponmg with the property of the induftfious, while the honest, defpifmg to take advantage of unjust laws, tr« the only fufferers : But, tnoiigif; fhate only pointed this out as a rock, which, I hope, the Georgians will never upon. ' ’ A revifalof our present constitution is now proposed, and unanimously wiftied for, which, I think, with little trouble 'may,he brought about, and if judiciously executed must tend to the the planter, merchant, and fpcculator,—. It will command a credit to every planter of property, of negroes and goods from year to year, it will enable the mer chant to fulfil his engagements with punctuality while he is serving the Planter, And by a ffeW and numerous encreafe of ( . inhabitants emigrating from other countries, occasion the fpecutator to make hrs fortune by his extensive landed pro perty, riling in value beyond ttfeir rirnft sanguine expectati ons ; which must fcon put a flop to any emigrations ,from our earth to'any of the other and ruin the witty holder of,, landed property in them, wlio by k late Savannah Paper offers so much for sale. He must then either baloon it to folus, and indignant Tmoke his fegar at the furnace of Venus ; al though, I think, the moon would suit his ideas much better and the climate his constitution, as it is certainly Lunaiical, C A T O. Wilkes County, Feb. 22. 1787, WORCESTER! December 14. . the total number of the infufgepts who assembled in this town last week, according to (be .1)611 information we could procure, amounted to 1 poo. /! ' ’ Major-General Shepard, of Hampshire county, we are told; had 1 zoo men on government lide,. ready to march after the infurgeiits, and Waited Only for orders. • ' f , N £ W - V O R K, January 11. We are happy to announce to. the public, from authority] that the territorial dilutes between the stares of Mall'achu fettfi and New-York was amicably terminated by the honor able coinmiflioncrs from those states, on Saturday the 23d of December, 'Thisdifpute, for the decifiou of. which a federal has been appointed, has , excited great attention, and occafioncd much anxiety, to the fiacere fr iends of the union. The Tuccefs of this aegociatjon .docs infinite honor to the gentlemen* who conducted it on both fates withfo much tem* per and wisdom. This friendly accommodation affords a tifeful lelfoa to dates and nations in general, .when we con fider ;how rnudh blood and treasure has been expended, in disputes concerning territories much less valuable and ex tensive. •- . . . • 4 . . .Capt. Turner,, in the brigantine Cfcriftiana; arrived at Boftoo, in ten Weeks from Arijfterdam, on the 23d tilt, g little to tfifc caftward of George’s Bauk, spoke a schooner, Capt. Cox^1 from the Banks of Newfoundland .bound for Be verly,, who informed, him, that fbme weeks before he spoke a fliip from Brlftol, bound to Shelburne, Nova Scotia, out up wards of an hundred days, and being (hart ol provitipns, had been obliged to kill one man to fitisfy their hunger. . ' V - % f * ' ’* i i T ILA D- E--L PHI A, January 6. . In General Ajjimbly , December 17. . The militia bill was, read 4 second time, and conlid-ered by paragraphs. This bill, on accbunt of its extreme length, took up four hours in considering. It was ordered to bd trahffcribed; and in the mean time printed for public coniideration.——By this the militia will be divided into the general militia and feleft militia. The general militia is to consist of all citizens between 18 and 53 years of agej and are to turii out one day in bach year, they arfe.a'lfo to pay the sum of ;; IhilKiigSj as a contri . bution to the militia fund, into which also afe to go all fines and forfeitures, which are to be applied solely to the use of the militia., Every perfoh is entitled to an Appeal, if he finds himfelf aggrieved. „ . The fcleft rtiilitia is to, consist of A legion containing 2048 rank and file. . ’ A division of artillery 128 rank and file. A squadron of dragoons 128 rank and file* The whole amounting to 2560 rank and file, t This corps is to be composed of volunteers, if enough ftiould offer, if not the deficiency is to be made up in other diftritfs or by lot. They are to he enrolled, one third part for four years, one third part for three years, and one third part fur two years, aud nohb~ are to Terve afterwards : they are alio to be of gos 1 character, and from-18 to 25 years ofageW-one fh!n^