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felling fe r new emission as specie. This money was re
used by every planter as their calh part; some owed money
n South-Carolina, other* B wanted hard money to carry them
ato Virginia, and the remainder would aflign no other rea
on, than the'hard tt\ScV.fort afuited better. The money was
■ncreafing on the Merchants every day, and no vent for it.
iome of us owed money in Europe, others in Charleston ;
vhere, from every advice, it is not a lawful tender. No
Merchant in Savannah Would touch it for any Weft-India
lonimodity, or hardly any other kind of goods. Had the
Savannah merchants given the money the fame liberal fup
>ort we did here, hardly any diftinftion would now have
jeen made between paper and specie.
The of Augusta thus situated, took a general
darm, mean time transient pedlars, who had puked up some
as the medium, had agents, and attended themselves con
stantly at the warehouse, offering five dollars for tobacco,
md soon after some of our Run-away Merchants to the op
jofite shore, freightened there by the /oft times, came Ikulk
ug over tt) get quit.of the money in their pofieflion.- The
danters feeing lo many anxious paper money holders, raised
their money from four to five, five to fix, fix to seven dol
lars. The Merchants here, friends to the paper money, some
having taken 20001. some 15001. others rood, and all up
wards of 5001. sensible of being poftefied of a perishable com
modity to luch an amount, daily decreasing in value, prudent
ly declined taking it at all. Surely better do this, than fink
the credit of the money farther by extorting three prices.
To one of the returners from voluntary banishment to
South-Carolina I was obliged to pay thirty-two fhiliings and
eight-pence per gallon for wine,* at which enormous prices
a petty ali’oi tment of goods would have commanded eveiy
lhilling in circulation Had the remaining Merchants, who
flood out the florm fleadily, been villainous enough to have
taken luch ungenerous advantages of needy holders of this
money, which soon nmft be good, we might have made for
tunes out of poor individuals, who gave aftual property for
it. This, hgwever, we despised ;we took it as long as we
could with fafety, and then ftopt.—Judging, that as it was
a lawful tender, their debts would furnilh them with a fuf
ficieacy to answer every demand. And you, Mr. Curtius,
are »»<*c lati&fied with their making such a facrifice of- their
debts > but want to plunge us arid our connections in ruin, by
to 1 ell property, some of which not our own, for
a commodity w'e cannot pay our debts with in any contry but
this , and none of the honest among us (ij you twill be jo con~
defending as to allotw any Merchant to be honest) could re
concile it to our conscience, if ccue have any , paying any debts
we might owe in this fate, with the medium, pound for
pound. But, pray Sir, anfwerme? What connection has it
with your argument, viz. “ The queltion whether we are to
1 t free or Haves. >f It is certainly a very free idea, an incli
nation to force us to take a commodity we have no use for,
in exchange for every comfort and n-ecefiary of life. As
to “ our kindred characters” certainly meaning us late Bri
tiih fubjeCls, bluth Sir, at the Jublitne liberal sentiment. T
know many of us would now wade through as many deluges
of blood as the molt Haunch patriot in defence of the free
dom and happinels of this infant Hate, and our property.
But we can by no means conceive it a virtue or patriotism
ruining ourselves to serve every body now in pofleffion of this
money. The late prudent steps the Legifiatnre have taken
to link the fmali parcel of money now emitted mult soon be
felt, and Sheriffs Sales will complete the business. Give the
Paper fair play, it will and mull soon answer every' purpose.
Violence will serve ao end, but drawing us to extremities,
aud hurt the money. Adieu for the prefent— Refleft on this.
An AUGUSTA MET CHANT.
A U G.U S TA y March 10.
DIED.] In this Town, on Wednesday last, after afevere
and lingering llluefs, Mr. Thomas Lawson, a native of
England, but late a resident of the city of New-York.
* letter from the Hon. Mr. Jefferfon, Minister Plenipotentiary
from the United States to the Court of VerJ'ailles, to David
Ram fay, £fq. in Charleston.
« Paris > Qdlober 27, 178/5.
Having observed the immense consumption of rice in this
country, i t became matter of wonder to me why so few lliips
come herewith that article from South-Carolina and Georgia,
the. information I received on my firft enquiries was, that
itue Carolina rice came here, because it wasdefs clean and
e s good than what is brought them from the L’evant. Further
•juiry, owever, has fatisfied me of the inexaftitude of this
information. The case is as follows t—about one half the
rice consumed in France is from Carolina ; the other half is
from Piedmont. The Piedmont lice is thought by connoifieui s
to be best au gras ; the Carolina rice best au hit * yet the
superior whiteness of the latter is fomuch morepleafing to the
eye as to coropenfate with many purchasers its deficiency fa
quality. Carolina rice fells at Havre, by wbolefale, ataa,
23 and 24 livres the f rench quintal : the livre being tod
sterling; and the French quintal loplb. Englilh. At the
approach of Lent if rises to a; livres. It is retailed in Paris
at from 6to 10 sous the French pound, according to its qua
lity, being sorted. Piedmont rice fells always at 10 sous
( 5d fter.) the pound jin the wholesale it is 3or 4 livre sthe
quintal dearer than Carolina rice, this would supplant that of
Piedmont, if brought in fufficient quantity, and to France
direttly, but it is firft carried and deposited in England, and
it is the merchant ofthat country who fends it here, drawing
a great profit himfelf, while the commodity is moreover fub
jefted to the expeuces of a di üble voyage. You will per
ceive by the inclofed letter, that government here is disposed
to encourage its importation. I think they will receive it
dutyfree, or under a very jight duty, barely fufficing to in
dicate the quantity imported. When I compare the price of
this article here, with what it is in London or C'harlefton, I
cannot help hoping the diffeicnce will be fufficient to draw\o
this country immediately what its consumption would call
for. It muff come to Havie or Rouen, and muff arrive there
in time to reach Paris by the iff of February, that is to fay,
a month before the Careme, as moil persons lay in their pro
vilion of rice during that peiiod ; this condition is so indis
pensable, that it certainly loses its sale if it arrives later. I
lend you some fpeciments of the different kinds of rice as fold
heie. —If by making known these details, you think the inter
course between our country and this may Be improved, I am
sure you take on yourf'df the trouble of doing it, nobody being
more fenlible then you are of the motives, Both moral and
political, which Ihould induce us to bind the two countrie 3
together, by as many ties as possible, of fnteret and affeftiou.»
for sale, \
SEVEN Hundred Acres of Land in the County, of
Wilkes, whereon is a good Grist and Saw Mill, iyjng
within fix miles of Washington. The Paper Medium, Ne
groes or other good trade will be taken in payment. The
Land will be lhewn and the Terms known by applying to
. the Sub-scriber, JOHN JACK.
N. B; There are about 15 or 20 acres of cleared lands
on rhe above; great part of the trail good for wheat, com
or tobacco.
March 7, p 787. '• - -
State of Georgia, ) T1 7H ERE A S tiie Sheriff of said
Wilkes County. $ VV county of Wilkes, by virtue of
a Writ of Attachment to him diretted, did attach a traft
of land, the property of Hhrrifon Mecon and Harrison Muf
grove who is absent from, ahd without the limits of this
state, at the suit of Henry Mounger. And whereas the said
Henry Mounger hath agreeable to direction of the Attach
ment Aft, filed his declaration in the Superior Court against
the said Harrison Mecon aud Harrison Mufgrove, and hath
obtained the following rule. *
Henry Mouuger, Ordered, That the defendants
vs. r appear and plead within a year and a
Harrison Mecon and f day, otherwise judgment by default
Harrison Mufgrove j
H. MOUNGER, Pro.
BENJAMIN CATCHINGS, C. C. W.
Notice is therefore given, That unless the said Harrison Me
con and Harrifou Mufgrove do appear and plead in a year
and a day, judgment will be entered against them accor
dingly. HENRY MOUNGER.
November 4, 178 6.
N~d T / c E.
WHEREAS a certain William Mead, late of the state
of Virginia, carried out of the said date, a number,
of Slaves, which he holds during the life of Mrs. Mead;
I do hereby forewarn all persons whatever, from purchasing
* either of the following Slaves, or their incxeafe, viz. Judy,
Doll, Nan, Kate, Moll, Dorcas, Grace, Ned, Joe, Bob,
Sam, Hannah, Agaie,. Harvey, Lewis, Jeffie, Aqnikie,
Nelly, Beck,. Esther, Phill, Lucy, Charles, Solo
mon, Emanuel, Ifham, Toro, Sukey, Frank, Abraham and
'• ROBERT WALKER.