The Georgia state gazette, or, Independent register. (Augusta, Ga.) 1786-1789, April 21, 1787, Image 3

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, fpiritcd, and animated manner,- he Hated their it y lefpedively, and urged to a faithful and indual discharge of it. His feminisms, I think, ere perfedly just, and many of them may be read his general orders. “ Prior to his Excellency’s arrival the insurgents r e dispersing; the approach increased their ..m, and there dees not now remain in that L te any considerable bodies of them. The civil icers are directed to call on the militia of that te, or on our officers, for such militia force as ey may need in apprehending or difper/ing the furgents. “ The state ofNew-York are perfedly disposed serve us, and no person is better qualified, or tter inclined, to execute their friendly intentions an his Excellency their Governor. The mfur nts are making their way into Vermont. I hope at state will adopt such a system as ftiall prevent y ill confequenccs to us from the insurgents find gan asylum within their borders. I have the nor of being, dear Sir, with the highest esteem, mr Excellency’s most obedient servant, B. LINCOLN. His Excellency Governor Boudovuin.’* N E W-Y O R K, March 15. On the 27th ult. the President of New-Hamp ire state iflued his proclamation, ordering, not ily the projenbed rebels of Maftachufetts to be >prehended, but also 63 others, with their names length, if they may be found within the nits of that state, where, it is said, they have mcealed themselves. His Excellency Governor Huntington, of Con tlicut, has also iflued a proclamation for appre :nding the proferibed rebels of Maflachufett*. Shays and ten more (his officers) are taken up V the Eritilh garrison at St. John’s, and confined titil Sir Guy Carleton’s pleasure is known refpetl g them. Gene-ral Lincoln has sent an express to ir Guy on the fubjecl. AVGUSTA, April 21. Tuefday last an«exprefs arrived here from Dr. Vhfte, Superintendant of Indian Affairs for the tuthern Diflritt, now in the C reek nation, with fpatches for the Hon. the Executive of this state, id to contain the alarming intelligence of’the reek Indians intending to commit hostilities ;ainft the citizens of this state—We hope to be >!e to inform the Public of the particulars in jr next. The brig Nancy, She well, from Marseilles and lalaga, is arrived at Charleston. The tranflatof of the Marquis Challellux’s Tra els gives the following character of Dr. Franklin : The illustrious and amiable character of Dr. ranklin is far beyond my praise. To have known im ; to have been a frequent witness to the di inguilhed afts of his great mind ; to have been 1 a situation to learn and to admire hiscompre enfive views and benevolent motives ; to have eard the profound maxims of wife philosophy and )und politics drop from his lips - with all the naffetted simplicity of the most indifferent con erl'ation ; to have heard him deviate from the lepths of reason, and adapt his inftruttivedifcourfe 0 the capacity and temper of the young and gay ; ohave enjoyed, in short, the varied luxuries of iis delightful focicty ; is a fubjed of triumph and “onfolation of which nothing can deprive. He too,. is well as the envious and interested enemies of this ranfeendent merit, nuifl drop from off the feene, :ut his name acre ferennius is inferibed in indelible :haraflers on the immortal roll of philosophy and reedom, for the ordentia verba of the most honest idvocates of freedom of the present age, the late Serjeant Glynn, 011a great occasion, the aclion l 3&n£ Lord Hallifax for the falfe imprisonment of Mr. Wilkes, may with peculiar judice be applied to this great man. Few men in whole revolving ages can be found who dare oppose themselves to the force of tyranny, and whose lingle breads con tain the spirit of nations. MARRIED.] At Briar creek, on the nthind. Mr. Wm. Douglass to Miss Whitehead, daughter of Amos Whitehead, Esq. an amiable young Lady whose accompliihments will make the matrimo nial date agreeable. DIED.] In this town, lad Wednesday night, Williams Green, Esquire, Member of the Hon. the Executive Council for Burke County. ©©©©©© In commemoration of a CR EE K HOSTAGE, who committed Suicide in the town of Augulla, on Monday lad, 16th April: Without requeuing leave of^abfence, From those who had temporal care of him, STRAYED, Or rather dole himfelf from exijience, SKIUPKI HATKI, A Wcjiern Chief* And Candidate For Liberty aerial: In which, perhaps, he breathes The air of freedom, far From this oppreflive atmosphere, That bowel’s him in earth. The probable cause Os such unnatural flight, To the Land of Spirits, We may attribute, To insanity : But where the foul, Knew no controul, And Liberty, Made all men free j No chain could bind, A favage'mind, Through leathern dring, It took its wing To regions, where imagination tells How Chridians live, and where this Savage dwells. Ten Pounds Sterling Reward in Specie. RUN AWAY, about fix weeks ago, a Negro- Fellow, named 808, of a black complexion, and drong made, upwards of thirty years of age. The said Fellow has lately been taken up at Col. Marbury’s Plantation, above the town of Auguda, and since made bisefcape ; as he is very artful and sensible, it is probable he will endeavour to go to wards the Indian nation. The above Reward will be paid to any person who delivers the said fellow to me at Alhepoo, in South-Carolina, or in Savan nah Goal. EDMUND BELLINGER, jun. April 10, 1787. ts FOR SALE, A LOT, No. 5, near Campbell’s Warehouse on which is a House and Store ; the House 20 feet by 30, almod new. Likewise the following articles : Rum —Sugar—Wine—Salt—Iron—Steel—Cad- ings—and a small but general adortment of Euro pean Goods. The paper medium of this date will be taken for the House and Lot; for the remainder Tobacco or other country produce. For terms apply to the fubicriber at Meflrs. Ross 1? Currie’s, Auguda. ALEXANDER J. SPIERS. March 30, 1787. 27-*? FOR SALE, For the PAPER MEDIUM, By ihc Subscriber, A QUANTITY OF INDIGO SEED. ANDREW INNES. 11 . Atigujiay lilarcb 26, 1757. THE Board met: Present Mr. Glafcock, Mr. Forfyth, Mr. Jack, Mr. Telfair, and Mr. Jones. A Letter of this day from Mr. Charles Francis Chevalier was received and read : Q, atred % That the f..me be filed. Tlie Board took uudtr consideration the eligibi lity of employing a .French Tutor to attend the Academy, and thereupon came to the following Resolution : That a French Tytor is ncceffary and expedient in addition to the Tutors already appointed. Whereupon Mr. Chat lea Francis Chevalier was choSen, with a Salary not exceeding Seventy-five pounds per annum. The Salaty to commence whenever thirteen Scholars (hall be entered ; and to be under the Same regulations, and pay the price for tuition required of the third claSs in the Aca demy. The Board took under their confederation the Order of the 12th December last, re Spelling the Sale of Lots in this town Whereupon the Board came to the following Resolution : That ali Lots then Sold, the conditions whereof have not been complied with, be expufed to public Sale on the 2.3 d of April next, for ready money ; the titles to be ready and executed on that day to the purchasers paying for the fame. That this Board will on the 23d of April next, proceed to let to the lowest bidder, the undertak ing to build and complete fix houses, 38 feet by 20, with two chimnies to each, on the public lots in this town, according to a plan which may be seen at the Clerk’s Office, and will be then (hewn. Ext raft from the Proceedings of the Boards JAMES M. SIMMONS, C. D. C. Just received fro n Phil >delpbi«, and to be had at the Printing-Office, The Columbian Magazine, For NOVEMBER i 7 s6. Embellished with two Copper Plates. Containing: A description of Bones, &c. found near the river Ohio; A Ihort.description of the Crotalus Horridus, or Rattle y>nakc: Further ob servations on the Loculi of North-America s A curious non-dcfciipt Fi.'h ; On the different Species of Phobia : A ihort dissertation on Eclipses : An account of the progress of population, agriculture, manners, and government in Pciinfylvauia : Mo ral reflections: An account of the effects of the general thaw in March, 1784, upon the river Su fquehannah, and the adjacent country: Some thoughts on real and imaginary evils : Prizes pro posed by the Philadelphia Society for promoting agriculture, the 14th of February, 1786 : Mr. Boardley’s account of his own and Mr. Singleton’s experiments, designed to afeertain, with what quan tity of feed sown, and at what distances, wheat grows belt: The Contemplant, an Eastern Tale: Pei riu and Lucetta, or rural probity: The Disco very, a Novel : Solutions to Mathematical queffi ons proposed last month: Mathematical, queftiona prepofed : 'The Columbian Parnajjiad —A Poetical Epistle, addressed by a Lady of New-Jcrfey to her niece : To' Amelia : The Lover’s Complaint: An Indian Eclogue : Zoilus : Address to the owner of *a Singing bird : To Amanda : Imitation of Martial’s 34th Epigram, Book III: -The Balloon : A Similie: To Philelios : Mathematical quellion, &rc. &c.