The Georgia state gazette, or, Independent register. (Augusta, Ga.) 1786-1789, May 05, 1787, Image 3

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Ivith eight; other rebel officers, names unknown, Irrived at Isle aux Noix; and that on the aSth Ihey fill remained there, and-conversed with him. ■ his gentleman further fays, from his personal ■nowledgc, that the real distress of the party, in ■oint of finance, obliged Shays to pawn a fieigh, Ire. to defray their expences to this last retreat lorn the vengeance of offended justice. It was ■aid they intended to continue their route to Que ■cc. I At Fort Edwards, our informant adds, he fell w with fix others of Shay’s party, one of which ■as a Captain, who enquired of him with earned: ■dicitation refpeding Shays ; these men were like ■ife In a mod didreffed situation. This Captain ■ppeared zealoufiy determined to pursue his infer ■al purpose of rebellion, and said, that they (mean ing the body of insurgents) intended again to re- Birn when the leaves put out! I The gentleman who has favored us with the fcove particulars, cannot admit of the mod didant ■robability, that these rebels to ail law and govern ment will receive cither protection or countenance Bom the government of Quebec. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3. 1 The Superintendant of Indian Affairs has the Beafure to inform the public, that he on the 3rd B>. had a conference with a chief of fix nations B/vhofe veiacity he thinks may be depended upon) B whom he is informed that in consequence of Be speeches of Congress lad summer, a deputation V the fix nations were sent to the weflerly and Bmhwederly tribes of Indians within the United Bates tei ritory, desiring them to behave themselves Baceable towards the United States. That a part !■ deputation are dill amongd the nations men- Bpned, on that business, and that he thinks nothing Bejudicial to the citizens of the United States is B be apprehended from any of the Indian nations, consequence of the late conferences held among Bemlelves, and that it is their further intention to Bpend upon their own councils* and not to follow Be advice of a people who have so long led them Bray. U'aiUGUSTj, May 5. ■On Wednesday lad, a Negro fellow, named pßck, belonging m> Mr. Turkenet near this town, B s tried and executed, tor robbing the house of Blonel Williams. ■ The (hip Enterprise, Fell, from Oporto, and Bo Adventure, Welch, from Malaga, are ar* Bed at Charledon. * Extrafl of a letter from New-Tork. W‘ While rebellion, dratagems and treafo'ns are Bng on in Maffachufctts, and the Bank of North- Bneiica seems to be the general topic of animad- in Pennsylvania, we are acting plays, and ■king away as merry as crickets, here in New of entertainment the theatre gffbrt;.* u» in. this V- was with .truth turay said, Jove did not so man the lea<t y nly muse in vain ! Many of #ho were formerly violently prejudiced a- theatneal exhibitions, begin to (peak refpeCt hf drama in proportion as they fee the folly four and audere morality, which, like some 1( morefs maiden aunt in a family, deigns to mingle a smile of gaiety with her grave and o !^B raci ous preachments. The clergy, in general, countries are lworn enemies to theatres, as E( j^B llC eive, for the following reason: The dage, well known, pretends to the trade of tnoral- Bfyfi this is nlfo the undeniable prerogative of ■ gown, and it is a fettled maxim, that no two es have ever been known long to agree.” At the Isle of Hope, in an advanced Mrs. Parker, widow of Henry Parker, Esq.- -(■helent of Georgia under the Trustees govern ment. Site arrived from England on the zcih of Augud, 1733. When female beauty adds to its ludre the far ftiperior beauties of the mind, — vemmus , vidimus, & vincimur » — A tafie for the sublime art of poesy corresponds | so naturally with the becoming sweetness and deli- ! cacy of the sex, that it affords matter of furprile to the lentimentalid, when he observes the (lender • attention paid to it ; though at the fame time we have to hope, from its benign source, a polilh for the prevalent rudeness of the times, and to render by it the mod beautiful part of the creation, the mod lovely and virtuous. Miss ’s Wijh is the fird inftanee of that harmonic taleut which the pages of our Independent Journal has been honored with. —This expanding blossom, we fondly hope, will continue to scatter the flowery ornaments of fertile imagination on those delightful paths leading to the Temple of Fame, and where the Graces have fair play. • \ MISS ; ’ s W I S H. FROM my beginning may the Almighty Powers, Blessings beflow in never ceasing (bowers j Oh! may I happy be, and always bled Os every joy, of every bliss poflefs’d; May plenty dissipate all worldly cares, And fniiling peace bless my revolving years. THE following appeals will be tried befote his Honor the Governor in Council, on Thursday the sth of July next: David Grediam, 1 41 2 acres in the vs. £ reserve of Greene Thomas Welborn, j county, Thomas Galphin, 1 vs. > James Gray, j Archibald Beal, T vs. i Robert Walton, j JAMES MERIWETHER, S. E. C. GEOR GI A. By Lewis Gardner , Esq. (L. S.) V Regider of Probats for LEWIS GARDNER. 3 the County of Richmond. WHEREAS John Reede, hath applied to me for letters of adminidration on the edate and effefts of Thomas Cade, late of this county dccesfieds These are therefore to cite and admoniih ad and Angular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at my Office, on the sth day of June next, to lbew cause, if any they have, why letters of admi uidrajtioa ffiould not be granted. 1 'S : Given under my hand and seal, at my Office, the sth day of May, in the year of our Lord 1787, and in the nth year of the Independence of the United States of Ame rica. "Just publified and may be had at the Printing - Office, THE LAWS Os the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, passed last Session. LIKEWISE, The Court of Confidence A<S. I i A SCHEME of a Lottery Or the purpose of building bridges acrol's the Rivers and L reeks between Waihington and Augurta : First, that there be 1150 Tickets, at 20s each. £• I^o 1 Prize - - 130 1 do. - - - 60 1 do. - - 40 2 do. £. 25 - 50 2 do. 20 - - 40 5 do. 10 - - 50 , IO do. 5 50 220 do. 2 - - 440 242 Prizes, deduct 5 per cent. B<so 860 43 29° 43 333 NOTE, That Seabourn Jones, John King, John, Talbot, David Hillhoufe, Benjamin Porter, and David r'refwell, Esquires, be appointed Managers to superintend the fame, to commence drawing on the firtt day oFAuguft next, provided the Tickets be then fold ; and that the Managers be also Com miflioners authorifed to fix the place, and contract with any proper pertou or persons to build the said bridges from the money arising from the benefit of laid Lottery. N. B. Tickets to be had In the mean time of said Managers. eow L O S T. ON Saturday night, the 9th of March, 1786, A Bond on William Williams, of South- Carolina, for a likely Negro Boy, between the age of9 and 15 years; the said bond was firft given to James Henderson, of North-Carolina, in the year 1781 or 1782, and endorsed to me the fubferiher as advertised before in the Gazettes ; and as it has never been found nor paid, I hereby forward the said William Williams of paying the said Bond to any other person but to me. DANIEL JOHNSTON. A S TRA r , MA R E/ 1 STRAYED from the fubferiber, near Clark’s station, on Long Creek, a fnnll blabk MARE, about 13 hands high, 4 years old, branded on tiro near buttock thus IC, had a finall bell on when went away. Wbofoever will bring said marc to the fubferiuer, or will give intelligence so that the fubferiber can get her, thall have Forty Shillings Reward. JOSEPH ALBERT. Long Creek , Wilkes County, April 10, 1787. Ten Pounds Sterling Reward in Specie . RUN AWAY, about fix weeks ago, a Negro bellow, named 808, of a black complexion, and strong made, upwards of thirty years of age. The said Fellow has lately been taken up at Col* Marbury’s Plantation, above the town of Augusta, and since made hisefcape ; 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 Afhepoo, in South-Carolina, or in Savan-* nah Goal. EDMUND BELLINGER, jtm. April 10, 1787. t s ROBERT DIXON tvlls before me a Dun Co loured MARE, about 14 hands high, about nine or ten years old, branded on the mounting ffioulder and buttock RL, the R being turned back, wards, and on the off thoulder and buttock Qjwith a fleur-de-Iys underneath. The owner must prove his property before me within the time limited by Law. WILLIAM FREEMAN, J. P.