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F&fURD&f, Marehit; i 7 BBi # At. * ’ n-v ■>- . GEORGIA STATfeGAZETTE ». O R INDEPENDENT REGISTER. <^fc^S22SSS2SSSSS2S!“ , "" lI "^2rfSBSSSBSSSSB^BBSSSSSE3SSSSSSSSS3SSS^S2SSSir3SSSSSSSSASSS*SBSS? ll * , *^ B^™l *^* , *^* l>BI *" 881^8,8 “ , t; i , * FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JUR Y, to remain inviolate forever. Constitution of Georgia* - r ' t * . __ AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. S M IH, T Printer to the State -, EJJayt, Articles of , Intelligence, Advertifentente, &c. will be gratefully received, and every kind o) Printing performed. % * * *&' * m - * * • , ,1 , * "V • —■ Jnfirudltons to young Gentlemen andethersy voho have too much honor to vjotk t to folleHv any vtfille occupation, or mede oj acquiring a livelihood , hut by Jpeculating in CALL’S BONDS.- Left my pupils ftould not pojfejs the properties of quick apprebcnJton y I <will reduce my injlruflions into a kind of Dialogue for their more tofy perception • PROLOGUE. •« % ( * ? 1 * IN the firft place we will conceive a young gentleman bereft of every means of fup |7<nt, ahd having spent his last dollar, and is tow living on Tick.—A subsistence of course mu ft be acquired, and without the disgrace of going to work. Let him follow the follow ing inftrudions, viz. Saunter about Fox’s and the Coffee-houfe in the fore part of the dgy, and hear how trades are going ; in the afternoon walk round the town i observe the Mechanicks at work ; introduce a converfa- ; Cion with each; know for Whom they are at work, and how long; from which you may calculate what may be due them. Your bufi rrefs having progteftVd thus far, enquire and know certainly, that Major Call is not in town. This sass being ascertained, you may walk oat and join the firft croud you fee, enquiic if Major Call is intoWn? To which some By flander will anfweiy No. You must then fay, I wonder when he will be in j I want to fee him mightily ; there is a little matter between tis, t wifti it was fettled. I wonder if he Would give a body any thing if they we»e to go to him ? Jly-Stander. Yes, he would give you land. Pupil. Why, I would fake alrnott any fhing, B . S. How much does he owe you ? P. Why, I don’t know rightly—let me fee —there is one bond of two bundled and twen ty-nine pounds, seventeen and eleven pence, may be. 2?. S. What wi l you take for the bond ? ; P. Why, I don’t know—l’ll trade it cheap —a good Negro or two, and lome borfes. B. S. That is too much; I will give you this horse. P. Why, that Teems like half ruining me ; hut asT can’t fee him if you will give ire the saddle and bridle in, you may have the boiid. B. S . Well, I want a trad of Cali's land Which lies dear me,agreed—give me the bond. P. Wby the bond en’t in town, but I can have it here by he i orning; let me have the horse, I’ll go for it. B. S. Take him. Thus mounted proceed to the beach, and 101 l about the set ry until you fee a ft ranger coming. For inftancc, we will fvppofe, one just arrived with a pair of fine horses, whom you must addrefi thus, Mr. will you trade them horses ? Stranger. Yet. PupJl VVhat fort U trade will you take ? f n t S . What fort of trade ! Why, money or good land. P. What’s your price ? S Why, I d n’t know how money rates in this country ; but I must h .ve four hundred* • hard dollars or good land equivalent if I fell them. P. Will you take bonds ? S . No, I want a bit of land or money to get it with. P. I’ll trade you Major Cali's bonds—he owns any ceflions of land, which he always > gives foi his own bonds. S . shave heard of Call's land—it lie will fay I Ihall have the laud, you may take the hoifes. P. Let me fee—l have got one bond for a hundred and thirteen pounds ten and nine ’ pence; that is a little more than what you alk, bur you may have the bond for the horftfs. S. Agreed. Give me the bond, and take the horses. P. Why the bond is not about me—l left ! it a little ways in the country, but I can have ► it here in the morning—l’ll fend diredly. Take care, my Pupil, to get the horses in poftcfiion, and pretend to feud one of them af ter the bond, and at any event have him put out • of the fti angei’s view. Which being done, next go and pawn your £. 229 liorfe to some * Mechanick who is at woik for a Merchant, and get an order on the (lore for five pounds of goods, and promise if you don’t pay the mo ney next day he (hall keep the horse. This fir ft day’s business being over, regale on your five pounds; but goto bed early, for to-mor row will be the btifieft dav.ot your life; but if , youconduft yourfelf properly throughout that day, you may dubb jouiiei; a speculator, and will be a made man forever. We will now ftip p< fe nine o’clock next morning is arrived, when the Stranger will be upon you. $ rangtr. Mr. has your man come yet ? P. No. I, can’t fee what keeps him ; but * he must bd in presently. Enter the two hundred ahd twenty-nine pound man. 2291. Well, Sir, have you got the bond ? P. No. But it must be here surely by *• twelve o’clock. t 2291. Well that will do 5 but I must leave town this afternoon. Having thus dispatched the gentlemen for the morning, keep a good look out at eleven and fee where the croud is gathering, then mount the best horse you had of the Stran ger, and proceed to the croud, where you will probably meet with a brother Chip, who will add refs you as follows: Chip . Will you trade tliat horse ? P. Yes. C. What will you take in CalPs bond** P . Why I would take part in Call's but not all; how much have you got ? C . I don’t know rightly; fomcwhere.upoa «tboufand pounds, I reckon* 1 - * - * * * * ~ #* fNo. LXXVIII?} P. Oh I don’t want at much as that j I want only a hundred and thirteen pounds for a man that is plaguing me, if you will let me have that much we will trade. C. VVhy my bonds e’nt in town, I lent them the other day, but I can get them to* mori ow. Oh if I can’t get them to-day, I would not give a straw for them ; I am sure they art | worth nothing to keep. C. Weil, what raps between your horfo | and my pair? P. Your pair ! Why they are so miser able old, betides one is broken winded, and the other has the bog spavin. C. That is nothing, they are in mighty pretty tune to trade. P, Why as they are fat o e might trade \ them off before they died of old age \ ITlgtvo you this for the pair. C. Afrcid, ( Now, my Pupil, mount the befl of Chip’* pair, lor here comes the Two hundred and twen:y-nine pound man. Well, Sir, is tjte bond come yet? P . No. I can’t fee what can be the mat* ter.,. . It is getting late, if you have not the bond I mud have my horse. P. Wei, I don’t care about the horse. X know when I fee Call I (hall get two or tbrcd such horses for the bond. Take cate, my Pupil, you are now on tho . very pinnacle of danger, strike With the Two hundred and twenty»nine pound man, or yon will be blown before dark. P. Well as the bond en’t here I’ll givat you.another,trade, you may have this horse. , 2291. 1 know him of old, he had his wind broke seven years ago. P. Well, I’ll trade you one of the pair. I - got yefierday, if you will give me the differ rence ? / 2291. Well, I will give you this tapkf* P. Agrefcd ; —you will find the horse at ■■■—s, tgjie him, and leave the Tacky* Stranger. Well, Sir, is your man come I P No—l can’t confider what can be tho matter. * Chip. Where did you fend him ? . P. Only to Mr. Borrowbond’s, for a pao per I left there! Chip. Borrowbond is not at home —ho went to Savannah the day before yefierday. p. Ah 1 that’s it:—then I suppose I fl»an*t get the bond this fort’night. Stranger . Well, Mr. I raufi be going a» you can’t get the b°od e’en take my lijrfes again. P. Why, if I bad known you wanted to b« off the bargain, I would not have parted with I 'ft 'ranger. Good God, Mr. furelyyou han’l fold my horses already I P. Yes I have, because I thought a mag ' ought always to ft#od to bit bargain*