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SATURDAY, May 31, 178*. GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE j,■ ■ ; • ; ■ O R •. •' -V ■ »•'. ‘ / ■■■r.i-ji ,«; * l • • • 1 * * IW . ... -V INDEPENDENT REGISTER. *>«i* ■' ■ * • * , * * * * . v . . - " •' ' • * • • ; • .•: V ‘ ‘ ••• j i - f , . I ’ l, '! | “ ""P I ,■ : 'g'-Aia. ■■■ 1 FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JUR Y, to remain inviolate forever. Confiituticn •/ Gtcrgia* \ ... i • . -* .» V; .V • r . . - ... » "II ■ ■—■ ■■ ■■■ "■— —1 1 —■■■—■— I ,11 A U G U S TA: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to the State; FJfoys, Articles 4 - Intelligence j Adverti/ftnents, &c, will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing f erf anted. —■■■ :■:■■■ - t—-. ' ■■■■ , ,I^;^..^ * * ■ '/• •PHILADELPHIA, May 3. THE Planters of South-Carollna are mak ing experiments in the culture of cot ton, and they have proved hitheno very fatis fadory, promising great profit. We hope to lee their cotton bags, before long the nvocl pucks of America. We learn that they have got the gin. or machine for cleaning it, by which the profit of railing it must be much cncrealed. How flourilhing would South- Caroiina and Georgia soon be with proper ceconomy, under t a good government, who, to their old valuable produce, rice and indi go, have lately added tobacco and cotton. *The'latter article may be of considerable con lequence to the coasting trade, which will probably be confined by the general govern meat to American bottoms, as such regula tion would not at all interfere with necessary open market to foreigners* The large towns an the middle and northern dates will pro bably become the feenes of munqfedure, as cotton must be transported from the places of its growth. This domestic branch of the car rying trade, from port to port within the union is becoming daily more important. The Virginia colliers now employ a good deal of tonnage, and new difeoveries on the Hudson, Delaware or Chesapeake will* it may he hoped, Cncreafe the benefit of this branch. It is hoped, fays a correspondent, that one of the firft measures of the federal government will be to lay a large general import or excise on spirituous liquors, to preserve morals, to prevent disorders, to introduce asfubftitutesthe native American beer and cyder, and to ease the landed interest and farmers of part of their prefeut taxes. By pursuing the English me thod of using home-brewed beer, our farmers might save all their taxes. County mak-houfe, within the reach of a morning’s carting with barley, and from which a farmer might return with his malt the fame day, would greatly conduce to the public benefit and convenience. The state of Pennsylvania, being about 150 miles wide from north to fdutb, and about 360 miles long from east to weft, may be re duced into frxty diftrids of 30 miles square ; that is, if it was fully peopled, no more than sixty malt houses would be required to com plete the above plan, from each of which the farmers might go and come in a day. We learn tflat Mr. Borriley, of the Eastern Shore of Maryladd, has preferred the Agri cultural Society of this city with a model of a *ThreJhing Machine , which is fomfewhat on the conftrudion of .a coffee-mill* and will threfti above one hundred builiels of wheat in a day, 1/vith one man’s labour. Machines appear to be objeds •f*immenfe consequence to this •country. Every month furnilhes iis with something new and important of that nature. It is the duty of every friend to America, at liome and abroad, to keep a vigilant eye upon fcvery thing of that kind which comes in his w r ay. We may invent, and we may borrow of Europe their inventions. Possessed of foil without end, every thing that saves the labour of hands is a gain of peculiar value to us. BALTIMORE, April 29. A correspondent hath favoured us with the following intelligence, which wc chearfully present to our readers: « That on Monday the 11ft inst. the Convention appointed by the citizens of this state, for the purpose of coun tering the couftitution promoted by the Gene* 9 ¥ H S »•'< M - "T!'. * * "■ ■ ••' •• ral Convention for the government of the United States, met at the city of Annapolis, and unanimously eleded the Hon. George Piater, Esq. President. Upon the 23d the plan of government was read the firft time, and a resolution taken thereupon, that the convention would not enter into a decision upon any particular part of the plan; but that af;er a second reading, the liibjed at large might be fully debated and considered ; after which the question Ihould be put by the Presi dent, and thie yeas and nays takfen upon the ratification. Accordingly, upon the 26th the question was taken, when there appeared for the ratification 63, against it 11. Then a committee of 13 was appointed to date and report such amendments as they might agree upon, for the confideratioii of that honorable body, the convention. These amendments, if deemed necessary, to be proposed to the people, to be hereafter recommended only. « The fame correspondent observes, that he is happy in alluring us, that the greatest dignity, as well as decorum, was exhibited on this important occasion. The minority were heard with a candid and profound atten tion. Their talents and abilities were amply displayed ; and but from the cleared: impref fiobs of the heft of causes, they might have been more fuceefsful. *« The elegance of Annapolis will be fully displayed upon this event, and the citizens of Baltimore town are occupied in preparing an exhibition, which promises a gfand demon firation of those exalted advantages winch are inseparable from the hopes and expectations of the United America. “ The general cimduft of Maryland, con nefted with this noble trait in hei unhlemithed charaOer, mu ft infprre the mind with encreaf ing admiration ! Maryland,—independent in her resources,—superior by the excellence of her political and civil institutions, to the rage of internal commotion —Maryland, the in formed, the benevolent and the wife, who can befiow advantages without an equivalent, but in the consciousness of advancing public felicity—has opened her bosom to the em braces of her filler states, has erected the SEVENTH PILLAR upon which will be reared the glorious fabric of American great ness; and, in which fabric, the rights of mankind will be concentered as to their native home! *< O ! may the happy moment soon arrive, when the august Temple of Freedom lhail be supported by Thirteen Pillars, with its gates unfolded to every part of the creation —may its duration be as permanent as time, and its period engulphed only in the bosom of eter nity !*' Federal ProcrJJion Ahd Order of March, at Baltimore, on Thurs day, May 1, weather permitting. Mr. Boyer, with his band of raulic in the front. Farmers. Millers sod Infpeftora of flour. Butchers, Bakers. Brewers. Djftillers* Blacksmiths. House Carpemers. Painters and Glaiicrjh Bricklayer* [No. LXXXVIII.J PlaiftereM. Cabinet Makers. Coach Makers. and Tumets. , j Coopers. Tanners and Curriers. Shoemakers. , Saddlers and Harncfsmakefs. Leather Dieffers and Glover*# Hatters. Taylors. . Stay-Makers. Comb-Makers. Barbers. iSflverfmiths and Watchmakers* Coppcrfiniths. Brass-Founders. Kailois and Gimfiiiiths, Tallow-Chandlers, , Printers. Pilots. • “ s Ship edcralijl. 1 ’ -Vu. .■ • ( Captains, Seamen, Sic. , Draymen, , Merchants and Traders, preceded by tliQ Consuls. Ship-Carpenters. Ship-joiners. , Carvers and Gilders, Mast-Makers. Rope-Makers. Diggers. Block-Makers. Sail-Makers. Mathematical Instrument Makers. Ship-Chandlers. Boat-Builders. Proceifion to clofu with Bench and Bar, Dolors and Clergy. place of Parade, Philpot’s Hill, adjoining the Play-house, ten o’clock. Line formed, and order of march regulat ed by Captains Plunket and Moore. Place of refrefhment, Federal Hill, foiith fide of the Bafon, commanding a view of the town, (hipping and river. Artillery to be under the direction of Major Smith, to fire 13 guns on a signal made by the line when formed —The line to answer with three huzzas, and immediately after move in ptoceffion. On pa fling the Court-house 13 Runs. On arriving at the place of guns. Toasts, Sic. to be regulated by Meflre. Gil mor, Tboroughgood Smith, Sam :el Smith, and Col. Rogers. Early in the evening a bonfire, fire-warks, > &c. ~ . : . The different crafts are earnestly requested to make immediate returns of their principals, and the emblems intended to be displayed, to the committee. The principals are requested to open a fub feriptiondn their refyetfivc crafts, for railing a fund to defray the expence of the procefiion. Not more than a dollar is ex peeled from each. A return of the furn collated to be made to the Committee. N. B. la arranging the order of procstfion,