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14 X1 • 4 SeS. 11. The General Aflembly (hall point out the mode of corre&ing errors and appeals, wnich (hall extend as far as to empower the Judges to dired a new trial by jury within the county where the adion originated, which (hall be final. Sea. 111. Courts merchant (hall be held as here tofore, (übjed to such regulations as the General Afi’embly may by law diredf Sea* 111. All caules (hall be tried in the county where the defendant resides, except in cases of real estate, which ihall be tried in the county where such estate lies, and in criminal cases which (hall be tried in the county where the crime shall be committed. Sea. V. The Judges of the Superior Court, and Attorney-General, (hall have a competent sa lary eftabliffied by law, which (hall not be in creased nor dinunifhed during their continuance in office, and (hall hold their commiflions during the term of three years. ARTICLE IV. Sect. I. The eledors of the members of both branches of the General Aflembly shall he citizens and inhabitants of this (late, and (hall have attained to the age of twenty-one years, and have paid tax for the year preceedmg the eledion, and (hall have redded fix months within the conn-* *y- Sea. 11. All eledions (hall be by ballot, and the Houle of RepretentatiVes in all appointments of (late officers (hall vote for three perlons, and a lid of the perlons having the highest number of votes (hall be signed by the Speaker and sent to the Senate, which (hall from iuch lift determine by a majority of their votes the officers elected, except militia officers and the Secretaries of the Governor, who (hall he appointed by the Governor alone, un der such regulations and redactions as the General A (Terribly may preferihe. The General Aflembly may vest the appointment of inferior officers in the Governor, the Courts of Jufiice, or in l'uch other manner as they may by law eftablilh. Sea. 111. Freedom of the preis, and trial by jury, (hall remain inviolate. - Sea. IV. All persons (hall be entitled to the writ of Habeas Corpus. Sea. V. All persons ft all have the free exercise of religion, without being obliged to contribute to the support of any religious profeffion hut their own. Sea. VI. EFates shall not be entailed, and when a person dies intestate leaving a wife and children, the wife (hall have a child’s (hare, or her dotver, at her option : if there be no wife, the estate (hall be equally divided among their children and their legal representatives of the firft degree. The db ftribution of all other intestate estates may be re*- gulated by law, Sea. VII. At the general election for members of Aflembly in the year one thousand leven hun dred and ninety-four, the electors in each county (hall elect three persons to repreient them in a con vention for the purpose of taking into consideration the alterations neceflary to be made in this Consti tution, who (hall meet at (uch time and place as the General Aflembly may appoint; and if two thirds of the whole number (hall meet and concur, they (hall proceed to agree on such alterations and amendments as they may think proper: Providtd, That after two thirds (hall have concurred to pro ceed to alterations and amendments, a majority fl ail determine on the particulars of such altera* lions and amendments. V>H. This Conftltution fEall take effect and be in full force on the fiift Monday in OctQr ber next, after the adoption of the fame ; and tiie Executive shall be authorifed to alter the time tor the fitting of the Superior Courts, to that the lame may not interfere with the annual elections in the respective counties, or the meeting pf the firit General Assembly. Attejl . DANIEL LONGSTREET, Secretary. E D E N T O N, December a, xtrac of a it ter J tom Col. Martin to a gentleman in this town, dated .. Trgalcnv, OSober 22, 1788, i Since writing to his Excellency lart, I have had a small attack wuh the Creeks and Cherokees, within three hundred yards of the htule 1 hverl at. My oveileer is dangerously wounded, and myfelf * plundeied of my ho.fes. We killed one Indian, who appears to be a ■ Cieek. lam confined here waiting an answer from the Cherokee#, which I expert by the ferond of next month, and then 1 think all ho rtthttes will cease upon their parts. As soon as our talks are over I fliail hurry down to the AllembJy, if I can get a horse able to cariy me, they being very feared in this country, as the Indians, have been pillaging ever liuce spring.” His Excellency Samuel Johr.flcn is re-elerted Governor of this Hate for the year enluing. On Ti.tJday the 1 ith ult. the following gentlemen choten of ficers for the ensuing year t The Hon. John Skinner, James ieic. , .utmi 1 Hill, john Kiucheu, Joikih Collins, James Arm* ltrong, and Pempfey Connor, F.fqrs. James Giafgow, Esq. was chofcn Secretary of slate. . t * E S T O N, January The Legjflature arc fummoi.ed to meet this day, to proceed on the pubhc btifinefs, and as the import duty is granted to the Federal go vernment, a buly lertion may be experted in deviling way s and means to raise a revenue adequate to defraying our local expemes. It is very probable that there will be a general peace next fpr ng. The Auflrians and Rullians are not likely to make any progress this tampaign jn their nefarious ft heme of robbing and plundering the urks j on the contrary, their armies and their treafuiies are grertly exhaurted. The Swedes seem aheady tiled of the war ; the art fiance they experted from Prurtia has not teen given; Denmark is apainft them as far as their treaty with Rurt a goes, and the Swedjfli nobles have resigned their com millions. France is in no condition to go to war; :f she were, it would not be to her interest, againlt Fug End. Holland and Pruflia, now cemented in the ilofe bonds of friendlhip by a triple alliance. The Minirtry of rear-Britain are pacific, wilh* ing to tcliore the finances of their country, alpicll mined by the folly and infatuation of their abandoned and predicate pieoeccflors. 111 these circumflances, it is very probable that the year 1780 will be the acra of a general peace. * A gentleman lately arrived from Martinico, Grenada a d c t. T u cia, gives a n.ufl lamentable account of the damage furtamed by those 1 (lands from a dreadful hurricane, on the 12th of Ortober. At the hrrt n. mod iiland fcaice a vcrtel which remained in harbour efraped dertitirtion, and those that put to sea have not since been heard cf; Grenada has fuflained very considerable damage ; but Sr. Lucia a fptrtacle the mofl terrifying imaginable. During the height of the hnrncanea diendful earthquake happened, which convulled the whole island, and finally swallowed about nine hundred inhabitants. 6. Yeflcrday Rif hard Graham was committed to prison, charged with the murder cf William Goidon. It appeared in evidence before the Coroner’s Inquert, that the deceased belonged to the Metcury, Captain Grant, lying atßcjer’s wharf, ar.d on Sunday was in company with thice of his fl.ij mates, at the sign of the (hip, a tavern kept by Graham. A quart el a riling in the hpufe, the dcreaied left it, but returning for his comrades, the landlord oppoftd his en tering the honfe, and a few hot words ensuing, Graham brought a cntlafs, with which he flatbed Gordon in the telly, who soon after expired. The clerticn of the Senators of the United States already chosen is anew and unequivocal confitmation of tl e hederal ( onftitution seven of them were n en ters of the Gtard Federal Convention—and the whole are the film friends to the C onfiitution. The effert offveh ap pointments mufl bCgreatly 1 enefw : al to our country, both in Europe and A met ica : and if to a peifeverance in the fame lire, the voice of the United States ftci.ld call to the chief feat of federal government, the venerated President of the lederal Convention, u *wiU not the UjJhve be Invght jtrtb nx.itl greet jejr” jIVGV ST /t, J m . ? 4 . Cn Thursday lap ti e General Alien bly were pleased to make the following appointments: Chief Juflice : The Honorable Nathaniel Pendleton, Esq. Attorney General: Matthew M'AUifler, Esq. Auditor : John Weieat, Esq. Sectetary of State: John Milton, Esq. Tieafurer r John Meals, Ffq. Surveyor General: 7homaa M'Call, Ffq. Con ptroller for ti e Port of Savannah 1 Cornelius Collins, Esq," Collector for the Port of Savannah ; Reuben Wilkmfon, Esq/ Collertor for the Port of Sunbnry 1 James Rich.icU, Ffq, MARRIPD.I Cn Tburfdiy tie 15111 iofl. f »ert Randolph, Ffq. to the amiable Mifa f linbeth Napier, daughter of Thomas Nipiir, Esq. Loth of Richmond couutf •