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Vol. II.) ATHENS, GEORGIA : PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M DONNELL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1809. WILL BE RENTED On Monday the frfi day of January * next, at the late rcfidence of Mich ael Borders , deceafed, for one year the PLANTATION, j Whereon the deceafed formerly occupied, in the county of Jackfon ’ containing 50 or 6® acres of cleared land of a gx>d quality, under fence, including an apple orchard and a fmall peach orchard, a good dwell ing houfe and other neceffary out bu ldmgs, a gnft and faw mill in r tolerable repair on a never failing ftream, which engreffes a large run of cuflom. A bond and approved fecurity will be required, payable in one year from the date above mention ed. MARY BORDERS, Executrix, 1 JOHN BORDERS, Executor . November 18, 1809. ADMINISTRATORS SALE. On the firfl Tuefday in January next, agreeable to an order of the honor able the Court of Ordinary for the County of Jackfon, IVILL BE SOLD at Jeff erf on in /aid county, OnE trad of land containing 200 acres, lying and being in the county aforefaid with a fmall im provement thereon, adjoining Mid dleton Brooks and Arthur Craw ford, alfo a negro man named jack ; being part of the real eflate of Thelmas Morgan, deceafed j twelve inoiths credit will be given, the pu‘chafer giving bond and fecurity for the purebafe monev. MARY MORGAN, Adminiflratrix. JOHN CARMICHAEL, ROBERT MORGAN, Adminijlrators, Okcber 21, 1809. tds 74. SHERIFF’* SALE. mil be Sold, -On the firjl Tuefday in March next, at the court houfe in Ogle thnrpe county, ‘between the hours of ten and three o'clock, the following property r One negro woman named Peg or Peggy, one other named Reft, one negro girl named Pol!, a negro fellow named Joe, and four negro boys named B 11 >, Lewis, Bob and Miner, taken by virtue cf an execu tion : flut'd at the if fiance of Willi am Sc Felix Gilbert vs. John L-ffe v , upon the foreciofure of a mortgage upon faid negroes and ocher pro perty. Pur chaff rs are invited to attend ts a liberal credit of nine months r.ay be given bv the purenafers yvifg bond and approved fecurity to the plaint IT in the exeewt'-n. RICHARD BAILEY, December 5.3, 1809. Sheriff, Foreign Correspondent GEORGIA EXPRESS. “MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED.*’ PUBLIC NOTICE. ALL perfons travelling through the Creek Nation are at liberty to crofs the Chatohoochee, either at Mr. John Marftal’s ferry or at Mr. M f lntolh*s, whichever they pleafe as they are both half breeds ; and we pledge our word and honor that all travellers coming or going through our country fhail be uSld well, as this is the wift and talk of the Chiefs of Coweto. LITTLE PRINCE, • CHIEF ofCoweto Towns. N. B. The old road goes to Mr. Marftal’s which is the Ictt hand. Auguft 26, ISO 9. C 6 c, f, FIFTY DOLLARS RE (YARD. Deferred from the Mail of the U. S. fome time laft March in the Creek Nation (M. TANARUS.) Ifacah Bren ton. The above reward wll be given to any perfon who will deliver faid Brenton in Miiledge ville. By application being made to Col. B. Hawkins, Agent of the U. S. for Indian Affairs, he will iffua orders to the Chiefs to have him delivered up. JOHN B. CHANDLER, In the Poff Office Department. June 10, 1809. 1 PAPER ’ MIL L. nn JL HE Subfcriher intends erect ing a Paper Mdl on the Oconee near the Scull Shoals, and wants a large quantity of all kinds of RAGS, . For which a liberal pnee will be given. The great want af.d utility of fuchan eftabilftment in this State, in which we have no Piper M 11, it is hoped will induce its ciuzms to afford their co-operating aid in fuch an undertaking. ZACHARIAII SIMS. Green County, Nov. 2, 1809. LAWS OF GEORGIA. a •— AN ACT To prohibit Duelling, See. JBe it enabled by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentativss in General Affemhiy met, and it is hereby enabl ed by the authority of the fame, That from arH alter the fiat day of March next, any ptrfon or perfons who fnall g‘ve, bear, cr accept a chal lenge, krtf)wiog it to be fo, in writ irgor otherwile, or having given, borne or accepted a challenge, o c fhad in any way be concerned there in, or acctflury thereto, either as fecond or principal in the promo tion of a dud, aid beir.g thereof duly conv deed, ikiii not ther afa r be capable of hiding any olH:c cf honor, truff or profit within 1 this WHITAKER, Speaker cf the Houfe of R eprefentati ves. HENRY MITCHELL, Prefident of the Senate. Affented to December 12,1809. D. B. MITCHELL, Governon. AN ACT To provide for uk'Rg the Cenfus oi this State, as rtquired by the Conff rution. BE it enabled by the Senate and Houfe of Kept e/entatives in Ge neral AJfcmbly met, and by the autho rity of the fame, That it ihali be the dory of the j dikes of the Inferior Court, or any three of them in each county refpedbvely, within fixty days after the adjournment of this Legiflature, to appoint one or more perfons in each county, that is to iky, one perfon in each Battalion that may be in the refpedtive coun ties, whole duty it fhail be to take a full and accurate Cenfus or enu meration of all free white perfons arid people of color refining there in, diibnguilihing in feparate co lumns, the (ire white ptrfoas from the perfons of color and return the fame to the clerks of the Superior Courts of the feveral counties, cer tified under their handy, on or be fore the iff day of October nrxtj the perfons fo appointed bckg firft fever ally f.vorn before the faid Juffkes, or either of them, duly and fatthfully to perform the truft irpoled in them and it fhail be the duty of the faid clerks to tranfmit alt fuch seturns under feal to the Speaker of the Houle of Reprelen tauves on the fit ft Monday in No vember r est j and it fhail be the duty cf the Legifhture at their next it (lion to apportion the members cf toe Houfe of Reprefentatives a mong the feveral counties agreea ble io the plan preferibed by the Cor.ftkudon. Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That in caie the Joffices of the In ferior Courts fhail faff to appoint perfons t# take the enumeration within the p?r*od of fix"y days rf tcr the adjournment of the Leg fli tu:e, that then the Jufiicrs of the Peace, cr any three cf them, fhail have and exercife i ke powers ref pecltrg the faid Cenfus ; and \( the Cenfus or enumeration of any coun ty (hail not be fo uktn and return ed, then and in that cafe the Gene ral AlTembly fhai 1 apportion the Rtprefentation of fuch county ac cortii.rg to the befc evidence fn their power, relative to their pop ulation. Sec. 3. And be it further enabled, That the perioas appointed to take the Cenfus or enumeration, fluff receiver the Dm of fix and a quar ter cents for each family lb taken and enumerated. BENJAMIN WHITAKER, Speaker of the Houfe of Reprefentatives • HENRY MITCHELL, Prefident of the Senate, Affented to December 12, 1809. D. B. MITCHELL, Go vsrncr. Charleston, December 13. DISTRESSING ACCOUNT Of the Shipwreck of theJloop Thetis, Capt. Taber, given by bimfelf. I failed on the 16'h uit. from New- Bedford, in the fbop Thetis, of that place, bound to Savannah, having on board, including both crew and paff ngers 34 fouls. On th 23d we experienced a violent gale of wind from N. E. which brought us ro under tn -fa 1, after having feud fix hours. At about 7 o’clock P. M. we were fl ack, as was fuppefed by a whice fquali from N. N. W. which inftamly upf-t u?, in latitude 34. 8. longi;ude 76, 30. The fea rufiicd immediately into the Cabin, where 22 of the paf fengers perifhed, or were wafted from the deck as they endeavoured to efcape our of the companion way. The vcffcl lay upon her beam ends upwards of 48 hour?, dunrg • which time repeated eff r:s were made to cut away the maft, but without effc£l, fiie being aimoft wholly under water, and a heavy if a going } twelve of u?, being ail who furvived, on the fecond day, iafhed ou fclves co the quarter rad, when two more, (Jofeph Crovel!, and jofeph Francis) periihed with coid and fatigue. On the thrd day, the gale abating, and the wca-’ tber growing moderate, we cut ch* fhroud?, and cleared away the maft from the wreck, ani fte ncasly righted, but was full of water. On the fixth day after being on the wreck, we faw a (hip, which hoift ed American colors and bore down we luppofed to our auiftance, but at fun-fet (he loft fight of us—the (hip flood by us ail the n ; gV.r, during which time we could djibn&ly fee her, though it is bHtevtd we were not lctn by thofe cn board of her— about day t'ghr, a fever* ga’-e fprung up, and the ftip icfmg fight of us proceeded on her courfe. We faw feveral other veff is pa(s us, but not near enough to be hailed. On the Icventh day, ali of us except one man was waihed from the wreck, by a fea that unexpectedly broke upon u. f , but by much exerticn, (our ci us regained the vefT i, wren 1, won the fur vivors, Mr. Afa F. Tabrr, Amos IvtSiy, Braddock Gifford, Sc Thorn as Snow, w tapped <. urfelves up in a fail (prrrtd ac f ol\tr.ir q •arier rails, and there ccnrinutd txpofed D tne i.iclemrncy of the w; athtr ar.d V* the voracious ft irks, whief* fpOitcd around u, feemmg a (No. 82.