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fyGUSTJ, Nov. 1 U r letter hom Mill edge £*£t«i >o'4 *«■ ißos - Dear Sir, ' {i L;, e H on Monday, and on *' n< ' r * received the conimu ,j.' ~rk 'n and .eierrtd the n.atier wf,t .taintd *•> oeinmittces— therein co hoo#e 0 , represent a- to the election of UV P rs to conduct the impeach the commissioners of * t .!.««, Colonel * nc " U, Blair, Ma.i- Hoiclnn C * r T’l Taiwfeiroaud Mr. Paine The Senate have ! 1,. f"""* 1 ,h " M ' ,v " ,n ; r * t of i«ipe.ctau™*-ve > lwll pSu, ro„,me, lt e .he mves.iga. of H r . c '°" ° l f , l>r r ,i J eu[ and Vice- Preside", will take 1< or Tuesday next. I have C ,lo»i- be. the persons elected -ill lie Madisonian*. TU- santht rs nf the Senate be- W„ e ..l present, 36 .» number j L sobers of our house .rent, ms« buttiro— <l4 present. ‘ Yours, &t. UILLEDCEVILL*, Nov. 8, 1808. Ytfterday being the «lav designated by the Cooftiturion for the annual meeting of ,j„ General Affimbly of ibis ftste, a fuffici nimimberof members of both branches appeared to proceed to business—Aster qua Hying and taking their feats, they proceed ed t<>° lie flection of their officers, when the Scraie appointed the Hon. Gen. HFNRY MITCHELL, their President 5 Wii.liam 1 Fomrtson, Secretary ; and Henry Williams and Alexander Greene, mellenger and door- ItepCL Ihc house of reprekmatives made rhriee of the Hon. BENJAMIN WHI FA- K}R, lor their Speaker ; H. Holt, lilq. clerk; and Mefl’rs Roberts and Booth, mef fewer and door-keeper. ibis day, his Fxcellency the Governor, ty his Secretary, Mi Bozeman, transmitted to each branch the following commuuicatt- W, VIZ. Mae-Citizens of the Senate, and cf the House of llcprcsentaiivcs. Fire niombs only have clapfcd finre the Lepifl(hurt Was in session ; during that fliort ptnod nothing materially affedting or chang ing the intertft and policy of the state has otcurred:—l shall tlierefore proceed ro lay bdore you a Patement of the events, with which bv the constitution, it becomes my I dntv to make you acquainted. Miortly after the adjournment of the le filature in December iaft, I wrote the Gov ernor of North Carolina and inclofed him < copies of the resolutions pafTed at thatfcfli 01,relative to the northern boundary of this fiaie, hut did not recieve any anfwcr till af ttnhe adjournment of the extra ftflion in Ihy lull.—The coromiffionerj appointed on tie part of this slate to attend to that bufi »f> have not as yet proceeded to the duties cf their appointments, in consequence I be heve,,f the nqueft made by the Governor of wnh Carolina in a letter to mvfelf. that it told he deterred tiM after tlic meeting of trereit General Affctvblv of that state ; a r pvpf together with copies of my ‘‘iiwtohio, on this fubjed you will find At the left. fiiperior court held in the jjum.f Hancock, a tnan by the name of If™ , nd!c ' 7” conv ' <^f d of murder, lentcnced to be hung on the lfith • 2*nnber daft but in consequence of ap n h, s favor ! was induced tofuf p he execution ° f t he sentence until Fri £‘ * iiy °f December next 5 and f C f ‘T by I,<Torded 7 0u »n opportunity i h bvte t 0 T d > m ,hat clemency, «ft b V C °“ ft,tUl,on ’ 110 °‘ b er branch *' Vernment can extend. The docu « t-ketNo. 3, ,ou *mr,ud conits of i u cr/ Vi ,ht p-r* Aa-ssr fcta2n£ V pn ” a,ld Verni0 "‘. propo. 2St« n “l, 10 , -r C Cuaai 'M™ of The thirds of the l"'r C " ,fconcurrcd in by two vt f B ' fii,tUres ° f ,hc refp/aive become a pa, t of the Federal Con idbhuion n a concu,Ted ? nd approved M'Cord ,f 0 O „,J la0 ’ 1 d «rcaed David ft-lurvcv Z tX' h ° J ,,ne t 0 Pieced ocmu K« riv,, f^ad^ lln,a, lurveys on the itldvmcruntv ftTcuth diftria of l,t y cf lurplusland",! toatcerfain ‘be quan ®fs«ptcmber he renonedt ’ and , !> . D the ,4th *O, by whirl, pnr,Ed to tne lus procecd- Ric.,4 ; tappe “ r V h « there i, ,g 95 Laid fusions th’ e * ° f lat,d raorc in 1 ,h * form? 0 ” h"? . re P refcn by y ’ ,h youTf ay h l ,h‘ Rft r ri<fl; « temains Kltd Os, Wto mxl h \- nle fllaU be dif ‘ CD ®Ptnfation a , V 0u 3 ' 6 Mr - M ‘t ord such th ’ Dk hii ,ab °r r ld «him advance' a * 1 have onl y , P ro(t cmehi,cr ‘ f ff,C,en ‘ *° cnab lc him 1 ° f hu E*v'...i h f re . w “ *i«w P ,ir.4 , f 1 * Uni,“d s, ,hc Bran ' h H«*. at [h( r “ ' s i ' ll|( ' tilT of Sa. V;:'tt, c CoSIa Br V me f ° r routing of ( . »* ahd ,h e p rc f l( j e , u ,‘r d then ioflituted ,hc mo ‘'*y, ffr * *ho levied the * ,0n a S aioft ‘be ' f '- Tfc 'itf,nd,r. , pu'd;" , . f ” » >««■• Plead to thcj.trifdic i ticu of the court, sr.d sustained the plea, but j the plaint ills obtained a writ of error and have taken the proceeding* to the supreme court of the Vnited St.itcs —I deemed it ad- } vilablc to employ counsel to defend the j rights of the state in that court ; and wrote 1 to Philip R. Key and Walter Jones, efq r«. in the City of Walhington to attend tl.c l„it For your further information in this case, I have sent you a copy of the decision of the court, which will be found marked No. 5. Under the authority of the law pafTed at 1 the laid annual feiTion of the legislature pro viding for the arming of the militia, I dil patchcd William Robertson efq. with a let ter to our Senators in Congrtls constituting j them agents on the part of the state to con- j trac’d for the arms, &c. mentioned in the j aforefaid law, and directed him to await ! their infdrutftions and to be ready at al! i times to execute any order* which he might : receive from them in relation tothat business : ft upon their closing the contract with the j United States, they sent Mr. Robertson to j the arsenal of Philadelphia, where 4000 I ftsnd of arms and 4000 catouch boxes were j to be received, and by his great induldrv, , perieverance and attention to the biUinnfs he arrived at Savannah with them clear of mfurance, about the aoth of May Lift—l still kept him in fervicc in getting them (hipped , r ron that place to Augusta, and in attending to the waggoning them from thence to the arlenal, in I.ouifvdlc, where they are now fafely deposited, except 150 which I have had brought to this place, One thousand stand yet remain to be received, which will be delivered on application to the United States’ agent at the magazine the city of Savannah. In jufticc to Mr, Robertson, 1 must fay he deserves great credit I c} his ex ertions iu carrying iuto eftVcT the inftrmfti ons which 1 gave him, the witlies of myfclf and tbe wifhrt and intentions of the legis lature in this regard, and must Fecommeud to you to make him a liberal compensation for his services, as I have made him no ad vances except a fufliciency to defray expen ce*. A copy of his report to me, you will find marked No. 6. The warrants drawn on the Treasurer during the political year 1808, amount in •he aggregate, as you will perccix'e by tfee flatement herewith presented and marked No 7, to the fnm sixty-two thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine dollars thirty five and three quarter cents —Out of the fifteen thoufaDd dollars appropriated to me as a contingent fund, I have drawn the sum of 11 thousand tour hundred and twenty-fix dollars fifty-three and one quarter cents.— th« funis drawn on this fund in compliance with concurred and approved resolutions of the last annual and extra lefliuns of tbe legislature, and the cxptnccs attending the bringing of the armsfrom Philadelphia have contributed very considerably iu making this amount. I have lately received a map of the ] of Virginia, Which was sent as a present bv the legillature of that state to the legislature of Georgia, and is new in the executive of fice, to be disposed of as you may direct. A lift of executive appointments made Un der the 9th section of the 2d article of the constitution and fubjecß to legifiative inter ference, you will find marked No. 8. To you, gentlemen, is tonfided the high 1 trust of feleCting the eleCtora of Prclidcnt \ and Vice President cf the United States for ! four years, to commrncc on the 4th day of j March next. V rough the public print* we 1 have been made acquainted with the can- ■ didates for those important officers, and I entertain not a doubt, taking into view the talents, integrity and pure republican prin ciples of Mr. Madifon,and the Uniform and eftimabte character of Clinton but, that your choice of electors will be filth as to ensure them from this state an unauimditt vote. That you may enjoy health while at the feat of government attending to your public duties, is the finccre wiili of your fellow citizen, JARED IRWIN. Sta ie-House Mi/ledgcville, 7i h Aov. 1808- Private, CORRESPONDENCE 07 THE Rf.GI.sTER. “ London Sept. 22, 1808; “ I am writing by the Elope I that carries out the American ! dispatches, when congress meets i I presume the answers of Eng : land and France will be known and publilhed. Were I to con-1 jecture an opinion, it would be, that the whole system of decrees, | orders; of council* and embar- j goes will remain, until a gener- | al peace can fettle greater points j Differences proceed more | from the state of politic.*;, than ias contests between the two countries.*’ private letters from England* per the Hope, do not breathe the mod conciliating spirit. So far from G* Britain relaxing her maritime orders, ihe is giving ! additional rigor and extent to her restrictions. It is laid that Ihe has absolutely and perempto j rily refufed to refeind or modify ! her orders in council. Our trade to India is to experience , new refttiction*. American ves sels are not to he permitted j to dear out for India from any other than a port in the United | States, nor will they be allowed to touch at any intermediate i port on their passage, except I through neceifity, which mult be proved. Double duties are al* | to be exacted, i I * From France, vc do not'earn ! that any ii'aicrial change has i taken place in her condhD to- I wards us. Nothing definitive has been done on the lubjeft of American ptoperty under seizure; although in some par ! ticular cases, indications have ; been fliewn ot a difpoli'.iQn to I ! compromile, The Londan Times of Sept.; ; 24 contains a particular account 1 of a battle between the French : and Spanish at Govona, on the | iSJi Aug. in which the French | under Duhefme were complete- ! ly beaten, and driven into their j only remaining {hong holds in Catalinia, viz. DArcelonia, and Figueras.— Ralph's Gazette. AMERICAN BROADCLOTH. A sample of elegant blur* superfine | Broad cloth may be seen at this | olhice, made at Pittsfield in Berk- I shire . r .l'he wool was furnished | from the dock of F.ikanah Watson, | esq. of said place, and the cloth 1 manufactured under his direction |in his vicinity* We sincerity con j gretulate the public on this result j of private enterprise, and ardently ! hope stich laudable examples wii I extend and multiply in every part of the United States— Albany pap.. The Philadelphia Aurora of Tueiday lays, that finccihetm ! bargo* one ihouland new houlci j have been built or nearly built I in that city j two manufactories j erected for Ihot, which can each call (Irom lead produced in Louitiana) one ton and a hall of the molt perfect shot per day, aHofdiug a lupply large enough lor all and Aha bc lides* and for ever fccuring at home the circulation of 200,000 ; dollars heretofore lent abord for the purchale of that article; two manufactories of red lead are also already eliablilhed, whose capacity is competent to the supply of the whole coun -1 try wnh red lead and Itihaige; i a manufactory of white lead is * ! also going on ; and the elegant j pottery of Messes. Trotter Sc 1 Co* is conducted irt a itile so i perfect, so complete in all that | is necelfary for utility or talk, j that we require only a few pri i vations of foreign articles to ! give to our own a complete ef* i tabltfhment. CEORGIA, By his Excellency Jared Irwin, Governor if Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy oj this State and of the Militia thereof t A Proclamation* HAVING arranged and call | up the votes of such counties | as have made returns of the E I letlions, heid on Monday the : third day of O&ober inll* for i four members to represent this j state, in the house of Represent. ! atives of the Congrels of the U j ni.ed States, from and after the I third day of March ne*t —and |it appearing that \Vm. \V t 1. Bibb, Geo. M. Troup, How. f ell Cobb and Dennis Smelt, ; Efqs. have the highefl numbers • j 1 have thought ht to notily the fame in order that each of ’ the said perlons may lignily his acceptance or refufal of the said appointment* and adduce j luch proofs of his being eligible ; therefor as arc by law requir ed* Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State, at the State-House in Milledge* ville, this twenty Fifth day of OQobcr, in the year of our Lord one ihouland, eight hundred and eight, and of the Independence of the United l States of America the thirty. - third. f A BED IRWIN. i By the Governor , Hor. Marbuiy, Secretary of the State . I The whole number of vote* for members of Congress arc as 10l low : B'bi), 1 ‘2. SOG Troup, 12 532 Cobb, ]|.fi<>2 j • <s 'nvr|i, Houston, b, I 10 Dooley, 4,338. Appciniincnl so the Spam Pi I Govrrnmcm— Mr. Santibonos, Mintller to the U. Stales. PI I'D in Warren county, on S the 3d im-f Miss Fanny Slatteß, ; ilaughter of Major flatter, in the j I6’fi year ot her age—the keen an j guish telfc by lier numerous uc- I qnaintam.es is expressed in stron ger terms by their tears than lan guage can describe. —— On Tuesday last in the same county, Mr. Wm, Duck worth, a respectable and worthy member of society. PRICE CURRENT, AUGUSTA. Cotton, 13 cents Sait, V ( i°i' # Bacon, 15 c’ts . ,1., ■ . , .. NOTICE. THE COPARTNERSHIP OF Harrison & Hamilton 1 j WILL this day dissolve by* mu* ! tual consent, nil persons who are ; indibte.il to the said firm either by ; note dr open account, ate request ! ed to come forward and discharge their respective debts, a3 no longer indulgence can be given. Those j i having demahds against the said firm are desired to render in their accounts for settlement* '1 he hooks are placed in the hands of Mr. John T. I.oVe, who is duly authorised to receive payment and settle the business of the said firm at our store. The goods on hand will he offered low lor prompt pay, until the 20th of December, and if not disposed of before that day, they will then be sold at Auction. Andrew Haarrifon* James Hamilton. Nov. 9, tyoij. [ f] The Subscriber HAS removed to the hoiisfe next below Mr. James Murrep s Store, : and a few dooi# below his former stand, where he has lor sale an I assortment of j I ! Dry Goods Groceries, Also, a large quantity of Manufactured Tobacco I 'l* ' ■ * or an excellent quality. All of which will be sold very low for Cash or Produce. He is in hopes that those indebt ed to him by bond, note, or open account due last winter, will make it convenient to settle their respec tive debts in a short tinre, as no longer indulgence will be given than the law has or will give them. SAMUEL FEE. November 14. f TO RENT. THE Lower tebement o tl Mr. Samuel Scott’s lot, occupi- j ! ed the latt year by Johnlon Sc . Richards, is to let, and immedi ate pofledion given-f-For terms ; arply to SAMUEL S. STARNES. 08. 24. t ■ —* I T en Dollars Reward, 1 TTTlLLbepaid to any person 1 VV for apprehending JOHN , WYNN, who deserted from my ' company of Artillerists, on the 14 th inst. he is a nativeof Geor gia, five feet six inches hijh, thirty four years of age, has g*ey eyes, ' fair hair, fair complexion-—by oc cupation a Taylor. —Whoever t will 6ecui4: the said WYNN ia ; goal, or deliver him to iny com j missioned officer in the armies of the U. S. shall receive the above eward, and their travelling ex penccs born to the place of deli very or confinement. ADDISON B. ARMSTEAD, > Copt. Um S'. Artillerists Commanding" For s!alc, 7 he Hay-Springs , YYTHKHON tin- Subscriber now VV lives, six miles abo v« Au gust, on tin* main road leaomg to Millcdgeville— Its situation for a Tavern cannot be exceeded, and a* lor health it scare! y can be tqunled. It is well timbered with Pine, Oak, &c. which have been particu larly reserved, and its conveniences are seldom surpassed in point of houses, stables, kitchens, wells of good water, orchard, nut Verses for further particulars application may be made Vo B. B. TINDILL. October 24. Ten Dollars Reward . «——sTJ UNA WAY ’• Xv. in Aug. lall, I f rom Abbeville S. a dark negro wo. Lsa.-a-n-,i■ mail, named A übe. about 30 years of age, and ra* iber delicately shaped. Captain lfa£c Wellborn of whom the fubliciiber purchased her, found her in the AuguHa jail in July lad, after an ablence from her owner of 13 months. Her bufband 1 am told belong* to Mrs. Walker who resides in, or near Augulta. ELI S. DAVIS. Oft* 3»- ts Cofifirtnershift Dissolved ’ The Copartnership of William Pool & Co. Is this day dissolved bv mutual consent and the intire settlement, devolving on Wm* Pool who in tends continuing in the same house-—All thdse indebted whose accounts and notes are now due* fire requested to come forward and settle them immediately. \Vm. POOL, j. GKINAGE. Nov. 4-. ( 2i) I no 1 Ice! EARLY- on Monday the 2d day of January next, all person* having hired Nfcgroes belonging to the estate of A. Haym» dec, for the present yeir, are requested td return them at Columbia Court House, with their clothes and hire* as there will be a division of the estate on that day. On Tuesday the "fed of Jariuary, the negroes remaining in my hands w ill be hired at the above mention ed place, & the terms made known. Those who are in arrears will do well to conic forward and discharge their notes. THOMAS HAYNES, Ex’r. November 7. 4 Administrator s Salt . On Friday ihe 30 th day of Decem ber next , at the late residence of Samuel MKincy , of Lincoln county dec. WILL B£ SOLD, ALL the personal property of j said dec. the Negroes excepted, i that can be found on that day | ALSO, will be hired for one year/ , the negroes belonging to said es„ ! tate, and the plantation rented for said term of one year—The terms of sale, hiring and renting to be made known on that day by J. GRIN AGE, Adm’r. ALL those indebted to thefeitate of the late Samuel M'Ktnfey, of Lincoln county, will make imme diate payment, and th ose having claims will render them in accord ing to law, as immediate provision may be made for payment trv J. GKINAGE, Adm’r. November 14, 1808. CAUTION. I FOR WARN all persona front trading for a Note of hand I gav« Johu Boyd, for 85 dollars, for the Kent of a Plantation that was not in his possession, and thereby has taken me in through defraud, and I therefore I will not pay it. jlus due the 25th. Dec. 1808, JEHU EVANS. j 4 Edgefield District, Oc;, f* j / Imi