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rfrizlng grief of every one ffif ccptiblc of the feelings of hu manity, about three o'clock yel terday he came ro their houfe [where he had ?dually been be fore] all reeking with blood, and holding out at the lame time, a knife yet warm with enmipn, to feme of the family ! with which he faid, Eliza had killed herfclf, and that hie then lay dead in the birches, [pointing to the fpot] and that he had attempted to do the fame with himftif, but was unable ! Tne amazement, the heart dif traftlng anguifh, which feized on the parents, brothers and filers of the haplds victim, at fuch a fright and relation, can better be conceived than de ferred —when haffening to the fatal place, they found, indeed, his melancholy tale but too true —Eliza, wreathing in her blood, when a few druggies and gafps finifked the laft fad efforts of na ture ! Her body was cruelly mangled, having been dabbed in fundry places—cuts on her arm and hand—and her throat cut in a moft Shocking manner i Her piteous plaints were diftind iy heard near a quarter of a mile by a number of young women, who knew her voice ! Her companion, though he had walked to the houfe, had his own throat cut, with various dabs in his bread, bowels, &c. yet this morning, 8 o’clock, [May 19] we hear he is dill alive, but in a mod deplorable ftuacion! A coroner’s inquifi non fat on the body of the de bated j but further particulars of this horrid, unprecedented catadrophe, are at prefent pur pofely omitted. LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY , Jure 20, iBc|. IMPORTANT TO GEORGIA. Agreeably to his Honor the Prchdent’s proclamation, on Monday lad, the 15th indant, the Senates Acadcmicus, of the Univerfity of this date, conve ned at the State Houfe, and proceeded to the important du ties of the Inditution, and wc congratulate parents and the guardians of youth on the affu rancc that there is no longer a necefTity to fend the youth of Georgia acrofs the Atlantic or to the Northern States to receive Collegiate Education. ProfeiTor Meigs, formerly of ale College, was unanimoufly clcded Prefident of the Uni ver ity-_ This gentleman’s great qualifications as a teacher, his amiable difpofidon and character a nd republican principles will enfure efficacy and dignity to the loditution, and to the rifmg ge neration a fee of enlightened traders every way capable of Public fervice and of guarding l hc liberties of their country. The Sice of the Univerfity decided on by the Senacus Academicus, to be in the Coun ty °f Jackfo/i, and a committee five were appointed to deter mine on the fpot. Mr. Prefident Meigs, on ex amination on Thurfday kid, ad- mitted William and James Tack lon, cf the Jefferfon Academy, into the Erefhman Clafs of the Univerfity, and we underftand that he is now vlfiring the other Academies of the Hate for the purpofc of directing the courfe of education, and admitting fuch youths as may br qualified into the Univcificy. * Laft evening the dwelling houfe of the Editors of this pa per was ftruck with lightning— it is fuppofed to have firft ftr ick en the center of the roof and to have been conveyed by the water a molt violent rain having pre ceded it to the edge or fhclvc of the roof, where it fixed on the firfl electric fubftance a nail the head 0 1 which was on examina tion melted, and where the fluid entered the upftairs chamber had burnt a large hole w hich reduced to a coal was yet warm. After Tinging the plaifleringand dedoe work it defeended in a ftraight line to the lower llory, tore off the cafing of die front door and precipitated it with great violence on a chair where Mils Day one of the Editors filter was but three minutes before at work, it then divided into two branches, one of which burff through the door and after fplitcing the flcps en tered the earth, the other took its courfe to the kitchen adjoin ing the houfe, aimoft fuffocatcd Mifs Day, and ftruck a lervant to the ground. It has before this been hinted in this paper to citizens at large, never to keep windows or doors fhut in thunder florms—in all probability had Mifs Day kept her ufuai pradicc of opening them this ftroke of lightning would h ive gone out of the upper fiery. SHOCKING MURDER. A letter from Bourdeaux, in ferred in the laft Paris papers, contains the following account ofa horrible crime, perpetrated a few days before in the neigh bourhood of Blaye ; A farmer fold fome cattle to a perfon of that vicinity, at a certain credit. On the day of payment, not being able to go himfelf, herefolvcd to fend his daughter for the money. The latter had a lover to whom fhe had communicated the objed of herjourney; and it may be na turally fuppofed that fhc invited him, and that he promifed to accompany her. But fcarcely had he received this proof of his miftrefs’s confidence, when the mifcrcant thought of robbing her of the fum flic was going to procure. He communicated thisdefign to three accomplices, who were of courfe to fiiare in the booty. Having all four dif guifed their drefi, and blacken ed their faces, they proceeded to lay in wait for the girl, who, disappointed of her lover’s com pany, had performed the jour ney alone, and was now return ing after fucceeding in her mif fion. From one of thofe lecrct prefentiments, which lemetimes anticipate misfortunes, Ihe had the precaution to conceal all the money inker bonnet, except 12 hvres i the robbei s flopped her, and demanded the money which 'Jif had been to receive j fJic anlwercd fhe got no more titan 52 livres, which flic offered to give them j on fearching her, and rinding no more than two fix livre pieces in her pocket, tiny permitted her to continue her journey; fcarcely had Hie left them, when the lover recol iefting himfelf, pretended that he had not fearchcd her fiifficicnt ly, and affined that (hey had been deceived by her; the three accomplices took the direft road, while he himfelf taking a circuit and walking his face in n brook in Ids way, pretended that he had come to meet her. Ihe moment Hie law him, fhe thought herfelf in fatety, and immediately told him what had happened. This convcrfation took place near a fifh pond. A fhot was heard, and two fportf tticn were feen a little dillanee in ptirfuit of a hare, hearing that he fhoukl be difappointecl of his prey, t!ie wtetch afialfi nated his miflrefs, rut off her head, which he fuddenly w rapt up in a handkerchief, and throw* ing her ffSxiy into the water, took to flight. Thinking that the hare had been wounded, the fportfmcn haltcncd in the fame diredion; traces of blood led them to a thicket, behind which the murderer had concealed himfelf. 11 is terror, and the appearance of the handkerchief, which was covered with blood, induced them to think that he had feized the hare. They tore it from him, but what mull have been their horror, in finding that it contained the bleeding head of a young female. They in ftandy apprehended the aflaflin, and conducted him to the jail of Bourdcaux. The follow ing is laid to be the definitive declaration of the French government relative to Portugal: “ That if Portugal fhall not accede, within eight days, to the balk of a peace, by ihutcing its ports to England, and receiving French or Spanifh garrisons, it will not be admitted to any fur ther negociation, but declared a province of Spain, re-united to the crown of Spain, and as fuch guaranteed by the French go vernment.” A lingular though by no means an unprecedented event has lately occurred in the city of Walhington. While a per fon in the city was digging a well, and had arrived to about the depth of ten feet, the water burft m upon him, foon palled the well to the fur face, ran ra pidly over, and has continued to overflow ever fmee in a large, clear, fountain dream. NOTICE. ALL perfons having demands againft the eftate of John Par lous, deceafed, arc defired to bring them forward, properly atteited to the Subfcribers ; and thole indebted to the titate, are reepjefted to make immediate payment. Wm. parsons, JAMES PARSONS, Exauurs, mn i> £ r G [ ( : t * pMc Jc : t „. v ;/» 30/ h d'ty Vj r July next, r.t tt? plantation 1 ’/ /♦:/* James* Daniel /, d c tajhi, cn fie thy Creek, in Ha Vi <*k County —. nii > c » 3 V ‘ °f 7*fy »exf k at a plantation l if the jmd </# leafed, in H\ 'piugten ccanty o cn the Dec nee j fiver, SIX Mode C 'icacures, be tween thirty anc.* fifty HEAD of CATTLE, Lk tween fifty one hundred HE A oof HOGS, and eight MEAD « GOATS. Conditions will be 1 Bade known cm the days of file. Wm. HARD s WJCR f Surviving Ex'cr ofJ\ u. DanhlL ROBERT M* (7INTV JOHN 11 ARB I Hr, Ex* on of Levi Dai icll , dec. June 20, 1801. Upon JVLDNESD AY, ihe jirft if July next, will he ft'ld, dt Public Vendue, in Louifvillc , H'HE remaining part of a. TRACT of LAND, near I.ouifville, granted to the Sub feriber, in the year 1770, as containing 1600 ancs, but by relurvey, found to contain coq fidcrably more. Part of find tract was foH about two years ago. Satisfactory titles will ber given. Conditions, Cafh. J. BOWMAN. June 13, ISo 1. F O R RTlff: (tff A convenient STORE, and one of the bell fituations foi bufmefs in Louifvillc. Enquire of the Printers. June 13, iBot. N O TIC E. Subfcribcr has opened a TAYLOR’s SHOP, at John Paulctt’s, Efq. where he intends carrying on the bufineft in its various branches where gentlemen may have their work done with the grcatdl pundtuaU «y, by JAMES WILLEY; Louifvillc, June 20, 1801. ~N O T I C E. APPLICATION will be made to the Inferior Court of ( life:(on county, after the ex* piraiionof nine months for an. order to (ell the following lands, viz, Cne thoufand five hun dred and five acres, more or Icfs joining Richard Gray, efq. and others; one other tra& contain ing one hundred acres, more oc Ids, joining Robert Bradcy, and others: which were of ths real tfiate of William Steven*, late of the Paid county, deceaf ed. for the benefit of the heirs and creditors, in terms of the att in Inch cafe provided. Nathan Powell, Benjamin B ryan p Admimfti'utora. September q, 180 c. By Javis Hozimaw, GEORGIA,/ Ctrk of tht Court of Ordinary Jor tht y'Jftrfvn County. 1 C\w ty of Jttfcr* J /*’• WHEREAS John Hachtr and barrucl freay, hath thi« oay applied Co rcc iji icttera of adaii till a.ion on the elUte and tdrds < f J jt:i Bozrmo, late of the comay &fcircfaid, Otccuicd, chcfe are there* Hi c 10 cte hiul admon fh alt and ti.gu'.&r :'..c kiudtetf aud creditors of the (aid decrai d, to 6.c the r t>‘jc<slioC9, if any they haae, io mj office on or bctcre the fiifl Monday m August ae*t, oihcrwilt ‘etura nut be graoiea. Gift* vndet ay Usd u»il 1$ h ilex.
