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k l rents, and reduced to the 1 >weff ebb of public eftimaricfri and fh on Id under all thefe eircurnffances, think that the merit and fuperior talents of’ any individual, had contributed to reduce him to this irate of political degradation, v;c fhould be at no lofs to account for his fighting in this cafe—it would ■ juffly be confidered as the next ! alternative to the dernier rciort of defparation. But the very reverfe is the faft ; and here let us turn from i this hateful portrait —this barren t foil, in which no public virtue vegetates, with pleafure to the genuine chamber, fertile as we j have had good reafons to be- ! lieve in every thing magnani- | mens and prai'ff worthy as a i patriot —a copious theme for panegyric :—but that being the common language offycophants, of men who will ride 25 miles to tender the homage of their pretended refpefls, to a man who in private they bandy tra duce ; we difclaim it :—and if any tiring herein exprefied, fhould found like praife, it mud be recoliefted, that the contraft neceffarily extorted it, though fureiy it is well deferved, and will be durable. Vv r e are happy to hear the General .is fad recovering. . Sentiments of the Pecfle, Mejfrs. Day & Hely, By publifhing the following you will much oblige your obedient fervant, Wm. Hadden, Sen. ON the evening of the 6ch inft. in confcqucnce of a dlfpute that took place between Major Alexander Cafwell, and mylelf, in Louifville, faid Cafwell, In dian-like, wajlayed me as I w as on my way towards home—and after dragging me off my horfe, and abufing me very much, he declared he would meet me with piftols, and defined I fhould appoint the time and place.— In confequence of this verbal challenge, Mr. William Barron, (my Friend,) waited on the Major, who agreed to meet me at Moore’s Pond, the 10th ind. at ten o’clock in the forenoon, with our feconds only. L ac cordingly repaired to the place appointed, and remained there a confiderable time ; but the Major did not make his appear ance. The foregoing datement is given, to contradict faife affer tions—as well as to enable the Second Battalion of the Jcffer fon County Militia, to form an opinion of Major Alexander Cal well’s bravery. Wm. HADDEN, Sen. July 13, 1802. /The following Addrcfs, pre- W Tented for publication, lad f week, has been unavoidably ' podponed until this day. : To the Officers of the Jejferfon \ County Regiment of Militia , Gentlemen, HAVING for object your i good, and the hapoinefs of J . . *1 1 the Regiment in general i and as it would not comport with the law, for me to be a member of the Court Maitial j woich you arc to form to-tnor j row, I take this opportunity of add re (Ting you upon the fituation of the Militia of this Stare. Six years having palled over without one Tingle Court Mar- Pal held in the Regiment; thofc who did not think proper to at tend muder and their ■ duty, have become hardened | and confirmed in their arrogance and difobedience ; it is therefore j high time tor the Regiment to | be diffolved, or the law put into j l prafhee and fupported. I determine for the law, and not the fmilcs of individuals to be my guide, i I hole of this Regiment who I can find contempt for the law, i and difobedience of public or i ders, I can and will find Courts Martial for their fakes. It is not men but meafures, it is not choice but duty—neither is it to ferve friends, butjuffice mud be done. All men are entitled to a pro portionate fhare of legal Tup port (either civil or military) of courfe they are bound co give their proportional aid in fupport of that law. No man let his fitu ation be ever To elevated, is too good to comply with the laws of lus country i nay, it is an honor to a man to conform to the rules of government under which he lives. A well dlfclpiined Militia, is the belt defence of a free &o --o vernment; every man is inter effed in his own liberty, pro perty and independence ; every brave militia man is, or ought to be a good citizen, the pride of whole life, fhould be obe dience to the laws, refpeft for fociety, and a zeal for the prof perity of the nation. . Altho’ this is a day of peace, it may not long be the cafe.— The fituation, advantage and wealth of this country, is view ed with an envious eye, by the furrounding and neighbouring; nations ; an attack by Tome of them upon our peace may Toon be made—the better way to alarm and defeat an enemy, is to be rehdy to meet him. What is the militia law made for, if every man is to do duty or not, as he thinks proper ? It mull be confidered as nuga tory, and of no avad. The truth is, that all laws are bad that are not well admi niflered; and the militia law of this (late, is as bad if not worfe adminiftered, than any other law of the government. The fault originates with the officers ; they arc the mam fpring of affion, from whom good example ought to be de rived. When officers are good difeiplinarians, they can teach their men with confidence, and | the men will obey with plea- | i lure —It is a hard cafe for offi- j cers to complain of men being in ‘default, when they are de faulters themfelves; the ffand ard is the law, compare it with I your equippage, and the cafe will determine itlcif. I do mod fmcerely hope that none of you I will be found wanting ; but I I I muff be candid, the officers ! as well as the men, muff, and j fhall do their duty in future. 1 he law lays down the rules for the government cf a Court Martial To corrcs, that I need hay but very little upon the fubjeft. 1 remark that there fit ail not be any more arms borrowed from rut of the armory of Louilville, off parade days for the ule ct the Regiment; there ■ is not one man belonging to the | Rcpment, who cannot iurnifh j him belt with the ncct nary arms |of parade—i good gun is not j only ornamental to a foldicr in I the field, but ulcful to him at | home. A man Is as liable to be fined hv appearing at muiler unarm ed, as if he did not appear at all. . Alio the lame rule will hold good, with a man appear ing and anfwn ing to his name, when the Jill is called, and then absenting himfell without leave of the proper officer hr (ore the men are generally difeharged, 1 as it he end not appear. All thofe who made cle .aulr, on the sth cf June, and do not render a reasonable rxcufe, , Ihould be fined to the extent of the law • but Ihould there be any who were abfent, from ficknels in cither themfeives or family, or on lawful bufinefs from home, or any other toler able caufe, fliould be excufed. After the hufinds of the Court Marti?] is completed, it will be necellary for i'cvcral alterations to be made of the diilridb—fome of them are too large, others too final!—make them as nearly equal as ppfiible. I mud here remind you of the patrol law; is an ab folute necefficy for it to be fully executed, the black people are verv numerous and rude, and if that law is not well executed, you hazard not only your own fafety, but that of your famines and defencclefs neighbour.—lt will be confide red in future, that a nrgledl of that valuable law by a diftrift officer, will be as high an offence as any other degree of difobedience. Some may take it vu y hard that I commence thus ’particu lar, but it ought to be recol lected that the right way to execute well/ is to begin well. I am, gentlemen, with rdpecl. Your humble iervant, H. G. Caldwell, Lieut. Col. Jefferfcn County Regiment of Militia, July 1, 1802. The Court Martial approve of, and recommend that the above Add refs of the Colonel be published. Thacker Vrviox, Jen. Prefident. July 3, 1802. TAKE NOTICE. 'THA I nine months after ante, application will ho made ti the honorable Inferior Court cf the County cf IVaJhingtc v, for leave to fell a trail cf land of 80 acres , belonging to A a cob Howard, de j ccajcd, lying in J aid County , on ; Williamjm's Swamp —for the be nefit rf the heirs and creditors cf Jaid deceafed. ISAAC HOWARD, t 7 Admin fir at or. ABY HOWARD, Admlnijir atrix . February 10, 1802. L O S T, {l'}' IN the ft reefs of Lcuifvtlle, or tn the read Uadi tig to (dipt am $ bellman's plantation, cn In day the 4 th of June, n/mall bundle of papers, among/ which is a receipt gtvtn by If hid am Reynolds, to me for eleven hundred and Jive dollars, bearing date. Char led on. May co, 1796. Afo one do, given by Join FggleftoH, to rayftlf forfx fy/even pounds fterling, bearing d. 7 t t* Obloher 17 90, with feveral ether/nal! fries of hand, bearing date in the above year. The fnder is t eqU 'Jhd to leave the fame ct the I* tinting Office, and flail bo genercuf.y rewarded, if required. AT EX. LOVE, y FO R SAL E T I f IV’ E hundred acres of Land, in the berk of Rocky Con-' 1 fvrt and Ogee her, granted to Ri chard Jchnfion 'ibis Lard frer: 1 its lying within a few hundred yards of the 'town of Leutfvillc nitijt jhortly become very valuable •for the timber with which it abounds. For terms apply to. Major Berrien in Lc.uijvtlle, or Ito the Jabfcrib or in Any a fin. JOHN FORSYIH. Jlme 28. 1802. State of Georgia, ll a fling! on County. s FiRSONAI LY came before me John Garner, cr.c.utcr of the eft ate of Henry Taylor, dcceafed, and being duly fivern % dpofeth and faith, that he bad in bis poffeffi'jn a Note frj evenly dollars, given by Nathan Rcnfroe and H uliarh I fucks, dated the 25 th day of November one thou /and /even hundred and ninety nine, payable twelve months after date, which/did Note 1 have loft or mijlaid, but have received Jail Jatisfaßicn for the fame, from Jaid Nathan Rcnfroe. John garner. Sworn to before me this gift March, 1802. . Jamt.s Rushing, j. r. ~ take noticE ~ T HAT nine months from rher elute hereof, there will be an application made to the ho notable the Court of Ordinary cf the County of Wafhingcon, for leave to ('ell all the real dlate of Benjamin GrifTm, dcceafed, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of Lid dcceafed. ALLEN GRIFFIN, Surviving Adminiftrater. November 14. 6m . G E ORGI A, Jrfferfon County. \\ T U ERR AS Archibald * Little and Robert Ro -“riaLlfon, hath this day applied to me To 1 letters cf adminiftra tion, cn the ell ate and effecis cf Wm. 1 ittle, fen. larc of the county of Butkc.dec.; thefc a»a therefore to cite and adnonifU * all and lingular the kindred and ct editors of the Lid deceas ed, to file their objeftrors A afiy they have, in wy o#»cr; on of Before the firll Mondiy in Sep*. nest, otherwife letto: v cTadininillratioa will be granted them. Given umNr nv hand ut office, this 3 ).h of 1802, and mme 2G ih year of > merici’*! independtnfn J as. Bozeman, c. c of
