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LOUISVILLE,
V/edneJday, June i, 18oj.
AT the time Edi
tors commenced buunefs in the
Stare of Georgia, Fedora!ifm
was predommenr—Republ ioan
ifm was fneercd at in the fafhion
nble circles, and abufe thereof
alone found armittance in the
venal papers of that gloomy pe
riod. There was but one Prin
ter in the State of Georgia, who
prefervcd even the exteriors of
impartiality, and he was govern
ed by fuch extreme prudential
caution, that nothing tending to
confute the numerous Federal
mifreprefentations appeared in
his paper. The famous ledi
tion Jaw, of hellifh memory,
foon after made its appearance,
and fuch was the confternation
and terror produced by it, that
many good Republicans dared
not even venture their com
plaints. Under all chefe decer
ing circumftances, we marked
out that line of conduft, and
adopted that fide, which would
have been our choice under bet
ter aufpices.-—lndignant at the
wrongs offered this country, by
a fcrvile fet of hireling crafts,
and the pufilanirnity cf others,
and fcorning to act the part of
mutes, we gave publicity to all
fuch productions, as we judged
v/tre calculated to promote the
general good, and miffed no
convenient oppertunity to ex
pofe the wicked deugns and
practices of a fet of vicious men,
who have involved this (late in
broils, and were willing to con
tribute all in their oower, to ef
fed the g-and object of federal
ambition, to v/it; the fubver
iion of the rights and indepen
dence of American Citizens.-*-
It required no fpirit of divination
to forefee, that the part we had
embraced, would bring down
upon our heads the execrations
of the whole federal faction in
this flare; this we dildained,
while enjoying the cheering
confutation, of knowing that our
•labours, in fomc mealure, pro
moted the general intereft of the
country, (although many times
at the expence cf our own indi
vidually,) and of believing we
met the approbation of the vir
tuous and true friends of the peo
ple. Accordingly from that
lime, we were marked out as
vidims devoted to federal ven
geance ; every intrigue which
■bafenefs could fug-gelt, was em
ployed to deftroy our dlablifn
ment in Louifville i repeated
attempts were made to harrafs
xis with litigious, malicious fuics,
and which have as often been re
. pel Jed, by the virtuous and in
dependent Juries of this Coun
ty i and it was not until the fir ft
wilhes of cur hearts were rea
lized, in the renovation of that
fpirit among the people, which
gave freedom to America, and
in the depredation of that ambi
tious faction that plotted its de
ft ruebon, that the grounds were
Fuel for the execution of their
Cog fought re verge upon us—
no: until Mr. Ufferfon, was
ft ate d in the Presidential Chair
cl the United Smtcc, when a
public*:! n ap- ‘ : w
A uplift a Her aid, (a paper well
known for its attachment to the
monarchical tendencies of the
late admmiftration,) confuting
the Executive of the Union, for
the appointmenttif Mr. Biftnop,
as Collector of the Port of New-
Haven, in terms of infolence
and reproach.—We as ufual,
upon fuch occallons, to ok. feme
notice of this production of Mr.
Hobby’s, as we then believed,
and do (till believe, (Mr. Hob
by being generally imderftood
to be the curtain editor of the
Herald at that time) and having
experienced many inconvenien
ces /v.ch our papers from the
poft-office department, Hobby
then being poft-maftcr, we ad
verted to that ftubjed; thiscir
camftance was fteized with avidity
and an attempt was made to pro
fecuce us for a libel, in one of
the courts of this ftatc, and un
conftitutionally to drag us out
of the county where we redded,
into another, being the refidence
of the plaintiff i but this illegal
attempt was repelled, and de
feated, by Judge JVFAllifter,
and Sol. Gen. Skrine. The next
reftart was, ro commence an ac
tion againft us in one of the Fe
deral Courts, as Aliens ; con
feious that the fmc was unfound
ed, as one of the Editors has re
dded in America from his infan
cy, and confiding that the na
ture and object of the profecu
tion, was too well imderftood at
this day, to apprehend the pffi.
bility of damages, we did not
take the pains which otherwife
might have been taken. For
the remainder, fo far as regards
the trial, the reader may be re
ferred to a ftacemcnt of Mr.
Hobby ’s, we prefume, in the
Savannah Mufeum ) of the 13th
ultimo, where it is exultingly
told to the world, that Ambrofc
a Y> and James Hely, ere to
pay William J. Hobby, two
tmufand dollars , for merely vnji
mating, what hundreds perhaps
have adlually expreffed—and
believe ; but w r e have no com
ments at prefent, to make on
the proceedings of the Court or
»ury, further than that Judge
Moore prefided—no, we will
not pretend at*’ - time, whate
ver may be our opn on, to de
tiomthe char 'rofmen
whom Mr. Hobby . - pro
nounced independent ’ en
lightened.
Married, on Thurfday the
19th ulc. Dael Sturges,
Efq. Surveyor-General of this
State, ro the amiable Mils Su
sannah Patterson, of this
place.
Died on the 7th ulc. in Spar
ta, Hancock County, Mrs,
ClariJJ'a Kerman , con fort of Tho
mas 11, Kennaiiy Efq. of that
place,
(f-A* Advertijemeuts which are
i. y’avoidably peftponed this week y
Wi.i, appear in cur next,
BALTIMORE, May 5,1803.
We are informed, that a letter
juft received in this City from
Bofton, mentions an official ac
count has arrived there, of war
being declared, and hoftilitics
i.avihg commenced between
'*■? 'v.i ' ,r ".e France.
GEORGIA.
By his. Excellency JOHN MIL
LEDGE, Governor and Com
mander in Chief of the Army
and Navy of this fate, and
\'of the Miitia Ihefeof.
A PROCLAMATION.
\ li 7HEREAS in and by an
V a<ft, paded the I ith day
of May 1803, entitled, “ An
Ad to make diftribution of the
late cefnon of lands obtained
from the Creek Nation, by the
United States Commiffioners, in
a treaty entered into, at or near
Fort Wdkmlon, on the ftxceench
clay of June 1802,” the Gover
nor is authorized and required
forthwicn, to iliue his proclama
tion, and caule the Tame to be
publdhed in all the Gazettes of
this llate, ft tang forth the out
lines ot the ad, and requiring all
perfons interefted therein, to
exhibit their claims in the coun
ties of their relpedive reftdenre,
fupported by the oath or affir
mation of one or more credita
ble witneftes, where doubts ex
dt in the minds of the Juitices
of the Inferior Courts, or the
perfons by them appointed to
receive the fame. 1 have there
fore thought fit to iliue this my
proclamation, in order to make
known the out-lines of the laid
ad, which arc as fellows ;
The Territory to which
the Indian tide has been extin
guilhcd by the laid treaty of
Fort Wilkinfon, and for the
diftribution of which, the afore
recitcd ad has been palled, is
in conformity to the twenty
third lediun of the firft anicie
of the conftitution of this ftate,
to be laid oft into three counties,
that is to lay, that part of the
laid territory l v , g k,uth of the
Aiatamaha, to tunu and confti
tute one county, to be called
Wayne, and that part of the
faicl territory lying fouth of the
Oconee River, to be divided in
to two counties, ihe caftem to
be called Wiikmlon, and the
wt ftern Baldwin ; the County of
Wayne rs to be divided into
three diftnCb, as nearly equal
as circumflaiiccs will admit, in
fuch manner as the durveyor-
Generai may deem moft expe
ditnti and the Counties of
Wiikirdon, and Baldwin, into
five diftriCts each, as nearly
equal in extent aa can be.
1 he land coi ta ned in the
ftvtial diftnCts is to be divided,
by lines plainly and d.ftinCtly
marked, into tracts of forty-five
chains /quart, containing two
hundred two and an hail acres
each— except in the County of
''Wayne, where the land is to be
laid oft' into tradls of leventy
chains fquare, to contain four
hundred and ninety acres each—
unlcfs where the line which is
to form a temporary boundary
between the laid territory and
Creek Indians, or the courfe of
navigable rivers, may render it
impracticable, then this rule
may be departed fromVffiit no
further than fuch particular cir
cumftances may require.—All
fractional parts of furveys, and
all iflands within the limits of
laid territory, Tnith-weft of the
middle of the Oconee or Alaca
maha Rivers, are to be referved
and fold, giving to thole who
draw traCts of land adjoining
fuck fractional of furveys
or Iflands, itfprftlvclv, s prefe
rence for twelve months, fr-Q
and after the completion of the
drawing of the lottery contem
plated by this aft, and a right to
puVchife them at fuch rates as
may be'(l i pulated bylaw- ex
cept where idands contain more
than one hundred acres—then
they are to be drawn for, in the
manner pointed out by ( the aft.
The furveyors are to com
mcnce making the furve'ys of the
didrifts to which they are ref
peftively appointed, in their
.own proper perfons, immediate
ly a^er the boundary line has
been rim by the proper authori
ty-
T he land is to be didributed
by lottery, (the drawing of which
is to commence after the
furyeying is completed,) in
which every free male white
perfon, twenty-one years cf age
and upwards, who is a citizen of
the United States, and who has ■
been an inhabitant of this date
twelvemonths immediately pre
ceding the pafiage of the aft,
or paid a tax towards the fup
porrof government,, (including
fuch as may be ibfent on law
ful bufinefs) is entitled to one
draw. Every free male white
perfon of the like de-
Icription, having a wife, le
gitimate child or children,
under twenty-one years of age,
to two daaws. • All widows
having legitimate child or
children, under twenty-one
years of age, who have rtTided
twelve months in this date im
mediately preceding the paf
lage of the aft, are entitled to
two draws. And all families of
orphans, under twenty-one years
cf age, to one draw.
Eids of perfons entitled to
draw, are to be made out with
in three months from the pafiage
of the aft, by any three or more
of the Judines of the Inferior
Courts cf the refpeftivc coun
ties, or fuch perfons as they*
may appoint, not exceeding one
for each county, who fhall, be
fore they enter On the duties o£
their appointments, feveraliy
give bond and fecurity, to be
approved by the faid judices,
in fuch fum as they may deem
neceflary, and take and fubferibe
an oath in writing, to perforin
the duties required of them by
the faid aft. The faid judices,
or fuch ptrfcns as they may ap
point,, are to attend at the
court houfes of the rcfjxftive
counties, on as many feveral
days as the Judices may think
necefiary to appoint, for the
purpofe of taking and making
out fuch lifts, giving at lead ten
days notice of fuch attendance,
by advertifement at five ormore
of the mod public places in the
refpeftivc counties. The names
of the perfons entitled to draw,
with the number of draws to
which they may be entitled, are
to be entered in a book, to be
provided for that purpofe in
each county, which lifts or
books, when completed, and
tranferipts thereof depofited in
the Clerk’s Offices of the Supe
rior Courts, are to be rranfmfi
led by the faid Judices to the
Governor, for which Ter vice tat
Judices, or fuch perfons as th y
may appoint as r.torclaid, are •
receive from the rerfais ■