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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 ■