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VOLUME III....NUMBER I 7.
MILLEDGEVILI.E: published (meekly) by DENNIS L. KfAN‘
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2$, l8lO.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
The following are the gentlemen
whole names have been mentioned
■as candidates for the 12th Congrefs,
at the enftiing eleftion in 01 >oer
JDr.mHamlV.Bibb,
, Of Wilkes.
Col. Geo M. Troup,
Of Montgomery.
Capt. Howell Cobb,
Of Baldwin.
JSIaj. yas. E. Houston,
Of MTntofli.
Bolling Hall, Esq.
Of Hancock.
Hoh n Forsyth, Esq.
Of Richmond.
Maj. Elijah Clark,
Of Baldwin.
Hesse Hatton, Esq.
Of Laurens.
Holm Elliott, Esq.
J Of Liberty.
iPaKPIMWBBWPtBP **WfX ’TOgfPTOBWHBBfWCTW
Sheriff’s bale.
WILL BE SOLD,
On the flip Tuefday itt Auglift nest, at
Mailifon, IJorgan county,
BETWEEN THE USUAL HOURS,
390 Acres of Land,
Under the (late incumbdalHp It
being a fractional furvey wwPveon
Willis Randale now lives, N° 117,
formerly Ba'dwinnow Morgan coun
ty, taken as the property of Henry
D. Stone la fatisfy an execution in
favor of Jofeph Miller, property
pointed out by Zachariah Phillips.
A L S O —
Four Negroes, viz. Charlotte,
Shandy, Rhoderic and lefferfon, ta
ken as the property of the eftate of
Sampfon Harris, dec. to fatisfy (un
dry executions in favor of Thomas
Pinkard and others.
A L S O—
202 1-2 Acres of Land, N° 92,
in the fourth didrift of Baldwin now
Morgan county, taken as the pro
perty of Hamner Fitzpatrick to fa-
fIffy Robert How’s execution ; pro
perty pointed out by the defendant.
—A L s o—
1G0 Acres of Land in fourth dif-
trift of Baldwin now Morgan coun
ty, N° 370, taken as the property j
of Clement Tranum to fatisfy an
execution iu favor of John & Jofeph
Wilder ; fold under the State in
cumberance.
A L S O
Under the (late incumberance,
three Fractional Surveys, viz. N°
330 containing 16 Acres, N° 561
containing 152 1-2, and I\* > 336
containe d 1 4 Acres in the 5th dif-
trift of Baldwin now (Morgan coun
ty, and th>ee Negroes, Jacob, Tamer
and Richard ; two Stills, one 67 the
3!) gallons, with about forty (lands
of various forts and fizes ; one Bay
Mare an A Colt; taken as the pro
perty of Jamefon Andrews to fatisfy
an execution in favor of John How
ard and Rhefa Howard ; property
Pjointed out by the defendant.
—A I. s o—
89 Acres of I.and N° 370, in the
fourth diflrift of Baldwin now Mor
gan county. taken as the property
of Henry D Stone to fatisfy fundry
executions in favor of T. Caig allig-
nee and others, to be fold under the
■ftate incumberance ; property point
ed out by pInintifFs attorney
—A L s o—
Under the (late incumberance 51
Acres of I.and, N° 1 18 in the fourth
diflrift of Baldwin, now Morgan
county, taken as the property of
Clahourrt Fnfter to f.uisfv fundry ox-
ecution^n favor of Dillard and Wil
ier. Conditions cafh.
A. M'-Afce, d. s.
Tune *.50. i4-tds
Sheriffs Sale.
WILL BE SOLD,
On the fir ft Tuefday in Aitguft next,
in the Town of Clinton,
BETWEEN TIIE USUAL HOURS,
Two Fra&ions
In the 8th diftrift of Baldwin
now Jones county, N° 178, con
taining S8 1-5 acres, and N° 180
containing 197 1-2 acres, taken as
the property of John S. Porter, to
fatisfy James T. Thomas’ execution ;
fold under the incumberance to the
(late.
•••A L S O'"
One half of Lot N s 5, in the town
of Clinton with imptovements, ta
ken as the oroderty of Elijah Gordy
to fatisfy Henry Rogers’ execution ;
returned by a condable, and fold un
der the incumberance to the county.
•”A L S O'"
One lot of Land in the 7th dif
trift of Bald win now Jones county,
N° 2 in faid diUriel, taken as the
property of Frederick Daniel to fa
tisfy an execution in favor of the
(late vs. William Giles, & Frederic
Daniel.
•••A L S O'”
LotN 0 108, in the 12th didrift of
Baldwin now Jones county, whereon
Giles Driver now lives, taken as the
property of William C. Hurt, to
fatisfy Samuel Thompfon’s executi
on againlt faid Hurt and others.
•••A L S 0-*
Lot N° 190, in the Gth diflrift of
Baldwin now Jones county, taken
as the property of William Wright
to fatisfy Buckner Harris’execution.
••"A L S O...
One Bay Mare taken as the pro
perty of Pleafant Wiliiamfon to fa
tisfy Davis Smith, fen. execution.
■ ”*A L s o—
One Sorrel Mare four years old,
and one Riding Chair and Harncfs,
taken as the property of John Gad
dis to fatisfy au execution in favor of
the Planter’s Company.
•••A I. S O"*
One Road Waggon, taken its the
property of Tiros Spencer, to fa
tisfy an execution iu favor of Vivi-
ou and Howard...Conditions cafh.
S. Fcagin, Sh’ff.
Jun 27, 1810. 15-tds.
Sheriff’s Sale.
W I L L BE SO L D,
On the firjl Tuefday in Augnft at the
Court Hottfe in Crreeue county,
BETWEEN THE USUAL HOURS,
Fitly Acres of Land ;
(Moore or lefs,} in G v eene coun
ty on the Oconee river, as the pro
perty of Jarratt Wright, to fatisfy
fundry executions in favor of Robert
Jackfon ; pointed out by the defend
ant. Levied and returned by a con
dable.
150 Acres of Land, (more ot
lefs,) in Greene county, on the wa
ters of AHifon’s creek, to fatisfy two
executions in favor of John Cole a-
gaind John Martinda’e and Samuel
Townfend ; levied oil as the pro
perty of faid Townfend, by a con-
liable and returned to me. Condi
tions ca(h.
John Aaderfon, Sh'fT.
July 4, 14-tds
H OMESPU N.
r~tr~11TE fubferibers will purchafe
| TWO THOUSAND yards
HOMESPUN, Seven-Eighths of a
yard wide, and driped in the warp;
for which goods at a fair price will
be given in exchange.
Devereux £i? Thweatt.
(May 15. 7-tf
BLANK
Collectors Titles
Tor Sole at this Office
TO THE FREEMEN, AND CI TIZENS OF
PUTNAM COUNTY.
FINDING a publication in a
paper called The Intelligencer, print
ed in Eatonton, dated 22nd May,
1810; and one other publication,
in the fame, of the Gth June ; in both
of which feveral infolent, fcaudal-
ous, and glaring falfe charges are
exhibited in detail againd *he Jaili-
ces of the Inferior court, and the
Trudees of Union Academy, bv an
infoleni fcribbler, under the fiftiei-
ous (igr.atures of Dion and Philo-
Dion ; we believe it to be an indif-
penfible duty, not for the fatisfafti-
on or gratification of Dion, or any
of his minions, but of our friends,
and the lovers of order and good go
vernment, to fet forth a clear ac
count, and accurate datement of the
receipts and expenditures of our
county funds, fince the organization
of the county down to the prefent
date.
Then, fellow-citizens, it will be
with you to judge whether the mem
bers of your Inferior court have huf-
banded the monies, and conducted
the public matters entrulled to them,
in an economical & profitable man
ner, or whether they have prodigally
fported away your fund, as has been
reprefented to you, by the (elf boad
ed Dion.
Tie fays, 11 read fellow-citizens,
the following fafts, and admire the
ingenuity difplayed in gulling you
out of your rights, and ice how in
fidioufiy you have been fported with.”
He fays “ that it is a faft that when
the lot of land on which Eatonton
(lands, was purchafcd for the county,
the title bond was made payable to
the Commidioners, and therr heirs,
indead of their fuccefi'ors in cilice ;”
of this the people complained, and
it was very properly altered to their
widies.” Phis, Dion, we declare to
be an infidious falfehood, we never
heard of the people’s complaining,
until we were indebted to you for
the information, neither had the peo
ple any jull right to complain, for it
is a truth, which even Dion himfelf
cannot deny, that neither the date,
the county, nor the people, had put
property or money into ttie hands ot
tl'.e Commidioners, with which to
purchafe the faid lot of land, con-
fequently, the people could not have
complained for the lofs of that which
they at that time, and for feme pc
riod afterwards, did not orv.t, or pof-
fefs.
The faft is this, the Commiffion-
ers ufed every exertion to perfuade
the original purchafer of this lot of
land, to take their obligations as
commidioners, of the court of Put-
nan county ; but he pertenacioufly
refufed fo to do, and obdrved he
would not trud date or county for
one cent But if the commidioners
would give him their notes witli fe-
curity, as private individuals, for
1,200 dollars, payable in three annu
al indaiments, that then and infuch
cafe, he would execute a deed to
them of the land.
There being no other alternative
befides this, by which the land couid
be had, and in order to fecure to us
a remuneration of the money, which
we were about to advance for the
county, and for which we became
individually rftponlible in our ref-
peftiv’e private capacity to the ven
der, we took a complete title to our-
felves, and our legal reprefenlatives
for ever, and gave our private notes
for the money...that is, we bound
ourfelves as private men, and not as
funftionuries of the county.
Now, Dion, let us alk fou, and
the citizens alio, if this tract of laud
belonged to the Commidioners by a
private right of property, Or the
county ? The anlwer is obvious to
every one, that it was the private
property of the commidioners —
Thefe tranfaftions took place in the
month of January, and the commif-
fioners then gave notice, and adver-
fifed a fale of lots in the town of
Eatonton, to commence on the 14th
of April thereafter, and drey met
according to their advertifement,
proceeded to fell to a confiderable a-
mount and after having taken the
purchafer’s notes with fecurity, a-
greeably to the conditions of ("ale,
then made an odor to Mr. Wood-
ham, the original proprietor of the
land to exchange other men’s pa
pers well fecured for their own
notes. This propofition w'as acceeded
to, and an exchange of papers was
made. Then it was, thjt the com-
miffi oners concluded to make a do.
nation of this properi&to the county,
and in purfuance of this purpofe,
we caufed the original owner to ex
ecute a deed of this faid traft of land,
with all its emoluments, to the Infe
rior court, and their fuccefi'ors in of
fice, for the ufe of the county.
Now, Dion, inform us, if you
pleafe, what you have done for the
good of your county. Or your be
neficial afts, to promote the inter-
ell of the county, to be found only,
as we are afraid they are, in your
vain boailful profedions of attach
ment to the people, clothed in high
founding pedantic words and far
fetched phrazts, calculated to fow
the feeds of difeord, to fan the (lame
of party fpirit, or do they confilt in
your grand and fublime eff.sys writ
ten, we all know to raife your (ink
ing popularity . ?
Again, Dion, you fay that it is a
faft, that every year the citizens
have been taxed a fum equal to one
fourth of the general tax, for coun
ty purpofes, and that this money has
been principally expended to ereft
the Court-Houle, which expenfewas
to have been, defrayed out of the
fund created by the fale of the Town-
lots, and that very little if any thing,
has been taken from the funds for
county buildings.
In this charge, or faft as you call
it, you have, Dion, given yourfelt
the lye. Herein we agree with you,
(or in the fecond column of your (irll
number, you fay, the fame aft, (al
luding to the aft of incorporation)
abfolutely veils in us, all the money
arifing from the fale of lots in Eaton
ton, over and above what may be
nece/Tdry for the completion of the
Court-lloufe therein, and the finifh-
ing of this houfe, will draw from
this fund, from which you deny any
thing has been taken, near 3,500
dollars. If this fum be litte or no
thing, we are then no judges of the
value of money.
Again, Dion, you fay, that in the
day of retribution, for all thefe glori
ous toils, it is hoped, will not be for
gotten the rippingthrough a crowded
docket, and awarding judgments at
an unconflitutional period, holding a
court without plaintiffs or defend
ants, without witnefles or juries fal-
(ifying the records of the county, in
dating back the proceedings, and
mutilating the evidences of their rec
titude
In anfwrr to your obfervation on
the unconilitutionality of adjourned
courts, we beg leave to refer our
rea lers to the practice oi Judge Ear
ly, in die Ocmulgee Circtuit, and to
the praftice of Judge Tait, in the
Wei tern Circuit. And, as to hold- I
ing courts without plaintiff , and de- |
feridants, vtitneffes or j dries, if, Di j
on, you had Itudied the laws regula- |
ting the proceedings in courts of this j
State, as well as you have (ludied ;
and praftifed the arcs of falfehood j
ft deception, you would have known
that none of thefe are neceff.iry in
calling over the appearance docket,
which is all we did. And, as to da
ting back our records, it will be I
known that all proceedings had in '
adjourned courts, are to be dated
from the regular period of fefliou of ,
faid courts. We refer you to the
praftice of the Superior courts, in
genera!, and to a cate in point, deci-
ded by Judge Caines, in Milledge-
vil e, at the lall Superior corn t, in
Baldwin county, Reeves and others
vs Ftuker 'I'hc execution not bear
ing dale with the term of the cuuii,
was deemed illegal 1
As to the mutilation of the evi
dence of our rectitude, this is rifoiL
abfurd, as well as falfq, as wjjj: fuKyr
appear, by a refer^yoV’to the record#
of faid courtr* w * < ¥!iereforc, Dion,
bluih and bealhamed, if you are not
callous to fitch an emotion, and con
ceal yourlelf under the veil of mid
night daiknefs, for if you come forth
from ydur recefs, the finger of fcorn,
derifion, and contempt will be point
ed at you. It is in the abode of ob-
feurity, you have been rehearfing the
part of au aflafln, and trying with
what (kill you can (lab the charafter
of men, whofe (hoes you are not
worthy to clean, and now you have
fteped forth on the (tage to prove
the excellency of your tragical gen
ius and performance—but, you will
be hided.
You, Dion, further fay, that it is
a faft, tint an a:t puffed at the left
fedion of the Legifiature, to incor
porate the Juffices of the then Infe
rior Court and one other ex-Jultice,
as commidioners of Union Academy
at Eatonton, This we confels to be
true, but as for the refnlue of the
charge, we fay, it is a fhameful maii -
eiouj falfehood. You fay that the
J. ’gillature intruded them with the
molt extraordinary powers ever con-
fered on a corporate body, under n
Republican, or indeed any other,
form ot government. V.z. They
are commil.*.oners for life, have the
privilege of appointing their fuccef-
tors, are accountable to no puwev
on Earth by the act of incorporation,
for their conduct in office, &c And
now to prove Dion a liar, we requelb
our fellow citizens to take the trou
ble ot looking into the diged under
the head of the charter of incorpo
rations, and you will find it direfts
to the 56(l;h page, where, read the
3d feftiou of that law, reading thus
—viz : For this purpofe, they are
hereby conltituted a body corporate,
and pulitic, by the name of the Truf-
tees of the LLuverfity of Georgia, by*
which they (hall have perpetual luc-
cell!on, See. Mark the words per
petual (uccedioti, f6r Dion fays we
were commidioners for life, & there
were no fuch extraordinary powers
ever given before. Again, advert to
the 7th feftion of the faid aft, and
you will find that the Trullees have
tne power to lid all vacancies In their
board, and yet D1011 boldly affirmo
that never fuch powers were granted,
before the conltnution of Union A-
cade my.
A; tend further to the 14di fec-
tion of laid act, tk you will find that
all IchooL mttuuced, or fupported by
puone funds, are under the direction
A government of that law, although
Dion, in the plenitude of his wif-
dom, and valtnefs of his knowledge,
fays they are accountable to m*
power on Earth by the aft of incor-
poration—when this very feftion
plainly lhews, that the law recognizes
all literary inltitutious of a public na
ture, as loon as they come into ex-
iltence.
And now Dion, did you not fay,
you profefled to love honeily and (air
dealing, but that you would not re-
icind tne charges made in your (irll
number, becaule they were lubltan-
tially true and could be fupported by
tile molt irrefragable tedimony ?
But now, out of lour charges time
you have made agaiml us, which you
called tails, three of them are proved
to be wilful and maligantlies. And
will ;Ou not now be necelficated to
come forward in a public manner,
urged by the ftingsol a tortured con-
(cience, and coutefs that you have
been guilty of a prcniiditated unpro-
vuRi.el, and pufiu.mmious attack up
on the charafters of men infinitely
more virtuous than Dion ? But, if,
alien you have beenfo plainly proved
the iaiie accufei, and to have rffted
tire deieltable part of a wanton and
egregious liar, you Ihouhi prove Afs-
hke, obttinaie, a,id refiactory, we
hull fear ye>u are given over to a
nard and depraved heart, not fufeep-
tible ot the fmailclt iinpre (lions of
honeily and truth, and determined
to diltinguilh your name by wicked-
ii'cfs, if you cannot oiherwife.
Your., fourth charge, or faft as