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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