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ARGUS,
“Here TRUTHunlicens'd r tings,
yin,! ihre accost e'en Lings themselves
...Or rulers of the free}'
MILLEDGKVILLE :
WEDNESDAY) AUGUST 1, 1810.
IN the Li ft number of the
Georgia Journal, a writer over t lie
fignature of Amphion has made an
npoeal to the friends of Religion St
Liberty in behalf of Major Clark
The general Jlrain of his remarks are
groveling and almofl beneath con
tempt. His quibbling and prevari
cation is worthy the defence of the
“ blunderbufs of law,” whofc char
n£ler he advocates. Nothing can
more flrikingly difplay the petulcnce
of Amphion and his want of grounds
to impeach the corredlnefs cither of
the opinions or charges advanced a-
gainft Major Clark than the Ryle of
his compofition...it would difgrace
the veryeft beldam in exiftence;..
Xantippe herfelf did not a Rail So
crates with more filth and dirt —
lie reprobates the ufe of infinuati
ons and abufe, yet he deals profuie-
ly in both, and without the lead ce-
Temony endeavours to apply to the
Editor of the Argus the terms “ bale
-—hypocrite whole heart is as black
as hell—viper from the head of Me-
dufa, fit only for the regions of def-
pair, horror and mifery.” I would
all: this difeerner of the heart, is
a perfon, becaufe a profeffor of reli
gion, to ihrink from tlie duties of his
flation, when tlie good of the coun
try calls loudly for the expofure of
improper conduct in men filling high
Rations and afpiring to higher in the
gift of the people? Is lie to cry peace,
peace, when the enemy has almoft
taken pefl'efiion of the out-po(ts ?
Decide men of candor and refledlion.
But a blind advocate for the Major
may fay, every body fays peace,
peace, but the Editor of the Argus,
and he is always crying danger, dan
ger— Let me all: when did the Edi
tor of the Argus found the alarm and
tlie Republicans of Georgia did not
take warning •, and have they ever
regretted tlie refult ? But in the pre
fect infiance he is not alone...read
theextra£ls from the Augufta Chro
nicle, Georgia Exprefs, (primed at
Athens) and Mirror of the Times,
(printed at Augufia) in tlie firfi page
cf this we* k’s paper, and then let
the unprejudiced lay whether 1 dc-
ferved the unqualified torrent of Bil-
lingfgate abufe which Amphion has
fo liberally poured upon me, merely
becaufe I doubted the claims of Ma
jor Clark to a feat in the legillature
of the union, I fiiall take no further
notice of Amphion and his firrago,
but conclude by joining ifiue with
him Amphion fays, when addref-
fitig himfclf jointly to the Friend of
Truth and Enquiry, Annlizer and
the Editor of the Argus, if you pro
duce “ fubfiantiated fafls relative to
Ins (Maj Carles) public or private
conduct we will be as ready to believe
them os you.. If you are finceie in
this declaration, “ you (Amphion)
are now upon ground from which
there is no retreating ” Ibefeechyou
only have a lit tle patience and “ fuh-
ibntiated fafls” will be produced
which will make you hang your lyre
upon the willow...and caufe the
friends of the Major to repent that
ever he was held up as a charatfler
in every j oint qualified for a great
and virtuous fiaufrr.an.
Foe tnf. Argus.
N° II.
ANALYTtCCS ANAUZED.
IT will be tecolletfled in my
(Ii(lN°l allured Analyticus, that
Major Clark’s conclufl as a public of-
fic> r, was at war with every quali
fication that he was faid to pefiefs,
which could recoil mend him to a
ft at in congrefs, and I now call on
the public, to take the bandage oil'
their ever, and open them, that they
may fee, at d their ears, that they
niav hear, while I lay before them a
plain fiatement of llubborn facts,
which cannot be controverted. I
with not to monopolize tlie whole of
the Argns, I will only flare two or
three fadls in contradiction of the
Majors pofieffing any one of thofe
gtoat qualifications fo recently dif-
covercd by Analylicus and will be
gin with his great legal talents in
doing which I call tlie attention of
the public to a Hump fpeecb, made a
few days before the laft general c-
ledtion, wherein he declared our
prelent Governor to be a fubjedt of
Great Britain, and if he was eledted
governor, that king George the HI.
had a right to demand him of the
Rate to-morrow...this fadt can be
proven by fifty men who were pre-
fent—I afkyou to read the Federal
conflitution, think of the man and
reflefl.
In the fecond place I call your
attention to the Major, when ordered
by the Rate to commence tuitions a
gainft the Fraftion felling Cor.tmil-
(ioners, and their fecuvities, and fay
has not tbofe fuits been twice bre’t j
by this /Joining luminary and as often |
nonfuited, and is there not the third j
adfton now pending againll thofe
commifiioners all penned by this
man ? I anfwer there is, and can fur
ther inform you that I have been to
the office to examine, and the origi
nal writs and the copies do not a-
gree ; for this truth I refer you to
the records of Putnam Superior
court. But you will afk, what ob
ject can the Major have in this bufi-
nefs ? I catinot tell ; but fince thofe
writs were firfi ferved, the fectiri-
ties have run away} and I now would
recommend to the governor to call
on tlie attorney-general to have thofe
papers examined and put to rights}
hut perhaps he had better be on bis
guard, for fhould the Major he ( levi
ed to congrefs, his reverence for the
conflitution, might caufe tlie Gover
nor to be tranfported to king George
the HI. Bur I will flick to tlie point
In the third place I call your at
tention to the cafe of Rene Fitzpa
trick, it appears that Mr. Fitzpatrick
gave Major Clark a fee of Five
Hundred Dollars to attend to his
Land cafes, and in one cf thofe fuits
Henry Rogers was interefled, and
accordingly employed tlie Major and
gave him a fee of One Hundred Dol
lars to appear as his counfel! Now
botli of lliefe men arc living in a few
miles of MilledgeviJle, and ycflerday
one of the parties informed me, that
he was at this time filed for the fee
which he gave Clark } but I am told
that the Major fays, that he forgot
that Fitzpatrick had employed him }
this may he the cafe, but if a Fee of
Five Hunched Dollars will not bright
en the recolliSlion of the Major, as an
Attorney, 1 confels I am at a lofs to
know what will ! But as I expect
affidavits on points of this kind, 1
fiiall proceed on and
Fourthly, call your attention to
the cafe of Col. Holt in which it
will appear that Col. Holt had em
ployed the Major generally to attend
to his legal bufinels, as there u as no
other attorney at that time living in
Milleclgevillo. 'I he full fuit was or
dered to be inflituted ngainfl Walter
Roe, then living in Milledgeville,
and here a fuit was commenced, but
agait fl Alexander Roe, who then
did and uniformly had lived in Sa
vannah. But previous to this it
appers that the Roe’s had purchafed
fix trails of fwamp land of Holt, for
which they were to pay all ca()i,but
in this payment they failed, and licit
difeovering one of the party to be
j infolvent at the time the fit ft pay
ment was to be made, Holt and the
Roe’s entered into a new coinraft,
aid called on Major Clark to draw
the agreement, which lie did, arid
then requelled to have faid con
trail copied by Anthony l\ rter, tlie
prelent ftcretary to the Governor}
which was done, and then by tlie re-
queft of the parties, and in prefence
of l’orter, this agreement or contrail
was delivered to Major Clatk for fafe
keeping ; and feme time after this,
the Roe’s commenced an ailion a-
gainft Holt for titles to this Land or
the value thereof, which demand
Holt refufed to con ply with, know
ing the contrail then in the hands of
Clatk, hound tlie Roes to give him
approved fccuvity for his money pre
vious to his making titles, and there
fore felt fafecn that head } but pre
vious to the trial oi tilts fuit, on Sun
day before the laft general eleilion,
a fcurrilous hand bill was publifhed
again ft tlie Col Ggncd Curtins, which
was fuppofed to be written by the
Major, and at 'the court in which this
important fuit was tried. Holt wrote
a polite note to Clark, in which he
informed him, that his friends fuf-
pefted him of writing tlie fcurrilous
handbill figned Curtins, and if that
was a faft, to deliver up his papers to
Chriftophcr B. Strong, Efq. and ac
cordingly tlie moll of Holt’s papers^
were delivered } but next day this im
portant trial game on, when Holt’s
attorney applied lo Clark for this laft
contrail then in liis hands...here
Clark’s anfwer is not recollefted, but
tlie contract was not produced to the
Court...what was the confequence ?
Ilolt was call Ten Thoufatul Dol-
Holt, and will certainly make goodj
a well founded remark, i. e. the mail |
who receives an injury may forgive, j
but he that inflicts it, never will.—
In my next 1 fhall Ihow the pub
lic, that fo far from the Major’s re
bars } and at the fame time it will verencing the conflitution, he has vi-
appear that the plaintiffs are juftly dated aimed every part of it.
- ■ — • ANAT.IZEI
indebted to Holt between 'three and
Four Thoufand Dollars! However
from this judgment Holt has appealed
to a fpecial jury, where a decifion is
expected to be had in Sept. next.—
For the truth of this fad, I refer the
public to the records of Baldwin Su
perior court. But among Col. Holt’s
bufinefs there were two fuits com
menced againlt Robert Jackfon, in
tlie name of Samuel Rigsdell, and
in this cafe, Major Clark in order to
facilitate this bufinefs, makes out
the writs, and puts them into the
hands of the defendant for fafe con
veyance to the clerk of Wilkinfon
court } but notwithftanding the great
exertions of this inftrument of per
feftability, thofe writs did not reach
the clerk in due time.—Holt then
ordered them to be ferved in time for [[Here follow, a letter from Fer-
ANAL1ZER.
Paris, April 28.
Theminifter of Police [Tou
che] has announced to the em
peror, that the commandant of:
the Cattle of Valencay has giv-j
en information of the introduc
tion into that cattle of a Baron
De Kolli, calling himfclf a mi-
nifter of England to Prince Fer
dinand, (the legitimate king of
Spain, a prifoner in that cattle.)
Koii is now a prifoner in Vincen
nes. The diamonds, &c. of
which he was the bearer, a»e
depofited at the Police office.—
the next coutt and has ever fince been
waiting on that court to get a judg
ment } but at the laft Superior court
one of thofe actions was amended,
and the other difrriifTed for the want
of form.—For the truth of this fad i
I refer you to the records of Wil-
irinfon Superiorcourt —Another fuit
was commenced by the Major for
Col. Holt again ft Zacliariah Sims on
a Bond, where Simms bound him-
felf to make Holt a title to a Houfe
and Lot in Montpelier at a given pe
riod, on which lot Holt had ella-
dinand apprizing the French go
vernor of the conduct of Kolli :
a!fo a certificate of the Marquis
Wellefley as a credential of Ko
ii : — Alfo, a letter from the Bri-
tifh King to Ferdinand, alluring
thi' latter of his friendfhip and
alliance : —of the means em
ployed to ref'eue Spain from her
invaders; and exhorting him to
efcapefrom his lervirude Then
follows a letter from the gover-
Forl Wiikinfcn, July 29, I Sift,
Regimental Orders.
To the Militia Officers cf Bald
win county,
Gentlemen,
HaVING received a pe-
tition from a number of inhabi
tants of capt. V\ ill jam Wation’s
dill riel, praying a divifion of the
fame; and after examining the
number of men contained in thej
two other adjoining diflrifts, am
of opinion, that to take a final!
part of capt Saunders* dif-
tritfl, and a fmall part of capt.
Ellis’ diftrict, and add to capt.
Watfon’s diftrict, it will be then
fufficierit to make two complete
diftri&s, and thereby thofe men
now complaining maybe accom
modated ; and by the power Sc/
authority in me vetted by the fe
cond feftion of the Militia Law
of this State now in force, it is ■
hereby Ordered, That the faid
Officers commanding Bittalions
and Companies do convene in
the town of Milledgeville at the
houfe of Enoch Lunsford, on
Friday the 10th of Augufl next,
in order to divide laid diftridl in '
terms of the law, of which all
officers will tak p due nofice.
By order cf Lieut Col. 7. Holt.
Thomas G Collier, Adj’t.
blillied a ferry larding, which con- j nor of Valancay, giving an ac-
traft Simms never did comply with, { count of the ill ol April, in ho-
and after Holts waiting feveral years nor of the emperor^ marriage
T
for a judgment, laft court the fuit
was difinifled for want of form —
For tlie truth of this faft I refer 'he
public to the records of Green Su
perior court. Another fuit the Col.
ordered the Major to inftitute a-
gainft John Robinfon of Wafli-
irigton on a plain Note of Hand,
and when Holt went to court ex-
at which the Spanifh Princes tef
fitted their joy in the < vent, and ’
wh< n Ferdinand 7th gave a toaft:
“ Our aligult fovereign Napole
on the Great, and Maria Louifa
his auguft fpoufe —and alfo a
letter from Prince Ferdinand,
declaring his with to become the
peding to get a judgment, he dif- adopted fon of Napoleon ]
covered his fuit brought ngainfl a
man living in Baldwin county, Clark
then allured Holt that tlie thing
fhould be reftified, and afterwards
informed Holt that the fuit flood
ready for trial laft court} and Holt
accordingly attended court,but could
find no iuch fuit on the dccquet}
he then applied to Mr. Fort, and af
ter a tedious fearch, found his note,
which he then gave to Robert Ru-
thurford to commence fuit on. In
another cafe, the Col. elireded the
Major to inlfitute a fuit againft Ma
jor Mitchell for exereifing the right
of a Ferry on his land adjoining the
On the examination of Kolli,
he laid he was Ch tries Leopold,
baron of Kolli, aged 32 a na
tive of Ireland, and minifter to
Ferdinand 7th :—That he came
to France with proper credenti
als and letters to Ferdinand ;
that he had funds with him to
t he amount of 200,000 ! rancs ;
that his project was to effect the
elcape of Ferdinand from his
confinement, by Rationing re
lays of horles and carriages to
the coait, where a fquadron of
Long Bluff, who refufed to allow or one fail of the line, a frigate a
make him any compenfation, and brig and a galliot under commo-
this fuit was brought, but in order
to fhew his great legal talents irt-
ftead of fuing for a trefspafs, he
brought fuit for an affuniption.—
What was the confequence ? Holt
; had the coll to pay, and lias fince re-
j quelled Major Walker to commence
j the fuit again.—For the truth of
I thofe tw o fafts, I refer the public to
| the records of Wafhington Superior
court But in the midll of all dif-
! conriitures and grievous difappoint-
j mints, the Col and others in his
j fituation may derive fome fmall con-
j filiation from the following claufeof
: the Judiciary aft, palled in the year
; 17'tl),
“ And if any party plaintiff or de-
! fendant, be hereafter nonfuited or
call by reafon of the negleft or mif-
conduft of tlie attorney who fhall
hereafter, bring or be employed in
fuch fuit, in all fuch cafes the faid
attorney Rial! pay all coft, that may
accrue thereby, and the court fhall
immediately enter up judgment ac-
cordinjriy for the fame.”
Now Mr. Analyticus “ with
thefe truths before us,” I call on
you, to point out the virtues or great
legal talents of this fhining lumina
ry of yours, or rather will you not
agr< e with me, that almofl every acl
of his life, is at war with every prin
ciple St virtue that could recommend
him to a feat in Congrefs ■, for evc--
ty man of fenfe mull agree, that
thofe (allures mud fall under one of
three lteads, viz Negligence, Imbe
cility or Depravity and either of
which, ought to difqualify the Ma
jor from a feat in Congrefs •, and
here it may not be amifs to obfeive,
that all thofe failures, and tlie fcur
rilous hand-bill figned Curtins, was
put into operation, while the Major
\, ss in apparent fritmdihip with Col.
dore Cockburne
to receive them
were ftationed
—That he was
THE CO PARTNERSHIP Oh'
Thomas £■? curry,
S this day diffolved my mutual
confent ; all thofe inc ehted to
faid fion whole notes or accounts
are now due wil! make immediate
payment to Jett 1 homas, am! thofe
whofe notes and accounts becomes
due next Fall, produce will be taken
at the market prices.
Jett Thomas,
Richardjon 0. Scurry,
The bufinefs in future will be
carried on by the fubfeviber under
the fuperintendency of Richaidfon
O. Scurry who will receive pay
ment and give receipts in my name.
Jett 'l homas.
July 27. IR-c
GEORGIA, Baldwin county.
HKREAS James Bark
ley has applied to me
for letti rs of Adminittration on
the eft.ite and tffetls or Reuben
Roach, late of this county, de-
ceafed.
Thefe are therefore to cite
and admonifh all and ftngular
the kindred and creditors ol fa’il
dec. to be and appear at my of
fice within the lime prefevioed
by law to file their objections,
. .. „ (if any they have) why faid let-
accompanied by M. de St Bon | ttrs fl louW not be granted.
Given under my hand
nel; that uruier pretence of hav- |
ing fome curtous articles (dia
monds) to obtain an inteiview
with prince Ferdinand, in order
to put into his hands the letters
he was intruded with ; but that
the prince relufed to either hear !
or fee him; and he had rea-i
this
29;h
day of July, 1 S IO.
Fr ed
restn.m, c.c-o.
GEORGIA, Hanco ch county.
HEREAS Jtffe SaiFordl
has applied to me for
letters of Difmiffion on the ef-
lon to believe that he lent infor- j ta [ e Jofeph Howard, late of
mation of his propolals to the This county, dec.
Cattle, which occafioned his ar-1 Thefe are therefore to cite and
admonifh all and Angular the
kindred Si creditors of faid c’ec.
to be and appear at my office
within the time prefetibed by
reft.
Take hot ice all Concerned,
SHALL apply to the honor- j ^ w » t0 ttuw caufe if any they
have why faid letters fhould not
be granted.
Given under my hand at of
fice this 14th day of July l8l().
John Chambers, for
Myles Greene, c. c o. 1
'The Subfcribcr
"Will either fell, or leafe for a
a term of years, his property in
this place. Pofffffion will be
given the firfi of January next.
A. M*Mil/an.
Augufl 1. 18-B
NO f f G E.
N mv abfettce Mr Frederick San-
f'trc! will attend to any bufinefs
able court of Ordinary of
Warren county, at their next
meeting, for letters of Difmifli
on on the eftate of Thos. Jones,
late of Warren county dec.
John Lamar.
Augufl 1. *
Received March 31fl, 1810, of
John Lamar, the balance remaining
due on a Note of Handfrom faid La
mar to viyfelj for Five Hundred and
Fifty Dollars, dated the I (ith of . frit
180.5 , whichJaid Note I have lojl or
mi J!aid Jo that I cannot deliver it up to
faid Lamar; but I do hereby war-
ant and defend him againjl any claim
whatfoever on account cf faid note and
caution all perfons againjl trading for of mine relative to the eilate of F: an—
c’ts Sayre, dec. and Mr. Samuel S:
Steele will attend to the concern of
D ever tux C Thwtcit.
faid Note.
Epcntzer Jcnch.es.
Signed in the prcfcnce of
'A Lamar,
Augufl 1, 18-v-c
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