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MILX.EDOBVILLE:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1830.
6r -=, We are authorised to announce the Hon. THOM-
ASTJ- P CHARLTON, of Chatham county, as a Can
ada** to represent the State, in the House of Represen
tatives of the Congress oftbe United States at the ensu-
ing election to be held in October next.
We a-e authorised to announce the Hon. WILSON
LUMPKIN and Gen. DANIEL NEWNAN, as candi
dates for Congress at the ensuing election.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Candidates in Baldwin county.
For senate—Gen. JAMES C. WaTSON.
For house rep.—Mai. BURTON HEPBURN,
Duct. TOMLINSON FORT.
i*nun!catea lie ffiatter to Yhoinas P. Green, E*q. toe
‘Post Master, a gentleman, in whose integrity and pru
dence I had the utmost confidence. He then stated some
facts which, in connection with the letter 1 had received,
and the number of books, immediate!} excited his suspi
cions. With my consent he communicated with Rhodam
A. Green. Esq. who had learned something on the sub
ject. The subject thus gradually developed itself, till it
was discovered that Mr. Burritt had been privately offer
ing the Pamphlets for sale, and loaning them out.
As soon as the Governor was put in possession of these
facts, he issued his precept to a Justice of the Peace, to
collect the testimony and proceed according to law in the
case. He did so, and summoned before him the two
Messrs. Greens and uiyself—took our depositions—issu
ed a warrant—and as soon as Mr. Burritt arrived, he was
arrested and carried before the Justice, but no prosecqtor
appearing, he was compelled to discharge him. The
commissioners uf the town then commenced a second pro
secution. After a tedious investigation, Mr. Burritt's
counsel took technical exceptions to the affidavits and
warrant, and after a long argument, the Court sus
tained his objections and quashed the warrant, and Mr.
Burritt wa6 again discharged.
At the commencement of the second investigation, Mr.
Burritt applied to me in the presence of the Court to ap
pear as his Counsel, which the delicacy of my situation
compelled me to decline. He also observed in the pres
ence of the Court, that be was not offended at the course
I h id pursued, but that had he been in my siluaticn, he
would have acted as I did.
land’s only motive was sympathy toward Mrs. Burritt,
when for nearly six months she has heen, under the eye
of Mr. Grantland, suffering all the pangs that female for
titude could bear? Is it usual for Mr Grantland to len
der his services 11 befriend his enemies or become their
security? If it had been the sole object of Mr. Grantland
to have befriended Mr. Burritt, could he not have done it
much more effectually before his property was attached
by his creditors and put under the hammer of the Sheriff?
Has any thing new come to light in the case that has so sud
denly melted the tender mercies of Mr. Grantland to aid
in the vindication of Mr. Burritt? Or does it require five
months to arouse Mr. Grantland’s sympathies? If he did
not know all the facts of the case, could he not have known
them, as they seem to have interested him so deeply? Is
it not possible that Mr. Grantland may have heen actua
ted by some other motives besides those of commiserating
the unfortunate?
Many such inquiries arise in this case. Perhaps Mr.
Grantland may be able to satisfy the public by answering
them
We might have h&fl a great national r&ad from iJift city of
Washington, through this town, had our Representatives
but advocated the measure. Why 'should we be constant
ly crying out injustice and partiality against the Govern
ment, while we refuse to accept their proffered favors?—
We really hope that none of our citizens will continue to
stand any longer in their own light, by refusing to sign
the memorial, and using all the means in their power to
have the road established.—Planters' Gazette.
FACTORAGE!
DIED.
At the Indian Spring on ihe 30th of July last, Wii.liam
Moughon, of Jones county, in the 27th year of bis age.
He left a wife and one child, to deplore their irreparable
loss, together with numerous friends and connexions.—
He was a tender and affectionate husband, and a kind and
indulgent master, beloved and respected by his neighbors
and if he ever had an enemy in this world, it was never
I am perfectly willing to join issue with him on the j known.
has waited till Burritt’s pecuniary affairs have become cm- j -1- have the pleasure to anr'once to the public, that
barrassed beyond the hope of reparation, and his political the Academy for said county is now ready for the recep-
standing been entirely destroyed. After Mr. Burritt is lion of a RECTOR and TUTORESS to take charge of
no longer his rival, and has no hope of becoming so, he the same Persons wishing to take charge of an Institu-
tenders him his friendship, and if in doing so, he can, by j tion are requested to send sealed proposals to the Chair-
Hc also acknowledged to a j thest weans, ruin mein the estimation of the people, he I man or Secretary of the Boaid of Trustees, on or before
gentleman that appearances were against him. j will have two objects accomplished, and both Burritt and ; the Third Saturday in August next. It will be expected
It is proper here to observe that the Pamphlets arrived j myself will he out of bis way. ' j that persons making application for the male or female
in Milledgeville during my aheence at Macon, and that j I make this appeal 1o my fellow-citizens, without dis- j department as professors, will please send what their
had I found the whole number in the office which had ! tinction of parties. It is not a party question. As I terms will be and what they will teach. Application, post
been sent, my course would probably have been a different i said in the article of the 17th (which seems to have excit- i paid, will beduly attended to by
one—but the absence of four of them, induced me to be- j ed this crusade against roe,} there is no division of feel- j THOMAS PORI ER, Chairman B. b. c. a.
lieve that an improper use mighthave been made of them. I ing on this subject from Maryland to the Gulfof Mexico. | Robert Hardee, Secretary.
I knew too that Mr. Burritt had an opportunity of perus- ; 1 fuel confident tint all my fellow-citizens will approve my
ing the Pamphlet, and still believe that he had read every j conduct and the conduct of those who advised me, notwith-
word of it before he received these. j standing Mr. Grantland’s and the Recorder’s influence.—
This, fellow-citizens, is a plain statement of the facts j To them all I submit the ca-e without the fear of reproach,
upon which I acted. They can be established, if denied, | with but one question.—Can a faithful citizen suffer his
by the most respectable witnesses. Under the Same state j feelings for ope unfortunate man and his family to ont-
of facts, I «hou!d pursue the same course, an hundred ’> weigh his sense of duty to bis own family and the whole
times over. I have never performed an act which my j population of the State?
judgment and my conscience more entirely approbate. I
verily belieTc this consciousness will go with me to the
grave and that the Judge of all the earth has not disap
proved my conduct or my motives. There were other
things connected with the transaction, but as they were
developed subsequently to my disclosure of what I knew, ,jured woman—Burritt’s ca^e is involved in mystery.—
they had no influence in determining my conduct. 1 there- VVbat sufficient motive could he have to excite insurrec
fore pass over them, because it is not my wish nor my ob
ject to increase the excitement against Mr. Burritt. He
will be before the country for bis trial, should he ever re
turn. As I have not expressed my opinion of his guilt
or innocence, I do not design to do so. There is a mani- titled to it, whatever be his foibles or his vices,
fest impropriety in thus forestalling public opinion. Mr. 1 Burritt is deterred, we are told, from meeting the in-
Burritt is entitled to justice, and so is the State. If he j dictment against him, by the fear of being mobbed.
3URRITTS CASE.
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
Fellow Citizens:—In this paper of the 17th ultimo, I
published an article on the subject of the third edition of
‘‘Walker’s Pamphlets,’’ which has brought down upon me
some severe strictures. In that article, Elijah H. Bur-
riit was not referred to. He was not the person to whom
the copy of the third edition, alluded to, was directed. As
however, an attempt has been made to cast the odium of
public opinion on me, I shall lay before
statement of the facts of bis case so far as they came to
mv knowledge—and shew you the agency I had in de
veloping the transaction. I do this, not because I feel
The least apprehension of public reproach, but to place
the truth before yon, that you may judge of the correctness
of mv conduct; and to expose what I conceive to be the
motives of the principal agent in the excitement that is
now aought to be raised on the subject.
About the middle of January last, I went to Macon, to
attend the Superior Court of Bibb county. On my return
home, a short lime afterentering the office of the States
man & Patriot, Mr. Eurritt threw me a pamphlet across
the table, and said, “I have got one of those books since-’
you were gone,” without saying what it was—where he
had obtained it—or the means of procuring it. Nothing
more passed between us on the subject. I looked at the
title page—saw what it was—and being busily engaged,
threw it on a table near me, intending at leisure to inquire
intuit. My impression at the moment, from the soiled
appearance of the pamphlet and its having a name written
jn it, was that lie had borrowed it. It however escaped
my memory till a few days after, when a relation visited
the office. In the course of cnnveisation with him the
pamphlet recurred to nay recollection. I asked him if he
bad seen it. He said he had n«t, and expressed some cu
riosity to read it. I looked for soidp time for it—and be
gan to chide myself for the negligent manner in which l
had disposed of the book. Mr. Julian thtn aided me in
the examination, and in a short time it was found in a
pigeon hole on a high shelf in one corner of the office. In
iakin^ it down a second one was drawn out with it—this
a little surprised me, but I concluded that on Burritt’s re
turn l would inquire into it, and thought no more of it.
I took one to my house, and Mr. Cole and wy«clf rend it
cursorily, till we became disgusted with it. During this
lime Mr. Rurritt hud gone to Augusta. A day or two af
terwards I went to the Post Office and among other
things, a letter was banded me, post-marked at Boston,
directed to the offi'C of the Statesman &. Patriot, care of
F.. H. Burritt. The direction authorized me to open it
It W as written to Mr. Burritt individually, and to my ut
fp"r astoni bmmt, was from David Walker, the reputed
author of the Pamphlet, and shewed that Mr. Burritt was
jo correspondence with him- That letter is in the posses
hou rf the Solicitor General. But I will recite from
memory the leading features ot it.—He stated that—Ir
compliance with Mr. Burritt’s request he had some time
before sent him 20 of his Boohs of Appeal—that he had
been expecting for some weeks to bear from him—that he
cxppcfr J him on thehmor or a gentleman to comply ac
c rdhic to engagement—that he bad a second edition of his
work and if lie wished anymore he could have them—that
hs expected soon to bear from him and If am all the par
ticulars respecting the Pamphlet, and subscribed himself
his friend, David Walker This I think is the correct
purport of the Utter. It shall appear when I can obtain
it, if necessary. It will at once be seen that this letter
vAs well calculated to awaken in my mind suspicions which [ hj gc w Aether .Mr. Grantland lias bem actuated by disin-
renderrd it imperiously my duty to ascertain immediately J motives, or by friendship to Mr. Burritt or his
♦ hefacts, and promptly to communicate them to such gen
tlemen as I could confide in, that. I migiit act with due
< notion and circumspection in the painlul situation in
which I thus suddenly and unexpectedly, found myself,
liefjre the receipt of this letter, it bad never entered my
bead that Mr. Burri't bad any improper connection with
these pamphlets. 1 therefore immediately examined a
fecond time, and found fifteen more of the pamphlets on
the same shelf. These, with the one I had at my house,
propriety of my conduct, before the people of Georgia. I
must be permitted however, to say, that I think Mr. Grant-
land’s Sympathies have manifested them e elvestoo late to
gain the palm of disinterestedness from the public. He
E7F.OH A3ADSK7.
ffJ^HE Trustees of the Byron, Baker county, Academy,
AXD
SOlttCSSXCXT STSaSEfcS.
undersigned gratefully acknowbuge thr liberal
JL patronage with which they have been favored ii. tlii
above line, aod respectfully inform the public that they
continue its transaction in the City, and that their fni:h-
ful and undivided attention will be devoted to the busi
ness of their patrons.
Liberal Cash advances may bfc expected on Frcdure,
&c. iur Store, when desired.
STOVALL St SUMMONS.
Augusta, Aug. 7, 1830 * 5 12t
July 27, 1830
31
Respectfully yours,
JOHN G. POLIIILL.
FROM THE SOUTHERN RECORDER.
The following is from the pen of one who has a rigul
to be heard—it is from a helpless and perhaps a much in-
tiun? U hat could he have gained by it? The public
well know that we have no friendly fe* lings, either per
sonal or political, for E. H. Burritt. But he, even he,
is entitled to Justice—every man in this country is en-
CO’JRT, NOTARIAL, & LETTER
SEA1LO,
[ NNGRAVED BY J. FOGLE
-A at the subscriber’s Jewellry
Store, who would respectfully in
form the public that he has con
stantly on hand, a general assort
ment of
Watches, Jetcellry, Plate,
Cutlei'y, Military Goods, <$* c -
Clocks, Watches, Musical Boxes, Jewellry. and Plate
neatly repaired. L. PERKINS.
Milledgeville, Aug. 7 5 3t
NEW MAP
or THE
STATE OF GEORGIA.
I T is known to my friends and the public that I issued
proposals last year for publishing a large and elegant
ly engraved new Map of the Slate. I thought proper to
postpone the execution of the work till the (’heroine
Country could be acquired and surveyed, believing that
it would not meet with that extensive patroroge, which
is necessary to sustain an undertaking of the kind, unliss
the whole of the Cherokee lands could be laid down and
represented from actual surveys—And after full reflec
tion 1 considered it best to obtain the patronage uf the
State, in order that it might be presented to the public un
der the high sanction and stamp of authority. I pledge
myself to my friands and the public, that as soon ns the
Cherokee lands are obtained and surveyed, that I will im
mediately enter on the work, and that no expense or la
bor will be spared to make it worthy cf tbe liberal patron
age of the public.
In addition to the targe State Map, I propose drafting
accurate and complete Maps of each County in the State;
one of which I will present to every Inferior Court.
The maps of the new couuties, 1 mean all tbe counties
which embrace Lottery Lands, will contain all the equate
lots end fractions; and will be platted by a scale four
times as lar^e as that bv which I shall platt the State Map.
° BENJAMIN H. STUltGES.
Iricinton, August 7,18J0 5 2
This
can establish bis innocence, no one will rejoice more at
such an event than myself. If he cannot, tile laws of the
country m *tbe supported.
And now permit me to ask you, candidly and openly,
what would have been my situation, had these Pamphlets
been concealed from me till they bad all been circulated?
Could it have been possible for me to have convinced the
people of Georgia, that I knew nothing of them, when
they were issued fiom an office in which I was interested
and daily occupied? Would not public indignation have
pointed to me as a native Georgian, recreant to the prin
(ipits of my country, and regardless of the blood of “wife,
children, and friends?” But suppose after I came, by the
f..vors of a kind and overruling Providence, to a knowledge
of the facts, I had concealed them, what would you have | contradiction to the motto or standard with which heap-
thought ol my principles and my conduct? Could you P ars before the public, that of the “Federal Union;” or
fear, if it really exist, is groundless—the Laics, and noi
J\1obs, govern iu Georgia. He should stand his trial and
prove his innocence of criminal intention, if he be inno
cent, which we conscientiously believe him to be.—[Edi-
torial. J
[communicated.]
JMessrs. Editors :—Upon reading an article entitled
“Walker’s Pamphlet,” in the “Federal Union” of last
we< k, the following queries very naturally suggest them
selves:—Can it be possible that the author is still forcing
that inti immatary vile work upon this State? or has Mr.
Polbill introduced this subject to widen the breech of sec
tional feeling between the North and South, in direct
have approved them? Could you have palliated them?—
Could you have borne them? But apart from personal
considerations, what might have been the consequences to
liou? The answer to alt these questions lias been furnish-
■ 1 by your universal approbation of my conduct. I feel
-io fear that lint approbation will be withdrawn.
But I feel myself called upon to make to you a farther
statement in connexion with this painful subject. A re
cent occurrence lias induced me to believe that one of
your fellow-citizens w ould rtjoiee to see public indignation
visited upon my bead on this subject. 1 mean Mr. Sea
ton Grantland, the senior Editor of the Southern Re
corder. I should regret to do injustice to Mr. Grantland
in this belief—but I must do justice to myself. I will
herefore give the reasons and inferences upon which my
belief is founded, that you may with myself be able to
r
made sixteen. Four bad therefore been disposed of in
rome w. y. I ascertained that the young men in the office
Jiiu w nothing of the nutter—Mr. Burrili had concealed
from m- the fact of his having received any com mu n na
tion from the negro, or having written to him and that be
J.nd received more than cne copy of the pamphlet from any
source. That Mr. Burritt should have written for so many
was a mystery to m”, ft that four of them should have been
Aimposed of, alarmed m , a* i saw lint my character might
have been implicated, bill for the providential arrival of
this letter in Mr. Burritt’s absence. It was impossible
E>r me to know what the “engagement” was, with which
he was to comply, and the fact thal/our of the Pamphlets
had been distributed, led me to a suspicion that this en
gagement was of a character entirely at enmity with the
vital interests of a community among whom I was born
»nd brought up, and with whom my dearest earthly at
tachments were interwoven. Daring the day on which I
received this letter, my time was completely engrossed in
making outreports for the auditors appointed by the State
to adjust Mr. Birch’s accounts for the additions to the
State House. As soon as 1 obtained leisure, I communi
cated the f icts first to Mr. Cobb, Ihe Senator of Houston
county, and to vlajor Ilepburn, the Repr sentative of
Baldwin. They concurred with me that, on the next day
I should, atari early hour, assemble some of Mr. Burnt s
friends and my own, to consult on the course most pru
dent to he pursued. The next, mtrning I invited into the
office, Col. Ruffin, Col. Bozeman, Dr. Fort, Maj. Hep-
burn, Mr. Cobb, and Col. Rockwell, the Intendant, and
exhibited to them the letter and the pamphlets. Some of
1heso gentlemen first thought it most proper to await Mr.
Burritt’s return, and inform him that appearances were
ugainst him—that in our opinion he had forfeited his stand-
in in this community—and to advise him to settle his af
fairs and ’eive the :tutc. But upon inspecting the law
ar , findin-* its provisions very broad and the penalty death,
vre saw that if Mr. Burritt was guihy, we should all be
come liable, by such a course, as accessories; and public
justice meriit be evaded. It was therefore unanimously
conel ided that my best course was to disclore 1he facts to
the Governor, as it was a matter of public concern, and
leave it to bis discretion and responsibility to act as the
public safety seemed to require. As the object of Mr.
Burt it’s visit to Augusta was unknown to any of us, it
was suggested that it might have some connection with
the matter in consultation. We believed this course due
(i> (lie public and to Mr. Burritt, that he might, if guiltless,
publicly vindicate himself by an open and honorable trial
before the civil authority—if guilty, that the law might
have ils course. Accordingly, Col. Rockwell, the Inten-
tlant of the Metropolis, and myself, waited on the Gover
nor. I stated the facts, and offered to deliver to him the
letter and the pamphlets. He declined receiving them,
and advised me to investigate tbe matter and institute a
prosecution—stating that he had some days previous had
a conversation with Mr. Burritt on the subject of the
pamphlets which hid excited his suspicion. I objected to
becoming the prosecutor, bultook the books and letter to
my dwelling and locked them up, that no person ought
s. e them. After leaving the Executive office, Col. Rock
well told me that he thought it a duty due to myself and
the public toiustitute a prosecution. I replied to him that
I did not apprehend any public censure for not prosccut-
ih»—'hat 1 had discharged my duty to the public by mak
ing the disclosure to the two highest officers in the place
himself and the Governor-that I would neither shrink
from a discharge of a conscientious duty from the fear of
private censure, nor go beyond the dictates of duty for the
sake of public approbation-that I conceived ,t his duty or
the Governor’s to proceed in it—that my being a private in
dividual whose official duty did not requi*JtZndnmoa-
in business with Burritt, and having a ig /. R
tbetic regard fur the distressed condition of bis fam y,
rendered that step so revolting to my feelings, that I c
proceed no farther in it. He gave in to
ed the Governor and stated to him my objections ^prose
cuting. He stated to me that, on reflection, Jhe Go ^-
nor appreciated my motives, and said he would proceed
himself with the business. In the mean tjme I bad om-
family.
Mrs Burritt in a communication in the last Recorder,
<avs that “a man above the fear of public censure, came
forward and proffered Ids sere ices in aiding in the cause
of justice and humanity and in placing tne subject
(of Burritt’s case) in its proper attitude before the citizens
of Georgia”—I am informed farther, that this mail is
Seaton Grantland, the Candidate for Congress, and tba’
lie farther “proffered his sen-ices” to become Mr. Bur-
ritt’s bail* if he would return to Georgia and stand his tri
al. Now let us see in what way Mr. Grantland com
menced this work of “doing justice.” In the Recorder of
tbe 24th July, a communication appeared signed Enquir
er, and which is inserted below that you mav judge of
it for yourselves. We arc given very plainly to under
stand that Mrs. Burritt was the author. Now had Mr
Grantland been requested to open his columns to Mrs.
Burritt, I should have thought him justifiable and that he
had no improper feelings towards me. Had this article
by Enquirer b.en a vindication of Mr. Burritt's conduct,
1 should still have felt some charity towards Mr. Grant-
Sand for admitting it into his paper. But let i< he remem
bered that Mr. Gran land volunteered to do justice to
Burritt, and the very first step he took in the matter was
to publish an article nut in vindication of Burritt, but eer
ily word of which is a direct attack upon my integrity
and uprightness in thr exposure of Burritt’s case—and not
me factor argument is adduced to exculpate Mr. Burritt.
liis doing justice to Burritt? But. Mr. Grantland is
can it be that be wishes to fan the expiring embers upon
the altar where his late dethroned partner was sacrificed!
It may be that Mr. Polhill intends making this subject
his hobby to ride to the high places of political fame. If
the author of that article was actuated by either of these
motives, it would be well if some friend wonld whisper
in his * ar, that (lie less he says upon the subject of Wal
ker’s Pamphlets the better, for public sentiment is alrea
dy against him for the part he acted in raising the hue k
cry against his confiding partner, and the more he harps
upon the subject, the more fully will the minds of com
munity be convinced that he is trying to cover up (he mo
tives of self-interest and aggrandizement, which have
heen imputed to him from the first. Will not this be the
final verdict of community vvhrncver the case is fairly
investigated? ENQUIRER.
P. S. I shall answer the questions of “Enquirer” in the
next paper. It shall not contain a word to injure her feel
ings, farther than the subject itself may be painful. I
would not give her one unnecessary pang, nor plant one
additional thorn in her path. 1 have no unfriendly feel
ings to gratify toward her and her unfortunate husband.
I must however do justice to myself. Absence has pre
vented my earlier attention to this subject. J. G. P.
HABERSHAM SALES.
On the first Tuesday in September next,
ILL be sold, in the town of Clarksville, Haber
ersham county, within the lawful hours of sale,
the following PROPERTY, to wit:
LOT No. 5, in ihe 10th district of said county—levied
on as the property of Joshua Coward, to satisfy a ft. fa.
issued from Washington Superior Court, in favor of Will
iam Scarborough, vs saiJ Coward.
LOT No. 38, in the first district of said county—levied
on as the property of Solomon McGehee, to satisfy a fi.
fa. issued from Washington Superior Court, in favor of
William Scarborough, v» William Tendall, Solomon Mc-
Gehte, Samuel Robinson and John Moore.
LOT No. 35, in the first district of said county—levied
on as the property of Jeremiah Davis, to satisfy a fi. fa.
issued from Jasper Inferior Court in favor of William
Siins and Charles D. Williams, vs. Gill and Davis and
Molpass
Part of LOT No. 38, in the third district of said coun
ty, on the north-cast side of the Chattahoochie river, con
taining one hundred and twenty-five acres, more or less,
V
PROPOSALS
FOB PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION,
Jl COMPENDIUM
OF THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
BV ARTHUR FOSTER.
ONTAINING all tbe Statutes, and the substance of
all the Resolutions, of a general and public nature,
and now of force, width have been paised in said State
from the year 1820, to the year 1823, both inclufdvi-, w ith
occasional explanatory notes and connecting references,
and a list ol the statutes repealed or obsolete. To whu it is
added an appendix, containing the Constitution oj the
State of Georgia, as amtnded- also, references o such
local ads us relate to towns, counties, Internal Navigation,
County Academies, fyc. and a collection of the most ap
proved forms used in carrying the above named taws into
effect; with a copious Index to the whole. It ? : !! be
something like a continuation of Prince’s Digest repealed
or altered. It may be observed, that the Legislature of
Georgia arc in the constant practice of repealing, alter
ing, or amending Laws passed at their previous sessions,
so that, without such a Digest or Compilation of them,
as is now respectfully offered to the puulic, it actually re
quires a lawyer, or a person who has devotee much time
to the examination and comparison of the different enact
ments of each succeeding session of the Legislature, to be
acquainted with all the laws which are of force: And hav
ing witnessed with much pleasure the immense public
utility and popularity of the Digest compiled by Oliver U,
Prince, Esq. and also h .ring no doubt but a similar Com
pendium of the Laws from the time of that pub icalion
whereon Henry Conly now lives—levied on as the pro
perty of F.lijah England, to satisfy sundry fi. fas. two in
favor of Patrick J. Murray, one in favor of Charles J.
Thompson, one in favor of Elisha Carrol, fi»r the use c f > down to the present, with the addition of the precedents
Thomas Hoydson, and one in favor of Samuel Fields, all 1 or f ormSj which will be placed iu the Appendix, and which
vs said England; property pointed out by Robert Milch-
Is this
not satisfied with merely giving place to this communica
tion—Editorial remarks are added, which allude to a
much injured woman”—the “itiystery” of BurriU’s ease,
&c.—An attempt seems to be made to enlist public sym
pathy on the side of female sufferings, not to vindicate
Burritt, hut to censure and degrade me in the estimation
of the people of Georgia. The editorial at last concludes
with an open avowal of a belief of Burritt’s innocence
Now, I will enquire, if Mr. Grantland can unriddle “mys
teries?” If he cannot, how can he undertake to say that
ne believes Burritt innocent, when he says, his case “is
involved in mystery?” (Vhat does Mr. Grantland mean
by this “mystery?” He may have had a right to express
liis belief of Burritt’s innocence. He had a right to open
his columns to Mrs. Burritt for the purpose of vindication
But he had no right to publish an article, solely and exclu
sively impeaching the purity of my motives, in a matter too
of such serious import to the whole Southern Country.
Mr. Grantland had a right too, to tender his services to
Mrs. Burritt. But when Mrs. B. presented the article
signed “Enquirer,” what should have been Mr. Grant
land’s reply?—Should it not have been something like this?
“Madam, I proferred my “services in aiding the cause
of justice”—not in impeaching the conduct of Mr. Polhill.
Public opinion is in his favor, and he has acted as every
citizen ought to act. Let the article contain evidence
of Mr. Burritt’s good intentions and then it will be ad
mitted.” This is a stretch of magnanimity which J had
a right to expect from Mr. Grantland, (unless he could
convince the public that I had acted corruptly,) as ho has
heen so magnanimous towards Mr. Burritt. As he did
not pursue this course, I am bound to believe that he
wished to see me pul,down.
But this is not all—Mr. Grantland lived here at Ihe
time the exposition of Burritt’s case took place. He was
almost daily in town pursuing his business. He knew, or
might have known the precise facts then, as well as he
does now—nay, he might have known them better, as it
was then a subject of universal enquiry. I should have
as willingly communicated with him, as I did with Mr.
Camak, whom I sought at 9 o’clock at night to in
form him that an enquiry was on loot for the circulated
pamphlets, learning that lie had a negro who could read,
& feeling that it was not a party matter. But more than
five months pass away, before we hear any thing of Mr.
Grantland’s sympathies for Mr. Burritt and his “perhaps
much injured” family. Withiu a few days past he has
volunteered his services, as Mrs. Burritt informs us.
Under this stale ef things, the following enquiries nat
urally suggest themselves—Why did not Mr. Grantland
offer his services to befriend Mr. Burritt and his family
about the time that Mr. Burritt left this place, in the mid
dle of February last? Is it natural to believe that Mr.
Grantland would, without any change of circumstances
favorable to Mr. Burritt, entertain such tender feel
ings towards a man whom he has so often reprobated
and abused? Is it natural to beliete, that Mr. Grant
We call fnc attention of our readers to the ad
vertisement of Mr. L. Perkins in today’s paper, that
* Couit, Notarial, and Letter Stab” are engraved at his
Jeweller’s Store by our ingenious fellow townsman, Mr.
Jacob Foci.e.
A beautiful specimen of Mr. Focle’s skill may lie seen
upon the pieces of gold issued by Mr. ”empleton Reid, as
two and a half, fi e, and ten dollars. The lettering "pon
these pieces was stamped by Mr. Foclr and the design
and execution are quite creditable to his skill and ingenu
ity. The Recorder justly remarks that “the die of the
five dollar pieces is not inferior in execution to the stamp
on the coin issued from the National Mint.”
ell, Esq.
All the fight, title ntul interest of-the gold on the one
half of LOT No. 39, in the third district of Habersham
county, the same being on the south east side of the Chat
tahoochie river, that may be found on 125 acres, more or
less—levied on as the property of David England to satis
fy a fi. fa. in fivor cf Jacob Herndon, vs David Enzland
appellant, and Sidney Forbes, security; pointed out by
plaintiff.
One FRACTION, No. 223, in tbe 10th district ofsaid
county—levied on as the properly of Joseph Limallen, to
satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of Charles &eisson, vs Francis
Limallen, Joseph Limallen and Worth}' Limallen; pro
perty pointed out by plaintiff.
LOT No. 34. in the eleventh district of said county—
levied on as the property of John H. Brueu, to satisfy a
fi. fa. issued from Chatham Superior Court, in fa .or of
Scott &. Fahm, vs said Bruen.
LOT No. 1, in the tenth district of said county—levi
ed on as the property of John Vandikes, to satisfy fourth
fas. the first in favor of James Brannon, second in favor
of Jesse Cleveland, third in favor of William Hamilton,
for the use of Anderson Abercrombie, the fourth in favor
of H enrv & E 'He, all vs said Vandikc.
LOT No. 119, in the eleventh district of said county—
levied on as the property of James Hudgins, to satisfy a
fi. fa. in favor of Charles J. Thompson, &Cc respondent,
vs John D. Williams, appellant, and James Hudgins, se
curity.
LOT No. 99, in the second district of said county—
levied on as the pro;, rty of Elisha Engl ml, to satisfy a
fi. fa. in favor of Ebunezer Newton, vs Elisba England,
and Jame3 S. Erwin, security.
LOT No. 27, in the second district of said county—
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor:—What is the reason that we have not
been favored with an accouut of the great Caucus meeting
in the “wealthy and intelligent county of Monroe,” so tri- j | p¥ ipj nn as the property of William Roherson, tt> satisfy
umphantly announced some tjme ago in the disunion pa- j a q issued from Twiggs tiupt ii >.- Court in favor of
pers of this town? I cannot help believing some disaster -
iias attended the bantling, or its nurses would long since
have exhibited the darling, and called upon its true wor
shippers to fall down and do homage. Is it dead? is it
defunct? has it heen strangled by too much kindness, or
put doun by the voice of a people indignant at such bare
faced attempts to bridle Ur. will of an intelligent commu
nity? I say something serious has happened, or we
should havs been stunned with accounts of the actings
Joseph Morgan, for the use of the Darren Bank, vs said
Roherson.
LOT No. 139, in the eleventh district said county—
levied on as the property of Lowry Williams, to satisfy a
fi. fa.*in favor of Vincent Hamilton, vs John IVj!font;,
and Lowry Williams.
One YOKE of OXEN—levied on as ti.c property of
James D. Sutton, to satisfy two fi. I’as. one in favor of
EbenczerFain, vs James D. Sutton, for the use of Dozier
and doings of this caucus or monkey system, (I thank the | Sutloo, and the other in favor of Richard White, vs J.
Journal for so appropri te a term,) in other “wealthy and p Sutton.
intelligent” counties—In sober truth, it is unreasonable in j Ninety-ffve acres of LAND, more or less, lying on the
the advocates of this truly monkey ^system, to suppose j wa t ers of Broad rix’er, adjoining lands of Dishi oon and
they can at pleasure mor.keyfy any “wealthj and intelli-i others—levied on as the property of William YVestnore-
gent county” upon which they may cast their pilfering! | anc | j to satisfy a tax fi. fa. in favor of the State of Gter-
cyes—and if the facts were known, 1 doubt not it would gj,. | ev y made and returned to me by a constable,
appear that the actual degree of intelligence existing in j t wo hundred acres of LAND, more or less, being a
the good county of Monroe, has been so far greater than p ar t of two lots, whereon Cunningham Blythe now lives,
the amount attributed to it by tbe munkeyfiers, as not to 1 j n Habersham county, number not known—levied on as
he flattered into measures calculated to ■ ;nkc its citizens j j| lt , property of Joseph Wofford, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued
tools of a party scrambling to hold on to offices obtained f r0 m Magistrates’ Court, in favor of James Eaton; levy
by a like system of deception and fraud—In relation to j made and returned to me by a constable.
' ' ~LOT No. 95, iu the twelfth district of said county—le
vied on as the property of David Scissnn, to satisfy a fi. fa.
issued from a Magistrates’ Court, in favor of John Barton;
pointed out by Wyley Anderson, levy made and returned
to me by a constable.
LOT No. 46, in the Oltb dist. of said county—levied
on as the property of Drury Robertson, to satisfy sundry
fi. fas. issued from a Magistrates’ Court, in favor of
Thomas Middleton for the use of C. Waren, vs said Dru
ry Robertson and B. Chastain, and another in favor of
William W’orley, vs D. Robertson and Thomas Robert
son; one in favor of Samuel Fields, vs Drury Robertson
and John Robertson, and one other in favor of Peter Ro
berson, vs Drury Robertson, B. Chastain and William
Worlev; levy made and returned to me by a constable.
August 7 JOHN HUMPHRIES, Sheriff.
will acid greatly to the public utility of the work, and io
the furtherance of justice, would be very useful and Ac
ceptable to the public, the Compiler has ventured upon the
arduous and important undertaking. However, not reiv
ing altogether cn his £>tvn judgement, or the experience of
having been a member of the Legislature during Ihe pas
sage of most of the laws now proposed to be published,
and at the administration of them for eight ye rs, as a Jus
tice of the Inferior Court, in a County where much busi
ness of an intricate nature is transacted in ihat Court and
(be Court of Ordinary; after completing the manuscript
it has been placed in the hands of gentlemen, eminently
learned in the law, who, after a strict and careful ex a; lo
tion, have politely tendered to him the subjoined Certifi
cates:
I have examined “A Digest of the laws of Georgia fom
1820 to 1S29, inclusive, by a Foster, Esq.” and think
the work executed with judgement and accuracy. The
work is intended as a continuation of Prince’s Digest, and
is, in my opinion, well calculated to answer that valuable
purpose; Although the author is not professionally a
Lawyer, he seems, in ascertaining the statutes now of
force, to have added much care, esair.inulion, and study,
to his advantages as a practical legislator, during most of
the period embraced in his work. JOHN P. KING-
Avgusta. J'.;!} 20th, 1S30.
Augusta, July 2Stli, 1S30.
I have attentively examined a Digest of the laws cf
Georgia, from ,18 -0 to 1629, inclusive; ana f rom die ex
amination, feel authorized in stating, that the work is ■ x-
ecuted with much judgment and accuracy, by A. Foster,
Esq. of Columbia county. I have no doubt the work
wilt prove valuable to every citizen who feels desirous to
become informed of tire Statutes now of force in the
State, and would recommend all Justices of t;.t Irdmur
Court, Justices of the Peace, Clerks, Sheriffs, &e. to pos
sess -hemseives of the vu-rk s«» so<-n ts piihiished.
THOMAS GLASCOCK
WiucimsoRGCG'i, 5th June, 1830.
Sir.—As f ra? I have yet hau an opportunity of exam
ining the manuscript copy of your “Digest 'of Hit Laws
of the Slateof Georgia,”1 highly approve both of its tx-
ecutiou and its plan. The volume cannot fail to answer
well tbe purpose for which it was designed.—In the ap
pendix there area number of precedents or forms, which
appear to have been modelled with accuracy, and in sinct
conformity to tbe digested statutes from which they were
drawn, and without duubt, will add much to the value and
usefulness of the work, as a mean (in.the hands ef Justi
ces of the Peace, Justices of the. Inferior Courts, Clerks,
Sheriffs, young practitioners nftf, t Law, and others.) “in
carrying the above named laws into effect” >viih tre t > r fa
cility. PIERSON PETTIT.
Arthur Foster, Esq.
This ease would not be bailable.
the Monroe Caucus, I can only express the hope, thatev-
eyy county in which similar attempts at monktyficalion
shall be made, may have intelligence chough to g > and do
likewise. SANCHO.
Mr. Polhill—Please publish the follow ing Ticket for
the next Congriss—and you will oblige many of your
friends.
R. H. WILDE.
T. U. P. CHARLTON,
J. M. WAYNE,
H. G. LAMAK,
WILSON LUMPKIN,
T. FOSTER,
C. E. HAYNES.
This nomination was not made at Athens in Caucus—
Freedom, boys, is the order ofthe day—do as you please fii
let none dictate to you. HARDY.
Pinewoods, 2d August, 1830
Internal Improvement.—We have recently seen a me
morial in circulation, praying Congress to make a good
post-road from Columbus, via Montgomery, to Blakely.
This memorial, we are rejoiced to find, bears the namts
of many of our most respectable citizens of all political
parties, who appear to be willing, forthe sake of the pub
lic good, to dismiss their constitution! scruples on the
subject. The measure contemplated ly this memorial we
conceive to be absolutely necessary. At present we have
not a tolerable public road in our State, and the transpor
tation of the United States’ Mail from Georgia to New-
Orlesns, is subject to great and freqient difficulties and
delays. The road laws of Alabama are only a dead ItIter.
We have never known them carried into effect in a single
instance. If our Representatives m Congress will but se
cond ourendeavours, there is no doabt but the General Go
vernment will grant the object prajed for in the memorial.
The Government have never yet denied to Alabama any
ifiivor she has asked for through her Representatives.—
GWINNETT SALES.
On the first Tuesday in SEPTEAIBER next.
B EFORE the court-house door in the town of Law-
renceville, Gwinnett county, within the legal hoars,
will be sold, the following PROPERTY, to wit:
A negro WOMAN, named Phillis—levied on by an at
tachment at the instance oi Asahel R. Smith, vs John
Mosely, and sold by an order of the Inferior Court as
perishable property.
THOMAS WORTHY, Sheriff.
GEORG IA, Walton county.
J ES8E MOON of Capt. Mims’district,
{dlls before Lewis S- Moon, E«q. a
DABS BAS FILLS
supposed to be two years olJ, lust spring—
with a small white spot in her forehead.
Appraised by William B. Willingham and Martin War
ren, to Twenty-five dollars.
V. HARALSON, Clerk.
August 7 5 St
Tlic work is now in the- hands of Judge SeL'c, who
has kindly promised, as curly os other enguve v !
permit, to take it through a careful and rrJ .-
tion, and correction, if correction be fo-jn : -
proper.
The great public utility of such a work o; ; t 4
to ail; and the compiler, r-hu has devoted • ■> •. •
and laborious study, flatters himself that ft
presented above, will fully satisfy the pu!
utilityhas not been lessened in the slightest degrer. r
defect on his part, in its general design, or - . c .
of its execution.
At the suggestion of the professional gentlerr.i - ’
names are affixed to the above Certificates, and .tf r u
who have generously taken an interest in the work—ami
with an anxious desire to make the work a* extensively
beneficial as possible, to the public—the Compiler will in
troduce into it several highly important Laws of the Uni
ted States, in common use among the people, nrul which
are often difficult to be found] among which are, thote in
relation to the naturalization of Aliens, the removal r.f ca
ses from the State to the United States Courts, tbe mode
of voting for President and Vice President, by electors, .-nd
of making tbe returns, and tire time of holding such elec
tions, &C.&C.
TERMS.
The work will contain about 400 pages, avid will be
printed after the style of Prince's Digest, which *'s to be
taken as the standard, and bound in good law binding-
will be published as soon as a suffir.- €tlt number of subscri
bers can be obtained to warrant its publication: and will
be delivered to subscribers, a t their Residences, at $3 50
per copy. Any responsible person obtaining ji/teen sub
scribers, and beco^dng accountable for tbe navmint of the
same, shall be entitled to a copy gratia.
August t, 1830 5 Tlv
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job printing,
NKATLT EXECUTED AT THIS OFFIC&