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MUSES’ RETREAT.
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FROM THE SPANISH,
For me my fair a wreath has wore,
Where rival flowers in union meet;
A,s oft {he kifs’tl the gift of love,
Her breath gave fwectnef* to the sweet,
A bee within a damask rose
Had crept, the ncdlzr'd dew to sip;
But lefler i'weets the thief foregoes, —
And fiscs on I.ouifa’s lip.
There taltfng all the bloom offpring,
Wak’d by the rip’ning breath of May,
Th’ ungrateful spoiler left his (bng,
And with the honey flew away.
THE MISER'S FEAST.
His chimney smokes! it is funk omen dire!
Hi* neighbours are alarm’d; and cry out/re.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
Summary abJiraSl t-J the proceedings of th e
house of rfprefntatives.
9 ‘ ,
Tucfdity, November 26.
[Continued fri??i cur left]
Mr. M'lntofh orefented a petition
from several persons whole names are.
thereunto fubicribed, Hating funciry pro
positions relative to the weltern territo
ry of this (late, for the consideration of
the legislature; which being read, was
ordered to be referred to a fpe, ial com
mit >ee, to consist of a member from
each county.
O,’ motion, Resolved, that t he senate
be requelted to appoint a committee to
join a committee already appointed by
the house of repref “ tatives, to uke in
to consideration the application ot cer
tain persons wh / have this day applied
to the legiflaturt petition’, Hating
proposals lor the pure hufc ot a p&it ot
the western territory of this Hate, and
to form settlements thereon.
The house took under consideration
a resolution of the senate font for con
curicnce in the words fcllowii g, to
wit,
Whereas a number of persons have
just claims agsinft the governnV.-nt ot
this state for supplies fumifhed the
militia when in adtual service,
Resolved, That the auditor is here
by dire£ted and required to audit all
fucli claims or demands, on the hecef
fary evidences to Instantiate such
claims king to him produced.
And the laid relolution being read,
Resolved, That this house doth difagrec
to the fame.
Wedtrefday, November 27.
An engrofted bill to be entitled, an
aft for the regulating and keeping in
repair the public roads and bridges, in
the several counties within this state,
was read the third time, and ordered
to the senate tbr their concurrence.
* Tburfday, November 28.
A bill from the senate to be entitled,
an a6l forlayiugout the several counties
therein after named, was read the fiat
time.
The house proceeded to take under
their consideration the report of the
committee to whom was referred the
petition from a number of the inhabi
tants of the county of Effingham,
which being read, is as follows :
Whereas it appears that great abuses
have been committed by fome of the
land courts in this state, in consequence
whereof, warrants have been tigned
for many thousands of acres of land in
direcl contradiction to the express laws
of this state—And to the end, that
such abuses mayjjfce corrected and in
’♦utqnted, the committee re
following resolutions to
A of the general allena
excellency the
tef’- a* he is hereby
lides v ’nation re
\ land
1 ‘courts in the rcfpe&ive counties to
which they belong, to bring forward
to the executive department, authenti
cated documents of all land warrants
granted, otherwise than on the head
right ot the person who may have ob
tained the fame within three months
from the date of such proclamation,
and any clerk of a land court who shall
negleft to comply with this refaiuiion,
shall forfeit to the use of theftates, the
sum of five hundred pounds, to be re
covered with colt of suit, in any court
of record within this state, and shall
moreover be disqualified from holding
any post of honour, trust or profit in
this state hereafter.
Resolved, That no grant lliall be
signed by the governor in future, unless
the warrant cxprelfes that the fame
was founded on his, or her head-rights
by whom the warrant was obtained.
Resolved, That any grant for land
which has been signed by his excellency
the governor linee the firft day ot
January, 1792, which is not founded
on a warrant obtained on the head
rights of the person or persons to whom
the fame was granted, all such grant
or grants, is, and are hereby declared
void and of noneeffeit, the fame being
contrary to law ; and the lands fa
granted are hereby made known to be
revelted in the state, and may be appli
ed for, and taken up as vacant lands by
any person legally entitled to apply
tor the fame.
And the firft and second resolutions
of the fair! report being read, were on
: the question levctally put thereupon
agreed to by In* house.
I he third relolution in the said re
port being read, 2nd the question put
thereupon $
The y. as were 10 and the nays 15,
so tberefolutk n was loft.
1 lie fpeaker laid before the house a
letter Irom his excellency the governor,
accompanied with a communication
from the lieutenant-governor of the
state ol MafTachufetts, covering several
resolutions of the general court of that
state, on the fubjedl of the fuability of
a state by an individual, as also a tetter
from the honourable John Houftuun,
rcligning his appointment as a judge of
the superior court of this state ; which
being read, were ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr. James Jones of Chatham, from
the committee appointed to prepare
and report a bill to be entitled, an a6I
to incorporate the Savannah aflocia
tion of mechanics—reported the fame,
which was received, and read the full
time. %■
Mr. George Jones from the com
mit tee appointed to prepare arid report
a bill to be entitled, an a£l for regulat
ing the town of Augusta, and for re- j
gulating the town of Savannah and !
hamlets thereof— reported the fame,
which was received and read the fiift
time.
Mr Greer presented a petition froth I
a number of persons whose names are I
thereunto fubicribed, in the upper part
of Greene county, praying the ftatbns
eftablilhtd in that part of the country
atorelaid may be renfoved to the
Apala.hee—which being read, was or
dered to be referred to the committee
appointed to take under consideration
the state of the repub ic.
Friday, November 29.
1 he house proceeded to take into
consideration the amendments propoled
to the bill to be entitled, an ait supple
mentary to an ad entitled, an ait to
revile and amend the militia law of
this state, and to adapt the fame to
the ait of the congress of the United
States, palled the Bth day of May 1792,
entitled, “ an ait more effectually to
provide for the national defence, bv
eftablilhing anuniiorm militia through
out the United States.”
And on readingthe following amend
ment, viz.
Be it enaited, That the governor
shall have power, and authority to order
out as many companies of mounted
infantry or riflemen, from time to time,
as may be neceflary for the defence of
the frontiers, whs lhall be allowed on
ly the pay and ratiorsof footmen, with
the addition ot forage, provided that
no such companies ot mounted intan
try or riflemen shall be continued in
service more than twenty days at one
time being under debate,
And tiie question about to be put
thereupon.
The yeas and nays were as follow :
Yeas. MtfiYs. Barnett, Fabian,
Gr§£r, Hammond, Harris, J. Jones,
of Chatham, George Jones, Ruffe!
Jones, J act, Kemp, Rutherford, Stuart,
Watkins, Wortham and Wilkinson,
15.
Nays. Meflrs. Barrow, Earley,
Fort, Hardin, J. Jones, of Burke,
Lanier, M'lntolh, Simms, Waid
burger, Win and Echols, 11.
The following* amendment to the
bill in the feventh’ fe&ion thereof being
under consideration, to wit,
“ The-m mbers of the legislature
for the time being, and their officers,
judges of the superior court, justices
ot the inferior court, the executive
officers, the treasurer, auditor, secretary
of the state, surveyor-general, mayor
and aldermen ot cities or corporated
towns, their treasurer, clerk and mnr
fhal, justices of the peace, regiftersot
probats, fheriffs, clerks of courts, con
stables, coroners, tobacco infpetflors,
miniflets of the gospel in orders
pradilioners of physic, public printers,
ferrymen, millers, tutors, post-riders,
cripples, ideots and madmen, be in
fer-eJ in ’hat clause, as exempt from
militia duty.
And on the oueftion, fhallthe amend
ment be rejeded,
The yeas and nays being required,,
arc as follow :
Yeas McfTrs Barnett, Birrow,
I Burnett, Carnes, Early, Fabtar,
I Hardin, J. Jones, of Chatham, Roifel
Jones, E b> Is, Simms, Stuart, Wor
; Iham and Wilkinson, 14-
Nays. Melfis Fort, Greer. Har
ris, J. Jones, of Burke, Jack, Kemp,,
Lanier, M'lntolh, Rutherford, Wald
burger, Winn, Walker and Watkin,
i 13.
j The fpeaker, under the rules of the
! house, gave his negative to thequeftion,
j which making the division equal—the
question for rejecting the amendment
was loft.
Ordered, That the bill with the
amendments be engrofted for a third
reading.
j On motion, Resolved, That any
! grant for land which has been signed
;by his excellency the governor since
the firft day of January, 1792, which
is not founded on the head-rights of
the person who obtained the fame, or
on the legal head-rights of another
I purchased bv the grantee, shall be, and
! is hereby declared void and of none ef
j fed, the fame being contrary to law ;
and any lands so granted are hereby
: made known to be reverted in the state,
land may be taken up by any per
-1 son legally entitled to apply for the
I fame.
And the said resolution being again
read, was on the quefti@n put thereup
on, agreed to by the house.
Ordered, That the clerk do carry
the fame to the senate, and desire their
concurrence.
Thursday, December 5.
On motion of mr. James Jones, of
Baike, the house came to the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved, That it appears to the
legislature, that the late governor,
Edward Telfair, efq has difeharged
the office of chief magistrate of this
state as an able ftatefenan, and an up
right servant of the republic.
[To be continued.]
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MISCELLANEOUS REPOSITORY.
THE REMARKABLE DUEL.
The fame of an Englilh dog has
been dcfervedly transmitted to posteri
ty by a monument in balfo relievo,
which still remains on the chimney
piece of the grand hall, at the caftk
of Montargis in France. The fculp
turc represents a dog fighting with a
champitfn, and was ccafioned by tin
following citcumftar.ces.
Aubri de Mondridier, a gentleman
of lamily and fortune, travelling alone
through the sorest ot Bondi, was mur
dered, and buried under a free. H; s
dog, an English blood hound, would
not quit his master’s grave for several
days, till at length compelled by hun
ger, he went to the house of an inti
mate friend of the unfortunate Aubri’*
at Paris and by his melaricholv howl,
ing, feemetl defirons of expreifing t[ ie
lois they had both fullaincd. Here,
peated his cries, ran to the door, then
looked back to fee if any one followed
him, returned to his master’s friend,
pulled him by the sleeve, and with
dumb eloquence entreated him, to go
with him.
The singularity of all the a£tions cf
the dog ; his coming there witiicut his
master, whose faithful companion he
always had been ; the sudden disappear
ance of his mailer; and, perhaps,
that divine dispensation ofjufh’ce and
events, which will not permit the
guiltv to remain long undetected, made
the company resolve to follow the do?
who conducted them to the tree, where
he renewed his howl, Scratching the
earth with his feet, to fignify that was
the spot they lliould search. Accord
ingly, on digging, the body of tits
unfortunate Aubri was found.
Some time after the. dog acciden
tally met the a (Elfin, who is stiled by
alt historians that relate this fa 6t, the
Chevalier Macaire; when instantly
seizing him by the threat, it was with
great difficulty he was made to quit
his prey. Wheneverhe fawfiitn after
wards, the dog pursued and attacked
him with equal fury. Such obftinatc
virulence in the animal, confined only
to Macaire, appeared extraordinary to
thole persons who recollected thedog’u
fondnefs for his matter, and at the firms
irne several instances wherein Macairc
had di(played his envy and hatred to
Aubri de Mondredier.
Additional circumstances encreafed
suspicion, which at length reached ih
royal ear. The king, wrir
sent for the dug He appeared ex*
trerr.cly gentle, until perceiving Ma
caire, in the midlt of twenty noble
men, he run direClly towards him,
growled, and flew at him as usual. ‘
In those times, when no pofitivt
proof of a crime could be procured,
an order was iffiued for a combat be
tween the accuser and accused. Theft
v/ere denominated the judgments of
God, from a perfuafian that heaven
would sooner work a miracle than fuf
fer innocence to perish with infamy,
The king, struck with such a cir
cumflantial colledtion of evidence a*
gainft Macajre, determined to refer
the decision to the chance of war, or
in other words, he gave orders for a
combat between the Chevalier and th*
and ig. The lifts were appointed in the
isle of Notre Dam, then an unenclo
sed, uninhabited place : Macaire’*
weapon was a great cudgel.
The dog had an empty cask allow
ed for his retrea’, to recover breath.
The combatants being ready, the dog
no sooner found himfelf at liberty,
than he ran round his adversary, avoid
ing his blows, menacing him on every
fide, till his ftreagth was exhausted j
then Springing forward, he griped him
by the throat, threw him on the
ground, and forced him to confefs his
crime before the king and the whole
court. In consequence of which the
Chevalier, after a few days, was
convicted upon his own acknowledg
ment, and beheaded on a fcafFold m
the itie of Notre Dame.
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BON MOT.
A gentleman not over [killed in th*
science ofgeography, was in a company j
of friends, who, conversing on India
affairs, frequently mentioned Bengal, j
declared he was totally unacquainted ]
with Ben, but heknewone Sim. Gall> j
perleddly well, who was probably feme
relation of Ben’s.