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Anecdote of Alexander, Em
peror of the Kussias.
AN IMPKRI \L SPANIEL.
An o(i woman i.t Paris hsd a
water spaniel, who could perform
anu nrter of tri ks. One of the
Ruffian princes saw it, and ordered
rhe woman to bring it to the Fm
peror’s heal quarters Toe price
demanded h r the and ig was 400
francs, whici; re, prince t/iought
too imi’ 1. 1 fie L n.i iror came in
as this log was performing the
manual exercise, with a (tick, to
the word of comuwn 1, and like a
g >0 1 soldier, not at all disconcerted
let who would be looking at him.
d’he Emperor was much pleafxi
with the dog, gave the w rd of
command hiinfdf. and law it por
. form various tricks: at leng'h laid
be, Scute pour le Roi—(Leap for
the king— the dog (hook his head,
but did not /fir ; /•7 him dove (well
t [ ( ' n J laid tli> Emper- r, Saute pour
I hmpermr—( Leap for the Empe
for )—the dog imiantly began to
capjr arri ddolav the molt lively
j n “W 1’ (laid the Emperor)
II i? very fiugohr that all France,
even to the v tv dogs are fond of
Bonipar'* - ‘-.u is the price of
the ■-, - 4 0 francs, your
m; ]Ay ” - l',y her 500 j I’ll
have the dog.”
A case has lately occurred under
t'a , t ! tying a tax on licences o
and: ‘ lc.es.
dejfion on w'uch Uiay lave fome
t ‘ir.de to thole who have hoped,
u r a fimdar conftruftion, to ef
o > • payment ot a large portion of
the tax.
Several of the diftiHers of I/an
caster county Pertufylvania, c ; . i
ving that they were no'. , by a w,’
to rrturo any thing but aicoio!
or real spirits, m le thei • returns
accordingly ; and coid’equently
suits wen ~ night upon the bonds
given by t.. ito the United States
for their compliance with the said
act of congress. The amount of
the bonds sued was 70.500 dollars.
- rhe trial took place before judge
Peters on the 20th ult.—and on an
intimation of the judge’s opinion
before the trial had advanced that
their ground of defence was not
tenubl ; they submitted their case
without waiting a verdict, agree
ing to pay the dudes, present and
to come, and the ci 1 ot suit ; to
whi h propvTiti >n he g* neroufly
Cons a ted Had the amount iuetl
so? b -o i..-covered, one hail of the
am hi’ *, } 3*250 dollars would have
go ie to his ule
l'he terms of the agreement be
tween the collector and dilfillers,
in con: qucuce of which the jury
dil mi l, v--- it follows :
1 i hat each defendant iliould
make up the returns of the spirits
did illed, in the manner hitherto
required dy the Collect >r, and ac
•c c ling to the o• union exprefled
by his honor the 1 ndge,
2. I hat the defendants should
pav t rie ten per c ntum required by
la v, tor the deity in not paying
the duti. s when due.
3. Thar the detenda its fhmld
.pay the colts of suit, and a fpeciried
fun (fufficiem) to cover expenies
incurred in the luirs.
4. That the suits were not to be
difeontinued, until there fhouij be
a compliance by the de*>ndants
with the foregoing terms; and that
in case any defendant (hould neg-1
lect or refufe to comply, within a >
certain (fpecified) time, judgment
iliould be entered, to Loire and j
enforce the performance of the a
-cement, which was to be filed
y.i h ihe clerk ol the court-
Ugmm** RrwMMBMh
vloN 1 n V NOTICES.
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NO I ICE.
\ 1 INE months after the date
. ■'%| hereof, application will be
mode m the honourable the Infe
rior court of Wilkes county, for
hav. to el the real estate ol James
Patterfoo, cc. fl id countv
yCm IV Cooper, ad mV. for
J ablla Patter son. -ulm’x. if
y ■ n A. Patterson. adm’r.
Jut:. 7 mq ii— 2i
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Notice.
| NI V E months after dare, ttppli
cation will be made to the honora
ble inferior court of Wilkes coun
i ty for leave to fell the real estate
of Wrn. F B >oker, for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors of
said dec.
CHAS R. CARTER.
THOS TALBOT,
MAT. TALBOT,
Administrators
Oftober 6, 181 c.
GEORGIA. ~
At a Superior Court, held in and
for the county of Wilkes.
JUNE TERM, 1816.
Upon the petition of Freeman
Walker Rating, that as one of the
administrators of George Walker,
tefquire, deceased; he was lately
pofedsed of a hill of exchange,
drawn by Phineas Miller on John
C. Nightingale, tor tliree thouland
and three dollars'—and Hating that
the said Bill ot Exchange has (as
the petitioner believes) een loft,
and praying that a couy which is
annexe < to laid petition, may be
eitab it! 1d in lieu of laid original,
“id the laiffcs let forth m laid peti
tion being lupporteu by proof.
■Ordered, th<u tiie laid copy be
eftabblhod in lieu >t said original,
agreeably to the p ayer of the laid
petition, unless • mie be (hewn to
the cont aiy, m >r before the firlt
day of the next term of this court,
upon the Applicant s publishing a
notice of this rui in ‘terms of the
aft ot the Geu-ral Assembly in
such cases made and r-rovided.
l’roe copy from the Minutes.
1). TERRELL,eIk.
June 7, 18'6. (2t.m.6n.
NINE months after date, ap
plication will lie m'ade to the ho
norable JulHces of tiie Inferior
court of Wilkes county, for leave
to fell a i raft ot Land, laying
in laid county, on the waters of
Kettle creek, containing one
hundred and live ac*” *s —it being
the real property of Puiiiip J.
St’.rk, decealed. Sold for the
betiiTu ol the heirs and creditors
ol the decealed.
W 1 i.i.iam Robertson,
-Qualified administrator.
March 4, 18 16. (9tn. 8)
Ni.ie months after date appli
. cation will be made to the Hon
orable the Interior Court of
; Wilkes county, for leave to fell
the balance of the real estate of
M‘Kinney Holdfcrnefs, decealed,
being a traft ot land containing,
five hundred and twenty-seven
acres, lying in said county, on
the waters of fifhing creek. I’o
ce fold .or the benefit of the heirs
of laid decealed.
LEWIS M‘LENDON,
Acting Administrator,
tebruarv 5. 1816
NINE months after date, ap
plication will be made to the ho
norable Justices of the Inferior
court of Wukes couaty, for
? eave to fell one hundred acres of
Land, (be the fame more or less)
on the waters of Rocky creek,
in Wilkes county ; said land
joins the premises of ‘William
M. Kain and John Twining.
The above land is the real estate
of John Bayle, deceased, and
fold for the benefit of his heirs
and creditors.
THO’S HUDSPETH,
RUSSEL BAYLE,
adminiftralors.
March 4. 1816. (9m. 8)
Oglethorpe County y orable Court
of Ordinary for said County.
UPON ’hepetition of Joseph
Cotton by his agent Wyatte
Bulloch, dating to the court,
now fitting, that Nathai iel Bul
loch, in hr lifetime, made and
executed his bond, to Joseph
Co,ton, whereby he bound him
feif in the futn of one rhouland
dollars, to make, or cause to be
made, unto the said Joseph Cot
ton, his heirs or afligns, a good
and fulficient right a”d title to
fix hurid ed acres of Land, more
or less except what is included
within M’Elroy’s lines, lying in
Wilkes county, at the time the
bond was given, including the
flat lick on the waters of Little
river, adjoining Kcnncbrew, Vic
kers, and M’Elroy, the said bond
bearing date the twenty-eigh h
day of August, 1799, and said
Nathaniel depa ted this life wirh
out making titles, and your pe
titioner prays your Honors to
pal’s an ordet to compel the Ad
mmiftrators of the laid Nathaniel
Bulloch to make titles agreeable
to th* tenor and effect of the
said bond.
Wherefore it is ordered, that
the aforeiaid Administrators be,
and are, direct.- and ro execute titles
to the laid jofeph Cotton, to the
said trad of Land, tlefcribed in
the laid bond, unless cause be
Ihewn to the contrary, at the
next term of this court, accord
ing to the Act in fuchcafe made
and provided.
And further, it is ordered,
that the clerk do pubiilh a copy
of this order in one ol the public
Gazettes of this State, and at the
public pLces in the county, at
least three months before the laid
court.
Taken from the Minutes of
the court of Ordinary, 6th of
March, 1816
9) MAT. RAINEY, C. C O.
NOTICE.
Nine months after , ate, ap
plication will be made to the In
ferior Court of Wilkes county,
for Have to fell the real estate
of James Wilder, dec’d. March
29. 1816. LEVI WILDER.
NO ITCEL
Nine months after date, ap
plication will he made to the ho
norable the Inferior court of
Oglethorpe county, for leave to
(el! ‘202 i-2 acres of Land, lot
Nc. 193, in the isth diftritl of
(old Baldwin, now) Putnam
county ; belonging to the eftare
of Beve iy Guthrey, deceased ;
for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said deceased.
SARAH GUIHREY,
admimftrarrix.
JAMES COLQUI it,
adminiitrator
March 8, 1816. (9m.S)
NINE months after date appli
cation will be made to the honora
ble Inferior court of Wilkes county
ior leave to fell a tract of Land
containing tB6 acres of land, fays
ing on Upton’s creek, Wilke,
county, bounded by lands of A.
Simons and others. Said land be
ing the real estate of Joseph Pra
ther, deceafi and.
Joseph W. Prather, adm.
June 7. 18 t 6 (2 1
fcN i ER r 4 Lv/olLs 1
CJ AVING eftabliftitrd a house of
L ■* entertainment, on Main Ureet,
at the sign of the Bell, lacing the
public htjuare ; the subscribers invite
all genteel travellers to call—in giv
ing this invitation,they feel confident
of giving general fatisfaflion. The
bar will always be funiiffiej with the
best of liquors—their Babies are
large, airy, and well furnifiier! with
good corn and fodder ; and horses
will be well attended to. If affidui
fy and uuremitted attention to bufi-
Hs, ensure success—we homblv
hope to meet a tolerable portion of
honed potronage.
SIMS & BOLTON.
Washington, 1
Mari h 22 18 '6 y
Administrator’s Sale.
\ ILL BE SOLI) at the Court*
houle in Wilkes county, on
the firit Euefday in August next,
between the usual hours, ONE
1 RAC I OF LAND, belonging
to the estate of ‘John Wingfield, <ie
ce.fted, containing two hundred
acres, more or lels, lying on Rocky
creek, adjoining John Leonard and
others. Sold by order of the ho
norable Inferior Court cf said coun
ty L>r die benefit of the heirs of
said estate.
Wm. SIMPSON, admr.
May 25. 18 :6. (.ao-eot-6.)
n oTTc e ’
T he Stockholders of the Wafh*
ington Change Company, are no
tified, that on the 25th inftant,they
may receive,, by calling on the Sub
fcr-iu.r, ulvicicnrl of i.ud ft'ck.
Jng, B Lknnard,
Cash, pro Urn,
June 7i, t 8 r 6 (\t )
NO TICE. 5
Will be sold to the highefi bid
der on the firft Tuesday in Augufl
next, at Washington, (Wilkes
county) two ‘hundred and thirty
acres of LAND, be the fame more
or less—Lying in said county, on
>idling creek, ad] fit ing Tode and
the widow Bolton, being the real
estate of Obadiah Wynne, efiq de
ceased ; on a credit of twelve
months—Notes with approved se
curity.
William Booker, admr..
May 31. (20-d/
sheriff’s sale. s *
WILL, BE SOLD on the first Tue*-
day in ‘ugust next at the Cos U
House, in dikes County , between
the hours of ten and three o’clock ,
the following property, viz :
2 W O Negroes, one a fellow,
named Cesar, the other a wo
man, by the name of Coy; taken
to latisfy n execution in favor of
Seth Stafford, for W. Davis, a
gain ft William Barnes, and point
ed our by i'heoderick Montfort.
Conditions, calh.
JOHN DYSON, D.S. i
June 21, 1816. (qt-2^)
SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will be loid at the court house
in Elbert county, on the firit
Tuesday in August next—
THREE NEGROES, to wit,
Piieby, Amy, and Edney—levied
on as the property of Lewis Irions,
and now mthe poffeffionof William
Irions, to fatisfy lundry executions
against Freeborn Luce and Lewis
Irons.
JOSHUA CLARK, D. S.J
June lft, ibid* (21-9 W)