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SHERIFF'S SdLES.
R J/ be suhi on the first Tuesday
in N ivember next, at the Court
house in hi Ikes county, the follow
ing property viz :
MV V, hundred and eighty
four acres of land, more or le!V,
in Wilkes county, on the waters
of Mol creek, adjoining John
J hr. ton, Daniel Stalker and
others, whereon George 1)
‘laylor now lives, taken as his
property to fatisiy P.inJry execu
tions again ft said htylor, in fa
vor of Voung Stokes and others.
Alio, one likely negro boy,
bv the name of ’lob, about ten
years of age, taken as the pro
perty of William Thurmond,
dee ; to iatisfv fundi*y execu
tions in favor of David Sons and
others, again ft said Thurmond ;
pointed our by plaintilPs attor
ney. October I (l, ISI b (SSf.
Thos VVooTTKN, SHI )
DAN’RTO V GEORG I A. ~
It be/ng deemed expedient by
the Board of Directors that ano
ther inflalment of the flock of
•he Bank of the State of Georgia
fhouid be called in, and that
the Stockholders IhotiM be re
quired to pay a proportion there
of in fpccie.
Notice is hereby given that,
agffeeably to a Refolwtiun of the
Directors of tins date, twenty
three per centum on each ‘bare,
of the flock of tire Bank, is re
quired to be paid by the Stock
holders, on or before the second
Monday in December next, that
five dollars in fpccie be paid or;
each (hare, as parr of the (aid
twcnty-ib:ce per cent ; and the
balance in bids of tuber of the
Banks of Georgia.
i he Stockholders are furlher
notified, that Cafhler’s certifi
cates of Stock v.ill he iflutd in
lieu of the Convnillioner’s ceiti
i\ “Us Sjheui by the Stodch alders,
upon the delivery of the Co;n
rnl ill oner's certificates at the
time of paying the inflalment
tjfbove* required.
Weildrn Stockholders arc in
formed that they may pay laid
Inlhihntnt, and receive their
fhoi.k-cerrificates on delivering
the Gornmidioner's Ce> litie.Ocs,
ar either of the citablifhed
ti Augulla and : \i;!!erige*bl!e,to
soon as tlit y fha'l hem operation,
v.'liich v.ill be in a Chert time.
ELEAZAR EARLEY,
c jmni.it.
Savannah, the 2cth~l 38.
September, 1816. 3 lcf
SHE R IKE’S SALE.
(postponed)
WILL BE SOLD cn the fat Tact- :
dav /hNovc-mi: xsntext at the court *<
/.muse, in Wilkes County, between
the hours of ten and"three o'clock-,
the follow fa property, viz :
ON V. house and lot in the
town of Wafhirigton, Wilkes coun
ty, t djoining Dr Abbiit and ethers
TH E NEW S.
WASHINGTON, (gsougia) FRIDAY, OCTOBER U. 1316.
| —in the occupancy of John CL
: Leirner. am’ ken as his property
I to fdiisfy funury executions agaiuft
him, in favor of John Heard and
Joe! Bond, anil pointed out by said
Leinier—executed arid returned to
me by Jofepii M I) nr, constable.
JOHN DYSON, D.S.
Oct. 4, i S to. (3 8-50
A Dreadful Event.
*•
Charleston, Sept. 17.
About iix o’clock on Sunday
’ evening, as the (team boat en
terpriie had puffied off from Sul-
I liVan’s iil-tnd, having on board
sixty or ilveuty p dlkngers, one
of tlie boilers exploded, and
dreadfully burnt and fc aided ten
pafikngers, who ha ) taken Ihvl
t ter from the impending rain be.
1 low the deck, and dole to the
j mouth ot the boiler which bur If.
hour were white men, and the
remaining fix negroes. No per
lon on deck received the lead in
jury ; but fueh was the panic oc
i cahoned bv the accident that fe
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veral narrowly efc-toed drown
j •
j trig, from the finite with which
; they threw themfilves into the
| water, and into one or two boats
1 which were along fide at the
time. The anchor of the fleam
oval was immedietely let go, and
the unfortunate hifferers v’ere re*
j moved to different houses on rite
| bl ind, where every thing that
i could be done tor their relief
; was adrnlniffered, Tof tl etn
’ who were molt feverdy Raided,
1 died in the comic of the night ;
r they were Mr. Joseph Roberts,
i son in law of Mr. Morgan, late
‘•• * *
1 a conllabh* of this city ; but who
, now resides ::i one of the noirh
| er; fhte:\ and Mr. Divid Tor
; ten, a native of Long-Iffand, both
working at the bufinois of tobac
cotiiff. Mr. John iiobbs, coop
er oftid- city, was one ot thole
dreadfully burnt, and died lall
evening. Mr. John Giibbens of
Savannah, was aim a fuiT rerer,
hut not in so fevious a degree as
th others. I fie negroes so far
as v;e conld leant are dill living,
though Ik vend of them are very
badly burnt and disfigured.
Public op'nYu is much divid
ed as to the c?ufc of this awful
accident, mod rwrfens being of
opinion, at the fu 11, blulh of the
thin it. that the boiler had ex*
I plowed from being overcharged
j with llcarny but from an exunu
i nation which we have made, and
j from the united declarations of
l the owner, Mr. Howard, the en
; ginecr, pilot and all hands at
< tached to the vefiel, we are fa-
I itched the fatal ex of lion ‘was oc
■ cafioned by lightning. IYIr.YVed
; dercatnp, the pilot, who was
! looking forward ?a the moment,
dates that he diflinidly law the
lightning flrike the top of th* iron
chimney, and the upper part was
thrown a confirierable distance
from the vefiel, immediately after
which tfie fire, and smoke and
fleam, forced itfelf ur the for
-9 *
I ward com pan ion-way in a fright
! ful manner, and all on board was
thrown info thegreatefl confufl
on. A white man and two ne
groes who were employed in at.
tending the fires, all escaped
without the leall injury.—they
were fortunately Handing in the
forecaflle, about fix feet from j
the mouth of the boiler, which 1
was [operated from the body of
the vdlilby a thin board parti- j
tion. I'he electric Ikied, which
is believed to have burlt the boil
er, dcleended the chimney, per
forated the boiler and forcing the
way thro’ found vent by burlt
ing tile under p u t of the boiler,
immediate'y over the fire, when
the boiling water and fire uee
; thrown out at the mouth of the
furnace upon all thole fitting or ,
, Handing immediately before it. ;
1 The fluid it is said to have efca- {
| ped out <r one of the port holes i
on the fuie of the veil'd.
What gives much .force to the i
! opinion that the exploit in was J
( occasioned by lightning was the ]
1 extraordinary appearance of the
I bo.iy of one of the neccafed,
i which dillered Entirely from
that of any of his unfortunate I
V •
Rllow fuller?rs~~the whole fur - ,
face oi the Ik in was entirely
j black, dry and hard, not a biilter i
j upon it, and as cold as clay, with j
: the exception of the feet, which
I were fealded and buffered fnni- 1
j lar to the others, “iheprefump
j tion is, that thij was the efled j
1 of tlie lightning.
The F.nterprife came up to
town yellerday in the forenoon,
no part of her macKenery being
injured except the boiler. — We
finctfely fvmpathile with her in- j
dufbious ami enterpriling pro
prietor, whole Ids from his di- j
fortunate accident mull be very :
confiderafcle ; whi’e af the fame j
1 time ir tends to prejudice the j
public mind again!! the cncou* 1
ragement of this great and im
portant invention.
The rights of Emigrant's.
d’he current of emigration now j
overflowing with fuel* force from j
Ireland, England, and Scotland, 1
France and Germany to the U
; idled States is one of the practical |
I commentaries vvbich hilt cry con
i Hantly bellows on the dogmas
;of politicians, and the v>:o:igs
jofablulute governments, lkng
; land drives a large part of her po
pulation to difpair by Uarvation.
If they feck fubsiffcnce, and in
■ deed exillcmce, abroad. Ihe irisiits
ion her right to reclaim them
under the plea of the perpetuity
’of allegiancy. Ug-'idedon by,
famine and idienels at home,
they violate laws made for their
happinels, but become incapable
of administering ir, she either
1 hangs them in Knlanci, or tranf
| port them to Ilottany Bay. Can
l this be right ? Is it const Hen t
| w ith the end of man’s being, h
■ the firff principles of fociefy,that
. any portion oi mankind ihould
/be liable, by compulfion* to
Haive or be bagged at home,
bf* Carried if they aV
tempt to escape abroad ? It can
not be so. England lierlelf ac-
iges that it cannot ; for
ihe fullers thouiands of unhappy’
perlons to leave her territories in
quell of ellablifliments and bet
ter fortunes ellewhcre. i hey go
forever. She knows when they
go, that they are going forever;
and does not prevent them. Can
Ihe then afterwards reclaim them
j alter ten, twenty, thirty years of
abience, and the acquisition of
j w’her rights ? Not, lay her ad
j vocates, unlels thele emigrants
are afterwards found in anas a
gaiiill her, or at lea. But can
any thing be more preposterous
ihan dillincli .;i without a differ.
eiKe ? While they remain at
home, in their adopted country,
contributing by taxes and all o
ther civil services to aid that
country, ao-ainff the country of
tiieir birth, they are file But
in arms, or at lea, they are liable
to be taken and hanged. We
put rfie fentimerit before the
world—and is it not without the
shadow of foundation. Asa
point of policy, it may indeed be
an arrangement: but we are
treating it as a mattei of
What rt?ht has tlie abandoned
country, by sea or in war, which
His has not, on ihore, and peace ?
But she waves her ‘rights us a
gainfl th-* landsmen and in
jieace. J’hat begs the question
lias Hit- the right at all !* The
| fad is that emigration is fome
timtu indiums able to life, and to
i deny the lirll law of nature —fclf-
preferv alien
Democratic Press ,
I
Colonel Burr.
British House oe Lords
*v o
june id.
1 ‘arl Grey rose to aik the noble
vifeount opposite, a quefiion on
the fubjeft of the bill (alien bill)
on the difVuflion of which they
were about to enter. In reply
to form* obfervafions made on a
forme r night, the noble vifeount
had ItateJ that no American had
ever been font out of the coun*
I ry under the alien bill, and also
! that no difficulty had ever oc
| cur red “S to the quefiion whe
’ tiler the American antenati were
aliens or not. He (earl Grey)
had ihcn dated not from his
own knowledge, but from ic-
Ipecl.ible authority, that an A*
merican lvad been lent out of
the country, muier the alien bill,
and that that American was col.
Burr. The noble vifeount was
not at that time able to lay pofi
: lively, whether tha: was the cal
or not, but had said he would
enquire. He wilhed to know
whether that enquiry had been
made and how the m.uter Hood ?
Lord Sid men th faiu, that th-.,
’ noble earl’s ft ateraeut had not
been con eel ; for on loowjng at
j the records of the office, 1.-c
; found that cob Burr hwi no”
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