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Volume e] PUBUsHKn WU.KLY, )\ JOHX K. At CIUtU/l'o'\: PJtlCi: —"Hitn: noLU’i I’/.H an'xi’m, ka;i rvn> iv aim anck. BANK OF GEORGIA. It being deemed expedient by the B \iru of Directors that ano ther inftalment of the (lock of : the B ink of the State of Georgia {], Hi hi be called io, and that the Stockholders fliould be re- 1 q 1 tired to pay a proportion there- j ot in specie. Notice is hereby given thu, agreeably to a Resolution of the Directors of this date, twen y fl.i'ee per centum on each (hare, of the (lock of the Bank, is re- 1 quired to he paid by the Stock j holders, on or before tiie iecond * Monday in December next, that five dollars in specie be paid on each {hare, as part oi the hid I twenty three per cent ; and the 1 balance in bids of either of the Tanks of Georgia. i > The Stokho! iersare further ■ notified, that Calhier’s ccrrifi cate r of Stock will be ilfned in lieu of the Commiffi >nerte certi- ‘ fi?ates,hd i by the Stockholders,, upon the delivery of the Com tniffioner’s certificates at the time of paying the. initalment ; as above required. VVeilern Stockholders are in I formed that they may pay find i ‘tlnh.Kut - , and receive their j Stock-certificates on dehverhg i the Commifiioner’s certificates, at either of the offices fc'ftabhfhed at Augusta and Milkdgcviilc,!') {>on as they fiiall be in oper tion, I yhich will be In a thort time ELEAZAR EARLEY, I CASHIER. Savannah, the loth 7 38. Sep Umber, 1816. \to t ! NOW in Wilkes Li!, two ne groes, one man about 35. years of age, who fays, that lie be i iongs to a man by the name j of J ack.fon, of Green com ty. Ado, a negro woman, by the ! name of Ritter, about $ 8 years i of age, who fays that she was brought to tic’s State by a man | by the name of Lucas. . The owners are requefied | to come forward, prove rh< i ‘ property, pay cods, and take j them away. Jno. HALID AY, Jailer, Wilks county, j GAV 4, 1816. (38 CHAMELEONS. Everyone has beuff the fchool buy (pouting, ‘ oft has it been mv lot to mark.’ .Many confi- , cter the reptile there ddorihed as 1 altogrth: r fabulous, and used only for the pu pofi of expefing ! fi conceited, pertinacious travel- j Dr ; but a late writer has added • his feftimor.y to the reality of its ! uxiflence and powers. Chame- : lions are very common in the gardens of Rcutta, and upon the blind in the midst or the ri ver, (NiL*; where we procured two. that iv.-d with us until wt finally left I* gvet Thtis were THE NEW S. WAS l II N C/-Jfb&c‘i£o sorg i\) FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, is 16.’ v/iJLJV■ ‘ “ large, mod vivid green 1 color||hen fi ll taken. After-j Wards their ordinary appearance I was that of a common Lizard, j and we found, as they became unhealthy, that their power of j changing color diminiihed. In- j deed this efts £t is feldorn rapid or inftaritaneous It fee ms al ways the refulr of hidden appre hension or furprile, whence the poor Jefencelds animal, having no means of reflftance, gradual ly afltimes the color ol feme jubilance over which it passes. being thus provided by Nature! with the means of concealment. , Frogs and Loads appear to post j iefs this quality In a certain de- i gree, although it mav have a- j caned the obtervation of Natu i ralifts. Al ter ihelb reptiles have | remained a ceiiain time upon a ! recently turned border of earth,! their color so much rctembles i that of the foil, that they are tier ! eafiiy perceived ; and so met fines i among grabs, when alarmed by j the iu dt:n appro: ch of any oth er animal, they ;dlu;ue a green ish hue. fP. folio. BLUE **LAWS. Mr Folsom —Much lias been Did within a few years of the : blue hews of Concecti, ut, and pains h ve been taken to ransack 1 the archives of tba State, and ’ to publish exti ucis from laws j that were in force when they j were fir ft organized ; but it is | apparent that in many in fiances ! they rook the Dws of Miffluchu- , u tcs for a model, which were J rquaily ilgid, mq-uff, toliing and j • absurd. I have made?. i*vv ex- ; tracts from a code of laws ell a- I biifhed by this B.ate, to w hich, f have added fome inliances of their judicial proceedings in cer , tain cases. B. Law firft. Pride in wearing long hair, like a woman's hair, others wearing borders of hair, and curling and curling, and ! imrnodeft laying out of Lair . j Grand juries to present, and the | Court to nunifh by fine or cor 1 rection. Lav; second. Excels in ap partl, ft range ne w falhions, nhk vd breasts and arms, and pinion- . I cd fupejfiuous ribbons on hair, &c. The Court tc puniih at i j difcrction. l.aw third. Profanenefs iri ! perfor.s turning their backs upon : public worlnip bcioD the bleff | ing is pronounced, the feiect 1 men are to appoint officers to ! shut the meeting house doors, or ! take any other ineaiures to attain j he end. Law fourth. A loose and fin j ful custom of riding from town ! to town, men zsvl women togt j ther, under pretence of going to I lecture, tending so debauchery ’ and unehaflity, all firigle persons ! oemg offenders, to be bound to | their good behavior with lure pies, or fufi’er imprifonntent. j Law fifth. Tobacco fakers —uu ..ot’.nioi) iwearers, the Con J ftabie direclfd to present to the j next Magt(l rate, to be puniflieJ ] at t>'ftre*ion. Law sixth. For drunkenness the ofienders to pay ten {hillings; | excefin-e drinking, three an 1 \ four pence ; tippling about Half an hour, a crown. JUDGMENTS, (j Courts us they stand recorded for the following crimes : I'irtl. J fiah Plaifiowe, for ft cal ing lour hr flats of torn, to return eight balkets, to be fined five pounds, and hereafter to be called J lias, and not Mr. as he • tiled to be. Second. C-pt Stone for a billing .'Jr I.mi low, by calling hi;n juflafs, is fined an hundred pounds and prohibited coming within the patent. 1 nird. Sergeant Perkins or dered to carry forty turfs to the Fort, tor being drunk. Fourth L'lwar. Palmer,for his extortion, in taking two pounds thirst on and four pence, for the wood work ot the St eks, is lined fivg pounds, and ordered to set in the Stock ; qr.e hoiir. Fifth. Tii ‘tnas Fetiti, for j fulpicton of (hinder, i*’lenefs and ftuhbornnds, us icntcnced to be severely whipt, and to be kept in hoi 1 j Sixth. Catharine, thq w ife of R-chard Gornifh. was found liif p.cious ot incotuinency, and fe rfoully admonifhc 1 to take heed. (Seventh. John Wedgwood, for being in a cornpan , of drunk arils, to fi t in the Stocks. Situation of England. Lxtrafl of a letter from a gentle- V- 10 ip Bath , ( Fr.e ,) to his Son in New Turk, dated _July 22. c. I left at the National - A d-oocatc ’ “ Hade and commerce in tLiis country feetn to Ire anrfi hiiafed, people out of employ, rioting in sveu-y pa’t —the hang ing at Ely fas by no means quelled the spirit of difiamiaOi on —it bar shown itleii in a inoft alarTiing degree at Chippenham, j Bradford, and nlfo at Stowbridj-e j in this neighborhood. Then:* j tional debt of .hgh.ud is above , ! a thdufand millions, and that of Ireland above two hundred mil- , j lions more Our national expence i exceeds the revenue [wontun mil lions fur annum and the taxes er -1 cud the rents in tvety county A i ! ration lo cmbanailcd cannot long exist. Eleven of the firft ; ficoles in London have Hopped p-yment —many more are tot teniig —aid the bankrupts in ! | F.i:gh'nd alone. v,re upon an ave rag-. 80 per weekd* .i his is no doubt, a pretty cor reG picture of the ftatr ol Em-- land ; for wc fliould not fujipofi a iaihei would undertake to de I * ccive bis son adnadfui picture . is. I on. Paine's <ahulatioi j ■ •so the national ifi bt ol ‘ j >!ai i O : wc :fid dtiiroy it Dll l;y its v ! gular it:create it: die present v. j 1016 ; or in other words that in the year 17Id. it iud eiitere l 1 up m the L't iwenty vears of its D'ntical ex “-Mice, „ud w, lus- P“ £ 't Air. Paine's opinion v*ll prove nearly coned. IVhtn m. tion a! e xjti. nc eis scan'ntecn m Viio ns founds sti.rlng y or seventy flee tr.K ion four hundred and ago,y / bod sand dollars more than the r t ve nae and taxes exceed the rents of landed property in a kigdom- if a radical change, efivs not t.iko pi tog it is not because it is not wanted. Nr.W OIU.I-.ANIi. Fug 30. The expedition agamft the Mexican confi. which renitez voufed fn one of the neighboring islands carrying eight hand.id well - fii.’cred and appointed troops, besides the crews of the fqua'dron, failed the last days of th preceding mom!), unfit 1 con voy of a fleet oi. cigh’een M. xi cau arms I vdtels, which alio carried stores for the expeciitinn. One division iff theexpeditii.it had arrive and at Paunta Gfa fia in the hay St. B ‘rnardo province of l exas, and took p< {fifii m of tnc imp. riant ptFiri-m without opposition. M. Heirera the M< x icao n Jtlifter, is here, and is a bout t.) organize a governnu rt for tha quarter and to cftablifli an admiialty court for the trial of prize causes. Ihe other ui-. vision lias probkblv proceeded agaifiti: latnpico ; Ihe royalifls have forne f. rtificadons at ! ,-m ----pico, and forne regular troops, but there is reafofi to believe they will not make any refifi a- c? HuaiTa. Huaffcs on the fourh fide of Vte*ra Chuz, one of the be ft ports on the Mexican (here, is in the power of fin pa triots. M L'ercr has lately re ceived finpatchis from his go vernment of a Very fatisfaOery nature for the republican cause. ! his and (it'icr information re- C’ ived by private individuals, has produced a rev*, lution in (..pi nion lu re as to the lucrefs cf Mexican indep’ ndence, and to want of confidence has fuccced ed a confidence unbounded ; and-a few further operations of the (Mexican force, will open to the Hutted States the rn hell commerce in the uni.crib. Ifiect, R v. ho jaded loroe time fincein the Saranac, has been in the in ; tcrioi or Mexico, and in inter coutle wuh the Mexican govern ment ; the r< yai agents who spread .rbroad reports of difafie:fi and tnaftacres, to ifi r r men from | thinktr.g. !iad 1- led tfie doctor ‘by a rtpoit ; however he re* j ports himteif well, and returned to the coast from the interior with abuniDnqfuncsm hi.- hands, letters from him of a late date, are here. | It is aftlrted with confidence, : hat in the piintij<al li ies of I Mexico including Vt ra Cruz, ! ! he majority of the rnrft intefti ! ,g:f;t an opulent perpir, are in ra’.or ot the rcvd stlor, zndiLi rN't.. 40.