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About The news. (Washington, Ga.) 1816-1821 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1817)
Miscellany. Singular Flumovictwn. “V A violent storm was expe rienced at Cadiz, m the state (s!‘Oliio, on the 6th mst. dur ing which itis stated that hail stones fell, which in general were about two inches in cir cumference, although sever al of them measured nine and ten inches. But this account .so far, is as a “ wart to Ossa,” when compart'd with the af fidavit of John Busby, esq. who deposes that “ before the hail ceased, there fell before his eyes, not exceeding thir ty feet from him a mass of -congealed matter, which he thinks would have undoubt . edly weighed between thirty j -and fort/ pounds that “ the • noise occasioned by its fall, . notwithstanding it was in the woods, and on- soft ground, might have been beared forty rods, thb’ it fell when-stream ing, and when the wind blew ■ ‘very high and hard ; and that “on striking the ground, it burst into a vast number of pieces resembling Had stones, o f (li ffe rent shape sand sizes, one of which was nearly the size of his two fists when closed.” Mr. Busby is re presented to be a gentleman of undoubted truth and vera .sfity/’—Bait. Fat. 7 Irn treaty with the king of Na ples, recently laid before parlia ment pul at os for the abolition of the j. ivileges and exemptions Lercto:':e enjoyed by Briiifh fob jects . bis dominions; in lieu of which t is provided, that they Thai I 1..-, placed on the footing of the ti favored nations ; lhail not be ject to a more rigorous iearch by the officers of the cus toms thll the king’s own lubjects, have bee right to reiide in and travel through his dominions, to dijpofe of their property as they please, &c. There is a!fo astipu lation for an abatement of 10 per tent oai die duties impofid on Bri tish goods by the tariff of January -i 816. The British prints take great pairs to make cur Government appear ridiculous and ambitious of territory in Europe, haft year they would infill that the United States are endeavoring to obtain a pc ft in the Baltic. The Englifii agent ot Ava was inftruded to pre ’Vent the America! s from gaining any efiablifhiv.tnt in that country. ■J\ caj t Haley, a native of Coni ec • tie i.t, was about 20 years ago seiz ed at a place called Allepcre on 6 e lough!), fer ralfir.g a flag ft all to celebrate the 4th of July, on an j eflate w hich he obtained as a mar liage nr. ovv rhent w ith the daugh ter of a- petty r yah or hereditary zimindar. Yet what is very re markable, the britifh Government i,ns be<; recently negotiating for the pou t f Parg?. in Albania ; and the-- have p emoted to very high honors t freer, whoa few years ago recommended to tlu.Entifh j power to occupy all the ifiands of ■ the ancient and, raw world, and hold them as an appendage to the j sovereignty oj the seas . The European rations fhouid not be so cheated by newspapers j or politicians,; the United States do not leek, nor need any position in the Levant or Baltic ; there is a ; very fine Levant opening lor the i United States to windward in Mexico, &c ; and as to the Baiba, we have two or three Baltics of. . our own,to the westward Ontario —Erie Huron—and, Superior, are our Mediterranean and our \ Baltics ; a few canals wifi give us a communication from the Lake ; of the Woods to the n.cuth of the Hut!lon ; and from? Boflon i by inland raters to the mouth of; the Miflill’ppi—and this we can acccmplifli without jealousy or rival ry they ate all our own. (aurora. The Tri- Colored Cockade. Ai the edmmeneement dfi the revolution, the Trench j ■ national cockade was green, j as an emblem of hope; but! the duke of Orleans join Bod, tot he people, cm of compliment j tiie cockade was changed to j the color of his liveries. And ! on tiie arrival of the marquis . de la Layette, from America, j 1 the national guard changed its j ! uniform to that of the Ameri- 1 1 can army, which it has ever i i since preserved. ! N. 7 . Columbian'. .” Count St Jean D’Angely has ’ taken passage in the (hip Neptune, ! c-ipt Smith, for Antwerp, from New-York, and will sail the firfijj favorable wind. A man by the name of Johnson, was recently tried and convicted at Welisburg, Va. of the atrocious ci ime of a rape on his own daugh ter It appears fie had committed the infernal deed fcveral times, but through threats had prevented a cii(closure. He receives the leni ent punithment cf twenty-one years imprisonment. The celebrated l.orenzo Dew, in the middie of May aft, preached in Kentucky and Ohio alternately. ASYLUM ! FOR OLD MAIDS AND BACHELORS. A society is formingffor coloniz ing old maids and bachelors : they talk cf iVfufqueto Cove, and Dis mal Swamp! New-York, July .21. Drowned. —Y eflerday afternoon a black man, for the trifling futri of three cents, offered him by feme boys, agreed to jump off the dock at the foot of Old (hip. He per formed his engagement, but fell a facriiice to his folly, Nqh pot jr > J!y 21. ‘ On Saturday Saif arrived at this j port in the brig, Helen from Kir- 1 kaidy, 101 passengers, men, wo- j tnen and children, ail natives of Scotland. They are going on to. the westward in search of situations adapted to their native habits of enterprise and industry. A duel was fought at Ports, fnouth between sir Thomas Staines i of the navy, and major Holbrook. Sir Thomas was badly wounded in the arm, and it was feared he would lose it. A lady is Paid to havecaufed the dispute. Extract of a Utter, dated Amelia, July 28. “ We had an arrival here yes terday, of a fine brig, prize to one of our privateers. Her cargo con sists of sugar, coffee, and 26,000 | dollars in specie. We have no Bvo.- pectof leaving this for a month. We are getting recruits daily, and j expect in a fhoit time, a re-inforce l mint of men and armed veffeis. Do net pay any attention to the reports circulated by men, discon -1 tented beeaufe they could not en rich tfuinfelves by plundering the innoceiit inhabitants, who received us as f'lends/ 5 FOWSALE. A fev/ new second hand ijjQICS, chiefly medical, Ln qu#e and the printer. ACG. 8. (e. IE RIFFS SALE. AMT N'T be sold at the Court \ A ‘House-in Elbert county, *TTthe first Tuesday in September lext, tiie following property : (to ; .vit ; A Tract of Land, containing 300 acres, more or less, (with the exception of fifteen acres of the same conveyed to a Presbyterian I Congregation) lying in Elbert I county, on Cold-water-creek, ad joining H. King and others, to sa tisfy an execution in favor of Den nis and Williams, against the admr’s of Laughian M’c Curry, on the foreclosure of a mortgage. Tho’s Haynes, and. s. July 1 st, 1817. 9. ( onib i\. ii ! v o !\ Will bp. sold, on the first il’uesday tn September next, at t'ne dourt house in Wilkes county, the allowing property, viz : | FIVE hundred and eighty acres bf land, more or less, in Wilkes county, on the waters of Pistoi :reek, adjoining John Minton, Da rnel Stalker and others, whereon George D. Taylor now lives; tak- . ?n as his property to satisfy sundry ‘ I executions against said Taylor, in avor of Robert S. Sayre and oth- i ;rs. August 1, 1817. (29^) TKO’S WOO ITEN, sii-ff. , T.vyrif'p >l'l . V . 1 iJWiiVaL.. 1 UUJ.C V* 1.0 Vnbli to ; enter scholars, or pay quarter-bills ! already due, will find tiie books in the hands of James' 'Wingfield. ! The school will commence on Monday next. Washington, June 25th, 1817. ~EIECUTRIX’ SALEs! Pursuant to an order of the Inferior Court of Wilkes County, WILL BE SOLD, on first Tues day of September next, at the Court house of said County ; ALL THE REAL AND PERSONAL E - TATE.of John Lindsay, deceased; consisting cf LANDS, negroes, kc. Twelve months credit will ue given, ar.d tiie terms of sales made known on the days. July 11,1817. (26.6) Clarissa Lindsay, Ex’x. (gy* Tiie hinds belonging loihis estate, lying in Ji.ckson'counU, will be sold ;it die Onurt hime in said county, on the iirst Tues.d: y of October, next. C. L. cT* Dr TINSLEY Informs his friends that he has returned to this place, and re-com | nienced the practice of Medicine# j His rtfider.ee is at Mr Charlton's Coffee-House, where he will be ; always found, when net abroad on professional duties. Washington , May 22, 1817. (D~ DURING my absence from this State, Mr Thomas A . Pasteur has charge of all my private busi ness, and of the late concern of Wm Dealing & Cos. Wm gearing. Washington, JuKt ?2o, 1817. y i.r 7* AfittREAHLK to :ui order of tiie Inferior court of Greene county, will be sold on the firsc Tuesday in September next in G. eenesboroug'h. Greene county, a negro boy, Joe, almiit fourteen years oh!, the property of Edward Weaver, de ceased. JAS. if. NICiIELSOX, adn.r. July 11,1817. (261.) GEORGIA. At a Super or Court held in and for the County cf Wilkes, July 2Mb, 1817. THE petition of Martha Wood ard,administratrix of Henry Wood - ard, having stated that James Over street, on the seventh day of De cember, one thousand eight hun dred and rune, mortgaged to him the said Henry in his time, three hundred acres of Land, lying iu Wilkes county, adjoining William Baird, Dudley Pool, James Carter, Philip Stroud, and Jrreiniah Rur dine, granted to Thomas Wootten, whereon Henry Woodard then re sided, to secure the payment of six hundred and three dollars, thirty seven and an half cents, and in terest, on which said mortgage there is at present due from said James Qversreet, the sum of six hundred and three dollars, thirty seven and a half cents, principal and interest. On motion cf Alex ander Pope, attorney fer the Peti tioner— It is ordered, that the said James Overstreet pay into this Court, within twelve months from this date, the sauLamount so due of principal and interest and cost. And it is further ordered, that this Rule be published once a month for twelve -months, in one of the Public Gazettes of this State, until the time appointed for payment, or served on the mortgagor, his spe cial agent or attorney, at least six months previous to the time the money 13 dir ceded to be paid. True Copy from the Minutes . 9.5) D. TERRELL n, v s 0 ~ NOTICE. NINE months from the date hereof, application will be made to the honorable Inferior Court of Wilkes County, sitting as a Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell the real estate of Samuel Gam mage, dec ; tor the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said de ceased. Julyj, 1817. [ # s6J James Chivers, admr ; Nancy Gammage, admx* NINE months after date appli cation wiil be made to the Hon. Inferior Court of Wilkes count/, for leave to sell all that tract or parcel of Land lying on the waters of Rocky creek in laid county, belonging to the ell ate of Benjamin Holmes, deceased, adjoining Ben jamin Porter and others, contain ing 250 acres, more or less. Joseph Holmes, admr. March 7, 1817.* [6] ‘ , ■ ■ .iOJI Sultanas fir sale at this office, .
