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Three dollars per annum. J PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL HAMMOND, NORTH BROAD-STREET, (Half in advance
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
CEjYTIMEL office ,
29 th May, 1809.
WITH a deep sense of the encou
ragement and liberal patronage that
this paper has received since its first
appearance, the subscriber new returns
his sincerest thanks to the public for their
support. He is proud in the recollec
tion that at least he has endeavored to
merit it.
He henceforth declines all concern in
this paper.... The property in which and
the printing business cf this office lie
has transferred to Mr. Samuel Ham
mond, junior.
He respectfully solicits from his
friends the continuance of that patron
age in his support, not doubting but that
he will make Independence his object.
Truth his guide, and Decency his com
panion.
He cannot close without congratulat
ing his countrymen at large on the pre
sent prospect in the political affairs of
the United States, and the succeeding
editor in particular, on the pleasing du
ty he will have, in bearing testimony to
the revived growth and renovated pros
perity of this land of freedom, agricul
ture and commerce, under the auspices
of an administration, that in its first step
evinces a spirit of moderation, free from
disingenuousness, and a wisdom, that
appearing to despise the cob-web arts
of diplomacy, at once has met a frank
atonement and a fair proposition, with
an honest face and a cordial desire lor
reconcilement by honorable regocia
tion.
GEO: F. RANDOLPH.
CEMTLYEL OFFICE,
3rd June, 1809.
THE undersigned takes the liberty
of requesting the future patronage and
support of the public in conducting this
paper. He will essay to deserve their
good opinion by a steady adherence in
politics to principles purely American ;
in private disputes to forbearance and
decency, and in business, to correctness
and dispatch. These sheets have never
yet been stained with any thing that
honor could blush at, or virtue disap
prove of. He pledges himself in these '
respects, that they shall still uphold
that character.
Remote as he is from the great scenes
ot politics and commerce, he ieels his
duties not the less essential, although in 1
a limited sphere. To amuse, inform & j
protect, shall be his pleasure and his
care. The seat of our general govern
ment is not alone that of power nor of
science. These independent states,
confederated for external defence and
internal peace, and in all other regards
though unequal in size, numbers and
wealth, yet co-equal in rights, must
preserve within themselves those means
of integral existence, necessary to give
them due weight in the sovereignty of
the nation. They must (acting, from
their own centre) each guard against
the infringments of their sister states,
and the encroachments of federal power,
in order to effect a benign and social
combination of the wh01e.... Amongst
the mears by which enslaved states have
become free, and free ones have been
preserved, the Liberty of the Press
stands pre-eminent....Where vaunting,
the scourge of popular tyranny, or the
sword of despotism have ever prevailed.
The state of Georgia has shone conspi
cuous in the ranks of freedom. She
has often feit the pang of adversity....
and she has triumphed in the smiles of
victoiy- She has been agitated by the
collision of parties ; but she has grown
from infancy to manhood, unimpaired
by their convulsions. She has with
others pined in the period of interdicted
activity....she has risen superior to all
these. The editor hails the present
time, and repeats cordially the preced
ing congratulations without the dread
that they will be found irksome. The
measures then that he shall support,
untqteivocally will be those that tend
to harmonize the general and state gov
ernments. He views the latter as sub
stantial parts of the constitutional fab-
AUGUSTA, GEO KOI A.
ties, and the former as their cement
and ornament. On public men -nml
measures he shall freely comment, and
whilst official public virtue receives his
aid, official public vice shall meet his
animadversions. The open violator of
our rights shall be corrected, and the
insidious traitor detected, whenever the
one affords the occasion, or the other
an opening. In private controversies,
his duty will compel him to be the ve
hicle for public appeal; but he will
strive to mollify. In the transaction of
his business he will vie with Ids co-tem
poraries in obtaining and preserving a
just proportion of the confidence of his
fellow citizens, on the same terms his
predecessor lias done.
The Columbian Centinel will
continue to be sent to present subscri
bers as heretofore, unless otherwise
directed.
SAMUEL HAMMOND, Jun’k.
Attention!
THE Subscribers, had the misfor
tune of being swindled, out of a
quantity of Cotton, some time ago, at
a store in the city of Charleston, which
was made public in South-Carolina and
Georgia, by advertisements, in differtn-
Newspapers. They have had the great
er misfortune, in their anxiety and zeal
to discover .the swindler, unjustly, and
rashly, to form a suspicion, that Doc
tor George A. Brown, of Wrightsbo
rougb, in Columbia county, and State
of Georgia, was the person, who com
mitted the fraud ; and at a religious
congregation of citizens, at the house
of Wm. Halbert, Esq. in Pendleton
District, S. C. publicly charged him
with the act.
Dr. Brown, like a man of honor and
integrity, fully convinced us of our
great mistake, and error, and in con
sideration of our being poor men, that
we had been actuated by mistake, and
not malevolent motres, has charitably
and generously forgiven us. While
we acknowledge, that Dr. Brown has
it in his power to ruin every individual
of us, and distress our families; we vo»
luntaiily come forward and do solemn
ly declare in open Court, at Pendleton
Court-house, and to ail the world, our
mistaken and erroneous conduct, to
wards the said Dr. George A. Brown.
We testify his innocence, we thank him
for his honorable and gentlemanly con
duct, and we declare our regret and sor
row, for the injuries his feelings may
have sustained; we are fully satisfied,
that Doctor George A. Brown, is a
man of the first respectability ‘of an
excellent character, and that his con
duct in life from childhood has been ir
reproachable. We can neither say or
do, too much to redress the feeling of
Dr. Brown, or to vindicate his name and
character. We never will forget his
honor and generosity in forgiving us
for the wrong we have inadvertantly
done him, which we believe arose from
the similarity of features, between the
person who swindled and cheated us
out of our property, and the features of
the said Dr. George A. Brown.
We desire that this declaration may
be made public in the Newspapers of
Charleston, S. C. and Augusta, in
Georgia, at our expence, for the space j
of three months ; and recorded in the j
Clerks Office, in Pendleton District, |
S. C. and Columbia county- in the State |
of Georgia.
Given under our hands and seals this j
31st March, 1809. |
his
John y Crump,
mark
Wm. Mitchell,
George Mitchell,
% Wm Dodson.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in the
lirescnce of
William Browin,
John B. Dempsv,
"William I lan is ,
Daniel Mas sen gale.
April 22. 92
At tendon the Whole !
1 o all Officers and Soldiers,
Or their Legal Re/iresentu fives,
WHO served in the Regiment
called the “ Virginia Blues,”
commanded by the-late gen. (then col.)
Geo. Washington, from the year 1754
to 1764, and all those who set ved in the
60th regiment Royal Americans, com
manded by col. Henry Boquet ; and
also all those who served in the Penn
sylvania Provincials, first battalion,
commanded by the late major-general
John Armstrong, in the revolutionary
wars, and formerly a col. of the Penn
sylvania Provincial, 2d commanded by
col. James Burd; 3d commanded by
the late gen. Hugh Mercer, (then col.)
4th commanded by the late col. 'l ur
but Fiaucis:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
‘ hat they are entitled to a valuable
bounty of crowned land, by virtue of
the king of England’s proclamation,
dated the 7th Oct. 1763. The service
muLt be proven by commission, dis
charge, or living witness.
Applications may be made to An
drew Ellicott, Esq. and Paul Zantzin
ger, Esq. notary public, Lancaster;
George Lewis Ltffier, esq. York ; John)
Copp, esq. Han isbargh ; Hugh Brun
son, tsq. Georgetown,Northumberland
county; John Scott* notary public,
Sfiippensburg; John Holliday, esq.
Gnambersburgh ; Charles Bovard, esq.
Carlisle ; Jacob esq. associate
judge, Hanover York county ; Charles
J.Smith, Bedford townshipand county;
Robert Robb, esq. Muncey Lycoming
county ; Frederick Ilublhy, esq. Leba
non, Dauphin county ; Flavcl Rowan,
esq- Buffaloe, Northumberland county ;
William Eoulk esq. Williamsport Ly
coming county , and David Lusk, esq.
near the mouth of Baldeagle creek,
who are requested to affix the sub
scriber's name as agent to all papers
by them received orby letter addressed
to the subscriber atthe Big Spring in
Cumberland county, or any of his
agents, any time before the lftn of
July next.
All letters directed to the subscriber
from the westward to the care of capt.
William Rippey, Shippensburgh, and
all letters from the Eastward, to the
care of Charles Boyard, esq. Carlisle,
or John Copp, eqs. Harrisburgh.
Also all those who have claims in
the late revolutionary war against the
United States, or any individual State
are desired to apply as above.
JAMES IRWIN.
April 19.
Editors of Newspapers, through
out the United States, will do an assen
tial service to a great number of their
fellow citizens, and particularly to ma
ny distressed widows and orphans, by
giving this a few insertions.
Notice.
THE Copartnership of Geo: F. Ran
dolph, isk Co. having this day dis
solved by mutual consent, all persons
indebted to said firm are requested to
make immediate payment to Geo : F.
Randolph,and all those having demands
are desired to render them in to him
j for payment.
GEO ’ F. RANDOLPH,
JB» T. DUYCKINCK.
i May 27th, 1809.
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Notice.
i
j L months after date application
AN will be made to the honorable the
! inferior court o, the county of Ogle*
i thorpe, for leave to sell two tracts ot
! land in said county, one on south ork
broad, containing one hundred eighty
five acres, be the same more or less—
the other fifty-three acres, adjoining
I the former, belonging to the estate of
Abel Howard, dec. soli! for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors
Groves Howard, ) ,
Clement Glenn. S'
atlit
SATURDAY, JULY I, 1809.
300 Dollars Reward
W ILL for such informa*
V V ti o n concerning the following
negroes, as will enable the subscriber
to obtain possession of them.—One ne
gro woman named LE l TY, dark com
plexion, between 35 and 40 years of
age, the mother of tlie six following—
VIZ : Jenny, George, Peter, Archy,
Delia and Dennis; JENNY is about
IS years of age. of a yellow complex,
ion; GEORGE is about 14 years of
age. There is about 18 months be
tween the ages of the remainder.
An action oi detinue was brought by
Mrs. Reviere, administratrix of Wyatt
Re vie re, dec. against Louis Picquet,
lor the above negroes, in the Superior
court ot Wilkes county, and judgment
obtained in her favor ; but in the mean
time they were run off by the said Louis
1 iquet. 1 lie subscriber has reason to
believe that those negroes are near Au
gusta, on the Carolina side. A further
reward ol FIFTY dollars will be g ven
lor mlormation ol the person or persons
who assisted, or still a-.sists Louis Pic
quet in running them off.
ANDREW RUDDELL.
Washington , Wilkes County , i
June 3d, 1809. } 2t 99
The Tborough Bred Imported
Horse ,
STAR,
WILL cover mares the present
season at the plantation of Mr.
Archibald Mayson’s, half a mile from
the Island ford of Saluda River, six
miles of Cambridge, Abbeville district,
South-Carolina, at the reduced-price of
IHIRTV .x fnc se'asuiib,
notes payble the fifteenth day of Decem
ber next—any gentleman becoming re
sponsible for the season of five, shall
have one gratis. Each season may be
discharged with 275 pounds clean mer
chantable cotton, delivered in a bag or
sack at the stand, by the fifteenth day
of December next. The season will
commence the first day of March and
end the 25th July next.
S TAR is undoubtedly as sure a foal
getter as any horse whatever. The con
stitution and bone of STAR and his
colts are much remarked and well
worth the attention of breeders and lov
ers of the turf. Two hundred acres of
as good pasturage as any in the state,
gratis.—Grain will be furnished at the
market price, and mares fed as their
owners may direct.—No responsibility
in case of accidents or escapes—every
precaution will be taken to prevent ei
their. The pedigree and performance
of Star is so well known, we deem it
needless to say more.
WILLIAM C. GUNNELS.
February 28, 1809. 85
N. B. THE subscriber intends to
keep the best imported horses at this
stand for five years at least, and shall
make it his study to give general satis
faction to all that please to favor him
with their custom. The season may
be continued if it is necessary until De
cember next.
Wm. C. Gunneos.
A Valuable Farm
FOR SALE.
nrriE subscriber offers for sale, a
X Tract of Land in the vicinage of
Martin-town, Scuth-Carolina, adjoining
lands ol Mr. Joseph Ashton and Capt.
j Marshall Martin, containing three hun-
I dred acres ; a convenient proportion of
i which is cleared and well inclosed. On
the premises is a comfortable dwelling
; house, with other out buildings. There
j is also an Orchard of excellent Fruit
i Trees. The situation is healthy-and
: the neighborhood good.—Presuming
that no person will purchase such a
property without having seen it, a fur
ther description is deemed unnecessa
; ry. For further particular apply on
1 the place to
BRITTON MIMS.
June 3. 3t 98—