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4 l. AW* iNTir.I.IGEKCE. Guirey. v s Mead. I This was a fuit infticuced for di ftges on the Icore of charafter by M c r c v. Mr. Guiry minifter in the Mhriftian church againft the Rev. ■cith Mead, prcfiding elder in the Method ift church on a charge of ■<’ORC£RV. ■ The trial came oh in the county ■court of Caroline, oh the 12th of ■aft month, and as was natural from jthe character and profeffion of the ‘■parties, and from the novel and J (hocking ipeftacle of feeing a brace ■of preachers, immerced chin deep fin litigation, the croud was confi | derabie. —The counfel on both I fides were eminent, and their efforts commenfuratt —there were twelve rnagiftrates on the bench—-tfie jury are reported to have been enlight ened, unbiafT-d and independent. They were felefted generally from a quarter of the county, the moft remote from the feene of facerdotal fquabble. After a patient hearing ot all the teftimony and the argu ments of counfel from 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon, the jury retired, and in about 15 minutes returned with a verdict in favor of Guirey—Damages 430 dollars and all the cofts of fuit. The adverfe counfel moved for anew trial, but the motion was o vtr-ruled by the unanimous decree of the bench. —Lynchburg Star . i Religious Entbufiafm. —On Thurf -1 day, a man by the name of S— living in Lynchburg, in a fir of fan aticifm, fent the fcrycr with his bell round the town, to inform the citi zens, that at a givert hour there would be a burnt Jacrifae offered up, on the hill in front of the town.— At the hour appointed, fevtral cafks containing Rum, French, Brandy, Whifkey, &c. to the amount of 400 gallons or upwards were drawn in a dray to the fummit of the hill, and fire fat to them. In vain did a brother and feveral of his neighbors prevail upon him to fell his fpirits and diftribute the proceeds thereof to the poor—he was unalterable— the will of his Maker fhould be done—and while the flames were deftroying the avails of his i’nduftry, he, accompanied by two blacks, in a devout attitude, was thanking his Creator that he was not “ like the publican.** We have received the above information from a gentle man who was an eye witnefs to the fetne. Staunton (Vir.) Cenjor. DISSOLUITON or PARTNER SHIP. ■f HE Copartnerffiip under the firm of THOMAS id LANE , is tl\is day difiblved by mutual con fent. Henry Lane is fully author ed to fettle the bufinefs of faid firm. STEVENS THOMAS, HENRY LANE. Oftober 5, 1808. DOCTOR BOSWELL, 1~1 AVING removed to this place, ‘mere he intends prafticeing Medi cine in the various branches of his proftffion. He hopes from his af fiduous attention to fhare a liberal patronage.—He has on hand a large <£Tortment of DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINE S. Thole having need of hi*s pro fifiional ftrvices may find him at Capt. Ea|]*y’s. Athens, Oftober 8, 1 ScS. GEORGIA EXPRESS. ATHENS, OCTOBER 8. (& The Rev. Hope Hull will preach in this town to-morrow at twelve o'clock. ELECTIONS. Mr. John Halidav Is ele&ed Clerk of the Inferior Court of Wilkes county. CLARK COUNTY.— Ccngr/s. “1 roup 4.^0 Bibb 481 Smelt 361 IToufton 361 Dooley 361 Cobb 31 j , Lcgijlaiure — Senate ; Divis Grefham. , Reprefentatives . David Sims, Edward Payne, William Strong. OGLETHORPE.— Congr/s. Bibb 714 Troup 70 j Cobb 457 Smelt 445 Houfton 428 Dooley „ 78 Legifature.-^Senate. George Moore Repre/entatives. George Hudfpeth, Thomas Beall, Doftor Phillips. On Monday the 12th inft. the commiffioners for Jones county, commenced the fale of the lots in Albany—it is with pleafure we fiate that the rapid tales they met with, furpaffes any that have taken place in the new counties—feveral lots fold for five hundred dollars each. It is thought that from the beauti ful and healthy fituation of the town none in the new purchafe will out rival it. They mean to proceed on Monday the 191 b, to complete their faies for the prefent. Twenty-two lots fold for 7153 dollars, 50 cents. The commiffioners have purchafed the entire fquare of 202 1-2 acres, and four acres adjoining it, which includes two moft excellent Georgia Argus. London, July 17. The rneafures now in execution in the Auftrian dominions are of a two fold nature —the one for orga nizing a National levee en maffe by calling out the entire male popula tion of the country capable of bear ing arms ; and the other tor eftab lifhing, by ballot an army of re ferve of 52 battalions or 59,800 men, to be exercifed at given pe riods, and to recruit the regiments of the line. Theft arrangements were executed with luch prompti tude, that the contribution of Vien na to the army of referve, amount ing to 750 men, was raifed in a week. The Government has declared thefe rneafures to be purely intend ed for the defence of the Empire j but a variety of cfrcumftances con nefted with them, fo ftrongly indi cated an approaching rupture with France, at the date of the laft ac counts, that the Auftrian treafury bills had experienced a corfiderable depreciation, and numerous fpccu lations had been engaged in, in an ticipation of a war. The French Ambaflador, An dreefife, had remonftrated on the fubjeft cf this armament, and de livered a letter written by Napole on, from Bayonne, in which the latter declared his furprife and re gret that Auftria (hould engage in lo extenfive a fyftem of prepara tion, at a period too, when the fic uation of the Continent neither cal led for nor juft fled fuch armament. The Auftrian Emperor anfwered, that a period of general tranquility Was alone the time for arrange ments, the foie objeft of which was the prefervation of peace, and without effentially weakening his military eftablifamenr, to introduce into it a nectflary fyftem of econo my by the lubftitution of a lefs ex pend ve defeription of force than the prefent. —u— ■ m—■— ■————— ————r| BOOTS Of SHOES, FOR CASH ONLY. T p JL HE fubferiber refpeftfully in forms the public in general, that he has juft received, and will have 0- pen on M >nday the loch inftant, an aSbrtmcnt of Boots and Shoes— fu h as Ladies’ Kid U ppers of all colours Ditto M rocco U ppers D ? f o L-acher ditto M IT s, ditto Ladies* Bootees Mens buwjprow B xus Ditto fine Shoes D rro fg am ditto Duo Pumps Laaies’ rlnl 1 fane Bows Silk and ribb n duto Mens* faoe- firing*. He inten-’ s keeping a conftant and large fupplv of Shoes and B >ots, which he w 1! fell cheap for Ca(h, and folicits the patrohage of the public. ALSO Tayloring bufinefs carried on with neatnefs and punc tuality—cutting done with accuracy, and all favours kindly received. WILLIAM H. HUNT. Oftober 8, 1808. A LIST OF LETTERS Remair ing in the Pojl Office at A them on the 30 th day of September, 1808, which if not taken out with in three months will be fent to the General Pojl Office as dead letters. A David Allan 3. B James Hansford, Nathan Bar nett, Ruffel Brown , j ‘bomaS Brejler. C Jefje Cobb 2, Mitchell Cd Cox, D P.nfon Drew, IT Abram Hirden, Martin Hancock , Uriah Humphries, John Holman , Col. John Hampton, 7 Jojhua Jennings , Zachariah Jur dan. L M/s Helaline Ligon , Zachariah Lay. M David M ( Cor wick, Nathan Mero ney, John Martin, E/q Not ley Mad dox, IVm Mitchell , Robert Mitchell, John Mar able. N James Nicbol/cn. S William Steam. T Meffrs. IVm. id John Thcmpfon , Benjamin Taylor. W John L. Wright , Mourning Wheel er, Jeffe White , Defter T. H. Whit ney. W. E4TLT, D. P. M, 1 FOR SALE, A 1 \ Trafl of Land adj lining the commons of Milledgeville, confin ing two hundred two and a half acres, known by lot 312, lying be tween Major Howard's plantation and the town lands. The land is of good quality—Negroes or cafh will be taken in payment, and fome credit given. The fubferiber ex pefts to be at Milledgeville the in next month, when any perfon wifaing to purchafemay fee the land and know the terms. WM. LUMPKIN. Oftober 7, 1808. NOTICE. . WILL bp: SOLD, On the fecond Tuefday in Ofto ber next; at the plantation of Mary M c Alpin on the Appalatchee river, all the rtfidue of the perfonal eftare of Jeremiah. Culbertion, deceafed - confiHing of one State Troop Boun ty and feveral Negroes.— l erms of fale made known on the day. MARY T. CULBERTSON, Adminijlratrix. Auguft 16th, iBoiL GEORGIA, Clark county. By John Smith, Cler k of the Court of Ordinary forfaid county. WHERE.AS, Lucy Cary , Execu trix of the Lajl Will end Tefiament of Dudley Cary, deceafed, has applied to the Court of Ordinary forfaid ccun * ty for letters of difmijfion from faid Exccutrixfhip. Tbit is to cite and admoniffs all and fingular the kindred and creditors cf the faid deceafed, and any whom it may concern, to fie their ebjeftiens in my office between now and next Court of Ordinary, to be held for the (aid county on the firfl Monday in Novem ber next , (if any they have ) or letters of difmiff on will be granted. Given under my hand this Q.%tb day cf September , 1808. JOHN SMITH ; C. C. O . GEORGIA, |p Jackfon County, jXT ERSONAL LY came before me, Edmond Grefham, one of the Juftices ap pointed to keep the Peace in faid county, John Wright, and after be ing duly fworn as the law direfts, and on oath, faith, that whereas he this deponent undtrftands there was a letter or letters put in the poft office at Lexington fome time in July laft paft, figned John Robert fon, John Loveing and John Cole man, which faid letters was direft ed to Capt. Pehg Rodgers and others—and the faid John Robert fon John Loveirg and John Cole man denying themfelves of being the authors of the fame, and have thrown out irfinuations to induce the public to believe that he, the faid deponent, was the author of faid letters—this deponent faith on oath that he was not the author of any fuch letter or letters, neither was he anywife concerned in fuch writing as above mentioned, nor that he had never feen any fuch let ter or letters until (hewed him, this deponent, by General B. Har ris and Captain Peleg Regers—this deponent further declares on oath that he does not know who the au thor of faid letters is. JOHN WRIGHT, Sworn to & fubfcribedT before me this 6ch day off Oftober, 1808. Y EDMOND GRESHAM, J. P. / BLANK DEEDS Fo: fale a: this office.