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(GEORGIA EXPRESS.
ATHENS, JANUARY ai.
fj* The mail front Wafhington
lifyl ify has not arrived. There are two
mails now due from Wafhington City.
Tiigjo water is probably the caufe.
In Mr. Gholfon’s fpeech in Con-
I grefs on Foreign Relacions, Dccem
£ her 6, it is proved that fub million
t 0 (he Bfitilh orders in council
would enable that government to
draw from the U. Scares an annual
Revenue of nearly <c Thirty-One
Millions of Dollars ”
We underfUrd that a letter has
been received by one of the repub
lican reprelVntatives in congrefs,
from the ftate of MadLchufects,
from John Adams, the late Pre
fidenn of the United States, in reply
to ai letter from the fame gentleman
to him, enclofmg a copy of the re
jeply ofa majority of the reprefent
ativts from that (late, to the noto
rious infractions of the legifliture,
to ufe their endeavors to effect a
repeal of the embargo laws. Mr.
Ad ams is faid to exprefs bis entire
confidence in the mtafures of the gen
tralgovernment, and to contain an
ex-predion of an opinion that the
penole of Maffachufetti will not
fuffer them ft Ives to be fo far rrftf
kad by their enemies as to rtfift the
laws.
What a magnanimous example
h this for all American federalist !
To futS we may lay ** go and do
likewift:.’* What a contrail to the
conduct of the Pickerings , Quincy /,
and Car denier s of the day-! Let
them Ifarn from this circtifnftance
that fo long as there ex!(ls in the
country Adams’ Gra ; s, and Smiths,
the people will not be induced by
then iflKiendiary eft arts to rebel
againfL their laws.— Vir. Argus.
Accounts from Washington, flats
that 4000 troops arc to be collat
ed at N< w-O.lean?', under the com
mand of Gen. Wdk.nl n. The
objrfl M this movement is vanoul
ly<feared. All we can be certain of
is, that fomething is in agitation.—
It is faid that agents are employed
lie re and cl few he re, to hire tranf*
ports for the conveyance of the
troops. — North American.
The French fchoo.icr La For
tune, Capt. Feilerin, who left St.
D rripgo on the 26 h of Novem
ber \Ai, arrived at Norfolk on the
19th ir ft. An officer has reached
the United Sutt-f, on board this
veftVl, difpat.feeu by Gn. Ferrard.
report* that thv Mlony is in the
Left pofliole ft ate of tranquility,
that it has at this time a fupply of
provffions fuffficient for fjur months
and that fUurcan be procured for
22 dollars per barrel. It is not true
as ft .ted in many of the American
papcis, that the Eigliffi have taken
Sacnuna ; they have only made a
ckfccnt, and captured a fmall cor
lair, together with two other vef
lels of little value. The attack up
on St. Domingo, by the Spaniards
of Purto Rico, and all the publica
tions \i mac effect, extra&cd from
Jamaica papers, appear to be no
thing more than Enghlh fabricati
ons . —Wajbhgtohy Dec. 27.
$. J t
In ouriaft, wc Hated, that King
Jfcph ir t d his army, had furrender
ti. to the Spaniards. This report
is rendered fade, by fubfequent ac
count*, ancf on the other hand, it
ap r fron aa arrival from Ha
b
▼?nnan, tnat conap*; p
cd Spain at the head of ifo.cco
men, and made him<frlf m fttrof
Bifcay. It is likewise Gated ir Li
verpool papers whirh have been
received to the 31ft of Ofh.ft- r
laft, inclufive, containing London
papers to the 20th, that die Span
iards ha<^ gained a vidlory over the
French ; that the town of Corunna
had been illuminated three nights,
but the caufe unknown; that the
French had attempted to retreat
from Bilboa, after plundering it,
but that their retreat had beer rut
off, and that they were obliged to
return j that on hearing this emum
fhner, General Blake put hi* whole
army in motion, and information
was fpeedily cxre&ed of the dif
comfttufe of thv French.
Virginia Argus.
The following extract of a letter from
two of mo ft t ehtolable citizens cf
Tenncjfse juftly pour trays the fenii
fnents of the people cf that fate. —
Nat. Intel.
“ The people of tMs Rate feel
their inreieft: deeply ?fr died, and
have the confi ‘cnee in the
wifdoro, integrity, and paitiotifm ut
their public functionaries F*r
ourfelves, we fee but one ia and
honorable ccurfe to be purlucd—
that is a non-intercourfe wirb heft
nations that diftegaid the rghts c l
others, and nuke their ow? mte
refts, (without regard to that of
others) their rule of a&ion. We
arc well allured that whatever courfe
Congrefs may adopt, will be vsgo
rouflv fupported by T'-nncfiVe.—
And Ihoald war be the ultimate re
fort, every man here will be found
at his poll,”
Mr. Augujlin, who, in May la/t,
undertook bis twelfth aerial voyage at
Amjlerdam , has recently mad ? public
f<ms inter ejling cir cum dances watch
attended bit ujtenfun. He fates, that
after gaining an elevation :f \ h,0.c0
feet , at half pajl 3 P. M the wea
ther being cloudy , he found bimfdf en
veloped in total darknefs At this
time he heard the fmall balloons tk t
were fufened to the la gs ene, Clat
tering againji eacio ether, as far us
their Jit nation allowed He was hm
felf nearly oven come with cold and
fear ; but having recovered the ufe of
his faculties , by j'welling feme firing
volatile of Jails , he threw out a o*g
of baliafl, and rofe into a lighter regi
on, where he found himjelf as well as
the balloon , entirely covered with [now.
This phoenomenon M Augufm attri
butes to the giltjlars ornaments and
letters, attached to the balloon, which
had aitrailed a great quantity of e
leftric vapours , and thus expojed him
to the mof imminent danger. Soon
after be dejeended in the vicinity of
Thieohnvcn. lit calculates bis great
efi elevation at feet, and the
difance he travelled , at about 66
miles. —London paper.
” The governor of the lhtle flare
of Delaware, when he received nc
prtfiient’s arbitrary command to
draft the Rare quota of thtjlar.ding
army, very properly declined to il
lue any orders, till he fh <u!d fifft:
be informed of the objed for which
the troops were to be raifed. He
next wrote to Mr. White of the
Senate, defiring him to move in h s
place for luen information—The
information was rtfufed, and the
g jvernoj, with (he true fpirit of the
ruler ofa free people, refufed to if
fuc his orders. So that if a bloody
military is to be eftablifhed in the
country, and to be called out for
butchery, at the difcrction, the ca
pricc 3 or the pcrfonal malevolence
kg to Giles’* infamous bill, the
ftate of Delaware will not partici
pate in the guiltv execution'.
iV. Turk Evening Pojl.
Raleigh, (N. C.) Dec 29.
A gentleman who arrived in fins
city bv the northern on Sa rur
dav evening, reported that an alarm
ing comb nation had Ucn diko
vrred am ogft the Negroes of Vir
gkiu. A* h? pcGNI Rich
mond, the plot hud juft: tycri made
known by one of the party, which
had excited ’great aLrtn ; the peo
ple weft. 1 n arms, and a number ot
negroes were cakrn into cuftody,
which vis the cafe only a”
Richmond, but at Peterlb irg, ad
for thirty miles on this fide. The
dark dcftgns cf thefe c'cfperate men
were to hive been earned into cf
feef on Chriftmas eve. We ex
pt dhd to have learnt he particulars
r f tnis alarming btiii *is from the
V. gin a papers by l,ft mad, but
none were icccived.
Wl c: Bonaparrt v*? on h\y jour
ney iv> F. ‘• L , he'is- urn to have
w; un ‘.) tS. P ‘.h r ft fa r a let
ter m which he las, “1 am gd> g
to G mmy to give peace to Eu
ro o/’
In toe Super hr Court, Putnam coanty.
PfJd.E NISI.
Gil ES TOMKINS,
HENDRICK LUMKINS.
If T
PON the petition f C R.
Strong, courfel for the plaintiff, it
is or acted, that unit fa me ?V. and Hen
dr. ck Lumkins pay into the hands
nt rhe Cltfk of trr Supeticr Court
before the expoudou cf twelve
months the principal, inurtft, and
ct ft of laid ftiir, the laid Mortgage
to be and is hereby fcrcclofed, and
tha this ri>k be ir.ft rud in one of
the piff Gazettes f this Rate, at
kail Oil c a month for the ttrni of
oneyea:,cr lerved on the narre
giger, or h.s Ipecid at, -i leaft
fix menths btfurt the n.ur.c] is ui
icCud to bv paid.
Extrait from the mimics.
WNL WILLIAM s> Clk.
September ijtb, 1 S^3.
GEORG 1 4 Jackjon ccun'y
By Edward Adams, Clef k of the
Court of Ordinary for faid county.
Whereas James Ki'rkpauick ap
plies fot letters of adn ; n.ft ‘2:ion on
the eftate of Samuel Sucki, late of
this county dececfed.
Thefe are therefore to cite and ad
monifh all and jingular the kindred and
creditors frfthtfaid aeceajed, to be and
appear at my office within the time
prefenbid by Law, to JhPv caufe (if
ary J why J aid letters Jhould not be
grafted.
Given under my hand ibis 1 g h day
cf January 1809.
EDWaRD ADAMS, C C. O.
NOT ICE.
N INE months from the cVe
hereof application will be made to the
Inferior Court of Jackfon for leave
to fell 200 acres of land, lying on
the Pond Fork of the Oconee rHer,
the property of T homas Morg.:.,
df'ceafcd ; to be foid fur the bene fit
c f the htirs and creditors cf fa.ddc
ceafed.
MARY MORGAN,
Atirmnifti urix,
JOHN CARMICHAEL,
ROBERT MORGAN,
Adminiflratcrs.
Aug’jfc 6, iSgS.
r p 1
A. O the high*ft: bidder cn the
fifteenth day of March next, at tbe
houfeof Forgry Cavin, deceafed*
the perftmal eflate of faid dccealedi
confuting of horfes, h'-g-, cattle,
houi'elioid and k : tchen furniture*
plantationiun:fi!s, Uc. —The terms
of fak made known on that dav.
WILLIAM SHOCK I EY,
Aamir.iftra:or o
Jinuarv T 4, ISO 9.
CAUTION.
ll DO hereby for warn all perfons
from trading for a note of hand that
1 give to I fham S a hold for ope hun
dred and ten d< bars, payabk on the
25 hof February 1810, as I gave ic
to faid Saffsld for vhe payment cf
I .and, to be pai l when I g >t titles to
laid Land, and Ido not intend pav
ing ic until l g-t titles f r p e fame.
BEN NET HUBBURD.
January 17, 1809,
II ■ ■” ■!— l -■—■*w.i. IWMI—WI mi ■Win ■ I ll*ii 1 1 —n
N O T ICE.
NINE months after date appli
ca ion will b v e made tu the
Intfrior Court of JaekHn Coil .ry,
for leave to fell three cra&sof land,
\z: —two tracts ivuig on the
“North Fork of the Oconee, one or
w hich contains 200 acres, the other
192* one lot lying in the 14 h dif
tNct cf Ba and win No. 64 —tube
fold for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors <,( Michael Borders, dec.
MARY BORDERS, Executrix.
JOHN BORDERS, Executor.
July 9, 1808.
N OTIC E.
INJINE months after date appli
cation will be made to the Inferior
Court of Jackfon county for kav
to fell one Lot in the town of JH"-
forlon, hi !y uc u ned by Dcc\ r
T h <riis Carfon, deceafed—to be
(bid Hi rhe benefit of the heirs and
creditors of rhe iad dereafrd.
JOSEPH J. SCOT i", Adm’r.
September 6, 1808.
W mmMk m p imi i— *w ■■
N O r I C £.
JIN INF. montf.3 after date appli
es ion will be ma le to the honorable
l feri< r Court of the county of
Clark, f.r leave to fell 2 trait of
End in faid county, on the waters
of Cedar creek, containing five
hundred acres, more or lefs, being
the real tftate of William Puryear,
deceafed, and thereon tire fub/ci li
ber now l.ves —the lame being for
tire bent fit of the heirs and creditors
of laid deceafed.
, CHARLES DOUGHAR TYv
Adm’r t
Offober 2, 1808.
t r —t- - - y -nrr ■ ■ ■ ■ -n ■ ■ ■
FOR SALE,
A good trail of land containing
202 1 2 acres, lying in old VVilkin
fon, within half a mne or the Long
Bluff, on the f Oconee river, num
ber 321. The terms may be more
fully known by applying to Obed
Baker in Clark county near Athens.
Dec. 8, i3oS.
WANTED
At this Office, an Apprentice—
a la 1 fr m 14 to 16 would Be meft
acceptable.
ALMAN A C S’
TOR THE YEAR EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED AND NINE,
FOR SALE AT THls OFFICE.
BLANK SUBPOENAS,
r t VCiL.t> OX— -2.