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Yol. IV.)
ATHENS, Georgia: published by M‘DONNELL &? GAINES.
THE EARTHQUAKE.
I From the Raleigh R 2g 1 tzr.
■lUk? countv, (N. C. ) January 10.
■ G i N T r L , M i.Nj
i herewith communicate to you a
brief account tj the cauje of itsoje
erriid w. Jim fa wticv isuoi, lu.ttj jha
km ibrje mountain* *0 their ieajt, wooje
foundations were lam aw./i t>.t /J
l illg’*- ly lit lhi * c.l jli ji> t aiuCCtl chclj* >0
order.
Q'i ike mornin? of toe i 6 th uli
agttzt Jmke was jesa io fiue jm,a
toe t p of 4 ip Ai *s i’vi u i.dujf*
.s iA/wiaibjCi J i . >i lijUt y stoat
cxi iias iicoi loe ii*te Aidge is ocoa
nance rioer, and ends Jume miles Os
lo w its j Mahon with Fnac b> cad
‘I ke great nofie that was osar a ion/
He a>ty, and continued j motes, iejt no
d'Juct (rut it was a VO uCANu tout
had burji forlu during ibe Earcu
quake lbe mountain is come da and
tululated-, ns Viije is wajhed on toe
weft jide oy Frencso bread river, on
I the cajt pds it is jxpiv ated by c mir
row valley, (over bung in jvmeyuues
by large efts J from * at Kiag caned
French Hr rid Mountain* , lotir oars
\ rocks, duH.cd V g-.tauoa, and and
Jit* face [b. u that t bey long babe fat
that fabler* fins an j,re a. bub pooaoty
gave be a- to ike Hr atm pi g*, and
bus tit aid bit*jl OU* c -d O jUI ■. l*- aid
jul fury It Jiiil C> at uufs tv Out a
who g eat violence, a ;-4 th* ms up
| lavn jc.via ajfoes-, idicineu jio/u ,
aid liinfcd meubr m great quant i
ti„s, iff with tbi ui jl i. cmchiii.us noije.
I The quantity op lava dtjcOt.< g. dat
| the beginning of the eruption ocas un
’ mnfe, it ran down the mountain n a
JU earn oj liquid fire for mo> e loan
three quartets of a mile, and has
formed a dam acrofs French Broad ri
ver, fj high as to overflow about 200
acres of prune bottom land, to the
great injury of ihe owners.
In the mgt lime, the ignited bones,
cinders , (Sc which are th own two or
three hnudred feci hi the air prefect
agi and appearance, ana have a great
rejemolance to artificial fi>c works,
Jueb as rockets &c Du* mg the day
a column tf wbmfh jmoke fixes f rom
the crntcr : and where U has been
driven with the wind, hus -withered
the Jmail dwarf pines which h id ta
ken root in tbs barren foil in this and
the neighboring mountain -, then bark,
and leaves are incrujlcd with a yd
lowijh powder, which has an acrid
tajte and a Jb&ngjulphuric JmeU
No pe fin has had courage Jujji
cient to approach the crater, cut
thof* who were acquainted with the
top of the maun cam before the erup
iioH.fay that it was un cn ad vc-y
rocky The crater appears (judging
by the fmoke to be twenty pa*as in
diameter , and is g owing ia'gtr.—
Yfierday a large mafs fell in with a
greater nsije than the loudeft artille-y:
it Jhock the c uni y round , and was
echoed from the mountain: and vallies.
Ihe lava, where c-d has the appear
ance of vitrified bufah —the (tne on
the m untainis hard and coarfe grain
ed with nn uneven tc-üboidalfracure
—but no appearance of bajait lhe
Jcoria are Jonorcus have a ferrugin
ous appear awe, and jhou Jtrong mag
netic aitrabiion.
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
“MANY SHALL RUN TO AH I PRO, Aid UMOVTLBDQE SHALL BE INCREASES.**
N* t wit hfl an ding the terror winch
Jet zed me on viewing this awful fight,
l c u iwt hr Ip fmi ling at the credu
lous ji ’ip.icity of the people who
haoit the mountains. They view it
wvtb as much aw: and terror as the
Children of [fracl did M-’un Simp :
Some fay the end of Time has arrived,
and think the crater is the mouth if the
u bottom dfs pit'* the iam a flic ap
pearances if the eleEiaicfluid, which
is feen darting in varous shapes thro *
tbs fmoke after night, by the kelp of
fancy they transform into /plrits, devils,
OY Thefe wild ideas have been in
created ly the decla- at isms of an it me -
r-mt p’- eac ce"-, who sails upon them
to repent, not in the language of Jonah,
tJ Yet foriy days/* &c butJdyFg,
iC Behold the pines of punifoment for
the wicked !’*
In a Jew days, I /ball go and take
another view of this IVefUrn /Ev.a.
It is hoped that it will draw the at
trition tfJ-mie Geo logsfs tr man of fei
cnce , who will be able to give a cor
reft dfeription cj it. 1 haveJem hut
two pieces cf pumice* ft one.
Y.urs, CFc.
JOHN CL-IRKE EDIT ARBS.
Thai Elegant and much fieemed Horje
! POR i ER HUNTSMAN
More £>k era"ly known by the name of
F X liUtSf L ER,
ij < r> ILL fl:and (he enfuing (Vafon
Yt; VMS ig every week, at Cape.
L rtp*s R .sre in Madifon county,
■fit* balance of the time at my flabte,
be .-fig f>n the plantation where the
FarnuT’s D-rlight Rood laft feafon,
*;vn.n one and a half tmte of John
L'pyL mill cn Sandy creek, Jack-?
fbh county, and Cover mires a: the
reduced price of fix dollars, paid
any time within the yea'—-four dui
in:s the Ragle vifr, paid down, and
ten tl da s to in lure, to be pkl
when the mare is kner/n to be with
fai or transferred. He is now in
lull perfeftion and ready to com
rritiicf- the leafan, which will end on
the fi ft ‘ay of July. He will not
be rein ved to capt. Long’s until
the 2 Moudav i* March, from that
time he wiil continue (hroughout
the feaf .-o 3 ia r s in each *eek, at
tending one da • later m every week,
in order that he may be always in
his proper p ace ‘>n <*vcr- p h day.
S P RTER 1 f UNTSM AN u Z b<f£U
ruut i i r i, fud five icet tv.-o inches
h-g , z and in form not furpafTed by
any n rfe in ilie flare. Ht was got
by the imported horfc Lightning,
h;s dam by the imported horie
Sporter Huaifman, cut of a well
bred mare.
All p ffible care will be taken,
bu: n-.it liable for accidents or cf
i apes ol any kind whatever.
JOSEPH MADDOX.
February j, 1812.
CAUTION.
THE public are hereby cautioned
eigainjl trading for two Notes, which
amount to 1250 dollars , given by the
fubferiber to Col. Peter Randolph. —
i hey were to have been given up io
tne but have not.
fVlt CABIN ESS.
leb. 20.
COLLECTOR’S SALES.
On the third Monday in March next,
at the court bmfe in Flat k county,
between the ujual hours,
WILL iiE SOLD,
the following property, cr as much
thereof, as will fatisfy the Fix
due for the year 1 8 10.
120 acres vf land en Robin foil’s
creek, ;n Clark county, returned
by Archibald Htflerj tax due 61
1 • 2 cents.
ALO,
400 acres of laud in Oglethorpe
county, returned by J Uus buyd;
tax due i dollar 31 1-4 cnis.
ALSO,
21 acres, ou Cali’s rre<k, Clark
county, returned by Edward B >nt’,
tax due orie dollar q \ 3 4. pointed
cut by f 3 ,d B nd.
A L^O,
One hnufe ar.fj i .t in WariEnf
vilir;, returned a-d poimeu cur by
LooigeW M Vii,.- tax clu forty
three dollars 24 r as.
AL O
69 i 2 a res of ia;.. , Clerk coun
ty, recur ed by jimrs 1. Rcbd n,
tax due 62 1- 2 re - ts.
ALSO,
SiacKsof la: and, C ’a'k ccunry,
returned by Fla-wood idarpei, tux
due 56 1 4 cents.
ALSO,
202 I 2 21 res of lard in the u3 h
difir and cf W IkinL n, Nh . 149, ■?.
turned by John Bianke, fli.p, .ax
due 8114 cents.
AL: O,
202 122 ie .ad, No. 254, 9 b
d.ftr.a W;i ktnlo;, 1 e ui neo b in.
Cook, lax due i\ .s cuuluf 8y 2.
AL c 0,
80 acres of lint', on Shoal creek,
inCi.u k c. unry, rtturhed by Tho
mas Findley, tax die 93 3 4 ernts.
WM. JONEd, t.c c c.
January 6
AD MIN (Si R A 1 OK’s SAI E.
Agreeable to an order cf the honora
ble the tnfet 101 t run of (yginhcrpe
county, will be jo id at the court
hetjc in Jaid county, or a credit cf
twelve months, on ibe firjt i uefiday
in - pril next, in the legal bears,
202 i 2 aorta . t ;and, cirawn
by Roland Hudfon, dec. Iviig ad
berg ir. the ccunry of Randolph,
formerly Baldwin, known by No,
63, 17m dift 16E Sold for the bc
r,.fic of the tKi sand < r < .u r s
DAN’LL Dr UPRI E,
Agent for Admin jl rat or.
Jan. 3 1
SHERI i* FN AFT
WfL!. Bb SQL i.i,
On the firjl Tuesday in Marsh next,
at the Court Ho life in Clare Bounty,
between the bo an of Jen and
‘Lhree o'clock the bellowing pro
perty, VIZ.
One nrgro fell: //, known b> the
name of John j lc-d nr. u he
property c f R .bn t J. Cabell, o
fat is f, an tx**'uiiori c iT.i e(i < ri the
torerlofure of a rn< r g,g , in mvor
of Stevens r..c.tn is, pr percy poin
ted cut bv Th-. ma-.
C nditi jui
SAMUE! JACKSON, and. s.
January 2, i-ji2.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, i3:a.
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
Cn the firjl Saturday in March next,
IVILL BE SOLD,
at the hot fie cf the Subftrifier, in A
tbens all the pcrfotial property of
/; iiiiam Finch, jen'r. dec. conjifi
ftig if
CARPENTER’S TOOLS, &c.
Notes, payable the 2fh cf Decem
bernnet,xt, will Is demanded.
{/A}’ All prribns indebted to laid
eftare are req tie feed cu make pay
ment to the fob father, ard thole to
whr in the eflaif; ’s indebted, will
pleaft* prefent their accounts, within
che time allowed by law
J. D. COLE, E*'r.
Jan. 24.
GEORGIA, Clark County.
INFERIOR COURT.
RULE NISI.
Udc;N titc petition r>f Jofeph
Br iwn, dating that he v/as in
p-tLfni'uof a note of hand given
by William Thurman, dec. to the
lace firm of Brown & Harper, for
the fum of ninety-five dollars, pay
able one clay aft\r date; and char th
laid note u led, and nor. in his poi
fi ffion or pnwn—aad praying that
the copy of the. laid note may bn
eftabi-fheri in ii u of the original,
and laid Jofeph Brown having filtd
a copy < i the ‘ai i note, t geihei*
with feveral affilavjts proving the
cx ftence and lois of the faid
4:1 tlu Cle !<*• < fii t of this Cjuit,
ON M ) : lON,
it is ordered, That the laid
copy be eilaci died in kcu cf die
oifginal, unit Is fame j)erfon or
prrfons ft. 1.11 appear, and fatir
fie.t >ri!y gain fay the ianie, within
the rime allowed by lav.—and it is
further Ordered, coat this rule be
publiffeed in the Gcrrgia Er.prefs,
cnce in each month, i r the I pace
of fix moot ?, before this rule U
mad aof lute.
True copy from the minutes,
STERLING ELDER,
C. I. C. C. C.
February 21, 1812.
NO LICE.
ALL perfins indebted to the cf
ti’ja of tin late Job Fei ton, dec,
or OgFuhurpe cuuntv, either by
note or book arconn', a::: req jefted
to come forward vv:£h'ur delay cl
make payment as nw further indul
gmt> can be giver.—And ai} thole
having claims a gain ft laid efface are
hereby notified to bring them in
propei lv authenticated, for fettle
nwnr, wkhin Che time pref'eribed by
law.
JOHN FELTON,
Execuccr.
January 28, ICI2.
NOTICE.
NINE months after date applica
tion tc r i 1 be made Lc the honorable
the Inf. rior Courr, or Clark county,
•>r an Order to ftli two hundred
a r -d 27 acres of lane), lying m
CC u:.v, belonging ro Eliza
beth \\ hi'tehea.l, dec. io ire lc Id
fi>r the ber.cri: of the hebe and cred
itors.
GEORGE WHITE HE AD,
,-vL*.
Sm .til. 4
}A; i8 11.
(No. 188.