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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.