The Louisville gazette. (Louisville, Ga.) 1799-1800, March 05, 1799, Image 4
G E O R G I A.
By his Excellency J A I' 4
JACKSON, Governor and
Commander in Chief of die
Army and Navy of tins State,
and of the Militii (hereof.
A PRO CL iMATIOy .
WHEREAS the General
Affembly of this Stale,
pa fled an aft on the flxte nth day of
February injlan\ entitled 11 an a r d
“ t > compel all officers, civil and
M military, to take and fahfcrile
“ an oath to fupporl the. confutation
41 thereoff in the words following,
to wit:
Whereas, it is necefjary that all
officers, civil and military, within I
this State , fhould be hound to jup
part an I maintain the confutation
of the fame.
Be it therefore enabled, that
all and every officer, civil and mill
'P j ,
tary, holding any office under the
authority of this State, Ay commif
/ion or ether wife, /hall take and
fuJhfcribe the following oath , before
the clerk of the fuperior or inferior ■
courts, of the county in which he
may re fide ; or it a fate officer,
before his Excellency the Governor %
for the time being, to wit: “LA.
B. do fo'emny jwear, or a firm,
(/7.s the cafe may be) that I will |
hear true faith and allegiance, to the j
State of Georgia; and to the ut- 1
mofl of my power and ability ,;
cfjfcrve, conform to % fwpport and j
defend the confutation thereof;
without any rrfervation, nr equivo
cation whatfoever , and the confu
tation of the United States—
we God.”
" And be it further enabled,
that all officers who are now in
commi/fion , ciw7 or military , are/ 1 /
yitf/i jlate officers as have been cle ft
td by the General affemhly, at this
prefent fi/fon, and have been day
(qualified before his Excellency the
Governor, /hall, within the term of
fix months take and juhfcribe the
afore [aid oath, in manner and form
aforefaid , which /hall be made of
record by the officer before whom it
is taken ; and in ca/e of refu/al or
neglect of any officer , his officeJhall
he confidered null and void ; and his
Excellency the Governor, is hereby
authori/ed and required , to fill up
finch vacancy , in the fame manner as
x) it had been made by death, rcJig
nation or removal from the difinft;
and in cafe anyJhcriff clerk of the
fuperior or inferior court, or any
other officer having office or trujl
under the auth or ity of this flats, /hall
negleft or refufe to take the afore- j
fvd oa f h, in manner and foim
aforcfaid, within the term of fix
months, their aft or afts as they ap- j
pertain to the faid office, Jhall he
confidered null and void.”
I have therefore, though fit, to'
[file this, my proclamation, notifying
an ! requiring all officers , civil and
military, within this flats, compre-
I bended in the Jaid aft, io confirm
thereto, by appearing before the pro
per officer, and taking the faid oath,
within the period thereby limited ,
as they wi I anfwcr the contrary at
their peril. ,
Given under my hand, and {
the Great Seal of the fad j
State, at the State- lloufe,\
in LomfviUe, this eighteenth t
day of February , one thou- .
j.nd feven hundred and t
ninety-nine , and in the .
twenty-thirdyear of Arne -,
man Independence.
Signed, JAMES JACKSON .
By the Governor ,
John Milton, Secretary . !
God Jave the State .
Executive Department,
Louijville, Feb. 20, 1790*
ORDER f D, That a concur
red Refolution of the 1 G h
1 of Febt wary infant, by the General
| Afjembly , in the words following,
to wit:
" Refolved, by the Senate and
Iloufe of Reprefentalives of the
Slate of Georgia , that the Jufices j
0) the Inferior Courts of the fevc
ral Counties, Jh all on the fir ft Mon
da]' in April next, meet at the Court
Iloufe, in their refpeftive Counties,
and nominate two Jufices of the
Peace, in each Captain s Difrift,
1 agreeably to the fifth feftion of the
\ third article of the Con/litution, and
certify and tranfmit the fame to Jus ,
FxcelL ncy the Governor be pub- !
lifted in the Louifville, Savannah
| and Avgufa Gazelles, for the inf or- 1
■ maiion of the Jufices cf the Life-.
! nor Courts for the fcveral Counties, I
! and cj all other perfons concerned ,
Taken from the Minutes ,
TJI, Thomas Johnson,.
Secretary .
Artifls of all Nations attend !
A Premium for Genius .
Executive Department, Georgia,
Louijville, Feb. 23, 1799.
The A6f, entitled “ nn a£l far
altering the Great Seal of the
State of Georgia,’* palled the
Bth day of February, 1799,
being taken up and conlidcr
ed ; it is
ORDERED, That a premium
of thirty dollars be given for
the bef drawing of the device for
the Great Seal of this State, in pur
fiance cj the fecond feftion of the
fid aft—the device being as Jo Hows,
to wit:
j On the one fide, a view of the
fa fhorc, with a ftp bearing ike
fag cf the United States, riding at
anchor near a wharf\ receiving on
board hogjheads of tobacco, and
bales of cotton, emblematic of the
exports oj this State—at a fmall
dtfancc a boat landing from the in
terior cf the State, with hogjheads,
RjV. on board, reprefeniing her in
ternal traffic —in the back part cj
fhe fame fide , a man in the aft of
ploughing, and at a fmall difance
I aflock of fierp in different pofares,
fiaded by a fourifhing tree—the
motto on this tide agriculture and !
commerce , 1799 —that the ether\
fide contain three pillars , ftp porting \
an arch, with the word con/litution I
engraven within the fame, cmhlc -1
malic of the con/litution, fupportedl
by the three departments of the go-\
vernment, viz. thelegifuivc, judi-]
cul and executive —thcjirjl pillar !
tc hm engraven on i's la ft wifdom , !
j the freond jnjhce, and the third mo -
I deration ; cn the right of the lajl
pilhr a man jl meting with a drawn
■ fwc Y d, reprefen ting the aid of the
'military , in defence of the confti
tution —the met to State of Georgia,
1799” —Provded fuck drawing
he lodged in the Executive Qjfi e t at
Loufville , on or before the tuen ieth
i/tfy 0/ ; the fize of the ,
1 Jcal tiuo inches and one quarter in
diameter; and it is further
Ordered, that profofah le re
ceived at the fame office , until the
fold twentieth day of Aprils for
formings making and engraving
the fime, agreeably to fuck device
and drawing , in a maflerly and
workmanlike manner , on or he)ore
the third day of July next. In nd
and jeevrity to be given for the due
performance of the work , within
’ the time limited , in the fm of two
I thoufani dollars . The prcpofals
will be fealed up, addref/cd to the
executive, and markedp> opofals for
forming , makiog and engraving
the Great Seal of the State of Geer- 1
gia The drawings will alfo he
fealed up, addrcjf 'ed in like manner,
and marked drawings for the device
of the Great Seal , and will be ex
! amined the twentieth oj April afore -,
fid,
| The cajh will he paid for the |
' drawing , the moment it is decided
j on as the hefl dejign, end for the
Seal immediately it is compleaied
and delivered , if applied for.
Taken from the Minutes ,
Jo//, Thom as Johnson,
Sea etaiy,
‘TO BE sold,
On TUESDAY, the sth March,
At the Market Houfe , in Louisville,
A TRACT of LAND, on the Louifvillc
Koad, adjoining lands of Jofeph
Chairs and Archibald Little, containing
10 Acres* Six months credit will be
g.vcu, on giving app oved fernnty.
Archibald Woods.
February C.
WANTED TO HIRE,
Bv the IVeck or Month,
A NEGRO WENCH, w'io can Cook,
Waih and Iron ; for fuch a civ,
generous Wages will be given. Enquire
at this Office. January 2 2.
1 By Wm. 1
GEORGIA,/ Clerk oj the Court of
J'Jfrson County, t Ordinary , for the
j County of J jf ; rson.
applied to the Inferior Court of
the County of Jcffcrfon, for letters ef
admimftration, on the Eftate of John Mur
ray, laic of this County, dcceafed : rhefe
are therefore to cite and admonifh all and
lingular the Kindred and Creditors of the
faid dcceafed, :o aopcar before the f id
Court, or one cf the Judges thereof, on
or before she eighteenth day of March next,
to (hew caufe, if any they have, why Li
ters of admnnftralion fhould not be gi anted
me.
Wm, M f Dowel!, clerk,
February 26. f
VVm MDow * 1
Jr-jfrfon County. I Rc^er *f \
W M. M‘Dowell, ( Probates oj thi \
s County ajor esaid,
WHEREAS Mary Prince hath applied j
t > me lor letters of tu miniftraiion
on the eftat: cf Sylvam s Price, late of ;
! this county dcceafed ; thefe a c therefore
I to cite and adinonifh all and fhgular the i
1 kin ired aid cicJ;tor; of the laid Syivanus
| Prince, to appear before ire at my office, 1
jin L utlville, on or belo:s the twenty (
fecund day cf February next, ;o fhew
| caul-*, it any they have, why letters of j
I adminiltration fhould not be granted her. j
Given under my hand, this 2tJ dav
of January, 1797, a d in the 23d
year rf tlic inoe cadence ol the
UiuicU States 0* America,
A /
PROPOSALS
F,r Pub fing, by Subfeription, a L'EVES.
PAPER, entiled, tie
LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
I. The LOUISFILLF. CJZETTF jh^
utility printed) on adr niy fze, (rf -when At ■, •
u JptcimenJ ami dJive-td to Sy/f rib n /6
every due)day, and to diflant Stiff nh.rt Ly /, e
mof tp e<ly onveyanct,
11. P>ice to Su f filers—three dollars j : „
annum, payable half ycat ly in advance
111. Advc tif extents infer ted on reafnablt
te> m>.
) IV. Effays, Articles of Intelligence , a .j
I Communications of an int refing nntu e, wil, b t
thankfully received , and fir idly attended tj.
To the PUBLIC.
BT the advice of a number of refpePlalU gen*
ilemrn of this town, the Editor fubmits the
to the public eye. Pledges hlmfef tc adopt a i lnt
of tondud, which bethinks cannot ja.lto fecure
him the approbation of all—that he is determine I
to aethert to the 11. ftclk impartiality. 7 1
LOUISVILLE GAZETTE fall ever l e c; J
to oilparties—- influenced ly none.
He will conf intly endeavor to prefent Jus reed,
ers with the lakji and mcfl authenticated Fcrti >n
and Domefiic Intelligence. It will be his parti.
' cular fudy to render it a ufe'ul and (ntertainiro
p'p-'r. And hopes by his offiduity and ft id af
ten! ion to lufnefs , to meet with the patronage of
a generous pul He. The utrT'y of a paper, oaths
pian propofed , mufl appear obvious to every cne.
U'ith theft prof efforts, and a reliance on the
inhabitants of Louijville, and the public in gene*
ra I, he remains with due rejped, th'ir obedient
servant, AMBROSE DAT*
Louifville, January 22, 1799.
|7to b e s o l d,~
/At the Market House , in Louisville, on
t 7 HVRSDATT. the iGth of April n.x!, the
f dlowing ESTRATS, to wit :
SOWS and rre BARROW,
JL red fancied, with feme black fpotj,
marked with an under fqiarc in Ihe right
ear, and fnlit and under keel in the le t ;
i BALL I'.AGLE MARE, If years old, i2|
' hands high, branded on the thigh V ; hit
head ol SHEEP, marked fwallow fork,
and i;ndcr keel in each car ; a BLACK
1 Maߣ v 7 ye rs oM, 4 fe-t 7 inches high,
| with a tell on j a DUN COW, white 'acc
and belly, crop and hole in the right car,
and u dcr Hope and hole in the left ; one
B ACk COW and CALF, and one white
COW and CALF, b anded DM ; and one
HEIFER, branded RB ; one white STRrR,
Iran.ltd S; two SOWS and three BAR
ROW S, marked with a fwallow fork in
the r gilt nr, and half,moon in the left,
Wrn. M* Dowell, clerk.
Felr unry 26.
For sTIk; '
A HOUSE and LOT, wilh a STORE
adjoining, near the Market, with a
Kitchen, Stable, and an excellent well of
water. It has five fire place?, and is forty
two by twenty feet, with a iHED twelve
feet wide.
ALSO,
A two fiery HOUSE and LOT, with a
Kitchen, Stable, Garden, and a good Ipring
near the Houfc.
Conditions, one half cafli • the remainder
on a credit of fix months
jofeph Chairs.
February 19.
The SUBSCRIBER
E) EGS leav c to inform the Ci.izens of
) Louifville, and the neighborhood
Adjacent, that he purpofes teaching a
ybhool in Louifville, providing he meets
kvi f h encoi ragement.
\ His plan of teaching, with rcfprdl to
rime, will be as follows ; that is, he will
in winter, teach lix hours every day, with
out ary inlcrmiflion. In lunnncr, he will
teach eight hours every day, with one
hours intc: million. He will confine him
fclf to thirty fcht lars ; but privileged
cccalionally, to take youths, who nmy
with to learn fume Branches cf the Mathe
matics-
He will teach his Scholars, without dif
tin :tion, fhould it be wifled, Reading, Wri
ting, Aiuhmetic, Geometry, Trigono
mciiy, Surveying ; the Theory of Navi
gation, in ft?c cafes ; the ufc of the Glebes,
tercnc a’d ccleftial ; Geography, E'emcntJ
of Aftronomy, with an caly method of
calculating the magnitudes and diftar.es
of the Heavenly bodies ; the Elements ft
.Practical, Natural Phiiofophy, agreeable
uoFergufon, with a number ot other life*
fill Branches. And all tnis, for Twelve
Dollar* per annum, or One Dollar per
pionth.
The School to commence as fcon as there
is a fuiScicnt fu Tcription, and a hoofs
provided. The Houle at the fcholars c»*
pence.
1 he Subfcriber flatters himfelf. that he
will give general fatisfaftion to thofe La
dies cr Gentlemen who may favor him with
tire tuiti >n of their Children, ns he hath
fpem fomc jears of his youth in teaching
fchool. ANDREW BURNS.
Delightful tnfk to rear the tender plant ,
To teach the young idea how to foot ,
And pour the fre/h infiruchoit u1 (he mind*
January 12. *