The Louisville gazette. (Louisville, Ga.) 1799-1800, December 31, 1799, Image 1
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
Vol. I.] r U ES D AY . December 31, 1799. [No. 48.
—' ' REASON ANU TRUTH IMPARiI.iI. GUIDE 'THh kV.-TT. “
GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE. Publilhed every iuelday, by AMBROSE. DAY, at 3 dollars pci arm. payable bait yearly.
BOSTON, A ’nvnnher 27*
From Spain .
Yeflerday arrived at Salem,
the (hip Fannv, 5 2 day?; from
B.lboa: a paflenger belonging
10 this town, informs us, that
Ifiteis had been received there
from very refpe&able fources,
arquainting, that the king of
Prudia in confequence of over
tures made him by the allied
powers, had determined to join
the coalition againft France, and
had already rmrthed 40,000
men towards Holland, to rein
ftatc the (ladtholder. This
meafurc was deemed of import
ance to hurope.
NEvV-YORK, Dec . 2.
We mentioned in our laft
paper, that advices were receiv.
fd in this city, of the French
fleet having been feen off the
Irifticoaft. Wc have fine© been
favored with the following ex
trafcHtom the letter which con- ■
tained the news :
“ 1 he French fleet has T iled
from Bred, and has been ftvM
off the northern coaft. Itsob
jrft is faid to be a defeent upon
Ireland. I hope the report is
without foundation ; but have
rny fears on the fubjefl, and
thf*fe fears arc increafed by the
rircumflance, that FIVE EX
PRESSES, arrived this day at!
Belfaft, on their way to Dublin,'
charged (as it is (aid) with news (
to government of the ifiift im
portance; but what that news
is, has not transpired. Seven
the northern counties are
Jgain declared in a ftate of re
bellion.”
The letter from which the
above is an cxtrafl. is dated,
Belfaft, the 10th day of Oc
tober, and we are allured there
lsa l ?c °nd letter in town, which
co. roboiates the intelligence,
December 4.
tfteiday David Frothingham.
was brou ght 10 the bar of the
coim °Vcr and terminer* and
lece ived his fentence for the libel
° n general Hamilton ; which
that he be fined 100 dol
ars ’ Toned four months in
( e Ibidewell, and remain there
1 ! , be hound for his good
e lour for two years, himfelf
■ n 1 e penalty of 2000 dollars,
■ , IWO Furctics in 500 dollars
I,^ C ’ orone competent fecurity
| in 1000 dollars.
■.congress.
Uji a, r>
■ P K £PR ESE NTATI YES,
I q., * or iday t December 2.
f‘ lS tbe conftitutional
K a7uffi C - meClin * ofCoe 8 rer!l -
HSberc Clent number of mem-
PP ea -ing to form a quo-
II ‘ ‘ on of Mr, D. Fol-
ter the houfe proceeded to the
choice (t a fpeaker; when Mc(l.
Rutledge and I ivingflun, who
were appointed tellers, reported,
that
Mr Sedgwick had 4 2 votes
Mr. Macon, 27
Mr. Dent, 13
Mr. Ru; ledge, 2
Mr. Sumpter, 1
'1 hat rhe whole number of
\o'es were 85, and the rules of
the houfe requiring a majority
of two thirds of the members
prefent to conllitute a choice,
mither of theabuve gtmlerncn
were defied.
The houfe then proceeded to
a fecond trial: when
Mr. Sedgwi k had 43 votes
Mr. Macon, 58
9 O
Mr. Dent, 3
Mr. Rut edge, t
Whereupon Mr. Sedgwick
was declared dulv cleTrd, nnd
conduced to the chair accord
j ingly.
Mr Sedgwick upon taking
the chair, addrefied the houfe
in the following wot
Gentlemen , w
Although I am conft ions cf
a deficiency of tic talents which
are defirablc to HTrhrr"* wi f h
ufefulncfs and cigniry, me rn- I
portant duties oft Tit Radon
to which 1 am raifed by the ge-1
1 rcrous regard ol i.ba * nligh encO
and virtuous reprefi ntatjvej of |
ray country, yet reputing myfell
on the energv of their candid
fupport, 1 will not (brink from
the attempt.
Accept, I pray you, gentle
men, my grateful acknowledg
ment of the honor you are p ea
fed to confer; and, whh ir, an
aflurance that no confideration
(hall (educe me 10 deviate, in the
lead degree, from a diiefl line
i of impartial integrity.
A meflage was received from
the (crate, informing the houfe,
that a fuflicient number of mem
bers appeanngto form aquorum,
they h id proceeded to the < hoice
of a Frtfidcnt pro tempoie. when
the honor able Samuel Livermore
was defied.
The houfe proceeded to th r :
choice of a clerk; when it ap
peared
Jon. W. Condy had 47 votes.
John Bcckley, 39
Whereupon Mr. Condy was
declared by the ipeaker, to be.
duly defied. |
Ordered, that a meflage he
(ent to the fenate to inform that
t body of the eleflicn of the ho
norable Theodore Sedgwick, as
the fpeaker of the houfe of repre
, (entatives.
On motion of Mr. Macon,
■ the houfe proceeded to Ihe choice
- ol a leneant at-arms, door-keep*
J
rr, and afliftant door-keeper
when Jofeph Wheaton Thomat
jCLxton. and Thomas Dunn
were unrnimoudv defied.
I he following letter was read
by the fpeaker :
No. 79, Weib'd fired. London ,
Sept, 20, 1798.
S 1 K,
I B t G leave, through you,
f o ((fer to the houfe of repre
fentaiives of the United Stares,
rmprethons of the two prints ol
rhe American revolution, which
I have lately cauled to be pub-j
lifted. ' |
The importance of the events j
and fhe illuflrious charaflers of
the two great men to whofe me
mnry they are particularly de*
v.'ied give to thi (e works their
be it claim to your notice; and
pntriotifm of my coum y
rnen, I trufl, will give them a
Mr/Vr reception tlian ilreu io
trinfic merit might entitle me
to hope.
With great refpcfl,
1 have the honor to be, fir,
Your moll obedient hum
b e fciv^nt,
[NO. 1 RT’MBIJLL.
The Speaker of the houfe of
Feprfentai' VCi of the L. States.
| A letter fipned Wm. Godfrey,
[addrtlltd to the Ipeabr, was
read. fatTtt. that he had b.cn
O • •/i
impreffed on board a Bnnm man
oi war, and had made biqueni
applications for relief to the
meric n rriniller in London
w'thcut effcfl. Referred to the
lecretary of ftate.
The prints referred to by Mr.
[Trumbull, in his letter to the
j fpeaker of the houfe of repie-
Icniatives, are, fir ft a reorden
faiion of the Hattie of bee
and the death of General Mont
gomery. Second, the Battle at
I Bunker's Hill—both elegant en
, gravings. They are placed on
thenglitand left of the (cealei’s
chair, and are highly ernamen
tal to the leprefcntative cham
b r.
COLLECTOR'S SALE.
WILL BE SOLD,
At the Cow t LJoufi, in Wafiiingtov
county, at the vfual how s , on thi
fir ft MOSDiY in June next ,
ONE theufoni Acres of Pint <
Land , in the name of Da za.
Hunter , in /aid county on Lloyd's <
creek. Taken default for the luxe>
for the yea)j 1797 and 1798.
Tax due 77 cents,
Sam. Robinfon, t, c. nv. c.
November 13, 177^*
WANTED TO HIRE,
B\ the Alunlh or TTear.
A NEGRO MAN.
Enquire at tkii OJjict.
Sepicflibcr 10,
Head Quarters , Louifville ,
2i ft December, 1799.
GENERAL ORDERS.
IT has been nolifrfd to the
< ominander in Chief, that
the gallant old veteran the late
major geneial Claricf, of Geor
gia, whole name ought to be fo
dear to this and the United
f’t'tes, for his 1 1 uly heioic ex
ploits—is decCafcd,
It is therefore required, that
all officers, in military cornnif
fion, hc’onging to this (late, do
v ear for one month fiom the lit
day of J ruaiy next, a crape
round ti e left a»m, as a token
of that afTcfiion, which the
government and militaiy bear
to his memory, for his great,
patriotic and mi'itary exertions
duing the revoluironary war.
By otder of the Commander
in Chief ,
Thomas Johnson, Secry .
T he SUBSCRIBER
Has juft receiv d t in addition to
his former ftock,
The following ARTICLES:
BROAD Cloths and Buff Cajfi*
meres
CaJJimere Vcft Shafes
Ba h Coating
Duffil Blankds, Rose ditto
Linen, Calicoes, Mi Jims, Durants
Oznaburgs , ( i+ton lagging
Plain and coined Cotton hose
Veiveuts and Th cksets
Royal Rihb , Writing Paper
Patent Medicine ol all kinds
Gun Locks oj the b<ft quality
Fire sanled Pomatum
Bo ft F la/ k Ball
Bud e Bits , Plaitd Spurs
Womens turvp hens
Ihndwa'e of ad kinds
Pen Kn ves, Saddle Tacks
Cotton ( aids, Ao. 10
hibbo'S, Scf/ois
Fa< its Hair Ccmls
Sewing Silk nil colors
PctkeL Handker chic/s
Girl Wtbbmg
/ himb'es, with fled b Horns
Aeck laces
Bo ft H kite Chapel Needles
Razors in cases .
MANUS LEMLE.
A, B. All those indebted to the
Subscriber f are ear nrftly requrfted
! o come forward and make imme
diate payment or thnr accounts
will be put into the hands of an
attorney . M, L .
W anted to Hire,
A NEGRO BOV.
Enquire at this Cflicc.
Nov«.*ber 19
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