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AUGUSTA, DEC. 6.
(£f The intelligence communicated in
the following letter to the Editors ut the
Chronicle, is three days later than the
advices furnished by the last Milledge
ville papers.
TO THE EDITORS.
“ MilledgeviUe, Bee. 2.
u Yesterday the bill for incorporating
the Steam Bruit Company passed the Se
nate—there is but little doubt of its pas
ii»g the Representative Branch. A pro
vision in this act prohibits the Company
from fssuing any bills of credit, bank
bills, or any other bills intended as a
circulating medium. It is doubtful what
will be the fate of the Bridge Company;
though I think some provision will be
made for them should the bill prohibiting
the emission of change bills finally pas«.
of which there is much doubt, it being
already considerably maimed, and in
great bodily fear, havmgto pass a defile
guarded on both sides by mortal ene
mies. An appropriation of ft 300,G00 is
about to be made for the improvement
of internal navigation—and 250,000 for
the establishment of free schools. This
1 was advised by the committee on finance,
ami that the amount should he vested in
some stock where the capital would be
without the reach of Legislative inter
ference, and only subject to the direc
tion of future Legislatures. Many in
fluential members have doubts as to the
propriety of the free school appropria
tion, in consequence of its amount being
too small, not affording ft 1000 to each
county—ln consequence of which they
wish to postpone it to some future day,
when the appropriation may be made'
more largely. If this takes place 1 fear
the future appropriation will stand on a
doubtful basis.
“December 5,
“ This day the bill for preventing the
issuing of change bills, met its final ve
to—and they stand upon the same foot
ing they did before tne commencement
of the session.”
Since the above was in type a gentle
man has politely futnished us with the
following statement of the vote in the
House of Representatives, rejecting the
bill from the Senate to prevent the cir-
I eolation of notes emitted by unchartered
I institutions
I J\‘ayn. —Messrs. Adrian, Allen, Ash-
I ly, Raker, Bandy, Blair, Bradwell,
I Branham, Brooking, Burnett, Bush, < ol
■ ding, Crocker, Dixon, Fairchilds, Flem
■ ming, Fletcher, E. Harden, T. H. Har-
I deu, Hawthorn, Heartl ? Hudson, Jack
■ eon, Kennon, Lamkin, Mangliam, Ma-
I (hews, McKinne, Mitchell, J- Moore, T.
I Moore, T J. Moore, Owens, Rea, Reid;
IS. Robinsdn, Rosseter, Sanders, Sandi-
I ford, Sapp, Smith, Slocks, Tankersly,
I Trippe, VValton, Whitehead, Williams,
I Wingfield, Wit( and Wooten —50.
| Ayes —Banc, Blake, Buthweil, Brown,
I Cochrane, Cray. Cuthbcrt, Dasher, Hnp-
I kins, Lawson, Lewis, Maddox, A. Pope,
I B. Pope, Ragan, Roberts, Robertson,
I Townsend, Walker, Ware and Wil-
I liams—2l.
From which it appears the Bridge
I Company of this place have obtained
I what they wanted—“ permission to hon-
I liuue their business as heretofore.”
The Seminolian War,
$Sr The notes ©f active preparation
I begin to sound on our borders. Advices
I from Mil ledge ville inform us. that the
■ detachment from this sta'v, amounting
■to nearly 1000 men, assembled at Fort
■ Hawkins on the Ist inst. and would re
■ surae their march in a day or two. 500
■ friendly Creeks, headed by their distin
■ guished warrior, M’lntosh, have espous
■ ed our cause, and are hastening with a
a laerity to the scene of battle—General
■ Gaines has with him, at Fort Scott, 700
I Regulars. The whole when united, will
I be a formidable force in N Indian warfare.
■ On the other hand, the strength of the
I Seminolea has been also considerably in-
I treased by reinforcements, all the disaf-
I fictcd Creeks and Cherokees, and they
I *fe not a few, having gone to their as-
I iistan.ee. A troop of Cavalry and two
I (Wtipanjcs of Infantry have been ordered
I [or the protection of the frontier below
■ Hartford,”
■ The purport of Gen. Gaines official
Whjalch, in relation to the recent skir-
Hbish at Fowl Town, is not materially
B’ariant from the account we published in
last. Kis communication, however,
■to our Executive, furnishes the following
■ additional particulars;—
■'*forf Scott, (near the confluence of the
Flint and Chatahooclne rivers ,
■ 21st November, 1817.
I the articles found in the house
■ I the Chief, was a British uniform coat
■ tsarlet) with a pair of gold epaulets—:
j N a certificate signed by a British cap-
°f marines, “Robert White, in the
: col, Nichols,’* stating that
\
* had alwayi been a true and
faithlul friend to the British.”
. be reports of friend ly I ndians concur
in estimating the Red Sticks and Semi*
nolcs, at more than 2000— independent
of the blacks at and near Suwanney,
within 120 miles of this place, amounting
f° ®. e ® r men, and increasing by the
addition of every runaway from Georgia
able to get to them. The friendly In
dians inform me, that the hostile party
and blacks have been promised a British
force to them, from New Provi
dence. Fliis promise, though made by
Ncholls and W oodbine, is nevertheless
relied on by these deluded wretches, who
I have no douM, will sue for peace as
soon as they find their hopes of British
aid to be without foundation.
I have called the militia from Fort
Hawkins to this place, and have directed
col, Brearley to c- nfer with your excel
lency upon the subject of an additional
battalion for the protection of the frontier
from Oakmulgec to St. Gary’s.
Edmund P, Gains, m. g. c.
The U. S. frigate Congress, at
Norfolk, Va. was expected to sail with
the Commissioners for South-America
in all last week. ,
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The Life of Omar Bashaw, the
victim of the recent revolution in Al*
giers, inserted in our preceding page,
will up doubt prove interesting.
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The IVinlth of our State!
Arrived at the Port of Savannah, from
Augusta, on Saturday, 29th November,
Steatn Boat Company’s freighting boats,
Nos. S and and 10, with 1147 bales cot
ton. No. 10 passed (lie Steam Boat
Enterprise on the Wednesday previous
in the Corn Reach. On the same day,
boats Rebecca, Live Oak, Money Maker, i
Messenger, St, John, Maria, Express,:
Saucy Jack, with cargoes of Cotton and
Tobacco, amounting to three thousand
three hundred ami seventy six bales of
cotton, and sixty five hhds. and 25 kegs
tobacco—makiig the receipts of cotton,
in one day from this market, four thou
sand five hundred ami twenty three bales,
which (including the tobacco received on
the same day, ale from augvsta) may,
at flie present rate of prices, be fairly
estimated to fall very little short of two
THIRDS OF A MILLION of dollars 1
Savannah, Dec. 1.
To shew the value of our exports, the
ship Oglethorpe’s cargo of upland cot
ton, cleared at our custom-house this
day, amounts to 8104,000.
The steam-boats South Carolina and
Georgia, from Charleston, are at anchor
in Calaboga sound.* They will probably
reach town to-morrow. These boats arc
intended for the navigation of the Sa
vannah river.
Mxlledgeville, Dec. 2.
The committee on the Penal Code,
will report to-day or to-morrow; and it
is expected they will adopt substantial
ly, most of the amendments suggested
by the judges The bill incorporating
the Steam-Boat company of Georgia, has
passed the Senate. Wiley Thomp
son* the senator from Elbert- was, on
Saturday, elected inaj. gen. of the 4th
Division of Militia, in the place of gen.
Alien Daniel, resigned, although a
proposition is before the Legislature to
aJjourn on Saturday, we do not think it
will be practicable to bring the unfinish
ed business to a close sooner than the
20th instant.
Legislature of Georgia.
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i SENATE.
Wednesday, 2(ith November.
The Senate again called up the report
of the committee of the whole, on the bill
to be entitled an act for disposing of any
such negro, mulatto, or person of color,
who may have been or may hereafter be
imported or brought into this state, in
violation of an act of the United States,
entitled an act to prohibit the importa
tion of slaves into any port or place with
in the jurisdiction of the United States,
from and after the first clay of June, 1808
—which being again read' was agreed to
and the said bill, as amended, read the
third time and passed.
The bill to adend an act for the trial
and punishment of slaves and free persons
of color, was passed,
i Tl.e bill to amend the act imposing an
additional Tax on Pedlars, passed the
Senate, 25 to 5.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday,,24th November.
, The House took up the report of the
committee of the- whole on the bill to
amend the “ act imposing an additional
tax on pedlars and ether itinerant tra
ders,” passed 13th December, 1816.
Mr, a. Pope moved to substitute twenty
in the place of “/or/y” dollars,.as the
price of a licence tor such persons in
each county —which motion was carried,
36 to 27. Some further amendments, of
less consequence being made, the bill
passed the House by a majority of ten
votes. y
Mr. E. Harden, from the select com
mittee to whom was referred the present
ments of the Grand Jury of Putnam
countv, reported a bill " ore effectually
to prohibit the introduction of slaves into
this state. / *
[The first section of this bill makes it
unlawful,’(except in certain cases) to in
troduce slaves into the state, and dc
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t elms the fctrfion so offending, guilty of
a high misdemeanor, punishable by line
and Penitentiary imprisonment. It is pro
• vided, however, that the actshall not ex
tend to citizens'ol the state, nor to citi
•' zens of any other state coming into the
; state to settle and reside, from introdu
cing slaves under certain regulations, to
l witlst, They shall before the intro
• duction of such slaves, make affidavit be
fore the clerk of the Superior court, in
\ some county of the state, stating their in
• tention to introduce such slaves only for
r fheir own use and not to sell; and a’sim
> ilar oath is to be made before the rlerk of
» the Superior court of the county where
i such persons reside or intend to reside,
i stating the actual importation of such
slaves, and describing them—2d, No
f person is exempt from the penalties of
I the law, who shall fail to comply with its
■ requisites. Any sale, or oiler for sale,
I of such slaves, it made within one year
■ after their introduction, shall be conclu
sive evidence of an intention inviolate
the act. It is provided; that the act shall
not extend to prevent persons travelling
; from bringing their servants into the
i state—-nor slaves brought into the state
as prize of M ar, «r seized for an infrac
tion of the laws of the United Slates;
hut such slaves shall not be sold, or offer
: °d for sale. |C7» A law is now in pro
gress determining what disposition shall
( be made of negroes brought in as prize of
war, or seized for infracting the lums of
the U. States.
The second section makes the buyer of
negroes brought into the state illegally,
(he knowing the same) guilty of u high
misdemeanor, and subjects him to the
, same penalties as are provided against
the importers or sellers.
The third section makes it the duty of
all civil and military officers to search
outand prosecute offenders,.and •author
izes any three freeholders and a Justice
to arrest persons travelling under suspi
cious circumstances with negroes, and
upon failure of such persons to make a
proper shewing that such Mere not ille
gally inti educed into the state, by pro
ducing certificates, the Justice is requir
ed to commit the offender to jaii.
The fourth section authorises any
Judge of the Superior court to order any
negro, introduced into the state illegally,
upon due proof being made before him at
any time within years after such in
troduction, to be seized and sold—one
half of the proceeds to go to the inform
er, the other half to the state ]
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Married , on Thursday evening last,
by the Rev. Mr. Dunwoodie, Mr. Oliver
Seed-, merchant, to Miss Mary Oliver ,
daughter of the late maj. Jus. B* Oliver.
Died, in Columbia county, on the 28th
November, Mrs. Charlotte Mien , wife
of John T. Allen.
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►7* IT is expected there will be
preaching in the Presbyterian Church
to-morrow,-at the usual hours in the
forenoon and afternoon.
Cotton, 30 a. 31 cts.
———■—psarwlymryw—mwsw— -*w mm
FANCY GOODS,
JUST RECEIVED AND OFFERER FOR SALE,
BY CHARLES HARMON, •
Four doors below M’Kenzie & Bennoch.
Cases elegant Millinery
2 do. Straw Bonnets
1 do. glass-eyed London Dolls
1 do. low priced Kid Qloves,
Down Plumes, Schenille Cords, French
Flowers, Lace Veils and Shawls, Silk
Handkerchiefs, &c.
also, *
1 case Violins, and an assortment of
Strings for ditto
Cordials
1 Preserved Ginger
: Ditto Citron.
December 6 otp
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Just Received,
BATH Coating,
Northern Homespun,
i Furniture Chintz,
Canton Crape,
Birdseye Silk Handkerchiefs,
> x Black and change;. Vie Sarsnets
i Ditto Seiishaws
Ditto Florences
i Superfine White Flannel
i Table Diaper
Irish Sheeting
Superior Cologne Water, <s*c. Sfc.
Beers & Sturges.
December 6. .n
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I Garden Seeds.
JUST received per the Warne- from
Greenock, a General Assortment of
f FRESH GARDEN SEEDS , and for
! sale by
* A. Spencer, & Co.
> December 6. ts
TICKETS
IN the 2d Class of the Oconee Navi
gation Lottery (the drawing of which
> will be commenced on the IBth of this
i month) for sale at the store of Messrs,
r N. L. hB. Sturges. Persons disposed
> to adventure in mis Lottery will do well
to purchase tickets immediately, as such
t as may remain unsold on the 15th inst.
■ will be returned to the agent.
>1 Decembers. c
s •
' . THE StIBSCRIREM .
Are Now Receiving
BALKS London Duffil Blankets
Ditto assorted 7-4 to \t)-i Rose do.
Do. extra size dj" quality for faftiify use
1 Bale handsomely assorted CassimUres
1 Case eiegaht Marseilles Bed Spreads
. 1 Ditto newest fashioned Ribbons
Ditto real English Sewing Silks
Elegant Merino and Cassimere Shawls.
The above, together with a number of
other articles now receiving, which will
make our Stock again very complete, m c
otter at Wholesale and Retail on our
usual terms.
-7 Also , on Consignment—
-2 Packages assorted Hardware,
for sale at a amall advance on the ster
ling cost, on accommodating terms.
William Sims, SC Co.
December 6. ts
Cast Iron Screws,
FOR pressing Cotton, of a superior
quality; also 40 bbls. N. E. Rum,
lur sale by
Benjamin 11. Meigs,
At his Auction Store f Broad-Street •
December 6. ts
Candle .
MANUFACTORY
Three doors below the Market, north
side Broud-Slvcet.
THE Subscribe*' lias on hind, a con
stant supply of the best MANU
FACTURED CANDLES.
M.^Payne*
December 6. F
NOTICE.
IN conformity with a Resolution of the
Board of Trustees of Richmond Ac
ademy, the Town Common Lots will on
Monday the 21».h day of December, inst.
be Leased at the Market-house between
the hours of ten and two o’clock, for a
term of Five Years, from the first day
of January next. A plan of the lots will
be exhibited and the terms made known
i<n that day.
Anderson Watkins,)
Walter Leigh, ( C< T
L. C. Cantelou, | m ee ‘
December 6. ' ts
£5“ Was Found on
1 hursday night last, in Reynold street,
a man’s Saddle—The owner can have it
by proving' property, paying for this ad
vertisement, and a small sum for the
finder. THO. PYE.
December 6. ts ]
FAIINWEOr
Jockey Club Races
WILL commence on the Ist Thurs
day of January, 1818, at Barn
well C. 11. tree for any horse, mare, or
gelding, in the United States. First
day’s racing two mile heats; 2d do. one
mile heats; 3d do. sweepstakes. Horses
to cany the following weights:—-Aged
horses 1201bs.—six years old 11 Gibs.—
5 years oltl 107lba—4 years old 93lbs.—
3 years old 791b5.—2 do. a feather. No
allowance made for mares and geldings.
Barnett H. Brown, tec .
G3* On the evening of Friday there
will be a splendid Jockey Club Ball.
Dec. 6.
NOI’ICK.
NINE months after date application
will be made to the honorable the
Inferior court of the county of Richmond
for leave to sell ten lots of land in Har
risburgh—Numbers 53, 34, 37, 39, 117,
118, 119, 126, 127, and 128—also one
tract of land No. 231, Old Wilkinson
(at the time of survey) now Laurence,
it being the whole of the real estate of
Jesse Stewart, dec. late of Richmond
county, with a few articles of personal
property, to be sold for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
H. Bury, adm’r.
December 6,1817. u-9m
ALL persons having demands against
the estate of Jesse Stewart, late of
Richmond county, dec. are requested to
render them in du'y attested within the
time prescribed by law; and all those
indebted to said estate, are solicited to
come forward and make immediate pay
ment.
H. Buiy, adm’r.
December 6. c
Sheriff's Sale.
WILL be Sold on the first Tuesday
in January next, at the court
house in Waynesborough, Burke coun
ty, between the usual sale hours.
feix feather beds, bedsteads and
furniture, one wooden clock and one set
of Blacksmith’s tools, levied on as the
property ol Jeremiah W. Williams,to sat
isfy an execution in favor of Millis l ay
lor, &Co. against Jeremiah W. Willi
ams, Samuel Garlick and John Bell.
ALSO,
SO Acres of land more or less,
on the road leading from Walker’s
bridge to Augusta, adjoining lands of
Amos Wiggins and others; levied on as
the property of John A. Roberts, to sa
tisfy an execution in favor of Samuel
Saxon, indorsee against John A. Roberts.
John Bell, s.b.q.
December 6. ttfl
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MILLENARY,
MRS. TUTTLE respectfully informs
her* friends and the public gene
rally, - niat she had just deceived from
P hiladelphia, New-York and Providence**
the follnwfng'articles sci her line;
- ■ ■ MAMEI.Y
10 Doz: full trimmed black Beaver La*
dies’Bonnets, • *
4 Ditto \ do. Mistes’ ditto, -
3 Ditto do. Childrens’ do. of Phila
delphia manufacture,* and of the
newest patterns,
An assorsment of Feathers, both Ostrich
and Down, of the most fancy colors
Likewise an assortment,Of Artificial
Flowers of the New-York, 'English
t and French manufactories, ,
An assortment of the most Fancy Rib
bons the New-York and Philadel
phia markets cuuhl afford.
Also, Six Trunks New-York made Mil
lenary, consisting of Black Leghorn
Bonnets. Sattin and Silk do. of the
richest kind, and Coleret Net Capa
and real Hair Curls *f various pat
terns and colours, dy. Cap and Tur
ban Fronts, very elegant,
Together with ten cases of Straw Bon
nets, Prudence manufactory, „f
various qualities, and all of the new
est fashions, which she will sell low.
Likewise on hand, a large assortment of
Silk and chip Bonnets, suitable for
wholesale—together with many oth
er articles in her line too tedious to
enumerate.
December 6. ’* *’ R
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Cotillon Parties.
Gentlemen desirous of encou
raging Cotillon Parties for the sea
son, are requested to meet at "Mr. Les
lie’* Long Room This Evening at early
candle light • .Dec. 6.
The Situation (f ' h T J afroon is
wanted by a laung Man.
ATTSFAC TORY recommendations
lO w ill be given: Apply at this office,
or at the Augusta Book Store.
December 6. a
Sparta Acad.emy.
THE Trustees of this institution,
witli much pleasure inform the pub
lic, that it will be ready for the reception
of pupils on the second Monday in Jan
uary next
The Board of Trustees, in thus offer
ing the advantages of this infant institu
tion to the patronage of the public, feel
that becoming diffidence winch such an
occasion is calculated to inspire. Sur
rounded as they are, by institutions of a
similar nature, already in successful op
eration, they ought to feel a diffidence
in recommending the Sparta Academy,
until experiencehas riven it the impres
sive seal of approbation.-XThey would
say however, that, from the character of
the teachers they have employed, and the
exertions they are determined to moke,
the institution over which they preside,
will justly vie with any other semina.y
in the up country.
The prices of tuition will be such as
are charged i” other seminaries of equal
dignity ? —Say, for the Classics, * V he
matics, which compose the high -st
class, sixteen dollars per term ; lor I lie
second class,,including English (,-i.un
man, Geography and the use of the Globes,
twelve dollars per term; and for the
third class, including reading, writing
and arithmetic, eight dollars per term ;
the tuition money for each tqrm will be
required in advaltce; and no scholar w ill
be taken for less than a term.
In the Female Department, will be
taught, all the useful and ornamental
branches of Female Education, which
will be charged in proportion to the'a
bovc prices.
The Boaid of Trustees in ushering
these proposals to the public, feel happy -
in the contemplation oi that distinghi h*
* d liberality, whicb hns Die
citizens of Georgia, in fostering tee
views of similar institutions recently es
tablished, wliith does honor to the char
acter of the state, and augurs favorably
to the promotion of literature and sci-’
ence.—They would further add, that the
unparalleled prosperity of the state at
tills period, affords the most llattenng
prospect of a continuance of that spirit
of liberality, to the institution over
which they preside. 1 1
Boaiding m.y be*had at an equ table
price, and the public may rely oh the
most unwearied exertions, to consult the
convenience and guard the morals of
those children and wards, who may b*
entrusted to their care.
John Lucas,
Charles E. Haynes, j
Moses Andrew, kg
N. C hilders, , i |
Wm 61. Hpringer, J
Sparta, December b, 1617. b
Lost, >
ACTTSTpRDAY in the city of Augusta,
JL a small red Morocco rocket; Book,
containing about 10 dollars, in Awo five
dollar bills, believed to be on the Bank ■
of Augusta, and one Note on James
Sprouwl, for 1000 dollars, Ist Janu- -
ary, |; 18. Five Dollars Reward will
be given for the delivery es the Book and
its coi«tehts, at the’lCbroi ide office.
;* Joka Tar. aat*
December 0 £qp