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i MUSES RETREAT.
JANUARY ift, 1800.
T„E annualc rcling* of the rolling earth,
Proclaim to-dsy a iifing c e n t u r v ’* b rth :
-Then let the living world th-'r Horn ge pay
To him, who male 'he fun to ruie the day ;
Who guides his fiery comets th'ough the iky—
-1 BiJs thunders roar and fork y ligh ni gs fly l
Before whose awlu! pow’r the nations Ihrink.
Or rilie to f tme—or into nothing fink,
To h t m let universal praise be giv’n,
By all creation, both of Earth and Heav’n.
E P I G R A M.
lES logical Bobby, to lied will you dare
sf, which has moll le s a mire or no m are?
tare, to be fore repl.ed Ned with a g in ;
[fifty I’ll lay, for I’m c.*rtain/o4Hn.
th Bob, you have 1 it, I'M sou are alive ;
mare has but four legs, and no mare has five.
FUNNIDOS.
I AugtljPd Jockey Club.
ftibfcribcrs who have not b en
■ X abletoattendany previous meeting ol
■the Club, are informed that ttie races at
f this place will comrnen e on the 25U) da\
|' of February next, free for any Uorle, Mare
lor Gelding from any part ol the worn!
f The fi ft day’s running will be three
9 miles heats, for a purse of Four Hundred
■ Dollars —The fecontl div, two mile heat
B for a purse of three hundied dollars , and the
If third d >y, a Sweep Stake lor a purse ol
I two hundred dollars.
8 The weights, rules, &c. eftabl.filed by
9 ’lie Club are not materially different in
I any refpeft from thole of the Charleftnn
!' Turf.
I ’ f David B. Butler, Sec'ty.
| (ffi The amount of tne d fferent jiurles
I will probably be more considerable, as a
I number of fubferiptions from the neigii-
I boring counties are daily exptftul.
January 22. (28)
L ContmiJJton Ware-House , Augufla.
jl' Subscribers having leafed the pre
d mises lately occupied by M If. Mat in
s' 10II1& Hobby, and having entered into the
| Commilfion line ; beg leave to offer their
vices to the public in general and the
;®^f»e r country in particular. r heir
1 Ware Houses and Stores in Springfield and
A are now ready for the reception
oti kinds of Merchandise and Country
•vroduce—and their charges for ftorageand
tranfafting Ivifinefs generally, will be on
die most reasonable terms.
M'Kinne, & Co.
Januarv S. (ts. 27.)
, I, - ■■!"■■■■■ —.—
Fifty or fix ty good Axe Men ,
■ ' A RE wanted immediately for four or
I five months to cut Live Oak on the
■ Sen islands }n the neighborhood of Savan
,'iah—to whom the following wages will
given in and paid monthly, viz.
r For good Axe Men, thirteen dollars per
I month.
;• For common hewers, from 15 to 17
I dollars per month.
, For gnotV* hewers who can take charge
8 of a gang of hands (confiding of fifteen)
8 twenty dollars and upwards per month
8 according to their abilities; and found
9 with meat, bread, vegetables and half a pint
8 of rum per day.
U Those who prefer engaging to cut and
I™ hew by the foot, will receive seven pence
per Cubic fopt, they finding themselves.
Application to be made to Mr. Wil
liam Belcher in Savannah, or to the
fubfertbers in Augusta. it
M‘Kinne, & Co.
Januarv 15. (ts. 27.)
100 Dollars Reward.
■ •
r\N the night of the 2ift«inftant, was
stolen from my Plantation, three
h niies below Cambridge, in South-Caro-
I him, a NEGRO FELLOW, named HAL.
mm about twenty years of age, five feet fix or
llg seven inches high, of a yellow complexion,
H verv active and tliis country born—l luf-
Hflj wft one Nathaniel Nercvood, for (feeling
lH fiai 1 Negro—He the fa id Nathaniel is a
■ bout twenty years of age, dark ikin, long
■ hlack hair and lately from the \ntche.- : 1
Sri urppofe he will endeavor to return to the
B N itches, if n >t' apprehended Ant
B per fan or persons apprehending f.iid Ne
-1.;ro and thief, ana! deliv-. ringthem to meor
t > the goaler in Cambri Ige.ih ill he entitled
> tic- above reward, or for the Negro
P wenty Dollars.
s Toliver Boilick.
January 29.
Joseph S. Cart,
Gold Smith , Jeweller, Hair Worker ,
Fire Gilder if Engraver.
BEGS leave ro inform the Citizens of
Augusta, and the public in general,
that he has taken the House corner of
MHntcfh and Eiiot Streets, formerly occu
pied byMeflrs. Rolfton & Nefbit, near the
Richmond Ware-House, and will be thank
ful for any favors conferred on him in the
above Branches.
err An APPRENTICE, wanted to the
above Business.
November 13. (ts. 8.)
AUGUSTA if SAVANNAH
Line of Stages.
THE Proprietors have to inform the
Public, that the AUGUSTA and
SAVANNAH STAGE, will in future
mn once a week—lt will leave Au
gusta every Saturday Morning at seven
i’cloc k, and arrive at Savannah on Mon
lav Morning nine o’clock ; returning,
have Savannah on Tuefday one o’clock,
p. m. and arrive at Augusta on Thursday
>ffernoon.
Fare f>r Piflsngers, nine dollars,
with an allowance of 14. b. baggage—all
extra baggage 7 cents per lb.—All bag
gage to be at the r (k of the owners
The Proprietor-) think proper to observe
that they find it impoflible that they can
afford she terms of pafiage at the forme
orice of eight dollars, as they are now com
•died to give at le.ftone third more foi
Forrage than they have hitherto done.
J. Cf \V. GRANT, Proprietors.
December 11. (ts.)
If
Thomas Beach,
At his SHOE S TORE, North Side of
BROAD - ST R E ET, AUG US FA ,
T') ETURNS his most grateful 1 hanks to
i\ his friends and the public, for the I
liberal encouragement he has received du
ring his refi fence in this city, and having
good workmen and a frtfih fnpplv of the
l>eil materials, he hopes bv iiis attention
to merit a continuation of-their favors.
HE HAS JUST RECEIVED,
A General AJfortment of the bejl and niofl
bajhionable
Boots and Bootees,
Men’s Fine and Coarse Shoes,
Ladies’ Kid and Morocco Slippers,
MifTes do. do.
Bovs (hues,
B >ot and Bootee Legs,
Calf and Seal Ski MS, ■ [
Shoe Strings and Black Ball.
Ail of which he will fell very low for I
Ca h, lUli defale and Retail.
ALL Orders from town or country
drift Iv attended to.
January 29. (sgrf)
William Savels,
800 r £*? SHOE MAKER,
NEXT DOOR BELOW MR. DALE’S STORE
On BROAD-STREET.
BEGS leave to inform the citizens of
Augusta and its vicinity, that he con
tinues his business at the (land he had last
fealon—and being well supplied with the
best materials, and good workmen, ht
hopes togive fatisfaftion tothofe who may
pleale to favor him with their custom.
HE HAS LATELY RECEIVED,
A General Ajjortment of
BOOTS and BOOTEES, of the firft
quality,
Men's fine and coarse SHOES,
Bovs and childrens ditto.
Ladies and Mi lies Leather SLIPPERS,
BOOT LEGS,
CALF SKINS,
All of which he will fell low for cash
or produce, whole fide and retail.
All orders firlAly attended to, and
every favor grates ully acknowledged.
Oftober 23. (ts. 11.)
Henry Darnell,
TAILOR 4 HABIT-MAKER ,
two doors below Spencers corner
WASHINGTON-STREET. '
Respectfully informs the public,
that he lias commenced the above
bufineis in ail its various branches. He
flatters himfelf from his experience and at
tention to business, to merit the patronage
of the public : Such gentlemen as may
favor him with their work, may depend
on its being executed with neatness and
difpatch,and on the most reasonable terms.
November 13. (ts. S.)
Mrs. M‘LA W S,
INFORMS hgr friends particularly,
and the public in general, that HER HOUSE
OF ENTERTAINMENT, in Reynold
Street, near the Bridge, is now provided with
the heft of Wines, other Liquors and Provijions
She flatters herfelf Jhe will be able to continue
her uj'ual attention to the duties of her House.
January 1.
NOTICE.
A SETTLEMENT with all persons
having any claim or demand against
the estate of John Cook, deccafed, is soli
cited ; and all persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make immediate pay
ment, otherwifethefubferiber will becom
pelled from duty to bring suit, as the hooka
and accounts are deposited in his hands.
NICHOLAS WARE, Attorney
for Administratrix of John Cook, dec.
February 12. (ts 31.)
NOT I C E.
THE concern of Macintosh &Hob
by, is difTolved by mutual consent :
All persons indented to them are therefore
icquefted to make immediate payment,
that the Subscribers may thereby be ena
bled to difeharge such claims as ftiU exist
against them.
William J. Hobby,
John Macintofk.
January 15. (ts. 27.)
NOTICE.
I FOR WARN all persons from purcha
sing a Negro Boy, by the name of
EN, of S. B. Bonner , also a Bay Horse,
’cnown by the name of BALL SEVERE,
•ormerly the property of Sherwood Bugg
Bonner , as 1 have a lawful bill of sale of
both.
N. H. BUGG.
January 29. ( s t. 29.)
notTc!
ALT. persons indebted to the fubferiber
either by Bond, Note or open ae
on nt, are requested to come forward and
'etrle the fame, otherwise they will be pla
ced in the hands of an Attorney without
Jifcrimination for colleftion.
Jeremiah Wood.
February c. * (ts. 30.)
N O T 1 C E.
NINE months from the date hereof,
application will be made to the Ho
norable Inferior Court of Columbia coun
ty; for an order to fell the real estate, which
was of Clcmentus Davis, Infe of said coun
ty deceased ; for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors.
Gazarway Davis, ? . ,
John E. Anderson, J -Admr*.
January 15. (28)
LOST,
ON or about the 6th inst. two Notes
of Hand, one given by Nicholas
Hawkins to the Subscriber, for twenty
lree dollars, the other given by fohn
Birch to the fame, for fifty-feven dollars—
A I persons are hereby forewarned from
'rading for the fame.
Lot Harrell.
February 12. (31*31.)
Ipr FOUND,
ON the road leading from this to Wafii
ington, a Note of Hand given by
Abraham Booth, of Lincoln County, To
fonathan Swanof Columbia, for two hun
dred and seven dollars, dated the 11 th of
December 1799. The owner may have
the fame by calling at this Office, and pay
ing the expence of advertising.
February 5.
Two Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or Stolen eight days since
from Augusta, a flee bitten GREY
HORSE, about fourteen hands high, his
breast somewhat injured bv draught, trots
and canteTs —Whoever will deliver said
horse to the fubferiber, shall receive the
above reward.
Oliver Bowen.
February 12. (3t. 31.)
MAY BE HAD AT THIS OFFICE,
Apprentices’ Indentures,
* Blank Bilis of Sale.
William Savels, 1
HAS JUST RECEIVED®
And. For Sale at his STORE oppofi t€ ,>B
MARKET-HOUSE/' " *■
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF ■
DRY G O O D s B
And GROCERIES , 1
Likewise, a complete assortment of E
SHOES, CONSISTING OF I
Mens fine and coarse, m
Ladies and Mifies Leather Slippers 9
Morocco ditto. ■
All of which he will fell at the tnofiß
reduced prices for cash or produce. I
Odtober 23. (ts. 15.) 9
FOR SAL I
A QUANTITY of ELEGANT 1
Mahogany Furniture I
CONSISTING OF 9
Side Boards, I
Dining Tables, 9
Secretaries and Book Cases. I
M l Kinne, & Co. I
January 15. (ts. 15.) 9
TO BE RENTED, L
The HOUSE & LOT, *
AT present occupied by Mr. David!
Neal, adjoining Col. Watkins’s I
Brick Houle. For terms apply to 1
GEO. WATKINS.
November 27. (ts. 20.) 1
. TOR SALE , I
A BOUNTY of LAND,, in Montgo-1
mery County, on the Oconee, a few I
miles above the dead river. For terms I
apply to
BENJAMINE LEIGH.
Columbia County, Nov. 20. (ts. 19) 9
WILL BE SOLD, I
To the High est Bidder, on the fir ft day f\
March next , at the houj'e of the Subfcriher , I
on the ijhington Road , near the Uchee I
Creek , the following NEGROES , viz. 1
Four Valuable Country Born NE
GROES, one prime boat hand, a coarse
Shoe Maker, and a Wench, a good cook,
waflier & ironer, and an excellent spinner.
There will be nine months credit given,
by giving small notes with approved lecuri
ty, and living in the county.
Any person wishing to buy at private
sale, may suit themfeives by applying any
time previous to the sale.
Hezekiah Jones.
February 12., (3t 30)
Sheriff’s Sales.
On the fir ft TUESDAY in April next , at the
Market-House, in the City of Augusta,
at the Usual Hours.
WILL BE SOLD,
FIVE NEGROES, Viz.
Stikey and Child, Bess, Mary and a
Fellow named Jemmy, taken under Exe
cution as the property of George Barnes,
deceased, to fatisfy John Milledge, Esq.
—also, —
A likely Negro Fellow named Adam,
who is an excellent boat hand, and a Grey
Gelding, taken under Execution as the
property of James Morse, deceased, point
ed out by the Administrator of said deceas
ed, to fatisfy Ananias Cooper and Co.
—also. —
One Hundred Acres Pine Land, includ
ing one half of Robinfons and Fears Saw-
Mills, which wasadvertifed sometime ago,
to fatisfy the Administrator of Patrick
Hayes, deceased.
I. Malone, Sheriff, r. c.
Feb. 12, 1800.
Sheriff’s Sale.
On the Fiifi Tuesday in March next,
at the MARKET HOUSE,
In the city of Augusta,
WILL BE SOLD ,
ONE likelv Negro Woman named
Nancy, taken as the property of Da
niel Weatherby, to fatisfy two executions,
Viz.—Joseph Shew make, and William
Sallburv, against (aid Weatherby.
I. Malone, s. r. c.
January 22. (28)
Sheriff’s Sale.
THE sale of the Ifiand known by the
nameofDYAs’s Island, but now
the property of Willoughby Barton , and ad
vert .u by the late Sheriff as such, to be
fold on the firft Tnefday in December
last, is postponed until the firft Tuefday
in March next, when the sale will take
place to fatisfy two executions —James
Brown & Co. against said Barton.
I. Malone, Sheriff, R. c.
January 15.