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AUGUSTA HERALD.
Vol. XVI No. 25.]
H. H. Musgrove & Co.
INFORM THE PUBLIC,
THAT THEY HAVE JUST OPENED,
In te Corner STORK next door above
J. is? B. Howard's,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OT
DRY GOODS,
SUITABLE FOR THE SEASON,
Which they ur< determined to seit low Jor Cash
or (. ouHTRr T ■ oducb,
.....Amone w. icri *»e he F l owing Articles
FASHIONABLE Superfine Broad
Ciotus auu Uuih coatings
D able anti single Milled Casimeres
White, Red, Green and Yellow Fiannels
Red, Green and Fawn Bcmbaxetts
Fancy Prints and Stripe Calicoes
Stripe and Plaid Ginghams
5 and ® Cotton Cambric
Cotton Shirting
L.-no, Jackonet and Book Muslins
Fiorent ne Vesting
Fancy Sat ines and Laventine Silks
Black I'affaties and Canton Crape
g- and l Black Damask S.lk Shawls
Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ Silk, Cotton and
Worsted Hose
Ditto Long and Habit Silk Gloves
Ditto d.io White and colored Kid ditto
Gentlemens’ Beaver and Bucksain ditto
Laces, Edgings, Ribbon and l'hreads
Ladies’ Cork and double sealed Morocco Shoes
Gentlemens’ first and second quality ditto
Boys do do do
Negro Shoes of all sizes,
Hessians and English Osnaburgs,
Stationsy, Bed Cord and Girth Webb
Kentucky Bagging and Twine
London D lfil Blankets,
Saddles B iciies and Saddle Bags
Axe Barr T n and Snear Moulds
Mill S.ws, supeTim quality
German S.ee and Castings
A LSO
10 Hhds. and 4 Tierces Mol ass Es
14 bbls. BR'J VA bedAK
30 Bags COFFEE
SOO Bushels SALT
1 50 SAvV COTTON GIN, new find
of a superior quality.
December 8. 24
JUST REcIIVED,
In addition to our
FORMER STOCK OF
GOOD S.
BIACR, Blue and Mixed Broad
t.Lu i H >
Bed and White Flannels,
Bose Blankets. Vestings,
Imitation and Silk Shawls,
Blue, G.etn and Pink Mazarine Silks,
Worsted and Silk Ho»e,
Knives and Folks. Ptn Knives,
8 oik Locks, Handsaws, Files,
London Packet and French Pins,
Trunk, C upboard and Drawer Locks,
Pocket Books,
Northern Wax Calf, and Morocco Skins.
P. Deuel SsT Co.
November 24 21
*** We are requested to an
nounce Um. Lumpkin, t,sq a candidate for
Rect vei of TAX KE TURNS, at the Ensu
ing Election.
November 24. 21
*** We are authorized to state
that Major John U’Antignac, will be a Can
didate at the ensuing election, for COLLEC
TOR OF TAXES, for Richmond county.
November 30 23
*** We are requested to an
nounce Thomas Handley u candidate lor He
diver of l aX RE i URN, at the next Elec
tion.
November 24 21
*#* Taken from a Negro Boy,
® P.\iß Os PitsTuL-s—-Uie c'.vi.ei can UaVe
them by applying at the Augusta Book-S ore.
December 1 23
t *#* Wanted to purchase, a smart
NEGRO BOY, about lio'- 16 yeans of age.
Enquire at the Augusta Book Store.
July 23. _ . . 52
Wanted to Purchase,
A NEGRO WOMAN cook, about
30 35 ye ..a old
A Ni.GRO/GIRL, Seamstress, and fond
of ChilfM'en, 12 to 15 years.
A NEGB/j BOY, used 10 Waiting and
H'jwff Woik, 12 to 1 5 years
. for honesty sobriety and correct
be required -Apply at the
-(■ r
r ■trXLflwhecks,
: a B > ik-Store
Edward Quin & Co.
HAVE RECEIVED,
AND OFFER FOR SALE,
At the SI ORE next door below John Camp
bell's.
ROSE and Duffil Blankets
Flanoels
Supeifine black and blue Broad Cloths
Drab and Mixed Forest Cloths
Fancy Vestings, Calii oes and Ginghams
. Cambricks and Seeded Muslins
lush Linen and Cotton Shirting
Fancy Shawls and Handkerchiefs
Men and Women’s Cotton Hose
Looking Glasses
Casting Slates and Pencils
Stock and Closet Locks
Files, HL Hinges
Trace Chains and carpenters Tools.
— ALSO . —
Decanters and Tumblers in boxes.
Copperas, Gotteej Geimati Sheet,
And a few Casks well Assorted
CUTLERY.
December 8 31 24
JUST RECEIVED^
30 Hhds. good retailing Molasses
20 Quarter Guests Young Hyson Tea
30 Unto Casks Wine
2 Pipes Malaga ditto
20 Hampers Glass Bottles
20 Bags Soft Shell Almonds
6 Boxes Cotton Cards
2000 lbs. Bar Lead
30 Kegs Gunpowder
20 Half Tierces of Rice.
Barrett & Sims.
December 8. 2t 24
“DIMAS PONCE7
HAS FOR SALE,
50 Crates CROCKERY,
12 Bundies GERMAN aiLLL,
500 Bushels SALT.
10 Hhds. MOLASSES,
15 Pieces QUILTINGS, &c.
10 000 Dutch QUILL'),
20 KegS GUN POWDER,
SUGAR and COFFEE,
December i 3t *3
TICKETS IN THE
BOARD OF HEALTH LOTTERY ,
Which commences Drawing on the
first iUESDAY m Ttpetinoci next, lor sale
by -v. AMLa fc ALcLN.
November 17. 21
Sea Island Cotton.
The Subscriber r,
OFFER FOR SALE,
FIFTY BALES COMPRESSED,
SEA ISLAND COTTON,
For which approved Augusta or
Sav mnah Paper, or Bills on New-Yoik or
Boston, will h- taken inpayment.
Slaughter, Labuzan Watson,
December I. 23
Rope and Seine,
and bagging twine.
FOR SALE BY
R? J. Meigs Co,
Upper end of Broad Sr net.
November 10 6t 20
Wanted.
30 or 40 WAGGONS, to go
to Alexandria in Virginia.
apply to Barrett Sc Sims.
October 27. 18
Compressing Two Bales at Once.
The Subscriber,
HAS a Machine lor the Compression of
Round Bales of Cotton, and will be ena
bled to disp itch large Lotts in a very short
time. B. PICQUET.
\ugust 4 6
Doct. J. Farrington,
H AVING established himsell in this city,
on the north side of Broad-Street, near
the Market, intends devoting his whole atten
tion to the Practice of Physick, and the various
branches of Surgery, Midwifery , &c. &c.
August I I. 7
“ TO RENT,
That valu \ble plantation,
adjoining, Malone, Course, McKinnt,
and others containing upwards of One Hun
dred and Twenty Acies of rich cleared ground.
Persons desirous of Renting are requested to
make applicadon to.
Eliza R. Bacon, Adm'x.
October 27. IS# ,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1814.
Laws of Georgia.
An act to levy a Tax Jor the support of Gov
ernment for the political year 1815, and
to re-imburse the State in part the sum or
which his Excellency the Governor is au
thorised by a concurred resolution to settle
with the General , Government the Direct
Tax for the political year 1814.
§ Ist. Be it enacted by the Senate aid
HouQf of Representatives of the State of Geor
gia in General Assembly met , and it is here
by enacted by the authority of the same, 1 hat
the act to impose a tax for the support of Go
vernment for the year 1813, with the amend
ments made for the year IBH, be and they
are hereby revived ai d continued in force for
the polilical year 1815.
$ 2d. Be it further enacted, That for the
pm pose of re-imhipsing the State in part the
sum directed to be paid by his Excellency in
conformity with the said resolution, that Cach
citizen ol this State, and all other persons
holding taxable property real or personal in
said State, is end are hereby liable and requi
red to pay a tax ol 50 per centum on the
amount ol the State tax required of him, her
or them, for the support of the Government
of this State, for the political year 1814, which
shall be collected and settled by the Tax-
Collectors with the Comptroller General, on
or before the Ist day of December, 1815, un
der the same rules, regulations and restric
tions, as are pointed out for the collection of
the State tax nowin force in this State ; and
it shall be thrf duty of the respective Tax-Col
lectors in this State, to collect the tax herein
assessed, agreeable to the requisitions of an
act entitled an act to authorise his Excellency
the Governor to settle with the United States
tffe amount of the Direct Tax due by the State
of Georgia, and to point out the method of re
imbursing the State the said sum in part, pas
sed on the €th day of December, 1813—Pro
vided nevertheless, That in case any of the
Tax-Coiiectots aforesaid shall refuse or neg
lect to collect the tar aforesaid upon the reims
pointed out in the before recited act, then and
in that case the Justices of the Inferior Courts
in Counties where such refusal shall be made,
shall proceed to appoint one fit and proper
person to receive and collect said tax, agreea
ble to the requisitions of the tax law* now in
force in this .state i and the said Coilectoi a so
appointed shall be commissioned
by the Governor us heretofore practised f<>'
other Tax-Collectors in this State ; and provi
j (led also, That such Collectors so to be ap
pointed as aforesaid, if any such should be ap
p inted as aforesaid, shall give bond and se
cui uym conformity wirh the tax laws now in
force in this State, for the faithful perfonn
ante of his or their duty as Collectors, which
maybe appointed in conformity with this act,
& for the purpose of ascertaining the amount
of tax required by this act, it shall be the duty
of the Clerks of the Inferior Courts to de
liver to such Collectors appointed in con
formity with this act, the Digest of the Re
ceiver of Tax-Return*, deposited in their offi
ces.
§ Sd. And be it further enacted, Thnt the
Collectors aforesaid shall signify hi* or their
acceptance or refusal in writing, to peiform
the duties by this act required, to three or
more of the Justice* of the Interior Courts
aforesaid, on orbefor* the Ist Monday in Jan
uary next, and shall give bond and additional
Security in terms of the tax laws now in force
in this State And provided also, That in
case of such refusal teeing made by the Tax-
Collector, the Inferior Court shall ap
point the said Tax-Collector to collect said
Tax.
§ 4ih. And if it further enae'ed, That no
security ot securities for Tax-Collectors shall
be entitled to hold the office of Sheriff in any
County in this State until all monies collected
by the said Tax-Collector or Collector# shall
have been paid by him or them to the proper
authorities.
§ sth. And be it further enacted , That in
all cases where the Treasurer and Comptroller
Genera! shall issue Executions against delin
quent Tax Collectors, it shall be lawful for
any Sheriff into whose hands *uch execution
or executions may be placed, to collect from
such delinquent Tax-Collector two and an
half per cent on, and in addition to the amount
of such Execution or Executions, which shall
be full compensation for the trouble and ex
pence of such Sheriff or Sheriffs, in collect
ing and paying over at the Treasury, the
amount of such Execution or Executions as
may be placed in their hands at aforesaid—
Provided, That eveiy Sheriff who shall re
ceive said per cent trull be liable to refund the
same to the Collector from whom it may be
received, if he does not return the Execution
and pay over the money collected thereon for
the State at the Treasury on or before the
day he may be required »o to do by said exe
cution.
$ 6th. And be it further enacted, That no
Collector shall hereafter be allowed an insol
vent list, if he does not obtain the same st
some tcim of the Superior Court prior to the
day on which he may be required to close his
sccompt at the Comptroller General’s office—
Provided, he 11 util uot have btett) prevented
[Whole No. 805.
from obtaining his insolvent list by reason of
a failure of the Courts,
BENJ. WHITAKER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JARED IRWIN,
President of the Senate, pro tem.
Executive Department, Georgia ; 1
Assented to 32d November, 1814 J
PETER EARLY, Governor.
AN ACT,
To alter and amend an act, entitled, “ an act
to organize the detachments of men 'which
may hereafter be required by the President
of the United States, from the Executive t
*/ this Stute , fur the service of the Union,
and for other purposes therein express 1.”
Passed sn the 6th day of December, 1813.
§ \st. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Stale of Geor
gia in General Assembly met, and it is here
by enacted by the authority of the same, That
for the better organizing the detachments of
Militia which may hereafter be called into
service, it shall and may be lawful for his Ex
cellency the Governor to issue orders to the
respective Major Generals from whose divis
ions detachments of Militia may be called di
recting him to order elections for field and
company officers ; and whose duty it shall bo
to issue orders accordingly, and to appoint the
officers to advertise, hold and preside at such
elections—and it shall be the duty of the offi
cers thus appointed, to advertise said elections
ten days previously to holding the same, and
all persons shall be entitled to vote at such
election who will be subject to the command
of said officers when elected ; and that in case
such detachment should be marched to the
place of rendezvous or encampment, previous
to the election of any regimental, battalion, or
company officers, it shall be the duty of the
General or commanding officer of such detach
ment, to order an election for field and com
pany officers, or other vacancy, as the caso
may require—and it shall be the duty of the
presiding officers or a majority of them, forth
with after such election, to certify the person
or persohs having the highest number of votes
and make a return thereof to the Governor*
who shall thereupon issue special commis
sions to (he officers elected ; and it shall and
may be lawful for the commanding officer of
the detachment to issue brevets to the offi
cers elected until their commissions are re
ceived.
§ 2 And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That in cdse of the death,
resignation or other vacancy of any field or
company officers pf detachments in servico
Such vacancy shall be immediately filled by
appointment to be made by the commissioned
officers belonging to such detachments, and
it shall bt the duty of the commanding officer
of said detachment, within ten days thereafter,
to transmit a return thereof to his Excellency
the Governor,* who shall thereupon issue
commissions to the person or persons so ap
pointed—and it shall and may be lawful for
the commanding officer to brevet the officer
or officers appointed till his or their commis
sions are received, and during the time that
intervenes between such vacancy and the issu
ing brevets, the officer next in rank shall bo
the officer commanding—and in case of the
death, resignation or removal of any non-com
missioned officer belonging to such detach
ment, the Captain of the company to which
such non-commissioned officer was attached,
shall forthwith proceed to fill such vacancy.
§ 3 And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That there shall be attached
to each regiment called into service one Colo
nel, one Lieut. Colonel, two Maj »rs, one Ad
jutant, one Quarter-Master, one Fay-Master,
one Chaplain, cite Surgeon, two Murgeon-
Mates, one Sergeant-Major, ofie Quarter-Mas
ter-Sergeant, and two principal Musicians—
and to each company there shall be attached
one Captain, one first Lieutenant, one second
Lieutenant, one third Lieutenant, one Ensign,
five Serjeants, four Corporals, two Musicians
and ninety privates.
§ 4 And be It further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That nothing contained in
this act shall operate in the smallest manner
upon detachments heretofore called into ser
vice.
(j 5 And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That his Excellency the
Governor shall be and he is hereby authorised
to consolidate the volunteer Infantry and Riflo
companies of this State, in such manner as he
may deem advisable and expedient for the
public welfare, provided they should not be
bill previous to their call to take the -Id, and
to select either of the Captains of x compa
nies thus consolidated, to command sueh con
solidated company when called into service g
and the other commissioned officers of said
company shall be appointed by the field officer*
and Captain of said company, out of the offi
cers attached to either or any of the compa
nies composing the said consolida ed compa
ny ; and the non-commissioneJ officers shall
be appointed by the Captain.
§ 6 And be it further enacted by the au
thority ujoresaid, That it shall be lawfnl and
his Excellency the Governor ie hereby au
thorised, to call into the service of the United
States or of this State, any portion of Cavalry,
to act either as light Dragoons or as mounted
Infantry, and he may cuoiteLdata incompLUf