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Carriages tfJHgs * FdK sale. THE subscriber has received an ad ditional supfcly of Gigs and Car riages of a superior quality, made by David Beach of Newark, and warranted good —They will be gold on accommo- Doable Breasted COT TON GINS, of from 45 to 65 saws, made by Boatwright & Glaze.—-apply to CL B. Marshall. September 3. tf_ “M" HA VE appointed Alexander M‘Kin -1 stry my attorney during my absence from Augusta. L. C. THOMPSON. September 3. tt To Rent, ffllfE lower tenement of the House ■ ' at present occupied by Mr. John Sharp, upper end of lirohd Street. John M. Davenport. August 16. t ts STOPPED "tIROM a Negro Fellow, a Post Note JP for a considerable amount, which the owner can have by giving a satisfac tory description of it. Enquire at this office. August 27. Bolling Cloths. Tfi subscribers have just received a complete assortment of the best quality DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS. Edwarb Quin, & Co. June 55. ts NOTICE. 15 B STOUTEN BURG is fu’ly 5® authorized to act as my Attorney during my absence from Augusta. John Miller. May 3. ts FOR SALK, Ji Second Hand Philadelphia made Gig, with harness. Apply to John Sharp, & Co. Upper en* Broad-Street. August 30. p Prime Bacon, FOR SALE BV T. «C E. Flewelli-n. August 30. ts tl HECKS on New-Y«rk, for sale by J THOMAS GARDNER. ■Nil gust 16. ts Bills on New York AT SHORT SIGHT, Far Sale by A Slaughter & 0. Lahuzan. August V 6. ts Bills on JSew-York Foe sale by M'Kenzie, Bennor.h & Co. August 2<>. p Bills on New-York Jhff Safa by * Benjamin Picquet August 23. ts ' FOIL SALK, ” njNWO LIKELY YOUNG FEL -9 LOWS—excellent Bricklayers.— Enquire at this office. v August 13. For Sale or to A HOUSE and LOT at the upner end of Br<md-st. as good a stand for buying produce as any hi the city —For particular■; liqure of T, PYE. August 27. kw A LL persons having claims against J\ the estate of Daniel Hubbard, dec. are requestedfkrender them jn properly attested, witlmf tin* time prescribed by law; and those indebted to the estate, are requested to make immediate payment to Hannah Hubbard, adrafc. May 3. w6m For Sale. {iOTH of my Mills, on Spirit creek, I containingaDout twenty four or five hundred acres to each tra& r Presuming { that no one will purchase with out view ing them, I have thought it useless to say any thing more than that the terms will be made known by applying to me, or Mr. G. Shearer, and if not sold before the. first Monday in November, will be sold or leased for a term of years at public auction, with the stock on the place, and the household furniture—and on the first 1 day of December, all my lands on Brier creek with the stock on that place, known by the name of the Iron Works. William Cowles. Jaly.flk 2mßt V/ r L are authorised to announce Ed w T ward ifasseFa candidate for re ceiver of tax returns for Columbia county at the ensuing election, J August 6 are authorized to announce Jas. ▼ ▼ Hutchinson a candidate for Tax Collector of Columbia county at the eo »umg election, Sept. *3. From the New-York Herald. , 4 : , '.* Towns in the Alabama Territory. Much valuable information to emi grants and others, is contained in the following letter from a gentleman now in the Alabama Territory, to his friend in New York; Dear Sir—ln answer to your inquiries respecting the commercial towns already located in the territory of Alabama, as well as the most eligible sites for such as have not yet been established, I sub mit the following view, with such obser vations as appertain to the subject. The town of Mobile is situated on a low sandy pine plain, ontl.e west bank of the wlTst mouth of Mobile river, with in one mile of the bay. It was founded by the French upwards of one hundred years ago, and is older than New-Or leans. Its population does not Exceed eight hundred souls, inhabiting one hun dred and twenty tenements, of very in ferior size, and nearly all of an ancient g'dhick appearance. The inhabitants of Mobile are of various descriptions: A bout SOW are people of cplour, of every shade, who are generally free snd pos sessed of real estate, sc. The balance are whites, of a heterogeneous character. The manners and customs of the French and Spaniards at present appear to prevail. There is no bouse of public worship there, except a small Roman ■chapel, in which a Spanish priest occa sionally says mass. The trade of Mobile is very inconsi-* derable, but is increasing as the up-coun try setlles. There are at present 15 good stores and a few groceries. The want of good fresh water in Mo bile is at present a serious inconvenience and disadvantage to. that place. New ly all the potable water used there for six months in the year is drawn by wag gons, &c. in kegs and barrels from a creek 3 miles west of the town. During the winter the river alfords wholesome water for every use. It is, how ever, 1 believe, in contemplation to have water conducted into town,by aqueducts, from a branch of the above named creek, whose fountain is said to admit of it, about four miles from Mobile. , With respect to the facilities of ship navigation to Mobile they are not so great as eould be desired. Although Mobile Bay admits vessels of twenty feet draught, and those of fifteen can ascend within ten miles of its head; yet those over twelve feet caanot enter the mouths of Mobile River. Owing to the shoalness of the shores of the Bay, no town can be erected below the outlets of, the rivers consequently the seaport for the Alabama Territory must inevitably be on the river: and on account of the ex treme crookedness of the river, and the imposibility of ascending them, with prac tical economy, with Atlantic shipping, the emporium of trade upon these v aters will forever be confined to the head of Mobile Hay. Whether the town of Mobile is to be come the great commercial city, which appears to be about rising up at the outlet of the extensive and interesting waters of Tombigbee and Alabama, or some other place, time will soon determine. How ever respectable the town of Mobile has become by its great age, the Americans, who are emigrating to that country, seem .generally to turn their attention to a new town laid out, in pursuance of .an act of the Territorial Legislature, on the east channel of Mobile river. This place is styled in the law the Town of Blackely .” It lies six miles north of xVlobile Bay on the east margin of the main direct ship channel of Mobile river; which, from near Fort Stoddari down to the Bay, is denominated “Ton sa”—This channel subdivides in front of Blakely, and its principal modlh runs southwestwardiy to near the centre of the head of the Bay, where it forms a junction with Spanish River, (which is the main channel into Mobile,) and both make •»ne common channel over the bar, 12 feet deep at high water—there being but two feet flow of tide ordinary; and but one Hood and one ebb in 24 hours in Mobile Bay. The other four mouths of Mobile river have not more than 8 or 9 feet at : high water on their bars—Vessels draw ing more than 8 feet water must pass up Spanish river, (which is the third mouth from the high land) and double an island six tntlfes north of Mobile, and then, with a northerly wind, drop down to town.— Vessels of the same draft pass directly from the sea into the port of Blackely, without the least delay. The hartior of Blackely, is' spacious, convenient, and secure, having bold shores on all sides, and entirely land-locked close in. The high lands on which the town stands, shield the shipping entirely from all easterly and southerly gales, (the only dangerous winds in Mobile bay.) The town of Blackely is regularly laid out, with streets 99 feet wide, running at right angles, east and west, north and south. It is situated upon two general branches of land;—the one in front on the river (300 feet from the margin) is 25 feet in bight above tide-water; then about one quarter of a mile back the ground rises gradually for half a mile, till it gains an elevation above the level of the sea of one hundred feet—thence a beautiful plane for nearly a mile, when the land rises into a ridge of two hundred and fif ty feet above high water made. ~No town in the United States is better ■ supplied with fresh ivater, than Blackely. A great multitude of never-failing copi *• ■ V ■ - t oussprings of the purest water issue from the high table of land within the plat of the town, as well as from the high rylge , in its rear. So that however extensive* the town may berime in process of time, all parts may. by means of aqueducts, be accommodated with a plenty of the best of water —Such a privilege is rarely to . be realized in seapoi ts, especially in so warm a climate as that on the coast of Florida. The numerous groves of majestic live oaks, interspersed over the site of Bla kely, will, with judicious reservations of such as fall within the streets, not only become a grat ornament to the town, but be a source of much comfort to the inha bitants during the influence of an almost vertical sun. This promising town is rapidly impror ving—Some of tiie principle merchants at Mobile, and also several mercantile gentlemen from New-York, Boston, N. Orleans, and elsewhere, have recently purchased lots of the original proprietors, and are now erecting suitable warehouses, stores, and dwelling-houses in Blackeley, preparatory to extensive business there in the fall. There is, present, a great competition between the proprietors of Blackely and Mobile. Which town is to take the lead in trade is at present unknown. It will depend much upon the force ot ‘capital, and the description of people, who are not yet in either town. For the capital there now is very inconsiderable, and the population small. St. Stephens is a flourishing place, and promises to become a town of considera bje importance. It is situated on the west btnk of the river Tombigbee, about one hundred miles from Mobile by laud, and much farther by water. Though this place is marked on many maps ft the head of tide water, still the effectiof tne tide is never perceptible, ex cept yhen the river is at its lowest stage, duriui dry weather. No river can. how ever, le better adapted to large Barges and steam-boat navigation, not only to St. Stephens, but at least four hundred ini'es ibove there. Thii town has at present more trade than t|ie town of Mobile. A few miles above St. Stephens there is a shoal across the beil of the river, when it is very low; but tlife obstruction is a soft chalky stone, whichcan, with a small expenee, be shap ed so is to turn all the water into one channel, and render it passable at all seasons with five feet water. At the falls of the Black warrior, (the east blanch of Tombigbee,) a very flour ishingltown, in all probability, will ere . long be erected. This place being the natural head of boat navigation on that river in the heart of a fertile country, ami dicing a village of some trade, no doubt can be entertained of its immediate pros-, perity. The lands, Imwever, are not yet surveyed, and it is uncertain, therefore, when they will be in market. It may be remarked that merchandize destined to Huntsville in Madison county, (A T.) passes from this place over land to Ten i nessce river. I think these fal miles by water from St. Stephens. On the main Tombigbee no place is yet loca ted for a town as 1 recollect. At fort Claiborne, on the Alabama ri i ver, 100 miles from Mobile by land, and i 40 miles east of St. Stephens, a conside rable village has been made since the war, where there is a brisk retail tiade to the settlement in its vicinity. Itjies on the east side of the river, on very ele vated ground, called the Alabama heights. The town of Jackson lies on the east 1 side of Tombigbee, ten miles below St. 1 Stephens, near what is called Bassett’s Creek. It is regularly laid out and in corporated; has 8 or 10 stores, and is a handsome place, and well watered. : At the falls of Cahaba river, which • runs into Alabama, nearly 100 miles ■ north of fort Olaiborue from the north ‘ west, and is a fellow to the Blackwarrior, i a town of some importance will probably ! be established when the lands are sold, i floats ascend to this place with facility, > in dry times. Considerable set : (lenient are making on this river. ‘ I At the mouth of this river, or in its vi > (unity, an important town will undoubt l edly, soon be located. The lands are ■ how selling at Milledgeville in Georgia; ' and the* most extensive body of good i land lies east of Alabama and about this I place of any part of the Creek cession. i It has been thought by many that a ■ large town would forthwith spring up at I Fort Jackson in the fork of Coosa and , I'allap oosa rivers; but, as the Indian t boundary is within ten miles of that I place, in my opinion it will not be the >' case, till tiie United States acquire the ! lands up those rivers. Fort Jackson is » 500 miles from Mobile by the meanders I of the river, and good barge navigation } extends to that place at all seasons. It is impossible to foresee where every flourishing Jnland town is to be perma -1 nent in a new country; so much depends on the effect of capital, and leading roads, 1 where head of navigation does not settle i the question. i Great speculations are constantly agi t fating the minds of the adventurers with 1 regard to the location of towns, and eve s ry discerning prudent man will calculate f for himself on this subject. • Huntsville, in Madison county, and I now in the Alabama Territory, is a very - prosperous inland town; it lies north of the Great Bend of Tennessee river, neqr r the 55th degree of latifute or south line of the state of Tennessee. -The extensive - bodies jf land of the first quality, which - ‘V’.v'' ' fa, '/*' ,vt ' ‘ lurrovmd it, will ensure its permanent prosperity. Its population was, accord ing to • census taken last year, 14,260 souls, 10,000 of whom were whites. Ma dison county is twenty three miles square, has been settled but ten or twelve years, and as I have been informed, rais ,ed last year 10,000 bales of cotton. Huntsville has upwards of 30 stores in it. The planters in the county have be come wealthy by their own industry in a few years, in the worst of times. Though slavery is tolerated in the Alabama Ter ritory, there are but few slaves in Madi son County; their cotton is chiefly rais ed by the whites, which is a proof that this valuable staple of our Country can be raised in abundance without the la bour of slaves The purchase from the Chickasawln dians, last fall, of territory sufficient for six counties a» large as Madison, each, which lies on th sides of Tennessee ri ver. about the Muscle Shoals, opera an odic great field for enterprising people oft ad descriptions! This extensive hotly of land lies with in the Alabama Territory. The trade not only of the north part of our territory w ill pass into the waters of Mobile, but, East Tennessee Too will find it, her interest to turn her trade into the same channel. The navigation of the Muscle Shoals is dangerous, and New Orleans too re mote for reciprocal dealing, to advan tage. Considerable merchandize lias al ready passed into Huntsville, byway ol Mobile, and the fallsof the Blackwarrior, on much better terras than by the former routes. Considering the great extent of the territory of Alabama—tiie vast bodies of fertile lands every few months coming into market, the principal part of which will be purchased at two dollars per a cre, in a country too, which is congenial to the culture of one of the most valua ble staples the planter can raise—privi eged with three nobie riveis, of exten -ive.casy and safe navigation—blessed also with one of tne most debghtfiil cli mates in the world—where the delicious products of the vine and olive are about to How in abundance within its borders I say, with all these privileges iftid iuxunous bounties of nature, which are not mere creatures of fancy, but sub stantial realities, who is not ready to ex claim that the Alabama is an American Canaan. v Respectfully, your most obedient, Samuel Raines. MEXICO, New-Ohleans, July 25. From an intelligent and well informed gentleman, arrived last night in 24 days f rom Soto la Marino, we learn the follow ing particulars: General Mina has been successful in his match. From the favorable disposi tion o the inhabitants towards hinj, his 'o.ce has been recruited to the number oi three thousand men. The royalist chiefs dare not approach him for fear of being abandon- d by their soldiers, who are badly paid and badly fed Mina has taken possession of a place near St. Ander, where there are gold mines, A Spanish frigate which blockaded Soto la Marino, took to flight on the approach of the Mexican Congress independent pri vates, of 12 long 18 pounders. . Tiie same gentleman informs us, that the Governor of Vera Cruz, had made up the sum of 150,000 dollars to lend to Mina, but his purpose having been found out, he was obliged to decamp—no body knows where, July 26. By an arrival from Galveston, we learn that commodore Aury, with four armed vessels, has sailed, it is presumed, for Amelia Island, to co-operate with general MacGregor. From the Charleston City Qax. 28 th ult. CITIZEN GREGOR MACGREGOR, General of brigade of the armies of New Grenada and Venezuela, and general in chief of the armies of the Floridas, with commission from the governments ffMe xico and South-America. Soldiers' I loose not a moment in expressing to you the satisfaction and pleasure I nave derived from y«mr soidier-like con duct o late, and the progress yon have made in military discipline and subor dination. This is the foundation of all military enterprizes, and renders supe rior numbers of enemies of no avail in action. Continue to follow up the ex emplary line of conduct you have so no bly begun; it not only inspires yoiir chief wi th sentiments of the greatest ,con fidence, but will also fill with terror tire rank of the slaves of Ferdinand the 7th. The most active measures have been taken for the speedy movement of the ar my, and I trust soon, at the head of such troops, to plant the green crass of the Floridas on the proud walls of St. Augustine. Royalists heware! —The republican ar my of the Floridas fight in a just, great and holy cause, and their motto is victo ry or death. GREGOR MACGREGOR. Joseph Dk Yribarrkn, Secretary. Head-Quarters, Fernandina , lltA Au gust, 1817, 7 and 1. DECffARATIOJv’oF BLOCKADE. Gregor Macghegor, brigadier-general of the armies of the united provinces of New Grenada and Venezuela, and general in chief of. that destined to e mandpate tlie provinces of both pi I das, under the commission of tu B preme government of.Alexis "'TI South-America, &c. &c.jkc u requißite ’ iD the hostile operations by me bndSß against the possessions of the kb jl &pam, in both East ami West-K' and holding the maritime forces TJB pen sable for carrying into effect a form! blockade. Be it known-to all fl these presents shall come, that fiJ^ 0 "! after the. fifteenth day of fiM next ensuing, all ports* rivers, b av9 ft !| inlets within the coast of bqth Finn,l I beginning from the south part (1 f island, to the river Perdido, are t hJ considered in a state of strict and riJU rous blockade—Wherefore, 1 do will notify to aH the neutral nations, a9 31 as the friendly governments of jW I America, Mexico, and the free P) o ri I das, that the aforesaid ports will b i blockaded, agreeably to the usa» es aiu »| practices of other nations; and that such! blockade being necessary to the su ccm of the undertaking entrusted to my C a re by the above jrav’B o rnments, for the emancipation of E as tß and West-Florida,l hope that the trade ® to the Spanish possessions in the Flori-B das, will not risktlnpr property by sen-B ding it to them, as from the fifteenth ofß September, all vessels bound to .saidßl blockaded ports shall be warned off: but Hi incase they should prove refractory,byli endeavoring to hold a communication I with tfie enemy, all those found violA- fll ting the blocka'de the second time, shall I. be considered and held as good and law. I ful prizes. Given at the head-quarters of Fernandi-B na, (Amelia Island) on the 21st of'Au-B gust, 1817— 7 & 1. I / GREGOR MACGREGOR. I Joseph De Yribarren, Secretary. Fernandina—R. Findlay , printer to'the I government. MARINE ?EHTENT’. j “Punish Leviathan the crooked Serpent, and slay the Dragon that is in the sea.” Isaiah xxii 1 See also Job xii. boston, August 21. A gentleman who has been in Glouces ter, has given us the following account of this animal. It was still seen in the harbor of Glou cester on Sunday afternoon, and Monday afternoon. On Tuesday the weather was rough, and he did not make his appear ance. From what has been observed of his habits, it seems that he approaches the shore , and shews himself above thesur f ce, when the water is smooth and the weather warm. On Sunday and Monday very distinct views were had of him by various persons. Gentlemen who have been at Gloucester, and attended to the accounts of those who have seen him at different times, and in different situations, think there can be no doubt that the animal is a serpent, on kind; that he is at least eighty, and mote probably an hundred feet long, and near ly of the size of a Hour barrel, at the larg est place. As to the bunches, or protu berances, which have been mentioned, ’hey arc thought to be nothing more than the appearances occasioned by his man ner of motion. He does not wind later ally along, as seipents commonly do,, but his motion is undulatory, or consist ing in alternate rising and depression, somewhat like the motion of a caterpillar. Mr. Johnson, a young man, who wentin a boat to visit a vessel in the harbor, on Sunday, in the dusk of the evening, came very near to him, before he discovered him, so that he might have reached him with his oar. He was quite still, and appeared to be reposing. He was round and smooth, and had nothing like bunch' es. His head, though in its front it is circular, is not flat, like a common ser pent’s but the top is elevated, prominent and round; and owing to this latter cu> cumstance a side view of his head a little resembles that of ado’s. Captain Beach, who appears to have examined him very often, and sometimes in favourable situa tions, says his head is the size of a com mon bucket. He has seen him with hi* mouth open, his under jaw and teeth like a shark’s, his head round, with appar ently very thick scales, and its whole ap pearance very terrific. Credible persons aver, that they have seen him swimming into the harbour with great speed, hol ding his head 8 feet above the water.—- M_pre often he moves along, with his hea4 under water, showing the line of his back or with Ins head immediately above the surface. He appears to be rouud with scales, which, when he contracts his folds, gives a rigid appearance to hisback, • but when he extends himself toe scales, inclose and do not prevent his appearing i smooth. His general color is dark brow n; his head dark brown, intermixed with i white. He often turns very quick, bring - ing his head near his tail, and putting himself into the form of a staple. Capt r John Beach, jr. has completed a drawing , of him, which is to be engraved. As he has seen him several times, it is probable ■ his likeness will be tolerab'y just. The ; people of Gloucester however intend _to ■ be able to give a better account of him, if he should stay longer in their harbour, Seark hooks, variously baited and at tached to buoys, have beah set afloat in - the harbor, and several boats, well man ed and armed, were destined to attack him yesterday, if he showed himself. I THE SEA-SERPENT. » Captain Doyle, who arrived this mor -1 ning in 3 days from Cape Ann, informs • us, that a day or two before he sailed, t»