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B Malone Co.
qjrjs yvst SEcsirßO,
—And for sale on Jjo w Terms*-*
Coloured Canton Crapes
Black India Silk
Ditto Canton Handkerchiefs
Ribbon, tchineHe and silk -Cord
Light dye sewing silk
.Artificial Viewers, &c,
ALSO, !
19 hh<ls. Philadelphia Whiskey, 2d, 3d
and 4th proof
220 pieces Inverness Bagging
SO hlids. prime Sukars
New Engl and and Jamaica Rum
Landing This Day from the Steam-Beat.
17 casks well assorted Hardware.
November 5 , ts
Fall and Winter
GOODS.
T heSubucribers huvtrecelved, by the
ship denrgia, and other recent ar
rival* from Liverpool and Green
ock,
UPWARDS OF
1000 Packages of Seasonable
Dry Goods;
Comprising a complete Assortment of
Woolen, Worsted, Linen, Cotton
and Silk GOODS;
Which have been carefully selected by
one of the partners, and will be sold by
the piece or package, at a moderate ad
vance, for cash, cotton, or undoubted pa
per.
O OT Families can be supplied, by the
piece or dozen, on reasonable terms.
Andrew Low $ Co.
Savannah, Oct. 29 1m
THE SUUSCUIEEMti
Have entered into Copartnership
under the firm of
Felix G. Gibson «r Co
Aod are now receiving an Exten
sive assortment of
British, French, India Sf Domestic
DRY GOODS.
—hILSO——
HARDWARE Ik CUTLERY,
AND
A General Assortment of
GROCERIES,
All of which will be sold low and on
accommodating terms
Bills of Exchange
Dn Neve-York & Boston for sale.
Felix Gibson,
W illiam G. Gilbert.
Ootober 29. , . ts
IN ADDITION
f ¥TO an extensive assortment of goods
I already on hand, the subscribers
have just received by the ship Jane, from
Liverpool, the
Following Articles
which they offer tor sale on mode
rate terms :
15 trunk:. Cambrics, Lenos, Calicoes
and Bombazetts
1 Bby 10
50 boxes Crown Glass, k 9by 11
J 10 by 12
SO crates Porter Bottles
Shotfic Lead, Sheet A” Hoop Iron j Casting
Table Salt, &c. &c,
ALSO.
10 barrels Linseed Oil
8 cases Looking Glasses, assorted
14 do. Fine White Roram 8c Wool Hats
200 pieces Inverness Cotton Bagging
SO kegs Dupont A cp’s. FF &F.F.F.
Gunpowder.
Edward Quinn & Co.
' if
Removal,
Wheeler, Bradley’s
&Co.
Dave Removed their Stand one door
east of the City Hotel, where they
are Opening,
an elegant assortment of
GOODS.
Consisting of the following Articles,
KEADY made Clothing of all des
> criptions.
Dry Goods, a general assortment
Looking Glasses from 1 to a 100 do 1 -
lars the pair
Silver, plated and common Castors
D}tt°, ditto and brittania Tea Setts
Tea Spoons
(Gold Watch Chains, Seals and Keys
Ladies’Bracelets and Finger Rings
Brass Andirons, Shovels and Tongs
Copper Tea Kettles 8
Col fee Roasters
Ladles’ and Gentlemens’ Beaver Hats
ft*®. , ditto Boots and Shoes
Windsor Chairs, #c. #c.
wm to «“ •*w
u
Wm. Sims, Co.
Jprt new Receiving and Opening their,
Winter's Supply of
GOODS:
Tbeir Stock will be very Exten
sive & Complete, consisting of
BRITISH, FRENCH,
INDIA & DOMESTIC
GOODS,
Which they offer at Wholesale and
Retail,on their usuallou; and accommo
dating terms.
October 1. ts
Removal.
THE subscriber wishes to inform his
friends and the public in jgeneral,-
that he has removed His BOOT & SHOE
SHOP from His former stand to the house
lately occupied by Mr. Hayneswprth,
south side of Broad street, three doors
' above the corner at tlie Market house,
• where he has on hand
An Elegant Assortment of
BOOTS $ SHOES,
Long and Wellington Boots,
Wax’d and Morocco Shoetees,
Ditto ditto Pumps,
Ditto Ladies’ Jackson Tics,
Ditto do. Walking Shoes,
Ditto Morocco Slippers of all kinds,
And an extensive assortment of Negro
Shoes—all ot’ which have been just re
• qeived from New-York.
C3T He likewise intends carrying on
the Manufacture and Repairing of Boots
t and Shoes, and hopes from his strict at
tention to business, to merit a liberal
share of public patronage.
WILLIAM TUTT.
Novembers. * ts
The Subscribers, T~
Having formed a connexion in
Business,
UNDER THE FIRM OF
B. Andrews Co.
Respectfully solicit the patronage of the
citizens of Augusta and its vicinity,
and inform them that they have for
sale at their
Tin Ware Manufac
tory,
BROAD STREET,
JW xti/fioor above Mr. ,7. W. Bridges,
....An. Expensive Assortment of.*.
WARE,
Os their own make, which they can con
fidently recommend,
•—VIZ;—
COOKING Utensils of every descrip
tion
Liquid and Dry Measure, according
to the regulations of the Market
Japanned and Plated Ware
Sheet lion Stoves
Hardware, Crockery Ware,
Castings, and
An assortment of Groceries.
Orders for Conductors, Gutters, &c.
attended to in town or country, at the
shortest notice.
N. B. Wanted, three good Journey
men Fin Plate Workers, to whom libe
ral wages will be given—two smart lads
would be taken as apprentices.
*•* The highest price given for clean
Cotton and Linen Rags.
Richard Andrews,
Ira C. Day.
October 4 ts
Jockey Club Races
WILL commence on the Ist Wed
nesday in December next, free
lor any Horse, Mare or Gelding from.
any part ot the world—Weights agreea
ble to the Augusta Turf.
Ist Day’s Running, S mile
heats, for a purse of g 400
2d—2 mile heats SOO
3(l—Mile heats for a purse
supposed to be worth be
tween 3 & 4.30
By order of the President.
R. H. Sec'ry.
October lit
BARGAINS TO BE HAD!
WILL BE SOLD,
On Wednesday the Sd day of Decem
ber next, to the highest bidder ,
TH AT excellent tract of land con
taining 300 acres,-owned by the
subscriber, nine miles above Augusta,
lying immediately on tlie Savannah river,
and containing a handsome proportion
of first rate low grounds—Also, 16 or
18 likely NEGROES, several Horses, a
few good Cows and a small stock of
Sheep, together with some Household
and Kitchen Furniture. Terms made
known on the day of sale.
Edward W. Collier.
October 29,
" NOTICE ~
A LL those indebted to the late firm
IJL of Messrs. JAMES A. BLACK,
* Co. are requested to call and settle
their accounts with. Messrs. A. Bugg, &
~®*. who ere fully authorized to settle the
• business of the said firm.
John Tanner. '
June ft. t s
mrnmmrnmmm i ■■■■ 11 ■■■■■-■ >■
[The following was issued in an extra
sheet for the city, late on Saturday eve
ning last. We now re-publish it in
our paper for the benefit of our coun
try subscribers.’)
Jtlilledgeville, JSTav. 6.
GOVERNOR’S ELECTION.
Hon. Wm. Rabun, 62
Oen. John Clarke, 57
Majority for Rabun, ' 5
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate,
and of the House of Representatives.
BEING appointed by (he Presi
dent of the United States Agent of
Indian Affairs for the Creek Nation,
and having determined to accept the
same, I have Itiis day resigned the
Executive Government of the Stale
to the hon. William Rabun , Presi
dent of the Senate. In doing which,
permit me to assure you, and through
you my fellow-citizensgenerally, that
in retiring from the service of Hie
state, 1 shall carry with me a just
sense of the obligation which their
long continued confidence lias laid
me tinder, and that my gratitude will
be as lasting as my life. In the va
rious and complicated duties, which
in the course of my public life I have
been culled upon to perfiirm, I can
not Haller myself, time my conduct
has been exempt from error, but my
conscience acquits me of any inten
tional departure from duty. Devoted
as 1 have been to the service of the
state, anti still ardently desiring to
see her prosperous and happy, it is a
reflection which gives me much plea
sure, that the duties of the appoint
ment I am about to enter upon, are
soiniiiaately connected with (be in
terest of the state, that hy a faithful
discharge of the one, the other will
he promoted. And I embrace the
present occasion as a fit one, to ob
serve, that the policy of the Govern
ment of the United Stales, w ith re
gard to the various Indian tribes
within their boundary, having for its
primary object the humane and be
nevolent purpose of meliorating their
condition, and if possible redeeming
them from a oavage to civilized life,
much of the success which ought to
be the result of this policy, will de
pend upon the zeal ..id ability with
which it is executed—ln contempla
ting the situation of the Creek Indi
ans of the present day, residing with
in our limits, I think it will be gene
rally admitted, that their attachment
ami adherence to the United States
during the late war with Great Bri
tain, which nut only involved them in
ail the horrors of a civil war, but
caused them the loss of .nearly all
their banting grounds, entitle them
to our protection and regard; and to
a full share of the benefits resulting
from the benevolent policy of our
Government. From these conside
rations, and with this view of the sub
ject, it will not be expected that the
execution of the laws regulating in
tercourse with those Indians should
be relaxed; so far at least as regards
the agency to which 1 have beeu ap
pointed, it will be understood, that
no intercourse with them, which is
forbidden by law, or which may have
a tendency to defeat or retard their
improvements in (he arts of civilized
life, will be tolerated. 'At the same
time, for every legal object and hon
est pursuit, every facility in my pow
er will be afforded.
The- objects which claimed imme->
diale Executive attention after the
adjournment of the last legislature,-
have been disposed of. They were
such generally as depended upon, or
grew out of, some legislative act of
that session, and need net be now
particularly detailed.
1 have great pleasure in assuring
you, that the state of our finances is
prosperous, and competent not only
to support the annual ordinary expen
ces of (he Government, but to effect
many objects of public utility.
Permit me to recommend, that an
additional sum be invested in Banki
Stock. The collection of (he reve
nue arising from funds of this des
cription is both safe and easy, whilst
that arising from taxation is attend
ed with considerable expense and
loss. By recommending the adoption
of this measure, I do not wish it to,
be understood as being of opinion,
that the present taxes ought to be re
pealed; on (he contrary, it is my de
cided opinion, that they ought to be
continued, because, the citizen is bet
ter able* in time of profound peace,
and particularly under the present
unparalleled prosperity of the country
to pay a tax, than in time of war; we
have recent experience upon this sub
ject, which I hope we shall profit by.
It is the surplus of your annual reve
nue, or sums which'may he paid to
the state by the United States, which!
I propose should be invested in Bask
Stock.
" ' J
la thai addressing you, probably
for the last tirfie In my life, permit
me to assure you of my unalterable
attachdlent to the State, in whose
service 1 have spent twenty-five years
of the prime of piy life, and of my af
fectionate solicitude for the prosperi
ty and happiness of her citizens.
D. B. MITCHELL.
State-House, Uh March, 1817.
Executive Department, Georgia,
Milledgeville, 3d Nov, 1817.
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate,
and House of Representatives;
The late Governor Mitchell having ac
’ cepted the appointment of Agent to the
Creek Nation of Indians, which had been
conferred on him by the President of the
United States during (he last winter,
did on the 4th day of March last, resign
the office of Governor ot this State, into
my hands as President of the Senate.—
My Proclamation announcing the event
and assuming the duties, was issued on
that day. 1 was therefore unexpected
ly, and after a short notice, called from
my domestic fireside to discharge the
functions of this all important station.
Had not the constitution imperiously
enjoined the perilous task on me alone,
the good sense of the cunmunky would
no doubt have justified the want of ex
perience and a more enlarged capacity,
as a sufficient plea for me to have de
clined the arduous trust. Under these
circumstances 1 commenced the duties
of the office, relying on the liberality of
my fellow-citizens, fora generous allow
-1 ance of any errors i might commit in the
discharge of my official duties,
i On the 24th day of February last, the
, late Governor having been notified by
the Commissioners of the Penitentiary,
that the building was in a state of rfcad
, iness to receive convicts, issued bis pro
clamation announcing the same, and de
claring the “act to reform (he Penal
Code of tiiis State, and to adapt the same •
to the Penitentiary System, to be in
force; immediately therefore, after-i
came into office, I summoned the Board
ot Inspectors, and proceeded to make
the necessary arrangements to carry the
designs of the Legislature into operation,
by appointing the officers designated by
law, and directed that a Guard should
be enlisted without delay, in a short
time after, the institution was complete
ly organized. Convicts began, and have
continued to arrive from several of the
counties, charged with various crimes,
and sentenced by the courts to undergo
different periods of confinement and la
bor. These have been employed by the
Keeper, under the-direction of the Board
ot Inspectors, in various sorts of labor-—,
such as were deemed most expedient un
der existing circumstances. The com
i pletion ot the building, work shops, &c.
notwithstanding the indefatigable exer
tions of the Commissioners, has been
greatly retarded by the inclemency of
the seasons, and has rendered it very in
convenient, and frequently hazardous, to
employ them as advantageously as they
might otherwise have been.
the act of last session, entitled “ an
act to carry into effect the Penal Code
of this State, and the Penltentiory Sys
tem founded thereon,” has made it .the
1 duty of the Governor to pay all the inci
dental expences that might be necessari
ly incurred in carrying the system into
complete operation; but nafunds were
set apart on which he was authorised to
draw. The contingent fund being una
ble to sustain these, and the usual de
mands that arc made on it, I determined
to issue my Warrants on the Treasury
to meet these expenses, chargeable to
the fund appropriated for the purpose of
completing the building. Whether my
conduct on that occasion was justifiable
or not, your wisdom will determine. The
progress of this infant establishment, has
already excited considerable feeling
i throughout the state. Its numerous
, friends have hailed it as the harbinger of
( order and peace, and as a place of depo
sit for the lawless and disobedient—
» ,whil« its enemies have viewed its ap
proaches with extreme regret. Many,
it is understood, have already removed
without the limits of the State, and oth
ers have avowed their intention of pur
suing the same course, for the purpose of
obtaining a situation beyond the reach of
its grasp. From the experiments alrea
dy made, I am persuaded that, although
considerable expense has, and will for
some time, attend this institution; yet un
i der proper management, and the experi
ence which time will naturally afford, it
will ’ere long become a formidable engine,
in the hands of a well regulated govern
ment, for the suppression of vice and the
i encouragement of virtue.
For a considerable time before and
since I came into office, the Indians bor
■ derhig on our southwestern frontiers
have manifested a hostile disposition, by
embodying themselves, plundering from
the citizens of Camden county several
hundred head of cattlfe, and on the
twenty fourth day of February last,a par
ty made their appearance near Clark’s
Mills on the St. Mary’s, and wantonly
murdered a woman and her two children,
set,their dwelling house on fire and ef
fected their escape with impunity. This
distressing intelligence was immediately
communicated to this department by
Maj. Gen. Floyd, and severil other gen
tlemen of that neighborhood. Without,
delay 1 transmitted an account to the
War Department, and earnestly pressed
the necessity of an adequate force being
K «' *
placed on that exposed frontier by (U
general Government, in order that J,
tectum might be afforded ta thedd'eL
less inhabitants who were then «.!•
In.m their hfones. I also instraJM
Maj. Gen, Floyd to order from h« f t e
sion asufficieitf force to repel those W
less intruders, and to inflict sui tal u
chastisement on them whenever J? 5
might be found on our borders, until ? 3
pleasure of the-General Govern'?
should be known. The action Ser??
ry of War, in reply to my
served, that (h, .übjjct ,«■„ ref
Maj. Gen. Jackson, and that the necp *
ry protection might be expected; batS
fortunately for us it has not been •»<£. !
«!• W« have ttoelWe, been u „fl
necessity of maintaining a detachment
our militia, on the frontier ofCamde
county, for several months past, un Z
the direction ot Maj. Baily of that coun
ty. Some time in the mohih of \u‘
while the Major and his party were mn
suing a large number of cattle, whir)
had been driven off, they fell in with im
companies iff Indians, and attacked ther
with bravery, killed several, voimdri
others, put them to flight, and returns
without sustaining any loss. Since tha
period, I have not received information
of any damage done in that quarter b\
the Indians. w *
On the eighth of September, I receive ’
a communication from Maj. General
Gaines, dated at Fort Montgomery on the
20th July, calling for two battalions of
our militia, to be held in readiness, to a?
sist him in reducing the Lower Greeks or
Seminole tribes to order. I immediately
caused the requisition to be complied
wit!;, and the two Battalions have'* on
detailed and organized,ind arenovvvvait
in» further orders.
In the month of April last, I was noti,
fied by Mr. Crawford, the Secretary o{
the Treasury of the United States, that
die had issued a warrant on the Treasur
er, in favor of the Governor of Georria
for the sum of three hundred and seventy
five thousand dollars, in part payment of
our Western Lands, which had been ce
ded to the General Government: and a
bout the same time, the Treasurer en
closed to me drafts on the Planters' Bank
of this state, and the Bank of New-York
for that sum. These I deposited iu our
State Bank for collection, which enabled
us to nay the amount of our subscription
then due to that bank, and left a eon i
derable,balance, which was entered to
the credit of the State, subject to future,
appropriation. I also received, through
Mr. Crawford, the award and decree of
the Commissioners, appointed by virtue
of an act of Congress, for the indemni
fication of certain claimants of public
lands in the Mississippi Territory, a
transfer of the monies which remained in
our Treasury, commonly called the Ya
zoo Deposit, amounting to one hundred
and eighty four thousand, five hundred
and fifteen dollars, ninety-four and a
half cents, in part payment of the one
million two hundred and ifty thousand
dollars, stipulated to be paid by the Ar
ticles,of Agreement and Cession between
the United States and the State of Geor
gia. In the decree of the Commission
ers before inentipned;the interest, ifany*
which may have accrued on the forego
ing amount, is claimed in behalf of the
United Stales. In a correspondence be
tween the Secretary of the Treasury
and myself on the subject, I haveilenred
that any interest has accrued to the Ur
nited States.
In tfte act to appropriate monies for
the political year eighteen hundred amt
seventeen, it will be recollected, that the
sum of ten thousand dollars was set a
part, under the direction of the govern
or, to be equally divided between all the
widows and children, say children tin
der fourteen years of age, of those citi
zens of the State, who were killed or di
ed in the of this State, or the 1 1
States, during the late war between the
United States and Great Britain and the
Creek Indians; with a proviso, that not
more than ten dollars should be given to
any one individual. The time limited
by law for applications to be made, was
on or before trie first day of May last, and
for want ofinformiktion of the existence
of the fact, a large portiod of thatnnfor
tunate class, were deprived of the benefit
intended by the legislature; I therefore
thought proper to extend the time, by an
executive; order, to the first of September
during which period, the most of those
interested, have availed themselves ofthe
opportunity, and brought in their claims,
which have been paid off, leaving a con
sidcrable balance subject to your direc
tion.
The attention of the legislature having
been so frequently called to the subject
of improvement in our navigable water
courses, our public highways, and afford
ing assistance to our infant seminaries
of learning, by my predecessors in of
fice; I should deem it unnecesary to say
any thing at this time, were I not folly
persuaded, that all the means which may
be requisite to the accomplishment of ob
jects so much to be desired, are now
completely within your power. Gar
funds are ample and abundant. Manv
of our sister states are vicing with each
other in improvements of this descrip
tion, and ar<v now sharing the nappy re
suits of their spirit; And
shall we so for forget nut own interest ns
to neglect these laudable pursuits, whifo
w-e enjoy a state of peace and unparallel
ed prosperity? I hope not. • Indeed I ai r *
fully persuaded that, a more favorable
opportunity to commcoco internal im
provements upon an extrnsfresc