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■tfoncc in January next* Pone elegant
Biius are prepared for the business?
M Frovi. Fat. 2 2d ult.
■ yhc minister of hia Catholic Majesty,
■ftiiu Chevalier arrived at tile
■Lt of Government yesterday.
■ -• JSat. Intel. 2cth ult.
Mfixtraet of a letter, dated JVew-Qrlenns,
I let. 27, to a gentleman in JV*. York.
|| »• With unfeigned regret 1 have to in
■form you of the death ofcapt. Guy Chain-
Klin, who was drowned on the Isi hist.
■ a s the entrance of Bayou lake in the
■yitacapus in this state, by a,sudden gust
■oi wind g the boat about a mile
■and a halt from the shore. There w ere
Kve persons in the boat, but capt Chain-
Ipliti was the only person drowned.”
I [Capu CJhamplin was a native ofNevv
■hundon, in the state of Connecticut.—
■ During the late war he commanded the
■ private armed schr.Gen.
I the brig W anior. in both vessels he
I jjgd several seveie engagements, in one
I of which he received a musket bail thro*
I his shoulder; but ally's came off con-
I queror.J — Ev. Fust.
New \ oi.k, November 25.
The Sea Serpent, it is said, is still
lin Long-island Sound. On Friday
I a 1.-4 S.itoruay last, he was seen off
1 Oieenwich harbor, (iu the vicinity ol
1 Captain*# Island,) by a number ot the
i inhabitants of that town. He moved
* slowly through (he water with his head
fl laistd about six feetj and in his progress
|| pNnudtd a foam like that produced in
Ij the bow of-ayessei. He appeared to ue
I a.i using ivimseii leisurely neat and round
I the islands, and occupied about ten
ii,i..utes iu passing Hum one of the isl-
I «tm n to anotfjiir, a distance of little more
I 4lian a mile.
IHe account received this morning
|| (ion Huston, of the island of St. Helena
tj and iiouaparte having been
I U F an earthquake, is not entitled to
i| the least credit. The ship Trident,
I which ai rived here last Sunday from Cal
-.1 cutta, passed Helena on the 12th
I October, 20 days alter the earthquake is
;V saiu to have happened,and tiie island was
■ then in lull view from the deck of the
■ ship.
I"’ Extract nf a letter, doled
4 . “ Calcutta, July 19, 1817.
y « The marquis ol Hastings, our most
H toWff governor, lias proceeded up the
m xtiuit&r? to manage an attack to be made,
■ .when. the rains cease, <»n the Rajah of
■ liuitpore, a place ot uncommon strength
■ resisted iheeffoit ol the army sent
■ some y ears .ago by the marquis Welies
| ley—it is piioUable that they will carry
f it, for, the n.e.au« are adequate and will
a not be-spared under any lalse notions of
3 ecoutimy.”
I «g» <»*"■- • -
| w* ntcduU I>j l oung,
r| In the representation of the comedy
J of the heir -at Jaw, at Norfolk, on the
H 31s) o( October last, each iff'the perfov
■ tners had occasion to deliver, some part
Sot the epilogue, and Mrs. Young com-
I menced tier's in the following words:
0 “ Is there any here in lover”
a When she was. immediately answered
.1 fio the lips of one of die Cyprian, gotu
;| desses in the attic chamber,
If 14 Ye»J’’ |i
I With a Readiness of wit peculiar toher s
|J self, Mrs. Young arcidy replied, (cast
-1 iqg/her eyes ai -the object of her satire,)
44 Yes 1 know you are in love;
• 44 And besides you sits a man,
I , 44 Whom you’ll ruin, f you can.”
I p Tliis reply drew forth bursts ol ap-
I plause from every quarter ol the house,
at the expense of the young man, w ho un
fortunately for himself, happened to be
the ordy man in that, part ol the gallery:
Jtie immediately withdrew.
A’. Y Repub. Chron.
LOOK. AT THIS, ?E~FAIR DAM
SELS.
A of young men in the state
of Connecticut have a opted into their
•constitution an article to this effect —
44 that no member shall be permitted to
.. marry,gnder anyerreuinstance 1 -, an ii.li
tkbate woman” A committee is appoin
ted to examine any female candidate lor
matrimony before she can be admitted to
a connection with any of she society,
Thw-consequence is that upwards o! 40
old maids, have moved within the space
of a year, to the western country iu de
apair— 'Gen of Liberty.
From the Columbus (Ohio) Gazette.
To the cuKious. —Mr. Willoughby
>n his Ornithology, gives an account o! a
goooe which was known to be eighty years
of age. Had that goose annually pro
duced six goslings w ith theirprogeny con
tinued and multiplied in the same ratio
till the ei*htieth year,at the dealli ol the
.old goose, what would be the number ot
her descendants ? VV ere those geese ar
ranged in one straight line according to
; their age, each occupying the space ol a
(foot; how long must the old guosejivc
•that she may visit her remotest offspring,
flying at the rate o( twelve miles an houii
* Again, what sum of money would pur
chase these geese at 25 cents each? —
TV ere the purchase money given in soiit
•gold, allowing a cubic inch to be worll
5;17,,711, laud th*s gold deposited in th(
1 plane .contained within Herschel’s orbit
■whose seulidiamctor is 1,803,548,591
miles, to what height would the whoN
plane be-filled? Whoever will answei
*>.ese inquiries shall be entitled to one o
the goslings, zftuap.
a*
hip
IT-
'lie
Te
>ut
Cotton, §0 «31 cts.
AOTJCE.
; Bank ofdughnta, 9i/i Dee. 1817.
THE Hoard of Directors will on
Tuesday the 16th inst. proceed to
f ine Election of a person to discharge the
, duties of Discount and Assistant Clerk
in said Hank.
Candidates can be informed of the ex
■ tent ol their duties, the salary given, and
amount of security required, by apply
ing at the Bank, where they are desired,
to leave their applications, with the
names of their securities, previous to the
day of election, with
Augustus Moore, Cashier.
By the President of the United states.
WHEREAS by an act of Congress
passed on the third day of March, one
thousand efght hundred and liiteen, en
titled 4 ‘ an act to provide for the ascer
taining and surveying of the boundary
lines lixed by the Treaty with the Creek
Indians and lor other purposes,” the
President ot the United States is author
ized to cause the lands acquired by the
said Treaty to be offered for sale when
surveyed; and whereas the lands nodh
o( the Tennessee River have been sur
veyed :
1 herefore, I James Monroe, President
ot ti.e United states,in conformity with
the said act. do hereby declare ami maki
known,that public sales, ior the disposal
(agreeably to law) ol tiie lands in Ala
bama ’Territory*nonhofthe-River ’len
uessee, shall beMield at Huntsville, iu
Madison county, in said Territory, viz;
ou the lust Monday in February next,
lor the lands contained iu the rangc.-
uuinhered, oue, two, three, four, live ami
six; and on the first Monday in March
next, for the remainder of the aforesaid
*a.ids; each sale shall remain open (or
three weeks, and no longer; the sales
shall commence with the first section ol
tiie lowest numbers of townships and
ranges, and proceed in regular numerical
order.
Given under my hand at the city of
Washingloii, the twenty first day ol No
vember, one thousand eight hundred and
seventeen.
JAMES MONROE.
By the President, -
JOSIAH MEIGS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Printers of newspapers,, who publish
the Laws ot the United States, will pub
lish the above for six w'eeks, ami send
their bills with receipts to tne General
Tand Office. Dec. 10. 6w
A Hargjsin. *,
2000 ‘ cies * or !fa^( ‘ * n
.'vlTvJLf Richmond coumy, lu miles
lr«rn Augusta ami 10 from Savannah ri
ver, on bolii sides Big Spirit creek, which
runs through the tract nearly in the cen
tie, on which is a saw mill that will, if
well attended to, cut on an average from
iuOO to iiiCO feet of lumber a day ; there
are al»o a number of other good sites foi
mills or other water machinery., and a
number of haqesome situation's f< build
on, equal if not superior to any in the
Mate in point of health—it lies around
that well known summer retreat called
.Mount Enon; its elevated situation and
the great variety of the best ami purest
springs, renders it tmcominonJy heal
thy-ami pleasant in summer.
On the premises are from 80 to (H)
acres tit cleared land and under fence, a
good house 44 feet by 20, w ith a piaza
on one side and shed on the other; the
house has B'rooms in it.
ALSO
239 Acres nearly adjoining jthe
mill tiact ami convenient to the mill, lies
level and well for cultivation and is well
timbered, which will il suitable to the
purchaser, be sold with the mill.
—also—
-170 acres within 4 miles of Au
gusta & immediately on the road leading
from Augusta to Savannfah, & at tiie junc
tion ot the Savannah $ Louisville roads;
this situation is perhaps equal to any
w ithin 20 miles of Augusta fur a public
■ bouse or any kind of public business; —
i there is a tolerable good set of buildings
. on the premises, and a spring of excel
-1 lent water convenient to the houses; the
land generally lies remarkably level 5
- there is also a good turf for running of
‘ horses one mile round, which is perfectly
level and firm.
—-also
- £O2 1-2 ucr&p of land in Twiggs
4 county, on the Ucmu gee river, known by
» lot No. 18j, 28th district.
- 202 1-2 acres supposed to lie in
L ' ’leilair county, kno«a by lot No. 2u-*,
1 district 7. —ALSO —
1 One lot in the city of Augusta,
u lower end of ihe »own with some small
.. improvements thereon.
I ALSO
% Will be old all the stock, con
r sisting of irsm jO to 40 itead ol cattle.
■- among which are 12 01; 13 good cows.
_ several cf which have young calves, a
cl small stock of h‘ gs, two yoke oxen, s
h good pair of timber wheels, two waggon*
e and teams and all mill and plantation
tools—all of which will he Sidd on at
9 conimodating terms by the subscriber
e living on the premises of the null tract
. r near Mount Enon.
if D. Berrey.
] December 10. wtf
% AUCTION.
l ♦
THISMORJSTLM G at iOo'cloek
will he sold before the Post-
Office: ' *
* 4 Hales 6*4 Cloths,
4 Boxes Tumblers,
5 Boxes Shoes,
5 Casks Cheese, &c. &c. s*c.
Terms.made known at the time of sale.
I Fraser & Bowde, Juet’rs.
December 10. a
. AUCTWX
AND
Commission Sfore.
F MENARD having been appoint
• ed one of the Vendue Masters sot
the City of Augusta, respectfully informs
his friends and the public, that he is now
prepared to attend to any business in
that line which may be entrusted to his
care. His situation is very central, and
well calculated for the vending of Mer
chandize, hrc.
December 10. ts
s3“Tvvodollars per
day will be given for Six able Boat Hands,
by Mackenzie Ponce.
|)ecember 10. t
FiiH.SU
Buckwheat Floor.
AFE VS hall barrels fresh Buck a heat
Fiour, New-'York inspection, just
received tor sale at the store of A. & J.
Kerr, (formerly occupied-by Taylor and
Sayre) by
John L. Many,
Who has on hand —
10 baskets we«t till,
i Case Shoes.
December 10.
Meson Academy.
11l ;S Institution will be opened on
the Ist Monday in January nut,
UMicr tlie superintendence of the ReWd.
David Root, a . oung gentle man who,
the Book! of Trustees are well assured,
is fully qualified to'eoiulmt an institu
tion ol tills kind. The situ.lion of the
Acauemy is healthy, and Board may be
oulained in Lexington anti the vicinity,
on the usual terms a in the country.
Terms of t uition as follows:
For students in the Hrst rudi
ments of Reading, Writing and
Spelling, sixteen dollars per an
num. glfi 00
students in Arithmetic,
E glish Gramtnar, Geogiaphy.
and higher English studies,twen
ty dollars per annum. S3O 00
F'or students in the Classical
D' partmaits, twenty-four dol
lars per annum. 55-4 00
All payable half yearly in advance.—
No students will be received lor a less
term than six months.
By order of the Boa <1 «f Trustees
Joseph M. Moling, Sec’ry.
Deccniber 10 tt
TO JOUBXEYM! X
T AY L OS.
Wj' ANTED immediately two young
YY Journeymen Taylors, to whon
six dollars wilTbe given for making each'
Coat, and all extra work paid tor-
Don & Smith.
Columbia c. in. Dec. 10 tl
-■ » —t" •
To I' arpeutert: and Builders
IliE subscriber having it in his piNv
er to saw 'I imber JO feet long, will
furnish (at short notice) any kind of 1 im
ber, usually hewed at the current price
ol Hewed Timber. Should it be neces
sary to have iyiy longer than 30 feet, tie
ill have it hewed and forwauled as
above.
A. Rhodes.
December 10 c
£>■ Copartnership Dissolved.
XTIE coparinersnipo! .jugusluaCruw
jora $ Co. is tins daj uiasolveu uy
mutual consent—-All those to whom the
nrrn is indebted will please render in
tuciV accounts, and those who are in
debted to hem must pay soon, or suits
will lie commenced indiscriminately— i
1 The Business will be earned on by N
M. Benton & Co. at the same stand.
Janies Cary A Co.
Augustus Crawford.
} . December 10 tt
S TO LEX,
B7IROM the suoscriber, living eight
t miles below Columbia court-house.
on the 4thinst. a Pocket Book, contain
’ ing three Notes of Hand, one for eighty
dodars, given by Thomas Hutchins to
> Benjamin fuller,due on the 24th Decem
* oer, 1814, with a credit on tlieback loi
21 dollars, 25 cents —the other two, were
given by 'Thomas ColVert to Benjamin
" Fuller, tor 16 doila.s each, due until
:, 25th December, 1817. These notesweec
i, taken out of the Pocket Book, which wa?
a turown under the house where the ,sub
a scriber resides. All persons are forwarn
-6 ed against trading tor said Notes—and
n the persons who gave them, are also foi
> warned again-t paying them. Ten Doi
r, lars reward will be given for the recove
t, cy of the notes, and the detection of tin
thief.
Benjamn Fuller.
ecemtar I sft
i McKenzie, Beunocli Sf Co.,
HAVE JUS’.* RECEIVED,
Her the slup* Geo gin, Thomas Gib
b tons, Oglethorpe, Juno and Camil
las from Liverpool and Greenock.
IK addition
To ilirir lute Fall Supply,
One Hundred & Fifty Packages
JSe*v (ioudfeiy
roNSISi’INO OK
Linens, Woolen , < oiton Goods ,
and Jiarduraie.
ALSO,
70.000 IBs. British Castings, as
sort eu
11.000 ditto Shot, assorted sizes *
2,500 uitto Bar Lead in I lb. bars
25 tons Axe Bar and. Waggon Tire
fro n
ICO half boxes Crown Glass, 8 by 10,
anu lo by 12, and
400 pieces best Dundee Ragging
All ol which, they otter at wholesale
at very reduced advances, for cash,
produce, or approved paper.
December 10 8t
Watches , Jewelry ,
—A Mi—
Silver Ware.
yo>r hsctnmu,
G« IjD Talent Lever Watches
nitfo Lola Face with extra Jewels
onver Patent Levers
Common Watches capped and jeweled
Ta»h ou.ibit (beais, Keys anu I hams
Lai fin gs, ringer Rings, Necklaces
B.aeeieta,' Lockets, Conai
Silver (Spoon*, longs, 3,c.
J. irUiUi iin,
Near ti.e matket, i door below
the c ity-iiotel.
Where In carefully repairs ever
description of Watches on reasonable
teriiis., an'd pledges his utmost endeavors
m gi\egeneral satisfaction.
-December It# ft
For salt.
PIMIE House and Lot at present occu
pied by the subscriber at the uppei
end of Broad (Street.
Thomas Pye.
Dec. 10 it
Will be Rented,
ON (he cd day of January next, on
the premises in Columbia county,
the Plantation belonging to the estate ui
Samuel Ramsay, dec.
Archibald Ueggie, JduiV.
December 10. w3t
Administrators HaU.
W. 7 ID*' be §uld On ti g last Saturday
|V mJa uary next, at the, markiu
noust in the City of Augusta, all the per
sonal property, ol the U<eD. Dovvnie,de
ceased, i onsisting of Siivewipitl! s tools,
Bo ks, Beds and Bedsteads, Jew airy,
wit i several ai tides «t liojuseliold furni
ture —the whole to be sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors nt sai»i dee’d.
buinuPl Goff,
Surviving dutiuuiui utur.
December To. ts
NO I lUfi.
TS, ' INE months after date application
Xvl will be made to the Honorable die
iderior court of Riclnnuud county, lot
leave to sell one 'ol with the improve
ments thereon in the city of Augusta —
the whole to be sold tor the beue,.tol the
heirs and creditors of the tale Davfti
Juownie, deceased.
BAMULL GOFF,
Surviving Administrator.
December id. mtlua
Xotice .
. 8 the subscriber contemplates a
c. ange ol residence, he hereby no
nuco all persons sutei ested lout he nas
appuuited John W aue, rrsq. liis.Ai
tomey, to, transact ins businls# in Acn
veu, in whose hands the whole ol Ins pa
pei s are lodged, and he further notihes
uy the way ot Ineudly advice, that il
those who are indebted to him Uo not pay
op oy tlie Ist of January, may pethaps
rum /their account* and notes in the way
to judgement.
Joshua stone.
Dec. 10 ts ■
to U. iIVTCuiMOs, Sht ijf, Jones
County.
' IR,yoJ are t'orwarued by me the only
adniinisliatriA lor toe estate of Bax
ter Fool, and Guardian for the chilcren
ol said T». Pool, from paying the money
you receive tor that tract ol Land, you
nave advertised for sale, as there is no
oilier pei sun or persons authorised to
receive said money, except myself, you
’ will therefore pay it to no.person unless
1 you receive a written order from me for
the money.
A. W. S.urgis.
£Sr The Milledgeville Papers will
. lease publish the above three times
- and forward their accounts to this uliice
.or payment.
A. w. b.
December 10
Family Flour.
3MIE subscribers will keep constantly
i on hand for sale, a supply ol BL
< PERPINE FLOUR, from me ot the
oest nulls in the Southern States#
Wilsuß k Black* *
Ort. % g
Sporting
rHE Augusta Jockey Club Races will
commence on Wednesday the 1 4th
<«av of Janaary nert, free for any Horne,
world. tf Ge d, " S froßl P* rt 0[ p
I he first day’s running, 4 mile heats
SprZr . \ s4<jo 00
•second day 8 running, S do. do. SOO tiQ
Hard day's running, 2 do. do; ) ....
a handy cap purse, worth $ 400 00
Weights as follow :
7 Years old, . . 12611#
( l *{ 0 * do. - - 120
5 do, do. . . j, 2
4 do. do. . .
S do. d«. .
2 do. - do. a feather.
By order of the President,
M. F. Hoi eclair,
r» i Secretary <y 'Treasurer,
December 3
N otic©.
W ILL /fc , ‘: t t 0 the hi » hest Wdd«r A
°n (Wednesday the 24th day of
December.) The BOOTH STANDS,
sL*Tp enßUin s ! t,cea —Note. oi
EBd “ ra '
M. K, fioiielalp, %
Secr*y. and Trens'r*
December 10
: ~
The Store and Dwelling Ro«©j
lately occupied by George Ken. £
( iy, fit Co. on the South side of Btoak
.>i r<>et, next door above Mr. D. Ralstons
• wt,wt| W •» very eligible for vending
Goods and purJmsinj of produce—On
f,* Lo are convenient Backstores, Sta
’ e , anU t«rmge House, fitc For term*
apply to
David wkinney.
November 15.
StoreageT "
subscriber respectfully informa •
r, the Merchants o£ Augusta, and it*
vicinity,(hat by applying to him, opposing
wVKirme’s Ware Nonce, Merchandize
ran be Stored, and every attention will
he punctually paid to the receiving anti
delivery of the same.
Hubert Ripley.
C3T Private Parties can be entertain*'
eel with Relishes at all seasonable hours.
December f ts
MOTIVE, *
IjJ K2EKIAII DICKINSON havln e
tJL purchased the interest ol Mr. Eaton
I'icwejliti in the concern ofT. fit E.Flew
ellin, the business will in future lie car
ried on under the firm of i’LE VV ELLIN
and DICKINSON at the establishment
ol the late firm, v here they have an ex*
tensive ware-house & comniodiolis storey
for the reception of all kinds of produc »
•r.nd goods. They t.-nder their services
(c their friends and the public geneiallv,.
and only ask for |uch encouragement ii». .
their at'entum uud punctuality will en-i -
title them to.
' Taylor Klewellm,
Pizokiali Dickinson.
September 5. ts
Administrator’* Sales.
Will be 4 old" before Sthe IW-iflice oa
V\ ednesday, I7rh of December qex.t,
the pipperty of Samuel Brant, deceas
ed, for the benefit of the heirs and.
cn ditocs, viz. v m’
I Riding Chair
8 deiuijons of Copal Varnish
Quantity of Coach Lace
Plated Handles, Joints, and Bands
- Plated, Sfiirup Irons and Webhs
Saddle Bossespnd Cut I acks,
David ilCiiwie, > ...
Juntos Johnson, $ * p
Nov. 4 tds
U»R KALE,
h HANUSOiIE healthy situation Iy>
ing two Stiles from Augusta, arid
wed known as ZacluHah Hin*iuc*tield’s,
l here is a comfortable dwelling and ne
cessary out houses, a well of excellent
water, a good garden well pailed, a
small orchard of peach, apple fit cherry
trees, about thirty acres of Heart'd ikncf,
and under g good fence.—Further des
cription is deemed unnecessary ; those
desirous of purchasing-will do well to
make early application to
Poter T. Uugg.
December 2. ’ , o
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. -
11/ILL be sold at the late residence
TW of Joim Carswell, deceased, on
Tuesday, the 23d day of DECEMBER
next, to the highest Didder. Part of the
personal estate of said deceased, consis
ting of Hogs, Horses, Cattle, ficc. ficc.—•
-Terms made known on the day of Sale.
A. Cai swell, i ,
M. Carswell, \
Burke County . Nov. 15 St****"*
- ‘ ...,o.>*. l a ll |ii,i ■n i ,i, i ,i.,| ■ «,*»■
Bills on New-York
For Hale, by
lieacb & Thomas.
October 4.
: Bills oil New York
5 ' AT SHORT SIGHT,
For Sale by • 7 • t
A SlaupterlkC. Labway
August l fi. T