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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