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CROCKER ~
Low Beyond a Precedent.
HE undersigned conscious of
_S&_ their advantages, anti desirous
ff■giving anew pledge of their de
termination to accommodate custo
mers, and to surpass even the New
York Competitors, have this day
redtie<*l the price of their Ware.
We hope ly this to merit und ob
tain such an increased putronnge
and confidence as will, in some small
degree, compensate for the sacrifice
made. Our Stock is splendid in va
riety and quality, and to merchants
on their way to Charleston or New
York, vve would say in proof of our
v. •i‘estn, nnd in commencement
<>f its practice, that this day our price
foi Teas is 12A cents j>cr set —and
that if this fuils r to please, it will he
no tiie morrow-6i cents, und if that
f Is, the day after it shall he 0.
Wrti. Harris & J. ii. Ludlow.
05** The Align: ta Chronicle,
Washington News, JVlilledgeville,
Journal, and the Athenian at Ath
ens, will please insert the above
three times, and remit their accounts
for settlement.
juste, Jan. 31,1831. 3,3—3 t j
REMOVAL.
James S. Griffin, j
iIAS I;KMOVED HIS DRV COODS j
§TORE|
5? the lower end of J. McCor
: ,s brick building, oHtt door a
l Lane & Hester’s
January, 29ih 1831. 32—3 t.
brncK of Am true an and Foreign ~t foi; 1
Claims, 49 A ALi. br Nkw-Yokk, lan. 1841.
NOTICE is hereby I
P to nil persona whom it
may concern, having Claims, Debts, Inhcritn.i
ccs. Lc.. payable or recoverable abroad. that inis :
Agency lias istHhli&licd, under (h€ special auspi
ces ami jam imge of ilistingitislubl individuals in j
Ibis country, a rcgldar correspondence with emir j
iie.nl Bankers, icc., in lie? principal ports mid ca-1
p'tals of For ign Governments, in couunerciai re j
latious with the United Slates; through the me
illation whorcof Mich valid claims ns may be con
titled thereto, will be expedited foi set;lenient, j
und promptly and cftectivdy recovered; when
fitridfthod Ljv the claimants with the suitable legal 1
proofs and vouchers, together with |!.t i. j
I'otvor of Attorney, to be luken and ackuonlcdg j
til before any Judge of a Court of Record, or if- j
tner competent Civil Magistmte, Municipal Au- |
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iHi'.lieuticuted by the Governor of the Stiite, o\ j
Territory in which the sauru may be perfected, j
und legalized by tire appropriate Foreign Consul.
Having also established a similar correspon
dence throughout the United States and Lriiidi
America, the like claims for re* o\<ji*y in any part
thereof respectively, will be tcccived and elHci
cutly attended to in beiuiHut American as well as
Foreign claimants.
Orders f rl!e investment of funds on Mortgage
or Freehold property, or in the purcha.-eot Pub
lic Securities of the lnited Stale.*, Canal Loans
of the Suites of N. York, lYtnylvauia, Ohio, tcc. j
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should be accompanied with un adequate joint
lance io defray ilie preiiniiiuny charges and dis- j
Imux< uteutg attending the same, nnd all letter*
lava l( * post/laid, AARON 11. I'ALMT.R,
(Jtrunsi Uor of the S. C. of ii:c La. Actuary.
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WASHINGTON, (GA.) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1831.
SHE MENTOR,
AND
Youth's Instructive Companion.
PROSPECTUS.
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is miy work at present pub
lished in the United States, of that character to
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December Istli, to#).
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THE iSubgcnliiti's have now un
der the hands of the Engraver |
in New York, a complete and splendid Map of the j
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j July 1630.
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GEOHGIA—\V ilkes county i
Toled be-j
fore me JOHN j
iA- £ t ice oft he Peace
•n unit for the lt4 h district (icoi<r'm
Militia, hj James Wingfield, a hay
horse four feet ten or eleven inches
hiph, twelve or thiilecn years old,
\vill black fetterlocks, small saddle
spots on the rijlit side near the wea
thers, and a small white sf>ot on the
j left side ol his neck, near his head.
; Appraised by William Stone and
j Lewis S. Brown, to twenty-five dol
| lars; this 21st January, 1831.
John Jesse, J. P.
j A true, eoptj from the record in my
1 office, 21st January, 1831.
f G. L Knkestraw, c.i.c.w.c,
‘ Jins in*, ry 21,1331. 32 3t
Just Receitcd ,
BY
RICHARDS ft G Alt AML,
AT TIItIR
/look, Stationary, i( Musical Store,
No. 893 Ti road-Street ,
AUGUSI'A.
A I.ARGE SUPPLY OF TH h FOLLOWIVC. WORKS,
]MM'ERCER’s4flußtcr, Methodist
TVJL Hymns, Zion’s Songster*
Family Bibles of all descriptions,
Pocket do do
Wyeth & Smit, and Settel’s Musac, !
Woodbridge’s, ('umniing’s, S*ny- j
ley’s, Adams’, Morse’s and lY il-’
lard’s (Jcogr.T'jjhy and Allas,
Murray’s Grammar, Header, Key,
and Exercise,
SmyleJ’s and Hawley's Federal Cal
culator,
Pike Sc Uaboll’s Arithmatie,
Walker’s Dictionary,
With a full supply of till other
School, Chtssical, Miscellaneous, j
Law and Medical
BOOKS.
My. ve cn rfaru/,
a *Boo Reams of Foolscap, Letter.
nnd other paper,
i 40,000 Quills, of various qualities,
! 800 dozen Webster’s tiirellinff
Books,
50 Gross Almanacs for 183X1
and a i,Alter, stock or
AJoohSj,
OF F.rr.KY DESCRIPTION.
Also, a good supply of Violins,!
Flutes, Clarionets, Guitars, & Fifes, I
and a good assortment of Piuuo and
j Guitar music.
AND ALSO,
A Litrtre Assortment of
[GARDEN SEEDS,
■ warranted fresh trom lIn; Shakers.
Country Merchants arc invi
ted to call and examine for them- j
selves. They will tied their stock
complete und jjood, and us cheap as
they can be sold ia the suAiUicru
com.try.
Gi/” All orders will le prouij>i’y i
attended io.
Augusta, Dec. lj, 1330. 31—12 l
fly The Wiishiiijiioa News, Ceor-
Journal, 31ucun Messenger ami j
Athenian, will publish the above j
weekly twelve times, and forward
tin ir accounts.
G LOR GlA—VVllkcs to tin ry. j
Interior Coui L
In Chambers, Jan. 11/A, 1831.
WHEREAS, the Legislature!
of the State of Georgia, on [
; the 21th day of Decctuher 1825, did ,
! pass an act, entitled, “an act to np
( point county treasurers, t‘.’id define
! their dutiesand whereas, by the
[ aforesaid tecitcd act, it is made the
duty of the Justices of thj; inferior j
: court in their respective counties t<>
attend to the provisions of the 2d [
j section contained in the act aforesaid; [
. In pursuance whereof, it is Ordered,
that all Tax Collectors, Sheriffs,
Coroners, Clei ks. oft he Superior and
inferierCourts, Justices of t lie Peace,
and all und every other person or
persons tvLo may now have, or who
j may hereafter have in his or their
I hands any jtuhlic money belonging to
| said county, to pay the same lo the
j county Treasurer (if uny should lie
i appointed,) rw otherwise to the clerk
lof the Inferior court, on or before
; the 15th tiny of Dceetnibor, in each
j und every year; on failure thereof,
I tire requisitions contained in the 2d
section of the act before recited, will I
he strictly enforced, and the interest ;
of 20 per cent, therein required will |
be exacted.
And in as much as the Inferior j
court hits not appointed u count; ‘
trac-surer, the aforesaid county olli- j
cers, (as well as those who are now
out oiSolfice,) are hereby required to
comply with the requirements of the
said 2d sectidu of tlio above recited
uct.
And further, Ordered, that this
order he published in the “Washing
ton News,” for the benefitof all con
cerned.
A true copy from the records in
my office.
G. L. Rakestraw, c. i.c. w.c.
January 111, 1831. 31—4 t.
6 'liardicin's Uonds,
JScQlly feisjfd self a/ it,vs OJfiiff
Sales.
WILL be sold on the first
Tuesday in March next,
at the court House of Elbert coun
ty, between the usual hours of sale,
the following property to wit!
One bay Horse, Bridle and
Saddle, 6nc Cupboard, five feather
beds and furniture, three bed Steads |
and cords, one jar and some lard,
one sett of harness and slays, three
J sad irons, one waiter, one candle
slick, one brush, one tin pan, one su
| gar canister, one demijon and its
contents, two hamper baskets, one
Ijr and sonic earthen ware, two
: s;ates, owe dressing glass, one sett
toiletts and six goards of soap; also,
four hundred acres of land mure or
less adjoining Phijimon R. W ilhight
and others: the above property levi
ed on by virtue of sundry attach
j meats ugumst George Oglesby, and
j now in iny possession, and sold by
: virtue of sundry executions one in
favor of John W. Carter from the In
ferior Court and the others for cost
from the Superior Court.
ALSO,
One Sorrel horse; levied on
us tlie property of Henry Rail, to
satisfy a Ufa in favor of Samuel
Turman <!t William Fulliani, admVs
vs. said Hull.
Leroy Upshaw, Sliff.
January 25, 1831.
‘•i , &/ r II.L be sold on the first
j T j Tuesday in .March next,
lat the court house in Elbert county,
between the usual hours of sale the
i following property to wit:
Three hundred acres of land,
; more or less, known as the Cook
; law office tract of land, adjoining the
lauds of Willis Wall and others, ly
[ ing on the waters of the Beuverdam
Creek ; levied on as the property of
ii folic it M. Garviu, to satisfy a fifu
!in favor of Archibald M’Kinsley,
mhii’r. and Hannah Upson, adm’rx.
of Stephen Upson, deceased, against
’Jobeil -VI. Garvin & John A. llcurd.
i ALSO,
; The one eighth part of a nc
; lo l.oy by the name of Boh; levied
mi as the (H'operty of W’illis W. Tay
j lor. to satisfy a fila in favor ofWil
j Siam \V r . Bowman Se Company vs.
1 said Taylor, property pointed out bv
W in. W . Bowman. l
, ALSO
j One silty saw Cotton Gin,
j one packing iron, two thousand lbs.
. seed cotton, more or less; levied oil
ias the property of Edmund Skack
; ell’ord, to satisfy it fifu in favor of
i Samuel N. Bailey vs. said Shuckcl
foril, property pointed out by said
Bailey.
. ALSO,
Two eftws and calves, three
| cows and three yearlings; levied on
;as the property of Charles Presley,
lto satisfy a fifu in favor of John YV.
1 Carter vs. said Presley.
ALSO,
j One hundred and thirty acres
|of laud, more or less, lying on the
! waters of Palling creek, adjoining
the lauds of Zachnriah Ozlcy und
William B. Key and others; levied
on us the properly of Thoinus Bell,
jmir. to sutisfy a fifu in favor of
Henry Martin and Nathaniel Mar
tin, by bis friend Henry vs.
the said Thomas Bell, junr. nod
Polly Bell.
ALSO,
Thirty five acres of land more
( or less, lying on the waters of Broad
river, it being the dower of Polly
; Dye, now Polly Bel!; levied on as
jtlie property of Thomas Bell junr.
| tlio husband of the said Polly Bell,
I to satisfy a fila in favour of William
j D. Tinsley for the use of Terrell
Speed, vs. Thoinus 8011, Christo
pher Clark aiid Peter P. Butler.
Samuel C. YVyche, D. S.
January 25, 1831.
WILL bl- sold on the Ist Tues
day in March next, at the
court house in Elbert couuty, be
tween the usual sale hours, the fol
lowing property, to wit :
Ole hay horse ; levied on as
the property of Luwsou Scott, to sa
tisfy a mortgage fi fa in favor of Wil
liam YV. Bowman assinee of William
T. Taylor, vs, said Scott.
Samuel C. YV yche, D. S.
Dec; 2dth Rsgs.
[New Series—No. 34,
X^ r h’l J k e s °ld at the Court
* W house in W’ilkcs county, on
the first Tuesday in March next,
btween the usual sale hours, the
following property, to wit:
One negro man by the name
of Billy; levied on as tho property of*
Stephen 11. Mallory; to satisfy au
execution in the name of Juttfe*
| Render, administrator of Christo
pher Render, deceased, vs. YV'illi*
am Salfold and Stcpben 1L Jlullo-
TS
ALSO,
One negro man, by the name
of Abraham, onto negro woman Eli
za and her child Lcvinn; levied on
as the property of James Walker to
satisfy an execution in the name oi
John C. Hunter vs. James Walker,
and sundry others vs. said Walker*
William 11. Hyson, D. s.
January 29, 1831.
MILLEDGEViLL.fi
JtUiiioiifc fEbalt
LOTTERY.
1000 to be Drawn!lt
Oil Tuesday
The first day of March next.
TIIE Fourth Bay’s Drawing
will be commenced, at which
time will be deposited the following
Capital Prizes in addition to thosb
yet remuining in tho Wheel, viz:
t Prise of 315,000 1 Prize of so©
1 do “ 1,000 1 do “ 500
1 do •• WOO 1 do 4OO
1 do •’ 8110 I ifd “ 300
1 do “ 709 1 do “ 100
Which will make the list of Prized,
then to he floating, stand us follows,
1 of #15,000
2 of 10,000
1 of 5,000,
3 of 1,000
3 of 900
3 of 800
2 of 700
2 of 600
4 of 500
4 of 400
4 of 300
3 of 200
15 of 100
35 of 50
Besides Twenty's and Ten’s.
Th* Board ofCommissioners have
resolved to commence the 4th Bay’s
Drawing with ONE THOUSAND
PRIZES, und to ceutinue socli an
arrangement of the subsequent
drawings as will bring the Lottery
to u speedy issue.
Those who havo vested their
funds in this Lottery may calculate
on being very soon relieved from
their suspense, and thdsc who have
not yet purchased Tickets must “Jb
what they do quickly.”
PRICE OF TICKETS—Who!#
slo—shares in proportion. • ,
Until the first day of March ncxL
tickets may he hud at tho present
prices by applying to
BRADFORD MERRt.
James M. Audcrsou, ,
Agent
Washington, Jan. 21, 1831.
m
THAT well constructed Store,
on tho West side of the pid>-
lie square, lately occupied by U. F*
Case. It is calculated for a
Dry Good Store, arul Grocert),
having two rooms front ing the
square. Or it w ill answer for two
stores. It has an cxccllcut cellar,
and a private room attached to each
tenement. 1 will rent one or both
tenements, on reasonable terms.
John D. Thompson.
Washington, Sept. 27,1830. 15—iV,
eiiH
AND
HAND-BILLS
Os every description, neatly pnr.:c&
4T THIS OF FI < fi