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FRIEND?.
friend after friend departs ;
Who hath not lo*» a friend i
There is no uuion hereof hearts
That finds not here an end.
Were this frail world our final rest
I,tying nor dj ing, uotre were blest.
8 yofld the flight of time.
Beyond the reign of death,
'There surely is some blessed clime
Where life is not a breath
Nor life’s affections, transient fire,
Whose sparks fly upward and expire.
There it a world above
Where parting is unknown,
long eternity of love
Formed for the good alone :
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that glorious sphere !
Thus star by star declines
Till all are pass’d away,
A* morning high ami higher shines
To pure and perfect day;
N'.r sink those stars in empty night,
But hide .themselves in heaven’s own light.
Montgomery.
prom The new youk even ng post.
TO THE EVENING STAIl.
Oh! welcome thou sweet evening hour,
In pensive darkness shaded,
tv hen from the silent grove and bower
Day’s latest beams arc faded ;
When softly on the brow of night
Thy silver rays afar;
Stream from the blue skies' vaulted height.
So pure, sweet Evening Star !
In other days, when youthful hope
Each passing hour beguiled,
With those belov’d how sweet to rove
Along some pathway wild;
Where the clear rivulet on its way
Came murmuring from afar;
And dauced and glittered in thy ray,
So bright sweet Evening Star.
And though those happy horn s are fled,
And every hope is vain ;
Which o’er the scene a lustre shed,
It ne’er shall wear again,
Tet still, than pleasure’s brightest blaze
More sweet to me, by far;
In this still hour alone to gaze
On thee, sweet Evening Star.
And, as i watch with pensive eye
Thy slow receding light;
Until the last, faint silvery ray
Set’s over the mountain's height,
To muse on hopes forever flown,
Than life ouee dearer far;
8*t, ah! in darkness now gone down,
Like thee, sweet Evening Star.
HUMAN GRANDEUR.
We gaze on a billow with wonder and awe,
Swelling high as it threatens the shore;
Till broken and lost we forget what we saw,
And think of that bii'ow no more.
So the pomp of the great, so the fame of the brave,
So the treasures of glory and pride,
Tho’ they mount on the flood, like the high swel
ling wave,
Like that too must ebb with the tide.
JFrom the Charleston Mercury.
A geuileman complaining to his Boot-
Maker, that a pair of boots recently sent
to him were too short, and that he wanted
a pair to cover the whole calf, had the
following jeu d'esprit sent to him : —
NEW BOOTS.
These Boots were never made for me,
They ale too short by half,
1 want them long enough, d'ye see,
To cover all the calf.
Why. Sir, said Last, v ith stifled laugh,
To alter them I’ll try ;
But if they cover all the calf.
They must be Jive fee.1 high.
A Newspaper is a bill of fare, contain
ing a variety of dishes, suited to the dif
ferent tastes and appetites of those who
sit down to the entertainment.
Politics are beef steaks, palatable to alt
most every one. Those who prefer them
rare done choose them from France.—
Congress and Legislative news ate stuff
ed meats. Electioneering is tension.—
Essays, humorous, speculative, moral and
divine, are a tine boiled dish, where by a
happy commixture in the use of meat and
vegetables, a diet is obtained, nutritive,
agreeable and healthy. Poetry is custard.
Marriages are sweet meats. Ballads and
love ditties are plumpuddings. Anec
dotes, conundrums, and epigrams are
spice and mustard. Sometimes there
comas along a printers dun—that is sour
front and cranberry-tart.
CURIOUS ANECDOTE OF RATS.
A gentleman’s place in the parish o!
Falkland, being lately much infested with
rat , he employed Mr. B iin of Leslie, to
extirpate them, who is well known in this
country, for his art in destroying these ob
noxious vermin. Upon one occasion he
. caught 78 of these animals alive, amongst
; which there was one discoveied exhibiting
such a strange uncouth appearance, that it
! was first supposed to belong to a new
r species, or was one bearing the insignia of
' high authority among the community of
! rats. After some investigation, however,
! it was seen that its uncommon shape arose
from a piece of black thread being tied as
tigliily as possible around its belly, by
which means it looked as if it was nearly
cut in two ; or, like some of our modern
dandies, it had such a very small waist
th it it looked quite genteel. Tire only
difficulty to account for now, was, how
! could it get enlaced in such a tight corset;
| and on the circumstance being mentioned
;he following fact was ascertained :—A
weaver in L, being much tormented with
these obnoxious animals and placing im
plicit belief in an adage current in that
ueighboorhod, that rats are faithful letter
carriers, and that if a letter addressed to
any person is tied to one of them it will
march offiustanter, attended by the whole
of its tribe, as a safe escort, lie wrote thus
to a friend ;—
“ As 1 find I have more rats about me
at present than I can provide for, I have
sent the bearer to you with this letter, and
trust that he will be followed by all his
companions, as you aie much more able
to support them than I am; and if you
do not like such neighbours, you can for
.vard them to some of your acquaintances,
in the way as 1 have done to you.”
This epistle he had tied around a live
rat in the latter end < f March last, and
gave him his liberty that lie might pursue
iris journey, which it must have done soon
af er, for as above mentioned, it was ta
ken full two mile? from Leslie ; so that
it must have travelled in about two months
more than two miles, even supposing it
-^♦wkuhe most direct road betwixt the
places.—Our correspondent adds, that
although the letter did not reach its dis
tillation, yet the humorous device restart
ed to by the Leslie weaver had the effect,
as the whole rats almost immediately dis
appeared from his premises, and he has
never been troubled with them since.
Fife Herald.
NO 1 ICE.
A LL Person} having demands att-nust os
tatc of the Rev. John Level man, late ol
Richmond County, dec. are requested to present
them and all indebted to said estate, to make mi-
„.di.«p.,—.» DAsiELSB0MAN
Qualified Executor.
April 24 w4nl 10 i
Public Sale of Lots
Within the Reserve and Town of
COLUMBUS,
At the Coweta Falls, on the Chetahuochy River.
I N conformity to an act of the Legislature of this
state, passed on the twenty.fourth day of Dec.
iu the yeai ouc thousaud eight hundred and twen
ty-seven, to lay out a trading Town, and dispose
of all the lands reserved for the use of the State
near the Coweta Falls, on the Chalahoochy River—
will be sold, in the
TOWN OF COLUMBUS,
On Thursday, the 10 th of July next,
614 Building Lots iof half an
acre each, iu the plan of said town; twenty-five
Gardening LOTS, of ten acres each, on the north
east and south of the square reserved for the , 0
Town and Common, and adjoining the some; | jj ncs be introduced, and the same method
twenty Lots of twenty acres each; seventy-eight : ^umbering observed, by which the small and
Lots ot'oue hu idred acres each; and tbiity-one j . (>r books , nay be used at the same time with
Fractional parts of survey. : Der f e ct ease. The size will be octavo, with four
The finest Hymn Book extant.
AVATTS & RIPPON,
A LARGER SIZE.
D AVID CLARK, encouraged by the favora
ble reception of bis improved edition ol
Watts’ & Rippou’s Hymn Book, has determined
to publish the same work in a much larger form,
suitable for use in pulpits, pews, and famdies.—
newly arranged indexes ef subjects and first
The local advantages of this tow*n—-the tich
and extensive hack country it has already at
command, and the increasing importance it wilt
derive from the cession of the lauds on the west
of Chatahoochy river, will ensure toitadegtee
of commercial importance not surpassed by any
other town in Geoigia. The townis situated on
the east side of the ri er, immediately below the
Falls, which admits of a sale and coiiv niont nav
igation for steamboats from thence to Apalachi
cola Bay.
Terms will be, one-filih of he purchase money
in cash or current bills of chartered Banks ofthis
State—the balauce in four iqual annual instal
ments.
The sale will commence on the day above men
tioned, and w ill be continued from day to day un
til all the lots are disposed of.
IGNATIUS A FEW,
ELIAS BEALL,
TH1 UP HENRY ALSTON,
JAMES HALLAM,
EDWIN L. DEO RAF FEN RE ID
Commissioners for laying off the town oj Co
lumbus. and the Rtstrvc of the Coweta Falls,
(O’ The Editors of all ihc public Gazettes of
Georgia, the Cliai Itston Courier, and Tuscaloosa
papei will insert the above advertisement for six
ty davs and forward their accounts to me at Co
lumbus, for payment.
SOWED W00LF0LK.
Sei ’yio the Gourd of Commissioners.
April 2f>, 1828. 103
Proposals
BY MISCliAEL SMITH,
Author ol “ A Geographical View of the British
Possessions in North America,” “ History of
the War,” See. See.
For Publishing in Miliedgtcill r , Georgia,
. APOLITICAL PAPER,
TO UE ENTITLED
Yesterday we publish an extract of a
letter from Camden, stating that $120
worth of pure Gold found it: Chester Dis
trict in the Slate, had been brought to that
place. The following communication to
the Philadelphia Aurora, contains some
further information on the same subject.
GOLD MINES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The great interest which is so justly ex
cited in relation to the gold mines of our
southern states, will doubtless render the
following extract acceptable to our read
ers. It is contained in a letter from a
gentleman of high respectable scientific
attainments, who is a resident of Cauiden
5. C. whence the communication is dated
April 15.
“ Within a short lime Gold lias been
discovered in Chesterfield District, in
this Slate, (South-Carolina) near Flat
Creek, on Mr. Brewer’s plantation. The
average amount of- gold found has been
from four to ten dollars per day, for eacli
lal orer ; last week, one hand collected
the value of fifteen dollars in a single day.
The largest pieces yet found, do not, how
ever, exceed a dollar in value.
“ Gold has also recently been discover
ed on Mr. M’Leod^s plantation three
miles from Brewer’s mine, in Kershaw
District. It has not been much worked
but promises well.—Also, eight miles from
Brewer’s, in Lancaster District some
hands are working with a good prospect’
before them. Accounts state, that Bi ew
er’s mine, in this stale, is richer than any
in North Carolina.
“ Some early settlers in this state have
at various times asserted, that the Indians
were formerly in the habit of offering gold
dust in barter, for European goods ; this
assertion though at one time discredited
is at present altogether probable ; for
the mines of which I have spoken, pre
sent evident indications of having been
worked at a former and mere distant pe
riod.”
THE OLIVE BRANCH,
I NTENDED to support, by the dissemination
of truth, tlie present Administtation of the
General Government of the United States, as
long as its measures aie calculated to promote
public good. . _
Nothing could have induced the Editor to
have consented to enter the list ot poliijcal Con
troversy, at this time, but a full belief that/it is
his moral duty to assist in the promulgation of
tru'h.
With pain the Editor now contemplates the
flood o* political error, inundating the State of
Georgia, and wishes to oppose a defence—nor
is he without hope, or expectation, that the
friends of the General Union will be able to give
the vote of Georgia to Mr. Adams; and he will
use all fair means he can, to effect jo desirable
an event. Yet, while he shall faithfuliy and fear
lessly defend the character aod conduct (while
right) of the Members of the Administration of
the Government of the United States, and the
State of Georgia, and illustrate the ptetens ons
of John Q. Adams to the Presidency, he will nei
ther slander Gen. Jackson nor his frieuds, or
attempt io eclipse his merit, or his honor.
While the Editor confiden-ly calculates oil the
support of the independent friends of Mr. A-
D.uis, & the Administration, he thinks that many
may patronize The Oi.ivr Bii wen with a view
of ascertaining the truth, on the important sub
ject now under consideration.
The Oi.ive Braxcii will be divided into Four
D -partments :
I Foreign Intelligence.
11. Domestic Intelligence—a summary notice
of passing events, interest mg to the American
reader.
Ill Discussion of Political Subjects of present
interest—predicated on the right of m.au, and of
the individual States of die General Confcdera-
Copperplate Engravings, printed on a large
English letter, procured for the special purpose.
The paper will be of the best quality, and the
binding done in a superior manner.
It will be remembered that the Psalms and
Hymns of Dr. Watts were first arranged under
appropriate heads, and the deficiencies supplied
by Dr. Nippon, and that his selection was intend
ed for an appendix to the work of Dr. Watts.—
The general use of these books in Great blitaii
and America is sufficient evidence of their pecu
liar merit. The readiness of the Baptist Church
es iir the United States to i nrchase two large e-
tiifions, and their desire for more, prove that
they coincide with the Churches of Eng
land in their estimation of the work and
that the two together may be . fairly consid
ered the best Hymn Book in existence. Under
all these circumstances, D. C. thinks the pie-
sent undertaking, though much heavier than the
former, will be lully sustained by a lilieral public,
who have given already so many signs of their
approbation to the improvements and execution
of the smaller edition. He requests Ministers
and others, especially those who have advised
the attempt, to ascertain as eany as practicable,
: how many copies can he disposed of through
them, and give him information l»y the first of
May, 1928. The work will be soon commenced,
and the public may be assured that no pains will
be spaied to make it equal to their highest ex
pectation,
N. B. The type to be used iu the proposed edi
tion, is two sizes larger than the above.
CONDITIONS.
1st, This edition, as to matter and arrangement,
will correspond precisely with the former edi
tion.
2d. The price in plain sheep will be $2 50, in
plain calf §3 00, and in morocco or calf, and
gilt $3 50
3d. 500 copies will be printed on superior hot
pressed paper, and bound in superior extra
style, at $5 00.
4th. Any person obtaining eight subscribers,and
remitting the pay, shall have one copy gratis.
5th. To Booksellers and others who obtain 60
subscribers, or order 50 copies at a time and
p.iy the cash in one month after receiving the
books. ;t discount of one-third will he made.
Direct to DAVID CLARK,
Or iu the Agent of the Baptist General Tract
Society,
No 118 North Fourth street, Philadelpliia,
w here subscriptions will be thaukfully received.
January. 1823.
v , v ’: ' ■;
Valuable Properly j
FOB SALK.
T HE subscriber offers for sale, that wellim-
pioved, handsome, and valuable possession,
known by the name of SWEET WATER
MILLS, shunted in the Comities of Warren and
Columbia, ou the Stage road from Augusta to
Milledgeville, thirty miles west of Augusta and
twe've miles east of YVarreiiton, containing 650
acres or more, 2U0 of wbi :h is cleared and in an
excellent state of cult ration, and produces equal
to any uplands in the country, as can easily be
tested. There is on the premises a well finished
tw o story building, with furniture, Stc. (all insured
against fire,) well calculated for a public house
and an excellent stand for a House of Entertain
ment, having good Kitchens, Smoke-house, Sta
bles, &c. There is also two Grist Mills, a Saw
Mill and Cotton Gin, all propelled by water, aud
lately undergone thorough repairs, au excellent
place for custom and ready market lor Lumber,
&c. Also a new Store-house aud Blacksmith’s
Shop conveniently arranged. AH of which is
offered for sale on the most reasonable terms,
and possession given immediately if required, or
in the fall, as the purchaser may require. The
purchaser can be famished with an excellent
Sawyer, and a house woman, together with a
considerable stork of likely young Hogs. Cattle,
&c. and Tools of various kinds, Corn, Fodder,
&ic. See. No recommendation is necessary, only
for persons wishing to purchase, to view the pro
perty.
For terms, enquire of the subscriber on the
I realises ; aud references to John C. Holcombe,
Augusta, or the Rev. James Holcombe, near Au
gusta, who have owned and lived on the premises.
THOMAS W. SHIVERS.
April 10 tf
Tax Collector’s Sale.
"ILL he sold, on the first Tuesday in July
A. llotkai-ii A, 1. W. I’s.itk,
Propose publishing, in the city of Washington. 4
uewspapci, (imperial sixe, to be issued week!?
on Saturdays,) entitle.!
The Washington C hronicle.
PROSPECTUS.
4 LTHOUGH not among the number of thos»
Am who believe that the time will arrive, when
human passions and human infirmity will cease
to darken the understanding, and interrupt the
happiness of man, we are, nevertheless disposed
to view the advances which have been made in
the arts most conductive to general happiness
as the certain precursors of still greater effort, to
cultivate the fields of Literature, and extend the
boundaries of Science.
Among the means most conducive to the mor
al and intellectual improvement of mankind, the
Press, it will be admitted, stands pte-erainent.—
By its ceaseless energy, information, adapted te
every capacity, is diffused through every class
the public mind is awakened ; collision of npi„!
ion strikes out the fire of genius ; aud talent
which, without its ageucy, would have remained
unknown, is stimulated into action for the public
good.
But, although the art of printing has unlocked
the stores of learning, and renderud that ar> vi
sible to all which before was the privilege of the
few, thei e is one peculiarity which marks the
present age more than any that h->s preceded it
It is the adaptation of scientific nnd literary pm
Auctions to the wants and the capaiities of the
great body of the community, by the circulation
not of folios and quartos fitted only for tb«
learned, but of periodical publications, moulded
into every shape, filled with every variety of nut
ter, and diffusing their influences through all
the avocations of life.
To contribute to this general circulation i.t
useful information, and Hdd to the amount of
literary effort, is the object of this Paper.
It will readily be perceived that it is our in
tention to avoid intermingling with puny or r.
w next, at the Market-House, in the City of j ligious controversy ; and to pursue a path which
Augusta, between the usual hours of sale, the fol
lowing property :
in this District, it is believed is still unoccupied.
We shall notice, in a condensed form, what
202j acres of Land, Wilkinson county, sold as I ever occurrences may appear most important,
the property of David Borin, to satisfy his State ; whether foreign or domestic. The proceedinei
Tax for the year 1820. Amount Tax 47 cents.
202£ aares of Land, Monroe county, 3d Dis
trict, No. 135, sold as the property of John Els-
worth, to satisfy his State Tax for the year 1826.
Amount Tax $1 13.
250 acres of Land, Gwinnett—692JItwin and
Dooly—two Lots in Clinton, sold as the property
of John Quin, to satisfy his State Tax for the
year 1826. Amount Tax §7 99.
of the National Legislature and the acts of the
Executive of the Union, will receive due atten
tion. In presenting a view of them, however,
te our rea-lets, we shall endeavor to avoid (he
prolixity of detail, and communicate snch irem-ral
results as may best exhibit the internal condition
of the country and our relations with foreign
Powers.
The most valuable information will besought,
Information Wanted!
G EORGE BUSHY who resided some time in
the interior ofNoith or South Carolina,
aud afterwards in the Southeastern part of the
United States, where he was concerned in the ed
itorship of a newspaper, but of whom his friends
have not heard for the last five years, is inform
ed that he may hear of something to his advan
tage by communicating with his brother C. B.
Bushy’, at Brighton in England, or with Julian
Bushy. Esq at his Chambers in Crown Office
Row, Temple, London, or by directing a letter,
post paid to the office of the Evening Post. Any
information concerning the said George Bushy.
conimunica>ed as above would confer a favor on
the writer of this.
Mav 1 103
Theatrical Jeu
first wife was a Miss Yuuitg, of Covent-
gaiden Theatre. Outlie morning after
her, marriage, she received the following
epistle from Mrs, Martyr, ot the satno
Theatre ;■
Dear Madam'. Permit me to be one of
tho first in offering my congratulations.—
I have no doubt of your Ivapptness ; for I
must confess that if his Holiness had at
tached me, guod Protest apt as I am, 1
should not have had the t evolution to die
A. MARTYR.
To which Mrs. Pope returned the fol
lowing answer ;—
" Dear Madam : Accept mv best
thanks for vour congratulation—This is
not a time for criticism ; but I will softly
whisper to my friend, tlwt Pope’s Essays
are iu perfect unison with Young's Night
Though l a." " J
$10 Reward.
r > AN AW AY fiom the Subscriber on the 27th
V March last, \VM. SIMMONS, an appren
tice to the Tin Smith Business. He is about 5
feet 4 inches high, light tiair and hazle eyes.—
. I Had on when he went away, a blue coat with yel-
d Esprit.—P ope’s ' l u w buttons, black silk vest and blue sattiuet
pantaloons. He had permission about 12 mouths
since to work in Augusta, nnd probably he will
take advantage ofthat permission. AH persons
are cautioned not to employ or harbour said ap-
ptenlice, as they will be dealt with to the utmost
rigour of the Law.
If the said apprentice returns to his master
voluuta-ily he will be forgiven.
THOS. D. FELL.
Charleston, May 5. 104 2t
Soda Water.
A FOUNTAIN of the above highly refreshing
and healthy beverage, has been opened by
the subscribers, at their office. No. 24i Broad-
Street. where water oi the best quality, and well
cooled, will be served at all hours of the day and
evening.
Magnesia, Rochelle, and other medicated wa
ters. will be furnished at the Fountain.
H. D. THOMPSON.
J S. BEERS.
March 27 93 If
RECOMMENDATIONS.
/ hiladelphia, Sept. 15. 1827.
The well and universally appreciated excel
lence of Dr. Watts’ Psalms and Hymns, and the
judicious and spiritual appendix to his work by
Dr. Rippon are such, as in proportion as they
are know, must render recommendation unne
cessary. I have sec n Mr. Clark’s (first) edition
of the volume. Its execution is neat, and the
price reasonable. I hope he w ill receive encour
agement from the churches, in addition to what
lie lias already accomplished, to issue a copy
with a yet larger type.
\VM. STAUGHT0N.
The Subscriber*, being apprized of Mr. David
Clark’s intention to publish another edition of
the excellent Hymn Books of Watts Rippon to -
get er, with a much larger type than the first, do
most heartily wish him success, and recommend
it to nil the Baptist Church* s throughout the
country ; believing it to be the best book of
Psalms. Hymns and Spiritual Songs in use among
Christians. The larger book is very necessary
ami desirable for public and family wot ship, and
particularly to those whose eye sight is too weak
to read a small type with ease. Judging from
lion. In such discussions the true principles of i ‘! ,e s,, l ,eiior «««**»» of his firsl improved edi
tion ot ihe work, we have no doubt but that the
larger books will also be made in the best man.
202£ acres Land, Henry, and 250 acres Rich
mond county, sold as the property of Michael
Flake, to satisfy his State Tax for ihe year 1826.
Amount Tax $10 17.
101£ acres Land, Wilkinson, sold as the pro
perty of Absalom Corsy, to satisfy his State Tax
for the years 1825 and 1826. Amount Tax $3 20.
500 acres Land, Scriven county, sold as the
property of Arthur Smith, to satisfy his State Tax
for the year 1826. Amount Tax $3 93.
100 acres Land, Richmond county, sold as the
property of Thomas Hays, and joining lands of
Allen and others, to satisfy his State Tax for the
yeat 1326. Amount Tax $ I 37.J
250 acres Laud, Early, 12th District, No. 357
sold as the property of Win O. Hudson, to satis
fy his State Tax for the year 1826. Amount Tax
62£ cents.
250 acres Land, Early, 5th District, No. 11,
sold as the property of Washington White, to sa
tisfy his State Tax for the year 1826. Amount
Tax $2 00.
40^ acres Land, Telfair, sold as the property of
Blanton Burch, to satisfy his State Tax for the
year 1826. Amount Tax $1 43.
137^ acres Land, Richmond, sold as the pro
perty of Jeremiah Smith, to satisfy his State Tax
for the year 1825 and 1826. AmountTax$2 86.
1400 acres Land, Burke, and 202J tones Co.,
sold as the property of John G. Polhii, to satisfy
his State Tax for the vear 1826. Amount Tax
$10.
202£ acres Land, DeKalb County, sold as
the property of James A. Adams, to satisfy his
State Tax for the year 1826. Amount Tax $1
13. E. BUGG.
Tux Collector for the year 1826.
May 5 104 td
republicanism shall n’>t be outraged—but the
political doctrine of the immortal Jefferson shall
be followed—‘-Equal and exact justice to all
men, of whatever State or persuasion, religious
or political.”
IV. Miscellaneous Articles, literarv, moral,
fizc.
CONDITIONS.
The Ouve Branch will l.c published every
Saturday, on a full sheet of Medium paper, with
a fair type.
Price to Subscribers will ' e Three Dollars
per annum, in advanc*, or at the time of the
publication of the lirsf number—or Four Dollars,
if payment is delayed six months.
Post masters, or other gentlemen to whom
one of these proposals may come, will please to
solicit patronage, and they shall be entitled to
one paper gratis, for every sir names of ics^on-
sibie -ubscribers they may*procure.
(O* Editors in the Southern States will confer
a favor by inserting the above a few times in
thiir respective papei s.
M. SMITH.
Mav 1 103
ner. and meet the wishes of many who have Ion
regretted the want of a larger iuiptession of this
most valuable publication.
Mr. Clark's new arrangement of the indexes
and method of numbering the hynms, is a great
improvement, while it does not hinder the use of
it in conjunction with any other editions of the
books, bound eithertogeihcr or separately.
W. T. brantly,
Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
ELISHA CUSHMAN,
Pastor of the New Market Street Baptist Church.
Philadelphia.
JOSEPH H. KEN NARD,
Pastor of the Baptist l hurch, Blackley.
NOAH DAVIS,
A gad of the. Baptist Gen’l. Tract Soe’ty Phil.
Mr- Clark’s former edition of Watts & Rippon
was executed in the best style- We rejoice that
hi# -urci-ss has encouraged him to publish an oc
tavo edition of the same work, and confidently
expect that lie will offer to the public as he de-
} signs, the finest,Hymn Book extant. For a book
! of the proposed size and stile of execution, the
j price must be considered reasonable, Wtr wish
I him the success which he well deserves.
JOHN L. DAGG,
! Paslorof the Fifth Baptist Church, Philadelyhia
THOMAS J. KITTS,
PROSPECTUS
OF
An Independent Newspaper,
TO BE PUBLISHKl> IS
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, , „ ,
Whbh shall he open to Pol,tics. Literary and \ ^roflht Second Baptx* Church, Philadelphza.
WILLIAM E. ASHTON,
! Pastor of the Third Baptist Church Philadelphia.
DAVID JONES,
Paslorof the Lower Dublin Baptist Church, Pa.
New York, Dec. 15, 1827.
Mn. Clahx,
Sir,—It has afforded us great pleasure to learn
that you intend soon to publish an octavo edition
Terms—The Savannah Mehcuhy will be pub- j of Dr. Watts’ Psalms and Hymns as arranged
lished every morning, during the business season, ; by Dr. Rippon, together with Dr. Rippon’s se
Commercial Intelligence, Domestic aud Foreign
News, S(e. and which shall be devoted to vhinci-
fles, aud not ifteu...
TO DE ENTITLET> THE
SAVANNAH MERCURY.
COS AM EMIR BARTLETT—Editor.
aud three times a week, during the balance of the
year, 011 a large Imperial Sheet, with New Types
and Piess, at Eight Dollars ptk annum, payable
in advance. Arrangements will be made to ob
tain the latest Ship News, aud accurate Prices
Current.
For the accommodation of Country subscri
bers, there will be ; ifblished a Weekly paper, to
be entitled the ARGUS, containg all the origin
al matter of the Daily papers of the week, toge
ther with the Prices Current, Foreign and Do
mestic News, all new Advenisements, together
with other matter interesting to country readers.
The terms of which will be Four Dollars per an
num, or Three, if paid in advauce.
D* Persons holding Subscription Papers, are
requested to return them by the first of Juue, at
which time it is intcuded to commence the publi
cation.
Savannah, April 10 97
lection. Such a Hymn Book, if well executed,
and reasonable as to price, caunotfail to tecetve
a very exteusive circulation, as it is believed that
the Churches of Christ in Atneica have long felt
the inadequacy of Dr Watts’ Psalins and Hymns,
to all thepurjioses of divine worship.
Respectfully, Yours, Sic.
CHARLES G. SOMMERS.
Pastor of the South Baptist Church, New York
SPENCER H. CONE,
Pastor of the Oliver st. Baptist Church, New York.
AARON PERKINS
Pastor of the Beriah Baptist Church, New York.
ARCHIBALD MACLAY,
Pastor of the Babtist Church, Mulberry jfe- N.
NOTICE.
F OURmontis after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Justices of the
Inferior Court of Richmond County, when sitting
for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell alt the
real estate of the late Richard Bush, dec.
LITTLEBERRY BUSH, Admr.
April 21 100 tf
Ten Dollars Reward.
R UNAWAY from the subscriber, some time in
January last, two Negro Slaves, BOSON,
an African, about 6 feet 6 inches high, black
complection, full face, between 30 and 35 years
of age ; ABRAHAM, a man, about 4.feet 5 inch
es high, thin face, with whiskers, about the same
age of Boson. The above reward wi'l be paid
for them, or five dollars for either of them being
lodged in the Augusta Jail, or delivered to P. H.
Muntz, Esq
THOMAS J. DASHfcR.
April 24 *0! Jfw
THE CASKET,
OB
Flowers of Literature, Wit and Sentiment,
EMBELLISHED WITH SPLENDID ENGRAVINGS.
[1HF patronage that has already been exteud-
L ed to the Casket, has not only exceeded
our most sanguine expectations, hut, if we mis
take not, is unprecedented in the annals of
monthly liteiature. This success has induced us
to give the work a more attractive form for the
present year, as well in its literary department,
as well as in its decorations aud tvpographcal,
arrangements. A new font of type hag beeu pro
cured, upon which it is printed; the size and
number of the pages are to be considerably ex
tended and they are also enlarged, and paper
superior to that formerly used, is employed in its
publication ; meantime, that every department
may exhibit a corresponding degree of improve
ment, arrangements having been entered iuto
with artists, for various decorations and orna
ments. The usual number of copper-plates will
he found, and it is proposed to furnish each nuin
ber witli two wood engravings, instead of one, as
iieretofore. The wood engravings representing
scenes, or referring to incidents familiar or inter
esting to most of our readers, will be accompani
ed by well written descriptions of events Nnd ex
hibitions connected with the picture—each re
flecting upon ihe other's interest and value.
It is our desire to render tbe Casket interesting
to the various classes of readers to whom periodi
cal literature generally addresses itself; and we
shall feel cailed upon to search, with renewed at
tention and assiduity, for the most interesting
contents of foreign Magazines, while a proper
inducement will be held out for native writers to
contribute a ponioo of their labors to enrich cur
Casket.
These regulations can be effected without any
sacrifice ofthat light reading, and general maga
zine of small paragraphs, that must enter Into
all literary wot ks; inasmuch as the size of the
work will be very considerably enhanced—its
eontents, thesefore, assumes a more diversified
form, and boasts an increase of solid matter.
The price of the Casket will be $3 60 per an
num, payable within three months after the re
ceipt of the first number—but, if the subscription
is paid in advauce, $2 50 will be received as pay
ment in full.
The arrangements which we have made for tbe
publication of the Casket, warrant us in assuring
its patrons, that it shall equal, in attraction, any
work of the kind that has been published ; wb le
its price is scarcely half that of the most ordinary
monthly publications.
Those who wish ,0 patronize the work will
please to intimate theii wishes by sending us the
subscription in advance—the increasing ex|>enses
of tbe paper, printing, engravings, iic. render it
absolutely necessary for us to be furnished with
tbe means of meeting expenditures promptly.
ATKINSON & ALEXANDER.
112 Chesnut-street, directly opposite the Post-
Office. Chesnut-street.
It may be well to state, that tbe “ Casket for
1827/’ forms a distinct volume—price $2 50;
it contains thirty-six splendid engravings, with
nearly 600 pages of letter-press printing, consti
tuting one of the cheapest publications in the U.
States. A few of tbe numbers can be 5 pplietlto
fnture subscribers.
Jan 28 ?6
202£ acres Land, Dooly, 9th District, sold as J in the Natural History, Kcsourcs, and Produc
the property of John Rice, to satisfy his State ! tions, of our Country.
Tax for the year 1826. Amount Tax 47 cents. 1 \\ hiLt avoiding political discussions, whoj.
250 acres Laud, Early, sold as the property of only aim is the advancement of some, and th r
A. Treadwell, to satisfy his State lax for the ; prostraction of others, we shall neither be iuat-
y ear 1826. Amount Tax $1 00. ^ ; icntive to the practical effects of our Uepubiican
202J acres Land, Monroe, and 667, Warren, I Institutions, nor unmindful ol'the efforts demaml-
Dooly, and W ilkiuson, sold as the property of J. , ed from every citizen, for thr maintenance ol'the
C. Winter, to satisfy h.s State Tax for the year principles of freedom. General and enlightened
1826. Amount Tax $10 82. _ discussions in political scieuce-of all sciences the
most important to the temporial bappineo uf
man—will there.ore receive meiited attention.
Agricultuie aud Manulactuies will occupy- a
prominent place: on these subjects it will he out
object to elicit and prese it information which
may be practically useful; embracing interesting
discussions; and exhibiting plans, estimates, aud
teasongs, tending to show the means by which
labor may be most advantageously applied.
Biographical Sketches, interesting Anecdote*
and the chaste productions of poetic genius sill
not be overlooked. Whilst essays. origin»l or
selected, whose tendency may l>e to elevate the
moral feeling, a-x! unfold the principles of action,
will form one of the most interestinc, as well as
useful, portions uf our Miscellaue. us Depart-
meat.
We shall notice, with impartiality and candor,
the he.-t publications of the day: an I altlioiiga
prevented by our limits from indulging in the-
amplitude of the professed Reviewer, »e slis’t
endeavor to lighten tbe labor uf the student hr
directing his attention to what m.iy appear most
valuable, and present a summary which mav,
perhaps, be useful to the more cursory render
In iiinking this attempt, we may over-rate our
ability, hut not. yve are pursuaded. the dispute-
tion of the public. No paper devoted excluder.
ly to the objects we have unfolded i< now in ei-
isteuce within this Distiict. Political Journal},
of greater or less ability, alieady exist : Hut that
portion of the community who may <le»ire t»
blend the agreeable with the useful; the man ci
business, who may wish to devote his moment*
of relaxation to subjects more engaging than par-
ty rancour and legislathe discussion; even th*
legislator and politician, who may at times be
willing to retreat from the stormy field of politi
cal warfare, into the elegant parterre of litera
ture and science ; w ill seek in vain for a periodi
cal publication, indigenous to this District, in
which the mind can find the object of pur-nit.—
If, therefore, we mistake not the disposition of
our fellow citizens, the establishment of a paper
like the one now proposed, is earnestly looked
for as a desideratum.
To carry our plan into effect, we shall s -pph
ourselves wilh the be-t petiodiials of the day,
and have obtained such co-operation in thr Kd*-
torial De| artment as, we hope, will justify o.-r*
asking the patronage of the public.
TERMS:
The publication of the Chronicle will be cox.
inenced about the first of July next. It will I*
printed iu tbe best manner, w ith ucw aud land-
some type.
The price will be three dollars per annul”
payable during the fir^t three months, or (or
dollais and fifty cents if paid w advance.
Washington, May, 1823.
THE SUBSCRIBER.
B EING desirous of cl sing the ariaugeiwnO
under which the CiTr and Carolika G*
Zetts are at present conducted, offers at pri*
sale, tiie whole or a moiety of those E»ubh«t-
men's. To au approved purchaser of either, d*
terms will be liberal and accommodating >**
tlie most satisfactory titles given. Connected *1^
the Establishment aie a good font of types. 1
nffw patent press of a superior kind, and a firs*-
rate pressman, and excellent boat hand.
The Subset iber w ill also, at any time, give
the information which may be required, •• :r -
existing condition of tlie City and C’ahoUJ*
Gazettes and oftheir extent of patronage
subscriptions and advertising custom.
The Subscriber would prefer a disposal ot *
moiety, instead of the whole of his interest, * r "
feels assure t tiiat the most sarisfactory arrantr
ments could be made with any disposed to t»-
such a share in the paper. .
AU applications to be add essedto the Subset
ber personally or by letter at the City Gazet.
Office in the rear of the Exchange.
JAMES HA#
Charleston, March 20. 91
Notice.
F OUR mouths after date application v * 1 ‘*J*
made to the Honorable the Inferior Cow
of Richmond county, while sitting for ordin
purposes, for leave to sell the Real £s<» ,r
Francis B. Coqnillon, late ef Richmond couoip
deceased.
Lewis Barie,
Administrate-
Much SO 91 «*'
NOTICE.
A LL persoos havingdauns againsOh* ■»
of Richard Bosh, dec. are part** 1 ** - .
quested to hand them in within the time
ed by law, and those indebted to make 1®
payment. uTTLEBERRY BUSH,
April 21 *°° w4 a
BLANKS,
OF VARIOUS KIND S, ^
Constantly on hand and for sale att -e ^
Office, MTntosh street