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ale ourselves to their frequency, but two
ee successive failures are rather annoying to
publishers.
' •‘Lines on the death of a friend” are received
ia;
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ib* We call attention to the sale of Furniture,
l4«ertised for this day, by Messrs. Russell, Hutch
ison A Co.
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■3»We find in the Constitutionalist of yesterday,
semi-annual statement of the Mechanics’
Plank for October, which, in consequence of un
. I controllable events, the officers of that institution
; Were unable to make at the regolat time. We
j WiaH embrace it in a comprehensive tabular state
ment of the condition of all the banks of Georgia,
i Which we design to publish to-morrow, and which
tnow preparing for that purpose.
We are happy to learn from the Milledgeville
pers, that the Kev. Mr. Howard is now engag.
in preparing for publication, the History of
! State of Georgia. It Will be recollected that
was the State agent to Europe last year, to
lect manuscripts, papers, dec., connected with
r Colonial history, and from the acknowledged
ent, acquirements and real of Mr. Howard, we
ow of no one better qualified for this impor
ts work.
The following gentlemen were, on Monday
t, elected Directors of the Bank of Augusta^
■ one year from that date,
ix Moore, James McDowall,
»saph Waterman, Samuel Clark,
J. -Pames Fraser, Robert A. Reed,
\ £?Wilua* Commino, James W. Davies,
i John Bones, O. E. Carmichael,
James Harper, Artemas Gould.
TaOMAS N. POULLAIK.
r ' ; At a meeting of the board yesterday, John
llfoore, Esq., was unanimously re-elected Presi
dent.
The Bank of Charleton, So. Ca., on
Monday, put Exchange on New York down to 1
cent prem. on her own Bills, and four per
cent for current Bank Notes.
The following letters from our correspondent
at Milledgeville, should have been received here
pn Monday morning, in time for publication in
our paper yesterday, but for some cause beyond
our knowledge they were not. It will be seen that
they contain the intelligence that the bill in rela
tion to the Banks, which has been pending in the
Senate, was made so very bad, that its friends
voted it down. It is now presumable that the
' Legislature will take no action in relation to the
Banks, which will perhaps, after all, be the best
i/, that could be expected from such a mass of igno
’ ranee and mental imbecility as the Legisla
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From our Correspondent.
IN SENATE.
Milledgeville, Nov. 29, 1839.
This Branch of the Legislature was closely
engaged on yesterday in discussing by sections,
the Bank Bill, and the various substitutes and
•amendments submitted. No definite action is yet
had. and as the detail of this debate would, witb
out very lengthy explanations, be unsatisfactory,
( it is deemed expedient to await the ultimate ac
, tion of the Senate, and if the Bill is adopted, I
■' will then send you a transcript of the same os
passed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
November 39th, 1839.
Mr. Whatley laid upon the table a
for the payment of informal certificates claiming
• premium on silk.
Mr. Holcombe presented a bill to compensate
■ grand and petit jurorj in Carroll, Paulding anil
Dooly, and petit Jurors in Jackson and Warren
Hi '‘counties
{Mr. Tanner —To raise a fund for the construc
tion of a road (by Lottery) in Dade county.
Mr. McMaih—To repeal the act defining the
duties and providing for the pay of Adjutant and
Assistant Adjutant General.
Mr. Jenkins —To amend the act incorporating
a Banking Company in Augusta—in relation to
" the dividends of the Mechanics’ Bank,
bos: Also a bill declaratory of the force and effect
i|| State, relating to attachments and garnishments.
Mr. Toombs—To amend the Judiciary of
I 1799, so far as concerns the granting of appeals
1 in certain cases.
Bills passed. —To incorporate the Macon Iron
I Steamboat Company.
I To prescribe the method of keeping and audi
-1 ting annual accounts current in the Executive,
I Comptroller General’s and Treasurer’s offices.
Bills lost and Juned. —To repeal the law of
capital punishment, so far as free white persons
arc concerned, except in Treason.
£To authorise the sheriff of Washington coun
ty to advertise in the Southern Advocate.
To alter and amend the Ist section of the 3rd
article of the Constitution of this State—(re
lates to change of Venue) —yeas 82, nays 78—
less than a constitutional majority.
To repeal the Judiciary of 1799, so far as re
lates t>> stay of Executions,
A. H. Chappell, Esq. upon the subject of
change of Venue, was very happy in his effort,
but did not succeed in procuring by the requi
site majority, the passage of the bill. He u high
ly esteemed and respected here by men of all
parties, for his profound erudition, his compre
hensive views and spotless integrity of character.
November 30th, 1839.
From a vote taken in the House this morning
upon a report, it is apprehended that this Legis
lature will refuse the annual appropriation to
Franklin College, the friends of the appropria
tion were in a minority by ten, but the House is
thin to-day. It will lie cruel injustice to permit
this Institution, so long fostered, and so dear to
Georgia, to dwindle into insignificance, by the
ungenerous withdrawal from it, of the small pit
tance annually bestowed.
The Senate are yet quarreling over substitutes
and amendments to the Bank Bill. Never per
haps was there such a contrariety of opinions,
such a division of sub-divisions in parties, as ap
pear in this matter.
At length the vote has been cast upon the all
important Bank Bill, in the Senate, and with all
its imperfection, it is consigned “to the tomb of
ths Capulets.” The yeas and nays were record
ed about dark this evening, and (there being a
thin attendance of Senators) stands, yeas 30, nays
41.
On Monday we shall doubtless be called to
witness a spirited renewal of this interesting, but
very protracted debate, in the form of a motion
for reconsideration. As Sunday intervenes,
doubtless much intrigue and electioneering will
be brought to bear, we confidently hope however,
unsuccessfully. The disturbed monetary affairs
of the country, demands unquestionably some
action, but not such as this bill so flagrantly vio
lative of the Constitution, in impairing the obli.
gallons of contracts, proposes.
Charleston and Hamburg Rail Road.—
The receipts of this Company, (says the Charles
ton Courier of yesterday,)for the month of No
vember, have been unprecedentedly large, a
ihounting to upwards of $66,000, being nearly
50 per cent more than was ever before received
during any one month, since the completion of
the road. In March last, the receipts were
$45,000, and in October, $43,000, these two
months yielding more than any month preceding.
During November, too, 16,000 bales of cotton
were brought to market on the road, being nearly
double that of any other month — the largest
monthly rece ipt of cotton, previously, was 8500
bales. This business has been done with less
machinery and cars, than have been on the road
during the last three years, the destruction of
cars, wear and tear of machinery, &c., having
keen greater than the renewal.
These facts must be gratifying, not only to the
stockholders, but to the public generally, as it
shews that business is increasing is such a ratio
as to contribute largely to repair the deficiency of
receipts of money on the road, and reception of
cotton, during the dull season which has past.
The sickness that prevailed at both ends of the
road, of course proved detrimental, in a consider
able degree, to the transaction of business, and
the transportation of passengers, during its con
tinuance.
Should a favorable report, for the present
month, be made, and indications are that suefc
will tie the result there can lie little doubt that a
considerable sum will be placed in the hands of
the direction, to be applied either to reducing the
debts of the company, or declaring as a dividend
fur the benefit of the stockholders.
Report
Os the Commissioners appointed by authority
of the Legislature, on the subject of the State
Finances. — Continued,
Now as to the resources presented by this doc
ument. —The item No. 1, on the debit side, enti
tled “Capital Stock,” amounting to $1,641,300
29, ia composed in part of the item No. 1, on the
credit side, called “Bank Stock,” amo’ting to
$1,005,0110, which if taken from the other by
transfer to the State, would leave the capital stock
of the BauK $536,300 29; at which it ought to
be estimated, because this sum, together with the
sum of $1,061,422 'Jv, No, 2 on the debit side,
called “United States surplus revenue,” consti
tutes the sums in money, which have been distri
buted by the Central Bank, in loans to the peo
kplc. As the surplus re- enue may be called for
by the Federal Government, it would be ad via
ble to hold the bank stock owned by the StateTa*
a fund for its payment.
The next items, Noe. 2 and 3, on the credit
side, consii-ting of bonds, notes, Ac. -eceived
from the State, and stock in the Brunswick Rail
Road and Canal, cannot, we apprehend, be con
sidered as available means.
The items Nos. 4 and 5, consist of bills and
notes discounted, amounting to $1,558,495 94.
Whatever sum can be obtained from these in the
course of the next year, by redactions and in dis
counts, will of course constitute a part of its avail
able means.
Nos. 6,7, 8, 9,10, 11 and 12, do not belong
to the present enquiry.
No. 13, is an amount due by other
banks. $l,BlB 74
No. 14, stated at $266,508, is com
posed in part, of Executive war
rants, bank notes, checks, Ac.
and notes of the Bank of Darien,
Ac., leaving in available funds,
only 63,895 87
No. 15, is the specie in Bank— 46,841 65
$102,556 26
If from these imperfect materials, we attempt
an estimate of resources and liabilities for the year
1840, beginning with the latter we would state
them thus:
The New York loan due Ist Sept 1839,
$300,000
Interest on the above to I«t Sept. 1840, 21,000 i
Interest on Slate bonds payable semi
annually, from Ist Sept. 1839,
about 42,000
Checks on time, item No. 4 in the
statement of the Central Bank,
(debit side) 30,000
Debt doe to other Banks by the Cen
tral 2,403 46
“ “ to individual depositors, 27,862 84
Notes of the Central Bank in circula
tion, 87,f1f2 00
Ordinary expenses of Government 150,0(0 00
Interest on one third surplus revenue
appropriated to free school and ed
ucation fund, 21,028 44
A mount to be expended on the Wes
tern and Atlantic Rail Road, during
the year 1840.
Appropriations to be made by the
Legislature of 1839,
The two last items cannot be extended in this
estimate. Excluding them, we have a sum of
$681,916 73, liable to be called for in the year
1840. It ia true, as has been before stated, that
the whole amount of deposites ih the Central
Bank, or of its notes in circulation, may not be
required—but if its agency is dispensed with, os
productive of an expense, fpr which the State re
ceives no corresponding benefit, they ought to bo
provided for.
Next as to resources. These are to be derived
chiefly from the notes, and bills of exchange dis
counted in the Central Bank, amounting on the
l«th October. 1839, to $1 668,495 84. What
reduction the Legislature may be disposed to re
quire on this amount, and what is practicable, and
of course, what sum could be obtained for dis
counts on renewal, can only be stated conjectu
rally. If a special act were passed, authorizing
the immediate distribution of these notes and bills
among the several banks, established in the vicin
ity of the parties to them, for reduction and re
newal, it is believed that these objects might be
more speedily accomplished than by the agency
of the Central Bank. The act would, of course,
provide for reporta to the Treasury, at short pe
riods, of the amounts received by the respective
Banks, and the moneys might be drawn as requi
red, by warrant of the Governor on the Treasu
rer, on which the latter would endorse bis check
on the Bank. Amounts received by the several
Banks, and not thus drawn for, might be requi
red to be paid at stated periods into the Treasury,
or into a Bank at the seat of Government. The
right of the State in terms of the several acta, un
der which loans have been made by the Central
Bank, to require a reduction of 20 per cent, per
annum, on the amount of these loans is express
ly reserved—and if this right were exercised by
requiring a reduction of 5 per cent, on each of
four succeeding renewals, at intervals of two
tnontiis, beginning on the first of March, 1840, it
would be less onerous to the debtors, than to re
quire the reduction of twenty per centum in a
single renewal.—The Banks, too, n which
the notes were deposited, would without doubt
assist the debtors, by discounts, in making these
reductions, which would thus be complete on the
Ist September, 1840.
Assuming that the Legislature will adopt the
measure of calling in 20 per cent, on these notes
and bills amounting to $1,668,496 94, if paid it
wouUyield $311,699 18
If this amount of 20 per cent re
duction is realized, it will leave out
standing $1,246,796 va. «* per
cent, an this, If the whole were re
newed, would give $74,807 80, but
as much of this paper may lie over
without renewal, and as the time
when the running notes will arrive
at maturity, is not ascertained, it is
thought safe to reduce this amount,
by stating discounts on renewals at 50,000 00
Debts due to the Central Bank by
other Banks, 1,818 74
Item No. 14 in the last account of
the Central Bank, estimated at
$266,508, nevertheless being com
posed in pait of Executive warranto,
checks, commissioners Western A
Atlantic Rail Road, and Darien and
other uncurrent money, amounting
o $212,612 13, leaves available 53,896 87
It is not stated what amount of
Darien hills is in the Cental Bank,
and it cer ainly is not perceived why
the whole amount of these bills
should be suffered, to remain una
vailable during the year 1840, espe
cially when the exigencies of the
State require all its means.—That
Bank is represented to be solvent.
It must have notes and other secu
rities, from which it could realize
from its debts (with a productive
cotton crop on hand) in the course
of the ensuing winter, a considera
ble amount. If the State would ap
point a competent agent, and re
quire the redemption of a certain a
mount of its notes, say 60 percent,
in two instalments, in March and
June, it could be probably accom
plished. We add therefore, suppo
sing the amount of these notes held
by the State to be $120,000, amount
of Darien Bank notes to be redeem
ed in 1840, estimated 60,000
Specie in Central Bank, 46,841 65
Dividends oq Bank Stock, estima
ted 50,000
In looking into the statement of
the Treasurer, as to the amount of
tax received on Bank Slock, the
undersigned are induced to believs
that there is error from some source
which ought to be enquired into.
The whole amount which appears
to have been received for that tax,
in the year 1838, is $10,069 76.
Acoording to the report of the See
retary of the Treasury in January,
1838, the amount of the Bank Cap
ital in Georgia, was $11,438,828.
From the last returns we have seen,
it amounts to $10,288,797 66. We
shall be safe in estimating it at $lO,-
000,000. A tax of 31 cents on
each hundred dollars, was originally
imposed, but the act of 1832 redu
ced it to fifty per cent.—so reduced
it ought to produce to the Treasury,
on the above amount of Bank Capi
tal, $15,625 00, instead of $10,069,-
76. In 1837, the tax paid was only
$8,169 17, though the amount of
Banking capital was the same. In
1834 the amount of Bank capital
exceeded $6,600,000.—The tax
ought to have been $10,156 25.
The amount paid into the Treasury
was $4,660 26. These are men
tioned among others, as instances of
apparent error in the collection of
this tax, which merit enquiry by the
Legislature, as from the statement
' furnished by the Treasurer, there
appears to be a considerable amount
in arrear which if so, may be collec
ted and made available in the year
1840, under the authority given to
that officer by the act imposing the
tax. The tax of 1839 willjbe prob
ably paid in by most fifths Banks
1 before the Legislature can set upon
I this report. It wilt ofcourte be the
reduced tax of fifty per certL, but if
1 the Legislature should deteimine to
) levy, a full general tax froni the cit
izens at large, for the year 1839, no
reason is perceived why tfo Banks
I should not nlao pay the additional
fifty per cent., which will 7dd $16,-
625 00 to the reeources of 1840; at
present, however, we put U down to
round numbers, at $16,0001 Should
the estimate of the ordinary expen*
1 ses of the Government be too low,
f as may be the case, this remaining
r fifty per cent, of tax upon bank
I atock; would cover the deficiency.
1 Tax on Bank Stock payable Ist
1 December next, - 15,000
1 The exigencies of the State
would seem to require an inmediata
resort to taxation, to be rendered a
variable in the year 1640. The
i bonds of the State for the N. York
loan of $3(10,000, ha*e been lying
1 over since the Ist September last.
The faith of the State has been vio
lated, and ought to be redeemed with
the utmost promptitude. Every
honorable feeling of State pride, ev
ery just connideration of the public
interest, concur in makibg this re
-1 quisition, We must pay this debt
in justice to our creditors—we must
pay it promptly, to evince our own
sense of the obligation of suck con
tracts, Wo must accompany the
provision for its payment, with such
an exhibit of our resources, and
auch a manifestation of our deter
mination to call them into action,
as will give confidence to capitalists,
from whom we may desire future
accommodations. To effect this, it
will be inditpenaible that the full
amount of our general tax, under
the existing system, should be paid
into the Treasury during the year
1840. Happily it ia within the pow
er of the Legislature, to accomplish
this object in the session of 1839.
The act of 1832, reduced the gener
al tax, fifty per cent, and that of 1836
which hag been annually re-cnacted
since, directed the Collectors to pay
over the amount collected to the
County Treasurers. Under these
provisions, returns have been made
for the year 1839, and the digests
are now in the hands of the respec
tive Collectors. It is only necessary
to repeal these acta, and by a spe
cial act of the Legislature, to direct
the Collectors to collect and pay in
to the Treasury, the full amount of
the general tax for the year 1889.
If they are required to deposit the
•mwmU Annk Uhm to UoM»
in the banks in their vicinity, to the
credit of the Treasurer, the'tax will
be sooner realized. Should any ob
jection arise from the fact that fifty
per cent, of that tax, has been ap
propriated to the Counties, it would
be better to collect this tax, in addi
tion to the full amount payable into
the Treasury, than that the faith of
the State, and the honor of the
State should not be redeemed.
There was paid into the Treasury
for the State’s half of the tax for
1634, $51,364 32, accoiding to
the report of the Treasurer 5 while
the Comptroller, who returns the
State’s moiety at $56,024 36,
states the amount paid into the trea
sury to be only $39,192 18. These
discrepancies may, j.crimps, be ex
plained. It is not necessary to our
present purpose to attempt it. The
gross amount of the whole general
tax, according to the report of the
Comptroller, taken from the digests
of the yeas, was $112,048 72. It
is reasonable to believe from the
increase of population and wealth,
that this amount will have been in
creased during five years. Making
however, allowance for the expens
es of collection, we put down the
the sum to be raised by taxes in aid
of the liabilities of 1840, if these
suggestions are adopted, at 100,000
Total amount of resources for the
for the year 1640, $680,266 44
Thus it will be seen that if the - several sug
gestions of this report should be adopted,, and
should have the most favorable result, the resour
ces of the State for the approaching year will ex
ceed its enumerated liabilities, by a fraction over
seven thousand dollars. This enumeration,
* however, excludes all appropriation for the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad, and every other ap
propriation by the Legislature of 1839, except
those for the ordinary expenses of the Govern
ment, and for the education and school fund. It
is to be hoped that the existing liabilities of the
State will be met, and its faith redeemed, at
whatever -ost, by the adoption of the suggestion*
of this report, or others more available. But ia
the great work in which the State is engaged, on
which *0 large an amount of money hoe been al
ready expended, the completion of which ia nec
essary to secure the reimbursement of our ad
vances, and which will be productive of such im
mense benefit to the community—ia this great
cuterprize to languish during the approaching
yearl are those kindled work*, which have been
hitherto conducted by individual resources, now
in a '.ood degree exhausted, (he completion of
which is moreover indispensable, to enable the
State to realize the fruits of its own labors—are
these to be arrested in their successful and hith
erto rapid progress, for want of such assistance
as the Slate can give them T These are ques
tions which address themselves to the sound dis
cretion and enlightened patriotism of every mem
ber of the Legislature. Before they are answer
ed, the undersigned will present to your honora
ble body, such a view of the resources of the
State as they are enabled to take, looking beyond
the year 1840. The system of taxation recom
mended may be expected to yield the fallowing
results, assuming the data herein before stat
ed :
A tax of f of one per cent, on
220,000,000 of taxable proper
ty, excluding bank capital, and
that of other moneyed corpora
tions, to be (axed ss at present
in the hands of tue Banka, will
. y'* ld „ $276,000 00
A tax of 81$ cents on each tmn«
died dollars of Bank capital, es
timated at 10,000,000 01,260 00
Dividends on Bank stock.—
These, during the year 1888, the '
last for which we have any return,
yielded $74,960. Making allow
ance for the situation of the Bank
of Darien, and the present embar
rassed condition of the country,
they are here staled at 60,000 00
The redemption of the remain
ing half of the billa of the Bank of
Darien, it is thought ought to be
required during the year 1841,
and is stated conjecturally at 60,000 00
A tax of cents on the capi
tal of moneyed corporations other
than Banks, who shall realize a
profit of 5 per cent., and are there
fore liable to taxation under the
propoeed system, probably 6,000 00
Supposed arrear of tax on Bank
capital, from a comparison of the
amount of capital in the several
years, with the amount of tax ap
pearing to have been received at
the Treasury.
The amounts of bills and notes
in the Central Bank, after the pro
posed reduction qf 20 per cent.,
for the service of the year 1840,
was found to be $1,206,796 76.
If 20 per cent, of this sum bn paid
in the year 1841, it will amount
to 240,869 36
Which last mentioned sum be
ing deducted from the former, will
leave after the reductions of 1841,
a balance of bills and notes in the
Central Bank of $997,437 21, on
which interest at 6 per cent, will
give $69,846 28; but allowing as
before firilures to renew, we state
the sum to be received on disoonnt
for 1841, at 40,000 00
Total of resourcos for 1841 $710,600 35
Tha State would thus secure to itoelf an in
come adequate to its wants, which after discharg
ing the ordinary expenses of Government, and
paying the interest of the public debt, and the ap
propriation for the education fund, would still
leave ample means for the endowment of tha
University and the Colleges, and for the vigor
ous prosecution of the public work*. Some of
these sources of income are temporary, and would
be exhauated in the year 1841, or in some two or
three year* thereafter; but those, which, if the
system is adopted, will continue as long a* it is
adhered to—will be adequate to all the wants of
the State. It must be remembered, too, that
with the completion of the Western and Atlan
tic Railroad, and the works connected with it, the
heavy expenditures of the State will cease, and
instead of these, we shall be in the receipt of the
profits of transportation, converting expenditure
info income. Such a result will place ua on a
footing with those great Statea, who, have been
our pioneers in the work of internal improvement,
are now enjoing the rich harvest of their la
bora....
Looking to the progress and present condition
of the public work undertaken by the State, and
of those connected with it; to the very greet im
portance of their speedy completion; to the re
sources of the State which are adequate, as hts
beeq seen, to meet the liabilities of 1840, and to
secure a competent and permanent income there
after, the dictates of sound policy seem to require
that none of these works should be permitted to
languish, but on the contrary, that all should be
prosecuted with renewed vigor. If the Legisla
ture, by adapting the suggestions of this report,
or others more available, shall provide means to
meet the liabilities of 1640, and by establishing
the system of taxation, hero recommended, or any
equivalent one, shall secure a permanent reve
nue thereafter, the income Os 1841 and of suc
ceeding years, will be entirely competent, after
providing for the ordinary current expenses of
each year, to enable the State to go on promptly
and steadily with its own work, to-afford liberal
aid to such private enterprises as are connected
with it; punctually to pay the interest on it* loans
and gradually to create an accumulating fund, for
the ultimate redemption of the debt which has
been, and will be thus contracted. The income
of that year, after paying the ordinary expenses
of the Government, the interest on the debt pre
viously created, and the educati in fund, and ma
king a liberal allowance for any error in the esti
mates, will leave the sum of nearly five hundred
thousand dollars, applicable to any purpose
which the Legislature may deem proper. To
any amount within that limit they may there
fore justifiably anticipate the resources of that
year. If four milUons be required to complete
the State’s work, and to give the necessary aid to
others connected with it, including in this view
the Georgia, Central, Monroe, and Augusta and
Waynesboro’ Railroads, the interest on that sum
may be promptly met, without exhausting the re
source* of the year, or depriving the State of the
means of giving assistance to such other private
pnterpizes ss may require and deserve it.
(~Tq be continued. J
MARRIED.
On Sunday evening, the lit instant, by the Rev.
Thomas H. Dawson, Mr, John A. Christian to
Miss Elizabeth A. Harsh, both of Columbia
county.
Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road.
Hamburo, December 8, 1839.
W. A J. Nelson; T. j. Parmelee; Rees A Beall;
J. Coskery; Stovall, SinmoßS A Co.; Clark.McTeir
& Co.; H. Parsons; R. Allen; J. Eosseau; Ranking,
Boggs & Co.; 8. Knee land ft Son; B. W. Force; A.
Gumming; T. Dawson; H. Battier; H. N, ft Co.;
J. Rhon; N. 8. King; A. B. Church; J. F, Benson.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, December 1.
Cleared— Brig Madison, Bulkley, New York,
Arrived since our lasl—Ucttr Emerald, Morgan,
Boston; schooner Franklin Green, Smith, Havana;
steamboat Oglethorpe, Dillon, Augueta; V. States
steamboat Poinsett, Mayo, Bt. Augustine; steam
boat John Randolph, Lyon, Augueta.
Below— Brig New Hanover, from Philadelphia;
and a Br brig from Sunderland.
Sailed —Ship Hilah, Hammond, New York; brig
Madison. Bulkley, New York; brig Sea Island,
Otis, Boston.
Departed —Steamboat Oglethorpe, Dillon, Au
gusta.
Chanuston, Dec. 3.
Arrived yesterday —Br ship Scotland, Blank,
Liverpool; Sw barque Emma Theresa, Loriuitz,
Stockholm, via Cowes; brig Washington’s Barge,
Williams, Malaga; schr Mary, Griffin, Portland;
ecbr Daniel Webster, Weeks,Gloucester, Mats.
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__*CWVEir (SHERIFF'S gtlk
a a^sWPSis
•cre», more or less, tdfoinine lands „f « i# iu"
Call 9 John fl. Hie ves md Granville Berillo til u
vied on as the properly of James W Kittlev tn
P^H ,Undry . fi -/ a9 ' in favor oTThomas
Property pointed out by defendant.
Also, one House and Lot in the town of Jack
son boro, levied on a, the prepay of?.ck.onß.
lams, to satisfy a h fa. in favor of C. C. Stewart.
P° in,e ' l ° ut by Stewart; levies made tad
return'd by a constable. ts
~ 066 4 ’ 1H39 - JACOB BRYAN. Sheriff.
WSCUIVKA SHERIFF’S SALE, .
ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Jaxlrarv
next, between the usual hours of saieTbn*
ofTand CO ,n rt , boU “ dOOr ta Jaclrto “boro, one Hut
c .°'? tai, " D 8 ‘wo hundred two and a half
!nd , ? mI * ofP - L Wade, John Smith
MdKichardHarnnglon, sen., levied on u the pro-
r rt /. Of J Cob Oli / or > to satisfy sundry
Wl ' lia ? H * Wade, John irf.
9 William Cox and others. Levies made*and
returned by a constable.
_tfec. 4, 1839. JACOB BRYAN. Sheriff.
first Tuesday in January next, between the
nsual houpof sale, an impfovd lot in the town of
Wnghtshoro, containing one acre, whereon Pftr
•eon Pettis how resides. ■
Also, a prrt of«tract of Land, known as the
»««*” ‘fact. contaiuing seventy-five abres, mote
Li , tt,e River, joining Davis, 1 Htarfltoh
•Ad Massengale Also a negro woman pin«l
Rose, and her cbildLouiza; the woman about thirty
five years of age,and the child'about thfo* years*
age, to satisfy fourteen ft. fas. from tbeJuttieeb.
Court of district Jfo. twelve, G. JVf., in said counfr
at the suits of Hampton & Holll nan; Abljah Mtom.
man and Albert Holliman, plaintiffs, against Pierson
Pettit, defendant. Property levied on and return
ed to me by a constable.
Also, three negroes, to wip, Polly and her two
children, Sophy, and an unnamed girl si*
tisfy a fa. fa. from Columbia Superior Court, at the
(ttits of Thomas Bowdre and Clarke, Mc feir ft Co.,
gainst James Burnside and Pierton Pettit, def^n-
Also, the one half of a tract of Land, the whale
containing one hundred and thirty-seven acres
hl ?^ l f'*>'i oinrn S Hardin and Hardin, and \ipta
which Selina Davis now resides, to satisfy three, ft.
ft* two hundred and seventy-fourth dls
trlct, G. M. Thomas tt. While, bearer, sgatttt
Thomas Davis,
_ . RICHARD H. JONES, ShlT,
December 4,1339.
SALE:
\\7 ILL be sold at Columbia court house, on the
w * first Tuesday in January next, between.the
usual hours of sale, one hundred and fifty acres of
land, more or less, on the Georgia Rail Road, ad
joining James Kirkpatrick and others, and one lot
°* Djy Hoods, usually in a country store, consisting
of Muslins, Calicoes, Domestics, be., levied on as
the property of E. B. Loyless, to satisfy. three ft.
fas. from Columbia Inferior Court, at the suit of
Robert Lambert it Co. against B. B. Loyless.
RICHARD H. JONES, Sheriff.
December 4.1839. * *
NOTICE TO FARMERS. " r "
fItHK subscriber proposes to sell bis nossessions
X in Washington county, being aboutto move
west. The principal plantation is four mile, west
of SandetSvHle, on the road to
miles from the Central Railroad—contains one
thousand acres, with sig hundred cleared, and all
the necessary buildings and other arrangements for
active farming. He has also a form in a half mile
of the railroad, of five hundred and thisty acres
very level, one hundred acres cleared, and contains’
an Joeximustibie Quarry of Lime— much of the
lime is used about Milledgevillo and other -*
The a 1 ove 1 arms will be sold cheap for prompt
payment, as the subscriber is about to leave
Higher prices will be asked according to the time
of payments. Early application will find provi
sions on the principal place in abimdattce.etsftk.
fts., and corn now selling at 76 cents by the quan
tity. If the plantations are not privately difpostd
of before leaving, at that time they wiHbe dfinos
ed of by sale or otherwise, with any balance of
provisions, tools, be., of which time due notice
will be given.
dec 4 w3t WILLIAMS RUTHERFORD.
W WESTOVEH FOR SALE.
ILL be sold at public sale, at the nrnsket
house in the city of Auguste, on the first
Tuesday in January next, that valuable tract of
Lend oh Rea's Creek, in this county, well known
as Westover, Ibe tract of land embraces thehest
Mill-seat on the creek, contains hear five hundred
acres, about one half of which Iscleared, and the
rest wood land. Tbora is a large and
dwelling, with three framed kitctansTtaddfhcr
convenient buildings, and a spacious, welt built
barn upon the premises. AH the southerxbouada
ry of the cleared land is under anew poftand pfr"k
Term of sole.—One-fourth of the purchase mo
ney on the day of sale, and the rest ip one, two
and three equal annual instalments. r
dec 4 sw&wtd A, B. LONGBTRKET.
(T/’Tbe Constitutionalist will copy the above
twice a week till day.
fINHE subscribers offer for sale, at the store re-
X cently occupied by the late Welcome AHen,
orthis city, deceased, bis entire stock of Groceries
now on hand, comprising in part, Sugar. Coffee,
Iron, Steel, Russia and Dundee Hemp Boning,
Kentucky Hemp Rope, fresh Teas, Segars, Liquors
of all kinds, together with a general assortment of
Shelf and Heavy Hardware, superior Rose,* Whit
ney and "London Duffil Blankets, Negro Kerseys,
Limeys, Flanels, Cotton Osnaburgs. Spun Cotton.
Threads. Bleached and Brown Domestics, with a
great variety of Hosiery, Calicoes, Linens,* Cam
brics, Muslins, foe. be. which will be sold fpr cash
without regard to COST, it being their intention
to close the business immediately. • t • w
Also, for sale or rent. Pew No. 99 in the first
Presbyterian Church.
A. SIBLEY, -v
H. H. CUMMINO, t Executors.
F. M. CABOT, J
nor 25 trwtf
Geoxgia, >
City or Augusta. 5
fIIAKK notice that the Const of Common, picas
X for said city, for November Term, stands ad
journed to the fourth day, being the first Wednes
day, in December next, at 10 o’clock A.M. Sui
tors, jurors, witnesses, and all persons concerned
are requested to be punctual in their attendance.
HENRY ROBERT,CIerk.
November 12,1839. tgtrtd
_ REMOVAL. , s
XfRS. C. HOFFMAN, respectfully informs hhr
ITJL friends and customers, that she has remov
ed her Stock of Staple, Dry. and Fancy Goods and
Millinery, to next square above the new building
range, opposite the old Planters’ Hotel.
Auguste, Oct. 6 trwtkj
' TRTOTICE.—Any person having boatoee* with C.
J.N foR. Ives, can find one of the tarn by calling p
at the jewelry store of Mr. G.C. Gordon, near tM V
United States Hotel. dec 2 trw4w
FINAL NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the- estate it Hugh
Nesbitt, deceased, for refits, are requested to
make payment before the first of December next.
All who are in arrears at that time, will find their
notes and accounts in the hands of so attorney for
.collection. Those having claims against the estate
will present them for payment before the first of
December, as the estate is about being finally set
b<w.
October 36,1839. «