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TUB PROGRESS OF REPORT. REPORT is £ro, a pigmy final!, That, threwdly cautious, dares blit crawl; She whispers this, hints that, lu’ ks tliy, Sneaks on, and sgniNTS, and tsaa me s to he ; Gains as the goes, Grows bold and ltrong, Nor creep , through stag, a long. But soon we fee the monger rife. Stride round, and swell to giant size ; With uplift hand, and accent loud, Fright and atutife the aflanilh’d cr did ; Wake all the pallions; rouse to flrife I'ltighbdux with neighbour, man with wife; Jar and dr range the facial fpheras, And'ftt whole cities by the car*. Rtr&nge i* her Torm. She runs, or 15:.'* With spreading wings set fuil of ryes; set full or ears her mouflrout head, And raou’ht, ar.i tong ‘.ea, that talk one dead. Aul watches, hafter.;, dry and eight, Pleafd nothing fef* with wrong than rig! f, Hears, ddnjttr. s, vents her motley ta’cs, Fiaraugucf, puffs, Hbels, il-uulr-rs, rads $ jinh vchett iurm-ttiS majl to Sutll, RtsSer; iht o-ighb uthtod a bill, j ii ■ — A GENTLEMAN Yt [lO W3 S Very ITO rofe and ill-natured at hrnrie, in his family, was remarkably facet!.>us and merry abroad, infoinucb, ih-u he was more than ordinarily entertaining wherever he went, which occasioned lady once, at a merry meeting where was, to fay to one prefen l, v/ho knew din well, “ Surely, if that gentleman is Harried, his wits muff be extremely appy, for he is quite the fiddle of the ompany.” Very true, madam,” ys the person she spoke to; *• but he iiways hangs hi n jtddk up at the door when he goes home.” * Mr. Tope who, notwithstanding Iris clirhinutive and misshapen figure, was rot a little vain of his person, having asked Swift what people thought of Jiiijn in Ireland: ‘ 4 Why,” fa id Swift, 41 they think you ere a very little man , but a verv rcat poei” i’*pe retort ed, with forne acrimony, <c They think the very reverse of you in England.” i o Dollars Reward k ABSCONDED frorumy yarivt iismon * Ing, without the {mail ed provocation, my Negro Edlnw Isaac, |eeA well known in this city BESfaLiS To those who have no knowledge ol him, lb lowing description ol his person and up arante may be necrllary : he is to iars ot age, about 5 feet 6 01 7 inches tn /right, wears his hair very nicely plaited, f a great beau in his dress, affefts to lolly ■ yrriage and strut, (peaks bariEnglifli, and sving been owned by a Rliyfician talks oi bis knowledge ot medicine and largely ; he is a very likely felldw, tells zr: artful and pfaufible story, and has a down jock when speaking vt spoken to ; he*is an excellent hoofe servant, and pre. tends to know a little ot every mechanb cal prole Sian. I will give the above reward to any person apprehending him in tbs Cny or County, Fifty Doliarc upon poof ol his being tarried away in any boat or vcflel front this stale, and Filty D liars upon his being brought to me from, or secured irr arty prison, beyond the limits of this slate. Isaac has numerous con net! ions in Suu;fi-Cuolina, and his efforts will be liUd to get there in a boat. THOs : U.P. CHARLTON. Sav. August 12 49 ASSIZE for August 1807. rr<HE price of Flour being nine JiL lars and a halt per barrel, weight ot BREAD mu ft be, la i- cent* I.oaf I 6 T-4 cents Loaf alb, 3 cz. [ *U>. 1 i-a oz. Os which all bakers and sellers ol BREAD are to take due -and particular Notice.. JAMES MARSHALL, C. TANARUS„ Notice. ALL per tins haling dePir.ndt against ifit estate of Janus Shaffer, &?( ttqjnttu iff present them legally authenticated ; ant 4, those indebted to said estate arc rtamrod to make immediate payment to FREDA. SHAFFER, AaWr. August 18 go LOAN OFFICE, GEORGIA, June 23 d, 1807.- Notice is hereby given, that” in- con formity with the provisions of the at supplementary to the-aft, intitied ■At aft making provision for the redemp tion of the whole of the public debt of the United States,” books will be opes at theoffice of |he conmni ffioner ofloans for Georgia, on the firfl day of July next, to continue open until the seven teenth day of March, 1808, intlufive ly, the fourteen !aft days of each quart ter excepted, for the purpose of re ceivipg fubferiptions for fucb parts of ibc old fix per cent, df fevred lix per cent, and three per cent, flock, as may, on the day of fubfeription, (land on the books of the laid commiflionerlaf loans. Those proprietors of the old P.x per cent, and deferred ffoefes, who may futdeyibe, wtildeceive in lieu thereof anew fix ‘per cent, flock, equal to the u.sti adeemed amount of the flock fr.r •rendered, redeemable at the flea Cure of the United States, under a proviso, however, tha tt?o reimbursement shall be made except for the whole amount of any such new certificate of flock, nor till after fix months previous no tice : and the prc?.pr.<rtprs of the three per cent- fi.dek who may fubferibe, will receive in lieu thereof, a fix-per cent, flock, equal to fixty-five per cent, of the aHiount of three per cent furroodered, redeemable in the fame manner as the new fix per cent, above mentioned but not (eim bur fable, how ever, without the afient oi the holders, until after the whole of the new fix per cent, (given in exchange for Did fix or deferred as above mentioned) as weii a:; the whole of the eight per cent, (lock of the United States, (hail have been reimbursed, It is alio provided, that in every reimbut femes.t .which may take place, a preference will be given to those creditors who may no tify their wilh to he reimbursed ; and that if the applications to that cfled (hall at any time either exceed or fall fiiort of the sum then applicable to that purpose, the priority of payment | (hall, so far as may be nefeeffary, be determined by lot. The present flock-holders who re-j fide in any part of Europe, and mav assent to that modification, may, at their option, receive the intereli ac cruing on the new (lock, either in the United States as heretofore, or in Lon don or Amllerdam ? arpar; in which lad case, the intereli will be paid there by the bankers of the United States, fix months subsequent to the day on which the fame would be payable in tire United States and fubjed to no variation; nor to any other deduction than a commissioner to the bankers, of one half per pent, on the intercfl thus paid. JAMES ALGER, Commissioner of. Loans. NOTE . Proprietors of 1000 dol i lavs ‘nominal fix per cent. ’ flock, fubferibed before the j fir ft of October* 1807, will be eutitlerT to retfehe, 549 £0 of new fix, tween the firfl of O&ober, and 31st December, 1807, 6i4 37 lft January, iSc 17th March, 1803. 619 03 - Proprietors cf 1000 dol lars nominal deferred, fub feribed before the firft of Oftober, 1807, will be enti tled to receive 855 73 tween the firft O&ober, and Sill December; 1807, 853 62 —■ lft January, and the 17th March, 1808, 831 42 ’ Being the unredeemed amount of the old flock on the lft of July and G&ober 1807, and firfl January, 1808, refpe&ively. Proprietors of 1000 dollars three per cent, will be entitled to receive 650 dollars of new fix. 38 A likely “young African Negro , .’t-Jlow, accuftoined to field woik, is effer- exchange {ot a Negro Woman, yied Dhoufe work. Apply at this Office. July 28 net PHCENIX AGENCY OFFICE, Savannah,’ August 12, 180 <. THE Agents are new relieved from the fufpeniion of the Company‘s business in this state, lately imposed on them by the Office in London ; and are now prepared to effeft In forances accordingly, under certain ref!s6l ions and variations of premium, which will dc made known on appliwrlion. ROBERT b’ JOHN BOLTON, [49 6t] Agents. SCHOOL. Mr. MERRIAM, T> ESPECTFULLY informs the chi iiA zens of Savannah and its vicinity, j that be designs to open a (choc! on the ag.b nffant. at the Rev. Mr. Cloud’s Meetrng '•ou'e.in which will be taught the following ofel’ul branebe. of education? —Reading iVrihng , Arithmetic , English Grammar , the higher branches c} the Mathematics, Geography, (uslth the use oj the globes.J History , Composition , aid the Latin and Greek Languog s. Mr. M. hos “s that the expet'erice r.ffe veral yearsthe inifruftron cf youth, and his unremitted att-sntion to the duties of iits fchool, will feeu>e h' ? D the- patr nage of a generous and enlightened public. — Further particulars nay be known by ap plying at - Mr. Atkmfoc’s, east fidc of. the (tew market. Jube 9 lawtf .28 • PR OP.OSALS 9 . ; vc?- publi?.h-:-tg By subscription,-ast OF Ff'ftTUNAtE DRAWERS IN THE PRESENT CON TEMPLATE!? • Land Lottery. This work (fljall be exseuted on gooal peper, and a ! batitlfome type, quarto, or journal fL-.e—• and b” de!;v |er.“d to fubferiber at Five nouias s copy, tanen fiibCcribers at six boclass—the money to be paid in ’ advance, as th- .xp.infe which will accrue from the publication will be great, and the work ahnofl treble that of ti e f. rmer Lottery. j j The copies will be delivered in flieets, if requeued 1 j Subf?rip:ion papers v. “1 be lodyed with the several I Printers and P< d-M..flers in this state, whuare To tci *.e:l to rtceive Tubfcripti> ns, and return them to tiiii office by t-e 1 ?th of A jguft n ;tt, together wi h the iuo. ies received; and dttftinv ten pee cowt. fortroi.ble- I and compete c >ines will be accordingly forwarded- Loiuvfi e G -tte Gnice, juiy .17, Sales for City Taxes. { ON the ad of September next, before the court hoofe, i between the hours of ten an I three o’clock, will bes -Id the following property, for city taxes —vis. Let Ido. 14 Oglethorpe Ward, afeJed as the property of iPitliam IVilkie , but Ja:d to belong to ; : John Milton—tax 1 doll. 25 cts. j One fourth of Lot No 14-, Carpenter's Tyth - ! ing, Decker ward and buildings, to falisfy the as -1 sessmer.t on the property of Henry Putnam—tax ‘ i 36 dolls. 25 cts. j Buildings- on Lot No 5, Jeiyl tything, Darby ‘ ward, to satisfy the ajfe/menl on the property oj 1 John j Williams—tax 11 dolls. 50 rents. J. MARSHALL, c. r. July 3 £6 Sheriff’s Sales. TO be be fold at the court houTe, in the city :of Savannah, on the firft day of September next, being the firft Tuesday in laid month, between the hours of ten and three o’clock— TWELVE LIKELY NEGROES, fold untier an execution founded on the foreclofure of mortgage at the fiik j of the Executrix cf John Glals vs. John I. Gray and F rede tick Shaffer, lurviving copartner, vs. John I. Gray. T. ROBERTSpN, see, June 30 36 FOR SALE, A LOT of LAND known in the gen eral plan of thole Lois fold under execution by the late Atphrofe Gordon, E q. Federal Maiftul, as the property ol John J. Zubly, dec. by the No. (g.) five ;rontiog three streets. On the premises are an almost new dwelling boufe and -i kitchen, the firft ft ry is well finifhed, having a good wi ll ot water at the corner. Also the unexpired leafehcld of lot No. 5) five, fronting Bryan ftteet, to the j.ph April, 1814, together wish the dwelling houle, shop and other improvements ibcre n, now occupied by the fubferiber, ir. Oglethorpe Ward, and a good stand for knfinefs. Conditions cash. Applv to ELIAS ROBERT. Sav’h, July 14, aq UNIVERSAL HISTORY; Anew atul much admired work. M***i* A PROPOSAL for publishing bv Subscription , ANQUETIL‘S UNIVERSAL HISTORY, , exhibiting The Rise, Decline and Revolutions, Os all the Nations of the Word, From the Crectioh io the Present Time. Translated from the French ct the Cele brated Anquetif. “The public has formed its cpiniorrfor this valuable work and the fiffi edition was soon exhausted. Mr. Anquetil, whose li [terary chara£fcr is too fully eftablifoed to want the addition of our com/nepdation, has rendered himfelf flill more ufeful by this second greatly improved edition cf a book which to general leaders wifi supply the place cf an enormous ir.afs of vo iumes, “ Upon the whole, it is judiciously made, it inculcates pure principles, may lately be put into the bands ol youth, and is per haps, better adapted to be used as a gene ral guile, -to hillory than any other book which is in the hands ot th’ public.” British Critic. ‘ 1 The reader will be pleased with thels volumes which compnfe an elegant and ju~ di aov.s abridgment of our exteneiive hiito r;cal compilation. “ We recommend M. AnquetiPs com pilation on account of its plan, to students oi hi story. Let them make it their com panton for a cortfiderable time, and let ’hern net return it to the fheif until they are cotuplc.c mailers of its contents.” Monthly Review. CONDITIONS : It shall be printed on vellum paper, in nine large oftavo volumes, and delivered to fubferibers neatly bound and lettered at two dollars and fifty cents each volume, LAMPRIERE’ 3 CLASS! C A L DICTION AR Y. I HAVE put to prels the new and 1 enlarged edition of the above work, tbs I great merits of which have raised i£ irt ;Gre;t Britain to ti e rank, cf bocks that not only occupy the file Ives of the Tyro, I but find an honorable place in the Butties of the teamed. As aS< boql-bdok it i.i ! indispensable to the Yeung Head of the j C Lilies, and as a Compendium, inca’cu i labiy ufeful to the experienced ir.oicLroar land profound Scholar. I< m y, indeed, be callsri the Cycle aedia of Ciaffical Litera ture, wiikjs whit A it renders u one liar y the valutninous and prolix details of partial I Hiftotians and vens! Biographers present? us with a faithful picture of all the interest ing events ’which marked the rile, prafper ity, and decadence of ancient Greece and Rome, and other narons dillmguifhed int j hiftorv ; and in one day, by‘the excellence I of its Arrangement, and the accuracy of its ! references, affords more general informs ; tion than could be collected from a whole library of large volumes tn twelve months. As the character of the work, is not gen erally known in this country, I have fd e£led a few articles, from which a cotreft conception may be formed of its li-ile and utility. JOHN WATTS. Philadelphia, August, 1806. TERMS : The price of this work is ferur dollars and silty cents, bound. A number of co pies will be printed very elegantly, on b autilrj! paper, extra binding, at fix dol lars. The London copy fells at seventeen dollars. A PROPOSAL Sr WILLIAM Y. BIRCH It? ABRAHAM SMALL OF THE CITY OF PH IL ADE L? H IA, Fou PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A NEW,INTERESTING, an-I IMPORTANT WORS CALLED FEMALE BIOGRAPHY, ox I MEMOIRS. I ILLUSTRIOUS and CELEBRATED- I WOMEN, I OF ALL AGES AND CO UNTRIES. I B? Mary hays. I .. , 1 Notice is hereby given, I That nine months from this date, application W‘‘l ■ he made to the Honorable the Inferior Court otC’■ tham County, fur an order of Court di pou clj Lots No. a, a, & 7, in Warre.i Ward, No, at- :1 S Washington Ward, a ? of Lot No. H Jelcyl ty tiii and 12 of Lot letter Fin tbc village of'it G:d!,t3£ iher with the impruvimenu tin reon, ilfuatc in City of Saiamiah, for the benefit of the iletrs A cr{, H ditor* of Major lidward'Harden, deceased B Edward, I Only ouaUticd and afting Eiccut fi H Sar; April j 1.507. “ K l * in j m* ■