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t(JLUM!,IAN CENTINEL. Saturday, September is. DIED, on Monday last, the B th inst . at tha residence of the late George S. Blackwell , lisa. Columbia county, Aliss Elizabeth Tyi.k.k, of an advanced age; she was a native of Virginia, tail has resided in this state for several years. 6 th inst. Miss Eliza Beale, daughter of Mr. James Beale, of this county, in the l ith year of her age. Further returns of the election for a Re fircsentative to Congress, to fll the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Josef h Bryan. C? COUNTIES. ~ o ‘■'T £•• v «o Richmond, 187 45 1 Columbia, 109 19 0 Wilkes, 291 51 5 Jefferson, 7 155 2 IVarren, 293 50 0 Chatham, 8 160 1 (Jglelhor/i, 63 138 2 Greene, 366 61 13 Clark, 472 46 13 Hancock, 86 151 0 Lincoln, 23 133 0 Washington , 12 112 O Baldwin, 18 39 0 Elh-rt, (majority) 42 Burke , 8.8 131 Bulloch, 1 60 Jackson, 39 252 202 Liberty, 6 19 Bryan , 1 45 Franklin , (uncertain) 190 3 We are informed that Edward Howell, Esq. is a candidate at the en suing Election, for Senator in the State Legislature. Extract of a letter from .Yeti’-York to a \ Mercantile House in this City, dated ingust. 20th, 1806. We have received loiters from Liver pool, via. Boston, up to the 28th June; Upland Georgia was 16 1-2 a 17d 12 ; Sea-Island, inferior, 16 a 20d ; mid ling. 21 a 23m ; line 2s a 2s 2d ; very fine, 2s 3,! a 2s. 4(1. They state tiiat for the last ten d ivs previous to the 28th, Upland had been dull and rather drooping, that there was nothing lo warrant these prices but the Shortness of the supplies, and that tin y must be j regarded as rather precarious in the i present unsettled state of Commerce. The demand for Sea-Island was very heavy. Philadelphia, August 23. Melancholy. —By the arrival of the brig Endyrnion, captain Sutor, in 16 dnvs from La Guira, we are informed, that a part of the crews of Miranda’s schooners, taken some time since by the Spaniards, viz. Captains Donohue and Gardiner, Messrs. Lippincott, Ludlie, Paul, George, Kirkland, a Polish gentle man, and one Smith, a butcher of New- York, were all hung, and their heads set upon poles, a few days before the Endvmion sailed : and the other part of the crews, forty-eight in number, were condemned to the mines for ten years. Thy same accounts sav, that Miranda had rect ived a reinforcement of ten sail, and gotle against the Carraccas; but that no fears were entertained by the Spanish government. Eixtract of a letter fom captain Suter of the brig Endyrnion. arrived at the La zaretto. from Laguira, dated August 22, 1806. “ I arrived here after a passage of 16 davsfrom Laguira—l was boarded bv tlie Brutus armed schooner from Anti- and politely treated. In the Mona Passage wr.s boarded by one of his ma jesty’s brigs from Europe behaved very mean, detaining us and pressed several men from the brig, ’leaving me only two Seamen on board,— lie would not tell his name nor his vessel, lat. 29, 20, long. 71, 00, spoke srh’r Caroline, 9 days out, from Trinidad bound to Phi ladelphia ; lat. 34. 56, long. 72, 30, spoke sch’r Trent, from Edenton bound to Guadalonpe. “ Eight days before the Endyrnion nailed, 10 of the officers of Miranda’s schooners captured, were hung and 48 put into slavery ten years ; those who were hung had their heads cut off and hung up in iron cages on the different roads through the country. Four boys remain in the Castle. Captain Forman, of the shipofWash ington, from New-Orleans, was boarded off Havanna by the British brig Port Mahon, the lieutenant of which inform ed him he had received intelligence from the commander of a New-York Brig from Leghorn, tiiat Admiral Col- ling wood had recently captured and sent to Gibraltar a French ships of the line, and that he (the captain of the brig) saw them lying there in the Roads. The brig had arrived at English Turn in a very short passage.—A". F. Paper. Aatchcz, August 12. HOSTILE APPEARANCE. Extract <f a letter from a gentleman, at Aatchitoches, to the Editor, dated Au gust 2. 1806. ** On or about the 13th of July ult. a detachment of Spanisl) troops, consist ing of 308, under the command ofCapt. I Viand, the commandautof Nagadoches, and inspector of the troops of his Catho lic Majesty in the Interior Provinces ar rived at the Caddo village, near Red riv er, above Natchitoches, demanded in formation relative to the exploring par ty under the direction of Major Free man, which had passed the Caddo vil lage some days before, cut clown and carried away a flag of the United States, which the Caddocs had hoisted in their town, informing them that the Hag of the United States had no busi ness there, that that part of the country was within the dominion of Spain and forbidding the Cachfo chief in future from holding talks, trading or having any intercourse whatever with the Americans ; after which the Spaniards took their departure in pursuit of the exploi ing party, and informed the Cad do chief that they were going to kill, take or drive them bac k. ** We have likewise accounts from Bayau Pierre, of the arrival at that place of Col. Errant, late Governor of Montrey will, six companies of cavalry, said to contain one hundred each, with several pieces of cannon, and that sc\- erai companies of troops more are on their way from St. Antonio.” Charleston , August 2is. ; LOSS OF CAPTAIN DRUMMOND j Report of the Loss of the schooner • Comfort, of Norfolk, Captain J Charles Drummond, communica i ted to Captain Sci rill by Mr. Todd, who was a passenger on board of her when lost, and taken on board Capt. Serrill’s vessel, off Hatteras, out of the brig Experiment, John Bockius, master, who fell in with the wreck on the 25th instant, lat. 33, 15, N. long 76, 30, W. On the 19th August, 1806, sailed from Norfolk, in company with the pi- I lot-boat schooner Tartar, of Nancymon, i cuptuin Cooper; parted with the said j vessel at 8 o’clock on Thursday eve ning, wind at L. S. E. At 4 o’clock on Wednesday morning, wind hauled to the Northward and Eastward, a plea sant breeze, with ail sails set; on Tnurs ! day the wind increased to a strong gale scudded under the square-sail and fore topsail, the wind at E. N. E. steering W. S. W. at 2 o’clock on Friday m rn ' ing, hove to the Eastward under a dou ble-reefed foresail ; at 10 A. M. split the i foresail, took it in, and set the balanced I main sail—got the fore-yard and main | top-mast on deck—a tremendous gale ut N. E. and a very heavy sea—the ves , sel laboring very heavily, and shipping a great quantity of water ; at half past : 3 P. M. sounded in seventeen fathoms water—the captain then tho’t propeg to ware ship, witii the intention of getting 1 her on the other tack : but, unfortunate ly, as soon as the helm was put to win : ward, before, siie had fallen oft’, a hea -1 vy sea struck her, and hove her down r on her beam ends; the hatches imrne ■ diitely floated off, and the vessel filled i. with water, so that all attempts to save I her were useless. i, Captain Drummond was at the helm when the ves*el went over, and was the ■ j first man drowned. The persons sav i! eri clung on to the wreck, on which they ■; remained for three days before they 1 were fallen in with by capt. Bockius— I j when they lett her, both masts were . ‘ gone and it was probale s lie would short -1 ly go down. , Mrs Mary Cooper, wife of capt. J. 1 Cooper, and two daughters ; three Ser • vant Maids, and two Children; Mr. , Archibald Lesly, a West-India planter; I Mr. Mercier, a minister of the Gospel of Charleston ; Mr. Donally, a resident i of Baltimore : Mr. Goosly, of Virginia, i and a servant boy, Captain Drummond, ; master ; James Price, the captain’s ap i prentice ; and five black Servants, were unfortunately lost. Taken from the wreck by Capt. , Bockius:—Mr, Bernard Henry, lieu tenant in the United States Service ; Mr. John Todd, mate of the ship Auro ra, passengers; the Steward and two Black Seamen. The shipping in the harbour display ed their colours at half-mast, as a tribute of respect to the memory of Captain Drummond. Thorn walson, the celebrated sculp tor, at Rome, is finishing a statue of Liberty , 22 feet high, for the United States of America. It will be the first piece of the arts sent from Italy to the new world. London Paper. [The following Acts of Congress are re-pub lished at the request of a subscriber ] An Act to prescribe the mode in which the public acts , records and judicial pro ceedings in sach state, shall be authen ticated, so as to take effect in every other state. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled . That the acts of the legislatures of the several stales shall be authenticated by leaving the seal of their respective states affixed thereto ; that the records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state shall be proved or ad tint ed in any other court within the Unit ed states, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certi ficate of the judge, chief justice or pre siding magistrate, its the case may he, that the said attestation is in due form ; and the said records and judicial pro ceeding authenticated as aforesaid shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are, or shall be taken. Frederick A. Mughlknburch, Speaker of the House of Representatives. John Adams, Vice President of the | United States, and President of the Senate. Approved May 26, 1790. G V. ORG E W ASH ING T()N, President of the United Slates. AN ACT Supplementary to the act entitled “ An act lo prescribe the mode in which the public acts, records and judicial pro i erodings in each state , shall be authen j ticated so as to lake effect in every oth i er state.'’ 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and alter the passage of this act, all records and exemplifications of office books, which are or maybe kept \in any public office ol'any state, not ap , pertaining to a court, shall be proved j or admitted in any court or office in any j other state, by the attestation of the keeper of the said records or books, ! and the seal of his office thereto annex ed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the presiding justice of the court of the county or district, as the case may be, in which such office is or may be kept; or of the governor, the secretary of state, the chancellor or the keeper of the great seal of the state, that the said attestation is in due form, and by the proper officer ; and the said j certificate, if given by the presiding justice of a court, shall be further au | thenticated by the clerk or prothonoto ry of the said court, who shall certify : under his hand and the seal of his of ficc, that the said presiding justice is duly commissioned and qualified; or if the said certificate be given by the gov ernor, the secretary of state, the chan j cellor or keeper of the great seal, it shall be under the great seal of the state in which the said certificate is made. | And the said records and exemplifica tions authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court and office in the United Slates as they have by law or usage in the courts or offices of the state' from whence the same, are or shall be taken.'. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the provisions of this act, and the act to which this is a supplement, shall apply as well to the public acts, records, office books judicial proceedings, courts , and offices of the respective territories of the United States, and countries sub , ject to the jurisdiction of the United States, as the public acts, records of fice books, judicial proceedings, courts ! and offices of the several states. NATHI. MACON, Speaker oj the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate , pro tempore. Approved March 26, 1804. TH:JEFFERSON. SHERIFF’S SALE. On the first Tuesday in December next , at the Court-house in Warren county at the usual hours , T Will be Sold, ONE large bay mare, seized by execution on a rrioiTgage from John ; MJKinzie in favor of Joshua Williams. Conditions, Cash. :/■ Ileal! , s. tr. c. ? September 1". 8— AUG LIST A PRICE-CURB E.\ T. Cotton . - . . . 18 to 19 Tobacco S 3 60 Flour £> 7 to 8 bl. Corn Meal . . . . 62 1-2 cents. Salt S 1 to l 25 Bees-wax 31 1-4 At an Extra Meeting of Council. o September 9th, 1806. The J Blowing Resolutions were entered RESOLVED by the City Council of Augusta, that in all cases where doubts may arise with respect to slaves following any useful occupation for the sole use of his master, lie shall be brought before the Council where lie shall prove by his said master, or the person hiring him from his owner, that lie is in his immediate employ, and that he receives the emolument arising for his (the said slaves) work, and in order to prevent the Council from being called ( together in like cases, lit 1 may betaken 1 before any two members of the Council who shall have the power of determin • ing. Resolved, that no person w ith -1 in the limits of the City of Augusta, I shall have the privilege of hiring a slave to any person of colour, under any con -1 sideration whatever—under a penalty ’ not exceeding twenty-five dollars for ' every such offence. Extract from the Minutes. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF COUNCIL. N. W. HERBERT, Clerk c;. c. September 13. 7—. ] ~V"ISARGAINb INI E subscriber offers for sale, his well known PLANTATION and tract of LAND (in Martintown) where on lie at present lives ; containing four hundred and fifty acres, with a very comfortable two story Dwelling House, and an excellent Kitchen underneath, it, together with all necessary outbuild ings. ALSO, an extensive Orchard of young bearing Peach Trees, and a sufficient quantity of open land for cul tivation, and nicely prepared for farm* ; ing. And for the information of the few, who are not personally acquainted with this valuable situation, the subscri ber will only observe, that, in point of health and beauty, there are but few plans in the back country that excel it. ALSO, 167 Acres of wood land, on Gunnels’ Creek, not far distant from Martintown—All of which maybe had low for Cash, or in exchange lor Afri can negroes. For further particulars apply to the subscriber. Barkley Martin. Martintown , (S. C.J } , September 13. $ lra 8 ~ BROUGHT to Edgefield jail the 25th of August, an African Negro woman, who calls her name SALLY, she appears about 20 years of age, has the marks of the small pox in her face, she has a very shame faced, modest countenance, when spoken to, she says her masters name is Thomasse, she . speaks very few words that cun be un derstood, has no cloathes except one white plains petticoat—the owner is re quested to come forward, prove his pro perty, pay charges, and take her away. E. Whatley , Jailor. September, 13. 8-- G E RGI A, Warren County. WHEREAS Benjamin S. Wood aid has applied to me for let - ers of administration on the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of Fran • cis Woodard, sen. deceased. THESE are therefore to cite and ad monish ull and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and ap pear before the honorable Court of Or dinary on the first Monday in Novem ; her next, to shew cause, if any they ' have, why said letters should not be * granted. ‘ Given under my hand and seal atof * fice this Ist day of September, 1806. jT. Persons , D. C. . NOTICE. AFTER the expiration of nine months, application will be made to the honorable Inferior Court of Burke county, for leave to sell the re maining part of the real estate of Joint Mitchell, deceased, viz: Four tracts us Land adjoining t eachother,containing 590 acres,bound~ ( ed south by lands belonging to the town of Waynesborough, north by William Urquhart’s land, west by Wil . liam Douglass, and east by D. R. Elli - ott’s land, sold for the benefit of the 1 heirs. MARY MITCHELL, Rx'rix. JOHN WHITEHEAD,> ~ . JOHN F. MITCHELL, $ Lxr *' January 4. lam.9ra»