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POETRX THE HUSBANDMANS PRAYER. BT H. . BI.LXKWOOI, O Thou ! whose wisdom, power and Jove, This world, and all its creatures, prove ; The fertile field and fruitful trees, Thrive, or decay as thou shalt please ; And haman art and toil are vain, If thoa withhold thy sun and rain ! Still may thy bounteous Providence All wished—all needful good dispense. When brumal storms have spent their power, And Spring expandeth many a flower, May ne’er the frosts that fall at night. The seeds of future harvest blight ; May ne'er the blushing blossom yield To storms that devastate the field: From such, and from too piercing air, The new-shorn lamb und nestling spare ! In Susmss, when the solar ray Is felt through all the enfeebling day, Mild be his genial beams, without Contagion's force, or parching drought. And frequent may the full fraught cloud The azur arch of heaven enshroud, That gentle moisture, temperate heat, A plenteous harvest may complete. V When Autubih’streasures spread around, And earners teem, and fruits abound. Then shall the husbandman npraise To thee his grateful hymn of praise ; To Thee, who gavest not in ram, The early anti the latter rain ; To Thee, whose promise doth avail— Seed Time and Hantsl ne'er shall fail. God of the Seasons ! let thy ca-e Preside o’er each revolving year! Slay health ! fair queen of blessings ! crown Each city, and each rural town— While sweet content and heartfelt joy This land of freedom shall employ ; Thee, may thy offspring—man—adore, Till time and seasons change no more. Revolutionary Incidents. DEFENCE OF FOE F SULLIVAN. June 28, 1776. From Memoirs ot'ihe American Revolution, as re lates to the Statu of South Carolina—By John Drayton, L.L.D. Os the 7th June (17 73) Cel. Moultrie in formed the President (Rutledge) by 1 letter, that several of the fleet, which had not come ever the b.tr, had gone northwardly,- perhaps to land troops. This was sooo as certained to he the erase ; and that thpy’ had effected a landing on Long lsand, next to Sullivan’s Island. Immediately on General Leee’s rece iv-’ ing information of this debarkation, lie on j the Bth of June directed Col. Moultrie to j detach Thomson’s and Sumter’s regiments j of riflemen, and c apt. Alston’s, May ha ms . and Couturier's companies, to Long-Island ; j with orders to attack, and if possible dis lodge the corps of the enemy which had j lauded there; and to make the attack at I break of day. This however did not arrive j in tune to be executed; ami was therefore j countermanded. On the 9th, President! Rutledge invested General Lee with the j command of the forces ; and on the evening of the day, the camp of troops in the rear of Fort Sullivan was broken up; and they were ordered to “ remove their baggage, and lodge within the lort;” this being the; jjpsit time, when the troops, wjto were to defend that post, had moved into it. On the 10th Capt. De Brahm, an engineer, was sent to Sullivan's island, to direct the throw ing up of some breast work', adjacent to the fort, and at the advanced guard, at the jHoai of the island, opposite to Long Island. About this lime it was ascertained, that the whole of the British land forces were on L. Island; amounting to near 5.000 men, un der the command of Major General Clinton ; who had under him Major General Lord Cornwallis and Brigadier General Vaughan. A’ this ere of a battle, which held in nice balance the destinies of South Carolina, it is proper to ascertain with some accuracy, in what manner General Lee hail posted the troops, upon whose valour and services the safety of Charleston and the colony de pended; and what were the situation and strength of the forts destined to oppose the approaches of the enemy. General Clinton haring’ lander! on Long- Inland with ail hi* troops, had made prepa ration for panning the breach, between that r.ml Sullivan's* Hand. He had thrown n|* two work*, one for mortar*, and the other for cannon: in addition to which, he had an armed schooner, and some floating batte ries. Against thi* force, breast works had been erpcted on the north-eastern point of Sullivan's Island, distant about a mile; sup ported by a battery of one 18 pounder, and one brass field piece, G pounder. These were defended by the third Carolina regi ment of riflemen, containing* upwards of 300 men—Col.’ 250 North Car olina regular*—Col. Horry with 200 South Carolina troops, the Racoon company of ri flemen. 50 militia, and a small detachment of artillery—amounting to about 180 men: the whole being under thp command of Col. William Thomson, of jjte third regiment of rangers. From this post, a line of bar ren sand hills, fronted by a hard beach, ex tended themselves along the sea shore to fort Sullivan, through a distance of from two and a half, to three miles, and Col. Thomson had orders that should he find himself unable to prevent the passage of Gen Clinton across the beach, he was to retreat and re-enforce the fort with all hie troops. Between Col. Thomson’s station and the fort, and siyneyvhat more than a quar ter of a the fort, the narrow isth mus of at that place, was fortified across hr a breal-work; where a quarter guard, commanded by a lieutenant, was sta tioned. The fort wa9 a square, with a bastion at each angle, sufficiently large to contain when finished one thousand men. it was built of palmetto logs, laid one upon the other, in two parallel rows, at sixteen feel distance; bound together at intervals with timber dove-tailed, and bolted into the logs. The spaces between the two lines of logs were tilled up wilh sand; and the merlons were walled entirely by palmetto logs, notched into one another at the angles— well bolted together, and strength: ned with pieces -of timber. They were sixteen feet thick, filled in with sand, and ten feet high above the platforms which were supported by brick pillars. The fort was only finished on the front or south-eastern curtain and bastions, and on the south-west curtain and bastions; the north-eastern curtain, and the north-western curtain and bastions, were unfinished; being logged up, only about seven feet high. Necessity, however de vised an expedient for making the unfinish ed parts tenable against an escalade; by placing thick long planks upright against the unfinished outside wall, but inclined anil projecting over it: which raised the height ten or fifteen feet more —and through which, loop holes were cut, for the use of rifles, or musketry. The platform there fore as finished, only extended along the south-eastern front of the fort—and its south-western side. Upon these platforms the cannon were mounted. On the south east bastion, the flag staff was fixed; bear ing a blue flag with a white crescent, on which was emblazoned the word Liberty : and three 18, and two 9 pounders were mounted there. On the south-east curtain, six 26 French pounders, and three 18 Eng lish pounders were placed, and on the wes tern bastion connected with it three 20 French pounders, and two 9 pounders were stationed. On the south-west curtain six cannon were mounted, 12 and 9 pounders. Connected with the front angle of each rear bastion of the fort, lines of defence called cavaliers, were thrown up for a small distance <n the right and left of (he fort; and three 12 pounders were mounted in each of them. So that the whole number of cannon mounted in the fort and cavaliers •>n each side, were thirty-one; of which, only twenty-five at any possible lime, could hear upon the enemy, stationed in front of the fort, and even then, four 9 pounders on the two inner sides of the front bastions could he scarcely used. Narrow* platforms or banquettes were placed along the walls, where the plank was raised against them, for the men to stand upon, and fire through the loop-holes. Such was the situation of fort Sullivan on the 27th day of June; and its garrison consisted of the 2d South-C.iro lina regiment of infantry, amounting to 413 of all ranks; and a detachment of the fourth South-C'arolina regiment of artillery of 22; amounting together to 435; the while be ing under the command of Colonel William Moultrie, of the above second regiment. Nearly midway between Fort Sullivan and Charleston, Fort Johnson was situated, ; having upwards of twenty heavy cannon of French 26 and English 18 pounders. Its ! garrison consisted of the first South-Caroli- I na regiment of infantry, amounting lo about | 380; and a small detachment of artillery commanded by Colonel Christopher Gads den of the above first regiment. And near ’ er the town on its left was the battery on i ; James’ Island, mounted with about twelve i heavy cannon, which raked the channel, in , approaching Charleston from fort John son; and where Capt. Thomas Pinckney of the said regiment with his company was stationed. From Cummio’s Point on Ashley river, along north-hay and east-bay to Gadsden’s wharf on Cooper river, batteries, fleeches, and bastion s mounted with cannon, were prepared to meet the enemy: aud the fourth, or Soulh-Carotina artillery regi ment, as also a part of the militia acting as artillery, were divided into detachments for lighting the cannon at those positions. The remainder of the town militia were to form at the slate hou:-e. The country militia were to form in that part of Lynch’s pas ture which is nearest the town, under the orders of Brigadier General Howe. And the Norih-Carolina troops were tc form I wo hundred yards in the rear of the coun try militia, to he considered as a corps of re serve. under the. immediate command of General Lee. The total amount of these troops in Charleston, was about 3.670; con sisting of the 4th regiment of artillery, 200 —Charleston militia, 700—country militia, 1'970—-and IS oi th Carolina, 800. Fire ves sel- were al-o prepared, for annoying the British vessels should they he able to pass the forts, and present themselves before Charleston. The rest of ihe troops, con sisting of the Vir. regulars,soo—N.C. regu lars, 600—5th S. Carolina rifle regt. 268 6th Soulh-Carolina rifle regiment, i6o—and militia artillery, 40—amounting in the whole to about 1,563 were stationed, part ly nt Haddreli’s Point; and in advanced parties to the left of it, opposite to Sullivan and Long-Islands. These troops were immediately under the command of Briga dier General Armstrong. Od the morning of Friday, the 28th of June, Col. Moultrie rode to the northeastern point of Sullivan’s Island, to visit the troops stationed there under Coh I homson. VVhen'he arrived, he saw the enemy’s boats in motion at the back of Long-lfland, os if they intended a descent upon that advanced post; and at the same time he perceived the men of war loose their topsails. This having been the signal of their getting under way the day before, he hurried back to the fort; and on his arrival, immediately ordered the long roll to beat, and the officers and men to their posts. The guns were scarcely manned, and powder issued from the magazine, when the Brit ish squadron was perceived with their courses fjyawn up, hearing down upon Fort Sullivan ; and at the time, between 10 and 11 o’clock, the Thunder bomb-ship, covered by the Friendship armed vessel of 26 guns, anchored at the distance of a mile and a half, bringing the salient angle of the eastern bastion to bear north by west, and be 68 pan to throw shells upon the fort; one of which fell upon the magazine, but did no considerable damage. The flood tide being strong, and the wind fair from tiie southward and west, the Ac tive, 28 guns, the Bristol, 50 guns, the Experi ment. 50 funs, and Solebay, 28 guns, soon came within striking distance of the fort; when a fire of cannon commenced upon then from the south western bastion. But the Active, which was the leading ship, continued her course until she arrived within four hundred yards of the fort; when she anchored with springs on her cable, ami poured in her btoadside of cannon balls. The Bristol, Experiment, aud Solebay, ranging up in rear of the Active, anchored in like manner, leav ing intervals between each other, and the Syren and Acteon of 28 guns, and Sphinx of 20 guns, formed a line parallel with them, opposite the in tervals. The example of the Active was followed bv the ships, as they took their stations; and a heavy and incessant eannonade issued from their batte ries; while from the fort a return was made, slow, hut sure. When this severe trial of metul and skill was going on between the veteran ships ol the British uavv, and the newly raised troops of an infant repnbjick, from a low fort of palmetto logs; (he Thnncir, bomb-ship, was throwing thirteen inch sheik iu quick succession, several of which fell into the turt; they were however immediately buried in the loose sand, so that very few of them hurst upon the garrison. No prospect of silencing the tort appearing, about 12 o’clock, the Acteon, Sphinx and Syren were ordered to pass the fort and take a position . in Rebellion Road towards the cove of Sullivan’s Island, for the purpose of enfilading the front platforms of (he southeast curtain and its two bas tions, whose fire was dreadfully destructive to the British ships and crews. This manoeuvre was what General Lee had foreseen ; but Almighty Providence confounded the plan, and frustrated the attempt. For, while the detached frigates were standing well over to the lower middle ground opposite the fort, so as to make a tack and pass clear of the front line of ships, then closely engaged, they got entangled on the shoal, when the Sphinx and Acteon ran foul of each other. The Syren got off, as did the Sphinx, wilh tiie loss of her bowsprit: but the Acteon was left irnnioveably fixed on the sand. The Sphinx and Syren now retrograded ; and hearing away under cover of the ships engaged, they retired awhile, to prepare themselves for farther action. About this time of the day. the Thunder bomb ship, having thrown 50 or 60 shells, with little effect, ceased firing. This was occasioned b) her having anchored at too great a distance; and the engineer, (Col. James of the royal regiment of artillery) was therefore compelled to overcharge the mortars, whose recoil shattered the beds, and so damaged the ship, as to render her unfit for further service. The combat was now only kept up by the four ships first engaged ; and in the af ternoon, the enemy’s fire was increased by a re enforcement of the Syren and Friendship. Dur ing this severe cannonade barges passed from one ship to another, and to and from the trans ports, for the purpose of removing the wounded, and obtaining fresh men, as occasion required ; and the firing from the ships continued animated, and incessant, till near seven o’clock in the even ing. From this time, it slackened with the set ting sun ; and they only returned the fire from the fort, which ‘was opened upon them now and then; but, in doing so, they returned it twenty fold. At half past nine the firing on both sides ceased, and at eleven o’clock the ships slipped their cables, without any noise or piping, and re turned with the last of the ebb tide to their sta tion near Five Fathom Mole. [Concluded next wetk.'\ GEN. WARREN’S ORATION'S. [From Knapp's “ Biographical Sketches” just published,] His next oration was delivered March 6, 1775.* [He had delivered one in 1772.] It was at his own solicitation that lie was appointed to this du-! ty a second time. The fact is illustrative of his j character, and worthy of remembrance. Some ; Britih officers of the army then in Boston had pub- j hekly declared that it should be at the price of the life, of any man to speak of the event of March j 5, 1770, on that anniversary. Warren’s soul took fire at such a threat, so openly made, and he ; wished for the honour of braving it. This was readily granted, for at such a time a man would probably find but Tew rivals. Many who woulti spurn the thought of personal fear might be ap prehensive that they would be so far disconcerted as to forget their discourse. It is easier to fight bravely, than to thiuk clearly or correctly ill dan ger. Passion sometimes nerves the arm to fight, but disturbs the regular current of thought. The day came, and the weather was remarkably fine. 1 he old South Meeting-house was crowded at an early hour. The British officers occupied the aisles, the flight of steps to the pulpit, and several of them were within ii. It was not precisely known whether this was accident or design. The orator, with the assistance of his friends, made his entrance at the pulpit window by a ladder. The officers, seeing his coolness and intrepidity, made way for him to advance and address the audi ence. An awln) stillness preceded his exordium. Each man felt the palpitations of his own heart, and saw the pale hut determined face - of his neigh bour. The speaker began his oration in a firm tone of voice, and proceeded with great energy and pathos. Warren and his friends were prepar ed to chastise contumely, prevent disgrace, and avenge an attempt at assassination. Ihe scene was sublime. A patriot in whom the flush of youth, and the grace and dignity of man hood were combined, stood armed in the sanctuary of God, to animate and encourage the sons of lib erty, and to hurl defiance at their oppressors.— The orator commenced with the early history .of the country, described the tenure by which we held our liberties and property—the affection we had constantly shown the parent country, and boldly told them how, and by whom these bles sings of life had been violated. There was in this appeal to Britain—in this description of suffering, agony and horrour, a calm and high-souled defi ance which must have chilled the blood of every sensible foe. Such another hour has seldom hap pened in the history of man, and is not surpassed in the records of nations. The thunders of De mosthenes rolled at a distance from Philip and his host—and Tolly poured the fiercest torrent of his i invective when Calaline was at a distance, and his dagger no longer to be feared, hut Warren’s speech was made to proud oppressors resting on their arms, whose errand it was to overawe, and whose business it was to fight. | If the deed of Brutus deserved to be commem orated by history, poetry, painting and sculpture, should not this instance of patriotism be held in lasting remembrance ? If he That struck the foremost man of all this world, was hailed as the first of freemen, what honour are not due to him, who, undismayed, bearded the British lion, to show the world what his coun trymen dared to do in the cause of liberty ’ Ifthe statue of Brutus was placed among those of the gods, who were the preservers of Roman freedom, should not that of Warren fill a lofty niche in the temple reared to perpetuate the remembrance of our birth as a nation. * He fell in Ihe. battle at Bunker's IhU on the \7th of June following. Forty-five bodies have been taken tip on the S. shore of Long Island,opposite Brookhaven,drown -1 ml during the late gale. General Intelligence. From the Albany Daily Advertiser. VENTRILOQUISM. Mr. Nichols, (lie Ventriloquist, gave a humour ous specimen of his art Inst evening, in Market. street. Walking with a friend between nine and ten o’clock, past the corner of Church and Mar- ; ket where a well was sinking, the surface i being slightly covered wilh loose boards, his com- 1 panion suggested to him that it offered a good op- 1 portunity to evert his powers of speech. Iwo or three persons happened to he near the spot when ; Mr. N. raised one of the boards, and asked who was down there ? No answer was returned.—Me again asked, did I not hear someone dosvo here calling for help ? A voice answered from the bot lom of the well, Yes, sir! Mr. N.— Bow came you down there ? Voice—The workmen left me here, and shut tiie well—O, my friend, put down a ladder ora rope and help me out! By this time :10 or 40 persons hod assembled, uttering curses on the workmen for leaving the man in the well. One man repognizt-d in the voice, old Tony Schuy ler, a black man, and said he knew him ; he now called out to him, Tony, is that you ? Voice—Yes, sir, help me out, I am almost frozen and drowned. The man asked how long he had beeu there ? Two hours : O put down a ladder ! By this time there had arrived a number of lanthorns, ropes, ladders, &c. Mr. N. now walked off and left the deceiv ed multitude preparing to draw Tony up from the well. Their lights, however, soon convinced them that Tony was not there. Now a warm dispute arose among those who said it was al! a hoax, and those who swore they heard Tony.— I he writer left them in the height of their dispute, and went home. I have since become acquainted with the histo ry of Mr. Nichols, which may not he uninterest ing to the public!:. He is a young gentleman about 20 years of age, a native of Nantucket, Ms. He did not know, till lately, that lie possessed the power of ventriloquism. About 18 months ago, while a clerk in a counting house at Savannah, he first saw the famous Charles, exhibiting at that place. Charles, in an address to the audience at one of his exhibitions, on the powers of ventrilo quism, observed that there were undoubtedly ma nv who possessed the same powers he did,hut that they did not know how to call them into action ; he said there might be some even in his present au dience. Young N. immediately recollected that while he was a lad he could whistle in his throat, which none of his companions could do, and was determined to try the experiment of ventriloquism as soon as he should arrive at home the same eve ning ; he djd so, and found himself perfectly suc cessful. P. S. Since writing the above, I have had an interview with Mr. Nichols, and he has satisfied me of his powers being equal to those of Charles. I took him into several different apartments in my house, and he executed three voices to admira tion. Mr. Nichols is the first and only ventrilo quist the U. States has ever produced, and has promised to give a publick exhibition in a few days. From the Winchester Republican , Aug. 25. “ The cruel spoiler came, “ Nipt this fair flower”. On Tuesday and Wednesday last, a hoary old man, on whose head three score and ten winters had shed their snows, was seen in our town, look ing for his wife , who had been iured away by the wiles of a seducer, about a year and a half since, while the unsuspecting husband languished on a sickbed, lo which he was confined for several months afterwards. The old man, whose name is Boon, resides in Frederick Cos. Maryland, and being told that his quondam partner was in the neighbourhood a short time since, he had. as soon as his feeble health gave him sufficient strength, undertaken this journey, which it seems has been unsuccessful. He is extremely poor,but never regarded his poverty as a misfortune until now, when it deprives him of the power of con tinuing his inquiries. He speaks of his wife in terms of doting fondness, and freely forgives the guilty aberration. He describes her as being of middle age, and in person “ All that beauty can express, Or youthful poets fancy when they love.” Her c educer be believes to have been a German from Pennsylvania ; hut on this point he cannot be certain, as he thinks he could not have seen him more than two or three times, and then du ring the illness above mentioned, when hi- senses frequently forsook him. After leaving an adver tisement, the old man sat out to return to his cheerless home, with a heavy heart, on Wednes day morning. Judge Washington. —We are requested to state in behalf of Judge Washington, that the slaves on his plantation, of which he has a great number, had become from long indulgence, discontented and riotous ; that there were serious causes of ap prchi-tfiioii that this conspiracy would lead to alarming results if it was not checked in the out set ; that he selected the most riotous of his slaves and sold them in a body to one man, the friend of Judge W. as the mildest pnnithment that could be inflicted ; that they were disposed of with their wives and families, in the hope that this separation would be better for all parties concerned. So far we have received information and no farther. Ball. M. Chron. New York, Sept. 8. Court of Serjjpnr.—Catharine Fields was in dicted and convicted for being a common scold. The trial was excessively amusing, from the vari ety of testimony, and the diversified manner in which this Xantippe pnrsued her virulent propen sities. “ Ruder than March wind, she blew a hurricane and it was given in evidence, that after having family individually, the bipeds and quadrupßs, the neighbours, hogs, poultry and geese, she would throw the window open at night to scold the watchmen. Her coun tenance was an index to her temper—sharp,peak ed, sallow, and small eyes. To he sentenced on Saturday week. JVaf. Advocate. Sept. 9. The Common Scold , convicted at the present court of sessions, not relishing the paragraph in onr paper, called at our office to prove that she was an injured woman, by giving us a “ touch of her condition.'” Being unfortunately out, she commenced with the clerk, and after giving him a specimen of her melting powers, she concluded by scolding the devil [waiting hoy] in the office, and then taking her departure, announcing her intention to pay me a visit ; which, if she is bent upon doing, we shall return the compliment by putting her to press, and taking an impression of this singular virago, for the benefit of the sex gen erally.—ibid. AFRICA. The Baard of Managers of the American Colo nisation Society, have just received from Mr. Rush, our minister at London, some recent intelligence of the present slate of the Af rican Slave Trade. Mr. Rush states, that by ac counts which have reached the British govern ment from their commissioners at Sierra Leone, a sensible diminution of the slave trade is declared ■to have taken place ; and this diminution is as cribed, in a large degree, to the well directed ef forts of the U. 8. cruisers tn that quarter. Lieut. Stockton, of the U. States’ schooner Al ligator, in a letter to the Board of Managers, ob j >egw—“ 1 aor* and mere persuaded cf the I usefulness of your society. I believe it will be in strumental in meliorating ihe condition of Africa. The unfitting clan of slate dealers are still, and more exultirigly than ever, draining the dearest veins of that country. Is such to continue to he their fate ? And will not Christendom put an end to it ? Are they to be torn from their homes, from their frit mis, from their father’s graves, while the vultures of the world are proclaiming freedom, ami 1 forming coalitions for its security ? May the fa : ther of Mercies take core of this oppressed people; ! and is it too uncharitable to hope that the hour | of vengeance is approaching, when the hurricanes , will sweep front the deep every sail that is spread for so unhallowed a purpose.” JV. Y. Sped. New and Cheap Establishment. MANSFIELD & BURRITT, Merchant Tailors, SPARTA, RESPECTFULLY inform the Publick, that they have taken the store lately occupied by M. It. Brown , & Cos. twenty rods east from the Eagle Tavern, where they intend to keep constantly on hand a great supply of superfine READY MADE CLOTIIIKG , together with, a general assortment of DRY GOODS. They are this day opening Superfine drub Booking Great Coats. Tartan Plaid and CbmlJct Cloaks. Superfine blue, brown, and green Waterlcos. “ Blue Coats. “ Bine, drab, and mixed Cloth and Cas-i simere Pantaloons. Black, blue and bufl'Cassimere Vests. “ White and figured .Marseilles do. “ Stripe and figured Toilnet do. “ Linen and Cotton Shirts. “ Black, blue, browu, green, drab and mixed Broadcloths. “ Black, blue, drab, mixed and buff C.i'slmeres, drab Kersey, mixed Plains, Tartan Plaid, green Baize, Flannel, Bombazett, Cotton Shirting, brown Linen, fancy, stripe,& fig’d.Vest ir.g, new and elegant patterns; black,brown.green drab, scarlet silk & Tabby Velvets; black Flo rentine ; light and dark Levantine silk Umbrel las and Parasols ; white and mixed lambs’ wool worsted and Vigonn Hose; white silk do.; silk and beaver gloves; flag Handkerchiefs; fancy Cravats; buckskin, silk and cotton web and knit Suspenders; cotton Shawls and Handkerchiefs; Russia and domestic): Sheeting; cotton and linen Diaper; best gilt tout and vest Buttons; neck pads, pocket hooks, combs, cotton balls and skeins, floss cotton, tooth brushes, shaving boxes, hooks and rings, siik twist, pins, needles, Sic. &c. Also —hats, boots, shoes and leather, and a col lection of valuable BOOKS ; all of which will bo sold on accommodating terms. Gentlemen preferring their clothes made from measure, can have th m at short notice in the neatest manner, from the latest New York and Philadelphia fashions. They have made arrangements for regular sup* plies of fresh imported and well selected goods; and to their ktiowlege of the business, (which was obtained at the most extensive and respCc'ahle establishments of the kind at the North) wili be added diligence and punctuality Having said thus much, they leave the proofs to the sure test of experience, and claim from the generous and enlightened inhabitants of Sparta and the sur rounding country, a share of the general patron age. Sjiarla, Hancock County, Die. 5, IC2O. 29tf TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. SEVERAL Watches left for repairs, have been suffered lo remain on hand for a long time, say from one to three years — Therefore two months longer will be given, in which time the owners may apply for and receive them—after which they will he subject to be sold for repairs: and hereafter n Watch or other job will be suf fered to remain more thaß Fix Months, without being subject to the same conditions. The subscriber still continues his business of WA Ti ll REPAIRING & SILVtR SMITH ING, in all their various branches, and hopes his experience and attention will warrant publick patronage. He has on consignment, a quantity oi BOOTS & SHOES , fine and coarse, which will be sold low fop Cash. Farmers who want for their negroes, will do well to call. Best American cold-pressed CASTOR OIL, by the dozen ot single bottle, warranted good and fresh. CYPRIAN WILCOX. Sparta, 13th Aug. 1821. lOtf Notice. rPTIE subscriber informs the inhabitants of B Powelton and its vicinity,” that he has taken into partnership. Mr. Jones from New York, and| they intend carrying on the TAV Of!ING BU SINESS in all its various branches. All persons who feel disposed to favour them with their cus tom, will find their work done with neatness and : despatch. People in the country wishing gar ments cut to be made in families, by calling on them will find punctual attendance. Mr. Jones having correspondents in New York and Phila delphia, they will have the fashions forwarded them every month. The business in future will be conducted under the firm of JONES & HINES. June 21st, 1821. 4tf Information Wanted. rri HE children of John Cunningham, deceased, JL who departed thi life in Greenville district, S. C. whose wife was named Jane. Their young est daughter, Jane Cunningham, now resides in Bloomfield, Nelson county, Kentucky, and is de sirous of obtaining any information that will open a correspondence between the widow of said Cunningham, or John, James and George, chil dren of the aforesaid John and ! ane Cunningham. I The said Jane was bound or put under the care of Mrs. Armstrong, of South Carolina, who remo ved to Kentucky and brought the said Jane with her. Any information relating to them will be thankfully received by JANE CUNNINGHAM. Bloomfield, Kentucky. Editors of papers in Washington City, Norih and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, will confer particular obligations on an orphan child, by giving the above two or three insertions in their respective papers. August 20 11 Information Wanted. ANY information respecting Mr. Michael O’ Dwyer, (a native of the county of Tipperary, Ireland,) who came to this country in the capaci ty of a teacher; and is probably now employed ns such in some part of this state, will be thank fully received by his wife, who is now in Savan nah. Direct to the .Georgian Office. Editors of papers are requested to give 1 this an insertion or two, for the benefit of the un fortunate. Aug. 20. 11 Notice. THE concern of Kenneth Mackenzie fc Cos. at Eatonton, Putnam Cos. is this day dissolved, by mutual consent. „ MACKENZIE & PONCE, KENNETH MACKENZIE. Eatonton, A. 10th, 1821. 14 4t