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THE MISSIONARY.
MOUNT ZION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15.
[Concluded from, our
The present deplorable condition of schools in
our State, was probably a leading cause which in
duced our Legislature, in 1817, to make an ap
propriation for the establishment and support of
Free Schools. It has long appeared to many,
that something ought to be doue to remedy the j
present defective system of education; and the
provision made for this purpose, was deemed both
wise and liberal. Men of the first talents and in
formation in the Legislature, embarked with ac
tivity and zeal in this plan, and the intellectual
renovation of our state was fondly anticipated
with unwaveriug confidence. As we ever rejoice
when literature receives that patronage which it
merits from an enlightened and Christian pub
lick, we were far from looking with indifference
upon the objects of this appropriation. We
tfoen hoped, as we now do, that the spirit which
‘sketched the outlines of this plan, would ultimate
ly finish and beautify the picture by accomplish
ing the political and moral benefits designed by
this system of gratuitous instruction. But in the
plan of Free Schools , as a practical system for the
State of Georgia, we have never been able to
excite our feelings to a very elevated pitch of en
thusiasm, because we believe such institutions are
neither demanded by the number of our poor,
nor adapted to the mode in which the comitry is
peopled. We applaud the spirit while we ques
tion the wisdom of this measure ; and v e have
not hazarded this opinion without mature delibe
ration.
Free Schools appear especially adapted to
mJhe condition of large cities, or to a country
which possesses an overgrown and dense popula- \
ti<ai. In such societies there must necessarily be
“.Many, who are incapable, from penury, of giving ,
their children that education which will fit them
for the active duties of life. But the establish
ment of such seminaries in anew state, and
where the people are scattered over a r a t extent
ofterritory, is a novelty in she records of legisla
tion. But should it still be urged, that this sys
tem may be carried into effective operation in
some of the cities of Georgia, we would reply, j
that in the largest of our towns where there is the ]
most pressing demand for free schools, the pa- !
thefick cries of the poor have been heard by the
citizens, and provision has already bee| made for
the education of their destitute and helpless off
spring. Savannah and Augusta, we believe, can
both bear testimony to the correctness of this
remark, The citizens of Liberty county too,
have for many years past supported schools for
the instruction of the children of the poor. And
this burden can well be borne by wealthy and
commercial towns; and we have the surest
pledges that such schools will be well regulated
‘as are instituted by tbs enterprise of publick
spirited individuals, and supported by a contri
bution upon their purses.
There is a large section of our State, we mean
“ the pine barren” country, in which there is not
sufficient wealth generally among the inhabitants
to support competent teachers of common Eng
lish schools. But it is equally true that this re
gion is by no means adapted to the operation of
the free school system. The settlements are not
sufficiently compact, in general, to supply a
school with pupils, unless n considerable propor
tion of them are boarded from home ; and where
parents are able to pay the board of their chil
dren, it is no act of charity for the State to pay
their tuition, and it is totally out of the question
to think of drawing upon the school fund for the
aggregate expenses of tuition and board together.
This latter plan, we are confident, would require
a larger amount than the State of Georgia will
ever appropriate for this specifick object.
In the upper country of the state where we are
blessed with a good soil and abundant crops, there
is little or no demand for charity schools. If any
• exception ought to be made to this declaration,
it is of very limited extent, and applies principal
ly to our towns and villages;—and even in these I
1 not a sufficient number of poor children can be
fund to furnish a single school. From this brief
geographical view of our State, we are irresistibly
kd to the conclusion, that the system of free
schools in its essential character, is inapplicable to
the present condition of the State of Georgia. A
legislative provision for this object is jnst about
as much demanded, as a similar appropriation foi
the erection of poor-houses anti hospitals. It is
attempt to do something which may appear
well enough on paper, and perhaps entitle us to
some credit abroad, but the practical effect of
which will be almost if not altogether abortive.
If it should he asked how we would dispose of
tbelfund already devoted to this purpose, we have
Bo hesitation in replying, that by a slight modifi
cation it may receive such, an impulse as to ac
complish the object originally contemplated, with
the superaddition of others not less beneficial to.
our repnblick. Let it be judiciously apportioned
among the several academies of the State, to he
employed for a double purpose -for the support
of adequate instrncters, and for paying the tuition
of those children who are real objects of literary
charity, and whose local situation will enable
them to attend these institutions. The same pat
tonage, as far as the poor are concerned, may be
extended to other seminaries of education ; and
should the exigences of the case render it expe
sbeni, a special provision might be made from this
fund in behalf of our cities and larger towns, i
Al, V other plan for the support of free schools in the
State of Georgia, shun one which shall invest this
fund in institutions already established, (except
I perhaps in a very few instances,) is a chimera of
fbe brain which can never receive birth, and bo
'fjh and limbs, and life. And to let this fund lie
■“active from year to year, as it has already done
since 1817, is making a solemn mock both of lite
rature and legislation. We hope some plan will
c adopted during the approaching session, and
*!** tx P tT sme.nt made, though that experiment
* fail of ultimate success,
•OMMUSICATIO*.
Oglethorpe , Oct, 6, IMI.
dedication.
The new Edifice erected for HERMON SEMI
NARY, and fora House of Publick Worship, was
solemnly dedicated on the 49th ult. Mr. Lump
kin commenced the exercises by appropriate
hynius, prayer, and the reading of select portions
of Scripture. Mr. Sherwood preached the Ser
mon : “ According to this time it shall be said of
Jacob and of Israel, what hath God wrought !”
Mr. Bledsoe made the dedicatory prayer, and
Mr. Blanton followed with an Address on the
importance of establishing and fostering Religious
and Literary institutions. The day was pleasant
and the congregation was very large.
• This Institution has been recently opened un
der very favourable appearances. The Managers
of it, considering the peculiar pressure of the
times, and knowing there are some parents, who
are uuable to pay the tuition of their children,
have resolved to afford it gratuitously to such, so
far as their funds will enable them.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Bryan, Col. J. J. Maxwell,* Solomon Smith.
Baldwin. Searcy, Fort and Watson.
Burke. Allen, Scruggs, .'ones, Thomas.
Bulloch. Lockha-t aQd Stanley.
Clarke. Mitchell, Golding, Merriwether and
, T. R. Mitchell.
Effingham. John McCall, Benj. Burton.
Elbert. Woods, Morrison, Tate and Christian.
Emanuel. Swaine and Walea.
Franklin. Little, Anderson, Adrian and Mar
tin.
Gwinnett. Reed and Robertson.
Hall. Garrison aud Bates.
Jackson. Martin, Witt, Cochrane and Young.
Jasper. Beasly, Adams, Kenan, Robertson, i
and Henderson.
Jefferson. Jackson, Wright and Stapleton.
Jones. MitchiJl, Phillips, Durrett, Osborne
and Moore.
Laurens. Bl&ckshear, Thomas and Horne.
Liberty. John Stephens, W. W. Baker, G.
W. V\ alt hour.
M'lntosh. W. A Dunham, A. B. Powell,
Jonathan Thomas, Wm. R. M’lntosh.
Madison. Eberhart, Daniel, Gohlson.
| Montgomery. McCrimmon and Featherston. I
Morgan. Mitchell, Bonner, Campbell, Leon- !
j ard and Bandy.
Oglethorpe. Parks, Upson, Townsend and
Luckie.
Pulaski. Hawthorn, Wood and Robertson.
Scrivtn. Blackman, Lambert and Lanier,
j Telfair. Coffee and Curry.
Twiggs. Wimberly, Lawson, Glenn and Ma
thews.
Walton. James and Steele.
| Washington. Irwin, Pace,Glenn and Cullens.
Wilkinson. Beck, Fairchilds and Pearson.
Warren. Baker, Bledsoe and Lewis.
Wilkes. Wooten, Campbell, Butler
and Pope.
# The first named gentleman in each county is
j the Senator.
The following are all the returns wo have
! seen on the Convention question :
For C. Against.
In 3 Counties given last week, 1411 635
Wilkes 83 1273
M’lntosh 120 88
Liberty 7 167
Bryan 35 6
1656 2169 j
The sum of Seventy-Five Dollars was collect
ed on Sabbath, the 16th ult. at the Presbyterian |
church in Augusta, to be placed at the disposal i
of the Missionary Society of the Synod of South ;
Carolina and Georgia.
Yellow Fever. —The Commissioners of the i
town of Edenton. N. C. have issued an ordinance I
forbidding any person whatsoever, residing in or ;
passing through the borough of Norfolk, Va. to
“ come to, reside in, or pass through the town of
Edenton, under penalty of the law,” &e. Against
this ordinance two medical gentlemen of that
town have made a pnblick Protest, in which they
declare the regulation to be “ unreasonable, un
philosophical and unnecessary that they “do
not believe the Yellow Fever to he contagious, or
capable of being commumeated from a diseased .
to a healthy body ; and would as soon think of
spreading the gout or St. Fit us’ dance from cases
of those diseases existing iu Norfolk, as the yel
low fever, by any ordinary communication with
that borough” The protest is signed by Doctors
Sawyer and Norcoju.
The transfer of the Floridas, it teems, is not’
very well relished by the Indians inhabiting that
country. While it was under the Spanish gov
ernment, they were under no apprehensions that
their hunting grounds would be either taken from
them or encroached upon by their white neigh
bours, who generally confined themselves to the
vicinity of the sea-board ; but since the territory
has become open to American enterprise, they 1
appear to he seriously alarmed, and certainly not
without cause, lest their limits should soon be cir- !
cumscribed ; and where the fertility of the soil i
will warrant cultivation, the establishment of
towns and settlements forever destroy the sports !
of the Indian hunttr. A letter from 6t. Angus-i
tme, published in a Charleston paper, remarking 1
upon their uneasiness and dissatisfaction, ob
serves :
1 I had the perusal of a Talk which the Chiefs
of the Srminoles had transmitted here, to be sent
Ito W ashington. They complain of the transfer
! having been made, without any notice of their
claims or stipulations in favour of their rights;
and earnestly request to be informed as speedily
as possible of the footing on w hich they staud.
They *ontend that they have never ceded any
land to the west of the St. Johns, and that they
put in a pretty sweeping claim, the justice of
which it would yet be difficult to deny. Though
their logick will probably not make much impres
! sion at Washington, the eloquence of their ap
, peal might well rebuke the genius of our own or
atory. Adverting to the difference between their
mode of life, and our own, as a plea'iu favour of
a larger extent of country being allowed them,
they observe:
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M The Americans live in towns, where many
thousand people busy themselves within a very
small space of ground ; but the Seminole is of n
wild and scattered race, he swims the streams aud
leaps over the logs of the wide forest in pursuit of
game; and is like the Whooping Crane, that
makes its nest at night, far from the spot where
he brushed the dew from the grass and flower in
the morning.” In another passage, speaking of
their ancient prescriptive right to the soil, they
say : “ An hundred summers have seen the Semi
sole warriour reposing undisturbed under the
shade of his live oak, and the suns of an hundred
winters have risen on his ardent pursuit of the
Buck and the Bear, with none to question his
bounds or dispute his range.**
General Intelligence.
Boston, Sept. 20.
Arrived at this port yesterday the ship Herald,
bringing London dates to the 18th, and Liverpool
to the 21st of Aug.
. The latest London dates do not confirm the
previous accounts of hostilities having cooimen- i
ced between the Turks and Russia, but would !
rather seem to give an opinion that the difficulties
existing between the two countries were in a train
of amicable adjustment. These accounts, how
ever, like most of the others, are unofficial.
An Augsbargh article says : “ The Turks com
mit the greatest atrocities in Wallacbia. On the
16th July, the Seraskierofßruillasent to Constan- :
tinople several chests full of ears and noses that
had been cut off, which he had salted on account
ofthe warmth of the season !
The Russian and Austrian armies were still on
the frontiers.
The King of England was in Dublin at the
last dates. He was decorated with the Order and
Ribbon of St. Patrick, and his hat was ornameiit
ed with a rosette composed of Shamrocks. He ‘
wore crape on his left arm.
A full length portrait his been obtained of the
Greek Joan of Arc. The name of this heroine is
not Rabelina, but Bohelina. She is represented
as holdiug a naked sword', a dagger at her girdle ;
’ her turban surmounted with three feathers. This
lady is not a simple shepherdess, so cannot be
compared to the Maid of Vancoulers ; she is a
widow, the mother of seven children, and enjoys
an immense fortune. Under her picture it is writ
ten, that she has armed at her own expense seven
vessels, and equipped three regimeuts, at the
head of which she fights like a Spartan.
Nat. Adv.
“ The game is up” with the Greeks in Molda
via, at least if we may judge from the proclama
tion of Yp-ilanti. who declares that his country- !
1 men have betrayed God and their country, and
! have made the woods and mountains the retreat
,of their cowardice. It is amusing to contrast the j
l present proclamation with some which have i
been before published, in one, we read that j
the new Grecian phalanxes were “ animated with |
the spirit of Themistocles and Leonidas,” in the i
Other, “ they are a herd of dastardly and cruel ‘•
men,” they were “ a sacred band, waiting with ‘
impat'ence for dangers.” Now, “ scoundrels,” ‘
who for “ baseness, treachery and cowardice, are [
abandoned to the contempt of men, the justice of j
Providence, and the malediction of their country-- j
men.’’ It is sincerely to b hoped, that the i
Greek leaders of the Morea will give a better ac
’ count of their followers than the Ex-General!
Ypsilanti—if not, we shall begin to despair of
their cause. [ Georgian.
‘The following vessels are stated in the National
Intelligencer, to be under orders to cruise in the
West Indies and Guff of Mexico, for the protec
’ tion of our trade, viz : sloop of war Hornet, brigs
Spark and Enterprise ; schooner-’ Porpoise, Spark
, anu Grampus \; and several other vessels of war
along the coasts of Florida and Georgia. Ib.
pE r ’ acola, Sept. 1, 1821.
In the organization >f the government, no one
can have the slightest idea of the difficulties, who
is not on the spot, and to whom its situation is
not ex plained. There was but one civil officer in
all West Florida, the Vlcade, and his powers
were almost indefinite, or rather under the old
order, every thing; hut under the Spauish consti
tution, of very little importance, comparatively
speaking. There was no government that we
could understand or administer ; it ail existed in
the arbitrary will and pleasure of those who ex
ercised it. The General has made what he could
, of it. s
After the surrenderor the country. Col. fallava
remained here, as we supposed, for his own good
pleasure ; for he was never considered as holding
any official station near our government after that
period, and if entrusted with a commission from
his own government he never made it known
Sevral papers, demanded by individuals for the
purpose of asserting their rights, were discovered
in the possession of a person who, it afterwards
appeared, was under the orders of Callava. This
person was ordered to deliver them ; he refused,
and shifted them into the hands of Gabova : they
were aM brought before the Governour, as you
will see in the Floridian, and he committtd for
contempt. All the Americans here, and who had
an opportunity of witnessing the transaction,
highly approve it. Some think he might have
been confine ! in his own house, as was done in
the case of the iutendant of Mew Orleans—but
the general would make no distinction between
his ease an n that of the man in whose possession
the papers were iu the first instance found. Sim
ilar difficulties are said to have occurred at St.
Augustine. A milder course was pursued hy the
officer commanding there, for the present; but
• Tat a different course will be pursued I have no
doubt.
A petition is in circulation at Pensacola, for
the establishment of a Branch of the Bank of the
U. S. at that place.
Boston, Sept. 12.
destructive Tornado .- The N. Hampshire Pa
triot received last evening contains two columns
1 detailing the effects of the tornado, of Sunday
i evening the 9th inst. We have only room for a
j few extracts.
! he House of Huntoon in Wendell was pros
i trated to the ground in an instant. Mrs. H. was
1 carried across the field in the current. A child
j sleeping on the bed was carried into the Sunapee
1 lake, and its lifeless body found on the Wednes
i day following ; the bedstead was found in the.
I woods 80 rods from the house. The air was filled
with Hr ah? of trees, &c. A pair of cart wheels
were separated from the body and spire, carried
about 60 rods and dashed to pieces. A bureau
was blown across the lake two miles wide, and
found half a mile beyond. A piece of wood
land, heavily timbered, of 40 acres, was entirely
prostrated—not a whole tree is standing in any
partofit. Though the 6un was an hour high, it
was as dark as night.
At New London it was equally destructive, de
molishing houses, barns, overturning stone walls,
&c. A great number of fowls, birds, &c. killed.
At Kearsage Gore, the dwelling house of Mr.
Daniel Savary was demolished, and Mr. Samuel
Savary, aged 72, was carried six rods and his
brains dashed out against a stone ; the rest of the
family buried in the ruins, and several much in
jured. The house of Mr. Robert Savary was de
molished, and the family of eight persons more or
less injured by the fall. A stone which weighed
5001bs. wm moved several feet. All the build
ings of Mr. Peter Flanders were crushed, and 1
Miss Anna Richardson, and an infant child killed.
The buildings of Deacon Jos. True, in Salisbu
ry were swept away, and the inmates narrowly
escaped with their lives. An infant seven weeks
old, was found at the distance of 100 feet underi
the bottom of a sleigb, the top of which cannot be
found.
The tornado, it is stated, appeared like an in- i
verted cone, alternately rising and falling -var- !
ing in width from half a mile to six rod*. Its track
particularly on the Kearsage mountain, is deno
ted by the most visible marks of destruction ; “ it
appears as if a rushing torrent had poured down
for many days, the earth being torn up, the grass
withered, and nothing living to be seen in its
path.”
1 Lute.—On a motion for a prohibition in the
case of the Hon. Judge Johnson of the U. States’
Court vs. the collector of Patrol Fines, it was
yesterday decided by Judge Bay, at chambers,
that by the law of this state, a judge of the U. S.
Supreme Court is not exempt from Patrol Duty.
. Charleston Courier.
Married, lately in England, Mr. Alexander
Mitchell, aged 109 years, to the “ beautiful and
accomplished” Miss Jane Hammond, aged 19 !
The clergyman first applied to refused to perform
the ceremony, alleging that the match was con
trary to nature.
Pirates Taken. —The schr. Evergreen which
was lately captured by a piratical cruiser, has ar
rived at Boston. A prizemaster and four men
were put n board of her, but the former, declar
: ing himself “ sick of the business,” assisted capt.
| Pool in re-taking hi vessel, and the four pirates
- were safely secured below, brought iuto port and
delivered into the custody of the U. S. marshal.
. The whole cargo of the schooner has been thus
saved, and the four miserable free-booters will
probably end their career on the gallows.
We learn with pleasure, that the proprietor of
the steam-ship Robert Fulton, is preparing an
armament, to consist of four 6 and two 9 poun
] ders with 24 muskets, for the protection of prop
i erly belonging to her passengers, and against the
t possibility of robbery, from the piratical villains
. that are infesting the neighbourhood of Cuba.
1 This arrhameut, together with the great advan
j tage which this vessel possesses of throwing boil
ing water, must afford a protection adequate to
an attack from any of the picaroons lurking in
those seas Her engine is one of the most pow
erful. aud is capable of throw ing double the qnan-
tity of water (boiling hot) which an ordinary fire
engine now in use in this city, can. It is assert
ed, that she can discharge front her boiler, ten
i hogsheads, of 150 gallons each, in a minute, and
throw it nearly to the distance of point blank
musket range. Who knows but (his method may
j yet be resorted to as a national defence, and as a
j new weapon to carry the war into an enemy’s
i camp ! [jV. Y. Gas.
This ship arrived at Savannah on ihe 7th irist.
i 6 days from N. York via >. harleslen. She is said
I to be perfectly secure and manageable in the
\ worst weather, and her accommodation for pa/f
----; sengers of a very snperiour description. She sail
i ed on her return to Charleston and N. Y'ork the
I day after her arrival.
! Soule vs. Benson. — At a late circuit court in
Litchfield county, Con. the plaintiff recovered
SIOOO of the defendant, who was indicted for
poisoning the well of the plaintiff. On examining
the well, a bag filled with every thing obnoxious,
parts of the body of an animal, mineral poisons,
Sec. Sec. was found, which was proved to have
been placed there by the defendant. On the trial
the history of Benson’s family was developed, as
well as that of some of his i* it nesses. Perjury,
burglary, larceny and adultery were among the
. number. The defendant had poisoned the well
j in consequence of the plaintiff having endeavour
! ed to break up an adulterous intercourse of the
daughter of defendant. The father had endeav
oured to get his son in the state prison, to prevent
his testimony about poisoning the well; and the
wife of the defendant had died of poison adminis
tered by the father orson. It appeared for a
while on the trial “as though the damned had
been summoned to an earthly tribunal.”
Legislation.— More than six thousand laws have
heen passed by the legislature of New York since
the adoption of the constitution. Supposing the
Solons and Lycurguses of other states to be equal
ly industrious, and our republick to endure as
, long as the Roman, the library of a lawyer, like
the famous one at Alexandria, will after a time be .
sufficient to heat all the baths in a large city for !
a whole year. The gentlemen of the bar already 1
complain of the extent of legal science ; what will ;
they do half a century to come? [Union. |
Death by Fright. —On Wednesday last the son
of James Donough, weaver, of Drogheda, aged 8
years, whilst playing with his little companions,
was (old that a rag man, who was passing at the
time, was about to take him off in his bag: when !
the child ran into the house, into which the object
of his terror unfortunately happened to enter, l
and supposing he was pursued, uttered a horrifick
shriek, and instantly expired ! Land. pap.
Judge Washington and his Slaves have been
the theme of Northern declamation and misrep
resentation for some timt. Recently we have
had two communications from neighbouring coun
ties on the same subject, arraigning the Judge as.
President of the Colonization Society. The igno-1
ranee or prejudice of these writers can be their ,
only apology for the irreligious and inhuman
charges they have made. The transaction was a
very simple one: Mr. Washington had an over
grown population of slaves, that we have no
doubt brought him annually in debt: under these
i circumstances, it was desirable to dispose of a
j portion of them. They were sold to a southern
gentleman, formerly a member of Congress, ex
pressly for his own use ; they we.e taken in fam
ilies, and with their own consent, previous to
the purchase. They remained together for a
week without confinement or restraint, after sale,
and evinced an entire satisfaction with their
change of situation. It is also a fact, well known,
that there are not ten slaves in a hundred sold to
foreigners, but what their approbation is previous
ly obtained, unless they have beeu guilty of some
crime or offence to their master; and then, if
their attachments are strong to remain, it is quite 1
usual for the purchaser to release at the same
price to any master they may select. [Alsx.Her.
Lorenzo Dow is on a visit to Nantucket. He
preached in a field on the 16th ult. before a large
number of people.
Literature. —The following are among the new j
publications announced in the London papers; i
The One-F.yed Coronation ; a Satirical Poem.
“ What matters me who wears theCroum of France,
“ Whether a Richard or a Charles possess it: 1
“ They reap the glory - they enjoy the spoil—
“We pay—we bleed.” Southey's Wat Tyler.
A slap at Slop and the Bridge-street Gang, a \
Coronation Cracker. Wilh the Life of Doctor j
Slop. By the Author of the Political House that \
Jack built.
The expedition to Orsua; and the crimes of
Agilirre. By Robert Southey.
Napoleon Bonaparte, his Court and Family.
By one of the suite of the Empress Maria Louisa.
1 died,
In this vicinity, on Saturday morning last,
John Bailey, Esq. in the 69th year of his age.—
The deceased was the warm-hearted and zealou*
patriot, the kind and affectionate.husband, the
tender aud indulgent parent, the obliging neigh*
! bour and valuable citizen. By this dispensation
I of Divine Providence, his afflicted family have
sustained an irreparable loss: end his friends are
bereft of one, whose heart was always teuder to
their complaints, and whose hand was ever ready
to relieve their wants.
At St. Simon’s Island, John Speakinan, Vq. of
the firm of J. Speakman & Cos. merchants of Sa
vannah, leaving a wife and four children to mourn
his irreparable Joss. The feelings expressed by
his numerous acquaintance on receiving the mel
ancholy intelligence of his dissolution, spoke vol
umes as to the estimation in which he was de
servedly held in this community. Sar. Hep.
In Warren Cos. Mr. Germain Tucker, formerly
of the house of Holcombe & Tucker, Augusta.
In Tuscaloosa, A. Mr. Wm. vlygatt, Printer,
formerly of W ethersfield, Con.
In Dracut, Mass. Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Var
nurn, aged 72. He was one of the few remaining
officers of the revolution, and formerly Speak
er of the H. of R. of the U. S.
We are authorized to an
nounce Joun W. Hcott as a candidate for Sher
iff of Hancock County at the approaching elec
tion. ; May 30.
33° We are authorized to state
that James Thomas is a candidate for the office
of Sheriff of this county at the ensuing election.
May 30.
We* are authorized to ijr. .mice
Lawson Bulloch, Esq. as a Candidate for Tax.
Receiver, for Hancock County, at the approach
ing election. Sept. 1.
VVe are authorized to announce
Richard Sims, Esq. as a Candidate for Tax
Collector of this County, at the ensuing election.
Aug. 23. 1821.
NINE months after date, application will be
made to the honourable Court of Ordinary
of Wilkes county, for leave to sell the real estate
of James Finley deceased, exclusive of tUe
dowei.
Isabella Finley , > „ . ,
Sainu.-. Finley , \ ‘*
February 16, 1821. 39
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the Academies of this state, and are ofthe latest
and most approved editions.
Orders for Academies and Libraries will
be punctually attended 10, and supplied on near
ly the same terms they can get them at New York
or Philadelphia.
Augusta, Aptil 7, 1820. 47tf
Land for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale A Pt A-VTA
TION, containing 190 acres of first quality
land, well improved, having on it a good two
story house, and other necessary buildings in
good order. It is situated sufficiently near Vi unt
Zion to enable the purchaser to avail hiiuself of
the privileges of the school. The present crop
upon the land will sufficiently recommend the
fertility of the soil. It will be sold on reasonable
terras. For further particulars, application may
be made to the subscriber, or at the Missionary
Office. RICHARD GRF.CORY.
Mount Zion, June 6, 1821. 2tf.
COTTON WARF.-HOUSeT
WILLIAM H. EGAN ,
HAVING taken the Ware-house lately occu
pied by J. & W, llarper, upper end, South
side of Broad Street, Augusta, for the reception of
Produce,
and the transaction of
Commission Business,
generally, hopes that its convenient acconnnoda
i tion, and his own unrerni'fing attention, may in
! sure him a share of publick patronage.
Sept. 6. 1821. 15tf
■ The Mansion-House, oavannah,
I s newly erected on the site of the Savannah
Hotel, destroyed by fire in January la.-t, at
the corner of Fmughton and Whitaker streets,
: upon an enlarged and improved plan, calculated
!to accommodate grntlemen with single rooms,
and families with large rooms, and a table detach
ed from the pnblick port of the House.
JOHN SHELLMAN.
N. B. A carriage house and stables are also
provided on an adjoining lot, and a hostler to at
tend to horses. April 1821. 46 ts
Notice.
BY order of the Court of Ordinary of Elbert
f’ounty, will be sold ai tie Court House
, in said county, on the first Tuesday iu January
, next, all the real estate of Philip W ilhite, late of
said county, deceased.
M. T. WILHITE, Adro’r.
Sept. 17, 1821. 15
Commission Warehouse,
AUGUSTA
THE subscribers having put their WARE
IIOUSF.S in complete repair, offer their
services in the above line, and will he thankful
for any business entrusted to them. They will
keep at their warehouse a constant supply of Salt,
Iron, Sugar, Coffee and other Groceries, and Cot
ton Bagging. MACKENZIE & PONCE.
Augusta, Ist Oct. 1820. 8w
> “"” “ ■ ■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Information Wanted.
THE children of John Cunningham, deceased,
who departed Ibis life in Greenville district,
!S. C. whose wife was named Jane. Their young
■ est daughter, Jane Cuuningham, now resides m
, Bloomfield, Nelson county, Kentucky, and isde
j :irons of obtaining any information that will open
Ia correspondence between the widow of said
I Cunningham, or John, James and George, chil-
I dren of the aforesaid John and ane Cunningham.
The said Jane was bound or put under the care
of Mrs. Armstrong, of Sonth Carolina, who remo- .
1 ved to Kentucky and brought the said Jane with
her. Any information relating to them will be
thankfully received by
I JANE CUNNINGHAM.
i Bloomjitld , Kentucky.
03” 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 (heir respective papers.
August 20 H,