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‘’ THE MISSIONARY.
mO UNT ZION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22.
Tkb regular progress of Missionary operations
among the heathen, is gradually conquering those
prejudices which have been too long cherished
against the system of measures ‘ which has been
adopted for the present and future welfare of this
extensive class of our fellow beings. Experi cncc,
which is the surest test of the correctness of any
moral sentiment, has evinced beyond all rational
controversy, that the Christian religion possesses
(lie only power adequate to the demolition of
pagan absurdities, and to the elevation of the
human character from that brutality to which the
worship of idols has degraded it. Nothing can be
more affecting to the heart of the Christian, than
I ’true picture of the heathen world. Gross dark-
I ness covers the people. The intellectual powers
| of man are hardly less debased than the affections
I of his heart. The pursuits of science—the plea
sures of taste—the refinements o f social life—and
the anticipations of a more refined and happy
state of existence, are almost or altogether un
known. lu a rude and savage state, man is very
snperiour to the animal which is the object
of the chase, and from which he picks his scanty
meal.
So wretched is the condition of most of the
heathen nations, that the very circumstance of
their extreme degradation has been frequently
urged by infidels and lukewarm professors, as a
decisive reason in favour of neglecting them,
forgetting that Christianity has been the great
instrument of humanizing the world, these oppo
ses of missions are ready to ascribe the progress
which some nations have made in civilization and
moral refinement to a native elevation of soul and
an inhecent purity of heart which they possess
above those who are the slaves of ignorance and
the dupes of idolatry. They have enjoyed the
blessings of light so long and to such a degree,
that they have forgotten that they are indebted
(a llAun for this invaluable favour. A thousand
well attested facts might be slated which prove
beyond a doubt, that the nations of the earth
which are contemptuously styled Savages, are
not in native genius a whit behind- 4he most re
fined and civilized. Where they have enjoyed
the advantages of instruction, their progress in
letters has been such as fully to acquit them of
the charge of national inferiority. That these
people are capable of being becefilted by the
Gospel of Christ can no longer admit of contro
versy. The experiment has been made against a
host of opposition, and notwithstanding the con
fident and arrogant predictions of enemies, has
proved successful. The heathen, in many in
stances, have received Immanuel as their ap
pointed King; and the isles of the sea have re
ceived his law. We have been peculiarly struck
with the flattering prospect of the mission estab
lished in the Society Islands. At the various sta
tion 6, about two thousand persons have been ad
mitted to Christian Baptism ; and at a single sta
■ion.four A belong to the school. In these
Wands civilization and Christianity go hand in
band. The inhabitants begin to cultivate their
lands, and a material alteration for the better has
taken place in the style of their buildings, and in
their mode of dress. In short, the missionaries
have introduced among these once ignorant and
murderous savages the most important and useful
arts of life. The Gospel of Matthew has already
issued from the press established among them,
and the translation of other parts of the Bible is
now going on with success. From present ap
pearances, we have every reason to anticipate,
that these Islands will, in the process of time, be
come the seat of a large and iiitelligent Christian
empire.
We are truly gratified to learn the flourishing
state of the “ Colony of liberated Negroes” at
Sierra Leone, in West Africa. Many contradic
tory reports have been in circulation on this sub
ject, and some of them of such a character as are
calculated to discourage all exertions for this tin
happy class of our fellow creature®. But the ac
ooimt given by Sir George R. Collier, of the pres
ent situation of the English Colony there, must
tend to revive the hopes and encourage the ex
ertions of the American Colonization Society.
We cannot after reading this statement, believe,
as it has often been insinuated, that these attempts
to raise the condition of free people of colour
will prove ineffectual. Freetown is in a state of
progressive improvement; and every thing relat
in” to the Colony wears an aspect of fairest prom
,se. The attention paid to the publick worship
°f God, is to us one of the surest pledges of fu
ture success. The Commodore remarks that he
kad attended worship in every quarter of the
globe, and that he never had witnessed the “ cer
emonies of religion more piously performed, or
“lore devoutly attended to, than in Sierra Leone.”
Pitycstine Mission. —A letter from Mr. Fisk,
containing an account of his tour from Smyrna to
the ruins of Ephesus, will be found on the prece
ding page. Its perusal cannot fail to interest the
most indifferent mind.
ELECTION RETLliNS— concluded.
Appling. Walker—Swilley.
Bulloch. Lockhart—Starßand.
Camden. Hardee—Atwater and Raynei.
“Urly. Jackson—Spann.
‘■fingham. M’Call— Burton.
Glynn. Piles—Scarlett.
Habersham. Cleveland —Wofford.
ipein. Mobley—Williams.
pmoln. Henly—Murray and Larrikin.
Rabun. Powel—E. Powel.
Ballnal, Bacon—Tippens.
Vayne. O’Neal—S. Sheffield.
flic official returns of votes on the Convention
T'estion, from 35 counties are as follows :
Tor Convention, 4518 Against, 17284
1 lfi6 result, we believe, was generally unexpected. !
Binion, Barnaby Shivers, Malcolm John- j
I’ son ’ Mieajah Thomas, and Walter Hamilton, Es
quires, were on Tuesday last elected Justices of j
Inferiour Court of this county. j
General Intelligence.
Transactions in Florida.
It appears that a warm correspondence has been
carried on between Gen. Jackson and Judge Fro
mentiri in telation to the affair of Col. Callava.—
The Judge issued a writ of habeas corpus in fa
vour of Callava, which was resisted by the Gov
ernour, and the Judge summoned to appear be
fore him for interfering with his authority while
exercising the powers of “ Captain General
and Intendant of the island of Cuba over the prov
inces of Florida, in open contempt of the orders
and decrees made by him in the exercise of said
powers.” The newspapers have gone to war on
the subject,and much has beeu said, to little pur
pose, on both sides of the question. Gen. Jack
son is condemned for violating the sanctity of the
federal judiciary, which, it is contended, cannot
be deprived of the right, in time of peace, of is
suing writs of habeas corpus, when demanded :
and he is justified by others on the ground that he
is empowered to exercise all the authority of the
late Spanish governour, until other provisions
shall be made ; and consequently, his powers,
both civil and military, within the limits of the two
Floridas, are supreme. This unfortunate collision
of authorities will no doubt induce Congress to
lake measures, as early as possible, to define the
several powers of the executive and judicial offi
cers in our new territory, in order that differences
of this nature may in future be avoided. The ar
bitrary authority vested in territorial governours
by the crown of Spain, ought not to be exercised
by a person acting under an appointment from
the American Execntive, any longer than circum
stances may unavoidably require it. Gen. Jack
son himself seems well apprised, that the powers
with which he is intrusted but ill comport with
the character of a republican magistrate. The fol
lowing remarks were made by him in publick on
a late occasion.
“ 1 am clothed with powers that no one under
a republick ought to possess, and which I trust
will never again be given to any man. Nothing
will afford me more happiness than to learn that
Congress in its wisdom shall have distributed
them properly, and in such manner as is conso
nant to our earliest and dearest impressions. Yet
as 1 hold these powers by the authority of an act
of Congress and commissions from the President
of the United States, it therefore becomes my im
perious duty to discharge the sacred trust reposed
in me according to my best abilities, even though
the proper exercise of the powers given, might
involve mein heavy personal responsibilities. It
has-been my fortune to be thus circumstanced on
other occasions in my various relationships as
a publick servant, yet 1 never have and never
will shrink from the discharge of my publick du
ties from an apprehension of personal responsibili
ty.”
Several Spanish officers, who neglected to with
draw themselves from the Floridas when evacua
ted by the Spanish troops, have published a state
ment respecting the course pursued by General
Jackson in the case of Callava, which has called
forth from the former a spirited proclamation, re
quiring these officers to leave the territory with
in four days from the date thereof, under penalty
of arrest and arraignment before the Governour
for contempt of bis authority and orders. The
ninth article of the treaty of cession stipulates
that the officers and troops of his Calholick Ma
jesty shall withdraw themselves within six months
after the ratification of the same. The statement
alluded to, intimates in pretty plain terras, that
gross injustice was exercised towards Callava, in
asmuch as neither the interrogatories and accusa
(ions made by Gen. Jackson, nor his answers
thereto, were faithfully interpreted ; and conse
quently he was unable to vindicate his reputa
tion against what his friends call “ the foul char
ges with which his unsullied honour was endeav
oured to be stained.”
Piracy and Murder. —Three American vessels
(a schooner, brig and sloop,) were captured in
September last at the entrance of (he harbour of
Matanzas, by a launch fitted out there, and man
ned by 2 Englishmen, 6 Spaniards and 1 Portu
guese. These villians killed the captain and two
men belonging to the schooner ; the crew of
the brig were all murdered, their entrails torn out
and the mutilated bodies hung up on the masts.
The vessel was then burnt. The crew of the
sloop were severely beaten, the cargo plundered,
and the vessel set on fire—the pirates intending
to destroy the whole together, but the crew suc
ceeded in effecting their escape to Matanzas, in
the long boat. Several Americans at that place
obtained permission to arm and go in pursuit of
the pirates, but returned without success. The
numbpr of piracies has become so frequent and
alarming in the Spanish seas, that unless some
thing is speedily done to suppress them, our trade
must materially suffer, and hundreds of our enter
prising mariners who are richly entitled to protec
tion, will become a prey to a gang of murderous
freebooters. Scarcely a vessel arrives from the Gulf
of Mexico, without bringing an account of some
outrage upon the property or lives of defenceless
traders.
Latest from England. —'The ship Oglethorpe
arrived at Savannah on the 15th inst. 47 days from
Liverpool. The papers which she brought con
tain no news of particular interest. A letter from
Liverpool of the 25th Aug. says, “ There was a
good attendance of dealers in the Cotton market
this week, but they bought sparingly.” Georgia
and Carolina Uplands, 9 a 11 l-2d.
The Austrian and Russian armies on the fron
tiers of Turkey continued to receive re-enforce
ments, but nothing had transpired which could
throw any light upon the real views of the great
continental powers in regard to the Greek insur
rection. The Greeks had defeated an Algerine
squadron off the isle of Tenedos. The insurrec
tion in Moldavia appears to have been effectually
quelled by the activity and skill of the Pacha !
commanding the Turkish army in that province.
Prince Ypsilauti had been deserted by his follow
ers, whom he declares unworthy of freedom, and
had attempted to join his countrymen in the Mo
rea, but was detained by the Austrians. A party
of Greeks were pursued to the river Truth, where
they took up and awaited an attack.
The Russian side of the l iver was lined with thou
sands of spectators, who had assembled to witness
the battle. The Turkish troops were prevented
from using their cannon by a warning from the
Russian commander to take care that no ball fell
on the opposite side of the river. As the Turks
could not guard against an accident of that kind,
they fell back, and the Greek fugitive* effected
their escape into the Russian territory, and im
mediately dispersed.
The Irish people appear to be highly elated with
the King’s visit to Dublin. The papers say he
has achieved the brightest of victories—a victory
over the prejudices of his Irish subjects.
Royal Extravagance. —ln the glowing account
of the Coronation written by Sir Walter Scott,
we find the following :
“ The boxes assigned to the foreign ambsssa-!
dors, presented a most brilliant effect, and were
perfectly in a blaZe with diamonds. When the i
sunshine lighted on prince Esterhazy, in particu- j
lar, he glimmered like a galaxy. I cannot learn
positively if he had on that renoWned coat which ■
had visited all the courts of Europe save one, and 1
is said to he worth one hundred thousand pounds,!
or some such trifle, and which costs the prince
one or two hundred pounds every time he puts it
on, as he is sure to lose pearls to that amount.
This was a hussar dress, but splendid in the last
degree, perhaps too fine for good taste, at least it |
would have appeared so any where else. Beside
the prince sat a good humoured lass who seemed j
all eyes and ears, (his daughter-in-law 1 believe)
who wore as many diamonds as if they had been
Bristol stones. An honest Persian was also a re
markable figure, from the dogged gravity with
which he looked upon the whole scene, without
even moving a limb or muscle during the space of
four hours ! Like Sir Witwoud, I cannot find
that our Persian is orthodox ; for if he scorned
every thing else, there was a Mahometan para
dise extended on his right hand along the seats
which were occupied by the peeresses and their
daughters, which the prophet himself might have
looked on with emotion. I have seldom seen so
many elegant and beautiful girls as sat mingled
among the noble matronage of the land, and the
waving plumage of feathers which made the uni
versal head-dress, had the most appropriate effect
in setting off their charms.”
The Plague. —The following letter is from a
gentleman in Egypt to his friend in Lanarkshire,
dated Grand Cairo, May 19.
“My dear Sir: Your letters were all received.
The pestilence that walketh in darkness carries
off its daily victims. We are, in short, surround
ed by plague ! My servant has just been carried
to the hospital; and alas! nine of the inhabitants
ot the court-yard contiguous to my house have
gone to their long home ! in the one adjoining, 21
have been carried off, all Europeans!! Ail who
lived on the ground floor were swept away. The
Lord deliver us! A man here must he prepared
for a siiort summons. Poor Mr. Williamson, the
English clergyman at Smyrna is gone.
I psilanti's Sisters. —The French papers some
times give instances of heroick devotedness among
the Greeks, male and female, and the following
trait of the sister of Prince Ypsilanli deserves to
be recorded. She sent him, for the publick ser
vices, her dowry, amounting to 20,000 ducats,
with a letter, in which she declares, “that she
would rather he a servant in Greece liberated,
than a Princess in Greece enslaved.” This sa
vours of the female heroism of the ladies in an
cient Sparta.
A polished Robber —The commander of a pi
ratical vessel, after robbing the ship Orleans, pen
cilled in the French language, and delivered or
sent to a United Slates officer, a passenger on
board the Orleans, the following note :
At Sea , and in good luck.
Sir,—Between buccaneers no ceremony. I
take your dry goods, and, in return, 1 send you
pimeuto ; therefore, we are now even: I enter
tain no resentment.
Bid good day to the officer of the U. States,
and tell him that 1 appreciate the energy with
which he has spoken of me and my companions
in arms. Nothing can intimidate us; we run the
same iortune, and our maxim is, 44 that the goods
of this world belong U the brave and valliant.”
1 he occupation of the Floridas is pledge that
the course 1 follow is conformable to the policy
now pursued by the U. States.
(Signed) Richard Cieur de Lion.
The Florida Gazette of the 29th ult. states that
(lie place had become more unhealthy than has
been known for many years past. The Board of
Health of St. Augustine, with a promptitude de
serving of praise, have passed a resolution to pay
the expense of nurses, &c. for the poor, out of the
publick treasury.— Georgian.
From the Worcester (Mass.) Spy.
Liability of Innholders —At the late term of
the Court of Common Pleas in this town, an Inn
holder was tried upon an indictment for refusing
to receive and entertain a traveller wtio applied
in the night for admission into his inn. It ap
peared in evidence, that, in the latter part of a
very cold night, in December last, the prosecutor,
a traveller, knocked at the door of the iun, and
having thereby called the inn keeper to a win
dow, requested admission, as he was suffering
from the cold—that the latter refused to admit
him unless he wished for lodging, and on being
told he did not wish for lodging, but for some
spirits, as he was in a freezing condition, shut the
window and left him to seek refreshment else
where.
No question was made by the defendant’s coun
sel, of the liability of an innkeeper upon such an
indictment—and when it was discovered that the
■ proof was ample, the defendant retraced his plea
and submitted. Several circumstances existing
which rendered it proper to mitigate the punish
ment, he was sentenced to pay a fine of only S3O
and costs.
This conviction is a serious admonition to inn
keepers. The defendant in this case probably
supposed he was not bound to open his doors, in
the night, to any person who asked for spirits
merely. But the circumstances of this case show
that there was the most urgent need for such re
freshment.
Inn-keepers have the exclusive privilege of en- 1
tertaining travellers, and they are under legal ob
ligation to furnish such entertainment whenever |
called upon. It is not for them to judge of the
necessity or reasonableness of the entertainment
required ; if they do, they judge at their peril. I
There is no hardship in this obligation ; because j
the traveller is under a correspondent obligation t
to make them a reasonable compensation for all!
the extra trouble to which he may subject them.
We copy the following candid address from au
l Ohio paper. We “guess” it might suit many i
other candidates for publick honour. But the
j truth is not always to be told.
Xenia, Aug. 30, 1321. ;
Fellow-Citizens —Without counsel with any
man, or set of men, I offer myself to your consid-1
eration, as a candidate for a seat in the House of:
Representatives of this state. I dtem it inexpe-!
dient to make you any promises of what 1 can, 1 1
or will do for you, if elected, as patriotism has al-1 1
most departed this life. Suffice it to say, that it I <
is your three dollars per Say t orn principally in
pursuit of. Yours with esteem,
Thomas Gillespie.
LAND LOTTERY.
MilledgEvili.e, Oct. 16.
The Commissioners of the Land Lottery, who
met in this place a few days ago, have determin
ed to commence the drawing on the sixth of next
month.
Philadelphia, Oct. 6.
It is with regret we announce the death of
Commodore Alexander Murray, commander of
this Naval Station. To the urbanity of a gentle
man, he added all the social attributes of a good
citizen and sincere Christian.
There were in the port of New-York, on the
first of October, 81 ships, 58 biigs, 50 schooners,
and 105 sloops. Allhough the number is not lar
ger than is generally in port, yet they are more
actively employed. Freights are very low, hut
are to he obtained. The coasting trade has be
come immense. [Georgian.
The “ Balance ” overturned !—George Helm
hold, Editor of a celebrated paper, entitled, the
u Independent Balance,” died at Philadelphia on
the 28th ult. aged 43 years. His career as edi
tor has been well known and his scales of justice
or injustice now pass into other hands.
MARRIED,
In this county, on Tuesday evening last, by the
Rev. N. S. S. Beman, Grigsby E. Thomas, Esq.
of Warrenton, to Miss Mary Shivers.
GEORGIA, ) SUPERJOUR COURT ,
Hancock County. > October Term , 1821.
Present, His Honour Judge Dooly.
We, the Grand Jury for the County aforesaid,
for October Term, 1821, as the result ofour de
liberations, make the following presentments:
W’e are gratified to state, that as far as our
knowledge and inspection have extended, there
is an increased attention to the condition of
Roads , though much remains to be done in order
to hiing them to that state of perfection which
will correspond with our other improvements iu
society. We are fully of the opinion, that the
only feasible plan for the construction of perma
nent roads is to throw them into the regular turn
pike form; and it may he •fairly questioned whe
ther the provisions of existing laws are adequate
for the accomplishment of this object. It may be
worthy of the attention of our next Legislature,
to inquire into the expediency of forming Turn
pikes. The experiment might commence with
the stage road leading from Miliedgeville to Au-
gusta; and this would be sufficient to test the
principle. There are various ways in which this
work might be accomplished. The State might
construct this road at their own expense, and
various portions of it might be farmed out to in
dividuals who would receive the toll and pay to
the state a stipulated rent; —or companies might
be incorporated to make a road of a certain de
scription and to keep the same in repair, and be
entitled to all the proceeds which would accrue
from travellers; —or such road might he construc
ted at the expense of the several counties through
which it might pass, and then be rendered free to
the publick.
The Grand Jury agree to allow the collector
for the year 1819, forty-four dollars and twenty
nine and a half cents , on account of insolvency ;
but we arc sorry to find upon the insolvent list;
the names of several able-bodied young men who
ought to possess self estimation enough to pay
their taxes, though they cannot be compelled to
do it by law.
We notice a6 a publick grievance, the exis
tence of a multitude of dram-shops which are the
seats of almost every species of vice and immoral
ity : and in connexion with this subject, we pre
sent Jonathan Roach of Sparta, for keeping a
common ill-governed and disorderly house, to the
encouragement of idleness, gaming , drinking, or
other misbehaviour. Witnesses , George G id
dings, Byrd Ferrell, Jacob P. Turner, Eli Mans
field, John Scott, Wilson Edwards, James Jones.
We present Cheslev B. Mimms and Henry L.
Dunn for the same breach of law. Witnesses,
Joseph Huckabee, Russel Fruit,Thomas Tbweatt,
Samuel Watts, Willis Shivers, Amos Brantley.
We present Capt. E. Champion for the same
offence. Witnesses, Samuel Ransom, Warren D.
Culver, John Wales.
We present Henry Rhodes, of Sparta, for the
same offence. Witnesses, James H. Jones,
George Horton, James W. Simmons, Frederick
Scott, Dudley Lawson and William Simmons.
We present Henry Douh for the same offence.
Witnesses, Jacob P. Turner, Lewis Tyus, Joel
Newsom, John Long.
! On these presentments the Grand Jury hope
‘■ that prosecution may commence without delay,
I as there can be no want of witnesses to establish
the facts with which the individuals are severally
charged.
On the authority of a verdict of a Jury of In
quest held at Dr. David Kendall’s on the 18th of
August, 1821, and other information, the Grand
Jury present Peter Mills for cruelly beating and
unlawfully killing a negro man by the name of
Mingo. And we do moreover recommend to his
Excellency Goveinour Clark to offer a suitable
reward for the apprehension of the said Mills,
who has absconded since the death of the negro.
Witnesses, Benjamin Cook, Washington Cole
man, David Kendall, James Daniel, Gabriel Mar
tin, &c. ice. Sec.
Among other subjects the Grand Jury cannot
fail to notice with deep regret the marked and al
most universal contempt with which the laws
enacted against gaming are treated. Nothing can
be more explicit than the statutes in existence
in gelation to this growing and destructive evil ;
and yet nothing can be more obvious, than that
these statutes, from a principle of inefficiency I
1 somewhere, are rendered a dead letter.
: I By the law of 1816, and especially as amended |
1 by the Legislature of 1817, an attempt was made i
1 to hedge up the very avenues to gambling, by
j prohibiting the use of the ordinary and most fasci
j nating implements of this art. Not only the act
\ of betting, but the bare fact of playing 44 at any
j game, with cards, dice, checks, or at billiards,
&c.” renders a man liable to tbs operation of this
penal statute. And yet games are every where
played with the instruments specified above;
and what is still worse, a race of itinerant gam
, biers who are ready to circumvent the inexperi-
| enced and unwary, are permitted to live unmo
i lasted, and prosecute their dark profession among
\ us. It is against these men—men who, so far
, from being good citizens, are a molli. upon the bo
|dy politick—that the Grand Jury would direct,
!if possible, the penal scourge of the law. It js a I
| fact which has become as glaring as the meridian ,
j sun in the heavens, that characters of this descrip
tion are to be found at every court. While the j
Judge is distributing justice from the bench—,
while the Solicitor arraigns the culprit of a far in-
I feriour order at the bar—and while the Grand
Jury are presenting petty offenders for trial, these ,
i depredators upon the peace, the purses, and the 1
> morals of society, are suffered to set at defiauce I
’ the majesty of the laws, and go unpunished,
j Under the exterior garb of gentlemen , they con
-1 ceal the assassin’s dagger against that practical
; and publick virtue which must ever be the main
prop of our Repnhlick.
Men who sustain the character of professional
gamblers, are now to he found at this scat of jus
tice ; and the Grand Jury are clearly of the
opinion, that something speedy and effectual
ought to be attempted in order, if possible, to ar .
rest the march of that complicated train of mis
chiefs which ever attend their footsteps. Fully
i aware that those general presentments upon
! which no prosecution is ever predicated, are mere
wind, yet the Grand Jury feel themselves barred
from the adoption of more decisive measures for
the present. During the investigation of this sub
ject we have discovered the grand obstacle which
opposes the execution of the laws enacted against
gaming and other species of vice and immorality.
These laws ean never be made effectually to ope*
rate till onr Grand Juries shall have power as a
tribunal of inquiry, to send for witnesses whose
testimony may he necessary for the more com
plete devclnpement of any matters under consid
eration, and which, from the nature of the case,
are hut imperfectly presented before them.
Crimes way be, and hre committed, which are
matter of publick notoriety, and yet nothing can
be done for the want of proper witnesses. These
witnesses might easily be found, but Grand Ju
ries have not the power, according to the deci
sions of our Court, to call upon them for the in
formation and testimony required. To remedy,
therefore, this defect—a defect which leads to
a total prostration of many of our existing laws,
the Grand Jury would recommend to our next
Legislature to take (his subject under their most
serious consideration, and to adopt such meas
ures as they may in their wisdom deem requisite
for the more effectual triumph of justice.
To his hononr Judge Dooly, ilie Grand Jury
tender their publick thanks for the able and inde
pendent manner in which he has presided, and
for the facilities which he has afforded this body
in the discharge of their duties.
The Grand Jury request that the foregoing
presentments be published in the Missionary, the
Recorder and the Journal.
JOHN ABERCROMBIE, foreman.
Benjamin Cook , Charles Abercrombie,
Jacob P. Turner, Samuel Ewing,
Anderson Abercrombie, Byrd Ferrell,
James Claiborne, Orren Woodard,
William Arnold, Hamilton Bonner,
Littlebcrry Tucker, A'alhan S. S. Beman,
Jesse W. Grigg, John G. Gilbert,
Duke Hamilton, Simmons Butts ,
William Brooking, Alims Sledge ,
William Shivers, .Michael Elcy.
On motion of John A. Heard, Solicitor General,
it is ordered, that these presentments be published
pursuant to the request of the Grand Jury.
A,true extract from the Minutes, this 18th ejav
of October, 1321.
PHIL. L. SIMMS, Clerk.
PRICES CURRENT Al AUGUSTA
Oct. 18.
Cotton. [Upland] 14 to 15 2-4
Bagging, 33 to 35
Floor, 9 to 10
Corn, Cl
Tallow, in to 20
Beeswax, 25 to 33
Butter, 25 to 50
Bacon, 15 to 18
Candles, [Tallow] 15 to 25
Do. [Sperm.] 50
Whiskey, 35 to 45
Brandy, [Peach] 75
Do. [Apple] 50 to 58
Do. [French] 170 to 2
Bum, [Jamaica] 1 20 128
Do. [N. E.] 40 to 50
Gin, [Holland] 110 to 125
Do. [Northern] 45 to 50
Molassf.s, 42 to 48
Sugar. [Muscov.] 10 to 12
Do. [Refined] 19 to 23
Coffee, [Green,] JJ to 35
Iron, [Rus. Sc Swe.] 5 • 6
Do. [Eng. & A me.]
Gteki„ [German] 17 to 20 1-2
Do. [Blistered] 12 1-2
Salt, 75 to 87
Company Order.
Muster Ground, 1 Olith District G. AJ. )
Oct. 20,1821. \
THE officers and privates of the 108th District
G. M. are hereby ordered to appear on their
muster-ground at Mt. Zion, on Saturday, the
3d day of November next, at 11 o’clock ,\ M
armed as the law directs fur company discipline ;
at which time and place an election will be held
for a First and Second Lieutenant, to supply the
vacancies which have occurred in said company.
By order of the Captain ,
M. H. Carrington, Clerk.
03° We are authorized to an
nounce John W. ScotT as a candidate for Sher-
I iff of Hancock County at the approaching elec
tion. May 3(1,
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.
{ fij” We are authorized to announce
Lawson Bulloch, Esq. as a Candidate for Tax
Receiver, for Hancock County, at the approach
ing election. Sept. 1.
(cWe are authorized to announce
Richard Sims, Esq. as a Candidate for Tax
Collector of this County, at the ensuing election.
Aug. 23. 1821.
Administrators’ Sale.
ON Saturday, the first day of December next,
will be sold to the highest bidder, in Han
cock comity at the late residence of William
Taylor, deceased, all the personal property of
said deceased, consisting of household and kit
chen furniture, farming tools, crop of cotton, corn
and fodder, stock of horses, cattle and hogs, one
ox cart, and one gig and harness.
Also, at the same time and place, the planta
tion will be rented and the negroes hired.
All (hose that have claims agaihst said estate
will make them known on or before the day of
sale. ‘Perms of sale made known on the day, by
ANGELINA TAYLOR, Adm'x.
JAMES LUNDY, Adm'r.
Hancock, Oct. 18, 1821. 20'ds
Notice.
THE subscriber informs the inhabitants of
I’owolton and its vicinity, that he has taken
j into partnership, Mr. Jones from hew York, and
they intend carrying on the TAILORING UU
-1 SLYEdS in all its various branches. All persons
| who feel disposed to favour them with Ibeir cus
tom, will find their work done with neatness and
! despatch. People in (lie roiiDtry 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, 1321. 4tf
Gov. Rabun’s Funeral Sermon,
By Rev. JESSE MERCER , f.r sale at this
Oflice . I’rioe 18 3-4 uentt.
u er”, ?d.