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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.