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BY P. C. OIJIKU.
THE COXSTITITIOSALIST.
OFFICE IN MACINTOSH-STREET,
Third door from th* X. W. corner of Broad-Street.
Sal"« of LAND, by Administrators, Executors, or
Guardians, are required, by Iw, to be hd i on the
first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of
t*n in th* forenoon and three in th* afternoon, at
the Court-hous ‘ in which th* property is situat —
Notice of these sal -s must b ,j given in a public Ga
z *tte girt y d<iys previous toth * day of sal-,
fcal-s of N•’ lIIOES must be at public auction,on th a
first Tuesday of th • month, b lw **n th* usual
hours of sale, at th* pi ac of public sal ;s in th’ coun
ty wh ire the letters Testamentary, or Adminis' a
tion or Guardianship, may have been granted, first
giving xi rh/ dans notice th*r*of, in on’of the pnb
lic Guzett sos this Stat ■, and at the door of the
Court-house wh ire such sal s are to be h Id.
Notice for th>’ sal* of P -rsoiial Prop *rty must b* giv
en m like manner, for'y days previous today of sale.
No'ice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate,
must bn published (ov forty days.
Notice that application will S’m id-to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to s-11 LAND, must be pub
lished for four month s.
Notice for leav- to sell N EGROES, must be publish
ed four months, before any order absolul? can be
made by the Court.
[F rom the Boston Courier.]
Roger Williams.
Our Lre’heivn of the Providence Plnn
-1 aliens, and many others, have been wont
io claim for Roger Williams, the credit of
having been in advance of the age in
which lie lived, as to toleration and otiier
civil or political virtues. To them is in
scribed a Life of the founder of Rhode Isl
and, by Professor Knowles ofthe Newton
Theological Institution. We were note,
ware that so many meferialsfor it biogra
pher existed. Hr. Belknap intended to
write a life of Roger Williams, as did also
the Rev. Mr. Greenwood, and the Laur
eate Robert Southey. We can trake hut
a lean extract.
Williams arrived in New-England when
about thirty.two years of age. It is now
only from tradition that he was a native
-of Wales, and it lias b en advanced upon
no very solid grounds, that he wn« <-on.
-nected by affinity with Oliver Cromwell.
Williams himself only alludes to tin in: i
macy witli the Protector, and speaks of
*•* a close conference with Oliver.”
It is said that Sir Edward Coke obser
ved a bov one day during public worship
taking notes of the discourse; on over
looking which, he was so impressed with
the youth’s talents that he placed him at
the University ofOxford. He afterwards
commenced the si tidy o( the law, hut The
-ologv was more to his taste, an I he recei
ved Episcopal orders, but retired to A
merica from the persecution of the estab
lished Church. Tlvse are current tradi
tions in Rhode Island, concerning Roger
Williams.
He arrived in February, 1630, and was
u*oon after invited to become an assistant
t aoher in a church at Salem. Having
commenced this dmv, the evil “magistra
tes put forth their coercive power.” be
cause he had refused to join a congrega
tion in Boston, which had net publicly re
pented of iis communion with the churches
(«f England. It was charged upon him,
:moreover, that he had declared a I reach
of the Sabbath to be no proper subject for
the magistracy to punish. Prehaps he
felt so well convinced of the latter propo
sition, that ho did not so scrupulously
weigh the reasons for doing what was
■charged against him in the first accusa
tion.
He afterwards retired to Plymouth,
where, as at Salem, he was much esteem
ed and became an assistant pas or. Go
vernor Winthrop has recorded ins own
visit, with a few friends, to Plymouth, thus;
rament, and in the afternoon Mr. Roger
Williams to their custom) pro
pounded a question, to which the pastor,
Mr. Smith, spoke briefly; then Mr. Wil
liams prophesied; and after the Governor
of Plymouth spoke to the question ; after
him, the elder, then some two or three
more of the congregation. Then the el
der desired the Governor of Massachusetts
-and Mr. Wilson to speak to it, which they
did. When this was ended, the deacon,
Mr. Fuller, put the congregation in mind
of the duty of contribution, whereupon the
Governor and all the rest went down to
the deacon’s seat, and put in the box.
At Ply month, Mr. Williams had fre
quent opportunities of seeing tlie Indians,
nnd he also made excursions into their set
tlemenfs, learning their language and cus
toms, to qualify himself to promote their
•welfare. He remained there two years
when he accepted an invitation to return
to Salem, whither some of his church fol
lowed him. The ministers in the Bav, in
these good old times, met of en at one of
their houses in course, to debate questions
of moment. At this, Williams took of
fance, lest it should grow to a presbytery.
The Governor and Assistants, also took
offence at a treatise written by him, and
ordered that he should be “ con vented at
v the next Court.” He had, it seems,
„ charged the giave and learned King
Janies 1. with having told a solem public
lie, because in his patent he blessed God
that he was the first Christian Prince that
had discovered this land; 2d. with bias
phemv for csdling Europe, Christendom,
and 3d. with applying to King Charles,
three places in the Revelations.” Wil.
liams, according to Winthrop, appeared
penitent, and gave satisfaction to loyalty
L-offering his book to be burnt.
It has bees said that he preached on the
use of veils |>y females, and insisted that
| they should wear them in religious assern
| hlifs. I his it is said was rather to please
| tiis colleague than for any scruple of his
i ovvn - L.liot and Cuauncy preached ve
■| hernently against wigs, and in 1049, the
i magistrates signed a protest against the
i custom among men, of wearing long hair, ’
and requested the clergy !o preach a
gainst it “as a thing unmanly and uncivil,
whereby men do deform themselves and
off. - id sober and modest men, and do cor.
I rup f good manners*”
Williams was summoned to the Court to
j answer for theological and other opinions, |
j and for refusing to take a prescribed oath, !
j and in consequence the Court refused a
j Salem petition for land on Marblehead
j ne k, “iheir deputies were not received
| till they should give satisfaction about
! the other matter.” Williams somewhat
j hastily insisted that the church in Salem
should not commune with the others. Af
ter a dispute in Court upon the obnoxious
points, he was ordered, or sentenced, to
depart within six weeks from the colony.
: Neal says, that “the whole town of Salem
was in an uproar, for he was esteemed an
honest, disinterested man and of popular
talents in the pulpit.” The Governor
and Court had taken measures to send
h'm to England, wh. n Williams suddenly !
disappeared.
He was probably aware of the plan of
sending himto England,andsoughi aquiet I
ret i eat about Narraganset Bav. It was in
the middle of winter, 1635,that ho left his
fhmilv, consisting of his wife and two
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children, the eldest about two years of;
of age, the youngest but three months. |
Freeborn was the name oft his youngest
child, which was named after the fashion ;
ofthe age. The first three childen christ
ened in the Boston church were named i
soy. Rr'ismipenee, nnd Pity.
Liberty of conscience was a portent in !
that age. One sin, (tts it was consider. ;
ed) all men hated too much to practice—
toleration. Baxter, atnan noted formed,
oration, said “1 abhor unlimited liberty,
or toleration of all.” “Toleration, said
Edwards, “will make the kingdom a cha
os, a Babel, another Amsterdam, a So
dom, tin Egypt, a Babylon, ft is a most
transcendent, catholic, and fundamental
evil.” The Rev. Mr. Ward wrote, “He 1
that is willing to tolerate any religion but |
his own, is not sincere in it,” and this was 1
the common axiom ofthe age. Williams !
was the apostle, almost the martvr, of tol- j
oration; and he was banished like Arts- :
| tides. He was righ', but the Pilgrims
were sincere.
He first settled at Seekonk, where lie
wasted by the ravens, as he called the
Indians— i
“In wilderness, in great distress,
These ravens have fed me.”
But finding that he was still within the
limits of Massachusetts, he embarked in a
canoe, with five others, and went down j
the stream. At a ht'te cove, near India
Point, they were saluted by a company of
Indians, with the usual What cheer?
\ They proceeded round India Point, and
: Fox Point, and went up the river, near to
the month of Moshassuck river, and land
ed near a spring, which remains to this
dav. Here commenced a settlement, to j
which the piety of Williams gave the
! name Providence. Now was the time
I when he found the advantage of having |
j made friends among the Indians. He re- i
■ ceived a grant of land fiom the Narra- j
| ganset sachems, “in consideration of the ;
; many kindness he had done for them.” :
| The lands thus ceded he conveyed to ;
twelve men, for he desired not, like Penn, I
to be the proprietary of a colony. He
chose to have ids Plantation a pure demo
: eracy, as well as “a refuge for ail sorts of
| consciences.” He received nothing from
! Ids twelve associates fur the grant.
His family were now dependent on his
labor for support. He was very poor.
The following circumstance he records of
! Winslow. “It pleased the Father ofSpi.
j rits to touch many hearts dear to him with
| many relentings; amongst, which that
; great and pious soul, Mr. Winslow' meit
j ed, and kindly visited me at Providence,
and put a piece of gold in the hands of my
wife for our supply.” In the course of
two years several others came to the co
; lony, which was also increased by emi
-1 grants from Europe.
The Constitution was as “brief as the
: posy of a ring.”
“We whose names are underwritten,
being desirous to inhabit the town of Pro
vidence, do promise to submit oursel
ves, in active, or passive obedience to all
such orders or agreements, as shall be
made for public good of the body in an
orderly way, by the major consent of the
present inhabitants, masters of familes,
incorporated together into a township,
and such others whom they shall admit
unto the same, only in civil things .”
The origin of Rome was not half so
respectable.
The magistrates of Massnch’ts selected
the aid ofWilliams in preventinga league
against that colony: by thePequods, Nar.
ragansetts, &c. which he performed, and
i afterwards he did a similar service. He
’ 1 also entertained the General and officets,
w hen on a march gainst the Pequods.
: But he was ever more forgetful of mju
t ries than of benefits. These services
AUGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY AIORMXG, OCTOBER 11, 1831.
with the Indians were important, and it
was moved in Council to rescind the order
for his banishment, and to honor him with
some mark of favor. He himself says it
was hindered by one “who never promo
fed the liberty of other men's conscien
| ces.” The temper of Massachusetts was
not very paternal towards his settlement, ;
and in 1637 a law was passed, entirely
prohibiting the inhabithants thereof from
coming to the colony. Before this, ma
ny articles of necessity, or great conve
nience, used to come from Boston.
The early written memorials, show a
! great scarcity of paper, and the first wri
tings are on little scraps, and very close.
There was not enough in the colony for a
modern sermon or Constitution.
In 1633, Mr. Williams’first son was
born, whom lie called Providence. Meet
ings were held for religious exercises on
Sundays and at other times. Mr. Wil
liams it is supposed preached often, though
there was at first no regularly organized
i church. His mind now inclined to the
principle sos the Baptists, and he formed
a church, with others. One ofthe! r num
ber was s lected to baptise him, and he
then baptised all the others. There is an
cient authority tor laymen to baptise in
I cas (, s of extremity. Tints was founded
the first Baptist church in America, and
the second in the. British Empire.
In a few months lie left the church for
reasons that do not very clearly appear, i
but it has been said that he doubted the va
lidity of the baptism which he hud recei
ved.
The tranquillity of the town was early
disturbed by disputed boundaries, that
1 fruitful subject of litigation in large com
munities, and of broils in small. The
! parties came armed into the field, but Wil.
liams contrived to pacify them.
In 1642, a committee was appointed at !
: an assembly in Newport, to procure a i
charter, and Williams was sent to En- I
gland on that important mission.
On the voyage, which was probably in j
those days long enough, he wrote Ins
“ Key to the Indian languages.” But he
was never idle; his own words are:
“one grain of time’s inestimable sand, is
worth a golden mountain.” Me arrived
; when the king bad fled from London, and :
l the Parliament performed both executive i
I and legislative functions. One of the ex- j
ecutive was to make war upon the K ng.
The Parliament were willing to conciliate
favor in America, and the Commons pas
sed a memorable resolve, exempting, in |
favor of New-England, its impoits and j
exports from customs, subsidy oi taxa
tion. By the aid of Sir Henry Vane, |
Williams early obtained the Charter, and 1
in the autumn of 1644, he landed at Bos- i
ton ; being emboldened to make free with ;
the interdicted soil, by a letter from seve.
ral noblemen and members of Parliament, i
r commending more fraternity of let'ling. I -
At Providence he was received with joy. 1
But in a few years he had to go again :
to England, for the confirmation of Ids I
charter, which had been encroached up
on hv another. Though he had not been
paid for his former agency, he sold his ,
house at Naraganset to supply funds for j
the voyage. He succeeded in his mission,
and while he continued in England found (
a steady friend in Sir H. Vane, from i
whose mansion he elated some of his let- 1
ters. He provided for his own support; ‘
lie says. “ It pleased the Lord to call me
lor some time, and with some persons, to ! j
practice the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, s
French, and Dutch. The Secretary of j
the Council, Mr. Milton, [the Poet] for i
my Dutch to him, rwad me many more 1
languages.” t
On his return he landed again at Bos- 1
ton, having obtained an order from the 1
Council, requiring the government of 1
Massachusetts to allow him to land or cm.
bark there.
When the Quakers arrived in Boston, ,
their books were seized and burnt, and ,
they themselves were imprisoned and ban- ,
ished ; severe laws were enacted against ■
them. A penalty of £ 100 was laid on ,
masters of vessels for bringing a known, ■
Quaker ; and the Quaker himself was or- 1
dered to the House of Correction, and to 1
be whipped, and to be kept to hard labor
til transported. All persons harboring !
Quakers, weie liable to a fine of forty '
shillings an hour for their hospitality, and (
on subsequent convictions to loose their ,
ears, and have their tongues bored with ,
a red hot iron. Every convert had the ,
same punishment. Williams willingly t
received the Quakers, but he had a con- ]
troversv with them, which he p.oposed i
to hold while George Fox was in Rhode 1
Island, and he gave a polemical challenge ]
to engage at Newport.
Such debates are not favorable to truth j
or Christianity ; men dispute rather for ,
victory. The debate was according to
his account disorderly, and it lasted three
days. He was then seventy.three years
of age, and rowed himself to Newport,
thirty miles, where he arrived at midnight
before the discussion.
He died in his S4th year, in honorable
poverty, and was buried near the spot
where he landed.
His printed works are—
I. “K«y to the Indian Languages.”
&c.
2. “The Bloody Tenet of Persecution
for Cause of Conscience, discussed in a
Conference between Truth and Peace,”
&c. ( 1 his has ability, learning, and elo
quence. A reply was written by Mr.
Cotton, called “The Bloody Tenet wash
ed, and made white in the Blood oft lie •
i Lamb.'’ &c., and to this Williams made
a rejoinder, or
3. “The Bloody Tenet made yet more
Bloody, by Mr. Cotton’s endeavor to wash
it,” &c.
4. “Tl ie Hireling Ministry none of,
Christ’s &c.
5. “George Fox digged out of his Bur
rowes, or an Offer of Disputation on 14
Proposals,” &l*. &c. To ties Fox and
Buinveat replied in 484 quarto pages of
“A New-Eugland Firebrand Quenched,”
<Ac. |
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A w W tat Si - m.l , ** .
Friday Morning. Oct. 10, 1834.
ELECTION RET! RXS.
Continued —The first named is the Senator.
Bibb. McDonald. Darnel!, Lawshe.
Bryan. Smith. Quarterman.
Chatham. McAllister. Gordon, Millen Shick.
Clark. Mitcheii. Clayton, Stroud, Moore.
Crawford. Blnckstone. King, Crowell.
Greene. Dawson. Jones, Cone, Rea.
Jejfeison. Stapleton. Hudson, Flournoy.
Liberty. Harris. West, Busby,
j Lincoln. Lamar. Lockhart, Wright.
Mclntosh. Wood. Dunham, McDonald.
Monroe. Redding. Rutherford, Flewellen, |
W.C. Redding—Ho between Jones and Gordon, j
Muscogee. Colquett. Woolfolk, Wynn.
Putnam. Gordon. Meriwether, Reid, Har
ris.
Twiggs. Smith. Solomon, Tarver.
Th .following is th? aggregal? number of
poILd in sixteen counties for m mh -rs of Congress.
UNION. ST ATE RIGHTS.
CofTrp, 5,011 Brail, 5,'J36
Uraniland, 3,070 Chapp4l, 5,061
Hayn -s, 3, iOl Dani-11, 6,007
Owens, 5,067 Post-, 6,030
Sr-h Ly. 5,146 Gamble, 6,106
S.tndiord, 5,055 Gilm r, 6,'3.!0 j
Terr 11; 4,0‘-*6 Lamar, 5,061
Towns, 5,012 Wilde, 6,217 i
Wayne, 5,137 N wnan, 5,333
Tlie laiv Elections.
It seems that the Union Party lias succeeded ;:i
the recent elections, bevond die most sanguine :
expectations. The returns published in yester. .
day and in this day’s paper, members of the
Legislature, are from 2-2 counUtfiUla the coun- |
lies ot Baldwin, Bibb, Chatham^xNawtord, El- '
fingham, Hancock,Liberty, Mclntosh,Richmond, !
Twiggs, and Wilkes, the Union ticket lias sue- j
ceeded. In the counties of Bryan, Burke, Clark,
Cotuoioin, Greene, Jefferson, Lincoln, Musco
gee, and Putnam, the State Rights ticket has sue- 1
ceeded. In the counties of Monroe and Warren '
the delegations are UiVided. As the Congressional
returns received o fir ate from some of the prin
cipal Slate Rights counties, it is placed beyond (
any doubt, that die Union ticket lot Congress is
elected by a large majority.
We It ave been informed ihat the Union ticker : i
has succeeded in Houston, Jasper, Jones, and :
Wasiiington, and the State Rights in Scnven and '
Laurens. (
j
Th"- MilLdgaviiL Stai r Rights’ Advocate, of last
Wednesday, contains the following notice of our dai- , ,
ly paper : | ,
“ The Georgia Constitutionalist R now printed t
daily. It is a verv neat she t, and we doubt not j r
that the business men of Augusta will amply re- i y
numerate the enterprising proprietor for his ex- r
ertions. We like to see enterurise rewarded j
although it be exhibited in apolitical opponent.” ; 1
We present our thanks to !he editor of th? State s
R-ghts’ Advocate for his kind wish s ; such feelings f
show that mm’s minds are not always biassed by 1
party rancour, and that political contests can be car- c
ri d on, without involving in th in thos=> smtim -nts j a
which men of liberal and generous dispositions ent =r- ;
tain towards each oth r, however opposed may
b ■ in th ir political principles, and however ac'ive j
th y may be against ach olh -r. in obtaining a politi- c
cal triuAiph. Politics overbad such an influence!
over us, as to crsale within us a single particle of ill- j
will against an opponent: and we h ive had, and have i 11
. t
still, political opponents, for whom we would make
any sacrifice for th dr individual we lfare. The wish- *
es of the editor of the Advocate, are reciprocal d by
us ; and if ail oar political contests were conduct d
with the becoming spirit evinced in th .- above notice
of our daily paper we would not hav ■ to lam >nt the
evils which our el-ctions produce, and which, unfo: - - j
lunaHy, will always happen, unless poor human na
ture changes.
We will -unbrace this opportunity to observ”, that
several of our suscribers, since th 1 termination of the | '
elections have thought proper to withdraw th imam -s j ‘
from our subscription list. Th y have act d, no j !
doubt, according to their views of political duty to | 1
their own party. Th y will, nevTthd’ss, receive , c
our thanks for the support tlv y have previously ex- i
t nd d to us ; and th -y may rest assured, that we j
still entertain for them the same good will and res- i t
pect, which we always had for th ru. But h y may i
rest assured also, that no private consideration can !
ever make us swerve from our duty as public jour- j 1
nalists ; that no privat= consideration can induce us i
to sacrifice our political principles, or to betray the;
trust which th; supporters of our paper expect will
b? discharg -d faithfully, ind prudently, and to the j I
best of oar abilities.
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In preceding columns will h ■ found an article, und’r | s
the title of Western Trade, to which we add the fol- i
lowing remarks. > r
A spirit of enterprise has arisen in the South and !
South Western sections of the Union, which must !
ultimately produce the most beneficial results ; and I
if tbs plans in contemplation for internal improve- j 1
ments are carried into operation, there is v°ry little 1
doubt that a complete change will be effected, in the
course of a few years, in th e general transportation of 1
the great staples of the South and South Western ,
Bates to the markets, where they are to be shipped - t
to foreign co'intri’s. At this tints, almost all th® p-o
ductions of the Western States, concentrate in New
C leans, and all the productions of foreign countries
con>um d in those States, hive to be deposited in thal
i city before th y are transpo led to their respective
destinuions by ih • numrrou, st am boats which nav
igate th' Western Rivers. This concentration of the
western trade at N.-w Orleans, has r-ndered that
city th? most important in the Union, after the City
of New York, and ft will still inc-easein wealth and
importance, should th 1 productions of the W estern
Sjtat s b notcliv -rted from th° route th y now take.
Th' Western S'at°s are increasing rapidly in nopu
lacion, and, consequently, in productions and wealth.
Ohio, in a f?w y -a s, may equal N-vv Y ork in popu
lation; and Indiana and Illinois, are marching with
gigantic st ps aft r Ohio. The productions of all
those States are transported at this time to New Or
leans. Increasing as th >y do m population and pro
ductions, New-Orl *ans would fd th’ b >nefits of this
increasu if the transnoriation of the productions be
1 not diverted to other ciaann Is. P nnsylvania, N w
York and Maryland, have drawn to th na.->.lves a
i potion of the West'ru trade; and, should th' plans
cunt mpl.atd in Alabama and Tennesse he aban
doned, a considerable portion of that trade will con
i centrate in th States of Pennsylvania, New York,
and Maryland, and d prive New O.d ans of an equal
| amount of b n fits. Rut if th' plans contemplated in
i Alabama and T nn ss ebe carried into op-ration, a
’ larger portion of th' Western l ade will be diverted
from N vv Oil ans, and take th ' route to Mobil',and,
V'ry possibly, to some sea ports in the South >m
States on the Atlantic. The plan in coat mplation
in Alabama and Tennessee, is the construction of a
line of Rail Roads, conn 'ding the Western with the
South -iii Slat -s. The Rail Roads can be construct
ed, and ih 1 finds n c=ssary for th? und rtaking can
be rais'd; but, th ■ great question will be, will the
Rail Roads oilo. d to transport to market the w st rn
productions as ch-'ap as th y are now transport'd to
New Oi l ans by st am boats, and will the W stern
Slat's ba supplied with foreign commodities, by the
Rail Roads, at freight as low as by the steam boats ? If
th'question can b- ans vv red in the alii.-mariv',th ;re
is no doubt that immense benefits will result to the
Stat s, through which the Rail Road will extend, and
that New Orleans will be d -pi-ivcd of a large portion
ofib • trade it now enjoys, though that city cannot be
deprived of th trad which it carri es on at the pre
sent lim', with the right bank of the Mississippi, with
Missouri, and a portion of Illinois. This last men
tion ‘d section olTh • Union is aim increasing in popu
lation ; Arkansas T -rritoi y will soon h com' a State
of the Union; New Orl ans will therefore stiil bathe
centre of an immense and valuable trade, whatever
tn-iy be the success of th-- plan for connecting the
Atlantic with the Western waters.
it seems that N.w Orleans is aware of the plans in
contemplation, to deprive It -r of a large portion of the
West-rn trad ■. Sh - may adopt plans to countervail
those in contemplation in Alabama and Tennessee,
but whether she will succeed, is a question which
lime ody can determine. In the m ean time, will
Georgia remain idle ? Rail Roads are constructing
in Alabama, and sum ' portions of th m are in suc
c ssfulup nation. Canth'p opl ■of Georgia contem
plate with indirferenc , the x rtiotis of our sister
slat es to increase th dr population and their wealth ?
Wears no advocat s for rush or doubtful und-rtu
kings; but we are in favor of att -mptmg and doing
something for the improvement of our State. We
have g • at resou c s , wa have no public debt; we
co Id therefore accomplish, with b-tt-r success, any
prud nt plan, which mieht be devis d to giv» more
value to our iaiiu, and to our productions. We should
recoil ct that we have sea ports advantag ously situ
ated for the foreign trad ', and that it requires but ex
ertions and enterprize, to becom' our own importers
of foreign commodities, and the carriers of our own
productions.
Should a judicious system of internal improve
ments, w 11 adapted to th localities of the State, b’
pros cut?d with prud j uc ' and en'rgy, Savatmah. so
much neglected, would revive, and become one of the
most flourishing towns in th 'South rns'etionof th e
Union. Augusta would al o b materially b n -fut d.
That Savannah and Augusta rhould be places of im
portance to the State of G o; gia, every ciliz m vviil
admit.. That our principal s'a po t town, and our
principal inland market town, should prosper, and by
their wealth contribute to the wealth of th : Stat®,
cannot be denied. Why th n should ws not use the
advantages we possss, and th'great resources at our
command, in ord 'r to connect every section of the
State with each other, by good roads, Rail Roads, or
Canals ? Why should we not render expeditious and
cheap, the transportation of our produc® to th' mar
kets in our own Stale, wh re it can b' dispos’d of to
the best advantage ? Th -se ar' questions which de
mand rr-fl - ction, and to which w > beg 1 -ave to call
the attention of our nadrs. The Legislature will j
soon conven", and it is to be hoped that it will tak°
the subj-ct of internal improvement into earnest coa
sid ration.
Rtiil Hoads,
Mr. Wm. Williams, agent of the Athens Roil
Road Company, bus just returned front the North,
whither he went with a view to improvement up
on the experience of the north and west m the
construction of rail roads. The main result of
Mr. Willi ants’observations is, that wood is to be |
preferred to all oilier materials in the construe
tion of rail-roads. An engineer has been employ
cd to survey the route between this place and
Alliens, with a view to the location of the road ;
and he will commence his labois at this place on
the first of November next. Immediately there,
lifter, sections of the road will he let upon con
tract.—Sentinel.
BOARD OF HEALTH. 1
Savannah, Oct. 7, 1634—12 o’clock, P. M. \
The Board of Health announce to their fel
low citizens I hat no case of malignant cholera has
been reported to them,as existing w ithin the limits
of the city, since their last report; nor has any
such case come to the knowledge of the Board.
The case of the while female, tnentio -ed in the
report of yesterday, has terminated in death.
CHARLESS. H ENHY, Chairman.
S. Sheitall, Secretary, S. H.
From Jamaica. — The schooner Joseph Y.
Tompkins, has arrived at Baltimore, from Pott
Royal.
Tne American of that city gives the follow,
ing:—
On the night of the 7m September, several se
vere shock# of an earthquake was fzperiencad
at Port Roys!. The Hen Id pays; f
INDISTINCT PRINT
VOL. XII.—AO. 29.
“ There were indeed, four distinct shock*
within the space ofabouttwo minutes— but the
first war truly awful and alarming. Many per
sons were awakem d by it, and found themselves
rnck ng in their beds, while the roof, shingling of
the houses, and h ."future were rattling the <das.
scs on ihe side S' <irds ringing, and lamps swing,
mg to and fro. It was precede d and followed
by a s on and sudden g sf of wind, accompanied
by rain and a peculiar noise, resembling the rum.
(>lmg of heavy carriages r.f a distance. Tim tin,,
dulations w ere from cast to west, and the dura,
tion of the fir-t shock, from ten to fifteen seconds
—lire other "iiree shocks followed in rapid suc
cession. but were giannallv fainter and fainter
to (he last. I 1 is hut ton probable that this was
but a slight effect ofa more dreadlul and ditas.
trous convulsio i tliat may have occurred at tha
same moment on the continent; and we shall
look with much anxiety for lutcltigeute from
thence.”
Ti-.e paper of ;hs 11. h rays :
The Earthquake appears from our e-vupvrjUe*
tern, to have been sevt r-.-ly fell from one end.
the Island to the other, and to have caused gre,
consieinat.on. VV c have not heard that it occa.
sinned any serious damage. Houses, however.
It ad b* cn no.re or less injured in almost every
parish.
GO. €.'Pi. -X a«..L JK-i)kA.O.
2Cr Consignees p Q r Rail Road, yesterday—W. dr
3. Pop , J. <A S Con s, J. Foyl?, B. & Dickenson,
F. B. Stubbs, S. J. Mays, F. A Fogle, G. <fe Watson,
Penn, Rogers &. Co. J. C. Forney, Collins, Smith dc
Co. E. E« aiherston’, Hewson & Bacon, W. & Holli
lay, B. H. BrantDy, T. T. Wyche, R. Phillips. D. <k
Barber, E. D. Cook L. S. A IT., H. E. Saadford, T.
11. Fl int, W. C. Brown , S. C. Kirtiand & Co. Col
has, V* lute do Co. A. \. Vv alion, Cook A Hale, Dr.
Gibbs, Grant A Hall, G. Jones A Co. F. H. Cooko,
W. Smith, E. <fe B vans, Swanson & S. Wm. Ham
ilton, S. K. Todd, J. H. Blount, J. H. Burnett, S. <fe
Tuggle.
M A tilf'iK
On Thnvsdny, the 9th in it. bv lit* R°v. James O.
Andrew, Mr. PHILIP M’GRaN, to Miss PERME
LIA ELIZ ABETH GRANVILLE, both of this city.
COMMM U. € 1 a“l . 588
LATEST DATE FROM LIVERPOOL : : t AUO. 23.
latest date from Havre : : : : aug. li.
[l'rom H Levy's Jfr.ic Orleans I’rice Current, Off. 1.
Cultiin —The ilrmaml lor Comm lias continued quit*
active (tim eme new cr»p commenced nrrivin and pri
ces, since me fir»i side Wiiseihcleil. have advanced fully
Iceai per lb; quotation , u'nilopieii now. would probably,
range from 14 a 16 rents; for choice Cotton, die miter pn
;e I'oultl reatlilv be obtained: within the lag few days,
however, there Inis been rather less inquiry, and the mar
ket, ai pieseni. is in a very qniei stale. 'J'nere s not much
ay mg lor ills French marke:: pm chases have heen chief
ly for the inamiliictories a I I he North, and some for Great
B itain. The sale-, since oar lasi pollination, have been,
is lar as we .nmil i* urn. a- follows 3iii hnleg at 15$ cts.,
2)0 ii 15.;., 54 at 16 3111 ai 1ay,282 at 15),55ai15|, 320 at
16, Ir? 4at 15], 131 at 15] ce its per ib. all of Louisiana and
Mississippi.
STATEMENT OF OTTON.
Stock on haml Ist Ocloh r, 1813, bales 7406
Arrived up to lilt- i>i October, id.,4, 465163
4725c#
Exported (luring 12 months, ending 30h alt. 462253
Burned,slopped up river it loss in rt-pak nj;, 15U i 463753
Stock on hand Is! O " t l3 .';-! bu eg 8756
725 U hah‘3 of winch is new crop.
Shu r. —The I’ln.il iii innnil previously noticed continue*
and a has now become scarce, not onlv in the city, liui al
■omi plniilniion. T. eie i- ha! lil.le remaining now in first
hands prices in the city ranee fiom 1A a 7 cents.
JHii/assts. —The qii.nililv coming in is small and the de
inand lon.ie.i; an occasiona lot ol good now and then ar
rives, and is worth from 21) a a2 cen.s per gallon, on the
Levee.
Bnmrivg and Hup*. —We continue in qnoie Bagging at
25 a 57, ho,,e at 7a e cen.s. 'I he scarcity o< the former
serves to keep up the puce ol ihe holer, ihe supply of
ivhidi is Jiirge; a-holders wi I on y sell in proportional
jiianlilies.
It his ■nj is very scarce, and the demand lather improv
ng; it .5 worth from 26 a 28 cents, ai to ding in qua ity.
Li IST OT JLSTTiBKS
Remaining i t ihe Post Office at Appling, Geo.
on the Ist day of October, 1834.
A Harris John
Alien mrs E iza Hobby Wensley, 2
3 hitchingson James Q
ring® William J
demon Warren M 2 Johnston John
Icnnctl Richard Jones William
Jayless Thomas 3 J mes R cha.il I! 4
tealle Wiliam Junes it W
larlier J L L
iapnst t'hurrh at Sharon Lesley mrs Nancy
C Lovel James
ton Ison Paul Luke Wm B
Jiavvford Levi 51
foiling \V A L M igruder nirs .Martha
'lark airs Elizabeth O
2obb F.dmond B Dave mrs Elizabeth
1) P
Jougherty Patrick P.iwel lewis
Jongherly miss Ann I'uiliii Jolm
lay Nathan J R
Lckeison John D Reynolds ('linrles
G Heilman William
3pps Joshua 3
F Skies miss E izaheth
■"lvnne Patrick W S enfold David P
ferry Fuzgeiaul taoucis Aug 51
G ’J’
• iinhv Robert M Thorn Hiram A
iardner Knv.anagh John Turner v\ iili.uu
Milan Michael Tucker E iiinnd
Jreeu James Tindall George A
4reen Aden W
H Willingham Jos ah
Tan is Capt John Walker D F,
T.inlwir.k George 11LRVEY BALL, P M.
Ou»her6 34
IVarven inferior Clntvitrf,
titling forOrdinnry purposes —Sept.Term.lß34.
Present iheir Honors Thomas Neal, (J L. (\
Franklin and .leihro Durden, Justices o! s .id
Court.
rending and filing the netit’nn of Robert
LJr JT. Stierman and Thomas A. Lancaster,
shewing that Elbert P. Andrews in his life time,
Dade and delivered to them h s obligation,
whereby he bound himself to make good and
awlu! titles to lot number one hundred and se
renty-three, in the twentieth District of Lee
irigmaily, now Stewart County, when he should
>e thereto requested after the payment of the
lonsideratinn therein expressed—and praying for
in order requirmir the administrator of the estate
if the said Elbert P. Andrews, deceased, to
'omply with said ohligafon. It is ordered. That
lohn Moore, of this county, administrator of,
fee. of the sail Elbert P. Andrews, deceased, do
nake titles to the said Sherman and Lancaster
r or said lot of land, when he shall be thereto re
vested, after the payment to him by them of
die balance of the consideration of said land
tgreeably to said bond—and that a enpv of tins
jrder be published tn one of the public Gazettes
>( this State, once a month during three months,
md at the Court House door in this countv.
<True extract fr mi the minutes of the In enor
Court of Warren County. Georgia, s’tfmg for Or.
iinary purposes, ot the ls f of Srptemher, 1H34.
THOMAS GIBSON, Pf” CTk.
September 9 Ifa3n 24
f, VW F 5 h \K^f
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION NEATLY
PRTYTEO. AND FOR SAIF AT
THIS OFFICE