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BY CJUIEU Sc TIIOTIPSOY.
THIS CONSTITUTIONALIST.
OFFICE IN MACINTOSH-STREET,
Third door from the N. W. comer of Broad-'.'lreet.
S»le« ot LAND, by Administrators, Executors, or
Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on the
first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of
ten in she forenoon and three in the afternoon, at
the Court-house in whieh the property is situate,—
Notice of these sales must be given in a public Ga
zette sixty days previous to the day of sale.
Sales of N LGROES roust be at public auction, on the
first Tuesday of the month, between the usual
hoursofsale, at the place of public sales in the coun
ty where the letters Testamentary, or Administra
tion or Guardianship, mav have been granted, first
jiving siify days notice thereof, in one of the pub
lic Gazettes of this Stale, and at the door of the
Sourt-honae where such sales are to be held.
N Mice for the sale of Personal Property must be giv
en in like manner, forty days previous today of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate,
must be published for forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court o
Ordinary for leave to sell LAND, must be pub
lished fat four months.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, must he publish
ed four months, before any order absolute can be
made bv the Court.
HIV AUTHORITY.]
LAWS OFTIIK ITXItBD STATES PASSED AT THE TWCIf
TY FOURTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION.
[Public —No. 63.]
AN ACT making appropriations for cer
tain fortifications of the United States
for the year one thousand eight liun
dred and thirty-six, and for other pur
poses.
Be it enacted by ill?. Senate and House
i)f Representatives of the United Stales
of America in Congress assembled) That
the following sums be, and the same are
hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of
any unappropriated money in the Treus
ury for certain fortifications, viz:
For tbe preservation of Castle Island
and repairs of Fort Independence, Iloston
harbor, one hundred thousand dollars.
For Fort Warren, llos'on harbor, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For Fort Adams, Rhode Island, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East river, New
York, two hundred thousand dollars.
For repairs of Fort Columbus and
Castle Williams, and officers’ quarters,
on Governor’s Island, New York harbor,
twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort Delaware, Delaware river,
one hundred and filly thousand dul-
Jars.
For Fort Calhoun, Virginia, one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Casswell, Oak Island, North
Carolina, sixty thousand dollars.
For fortifications, Charleston harbor,
South Carolina, and preservation of the
site of Fort Moultrie, one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island,
i Georgia, one hundred and seventy thous
-1 and dollars.
For Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Florida,
fifty thousand dollars.
For the Fort tit Foster’s Bank, Florida,
nnd hundred and sixty thousand dol-
Jars.
For incidental expenses attending re-
Jiairsof fortifications, and for the pur
chase of additional land in their neigh
borhood, one hundred thousand dol
ars.
* For con tiri gen tics of fortifications, ten
thousand dollars.
For the purchase bfland and the right
of way on 'PhfOg’s Point* in Long Island
Sound, being the balance of the appro
priation of one thousand eight hundred
and twenty,si.*, carried to the surplus
fund the first Os Jatldarj*, Orte thousand
hundred and twenty.nine, two
housand dollars.
And the following Sums, ficcessary to
ilose accounts in the office of the 1 bird
Auditor, viz:
For a fort on Cockspur Island, Geor
gia, two thousand three hundred and
eight dollars and fifty-six cents.
For contingencies of* fortifications,
sixty-one dollars and eight cents.
For fortifications at Pensacola, one
thousand two hundred and twenty-three
dollars and thirty-one Cents.
For the armament of fortifications, in
addition to the amount included in the
bill making appropriations for the sup
port of the army for one thousand eight
hund-ed and thirty-six, including cannon,
mortars, howitzers, gun carriages, mor
tar-beds, powder, cannon-balls, shells,
and for the transportation of ordnance
and ordnance stores; and for the pur
chase of twenty acres of land adjoining
the Kennebec arsenal, Maine; and the
purchase of land and enclosing the rear
of public ground with a brick wall and
coping at the Frank ford arsenal, Penn
sylvania: and constructing a forging shop
one story high, seventy-five by forty
feet, of brick, at the arsenal, Watertown,
Massachusetts; and in the purchase of a
steam-engine of eight-horse power; and
for the quarters of officers, at Fort Mon
roe arsenal, four hundred thousand dol
lars*
For Fort McHenry, Redoubt W ood,
nnd Covington Battery, near Baltimore,
fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Monroe, one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For the repairs of Fort Marion, nnd
the seawall at St. Augustine, Florida,
fifty thousand dollars.
For knapsacks and camp equipage, au
thorized by the act approved nineteenth
of March, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-six, for volunteers or militia,
fiAv-two thousand seven hundred and five
dollars.
For accoutrements for the army, one
hundred add two thousand three hundred
and five dollars.
For the purchase of sites, and the con
struction ofarsenals, for the deposite of
arms in Arkansas, Missouri, and at Mem
phis, in Tennessee, forty-two thousand
two hundred and fifty.si it dollars ; Pro
tided. That the cost of such arsenals
shall not exceed, fourteen thousand dol
lars each.
For the purchase of twenty.eight fire
engines, and the necessary apparatus,
twenty.two thousand four hundred dollars.
For store-housos at Newport, Ken
tucky, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For purchasing seven acres of land,
including the site of the powder magazine
attached to the arsenal at Saint Louis,
Missouri, provided the same shall be as
certained not to be on land of the United
States, two thousand one hundred dollars.
For erecting a piazza in front of* the
building Occupied as barracks by the
troops at Augusta arsenal, Georgia, four
hundred and fifty dollars.
For barracks, quarters, s'ore-houses,
hospital, stables, and materials for the
same, at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, twenty
five thousand dollars.
For rebuilding the wharf, and materi
als for the same, at Fort Wolcott, New.
port, Rhode Iseland, five hundred dollars.
For constructing a wood yard, and a
wood-yard wharf, and for materials for
the same, at Fort Monroe, Virginia, one
thousand dollars.
For constructing a wharf, and for ma.
terials for the same, at Foft Severn, Ma
ryland, one thousand dollars.
For rebuilding nnd repairing barracks,
quarters, the hospitals, store-houses, and
materials for same, at Fort Brady, Michi
gan Territory, five thousand dollars.
For the purchase o r land adjoin’ng
Fort Sullivan, and the buildings thereon,
three thousand seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
For the following objects, in addition
to former appropriations for the same:
For national armory at Harper’s Fer.
ry, seventy. Seven thousand eight hundred
and ninety-seven dollars.
For national armory at Springfield, for
ty.five thousand dollars.
For the purchase or manufacture of
light brass and iron field artillery, and
for construction of field artillery carria
ges, caissons, and travelling forges, one
hundred and thirty-seven thousand one
hundred and ninety dollars*
For the construction of RifilaceS fuf
heating cannon halls, ttVelve thousand
dollars.
Skc. 2. And he it ft flier endcled.
That the President of tho United States
is hereby authorized, under the tetitriC
tions of the act of the first of May, eigh
teen hundred and twenty, to make trans
fers from one head of appropriations for
fortifications, to that of another for a like
object, whenever, in his opinion, the pub
lic interest shall require it.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the several sums of money appro
priated by this net and all other sums
which have been or may be appropriated
during the present session of Congress,
shall be drawn from the Treasury, or paid
over to the disbursing officers or agents
of the Government, only as the same may
be required by the several objects of ex
penditure authorized by law.
JAMES K. POLK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
W. R. KING,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, July 2d, 1836.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[Public. —No. 64.]
AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An
act authorizing the laying off a town
on Bean river, in the State of Illinois,
and for other purposes,” approved fifth
February, eighteen hundred and twen
ty-nine.
Be it enacted by the Seriate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress Assembled, That
nil acts and duties Required to be done and
performed by the survej’of of the States
of Illinois and Missouri, and the Territo
ry of Arkansas, Under the itet to which
this is an amendment, shall be done and
performed by a board of commissioners
of three in number, any two of whom
shall fbiu-tl a quorum to do business ; said
commissioners to be appointed by the
President of the Utiited Stales, and shall,
previous to their entering upon the dis
charge of their duties, take an oath or
affirmation to perform the same faithfully
and impartially.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the said commissioners shall also
have power to hoar evidence nnd deter
mine all claims to lots of ground arisidg
under the act to which this is an amend
ment, and for this purpose the said com.
missioners are authorized to administer
all oaths that may be necessary, and re
duce to writing all the evidence in sup.
port of claims to pre-emption presented
for their consideration ; and when all the
testimony shall have been heard and eon
sidered, the said commissioners shall file
with tho register and receiver of the land
office at Galena, the testimony in each
case, together with a certificate in favor
of each person having the right of pre
emption ; and upon making payment to
the receiver at Galena, for the lot or lots
to which such person is entitled, the re
ceiver shall grant a receipt therefor, and
issue certificates of purchase, to be trans
mitted to the General Land Office, as in
other cases of the sale of public lands.
Section 3. And be it further enacted.
That the register nnd receiver at Galena,
after the board of commissioners have
heard and determined all the cases of pre
emption under the act to which this is an
amendment, shall expose the residue of
lots to public sale to the h ghest bidder,
after advertising the Same in three public
newspapers at least six weeks prior to the
day of sale, in the same manner as is prd.
vided for the Sale of the public lands in
other cases; and after paying to the com
missioners the compensation hereinafter
allowed them, and all the other expenses
incident to the said survey and sale, the
jeceiver of the land office shall pay over
the residue of the money he may have
received frdm the sale of lots aforesaid,
by pre-emption as well as at public auc
tion, into the hands of the coun’y com
missioners of Jo Daviess county, to he
expended by them in the erection of pub
lie buildings, and the construction of sui
table wharves in the town of Galena.
Section 4. And be it further enacted.
That the commissioners appointed to car
ry this act into effect shall he paid by the
receiver six dollars each, per day, for
their services, for every day they are ne
cessarily employed.
Approved, July 2d, 1830*
[Public —No. 66.]
AN ACT to regulate the compensation
of ddftain officers of Revenue Cutters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled. That
in lieu of pay, rations, and all other al
lowances now authorized by law to the
captains, and first, second, nnd third lieu
tenants of the revenue cutters of the
United States, there shall be allowed and
paid, quarterly, from and after the pass
age of this act, to each captain, at the
rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum,
to each first lieutenant, at the rate of
nine hundred and sixty dollars per an
num, to eoch second lieutenant, at the
rate of eight hundred and sixty dollars
per annum; to each third lieutenant, at
the rate of seven hundred and ninety dol
lars per annum.
Approved, July 2d, 1896.
Ofice Augusta Insurance and Banktne
Company.
20th April, 1836.
THE Board of Directors of this Dank have
determined to allow fotlf per cent, interest
on Deposits on all sums of money not less than
five hundred dollars—which may remain for a
longer period than thirty days. Notice will be
required at the time the deposit is made should
the depositor wish to avail himself ot this ar
rangement.
In reference to the tusiifaficc deparifrietll, the
business will be conducted its htfffclolorc, the
fates" of Premium will be fixed in accordance
with a liberal view of the hazard proposed, and
the principle addpted by the Board of DifCdtrtrs
front the Commencement of the Institution, “ to
do business on as good leftris as other good offi.
cesi” THe of the Company are fully au
thorised to pay oh losses promptly where the
risk is taken, when tllSfe is no objection to the
nature of the claim—and every effort will be
made, consistent with equity and justice, tore
inslate the insured, whether at home or abroad.
By order of the Board.
ROBERT WALTON, Sec’y & Cash’r.
April 23 160
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber has purchased of Messrs.
J. & D. Morrison, their entire stock of
GOODS—and will conduct the GROCERY
BUSINESS at the stand recently occupied by
them —cofrter Washington and firoad-streets*
HE HAS NOW IN STORE,
A complete assortment of GROCERIES —
which he offers for sale on accommodating
terms. CHARLES A. GREINER*
April 29. 183 G JB2
GEORGE A. WALKER,
Is now opening at No. 285 Broad Street, (start
formerly occupied his Mr. L. H. Hamilton ,)
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
Staple and Fftriev Dry Godds,
BOOTS, SHOES, se.
THE Stock is entirely new, has been care
fully selected, Arid will be sold upon as
favourable terms as can be obtained in this city
or Charleston. Merchants are respectfully re
quested to give his Goods tin examination be
fore making their purchases.
Being about to relinquish the retail part of his
business—he wiM dispose of the Goods at his
old stand. No. 231, at very low prices.
April 19 152
NEW
LIVERY STABM3S.
AND CARRIAGE REPOSITORY,
AUgUsta, Georgia.
CUHiVER, respectfully informs his
p friends, that he has Leased the Ware
house and Lot, known as Burton's, late Mr.
J»hn Rees, dear the Planter’s Hotel—and has
all tlidse superior btiildings constructed into
Stables and Carriage Houses.—Has on hand —
and will keep, a general assortment of CAR
RIAGES for sale of the latest fashions and best
finish. Mis connection in this branch of his bu
siness, is such, as to induce him to believe, he
can offer greater inducement* to the purchaser,
than any like Establishment at the South. His
Stables are all D rt Stalls— wide, high arid airy ;
can accommodate any niirtlberdf Horses on Liv
erV from 1 to 200—price per day, each Horse,
longer or shorter time, 50 cents.—Horses and
Carriages of every kind usually hired, can be
had on the most reasonable terms. The pro
prietor pledges himself to do every justice to
his friends —who may patronise him.
May 24 D? 3
Look at This.
Subscriber wishing to retire from pub.
■ lie business, will dispose of the unexpired
lease of the Hotel known as the MERCHANTS
et MtOT’S HOTEL, With all the furniture and
fixtures attached to u ; situated in Charleston,
S. C. at the corner of King and Society streets.
It is as extensive and as well Inrnished as any
Hotel in the city,—it is also one of the best
stands, being located in the center of all of the
principle Wholesale Stores. This establish,
ment is so well known through Georgia, that
anv further discription of it is useless—persons
wishing to purchase this valuable establishment,
will do well to apply immediately. Terms will
be made know by applying to thi proprietor, and
possession can be given at any time from the
Ist of August. CHAS. H- JVIIO F.
Charleston, July 6,1836.
July 15 8
ILT" The Milledgeville Recorder and Macon
Messenger, will copy the above weekly for six
weeks, and send their accounts to C, H. Mioc
for payment.
Co-partnership Notice.
THE subscriber having this day taken info
Co-pannership his brother JAMES U.
JACKSON, the Auction Sc Commission Dust
ness wilt in future, be conducted under the firm
of W.£ *J. U. JACKSON.
W. p. JACKSON-
Jaiyl 4
AUGUST* f (Ga.) TtUSUAT, AUGUST 3* IS3O.
AN ACT
RANTING half pay to widows or orphans
where their husbands and fathers have
died of wound* received in the military ser
vice ol the United States in certain cases, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That when any officer,
non commissioned officer, mus'eidu or private of
the militia, including rangers, sea ferictbles, and
volunteers, shall Have died while in the service
of the United States, since the twentieth of April,
eighteen hundred and eighteen, or who shall
have died in consequence of a wound received
whilst in t'e.e service, since the day aforesaid,
and shall have left a widow, or, if no widow, a
child or children under sixteen years ol age,
such widow, or if no widow', such child or chil
dren, shall be entitled to receive hall the monthly
pay to which the deceased was entitled at the
lime of his death or receiving such wound, for
and during the term of five years: and in case of
the dea'h or marriage of said widow before the
expiration of said five years, the half pay for the
remainder of the time shall go to the said dece
dent: Provided, That the half pay aforesaid
shall be half the monthly pay of t e officers, non
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates
of the infaritry of the regular army, and no more.
Provided also, That no greater sum shall be
allowed to the widow, or the child or children of
any officer than the hall pay of a lieutenant colo.
nel.
Section 2. And be it further enacted. That
if any officer, non-commissioned officer,musician,
soldier, Indian spy, mariner or marine, whose
service during the revolutionary war was such
as is specified in the act passed the seventh day
of June, eighteen hundred and thirty two, entitled
“An act supplementary to the act for the relief |
of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the
revolution,” have died since the fourth day of
March, eighteen hundred anil thirty one, and be
fore the date of said act, the amount of pension
which would have accrued front the fourth day
of March, eighteen hundred and thirty otic, to
the time of his death, and become payable to
him by virtue of that act, if he had survived the
passage thereof, shall be paid to his widow; nnd
if he left no widow, to his children, in ttie man
ner prescribed in the act hereby amended.
Section 3. And be it further enacted. That if
any person who served in the war of the revo
lution, in the manner specified in the act pissed
the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and
thirty two. entitled “An act supplementary to the
act for the relief of certain surviving officers and
soldiers of the revolution,” have died leaving a
widow whose marriage look place before the ex
piration of the last period of his service, such
widow shall be entitled to receive, during the
time she may remain nnmarrie f, the annuity or
pension which might have been allowed to her
husband, by virtue of the act aforesaid, if living
at the time it was passed.
Section 4. And be it farther enacted. That
any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or trans
fer of any right, cl dm, or interest in any money
or half pay granted by this act, shall be utterly
void and of no effect; each person acting for and
in behalf of any one, entitled to money under this
act, shall take arid subscribe an oath to be ad
ministered by the proper accounting officer, and
retained by him and put on file, before a warrant
shall be delivered to him, that he has no interest
in said money by any pledge, mortgage, sale,
assignment, or transfer, nnd that he docs not
know or believe that the same has been so dis
pose 1 of to any person whatever.
Sections. And belt further enacted. That
the Secretary of War shall adopt such forms of
evidence, in applications under this act, as the
Pfesiderit rif ilte United States shall prescribe.
Approved, July 4th, 1836.
War DfaMiITMENT. 1
Pension Office, July 9. 1836 \
In order to carrv into effect the act of Congress
of the 4;h July, 1836, entitled “ An act granting
half pay to the widows or Orphans where their
husbands and fathers have died of wounds, re
ceived in the military service of the United
States, in certain cases, and (or other purposes,”
the following rules have been prescribed by the
President of the United States, and adopted by
the Secretary of War ; and they are now pub
lished for the information df applicants under
that law.
1. Applicants tinder tlib Mrs! Sectidridf the act
mast produce the host proof the nature of the
case Will allow, as to the service of the deceased
officer dr soldier) the time when he died, and
the complaint of which he died, and the supposed
cause of his disease. It must be clearly shown
in what company arid regiment or corps he ser
ved, arid the grade he held. Such proof must
be had, either from the records of the War De
partment, the muster rolls, the testimony of com
missioned officers, or the affidavits of persons
of krlnwh fespedtability. From similar sources
evidence must be derived as to the period and
cause of the death of the officer or soldier.
2. The legality of the marriage, the name of
the Widow, with those df her cht.tlren, who may
have been under sixteen years of age at the time
of the father’s decease, with the State or Terri,
tory and county in which she and they reside,
should be established* ffhe legality of the mar
riage may be ascertained hy the certificate of
the clergyman who joined them in wedlock, or
the testimony of respectable persons having
knowledge of the fafit. The age and number ol
children may be ascertained by the deposition of
the mofHbf* accompanied by the testimony of
respectable persons havtig knowledge of them,
or by transcripts from the parish registers, duly
authenticated; The widdW at the time of allow,
ing the half pay, of placing her on the list tor it.
trtilsi show that she has not again married ; and
must moreover repeat this at the time of receiv
ing each and every payment thereof, because in
case of her marrying again, the half pay to her
ceases, arid the half pay for the remainder of the
time shall go to the child or children of the de
cedent. This may be done by the affidavits of
respectable persons having knowledge of the
rase.
3. In cases where there are children and no
widow, their guardian will of course act for them;
establish their claims as prescribed in the fore,
going regulations, and receivd their stipends for
them.
4. Applicants «mlef the second section of the
law will rtlake a declaration before a court of re.
cord, setting fotth according to the best of her or
their knowledge or belief, the names arid tank of
the field and company officers ; the day (if possi.
ble) and she month and year when the claimant’s
husband or father (as the case may be, entered
the service, arid the time when he left the same;
and if under more than orie engagement, the
claimant must specify the particular periods, and
the rank and names wf the officers under whom
the service was pertorrtied ; the town or country,
and State, in which the claimant’s husband or
father resided when he entered the service,
whether he was drafted ; was a volunteer or sub
stitute ; the battles,-if any, in wbicu he was en
gaged ; the country through which he marched,
with such further particulars as may be useful in
the investigation of the claim ; and also, if the
fact be so that tho claimant has no documentary
evidence in support of the claim.
5. The same description of proof as to the re
lationship of the claimant to the deceased officer
or soldier will be required as the rule under the
first section points out.
6. Claimants under the 3J section ot the law
must not only produce such proof as tiie foregoing
regulations direct, in relation to widows’ claims,
but they must in all cases, as a» indispensable
requisite, show when they were legally married
to the deceased officer or soldier, on account of
whose services the claim is pre-ented, and that
the marriage took place before the laal term of
I serviced) the husband expired. They must aUo
prove that they werfe never afterwards married.
7 ,|n a case whore the service of the decease
ed officer dr soldier is clearly proved, by record
or documcntafy evidence, or the affi iavit of n
commissioned officer, showing the grade nnd
length ol service of the deceased, the particu
lars in relation to the service are not required t<*
be set forth in the claimants’declaration, except
so far as to show that the claimant or claim mrs
is, or are, the widow or children ofllta deceased
8. The claimant must in every case where
there is no record or documentary proof of the
revolutionary service of the deceased officer or
soldier, produce the testimony of at least one
credible witness. Traditionary evidence will
be deemed useful in every such case.
9. Applicants unable to appear in court by
reason ol bodily infirmity, may m ike the decla
ration before required, before a judge or j ts'ice
of a Court of Record of the county in which the
applicant resides, and the judge or justice will
certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily in
firmity, attend the court.
10. Whenever any official act is required to
be done by a judge or j ustice of a Court of Re.
cord, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certifi
cate of the Secretary of Stated* of the Territo
ry, or ot the proper clerk of the court or county,
under his seal of office, will be annexed, staling
that such a person is a judge or justice of a
Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and
that the signature annexed is his genuine
signature.
11. The widows of those who served in the
navy, or as Indian spies, will produce proof, as
nearly as may be, conformably to the preceding
regulations, and authenticated in a similar man
ner, with such variations as the different nature
of the service may require.
12. The form prescribed for claimin’s under
the 3d section ol the act will lie observed by
every other description of claimants, so lar as
the same may be applicable to their cases. The
Judge or Justice who may administer an oath,
must in every instance certify to the credibility
of i lie affiant.
13. In every case in which the deceased offi
cer or soldier was a pensioner, the fact should
be so stated, nnd the deceased pensioner so
described as to enable the Department to refer
immediately to the evidence upon which he was
pensioned, and tbits facilitate the investigation
of the claim ol his widow or children.
JAMES L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain, the benefit of the. 3 I section of
the act of Congress of the 4 th July, 1330.
State, Territory, or District )
of- *. \ ss -
On this day of , personally appsafed
before the , of the , A. B.
a resident of in the county
of nnd State, Territory, or District
of , aged years, who, being first
duly sworn according to law. doth, on her oath,
make the following declaration, in order to abtain
the benefit of the provision made by the act of
Congress, passed Ju'y4, 1836. That she is the
widow of , who was a [here in
sert the rank the husband held in the army, navy,
or militia, as the case may be, and specify the
service performed, as directed in paragraph
No. of tliese regulations.]
She further declares that she was married to
the said , on the day
of , in the year seventeen hundred
and ; that her husband, the afore
said , died on the day
of ; and that site has remained a widow ever
since that period, as Will nfore (ally appear by re
ference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year
above written, before
July 19 I4w 9
(CrPrintcrs of the laws of the United States
are requested to publish the foregoing advertise
ment for two weeks in each of their respective
papers; and send their accounts to tho Pension
Office for settlement.
W. C. WA V, Agent.
Has just received from N. Y. and Philadelphia,
A GREAT variety of fancy and Staple DRY
GOODS, which, with a large and well as.
sorted stock now on hand, will rrtake his assort,
ment very general arid almost complete, all of
which will be sold at a small advance on the cost,
as lie is anxious to reduce the same by the win.
ter season, and will therefore give good bargains,
for cash. He returns his thanks to his friends
and the public for the liberal support, they have
given him siricc t!ie commencement ofhis Agen.
cy in Augusta.
The following are "he articles lately receivad
in addition to those previously received, viz :
White and GfeeH(largest size) Blond Gauze Veils
Some very elegant patterns with scolloped
and satin borders
Long and Short picnic Gloves, white andcol’d
English black and white Silk Gloves
Ladies do do English Silk Stackings plain
and ernbordered
Do do do do do Gloves
Do light cplofed Paris made Kid Gloves
Men's English Silk Socks, white and black
3 4 and 6 4 Mateonie Italian Lustrings of the
bets quality
Plaid GroDeNaple Silks, latest patterns
Pink, While and Blue do do
Pink, Blue and Rich Pearl white Satins
Plane and striped Crape De Lyon
Rich small figur’d Jaionelt and Cambric Muslins,
warranted not to fade
French, English and Prussian rich colored Mas.
lins, large and small patterns
Rich and new style fresh Calicoes
7-8 Printed Bishop Lawns
6-4 White Satin Damask Muslins, French Man.
ufacture
6 4 Large and Small Checked do
6-4 Plaid Striped and Check Swiss Muslins, for
Dresses, Capes and Handkfs.
And a very large assortment ol Ladies Worked
Capes and Collars
Ladies (assorted numbers) Corsets
3.4 and 6 4 Cambric Dimities and Furniture
Dimity
Small an! large corded Skirts, seme very fine
puffed cord
Grass Cloth for making Skirts, widest kind
6-4 Cambric, Nansook, Jaconett and Mull
Muslins
Bishop Lawn and Sovarella Cambrics"
Single and double Butkrams and Crown Linings
Coarse and fine Book Muslins, for do
6 4 Plain, Ftg’d and Check Swiss Muslins
A large assortment of Rich Twisted Silk Shawls
While, Col’d and Mixt Ladies Cotton Hose
do do do Girls do do
Irish Linens, Sheetings, Lawns and Diapers, all
frqe of Cotton mixture
English and American Long Cloth Cotton Shirt
ing
Brovi n and Bleached Cd'ton Shirtings
Flaxen and Cotton OsnabnfgS
Georgia I <ong Yellow Nankens.
Jurte 10 174
CAUTION.
4LL persons are hereby cautioned against
giving credit to any member of my family,
for goods, wares, or merchandize, w ithout a
written order from me ; as I shall pay no ac
counts contracted upon rny account, or upon ike
faith of my credit, without such an order.
JAMES G. STALLINGS.
May 6 8w 164
This Day Received, '
PAIR ot Gentlemen’s superior Kid.
Morocco and Calf Dancing and
Walking Pumps, at the Augusta Shoe Store, by
ROBERTSON & BENEDICT,
230 Broad street.
July 32 10
A. CUMNIJCNG
ESPKCTFCLLy informs h:s friends and
A A ,ilB P"b!'v, that he tnten s continuing i„
trt.net a general WAREHOUSE AND COM
MISSION BU»IN ESS at bis o'ld stand; lie j s
prepared to make iberai advances on produce
Stored with loin—and Will attend punctually to
business entrusted to his care.
duly 26 . j|
T be Milledgeville Federal Union, Athens
Whig. Washington News, Charleston Courier,
and Augusta Chronicle, will publish the above
weekly until ’st October and send their bills to
A. C. for payment,
WA K E-HOI'SB
AND
Commission MSuslncss.
THNHE undersigned considers himself perma-
Ja. nentlv located in this City, and will enn
tinna to transact the WARE-IIOUSE AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
Ah business confided to his charge, will meet
with strict attention.
His Ware-licftrse and Close Stores, are all
Fire Proof. EDWARD BUSTIN.
Augusta, July 8, 1836. 8
O’ The City papers, Milledgeville Recor
der, Standard of Union, Athen* Banner, Wash.
Ington News and Covington Hes tld, will insert
the above in their respective papers weekly,
until the first September, and send their accounts
to me. E. B.
FIIME PKtfoF
AND
Commission iSnsiness.
KNEELAN D & CO. continues to trans
► act WARE HOUSE AND COMMISS
ION BUSIN KSS, at the former stand of Sims,
Willums & VVgolsey. They feel grateful for
past, and solicit a contintialidn of public patron
ago. The safety of their buildings against
FIRE, they can recommend with confidence;
their-charges are low, and every exertion shall
be used to promote the interest of those who
may favor iherri With business. ITTLibcral ad
vances made on produce in store.
June 10 174
WliiiE-ii ous s;
AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
rgUIE Subscribers, grateful for the patron.
H. age heretofore extended to them, lake this
method of informing their friends and the public
in general, that they have removed this branch
of their Business, to the
FIRE PROOF
WARE-HOUSE ,
Known ns Kilburn’s and recently occupied by W.
R. Huff, where they now offer their services to
the public, determined by diligent and riaitiiftil
discharge to their duly, to merit a liberal share
of public patronage.
The rates of storage will be customary. Cot
ton in Store will be sold at 25 cts. per bale, and
all Cottons, consigned to their care, will be sold
free of charge. Libefal advances will be made
on produce in Store, nnd all Cotton stored with
them, will be insured gratis.
They would also inform the public, that they
continue the GROCERY BUSINESS at their
old stand, where they have and will constantly
keep sri hand, a general and extensive as-ort
ment of every article in that line and will fee)
thankful for any patronage extended to them, in
either Branch of their Business.
J. W. & I. T. HEARD
October 11
Office T, aunportalloii, \
AJKEN. July 18, 1837. (
is given, that the following pack.
ages of Goods, were received at the South
Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company’s De
positories, previous to the Ist of June, and te.
mained unclaimed ori the Ist instant. If not
claimed on or before the Ist of November next,
they will be sold to pay Transportalion and other
expenses.
At the Hamburg Depository and Public Store.
Marks. Articles.
T. Mcintyre & Co , Augusta, 2 barrels nnd 3 halfb’jls
VV. Fisher, Coweta, Geo. I bbl Lamp Oil
E. R. & Co., El ert. Geo. 1 Box
J. M Watson, Dekalh, Geo, 1 Box
Pettit & Glenn, Oglethorpe 1 hug Ginger
ghnall & Green, Columbus 1 Box
C. B. 2 Boxes
Bn er & Jones Eustopirt,
Muskogee, Geo. 1 Box
FW f bnrPteel
\V. I wide ha. Ton
I, If I 101011 e Hoop Iron
No Mark 1 bar Steel,
Do i bundle Hoop Iron
ltd 1 l nmt e Null Rods
11. Thorn tori 1 Trunk
W. T. Ha dwirt 1 do I Band Box
Do 1 Crpetßag
C. Calhoun 1 Hal Box
DEPOSITORY AT AIKEN
J. W. I owns 2 Boxes and 1 ring
R. Tarrant 1 bag Colton Seed
Moss cfc Straight 9 Boxes
Wm. Smith 1 Box
L. &. F. 16 Plough Mon'd*
DEPOSITORY AT BLACKVILLE.
D Ilatfo 1 Bag Coffee
J Corley J Hot
No Mark 1 Canoe
DEPOSITORY AT MIDWAY.
A. C. D lirvan 1 Jar
DEPOSITORY AT BRA IN ORVILLE.
J. L North, Pend eton, S. C. 1 Small Box
B oadte . 1 Trank
Cooper Able , 1 Bundle
WM. ROBERTSON Jr.
Agl. Transportation S C. C; & R R. C.
July 22 6w 10
(T.T 'Fhe Stales Right Sentinel will publish
the above weekly until the Ist September.
Notice*
ALli persons having demand against the es
tate of James C. Rogers, late of Warrfen
County, deceased, will present their neconnts
properly attested to the Subscriber, and all in.
debted to him will please make immediate pay
ment to. S. W. SMITH, Adm’r.
il/.trch 26 149
NEW~ANI> UKTJBN&IVjE I*itY
GOOD STORE.
rSUIE undersigned have taken the Brick
3 Store recently erected by the Messrs, liar
pers, on the north side of Broacl-street, (six
doors above the Planters Hotel,) ettd have just
received 300 packages comprising an extensive
assortment of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY
GOODS, which are offered for cash or approved
paper, at prices that cannot fail to please.
Country ,Merchants and others are respectfu.
ly invited to call and examine f>r themselves.
L. BOSTWICK &CO.
Nr.y 10 ts 35
S>iclc3i iioltins Cloths.
A LARGE assortment of real DUTCH
JSI BOLTING CLOTHS of the most ap.
proved brands, for sain by
MORGAN At WYATT,
242 Broad.street.
June 10 174
Hats Clothing, dice.
rwiur Subscriber has just received from New
JL York.
5 eases Superior Turkey Drab HA I ft
10 do do Beaver do
10 do low price Fur do
Hason hand a complete assortment of CLO
THING, of the most fashionable style and
suitable for the present season.
Also, an assortment of 800 i ?> AN D . lIOE-b
Manufactured expressly for the Augusta Retail
, rar t e likewise constantly on hand a complete
assortment of UMBRELLAS, GLOVES. HO
SIERY. LINEN FRONTS, COLLARS,
STOCKS,
The above are for sale at t ie lowest prices.
D. LYON THORP.
July 12 ts 7
While Kckhs.
BBLS Northern BEANS. Just Received
and for sale by N. SMITH is CO.
July 19 p
VOL. XIV.-HEW WO. 13.
IPeiuUcton Academy.
HAVE made arrangements with the Trns
tees to take charge of this Institution. The
Academy will be opened on the first day of Au
auat. Ihe Classical and Mathematical cours®
° . studies will be such as to qualify youth for ad
mission into the South Carolina College; to
* nch Irench, Drawing, and the principles of
Music will bo added, if desired by parent# or
guardians The Terms es Tuition. 810 per
quarter. Admission will be limited to such only
as can rend and write, and know the four funds,
mental rules of Arithmaiic.
WOUId rcfer to the Hon.
- - CALHOLN, in whose family I have
been engaged as pnvate tutor for the last seven
or eight months, and would remark further, that
I received my classical Education in England,
under the celebrated Dr. Valpy ; and was lor
more than three years student of Mathematics
under Mr. Smincs, who was for many year®
1 rofessor of Mathematics in St. John’s College,
Cambridge; and lam a member of the Hono*
rable Society of Lincoln’s Inn London.
The situation of Pendletonis so well known
for health and other advantages, that it is mine,
cessai y to say any thing in relation thereto, ex.
cept that good boarding can be had on reasons,
ble terms in the vicinity of the Academy.
I feel anxious faithfully to discharge the du
ties devolving on this situation ; and to promote
the morals, exercise, and health of the youth
who may be entrusted to my care, as well as to
advance their education.
Vacation from the 1 5th of December to the
loth of January, and from the 15th of June to
the 15th of July.
I have taken up my residence as Mrs. Loiton’s,
where I shall be ready to receive applications
for admission to the Academy.
TH. WAYLAND.
July 29 w 4 12
The Greenville Mountaineer, and the Charles.'
ton, Columbia end Augusta papers are request
ed to insert this advertisement weekly lor the
next month, and forward their accounts.
I’ll© |»OS A LS '
For erecting- the new City of CLIFTON, on
the hay of Mobile, according to the report of
Mr. Zimple, Engineer, annexed.
WH EREAS, it is proposed to erect a new
City, on the Bay of Mobile, and for that
purpose, to form a Joint Stock Company, Wo
the subscribers do therefore, in consideration of
the engagements mutually assumed by the par
ties to the said undertaking, hereby declare the
intent and object of our association.
Ist. There shall be formed a Joint Stock Com.
pany ; and there shall be ten thousand shares of
stock, at one hundred dollars each, to which the
subscribers shall be rateably entitled according
to their subscriptions, and scrip shallbe issued
therefor; and in the conductor all affairs relating
to said Company, shall be entitled to a vote fur
each share.
2nd. The subscribers agree to pay for each
of said shares, fifteen dollars, in cash, the re
mainder so be paid by instalments, from time to
time, as may be required by the Trustees, by gir«
ing si it / days notice.
3rd. There shall be appointed two Trustee®
to manage the affairs of the Company, and the
said Trustees shall be William Bayart and Lau
rent Millattdon.
4th. The said William Bayard hereby agree®
to cdnVey to the Trustees the land which shall
be necessary to effectuate the object of the asso
ciation.
sth. There shall be sold, under the direction
of the Trustees, end ns soon as nracticable. tert
thousand lots rtf the plot of ground annexed,
which lots shall be taken alternately, from the
lots designated in the map of said City, and the
avails of the sales, and the amount of the sum®
subscribed, shall be appropriated by the Trustees
to the formation of new lots, by filling in th®
land oil the bay of Mobile, anu for the construe,
tion of permanent improvements thereon, such
as stores, cotton presses, and so forth, within
the following limits, commencing twelve huu.
dred (eet from the south side of the Rio Volanle,
and extending thence to the south west Corner'
of the old English plantation, commonly called
Wigg’s plantation, about eighty arpens, more or
less, with the depth of sixteen hundred feet; and
the stockholders shall be entitled to one half of
the lots (litis formed, together with the wharve®
adjacent, and the proprietor shall be entitled to
the remainder of said lots, to be also taken alter,
nately; and all the property shall be sold as soon
as the Trustees and a majority of the stockhol
ders may deem expedient for the parties con,
cerned.
6th. None of the subscriptions shall be bind
ing until five thousand shares shall have been
subscribed for, nor until the title to the property
Shall have been approved by counsel learned in
the law.
Dated this fifteenth day of March, New Or
leans, IS3O.
CLIFTON COMPANY.
The books for subscription of one thousand
shares, will be opened at the Counting Room of
Messrs. Stovall, Simmons &. Co. on Thursday,
12'h Juno, and will remain open until Ist Ocio.
ber, in order to give persons in the country ati
opportunity to subscribe, under the management
of PLEASANT STOVALL, ) ™ .
GEORGE R. JESSUP. $
Augusta, June 3, 1836 172
OfTThe city papers will copy the above once
a week, until IstC ct.
Notice to Contractors.
JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHACANALi
PROPOSALS will be received at the Officd
ol the James River and Kanawha Com
pany, in the City of Richmond, from the 13th to
23rd day of August, for the construction of all
the Excavation, Embankment and Walling, not
now tinder contract, together with nearly all
the Culverts and the greater portion of the Lock®
between Lynchburg and Maiden’s Adventure.
The work now advertised embracesthe twenty
miles between Columbia and the head of Maid,
ens’ Adventure Pond, the eight miles between
Seven Islands Falls and Scottsville, and about
twenty isolated sections, reserved at the farther
letting, between Scottsville and Lynchburg.
Tite quantity of masonry offered is very gteat, ,
—consisting of about two hundred Culverts o' f
from three to thirty feet; nine Aqueduct®, thirty .
five Locks, a number of Wastes, with sever al
farm and road Bridges.
General plans and specifications of all the
work, and special plans of the most important
Culverts and Aqueducts, will be found at the
offices of the several Principal Assistant Engi
neers on the line of the Canal.
The work will be prepared for examination
by the 25th July; but mechanics, well recom.
mended, desirous of immediate * mploymenl, can
obtain contracts for the constructions of a num-.
ber of culverts at private letting.
Persons offering to contract, who afe «nV,nn Vn
to the subscriber, or any of the Assistant £- ■
neers. will be expected to accompanv
proposals by the usual certificate of character
and ability.
CHARLES EL*,ET. Jr.
Chief Engineer of l\e J antes River
and Car l0 u>ha Company.
Note—The Dams, G nard-Locks, most of
the Bridges, and a of Locks and Culverts.
are reserved for a fu.ore letting. Persons visit
ing the line for th purpose of obtaining Work,
would do well f 0 C all at the office of the Com
pany in th-j c ity n f Richmond, where any infor
mation which they may desire will be cheerfully
communicated.
The valley of James River, between Lynch
burg and Richmond, is healthy. C. E. Jr.
June 7 22
tfW fflWffßl
VEATLY DONE AT THIS OFFICE.