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Report and RflMilatuMM of Mm • —in m
rial Convontion.
The Committee of Twenty-live, to whom was
referred the consideration of the object! for whieh
the Convention waa called, with instructions to
report thereon, have devoted to the performance
of the duty assigned them all tho attention prac
ticable under the circumstance* by whieh they
have been surrounded, and within the very limit
ed period accorded for their investigations. An
era has at length dawned upon us, characterized
by ardent aspirations on the part of our people
for the commercial grandeur and independence
of Georgia. This sentiment, which has been so
recently groused,and which has already become so
strong and pervading, is rfa from being the forced
and sickly offspring of mere State pride and sec
tional ambitional. On the contrary, it owes its
birth and rapid developcment to causes the most
natural and heathful. whieh from the certainty,
power and permanency with which they may be
made to operate in her favor, must infallibly ad
vance Georgia to a towering height of commer
cial greatness and prosperity, if she falter not in
the pursuit of her own solid interests and high
destinies. These causes are lbs vast and various
physical resource of the Stale; its admirable geo
graphical position and capabilities, and the en
lightened position and strenuous improvement
of all these noble advantages to whieh the public
mind and energies have now become so thorough
ly awakened. A glance at the map of our coun
try, demonstrated at once how commanding is
the local position occupied by Georgia among
her sister Steles, for all purposes of internal and
foreign trade ! She is the last Slate lying to the
South whose territory is both indented by fine At
lantic harbors, and penetrated deep into the in
terior, up to the very mountains, by navigable
Atlantic rivers. Then on her western borders
we behold the first navigable waters which find
their way from the same mountain region to the
Mexican Gulf, after winding through her whole
length from North to South. Thus placed, she
is constituted by her position the key-stone of the
long arch of the maritime State of our Union,
whieh front her opposite sides, stretch out re
spectively along the shores of the Ortean, and of
the Gulf. This peculiarity of position, is a cir
cumstance of great moment in estimating the
superiority of her natural advantages; for it ne
cessarily renders her territory the pathway, and
her seaports the outlet of all that portion of the
commercial and travel of the South-western Stales,
which may he tempted to prefer an Atlantic port
to encountering the danger, circuity and expense
of the navigation through the Gulf, and around
the peninsula of Florida.
Hut it is not until we turn our view in another
direction—towards the Northern frontier of Geor
gia—and there survey the natural lies ami fa
cilities whieh invite her to connexion with the
numerous and thriving Slates whieh cover the
great valley of the Mississippi, that the common
t ial capabilities and prospects of our State open
upon the mind in all their grandeur and infinity.
That vast and wonderful productive region, is
the thealro to which every maritime State of our
confederacy, which is animated by aught of the
sprit of enterprise, is now directing an eager com
petition Georgia has been the last to enter the
lists; hut, though the last she was nevertheless
guilty of no delay, for she was prompt to enter
them the very first moment after the way was
open to her through her own territory by the re
moval of the savage occupants who had so lonfl
encumbered her soil and embarrassed her policy.
The promptitude, the confidence and energy, with
which she thus embarked in the great work of
uniting by a comprehensive and judiciously con
ceived scheme of internal improvement, her com
mercial cities on the sea coast and in the interior,
with the navigable waters whieh pour into tho
Mississippi, were amply warranted bv the signal
advantages for such a connexion, which nature
had bestowed on her. For in her favor the great
Tennessee river after winding its course far down
to the Mouth, and wooing her embraces by its
near approach, turns away to thu West and North-
West, beckoning ns to commerce on its flood
with the Ohio and Mississippi. And in her fa
vor, moreover, the mountain chain which stretch
es across the Western pathway of all the other
Atlantic States, from New-York to our own ter
ritory. freeing our rout- to the West at once from
circuity and any considerable obstacle. Is it not i
then manifest that when our lines of Kail Roads
now in rapid process of execution, shall be com
pleted and thrown open to use through their
whole length, Georgia will be able to eider
upon the competition for Western trade under
circumstancesol'decided advantages as toihslanee,
accessibility and expense, over every other At"
lantie State.
To the highly auspicious circumstances, other
considerations of powerful influence arc to be
added, which cannot fail to make the scale pre
ponderate in her favor at least us against her
great Northern rivals. Their channels of trade
throughout a large portion of the year must
forever be exposed to the formidable oblsructiou
ar ice and snow. Oars will be pereniahy open
and free from all impediments. And still more:
the'tronsmountuin Slates of the West,and the At
lantic States of the North have kindred soils and
are also destined to have ultimately kindred manu
factures and industry of every description, and
it clearly follows that they cannot furnish a mar
ket of consumption, for each others’ fabrics and
productions; for it is manifestly absurd that coun
tries produeihg like commodities of commerce,
should carry on a trade with each other in those
commodities, for the purpose of domestic con
sumption. Hence the only inducement that can
permanently direct the Westward trade to the
Northern States and seaports, will he the ad
vantage of using their seaports us mediums of
commercial interchange with other sections of the
Union, and with foreign countries. This advan
tage the seaports of Georgia, will he able to fur
nish equally with those of tho North; and in ad
dition to it, the difference of climate, soil, and
production whieh characterize the Mouth and
West, must forever render the Mouth a great mar
ket of consumption for Western commodities; —
and the West on the other hand, as soon as she
shall engage largely in manufactures, a like mar
ket for our great Southern staple. Assuredly
then, if the facilities of reaching our Southern
markets, and of trading through them with the
rest of the world.be but equal to those of getting
to the Northern Atlantic cities, the West cannot
hesitate to which to award the preference. Her
citizens and traders come hither ns the better
market in which to sell, will remain here to buy
not only our home productions, but all foreign
merchandize, if wc shall but prepare ourselves to
sell them on as favorable terms as arc offered by
the North.
Thus, by the completion of our works of in
ternal improvements, we may reasonably calcu
late to render Georgia the medium through w hich
a vast amount of the foreign trade of the Wes
tern Stales will permanently pass—which coming
in aid of the support derived from our own peo
ple, and the adjoining States of the Mouth, cannot
fail toup-huild a commercial emporium on our
seaboard, which shall rival, if not outvie the great
seaports of the North.
The committee have dwelt thus fully on the
tendency of opening channels of trade with the
West and Southwest to attract it direct foreign
trade to our shores, because it is the deliberate
conclusion at which they have arrived, that no
other means or policy which we can employ, will
suffice to pro lu -c such a result to any valuable
extent. As long as the commerce of Georgia is
hemmed in by tho Alleganics and the Chaltahoo
ehee. it is madness to hope that she cun compete
even for the supply of Iter own people wish for
eign commodities with New York sn.l other
Northern cities, to whom 'die whole Ihrem iv open
M a region of supply and consumption for their
imports. Korin allium of commerce the princi
ple of centralization is pre-eminently strong. A
place which has already become a greet market to
which immense and widely diversified regions
resort, will ho able to undersell greatly, othei
things la'ing equal, those at which a less extensive
ami intense demand is concentrated; and this for
the obvious reason that the merchant in the formei
may certainly sell many times over in the eoursi
of the year the value of the whole stock whirl
he may have on hand at any one lime ; and ran
consequently, afford to lake a much smaller profil
on each isolated sale, than the merchant in tin
latter can put up with who cannot make, half tin
same number of operations in a given time will
his capital. Thus it happens that although goodi
can he landed at Savannah and Charleston iron
Europe, as cheaply us at New York, yet the mer
chant ul Havanvah and Charleston has found him
self compelled to sell them dearer—so much dearc
that the |>eople of the South have found it to thei
advantage to pass by through their own seaporti
and to encounter all expense of transporting thei
foreign merchandise from a remote northern city
The only mode of conquering this great existing
disadvantage will he to enlarge by the complelioi
of our works of internal improvement, the eir
conference of country, the field of consumptiot
into which our seaports may throw their foreigi
imports. Then, and not till then, will the great
ness, constancy and intensity of demand concen
(rated in our cities, enable our merchants to sel
as much in value on a given capital, in a giver
time, and consequently to sell at as low a profit or
each transaction as has been found practicable 113
the New York importer. Influenced by the fore
going views the committee feel that as a means tc
the effectuation of the objects for which the Con
volition has been railed, the vigorous prosecutioi
of our works of Internal Improvement now ii
progress, cannot he too zealously urged upon tin
attention of the people and of the Legislature.
The importance of securing to the people o
Georgia the direct importation of the articles ne
cessary to their own consumption, is believed Ii
he universally admitted among us, and those win
have doubled its practicability, (if there lie any
such) will in the opinion of this committee havi
had those doubts removed by the able expositions
which have heretofore emanated from the several
Commercial Conventions at Augusta. The Com
mittee will not therefore occupy the lime of this
Convention, in discussing these questions. They
will assume as propositions already satisfactorily
demonstrated, that tins direct importation of the
articles necessary to our own consumption, ami
that of the South-western States who are con
tiguous to us, is both desirable and practicable,
ami will proceed to enquire what arc the means
best calculated to accomplish this object! Hut,
before doing so, us the mind always reposes with
more confidence upon fact than theory, it may he
usetul to bring to the view of the Convention,
the following facts in relation to one of our sea
ports :
The foreign exports of Savannah, according to
the Custom House returns, arc $11,729,551
The exports coastwise, 4,060,000
The aggregate of her exports is
therefore $15,789,551
Her direct foreign imports arc $1,010,200
Her circuitous importation of for
eign goods is 0,000,000
And her importation of manufac
tures U. S., is 3,500,000
It is thus seen that independently of the foreign
goods which are circuitously imported into the
Slate of Georgia through her other ports, and
through the port of Charleston, the circuitous im
portation of those goods, through the port of Sa
vannah alone, is $(>,000,000. Now, the differ
ence of expense between a direct and circuitous
importation, is estimated, by practical men, to
amount to 20 per cent. It includes height from
the North to Savannah, insurance, exchange, the
profits of the northern merchant, commissions,
(See. The truth of this statement may bo tested
by any merchant. Assuming it to be correct,
what follows! We pay 20 per cent, on $6,000,000,
or $ 1,200,000 to our northern brethren, for that
which ought to he done by our own merchants.
We pay this yearly, and every year, and we have
been paying it fora series us years. Does any
man wonder at the wealth which (hey have
amassed? at the splendor of their cities! at the
magnificence of their public works] Look at
New York—
She exports $19,816,520
She imports $118,253,416
The profits on this vast excess of her impor
tation over her exportation, beyond what is ne
cessary to her own consumption, would legiti
mately belong to those who consume the articles
so imported, and, if true to themselves, they were
thei r own importers.
These facts, in the view of the committee,
speak a language which can neither be misun
derstood, nor disregarded. They tell us that we
arc faithless to our own best interests, if, with
united effort, we do not endeavor to remedy them.
When we turn our attention to the means by
which we can secure to ourselves our undoubted
right to supply our own wants, by the agency of
our own merchants, we must not disguise the
fact, that the dilUeulties which obstruct its accom
plishment, are neither few nor small. For a sc
ries of years, we have been accustomed to look
for the far greater portion of our foreign supplies
to the market of New York. This is the estab
lished ehiumel of the foreign trade of the South,
and the difficulty of diverting commerce from its
established channels, has passed into an axiom.
New-York has, moreover, one of the finest har
bors in the world, and a magnificent scheme of
internal improvements carried into successful op
eration by the liberal use of the credit of the State,
lias opened to her an interior trade which no oth
er city in the Union enjoys. With these she
combines an amount of capital adequate to her
extended commerce. It consists not merely ol
the twenty millions possessed by her banks, but
of the vest amount in the hands of individuals,
which is actively engaged in commerce. The
facility of communication which she enjoys with
Philadelphia, renders the large banking capital
of that city, also tributary to her merchants, and
these combined advantages enable her to furnish
a market, the extent and variety of which exceeds
that of every other in the United States. With
those advantages she has been enabled to beat
down the rivalry of Philadelphia, of Poston, am
of Baltimore, and iir a commercial view, she it
the queen, not only of the North, but of the
I nion. It the question were, whether we coulr
compete with New-York, iu the supply of ait)
foreign market, it would he speedily answered
Such an experiment would he hopelc ss Bu
that is not our purpose. The bounty of Provi
detree has made us producers of certain great sta
pie articles of commerce, the value of which i
more than adequate to supply our wants as con
sinners. To a great extent we are our own cx
porters ot these articles to foreign markets, and t.
those of the other Slates. Why should we no
bring home the returns which are necessary ti
our own consumption and that of our sisters 0
the Southwest, Having carried our cotton, rice
&c., to Liverpool, or elsewhere, why should wi
employ a northern merchant to import into Nev
' ork, and to send to us from thence (he good
which we want in return ! The answer to Urea
enquiries would include many consideration
which it is not necessary to examine hero. It i
unquestionably true, however, that one of tin
causes which has largely contributed to produce
and which still operates to continue this state o
things is the want of the capital necessary to thesi
importations.
The great staple articles of our produce will h
some sort export themselves, or will furnish to t
great extent (he means of their own exportations,
r The purchaser*!! the interior can raise hinds by
i- discounting a billon his agent in the port of ship-
V merit, and the latter can reimburse himself by
o drawing on the foreign consignee. But for the
is purchase of goods in a foreign market, the inipor
■r ter must have funds here, or a credit upon which
e he ran value, and making his sales on long crcd
r its, must have the means of converting the paper
■r he receives into cash. The merchant of
ip York, in the course of a long continued traffic,
li Ims that credit established to the extent ol his
i, wants—or if not, the amount of capital at home
it will readily furnish it. The merchant of the
ic South enjoys no such advantage. To a limited
ie extent one of the Banks of Charleston has endeav
h ored to supply this want, hy establishing a credit
Is in England, upon which it can giant letters of
in rreilif to the importing merchant of that city, and
r- a laudable elfort lias been made, though on a still
i- smaller scale, by the Bank of the Slate ol Georgia,
nr to obtain the means of furnishing similar advanla
ir ges to the importer of Savannah. Looking to our
Is actual condition, it is obvious that these credits,
ir and the discount of six, nine and 'welvc months
y. paper received by the importer, ctn be furnished
ig and made only by our hanks, snd it is equally
hi certain that their present, capitals will enable them
r- to do this to a very inconsiderable extent. It has
hi been seen that the imports of Savannah alone
;n amount to $10,510,200. Its banking capital, all
t told, is $1,800,151. It will be obvious that this
i- is utterly inadequate to the purpose of such sup
-11 ply. If we turn our attention from New York to
n our sister city of Charleston, who is entering into
n competition with us, with a spirit which becomes
y her, we cannot fail to he struck will) the superior
b- advantages which her merchants will possess over
■o ours. She has already a hanking capital of $11,000,-
i- 000, to which is to he added a large portion of
hi that of the great hank of $12,000,000, recently
n established tinder the charter of three States, and
us therefore enjoying a protected circulation through
out all their borders—with a hanking capital of
>f less than two millions, can Savannah succcssful
'- ly compete with Charleston, with her sixteen or
0 seventeen millions'! And are we prepared, for
io the want of this, to sacrifice the natural advanta
y ges, which our own seaport possesses. Not on
e ly Savannah, hut our other more Southern ports,
is can justly claim superiority over Charleston, as
d inlets from the Ocean. Savannah does not yield
i- to her in the amount of her exports, and very far
is exceeds her in the amount of her tonnage.
y In determining the question, whether the bank
y ing capital of this one of our seaports be adequate
e, to her wants, it may he useful to look at facts,—
d The amount of the imports and exports of Savan
i- nah have been stated.
■, The amount of tonnage to foreign ports en
s gaged in freighting the productions of the last
year, is 85,000 tons.
It That employed coastwise, is 50,000 “
c Os square rigged vessels, owned in whole or in
, part in Savannah, of which eighteen arc ships of
- the largest class, averaging more than five hun
dred tons, there are 37.
, Os which the value is $750,000
1 besides a number of sloops and schooners.
I There are three incorporated companies in that
. city, employed in freighting goods and produce
exclusively on Savannah river, owning of steam
boats (three of which are of iron,) 11—and hav
ing approved boats,
The storks of these companies amount to $480,000
There are two others running to Macon,
whose stock amounts to $200,000
There are live other steamers running, and one
now on the stocks, owned entirely in Savannah,
valued at $70,000, and two other iron steamboats
now building to run between Savannah and Ma
con. In that city arc also three steam rice mills,
four steam saw mills, and a fifth in the course
of erection.
These facts may serve to give some idea of the
amount of bank capital necessary for domestic
purposes in Savannah, and will manifest how en
tirely inadequate to the foreign wants of her mer
chants, is that which she enjoys. Indeed the
buyers and shippers of produce in Savannah
would be frequently deficient in the funds neces
sary to make their purchases, but for the aid
which they derive from the Banks and Trust
Company of Augusta, and some of the still more
interior Banks who employ their Savannah funds
in the purchase of foreign and domestic exchanges.
If these considerations, and others equally
obvious, of which time does not permit the detail,
are sufficient to manifest the necessity of increas
ing the banking capital of our seaport, the only
remaining inquiry is, in what mode that may be
effected. The actual capital of the country is
believed, for the most part, to be already in profita
ble investment, from which it cannot he abstract
ed to the extent required, without injury to some
of the great interests of the community. If this
opinion be true, and practical men concur in its
correctness, that "which is required for our present
purpose must in a great degree he obtained from
abroad. To do this upon the cheapest terms, the
most undoubted security for its ro-imlmrscment
must he afforded. That it is thus interesting to
us all is sufficiently obvious. The merchant is
hut the agent in exchanging our products for the
articles we consume. Whatever facilities we
afford to that agent, tending to diminish the ex
penses of this operat ion of exchange, is beneficial
to tlie consumer, in diminishing the price of the
articles of his consumption. The expenses at
tendant on the shipment of a cargo of sugar, cof
fee and incloses, from the West Indies to New
i York, or of dry goods, hardware, <Sce., from Liv
erpool to the same port, to be thence transhipped
, to Savannah ot Charleston, the landing, drayage,
i freight, interest, commissions, insurance, profits,
. &c., so far diminish the value of the cotton, rice
- or lumber, which may be given for them. South
f Carolina has already acted upon this principle.
- Independently of the large amount of banking
, capital which she has granted to her principal
- seaport, she has with prudent foresight and a just
e regard to the interest of her people, provided a
r further increase of it from foreign sources, to the
if amount of upwards of six millions more. Unless
it we follow the example, wo shall soon sec our
own produce purchased in our interior markets,
e and transported to Charleston for export to for
h cigu countries; while she will also furnish the
d supplies for our consumption. It has already
d eccurred in many instances, that the merchants
h of Savannah have exported the produce of the
Is South, exchanged it in foreign markets, for arti
h cles of constant and general consumption at the
it South, and have boon compelled, for want of such
d facilities as are afforded elsewhere, to send them
is to New-York for a market. There are even in
-10 stances in which the very merchant of Savannah
Id who had sent the returns of his produce from for
> eign ports to New-\ork tor sale, has received on
d. consignment some of his own imports, to be sold
at in part in Savannah, and in part to lie forwarded
i- to the interior of the State. It is too obvious to
i- enquire, in this case, who paid the increased ex
is penscs on these goals here 1 These considera
n- tious, in the view of the committee, authorise an
x- earnest appeal to the constituted authorities of
to Georgia to interpose for the protection of our
ot merchants and our people, by such an increase of
to the banking capital of our principal seaport, as
of may be adequate to the purposes of a direct for
e, eign trade. The amount of hanking capital
to which will be required tor the contemplated pur
w pose will be large, since the credits which are no
ds eessary to the import trade, are much greater than
se what is requisite in the exportation of our produce,
its It cannot be stated at less than ten millions, to
is protect us from the evils under which wc at pre
te sent labor. In illustration of these facts, it may
e, L>e stated, that even foreigners are driven from
nl our ports, by the impossibility of realizing in cash
se the sales of their cargoes. Vessels loaded by for
eigners, and entering into our ports, with instruc
n lions to obtain a return cargo, have been nccessa
a rily ordered to other ports, from the incapacity of
s. our banks to afford the facilities necessary to real-
I izr their sales, so ns to put them in (undo so ithe
purchase of a return cargo of our produce.
Ist. Resolved, That it l>c recommended to the
Legislature to afford the necessary addition of
hanking capital to the city ofSavannah, and oth
er places Ixilh hy the creation ofa new bank, with
a large capital, and the increase of the capital and
resources of any bank already located there, by the
introduction of foreign capital, to be added to it,
on such terms, and in such manner, as the Legis
lature may deem advisable and proper.
2d. Resolved, That this Convention do recom
mend to the banking institutions located at the
commercial points in the State, the necessity of a
direct credit with foreign capitalists,, with a view
to the extension of the requisite pecuniary facili
ties to our merchants, in a direct trade with for
eign countries.
3s. Resolved, That this Convention do re
commend to the Legislature the repeal of all such
provisions, in the charters of any incorporated
companies, as prohibit foreigners from being
stockholders in such companies.
4. Resolved, That this Convention regard as
of high importance the successful completion of
our great system of internal improvements, and
recommend to the Legislature the prosecution of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and the ex
tension of efficient aid to companies engaged in
works of internal improvement, which may be
deemed by the Legislature of general importance.
Resolved, That this Convention respectfully re
commend to the General Assembly of the State, the
enactment of a general law, authorizing the forma
tion of Joint Stock Companies for the purpose of pro
moting a direct trade with Foreign Countries, with
such restrictions as they may deem advisable.
ANNUAL CIRCULAR.
I j'HE Faculty of the Medical College of the State
I of South Carolina announces, that the mutual
Session of t lie College will commence on the second
Monday in November, as usual. An Introductory
Let tine will be given on that day at noon, and the
regular course will be resumed on the following
morning.
On Anatomy, by J. R. Holbrook, M. D.
On Surgery, by John VVagner, M I)
On Institutes and Practice of Physic, by S Henry
Dickson, M D.
On Physiology, by James Moultrie, M D.
On Obstetrics, by Titos. (J I’riolcatt, M D.
On Chemistry, by C U Shepard, M D.
On MnlMcria cthca, hy Henry U Frost, M D
On Pathological Anatomy and Medical Jurispru
dence, by E Geddings, M D.
Demonstrations of Anatomy, by E Wurdeman,
MD. S. HENRY DICKSON, Dean
Sept. 6 rn3t
G" i OOD LAND I’OII SAI.E.-Tim suWTT
f bets offer lor sale their lands on Broad river
in Elbert county, eight nnlas south of Elbertun’
comprising two settlements, one ol 623 acres, and
the other 900 acres ; there is on the two settlements
400 acres of river bottom, 250 ol which is cleared
and adapted to the cultivation of corn or cotton,
350 or 400 acres of fresh land, well adapted to the
cultivation of cotton, and about 450 acres ol wood
land, of good quality ; the old high land still pro
duces well, and but little washed ; comfortable end
commodious single story dwellings, a good gin
house, Ac. Terms accommodating, but n liberal
allowance will be made for prompt payment. Titb s
unquestionable. SIMEON OLIVER,
oct 1 7 wtlsldec SHELTON WHI TE.
Jr?* Having a desire to remove to some
dgn the low counties in I lie state, I now offer
fur sale my possession ol lands in Warren
county,and within two miles of Warren-
Sifeton, and a quarter of a mile from the
Georgia Railroad; there is seven hundred and
twenty-four acres, and about four hundred and fifty
in the woods, well timbered, and all good for culti
vation. Those that wish to buy would do well to
call and ex.'.mino flic land. PETER CODY,
ong 9 w3m
MFOII SALK—A valuable lionise
and Lot in Crawlordville, ami a
, stock of Goods.—The undersigned be
ing disironslo close their merrantile business, offer
for sale I heir lot in the (ow n ol Crawfordville, Tal
iaferro county. It is well improved, having a first
rate store-house and counting room, comfortable
dwelling, kitchen, &c all nearly new, of good ma
terials, and well arranged. If the lot is not sold be
fore the first , aesday in December, it will then be
offered at public sale, and possession given the first
day of January next. Terms will bo accomrnoda
ing, and bo made known at time ofsale.
They will also sell a good bargain in their stock
of Goods, which have been w ell selected in New
York aad Charleston, and is generally admitted to
be one among the b-'st selected slocks in the up
country. Any person wishing to vest capital in
merchandise, would do well to call and examine
this property. BATTLE & DICKINSON.
Crawfordvillt, Ga , August 29,1838. wl4t
FOR SALE OR LEASE.
AN excellent Cotton Plantation on Bark Camp
creek, in Burke county, lying west of the
lands of Governor Schley and Col. Grubbs, con
taining fifteen hundred acres of oak and hickory
land The main pari of the cleared land lias laid
out more than thirty years, and is now equal to
fresh ground. Nearly 300 acres were once culti
vated, and can be again prepared (or cotton with
very little labor; a small part ol the place is now
under cultivation, and several good houses aro on
the premises. We invite the attention of all who
desire to buy a new plantation. This place is very
favorably situated—4o miles from Augusta and 95
from Savannah, in the healthiest part of Burke, near
to tbs Cenltal Railroad and in one ol the most moral
rod agreeable neighborhoods in Georgia, possessing
all the advantages of schools, churches and post
ofilers,and communicating in a lew hours with the
two best markets of the stale.
W e prefer selling, but wo would lease for a term
ol five or ten years, if applicants choose
D C. BARROW,
w. McKinley.
Lexington, Oglethorpe county,)
September 15,1838 \ wtf
Q£r The Constitutionalist will please publish the
above weekly till forbid.
LAND FOll SALE.—The subscriber offers
for sale his plantation, lying adjacent to the
village ol Lineolnton,on the road from Augusta to
Petersburg,e attaining seventeen hundred and sixty
{I tl>U) acres, about halt of which is cleared, and
under good ft tiring. There is also situated on the
premises, a comlorlable dwelling house, a gin
house, parking screw,&c. J ny person wishing to
purchase such a farm would do w ell to call and ex
amine forthcmsclvcs. REM REMSON.
*!!!_'! wlm
MNOTIC E-NO M IST A K E.—The
subscriber having declined keeping a pri
vate boarding ho tse, now offers lor sale
bis large nn4 commodious Dwelling House and Lot,
situated in the town of Madison, on the public
square, directly opposite the court house. The stand
lor a public house or store, is considered one of the
best in the place. To a person desirous of opening
a public house, there is considerable inducement,
there facing only one Tavern in tht-Q place—
From the fact of the Rail Road being located to
this place, there is no doubt that two public houses
•vould do well. The construction of the house is
well calculated for a tavern, with pood back lots
anil large stables, with watet convenient.
Rail Road slock will ho taken as cash. I will
also allow one thousand dollars rent lor the store
house connected w ith the same, for the term of fiv e
years, deducted outof the sale. The only induce
ment to sell the house is, that there is more house
room than needed lor my lamily.
„ „ THAD. B. REES,
Madison, Gn., October IG, 1838. wGw
IAAV NOT II E.—The undersigned having
-* removed Iroin Clark county to Lineolnton,
w ill attend to the practice of Law in the Supetior
and Inferior Courts ofLineoln county, and the ad
jacent counties. Businessintrusted to his care will
be promptly attended to.
„ . „ HENNING B. MOORE.
References.—Hon. Charles Dougherty, Hon. A
S. ( lay ton, Hon. Thomas W. Hams, Gen. Edward
““"T-Athens; C. J. Jenkins, G. W. Crawford,
A. J Miller,Col. John Milledge, William E. Jones,
Augusta Lineolntcn, March 24,1838. wlf
LAW NOTICE.
TTT HE uedersigned having united in the praetie
Jl ol the LAW, offer their services to the public
They will attend the courts of Muscogee, .Marion,
Stew art, Randolph, Early, Baker, Lee and Sumter,
of the Chattahoochee Circuit; Houston, of the Flint
Circuit; ami Twiggs, Pulaski, Lowndes, Thomas,
Decatur and Dooly, of the Southern Circuit. Bu
siness entrusted to theireare will meet with prompt
attention. Fiteir othce is in Amencus, Sumter
county, where one of them mav always be found
when not absent on business.
LOTT WARREN,
oct 10 wtf WM H CRAWFORD.
14 QA NF.GIU7ES FOR sale.— I The aubwrl
-1 s£\J tier has just arrived from Petersburg, Vir
! ginia, With one hundred and twenty likely young ne
groes of both sexes, and every description, which he
offers for sale on the most reasonable terms. He
begs leave to make known to his friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has made Hamburg his place of
residence, and will be constantly supplied with ne
groes suitable for planters in this vicinity. Those
at a distance wanting to purchase, may at all times
depend on finding a large number of negroes on hand.
The lot now on hand consists of able bodied men,
plough bays, two first rate blacksmiths, several likely
and well qualified house servants of both sexes, sev
eral professed cooks, washers and ironers, several
women with children, small girls, suitable for nurses,
and several small boys without their mothers. Plan
ters and traders are earnestly requested to give the
subscriber a call previous to making purchases else
where, as he is enabled and will sell as cheap or
cheaper, than can be sold by any other person in the
trade. BENJAMIN DAVIS.
Hamburg, S. C., Sept. 28, 1838. ts
N. 11. —Also for sale, 1 wagon and four horses ; 1
wagon and 2 horses; 2 carryalls with horses ; 1 first
rate saddle horse, and 1 poncy.
CCj* The Columbia Telescope, Journal, Milledge
villc, Macon Messenger, and Columbus Enquirer, will
please copy the above for one month, and send their
. accounts to this office for payment.
17I0R SALE —A large and valuable Plantation,
" in the Cth district of Early county, on Spring
creek, and in the neighborhood of lands belonging
to Major Robert Taylor, of Athens. It contains
about Two Thousand acres ; six hundred and fifty
of which are under new,high and substantial fances.
About four hundred acres have been cultivated, and
on the remainder of that which is under fence, the
timber has been deadened and it would produce well
another year. The place has every necessary out
building, gin house, screw-pack, barn, corn houses,
stables, negro houses, &c. Ac., all large and commo
dious. It is the wish of the subscriber to sell with
the plantation, corn, fodder, stock of every descrip
tion, plantation utensils, See., negroes excepted.
A great bargain is offered in the above property!
it being 100 distant from my residence, is the reason
for desiring to dispose of it. The location of the
settlement indicates health, and up to this time, the
negroes employed upon it have enjoyed fine health.
Major Taylor knows the property, 'and will inform
any one respecting it —or information can be had by
application to me at Savannah,
nov O’ trw&wOw E. D. HUOUENIN.
The Columbus Enquirer will please publish
the above six times, and charge the same to this
office^
STOP THE MURDERERS I
Cti A AAA REWARD will be paid by theun
-IUUU dersigned for the apprehension of
JOHN S TEP and SOLOMON STEP, who murdered
Martin Fraley, Scn’r. on the Bth October, ult., near
Wolf’s Ferry, in Hardin county, Tenn.
John Step is about 20 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9
inches high,dark complection, dark eyes, black hair,
inclined to curl, and very low forehead. The middle
joint of the fore finger of his right hand is considera
bly enlarged, occasioned, it is supposedly a hurt.
Soi.omon Step is about 23 or 24 years of age, 15
feet 11 inches high, stout built, a little inclined to be
stoop shouldered, dark complexion, dark eyes, dark
hair, inclined to curl, and very high cheek bones. —
The bones of his right hand have been broken near
the middle of the palm, and occasion a considerable
ridge on the back of his hand.
The Steps formerly resided in the Cherokee coun
try, in Georgia, and it is thought they will either
make their way back to Georgia, or strike for Texas.
The above reward will be paid on their delivery
in Hardin county, Tennessee, or a proportionable re
ward for either. SALLY FRALEY,
HENDERSON G. FRALEY,
JACKSON FRALEY,
nov 8 SAMUEL LENOX 3t
JAILOR’S NOTICE.
WILL be sold at the lower market house in this
city, on the first Tuesday in December nc'xt,
(by order of Council,) a negro man who calls himself
John, says he belongs to William Daniel, and that ho
ranaway from him at Greensboro, Alabama ; lie is
forty-two or three years of age, five feet seven indies
high, dark complected, and to be sold to pay expenses
W. LAWSON, Jailor.
Augusta, October 30, 1838. td
VALUAHLETOVYN PROPERTY FOR
SALE.
THE subscribers offer for sale the following valu
b!c property in the flourishing town of Craw
fordville, to wit: three-fourths of an acre on the
north side of the public square, suitable for building
a tavern or a house of residence, or houses for vari
ous kinds of merchandise. This lot will be sold in
sizes to suit purchasers. One other vacant lot lying
north of the above, and on the north side of the
Georgia Rail Road, containing one acre, suitable for
a private residence. Also, one other lot on the prin
cipal street, two doors below the south-east corner
and next door above the tavern of Messrs. Scott &
Chaffin. This lot is perfectly prepared (having on it
an excellent store house) for selling goods. All the
above property will be sold low for cash.
J. H. B. SHACKELFORD & Co.
Apply to J. H. 11. Shackelford, and in case of ab
sence, to L. W. Shackelford, who Is our duly author
ised agent.
Crawfordville, Ga. November 1, 1838. wlm
]NDH SALE —The tract of land 2,200 acres, and
. Saw Min.,, known as the Boggy Gut Mills, 20
miles from Augusta, and miles South of Berzelia,
situated in Richmond county. There are three
streams on ttie place, either of which would carry
machinery, and one that will admit of a fall of 20
feet perpendicular—the whole combined, admits of
the finest water power in my knowledge.
Also, 1 mule team, 1 carry log, 50 to 80,000 feat
of Lumber, sawed and stacked, a great of it season
ed—il desired, could be put on the Georgia Hail
Road m a few days. Mr. John B. Palmer, the agent
for the place, will attend to either call,
nov 0 w4w SIMMONS CRAWFORD.
tijf C A REWARD.—A reward of fifty dollars
UJ »/ v/ will be paid to any person who will ap
piehend and deliver to the Sheriff or Jailor of Pulaski
county, a man by the name of MARION SIMS, who
has broke jail in Hartford, Pulaski county. Sims is
about forty or forty-five years of age, about six foot
or more high, is a man of dark complection and dark
hair, in stature tolerably well proportioned for his
age; lie has formerly been a citizen of North Caro
lina, and more recently from Lawrence county, in
this state; he lias a family in Pulaski county, at
this time. Sims has a blemish in one eye which de
prives him of sight, has a fellon on it which looks
white; lie has on examination large scars on his
hips, occasioned by lying on them in a long spoil of
sickness. He was confined in jail for stealing a ne
gro, and for a more full description of Sims’ villainy
1 leter the public to a piece in the Recorder and
Standard of Union, which lias been published for the
last six months over the signature of Bryant Johnson,
oct 31 ts SAMUEL B. WEBB, Jailor,
ff/’ Tlie Recorder and Standard of U.don will
publish the above untill otherwise directed.
WARR.ENTON ACADEMY.
rnilE Trustees of this institution are happy to
A state to the public that they have procured the
services of John Monaghan for the next year, who
will open the School on the first Monday in January
next. The reputation of Mr. Monaghan, the exer
tions of the Trustees now making and to be contin
ued, the health and accessibility of Warrenton, pre
sent strong claims to public attention and patronage.
All the branches of Academic and Collegiate instruc
tion will be taught. Terms of tuition and board
reasonable.
Trustees. —Henry Lockhart, William P. Butt
John Moore, S. W. Smyth, P. N. Maddux.
By order es the Board,
G. V. NEAL, Secretary.
. ort3l w9t
ULAND FOR SALE.
PWARDS of six hundred acres in Columbia
county, 14 miles West of Augusta, lying on
both sides of the public road leading to Wrightsboro
andin sight of the Georgia Rail Road, about one
hall of which is under fence and partly in cultiva
tion, with dwelling house, gin house, &c
Persons wishing to purchase, will please call and
view the premises. The terms will be made accom
modating. MARY WALKER.
oct27 w4t
INOI R months after date application will be
. made to the honorable the Justices of the Infe
nor Court of Burke county, while sitting for ordinary
purposes for leave to sell four hundred and ninety
acres of land, in originally Irwin, now Lowndes
count}-, known as No. five in the fifth district it be
ing the real estate ol Sardis E. Cross, late of Burke
S , ii. a d SS;*" d «
PHS - CROS ’- 4d,ni " i ’ te '»
oTtCK—There Will be oiW.l for sale on
Monday and Tuesday, the 17th and m day"
oi Deoemhor next, at the late residence of John
ford dec., in Gwinnett county, all the "
sonal property belonging to said deceased, consisting
of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, one set of Ulacksmiths tools
one large sett ot Plantation Tools. Corn Fodder’
Household ami Kitchen Furniture of various kinds’
and many other articles not enumerated. *
also,
There will he sold before the Court House door of
said county, on the Bth day of January next, within
the usual hours of sale, six Negroes belon»in»t„
said estate Frank, a boy 12 years old; Smith a
woman 22 years old, and her infant child; two
small girls and a small hoy about four years old
Terms made known on the day of sale
nov la wdt ANDREW* JOHNSON, Kx’r.
AGREEABLE to an ordci 7 "of the Honorable
senor Court of Burke county, when sitting for
ordinary purposes, will be sold on the first 'Tuesday
m February next, at the Court House door, in Wai
ker county, between the usual hours of sale a Lot
of Land, No. .0.5, 2Sth district, 3rd section, contain
ing 160 acres more or less, sold as the property of
11. J. Koe, deceased, for the benefit of the creditors
of said deceased. Terms on the day of sale
no ';>s A. 11. ROM, A^rn’r.
A fiBEEABLK to an order of the Honorable In-*
j V senor Court of Burke county, when sittingfoi
ordinary purposes, will be sold on the first Tuesday
in 1- ebruary next, at the Court House door, in the
town ot Waynesboro, between the usual hours of
sale, one half of two unimproved lots of Land in
said town, belonging to the estate of John J. Roe
deceased, sold for the benefit of the creditors of said"
deceased. Terms of sale on the day.
jiovja A. H. HOK, Adm’r.
A HRKKAHLK to an order of the Honorable Im
senor Court of Burke county,when sitting for
ordinary purposes, will be sold on the first Tuesday
m I ebruary next, at the Court House door, in the
town ot Waynesboro, between the usual hours of
sale, tuc following lands belonging to the estate of
Kleazcr Lewis, dec’d, four hundred acres, more or
less, where he lived, adjoining lands of Leaston
ivoo ’ ai l d , ot!lels > li!s °. 22dacres adjoining lands of
VV illiam Murphree, and others, also, 22.5 acres ad
joining lands of James Grubbs, and others, and 200
acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Daniel Hull
and others, sold for the benefit of the heirs and cre
ditors of said deceased. Terms of sale on the day
nov ]r > K. L. COWART, Exec’r.
Georgia, Burke county ; *
" f or(linar 'J, ¥ Burke county.
• Susannah Smith, Administatrix of
f V Benjamin Smith, dec’d., late of said county
has petitioned said Court, for lottcis dismissory ‘
These are therefore to cite and admonish’ all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said
deceased, to be and appear at my office, within the
time prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted
- nov 10 T. H. RLOTNT. D. C.
Georgia, Scriveu County:
TVTHKREAS Noah Freeman applies for letters
ft dismissory, on the estate of Kliza Oliver
dec., of Berivcn county. 1 llver >
These are therefore to cite, summon and admonish
all and smgularthe kindred and creditors of the said
deceased, to he and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any they
have, why said letters shall not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal at office this
12th day of November, 1838. ’
nov 15 JOSHUA PERRY, Clerk.
Georgia, Burke county : "
WHEREAS Josiah Lewis, applies for letters
of administration, de bonis non, on the estate
ui Sharp, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections (if any they have) at
my office, according to law. '
. r,i ™ n "nder my hand at office, in Waynesboro
tins Sth day of Nov. 183 S. ’
nov H. BLOUNT, D. C.
NOTICE. —All persons indebtedto Wm. Glover
late of Richmond county, deceased, arc re
quested to come forward and make payment, and
tiiose havi> g demands against the same are notified
to present them properly authenticated, within the
time prescribed by law. JOHN FOSTER,
Novemberl4, 1838. 6w Administrator.
Columbia county : ’
ll LULAS James Cartlidge, administrator,
5., , applies for letters dismissory on the estate
of Robert W. Walker, deceased.
I bese are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, Iho kindred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections, if any they have,
within the time prescribed by law, in my office, to
shew cause why said letters should not be granted
Given under my hand this 2d day ol June, 1833
GABRIEL JONES. Clerk.
Georgia, Columbia county:
James Cartlidge, administrator de
• » bonis non, applies lor letters dismissory on
the estate ol Adam W alker, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred ami creditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections, if any lliey hate,
within the lime prescribed by law, in my office,
to slww cause whj said letters should not he grunt
ed. Given under my hand and seal at office, this
2d day ol June, 1838.
GABRIEL JONES, Colnt.
Georgia, Scriveu county:
Court ol Ordinary—Present, their honors John S.
Rtevcs, Peter Reddick, Jefferson Roberts, and
Charles r. Stewart, Esjs.
Ni. Si. j u ]y OM, 1838.
I ON the application of Thomas H. Bnrna.ad
nunistrator ot VV illiam Gross, deceased, late of
Scriyen county, staling i hat he has fully admims- "
te rod sa d estate, and praying citation lor letters dis
missory. It is, on motion, ordered that the Clerk
do issue a citation, requiring nil persons to show
c iuse(il any they have) why the same shall not be
grmted ; and that the same be published once a
month lor six months.
A true extract from the minutes. Ju'y 10, 183
_ au g 4 ntfim JOSHUA PERRY,CIerk.
Georgia, Jefferson county;
WHEREAS Bryant Fulibrd, administrator ou
tile estate ui Seth Enson, lite of this coun
ty, deceased, applies for letters dismissory from
said estate.
1 hose are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to tile their objections, if any they have, in my of
fice, within the time prescribed by law, to shew
c mso why said letters of dismission should not bo
granted.
Given under my hand at office in Louisville, this
slh July, 1838. E. BOTHWELL, Clerk
J.-.ly 7
Georgia, Jefferson County:
VVfHEUEAS William L Kennedy, Abminis
» » trator ut John Kight, late of this county, de
ceased, applies for letters dismissory from said ad
ministration,
These are therefore to cite summon and admonish,
all and singular, tho kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to he and appear at my office within
the lime prescribed by Jaw, to shew cause, if any
they have, why said letters shall not bo granted
ottUmiVTs " 1 " 3, h “ nd 81 ofnCe ’ ln L-ixttisville, this
_Junetf EBENEZER BOTHWELL. Clerk.
Georgia, Burke county;
W Civility Bnnn, administratrix on
the cst ate of Moses Bunn, deceased, applies
lor letters ol dismission from said estate.
these are therefore to cite and admonish nil and
singular the kindred and creditors ofsaid dec’d to
be and appear at my office, within the lime prescrib
io, J- il"’’ 1 ?! 8 low i eause ’ H any they have, why said
letters should not be granted.
ti P'qo'l l \ n< ! er my hand, at offire in Waynesboro,
Hus 30 h July, 1838. By order of court,
a,1 = J 6rn T. H. BLOUNT, 1). Clerk.
Georgia,Jefferson county;
IA/HEUEAS Sherrod Arrington, administrator
~ on tlie estate of Joseph Lockhart, late of
said county, deeeased, applies lor letters of dismis
sion from said estate.
Iheseare therefore to cite, summon and admon
ish, a I and singular, the kindred and creditors ol
said deceased, to be and appear at my office withiA
he time prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any”
they have, why said letters should not ke granted
Given under my hand at office in Louisville, this
85th June, 1838.
June2B EBENEZER BOTHWELL, Clerk.
months after dale application will be
made to the honorable the inferior Court of
Columbia county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell lot No. 386, in the 12th dis
trictofthe Ist section, now Lumpkin count>, drawn
by the orphans of VV’illiam Lawrence, deceased, fur
Ithe benefit of said orphans.
ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, Guardian.
September fi, 1838. ni4ra