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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