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SAFA HI? A /f:— printed and published on Mondays and Thursdays ~y DOUGUKRTY and CAR MONT, on the Bay, nenr/i, opposite the ‘tlxchwe. VOL. 111. No. 51.] T E II M S OF TH.E PATBIOT and commercial advertiser. Term* of subscription are six jollap.s a yen—one half to be aid at the time of subscribing and he remainder at the expiration at it months—and all papers mill be mtinued until ordered to the rots nary Advertisements of no more ength than breadth are inserted at fl cents, far the first insertion , and ‘3 for each continuation. A li tral allowance rodl be made to hose who wish to advertise Inj the tear. Sheriff’s Sales. On the first Tuesday in June next WILL BE SOLD, lithe court-house in,/he county sf MTntosh , between the hours of ten and three o'clock , the fol lowing property, viz. DjNJfr tract of land, Ivina; in \JI Liberty county, containing 67 acres, more or less,bound d westward!** on Wm. Carr’s, outhwardly on marshes of north Jew-Port river. ALSO, Four likely Negroes, viz. hbersham. Jack, Maria, and Child; levied tn by virtue of RnTy executions, against tbe state of Samuel Hastings, dec. lointedout by the plaintilFs. ALSO, A likely dark bay horse; levi (l on as the property of William ..mmons, to satisfy an exeenti n;a favor of John U. Breton, flitited out bv the defendant. ALSO, A likely negro fellow named erry; levied on as the property if Abraham F. Powell, to *a. isfr an execution in favor of seen and Stilweil, pointed out i) - the plaintifi’s attorney. Conditions—Cash on the day ts sale. THEOD. MONTFORT, S. IVI. c. April 30. 43 1m Subscriptions Are Received at this Office FOR IlOFF's Edition of Domestic Medicine. (Row publishing in Charleston J To which are added, 01 serections on Diet , AND Advice to Mothers , % William Buchan, M. D. Fel low of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. As the Vaccination, or sere Pox, has become an impor tant Branch in the Medical Art, Edition will contain the best information on this head. Ihe Advice to Mothers, which be added, is a late producti’ 0n of this celebrated Physician. Price of Subscription, dollars. TO LEASE, for one or More Years. I HIC large and commodious , HOUSE, lately occupied fiMrs. J). air, as a Boat ding • l! Use, corner of Franklin square Bryan street. It contains ten 00 " ls ) has a good stable, and o fir necessary out buildings—For trns apply at this office, March 5 22 ts THE ’ PATRIOT A N D GOMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. Notice is hereby Given. THAT after tlie expiration of nine months from the date hereof, application will he made ! to the honorable the inferior couft. of Chatham county, for leave to null the following lots & 1 tacts of land, being the real es tate v ot fdrs. Barbary Wright, late ol the citv of .Savannah (wi dow) deceased, for the benefit of the heirs, viz. One lot in the city of Savannah; 60 feet in front, and 90 feet in depth, known bv the number 2. in Tythiug, ITeatlicote ward. ALSO, One lot in Yamacraw, known by the number 10, being 95 feet wide, and 100 feet in depth, bounded to the west on Farm street. AND ALSO, A tram of 100 acres of Land on Buck-Head, in Burke coun ty, adjoining Davis Austin, at the time of the original survey thereof Wm. WRIGHT, Adm’r. ELIZABETH GABLK,Adm’x April 9. 42 lam 9m NOTICE. IVTINE mouths after date, ap -1 plication will be made to the Justices of the Inferior Court, for leave to sell the half lot No. 3, Ist Tything, Anson Ward, belonging to the estate of James Whitelieid, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs. Th. WHITEFIELD, Ex'r. Jan. 1, 1807. 14 lam 9 m Notice is hereby Given, np JL HAT at. the expiration of nine months from the date hereof, application will be made to the Honourable the Inferior Court of Chatham County, for leave to fell the 101 l owing tracts of Land, be longing to the estate of James Doors, deceased, viz • Two hundred and Fifty a cres, old survey, situate, lying and being in Chatham Coun ty, bounded by Great Ogc chee river, land of Goldivire and land now of Joseph Well” cher, Esq.—The fame being for the benefit of the heirs arid creditors of the laid James Doors, deceased. THO’s. MILLS, Adm’r Savannah, Sept; 4, ißc6. NOTICE. Nine months after date, ap plication will be made to the honorable court of ordinary of Tatnal county for leave to fell atract of land containing 190 acres on the Altamahaw river in said county adjoining Mar tin Harden, alio 202 1-2 a cres in Wilkinlon County, in the second diflrift Lot No. tio, the property of John Sharp fen. deceased, to be fold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. JOHN SHARP, Administrator. Sept. 1. 85. FOR SALE, CHEAP FOR CASH, A HANDSOME YOUNG xla. MAKE, five years old— She draws well in a Chair, and has gone in the plough for some time.—Apply at this Office. March 23. 3 7 ts M O N D A Y, May if, 1807. ATTENTION! r TMIF. Subscriber offer* for X sale, the following Tracts of LAND, lying in Burke coun ty, viz. One. hundred acres of prime oak and hickory land, on Savan nah river, originally granted to John Kennedy. Two acres of first quality pine land, lying 011 the water:-, of Big Surefet-water, origi nally granted to James Barren, Two hundred and forty acres divided into three tracts, oak and hickory land, on Little Sweet water, granted to the heirs of William Wiilliams. The above land will be sold low for Cash or Negroes. n Apply at this office, or to THOMAS WALSH. March 23. 37 ts NOTICE. HP~ I j | ■A-.U"; •kV.Fs.I U'lT -'il TWO Runaway Negroes, one an African born, calls himself TOM, lie is a tall, slim fellow, between 25 and 3G years of age; tiio other a country born, calls himself PETER, a stout, well set. fellow, nearly the same age. Note—-These Negroes were advertised by Robert Powers, It's quire, late of MRntosh county, in a Charleston paper, (The Times) and in the Georgia Republican. The owner or owners can have them by applying to I . GAHVfN, East Florida, opposite the Town oj St. Alary's. Men tin’s Island,) „ March 19. \ ° Cfom gpjr* These Negroes were ad verfised nearly two years since. Four Dollars Reward. Absented herself a few days ago, a Mulatto Girl, named LUCY, about 14 or 15 years of age, has large eyes, and some Ringworms on her face— She is a • native of Virginia, but speaks good French. The above Reward will be paid to anv per son who will deliver her to tile Subscriber. JOSEPH CADET. Ab"H 6 . 4 I 4t 20 Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the Sub scriber, in Hancock county, near Sparta, two likely young Negro Men, 20 years of age, ü boat 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, names TOM Sr CHARLES.— Charles is stout & well made,when he goes to speak, holds his mouth open some time before he can ut ter a word, and then stutters un commonly bad while speaking. Tom is midling spare made, and has somewhat of a black skin I am apprehensive that tho above described Negroes will make to some sea port in order to take shipping. Any person that will appre hend the said negroes, and deli ver tin ni to the subscriber, or se cure them so lie gets them again, shall have the above Reward. SAMUEL SHY. April 16. 44 NOTICE. THE Subscriber forbids all persons, from this date, to give any credit on his account, without a written order from him. J: A. MO PRICE. April 18 43 PROSPECTUS Ofl -nwis and Clark’s tour to tbe Pacific Ocean, through the intevior f the continent of North America, performed bv order of the Government, cf the United Stales, during the years 1804, 1805 & 180 b. This work will be prepared by captain Meriwether Lewis, and will be divided into two parts, the whole comprised in Three Volumes, octavo, con tainining from four to five hundred pages, each; printed on good paper, and a fair Pica t\pe. The several vol umes in succession will be put to press at as early periods as the avocations of the author will permit him to prepare them for publication. Part the First—in Two Volumes. Volume first —Will contain a narrative of the voyage,with a description of some of the nfost remarkable places in those hi therto unknown wilds of Ame rica. accompanied by a Map of good size, ana embellished with h view of the great Cataract of the Missouri, the plan, cn a large sale, of the connected falls of that river, as also, of those of the falls, narrows and great ra pids of the Columbia, with their several portages. For the in formation of future voyagers, there will he added in the sequel of this volume, some observati ons and remarks on the naviga tion of the Missouri and Colum bia rivers, pointing out tire pre cautions which must necessarily he taken, in order to insure suc :es, together with an itinerancy of the most direct and practica ble route across the continent ot North America, from the con fluence of the Missouri and Mis sissipi rivers to the discharge of the Columbia into the Pacific ocean. Volume second —'Whatever properly appertains to geography’ - embracing a description ol the rivers, mountains, climate, -(til and face of the country; a view of the Indian nations distributed over that vast region, shewing their traditions, habits, manners, customs, national cha racter, s’ \- ture, complexions, dress, dwel lings, arms, and domestic uten sils, with Htanv other interesting particulars in relation to them— Also, observations and reflecti ons on the subjects of civilizing, governing, and maintaining a friendly intercourse with those naiions. A view of the fur trad* of North America, setting forth a plan for its extension, and shew ing iheinnnenseadvamayes which would accrue to tbe mercantile interests of the United .States, by combining the same with a direct O trade to the East Indies, through the continent of North America. This volume will be embellished with a number of plates, illustra tive of the dress and general ap pearance of such Indian nations as tidier materially from each other; of their habitations, their wea pons and habiliments used in war; then hunting and fishing appara tus, domestic utensils, ike. Jn an appendix there will also he gi ven a diary of the weather, kept with great attention throughout the whole of the voyage, shew” mg also the daily rise and fall of the principal water-courses winch were navigated in the course ol the same. Part the second — in one Volume. This part of the work will he confined exclusively to scientific research, and principally to ‘he natural history of those hitherto fV uoit Number y^t. j unknown regions. [t will ro”- : tain a full dissertation ’ subjects as have fallen notice of the author, and which mav properly be di r, ributed uij. dci the heads of botany, mineral ogv, and zoology, together with some strictures on the origin <>f d"’ Ptairit s, the cause of the mud djuess of the Missouri, of volca nic appearances, and natural nn<-- rionicna, which were Uh-t with hi ft lie course of tI.N ifuriratimj iDTii —This volume will also contain a. comparative view of twenty-three vocabularies of distinct Indian languages, procured by contains Lewis and Clark on the voyage, md will by ornamented and rm- Dellished with a much greater lumber of plates than wiil be be stowed on the first part, of the j work, as it is intended that every subject of nulnrai history which is entirely new, and of w inch there are’a considerable number, shall he accompanied by aft ap propriate engraving illustrative of it. This distribution of th* work has been made with a view to the accommodation of every descrip tion of readers, and is here offer ed to the patronage of the public in such shape, that all persons wishing to become subscribers, mav accommodate themselves with either of the parts, or the entire work, as it sbail be most coney,,jent to themselves. Detached from this work there will be published on a large scale, as soon as a sufficient numb- r of ) subscribers ran be obtained to de fray the ex pie nee, Lewis ti Clark’s MAP of NO RI h AMEBIC A. From hug. 9 deg. H'fb the Paci fic Or ran, anfrfitfyjtn 3b a eg. and S 2 N. hit. Embracing all their late disco veries, and that part of the conti nent heretofore the least known. This map will he compiled from the best naps now extant as well published as in manuscript, from the collective information of tbe best informed travellers through the various portions of that regi on, and corrected by a series of several hundred ct .estial obser vations, made by capl. Lewis du ring Ills late tour. 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