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SAf Aif If AH PRINTED AMO published on Mondays and Thuasdays by DOUGHERTY and CAKMONT, on the Bay, nearly ophite the Exchange. VOL. 111. No. 53.] T E II M S OF THE PATRIOT and SOMMERCIAL advertiser. Terms of subscription are si x ilars a year—one half to be ‘\iatlhe time of subscribing and > remainder at the expiration of months —and alt papers will be itinucd until ordered to the corn *)• . Advertisements oj no snore Utk than breadth are inserted at cents , for the first insertion, and for each continuation. A h rd allowance will be made to who wish to advertise by the ox. ” NEW-YORK ands SAVANNAH, s S BOOT tC SHOE STORE. \ Just Received, Per brig Luna, I HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF Boots and Shoes, viz iir top back strap Boots, lain do do. aivarrow do. lens fine Shoes and Pumps, ovs do do. adies Silk, Sattin, Velvet, Kid, 6 morocco Slippers, lisses Slippers & Childrens Shoes, c. &c. ihicli in addition to their former ppiies, makes their assortment 7 extensive, which are offered reduced prices, on die Bay, tarly opposite the Exchange. A. SCRIBNER &’ :C. April 27, 47 ~~ NOTICE. PHE Partnership of D. TOR. J- PY & Cos. is this day dissolv ■ljby mutual consent—They re est all those indebted to tiiem, “make immediate payment, o berivise suits will be commenced gainst them without discrimuia icn. I). TOKPY lay 11. W. THOMSON Aezv Drug and Medicine Store, the Ray, opposite the Ex change, next door to Mr. A. Scribner. Dr J. B. Berthelot, RESPECTFULLY informs A. his friends and the public, •tat be has just received a com- F'e and handsome assortment c l all kinds of Drugs, Patent and o ther Medicine, And intends keeping a Stock of Ita best and freshest Article* in “isiine; wholesale and retail, on reasonable terms—Orders for Kipping and for the country, put 611 the lowest terms. Re offers his services as a PHYSICIAN, and from liis long practice in the Art, hopes to Kset with success in the cures he undertake—Fie is in posses s'°n°f a special remedy against tney eal Complaints, winch re fures no regimen of diet, and ” l!c h may be taken at any time “aatever, without any danger 0 accidents. He also possesses ll j. excellent Eye-Water, of tch the great efficacy has been K successfully experienced in Bt. umiiigo, that he could not an* “ er the demands for it there. i,la, J 11: 51 tit THE PATRIOT AND COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. Sheriff’s Sales. On the first Tuesday in June next WILL BE SOLD, At the court-house in the county of Mlnlosh, between the hours of ten and three o'clock, the fol lowing property , viz. ONE tract of lared, lying in Liberty county, containing 187 acres, more or less, bound ed westwardly on Wn. Carr’s, southwardly on marshes of north New-Port river. ALSO, Four likely Negroes, viz. Habersham, Jack, ftlaria, and Child; levied on by virtue of sundry executions, against the estate of Samuel Hastings, dec. pointed out by the plaintiffs, ALSO, A likely dark bay horse,- levi ed on as the property of William Timmons, to satisfy an executi on in favor of John H. Breton, pointed out by the defendant. ALSO, A likely negro fellow named Jerry; levied on as the property of Abraham F. Powell, to sa. tisfy an execution in favor of Keen and Stilwell, pointed out by the plaintiff’s attorney. Conditions—Cash on the day of sale. THEOD. MQNTFORT, S. M. C. April 30. 48 lm Notice is hereby Given. THAT alter the expiration of nine months from the date hereof, application will be made to the honorable the inferior court of Chatham county, for leave to sell the following lots & tracts of land, being the real es tate of Mrs. Barbary Wright, late of the city of Savannah (wi dow) deceased, for the benefit of the heirs, viz. One lot in the ci>y of Savannah; 60 feet in front, and 90 feet in depth, known by the number 2. in Tything, Heathcote ward. ALSO, One lot in Yamacraw, known by the number 10, being 94 feet wide, and 100 feet in depth, bounded to the west on Farm street. AND ALSO, A tract of 100 acres of Land on Buck-Head, in Burke coun ty, adjoining Davis Austin, at the time of the original survey thereof Wm. WRIfIJJT, Adm’r. ELIZABETH GABLE, Adm’x April 9. 42 lam 9m Subscriptions Received at this Office for LEWIb CLARK’S TOUR to the Pacific Ocean, through the continent ofNorth America, now preparing for the Press, by Capt. Meriwe ther Lewis, in three volumes octavo, A Young Man , Lately from the Welt-In dies, wishes a situation as SUPERCARGO , to the We.t- Indies, or any port of Europe— A line directed to G. L. and left at this Office, will be immediate ly attended to. April 3o- 48 ts NOTICE. r T' , HE SubscriDcr forbids all JL persons, from this date, to give any credit on Ins account, without a written order from him. J: A. MO It RICK. April 13 43 M O M D A Y, May iB, 1807. T,O LEASE, Tor one or More Years. r pilE large and commodious JL HOUSE, lately occupied by Mrs. Blair, as a Boarding House, corner of Franklin square and Bryan street. It'contanis ten rooms, has a good stable, and o ther necessary out buildings—For terms apply at this office, March 5. 32 ts Administrator’s Sales. Will be sold , on Thursday the 21st. day of May next, in front of the Exchange, Savannah. Eight negroes, belong ing to the estae of Sebastian Blache deceased, viz. Adam, Peter, Milly, Minds, Zeal, Fraus wav, David and J, Sale to commence at 11 o’clock, A. M. Conditions Cash before deliverv. A. BLACHE, Adm'r. April 10. 43 6t NOTICE. Igimui-.i, . 1 .j?*’-, % - P%3g] TWO Runaway Negroes, one an African born, calls himself TOM, he is a tall, slim fellow, between 25 and 30 years of age; the other a country born, calls himself PETER, a stout, well set fellow, nearly the same age. Note—These Negroes were advertised by Robert Powers, Es. quire, late of M‘intosh county, in a Charleston paper, (The Times) and in the Georgia Republican. The owner or owners can have them by applying to D. GARVIN, East Florida, opposite the Town oj St. Mary's. Martin's Island, \ ~ 1 > u e m March 19. ) iff” These Negroes were ad vertised nearly two years since. Subscriptions Arc Received at this Os ice FOR IIOPF's Edition of Domestic Medicine. (Now publishing in Charleston ) To ivlnch are added , Observations on Diet , AND Advice to Mothers , By William Buchan, M. I). Fel low of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. the Vaccination, or Cow-Pox, has become an impor tant Branch in the Medical Art, this Edition will contain the Dost information on this head. ‘I he Advice to Mothers, which will be added, is a fate product!” on of this celebrated Physician. Price of Subscription, three dollars. Notice is hereby Given. ’’THAT at the expiration of X nine mouths from the date hereof, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Chatham County, for h ave to sell the following ‘Tract of LAND in the County of Bui leek, containing five hundred acres, adjoining land ofl 7 . Rest er, for the benefit of the heirs & Creditors of John A. Eiiick. MARY El RICK, Adm'j. April 6. 41 1 nail y in. PROSPECTUS Of LF.wis.and Clark’s tour to the Pacific Ocean, through trie interior of the continent of North America, performed by order of the Government of the United States, during the years 1804, 1805 & 1806. This woik will he 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 type. The several vol umes in succession will be to press at as early periods as the avocations of the author will permit him to prepare them for publication. Fart the First—in Two Volumes. Volume first —Will contain a narrative of the voyage,with a description of some of the most remarkable places in those hi therto unknown wilds of Ame rica, accompanied by a Map of good size, ana embellished with a view of the great Cataract of the Missouri, the plan, on a large scale, of the connected falls of tha'. river, as also, of those of the falls, narrows and great ra pids of the Columbia, with their several portages. For the in formation ol future voyagers, there will be added in the sequel of this volume, some observati ons and remaiks on the naviga tionof the Missouri and Colum bia rivers, pointing out the pre camions which must necessarily be taken,in order to insure suc cess, together with an itinerancy of the most direct and practica ble route across the continent oi 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 of the rivers, mountains, climate, soil and face of the country; a view of the Indian nations distributed over that vast region, shewing their traditions, habits, manners, 1 custom--, national character, sta j tore. Txion-, dress, dwel ling : domestic uteu s; , w other interesting pari;ct. • relation to them— ! Also, < Oji ‘ .ations and refleeti j ons on the subjects of civilizing, I governing, and maintaining a j triend ly intercourse with tiiose ] nations. A view of the tur trade j ol North America, setting forth a plan for its extension, and shew ing the immense advantages which .. • o would accrue to the mercantile interests of the United Mates, by combining die s-tnie with a direct trade to me East Indies, through the continent ol North America. ! Tim volume will be embellished ! with a number of plates, illustra tive ut the dress and general ap” pearauce ot such Indian nations as differ materially from each other; of their habitations, their wea pons at.d habiliments used in war; j iheir hunting and fishing appara- ; tus, domestic utensils, ixc. In • an appendix there will also be gi ven a Diary of the weather, kepi with great attention throughout (he wools of the voyage, show ng aLo the daily rise and fall ui me principal water couiscs which were navigated in the course ir. the same. Part the second — in one Volume. This part of tite work will (,e confined exclusively to scientific research, and principally to m, natural history of those hitherto [Whole Number 253. I unknown regions. It will con- I tain a lull dissertation on such subjects as have fallen within the notice of the author, and which may properly be distributed un der the heads of botauv, mineral ogv, and zoology, together with some strictures on the origin of the Prairies, the cause ot die nutd diness of the Missouri, of volca nic appearances, and natural phe nomena, which were met with in the course of this interesting tour —This volume will also contain a comparative view of twenty-three vocabularies of distinct Indian languages, procured by captains Lewis and Clark on die vovage, and will he ornamented and em bellished with a much greater number of plates than will ‘ be be stowed on the first part of the work, as it ij intended that every subject of natural history which is entirely new, and of which there are a considf/able number, shall be accompanied by an ap propriate engraving illustrative of it. This distribution of the 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* may accommodate themselves with either of the parts, or the entire work, as it shall be most convenient to themselves. Detached from this work there will be published on a large scale, as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers can be obtained to de* fray the expence, Lewis & Clark’s MAP of NOR TH AMERICA. From long. 9 deg. IV t 0 the Paci fic Ocean, andbetiujjk 36 deg. and 52 N. lat. . _ CM Embracing ail their late disco veries, anu that part of the contw nenr heretofore the least known. I his map will be compiled from the best maps now extant as well published as in manuscript, front the collective information of the bust informed travellers through the various portions of that regi on, and corrected by a series of several hundred celestial obser vations, made by capt. Lewis du ring Ins late tour. for the convenience of subscri bers, these works will be deliver ed at the most respectable com mercial towns, and at the seats of government oi the respective state.v and territories within the union; No advance is required, nor will payment be required uti •R >!|( 11 deliveiy is made. Aowtng that a considerable proportion of the expence ol such publications depends on the en gravings which embellish or form them, and that the precise num ber ot such engravings, particu larly as it regards Ihe second part of the work, have not yet been settled: it is difficult for the author at this moment to fix a price ou them—lie therefore declares lo the public, that Ins late voyage was not taken with a view to pe cuniary advantages, and pledges himself that the estimate which lie will in tins instance scl on Ins iterary labours,shall be ot tl e mo t moderate description; his princi pal reason indeed tor proposing a subscription at all, i., Mint lie may be enabled to form some es* innate of lit, number ol copies o be struck off. Editors of Public Prints in tht; United States, (11-pOsed to aid die publication of tins work, ate requested 10 give the foregoing a uu insertions. D ank Manifests &c. Tor Sale at ihis of.ee.