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TfTIfiTZZIZVfJJJ'FZ Th ”‘s’. diys “’ boughertv’ VOL. 111. No. 6 t.j T E It M S OF THE PA TRIOT and COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. firms of subscription arc six ollars a year —ant half to be ill A the time of subscribin'* and k remainder at the. expiration of r months —and aU papers will be finned until ordered to the con • •irf Advertisements of no more iglli than breadth are inserted at )mils, for the first insertion, and ffor each continuation. A li ral allowance will be made to ose who wish to advertise by the nr. Sheriff’s Sales, j t the first Tuesday in July I next WILL BE SOLD, like Court-house in the city of ‘ Savannah, between the hours of j 10 mid 3 o'clock. All that tract of hod, situate , lout two miles from Savannah i iDtaining 66 acres, being part of le Fairlawn tract. The above levied on and sold ithe property of I honias Nor. in, deceased. ‘ALSO, All that Lot in Ewinsburgh lumber tweiuv-five, and four ots in Savannah Number 15 in reen Ward, No. 22 in Elbert /aril St Nos. 5&10 in Franklin : Yard. Sold under a foreclosure a Mortgage, given oj. j.i... r. | ray to John Glass deceased, In j is lifetime, Terms Cash. Postponed trout June sales. T. ROBERTSON, S. C. C. j June 4. lm Sheriff’s Sales, it the First Tuesday in July next, WILL BE SOLD, like court-house in the city or Savannah, between the hours if 10 and 5 o'clock, ALL thofc bui'd*ngs and j uprovemenls, on the N. VV • j aif part of Lot No. —* Deck f Wa;d, belonging to the tirsof Philip Mints, deceated “formerly occupied and own dby Maurice LehifF. A fifty acre lot, known by its number 8, the boule at |r tscnt occupied by joleph irnold, in Anson Ward ed three lots, being part of a , ve acre lot,, adjoining the own, formerly belonging to , teeftate of John Currie, dec. sken under execution as the ,f operty of jofeph Arnold, at lefuits of Benjamin BulTy, nrviving copatttier and Benj. Mfy,jun. Postponed from June oales. T. ROBERTSON, S. C. C June 4. 55 Sheriff’s Sales. folke court-house in the aty of Savanna i, WILL BE SOLD, ■t the fret Tuesday iji July next hot No. 5, Moore l ytliiug b'oivid Ward,with the building, : all 'l .atpruvenuots ; taken in c-xe- Antio# as the .property of tiie cs o’ John Wt.reat, deceased, judgment in favor cl Owen's. • ostporieil from June sales- L ROBERTSON, 5.C.C. June 4. 53 THE PATRIOT AND COM ME R CIA LAD VE R TIS ER. Sheriff’s Sales. On the first Tuesday in ’July next between tiie hours of ten U ud three o'clock, WILL BE SOLD, At the Court house in the city of Savannah, All that plantation near Sayan, nah, known as No. 2, and part ot N->. t, it, Kaiilaivn tract, w,- taining J3g acres more* or less, adjoining lands of the la ! general Jackson ; foreclosed as the pro- I perty of .fames and Francis D. [.. j Homaca and others, to s.ctisrj a mortage due Richard M. ! William.. Pot-poned from June sales,- T. ROBERTSON, S. C. C. June 4. Sheriff’s Sales. ON the Jtrst Tuefd?y in July next, between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clofie Will he Bold, at ike Court..houfe in the city of Savannah. A negro man named Cupid; taken under sundry executions against 1 lie estate of Stephen Blount dec. Postponed from June Sales. T. ROBERTSON, a. c. c. | L’tr 4. 5 8 | Sheriff's Sales y On the first / uesday in August next, WILL BE SOLD, At the court-house in the town r j f..yi. ~.r , t> c?t tmutn Li/uriru , lit* tween the hou v s of ten and three o'clock, the following property, viz. YiM, Cudjoe, Frederick Will, j Jl Frank, Soinba, Violet, Juba, j Sere, Sally, Mary, Dierc. Ly dia, | Mama, Yamtna, Comtniasa, Qua- j shy, Mobita, Coely ami Cotniriis- ; sa; levied cn and soid as the pro- j perty of Mrs. Martha W. Night ingale, oti a Mortgage dulv fote ciosed in favor of Richard O’Dun ne I, 29ih May, iBO7. Condhi- Otis of sale C.'ur.h, D. G. JONES, S. C. C: June 3. 53 2m ! *Or ATTENTION ! ! -£$ r r'HF. PRINTERS of Savannah arc JL hereby notified that the Subfcrihcr wilt not pay any Bid rcndeied him, lor ADV/.RI I: EMf.N IS, pul) idled I'.y them, Liiltfj ttey produce hi, Lc.tr cf DirtSl.ont. \ D. G. JoNiiS. St. Mary's June 4. 5S ,m Now ir, Camden jail. j TWO Runaway Negroes, I one an African born, calls Iduiseif I TOM, he is a tail, slim fellow, | between 25 ami 30 years of ages j j the other a country born, calls 1 i himself PETER, a stout, well ! set fellow, nearly the same age. D.G. JONES, S. f. C. ! June 4. 58 if Note—These Negroes were ’ advertised by Robert Powers, l' s * | quire, late of M'intiwli county, in j a Chut ii-ston paper. (The 1 lines) and iu the Georgia Republican. j FOR SALE, At this Os re, . MIN IT! MS, C •*t\:> ! IT UT l- ON akb CIRCULAR j LETTER OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF Georgia B c.h tist s, j Convened on it! mm Eton, from the ml* to iiit* yth of D-c. JSO6, in< in:-t\u : i Wpl.an APPENDIX, I By UKNIt V HOI i OMBE, a.m. ‘Pastor rj the /lap! is’ Church in Cm a until. v> Pc ■ — iwch'C A a half cents M O N D A V, June 15 , 1807. | NOTICE . j r | MTE Subscriner forbids all 1 -1 persons, from this date, to give any credit on fiis account, without a written order front him. J. A. MORRICE. April JS 43 A PROPOSAL~ I RY WII.LI AIM V. BIRCK, & ABRAHAM bMAI.L, j Os the city of Philadelphia, j j For Publishing by Subscription, I | -1 A ew, Jn nesting, <tna Impor- I taut Work, called. Female JTwgraphy , OR MEMOIRS OF Illajlrioui and. Celebrated WOMEN, Os all ages and Countries, ]jy MARV HAYs. <*****• Subscriptions 1 eceived at this Office. subscriptions Received (it tins Os ice for LEWIS y CLARK’S FOUR to the Pacific Ocean, through the continent of North America, now preparing for I the press, by Capr. Aleriwe- j ther Lewis, in three volumes I oc*ayo. pol i ncs FOR F IRACERS A V ?> MECHANICS'. Proposals for publishing, bv WILLIAM DU A ,\ : E, No. 106, Market street Philadel phia ; TWO EDIT IONS OF POLI FlCb FOR FARMERS . A N D MECHANICS. Corrected and Enlarged. One edition shall be printed on super line paper, and deliver ed in hoards at 75 cents if 500 arc subscribed for, at 60 cents it” iouo, at 50 cents if 2000 copies; if required to be bound cents additional. The other shall be a cheap edition,, in the pamphlet form •—and the price shall be propor tioned to the number subscribed j for—twenty fi e cents a copy for j any number tinder iOOO —and 20 ( | cents tor any number above 2000 j ’ —ls cents lor any number a- | • bovc 3000 —61 the usual allov.’- j ; auce to book sellers. 1 Booksellers, printers ®; c.iun. 1 i try store keepers, throughout I ‘ the United States, art* desired to j . forward to iiie ntiroia cuuui, j soon as possible the number of ! each edition, they will subscribe I for. Both editions shall be put to I press, as soon as a sufficient’ j number of subscribers to either c-utuon is procured to pay the j e.'ipcnce cf printing. Fruiters of Republican news, j papers', throughout the union, / are requested to insert these pro posals and receive subscriptions \ those who advertise sh.di le- | ceivc copies of the pamphlet in j I payment. Cn. pniea who travel with J i books or other ;;ooL shall be I j furnished on good teinis. I Sub cripiicnx 1 cicued at this ; ( fine j May If -5 1 fit) Apprentices ’ Inrien ; lures for sale at this of ’ fri 0 | IiGV • PROSPECTUS Os Lewis and Clark’s tour to the Pacific Ocean, through the interior of the continent of North America, performed by order of the Government cl the United States, during the years 1804, 1805 & .130 G. .This work will he prepared by captain Meriwether Lewis, and will be divided into two parts, the whole comprised in T hred Volumes, octavo, con tair.ining from four to fiv< hundred pages, each; printed on good P :i per, and a fair Pica t \ pe. I’he 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—ill Two Volumes. Volume first —Will contain a narrative of the voyage,with a description of some of die most remarkable places in those hi tberto unknown \vild3 of Ame rica, accompanied by a Map of good size, and embellished with a view of the great Cataract of the Missouri, the plan, on a large scale, of the connected lulls 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 of future voyagers, there will he added in the sequel of this volume, some observati ons and remarks on the naviga ii/>n to. (\/T; ..... .—i ~w /j (V]um. but; vers, pointing out trie prV cautions which must necessarily be taken, in order to insure sue cess, together with an itinerancy of the most direct and practica ble route across die continent of 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, customs, nationaleh*acter, sta ture, couij)iexiot*i|Piies, dwel lings, arms, and amnestic uten sils, with many other interesting I particulars in relation to them Also, observations and reflecti ons on the subjects of civilizing, governing, and maintaining a meatfly intercourse witn those nations. A view of the fur trade ot North America, setting f’orui a piuii for its extension, and shew imr the immense advantages which would aocine 10 Ui- mv. •.. .1- interests oi the United -states, bv combining the s.mie with u direct j trade to tiie East indies, through : n i die continent ol North America. ! This volume will be embellished j with a number of plates, liiustra- J live ol the dress and general ap- j pearance of such Indian nations as I differ materially from each other; j of tlieir habitations, their wea- 1 pons and habiliments used iu war; j their huniiug and fishing apparu- ! Ins, lioiiiestic utensils, t kc. In an appendix there tv-ill also be gi u-ii a diary of the weadier, kept with ortat attention throughout tile whole of the voyage, shew” ,ug also the daily rise and fall of the principal water-courses winch wet e navigated ill this course oi t :u .same. Part the second —in one Volume. This part of the work will be confined exclusively to scientific ; rest arch, and principally to Wie ! natural history 01 i/.usc nidieitu i [Whole Number 261. j unknown regions. It will con | ,; d n a full dissertation on such j .subjects as have falLn within the , notice cl tiie author, and width niav properly be distributed un der tin* beads nt bournv, inineral °“. v s and zoologv, together with some strictures on the origin of t he Prairies, the cause of (he nimJ. uiucss c>f tire Missouri, of volca nic appearances, ami natural phe nomena, which were ui'-t wi.tli in ‘he course of t|,j s imercating t o ,, r riiis volutue will uho contain n comparative view pf tw enty-direo vocabularies of distinct Inuian languages, procured bv captains Lewis anti t’l,.rk on the voyage ami will be ornamented and ctn beiltshed with a much greater number of plates than will be be stowed on the fust part of die ” eii., as it is intended that every subject oi natural history which is entirely new, and ot which t.'ere. are a considerable number* shall be accompanied by an ap propiiau engraving illustrative of Tt.is dis'r bmioo of the work has been ip ,de with a view to the ucemninodaiioii .of every descrip tion of readers, untl is here offer ed to the patronage of the public in such shape, that all persons wishing to become subscribers. nnv accommodate themseß c wit.) either of the parrs, or the entire work, as it shall be most convenient to themselves. Detached limn tins work there will be published 011 a laige scale, as soon as a sufficient number of Wlrffie'ex hence, Lewis & ( lark’s MAP of NOR ME RICA.. From long ‘j de^Wu> tre Paci fic 0 can, and between 35 aeg’ and 5 2 N- lat. Embracing all their late disco. v ries, and that part (if tiie contr* uciit heretofore (he least known. J his map will be complied from the besi maps now extant as well published as in manuscript, from tbe collective information of die best informed travellers through the various portions of ihut regi on, and Corrected by a series of several hundred ccie.-.tial obser vations, made hy.capi, Lewis du ring Ins late tour. For the convenience of subscri bers, these works whl be dciivc-r ---->'d at the most respectable corn in’ rcial towns, and at.the seals of government of the reqwcuvai slate.,- and territories within tho union; No .advance is n (pored, nor will payment be required un til such dt-nvi 1 y ia ntadc. Knowing wtiut a considerable proportion of die expeace of sued publications depends on the en gravings winch embellish or Form • fieri*., .ml tu .c *ii. u . . . ber oi such engravings, panicu lufly as u regards die second pa r ( of tiie work, have not yet been settled.; it is difficult lor the author at this moment to fix a price on them—lie therefore declares u, the public, lunt his iu-te voyage was not taken with a .view to pe cuniary advantages, and pledges himself that the estimate which the will in this imanr.es set r.ll ins literary labours,'l a'd be < fil e most moderate description; his princi pal reason indeed tor proposing a subscription at all, is, that he ruay be enable,l to form some es timate or the number of eop.'c to ie struck oil'. *** Editors ut Public Prints in ti e United States, di-posed to aid the publication of tins woik, arc requested ‘O give tne i,.r, going < lew in soft ions riliCTtll s Blank ‘Titles Per fuU a- t’.is Os e.