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AUGUSTA HERALD. 01. XXIII No. 12. National Work. PROPOSALS BY I JOSEPH M. SANDERSON, OF PHILADELPHIA. {.-Jfcr Publishing by Subscription , a Biography of the Signers to the MpDeclaratioa of Independence. BY JOJI.X SAXDERSOfrr. !hHiTIIEN wo consider the personal quali ilHP? ties of the Statesmen, who veins as JjajjLcia'.ed in the first Congress of the United lyHffltates, and whose names are affixed to the fpHVectaration of Independence, so perilous IBKBccasion winch demanded the -exercise of wisdom and deliberations, and the in- Muence of their councils on the interests of Mankind, we must acknowledge that very I tarely a more imposing and magnificent •pectacle has been exhibited to the world ; J*nd we shall seek in vain, in the annals of aidilations, for an event more worthy of com- Lgatemoration, or of being cherished forever JJJTn the hearts of a grateful and generous people. The love of Independence is in. ‘ ferwovens with the frame and constitution x the human mind. It is almost the first sen j timent that animates the infant’s features in i tflle cradle ; and amongst ail the actions and iVAuterprizes of man, none has awakened in jjßfco activity a grea'er exertion of the virlh ms (energies of his nature, none has excited a [mkreater warmth of veneration, and has more jjSsftmperious claims upon our gratitude, than gpw resistance to tyranny and political oppres- MM won. In tltose Republican States which have 'ft been the admiration of the world, the first U tribute of genius was paid to the patriot or fm hero, who promoted the cause of liberty Ee £'.d maintained the independence and dig. | nity of man. The animated canvas, and Hie j® breathing marble snatched Ms features from HI the grasp of death, anti the historian in j scribed his name and achievements in the raj imperishable records of fame. It would in | deed be no favorable pressage of the per »! peluity of our republican institutions, to i t discover an insensibility to the obligations ■ : we owe the memory of the illustrious pat rons of American freedom. They adva ic ; eJ us, by their magnanimity, from the itiglo j rious state of colonial subjection, and front the arbitrary dominion of a foreign power, if to the distinguished elevation of a suver eign and independent people ; they asser ed and maintained the imprescriptible right. [i of humanity, by the “ mutual pledge of T their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor j” and as long as virtue holds herem fi pire in the hearts of their successors, the example of these generous benefactors will not be lost to the world ; their names will not pass away, nor be forgotten ; or their glorious deeds be confounded in the com mon and carnal transactions of life. Ingra titude, is a vice, that in nations, as well as individuals, indicates the last degree of de generacy and corruption- It is a vice that implies the absence of every virtue ; it was in the age of Caligula, that the name of the Seipios was proscribed, and the statue of Brutus, brought death on its possessor. “ The glory of cur ancestors is the light of posterity,” and the homage of the living cannot be offered to the merits of the illus trious dead, with an ineffectual or sterile admiration. Great and splendid actions will seldom be achieved by men wuo have hum ble or ordinary objects in prospect. It is by contemplating the lives and characters of those who are marked out from the multi oude by their eminent qualities, that we he nome emulous of their virtues and their re gown. It is by reading the history of their tenerous and noble actions, that sympathy ic emotions are excited in the heart; and ty a reiteration of such feelings, that gran, beur of sentiment, dignity and elevation of character, and habits of virtue, are generat ed and confirmed. Lycurgus clad in ar mour the statues of the Gods, that even in their devotions the citizens of Sparta might have the image of war before their eyes ; observing well that the disposition of the mind, like a liinb of the body, y/as invigorat ed by exercise and activity, “He inter wove,” says Plutarch, “ the praise of virtue and the contempt of vice in all their pur suits and recreations, and by these arts they were possessed with a thirst of honor, an ntuusia u i bordering on insanity, and had not a wish for their country.” The trophies of Mdtiades interrupted the sleep of The mistocles, and Theseus in listening to the exploits of Hercules, was fired with hisspir it and became the successful rival of his fame. The uncultivated savage catches the flame of emulation from the deeds of his ancestors, and hangs his hut. with the em blems of his father’s valor. More need not to be said to enforce the utility of the publication we have underta ken, ami which we now submit to the pa- Sronage I our fellow-citizens- CONDITIONS. The "fork will be published in 8 volumes at intervals of six months, and delivered to Subscribers at §2 50 per volume, in boards. J 00 do bound in sheep, plain. 325 do do gilt. 3 50 do do in caif, plain. 3 C 2 do do in calf, gilt. It will contain upwards of 50'portraits, en a graved b) Mr. James B. Longacre, and sac 1 similies of the signatures, besides a number j of allegorical embelhsnmeuU. The paper ! and printing will be of the first quality, and : every exertion used to make it, as it should ; be, a Xutional Work. The first volume is now published, and submitted as a specimen of the work. Shcusd any of the succeeding ones prove inferior, Subscribers will be at liberty to withdraw heir names. May 13. "WANTED TO UIRK, AS a Narse, a NEGRO GIRL about 10 or 12 years of age- -For Particulars, apply at this tonce. May t)5 PROSPECTUS OT & i>a IN SIX BOOKS , ENTITLED better to 23c: By Joseph Eve. To be Piihlished in the City of Augusta Hie following extract from the “ Gkoru(a Advertiser,” will elucidate the principal and drift o the Poem “ The Poem is in S’X BOOKS, of from three to five hundred lines each. The author’s object seems to be to combat that erroneous sentiment which the melancholy speculations ot minds of gloomy sensibility have inculca ted, that the miseries of human life so far overbalance its enjoyments, that existence itself is not a blessing, or its continuance to be desired. Mr. Eve, in his Poem, attempts to show, and we believe pretty successfully, that tnere are sufficient grounds of comfort in all the diversified stations of life, sufficient sources of consolation in the midst of con victs and difficulties, to demonstrate the truth of the title he has chosen for hi* Po em, that it is “ Better to Be.” He endea vors to show, that Providence, in continu ing individuals in existence, forms a more accurate estunafe ot human happiness than those churlish beings do, who, in the midst ot countless blessings, can find nothing worth living for. Mr. Eve takes a survey k bf hu man life in all its stages—of science in all its , branches—of business in all its activity—of creation in all its sublimity arid beauty, ami .under various views, and many 'animated descriptions, he endeavors clearly to show, that the life of in an, with all its vicissitudes, has a balance of happiness greatly in its fa vor. The work, we are informed, will after a short time be put to press.” TERMS. Ihe above Poem will be printed or. very fine paper, and in an elegance of style not inferior to the handsomest northern publica j tions. It will be comprised in one volume, coo tatiiing about 2JD duodecimo pages. The price to Subscribers will he one dol lar half bound—or «ne dollar and a half lull bound in a superior style, payable on delive- I ry of the volume. <Cjf’ Every person who shall procure twelve subscribers, arid become answerable for the payment, will be entitled to an additional copy. lTj“ Hie Proposals for the above work, are left at the different Book Stores in this City j Augusta, November. List of Letters. Remaining in the Post-Office II ayiieaborougk, \ Ist. July, 1821. • A ’ l Charles Jones 2 Martha Aurburn, l Sarah Johnson, Thomas Alien, j Thaddeus Johnson, Buck Attaway, j 1, Jesse Attaway, Jun’r. j I'bomas Lane, John Alimond, j John Lambert, B ! M William By lies, l Thomas Mcßride, Jesse Burch, j Sophia E. lloore, William 1). Brown, \ Mary McNatt, John Ballard, j John Mnrpbey, • ’ Russel Bradley, 2 \ Juhn U. Moore, Beading D. Bryant, 31 N William Bfyant, 2 { Exmn Nelson, John Brown, ! p, Caleb Baxle, Esq. j John S. Porter, John Brinson, (Joseph Perry 2 John Brigham S: Co. \ John G. P.iilnil, C l Samuel I'. Pres coat, Samuel Cunningham,George Payson, James Cates, | Samuel Pears m, D j Henry A. Parris, Mr. Daniel, j Henry H. Parris, Daniel Dukes, l 11 Jesse H. Davus, j John Reynolds, Mathew Jlunn, j Uavia Reynolds, Christopher Daniel, j William Radicals, Leon P. Dogas, \ Lewis Rhodes, E | Wilson Royals, Robert Ervin, J S John Elliott, | Marks Stokes, 1' ( James Stringer, Elizabeth Flournoy, I William Sapp, Sen’r. Sarah Finny, * John S. Sbarabhng, Zachariuh L. Fryer, j Leuliug Spain, G j Clement Sharp, Thomas Glascock, t Thomas Scarborough, Win. or S. Godbu, ’ Patrick Sc ssms, Robert Gordon, j George Skinner, Gresham Green, Delila Smith 2, Righorn Hutchins, T i James Rickey, 1 Daniel Toler, I Lincey Heart, ;■ Daniel Thompson, Thomas Holton, ;• James Tedder, llloss Harvey, > W J j Thomas Wells, Moses Johnson, j Robert Wiiite. Samuel St urges, P. M. July 20 b Ads. iras»Ma.&<r BEGS leave to inform Ins Iriemls aid the public in general, that bis liealth being reinstated, he tenders them his services, in the practical Department pf Ins profession. He has opened his SHOP iri Eilis-Street, about thirty yards above its intersection by Washington-Street, it> the House lately ten- ! anted by Mr. Luke Keid, where he may al- i ; ways be found, when not called off, on I*ro -1 fessional Business. June 15. 100 6t I —— —— * ! VuNN&vnf iMagazme. I r holders of GuH-Fowdgr may take notice, that agreeably to the Ordinance of the Coy Council, regulating the Public .Magazine, the keeper of the same may at ell hoars .of every day jn the week (Sunday’s excepted) be fuund at the Court- House, ready to receive or deliver Powder. Lawrence L. Wilson, Keeper of the Magazine, Jape 19 m FRIDAY MORNING 1 , AUGUST 10, 1801. noiiMvr moxE, OFFERS FOR SALE, j Hhtls. k 100 Barrels P|ii- Itdftphid Whiikev, 20 Hilda. N. O. $• Mos. Sugars. 2003 Bushels Liverpool ground . S»B, ioo Sacks blown do SftOO Ills, prime S<»’;n. 5000 lbs. Square &, ij.it Iron, 40 II rrels Mtvekaret, No. 3. 1 oguiae Brandy $ Holland Gin, WliittemiKpa Cards, No. io, Jhid iv ill receive in a few Days, 150 Bags prime Green Coffee, 50 Barrels new .vlm-karel, packed tins Spring. No. 3. A lew Bundles prirtie Hoy 55 >OO. The above G 011-> are tillered low for Cash, or on a short credit for acceptances in town only until tlie Ist. of October next, and all remain ing on hand that diy, will positive ly -be sold at Auction. July 13 31 4 I'aiiw&imi Bathing Ebbs, very superior JL do. Roasters d>lfere*jt sizes. 1 do Seales with beams properly regulated > . ! do Bockeis, different sizes do L'otTee Pots do do I do Puns and Sauce Pans do c?o do Watering pots d«, do do Powder, Tea and Sugar Can uisteis, do Candle Sticks do Candle Boxes do Candle Moulds do Cheese T..asters, do Liquor Pumps, do Liquor Vleat.urCs do Graters, large, lor kitchen use do Nutmeg graters upou an im proved pi, l n do Cltu idcfTers, in sets of a su perior construction , do Sconces, au improved pay cm, do Cups, pint anil trail* pint, j do Spilling Botes do Lanterns, both large & small do Skimmers and LadWs do Citllei tiers * j do Scoops and -Funnels do Engines for lie purpose of watering G.tvrdcui. ka. do Pepper ami Drudging Boxes, Jo S.liuljuii Churns, do l'ninijie.ls lor hunters St stage drivers do Pudding Pans, Oj- any other article nr arti'.les in * the Tin-Plate Worker’s line, by Wholesale or lielail, will be fur uished at the shortest notice and the work well executed ou the most rea sonable terms, by applying at the store of John Hayles & Co. }o°* TIN GUTTEIiS forho- gnt, made and put up at short notice.— Apply as above. April 6 81 TYlli Svll SCYibEA* , Respectfully informs his friends and the public, that lie has received A NEAT ASSORTMENT OF naiw imxbqkv Suitable to his Line of Business, CONSISTING OF SUPERFINE Cloths, O Coronation Mixl Cassimeres, Black and Blue ditto Superfine Valencia Vestings, (en tirely new.) He has farmed a connection in Charleston, by whjoh means he will lways have un hand a constant sup ply of the newest GOODS & FASH ION S, direct from Loudon. Jaiqe.s Gordon, Tailor df Habit-Maker. IFasli ington-Street December 29. 53 THE HIGHEST PREMIUM GIVE Y EOH C\\av\tstoii Rmik. .Votes. By 8. Sf \l. Alien, Comer of Broad and +\ff. doth-Streets March 27 . ’?* AIOYSE, SUiX, Ornamental Painting, Glazing, Paper Hanging , Nfc. THE Subscriber anxious for Work is now ready to receive appli cations, having every necessary re commendation. Apply at this office for particulars. Charles A. Cox. i April 23 36 AND Commission Business . | The Subscriber*, - • Renew the-Affer of their services to their Friends in the above business. They continue at their .. , Ohl STAND or Broad-Street, • , AND THEIR ; WARE-HOUSES, AllE IN OOOD ORDER FOR TIIB RECEPTION OF COTTON ASTD BOOfiS Os every Description. They take this opportunity to re turn (hanks for favors herptoi'nre re ceived, and respectfully solicit the continuance of a portiou of public patronage. • A. Slaughter iSf C. Lahuzan. Jngustu, September 8 24t 21 t and .... , , . UomWvissiim Business, The-Subscriber having taken ale on the iV r are-House recently occu t putt by ‘ ' HOLUOMBE & TUcItER {Opposite Messrs, Sims Sf If’dliam* \ 'fe/’D-l' be. thankful to bis fiends f t and (lie public for a share ot their pilroiiage. Every attention will he paid to the interest-nf those who may favo! hint willi their buxi ness, wbeiher in reaeiviug and for warding sales and purchases of UoUon or of any descnpiiiiu—Mis WAIiE HOUriI fe # S LUKES are now rea dy for (hit reception of Cottou and Mercliaiidise. ~ R. Malone. ' Augusta, May 1. 88 tbr XiP — - —» * iuo feuUscriVirv, Ouit constantly be found at the Au gusta Commission AA\SLlifos HAJVGJU, From early Uli Ula, where aflcnds to the Pr.icHce df MEDf. 01 \E, Bleeding and Teeth extract ing in ?tore, at moderate terms, uud 1.0 servants iH half the usual rates as heretofore, which is worthy of notice. Virtkgs, U\ass,i)Us, Taiuts &c. &c. V/ill be received ou Commission, and prompt returns made' of all sales and every attention paid to the in terests «t* Eiis employers.. 1 6. O. Dunn. December 12 48 THE Prophecy ot Dante, a Poem by Lord Byron, Mary of Scotland, or the heir of Avetiei a Drama, founded, on the popular Novel of “ The Abbott.” Therese, the Orphan of Geneva, by John Howard Pay nr, Kiq. * Sergeant and Itaade’a Reports, 3 vola. 1 The House Surgeon and Physician, design cd for the use of families with Concise Directions, price gl, (O’ A fresh supply of AMES’ best Letter Paper, fur Sale at the Augusta Book-Sure, by W. J. HOBBY. July 3 3t 1 X YM BOOVSLft at Kenilworth, by % author of Waverly, die. Sf.c. Melinoutli, the Wanderer, by (he au thor of Bertram The Earthquake,a Tale, by the au thor of the Ayrshire Legatees, nr the C»*te>pondenee of the Pringle family.. The Angel of the World, a New Poem Blackwood’s Magazine, No. iS Just received and for sale, by & H. Ely, Who,keep constantly a large sup ply of Fools Cap and Letter Paper, and School Books, which will be sold to Country Merchants on tlie most advantageous terms. April 20 3t 83 {/“The person to whose cate a li.vY HUlifiK uus entrusted on Wednesday evening last, by a negro boy, will confer a favor on the sub scriber by leaving him at -Mr. Long street’s stables,-or Mr. N. Cashin’s Broad-»lteet, where all essences will be paid. William B. Steele. ! ■July 13. I [Whole. No. 13 SO. & Havfe this day received hv tho iteam Hnat, the Life of Gon *>rnl Grcone— Jackson on Fever No Fiction, a Narrative founded on Re cent and Interesting Paeta. —Arsn— A FBF.SH ASSORTMENT- OP SCHOOL BOOKS. FOR SALE At the A*ew-Fork Commission Book • btore. 1 Samuel Sturgcs, Agent. July i" 3t a AT ELY’S. TdE Village of M.iricndorpt, by Mis* Anna Maria Porter, - The Report of the Trial of Robert M. Good., wiri lor Manslaughter, Fanny with Additions, Woodward’s Literary Casket and Pocket Magazine of Classic and Polite Litera ture, No. 1, Blackwood’s Magazine, No. 16 and 17, North American Review, No. 31, EApinasse s Nisi Pruts, G.mid’s neiv edition improved, with Notes of Cases to the year 1850, V. I lullips a Evidence, new edition, improved to 1020, j Clotty on Bills, new edition, Chitty’s Pleadings, Clutiy’s Criminal Law, with the addition of vol.4ih, ' Code’s Surgical Anatomy. Family'.- Lectures on the Teeth 3r 98 U (Alins & Harnnvy, DF NE V XORK. Propose, publishing by Subscription, •***¥*• fV* kJpi-rtUNS OF THU Dk&ma tic works OF SHAKES - FARE, IN TWO iUzi-S, . Octavo and Duodecimo. CJ 1 l-.UEU IV PE Editions come strdngly recDiniiientied to the pubhe, particular, ly on account of Co#t'eotriess-coi,Se«utntly this modern invention w ill entirely d 0 away •the objection to American publications m that respect. . Such a work as Sit.«.Kt:srrMtk, perfectly ctvc ti out error, and otnerwise well exe, rated, together with the Adventitious cir. lumitances of ornament, needH little beside to insure a favourable reception from the friends of Literature, and of American en terprise. . The .Subscribers are htftfiorized to receive subscript’ons for the above, and assure their ti iendj, and the puolic /,'eusially, ih.it t-Jiey Witt TWI-. Iticiv b- sv « «irrtn>«wtA%nti*m 'fhoaq who may subscribe ; that tliey stiall lias been too t-equervtly the rase, be imtous ed Upon by works published by subscription ano in every case in which they are not sa ttshrd that the books, when delivered are aa good a, i epresented, tin y shall be Under no obligations to take them. I hey will be delivered early next fall • and at from g 2 to 5 [*r sett, lower than whiil the S I OKE retail price Will L»c for the Bame work. Persons wishing to be supplied with tie gant copies of the above celebrated works are requested to call and view the specU ovens of binding, Lc. at die atorc of J. & 11. Ely. June 8. 3t ua V ’rtd E\iteT \>pVua\. rIXIIE first volumes of the HU TEUPEIAD 1 or-MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER AND LADIES GAZE TIE, ended in April. The second volume has commenced, much im proved, and considerably enlarged, com prising eight quarto pages with a sheet of Music in every number, and is published semi-monthly, on Saturdays, at three dollars per annum, by JOHN R. PARKER. No. 2, M lk-Streo Bouton, May 5 97 Stolen. A SQUARE Breast-pin, being a Topaz JA. set in gold, and surrounded with nril hanls. The PIN upon close inspection will be perceived to liuve been soldered near the Hinge. A negro is suspected to have taken it, and as it is particularly valuable to •he loser, being the gift of a friend ; a handsome reward will be paid for its rcco very, if left at Allens, Lottery and Exchange Office. Jftly 6. O' Stolen on Wed new day night last, the following Articles, viz Ona fine linen ruffle Shirt, marked W. J, U. one common do. without ruffle, no mark, one striped Vest, one pair white Pantaloons, one pair thread blockings, two Towels, oi linen diaper table Cloth and one cliikl’-i calico Frock, A reward i f TEN DOLLARS will he raid for any information which will lead to the detection of the thief, and a reasonable compensation for the recovery of the articles. —Apply at this Office. July 13, O LOST —'A small, fina Gold, BREAST-PIN ; with a hue Topaz cc . lye, and chared Pordeze. The finder ly leaving it at the Herald Office, will-cot,f'ei a particular favour o ■ the owner, and will re. ceive a suitable reward if required. f • Jelv 27 8 4P fur 3© Uabks of London Porter* BEST QUALITY, Low for Cash, By 1. Thompson. July 20. 3t 6