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K Vv vs v I nil- ii ■"■■■ THE SUBSCRIBERS. , Bate Just .Received <S)n T> UNC HEONS high proof Old t£\J Jamaica Hum, 15 Puncheons and SO Barrels N. E. Rum, 25 Hfids. Good 5 Boxes llavanna White Sugar, 80 Bags P/ime Gieea Coffee, 150 Pieces Best Inverness Cotton Bag ging. Beet Cognac Brandy, 1 Q n Ditto Holland Gin, V jj rn ft - Do. S. Madeira Wine, j J Ground(|pud AUum Salt, Bar iron and Share Moulds, 500 S*tts Waggon Boxes, assorted, 50 Keg;* Cut Nails, ditto, 50 1 learns Wrapping Paper. They have also on hand, a Gen eral Assortment of DRY GOODS, turn h WARE Sf CVTLEKF, Ah of which will be sold low fur Cash,: Prmlufte, or approved Town Paper, on aj short credit, at the former stand of J. Carmichael. W illiam 0. Ware, & co. * July 2T | NOTICE. 88. STOUTENBURG is fully 9 authorized to act as my Attorney during my absence from Augusta. John Miller. May 3. ts To Architects- PERSONS disposed to undertake the building of a Steeple to Christ Chuch in Augusta, are requested to send in their proposals to the Trustees without delay. An estimate of tire whole'Costis.request ed; to be built in conformity to a draft 1 now in possession of the Board—-or it the Artist should prefer a 1 different plan he is ; requested to furnish one with his propo sals. The cash will be paid by the Trust, when the work is completed, and if ne-. cessary, advances will be made as the work progresses. By order of the Board of Trustees. • J. HutchifUon, chairman. July 16. tt NOTICE. ALL those indebted to the late firm of Messrs. JAMES A. BLACK, & Co. are requested to call-ami settle their accounts with Messrs. A. Btigg, & Co. who are fully authorizei to settle the business of the said firm. John Tanner. June 28. ts To Rent, •3 House and Lot in the upper square on Broyd-street. IT is considered one of the best stands in theclty for purchasing Cotton, and is also well calculated for a Grocery and Dry Good Establishment. Possession; will be given on the first of October next.; For terras apply to- ' Benjamin Sims, i July 9. ts \ Tin Plate Worker. Richard Andrews, Lately from Europe. MESPRCTFULLY informs the citi t zens of Augusta and its vicinity that helms now ou hand, (North side of Broad Street, four doors above the Mar ket) a large assortment of Tin Ware , Os his own manufacturing, and he hopes by Ins personal attendance to merit the' patronage of a liberal anil discerning pub lic. He lias on hand Shower ami Slipper , Ruths , which from their known utility need no recommendation-—He will also in the course of a few days have manufac tured and for sale, the justly celebrated TOE TABLE FIRE ENGINES winch from their construction can be placed in any part of the! house, and their useful ness will not be doubted by any on exam ination—(Vdors for Conductors, Gutters. &- ■. muaipt,* attended to and at short no , tice— Fine Plated and other Ware neat ly repaired. i N. B Wanted two or three Jo a mer men, and three active lads as Apprenti ces. August 9.. wSw 50 Dollars Reward ABSCONDED from the subscriber on or about the 20th of June last, a boy named DONUM, he is about 5 feet 6,0 r 7 inches high," white clouded and freckled in the fact —his hair is light coloured and very curfey—he was born in Wilmington, Noi th-Cafoliua—to is very probable he will change bis name pnd endeavor to pass for a free man The above reward aiul all reasonable ex penses will be paid to any person who will deliver Kim to the subscriber in Washington couutv, Alabaina.Territory, A or •hirty Dollars if secured in any gad 80 * , him-agaln. 4! James M. Tindeil. I Augusts. ■' BA'’-/ ffiwfoiS T' • •■'r.tfcr r *• i- v -if -A i - - - UNITED STATES. EHOM THE NEW-YORK GAZETTE. A PEEP INTo' FUTURITY. After perusing the translations, which we have laid before the public from the work of M. De Pradt, in relation to the Spanish American colonies, the reader (says the intelligencer) will doubtless not be displeased with the opportunity, which we now afford him, of learning the thoughts of that writer with regard to our own country. In his thirtieth chap ter he asks, what will become of the U nited States'/ and then proceeds— The United States have been free and independent for 34 years,* and they have made great acquisitions in territory, in ■ population, and in wealth. Their growth has been extremely rapid; they embrace an immense surface: and the principle or spring which produces this increase,still continues in full vigour: in a word,such hao been their progress, that history pre sents noting equal to it among so young a people, either in ancient or modern i, times. ; It cannot, therefore, be otherwise than interesting to investigate the probable ; consequences of their advancement. At the first glance, the leading effect, of the prosperity of the United States would appear to be, a tendency to divide the whole of America into two parts, one of which, that of the north, will bear the same character as the flnited States and that of the inhabitants of the north of Eu rope; and the other will preserve the characteristics of Spaniards and those of the people of the south. Canada and Acadie (or Nova Scotia) partake of the manners of the English. The United States themselves are an England in America, and even some thing more than England; for, instituted later than her, they have been able, by taking advantage ot the lights of their age, to erect themselves upon a better founda tion thanathat of England, although the best in Europe, but which was the result of times less enlightened than those in which the United States were founded. This great northern division of America will, therefore, act under the influence of the customs and the civilization of the people of the north of Europe. On the other hand, all the second divison, peop led from the southern parts of Europe, will remain under the influence of the manners of the south of Europe.—The dominion will be changed, but their cus toms and manners will remain; and, in the end, it is manners and customs that fix the destinies of nations. America then, will divided into two zones of man ners, morals and customs, as Europe is divided into two'iones of climate, of man ners and of religion. Since the year 1778, the territory of the United States has quadrupled, the population has increased three-fold, their commerce and navigation have multipli ed still more considerably; the American flag is to be found every where. Except that ofEngland. it asserts a pre-eminence over the flags of all other nations of Eu rope, even in their own ports. This is a real encroachment. The population of the United States, on the Ist of October, 1816, amounted to, Whites j- ' 7,000,000 Blacksf 1,650,000 Their exportations, which in 1794, were only £33,026,128 Amounted, in 1816, to 101,536,960 Their merchant vessels to 12,000 Their revenue to §25,000,000 Theirannualcxpcnditure to 19,500,000 Surplus, 5,500,000 If a liUle more than thirty-six years have sufficed to produce this result, what will it be at the end of one hundred, or of two hundred years? For America the future is incalculable; she is evidently destined to" change die face of the world. Following the calculations of Franklin , —calculations which have been realized -r-the population of the United States ! ought to double every 22 years. Let an estimate be made, if possible, of the ef fects of a few periods of this progression;: it must he reckoned by hundreds of mil lions ofmen. (1] Nothing can resist it; Jhe circumstances which created the first million will create the last, and these circumstances are, the ease with which subsistence is obtained, and the occupa tions of commerce and industry, which * M. lie Pradt reckons from the peace of of 1782—3; — I'raiisltdor. f The total of the population of the U. States in the year 1810, according to the census of that period, amounted to 7,239-903. M. De Pradt allows, there fore, fertile increase of six years, 1,440- 097- This estimate is, we think rather under, than over, rated.— Translator. [ll Table of the probable increase of population in the United during a period of 60 years, which is equal to two gene rations. In 1817, 8,650.000 souls 1840, 17,300,000 1864, 54,600,000 1885, 69,300,000 Continuing this es timate we should find in 1919 138,400,000 Or, four filths of the population ofEurope. 1 The annual increase of whites is about 1 210,000, accruing solely from internal • causes;lor emigration? produce to theJX 1 scarcely 4.000 Souls yearly, and nearly an equal number leavVthecountry, to go and establish themselves in Canada or elsewhere, ’ <■ 4c.' " i'll • S'* 1 • ~*S|* '•.. ..-*;? <>, '"'•’fir*' " will augment for them those productions which will benefit all the nations of the globe. By the laws of communication established between them, every advan tage which each one acquires, will be come common to all the rest. Thus," when independence has vivified Spanish America the United States, will associate themselves to her prosperity, by taking part in her commerce, and will direct to wards that section of the American con tinent thousands of vessels, which are excluded by its present state of depend ence. For example the more that Russia prospers, the more the United Stales will convey thither and bring from thence, abd they will prosper with her. It is this action and reaction, this flux and reflux, of relations and exchanges which multiply the activity, and by that means, the population and riches of a country. The United States, therefore, will profit of the prosperity of the world at large, and will know how to turn it to account. The source of her grpvvth, as is seen, is great and abundant. If the world has found it difficult to sustain the weight of eighteen millions of Englishmen, seeking every where for poweras the means of securing commerce and pursuing commerce as the means of securing power, what will it do under the burden of an indefinite number of Ameri cans, put in motion by the same motives, pi aced beyond the sphere of those dis heartening obstacles which prevail in Europe, and thus freed, in a great mea sure, frpm the leading strings, or ftom ideas which restrain the development of enterprize among the Europeans? The American is notan American of Ameri ca, but an American of England; an En glishman pure and verified, who retains in removing from his country, the cour age, the spirit, the activity, the aptitude for labour—and for those affairs which in Europe, distinguish the- blood from which he sprung. The American is di rected by instinct towards the ocean; to wards commerce and navigation; and it is there he will open for himself a grand career, he has yielded to the native im pulses of his blood, which carry him to wards every maritime and commercial occupation. What has been said of the Hollanders may be said of the Americans •—■“Let commerce augment and it witl increase the Dutchmen.” The U. States have acquired Louisi ana: they have extended themselves pro digiously beyond the Apalachian moun tains, and stretch towards the coast of the south sea. On tire north their esta blishments flank Mexico: it is not to be doubted that they will endeavour to push the frontiers of Louisiana to the great river del Norte. When England pos sessed the U. States, she was careful to join to them Acadie (or Nova Scotia) by the peace of Utrecht, in 1713; and Flo rida by that of 1760. By this double an nexation, England completed the occu pation of all the eastern shores of Ame rica, from the gulph of Mexico-to the ri ver St. Lawrence, and at the same period she gained the dominion over Canada.— She thus removed the inconvenience of leaving, upon the two extremities of her colonies, the possessions of a foreign power or an enemy: she re-united these two arms to the United States, and ful filled the design traced out by nature. The same plan will not escape the vigilance of the United States. They have already to occupy. the Flori das; and with respect to Acadie (or Nova Scotia) ami Canada, the U. States always keep in view two things—thrir separation from England by independence, or by conquest. The slender population of the U. States has .hitherto preserved these possessions; but when its increase shall have placed at their doors an enormous mass of American citizens, how will En gland defend herself against them? The day on which the U. States shall be able to set on foot an army of fifty thousand men, Acadie (Nova bcotia) and Canada will cease to belong to the English. These latter will find themselves with respect to the Americans, in a situation similar to that which in former days, they found themselves with regard to Fiance. The English will be in Canada as they were in France, whilst they retained posses sion of Guiennc or Normandy; as (he Swedes were in Finland, after the foun dation of St. Petersburg; but with this difference, that Guicmic and Finland are situated at no great distance from Eng land and Sweden, whilst the U. States are adjacent to Canada, and England is' a thousand leagues oft'. We must add to this first consideration that of the relative expense which a war would occasion to the two countries; it is obvious that every war in America, in Canada, will cost England inlinitly more than it would the United States. It would bo matter of curiosity to ascer tain what the last Canadian war costthe British government. It is,'then, demonstrated, that the U. StateVof American confederation, will govern all the north of America. In this condition, what will become of them. Will they remain United and re publican? Are they destined to falsify the principles of antiquity, which assign a period t 6 the existence of all republics of such immense extent? —*• ' T Viii.i THE persoy who has hi posses sion the plan of :the town of Summer ville, will confer a favor bn the subscri her-by returning it tn him.—The plan al luded to was made on parchment, by Levin Wales, Tisq. , George Walton. August 13. ts Townsend’s Camion We hate read tlie following letter with much satisfaction ; ami presume it will afford similar satisfaction to cV,cry other friend of American manufactures.— Col. Newcoho, July 22. Mr. Editoi —The number of manu facturing establishments that have per ished since the last war has greatly blunt ed the keen interest which the public formerly seemed to feel in such institu tions. The few which have survived the • shock of peace, and the unfoiseen com petition which arose from the accumula tion of English manufactured articles, are likely to prove permanent; of these * none so deeply concern the people as those which are necessary to government in time of war, I shall make no apology therefore, in offering to you this account of one which is likely to prove of lasting utility"tb the government of the United States. About one mile south of Newburgh and live miles south of the gorge of the • Highlands, a small stream called Cham bers’ creek empties itself into the Hud son. During the late war, a cannon thundery was commenced a few rods, from the mouth of the creek by Mr. P. Townsend, under engagements with the government of the United States.— The works are large* and the stream can be managed so as to meet almost any de mand that a future extension of the es tablishment may require. The casting of the cannon is a sight, independent of associated idcas)\in itself sublime—and the sudden illumination which is pro duced by two large streams of liquid iron, is strikingly magnificent. The foundery is a large building; the room in which the cannon is cast of great di mensions; and the effects of light and shade upon the countenances of the workmen, would furnish lessons to a pain ter, and are extremly interesting even to common spectators. The casting and boring ot the cannon, and the various operations in perfecting them for inspec tion and use, are well .worth the trouble of a visit from New Y«rk to this place. I was fortunate enough to be on the spot at the moment when Major James Dalaba, with Lieutenats Simason and Thomas, : his aids, arrived, by order from govern ment, to prove a quantity of cannon ! made at these works. Major Dalaba test ed the smoothness and straitness of the bore, the accuracy of the trunions & of the axis of the bore; he measured the length of the bore, the size of the vent and cali bre, and the diamatcrof the external part of the cannon, all which were ascertain ed by instruments which demonstrated the smallest possible unevenness of sur face, inaccuracy of relation, or variation of quantity. In performing this part of his duty, Major Dalaba discovered an ex , tensive knowledge ofi mathematical sci ence, and great practical acquirements in the art of gunnery. But the faithful, vigilant and unbending manner, in which , he performed his duty to government, • pleased me as much as his talents im ' pressed me with respect. The major ex amined each cartridge, and personally ' attended to the discharge ot each can non, leaving nothing to conjecture or hazard, but subjecting every thing to the most rigorous experiment, and giving to government the full benefit of his great . practical skill. His attendance was un remitting during the whole period of i proof. Lieutenants Simason and Tho mas received the military part of their education at West Point, and the guns were pointed by their direction. At the . commencement, empty barrels were ob jected at the distance of 150 yards, and i at each discharge a barrel was destroyed. A joist was then substituted,whichjshared the same fate. At length a crow-bar was placed the whole extent of its range, and was struck and broken by the first fire. The zeal of these young gentle men; and the pride they septned to take in the performance of this humble duty, were to me pleasing imitations of what may be expected from them when their country shall call on them for more de cisive, and to them, no doubt, more ani mating acts of service. The case with which the guns, bedded in two massy pie ces of timber, were managed by them— | and the precision of their fire, (never in. 150 discharges missing their object)— ! were highly credible to their skill! On loading a few of their first cannon with . the double charge, the spectators and j workmen generally placed themselves in secure positions; but after a few dischar- ■ ges,which gave confidence in the strength . of the metal; they took stations near and from whence they saw distinctly . the discharge and its effects. After the first day’s experience, all , ideas of danger vanished, and spectators ! and workmen indescriminately remained ' by the side of the. cannon. The proof , required by government of the strength , of the metal is severe, but it is through; the quantity of powder and ball for an 18 , pounder after proof, is six pounds of pow- | tier and a ball of 18 pounds For a 24, , eight pounds of powder and a ball of 25 j pounds. But to prove an 18 pounder it ( requires that she be discharged three , times as follows, viz: PoVder. Ist charge, 9 lb. 2 balls 181 b. and < vfads. i 2d do Bdos do 18 do do 2do Sd do 6s; 3do IJJdov do 3do A 24 Pounder. 1 st charge, 12 lb. 2 balls, egch 24 lb. 2 wads. 2d do 10do 2do do 24 lb 2 wails, j • I 3<i do (1,,, fl4tft 6w d Lach cartridge, balls and wnd* med home. ,x ' j The beauty and smoothness 0 f tli J bo es of the cannon, seemed to <. lve I Major Daluba great and unexpected pie." I sure, they are from honey comb an | I present to the eye a surface of tl.e m,,,*! I beautiful smoothness and polish. I cannon are made from the celebrated I Sterling pig iron, lonk Known as of dis I tinguised strength. After full proof bv I Major Dal aba of. all the cannon },!,• I Townsend signified to the Major, a wish I that he would break one of the 18 pumd-l el's if powder and ball could dj it. M;!,l jor Dalaba then ordered one of the IB to I be charged with 18 pounds of powder J a large.oakum wad, which filled the <mo I to the centre of the trunyons, I pound balls weie added and a large hard I wad, all driven hard and home, a match 1 was then applied, and no other effect pro- I duced than a violent report and a «r W t I recoil! Mr. Townsend in the course of enn-1 versation observed, that he intended I shortly to make some light 12 pounders I of iron for field service,of which the I weight will be less than the French, En glish, or American brass guns of the same calibre. The situation of the found try is ex tremely pleasant, it is placed in a deep and narrow ravine, through which Hie creek runs with beautiful winding, and is shaded by trees overhanging trow the! opposite hill, presenting a striking con-1 trust to the object within, from the-viciu-j ity of the foundery to the Hudson. From I the strength of the Sterling iron of such! easy access, and from the pertect polish j ancf accuracy with which the present ! finished pieces have been worked, wej may expect an extension of this esta-1 blishment equal to its merits, and wej confidently believe, that a large and! permanent increase will reward the kuc-| cessful boldness and enterprize of thcl founder. .d Traveller from the South i St. Peter’s Church at Rome, Among the travellers of modern times J says the Daily Advertiser, we know of] none more entertaining, or instructive,! than Eustace, in the classical tour through! Italy, In addition to the advantages oil learning and close attention to the objects! of his curiosity, he is a chaste and ele-l gant writer, and possesses uncommon! powers of description. No recent tra-l veller, or writer that we have met withJ has given so clear 4 distinct and perfect J view of the curiosities, beauties and won-i ders of the ground over which he has! passed. Among other very interesting! passages of this work we have selected J as a specimen of the talents of Mr. Eus-| tace, his description of the church ofiJtJ Peter in Rome. His account contains cl far more clear and definite view of that! stupendous edifice than|any we have eJ verseen. After stating that the time occupied in building and completing that wonderful edifice, was nearly three hundred yearsj and that thirty-five pontiffs reigned da-| ring that period, Mr. Eustace proccedsJ 44 To calculate the expense with anri great precision would be difficult, ball from the best information that has bee! collected on the subject, we may venture! to state, that however enormous the sum! may appear, the expenditure must hare! amounted to at least TWELVE MIL! LIONS STERLING and when we coni skier that the marble, bronze, and other! valuable materials employed in its deco! ration, are not only uncommon, bud scarcely known out of Rome, we may add that it would require three times as mud! to raise a similar edifice in any other ca! pitul. 44 From the bridge and castle de *S'r« Jlngelo, a wide street conducts in a di! rectline to a square and that square pre! sents at once the court or porticor, and part of the Basilica. When the spectato! approaches the entrance to this court, hd views furrows of lofty pillars sweepind off to the right and left in a bold semicii! cle. In the centre of the area formed bd this immense eolonade, an Egyptian o! belisk, of one solid piece of granite as! cends to the height of one hundred and thiry feet; two perpetual fountains, ond on each side play in the air and fall hd sheets around the basins of porphyry that! receive them. Before them raised old three successive flights of marble stepsd extending four hundred feet in length towering to the height ofone hundred an« eighty, We behold the majestic front <d the Basilica itself. This front is suppord ted by a single row of Corinthian pilla'd and pilasters, and adorned with an athed a balustrade, and thirteen colossal s* l ! tue,'. Far behind and above it rises fd matchless dome, the' justly cclebratcj: wonder of Rome and the woi'ld. The cd; Ibnadp of coupled pillars that surround and strengthens its vast base, the grac'd fill attic that surmounts this coujuadd the bold and expressive swell of the ooind jtsejf, and the pyramid seated on a clustd of columns and bearing the ball and crod to the skies, all perfect in their kind.far"! the most magnificent and singular cxnd bitiontfcat the humkn cyel perhaps eve! contemplated? Two less cupolas <>d each side, partake of the state, and add not a little to the majesty of the print'd pal dome. . I 44 Their interior corrMßpiids jicricc d with the, grandeur ofiwf exterior, fully'answers the expectations. hovrc'd great, which such an approach must r ■