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THE Subscribers having
united their interest in the Augus
ta Chronicle % Georgia Gazette,
this paper now appears under that
title. They hope their joint ex
ertions will he such as to ensure
them a continuance of the liberal
patronage they have heretofore en
joyed, and for which they tender
their w armest thanks.
The extensive circulation of the
Augusta Chronicle & Georgia Ga
zette, will, render it an object of
consideration to mercantile and
other advertisers, who wish to
give general notoriety to their pub
lications.
Days of publication, and terms
of advertising, the same as for
im rly observed by the Editors of
the Chronicle.
J. E. KEAN,
B. T. DUYCKINCK,
G, W. S. VEAUIIE.
Beware of Counterfeits!!!
IHAVK detected T. W. Diott, a
Druggist in Philadelphia, in the
habit of counterfeiting my “ Patent Xew
Zrwndonßillious Pills”—and disposing of
his spurious imitations; with the intent of
deceiving the public as for my genuine
Pills, so well known and approved.—
Having reason to believe, that he has
sent some of his counterfeitis for sale at
Augusta, and other Southern Ciies, 1
deem it to he my duty to caution the
citizens who are familiarized to the ef
fects and operations of my genuine Pa
tent Pills, as well as others, to be on
their guard in purchasing as the false
Pills are, and of course must be entirely
a different Medicine.
The counterfeit bill of direction on
each box, is an exact copy of the true bill,
but the letter in the signature of
my name 8. 11. P. Lee , is by mistake of
the printer made like an “jQ ”
*< whereas in the genuine bill the
letter is made thus ” a description
so notorious that by only casting the eye
to the signature in script type,always re
membering that if the letter is
brought round at bottom like an jQ
instead of terminating to the left with a
dot, it is certainly counterfeit.
The Counterfeit Box hasiny name S.
H. P. LEE stamped upon the covers,
without any indentation of the tin; but
the genuine stamps make a depression
the width of the letters; the top part of
the letter P. in the genuine stamp upon
the covers of the boxes, is perceptibly
lower than the line of the others—the
counterfeits are on a line, a handsome
letter, and stamped without depressing
the tin—the counterfeit Pills are of a
dark brown coulour—the genuine are of
a bluish cast.
Caleb Tatler, and Peter Lehman
Druggists in Philadelphia, have also
been detected counterfeiting my Pills;
both have omitted (knowing it to be for
gery) affixing my name to the covers of
the boxes, or bills of directions; Lehman
puts his own name to the covers of the
boxes, and Taylor upon the bill, and
leaves the cover of the box without any
letters—• These are so palpable, that the
purchaser can at once preceive their false
character, in the want of my name at the
bottom of the bill and upon the covers of
the boxes. I trust an intelligent and
discerning public will, from motives of
safety, frown upon such nefarious at
tempts tp deceive them, and destroy
their wicked designs by carefully observ
ing the above caution in purchasing. My
genuine Pills as usual, may always be
ad of ISAAC HERBERT tsq. Augus
ta—and
Likewise at the Druggist Stores of Dr.
Joseph Kirkland and Willian Bengoine
in Charleston, S. C. who have them di
rectly from my Factoiy Dispensary—al
so of Messrs. Ormsby and Fitch, Drug
gists, Columbia, S. C. and Harral &
Worrell, and Dr. A. Habersham, Savan
nah—and Dr. George Harral, Druggist
and Chemist. Philadelphia.
Samuel Hr P. Lee; Patentee ,
Sole Preparer , Member of the Con
necticut Medical Convention , sc.
JVew-London (Con.) July , 1817
Georgia , Richmond County.
By Isaac Herbert, Clerk of the Court
of Ordinary for said county.
WHERfeAS David M‘Kinney has
applied for letters of administration on
the estate and effects of Samuel Brant,
•ru count y aforesaid, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admo
msh ail and singular the kindred and
creditors of said deceased, to file their
objections in my office (if any they have')
withm the time prescribed by law, oth
erwise letters of administration will be
granted to him.
Given under my hand and seal at of
bee U1 the City of Augusta, this 23d day
ot August. 1817. J
■ I SAAC HERBERT, Clerk.
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FROM THE PORTXOO.
SCENES JN THE MISSOURI.
Mammelles near St. Charles , (Missouri,J
1817.
My Dear Friend —l this morning left
St. Charles, (a flourishing village on the
north side of the Missouri river, about 20
miles from the mouth) for the purpose of
enjoying a view of the countiy which the
inhabitants consider the finest in it. I left
the town fully impressed with the idea,
that, as usual, native prejudice had paint
ed the scene in much more glowing co
lours, than the reality would present to
me. After travelling a northern direc
tion about two miles and a halt, I found
myself on an elevated point of land, or
more properly speaking a mound, termin
ating abruptly, on three of its sides, in an
extensive level country.
From this spot, which is one of the last
projecting points of high land, between
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, the
most lovely and picturesque view is pre
sented to the eye, that mine ever wit
nessed.
Imagine to yourself, the mighty ungo
vernable Missouri, tumbling along on
your right; the mild and limpid Missis
sippi meandering on your left; the slug
gish, yet beautiful Illinois, insinuating
its stream into the Mississippi, at the dis
tance of ten miles; imagine to yourself
the whole eastern shore of the Mississip
pi as lined by a high perpendicular wall
of limestone, which alternately assumes
the different appearances of a well built
street, a ruined town, or a gothic tower;
Still picture to yourself the circumjacent
landscape (which is nearly as extensive
as the eye can survey) as beautifully
checkered by alternate bodies of prairie
and wood land, the former of which to
the eye of the beholder, seem highly cul
tivated farms. Let the imagination paint
all these things before your mind’s eye,
and still my friend, I am confident you
can r form but a very faint idea of the ex
tatick emotions which I now experience.
It is almost needless to observe, that the
land around this beautiful spot, is as rich
as imagination can conceive, and as it
regards health, the neighbourhood is con
sidered the “Mount Pelier” of this salu
brious climate. So much of an enthusiast
am L that I could not resist the impulse
of giving you a description of this spot,
while the objects were still before my eye;
and as I now have my inkhorn and paper
out, I will fulfil the promise given in a
former letter.
You well know that the original Euro
pean stock of inhabitants, who peopled
this country, was principally derived
from the French settlement in Canada.
From thence they came to this country
byway of the lakes.
From all that I can learn, the state of
the society was of the most simple kind,
each head of the family being governor
thereof; and such was their sense of re
ligion (they are all strict Catholics) and
parental authority, that rebellions against
this mild and natual sway were exceed-
rare. The village state of society
was the only one that existed. This was
probably necessary, to guard against
the attacks of Indians. The govern
ment was in the habit of granting
to the villagers, small narrow tracts of
land, adjoining each other near the town,
and the.se common fields, as they were
called, were enclosed under a common
fence, and were cultivated, sometimes in
common; but if any individual chose, he
had a right to cultivate his land sepa
rately
The principal and almost only circulat
ing medium of the country was deer skins,
and other descriptions of skins and pel
tries; and so little law did they have a
mong them, that deeds between individu
als were scarcely ever required; even
now, altho’ the country swarms with law
yers, it is rare for a Frenchman to bring
a suit.
The natural vivacity of the French
character exists in all its purity. Danc
ing was,and still is, their favourite amuse
ment ; and inrihis exercise they excel.
A singular custom exists among them
to 'tills day: if a widow or widower mar
ries, in a short time after the decease of
the former partner for life; or, if in the
second marriage there should be a great
disparity of age, the villagers collect in a
body, at night; two of them are dressed
most fantastically, one in a male, and the
other in a female dress, the male with a
pair of buck’s horns encircling his brows;
and then with all the horns, bells, tin
pans, and other discordant instruments
they can raise, and a number of candles,
they patrole every street in the village,
making the most horrible noise. At inter
vals the noise ceases; and some one cries
out three or four times, “ Charivari.”
upon which another enquires for whom
the ii Charivari,” asthev call it, is made;
the names of the new married couple are
then repeated and the whole party again
set forward with their noise and yelling.
_ They finally make their way to the re
sidence of the new married pair; and con
tinue their exercise until they make their
appearance, and either give, or promise
to give a ball#,,.
When we consider how despotic the
Spanish government is, in Old Spain, we
we are at present at a loss to account for
the remarkable lenity which the territo
rial government was administered in this
the principles of the government were as
despotic here as in the mother country
-J*
They had not the benefit of what an En
tlUhman and a citizen of the United
tates consider the most valuable of pri
vileges: viz. the trial by jury. But their
total exemption from taxation, and the
gratuitous manner in which the govern
ment disposed of public lands to the inha
bitants, attached them very strongly to
the Spanish government.
These great advantages had induced a
great number of the .citizens of the Unit
ed States to emigrate to the western side
of the Mississippi, previous to this coun
try’s failin'; into the hands of the United
States.
' £he present, seat of government for
this territory is St. Louis, the emporium
not only of this, but of a considerable
portion of the Territory of Illinois.
It is situated, as I before informed you,
on the Western bank of the Mississippi
river, fifteen miles below the mouth of the
Missouri, between the 39th and 40th de
gree of north latitude.
The site of the town is a high rocky
bank elevated above the effects of inun
dation, which rises gradually and beauti
fully, towards the West, and terminates
in an extensive plain.
The situation is the most beautiful one
for a town that I ever saw.
The present population cannot be less
than three thousand, and its numbers are
increasing daily. The building are gen
erally small and indifferent, but a num
ber of spacious and commodious brick
and stone buildings are now erecting.—
There are in the town twenty-three com
mercial establishments, that do business
on a pretty large scale.
There are also two banking instituti
ons, with a capital of nearly one million
of dollars.
Yours sincerely, L. A.
From the Boston Sentinel.
We understand that several of the
Bricks brought by Capt. Austin from
the ruins of Babylon, dfc. have been re
ceived in this town, to be presented to
the Jithoeneum, and other Institutions.
We have been favoured with the follow
ing from a correspondent:—
Jin extract from a letter , written by a
companion of Capt. Austin in his
excursion up the Euphrates and Tigris
to a friend in this town , dated Feb. 7,
1817.
“It is 700 miles from the Persian Gulf
to Bagdad, and 600 from Bassora. Our
journey was principally in boats, but du
ring the four last days, it was on misera
ble horses, over a desert covered with
ruins. The palace of Ctesiphon, called
Tauk Kisar, or Kassarah, the Arch of
Kasar, is about twenty miles south-east
of Bagdad. Neither the Turks or the
Arabs know any thing satisfactorily
• concerning it. They are at a loss to de
termine whether it was a religious tem
ple or a royal palace. The length of
the east face, by an exact measure
ment is 300 feet; in the centre is an
arch 85 feet broad, and 106 feet high.—
The arched room is 150 feet long from
east to west. The niches in front re
sembles those of English abbies. The
pillars are defaced 4 and walls on the west
side much injured. The tradition among
the Turks is, that Tauk Kasarwas built
• by a son of Shirewan, who was king of
the country, and resided here.
“About a mile eastward of the Arch,
is an ancient n.ud wall, three sides of a
square, looking east, west and north; the
river being on the south. The wall is
ab >ut 40 teet high, thirty feet thick, and
each side a mile in length. This was
probably a citadel for the protection of
the ancient town. From the ruins in this
vicinity many Persian coins have been
liken.
A quarter of a mile from Tauk
Kasai? is the town of Solyman Park, who
was the barber of Mahomet, and whose
memory is greatly revered by his coun
trymen. He was a favourite of the Pro
phet, lived to an advanced age, and was
considered as a man of extraordinary
piety. We passed through a handsome
porch, and found a large square court
surrounded with small clean rooms or
cells, made to lodge those who come to
pray. They gave us a welcome recep
tion in a neat apartment where we were
treated with hospitality, and spenta com
f sortable night.
“The Tower of Babel, which I visited
the 10th of last March, is about 13 miles
in nearly a north-east direction from
Bagdad. The height of the ruin is 126
feet, the largest diameter about 100 feet,
and the tower is by many supposed to be
solid. The circumference above the ru
bish is about 300 feet. The part of the wall
which is standing, is entirely of square
brick baked in the sun. There is a layer
of reeds for every third course. Both
the brick and the reeds are as perfect as
when they were first put together. The
suiroundiag mass of ruins extends sixty
paces from the tower, and'is filled with
bricks which are fire-burnt.
“The tomb ofZobeidah, just without
the walls of Bagdad, is a fanciful pile,
haying an octagonal form, built of burnt
bricks, and is about 40 feet high. On
this there is a cone somewhat resembling
a pine apple, 50 high, making 90 fee*t
in all The inscriptions are in the pre
sent Arabic characters, show that this is
the tomb of the favourite Wife of Haran al
Raschid, who was buried here abont 900
years since. It is esteemed an holy place,
and the pious daily visit the spot to of
fer up their prayers.
• ’ , v.,*
From the Connecticut Courant.
THE BRIEF REMARKER.
It often happens, not unfrequently,
that when we set ourselves to straighten
a crook, instead of making it quite
straight, we crook it the contrary way,
or carry things.from one extreme into
the other.
A youth, of an ingenuous liberal tem
per, is apt to be not regat dful enough of
nis own interest. He esteems money as
trash, and scorns to employ his cares a
bout it. As it came to him easy, it
goes from him freely. He gives, he
spends, he squanders, till at length, ex
periencing embarrassments, he resolves
to become frugal and provident. But
such a youth seldom stops at the true
point, but leaps at once far beyond it.—
Heartily sick of extravigance, he makes
a covenant with avarice, and changes to
unfeeling, illiberal and miserly.
The extreme of confidence often runs
into the extreme of jealousy. Os those
who live to a considerable age, very few
perhaps leave the world with as good an
opinion of mankind as they had begun
it with. To the eye of the ingenuous
but inexperienced youth, the world ap
years bright and charming. He looks to
meet with justice, candor and honor, in
his intercourse with his fellow being.—
Fancy gilds and bedecks the objects of
his hopes, and whatever is promised him
by hope, he regards as sure and certain.
Presently, however, the illusion begins
to vanish. He meets with disappoint
ments; he experiences cold-blooded sel
fishness, deceit, fraud and perfidy, his
confidence in men turns to suspicion: the
world, he concludes, is a cheat—he has
tily says in his heart, that all men are
rogues and liars; and he becomes sour
and misanthropic. By how much his o
pinion of mankind was too favorable in
his young days, by so much is it too un
charitable in his advanced age.
Self converted credulity is apt to run
into scepticism; and so also, a zeal to free
themselves from all shackles of supersti
tion is sorely apt to drive men upon the
the fatal rocks of infidelity and irreli
gion.
Some men, of impetuous tempers, but
of feeling hearts, are possessed, by turns
of ferocity, and, on the other hand, of an
undue measure of indulgent feeling. In
their gusts of anger, the house is made
to ring from side to side with their vocif
erations. Hard words, and sometimes
hard blows, are dealt out for petty offen
ces, or for none at all. But no sooner is
the tempest subsided than they deeply
relent; and, passing into the other ex
treme, they smother their little ones
with caresses, and indulge them in every
thing. A certain nobleman of former
times is said to be so remarkable in this
repect, that his domestics threw them
selve in his way whenever they saw him
angry, in order to be beaten by him: well
knowing that he would reward them
bountifully with gifts as soon as his pas
sion cooled.
Again, some fathers frame in their
ow r n minds a system of paternal govern
ment, that is fine spun in theory, but im
practicable. They will govern by fule
and plummet. 'They will begin betimes,
and effectually whip old Adam out of
their children. So they do begin, and so
theyproceed,sternly marking every child
ish foible, till, finding their efforts baffled,
they rather cast away than remit the
reins of government, and let their chil
dren do as they will.
It is observable that the children by a
second marriage are often treated with
a great deal more indulgence than those
of the former one; and it is no
wise unaccountable. For besides
the consideration that the children
of a second marriage are, not unfre
quently, the children of old age; when a
father is conscious that he has been se
vere overmuch towards the first brood,
that consciousness alone will incline him
to be too indulgent toward the last.—
Thus, by opposite extremities, injuring,
if not spoiling both stocks, and setting
his family against himself, and at varince
with one another.
Beware of extremes. Several of the
minor virtues of our nature degenerate to
folly or vice when carried beyond the
due measure. Sensibility is not more
lovely in its proper degree, than con
temptible in its extravagance. A senti
mentalist pulling over an uprooted flow
er or a maimed butterfly, excites dis
gust rather than sympathy. Good hu
mor, candor and generosity, may each &
all be carried to extremes. If our good
humor render our moral characters flex
ible, and our hearts too yielding; if our
candor degenerate into a sort of indis
criminate approvance of truth and error,
of right and wrong, of the good and of
the evil; if our generosity infringe upon
the sacred laws of justice, bv an hospital
ity exceeding our circumstances and
means, or by giving gifts in preference
to paying honest debts:—in these, as in
divers other cases, too much of a good
thing turns it to bad.
FOR SALE,
TWO LIKELY YOUNG FEL
LOWS—excellent Bricklayers.—
Enquire at this office.
August IS.
IC® We are authorized to announce
Major DENNIS DENT, a candidate at
the ensuing election, to represent the
county of Columbia in the next Legis
lature.
August 13, n
Lofcsi /rom Grea* Bntain-~r>[ ' I, ft
arrival last evening, ofthe ship Tea Pi! ■
capt. Brown, in 42 days from Li VC| '?S
the editors of the Commercial Advert 1
have received fromtl.eir corre 3pon ,w|
London papers to the 19th, and Live J
pool to the 21st of Jane, inclusive. 1
The trial of the state prisoners ,®
high treason, closed on the 16th of J UII ®
They were acquitted and set at libemß
The trial of Watson lasted seven dav®
An interesting account ofthe closj
scene will be found among our extract®
below. ®
We have also given below some nM
count of new disturbances at Leeds anfl
at Nottingham. H
Liverpool, June 21.
Although the imports have been ex®
tremely heavy this month, cottons luvl
supported their prices very well,and ou|
quotations can be realized, but the hi<d®
est extreme is only attainable forchofc®
parcels, of which the market is very bar®
it is now reduced to a state that rende®
selections necessary to procure what il
called good cottons; and to the circuit®
stance must be attributed the unusual
variation in price that is apparent.--1
With this chief portion of what is novl
brought forward, East India cottons bel
gin materially to interfere, and as it iJ
not likely that the latter part of the croJ
of uplands will be of better quality,
apprehend that this will occur to a still
greater extent. In the late imports ol
Bengal cottons, we preceive most disl
tinctly a very considerable improvement
in the staple. The principal part ( of the
uplands now here are of the owest dc
scription, and of course unsaleable; ant
the Orleans is not so fine as was antici
pated. We therefore conceive that tea
fine cottons will be much in request at the
end of the year.
The stock of tobacco is not large, but
sales are with difficulty effected.
A very unexpected demand for flour,
for France, has taken 0ft’55,000 barrels
during the month, and 79 shillings has
been paid for small parcels; it has receded
3t04 shillings, inconsequence of the or
ders being completed; however, from the
nature of the accounts from that quarter,
we expect that they must shortly be re
newed to a considerable extent, when
there will be a further improvement.—
The weather precludes the possibility of
holding over flour with any degree of se
curity, and it has of late become so very
favorable to crops, that if the export de
mand should cease, the annexed rates
cannot be supported—upon this point
therefore the whole currency depends.—
The stock of fine wheat is nearly exhaus
ted; the supplies from the Baltic are ve
ry large but the quality' inferior.
Rice has advanced’ considerably, the
whole of the stock having been purchas
ed for shipment; the demand for home
use is very limited.
American war loan 104$; dollars fal
ling, 5s Id per ounce.
Prices. —Cotton, upland, 16 to 20d;
New-Orleans 19 a 211; Sea Island, 18 a
19d, Wheat, 9s 6d to 18s per 70 lbs,
Flour, sweet, 75 to 78s, sour 63 to 68s«
Rice, 43 a 465. Bark, 18 a 235. Pot
Ashes, 53 a 595; Pearls, 58 a 63; barrel
staves 10 a Zl3 00; turpentine 13 a 15.
tar 13s 6d a 16s 6d.
June 17.
American flour dull—76 a 78.
The quantity of flour from America
imported into Liverpool, during the week
ending 17th of June, amounted to 45,994
barrels, and 1992 half barrels.
Corn Exchange , Tuesday , June 17.
There was a considerable Falling off in
the imports of Wheat and Oats this week;
Barley was in fair supply, and American
flour abundant; it was in request as well
as all descriptions of corn, at last week’s
prices.
Wheat, English 19s a 20s per 70 lbs
New 12s 6d a 15s do.
Foreign 17s 6d a 19s 6d do.
American flour, 77s to 79s per barrel
of 196 pounds neat.
It appears by accounts from the Not
tingham Review, ofthe 14th of June, Sf
the Leeds Mercury of the 14th that dis
turbances had been of a pretty serious
nature in those parts of the kingdom.
On Monday the 16th great numbers oi
people had assembled at Alfreton, and
other neighbouring villages, in Derby
shire, and excited considerable alarm—
the guards were doubled, and the magis
trates held a close consultation.
mours of these movements reaching Not
tingham, troops were sent for to parade
the market place. Things however, re
mained quiet until the next morningj
when information was received that a
party of armed men were on their way
towards Nottingham. The magistrates
assembled, and swore in 1000 consta
bles to keep the peace. It
appeared that
a body of men had asemblod at boutb
Wingfield,and,after arming themselves,
preceded towards Nottingham. ')u
Thursday they committed some outra
ges, anti attempted to force all they met
tojoin; but were disappointed in tneir
expectation of volunteers on the road,
none of that description appearing. A
about seven in the morning they reac
Eastwood, where they had about
- armed with guns, pikes, ‘S c - a '
some with bags of bullets on their bac _ *
Here they found their greatest
and from thence declined in nurnbet
At Kimberly, 5 miles from Noitiugc|*‘ TI J
they had but about 20. Mortified .>'■
alarmed, they then threw away