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Sagging , Molasses,
$
100 Pieccg Inverness and Dundee Bag
ging, 40 inches wide, of superior
quality
\ ?S ditto Kentucky ditto
\ 22 Hhds. prime retailing Molasses
V 15 ditto Muscovado and Orleans Sugar
\ 30 Bags Green Coffee
\5 Hhds. and 18 bbls, N. E. Rum
&) Club Axes
Reams Wrapping Paper,
For* .Sale by
R. MALONE & Co.
September 1 7 n
THE SUBSCRIBERS.
Have Just Received
Ai k '■TRUNCHEONS high proof Old
JL Jamaica Hum,
15 Putttoeons and 20 Barrels N. E.
Rum,
23 Hhds. Good Sugar, *
5 Boxes Ilavanna White Sugar,
80 Bags Prime Green Coffee,
150 Pieces Best Inverness Cotton Bag-
Best Cognac Brandy, ■) n
Ditto Holland Gin, J- ..
Do. S. Madeira Wine, J J ’
Ground and Allum Salt,
Bar Iron and Share Moulds,
AOO Setts Waggon Boxes, assorted,
50 Keg* Cut Nails, ditto,
50 Reams Wrapping Paper.
They have also on hand, a Gen
eral Assortment of
DRY GOODS,
njmvwAßE cvTurnr,
All of which will be. sold low for Cash,
Produce, or approved Town Paper, on a
short credit, at the former stand of J.
Carmichael.
William C. Ware, & co.
July 25 ts
NOTICE.
Jty order of the Hon. the Inferior Court
of Richmond county ,
1 HEREBY call on the representatives
of those men, formerly residents of,
this county, who sacrificed their lives in
defence of the United States, in the late
war with Great Britain and Hie Indian
Tribes, to report me the number and cir
cumstances of the families of the deceast
sed, that a return thereof may be made
to the next General Assembly of this
State, according to a joint and concurred
xtsyiutlon of the 2d day of December,
4816.
' John H. Mann, c.i.c.k.c.
September 3. am
NOTICE. "
AN ELECTION willbeholdon on the
third Tuesday, being the 21st of
October next, for Justices of the Inferior
Court of Richmond county, at the court
house in the city of Augusta.—-By order
of the Hon. the Inferior Court.
John H. Mann, cVk.
JEcpfemher tde
~ NOTICE.
"A N ELECTION will be held at the
XJL court house in the city of Augusta,
on the first Monday, being the 6th day of
October next, for a Senator and two
Members to represent Richmond county
in the oext general assembly of this state.
I***By order of the Honourable the Infe
rior Court.
John U. Mann, cPk.
S. tde
Sheriff** Sale Postponed.
' WILL SOLD, on the first Tuesday
in Veto 'rvext, at the court house in
the loom of fVayne.sborough , Burke
. - county , between Uie usual hours.
One black horse, levied on as
jjfte property of Robert Junes, to satisfy
afi execution in favor of Win. Allaway, J
against Thomas Sorsby and Robert Jones.
.ALSO
One moiety, or one eleventh part
of a tract of lan* 1 containing 225 acres,
levied on as the property of Elizabeth
Rowell, administratrix of John Rowell,
dec,do satisfy an execution in favour of
Green Roberts against Elizabeth Rowell,
udm’x. ot John Rowell, dec. and Jacob
Tipton—:Levied 1m and returned to me
try a constable.
John Bell, s. b. c.
August 30. w'ds
NOW in Richmond Jail, LEWIS,
who says he belongs to John Dupee
of Jones county, near Clinton—when he
was taken he had a hat worth right dollars
-and two patterns of calico, and a pocket
book which had a receipt in favor of War
/Her Hubbard, signed by Elisha Kendridtc,
with four dollars in it, which he says he
stole frpm a waggoner 3 or 4 mile* from
Augusta, on the Washington road.
AIso—LUCY, who says she belongs to
Arthur Cheatham, of Jefferson county,
Louisville. The owners are requested
to come Jbrward, prove property, pay
charges and take them away. 5
A. Rhodes,Jun. 3) h* ff.
• .. * Augustas. ts |
. *•* fHE person who has m posses-'
amo plan of the town <pf Summer-;
ville, will confer a favor on the subscri
ber by returning ittohim.—The«plan al
luded to was made on parchment, by
Levin Wales, Eso.
George Walton,
August 13. 9 ts
I
5. -Qewmj*— ——————as I
MISCELLANEOUS.
?
PLEASURES OF HEADING AND CONVER
SATION.
From Dr. Atkins' 1 hellers.
At the head of all the pleasures which
offer themselves to the man of liberal ed
ucation, may confidently be placed that
derived from hooks. In variety, dura
bility, and facility of attainment, no o
ther can startd in competition with it:
and even in intensity it is inferior to few.
Imagine that we had it in our power to
call up the shade of the greatest and
wisest men that ever existed, and obli
ged them to converse with us on the most
. interesting topicks—what an inestimable
privilege should we think it! how supe
f rior to all common enjoyments! But ii\
1 a well furnished libary we, in fact, pos
sess this power. We can question Xen
ophon and Cresar on their campaign’s,
I make Demosthenes and vicel'O plead
before us, join in the audience of Socra
tes and Plato,and receive demonstrations
from Eucl'd and Newton. In books we
have the choicest thoughts of the ablest
, men in their best dress. We can at
pleasure exclude dulness and imperti
nence, and open our doors to wit and
good sense alone. It is needless to re
peat the high commendations that have
been bestowed on the study of letters In
persons, who had free access to every ci
ther source of gratification. Instead of
quoting Cicero to you, I shall in plain
terms give you the result of my own ex
perience on this subject. If domeslick
enjoyments have contributed in the first
degree to the happiness of my life, (and
I should be ungrateful not to acknowl
edge that the) have) the pleasures of rea
ding have beyond all question held the
second place. Without books I have ne
ver been able to pas?, a single day to my
entire satisfaction: With them, no day
lias been so dark as not to have its plea
sure. Even pain and sickness have for
a time been charmed away by them. By
the easy provision of a book in my poc
ket, I have frequently worn through long
nights and days in the most disagreable
parts ofmy profession, with all the • dif
ference in my feelings between calm
content and fretful impatience. Such
occurrences have afforded me full proof
both of the possibility of being cheaply
pleased, and of the consequence it is of
to the sum of human felicity, not to neg
lect minute attentions to make the most
of life as it passes.
Reading may in every sense be called
a cheap amusement. A taste for books,
indeed; may be made expensive enough;
but that is a taste for edition, bindings,
paper and type. If you are satified with
getting at the sense of an author in some
commodious way, a crown at a stall will
supply your wants as well as a guinea as
a shop. i-»earn.too, to distinguish be
tweei; books to be perused and books to
be possessed. Os the former you may
find an ample store in every subscrip
tion library, the proper use ot which to a
scholar is to furnish his mind, without
loading his shelves. No apparatus, no
appointment of time and place, is neces
sary for the enjoyment of readjng. From
the of bustle and business, you
may in an instant, by the magic of a book,
plunge into scenes of remote ages and
countries, and disengage yourself from
present care and fatigue. ‘Sweet
bility of man’s spirit (cries Sterne, on
relating an occurrence of this kind in his
Sentimental Journey) that can at once
surrender itself to illusions, which cheat
expectation and sorrow of their weary
moments!*
The next of the procurable measures
that I shall point out to you is that of
conversation , This is a pleasure of
higher zest than that of reading; since in
conversing we not only receive the sen
timents of others, but impart our own;
and from this reciprocation a spirit and
interest arise which books cannot give
in an equal degree. Fitness for conver
sation must depend upon the store of
ideas laid up in the mind, and the facul
ty of communicating them. These in a
great degree are the results of education
and the habit of society, and to a certain
point they arc favoured by superiority of
condition. But this is only to a certain
point; for when you arrive at that class
in which sensuality, indolence, and dis
sipation, are fostered by excess of opu
lence, you lose more by diminished ener
gy of mind, than you gain by superior
refinement of manner and elegance of
expression. And, indeed, there are num
bers of the higher rank among us, whose
conversation has not even the latter qua
lities to recommend it, but to poverty of
sentiment adds the utmost coarseness of
liuiguage and behaviour. There is a ra
dical meanness in debauchery, which e
ven in the most elevated conditions of
all, communicates the taint of vulgarity.
To hear the high bred party loudly conten
ding in the praxes of their dogs and horses
and discussing gambling* questions, in
termixed with grosser topicks, you could
not possibly discover by the' style and
matter, whether you were listening to the
masters above, or the grooms below. It
is by no -means unlrequent .to in find jthc
best company the worst .conversation
Should your character and situation for
ever exclude you from such-societies, you
ueed not repine at your loss. It wilt be
amply compensated by the opportunities
you are likely to enjoy of free intercourse
with the most cultivated and rational of
both sexes, among whom decency of man
ners, and variety of knowledge will aL
wgys be valued, though very moderately *
’ ’ . Jkjggj
- * '.jtifc
decorated with the advantages of for*
tune. |
I would not, however, inculcate too
fastidious a taste with respect to the sub
ject and style of conversation, provided
it possesses the essentials of sound sense
and useful knowledge. Among those
i who have, enjoyed little of the benefits
• of education, you will often find persons
of patural sagacity and a turn for remark,
• who are capable of affording both enter
tainment and instruction. Who would
not wish to have been acquainted with
Franklin when a journeyman prin
> ter, even though, he had never risen
I *o be one of the most distinguished
■ characters of the age? T Information in
\ deed, may be procured from almost any
! man in affairs belonging to his particu
lar way of life; and w-hen we fall into
; company from which little is to be expect
ed with regard to general topics, it is
• best to give the conversation a turn to
. wards the technical matters with which
■'liey may be acquainted, whence some
profit may be made out of the most un
promising materials. Man, too, in every
condition, is a subject well worthy of ex
amination, and the speculatistmay derive
much entertainment from observing the
manners and sentiments of alt the vari
ous classes or mankind in their several
orcupations and amusements.
DOMESTIC.
FROM THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
VIEW OF FIFTY, YEARS HENCE.
•
Main cause of the ruin of nations. Ex
tent of dominion the meprominent
reason of their downfall. Great utili
ty of emulation among nations. France
and England, United States destined
to sever the British empire. Rivalship
of Continents. A new and magnificent
era for the world.
If we were compelled to point out one
thing more than an then as the principal
cause of the decay and downfall of great
empires, we should select the "unlimited
extent of conquest as the chief source of
their ruin; and the fate of the four great
monarchies of antiquity will justify the
selection.
The history of the Assyrian empire is
but little known to us: but what we do
know of it authorises us to conclude that
it embraced within its circuit all that por
tioii.of the earth which was inhabited by
what was called at that day the civilized
part of mankind. Including all that was
conceived acceptable to a ruler’s am
bition, there was no longer any object
deemed worthy of attention; and, under
a weak prince, it was dismembered by re
volt.
In the course of time the Persian mo
narchy was formed out of the disjointed
fragments of that of Assyria; and, hav
ing subdued all rivalship and overcome
every opponent in Asia, the kings of Per
sia made several attempts, by invading
Greece, to conquer the civilized section
of Europe. In these enterprises they
were foiled; and Alexander the Great,
uniting the Macedonians and the Greeks,
retaliated upon the Persian empire, over
ran and conquered it.
From this conquest sprang the Mace
donian empire, which terminated with
Alexander, after whose death it was di
vided by his generals.
The Roman Empire was the fourth
great dominion of ancient times. Hav
ing reduced to a state of subjection the
surrounding nations in Europe, Asia and
Africa, it fell into a lethargy for wiint of
an enemy, relaxed in its discipline, and
was torn to pieces by successive irrup
tions of various hordes of barbarians.
We shall not, in these observations,
follow the custom of those who think a
proposition proved if they can support it
by extracts from books. The mode of
reasoning by citing authorities is very
good, provided the authorities them
selves are infallible; but we have occa
sion every day, for a more enlightened
experience to call in question the accu
racy of the political reflections which we
find in the works of the writers of former
ages, who possessed but a scanty share
of knowledge relative to the true princi
ples which occasion the prosperity and
the degeneracy of nations.
M hat is essential to our argument is
this: that ail empires which have aimed
at or attained what is commonly termed
universal domination, have, by an inevit
able reaction, been shorn of their power
or entirely annihilated. The general te
nor of tradition and history, both, estab
lish this beyond the possibility of con
tradiction; and it is not necessary to
descend to particular details to substan
tiate it-
The career of nations, in this particu
lar,bears a striking analogy to that of
individuals. In society a person arises,
who. by the energies of his genius and
the force of industry and perseverance,
elevates himself above his cotemporaries,
and establishes for himself and his pos
terity an illustrious name. His offspring
enjoying tlie benefits of his exalted rep
utation, do not equally exert themselves
as their ancestors did, to acquire a dis
tinguished character in the community,
and they gradually and sometimes pre
cipitately descend to the common level,
and are lost in the mass of the people.
Hence it is that the posterity of the cel
ebrated men are often seen to dwindle in
to insignificance, and become utterly
contemptible. New men rise above
them and establish new claims to pre
eminence. Nations follow the same
course, and are supreme or abject accor
ding to the activity But is excited In
them by objects which inflame their pas
sions.
It is, therefore of the highest importance
that no one nation should become so
powerful as to render opposition to its
sway a hopeless affair; and it is im
portant not only to that nation itself,
but to all others: for rivalship produces
emulation, and emulation leads to net?
inventions in the arts and sciences.
We have seen to what disastrous
consequences the passion for universal
domination has led in ancient times; we
may trace to that cause the entire rurh
of Babylon, of Tyre, of Carthage, of Pal
myra, and many other cities and coun
tries of former days. In modern times
the mere attempt made by Napoleon to
bring all Europe under one yoak, has
been nearly fatal to France.
The true policy is, so to balance one
powerful nation against another, as to
prevent either from domineering over
the other; in different words, to preserve
them in the relative position of gentle
men in society, and notin that of master
and slave.
4 France and England have, in peace and
in war, been rivals for upwards of seven
hundred years. They have watched, and
always been on the alert to take advan
tage of each otijer. To the emulation
which this rivalry has occasioned, we
owe many discoveries in the fine arts and
in the abstract sciences; vast improve
ments in manufactures, in ship building,
in navigation, in commerce, in legisla
tion, in polite learning, and the general
diffusion ofknowiedge over Christendom.
These two nations sharpen one another’s
wits, and create for mankind a vast fund
ofintelligence.
When such advantages are derived
from the mutal jealousy and emulation of
two nations, what may we not prognosti
cate lor the hnman race from that great
era which is approaching, when the rival
ship will be transferred from nations to
continents? ./■ ■ , ■
Whoever seriously considers the na
ture of the British empire, must preceivc
that the cavy is its vital nerve. A re
spectable fleet, manned by American
sailors, placed off the Western Islands,
another oft’ the coast of Spain and Portu
gal, and a third between Cape Horn and
the Cape of Good Hope, would cut this
nerve, and the British empire would fall
to nieces. Fifty year* will not elapse
before the United States will have the ca
pacity to do this; and it is written in the
book of fate that this must happen. Great
Britain has wrested the dominion of the
seas from the Spaniards, the Franch and
the Dutch; she is doomed, in her turn, to
yield that dominion to the United States,
and to experience a cruel reverse.
This destruction of British power will
be productive of no injury to the world
at large. The field of national emula
tion will be extended. It will no longer
be the rivalry of France aud G. Britain,
by which the inhabitant of this globe will
be enlightened, but that of America and
Europe; and of Asia, whose shares, on
the borders of the Indian Ocean, are al
ready deeply imbued with the spirit of
an European population. In this case
there wjll be no tear of an universal do
minion; but the theatre of action will be
Immense; the human character will at
tain corresponding and gigantic pro
portions; and statesmen will be compel
led to take views of such vastscope, that,
in former ages, they would have been
pronounced the result ofinsanity. The
instrument of this great revolution is to
be found in a single phrase—f/ic increase
of the American navy.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 2.
Mutinous Proceedings at West Point.
[PRO AND CONTRA.]
Having received several months ago,
some communications arraigning the
conduct of the late superintendant of
the Military Academy, and exposing the
abortive or absurd course of instruction
pursued there, we begin to repent our
rejection of them: as, perhaps, an ear
lier exposition might have prevented the
late explosion. We thought at the time,
however, (and that was our motive for
declining publication), that if what was
represented to us was Well founded, the
proper remedy ought to have been sought
in an application to the secretary of war.
We proceed to state the substance of
our latest information, with some prior
facts concerning the affair.
In the early part of last January, and
again in the beginning of May, the Pre
sident of the United States, in conse
quence of certain allegations against
capt. Aide a Partridge, then commanding
officer at West Point, (and which were
partly substantiated by a previous court
of Inquiry) directed his removal from
that command. On the arrival of the
President of the U. S. at West Point,
early ; in June, and after a personal in
spection of the place, he declared that
capt. Partridge should be immediately
removed and tried.
After all these orders and re-orders,
capt. Partridge was about the end of Ju
ly at length directed to deliver over the
command to Mhior Thayer, who was or
dered to proceed to West Point, and as
sume it: he was farther ordered by the
Secretary of War to consider himself
only under tfie orders of that depart
ment, and nqt suffer himself to be re
lieved except fiy an order from the War
Department.
Before raaj. Thayer cottld reach West
Point, Partridge precipitated the vaca
tion, and dismissed the cadets to thsir.
1 •wWrwiUumt» how’a m k .,, J .
. them no information rclnli,' J* ’>' ,, l
that they were to '*■
i Ue had all along told «*„ Ml
1 wO " W b '“«W vacation ‘'l
i Major Jfaayer assumed the rnn. I *
. and directed the cadets to retJjT'W \
' tfie Eolations f. J t ™ *
potion of the vacation, the u t £
tember, . 1 ■ “
Such was the state of things l K t I <
day—when Captain Partridge ,-' ,9 I
suddenly te-West Pomt, '4eret r l
greeted on landing by a t« mu J
meeting and shouting of s „ nie *
who escorted him in triumph to hi.:!!
ters. Ddring the remainder of tfiß
and on Saturday morning, capt l> m '
peared to be very busy inspecting M
examining the post, as if he had ii
command; and his favourite ca«U B J
agents were very active amois-fo fl 1
er scholars. One oftlicse agents W-fl <
ued them after breakfast, the cadets B 1
troops were paraded, and captain fl a
tridgc wus proclaimed commanded a
midst shouts and applauses.—He -fl
appeared and thanked them fa ft
conduct', and having apprised ,V]fl
Thayer that he (capt. P.) had resuifl *
the commaud, gave orders accovdimdß v
Major Thayer declared that he \voß 1
notfurrender the command but by f l 1
of arms, and that if it were wrested f r | *
him, it must he by sedition and mu tin* *
The castrophe need not be farthei fl I 1
tailed. A superior officer invested I 1
a special command, and directed only! 1
surrender it by special orders from tl
government, has been by an insurreef!
nal movement deposed from his lenl coil
mand, and the power usurped by am| 1
against whom charges are filed in tl i
war office, and perhaps his arrest order! 1
and who had been just removed from tl
command. - f ■ I j
From the peculiar state of
West Point (et novitas regni) imffl
Thayer had not the means of con troll
usurpation or insubordination witheffc!
Having long understood,as we said! (
bove, that the Military Academy need! ’
reformation, we had hailed the appoiiil
ment of major Thayer to the, commati
with feelings of satisfaction. We ha|
not heard what flag capt. Partridl
hoisted since he set up for himself.' |
We do not know what measures the gl
vernment will adopt, but presume til
the offenders will receive condign pul
ishment.
It is much to be regretted, that the ac|
complished major Thayer had not an op|
portunity of entering on the funcl
tiom* of superintendant; as there is n|
doubt that his erudition and manner|
would have conciliated the esteem an!
friendship of the the Academy!
and prevented this tumult. After ail!
perhaps, it is but a boyisliiteek, except!u|
the culpability of those who arrived u|
years of discretion. Boys are apt tob|
better satisfied with those who afforfl
them amusement than with those \vh|
impart solid instruction and enforce icl
gularity. c |
Postscript.-— Since writing the piece!
ding statement of particulars as collects!
yesterday, we are very glad of theoppor|
tune receipt of the following, which exo|
nerates the cadets from the charge ofl
mutiny. With this we shall close al|
remarks on the occurrence at present!
We have no doubt the leal offenders will!
feel condign punishment and disgrace. I
COMMUNICATION.
Sir—You are requested to correct a!
mistake in the statement admitted inti
your paper of last evening, and in whichH
the cadets of the Military Academy were*
unjustly charged with mutiny toward!
their military commander. It is howl
and believed that the notions of duty ipi!
military discipline imbibed at that insti!
tution will ever prevent even the sug|
geation of a crime so atrocious. The!
report has originated from an occurrence®
which has recently transpired at West!
Point, but which cannot with propriety I
be laid before the public at present.— I
There was some excitement certainly a I
mong the students; but, no mutiny on I
their part, as I think.
A Spectator.
AWFUL MURDER. I
We do not recollect to have heard of I
a more awful instance of murder.jthan I
the one related in the Mowing para-1
graph in the Daily Advertiser of yester- I
ilay:—
“A horrid murder has ben committed I
in Lisbon, which excited much interest
A Portuguese officer having drawn his I
sword on one of his sisters, on the inter* I
sere nee of his mother, cut down and I
stabbed the latter through the heart. The I
unfortunate objoct of his first attack was I
also desperately wounded; and the other I
sister, in attempting her escape from t- I
chamber where this tragedy was perform; I
ing, was precipitated down a flight ct I
stone steps, and her skull fractured -' I
The wretched author of these crimes wa? I
soon after arrested in the street, but ap I
peared totally indifferent to the blooey I
deed he had perpetrated.”
JV*. F. Commercial Adv. 30 th nit •
NOTICE.
ON the first Monday in November
next, application will be made to
the Court of Ordinary of Richmond
County, for an Order for the distribution
of the estate of John Stuckey, sen'r. oe
ceased, for the benefit of'the heirs c
said deceased.
JEPTHA DANIEL,? , Wmr v.
THO’S. H. JONES,J*
August 6, IBf7 v*™
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