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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*™ i f *