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■ [VOL. I.] HM ■ AUGUSTA- PRINTED BY DANUJ, S TARNES i Co. WENT KND fr)F iFUViD.STREET, PROPOSALS BY DAMKL STARNES & CO. fUliJhmz b SU/impti* • '&**''&** IN THE CiTY OF AUGUSTA, TO BE ENTITLED i Mirror of the 1 imes. THE universal promulgation of truth, and the general dtflribution of know \/r ’ ledge, are objelt* of the firft importance in every country where liberty he* left traces “ of her footfteps, under every government vrhich confnlts the happiness of Man.— •• Knowledge,” said the Great lord Bacon n is power,” united with virtue” it certainly is liberty Where igncrauce reigns there vice triumphs and despotism governs. As man becomes enlightened authority will be limited & mora'ity,rcffored—Knowledge & virtue are the bases of freedom—the one us in our rights, the other teaches j ns fmr duties; the firft (hews us how to conflrtvfl the bt fl poflible form of govern ment, the last requires us to obey it when con firudfed. It is therefore advantageous every where, but nt a Ptfubiit it is absolutely re s, crflaiy, that correct info rmation fhou'd l e widt’y diffufed and easily obtained: For i tbert 'tis the pi optt who govt rn *lbty never intentionally choc ft* bad leaders or approve wrong measures, yet they are liable to error —give them true de ails and they will judge correctly—for on plain grounJi the people al w-ys form jn/l opinions ; whenever they mif lake their own interest ‘tis owing entirely to want of information in the many or want of fconefty iu the ftw But tstinjive political in formaton is not to be acquired without much labour, and few have lrifure to study the A fteins,compare the opinions, d; perufc the , piges of l.ocke, Sydney. Gibbon, r Home Sc Vattcl. If an acquaintance with the true principlcsof government & duties of a citizen could be inquired’ only from huge fclios Sc difiufe treatises, it would be seldom fought . er.if fought, the plough, the hatchet, and 9 the saw mult Band ftitl. Some cheaper and cafier means of iatisfjing curiofuy and ptv,curing information mult therefore be looked for; and where is intelligence, ehrapnefs and convenience united with more advantage, than in t!>e clofelv print* d col umns of the humble News-paper ? Our countrvmct, ?p 'er>r so we'l convinced as the ufefulncfs of periodical prints, and have so vrry libera'ly cnrour. ged them, that we deem ii unnecifi'arv to in fid on their merit, anda’moft hefi ate to rt.qufft public pat rnn-ge for another News paper eftablifh ■tent. v, e t C?n nrumY- bftle firrpr xrhaf xtten hoimiy « ,ff*'urtry can perform. The t|)j|{iciple«otour Paper, like our own. will hr , üblican, “ but the fame freedom cf opin whicli we cla m f.'r ourfelvcs, we wifli y*ll others tc «nj< y.” Civil and Religious # is the birh right of evry man, and * he who will cot extend the fame indulgence 9 to alll parties, and all fetfl, which he wishes 1. f° r !»»» own, is already or deserves to be a Dave, To fnpport Religion and morality will be cur pride—to encourage literature our •ndeavi r—no communications calculated to do either will be refnfed ; no hint will be 4 neglected. In a free country it is neceflary that the law fliould be neither vagoe nor A Unknown, all public adts of the State leg- Iw illature, will therefore be published as they L come to hand, r The MIRROR OF TKF. TIMES will be •pen to all who canvass public measure with decency, and in examining the conduit of individuals, as officers of grvemmeut— it know—“ Ao Party but my Country. No Jrunj but ‘Truth." CONDITIONS. 1 The MIRROR OF THE TIMES will be publiffied every Monday, on a royal flieet of an excellent qnality, and good Type. H. The price to fubferbers will be three dollars per annum, paid half yearly in advance. 1 HI. The price for advertising will he fifty eents per square lor the firft infertinn Sc thirty seven and a half for each con tinuation. IV '1 he paper will he delivered to Tow n f ulftribtrs at their plates of abode and thole tor the country will he d< ne „ r in packet! and delivered at the Office. r ] he Subscribers, H AVE removed iheir Stock of Goods to the Store formerly ctetipied bv Mes*rs Watson and Herbert, "here they are just s opening extensile assortment as DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, hardware, CUTLERY, STM IONARY, & SADDLERY. . T, I '*}' l , ,av f an assortment of pFOI S, which they will dispose of t n tin must reasonable terms : they , lave aUo on hand, a L QUANTITY OF SALT, 1 /U cf vhtch they are determined !° , ,0 " as »ht V can pomiblv i ] e ‘n S l ' lace cr Savannah, t «or Lush or Produce. ft. '-a i uche « Van Sindcien. Pai Gctouer 24. MIRROR OF THE TIMES. NOTICE. THE COPARTNERSHIP OF Harrison S? Hamilton WILL this day dissolve hv mu tual convent, all persons who are indibted to the said firm either by note or open account, a»e request ed to come forward and discharge their respective debts, as no longer indulgence can be given. Those having demands against the said firm are desired to render iu ihrir accounts for settlement. Ihe books are placed ir. the hands of | Mr, John T. Love, who is duly ' authorised to receive payment and settle the business of the said Grin ;at our store. The goods on hand wdi be offered low for prompt pay, until the 20th of December, and if not disposed of b* fore that day, they w ill then be sold at Auction. Andrew Elarrifon, J «mes Hamilton, Nov. 9, isoß. [if] 1 he Subscriber HA S removed to the house next below Mr. James Murren’s Store, and a few doors below hij foimcr stand, where he has lor talc an assortment of Dry Goods & Groceries , A!fo, a large quantity of Manufactured Tobacco or AN EXCELLENT QUALITY. All of which w ill be sold very low for Cash or Produce. He is in hopes that those indebt ed to him by bond, note, or open account due last winter, will make it convenient to settle their respec tive debts *n a *hort lime, as HO longer indulgence will be g;v*- n than the law has or will give them. SAMUEL FEE. November 14. I—l — ■ i II .m, rn. mm - r r-- - Ten Dollars Reward, TT TILL be paid to any person V V for apprehending JOHN WYNN, who deserted from my company of Artillerists, on the 14th inst. he rs a native t f Geor gia, five feet six inches high, thirtj four years of age, has grey eyes, fair hair, lair complexion—by oc cupation a Taylor.—Whoever will secure the said WYNN in goal, or deliver him to runy com missioned officer in the atmies of the LL S. shall receive the above eward, aud their travelling ex pences horn to the place of deli, very or confinement. ADDISON B. ARMSTEAD, C'ajjt. Ur S. Artillerists Commanding • T GHENT. THE Lower tenement on Mr. Samuel Scotl’y lot, qccupi ed the lalt year by !chnlon& Richards, is to let, and immedi* ate polleflion given—For terms apply to SAMUEL S. STARNES. Oft. 24. TO RENT. A STORE n the central part of Broad street—Enquire of the Printers. October 17. t CAUTION. i I FOR WARN all persons from trading for a Note of band I gave John Boyd, for i)5 hollars, for the Rent of a Plantation that was not in his paasession, and thereby has taken me in through defraud, and therefore I will not pay it. alti f due the 25th. Dec. 1808. JEHU EVANS. Edgefield District, Oct. 7‘ > >- 1 “ hold the MfßfcOß up to u\TVzT..''~-SAMesp(are. - 2 * | Administrator s Suk. (hi Frkhfif fht'%!,h tity of j irccn. her next, at the late'residence of Samite! M'hiticy , of Lincoln county dec. WILL B 2 SOLO, .ALL the personal property of said dec. the Negroes e.aepted. tliut can be (o.iiil mi that dsv ALSO, will be hired ,‘or orie yeaß, the negroes belonging to said es tate, and the plantation rented for "aid ceri.t of one year—The trims sale, hiring and tenth g to be , made known on that day bv J. GKIN AGE, Aifin’r, AT,L those indebted to the estate of the late Samuel IvLXinev, of Lincom countv, will make imme »iiu:e payment, and those having claims will rentier them in accord, mg to law, as immediate provision may be made lor payment bv J.GitLNAGE, Adm’r. November 11,1808. THE CRISIS. The corclusleno which we have hitherto drawn of a favorable ad justment ol our differences with j European powers, have been bot itomedupon the honorable, just, J and conciliating propositions of our government to the counts of I France & Gr.y at-Britain. ll thev , prove unfounded, thev will only ;go to shew that w< have been d:». posed to place more confidence in the iricWly dispositions of St. James and St. Cloud than they deserve. The efforts of our gov eminent to bring matters to a friendly issue with the belliger ents may have tailei, but the woild will very shortly under stand that it is owing/.) their own wickedness and not to our perti nacity. The American administration for the last 12 months has exhib ited an example of moderation and forbearance which must as tonish the universe. It was at any time in the power of the U S. by ! combining with France to have j ppressed and wounded England, or by combining with GreafUrit ain. to have tnjured France in a vital part; but adhering to the principle of a strict neutrality, I »ur government hat; preserved the I original position taken by Wash ington, when the French revolu tion first broke out, which was, to avoid all connection wi'h the trench or English, preserve an independent attitude, deal justly and impartially with the warlike powers, and resist every encroach ment which they should attempt upon our rights. The United States have gone through the doctrine of neutral ity from beginning to end ; and ther foreign relations, have now ccrce emphatically to a crisis. How will the government of the United States meet that crisis ? I hree courses of conduct pte sent themselves. I. A continuance of the embargo whihout any iurther preparation. 11. A continuance of the em bargo, with vigorous preparations for war,including the formation of two armies, one on our north eastern and the other on our south western frontier with a corps-de j reserve of select militia for the defence of the central parts of the union. 111. An abrogation of the cm- ! bar go laws, a declaration of war against France and Great-Britain, ; ; premiums for piivateering expe- : d'.tions against our common ene mies, an invitation to the Spanish j American provinces to declare in- ; dependence, throw off all allegi- j ance upon Europe, and unite with \ U 3 in resisting its injustice and i tyranny—-together with the for-; j mation of an army ol'20,O»0 men, j j for the invasion and subjugation j of the British possessions in dote ! nca. I MONDAY, Noremober 28, IPB* sits-H. ■■■■■ ■ '»■ ■ .in, , Upon these propositions, in some ! shape or another, our national ‘ legislature must deliberate and must decide. Ihe representa tives of the people are called to high duties & they owe it to them selves, to their countrv, and to I posterity, to discharge them with ’ firmness ; and that they will per- ! | f*»rm them with spirt, with ener- | ’ j SV» with judgment, no man who is , . acquainted with the American character can doubt. !j The present will communi 'Jcate, will explain and elucidate the actual circumstances, the pos itive aud contingent resources of . ,hc country. He may, if h e pleas- I es, advise what is proper to be done. But the representatives of ihe nation ought not to shrink i <r oni their proper share of res possibility ; they will net shrink. If peace can be preserved l»v any I means short of dishonor, of de- | gradation, and of ruin, in the ! name of heaven let us preserve peace. If peace cannot be main tainecl consistently with what we owe to ourselves as a rich enter : prizing, and valiant republic, then . let tnose means be adoped which will produce the greatest advan tage to the union. If war be ne cessary, let us have war ;an arn“ phihious policy be best let that pre vail. THROW* AWAY PAR- I Y DISTINCTIONS. Imitate the ever glorious congress of if 7 ft. Let the congress of 1808 be like a co^g l egation of sages, each one striving ; nor to irritate, to per plex, to thwart; but who shall do the most for the nation in the pre sent c»‘si St Let every man be head ; ‘et evtry one propose his plan, and freely communicate his ideas; then select the best after comparing, contrastim; and di gesting the whole. From every part of the union the legislature will bring with them the senti ments, their opinions of the peo ple : they will express' by the speeches, by 'heir votes, the wish es and the wants, the feelings and the expectations of the citizens Whatever is resolved upon will bo. supported, because whatever is done will be the sense of the people thenr.elves. May we not hope for an auspicious determin ation ? Certainly, if one thing be observed—UNlON AMONG OURSELVES. The virtues of union are incalculable ; and at thi3 moment art; pi ««ioua. Its excel” lency is too well depicted in ihc following passage from an elo quent writer to be omitted here: “ Every opinion is entitled to re spect, because we ate to presume tnat it is suggested by the desire of a general benefit ; but opinion# encounter each other, and before we decide in favor of one in par ticular, wc are obliged to teniain suspended between error and truth. Each of them is presented with equal advantages * nay, it sometimes happens, that truth ap pears naked & unattractive while, error is decorated with ornament and enforced with eloquence. V/hat is the true rernedv ior this inconvenience? U N |ox, UN ioif, lhat irreu.ybie panacea a „ a j nßt the evils of pertinacity. It it un ion that composes the understand ing and tranquillises the affec j lions ; she stills the tumult of the , passions, she supercedes personal antipathies, she disenchants the deluded senses, dissipates the clouds by which truth is obscured, I B^le anrds the rays of distinction i upon the apostle of truth ; he pre srnts her with modesty, he is re ! ceived without unfavorable pre possessions.—J lonitor. i _, , A person meeting a friend • who had lately laboured under i a fit of the gout, enquired after ; his heaiih, and was answered, “ Sc, sc”—“ I ant sorry you are no better,” replied the gen tleman, “ for I hoped you were recoveied in toe toe , ii * * •’i « [No. VII.] m>::K.iL quack erv: Or, the Doctor physic'd by his own pills ! By the following ertracts from late federal papers, onr readers will dudq;e whether open rebellion, Bri tish alliance, and a separation of the states, are not recommended iu language which cannot be miaun d restood. From the Centinel “ Every man will presume that he is not bound to regard it (the embargo) but may send his produce or mer chandize to a foreign market, in the same manner as if the gov ernment had never undertaken to prohibit it !" From tiie Ileperiory —“ Wekncrm t hat'd the emb&rgobe not removed* our cititens will ere long set its re strictions and its penalties at defi ance From the It behove* us to speak ; tor strike xva must , if spaking does not answer.*’ N. I'. Evening. Post. —“ There ore thousands every day denouncing jf the clabns upon that nation (tho Kng.id.) as unjust and unreason able, and openly declaring that ft is our true policy to rescind those claims, take protection under the British navy, and unite with her against the emperor of France," Boston Gazette. —“ it is better to sutler the amputation of a limb, than to lose the whole body. IVe must prepare Jor the operation'* This last extract is a broad hint at the division of ibe union. In addi tion to w hich the Centinel has pub lished a series ot labored essays, whose avowed object is to prove the advantages that would icsult to New-Lngland from such a divi sion ! Gazette , again—«< Whej-- so««» W n is New-England asleep ? YV’hrcfore does she submit to ibe opperession of enemies in the south, who are themselves slaves, and would make us so? Have we no Moses, who inspired by the God of our lathers, and will lead us out of Egypt ?’» The foregoing extrude prove, beyond the posibility of a doubt, that there is a party existing m this country, who are desirous to dissolve the national compact, and to produce a separation »t the states, All the canting sophistry' which this faction can offer, thro* the medium of their prostituted papers, cannot remove from the mind <>l the real American, that this charge is as true as it is infa y»°u> and destructive. The above extracts are calculated to rouse a spirit ol rebellion against the laws 01 the country, which must termi nate m a dissolution of the govern ment ; for if the citizens should “ “s* in opposition to the constitu ted authorities, and set their restric tions and penalties at defiance,” the inevitable consequence wouid be, a total annihilation of all the legiti mate powers ol the national com pact. The constitution being thus violated, and the laws trampled upon, the respective s»a cs must be brought into actuation so distres sing, as to be under the necessity ol dissolving those ties by which they are bound m their political relations. While these pretended reprobates of a separation of the states, become irritable at the charge* brought against il lein , we on j- requ«« .hem be e^|ici , & tell us plainly what are .he ten! deuces ol the above Whal constructions can llycitiaen. put upon them ? Can there be any mystery in such unequivocal de clarations ? It is absurd, and even trilling, to alledge that they mean nothing, when every sentence is I Iraugnt with such strong marks of resolution and perseverance to put some very important business into execution. Wca-e called ou “ to amputate ci limb f it la declare,l, we mmt prepare for the operation. << | t behoyes us to speak ; f or strike w e must, if speaking does not answer i’* What is the uieaamg of these asVe.