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[VOL. L] PINTI' DBY DANIEL STARNES & Co. WEST END OF BROAD-STREET. jVGI Si A—i lx * , proposals nIEL STARNES Sc CO. ,T '***'!""W "^CII Y °F AUGUSTA. TO BE ENTITLED Mirror of_the Times. prh.wd J*I en ft importance in i^' liberty ha, lcst trace, under every government *ha too tftep . hjppinefs c f Man.- * b ' Ch She” said the Great Lord Bacon united with virtue" it certainly '.''ZT Where ignorance reign, there " ■ nhi and despotism govern,. A, W, Se, enlightened authority will be "“Tm rlbty rettored- Knowledge & leutedfc ® of f rccdo m -the one TV ~in our right,, the other tcache. r '7du<i»i thc f ' t(i fI,CW * “* h ° W *° XfEUpoffible form of govern 2, The last retires us to obey it when con -5& It i. therefore advantageou, every X ft , but i« * Republic .t ...hfolutely ne- T’ t hat correct inf rmation fluu'd he and easily obtained: For 'us tb« ftofh who govern. 7 b,y never jgtatiooaliy choose had leader, or approve wrong mejlures, yet they arc liable to error -live them true detail, and they will judge on plain grounds the people al wiV. form just opinions -, whenever they mif utetheir own interest ‘ti* owing entirely to tint of information in the many or want of fojtfty iu the fru> But ixtcnfrvt. political in forautoD is not to hr acquired without much latvnr, and few have leisure to study the h!bii,compare the opinions, & perule the wjfiof Locke, Sydney,Gibbon, Hume & Vjttcl. If an acquaintance with the true ynnciplesof government & duties of a citizen could be acquired only from huge folio, *fifufeireaules.it would be fcldom fought #r if fought, the plough, the hatchet, and the fiw mud Hand (till. Some cheaper and *»£er means of fatisfying curiosity and yruturing information mull therefore be looked for; and where i, intelligence, cheapness and convenience united with more eluntage, than in the closely printed col umns of the humble News-paper ? Our touatrymen appear so well convinced es the ufefuloefs of periodical print*, and have lowyliberally encour.ged them, that we deem it unnecessary to infill on their tne r it uuialmoft hesitate to request public pat romgt for another Ncwi-paper eftablilli nnt, We can promise little except what atten tion, lionefty & industry can perform. The principle, of our Paper, likeour own. will he »nwhich we claim for ourselves, we with •ilothers to enjoy.” Civil and Religious forty ii the btrh right of evry man, and htwbo will not extend the fame indulgence to all parties, and all left, which he wiflies his own, ia already or defer ve» to be a lave. Tofopport Religion and morality wiH •e our pride— to encourage literature our JMeavor—no communications calculated to ■» either will be refufed ; no hint will be J|Lcted. In a free country it is necessary W ll the law should be neither vague nor I‘:km wn, all public acTs of the State lee fc jature w,n therefore be published a. they [ to hand. 1 Lj hc mwror of the TIMES will b« ■ pea to a//who canvass public measure with US“7’* ,din Plamil,i «g the conduct of r*i ,Tl U<!8 ’ 83 (d * ctrs of government—it I I<D w-‘< Afo Party but my Country, No U** tut Truth." J CONDITIONS. If tMirror of the times win he pub.Ubetl everv Monday, on a roval [ 7° faa eitdlent T'ahty, and good l l .^ epricCtofu b fcrb er, will be three ■ *dv!nce PCr anLUtn ’ paid ha!f >' ear, y in ■>; The price for a. w tisi n? will befiftj per fquarctor the firft insertion ii.i od ''“"‘f sot Sibf, e ,-? aperWl !* *? c < ' c,ivere( l to Town «hof t ; ,m u at,heir P Uce *° fabod * anc * in the COumr T wiil l,c d ‘up | Office, ktU * D<i dellVer£d at thc Poft ?The Subscribers, kT AV E removed their Stock of tl cup^d°h y l m* he S vv e formerlv - Nle^rs - AV Atson and Jknin» ’ ICre the >’ artJ J ust *nVv'r wrf as *ortmcnt of } l‘Y GOODS, hakdwarf, I cV! LKIIY > ! * 1 ‘"iheifco- r L ' H ( V ' Vlil s P OSe of f aso,!ilbic tt rms ; they T? on hand, k y U ( ENTITY OF SALT te h^y.r c determined * ‘old in SI I *, l! ' CV Ct, “ R oss,b| V " avannah > (j *iou!r° C^ e V ir * Sindcf cn MIRROR OF THE TIMES. We apologise to Mr. Harris for the delay ofhis patriotic 0 ration —It nevtr came to hand until after the meeting of Con . gress, and the pressure and im portance of its proceeding , tn< hope, will be a sufficient excuse for our delay. The following Oration was de. livered in Wright {borough, on the FDtirth of July i 8» 8, in commemoration of the In cependencce of the United States, by Wm. Harris Kfq. ORATION. Friends & Fellow Citizens , WE are here aflembled with a view of celebrating that ever memorable day which gave a birth to our empire, it may no: therefore, be amiss 10 turn our attention, for a few moments, to take a view of the causes which led to the event of this joyous anniversary j to trace the eftetts which have resulted to Ameiica, and search for the principles which impelled to the conielt; and above all to recall the feelings which supported us in the itruggle. A lime inoft dear to every patriotic heart, now demands the celebretion of Amnicans ; the hoary foidier now looks back with redoubled pleasure on the toils which arc pad, and compares them with the peace and contented repole which he now enjoys, each friend to liberty now feels a joy. ful tranlport awake in his bread, which he conliders as bleliings heaped on his country by the long series of fuccelsful efforts, to which the glorious declaration of the 4th of } uly gave a begin ning. This day completes ihe 32d time that the Sun in the progress of his annual revolu tions has dißuled his prolific radiance over the plains of In dependent America, since that eventful period, when the Ame ricans filled with that divine en thufialm, which inspired every patriotic bosom, were prompt, ed to proclaim defiance to the thunders of Britain, and finally 10 ere& the holy temple of A merican liberty over the tomb of departed tyranny. At a time of the greatest prolperity, when every heart expanded with the incrcafing opulence of the American do. minions, that a laborious and agi icultural people at ease upon their own farms, secure and dis tant from the approach of fleets and armies, tide waiters and Ramp mailers, from the dic tates of duty Sc confcicnce, en countered dangers, dillrels and poverty for the lake of securing to poltcrity a government of independence and peace- The voice of unborn nations called upon them for fafety. Sc to aflert their rights Sc condutt the revo lution; on that ever memorable 4th of July 1776 that foiernn alfertiou was made; and we j are now called upon to confirm and lupport it by our future j exertions, and since the exif‘ tence of our Empire depends on our united efforts to lup port it, let the business of this day alcend from amusement Sc congratulations to a serious and patriotic employment. I do not mean my friends to inflate our national vanity by a pompous “ HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE. *' — Shakespeare. cwotui .nwwnwnwumi iwrr«*Wßae«»wr>g3i—— m display of past atcbrevements i council or in the field, but from a mode (l retrofpett of the part ah ready »£ted by our country men, from an accurate view of our prefcnt (ituaiion, Sc from an an ticipation of the Irenes that re mam to t»e unfolded ; to dticein and familiarize the duties that ft ill awaits us as soldiers, as Cit izens, end as men. On this day therefore religiously devo* ted to the consecration of our independence, it becomes us as the votaries of freedom, friends to the rights of Man, and bound 10 support them whenever in vaded, to turn our attention with grateful enihufiafm to the iceries fthich our countrymen exhibited, when like the fliip iing of Israel with fearedy a weapon to attack, or without a shield for their defence! they met, and undismayed engaged with the gigantic greatnels of the Rritifh power ? Untutered (as they were) in the difgrace' ful science of human butchery; deliitute of the fatal materials which the ingenuity of Man had combined to sharpen the feythe of death, and unfortified against the powerful aflhults of an unrelenting enemy, they did not hesitate at that moment, when their coalls were infefled y rmidable fleet, and their territories invaded by a numer ous and ve;eran army, to pro nounce the sentence of eternal leparation from Britain ard to throw the gauntlet at a power the teror of whose recent triumphs was almost co-extensive with the earth; Nor did our b:ave Countrymen flop here ; but with undaunted fortitude deter mining to live free or die, and having drawn the fvvord in de fence of their Country never to teturn to its fcabba'd til! it had secured to them independence and peace ; went ou scourging their invaders until they had driven them hack in confufion to the regions of terror from whence they emerged. And now my friends, what remains to be done is to (upport that freedom Sc independence which has been secured to us at so great an expense. And as we value the peace and happinels of our Country as we value the rights and liberties of the foil that gave us birth; if we are not loft to every sense of feel' ing for our own consequence and importance as men, we will rally round the independence of our country whose exigence has of late been fj artfully aft (ailed. Let us join in a fervent flip plication that the (acred Cnar. ters of humanity which we have once sealed with our blood may be forever preserved from the deadly grasp of Tyrants—Let us dill remember, that the voice of ouf fathers blood is crying to us from the ground 44 My sons scorn to be slaves.” In vain they met the frowns of ty rants, invain thev toiled, invain they fought, they bled invain; if we their offspring want valor to repel the assaults of our inva ders. Let us not (lam the glo ry of our worthy anceflors, out like them reldlve, never to part with our birth rights, and be de' termined in our exertions for the prefervaiion of our liberty. Lei us prefer the lonely col- tage whilll hlclt with liberty, 10 gild palaces fuirounded with ! enfigm of flu very ; we rnav 1 then rest afluted that Tyranny with her whole accursed train will hide her hideous head in confufion (hume and despair. Let it never be laid of as of Rome and of A them, that “ In gratitude is the common vice of Republics,” hut with an hum blc anticipation of the funjre bleflings, which ihe pad jeem to pi tdage, let us remain as a band of Brothers united, 11 mi! the giand political Millenium, when l yranis (hall turn fiom the im pious work of blood in which their bands have been imbrued, and a!! nations be united in one mighty republic. *’ Then peace on earth (lull holJ an easy sway, “ And man forget his brother man to fl.iy,- “ T hou glorious era, come ! hail bleiTVd lime ! * When full orb’d freedom dull uccioudcd thin* For in independence Sc free dom alone are concentrated and condensed, every blessing that makes life dcfirablr, every right and every privilege which can tend to the happiness or secure the native dignity of man. U niting (as we are) in the cele bration of this anniversary, lam happy to behold a number of ihe illuflrious remnant of that band of patriots, who despising dangers and death, determined to be free or gloriously peiilh in the cause : the feelings which inspired them in the “ times which tried men’s fouls” are communicated to otir bosoms; we catch the divine spirit which impelled them to bid defiance to the congregated hofls of deL. pots; we now (wear to pre serve the bleflings they toiled to gain, and to tranlrnit lo our poltcrity our lights undiniinifh ed, our honor untarnished and our freedom unimpaired, until the tottering thrones of despots (hail fall and bury their proud incumbents in their maffy ru ins! One great link in the chain of our independence, and one, by which we can lupport it the longed of any other, is that of making a judicious choice of our Lgiflators. Jf we employ artificers who neither know the : foundation on which they wotk the i»ftrument3 they ought to use, nor the materials required, we cannot exoefct a well con. ilrufled fabrick. It is noton the narrow balls of monopoly and cxclulion that we can ercti a temple to the growing liberty of our country ; but on ihe broad balls of immutable juf_ rice alone that we can raile a lading beauiiou* temple to the liberty of our State Sc Nation. Could we chnofe legtflators whole fkiil confilhs in a know ledge of the temper of thc pub lic mind ; men who has no oth ! er motives to induce them to j serve us, than the patriotic zeal ! they possess for the good of their country; men whole other | offices and appointments are not depending on their own judg ment and decision to lupport them in ; men whose diliniereft. cd firmuefs and integrity calls ’ upon them to osier their lerviccs to their country, in order to compose wife and whollomt* laws for th , “ good of their con stituents, then and not till then can we fay that wc lupport a genuiue republican government MONDAY, February 20, 1809* —then will ircddl merit be pro. pcrlv apptetiated, and partiali ty that l ane of focie'y be total* iy annihilated j and anarchy be buri-d in the rruify rums of despotism from whence it origi nated, theie to f 1 jep until the trumpet orignorancc, fuperLi tton and bigotry (hall found their relut rittion ; bom Rich a • efurrctiio!! good Loid deliver us, May dor land continue to ne a land of liberty, the leal of virtue and an aiyluin for the op pressed. May our young citL -sens, emulous to excell the ge nius of the calf, be always rea dy to support the iacred catife of freedom. May more than Ciceronian eloquence be ever eacly to thunder terror in the cars of any foreign troops that dare invade our independent ihores, & »o Oimulate the minds of our citizens to Hand firm in defence of their liberty —And may the glory and felicity of our nation inertafe with each revo.v.ng year nil the laitnump iliali announce the cataftro* phe of nature and time shall it ll merge in the ocean of tier, nuy. To Sheriffs. Executions will be forward ed from this office, by every mail between the date of this and the fir ft of April next, to lotne one or mote of the flier iffs of tin.*; (tale. They will conlult their own interelt thetcforc, by applying in person, at the Pod Offices in their re/pettiveconn, tics, and receiving their letter* as earfy as poflibie after the ar rival of each mail. GEO : R. CLAYTON Treafurtr. Treasury office, Georgia 9 Millcdgevillty zd Jan. 1609. NOTICE Agreeable to an order of the honor* able the court of (hdinary for the County oj llichmond. WILL BE SOLD, On Saturday the lxth day ot March next , at the Market House in the City of Augusta, between the hours of \0 and, U o'clock. ALL the negroes belonging to the estate of Clomey Morse, late of said county I o be sold h r dir benefit cl the luira & creditors.—Terms made know a on he dav of sale. ANN MORSE, Adm’x. ROUT. JOHNSON, Admr, January 9. lot John M. Jameson Co* Uave just rcceioed in addition to their former stock the following articles , which will be sol d low for CAiH or cotton. VIZ. 500 Bushels Salt, 1000 lbs. Green coffee, 20 Barrels Irish Potatoes, 2o Barrels Liuu*, 15 Casks prime Cheese, Loaf and Brown ;Sugar, Crockery-Ware assorted, Chocolate, lnv eroess and Kentucky Cottoir baggmg. ALSO, FOIITY GALLONS Irish JVhU key f Eight yen's old by the DemijoblV fury 16* <kt [No. XIX.J