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L. I.] IjtM ~~^QIJSTA— PRINTED BY DANIEL STARNES A Co. WEST END OF B*RO AD-STREET. pkoposals BY ‘ TARN£ * & CO. , _I ii THE CITY OFALGUSTA, TO BE ENTITLED Mirror of the 1 imes. THU „„iver»l promulgation of 1 " , thl> ~n erat dcftnbuticn of know «•** uA ‘he g » firft importune m where liberty has left traces * TCrTC °iet>. under every government •f h<r happineU of Mau.— » hlCtf ZjSfcS the Great Lord Bacon mKnowledge ■ wi(h virtue ” it certainly uSr " here iX ° 0ra r Ce rC,gn# a! hh • „i,« and defpotibn governs. As **£ üBP enlightened authority will be ■* „ raiity reltored— Knowledge & i-*- he bases of freedom —the one j virtue ar f ; htl , the other teaches ! bftf#a !Mies • the firft thews us ho* to “taftthebeftpofi** form of govern- She Uft require, us to obey it when con i, j, therefore advaniageous every i‘ isabfolutely ne- C that comet inf; rmation should be S’difFufc-a and easily obtamed: For 1 : ; 1S ,be m u who R ovcrn ‘ 7bf y ncvcr £ticnaliy Took bad leaders or approve mbs mes/ures, yet they are liable to error 2 them true details mid they will judge ecrreftly—for on fl»i* grounds the people al um form just opinion ;• whenever they mi f akctheir own mtereft ‘tis owing entirely to win: of information in the many or want of ioasfly in the fiw. But «r«4w political in* rrmati* is not to be acquired without much libour, aud few have leifurc to (tudy the ftllrmi,compare the opinions, & perule the ja?oof l.ocke, Sydney,Gibbon, Hume & Vattel. If an acquaintance with the. true omiciple'of government & duties of a citizen ould be acquired only from huge folios idiffufe trentiles, it would be seldom fought cr if fought, the plough, the hatchet, and tte law mult (land (till. Some cheaper and aicr meaus of fatisfyirg curiofuy 3nel Cxurin' information mull theretore be iked for; and where is intelligence tteapnrls and convenience united with more advantage, ti an in the dofely printed col-, tmiis ot the humble News-paper ? Our wintrymcn appear so well convincedi es toe ufetuLefj of periodical prints, and have kwryliberally encouraged them, that we seen it unueceffary to insist on their me r tt ■Wmoft he£r»ue to request public pat ronage for another News-paper eftablilh- K»t, We can promise little except what atten tion, hooefty & industry cun perform, The piiociptesof our Paper, like our own. will be Republican, “ but the fame freedom of opin ion tliicli we claim for oarfeives, we with ah otliersto enjoy.” Civil and Religious liberty i« the birh right of evry man, and be who will not extend the fame indulgence to all parties, and all kSt, which he wiflies for his own, is already or deierves to be a live, To support Religion and morality will scour pride— to encourage literature our Kdeavor—no communications calculated to *\ Mher will be refufed; no hint will be •tjrded. In a free country It i s neceflary •■utile law should be neither vague nor “own, all public a<fts of the State leg «ure, will therefore be published as they **totohand. JJ* MIRp OR OF THE TIMES will he j. ,0 ' :i: eanvafs public measure with totViai.d in examining the condodl of ■ UlS| ls officers of government—it I Krty but c * untry ' No I CONDITIONS. I m^; IRR OR OF THE TIMES will be ■ pjibbllied every Monday, on a royal : I y^° faD excc Hent quality, and good I , Z h L tprieetofubfc rf*ecs will be three I ? a,d half yearly in 1 Pr ' C r *° r advert: fing will be fifty I quare for the firft insertion ■ * Ven anda or eacb con " I pa P eTw ill be delivered to Town I thofr J r ?' *^ e ‘ r P'*ces of abode and 1 'b Dark COun, ty will be dme up 1 Odice. ' * BCd dtliver *d at the Poll- r olln M. Jameson Gs Co ■fi . 1 receioec{ ™ addition to ! I Me following 1 fc- ?’ Vjhich will he sol <L 8 ’ Sr cash or cotton. 1 VIZ. rvl , Cn Coffce v ut! 01 " 0 ' 5 ' ■ P rune Cheese, fWm u *" S “8» r . I b *Sging. anU Ke °tucky Cotton- j I ALS0 > I p Y GALLONS j mJ nsh Whiskey, ■ ,l, '^ ,en,i 3 ohn . MIRROR OF THE TIMES. Jen Dollars Reward. .... in-. - -Q UNAWAY j I in Aug. lait, | WlSlslh jfrom Abbeville S. a dark Jg||lggg]mul!ato negro wo. m "----J man, named Abbe. about 30 years of age, and ra ther delicately shaped. Captain Haac Wellborn of whom the fubferiber purchaled her, found her in the Augulta jail in July lait, after an abienct from her owner of 13 months. Her husband I am told belongs j to Mrs. Walker who relidcs in, or near Augulta. iILI S. DAVIS. Oft. 31. ’The Subscriber Offers for sale in the Brick build* g opposite l'ho'a Camming esq. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Dry Goods G? Groceries ALSO 700 Bushels Allum Salt, 100 Casks Stone Lime, 5o Barrels Irish Potatoes, 30 Barrels of Cider, lO Boxes Cotton & wool Cards, 10 Trunks Gentlemen & Ladies Shoes assorted, 2 Trunks Ladies Chip Bonnets. JOSKPH HAWKS. Augusta, ijeb. 20. ts To Lease FOR FOUR YEARS, A Comfortable Dwelling lloufe With a Lot of five Acres, On the Sand-Hills. They will be let for the com plete repair of the House and Lot. —For further particulars, enquire of tiie Printers. Feb. 20. LOST ON Friday the 27th inst. be tween Vaux Hall board ing houie & the race ground, a RED MOROCCO POCKET BOOK, containing sundry papers, a mong which aie a note of hand on Thomas Sc Archibald Gra ham tor fortv dollars, and one note on john Baugh of fifteen dollars, dates of neither lecoL lefted—Alio, an order on John Patrick, drawn by John H. Pugh in my favor for one hun dred and fifty dollars, together with a bank bill of ten dollars, and sundry other papers not at present recollected, which can be of no use to any perlon but the owner—Any peifon finding the above described book and papers shall recieve the bill as a reward for his honesty by de* livering the fame to the fubferi. ber. Wm. COX. Columbia county, Jan. 28. NOTICE. ALL persons indebt ed to the late firm of Watson Sc Herbert, or to Jesse Wat. son, of this place, are hereby notified, iha-t their notes and ac counts will, indiicriminately b | put in the hands of officers for 1 collection, on the firft of Janu. 1 ary next, if not previoofiy fet | tied; as the Subfcribtr jontem ; plates removing from this ftaie early in the enluing spring. JESSE WATSON. November ai* 4t “ HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE." ShaktSpCart. LIST OF ACTS. Passed at the Second Session of the Tenth Congress. 1. An act to authorize the trans portation of « certain message of the President of the Un»ted Sia;es, and documents accompanying the same. 2. An act authorizing the Presi dent of the United States to. em ploy an additional number of re ’ venue cutters. 3. An act authorizing the pay ment of certain pension* by the se cretary of war at the seat of gov- , vernineut. 4. An act for the relief of An drew Joseph Villaird. 5. An act to revive and contin ue in force for a farther time (he first section of the act, intituled j “ An act farther to protect the [ commerce and seamen of the Uni ted States against the liarbary powers.” 6. An act for the relief of Au gustin Serry. 7. An act authorizing the pro prietors of squares and lots in the city of Washington, to have the same subdivided, aud admitted to record. 8. An act to enforce and make more effectual, an act, eutituled “ An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and Harbors of the United States,” fk the several acts supplementary thereto. 9. An act supplementary to an act, entituled “ An act for extend* iug the terms of credit on reve nue bonds in certain cases and for other purposes ” 10. An act for the relief of Ed mund Boamont. 11. An act to alter the. time for the next meeting of Congress. 12. An act for the employment of an additional naval force. 13. An act for dividing the In diana territory into two separate government 14. An act making appropria tions to complete the fonifications commenced for the security of the seaport towns and harbors of the United States, and to defray the expenses of deepening and ex tending to the river Mississippi, the canal of Carondelet. 15. An act supplementary to the act, entituled “ An act to amend the act entituled “ an act establish ing circuit courts and abridging the jurisdiction of the dLirict courts ot Kentucky, lenocssce and Ohio. 16- Anact to revive and conti nue for a farther iiin« the uuth<*ii -1 ty of the commissioners ot Kus kaskia. 17. An act to incorporate a com pany tor opening the canal 111 the city of Wasington. 18. Au act making appropria tions for the support oi govern, meut, during the year one thous and eight hundred and nine. 19. An act extending tbe right of suffrage in the Indiana territory and for other purposes. 20 Ain act treeing from postage all letters aud packets to Thomas Jefferson. 21. Ain act for the disposal of certain tracts of laud in toe Mis sissippi territory, claimed under Spanish grams, reported by the land commissioners asante-dated ; and to contiim the claims of A braham Ellis and Dauiei liar.e gah 22- An act for the relief of Dan iH Cotton. 23. An act for the relict of cer tain Alibama and Wyandott In dians. 24. An act to interdict tne com- j meicial intercourse betweeu the United States and Great Britain and Fiance, and their dcpcudcii- j cies and lor other purpose*. j 25. An act making provision for the tariiier acommoUatiott °\ tnc , household of the Frcsnicnl of the ; United States* 26. An act farther to amend the judicial system of the U. Mates. 27. An act to extend the time for making payment for the pub lic lands of the United States. 28 An act making a farther ap i propnation towards completing the two wings of the capitol at tlte city of Washington, and for other purposes. 29. An act to extend to Amos ! j Whictemore and William Wliitie more jun. the patent right to a machine for manufacturing cot ton and wool cards. 30. An act for the relief of Ja ( cob Bar nit z. 31. An act supplemental to the act intituled “ ah act for estab lishing trading houses with the In dian tribes.” 32. au act concerning invalid i pensioners* 33. am act toaurhorifte the mak ing a turnpike road from Ma sons’s cause-way to Alexandria. 34 An act farther to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation ol the treasury, war and navy departments. 35* au act making appropria tions for the support of the milita ry establishment, and of the navy ot the United States for the year 1809. 3s. An act supplementary to an act to amend the charier ot George i own. 37. An act authorizing the fur ther augmentation of the marine corps. RAINBOW, No. V. ON THE AMERICAN CENIUS. THF.RE is not a country on the face of the globe, to which nature has been more bountiful than the United States. The felicity of our situation and the diversified blessings we enjoy, have been the theme of panegyric, until it is no longer possible to advance a new idea, or to modify an old one, so as to give it an appearance of nov elty. Without entering on a mi nute repetition of those advantages of soil, climate, productions, and remoteness from the Eastern con tinent, which seem to promise us an eternity of happiness ; I shall confine my present remarks to those moral causes which are in timately connected with the cha racter of a nation. Europeans have sometimes ac cused America of a poverty of genius and weakness of intellect, which place her much behind the ancient world ; and even the en lightened Busson has adopted the idea that nature is more ieeble in her efforts in the Western than in the Eastern hemisphere. The charge itself is a proof that Euro pean segacity is still far from hav ing attained its perfection. It could only have been dictated by an illiberal preference of the soil 011 which we have been accidently cast, and a contempt for all other nations whose habit*, manners, & improvements, are not similar to those of our own country. A phi lanthrophist will pause, before he consigns to oblivion the fairest portion of our planet, and a phi losopher will forget that he has any other country than the Globe itself, while he pierces with ardent gaze the mysteries of nature- If we cast our eyes over the map of America, we shall perceive that nature has not merely consulted its convenience or happiness in the distribution of her favors ; she has done more, she has put forth all her strength, and erected monu- I ments to her own glory. She has worked on a scale of grandeur & magnificence, before which the boasted prodigies of Europe hide ; their diminished heads. Where Will Europe shew her Andes which j heave their suow-capt summits a ; bove the clouds ? Where are her 1 Amazon and La Plata , which [No. XXIV.j MONDAY, March 27, 1809 would be regarded as fabulous, did not authentic history a:test them ? Where will she exhibit lakes like those of Canada, which connected with each other it' with the ocean, bind all the Nothern part of this great contiuent in one indissoluble commercial chain ? The most en thusiastic admirers of European ex cellence must shrink lrom this comparison ; and so far must ac knowledge that nature is here at least as bold in her sketches and as vigorous in her production* *s on the Eastern Continent. When these truths present thenu selves to our minds with irresisti ble force are we to conclude that tlie hand which has lavished such unequalled favors, has penuriously withheld the more estimable en dowments of the mind and heart ? Mas a paradise been given to del generate souls who are insensible to its cha rotes ? is nct mind ot the -dmertcan sufficiently ex panded to take in these vast ob jeets in all their magnitude and sublimit) ? i will not insult U w country urn u by addressing the questiou to them. I perceive a glow of indignation on every cheek, and while 1 write, I feel it difficult to suppress mv own. But it will be a more instructive task to examine tiie basis of these exalted pretensions ; to pay the just tribute of deterence and ho mage to European superiority, if it should be established by investi gation ; or to render to the insulted American tiie honors which nature has colitericd upon, which human ignorance has vainly endeavored to observe. It has been a question of endless speculation among the ac what time America was peopled, and whether her inhabitants arc her own offspring, or emigrant* from tlu: old continent. If we are lo suppose America coeval with the world, & that she became peopled as soon a* the other part* of the earth, we may be asked with triumph, upon what principle we are to account for her vast in feriority in intellectual improve ment ? Why did the adventu rous bands of enlightened Europe, who first explored our shores, find the native American, naked, igno rant and ferocious ? Upon he sup- » position of equal talents and equal advantages or soil and climate, we may be told, that we have a right to expect an equal progression in the arts and sciences in any piven time. The same causes must al ways produce the same effects. If the American genius had been equal to the European, it ougfc in the same lapse of years to have ex plored as many sciences, invented as many aa'-a, and humanized and polished manners in an equal de gree. This reasoning is at first sight specious & imposing ; but cannot withstand the test of rigid enquiry. I shall assume the hypothesis most disadvantageous to my position ; that America is as old and ha* been as long peopled as Europe, Asia or Africa. I shall also make the comparison, with the most en lightened part of the old world— Wtien I select Europe for this pur. pose, it ought not however to be forgotten, that the art* and scien ces have not originated with her, but have sprung up m Asia ; from thence have been transplanted to the southern parts of Europe, and by very slow degree* have spread themselves into more Northern climates. It is also worthy of remark, that those cduntries into which the sciences were first re ceived, where they were most patronised and flourished with richest luxuriance, are now the gloomy residence of want, ignor ance and despotism. Whoever has observed the pro gress of the human mind, must have perceived that its first strug gles with ignorance arc always more painful uud difficult, than its