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‘J footftepi, under every government
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September 4.
Dancing School.
Mr. COLMESNIL,
PRESENTS hi* best respects to
the citizens of Augusta and its
vicinity for the liberal encourage
ment ha has heretofore received,
and informs them that be will again
opeu School in his former house,
near Messrs Caitircy iSt Bustin'*,
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vancement of those who may be
placed under his care.
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al, to commence on Tuesday the
3d of October.
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his dancing room;
September 18- St
DANCING SCHOOL.
Mrs. ROWSON.
Respectfully inform, the
Inhabitants of Augusta & its vicini
ty, lhat her SCOOL will be open
cn 'Thursday Oct. the sth wneii
she will instruct young Ladies and
Gentlemen, a variety of the newest
and most fashionable Dancing.
l)uy» of Tuition , every
7 hurday Evening, also every Sa
turday Morning and Evening,
Giecn Street, Oci. 2. if
FUR SALE,
At Edgefield Court House S*
| caiolina, a tract of land contain.
mg two hundred and tea acres n
i tu** f e and being within out hun
dred ya iof tlie Court House.
'lb orovimoil* thereon are
.ator 1
cr. . r ble aud convenient. —
p,tt, •
So s also on the premises an
b \ Well, and the watc.r in
-1 * ior to uonc in me biajfc v Any
prolexbionai chaiacte| d'Anbus- of
locating has tire
opportunity by applying to Ed
.< m d Bacon Lsq. Air. Isaac Ran.
doiph, at/ Kdgehtld Court House,
or to Uic hatucilbcr ouu UiHc be
low »'scuu’s Tcny ou uic Carohua
s'der
, CHARLLB MARTIN;
Scptcnioci 4.
“ HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE.” ShaknpCdrC.
CrfABLESTON, OL 12.
Captain Taylor of the fchoo- !
ner Eagle, in ten days from St. '
Chriltophe’s, has Fa voter! tu< with
a papei printed at that place of
the *9«h ult. from which weh ive
copied the following highly iu
te*effing reports :
B'tJl'etcrrt} (St. Kitts ) Sept. 29. j
Extrait of a letter l orn a
gentleman of the full ref
pectabihty in Amigo, a few
cbpies of which we threw off
haitilv yrfterdav. for the in.
formation of an anxious pub.
lie ;
14 A vHfel from Glasgow to
Martinique, in 28 days :—The
following news was vefiei day
foiwardtd <o commodore Fa hie,
and it is believed.
44 Sir Anhur Welleflv has
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vanquifherl Soulr and Victor, I
and the French air cot up.— |
l’he combined armies have iur. |
rounded Madrid hut thev have
101 l SCCO, the enemy 12,000.
“ Hie g«and expedition has
taken nine fail oi the line, burnt j
3, taken 14 frigates, (loops and j
vessels beyond number, Ar have 1
proceeded beyond Elnlhmg
44 Bonaparte asked and got j
an armilticc for some time, but !
the tint <J day khe archduke per. j
ceived the crafty Corlican en j
croaJiing, which induced the !
archduke to commence the 1
. O
which terminated againit the
French.
44 (commodore Fahie believes
so much that what I have writ*
ten is true, that he had his dis
patches copied & Icatteitd thro’
the (hipping.”
*1 he part of the above intel
ligence alluding to the capture
of the fleet at Fiufhtng, was re
ceived here so early as Monday
by an armed schooner, which
called in at old road, charged
witn ad'fpatch from commodore
Fahie for admiral fir A. Coch.
rane, at Halifax, brought bv
expreft. 25 days from England.
Pojlicrjpt — This noon the
Try-Again, c apt am Hazed, ar
rived from Martinique. He cor.
rooorates the glorious intelli
gence above mentioned, having i
piloted a Spaniih 74 into Mar- j
unique on Monday, 18 davs
from Cadiz, bound for Vera
Cruz, for (applies. From this
fotlNce we found the following
additional strength to the opini
on we have ventured.
Cadiz Gazette extraordinary,
Augujl 25, 1 809 —We lately an
nounced to the public the armif.
tice extracted from the London
papers; concluded between the
empeiors of France A: Auflria,
accompanied wuh fuitab'e rr„
flections on the credit that should
be attached to it : We have the
pleasure now of announcing the
news following :
On the 24th infl. his Britan. ;
nic majesty’s conlul in this city, j
received an express from Gib. 1
raltar, referting to intelligence
brought hy a packet in 12 days
from Palermo, with the agree
able news, that the archduke
John had formeda junction with
his brother prioce Charles, gave
the Fiench battle on the 29th :
July, in which the defeat of the i
latter was so complete, as to '
compel the immediate evacuati. 1
on of Vienna —the iofs on both
Tides in this fangutnary Panic |
was 6o } 000.
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SCHEME Or A NATIONAL BANK.
FROM THE AURORA,
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Let an act of congrefr pass,
eOablifhing one general and na
tional batik, and aflutning the
flock of all private banks, with
their capital and debts due.
Let the national bank eflalv
lifli as many branches as inay he
necedury to fuppjy public wants
throughout the several (fates.
Let the ffockholders firll draw
6 per cent, and then half the
futplus, not exceeding 3 per
cent —the remaining hit plus to
goto theuleofthc governmelig.
The directors to be appoint,
ed, one fourth by the prelident,
and the rest elected by the (tuck
holders within ti e ifate>. Eve.
i ry depoflt of calii to draw 3 per
j cent inteieif, whether it be pri
| vale or public property, with the
; privilege to take Itock at the
l end of one year, at a pi ice to be
I h*ed at the pieccding annual
; iem» by congreis, and the pro
! h's of the lai£ of new flock to
; go to the ule of the government.
[ M inor details omitted]
ine ucntfiis artling out of
i such an eflabiilhment are many
• and important, la the lirtt place
jan intereU of perhaps 3 per
j cent on 100,000,000 of dollars
! would go to the national treafu.
I r y? 3> 000 » 000 dollars per ann.
in me next place the (tring of
inconveniences arising from ha
vmg io many different kinds of
paper in citculaiion as iheie aie
banks, would be avoided, whiift
the alarms of one bank fuffering
a ruin from oihers would cease,
and aii doubts about the lafety
6t iccui ny of bank paper woutd
loon be forgotten, and this pa
per become the entire medium,
giving ftabiluy to government
finances, and attachment to tno.
ined interelh. Nor is it of fman
importance to bring this subject
wubm the gralp of the general
government, if only to prevent
me abulc into which it will lure,
ly run from themcreafe of bank
ing inifitutions, from rivai Hates,
towns and perlons carrying the
I banking buimels to excels, and
j from Uetng moie difbcult to de
lect counterfeiters, where the
kinds ol paper medium arc so
numerous and various.
Three millions annually to the
treasury, with the other public
aud private advantages being of
lerious concern to the nation—
it remains to enquire what are
the objections to a. Will the
present ffockholders refule to
iurrender their chatters & blend
their imercfts ui hodge podge ?
VVabout entering into the in
! duceißenis winch lfockholders
would And in a general amalga
mation of bank Itock, under the
1 (offering influence of govern
| tnent, 1 (hall conhder the power
i of congreis to force them 10 ac*
I quiefee, or cease to be (lockhol
uers; their choice would there
fore be the refuli of necellity,
or choice of the lesser evil,
which, if not the molt pieafant,
is always the molf lure ground
to go upon.
It is well known, rhat before
and during the revolution, bids
of credit were emitted by the
Hates and by congreis, folciy for
public benefit, and no such thing
a* banks lutiered, i hele bids oi
! credit fuppoued tbc (tale and
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MONDAY, ▼ciob-jr 23, JBO9.
general and would W
have fudoned the war, but for \
‘u- IXCVl XC V ° ( ,he Cui *Wioik% ?
Wh'ch rA,«,| i, valur, „ ld \
Imally luA mio no value; which j
though no without j (s advama.
He. «« the U’lic, fc|| veiy I
vyoniherUiedanj.fcil. That
tu the mfori id* jbe gene—
ral union, it
was bought' 7 dent igruke
from the ?L_i£u3--|S
hills in lo p rc „
vent luch another catay o pb
hence we find it provide m lec
tion xo, article i, “ ijik
Ihall coin money, emit hW- 0 f
cretin,” &c« Here then xwj»
clearly unconstitutional lor\
Itaie to emit bjjiKs.of credit—ana
by inference pf lound policy,
what cannot he done dnettiy,
cannot indirecdy. It therefoie
only remains to examine if a
‘>ank note be a bill of credit, to
leteimine whether the chaiter*
granted to the banking coinpa.
mes by the Hates arc valid. To
try this quell foil, fuppole the
dates to illue a paper cunency
in the woickof ,# bank no;e,
would such pafer be coniliiuii
ynal ? As this question is an.
Iwcied, it will follow either that
the charters are void or the Hates
have ilumefuilv thrown a very
iinporiaru intereii from the peo
pic into the hands of a monied
lew, and which indirectly vio"
laics the provilions of the (late
conltiiuiions, which dcclates
that all laws dull be equal, and
yet lutfers thele chautied Itock
holders to draw 8, ioor 12 per
cent, whiie* other laws toroid
more than 6, under the penalty
of fncfeituie and line.
I cannot, however, think it
nccellaiy to continue time in
proving wiiat mult be 100 clear
to need proof; that a bank note
or any piece of paper, purpor
ting that the bearer Hull icceive
the nominal amount is a bill of
credit, no inattei what the words
are—or that what a date, can
not do in-iis capactiy as a Uate,
11 cum.ot do by third ptilons,
and coufequtmiy that everV
charter gt anted is unconllitu.
lional and void.
It then follows to enquire, if
such is the cale, can congieia
giant a chartei, and ought
grels to do lo (
The conllitution has no where
given, m'fxprels language, the
power to emit bids ol ciedjt**-
but it has given, implicitly, all
the powers which the Hates are
debarred from ufiug, and ex
pefsly the power to provide for
the general welfare ; to borrow
money; to coin money ; to
pumlh counterfeiting, dec. Al
though it is clear, the right of
congiels is better than the right
ol the Hates, yet, if a dobt cx
iHed, there is no doubt but an
amendment might be had to
give the power expressly- Bc
cauleit is, for the general and
particular welfare that banking
ihould go on —and it is an in
lufferabie abule to give corpo
rate atfociauons exclusive pri
vileges at the expcnce of the
people.
The sum that government
could raifc i.i this way, would
be adequate 10 build a navy;
loitity the union; canal and
tuiup.kc the union, or giv*
genet al education to die poor.
Shall then ihele very i.nujjr-/
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