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AUGUSTA- PRATED BY DANIEL STARNES & Co. WEST END OF BUOAD-STKi Kl\
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iN THE CITY OF AUGUSTA,
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lirror of the limes.
HF. universal promulgation of i
, *nd the general difiribution of know
, are objtdl) of the firtl import.-nce in
couutry where liberty has left trace*
r footfteps, under every government
It confult* the happiness of Man—
iwitdge,” laid the Grtat I.otd B acon >
ower,united with virtue” it certainly j
,-rty. Where ignorance reigns there |
triumphs and despotism govern*. As
becomes enlightened authority will l>e
rd & morality restored—Knowledge &
»are the hales of treedo'm—the one
us in our rights, the other teaches,
r duties; the fit'll flietvs us how to con- J
t the belt pofiibie form of govern mcnf,
aft r-qi ires ur to obey it when couftruo ;
!t is therefore advantageous, very where, I
in a Republic it i* abiolutely necefTary
corretil information thou Id be widely
fed and easily obtained : For there ’tig
lecple who govern. They never inten
tly chot fe bad leaders or approve wrong
iires, yet they are liable to error—give j
; true details and they will judge cor- ;
y—for on pi a'n grtunds the people al- j
ircmjuf. tpinions : whenever they mis- I
their own intercfls *ti» owing entirely
act of information in the many or want
incfiyui th efew. But t*t *J>ve politi
iforin tion hoot to be acquired without
i labour, and few have leilure to fludy :
yftems, compare the opitvons and pe- t
i e p ges of Locke, Sydney, Gibbon, |
.e and Vattei. If an acquaintance with !
rue principles of government and duties j
citizen cotdd be acquired only from j
: It'li-» &. ciifTufe treatiles, it would be
;m fooglit or if fought, the plough, the |
het, and the saw must fland flii!. Seme ;
per and easier means of fatisfying curi
a dprocuring inform tion must there- j
be looked for ; and where is intelligence {
pnefs and convenience united with more j
mage, than in the tloftly printed col
i of the humble News-paper? Our j
itrymen appear so well convinced of
ufefulnefa of periodical prints and hare 1
■ry liberally encouraged them,,that we
i it unnecefTary to infill on their merit,
almatl hesitate to request public pktron
fur another News-paper eflabliflimcnt. j
e can promlft little except what atten
ihonefry & induflry can perform. The
riplesof our Paper, like our own, will be
uhlican, “but the fame freedom ofopin- [
which we claim for ourfelvcs, we willi
uhersto enjoy.” Civil and Reli/icu* 1
rty i a the birli right of evry fnan, and
*l'o will not extend the fame indulgence
ill parties, and all ft&, which he vuflies J
hi* own, n already or delcrves to he a i
lofupport Religion and morality wilt
rur pride— to encourage literature our j
ervor—no communications calculated to j
other will he refufed ; no hint will be ;
,'Cdted. In a free country it is neccfiary j
■ “le law fliould be neither vague nor !
mown, all public a<sls of the State leg- j
!ure > w ''l therefore be published as they I
»e to hand. j
fhc MIRROR OF THE TIMES will be i
cn t 0 who canvass public mcafure with !
jf R , c y» an d in examining the condo<T of “
j'Vicii2!s ) ,slicers of government—it
l! knrv,w« A„ Party l ui my Country, N»
tut Truth." 3
CONDITIONS.
h The MIRROR OF 1 fIE TIMES will be
puljufhtd eveiy Monday, on » royal !
liicn ofa i excellent quaiity, and good ]
ill eprice to fubferbers will be three
f-r* P er a nuum, -aid half yearly in !
advance, 1 3
1! <- pr.ee for advettifiny will be fifty
cats per (quart tor thr (irft inlertion
* ...ir v (even and a half for each ceu
t'RMtimi.
c Tf'Werwi!. he delivered so Town 1
iIVT' rs at *^*' r places of abode and '
the enury wiil he dr„e i-p
oVcr'^ 4 £nd d<Uvertd at tl c Pun '
Lawyers Office.
j Subscribers having enter- i
:.i* ' n!o partnership in the
, • ce cl the LAW, re-pctfully I
, n public that then Office !
J® 1 l he South aide of Broad !
[ thn V lW °. doors Messrs;
Ci, F r‘ C «- »■>«- »«•!»..«-
• |l ' ”' t ~le of thr ir profession
Hi Punctually attei ded to. It
r "utmic.n to practice in the
' L 't| cl
‘.Vi.'f’jjjif Striven, Elbert,
'• -r«\ Uibiugton, Wilkes,
uclimond, GreeneSt
‘(■uoti.. Hancock
:rc u it 3 as 1,1 the Federal
! *t.eu I*"- rhe arrangement
i urt ‘ •* s *'rb that one will
v (|1 c rrtiom at the Office
'{\tvn,V' x% ur ’ on circuit.
tlfui 1 "UICHINSON: :
i,, ha;u) n. vvii.dk.
‘ August 28. 4b Sw
MIRROR OF THE TIMES.
chamber of commerce.
Paris, Augtift 15
The Chamber of Commerce
of Paris, has received from hi>
excellency the miniUer of the in
terior ad interim , the flaneim;
mifßon of announcing to th* j
Ch amber of Commerce, the am 1
bafrador of his majeffy in Spain,
has obtained the te feltabhfhmem j
of the transit, free of all duties j
of cotton and other coionia |
produce lent from Portugal to
France, and ofcloih* and othei
goods lent from France to Por
tugal.
The duties which have even
been hitherto received at Vttto.
ria will be returned.
In v irtuc of official notes, this
tranfn is regulated as follows ;
“ The transit of raw cotton
and other colonial produce,
sent from Portugal foi France,
(hall come by the road of ft a da.
joz or by that of Tuy to Vino,
ria.
“ The transit of cldihs and
other French goods, which may
be sent 10 Portugal (hail take j
place by the way of Badajoz to
Vittoria : that of Tuy is ihh in- 1
eluded.
1
“ The merchants and the con.
duoors of these goods, the tran.
ftt of which is authorifed, are
holden to fulfil the formalities
preferibed by the royal order of |
the 18th November, 1807, and
which are conformable to the
following.
* 1. The ctifiom houses of
Badajoz and of Tuy remain a
lone authorifed for the introduc
tion, and that of Vittoria for I
the difpatchibg of the goods,
lubmimng them, however, to a
visit to be made, comparatively
with the declaratory r.o'es prt“
fented by (he parties irnercltcd ;
‘ 2. After the fir ft verification,
ihe goods fhail be leaded in the
cases or bales which contain
them,
4 A manifeft fhail afterwards
be delivered fpecifying the ton
tents, the number nf ne cases or
bales, and Ihe marks & weights.
At the end of the mamfefi, fhail
I be the precise obligation on the '
I part of the conductors, to pre
-1 lent in a reasonable time, thus
pointed out, a counter note of
the diretior of »he custom house I
of Vittoria, proving that ine dis. \
patching iras been verified, and !
; that the manifcll has been found j
! conformable to the goods under
the ptnalties of the owners,
being fubjcfcled to the du’itjduc
! to the royal crown of Bpsin ;
4 3. The owners ate alio hoi
den to prove by a certificate
from ihe Spanish conlul refining
in that part of France, for which
j the goods a<e intended, the *!act
I of their ultimate deftinatron.’
“ Moreover, this permilfion
! is only lo continue during the :
war with England.”
A true copy:
Dupont (de Nemours,) V. P.
Barthelemy, Sec’ry.
Journal du Corr.vierce.
BOSTON, Nov. id.
Jlritijh amity /—We were
sass evening favored with a Ha
lifax paper of October 24,
which gives ihe intelligence
of the copture of ihe American
; ship Sufrjuehanna, capt. Brown
from Baltimore, bound to
Tonnigcn. She was taken by
vi«i lan ■■■ .1 iuuz«uat«i!* » . "iihiihi i MM „
44 HOLD THE MIRROR LPTO N ATU RK.” •SfulttSpCUre.
mttrvrz. c XMurmcv -rrj^-n
is Bitannic m<;ellv'b Schooner
nilfie, and cairied ituo ll.di
x. ihe gemiecnan who han
-d us the paper lilies, that
-fee other vetfeis from BaUi
rore lor Tonnigen, were
found into Halifax, as piizes,
; *‘hen he was coining out. — ■He
j ould not learn there names.—
There a«e leveral notifications
m the Halifax paper, for the
j diihibuiion of prL>c money on
! veflels condemned.
Yefierday arrived the floon
Phoebe, captain Turley, ,07
days from Carthagcna, who
informs that ma 1 kets woe dull
;nd they were over (locked with
Enghfii manufactures—that ihe
port of Carthagcna W'Ss opened
for nine months for neutrals
widi the prohibition of Dry
Goods and fpmtuout Li
quors.
ihe Spanish throughout
Soush Arnc»rca, it was laid were
npe for a revolution—they |,iv
they will not lubntit to any d.
thei eiowned head than Ferdi
nand liie 7th ; him they appear
| widtritf fiiouid be men prince,
fhr*<'u he once more regain the
i Spanish throne, but fliould he 1
tail, then (bey ate ciear for let.
ting up a Hepubilcan Govern
ment-; independant of any Eu
ropeari jun’.a or other power.
; Ihe province of ouito, it w s
1 laid hadahfpcty fu up an met*
| pendent government Sc thrown
of all obedience to the Spanilh
! government. To quell tfit
ipirit of insurrection lo cai’ed,
troops weic marching from
the other Span: sh province*
against the inhabiiants o* Quito,
who had alieady chosen (lien
junta and declared themselves
a free and indepenuant people.
B radjord,
Guerrfcy , Oct, 4. —A vefTei
has ainved here,
Cher burg on Friday 1 0f>.
Ihe letters by her inform
us, «hat accounts had reached
that place from Paris which
leave no doubt that tire emperor
Napoleon w f as very id at his
palace of Schoenbtun" His dis
1 order is a brain fever, bro’t on
!by Cxceifive fatigue in hit
perlonal attention to every
branch of his army. Molt cer
1 tain it is, that two phyfician.s
J and two fergeous fuddenily leh
i Parisian week to attend him.
j 1 hey proceeded on tlrcir jour
ney wuh extraordinary Ipeed.
LONDON, October 2.
Sweden.
The following official docunr«ni
has )<‘rn received by a runaing j
ship from Sweden :
{CIHi ULAH)
“ hdsingburgh, 1
“ 'I he Minister for Foreign
Affairs has the honor, ur obed'-
| cnee 10 his majesty’s must gra
! cions command, to communicate
the following iutilligehce ;
“ The Imperial French liriga*
diet* General Landras, Governor
of Stralsund, has declared to the
ambassadors of hia roval m?jfc#ty
, destined for the French com t, on
! their arrival at Stralsurd, that
! ihrough the French geotrai Lib.
berr, in .Stettin, he has received
orders from the prince of NeitL
than I, m which he informs ban
that the commercral intercourse
between Pomerania and Sweden
is to be at an end, and that the
communication between the two
countries is «o be regulated at the
following manner:
1 M
111 t -- n limn mi „ M m
“ I hat the passage of the pac-1
kets between Stralsund and Ystadi |
ior couriers and letters shall alone
remain open : and that the French
c >ns jU m the ports of the Baltic,
h ire, according to the statement
<»l general Landras received &ii
iar orders.
llis rot aj majesty’s charge ties
afTairs :n llambu.gh ha 9 rep jrtctl,
o uter (lie date of the 26th of last
-'onth, that in con»iqoence of his
intercession the Senator Boorieti
na, Imperial French Minister in
he Glide of Lower Saxonv, had
taken upon himself to enquire with
regard 10 the point, •• how far the
Swedish convoy which arrived off
Wismar, under the orders of ma
jor Waidstedt, would he allow* d
to take caigoes on board at that
place, .and to clftar out loi Swedish
P" rlSf M. Botirienne had not
received any answer iron! his im
perial maj mv, but expected it on
me 27. n or 28«. hof last month, it
ms majesty’s orders could be im
mcdiuccry dispatched.”
Portsmouth, (n. h.) Nov. u.
Yellerday, arrived in this,
port, Ihtp Laconia, Walker, 35
days from Liverpool. Pafferi
yers, captain Nicholas of the
Ihrp Henrietta, of Bolton, and
Captain Bunker of the ship
1 Kclolubon of N. York. Cap
lam \V alker was captured Octo.
uei 12, lat. 43 40, long. 20,
eight cays out from Liverpool,
by Le Decide, French priva
’eer, captain Brioilet, ten days
out hum Boideaux. Captain
Walker was released by the
privateer upon giving a ransom
of nine thousand dollars in bills
of exchange upon his owners in
ihe United States ; they took
liom the Laconia the mate,
Samuel Pray, and two feam.h,
Jcleph W. Weld and Enoch
Ilasler, by 1 heir own conleni,
so be holden as hollagcs for Ihe
pay mem t of the bills.
Henrietta of Bonflon, capt.
Nichols, with a cargo of iron
hardware, & dry goods, bound
from Liverpool to New-York
was captured within fight of the
Laconia, by the fame piivaieer
and ordered for France, 'i he
cap ors declared the ship good
prize, alter examining her pa -
pers, u htch they Baled up and
retained. They would not al- i
low captain Nichois nor his
ma:e to remain on boatd their
own liiip.
The Refoluticn, captain W.
Bunker, Bound fiom London ;
to N. York in ballad wascaptu
red 2 days before by ihe fame
privateer. Alter taking out the
crew of the KefoSutton, with
her sea flo es and some of her
furniture, they attempted to j
link, and afterwards let fire to !
her. '1 he captain of the pri. |
vaicer iniormed captain Bunker
that orders had been lately re
ceived at ah the ports from ihe
emjieror to take or dcflroy all j
vtfleis bound to or from any I
of the ports of his enemies,
tgrecble to the strictest condruc
lion of the Milan decree. The
ftefolution was the firft Ifrfp
captured hv the privateer after
leaving port.
T he following is a translation
of ihe receipt given by the cap
tor to captain Nichols,
44 Ihe undersigned, captain
of the privateer Le Decide of
Bordeaux, fitted out by Mr.
Balgure, junior, certify, that I
have captured this day the ship
Henrietta of Boston captain \
John Nichols, in virtue of the;
[No. 6;.]
MONDAY, December It, IP. 09.
«x-t nwi’
| laws of tny government, fin
ding (be laid fiiip in contraven
tion of tire imperial decree of
! 17th December 1807. Done
at lea on board the privateer Le
Decide, lath October 1809,
“ Briollet”
I
From the Baltimore American No*
vember 13. *
The present honfe of dele
gates fee ms to be in spired
with a due sense of nation-*
ai patriotism. What a {hi
king contrail does it form to
j the lall, t!-« time of which was
j spent in tncourring contempt 6c
dilgrace. Among the manu.
fatturcs of a nation, none
lank lo high in the (calc of na
tional importance as the wool
len. Imprcffed with this idea,
a bill has been introduced in
the houle of delegates by Mr.
Archor, for the encouragement
of the raising of sheep, and of
domett tc manufactures act.eraU
ly. Sheep ate to be lice of
aflcfftnem «nd exempt altoge.
ther Item execution." Mili
tary companies clothing them*
I'clvcs in complete unitomi of
domettic manufacture, to he
at the cxpence of the slate.--
Bounty on lull blooded meri.
no rams and ewes not execc..
ding a certain number, brought
to remain in the Hate ; affcflorj
of the fcvcral counties, to re
turn to the corniitiflioners the
number of the iitcep and the
names of their owners, to be
annually tranfiniued to the le
gislature, to be recorded, See.
the state executive to fubfetibe
lor —lharcsin any company for
promoting the breed ot sheep,
or in any eompauy for the pro.
motion of domed ic manufac
tures of wollen or cotton cloths
or cotton or linen shining, if
the company be so formed as
to promote those ufeful objefcls ;
and a bounty to any person who
may hereafter be engaged in
erecting a Manufactory or
inanufadones, conducive to the
general welfare; the loth re.
lolve recommend! to the chi
j zens to clothe themlelvcs in
i domestic manufacture, See.
Gernerin, the latnous Air-Sai
lor, in Pans, lately ft med in his
balloon at ten at night, and at
j eight the next morning arrived
at Vaels, a fraall league from
Aixia.Chapelle, which is up
watds of 200 miies on a straight
line, and of couife making up
j wards of 20 miles per hour.
A printer at Basil has lately
1 directed his attention toimprove
j inents in the principle of fterco
type, by Amplifying the plate ;
and he has lo far succeeded, as
to have copied 2 series of medals
in this way-
Norfolk Herald.
Mr. Dagcn, a Watch maker
in Vienna, who invented a mst
. chine, by which a person might
rife into the air, has made feve.
ral public experiments, and ri
sen to the height of 54 feet, fjy.
1 big in various directions with'
j l hu celerity of a bird. The ma
chine is formed ot two para
chutes of ufetty, which rnay be
folded up or extended at plea
lure, and the perlon who moves
: them is placed in the centre-
Ib.