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IM'THE'CITY OF AUGUSTA,
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ledje, are objt-tfh of the hrft importance in
tvery country where liberty has left traces
cflur foi.tfteps, under every government
wiiirh coi.i'ults the happiness of Man
uKr owl'dgf,” said the Great Lord Bacon
«is power, united with virtue” it certainly
j, liberty. Where ignorance reigns there
vi« triumphs and despotism governs. As
becomes enlightened authority will be
limite! A norduy restored—Knowledge A
viriurare the bales of freedom—the one
ififtrudb us in our rights, the other teaches,
us cur duties; the firft flievrs us how to con
ftroit the bed pnflinle form of government,
the lad requires us to obey i: when c.mftruc
t«d It is therefore advantageous every where,
tbut in a Republic it is ablhlu'ely neceflstry
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meaftlres, yet they are' naDieto error-*-ong
them true details and they will judge give
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ways from j«y? opiniont : whenever they,; «l •
take their own intereds ’tis owing en mif
to want of information in the many or irely
ofhoneflyin the few. But extm/ive pvatn
cal information is not to Ire acquired wioliti
much labour, and few have leisure to hout
the fydems,compare the opinions anOudy
ruse the pages of Locke, Sydney, Gil pe-
Humeand Vattel. If an acquaintances bon,
the true principles of government and twith
of a citizen could be arqured only utics
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hatchet, and the saw mud dand dill. ( the
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advantage, than in the closely printe<more
wnns of the humble News-paper 9 col
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NOTICE
NINE months af.er date •ppli
catton'wiH bem*de to thu honora.
b,e thc I«ferit,r C ourt ot Columbia
fouiM.v, fo* leave to stll 2AO *t:res
ot land, more or lew, on the hip
Imi " Al *° 2U2 ** 2 » n
f aldw,n county, t h e , 14th di*.
lj c ‘old tor ibe btnt fit of
, letrs aid creduor* of John
azet.by, late oi Columbia Coun
{ Y dec.
fe Tl ‘ AZE ™ Y . I Mrs
T IMoi H \ Pi t MAN.
-tpumber IS. Sm
Tct Sale or to Rent,
tract OF IAN Dy
Roated in Ltncolu county, cou
'“ l g ihrtß bundled and |f;»
icre», nore or ltvs t v**fh cun
') iir.provenitnts.— For parttcu.
‘ lu >pply to
Lallockt (r 1 V an Si refer en.
i*OUR;y «;
MIRROR OF THE TIMES
Ft am tht Richmond Enonirer. )
4 1
PRCGP.ES? or M A MU? ACT t7 RES-
Attleborough (MatsJ
1 itk Feb. 1810.
SIR-—1 have proposed, through
th? medium ofyour paper, to con
vey to th« public the progress of !
the arts of the United States, as
far as my information, and the i
time I can spare, will ady.it. Ear- j
ly in 1808, I was indulged wit!)
, tin opportunity of viewing the j
then progress in the northern and
eastern stales —To begin with the
cotton spinning business, which
has attracted my attention —1
trust I shall not be incorrect in
| saying, that in the early part (if
ihatyiar, there was not in motion i
in the United States more than
20,000 spindles. Sinceihai time,
the art has spread and the know
ledge increased to a degree bey
oudiuosi tiit Mattering calculations.
It is impossible for me to be cot rrct
as to the number ol spindles which
is agreed to be putin motion, and I
and the buildings now on the way
to contain them ; hut l trust I
shall not be incorrect iu saying
that to the easward of the north
river, which empties itself into tin
bay at the city of Ni w Yoik, there
ate establishments on the w.iy and !
will shout) be in motion, three
hundred and silty thousand spin
dies ; ami in die middle states,
the a.t lias extremely cue re used —
and from authentic accounts, the
ptogrcßs iu south Cmobna and
Kemutky is considerable, and in
Virginia the art is progtenaing
wll it kuccess. Several establish,
rncuts are now on the way. it
i appears to me, upon reviewing
| tite progress in N Englaod, that
ihe people of that patt ot the U.
S'.ates will be able in a tew years
to spin cotton for the whole world
If I may j idge from the pi ogres*
during the last 18 month*, I may
say that, in three years from this
1 time, there will be in motion in
the United States one million of
cotton.spinning spindle** Ihe
business will certainly be over..
done, unless the yarn becomes
au article ot exportation.
Alauv looms are now at work &
! the number increasing with vast
rapidity. As good looms ist weav
: ing, as are any wliere to be found
! in the United States are now in j
1 Alexandria, Va. In the latter
j end of the lai» ytar, there came
! over from Manchester (Log.) *c
! feral families, with whom there
j wire several weavers, who were in 1
1 indigent circumstances —but tlno’ I
1 the interposition and liberality of ;
l the inhabitants of that piace, the I
W'&vershave been put in * way
, to have looms and Warping ma
chines made, and put to work. — j
The wool manufactures increase
' greatly. I hate teen cloth in the
cuy ot New York, at tea dollar*
1 per y*»d of the manufactory cf
ihai countv, as «<»od as that of 14 I
t; £ price imported front England.
I not seen any proceedings
of the legislature of Virginia for gi. j
ving encouragement to th* raising
of sheep. It certainly is one of;
the most important subjects that
could occ-upv the attention of that
bndv. Nothing would contribut*
more to die prosperity and hippL
ness of the state, than a scheme
to raise wool sufficient to supply
the inhabitants. No difficulty
exists at this tune in the practica
bility of manufacturing it. In the
*:ate of Massachusetts, whare much
care and exertions are practised
'owardx increasing the quantity &
quality ot wool 5C where many me
rino sheep are thortlv expected the
■ •ope A prospect i» so flatteiing, that
the estimate i*, that in **** >*ars
ftom ibis lime, til* fleece* which
wil! bn shorn in that state, in the
tenth year from this time* will be
worth one million • i dollars. Aad
t the quantity should not increase
nore per annum man ti per cent
t will certainly increase at that of
more. This will toon becoms a
ii HOLD Til £ MIRROR UP TO NATURE.”— ShakeMtaTt.
A
! source* of much wealth.
The raiding of flax has cf late
b?eo greatly encouraged, and it is
astonishing to see the number of
wheel Wrights engaged in making
flax wheels —in many parts of the
eastern or northern states the do_
mestics appear entirely engaged in
spitting flax.
There is scarcely an article in
use which is rfot snam'fattured in
some quantity in this country —and
from the enterprize, industry and
sdvantages which w« hare in the
U. States, I am flattered with a
prospect that this wiU soon become
a great, if not the greatest mama,
factoring country in the world.-—I
have been in a circle where sewing
silk is manufactured to cona dera
blc extent, and superior to any im.
ported. Doubts wil! not long
exist, but we can manufacture eve
ry article we uiav waut.
Your most obedient,
RICHARD HARRIS.
FROM THE NATIONAL IMTELJLI-
G I NCUR.
INTERIOR NAVIGATION,
lletter practical eeidr ncft j, rr .
taps cannot be given of ih e vast
i.aiional importance of the inte
rior navigation of our country, 1
and the facility of intercourse
which already exist* between the
immense stream Rivers of the
West, and tide water of the F.as.
tern side of the continent, than a
recital of the fallowing circum
stances which we h*ve great plea
sure in giving to the public.
On Monday, the 7th urn. arri
vrd at the office of the superin- j
trndent of Indian trade in George 1
Town, a large quantity of Beaver !
and other valuable furrs collected 1
at the United State*’ factories at !
Fort Osage on the Missourri, and
Fort Madison on the Upper Mi*,
sissippi. Os the JOOO miles which
this valuable cargo has been thu*
transported it wa» water borne the i
whole distance, except about 150
miles, to wit— down the Missou
ri and Upper Mississppi to St.
; Louis, ihi.Dce down the Mississip
pi and up the Ohio to Wheelen in 1
boats,* from thst place across to ;
( umbtrland iu waggons ; and a.
gain in boats from Cumberland,
j down tije Potomac to tide water in
1 the district of Columbia,
So much has nature done to
ward facilitating this most impor
tant and extensive connection be
tween the two sides of the con..
tmen: —that of the whole rout just
; described, no exertion of art hns
! y el been made to aid transporta
tion but on the river Potomac-on
which from Fort Cumberland to
j tide water a distance of 220 miles
large sums have expended,
. in constructing lor k h consid
erable canal* round lie falls 61 oth
er work* to remove tlje obstruction
! whi» h we understand liavc been
completely overcomeby the per
severance J* spirit ofthe company |
j h'thtt entef|ri*ie as relates
1 to the season when ue waters are
! up—and that complied with what
has been done, but ittlc remains
! to be execuied to rcirltr thi* river
j navigable at all stasias : when this
shall have been done and the U
rrtccl States road froi Cumberland
west wardly be finiftcd, a portage
from Br(»wnsviile ti Cumberland
onlv wdl cuinrnuui
cation between th| Essttrn and ;
Western waters,buiseventy miles
of lend carriage vtll interrupt a
continued.navigatid from the falls 1
' of the Missouri to tie capes of the .
j Chesapeake.
From the Ealtiijora Evening
Pot
—7l
Bark or the U^tedStates
r l ne managerslof the bank
ofthe United Statr. humbly pc
’ tuion the Amecra (or a renew.
i al of their chartel
I 1 ‘
The mother.bank is at Phil,
are branches in
Boston, ;\ew Yoik, Philadel
phia, Baltimore, Washington,
Norfolk, Charleston, and New
j Orleans—in all nine banks ha
ving about one hundred and
fifty diredors.
How can fhofa men come
forward to solicit a favor from
! that description of persons they
ihemfeives have profertbed ?
j Has not the bank of the United
; States always shewn a want of
confidence in Democratic gen.
j l lemen ? Is there one Demo
-1 cratic republican director a
mong the whole one hundred
and fifty ? It is believed there ts
not a (ohtary individual ; but
j that, on the contrary, fully one
half of the directors arc Eng
ii»h or Scotch men, of it warm
ly federal ’ or monarchical prin
ciples :
FROM A HAMBURG PAPER,
Caution Against premature inter
meut-
Dram (lade Sept. 31.
j Extrift of a letter from an offi
cer in the French (ervicc to
his father in the grandduke
dom of Heire, dated
Naples, Dec. 30, 1809.
A levere wound in my left
ancle followed by a levere ner
vous fever produced my con.
| finement.
1 The fever attacked me so fe
-1 riously that I was declared to be
dead My room was deserted
iby every one and a centincl
polled at my chamber door.—
i Every necessary preparation for
interment was made. I remain*
ed in that (late for is hours,
when a friend of mine an offi
cer, thunderstruck and bereft
of intellefl, forced himlelf into
my room, finding me ftretchcd
I on a bed, he was terrified ; with
; many gesticulations and pray
ing he marched up and down
the room, laid a French crown
on my forehead, kneeled down
and again prayed. At length
lie diew me by my legs out of
bed. This awoke me, when I
felt as if born anew. This
was the (übjefct of convention
throughout the army until it
reached the cars of the king of t
Naples, who lent for me, to
whom I narrated the whole
affair- He diftnifTcd me with
tcflimonials of rcfpect.
Remarkable Suicide.
Yelteiday Mr. Lyon Levy,
a diamond merchant of about
J 50 years of age, precipitated
lumlclf from thc top of the
Monument, and was literally
daflied to pieces. Mr. Levi
attended to leveial appoint
ments in the city about eleven
o’clock and iranlatted his usual
business ; arid at twelve obtain
ed ad mi (lion to view the monu
| menu He walked (everai times
round the outside of the iron
railing before he fprurg off,
and in falling, the body turned
• over and over befoteit reached
■ the ground. When near thc
bottom, it tame in contact
wnh one of the griffins which
ornament the lower part ofthe
building. A porter with a load
on hi* back narrowly escaped
the body of the dccealed, which
foil afe w paces from him in
monument yard. It is laid that
two day* ago, Mr; Levi vifi'ed
[No. 77.]
MONDAY, A uril 2, ,I*JO
j the monument, and continued
lat the top for lotne time, No
thing has tranlpired from which
the friends of the dcceafcd can
judge of the cause which led to
the fad cataflrophe. Mr. Levi
has left a wife and eight growl
up childiem
Lon. pap.
EiigliJ'h Tkivtry .
Os all the people in ihe world
(the Chinese included !) the
Engltfh vulgar excell for im*
pudence and engenuity in the
thieving. [ The government ij
no llouch at it.J They will not
quite ttcal the eyes out of one’*
head, nor the nofeoff his face ;
hui they coinc very near it, if
the following article from a lat«
London paper is true :
44 A gentleman with silver
mounted, Ipctlaclcs, while lock*
ing at lorae porting bills in the
St rant’, had them inatehed frotn
bis temples by a fellow who
escaped through Drury-lane.’*
A number of inhabitants of
the city of Conrtancc in Swiu
zcrland, have been sentenced
to Irom 10 to 1 a years impri~
fonment in the maifon rl« lo
force , by a French commiflinn,
and by a due courle of law,
lor having concealed dtTerterx
and Audrain priloners of war
and lending them into the Vor
alberg ; for having invited the
Tyrolefe to take po(hellion of
dicir city ; and for having fur
nilhed provisions to a corps of
rebels who invaded the Win.
emburg territory Prefi.
A man, last week, came to irr.
eral people at Sandwick represent*
liag himself •* just from Flushing
and a native tiiere, with a cargo
«d superior smuggled braudy.
ilc* brought samples of the brau«
dy and offered it very cheap.—
Several persons gave him order*
which he executed by delivering
the brandy, and which appered
to correspond with the sample*.
He no sooner left the place than
some suspicion arose, and, on ex
amining the casks they were found
to he full of water. A small till
mug was closely fastend to the in
side of each cask, with cloth at tha
turned up edges, nailed with miiir
ute nail*, well puttied, which kept
, a snQa d quantity of good brandy,
clear and unadulterated by the sur
rounding water, and he had bor*.
t*d the cask exactly opposite
the mug in order to prove the
brandy equaUo the sample.
Lon. pap.
—■—
Sheriff's Sales .
On the JirJt Tuefday in April
next , at Columbia Court houft
at the v/ual hours ,
WILL BE SOLD,
400 acres ol land on Sullivan*
Creek, adjoining Moon and Joh«
Willingham i also 100 acre* larnl
on Cam Cietk aud little ltiver,
joins Darcy & Crab, also 77 acres
land joining Flint & C’rabb, < n
Cain Cm k to satisfy anexteution,
Thomas Camming vs. Isaac Wil
lingham ar.d Lenj. Williams,
and also an execution Thomas
Pasccl indorse vs. Peter Coleman
and Isaac Willingham, also 46>
acres land on Little Hivcr joins
Cole and Lu’g, also one half of a
40 acre ti act with a Saw & Giist
nr.ill thereon joins CoUtnan and
Little Kiver, to satisfy an (x
--cution l.x’r. I). LoHtn vs. Peter
Coleman and John Willingham, n»
also another *xicution, Harrison
and Haruihon vs. Peter Col. man.
Wtn. WILKINS, Shff.
Feb- 26.
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