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AUGUSTA fc? SAVANNAH
Line of Stages .
THE Augusta and Savannah line of
Stages will be continued by the
subscriber, who trusts his unremitting
attention to the LINE, in endeavoring
to render passengers safe and comfort
able, will secure him a coutinuance of
public patronage. He at the same
time informs them that the STAGE
OFFICE is removed from Ashton’s
Tavern, to Mrs. LONGSTREET’S
Boarding-House-
LEWIS CALFREY.
September 20.-* 9
BLANKS
of every (description executed at
this office, with neatness and
dispatch.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Thomas Bur dell y
Respectfully informs his friends and the
public , that he has received at his Store ,
BROAD-STREET
AN EXTENSIVE AND EXCELLENT
ASSORTMENT OF
MERCHANDIZE
....CONSISTING 0F....
BLUE, Drab, Green & Mixed Plains,
Blue, Drab, Green and Mixed
Forrest Cloths,
5-4 and 6-4 Coarse and Second Drab,
Blue, Brown, Green Sc mixed cloths,
Superfine, Blue, Brown, Green, Drab
and mixed cloths,
Second and Superfine Kerseymeres,
Coatings, Flannels and Baizes,
Bombazette, Durant and Calimancoes,
Worsted, Cotton and Silk Hosiery,
Dimity, Marseilles and Jeans,
Cambricks and Muslins,
Brown and White Irish Linen,
Platillas, Listadoes, and Rowens,
Calicoes and Chintz,
Silks of various kinds,
Crimson, ] ~. 7/ T r 1
Pmpie, & \ Silk Velvets*
h ast Green J
A few set of Tea China, 45 pieces each,
Lace Scarfs, very elegant,
Ditto 5-4 Shawls,
Ditto 7-4 Veils,
Ditto Bosoms,
Ditto Caps, •
Ditto Sleeves and Sleeve Patterns,
Ditto Cloaks,
En Elegant Assortment of
LACES AND EDGINGS,
Lace Bambrick,
Ditto:'Muslins,
Ditto Crapes and Plume do.
Leno and Picket Muslins,
Leno Caps and Shawls,
Ribbons, Cord and Tassels,
Flowers and Feathers,
Knotted Cotton Trimmings,
Damask Sutlin Shawls,
Nett Shawls,
Adelphi Thread,
....ALSO....
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
Ironmongery and
Saddlery,
And a great number of other articles,
all of which are offered low for cash or
approved notes at 90 days-
September 20. 9
Jones & SemmeJs
COMMISSION
WARE-HOUSE fc? STORES
ARE NOW IN COMPLETE ORDER FOR
THE RECEPTION OF ALL KINDS OF
Goods & Produce,
Either coming up or going down the river ;
They are making an addition to their
Cotton Ware House,
Which will enable them in a few
days to store at least 5000 Bales of
COTTON.—Their attention to the
business of those who may please to
favor them with their custom, will be
unremitted. Their rates of Storage
will be as low as any in Augusta.
THEY ALSO HAVE OA HAND
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
DRY GOODS
AND GROCERIES, -
Selected by themselves from the best
Northern markets—which they .offer
for sale by Wholesale and Ratail, on
low and liberal terms.
September 20. 9
• FOR SALE.
A YOUNG and likely coun
try born Negro Woman, she is a good
cook, washer, and ironer, and sold for
no fault but want of employment....En
quire at this office.
July 19. 56
Factorage
AND
COMMISSION "BUSINESS.
THE subscribers having entered in
to partnership, under the firm of
Barrett & Sims,
in the above line of business, ci
ty, informs their friends aqd tbh public
in general, that they shall £rminue to
occupy the same stores, as heretofore
occupied by Thomas Barrett, where
they are evecting, in addition, a large
Cotton Warehouse, which will afford
them room to store 5000 Bales of
Cotton at one time, secure irom the
weather.
Thomas Barrett ,
7 Benjamin Sims.
Augusta,,August 30. eowtf. 6
Colhoun & Wilson,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM
NEfV-YORK tV PHILADELPHIA ,
and now opening at their Store , next
door to Messrs. John Fox , IV Co.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF THE
FOLLOWING GOODS,
which will be sold very low for
CASH OR PRODUCE
VIZ:
SUPERFINE Cloths & Cassimeres,
Fine and Coarse Cloths,
Mixed Plains,
Kendal Cottons,
Rose and Striped Blankets,
Calamancoes and Durants,
Bombazines and Bombazetts,
Florentine, Crapes and Pealongs,
Silk and Cotton Suspenders,
Corduroys, Velveteens and Thicksets,
Mens’ and Womens’ Cotton Hose,
Mens’ Worsted ditto.
Dimities and Janes,
Irish and Brown Linens,
Silk and Cotton U ijhbrellas,
Long Lawns and Cambric,
Laced Cambric, "j
Jaconet, j £5
Vein, l <£
Book, f U.
Leno, * 2
Black Cambric J ~
Leno Veils and Shawls,
Black Love do. and Veils,
Silk Chambray Muslin,
Cotton do. do.
Synchews,
Pic Nic Gloves,
White and Colored Cotton Gloves,
Bandanna Handkerchiefs,
Linen and Cambric ditto.
Ribbons and Silk,
Laces and Edging,
Printed Callicoes,
Chintz Shawls,
Marseilles Waistcoating,
Morocco and Kid Slippers,
Misses Morocco ditto.
Mens’ Fine and Coarse Shoes,
Boots and Bootees,
Boot Legs and Calf Skins,
Saddles and Bridles,
Saddle Baggs,
■ Mens’ Plated Hats,
Table Knives and Forks,
Pen and Pocket Knives,
Shoe Knives,
Tea Trays and Bread Baskets,
Shovels and Tongues,
Trace Chains and Weeding Hoes,
Nails, 6,8, 10, 12, 20,
Cotton Bagging,
AND SOME USEFUL
BOOKS,
With a great variety of articles too
tedious to enumerate, making in the
whole a complete assortment.
ALSO,
AN ASSORTMENT OF
GROCERIES:
VIZ :
BROWN 8c LOAF SUGARS,
SHERRY WINE,
COGNIAC WRANDY,
COFFEE, PEPPER, ALSPICE, Bcc.
Augusta, September 20. 9
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1806.
T OR THE COLUMBIAN CSNTINSL.
NO. XI.
To the Members composing the Ainth
Congress of the United States.
Gentlemen,
' •* THE power of the legislature is limit*
ed not only by the general rules of natural
“ justice and the welfare of the community,
“ but by the forms and principles of our par*
•« ticular constitution.” jonius-
IN my last, I confined the representation of
the state oi France, nearly to the period of
1 your session. I did, it is true, advert to the
First Consul’s letter to the King of England,
because that was the first open signal to sur
rounding nations, that the republic no longer
existed. That was the pivot on which her
. political needle moved, and after all its violent
vibrations, pointed at last to imperial royalty
as true as the magnetic needle to the pole. It
was to that demonstrative change in the sen
timents of that people, that my digression from
the immediate object of discussion was so long.
The state of England can be given in fewer
. words. There has beer no change in the fun
damental principles of her political system dur
ing the present reign, Tjaty Were mimical ttl
liberty when Junius wrote. They are the
same still. Her recognition of our indepen
dence did not help Whig principles amongst
them. Almost the last of English and Scotch
manly freedom and all the rights of Ireland
fell before the overwhelming influence of their
aristocracy, when once Mr. Pitt (seizing art
fully on its national prejudices) roused the na
tion to war with the French people. The pre
sent Cabinet whig, as it is esteemed dares not
now attempt, except very superficially to depart
from bis maxims in practice. Their disease
is seated in the noble organs of life. The
remedy will be but skin deep. Her govern
ment is in theory really despotic, and may in
time become tyrannical to all her own subjects.
She has as yet only punished political sectaries.
Napolean will not suffer any. Example is con
tagious. But the only regard I wish to view
her in now, is. that she is no longer dangerous
to foreign nations in relation to their indepen
dence or integrity. She is oppressive, over
bearing and shamelessly unjust on the ocean,
but her external power is now as mutative as
the elements which compose and agitate its
waves. fter continental weight is gone. The
scale of France is on earth ; that of England
kicks the beam. One hundred and twenty
years of intrigue, blood and expense have been
wasted in vain. She is driven within herself.
She no longer sends her troops to acquire lau
rels on the Rhine, or the Danube. They can
not even command a confmercial depot on
the coast. Fear can no more control. Money
no longer subsidize. All her ancient allies
have vanished. She has not a single friend.
She has nought left but the memory of past
terrene greatness ; whilst the indignant genius
of Marleborough, pointing to the plains of
Ramillies and Blenheim, embitters every tho’t.
She is now therefore wholly a commercial na
tion in respect to the European continent,—
How long she will even~beaf that character is
not yet determined. . Her insolated power in
relation to France is lessened by the extent and
riches of her colonies. She draw’s wealth
from them, but gains.not any physical strength.
They must be defended by her. The very
means weaken the one and impoverish the
other. Her natural situation and artificial re
sources of defence added to other circumstances
may make her far a long time unconquerable by
a foreign foe—but she has completely ceased to
be an object of terror or danger to other states,
especially to those of republican establish
ments. To conclude, her immense public debt
palsies half her remaining energies. It may
therefore with truth be said, that the present
war, and her efforts in it, are for self defence.
It is that she is fighting for. How different
then was the state and the views of these two
rivals when you were sitting. One combating
for actual independent existence; the other
with the inclination and the power for ambi.
tious aggrandizement. The one a commercial
nation from situation and habit; and forced to
become military for self preservation. The
other a military nation from character and
practice, and that wishes to become commer
cial to acquire a navy that will add maritime
greatness to her present colossal continental
force. Placed as we then and now are, I call on
such of my countrymen who w ill take the time
from their various avocations, to ask themselves
this plain question, which of these two nations
was and still is the most to be dreaded ? Apply to
existing circumstances the nature of their gov
ernments, the power and disposition of their
monarchs and the genius of the two nations,
and then let them enquire (if an equilibrium
either cannot or will not be maintained by our
government) to which side ought we to lean ?
If they are to quit their blooming fields for the
tented one of Mars, with whose standards
ought ours to be now joined ? To add force to
that which already alarms the known world ;
to humble that flag, which though it has & does
oppress act times neutral commerce, yet supports
the independence of those states her antag
onists cannot reach by land. But Britain does
not ask you to join her in arms. Her present rul
ers do not want a crusade against French liber
ty. That does not exist, and if it did, they
are too wise to attempt it. With an anxious
out firm aspect they cast rather an impatient
eye at the measure which has created these
comments. 1 now repeat that this partial non
importation act was as to Britain, repugnant to