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refinement than to moral sentiment. It would rejoice in ignorance, because great er would be the facilities afford* and it of thriving by craft. It would smile to witness the decay of taste and wou’d ex ult over the ruins of civilization. Look §t Spain ; though she has many mines of of -.ilver and gold, and is blessed with a fruitful soil and a luxurious climate, yet her avarice has kept her far below her more liberal minded and public spir ited neighbors; and like a penurious old miser, who has spent all his youth and prime oflife in hoarding up, to the neg lect of every thing el*e; she is now too old to be redeemed and too much exhaust ed to bo restored. She has employed her capital to no valuable purposes. ‘Sad experience proves in every soil’ ‘These who think, must govern those, that toil.* The love of money, like Aaron’s rod. is about to swallow up every other consi deration in this our age of speculation and gain. Its torporific touch has almost withered the blossoms of that harve-t ol Literature which was dawning upon our state. We can neither opprate against the tariff, nor can we improve our uveis and roads, while we have such a burning fever for profit usury and gain. When money! money is the order of the do, One would think that the ‘golden age’ so long the subject oflegendary history had actually arrived when every leaf shall b* tinged with silver and every stream be come an Jiuburn Factolusl Though riches are pursued withs much eagerness they rarely bring to then votaries the happiness anticipated. They elevate to a dangerous hight—i> flat vanity and pride and beget insolence And by placing within the reach of ap petite, the means of constant indulgence, they often lead to vice, dissipation and crime. They frequently plant thorns in the pdlow of ease and contentment. Crcems, whose enormous opulence ha made his very name proverbial, realiz •<! at his death, the truth of Solon’s candid admonition. \\ hen his spirit was hov ermg between time and eternity; when the b> ighte*t visions of earthly glory were fading >n’o the gloom of death lie exclaim id —‘‘Solon, S don, I remomber thee Dionysius and Damocles reciprocal! \ sought toe happiness of affluence and e npire-, but found that safety and quiet wore far from being the natural compan ions of eminence and power. How often has the s epter been a burden to the li md that swayed it; and the diadem itself a scourge to Kings! Must great men have shown a person al disregard to riches. Phaeton, though he had nothing, thought himself equal to Phdip- Diogenes was too noble to be a pensioner of the great Alexander. The immortal Homer is said to have lived in a state of mendicity all his life; yet he taught the Epic Tyre to breathe tie sweetest melody that ever fi * V ved from the rnu-es. I am not for either of the ex remes—Wealth is good when proper ly directed—producery individual hap piness and national prosperity. Rut the great evil of this age is, that it is either locked up in toe strong box of avarice, or living upon the wings of the wind, bemg squandered by dissipation and vice. When will it be acquired with proper motives and employed for the b'st purposes. When that happy dav shall arrive—We shall see and feel the power of the sciences and the arts and the virtues. QUINTILLIAN. For the CABINET. SCRAP-MONG ER. No. IV. The general principles by which Bien are actuated, who bequeath for tunes to public chareties, are fear and vanity , more than benevolence or care, of doing good, which may ap pear from the following considera** tions. First, if a man was possessed of real benevolence, and had (as he must jben have) a delight in doing good, be would no more defer the erijoy jn* nts of this satisfaction to his death bed, than the ambitious, the luxuri ous, or the vain would wait till that P'eiod for the gratifh ation of their Passions. Secondly, if the legacy be, as it of en is, the first charitable donation of Hj'y consequence, it is scarcely possi £ *° arise from benevolence; for he hath no compassions for the dis tresses of his neighbors, whom he hath seen, how should lie have any pity for the wants of posterity? Thirdly, if the legacy be, as is likewise very common, to the injury of his family, or to the disappoint merit of his own friends in want, this is a certain proof that his motive is not benevolence; for he who loves not his own friends and relations, most certainly loves no other person. Lastly, if a man hath lived any time in the world, he must observe such horrid am) notorious abuses of all public charity, that lie must be convinced (with a very few excep tions) that he will do no manner of good by contributing to them. Though the goodness of a man’s heart did not im line him to arts of charity , one would think the desire of honor should. For as building fine houses, purchasing fine clothes, pictures and other sin h like articles of expense, shows nothing more than •an ambition to be respei ted above nth r people: would net one great act >f charity, one instance of reedenn mg a poor family from all tin* mise ries of poverty, or restoring an un fortunate trads sinrin to the menus of procuring a livelihood by his iudus mv, a-quire him moie re I respect ■and more lasting honor? The fir mer arc the works of other people’s funds— the latter acts of his men he aril As to the apprehension of bestow ing < liarity on such as may hereafter rove unworthy objects, because ma , ny have proved such; surely it never can deter a good man from the prac- ! th e < f it; as a few, or even many ex amples of ingratitude cannot justify a man’s hardning Ids heart against the distress of his fellow creatures, nor ever have such an effect ori a truly be nevolent mind. Nothing less than a persuasion of universal depravity can lock up the charity of a good man, and this must lend him cither into atheism or enthu sias.u: hut surlv it is unfair to ar y / gtie such universal depravity from a few vicious individual*; nor was it, perhaps, ever done by a man, who upon searching his own mind, found one certain exccpion to the general rule. There are two considerations whi ]> always emhitters the heart of an ava ricious man—the one is a perpetual Thirst after more riches—the other the prospect of leaving wliat he has al ready acquired. There cannot he a more glorious object in creation than a human being, replete with benevolence, meditat ing in what manner lie might reh(let himself most, acceptable to his Crea tor, by doing good to his creatures. COLUJfBUS. The sales of the Lots of this place, commenced on the loth, and closed on the 23d inst.—The number of half acre building lots in th° plan of the town, is 602, of which 488 were sold, leaving 144 to be disposed of at some future period. There were also sold, 25 Gardening lots of ten acres each ; 20 ditto, of 20 acres each—Tß lots of 100 acres each, and 31 fractional parts of survey. The whole amount of sales is 55130,991 The amount of money receiv ed by the commissioners, being one fifth of the whole amount and the first payment on ‘he lots sold i9 819 820 The highest price given for any one lot of half an acre, is $1,855 The highest price given for an hundred acre lot is 82,110 And the highest price for which a ten acre lot was sold, is $550 Columbus Enquirer. New Application of Sleam Power. We have seen in operation the mod el of anew simplified Steam Engine. the invention of Capt. Z. SIMS of this plare, which promises to be of vast utility in the si ience of mechan ics. It has long been a desideratum in steam machinery f r some plan to apply the power of steam directly to the wheel, without the intervention of the complicated and expensive ma chinery in general use. This Capt. S. thinks he has discovered; Ids ilia chiue being constructed on the most simple plan imaginable, being with out cylinder, piston condenser, clanks, buckets, sv. <s*c. which have hitherto been such serious objections to steam mills. The steam is conveyed by means of a pipe through the axle, to the centre of the wheel, and its reac tion as it leaves it, through apertures in the extremities of curved shafts, gives the required impulse. In the model before us the wheel is about 10 *r 12 inches in diameter, and is com puted to revolve 300 times in a minute. If a larger wheel could be con structed on the same principle, and we do not see why it connot, the ex pense of erecting a grist mill, saw mill, or cotton gin to go by steam would be found the cheapest of all jiower for propelling machinery. It is the opinion of most of the mechan ics and others who have seen it that the plan will succeed. —Macon Tel. The Hero of the Passaic Falls. The last Mew York papers contain tin f* Mowing advertisement: Fourth, and positively the last time. Notice to Stratigcrs. —Whereas 1 consider my reputation injured by I Iso reports, inasmuch as it has been represented that 1 am a crazy man— at the request, therefore, of several’ respectable gentlemen I have resolv ed to make the astonishing leap once more from the high rock at the Pas saic f tils, into the basin below, at 12 o’clock, on Monday the 28t!i inst. in order to satisfy the credulous that 1 am perfectly sober and in possession of my proper faculties, and that the feat is to be performed by an art of which I have both the knowledge and the courage to act upon. SAMUEL PATCH. Patterson, July 15. TO COIIU ESPONI)ENTS. The Vesper, No-. 8,9, &. 10—What I have seen, No. I.—Vamp Meetings—and the first part of‘A Bridal in 1828”—are received. “A Subscriber is requested to forward, as soon as convenient the remainder of “A Bridal in 1828.” Erratum — Vesper No. 5. in the fourth line of the first sentence, for northern, read mother. Rev. Allen Turner will preach the Funeral Sermon of Miss Susan Miller, at her fathers residence in this county, on Saturday the 9th inst. Funeral of Mrs. Fleming, is postponed, and will be attended to at Mr. Gunhy’s, Columbia county, on the l Ith inst. by the Rev. Patrick N Maddux. Warrenton , July 29, iB2B. The subscribers will practice Law in co-partnership. GRIGSBY E. TIIOM VS. 015 \ 1)1 \H C. GIRSOX. campalee LINGS. j The following appointments have been made by the Rev. Mr. Henry Bass. Presiding Elder over the Au gusta District. To commence in Warren county, near Warrenton on Thursday the 14th of August next. To commence at Freemans, near Dooleys ferry Edgefield District, S. C. on Thursday the 21st. August To commence at White Oak, War ren Circuit on Thursday the 28th Ati gust. To commence at Mount Aerial on Thursday the llth September. To commence at Wheats, Lincoln county, on Thursday, the 2d of Octo ber next. At the same time and place a Quarterly Conference of the Local Preachers will he held; their punctual attendance will be expected and re quired. To commence at Sandy Springs, Keowee Circuit, S. Caroliann Thurs*’ day the 9th of October.— News. New Goods!!! The subscriber is vow receiving from NKir YORK, AW ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF Seasonable Goods: Among them arc the following arti cles, viz : Parasols and Umbrellas, Leghorn and Straw Bonnets, Vests and Pantaloons, (ready made.) Osnaburghs and Russia Sheeting. Spun Cotton, Sugar, Coffee, &r. ALSO, A general assortment of DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, HARD-WARE AND CROCK 1 HY. All of which will be s..|d on accommo dating terms and at reduced prices for cash. CHARLES A. ELY. August 2. in *f t DM MENU EM EM I . Franklin College. University 1 of Georgia, 23U June* 1828. J rjihe final Examination of the pres *■ ent Senior Class in this Institu tion, will take place on Monday the 7tl July. The Examination of the Freshman Class, on Wednesday the SOtli, and of the Sophomore Cass, on Thursday the 31st of the s.tine month. On Friday the Ist day of August, the Junior Class will b ex amined, and on Saturday the 2nd, the Candidates for admission into College. On Sabbath, the third, a Commencement Sermon will be deliv ered in the Presbyterian (’hoi* (i in Athens; on Monday the Board of Trustees will meet; on Tuesday, the 51It, a part of the membn sos the Junior Class attached to the two Societies in College will deliver Ora tions of their own roir p -sitinr ; and Wednesday the fitli of August, will he the annual commencement. During the occasion, ari Oration will be delivered by Judge Clayton, and *!so, by Judge Berrien, as Represen tatives of the Dcmosthcnian and Phi Kappa Sot ielics. AS BURY HULL, RcgimentalOrdcrs, Rrd July, 1828: THE Officers and Soldiers comp sir.g the 12th liegiment. Geo. Mditi.'i t War ren county) wdl respect and ohe the following Siaff appointment viz Elijah Jones, Adjutant to said li*girn<nt “ith the appropriate rack. It is < eeo ed highly important that tlm con jii.nies should invariably he * xeici-ed in the fu*t principles of Military Discipline, the * ie ments of which cannot be completely es tablished, without joining theory to n ac tic*'. Therefore, the Con manding Offi cers of Companies in this Regiment, will he more vigilent and attentive indtiHicg their respective Commands four limes, at least, in every year; and ih* y will adhere strictly to what the law require* of them, in erg mixing and eofilHing a proper Pa trol throughout their Companies, respec tively, that the service may be performed with uniformity ami precision. AARON W. GRIER, Col. 12'h ft-or. o Mi Attention \! \ THE Court of Enquiry, fi.r the county of Warrer,, held in Wir* renton, on Monday the 18th inst. no minated the undersign, cl a cuiniriitteo to examine and choose some suitable plare for holding General and Regi menal Musters for said county; tl iey theiet*re notify all persons who feel disposed to lurnhih the ground, to in form someone of this committee, on or before the 2d. Saturday in August next, when they will meet by the hour of 9 uMoc'.i, A. M. to make such se lection, Aaron Atkins, Nathan J* nes, | | Athelstan Andrews. J> 3 Benjamin Ivp.y, f £ EDMtpvD Harris, J ? June 81, 1828,