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Vol. I.
PRINTED WEEKLY,
BY
MATTHEW ROBERTSON,
At three dollars a year, in advance, or
* fnwr dollars if paid at the end of theyear.
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words, for the first insertion, and sfvfn
ty-five cfnts for each continuance.—
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who advertise by the year.
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concerning the office, must come post
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PROSPECTUS
Os anew Weekly Paper ,
TO BE ENTITLED
THE LADIES’ PORT FOLIO.
SYLVESTER T. GOSS,
In consequence of the ad
vice and solicitation of a num
of respectable friends, pro
poses to publish a paper, with
*the above title, devoted ex-;
impulsively to such articles of a
Literary, Moral, and
jjious nature as are, peculiar
ly adapted to the slate and con •,
Ldition of the ladies of New
’ England.
If, in the literary depart
ment, any thing of the humor
ous or satirical kind shall be
admitted, it will be done with
the most friendly intentions to
cure those foibles and peca
dillos, from which even some
of the fair are not wholly ex
empt, and in such a delicate
manner, as not to offend the;
most perfect modesty. The
morality inculcated will be that
Which is equally removed from
fastidiousness on the one hand
and levity on the other. The
religious will contain
nothing of the sectarian; butj
acT.xcs-w* that'll v’c to laaiijl
and piety towards God which
all denominations acknowl
edge to be essential to the
Christwn character.
For matter to fill his papers,
the intended publisher relies
partly on making interesting
and instructive extracts from
works whose merits are estab
lished, and from the periodi
cal works of the day. For
original communications he
depends on those ladies and
Jjfenllemen who certainly pos-
CTjhe ability, and he fondly
jMßwand eamS^^SH?
similar to the
proposed, are very hand-
supported in most of
Ihe principal cities in the Unit
. Id States, and it is presumed
’ that Boston will emulate her
listers in this, as she dots in
every other laudable under
taking.
CONDITIONS.
1. Each number of the Port
Folio to. contain eight quarto
• pages, printed on good paper
.and new type.
r 2 The price to subscribers
m ill be 2 dollars a year, paya-
Jble on the delivery of the first
Canumber,
Kny person obtaining 12
and betjoinjn^c
’ re
if ft time than one
The Sentinel.
LOUISVILLE , (GEORGIA J THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1820.
TO THE PRINTERS
, ‘ OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Gentlemen'. In presenting a
list of new prices of Types,
some explanatory remarks
may be useful.
The former prices were fix
ed during a period in which
the raw materials were dear,
and not easily to be procured,
and it is presumed that they,
had some claim to be consid
ered moderate, as in 1812,
Type were more than three
per cent, lower in Philadel
phia than in London; and no
advance was made on those
prices, during the late war, al
though existing circumstances;
would have justifiedthe mca
-ure. It was considered that
an advance Would be an ac
tual toss to the primers, as the
competition in the printing bu
siness had, before that period
arrived at such a point, that
the public were supplied with
printing, at nearly the mini
mum; and also, that it was
probable the prices of types
w ould continue some time af
ter the return of peace, and
recompense ior any advantage
that was given up. This has
taken place.
~ For some time past types
have been lowered ih value,
but not in price. They have
been sold on long, and fre
quently uncertain credif'which
I produce r seller,#!*
effects oi reduction of price,
whilst to the printer who, pays
it is of comparatively little be
nefit. All the advantage is
in favor of those who promise ,
but do not perform , as in truth
they get types for nothing, &
the solvent printers pay for
them. Anptner objection of
this mode of reducing prices,
is that it absorbs the seller’s
funds, and no matter how in
dustrious or frugal he may be
subjects him to all the incon
veniencies of poverty.
MenjwJto possess talent^
lack mbney.
ThSfcnaracters who have just
claims to those attributes, will
rarely be at a loss for friends,
and will enter on business
with a more favorable pros
pect of success, when assist
ed by a moderate, than by an
extended credit; which is e
qually within the reach of ari
val, who, with an ardent dispo -
sition for speculation and ad
venture, may have but doubt
ful claims to reputation for
prudence.
In order to leave no ground
for complaint, it is to be under
stood that all purchasers, since
the first of April, who comply
with the new terms, will be
entitled to benefit by the new
prices.
®HP?esulhing ori the long in
timacy which has subsisted
between you gentlemen, and
this establishment, I request
you will give this an insertion
in your papers.
Yours respectfully,
JAS. RONACpSON,
Cedar, near Tenth Ph'tadelfihia.
PRICES of TYPES.
Pearl, per lb. 1 175
Nonpariel ‘ l4O
Minion t 100
Brevier | 76
Burgeois * 66
Long Primer 66
Small Pica y 48
Pica
English
Great Primer and all rarger Ai
Scabbards and quotations 40
Credit 60. 90 and 120 days.
Old type received in ex
change at 16 dols. per 112 lbs.
NILES’ WEEKLY REGISTER.
PROSPECTUS.
” Thia WorlrM* 8 general lirr,PT~r
that little need be said re? *eetiny t\f
-haracter; but some gentlemen having
desired a proape-dyua lupf-diieh to re
ceive additional ■■&*, R brief
inked at
Baltimore since Squ?mHi/a 1811, and
lerhaps, no publication issues from the
American press that is more geneijcHv
read. It is received in every siddfe-Ifta
territory of the union, taken and pre
served in all the great depanments of
the general government, anu complete
sets of the work are furnished to all the
foreign ministers of the United States.
I is oftentimes quoted in'our courts of
l-tw, aud to fee found in ninny pjblie li
brariea A number of copies- are regu
lar!)’ transmitted to Europe, Boulh
America and the West-Indies,
Hie public documents contrived ri
tbil would cost, if purchased se
parately, more tlsnn twice tbe amount
that is demanded for it per annum; but
so much other ruat’or is got into it that
the documents, perhaps, do rot gener
• lly occupy u third of the vobme. L
is a history of men and thin” I audtfr
most extensive bcok d’ reiSrokee eve:
r‘ -r . I ft ‘t
f‘he past, aud agreeable and interesting
for the prcßofl! r.d future.
Its politics are of tile old republican
school—blit striking only at first prin
pies, men afe not regarded. The chie:
purpose of ail its or<ginhl artiel-es, \vbie f
are numerous, is to raise up k hatinnal
character , encourage home industry and
support other great interests of tbepeo
p/e. These objects are fearlessly pm
sued. #
The register has received the m-£
fluttering sanction of a largo number of
tht? principal charades iftTlie Unite
Stales, ail’d a volume afSpgiprobatoij
letters, from high and lu*<y>ble mer.
might be published if itfHwecessary ■
TEftMS, f
Niles’ Register is published at
more every Saturday, and i<rnc pauM
ransmitted, being seeurely
any post oQiee injhe u 4W'J?, r ’ it
t'erred. it will Ts* ume '^
dollaFlMk pa;
Numbers -> WT® niai
(which does Sf*
tuitously supplten, to*fltrpplicftliot
therefor being made without expense
to ihe editor, that gentlstoen may pre
serve their files completely
The volumes eoir>mene( March
’ and September in every yearfi|Wuig two
, olumes in a year; ea of Mich is fu
wished with & title pa . | and index.
Files from the begiimiiiig iay be hn
. ig follows:
For the 15 vols. or 7 12 years,
from September, 1811, to
March, 1819, at per ar,o. 37 5c
iixtra supplements to vols. 5,
7, 8, 9, and laj 400
General Index to the first
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“ I T 45 50
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00 00
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dex, 16 vols. at
volume, 14 Ot;
W gti4
Files, in sheets,|willTWrent to a: v
eost-oHice, at the cost of the pnrehas
’ r and risk of the editor—if boun”
| key c'annot be so seut, ? but will f
| shipped for most of opr principal se.
ports, at the cost of the Editor, but •
t [be risk of the purchaser, t'ihs tut
t sold only for cash.
Subscribers may begin at what peri
od they please, but it is'recommended*
(so that they may have a complete
work while they reeeive it,) that they
should commence with a volume.
The safe carriage of money remitted
by mail is guaranteed—hut it is expect
ed that the postage will be paid.
1 PROSPECTUS
j Fcr publishing anew Paper t
TO Bt-: CALL PD
THE METROPOLITAN.,
When pqrty spirit no where obtrudes itself,
save now and then at a local election, it no doubt
i will be deemed by many a most inauspicious ora
to commence the publication of anew paper at the
metropolis; but the editor is of opinion, [and he
’ th'nks he wijl be borne out in that opinion by ma
> ny of the w isest and best men in the nation,] that
i atthe/szn rnt, above aoy othcrUme,an hone.t and
’ wet 1 , conducted journal can be made most essen
tially subservient to the best interests of the .Ame
rican people, The public mind has so long been
abstracted from every thing political, that the acts
of the executive are scarcely ever enquired into,
but its whole proceedings as tacitly acquiesced in
* onsible capacity was rendered immaculate the
moment he was enshrouded in the mantle of of
fice, or as if when a public seal was once placed in
the hand, its iiplifercould no longer do a -wrong. —
That this is a most alarming fca'urcina republi
can form of government.-every -ca!)did man rm,st
; admit. Some journals, it is true, have endeavour
‘cd to rouse the people (fom this dangerous repose,
and to point out a lew of the many mournful ex
amples on record, of nations slumbering until theii
liberties have fallen a sacrifice to their apathy; but
the number of such journals for tnclast two or three
years has been very limited, and mere recently , so
many of t/'te few nave apostatised, that scar.el.
half a dozen remain in the whole United States,
that are not indiscriminate a[i/i!duders of the execu
tive branch of the government. The great ini-
I pregnable fortress of a republic is the active jeal
ousy of her citizens; rfs.u forms the grand tower
which neither strength nor art can sap. Too much
confidence invariably begets a degree of security,
and that security, when long indulged, may lead
to the most fatal consequence,. Let us therefore
be cautious, lest iq onr over-strained zeal tor re
conciliation, and the extinction of party, we do
not put t.w t the light of Liberty forever from
aiqor .jus Religion, the great pillar which up
holds ui moral institutions, must ‘rave itsimpor
tan. e r-ntinually impressed on our minds, or its
divine preempts would recede from us, and proba
bly be obliterated forever: —so it is with that sa
cred inheritance, Liu sk i y, bequeathed to us by
our lathers, and achieved with their blood, the
flame of w hicli has hitherto burned to bright on
our altars— it lives cit/h by constant discussion, and
how- is that discussion to be kept alhe, if the
whole mess of public opinion is suffered to run
together, like aheap of molten lead, into ouednll
and shapeless mould? The editor therefore thinks,
that it will not only be politic, but absolutely iie
r css ary tg add anoilicr,watchman, if it be merely
to rattle at the bars of the windows and erv.
Us, .-ate ,'iirh* -aft.” I
The editor would not have the public infer
from the foregoing, that he is auxipus to revive
party rancor, and all the feuds, private animosities
and jealohsies, which have hitherto been attach
ed to it—heconceives that as much to be depre
cated on the one hand, as the total absence of po
litical spirit i, to lamented on the other.-
Neither would be have his friends imply, lira, be
cause he is desirous of encouraging a full invest!
gation of our national affairs, that he is to under
take an unqualified opposition to the measures of the
present administration. His intention is to can
vass them fairly,impaitially, and respectfully} to
applaud that which he conceives to operate for the
welfare of his country, and that w; ich he thinks
wrong, unhesitatingly and unequivocally to con
demn. In thus promoting an examination into
the conduct of those who compose our cabinet,
the editor thinks he w ill benefit, rather than in
jure them, by stimulating them if they be careless,
excitiug them if they be le aargic, awakening them
to a full sense of their responsibility, and calling
Sm great majqrity of the peopleto be the w itnesses,
fctejt and impeller, of their conduct. While
iMffid machine thus thus moves on ii. orbit,
in a more limited sphere may no less
jjeed eye of vigilance and inquiry.
A# 1 ie editor pledges himself that he will neither
Vraver nor depart from the principles which he has
laid down for his guidance. The end he aims at
:S a liberal discussion of public measures for the
public good—in furthering this desiranle object,
connected with his wish to render his paper gen
erally asefol, instructive and amusing, he solicits
ihe patronage of his fellow-citizens..
CONDITIONS.
The Metropolitan,will he published daily dur
ing the session cl - Congress, and three times a
week in the recess.- It will be printed on a small,
but neat sheet, and on new aud elegant type, se
lected tor the purpose. Price Six Dollars per an
uum, payable in advance.
PROPOSALS
For publishing by subscription,
IN THE TOWN OF COLUMBIA, S. C.
A WEEKLY miscellany, to be called
the SOUTHERN LITERARY REGISTER.
BY ANDREW J. CLINE. if -
This paper will be principally devoted to His
tory, Biography, Critieism, Moral and Religious
Essays, Poetry and the Fine Arts. Agricultural
and Medical, and other articles, which May be
thought of general interest will likewi-e be admit
ted, together with such articles of witjjnd amuse
ment, as may be judged useful or entertaining.—
\ general Summary of Politics w'ill be added each
week, and a monthly list of.New Publications at
lliecnd ofevery fourth number.
The inducements which have led the Editor to
issue proposals for a publication ot this nature, arc
such as he believes to be of sufficient weight and
importance to warrant the undertaking. The
wealth, refinement and literature of the Southern
States } the genius and erudition of numbers, who
ithcr hold important offices government,
-sr are at the head of the literary institutions es
tablished among us} and the rapidly increasing
taste for learning and the arts, which is spreading
.mong all classes of people, are the proud eviden
ces of a flourishing and improved state of society,
and afford him abundant encouragement to hope
or a successful prosecution of his plan. It is not
i little remarkable, pCrhapsj that an undertaking of
chiskind has been so long delayed, and that while
in many insjanees, our daily newspapers have at
tempted te biend literary ertieiaagf interest and
merit with the dry detail and confusion of politic
al mat ter, no one should have thought of separat
ing the two, and establishing a general repo-Uory
for the reception and circulation of useful and po
lite literature. Asfaras the editor has the mean*
of information, be is acquainted with go paper
published south of Baltimore which bears th*
character of the one he has in contemplation, and
as Columbia is nearly the central situation between
North-Carolina and Georgia, this place embrace*
superior local advantages to many others, a*d is
particularly favorable to the wide distribution of
such a paper through this and the neighbouring
states.
In prosecuting this work it will be the editor’*
constant aim to furnish it with general matter only
as may be of such utility, or interesting U impor
tant on account of the ability and merit which it
may display. He will firmly resist any importu
nity from private friendship or individual worth,
[whatever importance he may otherwise attach U*
hese considerations,] whenever a subject present
ed for ‘publication shall be deemed unfit for tit*
pages of the Register. A constant regard will he
bad to the moral tendency of every article, wheth
er original or selected; and however striking tho
wit or imagery of the writer may seem, these will
never he considered as making up (or a general
looseness in expression, or a want of fitness and
propriety in the management*f his subject. Party
disputes, either in religion or politics, will be a*
-refully avoided.
CONDITIONS.
The Register will lie published levery Friday*
on a fine super-royal sheet of paper,in an octavo
‘orm, each sheer to contain sixteen pages, at four
dollars per annum, if paid within thirty days after
the delivery of the first number, four dollars and
fifty cents if paid after that time and within, twelv*
months, aud five dollars if not paid until the year
has expired.
At the end of every six months a titie page and
index will be added for the accommodation of
hose who may wish to have their numbers bound
into volumes.
Advertisements will be inserted on the two last
ages only, at the usual rules.
No subscription will be received for less than *
v ear, nor discontinued until all arrearages shall be
paid.
The first sheet will be issued as soon as a suiß=-
cieut number of subscribers is procured to encou
rage its publication.
Letteis addressed to the editor, post paid, will
be punctually attended to.
Subscriptions received at this office, by the dif
ferent post-masters throughput the state, and by
the publisher’s agents in the principal Souther*
towns and cities.
The subscriber
Has on hand an assortment of
GOObS, Vi 2.
Dry Goods and Groceries,
Hardware and Cutlery,
Crockery
Saddles
Ucrnlcmcn’s 11 mi,
Boots and Shoes,
Bonnets, &c.
Which he will sell low for
cash or country produce
M. ROBERTSON.
May S
Sheriff's sale,
Will be sold, at the Market*
housein the town of Louis
ville, on the Erst Tuesdoy
in July next,
One tract, containing tw®
htiudred acres of pine land
granted to Gabird, lying on the
waters of Reedy Creek adjoin
ing S. Mosely and others,lev
ied on as the property of Reu
ben Beckum to satisfy ad ex
ecutioii In favor of Alexander
Carter; pointed out by John
Pugesly, levied on and return
ed to me by a constable
M ROBERTSON Shffl
June 1, 1820.
Administrator's sale.
Will be sold at the Market
house in the town of Louis
ville, Jefferson county, on
Tuesday the fourih day of
July next.
One tratt of LAND, con3
tainmg 236 acres, on the wa
ters of Duheart’s Creek, ad
joining Avan Jdrdan and oth
ers, being the real estate of
Matthew Lane* late of this
county, dec. and sold for the
Benefit of the heirs and credit
ors of said dec.
Terms made known on tha
day of sale.
JOHN LANE, adm'f*
May 3—i
No. 6.