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Th E HlSTORYOF A MER1CA,
lit IVILLIAM iLO^tnrsux lj. I,.
Principal of the Univeifity of L- mbingh, 11 if
toriographer to hiu M. jelly lor Scotland,
and Member of the Koyal Academy
of Iiiflory at Madrid,
The name of Kobi.rtsqn has long flood in
the very h.ft rank or hittorians, and pcihapf
rone of his writings have been more gener ally
re* id, or univerfally admi; e J, than iiie Iiiflory
of America. So popular has the woik been in
lirig!and,that it has palled through no lei's th in
ten editions. Nor is mis wonderluj. Dr. ko.
bertfon’s patient and indefatigable indtrftry in
reftarch, and hi« candour and impartiality in
narration, have dcfervedly fecuted the highcfl
degree of credit to all bis ftaienmnts of hilto
rical ftrfls liis f yle, at once perfpituous and
elegant, eafy and dignified, v iil always find an
admirer in every reader of talte. The felt‘lion
of the matter comprifed in the Iiiflory of Arne*
rica, is happily calculated to blend the.molt
agreeable amulcment with fo'.id ami n't fnl in
formation. The difeovety of a new In miiphere
by Columbus- and the rap'd conqutfl ot Mexico
and Pou by Cortr i. and P'zarro, are among
♦nerrofl extraordinary tvents recorded in ,u
f.bentic hiftory. The Iiiflory of the corduet of
the Spaniards to-vardb the natives of America,
exhibits in the ft ong< ft colours the honif.le
conftquencts winch naturally flow from avaiio*
end ambition, fhielded by religious bigotry, &
unreltr lined either by public opinion or the*
ftrong arm of a juft He eniigh’eneri government.
l>r Robertfon’s rnafteily deferiptions of the
cufloms, manner?., focial ft ate, and religious
ami political inftif utions, of the native* ot A
merica, is perhaps better calculated thm ary
other work id cx<ttencc to give us cornet ideas
j of the nature and fuuation of man ia a favage
I ftate, and of the effects produced by ihe invtn*
tion of the arte and lcienccs, and the improve
ments in iocial and political inflit utions—H;s
delciiption of the foil, climate, and natural
productions of Spanilh America ; ol the fyftt-m
put filed by Spbn towaids her colonies, and ol
the eHiCl» of that fyltrm both on them and on
the mother country; of the prel'ent Hate ol
fcience, religion, agnculture* commerce, ma
nufactures and population, in the different
Sp.indh colonies, mull al'ord amufement aud
inllruClion to every defeription of readers.
The other quaiters of the globe have expe
rienccd great and important changes in confe
quenee ot ihe difeovery of America To furmfh
laboute s for European planters fettled in the
if] inds, and in vation- parts of the cont.nent of
America, Africa has been p ui tiered of its
wietched inhabitants, ar.d rcndeied ftill more
baibatous and defoiate, tht'n while it was fe
clu.Jed fioni any intercourie with more polilh
cd nations. Trie gold and tilvrr of America
have furmihed Luiopeane with the meat s of
an extenfive commerce with Alia, and together
with the other production* ot the new world,
have had a powerful agency in producing that
increafe of commerce amt m >nu!a£iurce which
has gradually but ell'uti lity ameliorated the
Condition ot the great body ot the people in
aimott every part of Europe. Events which
h ive had Inch an exitniive inOuente upon alt
ptv.s of the globe, cannot lot to hi In, h y in,
terefling. 1 he cmzens ot the Untied States
ought to be acquainted with the him ry oft ve
ry past ot the gieat contiru nt v hich they it ha
bit. I his is the age of revo utions,—and it is
not probable that thr fonthern put of rnn ica
wi!i ! ngelcape its i> fluence. If hy any < vtnt
thar ounti y lh«’u‘d he fteed from the y k ot
a jealou and ilmeral government, its tenr.'
merce wou'd op n new an vail foil <*eF «f
wealth to ti e tnterprifmg citizens of i..t United
S- ates.
Encouraged bv the liberal patronage ul i h
has lately bet n t .ven in dfit’-rent p tLk ot the
Union to the it pub 'cation ot v i.u able !><h Us,
and beliiving that the inhab tin's ot the well"
ern country will not o ry be difpofed to r ncou
rage fo important a brat.' h ol Indict b, l u* will
alio Ice! a ftrong curiofi y to become a. quaint
ed with the natural and political t.iliory of
thofe fertile regions, with which, at no did-nt
day, they in ay p ob tbly maint a<n an < xti five
and lucrative commerce, the editor propofes o
reprint Kobeitfon’s lliftory of Amenis, irom
the iuIt London e tirion.
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Wheeling Htfittory.
At a Court continued and held for Ohio
County, on Tuesday the 3d day of No
vember, 1807.
Benjamin Gass,
vs,
John Koons.
I h:s day came the Complainant, by hie
Counsel, and it appearing to the Court
that the Defendant is not an inhabitant
ot this commonwealth ; it is Ordered,
i hat tile said Defendant do appear here
on the first Monday in March next, 10
answer the Complainant’s bill; and that
a copy of this Ol der be forthwith posted
op iU the door ol the Court-house of
this county for two months successive
ly, and also be published for two months
successively in the Wheeling Repository',
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