The Wheeling repository — Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.], 1808-01-07 00:00:00, page 8

NEW WORK.
Just Published, and for sale, by Aquila
M. Bolton, Bookseller, at the Stores
of Messrs. Evans, Updegraff, Carter
and Freeman/ Graham, and at the
' Printing-OHice, in Wheeling,
CPrice 44 Cents,)
AN ORIGIN A L P O E M,
IN TWO PARTS,
Entitled
The Independency of the M'md, affirmed.
Aq^uila M. Bolton,
BOOKSELLER £s? ST A TJOKER,
OFFERS FOR SALE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
* Wrapping Paper, Ifoyal and Medium
PRINTING PAPER,
An Assortment of School Books, Writing
Paper, Blank Books, cdc. isY.
Storekeepers and others who purchase
by the dozen, may be supplied upon
•such Terms as, lie trusts, will induce
them constantly to favour him with their
custom.
PROVO S A L S,
By J. Campbell, Morgantown, Virg.
For Printing by Subscription.
The History of America,
Lr WILLIAM LUJUKTsON J/. , .
Principal ot the U.iivtfiity of Edinbu-gh, Hif
toriographer to his Majefty for Scotland,
aid Member of the Royal Academy
of Iliftory at Madrid.
The name of Roblrtsqn has long flood ir.
the vety luft ranfc u» hiflorians, and perhaps
none of his writings have been moregenerally
read, or univerfally admired, than hip Hiftory
of America. So popular has the work been in
England,that it has palled through no lefs than
ten editions. Nor is this wonderful. Dr. Ko.
bertfon’s patient and indefatigable indulPy in
reftarcb, and bis candour and irnpa . i dity in
narration, have dcfcrvedly ftcured the highelt
degree of credit to al! bis ftate.mtnts of hifto
rica! fa13- His flyle, at once perfpicuous and
elegant, eafy and dignified, wid always find an
admirer in every reader of tafle. The le!e<?lion
of the matter corr.prifcd in the Iliftory ot Am. *
rica, is happily calculated to blend tin- mofl
agreeable amufement with folid and useful in
formation. The difeovery of a new hemifphere
by Columbus, and the rap’d cunqueft of Mexico
and Peru byCortrzand Pizario, are among
the mofl extraordinary events recorded in au
thentic hiftoiy. The hiflory ot the contknft of
the Spaniard* towards the natives of America,
exhibits in the ft'ongelt colours the horrible
oonftquences wh ch naturally flow from avarice
and ambition, fhielded by religious bigot* y, 8c
unreftriined either by public opinion or ihe
ftrong arm of a juft & enlightened government
Dr Rnoeitfon'i maftedy defcriptious of the
cuftoms. manners, foci si ftate, and religious
and political inWitutions* ot the natives of A
iperica, if* perhaps better cal. netted 'h <t any
.other w<wk iu extitenev to give utt eirrctt lUcw
of the nature and fiiuation of mao in a Tara^e
ftate, anil of the eS'eCts produced by the inven
tion of the 3rt8 and fcienccs, aud the improve
ments in facial and political inftitutions—His
defciiptlon of the foil, climate, and natural
productions of Spaniih America} of the fyfttm
pui lued by Sprin towards her cclonie3, and of
the effect* cf that fyitem both on them and on
the mother country; of the prefent ftate o!
fcience, religion, agriculturei commerce* ma
nufactures aud population, in the different
Spamfh colonies, muft at ord amuiemciit and
inffruCtion to every defeription of reader!.
The other quaiters of the globe have expe
rienced great and important changes in confe
quence ot the difeovery of America To tutmOi
laboaier s for European planters fettled in the
ifiauds, and n vat ions partb of the continent of
America, Africa ,has been plundered of its
wretched inhabitants, and rende.cd ft'dl more
barbarous aud defolate, than v. line it was ft
cluded fiom any intercourse with more poliffi
ed nations. Tie gol.1 and filvcr of America
have turnifhed Europeans with the mears of
an extenfive commerce with Alia, and together
with the othrr productions of the new world,
have had a powerful agency in producing that
tncreafe of commerce aud manufactures which
has gradually but rfl'.nti.iiiy ameliorated the
condition ot the great body of the people in
aimoft every part of Euiope. Events which
have had inch an extenlive influence upon all
i parts of the globe, cannot fsi! to b< lugh'y in
terefting. The citizens o* the United States
i oug.it to be acquainted wi h the biftory of eve
ry pu t ot the gieat continent which they inha
bit. i his is the age of rno ut’on6,—?ml it is
no* p o»i.i !e that th ' uthirn p rr of Anu.ica
will lung cU apt i f i fl .ctice. If by any vent
that country flu u rt i/c fiecd from the y< k ol
a jcjlou and ii.i ietal government, its corn
mcice wou'd op.n new an' \a'l feu o cf
v/caith to ti.ecntcrurifiiig citizens of tbc United
£>’ titcs*
Encouraged t*y the liberal patronage which
has lately bein given in i!iff rent pm. nr the
Union to ihe rtpub teat ion ot v-du 1*1/ hooka,
and btiii ving that the inh.tb tan's ot u,e weft"
etn ct untiy will not o.iiy he difpofcd to tncou
rage fo important a hi inch o hufinefs, but will
alio let l a ttrong Cnnofi'y to become acquaint
ed wiih the natural and political hiltory of
thole lei tile region*, w:ih w iich, at no tliftmt
day, they ir.iy p ob lily maintain an txierfie
and lucratr.e commerce, ihc editor propofc* o
reprint koi-ertfon’* lliftory of America, front
the l«ft London edition.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
I. The wo* k will be punted in two octavo
volumes, ot about five hundred pages each,
handfomely bound and let’ered, and delivered
to fubfci ibera at the reduced price of two dol
lar-. md weuty ’five cent. per volume.
II I; will be ptinted on lupernnc p’.per of a
Urge fiie, and with a m w nd elegant type
lU. Each volume to be paid for on deliv«fy
IV. A lift of Subfcribers names, with their
pi ot( fTious, title-, and places of relid race, will
he printed at the end of lilt laft volume, an pa
trons of t he work
V This edition will be printed from the tenth
London edition—which (Vila at eigh. ''ollar*1.
* ** Subscriptions rntitrd at tbt 'jj&cr nj the I
Watt ling Rtpnfhooy,
At a Coiirt continued and held for Ohio
County, on Tuesday the 3d day of No
vember, 181)7.
Benjamin Gass,
vs,
John Koons.
Tins flay came the Complainant, by his
Counsel, and it appearing to the Court
that the Defendant is not an inhabit nt
ol this commonwealth ; it is Ordered,
I hat the said Defendant do appear here
on the first Monday in March next, to
answer the Complainant’s bill; and that
a copy ol this Order be forthwith post d
up at the door ol tl*c Court-house of
this county lor two months successive
ly, and also be published lor two months
successively in the Wheeling Repository,
A Cop\. Teste,
MOSES CII APLINE, c. o. c.
GASS’S JOURNAL
Is ready lor delivery to Subscribers, and
FOR SALE,
At the Office of the Repository, Mr.
Cassat’s, Mr. Knox’s, Mr* Kerr’s, and
Messrs. M‘Clure’s, in Wheeling: also
by Mr. D. Chambers, at Major Shep
herd’s mill.
LORENZO DOW'S CHAIN,
(^rice 2o Cents,)
EOR SALE, at this Prii.ting-Office.
H' H E E L JAG,
(OH'O COUNTY, VlRGiNJA )
Printed uy Alexander Ak.\:s'tron«.
TERMS.
The Wheeling Kleository is pub
lished every Thursday, and forwarded
to such places as may be directed, by
the public mails, or the earliest private
opportunities, at Two Dollars per an
num, (exclusive of postage) to be paid
half-yearly in advance : No Subscrip- ;
tion taken for a shorter period than six
months, unless by special agreement:
No Subscriber at liberty to discontinue,
unless his subscription be paid up.
Advertisements not exceeding a
square, will be inserted three times for
One Doi.eaR,and (whi n r< quired) con
tinued afterwards at Twenty-five
Cents lor each insertion; and longer
ones in proportion. Cash will be ex
pected with them. Those who order
their advn tisements to he published six
months, will he allowed a deduction <*£
ten per cent, anti to those who aclvei iisc
by the ye *r, a dt due tion of twenty par
cent, will be made : Advertise me.i«
continued “ tail to* bid,” be be «hu