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»■'— 1 *■■■ 1 * - " ft—W, .TT ~ MUSES RETREAT. REFLECTIONS at DAY-BREAK. j[ GAZE from the brow of the deep, On the town and the landfcapc serene ; How many this hour are asleep ! How alike are the great and the mean. The place for their heads to repose, A stone or a pillar supplies They’ve put off ail care with their clothes, And {hut out the world with their eyes. Reclin’d on the tapestry b^l, The rich has forgotten his florc ; The beggar, asleep in his shed, Remembers his mis’ry no more. Alike in forgetfulnefs drown'd, Enwrapt in the mantle of night: Say, whofeare the {lumbers profound, Say, whose are the dreams of delight ? Perhaps to the occupant’s dream, [For fancy o’er truth can prevail] The hovel a hotel may seem, The hotel transform’d to a jail. Anon they fliail wake from their sleep, And the fun and their sorrow behold ; Why wake ye to get or to keep, Or to feel that ye’re hungry and cold ? Then lie down and (lumber again— Ere the day-light appear’d I arose I (hall fee nought but sorrow and pain, And again I return to repose. (From a late Engli/Ji Paper.) ON Monday the 24th June, a person who lives not an hundred miles from Ba grow, in the county of Cumberland (Eng.) entered for the third time, into the holy cflate of matrimony. He is not quite for ty years of age, and had been so lucky as toobtain the eonfent of this lair-one in lome tbing Ids than a fortnight: Rcftraint in all things, makes the pleasure !e(s: Sweet is .he love that comes with willing- N ESS, ’The bride and bridegroom were accom panied to church by a numerons and nolfy attendance, and the latter took this favora ble opportunity of having two of his chil dren christened. This was thrifty on two accounts : one entertainment, and one visit to the church, lerved for the whole. The godfathers and godmothers were dif tinguiflied from the rest of the company by their dress: the former appeared in fear let ; the latter in white tnuflin.—ls it ne ccflary to fay that the day was pafled in the greatest feftivitv? —The day was not long enough for the consumption of 501 b. of beef, 50! b. of veal, 50'b. of bacon !—and an ocean of punch and strong beer!— “JVweCEREsrf B ACC HO frige t Venus They were obliged to borrow the whole Might, and half-a-dozen hours of the next day—which being exhausted, the diflies emptied, thebow Is drained, the fiddler tired, and the company —tiply—the new marri ed pair withdrew —and Thus ended (hr fun— tu weddinc so rsre, Modouht, *ll who read this will with they’d been there, EPIGRAM, Ocea/ioned by Laying it cbferved, that the Chancellor cf the Exchequer had proved hit*- Jdf a bad arithmetician. FORA»DirioN,PiTT’s talents let all men revere Shice he add* to our debt forty millions ayear: I \ svd sf ra C T l O n his (kill to luipctl will be 1 afli, Which contrives from the batik to » u r s r r a c t all the ca(h ; And tho’ feeble his efforts to m u l t i r l y mtn, He can multifly Uset again and again ; In division, what mental will fay he wants cnons ?* VTho so »£tually work< m pivimnc the house. Then, ye patriots, be ft ill —to your murmurs a truest: \V hat we w t. a e 1 what we are, think, and lpare your abuse ; For you all mull agree that WILL PITT can re duce. * A Gieck word, (ignitymg mind or census. ANECDOTE S. A CERTAIN bishop was once engag ed in his noiftnral lucubrations at a late hour in the evening, when hearing a noise althc window of his study, lie looked about and law a man.— ‘Five hilltop f.tid, “ who is there ?” the man replied Apoftohts Domini, (i. e. an Apt file of the Lord.) The bifhip inftantlv grasped his pistol, and faying Re tipefpiritum Saif Aunt, (i. e. Receive the ho ly ipitit.) fir'd him dead on the spot—The Run was found to have beena noted Robber. A Minister, examining some of his pa lifhioners, before the facr.uweat, atked one fc'-S** “ What art thou ov nature r” « Uvlor, fir.-naid he. From j. Iluffelh Commercial Gazette. THE LIMNER. To fuccecd in every thing , nothing is necessary but a frong dejire to excel. ITelvetxus. There is no precept in the archives of 1 wisdom more general, or more infilled up on than that sage maxim of adding dili gence to thrive apace, as Solomon fays, or might have Laid, if he has not. Expe rience quotes proverbs, prudence points to Pike’s arithmetic, a sober faced indus try gravely Ihews you a beehive, bu?a!l this availeth naught. The logic of three Icore and ten is too frequently the effect of 44 grey iniquity” which (lows more from peevilhnefs or compunction, than from benevolence; and the impetuous volatili ty of youth scorns the stale maxims of worldly wisdom, and resolves to take no one’s advice but its own. It would be too happy for man, could he grow wife with out experience; and wisdom would be de prived of half her creed were we to dedinft the precepts which have flowed from ex perimental fufferance. Man, in his early days, like a youthful Sampson, confident in his might, and strong in the conscious pride of ability. “ Feels liis young nerves dilate, the plastic pow ers Labor for adlion, 1> ind emotions heave His bolom, and with nobl-ll phrenly fraught, From earth to heaven he rolls his daring eye. Unfettered by the {hackles of restraint, un circumfcribed in his course, he puts forth, fair as the (un in his meredian attitude “ his glory unobfeured,” but rejecting the precaution of the crafty Uiyfles to tyc up his indiscretions in a bag, the light of his reason is soon darkened by the force of impulse, paflion and folly, till wearied with counteracting theobftacles which dis pute his progress, and unable to dilfipate the mills of disappointment which rile to obfeure his path, he is compelled to de feend, “ fliorn of his beams,” to the hea ven of rest—where he fits down in his old age like John Bunyaii, to dream morality for the benefit o{ posterity. There are in most places, where plea sure and luxury are the concomitants of idleness, an accentric race of mortals who are styled geniuses. Unawed by the frowns of sobriety, or the solemnity of decorum, their minds are perpetually in the clouds, and you may as well attempt to chain down a comet to its sphere, as to reduce the vagaries of their wild imagina tions. And in the perihelion of their cra ziness, it would be a deed of less difficul ty to quench a train of lighted gun powder, than to cool down their fervid fancies to the temperature of reason. To those who can habituate themlelves to their whinifi calities they may make tolerable cronies, but we must no more look for system amid the chaos of their brains, than search for honesty in a courtiers pocket. There is an affeClation of originality in all they do, which sets at defiance the decisions of opi nion, and a hauteur of demeanor which exaCts obeisance as a tributary debt, which though they be deemed not dillingnifhing traits, are yet charaCteriftic of many, and constitute a material draw back from that amiable complacency which forms the doled link in the chain of civilized l'ociety. So that if you accost the surely Diogenes, the telly scoundrel will order you to Hand out of the funlhine. It is here, then, we fee how little avails the utmost felicity of talents, unless perseverance and industry fecund their exertion. From a limited intercourse with l'ociety they have imbib ed but a circuml'cribed idea of social utili ty, and confider talents as an excuse for idleness, and a licence to roam at large up on the public. But perversion of ability is worse than ignorance. And an honelt man who earns his living, who rears a nu merous family, and loves his country, is as much his superior in all that constitutes true refpeCtebilitv, as the industrious bee excels the gaudy butter-fly. Application is a broad faculty of the mind, which will serve a man to Hand up on when the unstable, the giant like sup porters of ge>.ius torter to the earth. It is the basis en which are upheld the prospe rity of nations, and the worth of indivi duals; and in point of utility a mechanic of probity is of more service to the com munity than all the geniuses which have existed since the invention of iron. Who ever heard of genius and fortune being coupled together ? And who does not know that genius is but another name for the crazy eibows of a thread-bare coat ? Poets when under the influence of what they call inspiration, have frequently charmed us with longs of felicity : But if ' by felicity is meant money, how dare they ’ presume to utter an opinion upon the sub -1 jeiit? Seldom indeed do they have oppor tunities of exemplifying their theory.— However, views of this nature, to their • optics, generally appear bell at a uiftar.ee. A good friend of mine once fell in love, and he wooed a fair damfei for the space : of about thirty years. By the duration of ’ his attachment, one might judge that the ladyVaura&hns were char;n ing; they were so indeed, so far as fingu lantv can confer charms, but (lie was lit tle in the style of the celebrated Duicinea „ of Don Sancho, the noble governor of Baratrarra, (lie was the most accompiifhed beauty within a league, file had only one eve which was blind, though the other was a little brimstone red—but who (fum bles at straws? This however is nothing to my purpose. My friend fat himfelf down to the liege with all the (kill of Po lybius or Felard, and was just upon the point of throwing himfelf headlong from the promontary of Leucate, when by dint of perseverance and the charms of a red night cap, he saw the termination of his ordeal, the fair one capitulated, and he carried off his treble Helen prize with the triumph of a hero, mod heroically ftnging Vedi, Vidi, Vici, by the way. Even strength, without perseverance, is but an April (hower. Dtimourier, at the commencement of a campaign overrun Holland, but u’as compelled to run back again at the conclusion. Pichegro and Jourdan in another, by dint of superior numbers penetrated into Germany, and the Austrians retreated in every direction ; but ere they had done, they were compel led by C'lairfayt in two fucceflive battles, to walk home again with their “ toes turn ed inwards.” Moreau likewise, fly in stratagem, with his bloody boys laid waste the circle of Swabia and Franconia, but the archduke proved the inoft cunning of the two, and compelled him to fly in the end. And the mighty Buonaparte himfelf, after having been attended with such a se ries of victories as have scarcely been wic nefled since the days of Julius Caesar, was finally at the time of the treaty of Leoben, in a posture so precarious, that had his situ ation been known to the enemy, he and his whole army might have been demolish ed at a blow. From these instances we deduce that were the French endued with perseverance equal to their impetuosity all Europe might be vanquiflied by their arms. But their ficklenefs and volatility are a general blefiing to mankind. Had it not been for an ambitious perse verance, the viituous Socrates, the prince of philosophers, had been a stone cutter; and have hewed perhaps the materials to enclose his own Acodemius with a wail— the curlifh Cynic, whom Plato denomi nated a mad Socrates, had continued all his life time a money coiner. The great Cardinal Wolfev, had been felling oxen and fairing pork in Clare market. The illustrious Chatham, whose eloquence will command the admiration of ages, had been but a country hind, dancing round a May pole, with rustic bumpkins and daisy lafles. And our own beloved Wafliingron, like the veteran Cincinnatus, hoeing corn and gathering tobacco (talks, on his paternal acres. Virtue is the application of moral recti tude to aftive practice. Useless, nay in jurious are our moil refined speculations upon it, if the application be not made in ourselves—And the man, who aflumes the authority of inftruCtion without exem plifying in his life the precepts he incul cates, is like an illuminated lighthouse which, though it may serve to direCt the unwary mariner when all is clear, vet in times of difficulty and doubt, is but a blind guide, in whose zeal we cannot con fide, on whose constancy there is no de pendence. ORDINANCE For the better Regulation and other Persons of Colour 'within the limits of this City. Be it Ordained by the Intendant and Members of the City Council of Augusta, That from and immediately after the paf fintr of this ordinance, it (hall be the duty of every negro, mulatto or other person of colour redding within the limits of the city of the age of fourteen years or upwards, who is free, or claims to be so, to make ap plication to the clerk of the city council, and give information of their names, pla ces of abode, occupation or trade: And it Avail be the duty of the clerk to register the fame in a book to be kept for that purpose, and grant a certificate for luch registry, for which he {hall be entitled to receive from the applicant the sum of feventy-five cents. AND WHEREAS there are several ne groes and other Haves redding within the limits of the city, and cxercifing ufeful trades and occupations,and who live apart from their owners or employers : Be it ordained. That from and immedi ately after the passing of this ordinance, it (lull be the duty of every person owning or having the charge of anv negro or other ■ Have exerciling any ufeful trade or occu . palion as aforefaid within the limits of this , city, and living apart from such owner or : employer, to give a defeription of such f (lave or Haves to the clerk of the city coun : cil, and the council will thereupon, if they • Re fit, authorize the clerk to grant licen ces, permitting the exercise of fuc or occupation for one year • th» rr3, ' t employer .hut becoming fen.rO,, c r orderly behn.ionr of fuel, fl."' \t * ing five dollars for the life of the city *?•'' one doiiar’to the clerk for making ter of such licence, taking granting a certificate of the°fame. And be it further ordained , That ir ( ■ formation and proof before the city •" ' n * cii of such licenced slave keepinw a aw?' 1 * derly house, or harbouring any°ru fla\e or (laves, or receiving any (for goods, provisions or other articles, know ing them to be stolen ; the licence off, ' (lave (hall be forfeited, anda renewal of dial! always thereafter he refufed. And be it further ordained , That after ft. 15th day of November next, every negro 5 mulatto or meftizzo, who (hall be f o , ln j redding within the limits of the city, 3 ,j who (hall not be in the immediate and di rect employment of some free peif -i" owning or hiring the fame, or who ■ not have been registered as a fre&perlor or priviledged to follow some trade or ocl cupation as before ordained, (hall be con sidered as a runaway (lave or a vagrant* And it (hall be the duty of the city marfhai to apprehend, confine and advertise such (lave or vagrant, any pass or pretended pass from his or her owner to the contra ry notwithstanding. And be it further ordained That it (hail not be lawful for any person to hire or rent or permit the occupation of any house or tenement belonging to them, by any negro or person of colour not having a certificate of registry or licence as before ordained. And be it further ordained , That any per foil renting or hiring to, or permitting the occupation of any house or tenement by any negro or person of colour not register ed or licenced as before ordained, and not being in his or her diredt and immediate employment, under pretence of the casual and partial service of such negro or person of colour, tending to defeat the operation and effedt of this ordinance according to the true intent and meaning thereof, (hall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for every month of such hiring, renting or occupation, upon due proof of the fame being made to the city council, to be re covered by warrant of distress, under the hand and (cal of the intendant or presiding warden ; one half for the use of the city, and the other half for the use of the person informing and prosecuting for the fame. AND WHEREAS it has become a fub jedt of general and just complaint that the streets are infefted by negroes hawking a bout beer, cakes and other trifles, to the evil example of (laves, asd to the c,reo*. an noyance of the inhabitants; And whereas, such occupation, if at all allowable, ought to be confined to such (laves or other per sons of colour as from age or infirmity are incapable of labor: Be it ordained, That the owners or em ployers of such aged or infirm (laves (hall apply to the city council; who, if they fee fit, will authorize the clerk to grant a badge or licence to fell small wares for a< year, upon being paid the sum of five dollars for the use of the city, and feventy-five cents to the clerk for granting said licence or badge. And be it further ordained, That freeper fons of colour within the limits of the city, (hall, in this refpedt, be fubjedt to the fame restraints as (laves, and (hall not be allow ed to vend any articles in the streets or public roads, without a licence obtained on their own application for that purpose. And be it further ordained, That after the 25th day of Odtober instant, it (hall be the dutv of the city marflial to apprehend and confine any (lave or other person of colour, who (hall be found in the streets or high roads within the limits of the city, offering for sale any beer, cakes, pies, fruit or oth er small wares, without having firft obtain ed a licence or badge as above diredted; which (lave or other person of colour (hall be kept to hard labor in the work-houie not exceeding thirty days, and until their jail fees are paid, and may be puniflH, not exceeding thirty-nine lalhes, at the dis cretion of any of the wardens to whom the marflial (hall make his report, I Provided always , That nothing herein contained (hall be construed so as to hinder negroes carrying provisions, vegetables or fruit to marker, they having a ticket from their masters for that purpose. Pajfed in Council , the 3 d day of Oftober, 1799. T. GUMMING, Intend** Attest, JOSEPH HUTCHINSON, Clerl_ Eight Dollard Reward. STOLEN on the night of the 19th inb orn of the lot of Mr. Samuel Scott in Augusta, a DARK SORREL HORSE, about fourteen hands high, with a flit m his left ear, branded with the letter D on* tier his mane, has a star in his foreheoy, (hod before, has a scare of the kick of* horse on his left fore leg. Whoever wu deliver the said horse to the Subfcri r » (hall receive the above reward. Joseph Cox.