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: .x. mtH Mmair •»*.* frw '4-i.tfhif4V^ MUSES RETREAT. TENDER LINES TO AN AFFECTIONATE MOTHER. Jxm O M Y lov’d Mother!—l.ov’«J to latcfl Jays— l.ov’J from ’he moment that you g.-.vc me hirth, I Accept the tribute of the uuieou. praiie, Br That cwn’s a Parent’* fame—reveres her worth. For oft when infant pains my l.c. rt oppieft, Auid ling’rsn" hours in ai guifh pafs’d away, K Yon hit with me die balmy Iwecis cl rest, Nor left me lorrowing with tlie op’ning day. Then wou.d the mother ufc her tender c,re. A d sooth toTteep by every lilt e art; k Watch my foit fiumbert with a pensive air An I prayers to heaven forfotorc bliss impart. Fain w iuld I be.ir thee from this world of ftrife, Rcium thy kindt.cfs, and thy cares, repay ; Exert each neive to l’ervc declining life, AnJ tint thy evening with a summer’s ray Put if, fad doom, I lee thee labour ftiil, Ii all these golden hopes my gralp elude ; Yet life to read thy perpefe in myw.il Yet live to bids the smile ot gratitude ! AN ODD LETTER From a Taylor to his Sweetheart. REMNANT OF MY HOPE, MAY I be ript from the rokders of your clicem, and never be buttoned to the loops of jour kindness, but 1 am srayed to the hem ot your beauty—or have a thimble full of your favour, but you have so entangled the thread of my un dei (landing, with your pretty little out fide , were 1 within a yard of you, I should be very soon deprived of my working facul ties; I love you without meaftlre and yet it is so hard to cabbage one sweet look from you, t ho/ lam in dcfpair of having it in iry power \o fitdfit my Julie. Let not the Jhears of contempt, cut the thread ot dt fire which burner through every quarter of me, , pl>ut preft me to the notch board of vourbeau- as the garment embraces the lap board % Odds bodkins, 1 am fhrely yours tverv nail of me: Wherever you gomv north and my ttreiVe follow you —Blunt not, therefore, the ptqnt of my edcavor, but allow me to nhffie rnvfelf to your kindness, that 1 may be pitched the tighter to your affe&ion. Put a favourable conftrufiion on the above, for which i will.ever fit ciofs legged, and a icjc Hull ever he at the fire for my deartft . little p.unccr; I .mi always Your’s, STAYTAPE BUCKRAM. Afing uhr ffecimen if the epifolary ; being a laconic letter from a young Jludcnt to his fa ttier Dear Father, “ j VY 111 I’E to yon this uav, which is-Monilay, and fend it by the messenger, who gijc.s from here Tuefday ; he will’hr in London l>v Wednefdav, "and you will receive mv letter Thursday ; you’ll please to let me have the money Friday ; if not, I (bail quit tliis place Saturday, and be with you on Sunday. “ Your Son ..*» r AN E CbO TE. v df _ INI I L T O N. OF our great bard, a French writer re lates the foliowin anecdote : Milton, when a (Indent at Cambridge, was extremely handlbme. One dav in the ftimmer, overcome with heat, anil fa tigued with walking, he laid himfelf down ui the foot of a tree, and llept. During his sleep, two ladies palled by in a carriaot The beautv of the young student attracted their attention ; they got out of their car riage, and after having contemplated his beautv some time, without his waking, the youngest lady, who was very handibme. took a pencil from her pocket, and wrote fume lines on a piece of paper, apd tremb lingly [in them into his band. The two Lubes returned to their carriages, and puf fed on. Milton’s fellow flu dents, who were fee king for him, observed this silent foeoe at a dirtance, without knowing it to be l»lm who was fl epings «n approaching and knowing their ailbciate, they waked him, and told him what huJ parted. He. opened the paper which was in |,R hand, and read to his great ailonifhmem, tlieie lines from Gurrini. n ,h , ftelle Mviri.J - , M nuh do m ci m ill, Se th : uii«:«’ uocedite, Appeni che (aide ? Which may be tranfhted thus—“ Beauti f’i! eves, mortal Bars, authors of mv mil*. s fortunes! If ye wo md me being elofed, what would \c d \ if open ? This ft range adventure awakened Md ton s f-nlibil ty ; an I from that moment... fu!! with the desire ot finding the unknown h fur, he to ne*years afterwards travelled I "•rough Italy . His ideas of her (lavs our French author) incd&ntly in the i ns in nion o this wonderful poet, and to x. tbit in part is England indebted for the of Par ad if Ufi. ALETTER From an Aunt at Ireland, to her .A eghezv, Junes, 1799. Dear Nephew, I have not written to you since mv last before now, because as we had moved from our former place of living and I did , did not know v. here a letter would find you; but I no.w* with pleasure take my {• n to inform you of the melancholy news of the very Hidden dearh of your only liv ing uncle KLi 1 partrick, who died very ft:ti de nly fait week af.tr a lingering illness of five months. The poor man was in vio lent convulsions the whole time of hisfick nefs, laying perfectly quiet, anti speechless all the while talking incoherently, and calling for water. 1 had no opportunity of informing you of his death sooner, ex cept I had wrote you by last port, which, went off two days before he died, and then you would have had postage to pay. lam at a loss to tell what bis death was occa (ioiietl bv, but I fear it was brought on by his lafl sickness, for he was never well ten days together, during the whole rime of his confinement, and I believe his fickneft was occafioued by his eating too much of rabbits fluffed with peafe and gravy, or peafe and gravy fluffed with rabbits, I can’t tell which, but be that as it will, as loon as he breathed his lafl the doftors gave over all hopes of his recovery. I need not tell you any tiling about his age, for you will know, that in December next, he would have been twtnty-five vears old lacking ten months, and had he lived till then he would then have been just fix months dead. Ilis property now devolves to his next of kin who all died some time ago, so that I expect it will be divided be tween us, and you know his property was something very confiderabie, for he had a fine estate which was fold to pay his debts, and the remainder he loft on a iiorfe race; but it was the opinion of everv body at the time, that he would have won the race, if the horse he run against had not been too Lft for him. I never saw a man, and the dodtors ali said so, that observed directions and took medicine better'than he did, he said he had as lives drink gruel as wine it it only had the fame taste, and would as soon take jalap as eat beef flake if it had the fame rehfli. But poor foul he will ne ver eat or drink more, and now vou have not a living relation in the world except mvfelf and your two cousins who were killed in the last war. I can’t dwell on this mournful fubjeft, and shall seal my letter with black sealing wax, and put on it your uncles coat of arms, so I beg you not to break the seal when you open the letter, and do’nt open it till three or four days after you receive it, by which time vou will be prepared for the forrovvful tid ings. When you come to this place flop and do not read any more till mv next. Your affe&ionate Anint. P. S. Dout write me again till you re ceive this. From a late Glasgow Paper. The TEAR of PITY. —SO Mi r s Heftick died this morning of a consumption.—She was no more than seventeen—a sweet girl ! Ah ! is five dead 1 Poor thing !— What's trumps! The min is dead, my dear, whom we employed to clear the "mouth of that well behind our house, and which he fell into.— Is he? I thought he could not recover. —Play a fade, Ma'am. —There were upwards of four thousand killed in the last engagement. —How ma ny childleis parents are now in sorrow ! Ah ! how many indeed !— The odd trick is ottr's. Flic Captain is now reduced to such poverty, that I am told it would be cha titv *0 fend his family a joint of meat.— That s hard.— l have not a heart, in deed, fir. —He fell on his head—and has been de lirious ever since ; and the phyfkians have no hope- that he wili recover his reason. O'o ! I recolleft, he rode against fume body !—Play afpadc if you please. —The profpeA to the poor this winter is dreadful indeed : There will be a power ful appeal to the feelings of the rich. Ye—-one really gives so mu h in chari ly — I'll let you a crown on the hep club —Pray. Ma'am, have you heard of the dreadful accident which "has happened to Mrs. . ? " hat! her son drowned ! O ye- ou are eight; you can call. —George, Ma'am, George, lam forrv to fay it put an end rb his life lafl Tuefdav. You don’t fay so —l had tveo hmous in my ezLst Ltnd— )e>; and as mi-fortunes never come a !one. hi * and li.ter are in a irate of deflr.nftion. —Dear me ! that’s bad.— Single, double. and th, rub. A DREAM. HAVIN’G pi;t on rr.y old spectacles, I lolled back in ir.y chair in amusing pof j ture, to confider what further I fhouid I write; when, notwithstanding the hum • of the fi es, I fell into a profound {lumber: Me thought I was transported by some imaginary conveyance to the abode of bad authors. The place seemed perfectly na tural, and several of my brethren {hook me by the hand, the moment of my fir ft appearance, as an old acquaintance. We were {landing on a large level extended plain, where a majeclic Goddess made her appearance, with a glass in her hand. Her ! name was Impartiality. The glass had such wonderful properties, that every au thor who looked through it would be pre fcnted with a kind of magic representation, either of the effecls which his writings had produced, or the situation in which he {food in the public opinion. There seemed a violent buft'e among the different competitors, who would firlt arrive at that honor. A litt e duodicimo author, who had published a book full of rebuffes, conundrums and repartees, firlt edged himfelf in by the bulky quartos and fat folios, and tript up to the giafs. He beheld a large ltage eredted in the middle of a platform, on which was placed a har liquin, who diverted the audience by his a mountebank tricks and gesticulations. He threw himfelf into every possible fliape; sometimes he resembled a frog, sometimes a monkey, and sometimes a pair of nut crackers. The giggle cf contempt, which the author construed into a smile of appro bation, succeeded; and the little author well departed. Another author approached, with his brows knit together with importance, told the admiring throng to give way, talked much about common fenl’e, asserted his natural right to the glass; and, having recruited himfelf with a plen tiful dram, which, as he said, conferred on him, the prophetical gift of second fight, was finally admitted. He beheld a large concourse of people peaceably employed in their various occupations. Some were turning the diftaff others playing the anvil; the oak was feiled—the flnp was building —the earth was ploughed—the feed was lcattered, and harmonious labor seemed universal, immediately a fliaking-quaker llarted up in the mitlft, harrangued ttie sur rounding audience, while the implements of industry fell from their hands. Their occupations were neglt&ed—the anvil ceafeil to echo with the found of the ham mer—the diftaff was unmoved—the oak remained ftedfaft on the mountain—the fh'p seemed to rot upon the stocks—the earth was covered with thirties—while the wonderng multitude, performed antic dan ces, and the mod extravagant distortions. Suddenly a grave, long-bearded man, who by his actions was diicovered to be Expe rience, admoniflied the multitude, who peaceably returned to their various occu pations, while the deluded preacher was transformed into a toad, and hopped out of the circle. An author who had written much on natural religion, opposed to fuperanatural, next succeeded, and beheld a large apothe caries {hop, with these letters engraved in glaring capitals on the sign: “ MEDI CINES OF ALL KINDS TO BE SOLD HERE.” A crowd of customers attend ed—his preferiptions were eagerly pur chased by every class of citizens; but the effedls ieemed to have been produced by a midnight’s revelry and debauch; for opi ates were the only medicines administered. A poetical complimentary author, after having lerewed his feature into a smile, prinked himfelf up, and paid his devotion to the glass. He beheld a large sluggish river running silently along, which appear ed to be the river of oblivion. At length a band of favagps, more merciful than the rest, by flow consuming fires (which they would now and then extinguifli, to make torment more acute) consumed the poor viiftim to allies. Affrighted by so horrible a fpeftacle, I started from my ftfimbers, and, melancholy to relate, my lpeftacles were broken. " O. LONDON, August 3. By a cartel which arrived last night at Dover, intelligence was brought from France, of an aftion having taken place in the Mediterranean, in which the French were defeated with the loss cf eight {hips of the line. The cartel brought over no Fench papers, and put back for France the moment the passengers were landed. This account we underftar.d is univer sally credited. A rumor is circulated again (not in the the mail) that Prussia is on the eve of tak ing an active part against France. We learn by our letters fom Yarmouth, that a Prufii an minister is hourly expefted to arrive there in the b\e-boat, captain Searle.— W hether tnis ha* any connexion with the report we cannot take upon us to deter mine. A letter from Brunswick, dated the 14. h July, mentions that general Pichegru | had been there for some days, and thatdur * * T his ft-ty he hid Irequent and long con ferences with the duke, on the nibhn • is said, of the meditated iuvafij n o' ff ’ vian dates. Pichegru is perfe^ii U ?* quainted with the country, havtno c ducted the war into it in 1704 an 2 ls ' General Maitland returned from Weft-Indies bv last fleet,arrived j n tow ‘ e on Sunday morning. We learn, cere fatisfa&ion, that this diftinouift.,! officer has completely succeeded his re „t ciation, and has fettled the intercorfe'\- ' St. Domingo, on a footing that secures ah the advantages which our commerce c reap from the connexion, without d aiu . a to the British illands in its neighborhood 6 "" The troops intended for the secret e* pedition areexpe&ed to rendevous this day on Barham Downs, where there is to bea encampment of 25,00001- 30,000 men The fleet under the command of Admir l Mitchell, will consist of no lefts than fail. “ 3 ° o August 6. French Counter Revolutionary Flan The Mercury of Europe (Hamburgh paper) under the head Paris, has an arti cle bearing the following title, and which is said to be in general circulation through France. Qfr Q PROPOSITIONS. 1$ Which are already popular, and are dai ly becoming more and more so, here; viz “ 1. The re-establishment of monarchy in France, on rational terms. 2. The King fliall grant a general am nesty, without any exceptions or exemp tions whatever. “ 3 Properyt which, according to the existing laws of the republic, has been le gally acquired, and is now legally held, shall be refpe&ed as legal property. “ 4. Such of the army who fliall join the standard of the king, fliall be continu ed in their refpettive ranks, advance ments, and pay. “ 5- The King fliall renounce all claim on the territorial requifltions of the Re public; and tlie King, as well as the pow ers at war with the Republic, fliall fo* lemnly guarantee the integrity of ancient France, and fliall proclaim a general peace. “ 6. Every species of vaflclage, tithes, corvees, foccage, or bound service, and all other contributions in kind, fliall be for ever aboliflied. “ 7. The impositions or revenues, ne ceflary for maintaining the government, fliall be raised upon the produce of the fix ed and moveable property of the state, without any exceptions whatever. “ 8. The French people fliall be go verned bv the fame publicly defined and determined laws, both civil-and municipal. “ 9. Honesty and capacity, shall be the criterion whereby the public functions in the state fliall be filled. “ 10. When these preliminaries are a greed upon, the King fliall invite the French nation to eleCt or nominate, from among their sage and difereet men, a re prelentative body, to meet the King at such part or place, in ancient France, as the King may point out, there toponlult with him and aifift him with their wisdom; to arrange draw- up, and feftWa national code or charter, whereby the French peo ple fliall be governed, upon the before stated principles. “ The members of the present republi can government, or other functionaries of the Republic, being otberwife qualified, fliall be eligible to fit in the representative body.” AUGUSTA and SAVANNAH STAG E> WILL on Wednesday the 16th instant, commence running twice a week, and llart from Major Durkee’sßroad-ftreet, every Wednesday and Saturday, at four o’clock in the morning—leave Savannah the fame days and hours. Sixfett of excel lent horses are now on the road, it will be run in two days each way with ease ; the paflages on the usual terms notwithstand ing the great additional expence of rhe pro prietors. Each Paflenger Eight Dollars, with an allowance of 141 b. baggage, all extra baggage, 6 1-4 cents per lb. Joseph y Wm. Grant. 9 (ts. 13.) FOR SALE, Two LIKELY NEGROES, A woman and man ; the woman about IS years old, an excellent house negro— the man about 25 years old, has an inclina tion to go in a boat, a firong able fellow ; they are lold tor no fait, the want of money induces the owner to it. ALSO, Two or three Likely HORSES. Enquire at thisOifice. OClober 16. (ts. 14.) W anted to Hire for two Months, SIX or EIGHT YOUNG NEGROES, Between the age of 14 and 15, for which good wagesVili be given.—Enquire of the Printers,