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w ■ y, MUSES RETREAT THE GOOD THING. W X HE good thirds of life, if to all we should look, fwell oujr poor ballad quite tip to a bonk j w 1 he mere calls of nature contrasted are small, Brl'is greedy ambition that gapes at them all ; HThen keep within bounds and limit the ring, |And contentment you’ll find is a very good thing. competent income, enough to lupply, AH we wan’, or can modeltly wilh to enjoy, a very good thing, with lufficient in store IfTo relieve modcit merit or give to the poor ; matter though fortune deny her full lwing, and to fparc, is a very good thing. |fhe Parson himfelf, who holds felf denial, As a verjt’good thing, when prov’d in the trial, fl hat by looftng the world we gain the grand prize ! jfNeglc&cJ by fools, though the wish of the wife; Tho money he fays is of evil the spring, fWill grant a good living’s a very good thing, f When p ied with good liquors your Poet willfing j Anibtt our of soaring aloof on the wing, | Still aiming at rising in fancy sublime, |! To catch nothing lei* th»n the laurel in tim*, L Then cuo s away, like a bird in the spring, * That a butt of old sack is a very good thing. . C) ir Lawyers and Doftors in one point agree, The marrow ot practice lies all in the fee ; Both Clients and Patients may find out the cause, When pliyftc lusdtench’d ’em,or drain’d by the laws! The fee to the palm so attradlive will cling, ' Your fenfttive touch is n very good thing. ;. With rev’rente an authoriz’d passage we bring, | “ He that hath a good wife, has got a good thing. ” And the proverb lay* plainly, 11 A wife in her lhift, Is allow’d on all hand* as a heavenly gift To tho queen of good w ves then ftiikcev’ry firing, Ye Bards, a good wife is a very good thing. But of all the good things while in life we exist, The bleffiug of health ft nds the fit ft on the lift ; Ail orders of men will fublcribe to the test, ‘ That ’tit health, florid health, furpafles the rest, Then giantinggood health luch a very good thing, Let us wdh it to all from Peasant to King. F. P I TAP H On David Br avo, a notorious drunkard. FAST in the arms of death, well prim’d with rum, Davy, the toper, lies till kingdom come. The arts of Egypt Davy needeth not, Frjkfcrv’d by Rum his body cannot rot. Alas ! poor man ! If >\v fares it with his brains— D unk was he, w hen he died ; drunk he remain* ! Ye wormr, <) f; are a Bacchanalian (inner, C m Rum, Snuff, Skin, and Bones compol'e a dinner? In Iced, ’tis vain to try to make a (raft Up an the oorple ot th s infatiate beast. | yj<ut if you do, you’ll find, that he will hum ye, You’ll.all die drunk, and he’ll remain a mummy- THE DE-BTOR. A FRAGMENT. ********** WHAT a croud !—I paSed through it vt itlvdirticulty—a poor wretch was going to prison for debt—he lifted up his dream ing eyes to heaven, as if supplicating for liberty; my heart felt his anguiftl. I en quired how much he owed his merciless I creditor —“ ten pounds, besides charges.” “ Good heaven ! to be deprived of liberty I for ten pounds !" The fmalinefs of the I fuai gave me delight’; I (lept up to him, and giving him ail the money I had in mv pocket, bade him purchase his liberty, and I never despair, though furrouuded with dis- 1 tress. He would have knelt in the dirt to I thank I prevented him. The man was honed —he was an hulband and father—he had leen better days. The rnob lhouted for jov ; and I left him with greater fatisfa&ion in my heart than a no bleman feels on entering the drawing room in a birth-night snit. . “ Companion,” laid I, “ has this day drawn from my purse more than I could afford—but I will wear this old coat and hat twelve months longer than I intended, and that will alpiolt make things even— mv coat is aimoft rusty, ’tis true—but— the debtor is tree.” ********** A N EC DOTE S. A FELLOW who made it a practice to pnv fixpcn.ce for a bafon of loop at various P coffee houses and deal at the fame time a fjlvtr tabic spoon, was at lad detected, and , brought betore Jultice Fielding. The magidrate a iked him what he was? To which he replied. “ I belong to the law, fir.” d The law ! pfbaw, damme fcfhat’s j: impofiible. f..id Fielding, if you did, you j! would have stolen the bafon too.’’ \, WHERE will thecreative geniusof man I Hop 1 A certain mechanic lias invented i a machine to w indow and gvind ; | d wdl also Churn, ferane potatoes, rock the M cradle, and darn dockings ! He calls it a K gnod hook wile. RICHMOND Jockey-Club Races . W[ L L commence the second time, on the firtf*MONDAY after Christmas, being the 30th day of De cember. The Counties of Burke and Columhi A'are permitted to join this Club, provided twelve members from each coun ty fufcfcribe, and Captain Ardis’s Diftrifl including Silver-Bluff, in South-Carolina, on fix members fubferibing. The Secretary, is authorized to adn.it fubferibers. The firlt days running to be three mile heats, the horses to be folded and raised the property of the fubferibers. The second davsrunning, to be a Sweep flake, free for any Horse, Mare or Gelding, to be composed of one sixth of the fub feription. Any person starting a Horse not a Sub scriber, to pay the sum of five dollars entrance money, and to run one mile heats. * (£T The Members arerequefted to meet at Major DenYenac’s Tavern, on Satur day the 21st. day of December next, for the purpose of paying their fubfeription money. By order of the President , JOSEPH WARE, Secretary. October 23. 0 5 ts-) W m m Thomas Beach, Next door above Mr. M‘Gowan’s Store in BROAD-STREET, RETURNS his most grateful thanks to his friends and the public, for the liberal encouragement he has received du ring his residence in this city, and having good workmen and a frefli lupply of the heft materials, he hopes by his attention to merit a continuation of their favors. HE HAS JUST RECEIVED, A General AJfortment of the bejl and most fajkionable BOOTS and BOOTEES, Men’s FINE & COARSE SHOES, Ladies MOROCCO, ditto. Do. KID & LEATHER SLIPPERS, All of which he will fell very low for CASH. ALL orders from town or country flriftly attended to. November 20. (ts, 19.) William Savels, BOOT £5? SHOE MAKER, NEXT DOOR RELOW MR. DALE’S STORE On BROAD-STREET. BEGS leave to inform the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity, that he con | tmues his business at the (land he had last season—and being well supplied with the best materials, and good workmen, he hopes togive latisfa&ion to those who may pteale to favor him with their custom. HE HAS LATELY RECEIVED, A General Ajjbrtment of BOOTS and BOOTEES, of the firft quality, Men’s fine and coarse SHOES, Boys and childrens ditto. Ladies and Mifles Leather SLIPPERS, BOOT LEGS, CALF SKINS, All of which he will fell low for cash or produce, wholesale and retail. (£3* All orders firiflly attended to , and I every favor gratefully acknowledged. J Otffober 23. (ts. u.) Henry Darnell, •TJrLOli & HABIT-MAKER, two doom bf. low Spb-ncers corne r WASHINGTON-STREET. Respectfully infonnsthe public, that he has commenced the above butinefs in all its various branches. He flatters himfelf from his experience and at tention to bufmefs, to merit the patronage of the public : Such gentlemen as may favor him with their work, may depend on its being executed with neatness and difpatch,and onthe most reasonable terms. WANTED, One or Two atftive BOYS about 16 years of age, as Apprentices to the Tavloring Business. ( tj * The highest wages will be given for Journeymen. Oftober 2 3. Blank Deeds of Conveyance, , Far fa*c at this Otfice! DEFAULTERS! AGREEABLE to the Returns made to nif by the Commanding Officers of Company Dif trifts, the following Per Jons liable to pay Tax in the County of Richmond, for the year 1799, have failed to make 1 etui ns of their Property , viz. Capt. Wm. M'Tyiere’s DiftrifL 7 J ames ware, Benjamin Lyons Daniel Cummings Hezekiah Salmon John Holliday Alexander Perry Seth Anderson Patrick Galliher Solomon Griner Sami. M. Smith Henry L. Revere Josiah Morse Jacob Danford William Savels William Robinson Nicholas John Blimline David M‘Natt James Mason Henry Greenwood Obediah Crawford Thomas Lawson William Crawford David Weft Edward Nixon Samuel Cone, Charles Howell Thomas Street John Flint Henry Osborne Henry Hughes Peter Caleb Ormon Ellbre B. Bignon James B. Oliver Garland Sneed John Channing Zaghariah Bell, fen. Zachariahßell, jun. William Bell William Clarke Charles Johnson Michael Silpert Turner Mann Peter Donaldson Samuel Martin Zachariah Martin Lewis Gregory John Darsey John J. Chartier Mrs. Brunfon Lewis Collins David Allen Robert Allen Drury Allen Capt. Holland M‘Tyiere’s Diftrift. John fee, George Hennefy James Biftiop William Nettles James B. Floyd John Perry Isaac Herbert William G. Box Silas Reeves David Urquhart Anthony Hunter John Hendricks Thomas Kelly Walter Taylor Thomas Burnsides Charles Gee Jesse Stewart Benjamin Pierce Samuel Cone Manning Mrs. Hunter Captain J. W. Lacey’s Diftrift. J AMES DAVIS, Henry Horntby Nathan Tant Barnabas Dalton Peter Hall Thomas Lawson John M‘Neil William Crawford C. Whittendon William During , Rohert Ciedfton i Abel Griffin : Joseph Buttridge James Francis f Jesse Lyon > Cornelius Gibson 1 Samuel Richardson Jeffry Hudson John Robbs Thomas Dalton John Capper Mrs. Townsend Rachel Whitefield Lolev Lalley e Benjamin Lewis Stephen Smith • George Munks ■ Elencr Johnson Catherine Miers 1 John M^Cane John Havverd William Hunly * John Jones Jonathan Arnold John Seares William Bellamy, William Eltoft William Nantz Feak Nantz Solomon Ward Isaac Wingate Jeremiah Conway C. Grovenftine 1 Joseph Garrett Smith Mufgrove* , Wheeler Samuel Davis Timothy Kelly James Roe Jonathan Cox Taliaferro Cox Ram fey Peter Gailliet Devellare John Kratz Lutgert S. B. Bonner William Mofely William Speed —Larmandie Perkins Conrod Liverman John Leath Ephraim Brown William Wilson, Nathl. Kinglbury Abraham Pearson William Butler John Kindrick John M‘Kinne Samuel Galliher Martin Cafwell Nathaniel Sneed Charles M‘ Farlin George Shepherd John White Thomas Beach John Finley Mrs. Dearmond James Charity John Hine Macon Culbreath George Ciinff, Eugene Handley Hez. Lord. Francis Springer William M‘Natt John Dukes Mrs. Vaughan Timothy S. Powers Francis Elmenard Englehart Cruse Samuel Lockinton John Bowles William Barden P. Cruckflianks John Harknefs Samuel Chapman William Clarke William Drue Anthony Harrison Samuel Griffin Robert Inman Peter Wright Andrew Knox James Murphey James Courcey. William Harrison Derel Hudson Owen M‘Gar Cheflev Morris Wm. Underwood Jesse Avret John Kindricks Patrick Brown James Jenkins Alpher Weeks Gabriel Clarke Isaac Hill Edward Claxton Edward Prater John Hill James Robinson Raymond Robinson John Lowe Murdock Martin William Clarke Samuel Allen William Butler John M-Tyiere Ezekiel Smith James Perry John Parker William Hobs John Dean Anthony Hayne Henry Vifol, Captain Waggoner’s Diflrift ftp cJFAS. COLLINS Henry John Hatcher 1. Benjamin Cobb Thomas Cobs, 1- WHliam Pgrnal Major Collin* ftp Thos. Neivman Michael Collin, ft Balil Moran Samuel Wilkj ns l i P>- From the Dip-in lately by Capt. Ward—l have received no Rn Urn ft' Joseph Hutchinson, Reed ’ » November 30, ’99. ft ~~~ ft TWENTY or THIRTY ■ GOOD AXE MEN. I To whom liberal wages will be given ft cash. —Apply to ft| MTntolh & Hobby, ft They may be employed for 3,6 or ft 12 months. ft November 27. (ts. 20. J ft TO BE RENTED* ~ I The HOUSE LOT, ft AT present occupied by Mr. Davi & ft Neal, adjoining Col. Watkins's ft Brick Houle.—r—For terms applv to ft GEO. WATKINS, ft November 27. (ts. 20.) ■ FOR S ALE , ", ft Two Tobacco Flats, I One of which will carry 85 Hhds. To- 9 bacco. Terms of payment will be H made easy to a purchaser.—Apply to 1 Thos. Hobby, &? Co. I November 6, (ts. 7.) I W. S. S M IT H, BEGS leave to inform his friends, that he has removed into the House lately oc cupied by Col. R. Watkins, where he pro* poses to entertain a few refjpe&able boar ders. —He also hopes to have it in his power to accommodate his transient friends. Mrs. M‘LAWS, INFORMS her friends particularly, and the public in general , that HER HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT, in Reynold- Street , near the Bridge , is now provided with the be ft of Wines , other Liquors and Provijions. She flatters herfelf Jhe will be able to continue her usual attention to the duties of her House. December r. SHERIFF’S SALES. 7 Will be fold on the fir ft Tuesday in Janua ry next, at the Market-House in Au * guftd, at the usual Hours : 3,300 Acres Pine LAND, on ‘ Raes Creek, situate about 6 miles from Augusta; on which is a Grist and Saw- Mill : taken under execution as the prop , erty of James Jenkins, to fatisfy Noval Nelms, assignee of William Owftey.- —* Conditions cash. I. Malone, Sheriff, r. c. December 4. SHERIFF’S SALES! On the Fir ft Tuesday in January next , at the market-house in Augusta. WILL BE SOLD, One hundred acres of pine land including one half Robinson and Fears Saw-Mills.—Taken under execution as the property of Edmond Fears, to latisfy the Administrator of Patrick Hayes, de ceased. Conditions cash. I. Malone, Sheriff, r. c. November 27. (20.) SHERIFF’S SALES. Will be fold on the fir ft Tuesday in Janua ry next , at the Market-House in Au gusta, at the usual hours : the following proerty, Viz. NINE NEGROES, NEARO,Toney, Phillis,Pompy, Ned,Bil ly,Tom, Celah & Frank; taken underexe cution as the property of James Rae, dec. in the pofleflion of Mrs. Ann Cobbifon, to fatisfy a judgment obtained by Clay, & Co. again ft said dec. —ALSO— TEN NEGROES, SAMBO, Cesar, Isaac, Cusses, Pompy and Tom, (likely boat hands, who have followed the river for some time,} Nelly, Eve, Sarah and Nancy; taken un der execution as the property of John Cobbifon, deceased, to fatisfy a judgment obtained by Hamilton and Harper, against the administratrix of said Cobbifon. I. Malone, Sheriff, R- c. November 20. ( 19*^ s3* FOUND, ON Sunday last and left at this Office TWO KEYS, the owner may have them by calling and paying for this advertise ment.