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MUSES RETREAT.
THE ORPHAN BOY’s TALE.
FROM A toNDON PAPER.
Stay, lady—stay, for Mercy’s fake,
And hear a helpless Orphan’s tale;
Ah furc my looks mull pity wake—
’Tis want that makes my cheek so pale !
Yet I was once a Mother’s pride,
And my brave father’s hope and joy :
But in the Nile’s proud fight he died—
And 1 am now an Orphan Boy !
Poor foolilh child, how pleas’d was I,
When news of Nelson’s viilory came,
Along the crouded ftieets to fly—
And fee the lighted windows flame!
To force me home my Mother fought—
She could not bear to fee my joy:
For with my father’s life ’twas bought—
And made me a poor Orphan boy !
The people’s fliouts were long and lodd;
My Mother, Ihudd’ring clos’d her ears:
Rejoice, rejoic*,” still cried the croud—
My Mother anfwer’d with her tears !
“ Oh, why do tears deal down your cheek,”
Cried I, “while otheis lhout with joy ?”
She kifs’d me; end in accents weak
She call’d me her poor Orphan Boy !
*• What is an Orphan Boy ?” I said ;
When luddenly she gafp’d for breath,
And her eye dof’d! 1 Ihriek’d for aid;
But, ah, her eyes were clos’d in death 1
My hardlhips since 1 will not tell:
But now, no more a parent’s joy,
Ah, lady, I have learn’t too well
What 'tis to be an Orphan Boy!
Oh, were I by your bounty fed !
Nay, gentle lady, do not chide ;
Trull me, I mean to earn my bread—
The Sailor’s Orphan Boy has pride.
Lady, you wee; —what is’t you fay ?
Youtll give me cioathing, food, employ,
Louk down, dear parents; look, and fee,
Your happy, happy Orphan Boy !
EPIGRAM.
Pair’d in wedlock, pair’d in life;
llutband, limed to thy wife:
Worthless thou, and worthlels she ;
Strange it is ye can’t agree !
MARRIAGE.
The ingenious Dr. Moore, in his last
production, just received from London,
observes in his wonted and happy manner,
that “ Those who marry, in spite of dis
like or indifference, will frequently by ha
bit acquire a kind of affection for each oth
er, just as thole who cannot afford claret ,
take port, or perhaps porter ; which,
though unpalatable at firft, becomes less
and Icis so by patience ami perseverance,
and at last tolerably suits their taste.
“ Those, on the other hand, who de
spising all other conlidcrations, marry from
love, and leperate soon after from hatred,
may be compared to people, who are so
fond of claret, that, without thinking of
the price, indulge in excesses, which ere
at s disgust and reinorfe.
“ Hut, the author adventurmifly adds,
I am so framed, that if I fliould venture on
matrimony at all, I am convinced I would
choofc to risk the fate of the claret drinkers.”
SENTIMENT.
What is ’called sentimental writing,
though it be jmderftood to appeal solely to
the heart, nj/y be the produa of a bad one.
One would Imagine that Sterne had been a
man of a s/lry tender heart—yet I know
from induHitablc authority, that his mo
ther, who kept school, having run in debt,
on account of an extravagant daughter,
would have perished in gaol, if the parents
if her scholars had not raised a fubferip
tion for her. Her son had too much fenti
ment to have any feeling. A dead ass was
more important to him than a living mo
ther.
ROYAL ANTIDOTE.
Guftavns Adolphus, king of Sweden,
understanding that two officers of his army,
were about to tight a duel, fixed a time for
the combatants to meet, and directed that
it fliould be fought in his presence. They
appeared on the ground at the appointed
time, and their foverign also, according to
his prom fe; but to their aftonilhment they
observed a gallows eretfted on the spot
where they were to fight: “ Commence
your battle as soon as you please, fays the
king ; but, added he, pointing to the gal
lows, I am relblved the conqueror Hull be
banged bv the neck, and his opponent bv
the heels. Each one, greatly dismayed at
this, retired in silence, and fliortly after
commenced a very intimate iriendftiip,
which lasted for life,
TREASURE DEPARTMENT.
Washington, September ift. 1800.
Public Notice is Hereby Given,
In pursuance of an aft of Congtefs , pafjed on
the 23 d day of April, one thousand eight
hundred , entitled “an aft to eftablijk a
General Stamp-OJJice.”
I.
THAT a general Stamp-Office is now
established at the feat of Govern
ment, in the City of Waftiington, from
whence there will issue, from and after the
date hereof, (upon the application of the
ftipervifors of the revenue, under whose
management the colle£ti#n of the stamp
duties is placed) any quantities of paper,
parchment and vellum, marked or stamp
ed, and duly counter-stamped with the fol
lowing rates of duty which are demanda
ble by law :
For every skin or piece of vellum or
parchment, or sheet or piece of paper,
upon which (hall be written or printed,
any or either of the instruments or wri
tings following, to wit,
D. C. M.
Any certificate of naturaliza
tion 5
Any licence to practice, or cer
tificate of the admillion, en
rollment or registry of any
counfellor, solicitor, attor
ney, advocate or proflor, in
any court of the Unired S ! ates 10
Provided, That a certificate
in any one of the courts of
the United States, for any one
of the said offices, fliall so far
as relates to the payment of
the duty aforefaid, be a fuffi
cient admillion in all the
courts of the United States,
for each and every of the said
offices.
Any grant or letters patent, un
der the seal or authority of the
United States (except forlands
granted for military servi
ces) 4
Any exemplification or certified
copy of any such grant or
letters patent, (except for
lands granted for military ser
vices) 2
Any charter-party, bottomry or
refpondentia bond 1
Any receipt or difeharge for or
on account of any legacy left
by any will, or other tefta*
mentary instrument, or for
any (hare or part of a person
al estate, divided by force of
any statute of distributions
other than to the wife, chil
dren or grand-children of the
person deceased, the amount
whereof fliall be above the
value of fifty dollars, and fliall
not exceed the value of one
hundred dollars 0 2^
When the amount thereof fliall
exceed the value of one hun
dred dollars, and fliall not
exceed five hundred dollars 050
And for every further sum of
five hundred dollars, the addi
tional sum of 1
Any policy of insurance or in
strument in nature thereof,
when the sum for which in
surance is made fliall not ex
ceed fire hundred dollars o 2$
When the sum insured fliall ex
ceed five hundred dollars 1
Any exemplification of what na
ture soever, that fliall pass the
seal of any court, other than
such as it may be the duty of
the clerk of such court to fuiw,
nifli for the life of the United^
States, or some particular ? <
state * 050 i
Any bond, bill, Angle or penal,
inland bill of exchange, pro
missory note or other note
(other than any recognizance,
bill, bond or other obligation,
or contraift, made to or with
the United States, or any state,
or for their use refpetftively ;
and r.nv bonds required in
any case by the laws of the
United States, or of any state,
upon legal process, or in any
judicial proceeding, or for the
faithful performance of any
trust cr duty)
If above twenty dollars and not
exceeding one hundred dol
lars o 10
If above one hundred and not
exceeding five hundred dol
t lars o 25
r If above five hundred and not
, exceeding one thousand dol
lars 0 50
And if above one thousand dol
lars o 75
Provided , That if any
bonds or notes shall be paya
ble at or within sixty days,
such bonds or notes (hall be
fubjeft to only two-fifth parts
of the duty aforefaid, viz.
If above twenty and not exceed
ing one hundred dollars o 4
If above one hundred dollars
and not exceeding five hun
dred dollars, o 10
If above five hundred dollars
and not exceeding one thou
sand dollars, o 20
If above one thousand dollars, 030
Any foreign bill of exchange,
draft or order for the payment
of money in any foreign
country, o 20
The faidduty being chargea
ble upon each and every bill
of exchange, without refpeft
to the number contained in
each set.
Any note or bill of lading or
writing, or receipt in nature
thereof for goods or merchan
dize to be exported ;
If from one didrift to ano
ther didrift of the United
States, not being in the
fame Hate, o 4
If from the United State* to
any foreign port or place, oxo
The said duty being charge
able upon each and every bill
of lading without refpeft to
the number contained in each
set.
Any notes ifliied by the banks
now edabliflied or that may
be hereafter eliablifhed with
in the United States, other
than the notes of such of the
said banks as fliall agree to an
annual composition of one
per centum on the annual di
vidends made by such banks,
to their stockholders respec
tively, according to the fol
lowing scale:
On all notes not exceeding
fifty dollars for each dol
lar, 006
On all notes above fifty dol
lars and not exceeding one
hundred dollars, o 50
On all notes above one hun
dred dollars and not ex
ceeding five hundred dol
lars, 1
On all notes above five hun
dred dollars, 2
Any protest or other notarial
aft, o 25
Any letter of attorney, except
for an invalid pension or to
obtain or fell warrants for
land granted by the Uuited
States as bounty for military
services performed in the late
war, o 25
Any inventory or catalogue of
any furniture, goods or ef
fefts, made in any case re
quired by law (except in cas
es of goods and chattels dif
trained for rent or taxes, and
goods taken in virtue of any
legal prftcefs by an officer, 050
Any certificate of a fliare in any
insurance company, of a (hare
in the bank of the United
States, or of any date or
other bank ;
If above twenty dollars and
not exceeding one hun
dred dollars, o 10
If above one hundred dollars, o 25
If under twenty dollars, at
the rate of ten cents for
one hundred dollars.
« 11.
That the power of the supervisors of
the revenue to mark or (lamp any vellum,
parchment or paper chargeable with duty,
will cease and determine from and afier
fix months from the date hereof, to wit,
on the lad day of February 1801.
111.
That, If any persons shall after the last
day of February 1801, have in their cus
tody or pofledion, any vellum, parchment
or paper marked or damped bv the super
visors of the revenue, upon which any
matter or thing, charged with duty, sh ill
not have been written or printed, they
may at any time veit- in the /pace offixty
days after the said last day of February 1801,
bring or fend such vellum, parchment and
paper, into some office of infpeftion, and
in lieu thereof, receive a like quantity or
value of vellum, parchment and paper,
duly damped, in pursuance of the aft
herein before recited. And in case any
person (hall negleft or refufe, within the
time aforefaid, to bring or cause to be
brought unto some office of infpe&ion,
any i'uch vellum, parchment or paper, it
is hereby declared, that the fame will
thereafter be of no other effeft or use, than
if it had never been marked or stamped,
and that all matters and things, which may
after that time be written or printed upon
any vellum, parchment or paper, autho
rized to be exchanged in manner afore
faid, will be of no other effetft, than if
they had been written or printed on pa
per, parchment or vellum, not marked or
(lamped.
IV.
And for *he convenience of those per
sons who may be inclined to have their
own vellum, parchment and paper stamp
ed or marked, it is hereby declared, that
when any person (hall deposit any vellum,
parchment or paper at the office of a su
pervisor, accompanied with a lift, fpecify
ing the number and denomination of the
stamps or marks, which are desired to be *
thereto affixed, the fame will be transmit
ted to the general ftainp-office, and there
properly marked or stamped, and forth
with sent back to the fame supervisor,
who will thereupon colleft the duties and
deliver the paper, parchment or vellum,
to the order of the person from whom the
fame was received.
Given under my hand, and the
, . seal of the Treasury, at Wafh
' ‘ '' ington, the day and year above
mentioned.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary of the heajury.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the fir ft TUESDAY in "November next,
at the Market-House in the City of
Augusta , at the UJual Hours,
WILL BE SOLD,
287 1-2 Acres Land, lying in
the county of Wafliington, at the time of
survey, granted to Samuel Berryhill, in
the year bounded Weftwardly by
.the Oconee river, fouth-eaftwardly by
TraVice Fenn’s land,and on all other sides
by vacant land.
287 1-2 Acres land in said county
at the time of survey, granted to Thomas
Pennington, in the year 1784; bounded
fouth-weftwardly by the Oconee river,
foath-eaftwardly by Jacob Zinn’s land,
north-eaftwardly by vacant land, and
northweftwardly by Travice Fenn’s land.
287 1-2 Acres land in said county
at the time of Survey, granted to Travice
Fenn in the year 1784; bounded fouth
weftwardly by the Oconee river, fouth
eaftwardly by Thomas Pennington’s land,
northweftwardly by Samuel Berryhill’s
land, and northeaftwardly by vacant land.
Taken under execution as the property of
Benjamin Bowers, deceased, tofatisfy Ben
jamin Harris, Esq.—Conditions cash.
I. Malone, Sheriff, r. c.
September 17. (6a.)
Sheriff's Sale.
On the fir ft TUESDAY in November next, at
the Market-House in the city of Au
gust a, at the usual hours ,
WILL BE SOLD,
One young and very likely Ne
gro Woman named Phceby, levied on as
the property of James Richards to fatisfy
sundry executions against said Richards
and John Kennedy, at the instance of theK
Trustees of Augusta, and pointed out by
said Kennedy. Conditions cash.
I. Malone, Sheriff, r. c.
October 1. (64.)
notice.
On the tenth day of December next, at the fub
feribers, between the hours of ten and three
0 clock, for the benefit of the Heirs and
Creditors,
: • Will be Sold,
ALL the property of which
Nicholas Ware, senior, deceased, died pof
fefted of, confiding of negroes. Terms
will be made known on the day of sale.
ROBERT WARE, Executor.
It is to be understood that
the day of sale, to wit, the tenth day of
November next, mentioned in the adver
tisement previous to the date of this adver
tisement, was mistaken for the 10th day of
December next, this being the day of sale
pointed out by the will.
September 10. (ts, 58.)
DANIEL ATKINS,
formerly of Warren County, will hear of
something to his advantage by enquirin'*
at this Office.
Oftoher 1 $. (ts 66.)
APPRENTICES’ INDENTURES,
For Sale at this Office,