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From the Balance.
Every season of the year, like the life
of man is intermixed, more or less, with
beauties and deformities, with storms and
funfliines, with feenes both delightful and
disagreeable. tying, like youth, is the
season of animation, sprightliness and
music. Winter, like old age, has more of
fear than of hopes ; more of pains than of
pleafures—lts days and nights are tedious
and joylefs—lts profpe&s are deprelling
and gloomy. In Summer as in ripening
manhood, all is fervid, vigorous, and pro
ductive. slutumn, like the mature age of
man, is tranquil and fedare. It presents
ms firft with - loaded branches of ripened
fruit; and then with fading beauties, fal
ling leaves, nipping frofts, plaintive
founds, dying infeCts, growling tempests,
nnmelodiovis groves, naked hills, and
pillaged fields. In the fading verdure
of the woods; in the decaying falling
leaves of every tree, both the young and
the old may view themselves as in a mir
ror, and learn their frailty, and rapid pro
grels to difTolution. But, however, our
bodies fade, to let our virtues flourifh.
Then as verdant and fruitful trees, we
fliall beautify and benefit the world, and
at death be transported to the Paradifr
above, where our leaf fliall not wither,
nor our root decay.
Lord Bacon's Hints To Judges.
i ft. You (hotild draw your learning out
of your books , and not out of your brain
2d. You fliould mix well the freedom of
vour opinion, with reverence of the op
inion of your fellows.
3d. You fliould continue the studying of
your books, and not spend on upon the
old flock.
4th. You fliould fear no man’s face ;
and yet not turn floutnefs into bravery.
sth. You fliould be truly impartial, and
not so as that men may fee affeftion
through fine carriage.
6th. You fliould be a light to jurors,
to open their eyes, and not to lead them
by the nose,
"th. \ou fhotild not aflfeCl the opinion
of pregnancy and expedition by an impatient
and catching hearing of the counfellors of
the bar.
Bth. lour fpecch fliould be with gra
vity, as one of the fageg of the law ;‘not
talkative, or with impernnnent flying oar,
B to ihew learning.
9h. \our hands, and the hands of
your hands (those about you) fliould be
c ear and uncorrupt frem gifts, from med
dling in titles, and from serving of turns,
be they of great ones, orfmall ones.
■ ioib. You fiiould contain the jurifdic-
Htion of the court within the ancient
■boundaries, without removing the mark.
I i xth. Lafily—You fiiould carry such a
■ hand over your ministers and clerks, as
■that they may rather be in awe of you,
■ than presume upon vou.
I MILAN, fit a lyJ Oflobcr iy, 1803
I Ihe circumstance of the aerial
I voyage of Mr. Zambaccari, the
I hour at which he set off, the dark-
Inefs of the night, the rapidity of the
lafcenfion, & the extraordinary height
■to which he appeared to rife, have
I all contributed to render this voy
age a remarkable one, and have ex
cited the public interest by the con*
sequences with which they were
likely to be attended. Mr. Zem
baccari and his companions only
formed the resolution to depart, in
order to fatisfy the wishes of the
multitude and avoid ill treatment.
Mr. Zambaccari rising in the air,
took his leave of the fpedlators by
crying out to them—Adieu, Fellow
Citizens •, adieu, my country. He
appeared to forefee an unfortunate
issue. They rose, as we have alrea
dy fitted, very rapidly. The bal
loon swelled very much.
The rupture of the equilibrius
was too great; it appears that noth
ing was calculated. They were
then carried off by the air, and
blown about at random in the plains
of the atmosphere. At length, af
ter many hours navigation, they
fell into the Iftrian sea, on the Bth
of Odlober, at 8 o’clock in the
morning, and owed their fafety to a
1 bark which picked them up. The
following is the substance of what
our travellers have declared, at the
Imperial Board of Health, at
Venice.
“ YVe left Bologna on Friday
night the seventh instant, to gratify
the impatienc of the multitude, who
demanded our departure with con
stant outcries. At three quarters
part midnight, we abandoned our
selves to the strong ascending power
of our globe, flattering ourselves,
that in proportion as the gaz esca
ped, we ihould gradually descend at
a little distance from the city, but
the covering of the balloon was so
compaft, that it prevented any gaz
whatever from escaping, and it be
came impoflible for us to descend,
in spite of the use we made of our
oars, one of which we loft a short
time after our departure.—The
balloon now rose to a height that
it became impoflible to determine,
by the aid of the thermometer;
for that we had taken with us, be
ing conftru&ed after Magellan’s
method, it became neceflary to ar
range previous to using it, which it
was utterly impoflible for us to do,
as our hands were totally benumbed
with cold.
“ The Count Zambeccari felt by
this time a strong inclination to vo
mit, and Dr. Grafetti, found a very
great difficulty in breathing. Both
of them were soon seized with an
irresistible drowsiness, and in a few
minutes funk down upon the floor
ing of the gallery, in a profound
sleep.
“ Signior Andreoli, being the
only one who had been able to refill
falling asleep, awakened Count
Zambeccari, who immediately alked
what state the barometer was in,
but it was impoflible to inform him,
as our lamps were extinguifhcd.
“ Signior Andreoli, in a little
time afterwards, informed his com
panions, that he had heard the noise
of the waves ; count Zambeccari
then intreated them to endeavour,
if portible, to light the lamps again,
but the phosphoric wax candles with
which we had provided ourselves
were of no service to us. We were
thus forced to try steel, by which
we succeeded in procuring a light.
“ The Count then leaning over
the fide of the gallery, was able
plainly to discover the furfaceof the
sea. He immediately attempted
to lay hold of a bag of sand, but
had not time to throw is out, for the
balloon fell in the waves with so
much rapidity, that the fihock for
ced the water five feet upwards.
“ It was then about half part two
in the morning. To get our bal
loon out of the water we were ob
liged to throw out all our ballast,
and our remaining instruments.
“ The balloon immediately rose,
and thus afforded us the means of
lhaking off the water from our clo
thes. We were unable to estimate
the height of our second afeenfion,
but it was extraordinary high, if
we may judge from the trouble we
had in hearing each other, which
indicates an extreme rarefaction of
the air. Our clothes were covered
with a thick miff condensed and
frozen. A cloud hovered over us,
and we had parted through three
which were now under our small
boat. The moon appeared to be
on a level with us, and of the col
our of blood. It was at this period
thatdodor Grafetti was seized with
a violent bleeding at the nose. At
three o’clock, the balloon from its
weight and loss of gaz, began to
descend a second time with a less ra
pid motion. Once more caff upon
the sea, no other resource remained
to us than to fuffer ourselves to be
carried along by the force of a west
erly wind, which blew with afton
ilhing violence against the balloon,
and filled it like the fail of a veflel.
Sometimes we were driven beneath
the angry waves, at others we floa
ted on their furface, but were still
carried along with such impetuosity,
that from the coast of Romagna
we were driven to that of Iftria.
For five whole hours we were
struggling with death; at length,
on Saturday, at eight o’clock in the
morning, we found ourselves in
fight of the port of Veruda, from
which we were ten miles distant.
Mr. Antonio Bazol, came to our
afliftance, and saved us in a bark.
“ The moment the small boat
was emptied of its travellers, the
balloon rose rapidly, and in a few
minutes was completely filled, a
proof of its extraordinary elevation.
We diftindly saw it carried toward
Mount Oflero *, as for ourselves we
were conveyed to Pola ; the cold
had affeded us severely, particular
ly our extremities. After having
remained in that village for four
days, we embarked for Venice,
where we arrived this morning at
eight o’clock.”
Such is the recital which Mr.
Zambeccari and his companions
have given of their dangerous voy
age. The public papers add, that
they remained for a whole day with
out the power of speech, and were
so swelled that it became necertary
to cut their clothes, in order to
undress them.
A stranger said to a phifiognomift.
How many dollars is my face worth ? It
is hard to determine, replied the latter. It
is worth fifteen hundred, .continued the
quefiioner ; for so manv has a perlon lent
me upon it, to whom I was a total Aran
go
& Apprentices’ Indentures,
For soli at this Ojfict.
BEDFORD.
THE celebrated Englilh Stallion BED
FORD, so famous for getting capital
racers, will ftar.d the ensuing season, at
Wade Hampton’s Plantation, near Co
lumbia, and be let to Mares at Fifty Dol-»
lars the fealon, and a dollar to his groom ;
the money to be paid in advance, or be
fore the Mares are taken away The sea
son will commence on the firft day of
February, and end the last of August.
The owners of such Mares as may not
prove in foal, will have another season
gratis, or thirty dollars returned. Exten
sive rye and oat pastures are provided
for mares gratis; and such as may have
young foals will have separate lot? Corn
and oats furnifhed at the mark't price,
and mares regularly fed once or twice, a
day, agreeably to the direftions of their
owners; but as the pafiures are so uncom
monly good, it is presumed the expence of
grain will be a ufelels one, except for such
mares as may have young foals.
Bedford was bred by Lord Grofvener,
and foalded in the year 1792 He is a
beautiful bay, fixiecn hands high, highly
formed, and an uncommonly sure foal
getter.
He was got by Dungannon; his dam
Fairy, by High fiver; his grandam, Fairy
Queen, by Young Cade; his great gran
dam, Ruth’s Black-Eyes, by Crab; his
great great grandam, Worlock Galloway,
by the Curwen Bay Barb.
Dungannon, by Eclipse; his dam Af
pafia, by Herod ; his grandam Doris, by
Blank ; his gteat grandam, Helen, by Spec
tator; his great great grandam, Dappne,
by the Godplphin Arabian, Fox, Childers,
Makelefs, Taffolet Barb
Highflyer, by Herod ; his dam Rachel,
by Blank ; her dam by Regulus, Sorehecls,
Makelefs, D’Arcv’s Royal Ma/e.
The great improvement in the breed of
horses in England for the last fifty years,
has been principally attributed to the
superior excellence of a few individuals
whose blood has given a new charafter to
the racing stock in that country. Os
these the Godolphin. Arabian, King
Herod, Eclipse, Matchim and Hyflyer,
stand at the head of the lift.
It is not thought extravagant, to claim ’
for Bedford, the fame rank of diftin&ion
in the United States. It is believed no
horse in the world ever afforded so many
proofs of superiority as a foal getter, at
so early an age. The number of his get
that have distinguished themselves, is
uncommonly great for his time of life;
and it is the more astonishing, when it is
taken into view that he has generally
stood, until the last two seasons, in some
one or other of the weftern counties of
Virginia, where there are few blood mares.
To prove that his get, in point of per
formance on the turf, stand pre-eminen
tly above any horses that ever appeared
in America, it will only be necefiary to
detail a few of their performances. But
it must be remembered that, until these, it
does not appear that any horse in America
ever ran a four mile heat within the eight
minutes.
The best performances that have been
published, are of Brimmer, Rosetta, Betsey
Baker, Shark, Commerce, Virago, Levia
than, &c. They have been from Bm.
7 s. to Bm. 15 s. Some of the perfor
mances of Bedford’s get, are as follows:
Ariadne, at Fredericklburgh, in October,
1801, with 3'.bs. over her weight, ran a
4 mile heat in 7 m 52 s.
Gallatin, at Richmond, in Oftober
1802, ran a 2 mile heat in 3m. 48 s- In
February, 1803, at Charleston, for the
second day’s Jockey Club Purse, he ran a
3 mile heat in 5 m. 53 s.
For the City Purse, 2 days after, be ran
the fame distance is 5 m. 52 s.
At Fredericklburgh, Odtober, 1803, f° r
the firft day’s Jockey Club purse, Cup
Bearer , 5 years old, ran the firft heat in
7 m. 56 s. and the second heat in 7. m.
50 s. This latter performance was en
graven by the judges on the winning post;
and the others are too well authenticated
to be doubted. Others of Bedford’s get
have given proofs of equal fleetnefs ; but
to enumerate them all would exceed the
bounds of an advertisement.
GEORGIA, Greene County.
TT THEREAS Robert Watson, hath
VV applied to me for letters of admi
niliration on the estate and effefts of
James Watfon,late of this county deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonilh
and all Angular the kindred and creditors
of said deceased, to be and appear at my
office within the time allowed by law, to
{hew cause (if any they have) why laid
letters fliould not be granted.
Given under my hand at office this 3 1st
of January , 1804.
H. Carleton, jun. pro.
THOs. CARLETON, c. c. o.