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isccUaneous.
[ l'he fijl itriiiff Sorfg was written by a son
of the mncli h neoted Robert Hums, anil
was song at an anniversary of his father’s
birthday.]
Iff: \ ve seen in the fresh dewy morning
The wild wariiiiny red-breast sac clear ’
Or tlie low dwelling snaw-broasted gowan,
Surcharg’d wi’ mild e’ening’s soft tear ?
O then ye hae seen my ain lassie,
’The lassie I lo’e best of a,’
Itut O ! frae the bame of my lassie,
I’m mony a along mile awa.
1
Her bar Is the wings of the blackbird,
Her eye is the eye ofthc dove,
Her lips are the mild blushing rose-bud,
Her bosom’s the palace of love,
Alas! when f sit down to study,
S now can do naetliing at a’;
My book I indeed keep mv eyes on,
My thoughts are wi’ her that’s awa.
O love' thou’rt a dear fleeting pleasure,
The sweetest wc mortals here know !
Ah ! soon is thy heaven bright beaming
O’ercast wi’ the dark cl ouds of wo.
Thus the moon on the soft changing ocean,
Delights the worn sailor’s glad eye,
" hen red rush the storms of the desart,
And tlie wild waves dark tumble on high.
MATRIMONY.
We frequently read in English pa
pers, tlie annunciation of marriages in
high life as thus:
“ Married, yesterday morning at ele
ven o’clock at St. George’s Chapel,
Hanover square, the right honourable
C. I. I). to the accomplished and amia
ble lady Mary E. daughter of the earl
ol S. I lie Iptppy couple immediately
»et off for the country in a Barouche
and four.”
Flic annals of this country, we be
lieve, have only been distinguished by
one marriage of corresponding pomp
ami ceremony, and that did not please
the million. But there is a part of this
English ceremonial which is too fre
quently imitated here. We allude to
a visit to the country immediately after
tlie solemnization of the nuptials.
Scarcely is the knot tied—the parson
had his fee, his kiss and his cuke, when
the damsel so coy and distant before
marriage, jumps into a hack or barouche,
a steam boat or a sloop, as the case
maybe,and surrounded hr strangers,
Passes the first hours after the wedding.
In many instances this elopement after
marriage is the result of delicacv—a
lulse delicacy to be sure: to avoid the
throng ot congratulations; the eager
a id joyous press of friends; the nods,
winks, and “ ambiguous givings out” of
wags and roguish damsels. These, we
admit, are sometimes perplexing, but
• they are only the scatteiing thorns on
ygMjslki'osp bush ; the. pain is light and
nt, which hilarity banishes, and
pure attrition renders evanescent. Far
different are the impressions to a de
licate mind, which these matrimonial
visits produce. A couple, just united,
are necessarily as strange to each other
as before marriage. It is only time and
attention that can cement the bonds of
union and of confidence ; and vet, as
this tnshinn prevails, the lady trusts
herself to her new made husband—
leaves the city in which she was born;
the parents who reared her; the friends
who love her ; the companions who re
joice in her change of condition, and
sets oft' to the country; arrives at the
close of the day, at the village inn; is
stared at by the clowns, takes a cup of
souchong tea ; eats some quince sweet
meats. Her bride maid is a strapping
wench, in a linsev woolsey petticoat
and she is put to bed in cotton sheets
on a matrass of moss, and all night is
disturbed with trampling of horses, the
mooing of cows, the village fiddler, or
the jingling cart of a tin pedlar. This
rural lelicity is not confined to a single
day. The blushing bride is led out by
her blushing husband, and takes ano
ther diurnal journey : visits another
village, and alter tlie lady is thus drag
ged about tlie country, jolted pounded,
bruised, stared at ami half starved, she
returns in a fortnight to tlie city, and
sets up for company in great state, the 1
marriage being then an old atV.iir. Now
we do protest against this unsocial and
indelicate practice. The parent or
guardian who consents to the marriage
of a ward or daughter, should affoul
their countenance to tlie couple, and
claim the right of entertaining them
while yet the parties ate novitiates A
young lady should celebrate her tuarri
nie under her parents roof, and stir- '
rounded by her household gods, and '[
not run oft into the woods, and hide be- I
hind hay ricks, as if to shun the face of
day and avoid the gaz.e of fellow mor
tals
1 lie ancients Celebrated their mar
riages with votive offerings, and with all
tlie native simplicity which truth atu l
innocence inspire. We should not
d 'part from early and sound examples,
bat rather perpetuate them. The mo re
tlie world sees ot young married peo
ple, he more fashionable and customa
ry will matrimony become.
V\antei*’s llepoftHoirv.
The task of working improvement on the
cat'lli, is much more delightful to an tin
debauched mind, than all the vain glorv
which can be acquired from ravaging it
by the most uninterrupted career of con
quests. WASHI SOTO*.
riiOM THE AMEIIKAN fAKMKB.
agricultural.
SEED CORN.
Liberty, Ledford Co. Va. 13th September.
‘Via. Skinner— Believing that in
the cultivation of Indian corn, a* in
most other things, the crop might lie
improved and increased l>y selecting
the most forward and prolific lor
seed ; 1 commenced in the fall of
18 15, end selecting my seed corn
from thorn stalks only, which had
two good ears on them ; and these of
the most forward corn. 1 cut the
stalks with the ears still hanging on
them, and without husking or shuck
ing them, and stored them away in
November, in some garret or high dry
place, secured from rats &c. until
pluuting season iu the spring.— \V lien
1 shuck it and shell oft* a few grains
at the small end ouly, of each ear
after 1 had selected my seed corn in ,
this way, two years n succession, 1
invited an elderly and particular
friend, who lives near me, to w .lk
in my field one evening, in the third
year, and see my Indian corn. He
presently remarked, that he never
saw so tniiny stolks bearing two eais
each, in his life ; and inquired the
Cause —I inhu med him-—and we con
versed some time on the subject of its
reasonableness, dfc. — I'his gentle
man returned home, and that fall se
lected his seed in the •-aine way, and
the nexi fall informed me thereof—
and on my inquiries for the result,
lie informed me that on selecting his
seed, the preceding fall; lie li.il to
go over nearly his whole crop before
he eould find a sufficient number of
stalks with two ears each ; and he
the succeeding fall, found no difficul
ty in selecting a hulliciemy on an acre
or two—and that he had no more
doubt of the great benefit resulting
io farmers, from this easy task of se
lecting the se«d corn iu this way,
tlnvii h had that rich land was more
productive than poor. I h ive regu
larly continued this mode ofsehet
ing seed corn, since 1815, and have
! heard many pprsou* who have view
ed my corn crops, »ay they never saw
so many stalks bearing each two cars
or more, in any other crop as in mine.
Bet it not be said m* land is superi
or to other people’s, or is rich low
ground. '
1 have not ten acres of low ground
in my tract, there being only some
small branches running through the
same ; and the land i cultivate, is not
fertile ; but from clover and plaster,
and the regular five shifts system, it
is improving rapidly ; although some
tracts of it arc poor and broken, and
have been from twenty to forty year 9
m cultivation. And, .Mr Skinner, I
now venture an opinion, that there is
no crop in this large and fertile coun
try, of the same size w ith mtue, af
fording more stalks of corn, with two
good ears on each, than I can shew
on mine, bearing three chts each—
from which latter only, 1 shall select
my seed this fall.
Most respectfully, &e. your obt.
sen ant.
WM. COOK.
\ uVov mat io n W tvnVetV.
»HE children of John Cunning
ham, deceased, who departed
this life iu Greenville, District, S C.
w hose wife was named Jane, "i heir
youngest daughter, Jane Cunning
ham. now resides in Bloomfield. Nel
son county. Kv. and is desirous of
obtaining any information that will
open > correspondence, between the
widow of said Cunningham, or John,
James and (Gorge, children of the
aforesa d John and Jane Cunning
ham. The said Jane was bound u<
pul under the care of Mrs. Armstrong
of South-Carolina, who removed to
Kentucky and brought the said Jane I
with her Any information relating
to them will be thankfully received
by
June Cunningham.
Bloomfield. Ky.
j duly 10 3
N otice.
months afier date, nppli
eation will be made to the Hon
orable the Justice' of the Inferior
| Court for the county of Burke, for
| leave to sell all the real estate o!
j Joseph Attawav, late of said county,
dere ised, lor the bsuest of his heirs
i and creditors.
Harley Attawav, Adm'r.
.'larch ?, is-U lmum
Jb OH SALE.
On the first Tuesday in December, be
ing the Kli thereof, wilt be sold to
the highest bidder, at the JJarket-
House. m the City i f Augusta :
OAKLAND, the late resi
dence (if Thomas Hornby, deceased,
of Richmond County, 12 miles fr m
this city, the Tract contains about
six hundred and fifty acres, a suita
ble proportion of which is cleared
the balance Woodland, the improve
ments are uncommonly neat and con
venient for the residence of a family,
being well watered and healthy.
—also—
At the same time and place,
will be sold two Tricts of Fine
Land, adjacent thereto, each having
aSAW- vIILL erected thereon, and
in operation ; a further de eription of
the properly is ibemed unnecessary,
as purchasers will examine and judge
for themselves. A liberal eredit will
be giveu on the payments being made
secure.
E. Hornby, Adm’rx,
of Thomas Hornby, dec’d.
September tl 21
Erx.ee viior’s Sa\e.
Will be. sold the first Tuesday in De
cember next, at the (ourt-House
Jacksonborough. bcriveti County,
agreeably to an ordei of the Hon- j
arable the Inferior Cowl of said J
County, while sitting for Ordinary !
purposes :—
442 Acres of pine Land, sit
uated, lying and being in the ci unty
of Serivcn, two and a half miles be
low Jacksonborough, on the middle
ground road, adjoining Land of Wil
liam Poylhress and others.
al-o
One other tract of Land, con
taining Seven Hundred Acres, situa
ted lying and being in the County
aforesaid. 09 the waters of LitlleOsee
ehee, adjoining Land of Richard Ro
gers and others; sold as the proper
ty of John Hogg, late of said county,
deceased for the benefit of (he credi
tors and representatives of said de- j
ceased—Conditions made known on
the day of sale.
Charles J. M'Quden, Ex’or.
Sept Ith 182 t. HIT 21
City Tax Collectors Sale.
Will be sold at the ,1 larlcet house, in !
the City of Augusta- on the first
Tuesday in December next, between
the usual hours of sale.
One House and Lot in the ci
ty of Augusta, boiimjed north by
Broad-street, east by llto per’s Lot,
on the south by Ellis-strect, and on
the west by part of said Lot. Levi
ed upon as the property of Adam
Hutchinson, to satisfy his Road and
Well Tax, for the year 1821, amount
8 97 10 cents and cost.
—ALSO—
One House and Lot in the ci
ty of Augusta, bounded ninth by
Broad-street, east by Andrew Low
dj* lo’s. Lot, south by Ellis street
and west by M‘Kinne’s Lot. Levied
upon as the property of Giles Gris
wold, to satisfy his Road and Y\ ell
Tax, for the year 1821. amount of
Tax due 8 18 70 ceuts and eost.
—also—
One House and Lot in the ci
ty of Augusta, bounded south by
Broad-street, west by Bridge Bank,
north by Rey nold-street, and east by
Penn’s Lot. Levied upon as the
property of F. G. Gibson & Co. to
satisfy their Road and Well Fax, for
the year 1821, amount of Tax, due
—also—
One House and Lot in the ci
ty of Augusta, butiuded south by Key
nold-strret, west by Kelchum’s Lot,
north by Bay-street, and east bv M‘-
Kinne’s Lot. Levied upon as the
property of Isaac Laroche, to satisfy
his Road aud Well Fax, for the year |
lS2t, amount of Tax due 816 77 |
cents.
—also—
One House and Lot in the ci- ‘
1 ty of Augusta, bounded north by :
Broad-street, east by John Giudrat’s j
Lot, south by Ellis-street. Levied
upon as the properly of Thomas Pyre,
to satisfy his Road and YY ell Tax
for the year 1821, amount of Tax,
due g S 23 cents
A. Buss?
City Tax Collector.
October 2, 1821. 27 r
£/* NOTH’K. —The Steam-
Boat Company of Georgia, will as
sume the dangers of the River from
Yugusta to Savannah, on all Cotton
shipped on board their Boats after
the first day of October.
S. Dunning, Prest. S. li. C.
September 11 4t i 21
Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BR SOLD,
On the first Tuesday in Nov. next,
at Franklin Court-House, within,
the usual hours :
One Nesro Woman Named
Betty, Four Cows, six Yearlings,
three Calves levied on as the proper
ty of William Scott, at the in
stance of \Y m. G. Gilbert.
—also—
Sundry Merchandize , Viz.
i 3 3-4 Yd’s gray broad cloth,
4 1-2 yards coarse blue broad cloth,
It 1-2 yards do. do. 4 1-2 yards dark
super gray broad cloth, 8 7-8 yards
gjay pelice cloth, 3 yds. brown do. 9
l-2yards green do. 29 1-2 yds coarse
gray broad cloth, t 3-4 yards super
green broad cloth, 112 super blue
broad cloth, 18 large silk shawls, 6
black silk veils, SO 3-1 yards bomha
zett, fit 3-4 yards silk. 26 luce hand
kerchiefs, one casaimere shawl, 216
1-2 yards calieo, 28 1-4 yards vest
ing. 8 1-4 yards cotton cambrick, 67
1-2 yards-striped muslin, 41 yards
dark cambrick, 12 t-S yards white
cr <pe, 71 leno shawls. 25 white cam
brick handkerchiefs, 63 yards wide
ginghams, 32 pair while cotton hose,
60 pair do. 1-2 hose, 3S 3-4 yards li
nen. 12 1-2 dozen knives and forks,
19 dozeu inch bridle buckles, plated,
46 ibs. coff-e, 17 dozen gi!ted but
tons, 11 1 2 dozen vest buttons, 9 do
zen do gilted, 221 smalt and Iprge
history's, 23 pair spectacles, 11 small
cotton shawls, 33 yards bolting cloth,
six large shawls, 30 cambrick hand
kerchiefs, 44 imitation cotton shawls.
, six large red shaw is, 191 8-4 yards
j northern homespun, 16 yards miili
! net, 49 cravats, 57 small spotted
[ handkerchiefs, 11 3 4 yards northern
Janes, 51 small check handkerchiefs,
6 1-2 pair rose blankets 7 pair boo
ties, 49 stock locks, 56 pair cotton
cards, 29 sythe blades, 4 pair large.
& 10 do. small steely arils, one patent
rifle gun, 100 weeding hoes, 4 large,
!* 2 do. small grindstones, 11 coarse
bridles, 3 large, and one small (lots,
one pair fire dogs, 11 dutch ovens,
one large anvil, 4 broad axes, 240
tin cups, 19 fur and 5 woolen haLs,
one mans saddle, one lady’s do. six
large and one small tea waiters, 165
bl ck bottles, 118 earlheD bowls, five
sugar dishes, tot earthen plates, 148
| sets cups and saucers, two hogshead*
! whiskey, 30 gallons cordial, 12 gal
, lons northern rum. 50 lbs. ginger,.
: 40 lbs. beeswax, 270 lbs. nails 98
i lbs brister steel, t 5 lb*, sheet iron,
1 72 ilis bar iron, three pieces strain-
I iug webb ; with sundry other arti
! cles, levied oh us the property of
John M‘Muiien, to satisfy a fi fa, in
favour of Andrew Low, Ik Co.
—also—
3,10 Acres of Land, Levied
on as the property of Delony Wil
liams, to satisfy afi fa, in favour of
Mastnn Williams, for the use of
Thomas G. Ayres, the same being
the Land whereon the. said Delony
now lives, on the waters of Toni’s
Creek, adjoining Land* of Lewis
Dorch and others.
Stle to continue from month to
month, till all is sold.
Thaddeus Beall, Sheriff.
September 25, 1821. 27
Administrator’s bale.
On the first Tuesday in November
next, will be sold at the Court
house, in the town of IVaynesbo
rough., bet ween the usual sale hours,
viz
Four Negroes, David, Saba
ry, Bin, and Jude, die above Negroes
will be sold as the property of Wil
liam Royal, Sen’r. late of Burke
county, deceased, it being agreeable
to an order obtained from the Justice
of lloTlnferior Court, of Kurke coun
ty, and sold for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors of said deceased.
Benjamin Guest, Adm’r.
July 2 6 t
Sheriff’s Sale.
Will be sold at Franklin Court-House
on the first Tuesday in November
next, between the usual hours of
i sale , the following property, viz :
Two Sorrel Mares, one Cow
; and Calf, two small Sieers, taken as
; the property of Wro Gortney, to sat
| isfv an execution in favour of James
j Wilkinson, pointed out by the de
-5 fen da lit.
—also—
-130 Acres of Land, on the
. waters of Little Shoal Creek, as the
property of Richard Carney, joins
William King, granted to the de-
I fendant, and pointed oat by the de
! fendant tosatisfy an execution in fa
j vonr Sally Thrasher and others.
—also—
' One Bay Mare, taken as the
property of Adam Looney, to satisfy
an execution in favour of Nancy Bar
rett.
Robert Pullium, D. Sheriff.
September 10 t 21
XineVj Dollars Ttoword.
DESERTED from the Encamp
ment, Old Indian Springs, near
Augusta, Georgia, on the Evening of
the sth inst. the following named Ar
tificer and Privates of (.'apt. H. K.
Craig’s Company, 3d Kegiment of
Artillery, viz:—
Cornelius Lozier, five feet,
six and a half inches high, aged a
bout twenty-six years, d:.rk complex
ion, black eyes, dark hair, bum in
Bergen, in the State of New-Jersey,
and by occupation when enlisted a
Carpenter.
Jeremiah North, five feet, six
inches high, aged about thiriy-tbree
years, fair complexion, [dark eyes,
fair hair, born in the city of New-
York, and by occupation «heneulist
ed a Carpenter.
Leander Yizes, five feet six
inches high, aged about twenty-se
ven years, dark complexion, grey
eyes, black hair, born in Portugal,
and by occupation when enlisted, a
labourer.
I'he above Reward will be given
for the apprehension and delivery of
the above mentioned DESERTERS*
or Thirty Dollars for the delivery of
each of them, at this or any other
Military Post in the United States.
H. K. Craig,
("apt. 3d Reg't of Artillery.
Camp Old Indian spring's, )
n ar Augusta. $
October 9, 1821. 4t 29
Out, Hundred Dollars
REWARD.
ESCAPED from the Jail of
well District, (S. C.) on the
evening of (he 20th inst. disguised
in female clothes, John Anthony,
Sen’r. who was confined in Jail, under
sentence of death, for the murder of
Elias Morgan: —The said John
Anthony, is about 58 years of age,
rather below the middle sise, pale
complexion, thin visugo, black pierc
ing eyes, white teeth, sharp nuse and
“bin, stooped shoulders, when walk
ing appears to be bow leged, shout
five feet six inches high—no doubt
changed his clothes immediately us
ter his escape. The above reward
will he paid by the subscriber upon
receiving the said John Anthony,
Sen’r.
John Walker, S. B. D.
Barmcett C. If. 2is t July, 7
Sheriff’s Sale.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday tn
November next, pi Franklin Court-
House :
One Hundred and Forty Acres,
supposed on the water* of. and ad
joining Indian Creek. The said Lands
joins T. White, J. Mitchell and
others, levied on ns the property of
Stephen Dickson, to satisfy an execu
tion in favour of Dudley Joucs <s' Co,
—also —
Two Hundred Acres of Land
on the wat- rs of Jones'' Creeks, joins
John Tremble, levied on as the pro
perty of James Mills, to satisfy an
execution in favour of John Mayfield,
and returned to me by a constable.
—ALSO—
One Hundred and Fifty Acres
of Land, more or less, on .lie waters
of the Gro.ve River, joins 'Thomas
Mays and others, lev i(id ou as the 4
property of John Toney, to satisfy
an execution in favour of Aaron
Pitman, uud returned to me by a
oßstahle.
Thaddeus Beall, Sheriff.
September 10 r 21
N otiee.
WILL BE SOLD,
The first Tuesday in January next,
at the Court-House, in Jacksonbor
ough. Scriven County agreeable to
an order of the Honorable the In
ferior Court of said County, while
sitting fur Ordinary purposes.
Eight hundred and thirty-threa
Acris of Land situated lying and be
ingin said County, the same being
the real estate of William Roberts,
deceased,'and sold for the purpose of
making a division among the heirs of
said deceased. Conditions made
known ou the d » of sale.
Thomas H. Burns, Adm/r.
in right of his wife.
October 3, 1821 29
. PJpHK Subscriber has moved his
JL OFFICE to an upper Tene
ment of the Aogasta Book Store,
w here he will thankfully attend to
. all Professional Calls.
John P. King.
October 5. fit 28 *
FUBUSHEn EVERY
| TUESDAY & Fill DAY,
JIY WILLIAM J. P.VSCtS,
Augusta Ceorgiu.
AT FIVE 1)0LI ARS PER ANNUM
Fay able in Advance.