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HOMANS LO VI-
Oli, woman’: 8 love's n holy Il^jlit;
And wlii'n ’tis kindle 1 ne'er can iKr:
II live- —(lioii ‘ii tri rielmry ami
To i|iinch tin 1 ('(jiwtunt lam*’ may try.
Lik*’ ivy, “.lien! it prow s, ti< sren
To wear an everlasting grri'n ;
Like ivv, too, ’tis found t<> dins’
Ton dim round a worthless thing.
Oh ! woman’s love —#1 t.nif s ,1 may
SA'tn cold anil i loinleii, hut it burns
With h'nc, u iit lev ipting ray,
Nor over from its idol turn*.
Its Sun.-iiiiifi is smile; a Irown
1h ’ litinvy cloiul ihat wciglis it down ;
A tear its wrap m is— beware
Os v. moan ‘.■dear’ ; thrre's danger there
It’ swe lest plane on wliii’li to rest,
A constant and confiding breast.
Ii jov. to meet-—its ileatli, to part—-
Its .vpddire, a broken heart.
AUTUMNAL MUfeINGS.
I li<-re is a voice of grief,
In Autumn s desert bower,
Where droop’s toe red and withered leaf,
Anil fades the dying flower —
How drear ami di ouant.the scene
Os ruin, whe ? young life has In in—
How colil anrl‘•oiillc s seems
The garden and the grove, where la‘e
Tlie summer shed her fervid Ik aim—
Now desolate—nil desolate.
Vet hope will still return
To speak of other days,
And bill her lamp still brighter burn,
Still scatter round it. rays—
She strikes her lyre with golden wing
And swertlv nu ll according string,
Breathes forth the notes of joy—
Sweet promised springs once more appear,
And hours of blit w ithout alloy,
And anew, gladsome year.
thi: eve of life
Wlien eve is purpling cliff and cave.
Thoughts of the heart, how soft ye flow !
Not softer on tb ■ western wave
The golden lines of sunset glow.
The ill, bv chance or fate removed,
bike spirits crowd upon the eye ;
The few we liked -die one we loved,
And die whole heart is memory.
And lifo is like thi fading hour,
Its l.enu'v living as iw gu^,
Vet as the shadow s round us lower,
Heaven pours above the brigliU r lilas'e.
W lieu morning sheds its gorgeous ,Ive,
Our hope, our lipurt to earth is given,
But dark and lonely is the eye,
That turn not, at its eve, t<> heaven.
J I , IN: PUtEO GAMES'! EH.
* r. Archbishop of Canterbury,
>k ■ tour intothe country,stop
(, 1 an inr. for refreshment, Be-
at the window, he observed at a
distance, in a soli tar; wood, a v.ell-
man alone, talking and act
ing a kind o J part.
i'ht prelate’s curiosity was exci
ted, to know what the stranger Was
about, and accordingly sent some
of hi s servants to observe him and
lie: r what he was rehearsing. But
thev bringing back an answer far
from satisfactory, his Grace resolv
ed to go himself, he accordingly
repaired to the wood, ordering his
attendant to keep at a distance. He
addressed the stranger verv polite
ly, and was answered with the same
civilitv. A conversation ha’ ing
been once entered into, though not
without interruptions, by an occa
sional soliloquy, his grace asked
what lie was about. ‘ I am at play,’
he replied. 4 At play,’ said the pre
late, ‘and with whom? you are
alone !’— 4 1 own,’ said he, ’ Sir you
do not perceive my antagonist, but
lam playing with God.’ ‘ P!a\ -
ing with God, t his lordship think
ing the man out of his mind,) this
is a very extraordinary party : and
pray at what game, Sir, are you play
ing ?’— 4 At chess,Sir.’ The Arch
bishop smiled ; but the man seem
ing peaceable, he was willing to
amuse himself with a lew more
questions. 4 And do you play for
any thing, sir ?’— ‘ Certainly.’
4 You cannot have any great chance,
as your adversary must be so supe
rior to you !’ 4 lie docs not take
any advantage, hut plat s merely
like a man. 1 — 4 Pr.iy, bir, when you
win oi lose, how do you settle your
accounts ?’— 4 Very exactly and
punctually, I promise you.’— 4 In
deed ! pray how stands your game?’
‘1 he stranger, after muttering some
thing to himself, said, “I have
just lost it.’ Andhuvv much have
you lost?’ 44 Fifty guineas.’— ‘ Hint
is a great sura ; how do you in
tend paving it, does Cod take your
money f I No the poor are his
treasurers ; he always sends-some
worthy person to receive the de'bt,
and you are at present the purse
bearer,’ Saying this, he pulled out
his purse, and counting fifty guin
eas,put them into his Grace's hand,
I
and retired, saying, He should
play no more that day”
The prelate was quite facinated ;
he did not know what to make of
this extraordinary adventure, he
viewed the money, and found all
the guineas good ; recalled all that
had passed, and begun to think
there must be something in this
man more than lie had discovered.
However, he continued his jour
ney, and applied the money to the
use of the poor, as he had been
di rectecl.
Upou his ieturning, he happen
ed at the same inn, and perceiving
the same person again in the wood,
in his former situation, he resolv
ert to have a little further conver
sation with him, and went alone to
the spot where lie was. The stran
ger was a comely man, ancl the
prelate could not help viewing him
with a kind of religious veneration,
thinking by this time, that he was
inspired to do good in this uncom
mon manner. The prelate accos
ted him as an old acquaintance,
and familiarly asked him how the
chance stood since thev last met.
“Sometimes for me and some
times against me ; I have both lost
and won.” 44 And are you at play
now ?”—“ Yes, Sir, we have played
several games to-day.”— 4 ‘ and
who wins:” 44 Why, Sir, at present
the advantage is on mv side, the
game is just over, I have a fine
stroke ; check mate, there it is.
44 And pray,Sir, hotv much have
you won?”—“Five hundred guin
eas?”— 44 That is a handsome sum;
hut how are you to he paid?”—l
pay and receiv e in the like manner:
he always sends me some good
rich man when I win ; and you my
lord, are the person. Clod is re
markable punctual upon these oc
casions.”
‘fhe Archbishop had received a
Very considerable sum on that day:
the stranger knew it. and produced
a pistol by way of receipt; the pre
late found himself under the neces
sity cfdelivering up his cash ; and
by this time, discovered the divine
inspired gamester to be neither
more nor less than a thief. His
lordship had, in the course of his
journey, related the first part of
his adventure, but the latter part
he prudently took great pains to
conceal.
Tl IF. ABBE PREVOST.
(Trun slated from Ft-moires ihs Tfom
mes Ceiehres, published at Paris.)
At a supper given one veiling
by the celebrated Abbe Prevost to
some men >1 letters, his intimate
friends, the conversation insensi
bly fell on some points of moral
philosophy. One of the guests as
serted, that the most upright man
was unable to say that lie might
not one day undergo the punish
ment assigned to the worst of crim
inals. 44 And add,” said the Abbe
Prevost, 44 nor ev en that he may
not deserve it.” All the other
guests exclaimed against the latter
assertion. 44 Yes, Gentlemen,”
said the Abbe, 44 I assert that a man
with a good heart and of the pu
rest principles may yet be so un
fortunate as to commit a crime
which would lead to the scaffold.”
They declared that this was scarce
possible. 44 Gentlemen,” he con
tinued, 44 you are all my friends.
T ■ a . relv on your discretion, and
make a disclosure to you which I
have never yet made to any human
l>eing. You all believe me to be a
good man?” Each of his friends
said his integrity had never been
,doubted. 44 Very’ well,” continu
ed the Abbe, 4k l have notwith
standing, been guilty of a most
! dreadful crime, and have narrowly
escaped an ignominious death.”
Every one believed at first the Ab
be was jesting.— ‘ Nothing is fur
ther from my intention,” said he
to his guests, who began to look at
him with astonishment. “ Since l
arn to disclose it, know then that I
I killed mv father.” His friends
were at a loss what to think of this
declaration, and pressed hira to ex
plain himself, when he pursued his
narativc thus:— 44 When 1 left Col
lege 1 fell in love with a young girl
about mv own age, the daughter of
a neighbor. She returned my
passion, and it was not long before
the fruits of our imprudence be
came visible. 1 was intoxicated
with 1 wished to be inces
santly in her company, and, in fact
passed near ly all my lime with her.
My parents pressed me t< choose
a profession, but the only choi.e
which 1 was then able or willing to
make, was dial of adoring mv m‘s
t ess. Every other occupation was
t -diousor annoying to me. My
father, who began to suspect the
real cause of that indifference,
watched and followed me, and be
came acquainted with my impru
dence. One dav he came to the
residence of my mistress (then in
the fourth month of her pregnancy)
at the very moment f was there,
and reproached iter in my presence,
with the uttermost severity on the
criminal intercourse which she
maintained with me. I kept silence;
he accused her with throwing an
obstacle in the way of mv fortune,
and on her attempting to justify
herself he overwhelmed her with
abuse. She wept; 1 defended her;
when my father became enraged,
and at last exasperated himself to
such a degree and forgot himself
so far, as to strike the unfortunate
girl. He even kicked her in the
chest, when she fell senseless. On
seeing this, 1 became infuriated ; I
threw myself on mv father and hurl
ed hint headlong down stairs. Ti e
fall was the cause of his death—he
died the same night, but had the
generosity not to denounce me. It
was believed that his fall had been
accidental. lie was buried ; ancl
by his silence I was saved from in
famy and from the scaffold. I was
not, however, the less alive to the
enormity of my guilt. For a long
time I laboured under a settled
gloom and a dejection which noth
ing could dissipate. I determined
on burying myself, my sorrows, and
my remorse in a cloister, and em
braced the order of Clugny. It is,
perhaps, to the deep melnntholly
which this first error of my vonth
cast over the remainder of my davs
that I owe the tragical events —the
terrific scenes—the sombre and fear
ful descriptions which characterize
the works 1 have published.”
The friends of the Abbe listened
to this narrative with breathless at
tention, mingled with surprise and
horror. They could not believe it
to be true, and conjectured that the
Abbe, having imagined the story
a scene lor some novel hi was
shout publishing, had related it to
try the effect that it would produce.
But on many subsequent occasions
when the subject was mentioned,
he persisted in confirming its re
ality.
-Q&ry -
I-R ECU It • S LITER AR V MQRC AU,
From the pen of a gentleman of the
long robe!
Wo, have hail the following treat on hand
so mo time. Vi’<> i ssiire our reauero it is no
ifui:, but is a true r. py of a letter addressed
by “ hivvvrr j ;t .’’as he styles him
.s*'i!. to lawyer k c ,of the tttale if
iirg-iniaf a. he designates his brother buiris
l;r: - |
Cos A— c ,on state of Virginia l—
post office.
Mr. K s- C Sir 1 Send
vtut theas few lines to inform you that i
l want you to take some law suit bu
siness in f- county virgima it!
being a suit on a Eicon! in court of 90
acres of land it being sold without the i
act of Assemble and you “ ill liight to j
me by your post Bidder comes,
through our c ounty anti loudg at w i
£ and you will enter suit after I
flight to you again and 1 am to you
a Declaration of said suit to be put in i
I county court House .1 j
a against lssiacc II and II i
his wife for the right of 90 acres land j
and is according to law which is for a
settlement on a bill of in./unction held
for the court of ape tU and mr .1
1 of said County being trustee of 1
• • •/ “
the said Dsaicc 11 and ft his
wife and the said suit is to U. Brought
Against the said Tiustee lor the Right ’
of the land & damedgs acording to i
law & the act of assemble said paper
for Mr lawyer k c of the
estate ofvirgjnia to Exsecuit by prac
tising ol law in the County of I
court house.
ami which Said Suit Brought for a
settlement against Defendants for the
Right of the laud and dauiedgs acord
ing to law as it was not acording to
the act assemble.
1 dosurpose that 15 Shilling's is a fray
of Knteringol a Suit of Uicord in Court j
which will be an office Judgment as I
quick as the suit is call its said suit is i
Entered for a settlement on a lull of
Injunction for land prophety being
demanded on lawfully to pay debts.
F County to wit this inDen
ture mad and Entered into between
Issaicc R and U —his wife
of said county of the one part anil J
i of the oather port wit
nessed! that the said Iks K —and
his wife Doth make unto the
said J a a good and I .aw
ful Deed for 90 acers of land ricorded
unto the said .1 a ■ and his
cars for ever it being in the vent iff
mi* and the said J a gives a j
trust Deed for the turmsol a trust sale !
which was n> sun are the payment of
fine money acording to act of a-emble
for the same land and said deed of
trust take out of court in the year of
1820 and sold by them publicke conn
ty papers w ithout being put in the pub
lic papers acording to law and you
will Bring suit agamst Issaicc i
in ti ustee of said county for the Right
of Said land and Damedgs acording
to law or you may Right to me & l
will bring Suit for yon to plead for nu
ns I am anew lawyer I have got lisen
for to practis law in five County by
F S since the land was
sold and I wood wish to inform you
! that the said w s are to be
| broke alter June C'< tu t as he is not an
lioness man and Kxcuit prophety on
the sabet.li day we have no thought of
Letting such men do liisne-.s vve have
got Two very bad men Now and
w s which has been a ofli
, cer 4 or 5 years has done the county
more harm than any olicer that Ever
rid this District off county be
fore and we cannot keep him no long
er ami if the Justisses of the Peese
ibis want w s to do bis
j ness they will not get him and may
! not voat for him this paper Given wi
lder my hand this the 3 day of March
j 1823
(Signed)
lawyer J a
an State of Virginia.
Anecdote of a young Indian.
An English gentleman and his
friends travelling through a piece
of woods in one of the western
states, took with him an Indian
lad as a guide. In the course of
the clay, thev seperated, and one of
them finding same curious 1 ter
ries, sent them to his companion
by the lad, with a note specifying
the number, lhe one who receiv
ed the present, fuund some of the
berries missing, and having repri
manded the boy for eating or loos*
!ing them, sent him back for more.
I The gentleman forwarded a second
Iparcel, with the number again mar
ked on the note. The boy plaved
the same trick with these, deliver
ing only part of what he received.
| This procured a second scolding.
Whereupon the Indian fell down
upon his knees, and kissed the pa
per, saying, I found out, the first
time that this paper was a witch or
conj. )r; but now he has proved
I his power to be supernatural in
deed because he tells, that which
he did not .see : for when 1 flung
away these last berries, for the sake
of experiment, I took care to slip
the note under a stone, that it might
not know what was passing.
Equity. — A gentleman lately tra
velling in a gig, in the vicinity of
London, on coming to a turnpike
! gate, stopped for a ticket, and while
j the gate keeper was procuring it,he
threw the toll-money down on the
road; the gate keeper, with great
j coolness, immediately took it up,
and placed the ticket on the same
| spot, which the gentleman perceiv
ing, and being anxious to proceed
on his journey, requested him to
Lgive it up, but turning on his heels
he said, 44 No master, where I re
'c.eives mv money, there I always
’ leaves my receipt;” and immediate
ly left the gentleman to get out of
the gig and take it up himself.
A countryman passing over the
Pont Neufal Pal is, and seeing among
a heap of shops full of merchandize
tnat of a banker ill which there was no
thing but a man sitting at a table with
pen and ink had the curiosity to go in
and enquire what it was he soldi—
“ Asses’ heads,” said the banker.—
“ They must be in great, request,” said
the countryman, “ since you have only
your own icl’t.”
USEFUL ADVICE
To sundry sorts of People.
When you are introduced to a
stranger, be sure to a c k and find
out all his business, and pump as
much out of him as you can ; be
cause questions arc the very keys
of know ledge.
You should always look a-hcad;
—therefore, never do that to-da ,
which you can do to-morrow.
Always avoid selfishness; and
therefore, never do that yourself,
which ) ou can procure any body else
to do.
If a secret be communicated to
you, be very cartful to keep it ;
and to make sure work of it, get
two or three ladies to !u!p you.
If v on are an unmarried man and
•> f
in lo\e, take to writing verses: no
thing sooner gives a patient, in ;
such circumstances, reliefatfd com
fort.
Jfvour mistress be cruel, make
some more verses, and ask hei T ANARUS,
don on vt*ur knees, and k'*ss l
hand through her glov e.
When you have become tired,,
her company, excuse vourself
leaving her by saving, iti s So
that a little answers vour
,pose. ‘ 1 ”
If you are a married man,- j
short answers to your wife ,
least said, is soonest mended. *
If you are not fond of her, / 35j f
cross as you /7 NothingchaJ
like sincerity.
If you are fond of her, let tfi
world know it, by kissing her End
talking tenderly to her, ar.d locking
sweetly at her in company.
When your wife is in a passiop,
remember and fly into one your eit
The way to stop a fire in the woods
or grass ground, is to kindle ancti,
er to meet it—and thus extinguish
the whole.
Aim ays mind and have the fc*
word —because a man of business
should never leave it unfinished.
Spend vour evenings at the tat.
ern , and then your wife will be
delighted to see you, on your e
turn.
When you - walk out with her,Up,
a few paces before her, by way of
eminence.
\\ hen you ride in a chaise wth
her, look well to the right, and tik
principally to your horse ; this#
preserve family peace.
‘1 ell h* r of her faults be fire
folks—and then they can hate lie
benefit of your advice as wcllas
sh e.
Never praise her for her virtu,
list it should make her tainandis
sttming.
M TO LET,
li■ i convenient SI’OIE
HOUSE.
Appl y at this Office.
Nov. 19. 5
srovxpak
WoUevtscm Gvauhevr,
p AYJNG removed their s'oel of
jr ,{ Goods from New Town, rptrert,
all those indebted to the firm to rake
immediate payment to S. Rose, atthis
Office, who is authorised to reenve
the same.
Nov. 19. 3*
VOT\CK.
IVTIXE months after date applcn-
Txi tiop will be made to the homra
ble the court of Ordinary of Jeff’son
county, for leave to sell two hundred
acres of land, lying in Jefferson cmn
tv, on the waters of Ghavers cr-.ek,
belonging <o the estate of Daniel Jjn
don, late of said ciintv, deceased.
Harvey B. Pipki.v, Jidinr.
November ■tfi, 1823. m9m36j ■
JVOTICE.
IVriNE months after date applia-
J n tion will be made to the Hones
ble the Inferior Court of ./efi eroii
county when sitting for Ordinary pf
poses for leave to sell the real esftte
of John Whigham, late of said roui'y,
deceased, for the benefit of the hats
and creditors of said dec’ll.
ROB’T DONALDSON, Evr
Nov. 19. 1823. 35'puffin)
SxmcK ~~
mi IE Copartnership of ‘Wij.l'T,
J Hurbakd, & Cos. is by agre
ment this dav dissolved.
\VM. T. HUnBARfI
ALFRED BELDEN.
Co. Nov. 17. 10‘23. 3*
. \OlwVmist valov' s S a\ e.
WILL be sold, on Thursday
first day of Ja mi ary next, ty
the highest bidder, at the housed
Young Allen, in Jefferson County,.
Two .\o£vo S\a\cs : w *
Willis, a man, and Refus, a boy, be
longing to the estate of Susannah J° r *
dan, deceased.—Sold for the benefits
the heirs and creditors of said dec *!’
and in conformity with an order (t , e
Court of Ordinary of said county.
Terms made known on the day 01
Sale.
JOHN JORDAN, Ad ink’
Nov. Bth, 1823. 35tdj’
. l \t\m\w\sivt\lov*s Sa\c- (
A VN Tuesday, the 22<l dav ! p 1 ’
ceuibcr next, will be sold aC’’
late residence of Willoughby S. I' 1
late of Twiggs county, dei’d i
ViU't ol \Uo Wvsona\ \ v °*
pertv belonging to said estate cO, 4?t
ing of one set of Blacksmith’s tool’
yoke of Oxen,one Watch, and two ‘ 1
y Colts. Terms made known on
day of sale.
.Yancy Hill, Jldmr J 4 *
I Cm. and. Tharp, Jdmf
Nov. 4 tli, 1823, tds— :v
