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TOTl THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
Mr. Grant land,
1 he followingdcscriptive lines are
copied irom an old Hibernian Ma
gazine. By giving them a place in
the Journal, you will oblige
A Subscriber.
ON TIME.
Say is there aught that can convey
An image of its transient stay ?
’Tis an hand's-breadth ; ’tis a tale
’Tis a vessel under sail ;
’ I is a courier’s straining steed ;
’ Tis a shuttle in its speed ;
’ Tis an eagle in its way,
Darting down upon its prey ;
’ Tis an arrow in its flight.
Mocking the pursuing sight ;
’Tis a vapour in the air ;
Tis a whir'klwind rushing there;
’Tis ashort-liv’d fading flow’r ;
’ Tis a rainbow in a show’r ?
’Tis a momentary ray,
Smiling in a winter’s day ;
Tis a torrent’s rapid stream :
’ l is a shadow ; ’tis a dream ;
Tis the closing watch of night,
Dying at the rising light;
’ Tis a landscape vainly gay,
Painted upon crumbling clay ;
’Tis a lamp that wastes its fires ;
’lisa smoke that quick expires ;
’ lvs a bubble ; ’tis a sigh i
Be prepar’d, O Man to die.
fered to huv the boy’s time, but the
sensible little fellow said he wished
learn his trade. Finally Mr.
Hone, the father, invested, for the
boy, 500 dollars, and the students
made him up about two hundred
dollars more. It was said that the
boy’s lather was a man of property
in New-York ; but became insolvent,
died, and left his children so desti
tute, that this son was bound to Hor
ner to learn the Tanner’s business.”
fire from her cannon and small arms: consists principally upon broths, and
her boats cannot defend her lor ah< other nourishing things. She has
had twelve children, the ,<iest ot
whom, now living, is in his >-d year,
and is a strong hale looking old
mam.
Lon. pap,
Boston, April 10,
SPANISA SHEEP.
Yesterday were landed, and pas-
cannot put out a sufficient number u
contend with 30 or 40 torpedo boats
That the fire from her cannon and
small arms cannot protect her has
been proved by hundreds of instan
ces of boarding vessels from boats,
where the danger was much greater
than it can be in harpooning, and
by examples of valor in taking re-
doubts or fortifications by storm. If sed through town, 44 genuine tull-
TOHPEDOES.
New York, April 15, 1810.
To the Members of Congress who vo
ted in favor of the Torpedo Bill.
Gentlemen,
Being informed that you have
wished to see the experiments pre
vious to the. rising of Congress on the
23d inst. I beg leave to state to you
my reasons why they could not be
made in a satisfactory manner in sc
short a time as from the passing o'
the bill to the adjournment of your
body this spring. There are not
many gentlemen who doubt that a
Torpedo will blow up a ship of any
size or strength, provided it can he
got under Her bottom. But many
are of opinion that by means of
booms, spars, ropes, chains or nets, a
vessel may be so guarded, that a
Torpedo or Torpedoes cannot be got
under her. It is therefore interesting
that those &t other modes of defence,
which may he discovered, should be
put to the test of experiment: For
this purpose time must be given to
all other difficulties be surmounted
the experiments of positive attack
must be left to a time of actual war.
You will perceive that to do justice
to the experiments some months mat
be required, that conseqently they
could not be performed during the
present session of Congress. It is
justice due to your liberality and a
dutv w’hich I owe to the nation and to
the arts that nothing be left undone
w hich may lead to a fair investigation
of the power of torpedoes. I have
never wished the government to »-
dopt them as a means of defence un
til their utility shall be proved by sa
tisfactory experiment. My whole
time and attention are now directed
to ways and means to secure success.
And I have the pleasure to inform
you that every plan of booms, chains,
nets, Ike. which I have yet seen, in
stead of being obstructions, will by a
new combination on my part, really
facilitate my operations, and enable
me to destroy a vessel with much less
risk to my men than if she had no
such tackle. I have thought proper
to mention iny having made such im-
The Elegant Ilorsc
blooded Merino sheep, imported
from Lisbon, in the Edward by
Messrs. Cornelius, Coolidge, and
Francis J. Oliver, merchants of this
town. They were in excellent or
der, and will make a valuable additi
on to a stock so important to the ma
nufacturing interests of Massachu
setts.
LOOK HERE!
ALL persons indebted to the
Subscriber on account of the Store
which Mr. Owen H. Kennon, had
charge of in Milledgeville in the
year 1808, are notified that their
notes and accounts arc lodged with
Mr. James Fleming, who is duly au
thorised to recipt such accounts : it
would be well for persons concerned
to attend to this, as they will not be
long in Mr. Fleming’s hands.
J. Sawyer.
May 8.28 2t.
collect from the officers of the navy provements, that gentlemen oppos-
their several plans of defence, and ifed to the system may exert them-
REFLECTIONS ON THE GRAVE !
AN EXTRACT.
“ Here is the last stage of Life’s
journey : Here is the collecting ren
dezvous of suffering mortals : Here
is a safe retreat from the barded
shafts of malice, from pointed perils
and from misery’s rod : Here, af
ter noble and ignoble views; after
every ardent wish ; after pur
suing every flattering object, we find
the object of them all. Here, from
servile bondage, and oppression’s
iron hand, rests the wretched Ne
gro, whom chance had made a slave;
here he forgets his galling state, and
with his lordly tyrant sleeps equally
accommodated. Here the oppres
sor and the oppressed moulder toge
ther. Here sleep the manly saving,
and riotous profuse. Here, prostrate
any embarrassing obstructions should
be contrived, I must have time to see
if I can devise means to destroy them
or avoid them, in sending the Torpe
does under the bottom of the ship.
As I cannot foresee all the obstacles
which may be presented, or judge of
the time necessary to overcome them,
the experiments should be commenc
ed in a satisfactory and systematic
manner, so as to secure a fair inves
tigation, and of necessary experiment
on ever}' plan of defence and attack.
As such details may require a whole
summer, and should have the advan
tage of good weather, I have propos
ed to the Secretary of the Navy the
following mode of proceeding. First,
that the investigations and experi
ments on obstructions, defence and
attack, be made in the harbor of New-
York, in which city I can have the
aid of my own workmen to construct
machinery. Second, that a committee
jie appointed of the following gentle
men : Messrs. Oliver Wolcot and
may
selves to devise means of defence
and I shall feel much obliged to those
who will have the goodness to send the above.
For Sale,
House and half acre Lot,
me their objections or plans of de
fence by drawing or letter directed for
me at New-York. To this, I hope
there can be no objection, as all plans
of attack or defence which ma}- be
discovered must become public. I
hope, gentlemen, to lay before you
in autumn such a report on the ex
periment as will give you pleasure,
& induce many good men who voted
against the bill, to become friends
and advocates of the system.
ROBt. FULTON.
and Ponce of Augufta, or to
A. M. Devereux.
Milledgeville, March 20. 21—tf.
situated on Wayne
street, near the mar-
ket; at prefent occu
pied by Doctor Wil
son.
Alfo, a House and
half acre I.ot, joining
For terms apply to Messrs.Hill
BRYAK O'LYNN,
(Imported by Governor Turner in the
fill of1803,)
WILL STAND the ensuing season
at my stable in Grcensborough, at}
Twenty Dollars the season, (to com
mence the 1st of March and end the^
1st of August)—notes for the season '
payable the 1st of December, to be
sent with the mares; Thirty-five
dollars to ensure a mare will be with
foal ; should the property of any
mare be changed, the insurance will
be demanded. If a mare insured
should not prove with foal, the mo'<,
ney will be returned. Ten Dollars
the single leap, to be paid down
with liberty to continue the season
by the payment of Ten Dollars
more. Good and extensive pastu- ,
rage gratis, and the greatest care '
shall be taken to prevent escapes or
accidents, but I will not be liable for
either. Wheat lots well enclosed
for mares with young colts—servants
sent with mares boarded gratis. If
requested mares will be fed with
grain at the market price. Where
any one becomes responsible for five
mares, the season will be Sixteen
dollars each. Fifty cents to the
groom in every case, to be paid
down. (For performances and pe
digree, see bills.)
Benjamin Weaver.
Grcensborough, J
Jan. 23 1 809. J
13- 2t
from 1st March 12t
<MjtrifT0 &alc$.
WILL BE SOLD on the first
Tuesday in June next, at the Court
house in the town of Monticello, be
tween the usual hours,
One Lot of Land,
No. 110 in the fifteenth District of
Baldwin, now Randolph county, le
vied on as the property of James
Wood, to satify an execution in fa
vor of Alexander Steele, deed, pro-
One Thousand Bushels ofgood
CLEAN WHEAT
Is wanted by the Subscriber. lie
will allow to persons indebted to him
on account of Medicines, one dollar
a bushel, delivered to him in Mil
ledgeville. Those who have accounts
of long standing, are requested to
take notice of this in time it muy
save them trouble and cost.
Thompson Bird.
May 1. 27—6t.
The Turks never walk for amuse
ment or refreshment, 'lliey hear perty pointed out by the defendant
with wonder a proposal to walk out
only that they may walk back ; and
enquire why a man should labour
for nothing.
of 1 leaven’s great lender.”
in the dust, ly the degraded relics Cadwalder Golden of this city, gen
of soaring mortals ! Remember,| tlemen 0 f federal politicks Chan-
then, the transient visions ot terres-| ce jj or J^vingston & Governor Lew-
tial greatness ; and act so as to be • 0 p t hj s statc ^ republicans ; Colonel
prepared to pay the momentary loan "Williams of the Engineers, Mr. Gar
net and Dr. Kemp, mathematicians ;
gentlemen of such high respectabili-
tv and acknowledged talents, will pe
netrate to truth, and make a report
which should satisfy all parties. That
Commodore Rodgers and such offi
cers of the navy as the secretary of
the navy will please to name, & can
with convenience, will attend the
True Felicity.—A person once
observing to an ancient Greek Phi
losopher, that it was a great happi
ness to have what we desire-
|the sage replied, “ but is it not a
much greater happines to desire no
thing but what we have ?”
From the Genius of Liberty.
Great and noble actions ought to be
known and recorded.
The following is an extract of a
letter from a gentleman near Prince
ton, N. J. to his friend at Long-
Hill, dated Feb. 28th, 1810.
“ An interesting incident occurred
wear Princeton it few weeks ago. defence.
Holt’s Ferry.
All persons travelling on horse-back,
may cross at my Ferry for half price.
Thaddeus Holt.
March 13 20—tf
An experienced chymist at Paris
has lately made several curious ex
periments on Tobacco, which if
found to be correct, tvill occasion
a great innovation on the trade and
manufacture of that vegetable. His
results were, that the acrid principles
committee to state their modes of|°* Tobacco differ from that ot alio
Also, Two Negroes,
to wit, Gundy and Matty, as the pro
perty of William Foster, to satisfy
an execution in favor of Anderson
Mize, property pointed out by the
plaintiff. ALSO,
One Waggon & Two Horsey
levied on as the property of Robert
Lumpkin, to fatisfy an execution irf
favor of Giles Tompkins, property
pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney.
Also, One Lot of Land,
No. 12, in the 17th district Baldwin,
now Randolph count}-, three feather
beds, bedsteads and furniture, two
shot guns, one bay horse, and one
bay mare, one saddle, bridle, and sir-
single, levied on as the property of
James M‘Kleroy, to satisfy
FOR SALE,
at this office, Fifty Reams
Medium printing paper,
of good quality Price 84 50 cts.
per Ream.
February 20. * 17 tf
Notice.
N INE months after date, application will
be made to the Honorable the Inferior
Court of Baldwin county, for leave to fell
— „„„ an exe- a tra( ^°f land belonging to the eftate of
onion in favor of William Hamner, clZVli
That a circular letter be! thervc S^ a l>les w hose properties are
The cold Saturday a number of stu-jaddressed to the principal officers 0 f, known that it can by an easy pro-
dents were skating on Scudder’s the navy requesting from them me- c ^ ss , c °™P‘ ctc v 3C P ara . from
mill poud; one of them named Hone, moris and plans of the measures t ’ lc P‘ ant » other green or dried, and
about 10 years old, fell into the wa-jthey would adopt, to defeat attacks
ter, where it was from 10 to 12 feet with Torpedoes while vessels are at
deep. In struggling to get out, hejanchor or under sail. The objecti-
broke the ice for some distance round,|ons being received, shall be examin-
but did not succeed, and became at^-d before the committee, and such as
last so exhausted and overcome that’require it shall he proved by expe-
he could not see. The students injriment; if after the combinations of
the mean time, ran backwards and'rope*, chains booms, spars, nets, &c.
forwards clamoring, but no one ven-jhave been investigated and experi-
tured to the aid of the perishing'mented, it shall appear that I can de
friend. An apprentice boy, howe-jfeat all such precautions, and send
in a liquid state—and that the juice
thus extracted may be combined
with the dried leaves of any tree, and
thus form Tobacco. The remains of
the plant, after the acrid principle is
thus separated, have neither smell
nor taste.
LARGE OX.
An Ox was lately exhibited at
Boston of the following dimensions :
ver, about 14 years old, approached:the Torpedoes under the bottom of ; Height 18 hands, 11 feet from the
so near Hone that he put one end of the vessel, the report of the commit-j*°P j 1 ** head to his rump, 18 leet
a stick, with which he had been play-tee containing the plans, details and * rom his nose to the tip ol his tail,
experiments, should be satisfactoryi ant ^ f ect ^ hiches around the bo-
to Congress as far as relates to such ^ » weighed about nine months ago
means of defence ; and it will be un- 2926lbs. andI irom its growth since,
necessary to repeat them on the
ing of Congress in autumn. At
time I propose that a vessel
Potomac be put under the directionl**’ the largest ever exhibited in that
of the opponents to the system for P art die country.
ing hall on the ice, into his hands.
With the aid of this stick he drew
llone upon the ice, and though sensi
ble of his own danger, and shedding
♦ears, he persisted till he drew Hone
so far forward that the end of the
stick caught on the edge of the ice.
Hone then asked the boy to let him
draw hack and extricate his stick :
lie did so, and both at last reached
the place of safety. Hone when suf
ficiently recovered, put his hand into
liis pocket, and offered the boy tw«
dollars which he had with him. The
generous hoy would not take it, say
ing he would have clone the same
for any person in the same situation
He offered him afterwards 20dollars
the hoc said he did not want his n>o-
T. he Subscribers will give Goods
for One Thousand yards
Striped Homespun,
7-8 yards wide, at 37 1-2 cts per yard.
Thomas £sf Scurry.
May 8. 28—tf.
property pointed out by the plaintiff.
ALSO,
2 Feathtr Beds & Furniture
levied on as the property of Elijah
Banckston to satisfy sundry execu
tions against him. ALSO,
About 20,000lbs. Deer Skins,
levied on as the property of William
Hammett, to satisfy an execution in
favor of James Dickson. ALSO,
One Lot of Land,
No. 71, in the 13th District of Bald
win, now Randolph county, levied
on as the property of Thomas War r
ner, to satisfy sundry executions a-
gainst him, and pointed out by the
plaintiff. ALSO,
The 1-2 of a Brick Kiln,
containingabout 00,000 bricks, levied
on as the property of Josiah Gools-
bee, to satisfy an execution in favor
... — —J'ty, and
adjoining tiie lands of Thomas Mnughon
and others, containing 300 acres, for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors of the
deceafed. JOHN CROWDER.
Ag’t for the Kxo’rs.
May 8. 28——mom.
W anted,
A sober, induftrious Weaver. One who
underftands his bufinefs maybreceive
the higheft wages in cafli, and his board—
for particulars, enquire at this Office.
April 10. 24—//:
them to load and strengthen in such
manner as they may deem a most ef
fectual resistance ; that they anchor
her and put out their nets or booms,
or put her under weigh, back her,
or fill her, at pleasure, and I believe
I shall shew in all cases the Torpe-
lo will go under her and that I shall
not fail to blow her up. If I succeed to
lefcat all precautions before menti
uicd, it follows that a ship will havi
Lynchburg Press.
Longevity.—Sarah Williams, in
her 108th year is now living in
small, but neat and comfortable lit
tle cottage, at the foot of that cele
brated eminence called Brent Toor
situated about halfway between Ta
vistock and Lidlord. Within thest
:ew years she lias cut five teeth, threi
jf which still remain, together witl
rrv. Hum's lather came on, and of- ho other mode ol defence than thi ,.en or twelve old ouea. Her diet
May l.
27—tds.
Valuable Land For Sale.
Subscriber offers for sale bis frac*
1 tion, No. 222, on the Garrison road
about 12 miles from Milledjreville. The
'ract contains 110 t-2 acres, the quality of
the land is good—about 60 acres enclosed.
It is an excellent (land for a Tavern and
Store.
Charles Gildon.
May >.
28 — Mt.
2planli ai'ciOd
ELEGANTLY PRINTED,
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
Ten Dollars Reward, r
KAN A WAY
from the subscri- f
ber’s plantation,
ten days since, a
Mulatto Boy,cal
led
ABELAND,
slim built, about 5 feet 6 inches high,\
17 years of age, an artful fellow—
has been in Savannah, and from in
formation, I expect he has gone up
the country—had on when he left
home, a blue great coat and yellow
nankeen trousers. Whoever will
lodge him in Savannah Goal, or re
turn him to the subscriber’s plantati
on, Bryan county, Great Ogechee
Neck, shall have the above reward,
and charges paid.
Joseph Sill.
Mav 8. 28—3t.
FEIN T 1 N L,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Neatly executed at this Cffiec.