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Newspaper Page Text■ Mil <$> JJY CAMAK & 1IINE9. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 0, 1821. fT^r The Georgia Journal is published, week ly, atiaolluri in advance, or 4 dollars at the end oj t h r " ^,, ar . jith>erliteineius inserted at the usual rates. JUST PUBLISHED AND FOB SALE AT THIS OKI- ICE, TJIE EAGLE TAYEEX. i Reordered his people to bdard. Paul Jones WtB subscribers having taken the IM1 T.vern 1 *‘J. rr P , 1 ,, l S ?_ th , el1 ’: The K “* FROM THE COMPILER. Perhaps, Sirs, l am somewhat singular in n/ti ■ iinfiuir ur.vca uic u* 11 i »»crn ](•)'•• , 'it* r , , . i . • • _ ' JL lately occupied bv T. Brueq, respectful!/ in- , 1, ; sh in Jumping on board him found the Arne- ; my notions of great men. I have a sort ofin ^ • the best provender, and cireiiil and «ttenti*Hiost- Mruen, , * . <-> , 0 - — ( form their friends and the publiii -that they have 1 ricans ready to receive them on the point of stinctive antipathy to any thing in rtUr public i changed the name of the establishment to that of * their pikes ; they made the host of their wav j officers, which smacks of aristocratic distinc- fhe ttagle Tavern. They solicit a share of the pub- * * * ’ * « * • * •' lie patronage flint lias heretofore be«n Ivatoweil on tiie Bell Tavern Their table will he provided I with the best the market afford*, their bar will be ! hirniahe.l with choice liquors, anti their stable with FOR THE STATE OE GEORGIA. FOil Til* YEAR OF OUR LORD 11 & & COATIfNIJO TH* IWll AnruuNOMlCAT. CALOC- UTIUSS, Tlie Uuolnrution rii American Independence.— \ (hioipewdium oi the Geography of the United Stall !.—l iinei and places ol holding the Superior .nil Inferior Court*:—together with * variety of useful and a routing article!. ScVict School. T HE SUBSCRIBER proposes opening a School for (ho purpose of instructing riot more than twenty-five young persons in-ffie most generally useful branches of an 'nglish e- liucation, with a spec ial view to moral improve ment, and to the discipline and cultivation of the intellectual faculties. Particulars may he known hy application at his residence, where a tnornhigschool vfll he kept fora tew young ladies, desirous of pc ding themselves in Accounts, Grammar and Geography. . . Teiims— Eight Dollars per quarter, half paid in advance. School Will comrr.eur.:: the first Monday in September. Ihl/iam Crem. August 14 44 •' PllDtOUCJAll Fcoffee .Tust Received, AND FOR SALE BY Thomas M. Bradford. October 2. SI — Luvopcau, YniUtt avu\ Do mestic Goods. ri'tfiE oub*cnbcr* have just received from New- f York slid Boston, iitty-si< packages, contain* iti^ r. very geuersd assort went of Staple and fancy (JihkIs, which were selected with great cure by one of *he tii*in,aud will he sold low for cash or on lib- ral credit. Fuat d & Mafor.e. October g ■*>! — H Subset iuer having jjiouih ed the house lor- 1 ruerly occupied hy folm Lucas, designs open* fug n house of r»IV\TB liM’KUTAfN- MEN1'. The Table will be furnished with the best the Market can afford, and the Stable well supplied with provender nudn good ostler. Sitncjii Is. 'Steven*. N. B. X few pleasant moms will he devoted to some of t lie Members ol the Legislature, if ear ly application i3 made. ' Mi igdgevilld, Ootobi r 2 rjlilt. fsufiscriber pu.pos**s ope.ung h boarding house during the cos ling Legi latme, and as long in he resides in Mil|cdge\|lle, should he inert with sufficient suicnn;*ag.*incfl'. Tho*e who call on him for accomr-iod tion, may be assured of the most prompt attenlion. F. Shade? ford. October g 51 ——lit bark to their own vessel. But (luring this jtions. I dislike Titles, Etiquette, the pomp ! interval, the fire hail communicated itself ; in which “ n little brief authority,” is tricked fr ~" IK. u .1- n.,.,1 ' off, all the insignia which your public officers from the Serapis to the Bonlioinme Richard, and both were a prey to the (lames. No pe ril could shake these desperate men. The night was dark, the combatants could no lon ger spe each oilier hut hy tlie blaze oftlte con flagration, and through dense volumes of smoke, while, the sea Was illuminated afar.— lers. Joseph S. laiviugwill hive charge nflhecS' tabiuhmeat under the firm of Lovktgfc Ifrucn. Joseph S. I,ovine, J. !terra Ilrnrn. Milledgeville, September 23 SO lit. —— — | At this moment, the American frigat e Alli- \ L, ‘ person, having demands nr ; n st the e«- , ance came up. Amidst the confusion, she .X tale of John T. Howard, Me of Twiggs discharged her broadside into the Richard, couniy, deceased, will render them in within aml kiMed a part of jKer r r- m ainin S defenders. s indebted Aoc Ji i: llie time prescribed by law, nod those to said cute will please call nn-l make payment, a, lunger indulgence cannot lie given. Henry Howard, Adm’r. September 20. 50 f>. LAW. T an suhaorlbcrs having entered into copartner ship in the p"iicticc of Law, tender their pro fessional service, lo the public. They will attend the Superior court! in the several countiei iu the Ocniu.g.-.e Circuit •, und also, iu the counties of Twiggs Laurens, 1‘ulaski and Hancock. JOEL GHAWFOHD, LUCIl’S Q. C. L AM Alt. M U.-dgeville, Mav28. 2'- 1 tf TO AVEX V. rjifilE Subscriber having fn ishedhi, hriekhuild- I ing has now in readme,* to rent, three coto- TnnJiois store rooms, with eorvenient counting laioaia, and others suitable for tiuniiies, wifh cel lars sufiiciently large to store groceries. The buil ding is as secure fta m fire as auy in this place, ami very convenient *o good water. John Howard. Mi.ledge ille, Sep , emher28 50 **——'th B ROUGHT to jail ill Milltdgevifie. on Mon day the 17th inat. n bright'niutn'-to fellow, a litl'e freckled, with a sear- above hi,' left eye, 5 feet, f> and three fourth inches high about 24 years old—and flay, that he belongs to l’atrick iml Hubert Dick of Jones county. Fred. Sanford, Jnilor. Sept. 24. 50 X Wanted VvuuvevWateYj, PJPiCv pk Bale, Cotton, for which the higli- eat price will be given, in Cisb, that any market in the United States will warrant. IFiley ii Haxtew .Sept 13 40-tf MIDDLE FERRY. I HAVE opened a Ferry on the Oconee be tween Messrs. Holt k Clayton’s, just above ohl Fort Wilkinson. It may lie most convenient fn' many permits to gross at it—they will find the crossing easy at this place, and the terms (particularly for all carriages) lower than the lawful rates. Finger-boards will he seen above and below the river on the ollur roads pointing to my fiery. H'ms. Ilutherford. September Ifi. _ 40 •■■3m. JOff.Y if. M.'l.VJl.Y—If. 'll HD IIESSER \ T the residence of* Peter btubbs, late ol Put nam county, ileccasctl, on Kr'ilay the 9th of November neat, w ill he su'd, all the slock of hugs, shsep, cattle and horses, honsilvdd and kitchen furniture belonging to the raid estate, wi'.h other nrtioles too teriicu, to mention. Aiso, on the 9-2d De.ccmber, svill be sold, thirteen likely young Ne groes. All those indebted lo the said deceased, are re quested lo come forward unit inske immediate pay ment, and all those having demand, agsinsi the said estate must bring th'in in duly attested ac cording to law. Thomas Stnhhs, J... , Francis Stubbs, S , ' v 1 October 2 51—Ids* (1,7 s IIF.NRY L. JONES is a candidate for the office of Tax Collector of Baldwin County. 0:^ WE are authorised to announce Mr. JOSHUA SU TTON, as a candidate for the of fice of Sheriff of Habersham county, at the en suing election. (jjr hits. »V lid JA\1 O. t .t VLt >R IS a candi date lor the ollice of Kucoiver of Taxes for Jones county. 47 3t. (Cj- Carr. THOMAS MOL’UHON isacandi- d.lle tor the oliice of Colonel, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Co!. Francis Smith. PROGRESS OF METHODISTS. Extarct from the “ Minute of the Annual Confer ences of the Methodist Episcopal Church,” lor the yesr 1H21,just published. Bishops and Superintendauls—W. M'lveudric, K- noch George, Robert ii. Roberts. Travelling Preachers, 977 Preachers admitted on trial this year 130 remaining on trial, 105 admitted nno full connexion, 80 located this year, 5<> Deacons, 163 Kldera elected and ordained this year 59 Supernumerary Preachers, 22 Superannuated Preachers, 58 Ministers expel cil from connexion this year 5 withdrawn, Di 4, C M’MEERS IN SOriLTT. Whites. Colored. Total. Ohio Conference, 83,957 221 34,178 Missouri do. 7,262 196 7,453 Tenn. sbcc ilo. 3* ,1"S 3,154 34,559 Mississippi do. 3,143 704 4,147 S. Carolina do. 22,104 12,4.85 34,590 Virginia do. 18,481 6,489 84,970 Baltimore do* 28,472 9,412 8,234 37,684 Philadelphia do. 26,571 34,805 New-York do. 23.135 605 N. England do. 12,402 243 12,650 Ueuessee do. 25,355 112 25 467 Total, 239,087 42,058 281,146 Total last year, *259,899 Increase this tear, 21,256 * In this calculation , the error in the Minutes Of last year is corrected. —aw:0: w SE.1 FIGHT Beticetn Paul Jones and Capl. Pcnrsnn in 177!) ; crlritcted from Bella's American Revolution, translated from the Italian by G. A. Olis. Paul Jones a Scotchman by birth, but en gaged in tire service of tlto United Suites, had established his cruise first in the st as of Ire land, and afterwards in those of Scotland, where he was waiting an opportunity to make some prize, oi, according to his practice, to land upon some point of the coast in order to sack tin: country. His flotilla was com posed of the Bonlioinme Richard of forty guns, the Alliance of thiity-six, both Ameri can ships; the Pallas, a French fiigate of thirty-two, in tlye pay of Congress, with two otiier smaller vessels. He fell in with a Bri tish merchant fleet, on its return ftom the Baltic, convoyed hy Captain Pearson, with the frigate. Serapis of forty-four guns, and the Countess of Scarborough, of twenty. Petirson had no sooner perceived Jones, than lie bore down to engage him, while the merchantmen endeavored to gain the coast. The American flotilla formed to receive him. The two enemies joined battle at about seven S ATE linm France, ha. opened a shop oppome j n the evening, with great resolution, and the 4 to llrucn’s '1 aveni, (in Fleming’s < on.-v) i conflict was supported on both sides with c- vhvt'e h" will be GsutuT ct nil 'mi' * rew ) «rn > i ■ j y ( | 0 ' r> nThe Serapis had tlto advantage liner to uluti'llo <*vorv la-aiich <*l hwoctupali f ». . , , ' The Lillies sec ivvi.ocitnlly lalhrnu 1 thst lw nf »»'.? mamtettvte ; to obviate which, The Lillies aiv i't»|i Tiu.V. i utl tiiiitb :>f Huir Work Wins, he. he. __ S,, 1'L U' K .8 Le’.i.ig'on, Oglethorpe county, «n *4 mrtay; | the 15 h October next, will be sMJ, a Trsctn! Land, on Lung (b- r k, tour miles below' Lexiny'.an, .amt»lni.:g v :n leu Ired acres, mimeurJess, i* bu ll, with Jones tool: the resolution to light her closer. Ife adtaneed ti!) tlie two frigates were cn- guged yard to yard, and their sides so near that the muzzles of their guns came iu con tact. In this position they continued to light fro,n eight in the evening till ten, with an au dacity b >. tiering on frenzy. But the artillery of the Aniei icaus was i As soon us site discovered her mistake, she fell with augmented furv upon tlie Serapis.— Then tlie valiant Englishman, seeing a great pint of his crew either killed or disabled, ids artillery dismounted, his vessel dismasted, and quite enveloped in flames, surrendered. All joined to extinguish the fire, and at length it v,as accomplished. The efforts made to stop the numerous leaks of the Richard, pro ved less fortunate: she sunk the next mor ning. Out of three hundred and seventy-five men that were aboard that vessel, three hun dred were killed or wounded. The English had Imt forty-nine killed, and their wounded amounted to no more than sixty-eight. His tory, pet imps, offers no example of an action more fierce, obstinate and sanguinary. Du ring lids time tlie Pallas had attacked the. Countess of Seat borough and had captured her, not however without a stubborn resis tance. After a victory so hard-earned, so deplorable, Jones wandered with his shatter ed vessels for some days, at the mercy of tlie winds iu tlie north sen. He finally made Ills' way good, on tlie sixth of October, into tips waters of tlie Texel. ——■ FROM THE PHILADELPHIA UNION. An American author has said, that tlie peo ple called Quakers are laughed at by fools &. admired by philosophers. There are cer tainly many things in their character which are tfeserving of admiration, and among o- tlicrs their method of doing business is not the least worthy of notice. The yearly meeting in Philadelphia is probably tlie largest deliberative assembly in the world. The members convene in two large buildings in Arch street, not indeed as splendid as (lie Capitol, but quite as commo dious, and though they arc not all the most fluent speakers, there appears to be among titcui a stock of good sense which would well atone for the lark of eloquence. They arc of both sexes, and all ages. One house is composed exclusively of females, and confers with the other bv means of committees. In this division of tlie assembly into two parts, tlie yearly meeting may be likened to out' national legislature; but we fear tliLit there are few otlur points in which a resemblance can be discovered ; for here is no letter w ri ting, newspaper reading, or long speaking.— When a subject is broached, a member rises ami gives his opinion of it in language at once concise, comprehensive, and definite. A se cond follows him, extending tlie view oftlte subject, if titere is any cause for extension; if riot, lie expresses his accordance of senti ment iu a short sentence, such for instance “I am in unity with tlie friend who last spoke,’ or, 1 that friend speaks my mind,’ ami down lie sits very composedly. A third rises, deli vering his opinion in like manner, or, if he dissents from the others, Ire expresses his dis approbation in a speech equally pertinent k laconic; and tints a subject is broached, dis cussed, and decided upon, in less time, per haps, than we have taken to relate tlie mode of proceeding; for these people do not think it necessary to use ten thousand words to com municate ten ideas, or give to ten ideas ton thousand words Tlie ecclesiastical economy oftlte Quakers, it is well known, embraces more points than that of any other religious community. Ma ny difficult cases come before tlie yearly meeting, which has in some instances an ori ginal, and in others an appellate jurisdiction. Some of these cases involve points of doctrine as well as discipline, and yet all tlie multifa rious business growing out of the ecclesiastic al concerns of the many thousand persons to whom its care extends,was transacted in mil by ‘ the yearly meeting held in Philadelphia, hy adjournments from the 16th of tlie 4th month, to the iOtii of the same, inclusive.’— Tlius much for good order, and g. ml sense.— But we will venture to say that, if 1 Friends’ had adopted tlie mode of dwing business at present in vogue witli some deliberative as semblies, they would have Hte.n forced to con tinue tlMr adjournments till the 20th of tlie Fourth month 132J. Thoie are certain general dicta, which, though the result of hut partial experience, have acquired the character of universal truths. Among these are the vulgar dogma ta, that large assemblies are incapable of transacting business judie.iously, and that a propensity to loquacity in the fair sex disqual ifies them for every luiug but talking. Tuat these are not universal truths is proved by the ease oftlte yearly meeting : and we are hap py that, in ic|jt*ing erioncous opinions, we can both evince our gallantry, and stive a more important purpose which we have in view. The facts here adduced place it l.p- inc the real estate (iflslism Smith, dei , ,, s good (W-dlmc house and other c ...venit-nt out | ol the Anieiicaus was no longer capable u, houses thereon. Terms made known nu th-. tty producing much ellect. Tim Richard having - , nf mle. .Yatha-del //. Smith, ^ ^,t m ' r5 , received several heavy shut between wind and I vond doubt, mat the ability of a public assom- JJird Farl.es, 3 water, cmlld now make no use whatever ofj hlyfor bn-iuess depends more on the cliai-j Jefferson, while occupied in ins library, was Sept. 10 ? _ | her lower batteiies, and two or three of her | actor nf the members, than their number, | informed that the Spanish minister was in an hold forth. 1 have seen men who could ttev- ver put off the pretensions of station. Virgil' says “ Incidit ReginaJuno traits /hr Qttffti. These men sit. and walk, and talk, and look tiie great man. You never ran see behind tlto curtain of their rank. They j are eternally playing a part and are tire ■« d itt itseustume. Now, for my part I am like the j little son of Hector. 1 like tiie wir rim' better without ins dazzling eject k nodding lmuo. These nten are not v> much to my taste, as the unpretending, uncciemonius sort of pen- , pie, w lio rare more for the dignity w hirh suit- j tlie Man than the Officer. They are at lhi.ii' case themselves, and iflnko you >o. At least . they have more modesty than arrogance; and j they would be. tlie la-t prisons in tin* world to think of the dignity oftheir station. There am two characters of this sort now in tny “mind’s rye.” They are gentlemen; high in office, and yet no body would take them to lie such. No one would suspect them I to be the persons that they are. In dress, in equipage, in horses, in air, in manner, they are perfectly plain : and seldom or never,ex act any tribute to their station. Sro either of them mounted upon their purple horses, unaccompanied hy servants or retinue ol any kind, without any tiling to dazzle tlie. senses or proclaim their condition, and you arc struck at their simplicity. Somctimcsa pair ofsaddle bags contains their liecc-sary w ard robe. Sometimes with the coat stripped oil in a large company, you find one of them a- musiiig himself with tlie most sociable ol toe set. Europeans who are used in their own country to the distance which separates men in office from their fellow citizens, aie abso lutely astonished at the freedom and famili arity which surround these men. Tell the German or Italian, that one of these men is i| u ,***<****,j(******** or ti,,,************ of tlie ttttit iH+tf, and lie will scarcely be lieve you. Fot my own part, I like a coun try which breeds such manners; and i like such men lo grace the eoimtiT. I am led to make these remarks, by lead ing the following anecdote from “ Iheirs of Society and Manners in Amtrica, by an En glishwoman," (Mis Wright,I lotly published. I beg von to give your rcadeis tlie same plea sure which I have received, and lay In fore them this little picture of tiie distinguished Jefferson : “ I must subjoin an anecdote of Air. ——, or, as lie is more simply styled, Thomas Jef ferson, which I received a few days since, from a gentleman of this city, and which struck me as not only characteristic of that philosopher, but somewhat also ot this nation generally. “ ft was the object of Mr. Jefferson to pre serve in every trifle, that simplicity which lie deemed the most appropriate characteristic of a republic. At Ids entrance into the pre sidency, lie found himself a little troubled with tlie trilling etiquette which the foreign ambassadors, and more especially their ladies were essaying to establish in his own draw ing room ; and apprehending that the wives and daughters of Iris official brethren might catch the contagion, lie let pass no opportu nity of giving it his discountenance. He wisely judged, that in tins matter, as in most others, example w as better than precept, mid set about new ordering the manners of the city, muc.lt in tlie maimer that Franklin, might have taken. Did lie go to make a morning visit, he rode without a servant,tied his horse to the gate, and walked in as plain Thomas Jefferson. Did all the different le gations come to dine with him, he received them with indiscriminating politeness, and that simple dignity for which lie is eminent ly' distinguished; conversing with and wel coming all, lie left tlie company to arrange themselves at bistable, of which lie sodid the honors, as to spread ease and cheerfulness a- rotind it,and to make his gucsis in good hu mor with themselves and each otiier; the wife of tlie Spanisli minister, however, upon returning home, began to ponder upon the e- vents of the evening: she had been seated below tire lady of —, my informant forgot which ambassador, hut one whom she judged of inferior importance to her liege lord, liis most Catholic Majesty, had been insulted, she declared, in her person ; for was not an insult offered to the wjie always offered to the husband ; and as in tiiis ease an insult offered to the husband was offered to tlie King of Spain, Euclid himself must have concluded with Q. E. 1). Tiie next morning the Don eotild do no lesstnan summon a council, eomistingof his most chosen friends among the diplomatic, corps. The case wds taken up k their opin ions severally taken. One ventured to apol ogise for the President, on the ground oi ills ignorance as a lepublicun of tlie rules of .u- qnette. To this it wars replied, that tire dig nity of his most Catholic Majesty was not to to be laid at the mercy ol every man who inigli call himself a republican, Tlie lady pmticulaily iosiited that satisfaction must lie given. It was suggested, that tlie best way would be for Spain’s representative^ go and ask it. Tiie divan broke up. and one of its members went to advise tlie President of tlie lnat-er in agitation. Some hours after, Mr. 1 F.GIMEN IWL LLKL HUN.—On th: ;u I bv leeiith ol t)o. . - SeltTst the Uoart-Houv: in '’iUedjevdle, for an officer lo fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of (Jul. Francis Smith. Janes .If ('earn, 7 J 50— tde. IS on jam; : /' C»nUm3. GK.u.iii, ('at Kin Laanty, J ACOB MOORM A.N tolls before Jesse Little K. , four feet ten inches high, * small star in 1. head and several sad.II.' spots—apprnbed to tweiuy dollars. Cttlemaa F entile ton, c. I. c. S.pt. f5 •‘If — uppe those "nn served them. Jones, at length, Ind only three left that could he wnrked, mid lie employed them against the masts of the hostile frigate. Seeing tlie little impress m made bv chain-shot, lie resorted to another mode of attack. He threw a vast quantity of grenades and fire-works od board the B'i’.isli Esq. one bay Horse, iibrmt fifteen years old, j frigate. But his own now admitted the water on all sides, and threatened every moment to go down to the bottom. Some of hit officer having perceived it, asked him if he would surrender ? “ No,” h answered them in a tre- Guo'jia, I'Bi.ikliu Loiuuv. IfVIRSdN ALLV earae before me this day, I W j , rn: t: , , r . V mas Hl.ckb.im,and being dulv sworn, sayeth i nadt-s. The Serapis was already on fire in T hus, by avo.dm ist he held a promissory note for ihu sum ol several places; the Lnzlisn qoilid with ditTi- I and unnecessary dc wtuity-lwo ilollurf'ami fifty cents, given by Umr-1 citlty, ex'ingnislt the flames. Finally, they i tier as excellent in fondues tlie mind and not the sex prolixity of I adjoining apartment; he called immediately nm it,., ccv ! r. , Ins bouts, and pulling one on, ami holding had burst, to the destruction of |. arid that a great speech is ow ing t< of the speaker. j tlie otiier in his hand, proceeded to the room. Both exes, and all ages, as we Ilf,vebefore i Having half opened the dour, lie issued or- observed, i impose tlie yearly meeting of tiers to the servant behind him, touching his Friends; Imt it must not b supposed that e-1 horse, and then advancing, and drawingf'on very one of tire ti e or six thousand persons I as he did so his remainir.g hoot, welcomed his wire form the two ‘Houses,’ troubles tbo meet- J visiter with iiiv wonted amenity. “Pray lie ing with Iris or Iter observations. On the I seated ; he sealed; no cciemony here, my co.iira.v, none speak hilt those who have | good sir. Very glad to see you and then someulijng to sav. and the speakers endeavor j without regarding (lie disconcerted air of the to include, in ifieii' discourse, not all that 1 astonished representative ol Spain and the could be said on a subject, but all tlut ought ' Indies, entered with his wonted case into j tnerulous tone, and continued to push the gre-1 to he said. I general conversation, opposing the gentleman I nadt-s. Tire Serapis was already on fire in ad needless repetition j totiie minister, and tim unaffected majesty air nation, and bv an or- | tlie philosopher to the frozen haulin' other things as in debates, i diplomatist. The combat was soon ly Marlin to this deponent, doe one day after date, I caught a u tiirige, w liich, in ail tn-tant, fired the yearly meeting tnmxarts husiuets w ith 1 The Spaniard departed, and ri- u and dved sometime aiout tnr t(£‘.S Inly, HW—i ^il tlie others with a.horrihle explosion. All ease an I <’ And that t ie mi l twio is last or m«U: t so tint H the cvnn.it become «t. Swum sun] saber lb 41. 53—j; •ibed before ru Jiieeb i and despatch, which, ifbioncht be who stood near the helm were killed, and all ei rtain other deliberative bodies, would 'thn t ztfi s- tit ‘ the e.innon of that part were dismounted.— j plex, vex. and weary tlie members, bo ,.'.br*it,i J’.' ! Meanwhile, Pearson was nut disheartened , ben done, ill.done, o. nut done at all. ftlacl I.oi v and diplomatic friends, that •a •mt to the bouse of th : Ai -m luI’i rsident, tney must leave the t:fi/tn:y c.f their masters at home,— 'lar.s C j 'tonic. Moderate dishes the true source of Hap- pin ess. There would lie a far greater proportion of happiness in litis world, if mankind, instead of coiitinttallv grasping for mure than they can obtain, would set reasonable bounds to their desires. There must necessarily be , itiisfoi t,..e' and distress iu tlie world ; but the comforts and pleasures of Ii lo can always lie made greatly to eounterbtil inch those calam- j ities, and tlieir attendant evils. Content- j mim renders a incss of pottage more savory j tothepalnie of the. cottager than the richest t viands arc to those who are rolling in wealth; j but whose insatiable thirst for gain will not ! allow them to think they have enough. Our i countrymen are constantly murmuring.— [ Turn which way tve will, we are sure to have j our ears s tinted with the cry of Hard Times. I And many piragraphs in our country news, papers, particularly those from tlie western i states, are of such a desponding and gloomy nature, that if they should chance to find I their way to Europe, they would believe us to be little, if any belter off, titan the peasant ry of the Emerald Isle, or the half-starved manufactttrefst of Manchester. And what cause have we tints to murmur and complain? it ii happy lot to live under an excellent government, admini itered by men of our own choice. We Inn e a fruitful country, with a varied, yet healthful climate, that enables us to p uditee an abundance of tlie neeessaiies, ami tnariv oftlte luxuries ol life. True, our country inis snfi‘eiv.4 for two or three years past, Ii on i a change in the commercial world, ami m consequence of our own extravagance. !)nt have we not enough to eat, to drink, and to wear? Our fields wave with the golden cum, our meadows with luxuriant burdens, anti our orchards yield a rich variety of deli cious limits. And, if for (lie want of a mar ket fin our surplus produce, we arc not able as ionmuly, lo amass fortunes in a day, we have still abundant cause for gratitude to that Almighty Ib-itig who causes so many bles sing 1 ) to “ cluster mound our dwellings.” IVc have only to curtail our expenses, to affix reasonable bounds to our desires, tu be indus trious, economical, and contented—to lie happy. Nor tidies, nor fame, nor what the wot I ! calls pleasure, will give us happiness ; and if we search the world mound, we shall find at last that moderate wishes tire the source of w hat generation after generation have labored in vain to find. The following st.ny is a beautiful illustration of what we have here advanced s “The youthful shepherd, Mcnalctts, being m search of a stitty lamb from his flock, dis covered iu the ieCes-.es of the forest a luint- er, stretched at the foot of a tree, • xhansted with fatigue and hunger. AJas! shepherd, lie exclaimed, I came here yesterday in pur suit of game ; Si have been unable to retiaee the path hy which I entced this frightful so- liludi, or discover a single vestige of human footstep. 1 fainted with hunger—give me relief, or I die! Menalcus supporting the stranger in his arms, fi'd him with bread from iiis ‘ tip, ('it! 't“turds cnii.lm.ted him through tne ii.Licne mazes oftlte forest in safety. “ Menalthus lo-ing about to take leave of tlie limiter Escliiniis, was detained by him.— Thou hast preserved my life, shepherd, lie said—I will make thine happy. Follow me to the city. Thou shall no longer dwell in a miserable cottage, Imt inhabit a superb palace, surrounded with lofty columns of marble.— Thou shall drink high-flavored wines out of golden goblets, ami eat the most costly viands from plates of silver. Menalcus replied— why should I go to t lie eity ? My little cottage shelters me front the rain and tlie wind. It is not surrounded by marble columns, but witli delicious fruit trees, from which I gather my repast; and nothing can l*e more pure than the water which I draw in tny earthen pitcher ftont tlie streams that tun by my door.— Then on holidays I gather roses and lillies to ornament my little table; and those ros«sl and lillies are more beautiful, and smel sweeter, than vases nf gold and silver. “ Jlsehinns.—Come with me, slscpherd, I will load thee through sumptuous gardens, embellished with fountains and statues: thou shall behold women, whose dazzling beauties the rays of the suit have never tarnished, ha bited in silks of tlie i idlest lutes, and spark ling with jewels ; and thou slialt hear con certs of musicians, whose transcend a ut skill will at once astonisli and enchant thee. "Menalcus.—Our sun-burnt sheperdess- es are very handsome. IIow beautiful they loot' on holidays w hen they put on garland* of fresh (lowi is, and we dance under tiie shade of our trees, sir retire to the woods lo listen to tiie songs of birds! Can your musi- I ciaus sing more melodiously than our niglit- j ingale, blackbird, or linnet! No, I wiil not gu to tlie city. “ F.schlnu-.—Take then this gold, and j with it supply all thy wants, j "Mtnalcus.—Gold is useless to me. My 1 fruit trees, my little garden, and tlie milk of i tny goats, supply all tny " 'tuts. |* “ Fichinas.—How shall I tenompense thy , kindness, happy shepherd ? Wit tl wilt thou j accept from me ? ' “ Mmttlrus.—Give me only the'horn that j hangs to th v belt. Horn isnut easily broken, therefore it " ill hr intire useful to me than i my earthen pitcher.” 1 The hunter, with a smile, took tlie horn j frmn.his belt, and presented it to the sliep- I herd, vvlpi li'isiene'l back to his r nttago, tlie ai ode ol contentment ii happiness, Gessner. [Fin the above, we own our obligations to I the New-York Coin. Adv.] FROM Til L OilNU’St OATUERL'M,. Ji'arrutive > fa pte! which to.k pace in England about twenty rears au'- The rhl-lor blow t‘at the in Ciinuturipcs happened as he relates them. Air. Hnrcimrt and Mr. Billings were, fire voting men, and strongly attached to each other. The first was a nephew of lord Ilar- conrt and of genetal llareourt, and was a cornet in the !0tli regiment ol light dra- goons. Mr. Billings was a high spirited, rich, and w .d educated West Indian. He he, a mls/nss. Vli- ie two gentlemen met at a watering place, w here there was a theatre; to which upon some occasion that produced a house full of fashion and beauty; Mr. Harcoutt at tended a party ofbt .’ie*, and sat among them, in the front row of 11i> Ityx. Thus circumstanced, he saw in tlie pit his VOL. XII —NO. 52. friend, who having iu vain tried to enter the box at its door, returned to the pjt, ami being si smew hat intoxicated insisted that Hmcoitrt should permit him to clamber over the front part oftlte box, and intrude himself into a seat mi the laurel) with tlie ladies, whom the bitter protected. It w as evident that Billings • ouhl not mean lo be rude, because lie was too drunk to mean any thing. Ilarcoiut, therefore, managed rather than opposed him, and at length, by a little resistance, prevent ed his striding from tlie pit into the box, and with a little persuasion induced him to make another trial at tlie box door, where throo'di Harcottrt’s exertions, he at last found u seat. He had, bv tiiis time recovered in some de gree, the equilibrium of his mmd, or in plant er English his sense—mid, when the play was over, attended Ii is friend home. No apology for llarconrt's conduct at the theatre, was thought of—indeed, Billings was duly sensi ble of Isis ftiend’s correct and delicate mode of reproof—and here tlie business would have emWd r if no “dbx firmiiia facti,” no viciuits and high-tempered mistress had in- terfereil. But, “ lHis alitor visum est. n In the space of a single hour this innocent Ivacas itad, thro’ tlie kindness of “ some good natured friend,” been teported, with more than tire usual exaggeration, to the West Indian’s rhere amie, wlio when Billings arrived at home, frowned on him with every mark of contempt, ns a cow atd who had re ceived a blow without spirit to resent it — Such was the young man’s attachment to her that lie could not hear to sick in iter estima tion—and lie explained fuity tlie nature of the. provocation eiven liv himself, and s, i. (liciously repelled hy his friend. This would not do. The woman felt that site had power anil resolved to iliew it by producing a due!. Slit! therefore stopped Mr. Billings, hy haughtily assuring him that he who eouhl put up with a blow, was unfit to be the pro tector of any woman. Between apprehension of losing 'his “ hy- atna,” the fear of havifcg submitted to impro per treatment at the play house, it’d the dread of quarrelling with ills best triciid, the generous West Indian, was distracted.— At length tlie artifice and reproaches of l:i« mistress prevailed, and he sent Harcotirt a. challenge. The latter knew tlie strength or rather weakness of his friend’s attachment to this harlot, and tjie use she might make of it; lie was therefore semewhat prepared for this mad summon], and without consulting any third person, went immediately to the chal lenger, whom lie had contrived to withdraw from the site dragon’s watchful inspection. At tiiis interview, the eloquence of truth and friendship was irresistible. Billings knew that his friend was without fear and felt that lie was also without reproach, Samson like, he snapped the cords with which this se cond (or second thousandth) Delila had bound him, and upon tlie altar of pure and manly friendship, sacrificed all that remain ed of a dangerous and disgraceful passion. Tiie friends rushed into each other's arms— tlie woman was discarded, as those wlio Itad anxiously watclred tlie progress of this inter* esting si niggle between true and false honor, delighted tu witness tlie re-establishment of affection between two young men, each of whom so well deserved tlie friendship of tine, other. Alas! it was not tlieir fate to lie left to their ow n emotions, or tlie regulation of tlieir own actions! The talc cuds not Ircre! Harmony, indeed, was restored and lxvtli parties had forgotten tlie affair before the end oi the sea son which they continued to pass at Wey mouth (or Brighton, it matters not which.) But winter was a|>prt>achiiig—London was becoming full of fashion from ail quarters— anil Harcotirt was called upon to join his te- giment, ill the fm-tropolis. “Full of life, and health and joy,” lie arrived and presented himself at tlie regimental tirets: lint licrj; all was repulsive and cold. He asked for an ex- ; l.matioii, and received one from the senior oflii er in the name oftlte whole cui|is. Thu wretched play house anecdote hail Pound its way to tlie ears, and what was worse, to the credulity of Ins brother officers. A clt ltleuge had been given—a duel Itad not followej.— Tlie consequence w as gloomily foretold in tlie distant behaviour and death like silence of all around him. Instead of challenging the whole corps, and resting ins mil'll ny re putation upon that defiance, he suit.In his astonished Sc rt liictaut friend. They fi.ughtl and when tiia waiter nf this arid lo lest - i-ht nf the final icsitlt, Mr. Billings iav tlatj' mus ty unit agonizingly wounded, with very I,life hope that lie tornn it's could be ended utiicT- wise titan by death. FROM Till: WESTERN CABOltNU.V. Believing it will render m essential ser vice to the public, I think it a duty to com mune ate tlie following ciicmnstaricc which took place Ijtety in tlie lamily of a . r re lation. Miss being about a a farter uf a mile from iin«ne, w as unfoituuatt ly bitten on tlie foot liy a snake, called a pp .1, so se ven iv that tire blood van (ieeiy Ir nu tins wound. Br ing greatly alarmed, shu rude all possible haste iu her power, and to i. some difficulty was able to reach home, tlie pm> uv sptead so rapidly; but on applying the recipe, below, she was almost instgBliineousty, re lieved from the misery oftlte wound, atul itt a few days was able to do her ordinary busir ness. Recipe for the bile of a Snake. As souit as possible apply the mouth of a Irdttle,nearly filled with distilled spirits,(whis key or brandy) to tlie wound, the sptrirs will extract tiie poison anil give immediate relief. An Irishman fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before lie fights, an Englishman is not paiticui.tr as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accom modate liis customers. A modern general lias said that the best troaps would be as tol- lows: an Iiishiiiuti half drunk, a Scotchman half starved, and an Englishman witli hki holly full. WiVArrUYtt YAl’EU FOR SALE, At the Journal OIEce.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Georgia journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, October 09, 1821, Image 1