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ARLINGTON sheep shearing.
she annual meeting took place on Thurs
day the 30ih of April. The badness of the day
prevented many of the company from assem
bling, but nevertheless, ute meeting was very
respectably attended.
At two o'clock, the premium was adjudged
to a very fine lamb, bred by John Scott, esq.
of Strawberry Yale, in the county of Fairfax,
“lhis lamb was bred from a Spanish sheep im
ported from the mountains of Andalusia ; his
fleece is of fine and beautiful texture, and
weighed six pounds and three quarters (a great
weight for the descendant of a Spanish sheep.)
Mr. Curtis has met with every success he
could have hoped for, thus far, in his improve
ments. The present state of the weather has
prevented his shearing any of his improved
lambs, except in one instance, where the fleece
of a sheep, whose weight would not exceed
ten pounds per quarter, has produced six
pounds of very long and fine wool. Bakewell.
the prize sheep of 1805, continues to be the
stud ram at Arlington ; ten of his lambs are
intended for Smith’s Island this fall, and will
greatly improve the native stock in the length
of their wool.
A small specimen of Smith’s Island wool
was exhibited at the meeting, and obtained
fresh celebrity. As soon as the season will ad
mit, we shall endeavor to obtain an account of
the shearing of the Arlington improved lambs,
and transmit it to our readers, feeling much
pleasure in being able to lay before the public
any thing which may interest the cause of a
ftriculture or domestic manufacture.
The premiums at Arlington for the next and
six succeeding years, arc fifty dollars, or a sil
ver cup of that value, bearing an appropriate
inscription and motto at the will of the success
ful candidate t also, thirty dollars for ten yards
of what is commonly called Virginia cloth, be
ing composed of cotton alone, and spun and
wove by native Americans only. The speci
mens to be submitted to judges, in the usual
Way. —Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
SHIPWRECKS AT THE RAPIDS OF OHIO.
Louisville, (Ken.) April 21.
A spectacle so distressing to the generous
heart, was never presented in the western coun
try as that of yesterday, in frontofLouisviile. On
Saturday four large ships, all new, and bound
for New-Orleans, lay in a line in the bason
above the rapids, waiting the rise of water,
which was then on the swell, and promised a
safe pfs,. Age over the obstructions, so that all
ealcijkjtGid on passing by on Sunday, Sunday
v/.is a boisterous day, which prevented a possi
bV&ty of managing a ship in so straight a pas
sage. The water, at a stand during the day,
began to fall in the evening. Monday the
water had fallen two or three inches, and very
little hope obtained of its swelling to that height
again during the year. The owners of
ships v'ho were present, felt the consequences
too sensibly to remain idle amomrnt, if a possi
bility existed of passing—soundings Were made
and hope revived. Col. Lord, owner of the ship
John Atkinson, bore down for the head grand
shoot, and passed handsomely by, rubbing the
rocks two or three times, and anchored below.
By this time the wind had increased a little,
in a direction somewhat unfavorable, but not
sufficiently to prevent the attempt by the Tus
carora, who got under wav, and the Rufus King
followed her wake. At this moment the
shores, tcrrar.es, and windows were filled with,
anxious spectators, enjoying a doubtful plea
sure, but in a few minutes their suspence was
decided with the fate of the ships, which lay
wrecks upon the rocks, until they filled with
water, which was in a short time after they
struck. The apparent perilous situation of
the crews and gentlemen on board was dread
ful—in ships without rudders or keels, tum
bling from rock to rock, and rolling from side
t side, in a current which rates ten or fourteen
miles an hour, without a possibility of being
relieved from the shore Fortunately for the
lives on board, the ships filled on the rocks
without going to pieces.
The Rufus King endeavoured by casting her
anchors, after the Tuscarora struck, to avoid the
like blow, but the strength of the current was
too powerful, she struck near the same place,
and, drawing a few inches less water, bounded
past the bow. and carried away the head of the
Tuscarora and part of her railing, and lodged
about her length below.
Colonel Lord had returned from his ship
with the pilot and was on hoard the Rufus King.
During this time, his ship which had passed
withouialamage, dragged her anchor or parted
with it, and in spite of the exertions of the hands
on board, stranded on Sandy Island shoal,
which will be perfectly dry in a few days, if the
water continues to fall at the present rate—’tis
presumed she may be got off the next rise of
water without sustaining much damage—these
three ships drew nearly about the same depth
of water; the Ppnrose, which draws more, made
rio attempt to pass, and now lies safely in the
bason, where she has already weathered out
one year.
To close the misfortune, up to this evening,
of those gentlemen, whf enterprise entitles
them to the extreme reverse of what has be
fallen them, and to the best wishes of their
countrymen, a large covered boat (a lighter)
belonging to the owner of the Rufus King, and
]ving in the bason, laden with tobacco and cor
dage, took fire and was destroyed. The flame
unread so rapidly that the only alternative was
to extinguish it by sinking her—what part of
the cargo was not entirely lost is very much
damaged. The place was crouded with small
crafts, some of which received injury.
One solitary consolation is that no lives have
been lost—a man of the Rufus King was se
verely bruised with the tiller, perhaps mortally.
FOR TIIE EVENING LEDGER.
“ What would their grandmothers say, could
they see the present race of females attired in
the transparent robes of fashion? Would not
astonishment seal their lips r Would they not
naturally conclude that they had all become vo
taries cf the Paphian Queen ?” These ques
tions were addressed to me by my old friend
and namesake Dick Steady, whose observations
about the impropriety of female dress I had
been endeavoring to refute. Dick’s interro
gatories being rather unexpected, I felt at a loss
for a reply ; but quickly recovering from my
confusion, I exultingly told him, that our ideas
of modesty were as various as men’s tastes ;
that they differed in different ages, and among
different nations ; that they depended entirely
upon the habits and manners of the age. The
lady, sir, who now only shades her charms un
der the thinnest veil of fashion, would, in the
days of your grandmother, have blushed to
have, appeared under less than three petticoats,
yet she possesses as much real modesty as the
belles of the last century ; but her ideas of that
truly amiable quality have been improved, end
are regulated by the refined manners if this
enlightened age. In some countries, sir
Here I was interrupted by my friend, who in
dignantly exclaimed, “Aswell might you pre
tend, that men’s ideas of virtue have differed
in the different ages of mankind, and that
cheating and theft would be very laudable prac
tices, if they were only sanctioned by the man
ners of the timer. No, sir ; modesty is not
the something and nothing which you would
make it ; it is the ornament, and should be the
peculiar characteristic, of the softer sex. lam
an ok! bachelor, sir, and it is not probable I
shall marry ; but if I did, 1 should never suffer
my wife or my daughters to display their per
sons in the dresses which I have seen worn bv
those who move in the highest spheres of life,
and who should therefore ret a better example
to those who are beneath them.” Here, as I
found that there was no overcoming my friend’s
prejudice'?, who heel imbibed, in his youth, the
old-fashioned principles of the last generation,
I was glad to put a stop to the subject by re
penting thf proverb, that bachelor’s wives
an ‘. main s eh. itlare wed knight.” Dick
sniiiec, and I embraced the ‘opportune y to
lead to some otb; r topic of cenversation For
my part, I pumy Fiends observations
‘merely to show th ■ forceol afek ni prejudices.
I hope the ladies w'.d pay no regard to such
antiquated doctrines, but win mortify all the
ill-natured old bachelors, by sh. v in.; them how
totally regardless t'..:y arc of their reproaches
or censure. D ck Sj>;ughtlt.
THE Slir.El’ AND T ‘ ‘ !i It A MULE-BUSH.
A thick ttviiled brake, k: time of a ftormj
Seem’d k'ndly to cover a (keep ;
So f.iuj for a \ !,;k, be lay flielter’a and warm,
Jt c nelly foothYi him aflei;.
The clouds are now frittered, tb.e winds are at peace,
The sheep tc. bis pafiure inclin’d ;
But ah ! the fell thicket lays hold of his fleece,
And Ins coat is k b forfeit h hind.
My friend, who the thicket of law never try’d,
Conflder before you get in ;
Vho’ judgment ?.::•! ience are pafs’d on your fide,
lty Jove yoa’ll h. iieec’d to the fltin.
The Sam rites had r custom, which, in i
small a republic, and especially in their situ*. I
lion, must have produced admirable effects. 1
The young people were all convened in one J
place, and their conduct was examined, lie!
that was declared the best bf the whoie assem- \
bly, had leave given him to take wiiich wit I j
he pleased for his Wife ; the pci son that had •
been declearcd second best, chore alter him ; j
and so on, .Admirable institution ! ‘I he only
recommendation that young men could have
on this occasion, was owing to \ iriue, and to the
services done their country, lie who had Ike
greatest share of these endowments chosewhich
girl he liked out of the whole nation, Love,
beauty, chastity, birth and even wealth itself,
were all, in some measure, the dowry of vir
tue. A nobler and grander recompense, less
chargeable to a petty state, and more capable
of influencing both sexes, could scarce be ima
gined.
The Samnites were descended from the La
cedxmonians; anc! Plato, whose institutes are
only an improvement of those of Lycurgus, who
enacted very near the same law.
A miserable old man died lately in an ob
scure place in the Liberty, Dublin, who for a
great number of years had been the victim of
disease, and the most deplorable poverty.
On taking off an old wig, which he constantly
wore under his night cap during his illness,
some papers were found sewed up in the caul,
which, oil inspection, proved to be bank notes
to the amount of 97 j!. and in various parts of!
his tattered apparel, 71 half guineas were
found sewed up. It was a fortunate circum
stance that his only son, a private in the ma
lines, arrived from Plymouth but four hours i
before his death, to visit him, and into whose j
i hands tb.e property fell.— London paper, |
Savannah,
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY SO, ISO 7.
LITERARY NOTICE.
(comm VN tCATEI).)
Mr. DA\ ID A LLINSON, of New-Jersey, has
lately pubhfhed anew and very valuable Syltein of
Geography, entitled, GEOGRAPHY AN AMUSE
MENT.
It is comprehended in a lettered case, of ieventv
eight cards, each quarter of the world being printed
in letter of a different colour. One ot the ,ards is
explanatory of a play, to which they are adapted,
which may rationally entertain companies of fatliion
and the firft. clafics. Its result is, improvement in
the science.
T his worn will be of high import to schools and
parents, for the rapid improvement of their olf-
Iprmg, in a manner to engage their attention, and
wi’l render the labor attached to the fludv front
books light and entertaining to them, while it is a
great accommodation to travellers. The literati i.i
Philadelphia, New-York and Princeton, x. j have
given it their warm recomrtiendations, and Mr. Al
luilbn has already nearly disposed of an e.iition of
five tie hi land lets. Having heard <f his being in
Charleftoo, for the purpose of introducing th s work,
we hope he tnay adopt 1-me means for gratis, iug
thfc lovers cf literature and polite arts in this place
with fome copies of his valuable production.
A question lias been taken in the British
House ot Commons, m w hich the new minis
ters were left in a minority of 93 votes, whence
it was supposed, that the parliament would be
immediate!} dissolved.
Princetoh College, —By accounts from this
College, wc arc happy to say, that there is every
appeal ancc of a respectable number of students
continuing.— ‘/'rue American.
The committee appointed to superintend the
erection of the Monument in St. Paul’s, to liic
memory of the gallant Lord Nelson, have, it
is said, solicited Mr. Sheridan to write the in
scription.— Loudon paper.
Colonel Buns returned to Richmond from
the northward, on the 15th inst.
Greece and Rome had their Olympics and
other shews and games. An exhibition once a
year in or near Boston, Newport, Hartford,
New-York, Trenton, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Richmond, Raleigh, Charleston, Savannah, and
other large towns in the union, such as we had
when the constitution was set:led, wherein eve
ry trade walked with r.n emblem of their pro
fess on, would have an effect to encrease and
encourage our manufactures thus brought
yearly into view.— Aurora.
Commerce of America. In four days endin''-
Ute 21st of April, 115 vessels arrived at the
port of New-York, and on the last day >0 en
tered. On the same day property to the
amount five millions of dollars was entered at
the port of Philadelphia. In the course ol’
three days last vv-.-k, 40 vessels arrived at Bos
ton from foreign ports. From the first of De
cember to the 21st of March, 1.54 American
vessels arrived at Liverpool (liny.) and on the
!6tJi Feb. there were 137 American vessels
lying in that harbor.
A severe shock of an earthquake was felt at
Lineonville. Main, <• ri the 1 Olh ult. The con
sequence of which v. ar. the loss of general Ul
mer's milldam, part cf his mill, about 100,000
feet of boards and plank, together with the
handsome bii-.ig. at Duct;-Trap—all of which,
by the violence of a northwest wind, were car
ried out to .’ -a. The loss to gen. Ulmer, and
the Until, ‘S < ousb crab!:;.— Philadelphia J.upee.
The legislature of -Massachusetts, at their
late session, appointed a committee id investi
gate the accounts of Mr. Sullivan, then attor
ney general of that state and republican candi
date for governor. This was done at the in
stance of a Mr. Parsons, ti violent federalist,
and an inveterate personal enemy to Mr. Sul
livan It was hoped, by those v, ho supported
Mr. Parsons, that this investigation would ex
pose some intentional fault, or some uninten
tional inaccuracy, committed by Mr. Sullivan,
which Would destroy his popularity and prevent
his election. But notwithstanding the most ri
gorous search and most intense, application of
Mr. Pat-Sons, who was appointed a member of
this committee, no fault, or material inaccura
cy could be found. The attorney general’s
accounts had been correctly kept, ;-d bis ene
mies had the mortification to perceive, that
their efforts to injure his character but render
ed his integrity more conspicuous to the peo
ple.—Political Observatory.
Mabtued, on the 26th instant, by the rev.
father Carle, Mr. M. llcingeard , to Miss J. M.
li. Coquillon.
Rees’ Cyclopedia.
The Sixth Number of this work is just received, and
ready for delivery it this Office.
GRAND LODGE.
THE members of the GRAND LODGE of Geor
j(ia. and the refpeiftive Lodges by their proper
representatives, are notified to attend at the Grand
Lodge P.oom in the Filature, the fir ft Saturday in June
next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, being a grand quar
terly Comrr.unicanon. By order of the Right Wor
fhipfui Grand Mailer,
I). D. Williams Gravel Sec'ru.
I ,'d
PORT OF SAVANNA!!.
(IRIUV I,D.
Schr. Rambler, . New- York
CLEARED.
Ship MifTouri, Dunlap, Liverpool
Kcztah, Elliot;, Weft-Indies
Brig Dart, Hodgkins, Boston
Sloop Nancy, Gorham, New-York
Sully, Martin, Ditto
ProfpeiSt, Leller, Ditto
Schooners Industry, Brown ■ Union, Fulford ; ami
Sloops Republican, Dennison ; Delight, Cooper ; have
arrived at Charleston from this port. —Also, Hoop
Two Sifters, Woodworth, from Jcfferfon, Geo.
The Hoop Defiance, capt. Crary, of Groten, Con
neiSicut, hound from St. Augustine to Charleston, # jsi
captured on the 16th instant, about twenty-five miles
to the northward of Sr. Simon’s, by the lfritifh sloop
of war Driver and ordered for New-Providence. All
hands, except the captain, were taken out of her.
They arrived here the day before yesterday. The De
fiance had come fouthwardly on :t fifliing voyage ; hue
not meeting fuflicieiit encouragement in that line, had
taken freight for St. Augustine, and was returning to
Charleston with a cargo of deer-ikins, raw hides and
tanned leatPfer, ail American property.
i CnAntr.sToN, May 25.
On Friday la.ft, in ‘at. 29, 50, long. 7 1 ), 30, captain
Ililborn fuw a fleet of seven fail ol the lint*—they ihew
ed no colours.
The brig Eliza, Taylor, from this port for New-
Orleans, off the Havanna, was boarded by a Until)*
armed brig, aVld all his water taken from him, ill con
sequence of \\ hich, he was obliged to put into Havanna.
for a lreiii lupply ; having obtained which, he procee
ded on his voyage.
Ship Venelia, l’ox, from Montevideo for this port,
lias been cari led into Barbados's and condemned; the
captain and supercargo died on the passage.
The Britilh frigates Milan and Cleopatra, and Hoops
of war Halifax and Bermuda, anchored in the Chalk—
peake bay, on the 11th inll.
Savannah Association of Mechanics.
The Members cf the Savannah Association of
Mechanics are f. mmoned to meet at Gunn’s Ccffee-
Honfc, at half p ft levcn o'clot k THIS EVENING.
By order of the Picfident,
John F. Everitt, Secretary.
May 30.
Notice.
(">. N ,ilL ’ fi'ril a 1 day in July nex>, WTt.L BE
> SOLD, at the p antation of Francis Kennedy,
Ef'q. deccalt-d, II the pei fonal eflate of laid deceased,
eonlifting ot, one negro woman, three head of buries,
fix head of cattle, eleven head ol hogs. Also, one
Cotton Machine; houteho and and kitchen furniture!
p.'.ntation tools, fkc See. Conditions will be made
known on the day of sale.
i'-ly Kennedy Adm’r.
May 30 e 55
CORN;
1,800 bushels of good c;lt:ili(y,
in Smith & Boutko’s stoic, for sale by
. (!. Ovmler &. Cos.
May 30. 55
FOR i
The American snip
•Ksnscaffi** John (.idew, master,
~ <:o tclls burthen, will meet with immediate difpatch..i
Lot freight of 100 hales of cotton or puflage, apply
to the captain on board, or to 1 1
James & W illiam Ma^cc.
Landing from said ship mid for sate,
1.4 tons Liverpool COAL.
May SO. l 55
FOB NKW-YORK7
r*f& N A n"c Y,
s.joiin Landstomk, matter,
..(1 tons burthen. For freight nr passage, apply oil
boaid, at Smith and Ji'uirk’s wluirl, or to
A. G. (Jenifer Ik Cos.
M*y 30. 55
Chambers, Chatham Coimtv,
Inf rior Court , 27 1/i May , 1807.
Lewis Gleiscs, - !
ads. s. Mayor s Court.
John Jackson. J
ON the petition of I.ewis Oleifes. Hating that he 1#
confined in (began! of this county for debt,by
proce's from tb- mayor's court tbit he is unable to pay
the debts for which he is confined, or to g ve bail to
anftfer llie fame, or to support hitnfelf during ),,*
confinement, but is willing to deliver up all his elfate,
real and perfona], for the benefit of his creditors, and
praying to he admitted to the benefit of the liilslvent
debtor’s afls of this (fate.
Ii is oRmiRKo, t hat notice of this application he
served upon each of the creditors of the laid Lewis
Gleifes, or published in one of the gazettes, that they
may appear at the Court-House in Savannah, on the
fecondThurlday of Ja :e next, to fiiew cause, if any
they have, why the prayer of the .aid petitioner Ihould
not be granted.
Edward Telfair. }
A. S. Bulloch, 5 J-r ’ c ’ c ’ ci
May 30 55
\.-ff The Pews in the Baptist Church
will he disposed of on Monday next, the firft day of
June,forfix monthsfrom that period...thofe in arrears
jor PEW RENT, are desired to call and fettle the
ante prior to that period with either of the subferibers.
JOSEPH DAVIS, 1
IL BROOKS. L Trustees.
\Ym. PAT lERSON.J
May 26. s'!.
“notice. -
JOHN J. EVANS having purchased on’- half tbrf
oftablilhinent of this paper, it will in future he con
ducted by EVE KIT I & EVANS. They solicit a
continuance of f-vors from their friends and the public,
and assure them that every exertion in the r pbwer
will be made to defer ve it.
John F. Evcrift <
11 John J. Eviuu.