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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.