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i; A’ US. . , ‘ rl'.Oll ‘!■’ •*. UTCHhFJ :> WITNESS. I XTRACT FROM WAR • Pum not yd fuHifl tJ. ••••Such thy Jot, Columbia, happy land ! • U rh it yit In; wl. it- tin * and nature Hand. Piaci ! the e we hr.il, v. t'.h gratitude Cnetre, jvi, .1 h’.-lt the i . nd that wave* thine Olive litre. v.'l.ile f ri: tyrant* h-l.t the Uliwe of war, mtte out wot-, too great for man to bear, Jits* name • trivtll’rl on the lift* of fame, The just (ball honor and the good proclaim. f O’er the Cm U school w’.ofe leffoni arc but groans O'er 1 .nr< j •'srourtsaiidblood-ceniented thron ■ Piling, with nobler views bis genius towers, The rights of Man concentring all hi* powers. From the old fchool of politics and laws, i He builds no plans— no precedents he draws— On nature's t-jual hale his (ylleni Hands l,ion I for it* guard, and JosTitr for its hands, Hr al!<s no n it. n’ I'poi!* Ins fame to raile, lie courts no vain apphuife, no praife. ■Win n lo.u . of tyrant, crumble in the dust, }ly their own slaves retneitiber'd to be turft, To dearer monument* of lading fame, His Country’s love lhall bare hi. worthy name On him in vain the Itorms of (lander b tat, ;ie hears tin- tcnpefl howl beneath his feet— j). - aClio.’i’s ton;;ue in vain may drive to wound, 1 uk on the ti their calumnies rebound. .At FircJnu.’s facted sane ‘tis his to bead, And bis, in Peace, to make mankind h s friend, Virtue hi. bli:*—his joy a country’- good— And his the iauttl tliat’s UtlOain’u with blood. No more tl.vir conquer'd !and let tnonatth* boast, So dearly nurchas’d with the blood they cost. And ye,) “ ud w n ‘er* of tria nphant stone ! Ye chi” el si p.ib.'S, tlut vaunt what arms have done ! Time-braving columns! monument* that tell What cumpivlt plundered, and what kingdom* fell! Hence, low in the dust, let your vain ruins lit While Just ice tears lira pillars to the sky. Behold the treafur'd lands his wisdom gain’d No contjuell gor'd it, and no battle Pain'd— No heaps of dead, no feenes of dire and fpair— No widow’s tears, no wailing orphans there— No (laughter and tliouf.tnds gasping on Its plains; Nor blaxni;; towns, uor captive (laves in chains; ■ A nobler cnnip.teft l.nnr (hall Inn ■ record, Bought w itltout blood, and gained without (word! • Jrrrroos. f Louisiana. * —,t .. fcXiirrttTma asna i. THE DISCONTENTED GROUP , LI I F. is One continued fccne of rtlllels dil'quictude * the far greater part of which originates from comparing our own fit na tions w i h the rrnciecl happiness of others. The merchant fond ly believes he might have figured in ad fferent line from tn.it oi the couni ng-houle, anil being infi ni't-ly n ore fornrn.it.e : l‘ho far mer at times, calts a wifhlul eye or the charms of the ocean, end! draws a tacinatir.gpt&’jrc of pr f perous voyages , whillt tire fun ol Neptune sighs for a rural rc trtate to fhclter Iris wemher-bea ten limbs from the howling tern perl i and the hardy loldier u\.uld exchange condition with either As invidious parallels product dilcontent, it is pt ffible ilu* fame mav remove this plague of the Ireait, Not long lince, Capt.) j\lisen f L cur. L'trelock, Mr. Commerce, anti Squire Clumps , met by accident at uld VLi pot's. They had all formal oilier cm lVhemts *or felicity—dilappoint ment blaflcd expectation— they severally took the volume ol giun.bling, anti ink ri bed a! page to idle writ died riels. Mayhap, brotl er firelock, (fays the iap r a nj that jury-mall of yours was rigged m loin. : t..ught gck ; many a w. rlc one Ik;. . M zan has weathered ; erod ed ah the Lit war, o’ye iee, lofi three tinge's, and had ins main top lignt dowicu ; howtomdevtr clap’d ltoppeis tip-.n feme :ouv prizes, and an’t without yellow boys in the locker ; but whai frets ir.y liver is, Jack j luck ; thou, h 1 lay it ; but hoi work, cr t o work, blow higu blow low, ja k would be after a lot tune ar.d he made more ot the ready rh'no in three years, than old Hob has in ten. iba guyharo, iai.h ! and now he’s moored along hde a little l'nu r tender, with bve tl.ouland pounds onboard. Well, the world is for lorn-; ioiks—iivite my limbs ! cu’.'U think this, when \v.,s cabin boy. Zounds ! t ncj j> _ j C C s i iff t S • ) t ■ siv J) j to hue , a- (be l.iyii: - is. Mi/.tn, h ill chcJdcd with pas lion, Hopped fhoit, and tire i:eu lenant, who w is employed in rea ding a ntwlpaper, carelelsly re plied— No curl* of complaint, Captain ; the element that you have traverled is fickle and un certain ; to day you may riot on ‘the spoils of war, to-morrow i meet a watery tomb. Thank I your kind liars, and let TaiTaril ! thank hit. My circumstances are truly p'riabie; the lols of your tie to be sure, is lome thing ; but cunflder rnv leip tar ried off by a cannon ball at the Battle oi Brctci’s Hill, with this trufly oaken companion, I mar ched through the wilderness of j Canada, aflifled at the siege of Quebec, and iiave been as far i louth as Florida. Acknowleiig , merits, highly flattering to thr ! brave, honoured my fervicts. ! Alas ! these were dillindt from preferment ; and though our re gint'-ot ever loft its proportion of men, me officers remained, (and no chance remained for my j riling above the grade in which ! 1 entered the field at fir 11. ‘i he | enemy’s fho*, methought, res j pcCted corniniHion—would to j heaven there had been ielsofthis I poiiteriefs ! then try froll bitten limbs, often nailed to the cold j north, or broiling amid the fer vui lieat of a (jcorgia lun, mighc have little to be angry at j and perhaps the rank of captain, I with pay, rations, and fotue otn ier emoluments, would have finoothed the down hill path of lifr, and rendered a now lrklome journey agiteab e and plealant. I his, this is diltiellixigj cutting, ; indeed. A long sigh that succeeded, belpoke silence. Mr. Com -1 merce lowi red his pipe, from the Imoakirig crilire, and replied: i rue, very true, Lieutenant, 1 your lurdliiips are luperior to thole of t:ic captain, no doubt you have combatted hunger, tainted with thullor been expo sed to inlLmt death, whiUl lie * as bltlled with a fine ship, plen ty of provilions, and valuable Great indeed are the till; arity of your iicuations at rrlciic. For*une has heapeu upon him, what Ike has denied to you ; but ltd!, with yourcom mutaiion notes, the farm alotted oy Coiigrels, and penlion lor the loin ol a in. b, your lot in ex.s itnceis valliy prdrrable to nun . It s dilficult to regret the !oN o. I that, which in reality we iivei j poUdlcd. 1 began uadc wun a! j lot id capital of lon e inoufanus ■, ‘ to increak m nfflumcc is tht n- i tural wiih ol evciy uun. Inc belt plans were Jam wiiu h cum mer ciai knowledge aiforued, yet the billowy WAVtJ have de voured the profits ol many y.ar labour; nc, uniiei-wi mug, kxc have been equally uettruckve ! Confider, lir, what my mult be, alter the nuenlclt ap j plii ation to bulincis, lupporteii oy inflexible honclty, anu unauc j economy, ifius to be oelpoiicu l of happy expectations, and ri.-.u j my capital only incrcaied lodou i ble tlie prime lu.n ; when, a ‘the lame time, fcvcial ol my 1 neighbors, without abilities or : application, have auiallcu pounds to itiv pence. The very winds have conspired againlt my tran quilli y j and frequently ihc j lame gale that w feed another to excellent markets, has whelmed my hopes beneath the lurge. ! Lotr.tflic troubles, too, are nunc jui pencdion. hits. Commerce is a valuable woman, buc her temper is lorcver up, and this pipe is the only p!e. lure mat 1 | know 01. in truth, your fituu* jturns, gentlemen, are infinitely ! octter than mine. 1 hat may be, laid fquirc Cluaip, but neither of you have ji coafun to be wretched. Capt ( ! Miz.-n's lot is rather enviabk Hun otherways} he has mor. ““*■l a i..laCtCnLjj wiihnut cvci .icing to La again.— Ine l_,icu.. independent ut that adoration j “'-iidi waits on the i jldrer, nu, quietly pais away life os th 6 .ii*. ,1 * i a., *. • i a ..!ic .. - j .‘if. or forells < f th it It m;-.* L j.ien. Mi. Commerce, to ii (lire, lus encount’ red ti.i;L* vi 'fi/Titudes which are comriton to mt rehants in every dime ; ari tht.ugh Madam is frettilh, has enough to pay his bills, when her tuneful alarm never vibrated. As for myfelf, ay, luch a llory,! I can tell, as breathes real mis-; fortune* It is’i t more than two years pad, since Great n eadow v/as overflown by a sudden rifr of the river ; and what, with hedging and ditching, coil me an enormous hum. The drought that came on the next hummer was more than treble detriment to the inundation ; thole heavy rains which followed, were en j urely out of time ; they came jexa&iy in hay-making;—things might be managed much better —the mildew attacks one feufon he froft f ts in too early ano-! ther—the winters are colder than j ti.ey ought to be—the Iprings are very uectilfui—hot weatner ne ver lalls long enough—.he can- : ker-worm took my apple-trees’ —the Heflian fly ruined my j wheat—and now for want ol! mow to cover tlie winter rye, ! inail lose at iealta hundred buih-! els, —and again, our taxes : sv, 11, well, we mull not talk againlt; government;—wild 1 was at helm, there would have been more know by this time. Old Phil pot, who had rather impatiently heard all this talk,', and not a word about the thej Lakh, kept ltirring t .eingredi-j : ents by a lenfibie harranguc frc.'.i ’ .the bai-room :—Dal your hon jots Caii?—Coming, gentlemen! I —life is l.ke a bowl of punch , 1 i the lour and me l .vecc maice i,s richness: how inlipid is the wa ter alone ! the iugaris nut agree able without the tialh of acids, anu these are nothtrig compara ble to jvints, gentlemen-—I lay, if you have none or your own insert them from the land oi concent, 1 nave ventured a ui (k at lea ; it was my all ; wen away it went, and bolomon threw lorrow after it ; —again one or two campaigns with the army : then turned trader, finally be came a farmer, now a publican • have had louring plenty, buc ev tr kept the real i weets to mix with them : Life is like a bowl 0 f punch—the i'weets would be taltclels without the fojrir.g ; tis in the m xmg of che ir.gredi cnis, that’s aii ; < he oofei vation wss new ! it firm k them forcibly ; and ali j p-r les agn ed with Solomon, mac lue was like a bowl of punch- SHFKIFF’s SALL. On the first Tuesday in OBobcr n v/, IVILL BE SOLD , at i the Court b*use in Bullod \ County, between tie hours oj to ana 3 o'clock, S AiGtl T hundred xAcrcs Pink • Lam), lying on t :e watt, otwyprefs Creek, in laid coun ty, and adjoining iamls of i iihu Wiggins, Francis Pugh and o thers,aan.. n . J each tradt is a plan- j tation ; taken under execution as! the property of Samuel Lock- 1 rare esqr. to f3tisfy adminiftra- 1 tors of Dudiy Sneed, executoisi of Benjamin Richardibn, and! two exc utions returr.red by tlie ’ j constable in favor of A. Woo.is J The above property pointed out: by the de endant. Conditions Cash, DANIEL BOATWRIGHT, sec I Augiilt 14 tS 404 no 1 iceT who have claims I againlt the Elfate o: Peter Knight deceased ; will pleuie render them without delay ; and thole indebted, are requeiled to ’ mane payment to JOHN ROSS, Adminijlr&tor, St. Mary?., Augujl 1 g > * IHE SUBSCRIBER, TNTLXDINO to leave the llatc a :Vv ‘ i- weeks, hit will bf cendaeud h j John- Lawson, Wj*. Davie* tr K. M St res lifqs. JEREMIAH CUYLER. I AujjLrfi rj ts t > |\ C’ P t “7 ‘ • KD l i -LJ 1 Tx i xL ‘ j jum 21 , iKcf. % ‘■} J IiLkLAS the Comrr is v V fioners of the Sinkinn Fund, at a meeting held on the ALh day of April,~iSo6, did te foive, that the sum rerraininp to complete the expenditure oAhe j annual appropriation of EIGHT j MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, fiiould among ocher purposes be , applied to the reimbursement oh the NAVY SIX PER CENT. S I Ov-K, created in purluance of an act of Congreis, passed! on the goth day of June, 1798, i and to the reimouriernent of the five and half per CEN I . SI OCK, created in purluance of an act of Consrefs, j p-fifed on the 3d day of fvlarclg I 1 7 95* 1 his is tlierefore to give no- 1 tire, that the principal of the! said NAVY SIX PER CENT.) STOCK, with the imeiefl due; thereon, wilß on lurrender of the ! certificates, be paid on the ifi I day of October next ensuing rhe f date hereof, to the rdpebtive, flock holders or their lawful re- ■ prclentatives or attorriics dn!\- ! con Hi luted and authorized, ci-! r -hci at the dre-dury or ?t th. I Loan Office, as the case mat : bi*, where credits liave been 1 given for the a .ount of flock,! riipedtivcly held by them: am! r hat tht principal of the FIVE! AND HALF PER CENT, j STOCK, with the interell due’ thereon, will in like manner,! ad at the lame places, be pEd ! o , tue Ift dav of January, 1807,! to t..e r lpeftive ftockhoiders,; or their lawful reprefematives or attoriues duly con limited and authorized. It is further made known, for! the ir,forma ion of the parties! concerned, that no transfers o j tne NAVY SIX PER CEN r . I Ov K, eitht r from or to the j Docks of the 1 realmy, or from or to the books of a Commis fioner of Loans, will be allow ed after the ill day of September ensuing. And the inccrefl on all ce-tificaies of laid flocks, whi. h shall not have been sur rendered, in purluance of this notification, will ceale and <le rermine, 01 the day preceding the day hereby fixed for the re imbursement thereof ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary ts tht Treofury• July 15 Cj2 tbjo — , 1 MARSHAL'S SALES. ; On the fi>jl Tuesday in October, 1 next.. WILL BE SOLD, at the j Court-Houje in tie City of Sa vannah, Y JfALF of the Wharf and X X S ores, bounded Eaftwaru bv MefTrs. Caig and Mirchel, & Weft by Richard Wayne’s wharf;; one Lot with the imp ovemenrs | in Franklin Ward.. 60 feet in| .front and 90 feet in depth. Lot No. 37, Wallrington Ward, wi h the improvements; onefou.th of a ioc fronting rhe lane, at prefect oc upied by Ann M’Curday, it, Dicker Ward ; 2600 acres Land *>n Black Creek,Bulloch county j one undivided moiety of tne Bea vci Dun Tr act in Striven coun ty. 28 t-2 acres cn the Aiata rnaha, fold under execution ob tained by William ll iljon againlt Henry Putnam, BEN. WALL, m n. c September 6. 409. CAUTION . TANARUS T ASTERS anil Owners of VtiTeli lVi are nctittL-d, that it is unlawful to ! load or unload any yait of their cargoes at, or near Five Fathom Hole, uniefi the fame is performed at the wharves, there built for the purpefe. All viola | lore of the sd, puffed june 2‘j, ISO 6. will be profeculei without diicrimi ia , tion. 1 S. De MONTMOLLIN. Aiiguli 9. law. 2m. 100 NO TICF. A FE persons having demands arih.ift A the !ar- James >icl: i’an, F.fq. or a | jar-;: the i eriber ir i. s out, name, or a* I executor of the ellate of Mrffmxn, will plcaic hand them in faon as peiabie, du lv at'sited, tv M-. Wi.nam lein, tKat the (ante IV,aj ej, .■ a train for fettiement. James Oliver. A g ft 2) l*i - . •- I NYHAN GFT EEW RTiTTF F TTOTJQF j i r ff - ’ FIE fubferiber ta):fs the libetly, _3. refpef ifully, to ioform the puL .c j and l.is friends, that from the encouratg -1 tr.tnt and favorable cpinion maniftfted to i him, by a chi f part of the citizens of j Savannah, since his tflablifliment in this place, 1 tie Trufiees of the Exchange ! were induced to dispose, in his favor, of the upper part of tiiis building, where lie ! intends to open on the ijth day of Cu i tober next, AN EXCHANGE 9 | Being a,n imitation of London and of the .large cities of the United States. There the Merchants, Planters and Travellers, may daily meet in a limiier manner, in order to tranfadt Commercial Business, :£cc. News-papers of the meft mtereft ; ing kind, th ail be kept, with a ma= j rime register, informing of the ar. j rival and clearances of vtffels ; and news ; may often be communicated quicker thara ! through the channel of the papers. Hand-bills shall be poaited in u ! convenient place, containing the articles | offered for Hie ;t the auttiona in tfcecity, j the names (ts such velfris as are offered j for lu'e or charter, arid of the proprie tors, and ycerally v:!latent - is relating i to laics of ail deferiptions, either houfeo, 1 negroes or pitiuaticns. Oi.e wilt lind ever.’ day at eight and at two tt’ciot.ti, a *1 i-ltie neatly drei.- cn, ami i>n n .derate tctrr.s to accommo date til p-.rlons, ci’-her by the meal oy by the day, and vve. itlyor quartery. Cotfre, Tea, Chocolate, private Break fail ~ and Dinners or Reliihes and Oyltcrs, prepared r . toe tails of the 0 Keren! v iitors, ffu.ll oc got ev ry day on very r.-tt.-nai.-.r term*. The Bar. Room lhall be luppiie ; with Spirits and foreign Wines, and any well choien Li quors. The different Sccietits or Clubs, that my delire to form AIF nibbles, Ba.’a cr Concerts, will fv.d rooms tor tltcip accommodiaiion, furr.ifiled in a manner that he Ihttefs himfelf will meet their approbation. The fubferiber, from his endeavors to form in a commodious place, an cf ; tabliihment, that mull in course afford to the citizens ot Savannah the fame great advantages er joyed m ail the towns of this continent, hopes to receive tits encouragement his laborious exertions will require, to deserve the confidence and gratitude of the public in general. (<S> A BAR KEEPER u wanted, with good recommen dations. L. GLEISES. AllgUft 29 406 FOR SALE. r "I~ i FIOSE two very plcafantly fi’.uac- J|. cd LOTS, in the city or Savan nah, in Broughton Itreet, No. 2 ana 15, Anfou Ward, neatly opposite to the reiidence ot Mr. S. li. Gtackhoufe. A L S 0, Two, Lots cor.tdr.ing 45 Acres each, lin Anson Ward, No. 2 and 3, situate in i the neighborhood of the Plantation of i George Milieu, idfq and being vry val. I cable on account cf their beiug near to ! the city of Savannah. T!is moft char and indisputable titles for laid Lots, deduced from the original grantee, will be executed to the 1. chafer, and a very exteofive and Ih. i credit will be granted for the payment of the conft.ieration money. For t. e ; particular terms and conditions of Lit, 1 apply in Savannah, to either of the sub” | icribers. GEORGE WOODRUFF, JOHN LAWSON. September 6, 3 m. 109. EXECUTORS SALES. CN the firjl Tuesday it October next, will be soul at the Court bcvfe of th* c.ty 0 Savannah, parfuant to on order for that pu>pofe si tainedfrom the hon. the I ayerior (Hurt of the county of Chat ham. ALL that I land cr trxA cf land, genet ally known and called BURNSIDES, in the countyafort said, containing about two hundred and sixty acres cf piac’i t COTTON LAND, and a body c-f Marlh adjoining thereto, situated between Lev,lie and Skitiaway Iflar.d, bel g part of the real estate of Jacob V. ck burger deceased, together with the L iiidmgs thereon, and the ap. i pertenaucee tl.-r to belonging. Terms ! to be mad. knot a on the day of faie. John Milledge, Erc’r. of th efute f Jacob Wald burger. J Ay §5 TAKE NOTICE, ’T’ - L\ F in nine month* frem tha date he:toi, cpp.ication w.*i be n.adc to li.e ti.e j .-.fticea of the Inferior, Court, ior t!:e county of Buliocn, for leave to L i ail that trait of Isnd, con taining 475 acres more or lcfs, iyirg ia the counties cf Bryan and Bulioch, the jurr.e be: 15 part of the cftite of Wnj. Slater Uec'd. F m. -’ Idler, sdm’r. Ml'J 6. rnA 7.