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the following J’./iiu I'd SO.YG ... from the pen rs ‘tin of. in Poe it if Petcrshurgh. TL'Ni’.— H AN'T FI PUCK. Whit pfeafmrr fceues before me ran. When nature firit proclaim’d me m_r, And Love's foft tou.l.c* just beg .in To warm my youthful fancy. What emllef* bills before me grew, When brufliing ii/ht the morning dew, On pleafure’v viugs I gaily flew, To meat my blooming Nancy. All nature’s way, were new to me, JViy mind from ev'ry care was free, ■So;* tnulic breath’d from ev’ry tree, To charm the enraptured fancy. The lwedteft flower that feents the gale, The Muffling rose and lilly pale, With all their glowing tints would fail. To paint my charming Nancy. Alai! how ftiort our pleasures last, Jull seen to-day, to-morrow past, So.tie with’ring, fome destroying hlaft, To ruin givei the fancy. No ray of hope art,uiul appear*, The Maid I lov’d, no longer cheers, The gloom of death ah nature wears, for falfe was lovely Nancy. J'or fut: Georgia Republican. lilt, OCCASION Al. VISITO It No. 111. ON GENIUS. Os t.ld, thefc met rewards who could excel, And iuch were prailed wiio hut cubiavuuii well ; T'ho’ triumph* were to generals only due, < ‘rosvns were rei’erved to grace the soldier too. Now, they svho reach I'aniailes’ lofty crown, I'.innloy their pains to spurn fume utbei-s down. Pope. As, in tltotuijsing the present topic 1 shall nearly pursue the s.upc ipcthod us hi iftv last number, it may not be unue ee'-sofy to call the attention of my rea clei > to it, so that 1 may avoid any im proper rcpiaiiion, and that the chain may be eoimistently continued. ‘Vue c sjK.users of the opinion under discussion, which I consider most injure* a,ii. to liicruturc, jirclend it is sufficiently supporicil by e.xpt rtenee. Let us, there ■Jbie, examine the instances they pro it ice., and if v.e succeed in overturning them, we may then bring forward whhl oilier argument that may occur to ren u, r the victory complete. The inst'i'ices on which this opinion scemscl-i llv to rest arc very inconclusi ve and contradictory Stephen Duck and linbeit limns are by many adduced us convincing examples ; yet it will not Ik difficult, I think, to prove them inap plicable. They possessed very dilVcrcnt meri. as poets, very different characters as men, and only agree in both having .bred originally in an humble situation. Duck po .se ,set! considerable, industry, and some talents, which were only ren dered rerrjarkabie from ;i consideration ol’the humble and laborious tut ion in life whieii the possessor occupied. Con t idei’ing the small opportunities h<‘ en joyed, he was justly thought an object ot curiosity null luLniraUQU. lie attracted the lum oot tb” i re at | and whim by ji .a tons liberality, he was i i.nmv.ed 1:out his humble, situation to one more suitable to bis merit:., he conducted him- Mis V. iib greater propriety. His patrons hail no c.’.iru to repent vvb.it they had (lore, ;.t ii t 1 ncy. r heard any anecdote v, ! i h i mi l warrant .an. h an assertion. 1 But it iss.ud he went m.iJ,und comntiu ed suicide, which he would not have ilorn had he commut'd in the barn.— \\ nut reason have we for supposing so : A e labourir i men never afibcted with insanity ■ lively one sees tile h.ilaev ol , a.i iuleretice. lucre is however . i! , .er instr.t.cV. which some may con sider more ten iblc. ;<obi it Hums, a man whose talents are universally acknowledged, in the ln:;n.b'.c and peaceful walk ol a huslmnd man, was, by the inconsiderate rashness ~i his admirers, led into company and Urns forced to incur unnecessary expoti ic . ; l< support wliii in the g< nerosii v of im enlightened countt v pennitt'cil him, towards the close id lusliie. to accept the res/ . a..l< place ol an exciseman, with a salat v of 50 pounds per annum ! —He was known, live other moulds to have hi ! l ings ;be was known to have con tracted some destructive'halijls ; and to i v re ui these unC'itunatc failings, he vv ..s made an exci email 1 la t net his imprudence i>e mentioned, tor lm mav ’ e justiv stiied ‘* the glory id bis i otiiurv, in ‘ the shamed’ The arguments drawn in hi, example must be fallacious, tl,r instead ol bci'ig rtn.-cd, li Was, >i po- ,and ’c If ; e\v po*uvSS . Tilt St’eugth of mir<lto itvcounti • prosperity with na.sle s-c. . - su* ( >-'sc thatUv)iic vviioan-giii e.l “ ltl, genius arc luJ'le to ’-e mg \icat , iv. rD..peri y would bi untrue ; but . , ot.nil tliev are not more liable than n per .le*crmbi’!is of men. On the con i’ v, as a desire for knowledge gencrol- J, act ••■">.,nil's genius, and knowledge; i ..s an evident tendency to bring our pus- j • ou.mme under the subjection of rva-j hu. pro- peii'v ftauuol have such a povv-j <■ )v’ i decl on the in. as on other-people, i i am led to iwfuevt*, as hinted above.! tin* opi l iicn 1 have Iren endeavoring to , ‘-.’rerrtis n i. founded on tlie most > d!r motives: and it nisv not 1h: whoMv i.pi (s''.iCive lit advantage to cx tmii'.ve viiv.it t’*r g motives are. 1; is ~i nous itircumstance, that th* existc'irr ol soia, vices rirmoustvaLe t i.r vittne*. vb .icier itrc ruisjn iu-oiiist i:i-.v .!■” to ti-.e contrary** s the pix ,t- • h-.n prir,’ tpe of human nature. \ ice is seldom successful, except when she assume: the garb of virtue. Virtue, by this, is evidently proved to predominaie on the woreil ; and Hy ]ocmy, which vice iindj necessary to practise, sprirr from tliis source. Hut if this sentiment demanded any proof, w c need only exa mine our own minds. If we have ever committed an immoral or faulty action, we shall find, on retrospection, that at the time we did not perceive those marks of vice in the affair which now I perhaps appear so glaring. I have sometimes thought, although it may be carry ing the argument too far, that the worst actions arc committed through a mistaken way of seeing things, and sup posed the. perpetrator had at the time some method of palliating the crime lie whs about to commit. Indeed we all act thus in a greater or less degree. llow fond are v. e to grasp at any ration al excuse for an irrational action ! when we neglect the pel formance of our duty, how anxious arc we to discover some pretext for such neglect 1 Thus, noth ing!, nioie common than to hear people excuse themselves from giving charity by asserting that all mendicants, or those who need it, are impostors, whom it is iuijk pcr to encourage. From a similar source, or one more impure, lias arisen the opinion I have been combating; people who have no in clination to assist merit ni distress, have, to conceal their unamiable dispositions, used the pretext that it was dangerous or improper. That there arc people of such a narrow disposition is too well known, fully aware-of the blessings of knowledge, they would wish none to en joy those blessings but themselves. Ta lents are the immediate gift of Heaven, and it is not in their power cither to cn rreasc or diminish the number of their possessors; biit'in some instances, they have it in their power to prevent the cul tivation ol those talents, and this they endeavour to efiici tuate. It is to be ho ped that all good men will unite in op posig'*prini iples so repugnant to bene volence. and the cause of learning. While,! respect Queen Caroline for her attention to Stephen Duck, 1 cannot but deprecate the motives which actua ted Svv ill to employ bis pen in ridiculing her for an action which certainly deser ved commendation. Among the really virtuous, there can be, I tliink, but one opinion on the pro priety cd encouraging genius. Let, then, every person desirous of maintain ing tfiat character, join cheerfully in the glorious undertaking—Let them honor ■the name and imitate the virtues of a C apel Lofft—Let them detest the cold hearted prudence of an Horace, Wal pole or a Windham. *,* LOST.*/ ON Saturday last a hunch of small kI'AS. Any person delivering t/.etH to theJirintcrs of 0is /taper wdl be rewarded. January 16. ts. 5. In Council, Savannah, January 19, 1807. RESOLVED, That an Elefltion be I held at the Baptill Church, on Faiday the 30th in ft. for an ALDERMAN to reptefent Franklin Ward, in the room of John Gumming, Esq. resigned ; and that Benjamin Wall, George Harral, & John Dillon, Efqs. be, & they are here, by appointed Managers to funerintend the fame. Ref Iveii, That an Eledlion be hrid at the Prelbyterian Church, on the fame day, for au ALDERMAN to rep re but Heathcote Ward, in the room of Oliver bturges, Elq. resigned ; and that Muirs bheftall, 1 homas Dechcneaux, *.d Jolhua E. White, Flqi. be, and arc hereby appointed managers to fuperin. tend ‘.he tame. Extract from the Minutes. Joh l . Holies , c. c The City Marshal Reported to Council, 1 hat in obedience to an or der of the 2zd December last, he had re. entered upon a number of lots, for ar. rears of Rent, VIZ. franklin Ward -No. x 6, 24, i 7 , , 9 , J 7. Warren Ward —No. 4 . Walhington Ward—No.3, 13, 14. Liberty Ward—No. 7 , , 7 , ,8,24, 35, 26, Columbia Ward—No. 8, Q , 10. 12 -n -r Oreen W aid- No. 2, 7, 6, io, ul2 n 14. 16, *s, 1 3 , 38, Sg, 40. ‘ Kl'.Krt Ward-No. 1,17, ,8, 2*, 31, ,5. huV'Un Nt w Ward- -No 8 CHARLES COPE, C. M. U’hertufon Ordered, That the Mar lhal do ex pole the said LOTS, to pub lic talc, upon the terms, and conditions preferibed by the Qrninances of the ci v, giving ten days notice of such inten -.id fairs by advertifemeut in the Ga ieties of the city. E.xtitiU from the Alinutet • JOB T. BOLLES, c. c. In Compliance with the above order, I do hereby give notice, | that 1 will v>u Friday the 30th proceed j to the tale ot the above lots between the J hours of 10 and 5 o’clock, at the Court : house in this city in terms of the Ordi- I nances, in filch caie made and provided. ) CHARLES COPE, C. M. Sav. January * j, iScy. 7 ASSIZE, for January 1807. 1 lit prav of FLOI R liriug 9 tlolLrs per X bar:l Jtßi ADmuft weigh, Vl^. ,12- 1-2 cents ’.o.if I (J l-l tentj loaf 2lb Soz. I IHi 3 1-2 Qt wfi-ch all bakers and Sillers of Bread art to lake are ar. J particular uoticy. j J. MAk-liALL, City i rtafurer. Foreign •* News . 1 LONDON, November* 15. The arrivals since our last are a mail from Hamburg,a mail fromGottenburgh, and French and Dutch papers to the Bth and 12tb inst. The Motriteur gives us eight additional bulletins from the Grand Army, making the whole number of these curious productions twenty-one ; but from these we derive very little in formation, and that little very unsatisfac tory, relative to the operations of the CONTINENTAL WAIL From what wc can collect from the French and German accounts before us, the remains of the Prussian army, after the battle of Jena, were collected in two div isions, the one under the command ol Prince Hohcnlohe, estimated at the 30,000 men ; the oilier of nearly an c qual force, under the Dukes of Wei mar and Brunswick. Oels; the object of both, of course, was to gain the Oder, and to interpose that river between them and their pursuers. Prince Hohcnlohe,’ after the decisive battle, retreated to Magdeburg, where, according to the French bulletins, lie wasted that time in fruitless attempts to collect an army that might have secured ifis retreat. When he did retire, he took the road from Hatbi-now, and was between that place and Iluppinonthe 25thuh. The French immediately on their entering Berlin, pushed-forwardn column of their troops which, ascending the Havel, took a po sition at Zehdenich, and some miles to live north west of Berlin. Here on the 26th ult. Murat’s corps, consisting entirely of cavalry, encounter ed the Prussian cavalry (6000 strong) composing the advanced guard of Prince llohenlohe’s army. The latter accord ing to the French accounts, were def eated, with the loss of 1000 men, in kill ed and prisoners. It is, however,pretty apparent, that the enemy gained no de cisive advantage, for Murat found it ne cessary to order up the division of Las nes, to support his cavalry ; and in a sub sequent bulletin, it is stated, that Murat, Lasncs, and Bernadette, w crestll in pur suit of Prince Hohcnlohe, who, after the affair of Zehdenich, was obliged to change his route, and march upon Furs te u burgh. The Hamburgh papers of the 4th, mention a report of the Prince’s army having been defeated at Neustadt, and himself made prisoner; but the report is condraclictcd in the papers of the lollow ing day, and there is reason to hope, that the Prince’s corps may have made its way to the Oder, though not fithoul considerable loss. The other part of the Prussian army, under the dukes of Weimar and Bruns wick Oels, crossed the Elbe at Taugcr munde and Sanriau, on the 26th and 27th ult. They were much incommoded in their march hy the French, who had crossed at Desrau and Wittemberg.— They were also pursued by Souh’s corps, which crossed the Elbe at Taugermunde on the 25th ult. according to the French bulletins, but the Hamburgh papers say not till the 31st. Ihe French accounts say nothing of any fighting with this part of the Prussian army, but there are reports in the Hamburgh papers of its having been beaten at Piauen anil Gus trow, and that its retreat to the Oder hav ing been found impracticable, it had withdrawn into Swedish Pomerania. The French are stated to he in the possession of Stettin, but it does not ap pear that they had crossed the Oder at at the date of the leatest accounts. Bo naparte-entered Berlin on the 27th ult The city was illuminated in the evening. A sort of popular police has been ap pointed to manage the affairs of the city, and to-preserve ordcrampngthc citizens; hut as to the courtiers, whom Napoleon is pleased to consider as the authors of the war, he declares—“ he shall reduce them to such extremities that they shall be obliged to beg their bread!” The fortress of Madgeburgh is block aded under General Ncy. The fortress of Spandau surrendered to the French, by capitulation, on the 25th ult. Such are the meagre accounts of the operations of the war, which we can col lect trom the French ic German papers. Ills upon the whole evident that nothing could afford to the Prussians the smal lest chance of being able to rally and re cruit their force, but the support of the Russians, and we arg. happy to say that the important fact of their junction with the Prussians can be announced, upon French authority—where, when, or in what force, wc cannot state, but Bona parte, in a proclamation to his army, im pended to one of his Bulletins, announ ces his intention of proceeding to meet the Russians and Prussians, reho reerc advancing. The King and Queen of Prussia, according to some -accounts, had retired behind the Yistual, but other ac counts say, that his Majesty was at Bres lau, whither he had gone to meet the Russians. Report says, that his majes ty is pledged to make no peace with France, without the consent of the Em peror of Russia; but other accounts say, that he had actually demanded peace Jc that 1 alleyrand had in consequence, been ordered to repair to Berlin. ’ The report incur last postcrijft, of the march of a French force to take ikisscs sion of.Swedish Pomerania, appears to have been too well founded. Tbe Ham burgh papers suite, that by the rapid and unexpected advance of the French, the Swedish troops w hich were in Lau enbut gh were in great danger of being cut off’. The French had got between them and Swedish Pomerania, and they were too few in number (piot above 1.400) to attempt to fight their way. h became necessary, therefore, that they should endeavor to effect their retreat by sea : Accordingly they entered Lu bcck by force, with the intention of em barking for Stralsund, which has also been declared in a state of seige. ihe Elector of Hesse, whose neau trality Bonaparte had recognized only eight days before the battle of Jena, has experienced just the same fate as if he had joined Prussia. War has been de clared against him, upon what pretence, we know not; and the French hav c ta ken possession of Casscl. The latest letters from Hamburgh positively state, that no French troops had entered Hanover, and it was the o pinion of the best informed persons,that both Hamburgh and Bremen would be suffered to remain unmolested. It has been suggested that Austria lias it now in her power to act with as much, if not with more effect, than Prussia had last year, and that, if the ar my collected under the Archduke Charles (100,000 strong) were boldly to bear down from Bohemia, through Sax ony, and place themselves on the rear of the French, while they are in an ene my’s country, and perhaps opposed in front by the Russians, Bonaparte would be in the most dangerous situation in which he was ever placed—but, disas trous as the commencement of the cam-, paign has been, no movement of lint- : kind was to lie expected ; and, to our extreme mortification, it has been re peatedly stated, on the authority of Dutch letters, that Austria has been in duced to join in the war against Pr.tssia, and is marching an army to take posses sion of Silesia! As Cattaro is still in the hands of Die Russians and Montenegrins, an agree ment has been entered into, as it is said, between France and Austria, by Witch the former power is to keep possession of Goentz and Gradisca, until Cattaro is delivered to the French ; in consequence of this arrangement, Bratuiau will spee dily. be given up to the house of Aus tria. The letters by the Gottcnburgh mail impute the decisive success of the French in the battle of Jena, to the trea chery of one of the generals in the Prus sian army, who presented an opening, in the corps which he commanded, into which the enemy poured a column of in fantry, and got into the rear of the Prus sians. AP.S. to one of the letters states, that the general has been hanged, and Ilaugwitz arrested. SPAIN. It is certain that military preparations to a considerable extent, are going for ward in Spain. A proclamation Ims lurn issued by the Prince of Peace, soliciting voluntary succours proportioned to the wants ot the state. Phe-object of.tiese preparations is variously reported ; some say to repel a threatened invasion ; oth ers’to repress internal commotions,ap prehended from the unpopularity of the minion of France, the Prince of Peace. The real object most probably is, that of commanding a disposcable force for protecting the distant possessions of Spain. ITALY. M hilst the French have been suc cessful in one part of the Continent, there is reason to believe that they have again been made to feel the prowess of the British arms, in another part of the Con tinent. It appears by,, sonic articles brought by the Hamburgh mail, that the. English trowps, in conjunction with tl-e Neapolitans, had formed an entrenched camp near Amantea, in Calabria. This camp the French were to attack on the 29th or 30th of September. An article from Naples of the 10th of October, gives us great reason tb believe that the attack lias been made, and lias failed— it states, that “ no official accounts have yet been received of the attack which was made upon the camp at Amantea, near Cosenza, in Calabria. The report that it had failed requires confirmation.” ft is indeed admitted in the French ac counts, that Massena advancuori nit slow - ly, and that he was kept inconstant a larm by the insurgents ; and cautiously as their statements are worded, it would* seem that they had met with some se vere checks in their progress. TURKEY. Disixitchca have been received from Mr. Arbuthixot at Constantinople. I’hcy contain, we understand, the important information that the Porte, under die in fluence of French councils, has been induced to dissolve its allianec with Russia. This renunciation of the poli cy, to the observance of which it is that the Porte owes its existence as a nation, cannot tail t.o terminate in a war between thesc’two powers. It is indeed proba ble that it has already commenced, for, according to some accounts, the Grand Seignior, in the same breath, not only renounced his relations wiih Russia, but formally declared war against her. This event has not been unexpected bv the court ot St. Petersburg!!. It has vigi lantly marked the progress of the French ascendancy at Constantinople, and i-i -----c yeased its armies on the Turkish fron tier in proportion to the influence which 1- rtuice obtained in the Divan. Not witiistantiing the extraordinar- cxer tifnK wliich the Emperor Alexander is making, to pull down the common en emy ot the Continent, fi.e has also an ar my assembled on the Continent of Mol davia, sufficient at least to restrain, if not to overwhelm the Ottoman forces. Whether tile arms of France or Rus sia prevail, the event is the same to the l urkish Empire ; and Constantinople will probahh change its master in-a few months. HAGI F., November 4. . Gazette Jo i traprdirairy, —Thp advan ced guartl ol the army of the North, commanded by the k ite, arrived at Pi derborrt on the 3ri'.h ult. and began is ntarrh for Casscl, immediately aftc/r the arrivaT cf an aid-de-camp belonging to Marshal Mortier, announcing ti at war was declared against Hesse, end the Marshal’s corps already far advanced into that louiitrv. requited the presence of that army. Thc.v arrived before Ca-,- sel cn ;he Ist of Nov. in the morning, and took their station bcfoie the place, which was already occupied by the troops under Marshal niordcr. TWENTIETH BULLETIN. CHAJiLOrtENUl HGH, Oct. 27. As the military movements are no longer uncertain, they are become still more interesting, by the contrivances of marches and manoeuvers. The inde fatigable Grand Duke of Berg was at Zotidenack on the 26th, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, withu brigade of light cavalry, under Gen. Lasalle, while tbe division of dragoons, under Genls..Beav niont and Groucey, were marching to W.c same point. The brigade under Gen. Lasalle pi e sen’od itself tithe enemy, who opposed i’v.ith 6000 cavalry. This was the whole of the cavalry of the Prussian army th- 1 had escaped from .VTagdeburgh, forming the advanced guard of Prince HcHeido he’s corps, directing their march towards Stettin. At four in the afternoon, when both divisions of the cavalry had arrived, gen. Lasalle attacked the enemy w ith his u sual int repiditv, w hich has always formed the character of the French hussars and yagars, in the present war. The ene my’s line, though formed three deep, was broken ; they Were pursued in the village of Zcdhenicl, and thrown into confusion in the defiles. The Queen’s regiment of dragoons ndeavoreu to re cover themselves, but the di agtions of Grouchy’s division soon shewed them selves, fell upon the enemy, and made dreadful havock among them. Ajpart of these 6000 cavalry were divided into the morasses ; 300 remained upon the held ; 700 with their hoi st s, were made pris oners ; the Colonel and a great numb .* ol the Officers of the Queen’s regiment atp taken. Marshal Lasnes corps is in full march to support our cavalry. The citrassiet-s are marching in columns to the right wing, and another corps is ad vancing towards the Gaauseo. We shall lie at Stettin before the army that, are marching there ; which, being out flanked, i. as good as cut oft already. Undicipl'ined as they are, there is reason to hope, that not a man of them will es cape ; and that the whole of that part of the Prussian army, which lost two days, without any advantage, at Mugdcburgh, in order to collect themselves, wiil not be able to reach the Oder. The above mentioned affair at Zed henick, as a martial atchi element, is re markab’J* , neither pat ty had any i 1 m - ry—but that the Prussian cavtafy is much inferior to curs, is proved by the events of this (campaign. Th v have never been able to make a stand against half their number o! French. LONDON, November 17. The following!* the substance of ,i let ter from Yarmouth ; would that we could say v.e attach credit toil!—‘ It appears from the last letters received bv one of our cutters from Holland, that the Prus sians have been considerably reinforced, ard had defeated the French, luring driven them hack 26 miles. The Dutch pilots, said the newspapers weresuppres scd. The Russians were rapidly advan cing;, and another great battle was scon expected.” T he suspension of the Duke of Sus sex’s appointment to the government cf Jamaica- ond of Lord Caledon’s depar ture for the Cape of Good Hope, occa sions various speculations in tire politi cal world. There are letters received to-day which state, that two gun brigs, under Dutch colours, had sailed up the Knu /wo forma which river now belongs to the navigation of Holland. They pro ceeded to Fmbden, where king Louis’ flag is hoisted. In the Palace U* P<jf~dcm, the F •nch found the Sword ’f th • Cr.-.t /■ ::F.n£ti. x, together with the Scarfwhich he and„.. ring the seven ’/cart war ; and the insignia of the Mack fugle. The Kudo rortß>,kth- * trof.hies with tranrfort , seuing T so.idl rather have these than Iwenlu ire . Then pausing a little, he added, “ l shall, send these to my old soldiers, who sa-jed in the war of Hanover —/ shall /in-sent them to the ‘Governor of the ‘ Invalids; in that Hotel they shall remain .” Nineteenth Builletih. For Sale, FIFTY acres good COTTON and PROVISION LAND , on the White Bluff road, adjoining Mrs. A damt , about ten acres are cleared arid under good fence, on it is a good orch ard of Peach and P.umb trees, a fmill dwelling houft with out houses dte a small llock of Cattle would alio be fold with the land—ls the above property i. : not fold by the Bth day of March heiN,. it will on that day be fold at auction tin the premises - It will be fold for caf or exchanged for negeoes. Apply c a the pretnifts. Matthew Baylard. January 23 jts 7 . Strayed away last night the BTe Store at Spring Hlli. rn. African Wc.r.in, ftotit ir.atic, .. uha road tact ; tis uppofed the rv,s. have 01 * ken the Auguiki or Louisville road : a gene r.-’s reward w 1 L-rpaid to nit pcifca svho wilt find *.rd teuore her. January 15 7 ...