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POETRY. 1 Jj* FROM THE COLUMBIAN CK-VTINLL. A NEW-YEAR’S PRESENT. ‘fcAMtu.A, my fair one, the lily and rose, That a little time since were so blooming and bright,' Thei) rplcndor anu fragrance are come to a close, A\b ‘ another short year hath betaken to flight. •Ti* a ffcw days ago, when we walk’d out ortc mom, As the Min was just risen above the green hill, Tfle pear tree was laden, the rose hid the thorn. And sw'eet was the qucrulus voice of the rill. 'The thrush and the linnet were joyous and gay ; The lark sweetly sung from his tent in the sky, From the hazel’s retreat nlirst the blackbird away, And the fields seemed ill music and beauty to vie. r *.n;iu, the 'landscape hath lost its delight, The earth is all barren, the trees are all hare, The forest indeed wears a mantle of white, llut tlie voices that cheered it, no longer are there. My fair one, how changed is the face of to-day! To he sure the wind whistles tmjoyous and drear, But the flowers have faded, the birds flown away, Their music all died with the death of the year. 'Still the sun shall return, and bis lamp slrall be r.igb, And the trees that are naked and tom by the blast, Be again green as ever and rich in his eye, But Camilla, life's year is the first and the last. *Our lamp shall wax dim and our sun shall retire, And our bodies, tllfcy soon must be crumbled to dust, Who then shall breathe in us a spark Of new lire ? Camilla, life’s year is the last and the first. A sunjtfhat’s eternal, shall burst on the tomb, And commence a new year, saith the voice of the wise, His rays thy dark prison shall pierce and relume, And sprinkle with splendor thy path to the skies. There no birds arc regretted, for harps that are strung lly the Cherubim, Seraphim hurst on the car, The praise of the Lamb and the Father is sung, And glory eternal encircles the year. MISCELLANY. *m>M CUiTEil DRIASu’BTHAVBU IS ORACCE, FAAK.T1SK, See THE RIVER JORDAN. We advanced for an hour & a half with ex cessive difficulty over a fine white sand. We were approaching a grove of palm trees and tamorinds which to my great astonishment I perceived in the midst of this fertile tract. The Arabs all at once, stopped and pointed to something that I remarked at the bottom of the ravine. Unable to make out what it was, I perceived what appeared to be sand in motion. On drawing nearer to this singu lar object, I beheld a yellow' current, which I could scarcely distinguish from the sands on its shores. It was deeply sunk below i«. banks, and its sluggish streams rolled slow ly on. This was the Jordan. I had surveyed the great rivers of Ameri ca wit!, that pleasure which solitude and na ture impart; I visited the Tybcr with en thusiasm, and sought with the same interest the Eurotas and the Ccprissus ; but I can not express what I felt at the sight of the Jordan. Not only did this river remind me of a renowned antiquity, and tme of the most celebrated names of the most exquisite poetry ; hot its shores presented to my view the theatre of the miracles of my religion. Judea is the only country of the world, that revives in the traveller the memory of hu man affairs, and of celestial things, and which by this combination produces in the soul a feeling and idea which no other'rcgion is capable of exciting. The Arabs stripped and plunged into the Jordan. 4 durst not follow the example on aejount of the fever by which I was still tormented ; but 1 fell tipon my knees on the bank with two servants and the drogoman of the monastery. Har ing no Biblo with us, wo couM not repeat the passage of Scripture relating to the spot where we now were j but the drogo- man> tvho knew the customs of the place, began to sing, « Avo Maria Stella.” We responded like sailors at the end of their voyage. I then took up some water of the river in a leathern vessel; it did not seem to me as sweet as sugar, according to the ex pression of a pious missionary. I thought it, on the contrary, rather brackish : but tho’ I drank a considerable quantity, 1 felt no inconvenience from it; nay I think it would be very pleasant ir it were purified from the sand which it carries with it. A- bout two lcagups from the place whrre we halted, I perceived higher up the river thicket of considerable extent, I determin ed to proceed thither, for it is calculated this must be the spot where the Israelites passed the river, facing Jericho, where the manna S oil to fall, tvhere the Hebrews tasted the (fruits of the land of Promise, where man was cured of his leprosy, and last ly was bubtized by St. John. Towards this place we advanced, hut as we drew near to it, wc heard the voices of men in the thick et. Unfortunately the human voice, which cheers you every where else, and which you would love to hear on the banks of the Jor dan, is precisely w'liat alarms you in these deserts. The Bcthlehemites and the drogo- inen proposed an immediate retreat; but I was determined to examine the river facing the spot where wc then stood. They yielded witli reluctance to my resolution, and we a- gain repaired to the bank of the Jordan, which a bend of the river had carried to some distance from us on the right. I found it of about the same width and depth as at a league lower down, that is, six or seven feet deep close to the shore, ami about 50 paces in breadth. The guides urged me to depart, nnd Ali Ago himself grumbled. Having finished making such notes as I considered most important, f complied with the wishes of the caravan, and saluted the Jordan for (lib last time. AFEECtlNd ANECDOTE. A young lady, named D’Amnount, w T as ex ecuted in the city of Lyons for the supposed murder of her uncle, the Chevalier de la i’ou- ionc, witli whom d!«J lived in the most aflVc- tionate harmony from her infant years. Ha ving ‘Conceived a passion for a deserving young officer who was quartered in the town, and between wliom and the young lady a mu tual affection subsisted, she came to a deter mination of eloping with him unknown to her uncle, and only admitted one fei »»!c servant to her confidence. It unfortunately happen ed that this woman was leagued with a pri vate soldier, who meditated the plan of mur dering the chevalier, witli a view of plunde ring the bouse oh the night the intended elopement should take place, in order that the unhappy niece should be judged the per petrator of the horrid deed, which was accor dingly effected with every degree of barbar ity. The young lady and the officer were immediately pursued, taken, and committed to prison. The former was tried, and exe cuted on the false cviijcnee of the female ser vant : and the latter was cashiered, and con demned to the gallics for life. Some time after, the servant being taken ill, threatened to divulge the whole matter before a magistrate; to prevent which, the soldier, who had married her, put an end to his wife’s existence ; but at length, feeling sincere remorse for these repeated murders, he voluntarily surrendered himself up to justice, confessed the whole affair, and was publicly executed, amidst the execrations of the enraged multitude. What adds to the dreadful recital is, that the young lady was not less remarkable for her beauty, than her unaffected piety and sweet simplicity of manners. A broken heart soon terminated the miserable exis tence of the wretched officer, who died in six weeks after the execution of the most amia ble sufferer, in the must excruciating tor tures.—Foreign jxipeit American Monthly Magazine Af Critical Review. BY BIOLOW & HOLLEY, NEW-YORK. T HE American Monthly Magazine anil Crit ical Review, contains Reviews of Foreign qnd Domestic Publications of general interest ; Extracts from the British Magazines, and glean ings from other Foreign Miscellanies, Religious Intelligence : Information in Science, Litera ture, and the Arts: A summary view of Public Affairs, Foreign and Domestic : An outline of Congressional Debates : A Digest ot local occur rences of moment: A monthly catalogue of Mar riages and Deaths throughout the Union : A list of Appointments and Removals by the National anil State Executives : Statistics, Afc. This work is wholly unconnected with either Religious or Political controversy. Conditions.—I. The American Monthly Mag azine and Critical Review contains 80 pages, oc tavo, double columns, every month of the size and in the style of the London Monthly Maga zine, forming Two handsome Volumes yearly. II. The price is Five Dollars per annum, pay able, by Subscribers after the publication of the first number, in advance. The first number was issued on the first of May, 1817. The numbers will be forwarded to distant subscribers, by mail, as at. once, the safest and most expeditious meth od of conveyance. A number will be issued at the beginning of cacti following month. 3t January 1. Subscriptions will be taken at the office of the Reflector where specimens of the Work can be seen. In one of Miss Edgeworth’s last novels, (Harrington) the fouowing anecdote is told —‘ It is recorded of,Alonzo Cano, that hav ing finished a statue qf St. Antonio dc-Padua for a Spanish counsellor, the tasteless lawyer and niggardly devotee hesitated to pay the artist his price ; observing that Cano by his Wn account, had bcentnily twenty-live days nbMUt. The counsellor sat down with stu- pid aWf-sullicience, to Mlcul&te, that a hun dred pistoles divided by twenty-five days the artist would be paid at a higher rate than he was himself, for the exercise of his talents. Wretch talk to me of your talents,’ exclaim ed the enraged artist: ‘ I have been fifty years learning to mAc this statue in 25 days and as he spoke, Cano dashed the statue to pieces on the pavement of the acad emy. The affrighted counsellor fled from the house with the utmost precipitation, con- ‘luding that if the man was bold enough to destroy a saint, he would have Very little morse in destroying ajjawycr. I never heard (said Dean Swift) a finer piece of satire againstjlawyers, than that of astrologers, when theyipretcnded by rules of art to tell when a suit will end, and whether to the advantage of the plaintiff or defen- (laiYf^-thus making tne matter depend en tirely upon the influence of the stars, without the least regard to the merits of the cause. Vfe 1 THOMAS M. BUSH, H AVING bought out Frederick Johnson, Esq. in Cracker’s Neck, respectfully informs Ins old friends and acquaintances that he intends con tinuing the Store at the same place, ami in addi tion to what was on hand, he has added a com plete Assortment, which will be sold on as ac fcommodatiug terms as can be afforded in the country. The highest prices allowed for any kind of produce. Milledgeville, December 23. tin. JAMES GLENN, T ENDERS his professional services to the cH tizens of Milledgeville and its vicinity, ^p. plications made at "Mr. Rousseau’s will be attend! ed to. January 13, DR. CHARLLS J. PAINE, O FFERS his professional services to the inha bitants of Milledgeville and its vicinity, lb resides at Mrs. Jenkins January 12 NOTICE. O N the first Tuesday in April, will he sold at the Court house in Eatonton, between tli# usual hours, 122 1-2 acres of land, (as supposed! being the real estate of Jacob Turkenett, deceas'd* situated about 8 miles from Eatonton—about 4() acres of said land is cleared, and on the same are some cabins. Sold for the benefit of the heir* and creditors of said deceased. Terms made known on the day of sale. All persons havin' claims against said estate, are requested to brine them forward, properly attested, and those in debted are required to make immediate nav! ment. DAVID L. WHITE, Adm’r with the will annexed- January 13, 1818. STRAYED F ROM the subscriber oil the 4th inst. a sorrel MARE, with a sivab tail, blaze in her face; and hip-shotten in one of her hips. She left me outlie Ogeechee,about 10 miles below the Shoals. She had on a saddle plated behind and before.— Ten dollars will be given to any person who will deliver said mare to Benjamin Marshall, near Bo len’s ferry, in Baldwin county, or to the subscri ber, five miles from Clinton, on the road leading from Clinton to Tom’s ferry. JAMES A. BOGGS. Jones county, Dec. 27, TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. ELIEV1NG the provisions in the act of the late session of the legislature to amend the Penal Code, which prohibit the introduction of Slaves into this state, for the purpose of specula tion, to be founded on the,permanent interests and the true policy of this state, we give timely and public notice, that, from and after the first day of February, we will prosecute for violations, or eva sions, of those provisions, either by sellers or pur chasers of Slaves ; whether they be citizens of this state, or the sister states. We aver that it will be painful to cause any man to be heavily lin ed ami thrown into the 'Penitentiary ; but wc also inform persons disposed to violate the law, that it will be more painful to witness a recur rence of the daring violations and shameless eva sions which have already degraded the citizens of Georgia, in the estimation of reflecting men. We trust, however, that, paying due regard to their pecuniary interests and their personal lib erty, speculators will save us the trouble, the ex pellee and the pain of prosecuting, by an acqui escence in the law of the land ; or that, if viola tions or evasions occur “ the oflicers of this state, civil arid military,” whose special duty it is, un der the law, will keep from the shoulders of pri vate citizens a burden which properly devolves on public officers, on account of their public ca pacity, and their oaths of office. If however, the public officers should be so unmindful of their duty as to neglect a service involving the vital interests of the State, feeling, as wc shall, the deepest regret at so criminal a dereliction of du ty, we shall proceed, tho’ with the greatest reluc tance, to the enforcement if a law, sanctioned by every principle of justice, humanity, policy and interest: and we shall confidently rely on the aid, co-operation and countenance of every friend of religion, morality, law and order ; in execu ting a law enacted by the immediate representa tives of the people, and enforcing a policy re commended by Tucker, Jefferson and Franklin 5 by the intelligent Legislatures of several of the must populous and enlightened of the sister states ; and, indeed, by the great, the good, and the excellent of ali Christendom. We earnestly iuvite the citizens of the other counties to co-operate with us in this good work. Five—nay, even one or two citizens iueach coun ty, supported, as they would be, by the friends of law and order throughout the state, would be adequate* with the strength of the law, to the suppression of an evil denounced by the Legisla ture, and deprecated by every unpiejudiaeu, re flecting man in the community. But let it be remembered that its growth is most rapid ; that it will hourly acquire strength ; ami that, in or der to produce an easy destruction of the monster it must be crushed at once. It will, therefore, be daugerous to delay a single day after the 1st day of February, when the amended penal code will go into operation. Putnam County, January, 1818, Thomas Hoxey, William Turner, Edm’d. Shackelford, Allen IV. Coleman, Coleman Pendleton, James Lane. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. R AN AWAY from the sub scriber, Jiving in Franklin county, North-Carolina, on the 12th of January, 1817, a negro man named Rautlnl, about 26 i<>r 27 years of age, between 5 amt 6 feet high, lather yellow complected ; appears humble when spoken to ;^t is expected lie has some marks of shot about his hips, thighs, neck and face, as he has been shot at several times His wife belongs to a Mr. Henry Bridges, former- ly or this county, who started with her about the 14th instant, to Soutli-Carolina, Georgia, or Ten nessee. It is supposed he will attempt to follow her. This is to caution all persons from harboring or trading for said negro. And all masters of vessels'are forbid having any thing to do with him at the penalty of the law. The above re ward and ail reasonable charges will be paid to any person who will secure said negro, so that I get Inm. WOOD TUCKER. December 23,1817. N. B. Any person apprehending the above ne, gro. will inform me by letter, directed to Ran. som’s bridge, N. U. The Editors of the Telescope, S. Carolina; the Whig, Nashville, Ten. and Reflector, Mil- ledgeville, will insert this advertisement six times, and forward their bills as above. Administrators and Guardians’ Sale of VALUABLE PROPERTY. T HE real estate of Obediah Lowe, late of the county of Baldwin, in the State of Georgia, deceased, consisting of two squares, to wit, num bers two hundred and forty-six, and two hundred and sixty-fuur, each containing 202 1-2 acres, and a fraction number two hundred and seventy- one, containing 114 1-4 acres, all in the fifth dis trict of Wilkinson at the time of the survey, now Baldwin county, making the estate in the aggre gate, so far as is now known, 519 1-4 acres, more 01 less, w ill be sold to the highest bidder, at the Court-House of Baldwin county, in Milledgeville, on the first Tuesday in Februury next, agreeably tu an order of the honorable the Inferior Court of Baldw'iu county, sitting for ordinary purposes* passed on the 24th November instant, to be sold for the beuefit of the l.eirs and creditors of said deceased. MAL. G. WILKINSON, Adm’r in right of his wife Judah, late Judah Lowe. ABNER LOCKE, Guardian of Elizabeth and Obedience Lowe, orphans and daughthers of Obediah Lowe, dec. i M. 1 SADDLERY. L. WHITE, Market-square, Savannah, has on hand and will be receiving, a gen eral assortment of Saddlery, manufactured by M. W. Morgan, New-York * warranted made iu the best manner and to suit the market, which are of fered wholesale and retail, at a small advance form the New-York charges. December 25. GEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY. W HEREAS John Mathews applies to ine for letters of administration on the estate and effects of Wiiliam B. Turner, late of the army I# the United States, deceased :-Th„e «wc ¥ | mediate payment therefore to cite and admonish ali and singular' K J SARAH FOREST, adm’x. the kiudi-ecr and creditors of said deceased, to file their ub^ctions in my office within the time prescribed ly law, (if any they have,) or said letters will be granted him. Given under iny hand at office, in Milledgeville, 6th January, i818. . ABNEIt LOCKE, C. C. O. T LOW FOR CASH—HIGH ON CREDIT, NWO GIGS of the latest style, best materi als and superior workmanship.—-Also, a se cond handed one, and a Sulkey—All with harneA complete, fdr sale by THOMAS M. BUSH, January 13* FUNERAL. O N Sunday the 8th day of February, the Fu neral of Mrs. SARAH LANE, consort of James Lane, Esq. of Putnam county*, .will be preached at his residence, by the Rev'd linvid L. White. Her friends and relatives are invited to attend. Januarv 12. T i li EAGLE TAYffllN, SPARTA. HE subscribers beg leave to inform the pnb- lie that thev have purchased that well known establishment the EAGLE TAVERN, formerly occupied by Mr. Wm. G. Springer. Possessing locally every advantage to be found in similares tablishmeuts in the up-country, provided with (lie best the market affords, trusty and attentive ser vants, and an undeviating determination to please they are flattered with tne hope of gi'ing entire satisfaction to their regular boarders and occa sional visitors. THOMAS S. MARTIN, . CHAS. ABERCROMBIE, Jrt Sphrta, December 17, ’817. REFUNDING OF INTERNAL DUTIES. A GREEABLY to the act of Congress ofDe* oember 23d, 1817, duties on licenses for pe riods extending the 31st of December, 1817, and for stamps not used, are to be refund «1 by the respective collectors j provided the stamps shall be returned previous to the first day of May, 1818. HINES HOLT* collector of the 6th collection dist. of Georgia. January S, 1818. NOTICE* ■1,X7ILL be sold on Tuesday the 20th January j f next, at the late residence of John Fortst, deceased, near Licknor’s creek, Jones county,* good Waggon and Team, a small stock of Cattlej and Hogs, about 6000 weight of seed Cotton, a new set of Blacksmith’s Tools, household and kitchen Furniture and plantation utensils, &c.&c. SAJIAII FOREST, adm’x. December 5,1817. « All persons having demands against the abort mentioned estate are required to bring them for ward legally authenticated within the time pre scribed by law, and thoSfc indebted to make iu»* * NOTICE. A LL persons indebted to the estate of Colonel X^_John Lewis, late of Milledgeville,are requir ed to make immediate payment. Those who have clairfis against the said estate are requested to present them duly authenticated without delay. • . ELIZABETH LEWIS, ex’rx. * WILLIAM LEWIS,exect’r. Milledgeville, Dee. 1,1817. — # PUBLISHED WEEKLY, HI J. B. HINES, AT THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR, IN AOVAXCEI Advertisements under one hundred words, inserted d* first time for 75 cents, cash, and 50 cents for each conW* nance—longer ones in proportion. Every insertion of no tices not published weekly, charged as the first. Admin- strators sales of real estate advertised for 8 4 >f personal property g 3—notices to debtors and credj. tors g 3—and nine months citations g 5—one fond- more in every instancy if not settled for when left** publication. . (ry The law requires land and negroes belonging ** testators and intestates, to be advertised sixty days ; P*( ..liable propery, forty ; notices to debtors and cr«di**rt six weeks : and citations for leave to sell estate, (monthly' n ne months. , Letters to the oiUtor punt ho post paid.-