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POETRY. raua Tim fokt muo. THE BACHELOR’S SOLILOQUY. Marry, or not to marry ? that is the question— '"Whether ’lis nohlef in tlic mind to suffer The notion silence of these ctSb-webbed rooms Or seek in festive balls some clicirful dam*, And, bv uniting, end it? to live alone, "No more : and by marrying say Sve end The heart-ache, and the thousand make-shifts Bach’lors arc heirs to ; ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To marry, to live In pcitrc< l’cr chance in war : ay, there’s the rub j For in the marriage state what ills may come, When we have shuffled oft' our liberty, BIust give us pause—there’s the respect, That makes us dread live bonds of wedlock, For who could bear the noise of scolding wives, The fils of spleen, th’ extravagance of dress, jiic thirst for plays, fcr concerts and for balls. The insolence of servants, and the spurns That patient husbands from their consorts tafce When he himself might Ids quietus gain "By living single. Who would wish to hear The jeering name of bachelor, But that the dread of after marriage, (All that vast expenditure of income, No tongue can scarcely tell) puzzles the will, And makes us rather choose the-single life, Than go to jail for debts we know not of—? Economy thus makes bachelors of us still; And thus our melancholy resolution Is still increased upon more serious thought. MISCELLANY. r “’ PATRICK. HENRY. The versatility of talent, for which this great Orator was distinguished, is happily described in the following extract from Mr. d irt’s Sketches : “ Hook was a Scotchman, a man of wealth, and suspected of being unfriendly to the A- mcrican cause. During the distresses of the American army, consequent on the joint in vasion of Cornwallis and Phillips in 1781, a Mr. Venable, an army commissary, had ta- -ken two of Hook’s steers for the use of the troops. The act had not been strictly le gal, and on the establishment of peace, Hook, under the advice of Cowan, a gentle man of some distinction in the law, thought proper to bring an action of trespass against Mr. Venable, in the district court of New- liondon. Mr. Henry appeared for the de fendant, and is said to have disported him self in this cause to the infinite enjoyment of his hearers, the unfortunate Hook always excepted. After Mr. Henry became ani mated in the cause, says a correspondent, he appeared to have complete control over the passions of his audience : at one time lie excited their indignation against Hook ; vengeance was visible in every countenance: again, when he chose to relax and ’ridicule him, the whole audience was in a roar of laughter. He painted the distress of the A- merican army, exposed almost naked to the rigor of a winter’s sky, and marking the frozen ground over which they marched, with the blood of their unshod feet; Where was the man, he said, who had an American heart in his bosom, who would not have thrown open his fields, his barns, his cellars, the doors of his house, the portals of his breast, to have received with open arms the meanest soldier in that little band of famish ed patriots ? Where is the man ? There he stands—but whether the heart of an Ame rican beats in his bosom, you gentlemen, are to judge. He then carried the jury by the power of his imagination, to the plains a- round York, the surrender of which had fol lowed shortly after the act complained of: he depicted the surrender in the most glow ing and noble colors of his eloquence—the audience saw before their eyes the humilia tion and dejection of the British, as they marched out of their trenches—'they saw the ti'iuiuph'which lighted up every patriotic face, and heard the shouts of victory, and the cry of Washington and liberty, as it rung ami echoed through the American ranks, and was reverberated from the hills and shores of the neighboring river—but hark, what notes of discord are these which disturb the general joy and silence the acclamations of victory—they ace the notes of John Hook, hoarsely bawling through the American £amp, beef! beef! beef! « The whole audience were convulsed : a particular incident will give a better idea of the efleet than any general description.— The clerk of the court, unable to command himself, and unwilling to commit any breach of decorum in his place, rushed out of the court house and threw himself on the grass, In tho most violent paroxysm of laughter, where he was rolling, when Hook, with very different feelings, came out for relief in the yard also. «Jemmy Steptoe,* said he to the clerk, » what the devil ails ye, mon ?’ Mr. Steptoe was only able to say, that lie could hot help it. ‘ Never mind ye,* said Hook, « wait till Billy Cowan gets up : he’ll shew him tho la’.’ Mr. Cowan was so completely Overwhelmed by the torrent which bore up on his client, that when lie rose to reply to Mr. Henry, he was scarcely able to make ail Intelligible or audible remark. The cause was decided almost by acclamation. The jury retired for form sake, and instantly re turned with a verdict for the defendant.— jtur did the effect of Mr. Henry’s speech atop here. The people were so highly ex cited by the tory audacity of the suit, that Bock began to hear around him a cry more tumble than that of beef: it was the cry of tar and feathers: from the application of frliuli it is said, that nothing saved-him but ft precipitate flight & the speed of his horse.” Religious Intelligence. Extract of a tetter to a gentleman in the city of JVew-Vurlc, dated Westminster, May, 1817. « Little did you and i think, wlici we at tended the first meeting of the missionary so ciety, that it would have been the fruitful pa rent of so many institutions having for their single but glorious design, to illuminate the understandings of onr fellow-creatures. We have just concluded our yearly jubilee. The month of May has at present higher claims to otar praise than the charming scenes of na turc; which arc now developed, and the • aerry-inakings of thoughtless youngsters.— it is now a month of religious enjoyment, to which the mind looks forward with delight, A which never disappoints our hopes. There is an interest, a feeling and glory about the grand meetings of the missionary and Bible societies, which must be witnessed to he un derstood. We have been this year peculiar ly favored; a luminary lias appeared among us that has eclipsed all his forerunners. It seems a prognostic of remarkable events in the religious world that the Lord lias raised up a man, who is pre-eminently fitted to vin dicate his cause, and to promote among all ranks the knowledge of his gospel. “ Dr. Chalmers, one of the professors in the University of Glasgow, was in early life, an infidel; but, no sooner did it please God tu reveal his Son in him, than, like the Apostle Fault he began “ to preach that faith which he destroyedand bringing a great mass of human learning into the Held, the armies of the alien are routed before him—he com mences a bold attack on the fortresses of in fidelity, and their walls crumble into dust before him. He has particularly bent his mind to consider the evidences of Christiani ty, and he has very lately published a hook entitled “ A Review of the Evidences of Christianity, considered in connection with the Modern Astronomy,’’ which has met with so rapid a sail, that it went through four editions before it was heard of in Lon don, and though only a small octavo volume, the booksellers in London have just agreed to give him four thousand jMiunds for the copy-right. “ This truly great man has been brought to London to preach one of the missionary sermons, and has created a sensation beyond what I ever before witnessed. You know Surrey chapel—on the Wednesday morning thinking that my privilege as a minister would procure mo a seat if I went early, I got to the chapel at 9 o’clock, an hour and a half before the prayers began to be read ; hut instead of getting a comfortable place in the first or second row of seats, which on those occasions are appropriated exclusively to ministers, 1 found the chapel quite full, and thought myself extremely happy to squeeze just within the door of the gallery where 1'stood with a column of ’ people pressing me both before and behind for five hours. “ Dr. Chalmers has nothing to recom mend'him as a preacher but the intrinsic worth of his matter. He is a small pale man, with a feeble indifferent voice, and a Scotch accent. His text was 1 Cor.*i4, 23, 24, 25 ; and the chief drift of his argument was to prove, that the conversion of a sinner did not depend on tho weight of rational ev idence brought before him, hut rested alto gether upon the agency of the Holy Spirit bringing the man to compare his conscience with the declaration of God’s word, where upon “ the secrets of his heart are made man ifest, and falling down on his face, he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.” “ From the confusion of so crowded an as sembly, it w as diflicidt to hear him at first, but after a most luminous introduction, lie came to tiie first grand period of his argu ment :—The congregation were electrified ; I never witnessed such emotions before.— While he paused to take breath exclamations of surprise were heard around—“ Astonish ing ! Beyond all that ever was heard before ! I never heard a sermon before ! Admirable beyond iinmagiiiation !” Such were the u- niversal expressions of delight and surprise. If I was to tell yon the expressions 1 made use of, when I came out, you would think them truly extravagant. Remember, that this universal admiration is not the ap plause of an ignorant midtitiule ; it is the general feeling of as large anil well inform ed an assembly of divines, as perhaps ever before met together. ** This sermon was an introduction to a popularity, justly deserved, hut of a degree beyond what I have ever before wijnessjjd. All ranks and degrees of men are crowding to hear him. Ministers of State and mem bers of Parliament; the Lord Mayor; Al derman of the City, and many Clergymen ; fearless of Qucene Bess’s Laws against non conformity, crowd to hear Dr. Chalmers. He preached last Sunday morning at the Scots church, London Wall, and at three in the afternoon at the large new church in Swallow-street, formerly Dr. Trotter’s ; and altho’ it had not been published, the throng was so great by two o’clock, that they dared not open the doors, but the place was filled chiefly through the Vestry Window, and it was thought necessary for Dr. Nicholl ami other ministers to harranguc the people out at the windows entreating them not to at tempt to press ih, a8 tliero was not roopifor one person more even to stand in the galle ries, & thousands went away without obtain, ing admission. The carriages thronged the street, as if tl;ey had been going to the The atre. « When I consider the earnestness of his delivery, and the irrefragable lorce ot his ar guments, he reminds me of Apollcs, “ who mightily convinced the Jews, and that pub- lically, proving from the Scriptures that Je sus was the Christ.” The minds of men are irresistably directed to religion tlic most prejudiced, and worldly minded feel con strained to enquire into the doctrines of the gospel ; and, if a peculiar measure of divine power do not speedily follow, it will to me be mere extraordinary than these circumstan ces themselves. The Lord will hasten it in his time. , ,, “ I hope Dr. Chalmers’ book, as well as his missionary sermon, will soon he reprin ted and widely circulated in America. “ Your townsman Dr. Mason is also here, and nearly as popular as Dr. Chal mers.” AGRICULTURE. FROM TIIE SOUTHERN PATRIOT. CULTURE OF THE POTATOE. My neighbors having frequently enquired of me as to the best mode of culture 1 used with Irish potatoes the last spring, in conse quence of liieir extraordinary size and pro duct, I have been inclined to believe a state ment might not he unacceptable to others further oft'—and even useful to some. Un der this impression I feel impelled to give one, from a sense of gratitude to him “ that giv- eth the increase,” in hopes it may contribute to alleviate the distress, likely to ensue, from the probable high prices of provisions next summer. My motives, 1 trust, will preclude tlic necessity of an apology for the novelty of my design, and shield me from any criti cal attack ; yet should the opinions I have presumed to give, by conflicting with those of an abler agriculturist, elicit more impor tant information, my purpose would be well answered. The practice of publishing the results of agricultural experiments has long been common in England, and it lias, no doubt, contributed largely to the immense stock of agricultural knowledge that coun try possesses—where practical farming has been reduced almost to a science. But we must be indebted to ourselves, for whatever improvement we may acquire, for all their knowledge on being introduced into our country, may he, comparitivoly, to us, al most no knowledge at all, as the difference in soil and climate must make very great variations requisite in the culture of the same production. The product of tho Irish potatoe, in Caro lina, has seldom exceeded two hundred and fifty bushels to the acre,even where, sonic at tention has been paid to their cultivation— Arthur Young, esq. says one thousand bush els have been made to the acre in England. I cannot think there exists any physical cause for so great a disparity. The ground I selected was a clayey soil, over a yellow clay foundation. It was first ploughed deep, with a bull tongue, tho lat ter end of December, and about tho middle of January it was thickly strewed with well rotted stable manure, and ploughed in.— When I was ready for planting, the ground was tracked off at five, feet from centre to centre of each bed ; I then proceeded to bod up, making what may be called large ground nut beds, with two trenches along each, a- bout a foot a part. Having previously taken out the largest and smallest sizes, the seed was rut into from four to eight pieces—taking care to have least, one eye on each piece ; they were plumed with the eye upwards, ten inches apart, in the trench, every negro planting having a piece of stick cut of that length for the purpose ; tho piece in the op posite trench being placed opposite the cen tre of the stick, so as to stand diagonally, and covered about two inches deep.—The quantity of seed used, was eight bushels to the acre, and the time of planting the 11th of February. The last of March they were well hoed, for the purpose of keeping up the fermentation about the roots, as there was no grass yet, and a few days after drawn up so as almost to cover them ; the space be tween the two rows being first well raised.— Three weeks after they were liotid and drawn up, the storks laid across the bed and inter locking with those on the opposite row of the same bed. Nothing more was done to them from this time, except to pull out such weeds as occasionally appeared. The result was this,—I commenced digging the first week in June ; the quantity I then dug was thirty nine bushels, which was from eight task rows (one hundred and fifty feet) which Is equal to four hundred and nine and a half bushels to the acre : but my driver informed me, the two succeeding weeks that the same quantity was dug from less ground. I took no notice of it myself, and it may be, there fore, incorrect—yet as the potatoes continu ed evidently to grow in that time, I believe it. About the ist of July they commenced rotting, and this evil increased daily. The plan I adopted was to dig them as they were wanted, and the last was dug the loth of August. My loss must have amounted to several hundred bushels. Some mode <rf preserving them is certainly desirable. I have never heard of any that was successful I have tried various soils with Irish potal toes, and observed the culture of otheis, and the crops made by them has, in no instance come near the result I have stated, Mr John Nicholson,, of Herkimer, New-York* in *\> agricultural treatise, says, any soil* except clay, may be made to produce a pret! ty good crop of potatoes ; but the very qua!- ity of a clay soil, which is objectionable in the state of New-York, must be best in Sonth-Carolina, for tlic Irish potatoe—that is its coldness. I am clearly of opinion, that a day soil well prepared as before stat ed, is best adapted to the culture of that species of provisions among us. Many per. sons I know, are averse to using them as provisions for negroes : and negroes, gene- rally, object strenuously to them at first, but with double allowance of salt, and a lit. tlo salt fish and fresh beef occasionally, they soon become a great favorite, 'and particu. larly among the children. Horses, hogs and poultry are very fohd of them boiled, and will thrive rapidly upon them. A SUBSCRIBER. Colleton, December, 1817. NOTICE. O N the first Tuesday in April, will be sold at tlic Court house iu Eatonton, between the usual hours, 1^2 1-2 acres of land, (as supposed) being the real estnte of Jacob Turkenett, deceas’d, situated nbout 8 miles from Eatonton—about 40 acres of said land is cleared, and on the same are some cabins. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms mad. known on the day of sale. All persons having claims against said estate, are requested to bring them forward, properly attested, and those in debted are required to make immediate pay ment. DAVID L. WHITE, AtlmV ’ with tiie will annexed. January 13, 1818. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. “ ~M3 AN AYVAY from the sub, XV scriber, living in Franklin county, Nortb-Carolina, on the jiff 12th of January, 1817, a negro man named Randol, about 26 27 years of age, between 5 and G feet high, rather yellow complected ; appear* humble when spoken to ; it is expected lie ha* 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 of this county, who started with her about the 14th instant, to 8outh‘Carolina, Georgia, or Ten nessee. It is supposed he will attempt to follow her. This is to caution all persons from harborin| or trading for said negro. And all masters o vessels are forbid having any tiling to do with him at the penalty of the law. The above re ward and all reasonable charges will be paidtc any person who will secure said negro, so that 1 get him. WOOD TUCKER. December 23, 1817. N. B. Any person apprehending the above ne\ gro, will inform me by letter, directed to Ran,, sum’s bridge, N. C. The Editors of the Telescope, S. Carolina; the Whig, Nashville, Ten. and Reflector, Mil- ledgeville, will insert this advertisement sit times, and forward their bills as above. Administrators and Guardians’ Sale of VALUABLE PROPERTY. T HE real estate of Obcdiali Lowe, late of th* county of Baldwin, in the State of Georgia, deceased, consisting of two squares, to wit, nurn* bers two hundred and forty-six, and two hundred and sixty-four, 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 or less, will be sold to the highest bidder, at the Court-IIouse of Baldwin county, in Milledgeville, on the first Tuesday in Februury next, agreeably to an order of the honorable the Inferior Court« Baldwin county, sitting for ordinary purposes, passed on the 24th November instant, to be sold for the benefit of the heirs 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, orphan* and daughthers of Obediah Lowe, de<v LOW FOR CASH—HIGH ON CREDIT- ritWO GIGS of the latest style, best niateri- X His and superior workmanship.—Also, a w« cond handed one, and a Sulkey*—All with harne© complete, for sale by THOMAS M. BUSH. January 13. FUNERAL. O N Sunday the 8th day of February, th* Vu« ncralof’Mr*. SARAH LANE, consort « James Lane, Esq. of Putnam county, will h* reached at his residence,by the Rev’il David L~ Vhite. Her friends and relatives arc invited to attend. January 12. FUBL1SIIUD WEEKLY, HI J. B. HINES, AT THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR, IS ADVAXCR Advertisements under one hundred words, inserted th 0 first time for 75 cents, cash, and 50 cents for each conti*. nance—longer ones in proportion. Every insertion ot tw* tices not published weekly, charged as the first. AtlmiO’ istrators sales of real estate advertised for fetish"’ of personal property g 3—notices to debtors and creoj tors g 3—and nine months citations S 5—one fourta more in every instancy if not settled for when leit tut publication. 077 The law requires land and negroes belonging M testators and intestates, to be advertised sixty dan ; P® - ishable properv, forty ; notices to debtors and creditor*; six weeks ; and citations for leave to sell eettuf, (montbhj, nine months. Letters to the aditor must be post psW.