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MISCELLANY.
Toil THE MILLEDGEVILLE REFLECTOR.
“ Let every one be fully persuaded in bis
own mind,” nays the highest authority, and
demands the most serious attention of every
one. Now Mr. Editor, 1 am not fully per
suaded in my mind to marry, but am perfect
ly satisfied with my situation—a batchelor.
Poets, you know, have sung many pretty
songs about connubial felicity, and many
married persons (shortly after marriage)
have talked largely of the superlative enjoy
ments of matrimony ; but for my own part,
hymen’s torch has never shone with sufficient
splendor, to induce mo to wish a change of sit-
tion. It is quite natural fora man when be
lias made a bargain to think the best of it he
can, and often shews a satisfaction in it to
others, lie does not in reality enjoy himself.
It is curious to observe how matrimony stirs
up the compassion of its votaries for bat-
chrlors. Such obtrusive objects as their in
felicities. can by no means escape their sharp
sighted sympathy; accordingly, they have
doled out many pathetic remonstrances, nd
monitions, expostulations, &c. and they have
not been sparing of their most “ biting sa
tire” ; thinking thereby to lash them into
measures. How “ hideous and gloomy” do
they represent the solitude of a batchelor ?
When he has finished the destined duties of
the day, he retires alone to iiis solitary cell,
no lovely and affectionate companion hails
his return with delight, and welcomes him
to his cheerful habitation ; no pratling in
nocents anxiously climb bis weary knees and
sootli his lassitude with the simple' relation
of their innorent gambols the day past.
He swallows his lonely morsel, creeps silent
ly to bed, and strives to bury himself in for
getfulness by sleep. Happy for him
should his anxiety for the return of day,
when so vie object may meet his eye or some
pursuit brake off his solitary reflections, does
not make sleep fly from him. Such a sit
uation might produce in some, all the mise
ry that this picture would lead you to ex
pect—with “ Batchelors of Necessity” for
instance.—(These you will please to ob
serve do not belong to our fraternity, being
so reluctantly broke to the yoke it must gal!
them sorely.) True I have no wife nor chil
dren—butinstead of solitude producing all the
horrors above represented, they are the
sweetest moments of my existence. When
at night I retire to my lonely dwelling,—the
bleak wind murmering as it passes the an
gles of my apartment—a cheerful five blaz
ing on iny hearth and gently evolving its ge
nial heat—my ear iinstunned with the discor
dant wranglings of pctulent children—no
termagant wife to assail me with harsh
and bitter raillery for staying so late, or
for the, trivial errors and omissions of the day
past, I set dow n in quiet and give loose ruin
tucontcmplation nnd reflection ; recount the
foibles of the past, and endeavor to mend iny
life as it advances by keeping them constant
ly in view. Should this fail to yield the
wonted delight, 1 hold converse with Ilom-
er, Virgil, Aristotle and Plato—make Alex
ander recount to me the splendor of his mili
tary achie.vments, with Desauseurc, 1 as
cend the summit of Mount Blanc, and view
with rapture the surrounding scenery ; w ith
Goldsmith I feast my curiosity on the ani
mals of other countries, and enlarge my un
derstanding by observing their several dis
positions and peculiarities of character.—
Guided by the ingenious Furgerson l take
my flight to some distant planet, observe
its movements, see the efficiency of those
great laws—attraction, repulsion and pro
jection, and learn to admire that wisdom and
adore that merciful amt Intelligent Design
which so wonderfully placed and retains in
their orbits so many and immense masses of
matter all exerting a mutual influence on
each other, yet never irregularly interfering,
so as to accelerate or retard each other’s mo
tion. Illumined by the genius ami discove
ries of Stahl, Lavoisierc and Davy, I see
arid contemplate the various laws which go
vern nature in her miuutife. Behold with
ccstacy the benevolence of the Deity in the
perpetual decomposition and reproduction of
animal and vegitable matter. The depen
dence of animal on vegitable life, not only
in affording sustenance as food, but in de
priving the atmosphere of those deleterious
principles which, but for some contrivance
of this kind, would soon become so abun
dant as to destroy all animal life. Who could
fed the unhappiness of being alone under
such circumstances ? “ The man who deems
it solitude to he alone” is worthy, not only
of a scolding wife, to keep him company,
but some half dozen ill-natured crying chil
dren, who, by “ the dulcet sonatas of their
Warbling strains,” may drive from his dark
brooding mind more unpleasant subjects of
reflection.
Do not think me an unqualified enemy to
matrimony, by no means. I most sincerely
lidieVo .it impossible for mankind to enjoy
all that happiness of w hich their nature is
capable, while in a State of celibacy : and 1
am also fully persuaded that there are causes
fleeted to our view, which others exult in hav
ing seen, l cannot see why we arc so highly
culpable because we will not let them see for
us, or because we do not take the subject
entirely on their ipse dixit. How ingenious
and unweary, Mr. Editor, are both sex to
conceal their moral defects and impose on
each other i How many motives Of interest
rather than sentiment, induce the present
generation to marry ? How seldom is in
trinsic merit and that pure, opeti and gener
ous attachment which should ever he the
leading principle in matrimonial connexions,
1 say how r seldom are these made the primary
objects in marriages of the present day ?
To such a degree have their plans of intc-
est and deception been carried that a man,
to act honestly A as be should do in an affair
of so much importance, would, unless by
mere accident, be pretty certain to fail in
every attempt. This 1 presume was the sit
uation of your late rorrespvident, the unfor
tunate Batchelor of Necessity.
All these things considered. I hope Mr.
Editor, I shall not be deemed a miserable
misanthrope, for styling invsrlf
A BATCHELOR OF CHOICE.
Eatonton, March 12, 1818.
AUTS.
jAiiuiscajte Gardening.—The art or science,
of laying out or planning pleasure grounds,
and selecting the most appropriate Suites for
Villas, is termed Landscape Gardening.—
None of the arts are less known, or have
made less progress in Virginia than this art.
—We do not believe of trie many excellent
authors, both French and English, who hav
written on the subject, that one can lie found
in the state of Virginia, except in the privat
Libraries of a few gentlemen. The late dis
cussion in the House of Delegates on the im
provement of tiie Capitol square, loads us
to make a few remarks on such works.
There are two principal styles in Land
scape Gardening. The Italian style and the
French style. In Italy artists make naturi
the principal standard in all ornaments. In
Painting as well as in Sculpture, Ar< hiler-
turc and Landscape scenery they endeavor
to follow nature. To level a romantic hill ;
to blow to pieces a picturesque rock; or to di
vert from its course a meandering stream,
they would regard as the greatest sacrilege.
An Italian nobleman in selecting a situation
for his villa, perhaps spends a twelve-month
in viewing every little bill, and examining
the dilferent aspects of every rock upon his
ground before belays the foundation of his
palace.
Flic French style is the very reverse, for
Frenchmen in this art, as in every other art
connected wit.; taste, have been unnatural.
We say, have been ; because since the revo
lution a considerable change lias taken place.
The painter David, had the merit of produc
ing as great a change in France in regard to
matters of taste, as bis associates did in go
vernment. Therefore in speaking of the
French style in Landscape Gardening, we
allude to trie old French style which prevailed
and was the universal fashion, previous to the
revolution. At that period, every nobleman
bad bis gardens and pleasure grounds cut up
intp innumerable squares, and Erianguar
forms. He was desirous that every thing
around him should have the appearance of
art, and that nature should be as it wen-
swept from bis presence.
In making these remarks upon the old
mode adopted in France, in laying out pleas
ure grounds, wc hope not to be understood as
including Mr. Godefrey in the old school of
Landscape Gardening: or as disapproving
of his plan for the capitol square. On the
contrary we arc informed that Mr. Godefrey
is a gentleman of correct acquirements in his
profession: and the plan which he furnished
the executive is the best proof of bis abilities
in this respect. We have however to lament
that Mr Godefrey was not retained at Rich
mond, as the superintendent of the work un
til it was completed. The best designs are
frequently destroyed in the execution , and
although we do not say that this is the case
with the capitol square, we believe that if
Mr. Godefrey himself had been on the spot,
the appearance of the capitol square would
have been not very different. The gentle
man who was employed as super intendant,
and those employed to execute the work, were
doubtless intelligent, active and industrious
men ; and perhaps the best who Could be pro
cured in Richmond. But they bad neither
the experience or the taste of Mr. Godefrey
for quell improvements. It is as impossible
for a man properly to put in execution, the
plan of a pleasure ground who lias not seen
many improvements of the description, as
for an inferior artist to make a good copy of
an excellent painting.
The English taste in Landscape, Garden
ing, is formed upon the Italian but assimila
ted to the climate and features of the coun
try. It differs from the Italian, as much as
the paintings of Wilson and Gainboroiigb do
from those of Claude Lorraine. It partakes
more of the sublime and the romantic. The
tfvadale Price.--His book in three volumes
w’as firstipublishcd in London about twenty
i ears ago. The Rev’d Mr. Gilpin of Cum
berland, the author of a treatise on pictui-
rsque scenery, had favored the public with
several essays on Landscape Gardening,
which appeared in several periodical publica
tions : But Mr. l’ricr’s book may be regard
ed as the first, where all the branches are
particularly discussed.
The art of Landscape Gardening, as well
as that of Architecture, is in its infancy in
our state. We know of no individual either
who lias devoted both his time and liis for
tune to them except Mr. Jefferson. That
part of Iris Library purchased by Congress,
composed of books on these sciences, was
valued at Si5,000 and wc have reason to be
lieve like editions of the same works, could
not at present be procured under g 30,000
The little advancement which Landscape
Gardening has made in Virginia, appears
the more astonishing w hen we view the coun
try in which we live, and the wealth and hap
piness which we enjoy. No spot upon the
globe of the same extent affords such a va
riety of requisite scenery. Every point and
promontory of our large rivers commands a
prospect whicli in Europe would be esteemed
a fortune of itself. The scite on which
Richmond is built, lias been acknowledged
by all travellers, to be the first in point of
scenery of any ground in the United States.
Our own river the Appomattox, presents
prospects in llie neighborhood of Petersburg,
which might claim a visit of several hundred
miles from an English amateur. Such being
the general appearance of our country ; and
when every farmer possesses the jncans with
in himself of beautifying the spot upon which
be resides, we cannot but lament and be sur
prised at the little advancement which Land-
ape Gardening lias made in Virginia.
Pete rsh u rg 1 ii tcUige nccr t
HATS,
i Selling off at reduced prices.
T HE subscriber, wishing to close his hu s i nca ,-
will sell at reduced prices, his extensive J,'
sortment of Hats, consisting of Ladies’ lieavm
of the latest fashion, Gentlemen’s super fine IW
ver hats, common and low priced Fur do. Men’s
and Boy’s Wool do. Children’sFur and Morocco
do. &c. &c. all of which will be sold either ;
wholesale or retail, much lower than have evi
been sold in this place.
All persons indebted to the subscriber arc
earnestly requested to make payment immedi.
atcly ; and those having any demands against
him, to present them for payment.
A. HANSCOM,
Milledgeville, March 10, 1813.
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
U NDER the firm of Scarbrough <jj- M’Kinnr,
(successors to Barnu M’Kinne & Co.) Iia*!
ing formed a connexion in business in this place
they beg leave to otter their services as general
Commission Merchants.
WILLIAM SCARBROUGH
JOSEPH P. M'KINNE.
Savannah, Jan. 24, 1318.
NOTICE.
? K.INNE & CO. will make advances oa
1% B produce lodged with them to he forward
er! their friends, Scarbrough & M’Kinne, forsale.
Should the Savannah market not oiler accepta
ble advantages, the produce, (at the option of the
owner) will then be forwarded to the northward,
or r. port in Great Britain or France, and in all
instances, for the customary commission, they
will guarantee the responsibility of the pavtiei
to whom it may be consigned for sale.
AogUsta, Jan. 30,1818.
VALUABLE LAND, MILLS A NEGROES
ion SALE.
1 . AM now offering for sale, the tract of Land
whereon 1 reside, on Sandy creek, in Morgan
county, and within six miles of Madison, con
taining three hundred nnd thirty-five acres, with
a valuable Grist and Saw Mill attached to it, on
a never failing stream ; together with 15 valuable
ly Negroes. I would prefer selling the whole to
gether, but would dispose of the Land and Mills
separately, after which I would dispose of the
Negroes. lo such as are anxious to purchase, I
invite to come arid view the premises. There
are nearly seventy acres cleared and in good or
der, the whole of which I shall plant in cotton
if not previously sold ; the balance is of the best
quality in the neighborhood. The Mill amply
supports my family, consisling of upwards of
thirty persons, with grain ; as also a large stock,
and iurnishes considerable surplus for sale. My
desire is to sell for cash ; but such is my anxiety
to sell, that accommodating terms mav be had.
Having another tract in an adjoining county, I
would dispose of the above property and give
possession at any time during the present vear.
seats of the nobility in Wales, and tbo north
,<>f England; arc excellent specimens of the
of misery in the married state, to which no [taste of the English in this art. The study
other situation in life is subject. If then fate of Landscape Gardening, as an art, how-
lias hitherto held up to us the dark side of ever, is of late date in Britain. The first
the mirror only, so that none of those exqui- author of eminence who has written express-
file scenes of connubial bliss have been re- [ly upon that subject of which wc know is
any
March 10, 1818.
PETER PERKY.
ten doiLars reward.
RAN away from the subscri
bers living in Jasper county,
state of Georgia, on the last
day of January last, two ne
groes, the one a man, about
twenty years of age, blaik com
plected, thick beard, rather
, _ crossed eyed, about 5 feet S or
10 inches high, well made, by the name of Ned,
Iris clothes not recollected. The otlie'- a woman,
by the name of Priss, about eighteen years old,
about 5 feet high and holes in her ears, had on
when die went away, a white homespun frock,
fen dollars will be given to any person that will
secure either of the said negroes in Jail, and the
-ame sum with all travelling expenses, if deli
vered to either of the subscribers, living on
Murder creek in said county, near Basses’mill.
ALEXAN d\ R HERRON.
JAMES SPRADLIN.
February 25, 1818.
NOTICE.
N consequence of Mr. BarnaM’Kinnc reiir, I
. ing from business, the subscribers have tow.
nounce a contemplated dissolution of their
cern, and that all transactions after the firstef I
next month will be conducted by their successors, I
Scarbrough & M'Kinne ; who they respectful!) I
beg leave to recommend to the same confident!
and encouragment, that has been so kindly con; f
ferred on them. BARNA M’KINNE & Co,
Savannah, Jan. 24. 1818.
NOTICE.
WMTILL be sold at the court house in Eaton. I
T* tl>n on the thirteenth day of April, all the I
personal property belonging to the estate d|
Fhomas Evans, dcc’d, consisting of a comniett I
stock of DRV GOODS Sp GROCF.Sm.I
HOUSE HOLD $ KITClIEX FGRJttl
TURK—The sale to continue from day to day,I
until completed—Terms of sale made kaoti|
on the day of sale.
All persons indebted to said estate, will make]
immediate payment—those who have Hemandt I
will render in their accounts properlv authentic*!
ted. MARTHA EVANS, ad’s.
WM. S. MORGAN, ad’r.
March 2, 1818,
DISSOLUTION.
^INHE connection in business, on Murder ntfltJ
M near Hall's mills, under the firtn of Daiil
L. White & co. having ceased by riissolutiaiJ
the first of January, the settlement of the tnil
ness devolves on Charles I,. Kcnnon, to vihoel
those indebted are requested to make payment;!
and those having demands to make application
for payment. david i„ white,
CHARLES L. KENVOS.
HOWELL L. KEXXOX.
March 18,1818.
NEW STORE.
1 MIE subscriber has just opened, at the house
on the corner of Jefferson and Greene
streets, opposite the Journal Office, a New Store,
where he intends keeping a general assortment
of DRY GOODS He has also established
Store in the upper end of Baldwin county, at
the house of Mr. Gustavus Hendrick, where will
be kept an extensive assortment of DR I
GOODS Sr GROCERIES, which will be sold
at very reduced prices. john jeteh.
Milledgeville, March 14,1813.
N. B. Just received one trunk of elegant
Straw Bonnets of the latest fashions. j. j
BOOT & SHOE STORE.
EDE Lesueur & Co. have just received from
J.TJL Mew-1 ork and Philadelphia, and are now
opening, opposite Messrs. Terondet, Atkinson &
Co. and south ol the market, a general assortment
of BOOTS <5j" SHOES, which they will sell at
the Augusta prices. Milledgeville,.March 24.
RUNAWAY
FROM the subscriber (lie first of
the present month,a Negro Man.
He is about twenty-one year#
old, black complected, stout and
well made. A reasonable re
ward will be given to any per
son yvlio will deliver the said-
slave to niy Overseer in Eatonton, or commit him
to any jail in this state and give me due notice
thereof. He is probably in Jackson county, as
lie was raised by Mrs. Hobson, of that county.
c. a, STUONO.
March 31.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE,
/ ILL be sold on Friday the twenty-fimrtir I
day of April next, at the late residence*!
of Daniel Kingrey, late of Wilkinson connty, 1
deceased, the personal property of said deceased, [
consisting of horses, cattle, hogs and gcne,j
house-bold and kitchen furniture, plantatiot f
tools, &c. &c. Terms will be made known « |
the dav of sale.
WILLIAM BRUNER,adm’r.
March 3rd 1818.
DANCING ACADEMY.
It. LESLIE, grateful fur the enc6nragN|
la 1 went lie has heretofore received in tlfisplacer
respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen!
that his Dancing Academy will be opened Hi
Friday the 10th of April, 9 o’clock, a- It I
Reid ami Holt’s Long Room. March 31».|
COTTON GINS.
T HE subscriber intends carrying on the W*
ton Gin business, at the same place.
Haven,) which lie warrants to do well with sled
plated breast irons. martin tik>hstW<]
Putnarp county, March 30,1818.
GEORGIA, BALDWIN INFERIOR C^URT,'
Sitting for ordinary purposes, .March 2,18141
I TPON the application of Sarah MilWW
J administratrix of the estate of Willijtl
Millinder dec’iLto be dismissed from said >(‘1
ministration .-—It is ordered, that after ml
months public notice hereof, has been
in one of the Gazettes of this state, the
ministratrix will be dismissed, unless cans# *|
the contrary be shewn, at thd next term of ®
court, after the expiration of said ivoticc,
which all concerned Will please pay aften^on.
Taken from the minutes of said court.
ABNER LOCKE, clerk-
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