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POETICAL.
THE WHEELBARROW.
With a big boUle-nose and an acre of chin,
H • whole physiognomy frightful as inn,
"With a huge fri anted wig, anil triangular hat,
And a Nmn-brsmeaml handkerchief tie.! over that;
doctor Boa, riding out on his fierce Kosinante,
tin hair very rich, but of flesh very scanty,")
Was a littleslann'd, through a seal for Ins bones,
Seeing Hodge cross the road with a barrow of stones,
H:p! friend, roar’d the Doctor, with nn little force,
Briilu-e set down your barrow, ’twill frighten my horse.
Ifmlge us quickly replied as an Hrskine or Harrow,
"" Your a d—d ileal more likely to frighten my barrow.”
A HOPEFUL REFORMATION.
A jolly wight, who dearly loved his glass,
A neighboring dram-shop never known to pass,
Most always stop to wet his p.pes, ami then
Could omviwd jog, but sonn to call again.
At length !i* friends, his conscience gave lit’alarm,
II is bleeding parse, too, called fin- quick reform,
Anil when fie next had cause to pass the shop,
His mind he firmly settled not to stop :
■'Stick to it Resolution,” was theory,
As ott he push’d, his purpos’d strength to try.
Till passed—then said, *• the habit's quite defeated,
"Comeback now, kmolutios, anil be treated.”
RELIGIOUS.
<i>i >y of a letter from a gcnllcmhu in Oglethorpe, to his
Friend in Wilkes county.
Dear Sir—Relative to temporal concerns,
4 have nothing important or interesting to
Communicate; in fact, temporary objects
are not worthy to engross tile attention or
■affections—for they are all transitory and
Jrrish in the using. Every tiling attached
to this world cannot satisfy an immortal
Anind. Alexander the great, after bccomin:
master of the world, so far from being satis
fied or happy, wept, because ho had not an
other world to conquer. But virtue, morali
ty, piety, devotion, these arc immortal; the
possession and exercise of these are calcu
lated to satisfy and beatify an immortal
$oul. My dear sir, there is a reality in reli
gion ; and if you would be happy in time or
eternity, you must enjoy religion ; you must
know your sins forgiven, and feel the love of
God shed abroad in the heart; you must
take up your cross daily, and follow your
■Saviour through evil, as well as good report.
Ay, there’s the rub! This is w h at prevents
thousands from embrttring religion. It is a
eiviss to nature, a cross to the flesh, a cross
to tiie carnal mind ; but if you would seo the
kingdom of Heaven, you must deny your
self, you must mortify the deeds of the body ;
for “if you live after the flesh, you shall
die,” kcc. In my reflections on this subject,
2 will first state, that all the honor, power,
grace and glory arc attached to Deity ; se
condly, I will givo you this very just maxim ;
We may as well expect, that God will make
iis rich without industry, as that he will make
us wise, good or happy, without our own en
deavors. Perhaps you have imoibed Cal-
Tinistic principles, and say, if I am to be
Saved, 1 will be saved ; or I am waiting the
JLord’s good time to give me religion.—Mj
dear sir, the Lord’s time is now ; now is the.
accepted time and day of salvation. To
day, if you will hear bis voice, harden not
your heart. The great God hath said, lie
will be sought unto ; and he hath promised,
in the day that you will seek him with your
whole heart, he will be found of you
pr >fanenfes9 and aft the niorfil evils that ate
perpetrated iiitlie world ? If you will seri
ously reflect, you will find in yourself an a-
vershm to Godliness, and a propensity to c-
vil and to wander from God. , tin serious ■re
flection, you will also feel, at times, a wish,
a desire to do better, to flee tho wrath to
come, and finally to get to Heaven ; this is
a ray of divine light, the inspiration ahd at
traction of the good spirit. Again, you arc
a sinner against God, by nature and prac
tice ; tile justice and purity of Deity cannot
look on sin with the least allowance. The
soul that sins, shall die. Hence you may
discover the propriety and necessity of the
plan of redemption. It was the business of
our Saviour to extricate us from this wretch
ed state of sin and misery, and to reinstate
us in tire favour of God, and God hath de
clared himself well pleased with the propi
tiatory Sacrifice of bis Son. In another
place lie asks, what more- could have been
dwic, than 1 have done for my vineyard. He
liafh done every thing possible, consistent
With his nature and the nature of man. lie
hath made salvation possible for yo.-—li»r
all 5 aiul invites and woos you by bis word
and Spirit to come and receive it on (he terms
of the. gospel. As above observed, you are
a rational intelligent being, capable of dis
cerning good and evil. You are irresistibly
enlightened, convinced and convicted. Life,
and death arc set before you ; you have pow
er to choose or refuse. Now, sir, you are a
free agent; choose whom you will obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of obedience
unto righteousness. If you will yield obe
dience to the mandates of Heaven ahd the
dictates of the holy spirit, God hath promised
to assist, direct and support you, and you
will be led on from one grade of religion to
another, tiil you finally land in tho paradise
of God. That you may yield to be saved
from sin ; that you inay be happy in the
love of God in time, and consummately hap
py in eternity is the prayer of yours sincere
ly*
R.,
A
O Lord, my Cod, to thee I p:* *y,
Teach me to know and find the way.
How I may have my sins forgiven■,
And safe and surely get to Heaven.
CfiLdetliou, O Lord, guide thou mv course,
Anti draw me on by ihv sweet force,
fitdl ni. kc me walk, still make me tend,
fly thee my way, to thee my end.
ARTS § SCIENCE.
THE COMPLETING PRINTING PRESS,
in our last number we mentioned that
the Literary Gazette was the only Journal
in the world printed by this most admirable
machine, ami as a matter of extraordinary
mechanical interest we subjoin a brief ac
count of the process by which about a thou
sand of these large sheets ai*c per hour pro
dured by Ibis magical invention. The beau
ty of the movements, their rapidity, their
precision are cnchanccd to the imagination
by the nature of the operation they perform :
it looks as if mind and not matter were at
work. We see a boy lay a while sheet of
paper upon the webb (here described)
What and while we tell three it is received by an-
can be more explicit and positive? Perhaps I other boy, as flower comes from the mill, a
you have imbibed Armenian principles, ami
Say, at a more convenient season, I intend
to turn to God and get religion.—Perhaps
that more convenient season will never ar
rive. God hath said, my spirit shall not a!-
*Vays strive with man.—You tiave no lease
of your life.—Be'not deceived.—God is not
mocked. He commands all men every where
to repent. Repent ye, and believe the gos
pel. But, any you, repentance and faith
are the gift of God. That is truth, unerring
truth; and my dear sir, what <i» it attached
to you or yours, that is not the gift of God ?
All that you have and are, is either dim tlywgrnts at least two incidental attractions, in
r indirectly the gift of God—Abstract from addition to those which have been already
Deity, you would be nought and could do no
thing. ' “ It is in him we live, move anil have
our being. LA cry good an perfect gift com-
cth down from the Father of lights,” Now,
my friend, interrogate yourself; what am I ?
Are you a mere machine, or a mere animal ?'
If you will lend me your serious attention,
Bv the grace of God, I w ill endeavor to tell
you what you are.—-There are two first prin
ciples, of which the universe consists; that
io. spirit and matter. As respects your for
mation or composition ; you arc a complex
being, composed of these two first principles,
i. o. spirit and matter, or soul and body.—
Relative to your duration; your material
part, the body, will shortly be extinct, and
mingle with its mother dust; blit the soul
cannot die, it must live forever, either in
consummate felicity, or in interminable woe
anil misery.—Relative to your nature ; the
Celebrated Mr. Weems observes, that man
has three natures j the animal, the rational
and the div ine. The«nimalhature isattaciicd
to the body, the rational and divine, to the
soul. Now, sir, which would you call your
better self, or which is worthy of the great
est attention and cultivation, your material or
immortal part. You at e a rational, intc+li-
gent being, and rational intelligence involves
accountability ; accountability involves go
vernment; and government involves obedi
ence. Again, you are a depraved being,
perfect newspaper, printed on both sides
wilt a degree of unequalled force, clearness,
and correctness. A more gratifying scene
than’ the action of this piece of mechanism, it
is impossible to conceive ; it seems the very
climax of human ingenuity, and if ever a
filing of the kind merited public admiration
and acknowledgement, we hesitate not to
say that, it, is this wonderful apparatus. Prin
ted in the house where Samuel Johnson, liv
ed and died, by a machine ascurioua and un
ique as his endowments were stupendous and
mrivalied ; the Literary Gazette now pre-
lionnurcd with such cheering encouragement
Wc request the nutipcof our readers to
our^iagc as a speeimvtf of thcarthf printing
by the singular means devised and perfected
as below explained.
About ten years ago Mr. Bcnsley was ap
plied to by Mr. lyfuiig, a Saxon, who submit
ted to him proposals for joining him in the
prosecution r,r a plan for improving the
cnininoiiprihiiiig press, which consisted chief
ly in moving the press by machinery, by
which the labour of one man might be saved.
A press was formed on this plan ; J)ut the
result was so unsatisfarto'ry as to induce the
rejection of it altogether. It will readily
bo conceived that this resolution was not ta
ken till after numberless experiments had
rendered the prospect of success hopeless.
The idea of cylindrical impression now pre
sented itself, which had been attempted by
others without success ; and a machine on
this construction was completed, after en
countering great difficulties, at the close of
the year 1812. It may.be proper here to in
troduce. an outline of its operation.
The form (i. e. the composed types) is pla
ced on a carriage or coffin, which is constant
ly passing under the inking cylinders,
obtaining a coat of ink in its ingress and e-
gress ; these cylinders have a lateral and
rotary motion, for the purpose of equaling
the ink before it is communicated to the
to tho fctnds of tto boy tvhfi waits to tecivc
it. This is termed n single maenmo; by
the assistance ol two boys it prints > ->0
sheets on one side per hour. As dispatch,
however, is of the utmost importance to a
news paper, it was deemed advisable to con
struct wliat is called a double machine.
This differs in no respect from that above de
scribed, excepting the addition of a second
printing cylinder, by which means, with the
assistance of fobr boys, U00 sheets are prin
ted within the boar on one side. The ma
chines used for printing tho Times newspa
per arc on this plan, and have now been con-
strtntly in use since November* 1814- After
the Times machines were constructed, the
grand improvement ol the completing ma
chine was suggested, so called fur its deliv
ering the sheet priiited on botli sides.* Il
has a double inking and printing apparatus
with two carriages or coffins, each, large e-
noiigh to admit a double demy form 34 1-2
by 21 inches. The paper is laid on an end
less webb called the feeder, which revolves
at intervals, tlicncc the sheet passes into the
machine, and is ejected in a lew seconds
printed on both sides. By this means 900
sheets are struck off in an hour, printed on
both sifles, oi“ 1800 impressions, if the double
sized paper be used, 3000 single impressions.
Two boys and an overlooker arc all the as
sistance requisite, and a steam engine ut one
horse jlower is sufficient force to impel it.
The Patentee must feel a just pride in the
completion of such an arduous undertaking,
after so many years of labour and txpcn.se ;
and it is not the least gratifying circumstance
attending it, to consider that in England so
important an invention has been matured,
which had been previously rejected by all the
principle cities on tiie continent; for the in
ventor (Mr. Konig) spent not less than two
years in seeking patronage in Germany and
Russia, till at length, to use his ow n words,
lie was << compelled to take refuge in Eng
land, the only country where mechanical in
ventions are duly rewarded.”—Lit. Gaz.
Error in Surveying—Nothing is more
Common than that two surveyors should dif
fer in their results of the estimate of the
same survey. It frequent iy happens also,
that the same Surveyor, with the same chain
and compass, will produce different results.
This difference proceeds in most cases from
a variation in the length of the chain. For
every time the chain is stretched, the rings
which join the links will give. Also if tiie
chain is used in wet ground and particularly
in ground adjacent to salt water, the iron is
corroded) and the rings become much thin
ner ; tiie consequence of which is, that tiie
more a chain is used tho longer It bcciunps.
We have knowm a four pole chain, after be
ing in use six months, extend fourteen in
ches—Every Surveyor ought therefore to
measure Ids chain before he commences.—
We have seen chains that have been in con
stant use for several years, three feet longer
than their proper length, withuut the circum
stance having been noticed by the possessor.
In surveying land which is valuable an error
of this sort produces the most important
consequences.—Petersburg Intelligencer.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscribers,
ou the night of the 30th ult. three
negro men, to wit Andrew, Ned! at very reduced prices
SHERIFF’S 3ALE$.
O N the first Saturday alter the" first T,,.,
in May next, will be exposed to ntiblir i^
at the marketdiouse in the town (l f ,,
between the 'hours of 10 and 3 o’clock
day, the following negro slaves, ,luf
Coilen, York, Bill, Nancy, AggyJinw-’c^ 1 et >
Jim, Doll, Charles, Dunus, "
Hector, Lewis. Jeff, Quasi
,vggy,Jmu.* Sil '
■ Inn, Charlotte, Juleit
i, Friday, Joel, Betty’
Molly, Paul. George, Heck, Ileeri, Brandy,Nani*
Lucy, Caroline, John, Smith, Silvy, John Mini
go. Being one hundred and twenty-four in num.
her, levied under and by virtue of an exer.mioa
formed on tiie foreclosure of a mortgage Edward
F. Tatnall, administrator John Hamilton vs
James Williamson, to satisfy said mortn**
and cost. Among the above named Ne»ro«
there are carpenters, seamstresses, washers!
house servants, &c.—I can recommend a number
of those negroes to be of the most value of ai „
negroes in this state. Conditions, cash. *
ISAAC BAILt, s. c. c.
St. Mary’s, 2d March, 1818.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD,
RAN away from the subscri
bers living in Jasper county
state of Georgia, on the list
day of January last, twn ne
groes, the one a man, about
twenty years of age, black com.
plected, thick beard, rather
• crossed cved, about 5 feet 8 or
10 inches high, well made, by tiie name of Ne4,
liis clothes not. recollected. The other a woman,
by tiie name of Priss, about eighteen years old,
about 5 feet high anti boles in her ears, had ca
when she went away, a white homespun frock!
Ten dollars will be given to any person that will
secure either of tiie said negroes in Jail, and the
same sum with nil travelling expenses, if deli
vered to either of the subscribers, living oit
Murder creek in said county, near Basses’mil!.
ALEXANDER IIF.RRO.V.
JAMES SPRADLIN.
February 23, 1818.
RANAWAY
FROM the subscriber the firstol
tiie present month,a Negro Md-
He is about twenty-one ><ir»
old, black complected, stout and
well made. A reasonable re.
ward will be given to any pert
son who will deliver tiie said
slave to my Overseer in Eatonton, or commit hia
to any jail in tiiis state and give me due notiM
fliereof. He is probably in Jackson county,tit
he was raised by Mrs. Hobson, of that county-
C. B. STRONG.
March 31. . .
NEW STORE.
* a^IIE subscriber has just opened, at the honrt
JL on the corner of Jefferson and Urecnef
streets, opposite the Journal Office, a New Store,'
where lie intends keeping a general assortment
of DRY GOODS. lie has also established *
Store in the upper end of Baldwinveounty, at
the house of Mr. Gustavus Hendrick, where will
be kept an extensive assortment iff BRT
G60B8 <Sj* GROCERIES, which will be sold
’ ' JOHN JETER.
and Buck or Bill. Andrew is a
stout youug fellow,about 20 years
of age, 6 feet high, dark coin-
plected7-iiul weighs about 180. Ned is about
22 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, very trim
and well made, and has very long whiskers.—
He was brought from Virginia last winter and
sold to us by Win. Anderson, speculator. Buck
or Bill is a lad about 17 years old, well grown,
has two large scars or scalded places on the baa:k
of bis bead, which show very plain when bare
headed. Had on when be went away a dr jss-
coat of coarse brown cloth and a new pair of
gray pantaloon-, lie was purchased some years
ago ol Barney Riley in the Creek nation. These
allows are all supposed to be together, and will
endeavor to go either to the state of Virginia,
or the Creek nation. The above reward will lie
given for their apprehension so that the subscri
bers can get them again.
SANFORD & LUMSDEX.
Near Milledgeville. April 1,1818.
The Editor of. the Telescope will publish the
above advertisement three times, and forward
his account to this office for payment.
Milledgeville, March 14,1618.
N. B. Just received one trunk of elegant
Straw Bonnets of the latest fashions. J- 1
“ God made man upright, hut lie hath sought form. After tho form is thoroughly inked,
out many inventions.” The depravity of iiu- it passes under Die printing cylinder, on
man nature is too conspicuous, too glaring! which the paper is laid, where it receives
to be denied. Whence arise will’s, tiungit«,j the impression, and thence delivers iisclf iu-
4 *'TpR the expiration of nine months from
1 the date hereof, I shall make application to
the honorable the court of ordinary of Burke
county for leave to sell a certain tract of land,
containing 202 1-2 acres, lying and being in the
24tn district of Wilkinson county, (now Twiggs
county,) said land drawn in the name of Jacob
Rodgers, Bulloch county, awl known by the No.
272,^ to be sold fur the benefit of the heirs ofllar-
dy Fulgham, deceased.
CADER FAIRCHILD, adm'r.
in right of Ivs wife.
February t, 1818.
HATS,
Selling off at reduced prices.
T HE subscriber, wishing to close his business
will sell at reduced prices, his extensive as-,
sortment of Hats, consisting of Ladies’ Beaver*
of the latest fashion, Gentlemen's superfine Bea
ver hats, common and low priced Fur do. Mens
and Boy’s Wool do. Children’s Fur and -Morocco,
do. &.c. 8cc. all of which will be sold either at
wholesale or retail, much lower than have ever
been sold in this place.
All persons indebted to the subscriber are
earnestly requested to make payment immedi
ately ; and those having any demands againjt
him, to present them for payment.
A. HAUSCOM.
Milledgeville, March 10, 1813.
NOTICE.
TNTINE months after date, application will be
made to the honorable the Court of Ordina
ry, of Washington county, for leave to sell three
hundred and twenty acres of land, adjoining
Je*se Krooni and others, part of the real estate
of VV illiam B. Murphey, deceased, sold for the
benefit of the heirs aud creditors of said de
ceased. jesse kroom, adm’r.
Ajjsav MANNING, adm’x.
March 12,1818.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE,
W ILL be sold on Friday the twenty-fosw
day of April next, at the late residence
of Daniel Kingrey, late of Wilkinson collide,
deceased, the personal property of said deceaseu,
consisting of horses, cattle, hogs and geese,
house-hold and kitchen furniture, plantation
tools, &c. &c. Terms will be made known on
the day of sale.
WILLIAM BRUNER,adin’r.
March 5rJ 1818.
COTTON GINS.
DIE subscriber intends carrying
i the Cot-
ton Gin business, at the same place, (Mill-
Uaveti,) which he warrants to do welfwith steel
plated breast irons. martin thorntox.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
W ILL be sold at the Court-House in Eaton-
tun, Putnam county, on the first Tuesil*'
in May next, betwecu the usual hours, one large
bay HORSE, levied on as the property of F hi-
S. Hendrick, to satisfy an execution in favor «
Robert Bledsoe, surviving copartner vs. Wm. S<
Hendrick, property pointed out by Wm. Brown,
Hid levied by B.J. Harvey, former deputy sheriff,
ind returned to me.
WM, VARNER, Sheriff.
Fcbtuary £3, USlfk