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POETICAL.
THE MODEST RETORT.
A. uuperciUoiia Nabob of the Hast,
Haughty, being great, and purse-proud, being rich,
A governor or gen’ral at the least,
I have forgotten which,
Had in his family a humble youth,
Who went from Knglaiul in his patron’s suit,
An unassuming boy, and in trutl(,
A lad of decent parts, and good repute.
This youth had sense, and spirit - f
Hut yet, with all his sense,
Excessive diHhicncc
Obscur’d his merit.
One day, at table, flush’d with pride and wine,
His honor, proudly free, severely merry,
Conceiv’d it would be vastly flue
To crack a joke upon his secretory.
"Young man, (said lie) by what art, craft or trade,
l).d \our good lather gam a livelihood
"He was a saddler, sir, (Modcstus said,)
And in his line was reckon’d good.”
" A saddler, eh! anil learnt yon Greek,
Instead of learning you to sew ;
Pray, why did not your father make
A sinDLKit, sir ol iou
Each parasite, then, as in duty bound,
The joke applauded, and the laugh went round.
At length Modcstus, bowing low,
Saul, (craving pardon if too free he made)
" Sir, by your leave, I fain would know
Toeu father’s trade?”
" Mi father’s TnwiE !—by heaven, that’s too bad !
Mt father’s trade!—why blockhead,art thou mad ?
Mt father, sir, did never stoop so low ;
Hk was a okntlkman I’d have you know.”
*• Excuse the liberty 1 take,
(Modcstus said, with archness on bis brow;)
Pray, why did not your father make
A (IKNTLEMA5 of TOL* ?”
MISCELLANY.
A PuysiCian setting up for business—a s hard lot—can
not flatter b.mself with success, unless he courts the
esteem and subscribes to the opinions 01 every granny
and aunt in the ne.ghborhood.
“ As I have travelled around the country
in pursuit of knowledge, I have made a tem
porary abode in several different towns and
societies, into which strangers had recently
removed, with a view to a permanent resi
dence. In the multiplied instances which 1
have seen of this kind, I have not been a lit
tle chagrined to observe how the original in
habitants have conducted towards the new
comer. If he be a professional man, who
contemplates a settlement, with a design of
acquiring an honest subsistence, by a life of
usefulness among the society—poor man, In
has to endure a multitude of mortifications,
ami to run the ganlet. for about two years, a-
mid a double band of falsehoods, sleers, inu-
endos, dark insinuations, and all the train of
ill-natured, sarcasms which minds really ig
norant of his character, under the infiuenn
oi malice, selfishness, and jealousy coinbin-
eo, can possibly arraign to wound his feel
ings and discourage his enterprize. If lie lie
a lawyer, he is less likely than some others
to meet with rebuffs ; but if he be a physi
cian, wo be. to him for about two years. If
lie have any feelings, he requires to he doub
ly fortified with patience, and even to lock up
all sensibility for that term, or he will never
prosper during the ensuing years.
Every woman, so soon as she becomes a
mother by lawful wedlock, feeling that she
may, and probably shall, have need of medi
cal assistance in her family, immediately
lays claim to uinperial jurisdiction respecting
medical men, and medical matters. About
seventeen in every twenty of them, in their
own modest opinions, are perfectly taught pliy-
siciuns, and are, without doubt, fully ade
quate to pronouncing decidly upon the physi
cian's science and skill, by means of the
knowledge which they have had handed
down from their mothers, and which their
mothere derived from somebody, who had it
from “ the Indian,” or « the negro,” or
• < some old squaw,” or some “ cancer doctor
that went and lived among the Indians,” or
from “ some old man that came along with a
pack «>n his hack.” At some time or other,
some such person, by some such means, has
communicated some such knowledge to some
body or other, which produces the most won
derful effects by way of instruction. In pos
session of this knowledge, the women know,
as soon as they have had the name of the dis
order, “ wiiat will certainly cure it.” I5y
means of this, they can certainly determine
whether the physician, who has spent his life
in the regular acquisition of medical know
ledge, knows any thing or not. They want
but one opportunity to enquire of him, wheth
er ** fepecumint, Fether-few, Tansy-tea, or
Mayweed, is not good in this case r” If he
is so unfortunate as to differ from them, and
so honest as to speak his own sentiments, and
to trust his own judgement, rather than rely
on an old tea-pot full of herb-drink, in com
pliance* with their superior knowledge ; in
possession of this information, they can at
once, determine that he knows nothing at all.
Under these circumstances, bis situation is
nearly desperate. But if lie should be auda
cious enough to differ only from one “ good
old nurse,” who knows how to mix an injec
tion, direct how the pipe should be oiled, and
how tin* dose should be administered, if he
cannot immediately make his peace with her.
he had better make his will without delay, or
pa< k up his clothes and he off. If he but
commences the contest, he has to learn by
terrible experience, “ from that war there is
no discharge.” O how I have pitied such
young men, when I have known of their be
ing called to visit a sick person, during the
two years. Often have 1 been present (Iho’*
unseen) when such an one made his debut.
As ho passed along a female face or more,
might he seen at a window in every house.
As soon as he had entered, on goes squaw
bonnet, and away goes “ mother,” or “ aunt
Nabby,” or “ aunt Kezia” from this door,
“ .Miss Biddy” from that, ■“ Miss Thankful”
from the next, until the whole street is in mo
tion, to see how the sick one does, and to
hear what the doctor says. Scarcely had lie
got seated, before one door opened, in came
aunt Tabby.” She hitched up her petti
coats, and tilted down into a broken cradle-
in one corner of the room. Immediately
another door was opened, and “ aunt Molly”
hurried into another corner, dropping a half
courtesy as she trotted through the door.
And it was but a very few minutes before
there was one of those kind, knowing, mod
est, benevolent, motherly ladies, who lias the
honor ol' being aunt to a whole neighborhood,
fixed in each corner of tiie room, and several
of those who were growing up to become
aunts, (as soon as their medical science
should entitle them to the appellation, and
their predecessors should he removed from
office,) standing in the various parts of the
room ; all looking wise, and all watching.
1 sasv one who had thrown a carding apron
over her shoulders, as she crossed the street
in her haste, not to be behindhand, soon be
gin to whisper to her next friend, with asig
nilicaut, half smothered smile and a conse
quential wag of the head. This example
was soon imitated, in a general way, by eve
ry guodlady but one, present, who had turn
ed the age of forty, the time when they gra
duate aunts and doetoresses ; and that oik
stood half bent over the sick person, biting
her linger nails and listening. From this
posture and employment of these good •* hup
states” 1 concluded that they had adopted
the rule of wild turkeys, (and for aught 1
Knew, of tame geese, j who, whilst the ilock
feed, set one to watch. 1 pitied the pool
stranger, for 1 pen eived that lie was to be
aiTUTgiicd, as soon as the coni lave could col
lect in another room, and the lady watchful
should make her report; and, from what i
had often seen before, l knew that he was to
be immolated. 1 accordingly repaired, in
visibly, into the room where they convened,
and “ attended m the judgement hall.” llui
lack-a-day ! what did 1 hear ? In live minutes
the poor iioi tor iiad not enough of a medical
reputation left to admit of saying with pro
priety, that it was ragged. It was all filched
away in a scramble, or, as children say, •* m
a scrabble.” I wuited to see whether his
reputation was all that should be assailed,
and 1 soon perceived that his personal ap
pearance was the foundation ol their judg
ing. *• Did you not see how he looked,”
said one; “ I am sure he can’t know any
thing.” A second said, •• 1 hunt believe he
knows what ails the child, for J never liearu
if the medicine before tout he's ordered.’’—
.. Who Knows any thing about him 1 where
did he come from asked a third. “ 1 be
lieve he may as well go haik again, for he’ii
never get any custom here,” replied a fourth.
“ Diu you ever see any body have hair taut
ivas JJLIJJi, before,” said a nfth. Here, it be
came too much tor my feelings to endure with
patience. And, as 1 do not like to he dis
turbed Irani my tranquility, or to suffer niy
passions to dishonor my material connexions,
l retired, and left the good ladies to unburden
themselves. This consolation, however, 1
carried with me, that these ingenuous aunts
had pronounced judgement without any real
knowledge of his general or lus professional
character; that he must, however worthy m
himself, pass this high court of female judi
cature, or ordeal, tor the usual length of
time, and then, with a pliant versatility ol'
conduct, which can accommodate to any
change of circumstances which were likely
to ensue, at the end of that period of time,
they could uublushiiigly recommend him to
others, and employ him in their own families
“ as the best doctor in the world.”
My reflections on tins subject dosed with
the recollection of the following couplet in
rhyme verse, which very forcibly expressed
the ardent pray er of a young physician, who
had suffered considerably in t .is way, before
he had attained the art of pleasing Ins judges,
and ensuring their approbation and support,
by talking a great ueal of commendatory
nonsense. After lie bad experimentally
known the blessed effects of this charm, un
der the feeling rememherance of what he
had formerly sull'ered by reason of his be
iug honest ami independent, he passionately
broke forth thus-
Of ail the mercies which kind Heaven can send,
O makeeuuh midwife, nurse and aunt My Friend.
Medical Register.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
O N the first Saturday after the first Tuesday
in May next, will be exposed to public sale,
at the market-house in the town of St. Marv s,
between the hours ef 10 and 5 o'clock ol that
dav, the following negro slaves, viz. February,
Pleasant, Pleasant, Peggy, Sally, Mary, Lydia,
lien, Clary, Sarah, Jack, Francis, Rosaline, Cla
ry, York, Kate, Elsey, Mira, David, Riner, Jack,
Judge, Lucy, Betty, Harriet, Nanny, Sam, Jim,
William, Sepio, Pbebe, Dider, Matilda, Amelia,
Richard, Moses, Crecy, Situs, Lucy, George,
Lambert, Sucky, Chany, George, Willis, Lucy,
Jacob, Gen, York, Betty, Kate, Lucretia, Vilet,
Cullen, York, Bill, Nancy, Aggy, Jimmy, Simon,
Jim, Doll, Charles, Dunus, Jim, Charlotte, Julett,
Hector, Lewis. Jeff, Quash. Friday, Joel, Betty,
Clary, Eady, Kane, Jinny, Ned, Sarah, Bet, Hec
tor, Mary, Bob, Rose, Bl ister. John, Aron, Deay,
na, Penny, Kiner, Edmund, Daphnv, Judge, Din,
Peggy, Isaac, Bill, Judy, Lydia, Sue, Quackn,
Sucky, York, Nat, Kitty, Situs, Abram, Daphne,
Molly, Paul, George, Beck, Deen, Brandy, Naim,
Lucy, Caroline, John, Smith, Silvy, John, Min
go. Being one hundred and twenty-four in num
ber, levied under and by virtue or an execution
formed on the foreclosure of a mortgage Edward
F. Tatnall, administrator John Hamilton, vs.
James Williamson, to_ satisfy said mortgage
and cost. Among the"above named Negroes,
there are carpenters, seamstresses, washers,
house servants, &c.—I can recommend a number
of those negroes to be of the most value of any
negroes in this state. Conditions, cash.
ISAAC BA1LY, S. C. C.
St. Mary’s, 2d March. 1818.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
W ILL lie sold at the Court-House in Eaton-
ton, Putnam county, on the first Tuesday
in May next, between the usual hours, one large
buy HOUSE, levied on as the property of Win.
S. Hendrick, to satisfy an execution iu favor of
Robert Bledsoe, surviving copartner vs. Win. S.
Hendrick, property pointed out by Wm. Brown,
and levied by B..5. Harvey, former deputy sheriff,
aud returned to me.
WM. VARNER, Sheriff.
February 23, 1818.
CLOCK Ac WATCH MAKlN'r;
[ A YPRIAN WILLCOX, having tak
U co-partnership Mr. Leonard Pcdi?
business will in future be conducted
firm of W ILLCOX <4j* PERKINS. ft**
just received in addition to the former s 't t
full and complete assortment of gold and T*
patent lever and plain Watches of every •
tion ; also chains, seals and keys of the
and most fashionable patterns. The good We,t
nerally kept by men of their profession, ar I f'
well known to need specifying. They think '
therefore sufficient to say. that they have aee *
ral asortment, and will afford them to their .
tomers as low as they can be had in the sm
Clocks, Watches, time pieces, A*c. of every i
scription repaired and warranted, and ail otfc
work in their line executed at the shortest noti
and with fidelity. cvpkian wiu C0Ji
LEONARD PERKIxi
Sparta, March 26.
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
I TNDERthe firm of Sca'ibrough dj- M‘Kimu.
J (successors to Barna M<Kinne'&Co.)||j(
ng formed a connexion in business in thisph,.'
they beg leave, to offer their services as genenj
Commission Merchants.
WILLIAM SCARBROUGH
JOSEPH P. MKINNE. 1
Savannah, Jan. 24, 1818.
M
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NOTICE.
KINNE & CO. will make advances A
produce lodged with them to be ftuwarX
ed their friends, Scarbrough & M'Kiune, fwsilf,
Should the Savannah market not offer accept*!
ble advantages, the produce, (at the option oftl*
owner) will then be forwarded to the uorthwirf
or a port in Great Britain or France, and in *]|
instances, for the customary commission, tin
will guarantee the responsibility of the parties
to whom it may fie consigned for sale.
Augusta, Jan. 30, 1818.
NOTICE.
riJN consequence of Mr. Barna M‘Kinn» refit
£ ing from business, the subscribers havetoi*
nounce a contemplated dissolution of their cm
cern, and thart all transactions after the firsttt
next month will he conducted by their successor*,
SHERIFF’S a ALE Scarbrough & M'Kiune; who they i espedfullj
ILL be sold at the Coui t-lV.use in the i,c $ leave to recommend t.. the same c«nfidew
ana ciicouragnicnt, that has been so kindly cw
ferred on them.* BARNA M'KINNE
Savannah, Jan. 24. 1818.
town of Monticello on the first Tuesday in
May next, between the usual hours of sale,202 1-2
acres of Land, known by Lot No. 1T4, in the
17th district of originally Baldwin, now Jasper
county, levied on as the property of White Rossi-
ter, to satisfy an execution in favor of Pleasant
Hunter vs. said Rossiter, property pointed out by
Ed. Paine, plaintiff's attorney. Conditions, cash.
MARTIN COCHRAN, Dept. Sll’lf.
March 26, 1818.
LOOK AGAIN.
rrpHE subscriber now calls on those indebted
0 to him, for the last time. He intended to
have sued indiscriminately at last February
Court; but that intention was changed, under a
sincere wish, that a further indulgence of six
months would have superceded the painful ne
cessity of calling in the aid of the law, to ob
tain, what injustice, lie ought long since to have
received ; in that hope he has been disappointed
to a '•pnsideiable extent. To those therefore,
who have promptly discharged their respective
dues, he tenders his sincere thanks, and those
yet in arrears are positively notified, that unless
they make payment by the 25 th day of June
next, they will be sued.—He cannot pay his
debts without he can collect what is due him ;
lie must sue or he sued, aud self defence is the
first law of nature. This notice is positively the
last notice. Jacob p. turner.
Sparta, April 1, 1818.
jllmannc Predictions.—Several mornings
this year, the sun will rise before certain
people discover it, and set before they
have done their day’s work.
On the 4th of July next, many sober peo
ple will be drunk before they are aware of it.
There will he many eclipses of male and
female virtue this year, some visible and
some invisible.
Many young ladies will bo married who
arc not yet courted ; and many who are
courted will wait another year.
The new president will find it difficult to
please all his friends this year, or, in other
words to give *« every dog a bone.”
HATS,
Selling off at reduced prices.
TTUM-IE subscriber, wishing to close Ins business,
fl will sell at reduced prices, his extensive as
sortment of Hats, consisting of Ladies’Beavers
of the latest fashion, Gentlemen’s superfine Bea
ver hats, common aud low priced Fur do. Men's
and Boy’s Wool do. Children’s Fur and Morocco
do. &c. &c. 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 against
him, to present them for payment.
A. I1ANSCOM.
Milledgeville, March 10, 1818.
NOTICE.
T^rOTICE is hereby given, that we shall ap-
Xxl ply to the Inferior Court of Putnam coun
ty. sitting for ordinary purposes, for commission
ers to divide the estate of Daniel Baugh, dec’d
ninety days after date.
DANIEL WHITE, J
WILLIAM BAUCH, y
March 4th, 1818.
admr’s.
N
NOTICE.
J INK months after date, application will be
' made to the Court of Ordinary, of Morgan
county, for leave to sell the real estate of Wil
liam B. Walls, deceased, for the benefit of the
heirs and creditors of said estate,
MATHEW COC11RAM, ad’r.
March 2, 1817.
RAN A WAY
F'ROM the subscriber the first of
the present month,a Negro Man.
He is about twenty-one years
old, black complected, stout and
well made. A reasonable re
ward will be given to any per
son who will deliver the said
slave to my 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
he was raised by Mrs. Hobson, of that county.
C. B. STRONG.
March 3P.
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
D R. WHITE respectfully tenders his profit.
sional services to the inhabitants ol Mil
ledgeville and its vicinity. He may be found It
his residence third door above Major Uoivard’d
March SO.
PHYSIC.
rjjlTllK public are informed that I have f
J. located mvself in this village, as a practi-
tinner of Medicine—Applications made atcapfc
Glove "s shall be atteuiled to, with that puuctti
ality, which the nature of mv profession required
JOHN G. SLAPPf.
Monticello. Geo. Feb. 18, 1818.
DOCTORS GLENN <\. COOK,
H AVING associated themselves in the pni-
tice of Medicine, tender their profession
al services to their friends, and the pnblic gene
rally. Their shop is kept in the house formerly
iccupied by J. Crawford, esq. as an office.
H
DOCTOR H. C. EDMODNSON,
.WING purchased doctor Hobson’s stockof
medicines, respectfully informs the citizen!
generally that his assortment is the most com
plete of any in the upper part of the state.—He
lias taken a room in the house belonging to rapt.
Lewis C. Holland, on the north east side of tile
public square.
Monticello, April 9, 1818.
GEORGIA, BALDWIN INFERIOR COURT,
Sitting for ordinary purposes. ,Vtirch 2,1818.
I T PON the application of Sarah Millimler,
J administratrix of the estate of William
Millimler dec’ll, to be dismissed from said ad
ministration :—It is ordered, that after six
months public notice hereof, has been given,
in one of the Gazettes of this state, the ad
ministratrix will be dismissed, unless cause to
the contrary be shewn, at the next term of this
court, after the expiration of said notice, to
which all concerned will please pay attention.
Taken from the minutes of said court.
ABNER LOCKE, clerk.
NOTICE.
TKMIE late firm of William Bowen <5* Co. W
JL this day been dissolved by mutual consent,
and the subscriber having purchased the entire
interest of Stoutenburgh and Thorn in thi*es
tablishment, will, in future, continue business
on his owr. account at the corner store formerly
occupied by Capt. A. Borland, where he ofli^s
on accommodating terms, for cash or produce,dv
few Groceries and a variety of Fancy and Staple
Goods suitable for the season.
Wishing to discontinue the dry goods bnsineS
will dispose of his stork at the Savannah prices,
for cash or a short credit. Persons wishing to
purchase an assortment will find the one offete®
low charged and well selected.
WILLIAM BOWEN.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
J. B. HINES,
THREE HOLLARS PER YEAR, Iff ADVAXCE.
Advertisements under one hundred words, inserted tl*
first time for 75 cents, cash, and 50 cents for each contin
uance—longer ones in proportion. Every insertion of no
tices not published weekly, charged as the first Admin
istrators sales of real estate advertised for S'* 0 -7*
of personal property 8 3—notices to debtors and credi
tors g 3—and nine months citations g 5—one font'®
more in every instance, if not settled for when lclt M
insertion.
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Of all kinds done at the Office of the ‘ Ufhetot^