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POETICAL.
The following Jen D’esprit, addressed to M.ss C. of Lon
don, “alittle short lady,” wasorigi y Uy published in
the Monthly Magazine, printed in that city a number
of years ago.
LITTLE THINGS ARE BEST.
When any tiling abounds we find
That nobody will have it;
But when there’s little of the kind
Don’t .ill the people crave it ?
If wives are p.vils as *tis known
And wofully confess’d,
The man who’s wise will surely own 1
A little one is best.
The god of love’s a little wight,
And beautiful as thought;
Thou too art little fair as light,
And every thing—in snoux.
O happy girl ! I think thee so,
For mark the poet’s song—
Maw wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.
UI8CELI ANY.
From Paulding’s “ Leu era from the Sou to ’*
THE BATTEAUXMAN & WAGGONER.
Yesterday we laid by at the little town ol
W . It was court time, and two lawy ers,
the pick of the whole country round, was to
take the field against each other, in a suit
between a waggoner and a battea.ixman, in a
case of assault and battery. You are to un
derstand the beautiful river Shenandoah
passes not far from this town, and is navi
gable for batteaux ; while at no great dis
tance runs the great western road, which is
travelled by the west country waggoners—
some of whom, you know, are “ half horse,
half alligator;” others “ part earthquakt,
and a little of the steam boat;” and others
compounded, according to their own accounts,
of ingredients altogether different from the
common constituent parts of the rest of man
kind. The battcauxmcn ate for the most
part composed of materials equally combus
tible ; and the consequence is, that occasion
ally, when they meet, they strike fire, and
blow op the powder magazine each carries
with him in the form of a heart.
The. history of the present contest, as de
tailed by the counsel for the plaintiff, is as
follows: One summer evening, when the
mild air, the purple light, the green earth
and the blue sky, all seemed to invite to peace
& repose, the batteqjuxman fastened Ins boat
to the stump of a tree, lighted his fire to
broil his ba< on, and began to sing that fa
mous song of The opossum up the gum
tree.” By and by a west country waggoner
chanced to come jingling his bells that way,
and stoppinghis waggon, unhooked bis horses,
carried them round to the little trough at tin-
back of the vehicle, gave them some shorts,
sat himself down at the top of the hank, lie-
low which the batteaxman was sitting in his
boat, and began to whistle “ The batteaux
man rob'd the old woman's hen roost.” The
batteauxman cock’d up his eye at the wag
goner, and the waggoner looking askance
down on the batteauxman, took a chew of
tobacco with a leer that was particularly ir
ritating. The batteauxman drew out his
whiskey bottle, took a drink, and put the
cork in again, at the same time thrusting his
tongue in his cheek in a manner not to be
borne. The waggoner flapped bis bands a-
gainst bis hips, arid crowed like a cock ; the
batteauxman curved his neck, and neighed
like a horse. Being, however, men of rather
phlegmatic habits, they kept their temper so
far as not to come to blows j.ist then. In a
few minutes the waggoner swore •• lie had
the handsomest sweetheart of any man in
all Grcenbriar.” The batteauxman jumped
u]> in a passion, but sat down again and took
a drink. In a few minutes the waggoner
swore “ he had the finest horse of any man
In a hundred miles.” The batteauxman
bounced up, pulled the waistband of his
trow sees, took another drink, and bounced
down again. A minute after, the waggoner
swore “ he had a better rifle than any man
that ever wore a bluejacket.” Ibis was too
much—for the batteauxman wore a jacket of
that color, and of course amounted to a per
sonal insult. Besides, to attack a man’s ri
fle ! He could have borne any reflection on
his sweetheart, or his horse ; but to touch
his rifle was to touch his honor. Off wont the
bluejacket; the batteaux *an scrambled up
the hank, and a set to commenced, that ended
in the total discomfiture of the waggoner,
with the loss of three of his grinders, and
the gain of “ divers black and bloody brui
ses,” as Lithgow says. The batteauxman
waited till the moon rose, when he went whist
ling down the stream to carry the news of his
victory to old Potomac : and the w aggoner
went “ to take the law,” as a man says when
the law is about to take him.
The honest batteauxman was arrested on
his return for assault and battery on the
west country waggoner. It being you know
the great object of fhe law to find out which
party is in the wrong, the lawyer of each
side labors of course to throw the imputation
on his adversary's client. It appeared dear
ly enough that the batteauxman made the
first assault, but it also appeared in evidence,
that crowing like a cock was a direct chal
lenge according to the understanding of these
people; that to undervalue a batteuuxman's
sweetheart or horse, whether he had any or
not was a mortal insult; and that to insinu
ate an inferiority in his rifle, was an offence
which no one could pat up with without dis-i
honor. That such points of honor constitu
ted the chivalry of these people, that no class
of mankind is without something of this na
ture ; that however low a man may be, there
are insults he cannot submit to without being
disgraced among his equals who constitute
his world ; and that to oblige him in any situ
at ion to put up with disgrace, was to debase
his nature, and to destroy every manly prin-
1 iple within him. Trifling as this case may
appear, it called forth a display of tir’cht, and
a depth of investigation as to how far ii was
possible, and if possible, how far it Was sa
lutary, to attempt to repress the operation of
those feelings which spur men in all situa
tions, to avoid disgrace at the risk of every
thing, that gave me a high idea of the two
advocates. They were both young men, new
to the bar, &c. yet they both spoke with a de
gree of fluency as well as self-possession
which is seldom exhibited by our young law
yers of the cities, whose genius is too fre
quently rebuked by the presence of an au
dience they can hardly hope to please, dis
heartened by the supercilious airs of the el
der counsel, or overpowered by the deaden
ing sense of inferiority.
AGE—the true way of making it comfortable.
That is, by making it the means of reli
gious improvement. Let a man he. beset by
ever so many bodily complaints, howeil down
by ever so many infirmities; if lie find his
soul growing, and growing better ; his seri
ousness in Teased ; his obedience more re.gu
lar anil exact; his inward principles and dis
positions improved from what they were for
merly, and continuing to improve ; that man
hath a fountain of comfort and consolation
springing up within him. Infirmities which
have this effect, arc infinitely better than
strength and health themselves; though
these, considered independently of their con
sequences, he justly esteemed the greatest
of all blessings and of all gifts. The old
igo of a virtuous man admits of a different,
and of a most consoling description.
To the intelligent and virtuous, old age
presents a Seene of tranquil enjoyments; of
obedient appetites ; of well regulated affec
tions ; of maturity in knowledge; and of
calm preparation for immortality. In this
serene and dignified state, placed as it were
on the confines of two worlds, the. mind of a
good man reviews what is past with the coin-
nlarency of an approving consrience, and
looks forward with humble confidence in the
mercy of God, and with devout aspirations
towards his eternal and ever increasing fa
vour.”—Raley.
Jlnecilote of sir Walter Raleigh.—One mor
ning w hen this illustrious character was deep
ly engatred, during his confinement in the
Tower, in composing his history of the world,
a disturbance occasioned by a fray, took
place in the court yard, exactly below his
window. Sir Walter was unable to see the oc
currence, hut lie inquired of the first person
who entered his room, what it was ? The
person gave him a full account, as he was an
eye witness to what had happened. Shortly
after another friend dropped in, and the con
versation turning on the. recent fray,sir Wal
ter asked him if lie had been present ? To
which he received an answer in the affirma
tive, followed by an account totally different
from the preceding one. This narrator had
scarcely gone out, when a third person en
tered ; and lie, having also been an eye wit
ness, gave a recital no less different from
the other two than they had differed from
each other. No sooner was sir Walter alone
than lie began to meditate deeply on this cir
cumstance. “ Good God,” said lie to him
self, «» how is it possible I can pretend to ar
rive at any certainty respecting events which
have taken place three thousand years ago,
when L cannot obtain a correct account of
what took place under my window during the
last three hours ?” The impression it seems
was so strong on his mind, that he threw the
The King an.l .Mr. West.—Mr. >tcs* wasj
in England when the war of the revolution
broke out, and openly took a strong stand in
behalf of the colonies—iho rebels as they
were then called. lie personally stood well
with the king ; but some of his enemies or
rivals seized this occasion to attempt to de
preciate him. and spoke of it to his majesty
in a way well calculated to effect their object.
His reply, while it did honor to his heart, and
effectually rebuked their little malice, con
veyed a lesson that all may not have learned.
—“ Well, well, you need not tell me that;
West is an honest fellow ; and I like him the
better for it. A inan that don’t love his own
country, wont love any country, and there’s
no faith to he p U in him.”
A Quantity of cocoa-nut oil has recently
been introduced into this country Irom Cry
Ion. It may be very advantageously employ
ed as a substitute for spermaceti oil, as it is
considerably cheaper, burns with a clearer
flame-, and is free from smell or smoke. It
will be found useful also in the manufacture
of soap, candles, and the finer articles o'f per
fumery ; and is likewise to become a source
of great revenue in Ceylon, and of singular
importance to this country.- Soap made with
it costs hut. ton per cent more than tallow
soap. Shops which introduce this valuabt
article into the country, may calculate on ;
monopoly of the oil, soap or candle trade,
as it will he universally preferred by good
Il-Mise-V.il es.—.bia. Mug.
H A L’S,
Selling off at reduced prices.
7 J] ViiK sub criber, wishing to close l)is business
3 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 and low priced Fur do. Men’s
and Bov’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. HANSCOM
Milledgcville, Marcli 10, 1818.
■HEALTHY SITUATION.
T HOM AS HUSON, from Charlotte, (N. C.)
has Opened a boarding house in Jackson
countv, at Jefferson. Families removing from
the low counties, and trav. llers, may be assured
of comfort and convenience if they please to
call on him.
April 20.
1’UjiLlC SALE.
O N the third Monday (being the 17th) of May
next, will be sold, in front of the store late
ly occupied by A. Irwin, Groce &, Co. the remain
ing stock of Goods of that concern, being a
well selected and extensive assortment of almost
every article suitable (o country merchants. Un
til the day of sale, great bargains will be given
in any of the Goods on hand. The conditions
will be for sums under S 100, cash, above g 100
not exceeding g 500, 90 days credit, above g 500
and not exceeding g 1000. 3 and 6 months, and
for sums above g 1000, 3, fi and 9 months, for ap
proved endorsed notes, and in order to accommo
date as far as possible,country security will (when
approved) be taken.
George Hargraves,'
John M'ICinne,
William Sims, \
Bni *na .M'k'inne, J
Augusta, April 22, 1818,
kidnapping!
N or about the 29th of December last, a
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Assignees.
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certain Thomas Wiggins, a small impudent
looking fellow, about 35 or 40 years old, endowed
with an extraordinary gift of the gab. departed
hence for the upper Counties, with three horses
and a waggon loaded with brandy, intended for
sale; and took with him as an assistant, Jesse
Mandly, a free lad of color, spare made, 17 oi
ls years old, curly hair, sharp forehead and fierce
looking eyes ; his clothes I am unable to describe.
W iggins has but lately returned, without the boy,
and says that he was killed by the tongue of the
. .. -------- y- i waggon. There are strong circumstances to in-
m arly unshed .nanus npt ol his ancient his-1 ,|, IC0 a belief> t |, a t he has been sold for a slave ;
tory into the lire. B. Jissem. I indeed, | entertain not the smallest doubt of it.
_ He who will behold a fellow-citizen deprived of
Admiral Penn, after thirty ycatts employ-,|,j s liberty, without giving aid to rescue him, is
menl with good success in divers places ol unworthy * e enjoyment of it himself. It is
therefore, that I offer a reward of one hundred
dollars for such information as will enable me
to punish the guilty Wiggins, and relieve the
innocent and suffering Mandly.
JOS. F. DICKINSON.
Winton, Hertford county, N. C. April 5, 1818
eminent trust and honor in his own country
upon a serious reflection not long before his
dea.h, spoke to his son in this manner :—
“ Son William, I am weary of the world ; I
would not live over my days again, if I could
command them with a wish ; for the snares
of life are greater than the fears of death.
This troubles me, that I have, offended a gra
cious God, that has followed me to this day.
O have a care of sin ! that is the sting both
of life and death. Three things I commend
to you • first, let nothing in this world tempt
you to wrong your conscience : I charge • you
do nothing against your conscience ; so will
you keep peace at home, which will be a feast
to you in a day of trouble. Secondly, what
ever you design to do, lay it justly-, and time
it seasonably ; for that gives security and dis
patch. Lastly,, be not troubled at disap
pointments, for if they may be recovered, do
it; if they cannot, trouble is vain, if you
could not have helped it, be content; there is
iften peace and profit in submitting to Provi
dence ; for afflictions make wise. If you
mild have helped it, let not your trouble ex
ceed instruction for another time. These
rules will carry you with firmness and com
fort through this inconstant world.”—Tenth
*'IMPORTANT INVENTION
T HE undersigned having obtained a
for the invention ol an horizontal and*'*'
pendicidarly moving water Wheel, and beitu.'^
sible that conclusions drawn from theory |
are not always confirmed by experiment
though supported in his opinion of its ^
power arid general utility, by the most co» en t !'*
oretical reasons ; yet, rather than obtrude it '*
the public notice, supported by theory on ],. I*
determined to make a full and satisfactory
riment of its operative pow r and general utiif'
on a scale that would test the principle bevoJ
the possibility of doubt. He accordingly’t
built and erected in the edge of Elk River,"(n^
Elkton, Giles county, West Tennessee) a\ vs u
wheel on the above, plan, 32 feet diameter,
12 arms, to which the floats, 8 feet by 4 j„ ^
face, are suspended by two hinges, aud supp„ rt-
ed by rods connected to the lower edge anil ga
arms that follow, in a way not to prevent the it,,
tion of the float until fully unfolded. The f
begins to fold up on the eddy or that side of
wheel returning against the current, ami is v
ried easily over an inclined plain, by means rf
a small wheel or r >ller, fixed in the lowered™,]
the float, and pass off the float so soon as it
acted on by the current. The inclined plain
be dispensed with in tide water ; the ebb !B j
flood acting alternately on the different sides
the wheel, and without chanring or alteringit,
motion.. The wheel is suspended by twoswurdj.
indented on one side and passing through blurt,
on the arms of the cog-wheel and retainedb,
catches and is raised or lowered by levers to,-,}
the different stages of the water, or to inereis
or diminish its operative jlower. The inclined
plain rises arid falls with the. water The current
in the part of the river on which the liboye uh«|
is erected, is far from being brisk ; yet the whed
performs owe and a half revolutions in a minute,
driving a stone of four feet diameter with grtn
power and with a velocity of one hundred r,
twenty revolutions in the minute.
The proprietor will have in full operation ft,
ensuing summer, two pair of stones and a saw,
attached to and driven by the same water wh«j
The great and important advantage arising fro,
this invention, is the substituting the comm*
current of rivers, for the usual quantity of wit*
acting under a head, or falling under an lieigb^
and without a dam or any other obstructioM
the current in rivers than a small triangu.crwhi
extending from the bank above, to ball the dun.
eter of the wheel, to protect it against drift-wo^
ice. &c.
There are few rivers that do not afford a sit»
tion every mile or two for the erection of a wlw
on the above construction, and thereby affordin
to farmers living on such water courses a lacilit
of manufacturing their own grain, sawing upii
rendering profitable, timber that otherwise wwl
prove an unprofitable incumbrance on tha
ground ; and in short is well calculated to
pel all the various kinds ol machinery, whetlwt
on a large or small scale, by increasing or (limit-
ishing the size of the wheel.
The premium for using , the above dcBcribt
wheel, if obtained of the proprietor, will be t»
hundred dollars ; but if an agent, some whi
higher. To a priviledged right will be attache
a schedule, containing a full and accurate ik»civ
tion of all the parts, sizes, &c. -composing t
wheel, so as to render it intelligible and eiui
comprehended by the most ordinary capacity
being extremely simple, when seen or unde
stood. WILLIAM PURNELL
Elkton, 22d March, 1818.
Editors of the Reporter, Lexington,K. T1
Western Spy, Cincinnati, Ohio; The Herald
Condon Indiana ; The Emigrant. St. Loui
Mo. ter. The Herald, Kaskaskia,!. T. Missi»ji|
pi, State Gazette, Natches; Orleans Gazette
Halcyon. St. Stephens, A. Ter, Star, Raleigh,h
C. Southern Patriot, Charleston, S. C. Enquirer,
Richmond, Ya. National Intl.igencer, M ashiig-
ton City; Patriot, Baltimore, Md. Patriot, Hot-
ton, Mass. Aurora, for the Country, Philadelphia
P. Columbian, New-York ; Reflector, Milledgt-
ville, Georgia, will insert the above every other
week for six months, forward their accounts t»
the proprietor for payment, which shall be prompt
ly remitted. W, P.
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
U NDER the firm of Scarbrough d)' M‘Kinne,
(successors to Barna M'Kinne & Co.) bn-
ing formed a connexion in business in thispefl
they beg leave to offer their services as generil
Commission Merchants.
WILLIAM SCARBROUGH,
JOSEPH P'. M‘KINNE.
Savannah, Jan. 24, 1818.
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DOC 1 OR U. C. EDMODNSON,
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■VYING purchased doctor Hobson’s stock of
meificines; respectfully informs the citizens
generally that his assortment is the most com
plete of any in the upper part of the state.—He
has taken a room in the house belonging to capt.
Lewis C. Holland, on the north east side of the
public square.
Monticello. April 9, 1818.
DOCTORS GLENN A COOkT
AV1NG associated themselves in the prac
tice of Medicine, tender their profession
al services to their friends, and the public gene
rally. Their shop is kept in the house formerly-
occupied by J. Crawford, esq. as an office.
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
D R. WHITE respectfully tenders his profes
sional services to the inhabitants of Mil-
ledgeville and its vicinity. He may be found at
his residence third door above Major Howard's.
March 30.
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NOTICE.
JK1NNE& CO. will make advances*
produce lodged with them to be forward-
,Cd their friends, Scarbrough & M’Kinne, for sale-
Should the Savannah market not offer accepta
ble advantages, the produce, (at the option of the
owner) will then be forwarded to the northward,
or a port in Great Britain or France, and in all
instances, for the customary commission, the)
will guarantee the responsibility of the p3rtiei
to whom it may be consigned for sale
Augusta, Jan. 30, 1818,
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NOTICE.
N consequence of Mr. Barna M‘Kinne retf
ing from business, the subscribers have toad 1
nounce a contemplated dissolution of their cod
cern, and that all transactions after the first<>.
next month will be conducted by their succCs^
Scarbrough & M‘Kinne; who they respeclfoH/
beg leave to recommend to the same confident*
and encouragment, that has been so kindlv con
ferred on them. BARNA M‘KINNE A Co-
Savannah, Jan. 24, 1818.
BUY SIC.
3 'HIE public are informed that I have final!/
_ located myself in this village, as a practi
tioner of Medicine—Applications made at cap-
Glove.’s shall be attended to, with that punctir
ality, which the nature of mv profession require;-
JOHN G. SLAPPV
Monticello. Geo, Feb. 18, 1818.