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l’OKTK’AI..
RETIREMENT.
kr from the cares tliat *c\ Hie world’s rcpo'C,
Here on my mo;s\ couch I i\*t ;
eflee.ion’s limpid tide serenei) flows,
Amino rough passions Piot h\ my breast.
he vernal bloom, that puTplCs o’er the vales,
his flowering* arbour, t'amvd by cooling* piles,
he proves’wild w.irbbnps, and the eluding"* slirill,
ihe rude streams, that wander at the w.U,
nil hill, andd.de, and forest, lake and lawn,
ml light and shade, in sweet contusion thrown,—
light the soul to pensivencss mcl.n’d,
nd soothe to solemn thought the inusing mind.
ere, in these peaceful scenes,
onghter of hod, indulgent Nature reigns,
ivmelv fair! as when her infant brows,
sVom the wi'd waves of teeming chaos rose,
▼hen hor.d angels with a pleas’d surprise,
u..M the young lustre sparkling in her eyes,
na in her radiant form, and lovely lace,
iw their own heaven with full reflected grace.
* I'OUT folio.
IMPROMTU OF DU. YOUNG.
he doctor is related to have been walking in h
Welwyn, with lady Liu. belli Lee, whom he af-
rds married, and another female tr.end. ”1 lie duke
barton, h.s patron, stopt at the doctor s door and
message to him. requesting to sec him. Ur. Young
he seivmu who brought it, to inform his grace, that
i engaged, and could not come. Tue ladies insisted
he should c*o, lest his grace should be offended ; and
folly taking* hold of his arm, led him towards the
When they hud come to the gate ot the garden,
toctor turned round to the ladies, and luting Ins
tapon his breast, bowed and said,
us Adam look'd, when from the garden driv'n,
1 thus d eputed orders sent from Heu\’n ;
' e him l go, hut jet to go am loth ;
‘. him I go, for angels drove us both.
his f:Ae, but mine sldl more unkind,
en with ii in, bui irdiu* icmains behind.”
~~yjiscELi7as \T~
particularly in the siicncc and shade of deep
groves, that is allied to religious emotions by
some inscruitable tie. Perhaps it is because
almost every object \vc sec in the country is
the work of Deity, and every object com
mon to cities, the work of Man. Tho’ we
do not make the comparison consciously, yet
the result is the same ; or perhaps much more
forcible, because the impression is that of
feeling, rather than of reasoning.
If I doubted the divinity of the Christian
faith, which I do not, seeing as I do, the in-
fluejice of its pare morality, its humane, and
are looking at a distance for those objects
which are only to be found at home in the
councils of peace !”
In short, Mr. Printer, the wife and mo
ther who seeks for happiness anywhere but
in the domestic circle, or from above, strays
from the point where it may be found. The
frank incense of a husband’s love—The
grateful tribute of her children’s affection—
the approbation of Heaven, which, like the
** sweet youth,” breathes its calm influence
o'er tiie soul—these are all fruits of domestic
owth, and yield their ample bounties to all
benignant, and softening precepts, i would'who assiduously cultivate them
M PAULDING S -LETTERS FROM THE SOU I II.
In return for the interesting informa-
conveyed in your letter, you ask me
re questions than I can answer in six
nths. One of these lias diverted me so
ch, that in pure gratitude for the amuse-
nt it afforded, 1 will take it in hand fortli-
fh. 1 am sure aunt Kate put it into your
head. You ask me, seriously, it
re are any rhurehes in this part of the
rid : and whether people ever go to
jurrli here, except when they are carried to
buried ? 1 did not mention to you my
pping the Sunday before last at a raili
ng village, where I'was smitten with the
-ht of a little church, for the purpose
attending the service. I generally keep
■se things to myself, for I think that a
n who talks always about his religion,' is
-tty much on a par with one who does tin
le’of his honest). I would’nt trust either
teas far as 1 could sec him. But, I will
w answer your question by telling you alt
out it.
never whisper of doubt, independently oi
the sat! effects that would result from weak
ening the foundation of this system of mo
rals, in the minds of those who have not ca
pacity to perceive its importance to the hap
piness of society, and therefore follow it from
a conviction of its divine origin, the attempt
would deservedly end m disgrace and dis
comfiture. .None hut a vain and foolisli man
would, therefore undertake the task of weak
ening, the force of any of those beneficial
opinions, which, if not founded, in truth, are
at least necessary to the well-being of soci
ety. The ignorant will oppose him from the
influence of an old established habit of think
ing, and the wise from a conviction of the
salutary effect of such impressions.
Nothing can more completely show the
importance of religion, not only to the mo
rals, but the manners of the great mass of
mankind, than the contrast afforded by a vil
lage where there is regular service every
Sabbath-day, and one where there is none.
In the former you see a different style ot
manners entirely . Instead of lounging at a
tavern, dirty and unshaven, the men are seen
decently dressed anti shaved, For the purpose I
of going to church ; and tiie women exhibit
ing an air of neatness, quite attractive. Whe-1
tlier they go to church to pray, or pass their I
time, to see their neighbors, and be seen, or i
to show off their Sunday clothes ; it keeps]
them from misusing the sabbath, and poll at- ]
ing the periods of rest and relaxation, by!
practices either injurious to themseh 4) or
disgraeeful to society. Whoever lias become
acquainted with the nature of man, first by
bis own experience, and next by an observa
tion of others, must be fully convinced of the
importance of giving him amusements that
are not vicious, and modes of relaxation that
are innocent.
“ All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy”—so does it make him a dull and stupid
man. Men, in truth, cannot always be em
ployed s and those who are unable to supply
the tedium of bodily inertness, by the exer
cise of the mind, will—l tay will aimejc
themselves in some way or other. If you af-
I IMPORT ANT INVENTION.
IlE undersigned having obtained a Patent
for the invention of an horizontal and per*
pendieularly moving water Wheel, and being sen
sible that conclusions drawn from theory al> nc,
arc not alway s confirmed by experiment, and
though supported in his opinion oi its operative
power anu general utility, by the most cogent the
oretical reasons ; yet, rather than obtrude it on
the public notice, supported by theory only, be
determined to make a full and satisfactory expe
riment of its operative power and general utility,
on a scale that would test the principle beyond
the possibility of doubt. He accordingly has
built and erected in the edge of Elk River, (near
Elkton, Giles county, West Tennessee) a water
wheel on the above plan, 32 feet diameter, w ith
12 arms, to which the floats, 8 feet by 4 in sur
face, are suspended by two hinges, and support
ed by rods connected to the lower edge and the
arms that follow, in a way not to prevent the mo
tion of the float until fully unfolded. The float
begins to fold up on the eddy or that side of the
wheel returning against the current, and is car
ried easily' over an inclined plain, by means of
a small wheel or roller, fixed in the lower edge of
the float, anil pass oil'the float so soon as it can be
acted on by the current. T 1 *' inclined plain can
be dispensed within tidewater; the ebb and
flood acting alternately on the different sides of
the wheel, and without changing or altering its
motion. The wheel is suspended by two swords,
indented on one side and passing through blocks
on the arms iff the cog-wheel and retained by
catches and is raised or lowered by r levers to suit
the different stages of the water, or to increase
or diminish its operative power. The inclined
plain rises and falls with the water. The current
in the part of the river on which the above wheel
is erected, is far from being brisk ; yet the wheel
Village Becord.
Petrarch's idea of books.—Few persons
knew the value of books belter than Pe
trarch. His friends having written him se
veral apologies for not visiting him, in which
they declaimed against his h>ve of solitude,
as unnatural to a human being, and reproach
ed him on his unsocial mode of life ; Petrarch
smiled at their messages, and made the fol
lowing excellent remarks : ,‘ These people
consider the pleasures of the world as their
supreme good, and not to he renounced.
But I have friends of a different description,
whose society is far more agreeable to me.
They are of all countries, and of all ages, they
arc distinguished in war, in politics, and in
the sciences. It is very easy to see them,
they are always at my service. I call for
l heir company or send them away whenever
I please; they are never troublesome, and
immediately answer all my questions. Some
relate, the events of ages past, others reveal , _
the secrets ol nature; these teach me how j performs one atul a half revolutions in a minute,
to live in comfort, those how to die in quiet, driving a stone of four feet diameter with great
power and with a velocity of one hundred and
These drive away every care and
my gaiety by the brilliancy of their wit, whilst
others harden my heart against suffering,
shew me howto restrain my desires, and en
able me to depend on myself alone. In re
turn for all these services, they only require
of me a chamber, in one corner of iny man
siou, where they may repose in peace.”
Education in France.—It appears by late pub
lications in the Paris papers, that education is
making rapid progress in France. The king lias
twenty revolutions in the minute.
The proprietor will have in full operation the.
ensuing summer, two pair of stones and a saw, all
attached to and driven by the same water wheel.
The great and important advantage arising fenn
this invention, is the substituting the common
current of rivers, for the usual quantity of wafer
acting under a head, or falling under an height,
and without a dam or any other obstruction to
the current in rivers than a small triangular wharf
extending from the bank above, to ball the diam
eter of the wheel, to protect it against drift-wood,
most buried in a wood of lotty oaks, unde
hick there was a gre n lawn without any
derwood. It reminded me of an old fa-
Tiar scene of early days, and also oi a
at duty; and after breakfast we went
th our good landlady to church. The pew
s close to an open window, out ol which
ii could see through the opening trees a
tie clear river. Farther on, a broad ex-
nse of green meadow—beyond that, a lar
ing mountain—and above it a bright
uesky. What a path for a man’s thoughts
ascend to Heaven! Nothing was heard
t the chirping of birds, peeping sometimes
o the window ; or the cautious footsteps
the villagers, creeping up the aisles until
e service commenced.
■ The hymn was sung first, and began
th, “ There is a latid of pure delight,” Kr.
d was sung with that plaintive simplicity
sometimes notice in the ballad of a conn-
lad, of a summer’s evoning.
'!>• The appearance of the preacher was as
iple as his discourse ; and there was nothing
mark any peculiarity, except a Scottish ac-
nt tliaf. announced his parentage. There
s no rffied of bis proclaiming the benrfi-
power of the Divinity, for the
liny nir,*the glowing sunshine, the ri< h and
•nteoi.s fields, that lay spread around as
■ as the eye could reach, told of the one,
ilcthe lofty mountains, visible in every
•ection, proclaimed the other. He left the
ribut- s of the Deity to be read in hisglo-
uh works, and with simple pathos, called
his bearers to show their gratitude for his
■peasations, by tin decency, usefulness and
ittfull’css of their lives. His precepts
noticed no innocent t • creation, and I was
d lus ex ample encouraged no vice or integ
rity—not even the besetting sin of his pro-
sion, pride and arrogance. He ended Ids
course without any theatrical flourish of
mpets—anil I believe, wit .out creating
is hearers any other feeling, than that
gentle, quiet sentiment of devotion, not
igh toned, but more lasting and salutary
mere enthusiasm. Another hymn was
y and the audience came out of church,
waited on each side of the path outside
'oor, to shake hands and say liow d’ ye
is is the good old country custom.
There was nothing certainly, in all this,
hat may be seen in almost any rhui'di,
yet it made an impression on me that is
pleasing and touching in the reincm-
ce. I dont know how it is, but there
taken the Lancastrian system under Ins special j j ce , &Cl
protection. By the report made to (lie society j There are few rivers that do not afford a situa-
lorelementary instruction, by baron Do Gajuada,! tion every mile or two for the erection of a wheel
it would appear, that at no period of the history j or the above construction, and thereby affording
of France, were so many associations entered farmers living on such water courses a facility
into by individuals, at their own expense, tori 0 f manufacturing their own grain, sawing up and
having some object for decency in dress and
behavior : and something salutary to attrait
them in the dangerous interregnum of a day
of leisure.
the promotion of,public welfare, as at present.
“ The whole kingdom (says the haron) is animat
ed with the enlightened design of promoting by
means of education, the happiness of the ris
ing generation.” Outlie lGth of April, 1817,
the number of schools under the care of the so
ciety is stated to have been about 100; since
that period they ha v c been increased to near 400.
There are only nine departments of France with
out these schools. The department of the Seine
alone possess sixty. The subscribers to these
schools are very numerous, comprising the whole
of the royal family, public functionaries, clergy,
military officers, landed proprietors, &c. &c.
“ Why Sir, there they are on your nose /”
-it was even so—My good unde Sam
uel was hunting for his spectacles. We saw
him go out to tue barn, looking earnestly ti-
loiig the path ; from thence he turned into
the garden, his eye still fixed on the ground.
Sometimes he would feel inliis breeches pock
ets—and thrust his hands impatiently into
liiose of his coat:
“ Oils dickens !” cried the old gentleman,
as lie passed by me—“ 1 have lost my spec
tacles !” “ Why,sir,” answered I, “ there
they are upon your nose !”
Don’t laugh, gentle reader, at my un
de Sam. One half of this wise world are
just as simply hunting at a distance for that
which is within their reach.
When 1 sec a man with a snug farm—a
good stock, and comfort smiling all around
him—running to borrow money at Bank, to
buy a plantation which he does not need, be
cause it is well wooded, or adjoins him :—
Tu ! tut! thinks I, that man is looking a-
bi'oad for his spectacles, when verily, they
ure upon las nose.
When 1 see a farmer, possessed of a good
plantation, in a proliliic country ; where
the roads are good—markets conven
ient—and where the opportunities of moral,
intellectual, and religious improvement, ev
ery where abound—in village school-houses
—public academies, and houses of religious
worship : when I see a man so situated,
breaking up, and wandering to the western
wilds, in search of happiness—“ Alas ! poor
man, ” L exclaim. « You search at a great dis
tance for your spectacles, when they arc di
rectly on your nose !”
Should l ever sec a great nation, rich in
an abundant revenue, and yet free from op
pressive taxes—its people rapidly prosper
ing from the cultivation of a fruitful soil, and
the widely extended range of a profitable
commerce—her numerous population rapid
ly increasing, and holding land enough, un
occupied, tor a hundred generations—should
I ever sec such a nation, in the full enjoy
ment of all the blessings of peace, pursu
ing a course of policy that tended to put ev
ery tiling to hazard, by producing war—1
should say to (he statesmen who presided o-
In the National Intelligencer of the 20ih ult.
1 find an advertisement wanting proposals for
supplying the representatives’ chamber (of con
gress) with one hundred and eighty seven Armed
Chairs. I have often seen ann chairs, but armed
ones, I suppose, is some new invention in the art
of war.—1 would like to know whether they are
to carry pikes, rifles, or torpedoes—But, perhaps
it may be well enough to keep this a secret from
the public, for fear of Tories telling tales. I can
not conjecture whether ‘lie memberso ot engress
are most afraid of some more John Andersons treat
ing them with conteiwit, or of commodore Aury
paying a visit with his black sailors :—in either
case if is best to be armed. Perhaps the whole
may be a feint to frighten the Spaniards. If so.
it is well enough—for they have frightened us out
of eight millions of dollars, and Lord knows
how much territory.—.Veil. Messenger.
JV'ewspuper Anniversary.—It is one hundred
and fourteen years, this day, (April 24) since the
first No. of the first newspaper printed in Ame
rica was issued from the pres’. The Boston News
Letter was first printed April 24th, 1704. The
American Weekly Mercury, was first printed in
Philadelphia, Dec. 22d, 1719. In New York the
New-York Gazette, was first printed, October
16th, 1720. In Rhode Island the Rhode Island
Gazette, October, 1732. No paper w as publish-
d in Connecticut, till 1755—nor in New Hamp
shire, till 1756—nor in Kentucky, till 1787—In
1790 the first newspaper was published in Ten
nessee. Could the first publisher of the News
Letter have beheld in prophetic vision the num
berless gazettes which are now printed and cir
culated in every part of the United States, his
astonishment and pleasure would not havc been
less than that of the hero of the Lusiad, when
Thetis gave him a prospect of his “ nation’s glo-
v.”—Boston Intelligencer.
rendering profitable, timber that otherwise would
prove an unprofitable incumbrance on their
ground ; and in short is well calculated to pro
pel all the various kinds ol machinery, whether
on a large or small scale, by increasing or dimin
ishing the* size of the wheel.
The premium for using the above described
wheel, if obtained of the proprietor, will be two
hundred dollars : but if an agent, some what
higher. To a priviledged right will be attached
a schedule, containing a full and accurate descrip
tion of all the parts, sizes, &c. composing the
wheel, so as to render it intelligible and easily
comprehended by the most ordinary capacity, it
being extremely simple, when seen or under
stood. WILLIAM PURNELL.
Elkton. 22d March, 1S18.
lliiuginthc repose of the country, audl ver h?r destinies “ Stop rash men ! you
N'
NOTICE.
OTICE is hereby given, that we shall ap-
_ 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, ? a( ] mr ’ 8 .
WILLIAM BAUGH, j *•
March 4th, 1818.
GEORGIA. BALDWIN INFERIOR COURT,
Sitting for ordinary purposes, March 2. 1818
I T PON the application of Sarah Millimier,
J administratrix of the estate of William
Millimier dec'd. 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 he dismissed, unless cause to
the contrary be shewn, at the next term of this
court, after the expiration of said notire, to
which all concerned wHI please pay attention.
Taken from the minutes of said court.
ABNER LOCKE, clerk.
NOTICE.
V FTER the expiration of nine months from
the date hereof, I shall make application <o
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
24th district of W ilkinson county, (now Twiggs
county,) said land drawn in the name of Jamb
Rodgers, Bulloch county, and known by the No.
272. to be sold for the benefit of the heirs of Har
dy Fulgham, deceased.
CADER FAIRCHILD, adm’r.
in right of his wife.
February 7. 1818.
V AI CABLE INVENTION.
Patent for welding cast steel to iron, ami tem
pering tools of all kinds.
T HE subscriber informs the public that lie
has just arrived with this useful invention,
being appointed by the patentee to dispose of pa
tent rights. The utility of this invention so far
surpasses any thing of the kind ever ottered to
the public, the subscriber anticipates a hope that
it will be encouraged, that tiie public may be bc-
nefitted thereby. I deem it unnecessary to speak
any more in its'praise, but invite those persons
who work in iron to make a trial of it.
April 27. h. r. ward.
N
NOTICE.
INE 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 COCHRAM,a<l’r.
March 2, 1817.
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