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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. run ns luin weekly, by J. B. IIINES, THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR, IS ADVANCE. Advertisements under one hundred w-oj-ds, insetted ihe first time for 75 cents, cash, and 50 cents for eacli contin uance—longer ones in proportion. Every insertion of no. tires not published weekly, charged as the first. Admin istrators sales of real estate advertised for S 4 Casii- of personal property S 3—notices to debtors and credi- tors g 3—and nine months citations S 5.—one fourth more in every instance, if not settled for when left for .nsevtion. Letters to the editor must he post paid