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POETICAL. FOll +UK ItKFLKCTOH. LETTER TO A FRIEND. YOU wrong me friend, I tell you now ; For you do seem to think, 1 trow, | do not love the girls : 1 vow You are mistaken; For words con’d scarcely tell you how By love I’m shaken. n. Yes, I do love the gentler sex, Anil oft my brain 1 do perplex, And oft my anguish’d heart I vex, With cogitation, How a good wife T may annex, To my plantation. III. But he it always understood, By all concerned, 1 never wouM Transfer the fair, like land or good, To friend or foe ; But be my own she always Shou’d, Whilst here below. IV. You ask me, friend, why I am prone, To tarry in the trgid zone, And walk this vale oi'Tcat* alone, Without a wife, To share with me keen sorrow’s moan. And*cheer my life f V. 2 say, again, you know me not; For oft I’m filled with anxious tho’t, llosv some sweet creature may be bro’t To dwell'with me, With .'til love’s softer pleasures fraught In unity. VI. But numerous ills, with mighty force, Do meet me m this righteous course, And all my fondest hopes oppose, Of Hymen’s .grace : They fill my cup with grievous woes. And hide his face. VII. At twenty years, I tho’t I’d wait, Till I arrived at proper state, To choose a matrimonial mate, And both be one ; But never tlio’t I’d stay so late, In frozen zone. VIII. Ah, luckless wight! hadst thou essay’d, At that green age, a certain ma d, Thv youthful love had been repaid, W.th purer flame: B’Jt then to sc.ze the boon afraid, She kept her name IX. Arrived at ♦wenty-four at last. And all my youthful scruples past, I did resolve that I’d nu.ke haste, in Cupid’s way ; And thought that I no more wou’d was't* My youthful day. X. Trom then ‘ ill now I’ve rode about. And taken oft a lengthy rout, And always kept a good look out, Some fair to gain ; I’ve often been upon the scout, But all in vain. XI. Sometimes too young ; sometimes too old ; Sometimes a mope; sometimes a scold ; Sometimes too meek; sometimes too bold, The belles I see; Nay, other follies might he told, But wrong ’twou’d be. XII. Sometimes too backward I have been, And when a worthy gul I’ve seen, W hose equal mind and modest mien. Have pleas’d me well; My loVe I cou’d not tenturc e’en That girl to tell. XIII. These ills have surely had their share, In keeping me in atmosphere, In which Hireathe the noxious air, Which bach’Iovs breathe; Not purified by modest fair, From sect’s of death . XIV. But since some candor I possess, (Tho* never troubled wi*h excess,) To you I frankly will confers, The greater cause, Why in appearance I transgress Great Hymen’s laws*. XV. Know then, as oft as I have found, And followed o’er enchanted ground, Some charming lass, the very sound Of whose sweet voice, Did make my throbbing heart rebound And swell my joys ; XVI. When I have felt, love’s keenest rmart, And had his keen, all-conaucr ng dart, Transfixed thro* my poor, bleeding heart; With pleas ng pain ; When I have summon’d all my art, This lass to gain ; XVII. ^fay, when I’ve tho’t my conquest sure; When l have tho’t my warfare o’er ; And that I’d almost reach'd the door Ot nuptial bliss— That I to do had little more Than her to k : ss : XVIII. At such a time a boding frown, Has often cast me headlong down, From my proud he.ght, unto the ground, With deadly power; And ne’er have 1 her favor found, From that dread hour! XIX. Thus have I, with unwilling mind, Contrary to what l design’d, Still lingered, all iny friends behind, In s.ngle life; Tho’ few true joy s frail man can find, Without a w.fe. XX. Now gloomy prospects strike mv eyes— I view v* ith fear, and some surprise, A dismal train of phantoms rise, Inspiring awe, For having failed io recognize, Good Hymen’s law. XXI. t sec, in future time, myself. An old, infirm, neglected elf, With few true friends, except my pelt, On earth below— Each wishing on account of self. To Heaven I’d go. XXII. / Aid, then, thou friend of Hymen, * : d i Qu ck shew me some dear, charming mr.iJ, Who truly wou’d not be afra d, To yield her name— Who Wou’d consent your friend to wed, And pay his tianfe. XXIfl. I’d seize the prize 1 do protest, And press her to my aching breast; Believe me, sir, I do not jest, On this occasion— I v. ou’d be of a wife possess’d, To my Aalvation. MISCELLANY. roil THE HF.TLECTCH. Mr. Jlrjlcctcr—I am Julia, the unfortunati wile of Maledict Hymen, lie who lias caused more than one column of your paper to be, filled with lamentations, relative to im conduct.—My hopeful husband does not take your very amusing and instructive paper, nor indeed, any other; for he can neithri read, or write. He was sent to school, it is true, as I have been informed, from the time he was able to do mischief, until he became large enough to do work in the field ; in which time, by intense application, lie pro gressed in Webster’s Spelling Hook as far as crucifix, but other avocations since have en tirely eradicated that from his mind, and I mucli question whether he could now con li ver the alphabet, to save him from an year’s confinement in the penitentiary. This be ing the fact, then, it requires no ghost, to rise from the dead to iitform you, that Male- diet was not the author of that essay—no, it is the production of the joint labors of the rector of the academy, anil a quack doctor in the. neighborhood, for which purpose they were closeted, off and on, for near on to three weeks ; it is true, it is said, that my husband associated With them sometimes. These circumstances have been mad one night in quest of an opossum. Ilis aun' informed me that this last was a trick of hi youth, and that he had long since decline, nocturnal visits to the forest, in quest of vui • merits. A few days lifter our marriage, w were preparing to set out for his plantation while the carpenter was boxing up my piano, i heard him muttering, that he didn’t know what wife wanted that Jeivs-liarp thing all ied for, for she would have no time to rat- STOP THE VILLAIN. The consequence of white villains trading 1 tearues. 's m RUNAWAY from „, e su , her, living m the | ower „ ! . Cn ; Morgan county, Georgia,,£• 4th a bright muiattofelijj iS m nanied Phi hit, (thong, , change u, name) tivent,., years old, and lias no beard * mu iur, iu. ......... - — all, upwards ot six feet lYT (lc it, tor that Diicc should gB to |)U.king ovil l ^tout friatle, grayish eyes, rather » <u.. - cotton, and wife would have to get the vict- j ,| (lw speech, and artful in telli After a fatiguing journey of more than seven nours on horseback, we arrived at' his house. I was (net at the door by Dilce, who made a very low courtesy, and invited me to w alk in, I found the house swept, and [Ye*u the quantity of muddy water at tho door, expect it had been Scoured. 1 re quested Dilce to bring in the. tea equipage, for that I was extremely hungry, having eat nothing since morning. With a tremulous voice, and a vacant stare, she informed me. that “lier master had no furniture called so.’’ I then begged her to let me have something to eat, for that l was literally starving. She trotted out to the kitchen, an., soon returned w ith a frying-pan, in which was fried bacon sufficient to feed a dozen ploughmen, and a loaf of corn bread, roasted in the ashes ; she quickly turned up the top of an old wooden chest, which 1 had not before observ ed. placed or. it the pan, with the shaft prop ped against the wall, a couple ofknives with out handles, two forks with each one prong, dieted out of doors, and returned with a tin pan full of milk, in which were two pewter spoons with handles invitingly projecting on down lout speech, and amui in ceiling a story, jj e j ' letected in some of his villainy, no doubt ij e „ teitained but some white associate has given lif a pass to go to North Carolina, Chatham countv or to pass as a freeman ; and in order to e |f«! Iiis escape with more ease, he lias stolen&HU sorrel mare, with rather light mane, has an J pearance of a small white spot in the forehead a remarkable white spot on each side of tlienect a few saddle spots, and one hind foot white not recollected which, but believed to be the iY]!! shod before, nearly five feet big*, paces anil c* ters well, judges would suppose tier to be twelve years old or upwards. It is deemed useless to nention the above villain’s clothing, for h e j, ucli a proficient in tiie art of stealing, that's. can change them at his leisure-take notice, lie is a great gambler, but lias no trade,beingbroa.'n up to farming. Any person who will secure‘in said villain and mare, so that I get them, or de. liver them to me, at my residence, shall he hand, somely rewarded, and all reasonable expen.ej paid. GEORGE MABTI.V, Morgan county, August 8. » known to me, by Air. Capias, the depute } each side. She called her master, who quick shei iff, a very proper young man, to whom ly appeared—threw Ins hat on the floor, anil I am also indebted for the perusal of your! says to me, “ coinc wife let’s eat a hit. Dike paper,—anil was it not for his company, at times, my life, would he much more intoiera-l hie than it is. What would you think, Mr. Reflector ? my husband has become actually j jealous of him ! It has been said that jealous I was eyes see double, and Malcdict conceits that lie has so seen things ; hut more of this anon. 1 will now, Mr. Reflector, give you some ac count of myself, and how I became the wife of Maledict. My father is a gentleman, on whom fortune has not hi • i over liberal in bestowing her favors, but who, notwithstand ing, has what may be termed a competency. I am his only daughter, he fcas four sons be side. He is a gentleman of a strong inquir ing mind, reads much and reflects more ; he can give the names of those heroes of anti quity, who, it is said, received the first nidi- ments of their education, from their wcll-in- lb rn '‘d m iliers. ile was determined, he said, that I should not want for an education. I was according ly s nr from one boarding school to another, it ’ll i attained my fifteenth year ; in which ti, , if my tutoresses did not flatter me, 1 a qeired much useful information,Resides Music, Drawing, Kr. \.r. With those ac complishments, a handsome face and figure, and a fine voice, 1 returned to my father’s house, where I fondly hoped to he both use ful and amusing to those around me. Here I became acquainted with the celebrated I do light a torch, for we can’t see how to eat.’ i was so very hungry that I forced down .. few mouthfuls. He ate like a cormorant; uid expressed some sorrow that my appetite 0 better, saying several times “ what w ile an’t sick 1 hope.” In <i few days I ven tured to suggest to him the propriety, and e- ve.n fhe necessity of getting some furniture, and hv all means knives, forks, plates, dish es, cups, saucers, Ate. hut he cut short my request, by saying they Were too crackle y : but after much persuasion he informed me, that he expected that there would be a it'.in- due (iny husband cannot for the life of him sound tiie letter r) in the neighborhood soon, that one of his neighbors had been sick for some time, who had some crackleij-ware, and that when he died it would he sold cheap, and if it did lie would buy some to please me. i had heard it said that “ music had charms to soothe the savage breast, to bend the knot ted oak, ficc.” I thought I would try what ef fect it Would have on my Orson. One eve ning 1 selected Hafnlal’s Water Piece, and played it with all its beauties. He soon got bis quantum, and comm need snoring almost I loud enough to turn a wind mill. He com plains that music wont cook his hreaklast, j mend his stockings, nor sew up a rent in his pantaloons. Mr. Reflector, I ran bake and i roast as well as others ; I can make a kitchen i pudding, and am tolerably skilled in most NOTICE. ’V71NE MONTHS afterdate application nil! l.NI be made to the honorable the inferior emit of Morgan county, when sitting for ordinary n or . poses, for Itrve to sell one half lot nf land'. No, 242, fourth district, lying in said countv,itbeing th" real estate of Fanny Rogers, deceased, fa the benefit of the heirs of said deceased. DRURY ROGERS,adm’r, NOTICE. "V7INE months after date application will |* 1 W made to the honorable the Inferior Couitof Putnam county,sitting for ordinary purposes fur leave to sell part of the real estate of Levi Jot. dain, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. ISilAM BROOKS,giurdiiL January 20, 1818. :i;/riuE. ■’V’ INE months after date, application will be Jl ^ made, to the honorable the Inferior Court of Putnam county, when in session for ordiniij purposes, for leave to sell the real estate of Hit Reid, deceased. * jami.s lase, in right of his fife February 25th, 1818. NOTICE. INF. months after date, application willbs .1x1 made, to the honorable the Inferior CoOrtnf Morgan county, when sitting as a Court of W dinary, t r leave to sell one hundred amlfitW l‘ ctes of land, lying in said countv. known bv lot 313, for the benefit of the heirs oi' George Thomp son , deceased, wm. gim., Arlm’r. tuo. davIs, Adm’r. in tight of his wife Morgan County, May 13, 1818. NOTICE. maiden aunt Funny, who gave the sago ad- * <1,ll \ s pastry, provided the mute rials arc, re e vice to her nephew,'Maledict, “ that a faint I fa,1,,sl,CMl '"c—(but few would know l.mv to |V| 'NL months afterdate hereof, apphcalw heart never won a fair lady.” This woman s,,lt ,li<! tlLstc " f ,nv sa,a - r, ‘* for 1 lll ’ ai-d llim ^ ul11 be ,m “ le to the h,,m,rablu ^ LuUrtllf had lived long enough, to easily impose upon a young f-male, unhackneyed in tiie ways of the world as I was. I confess, Mr. Reflec tor, that. I soon became her dupe. She prai- > .. . . - .... ^ . sed her cousin Maledict for qualifications la, V V0, ' tl '-M l,C labo ''’ . wl, j‘ L is not the case which lie never had, rind virtues which he "'th my husband n wardrobe, except the suit suit the taste of my sa rage, for I heard him say the other day possom and tutors see !) I can also mend stockings, anti sew up ents in otlutr clothes, provided the originals mv socage, lor I heard him j-*~ ” oiaoe to tnc nonorauie tne cmirim 'before'Mr. Capias, that O'xjinn'y of Morgan county, for leave to sell nr were the best vittels he ever I ,' vu1p a . Lot of land, the property of Andre* mend stockings, and sew up 1 ‘' ltc 01 s ?. k1 cm J nt >’ deceased, wljerwih could not, nor cannot ccmpreheml—and that he had a square of land in the purchase, with four negro men and three negro women, and tliai he made thirty-one bugs of cotton in one ijeur. that be was rich iu other things—want ed no addition to his fortune, and that his sole aim was to he united, to some htdv of reputable connections, and such she was pleased to say mine were. After all these preliminaries, he was introduced into my fa ther’s house, in a full suit of broadcloth, en tirely new, wiiirh 1 thought seemed to set rather awkwardly upon him. Soon after he arrived I was requested by my father, to play one of his favorite airs. I observed that Maledict opened his mouth, and rolled his eyes, and appeared to be almost entran ced. His aunt whispered to ine, that her nephew was a very great connoisseur in mu sic, and that when a hoy lie had made a fid dle, out of a corn stalk, and that he could play on the banjoe. He appeared to be a man nf very few words, and when I complained to his aunt, of his incorrigible taciturnity, she would re ply that “ deep water was always still.”— When his answers would bear no affinity to j the questions proposed, his aunt would men-j jtion the great sir Isaac Newton having acted similarly, when his mind was intensely en gaged on more important matters. When I would urge that it was impossible for me to fancy him as a husband, she wmuld say, O Miss, as your affections arc not engaged to another, love will certainly follow marriage. To cut the matter fdiort, Air. Reflector, we were married, for Maledict is quite a person able man, excepting that he lias a remarka ble red head, a hair lip, squints with his right eye, talks through his nose, anil lias a halting in his walk, occasioned by an injury he received in his right hip, by a fall from a persimuym tree, w hich he had clambered up of broad cloth before mcntioqtd. As to wearing my shoes slipshod, I have not a pair that will hold together; he has never furnish ed ine with a pair since he brought me to his den—asforthe heels of my stockings being subscriber now lives, fop the benefit of the heirs. JOSEPH MORROW, adVr. in right of liisvA Dec. 16, 131T. NOTICE. '^J'lNE months after date, application will t* made to the honorable the Court of Ordina ry, of \\ ashingtoii county, for leave to sell three worn out, it is for the want of shoes; could ! l ’ um,re ‘ 1 4m ‘ acVes - 0, r la , nd ’ "US ■ » p * i v . j • * * a .Jesse krooni anil others, nart of the real cstaie I , , “ ! ,a ^ 1 Ura as kmgs._ll.ere of VVi llia,ft B. Alurphey, deceased, sold for* benefit of the heirs and creditors of said di- ceased. jesse khoom. ailm'n ALSEY MANXINB, adinl- March 12,1818. A' should be no foundation for such complaint; nor indeed is it one with him, foT he is desi rous that 1 should wear neither shoes nor stockings; except in the time of winter. Mr. Reflector, l have not told you one tenth part of Maledict’s conduct to me : he has never yet struck me, hut 1 have seen him clinch his fist often, and grin horribly,* Who do you now think, after the little that you have heal'd, has the must cause to sue for relief? i shall not apply to yon Mr. Reflector, nor a- ny other individual ; I Will apply to the as sembly, and if they wont part ds—mum— i have heard, 113 l told you before, that jeal ous eyes see double—Mr. Capias is a very proper man—he knows my situation—Male- diet has eyes, and please goodness i’ll fort • 11 made, to the honorable the Inferior him to see, sure enough, in spite of his other l"f Futnam county, when sitting as a Court four senses. It is with real heart-felt sur-jj.hd'naiy^ lor leave to sell the_ reu j, etl ^* row, that I have to subscribe myself as yet, JULIA, The unfortuniHt wife of Maledict Hymen. NOTICE. PPLICATION will be made agreeably M law, to the in'erior court of Putnam cuu»- ty, sitting for ordinary purposes, fur leave te sell one blind red acres of land, be the same more tor less, the real estate of William Ryle, deceas ed, lying on Cedar creek. LEO. AnERCROMrUE, Mav 28. No 1’ICE. ’ ! VriNE months after date, application wih b* JUxI mi • And 1 since-elv believe he would have hit me more llian once, bur tor tear of Mr. Capias ORIN D. CARhTARPIlEN N CO. T HE firm of Orin I). Cal-starphSn & Co. was dissolved on the 25th of December last— All persons indebted to the said firm, will please call at the Store of Goodrich & Carstarphen. next door to Kendrick’s tavern, and settle their respective accounts and notes, with Orin I). Car starphen, who is duly authorized to grant dis charges and receive payment. GKIX I). CARSTAUrilEX. JESSE BLEDSOE. WEST GOODU1CU. Thomas \V. Scott, ilec'd. sold fur the benefit of the heirs and creditors, thomas Kit.eAtiucK.adm r - iu right of his H| f c - March 24, 1818. BILLY AVOODLIEF, Barber, Y tTITH ecstatic delight, now offers -* r ‘ T ▼ vices to the public, in all branches or hit profession ; such as shaving, hair dressing, *™ i " ker making, powdering, curling, twisting, gr 6 **’ ing, &c. fisc. From his long experience i[> business, and the unasked for applause of hiswjt ner customers in Virginia, he flatters bin's* 1 with succeeding in this place, (sp much famedW its liberality) as well as any brother chip. P. S. He may be found on Greene street, >• the house lately occupied by Capt. Foot, sign of the pole.