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POETICAL
(UY IlERUKST.)
. O, haste thou harmless Syren of the prove,
a Sweet Philomel, to tune thymelt.np song,
wAnttkhcei’ if.v pensive musings us 1 ro\e,
liaity woods and tlowVy vale s among.
MISCELLANY.
Swee^bifd, I thank tlice for thy mournful strain,
Tliwc steals so softly on my ravished ear,
While the fair queen of night doth kindly deign.
In all her silver.beauty to appear :
And fancy to complete my soul’s delight,
Displays the lovely M—to my right.
r. g.
TIIR SOLDIER’S SONG OF DEATH.
nun a - a
Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies,
Now gay with the bright setting sun ;
Farewell love and friendship, the dear tender tics,
Our race of pxialence is run.
Thou grim King of Terrors, thou life’s gloony foe,
Go, frighten the coward and slave ;
Go, teach them to tremble, fell tyrant, but know,
No terrors hast thou for the brave.
Thou strik’st the poor peasant—he sinks in the dark,
Nor leaves e’en the wreck of a name ;
Thou strik’st the young hero—a glorious mark,
He falls in the blaze of his fame.
In the field of proud honor, our swords in our hands,
Our freedom and country to save,
While Victory shines on life’s last ebbing sands,
()! who would net die with the brave !
CHARACTERS.
FROM A LONDON lUrEll.
LORI) BYRON.
' This strange, eccentric ami wayward cha
racter has been amongst all ranks and class
es the theme of conversation, of remarks,
of review, of alternate censure and applause.
His wonderful genius, it is much to be la
mented, lias given a sort of consecration to
all the errors of bis life. When we com
pare his earliest publication with bis latest,
we shall find every sentiment and opinion
advanced in the former, with the exception
of his infidelity, deliberately abandoned.—
He formerly reproached Walter Scott for
writing for hire, and now this peer of tin*
realm follows his example. He formerly
censured the editors of the Edinburgh lie-
view in terms of immeasurable asperity :
aft; r the revolution of a few years, he asks
forgiveness of these very men, and takes
them to his confidence and to his friendship,
lie formerly v i hied his pen in behalf of the
English ministry, and his name is now en
rolled amoligst the most vindicative of their
assailants. He formerly declared that the
idol of bis heart was slumbering in the grave,
and that his affections were entombed in the
same sepulchre. Yet, after this solemn
pledge and declaration have been given, he
loves, or at least marries, and as if to round
the circle of contradictions, abandons the
wife of his bosom. How shall such incon
sistencies, such almost anomalies in the hu
man character he accounted for ! Perhaps
they may he explained in this manner : the
passions of the moment are the deities lie
worships. Led on by a frenetic impulse, he
follows those blind guides, careless wherever
they lrad him, whctltvf over mountain or
moor, and as long as their dominion lasts,
never stops or pauses to enquire whither he
is going. The deity or rather the demon of
the Hour, lias the sole and exclusive posses
sion of his soul—after the reign of this tran
sitory tyrant is abolished, lie is succeeded
by another who drives with the same unspar
ing violence to the end of his career, and
tbi n resigns his charge to another demon.—
Lord Byron is tin example, and an awful ex
ample of the dreadful slavery that a man is
doomed to undergo, who resigns himself to
the sway of his own passions—lie is never
himself, and it is no paradox to assert that
he does not know what bis own opinions arc.
The transitory passions that take alternate
ly the possession of his soul constitute his
only guides. Divine Providence, as if to
leave a standing mark of the ignominy whii h
attends servitude to the passions, lias bestow
ed on tlieir present victim all the brilliancy
of genius. This heaven illuminated lamp
shines in the hand of this madman with, its
brightest lustre
belioid and admire the radiance of its beams
whom the sailor travels to adorn, thcsoL.ui
bleeds to defend, and the poet wears out In
..mm’ o,life to celebrate ; who claim tribute from ev
1HL SI hCLI.AlOR. erv art and science, and for whom all vvb
“ Miserable man tliat l am ! sigbed 1 .* „ ldcavo r to multiply delights with-
Jopham.as he sat at thedoor, aftl.c rt . quil . in g any return but willingness to
be pleased.—Johnson,
NATURAL HISTORY.
down of the sun ;—“ Miserable man that 1
am !” .
“ What ails thee, frieml ?” said a person
who stood near him, although before, unper-
ccivod. “ Hast thou not plenty ? Tliou
hast sheep feeding on the bills, thy numer
ous herds graze in (lie valley, and thy grain
fields teem with abundance.”
“ True,” answered Jopham, “ but the
shortness and uncertainty of human life, are
to me sources of co»;laut wretchedness. 1
know not what hour I may he called to leave
all these blessings. A few live to the good
old age of four score years, but how lew !
—They, to he. sure, are blessed, but I have
no assurance that I shall live again to see my
orchards in blossom, ami to bear tbc bleat
ing of my early lambs— L am miserable.” v . . „ . , - . r ,r.
« And dost thou think it would contribute to fl, ° *'?"? both ol lola . md Le
tl.v happiness, to have . emoved-he uncertain-j, ""ted ot almos all the 1 “
ty’of till exit from this life, and to receive the «*™1* f *> r '* * ^ "
assurance, that, thou sl.ouldst live, to the age taken went general.-y a S
of four score and ten years?” |sonKd,mes they s ood up vght. 1 my ha
« Undoubtedly,” said Jopham ; « I couMI"** J' 1 ® » sc of . s l , c< ' 1 ' . ilt , ‘ ? i, f?w ,s
then proceed on my coarse with a light heart, taught to speak when brought mto to* ns.
I could plan my business for future y ears. 1! ant ! IIHR< ^
could plant orchards with the certainty of;
enjoy ing (lie limit—I could”—
The wild Man.—Among the natural curi
osities of Poland must be reckoned the wild
men that have been found in tbc woods of that
country. The frequent incursions of the
Tartars and other barbarous nations, wlm
often bore off whole villages of pan pie into'
slavery, probably forced the women to carry
their children into the woods for safety, and,
in case of farther pursuit, to leave them be
hind ; for they are frequently found among
bears and other wild beasts, by whom they
are nourished, and taught to feed like them.
Such beings have been frequently t imid in
.In .fhulress la the parents, ami
children and youth, in Milled
i T having been long contemplated, |, v ’ f
«L miiivuliuls, to establish a Sunday school mil, ,
uie attention ot the public is now cslle.i to tie.
»»tf subject. The au^vrintcndant and teiclwri "f?* - 1
deeply interested m on object, which l !as |J Ietl111 !
■ccupicd so much attention, in various |iorLsoi 'tt*;2>
and having been conversant with the |ii mcinles r • I
.lenetits resulting from institutions of tliia nature "V*
York, Sarannah, Augusta mul other places W . u!" eT ' I
introduce the subject to those in tins nh.ee' ..A . '"'I
its and guardians of clnldmi. * sre I
flic object of tins school is undoubtedly r, cn ,„„ I
own. To impart rclig.ous instruction. Tn«,Ja , .vH
young ideas” the principles of virtue and
retaining no memory of
Enough,” said his guest, interrupting
him—“ Thy desire shall he gratified. I am
the spirit that presides over thy years, and
am commissioned to fix the date of thy exis
tence.
Thou shalt have until the 5lli of (he 5th
month in tbc year that thou shalt have num
bered four score and ten, and in (lint day, at
the gowing down of the sun, thou shall die.”
Jopham raised bis eyes, and the pw\s.,<* bad
disappeared, but he felt Pip full conscious
ness of the truth of what be bad declare!
to be humanized, and made conversable by
cultivation,
Mummies.—Under tbc mountains adjoin
ing Riow, on the frontiers of Russia, and in
the deserts of Podoiin, are several catacombs
or subtorancan vaults, which the ancients
used fir burying places, and where a great
number of human bodies are still preserved
entire,though interred many ages since, hav
ing been better embalmed, anti become nei
ther so bard nor so black as the Egyptian
mummies. Among them are two princes in
and resolved tube happy. A thousand plans I the habits they used to wear. It is thought
for amassing wealth—improving liis grounds
—planting orchards st«d forest trees—build
ing houses and mills, for a while crowded up
on imagination ; hut ever and anon, the
5th of the 5th month of tiic, year that he
should be 90 occurred with renewed uneasi
ness to his mind. It was too far oft to he
that this preserving quality is owing to the
nature of the soil, which is dry ar.d sandy.
Jnfiumahle Spring.—Tiic water of many
springs is boiled in to salt. Tiic virtues of
a spring iri the palatinate of Cracow, which
J increases and decreases with the moon, arc
worth thinking of, and y et Would it return said to lie wonderful for the preservation of
uncalled for with the must alarming accule- life ; and it is reported, that the neighboring
ness. Jopham was then 5”, and lie. took It is inhabitants commonly live to too, and some
slate and pencil to calculate. lie bad 53 j d them to 150 years of age. This spring
years to live. He reduced the time, to is inflamable, and by applying a torch to. it,
mouths—to weeks—to days—hours, and c-1 it flames like the subtlest spirits of wine,
ven to minutes. The day was fixed in his Tbo flame, however, dances on the surface,
mind as certainly as in the. records of fate. | without heating the water ; and if neglected
lie looked at his watch. Three hours had (to be extinguished, which it may easily be,
elapsed—when Ids family notified him that | it communicates itself, by subteranehn con
it was later than usual for him to retire, duits, to the roots ot trees in a neighboring
l'ltc sleep of Jopham was disturbed, and the | wood, which it consumes ; and about thirty
first thought of the morning was the 5th of five y ears ago, the flames arc said to have
the 5th month, at the setting of the sun, in lasted for three y ears before they could be
tiic year 1875. But he resolved to put into
execution the plans lie had formed. Some
di Hie id ties intervened, but as lie Inn! time c-
nongh, lie postponed from day to day the
commencement of liis improvements.
A tliwisaml new troubles now crowded on
liis min'd. He was certain of life but not ol
health. His days might drag on heavily in
pain and disease. He was not sure that Ids
plans tor amassing money would succeed,
tie might become a pauper. Instead ol
stimulating his exertions lie found that the
certainty of long life relaxed them. In the
midst of business, and pleasure, the day cer
tainly fixed for death, would come like a
dark cloud overshadowing bis soul, paraliz-
ing bis exertions, and damping bis joy s. He
felt it like the iron belt of tbc Scottish James
who fell at Floddenfield ; and from the very
circumstance lie expected to prove the source
ntirelv extinguished.
A PROCLAMATION,
tty ir.s Excellency William ltabun, ftnvernor, and Com
mander in Ch ef of the Army and Navy of tins State,
and of the Militia thereof:—
*i YITIIEREAS, Captain Obed Wright, late of
V T the Georgia militia, was on the 29th day
of May last, arrested atul confined by the execu
tive. authority of this State, for a violation of or
ders, in the commission of an outrage on the
friendly Indians of the Clieliaw village, in order
that, the determination of the President of the
United States with regard to the manner in which
he should be tried for said offence si ould be
! known : And whereas I have received informa
tion, that the said Obed Wright did on the night
of the 2rth inst. brake iiis said arrest, and ab
scond from the place of bis confinement, and
probably from this state : l have therefore thought
proper to issue tins proclamation, hereby offering
a reward of five hundred dollars, to any person
of happiness, he. derived nothing but uneasi-1 or persons, who may apprehend the said Obed
ness, and finally tiic most unceasing mis- Wright, and deliver him into the custody of the
( ,.. v t Deputy Marshal of the United States, for the
A year had passed awav, when at the I , [ ist !' i , c ' t 1 (,f G «»rgui, residing at Milledgeville.
; 4 . , „ *l i v, aM «iAmJ 1 do moreover*hereby require and command,
same hour ot lie same momii, Jonliam sal ... . .../ * . . .. . ,
, ... , , i . / . . 1 all officers, civil anil imlitarv, tube vigilant and
at Ins porch Ins oeaid Ion#* ils a(c I* ’ j attentive, in endeavoring to apprehend and so
und liis whole body emaciated.—“ A * ls l*[*j cure the aforesaid Obed Wright, if to be found
i i #i i hie man that 1 am !’ exclaimed he. “ A he I within this state ; and to give all aid ami assis-
I housands and thousands dnj . (|f niy death Is fixed. The time is as-
*’ certained with awful certainty. 1 am like
while the frantic possessor of the lamp a criininal imdc* condemnation, and 1 feel
wild as if he were driven by the luncs. 'This J t| ia t the distance of time is only ail aggrava-
lamp is not a guiding light—it. is shaken by ti()n , )y procrastinating mv misery. Would
an unconscious hand, by one insensible to 1 1() t(iat mv guardian angel would return
tbc value of such a gift. \\ hethcr Lord By- (an( , rPStore ntP j,, the state of other men.”
rents and guardians ol* children
The object of this scho ’
known. To impart ldip,ons instruction. To“tearj ?
ymmtf ideas” the principles ot* virtue :md nioralS*
duties title to tlieir hcuvc-nly and earthly Parcnis Ct
appreciate the value of tlieir immortal souls. ’ G ^
Much might be said in favor ol* this institution i i
we presume that “ a word to the wisesufficient»
Parents, guardians, do you wish your little onej
be trained up in the way they should’^—to he direcH I
into the straight and narrow path wit ch leads to He/
—to reverence and adore the God of thc.r futhe-vlT
love the Kedeemer of the r souls—to becoir^' It,'J
memliers of society—-to he pillars and oi-numet.tn of tl
church below—and finally, to “ shine ns the stars’ 5 r iu
church tiMimphant? Then embiace the means wi n
(»nd oders for improving: send tliem to the Si/
schools, the first step tow ards Heaven. ™
While we leel deeply interested in these thinw ^
lay before you such urg nt rc;tsons for your imprtwS2
of litem, we feel our own weakness in the attempt, \\ I
are ourselves young, but wc realize the talue ot i *
t.d souls.
We are highly flattered in presenting this nddresito I
you, from the favorable opin.on many of you Imcairc^
formed of our plan. We wirh then your efforts, in /
son with ours, to accomplish this important work, \| I
we ask is your children. As ins’ruments in the handI
God, we possess the means, through his blessing,of n& f
ing them good and wise. Were Sunday schools ant*
tr ed means of diffusing good, in the world ot'nui
iliere might, perhaps, be some reason for our not env. L
.tig m this work, and for your neglecting to improve ii I
use of our labors, if offered to you : but tlieir ntilitr ■ I
now too well known to be questioned. Thousands ^ I
in Kuropc and America, can bear testimony to the I
resulting from tliem ; therefore doubt not tlieir bcilh I
but lend us your aid, nnd eventually we ma\ aniiciu|f , |
die happiest result from our labors. [
A suff.c.ency of teachers and means being alrcaiv». I
quired, we only wait your approval, by offeringywirtl£.-1
Iren. 'J’lie school will be commenced, us sooa xt a yj|. I
ficient number is oflcml; and timely notice w.ll l<c I
when and where it will commence. After the srlwd ijl
properly ai-ranged and organized, wc ‘-hall feel pieiwrl
i inviting the parents and guardians ol the cluldien, tr I
witness the order of the exercises. I
As soon as this arrangement is accomplished, wec^l
emplalc offering tickets of reward, to those whoeicdl
in good behaviour, improvement, study, fcec. andiivwiUl
be well f»)r parents and guardians to eiih;..iccthevaluetfI
the tickets, when won, and thereby become co-uorkml
with ii'-, in the delightful task. No pants willl* spue^l
by the superintendaiit. and teachers, togishr.ct the cU>|
dr«?n committed to their care.—To instill mio *.iie,rt«.|
dcr minds a correct idea of the iclig on of.lesiK Ci.rxl
—duty tothcir parents and fellow men, and the value#l
tlieir immortal »ouls. 3
The grc.il Head of tiie church Iixs ra.d, “ sutTr lift I
children to come unto me, and forbid them rot” tVtI
as instruments in iiis hand, entreat you, not only to pfI
nut them to come to the Sunday school, but to urge till
necessity of it. |
And luay that God, who giveth increase to p’..ruq|
and watering, smile upon you and yours, and Mess oil
united labors of love.
In behalf of the teachers.
JOHN IlIT.t. jiW.
iv.iper.n ends'. I
SUNDAY SCHOOL
f | ^HE public arc rcspccifully informed
I JL the Sunday School will lie openvd ir. trie I
Baptist church, on the first Sunday inStptrtjl
I her next, precisely at 8 o’clock in the raoiait|d|
i there to continue until a more convenient site*
tioncanbe obtained. Punctual attendance <<|
j the children is requested.—it is desirabletiiI
eacli scholar may lie present at the opening dfcl
j schoid. Those who have not yet offereil tWl
children are informed, that 11 there is yet rooir|
for more.—In behalf of the teachers.
JOH.V IlIUi,
H11 pc r i n t enchmt
no ncii.
O N Friday tiic Kith of October next, will btI
sold at the late residence of 1) iltiain 1W|
dec’ll. Twiggs county, part of the property*!
saiil dec’ll, consisting of Horses, Bogs, tA T d*> I
Household Furniture, Plantation Uieiifiki
many other articles too tedious to mentino."
Twelve months credit will he jjiven ; parc!n*HI
to give notes with approved security. All p 3 'l
sons having claims against said estate, are * I
quested to bring them forward properly auinew I
cated, within tiie time prescribed by law. _
hkxuy ni :.x, atirnr
Twiggs countv, August 15.
rim will still continue liis impetuous cam
is a question known only to the Deity ; but
we think tbc probability is, that he will re
form. Passions so intense a3 those which a-
gitate the bosom of Lord Byron, must be
Thy wish shat! be granted,” answered
the same person whom he had seen the year
before. “ But my friend,” added he, “ let
this learn thee to repress thy passion ;—lim
it thy desires exercise that thou mayest
transitory—they burn too fiercely to remain C| ,: 0 '. rpst ; _| 1C temperate that thou mavcsl
of long duration. Should the term ol nossess liealth; a cheerful re liuncc upon Hca-
life he extended to tiie ordinary age of man,! . Ul(1 0 | )ey t | ic dictates of an enligliten-
tliese passions must abate their vehemetire. I e( , ( . on science, and tliou wilt enjoy a happh
lie will then see ami lament liis mad career
—but what will repentence avail ! The gift,
of heaven—tiic lamp of his genius will shew
to thousands yet.unborn all the. deformities
of his character ; every step and stage of liis
frenzied career.—After these moral volca
noes have burnt out, we may hope that the
Java will yet become productive. But if Di
vine Providence should in the hour of refor
mation and amendment resume liis gift—if
lie should remove •* the lamp from its place,”
x\ hat tlien must lie the sensation of the re
ness which neither the certainty of great
possession nor long life could ever bestow.’
Village Record.
The Ladies—A solitary philosopher wouh
imagine ladies born with an exemption from
care and sorrow, lulled in perpetual quiet
and feasted with unmitigled pleasure : fin
what can interrupt the contentment of thus
upon whom one age lias labored after anutli
it to confer honours and accumulate immu
iiitics: those to whom rudeness is infamy
formed prodigal after his return to his fa- [and insult cowardice ; whose rye command.’
thcr’s house ? ! the brave,and whose smiles soften tiic severe.
tance in their power, to any person or persons,
who may apprehend him for confinement, in or
der that he may be brought to trial for the crime
of which he is charged.
Given under my hand and tiie Great Seal of the
State, at the Stale House in Milledgeville, this
thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and
of tiie Independence of the United States of
America the forty-third.
WM. RABU-V.
By the Governor.
ab! hammosd, Secretary of State.
Fire ll'miil Wanted on the Western Haters.
I ’’•HE steam-boat company are desirous of con
tracting for a regular supply of Wood, to
be ordered for the use of the.steam boats tiie en
suin'*- season, at convenient landing places on
Oconee and Altainaha rivers. The wood must be
if pitch pine, cut from thu bodies of large trees,
of high land growth, and well seasoned.—Light
wood would be prefered. Persons willing to con
tract for the delivery at one or more landings,
will send tlieir proposals, specifying tiie rate per
■ord, and tiie name of the landing, its estimated
iistancc from Darien, Milledgeville, or some
iub!ic place. The proposals to be addressed ei-
■her to Joseph Hutchinson, treasurer, at Augusta,
ir to Richard Wayne, Sava- .iah.
SAMVEL HOWARD.
August 18, 1818.-
STOP THE VILLA. ’ .
The consequence of white villains tradix? i™* I
negroes. .
RUNAWAY from the subscre I
her, living in tiie tower part■ I
Morgan county. Georgia.roi tM |
4th inst. a bright mulattoiellWi i
named PETER, (thoughhemij
change hi* name) twentv-h"
years old, and has no bearu j 1
all, upwards of six feet Wi
stout made, grayish eyes, rather a down I
slow speech, and artful in telling a storv. hf |f -1
detected in some of his villainy, no doubt i* *
te, tained but some white associate has given 1
a pass to go to North Carolina, Chatham coMvj I
or to pass as a freeman ; and in order to e*"l
Iiis escape with more ease, he has stolen a hsK I
sorrel mare, with rather light mane, lias sa ty I
pearance of a small white spot in the fiutW^L
a remarkable white spot on each side of the nee’ I
a lew saddle spots, ami one hind foot white, n® I
recollected which, but believed to be the n?#I
shod before, nearly five feet high, paces and c»t I
ters well, judges would suppose her to bet""' I
years o!.l or upwards. It is deemed tiseles* I
mention the above villain’s clothing, for “* I
such a proficient in the art of stealing, tn-nt I
• an change them at his leisure—take notice, I
is a great gambler, but has no trade,beingbioV I
up to farming. Any person who will secure^ I
said villain and mare, so that I get tliem. cr , I
liver them to me, at my residence, shall be “ sn I
soinely rewarded, and all rcasouable expe DC |
.laid.
cr.or.nE MVitTi-*
Mo gn county, August 9.