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POKTICAL.
FBOM T1IK POUT FOLIO.
THE ORNAMENTS OF LADIES.
Oh ! Woman, sweet source both of pain and delight,
Should it e’er be my fortune your hist'rv to write,
Kvery page of the work should he blotted with tears,
And my pens 'stead of quills shbuld he arrows and spears ;
As death your path marks, ’twoulfi be most, (l should
think)
&mbiemat!T, Write it in blood ’stead of ink—
The slaughter for food, both of fowl and of brute,
I mean not our right paramoC'H to dispute—*
Hut the creatures men murder your forms to adorn,
Till the earth with their cries from North Cape to Cape
Horn.
First in rank as in size, and in interest too,
The intelligent native of Asia we view—
Not an ivory fan, or a pin-case to dress,
Not a gloss-giving comb or a bishop at chess,
Would ever those beautiful fingers embrace,
if an Klcphant had not been kill’d in the chase—
To procure you those baubles you value so high,
For you the huge Mammoth of India must die;
And his fate is embittered, Oh ! sad to relate,
Ry lus moans bringing Death on ’is affectionate mate,
Who might though a widow, her life still retain,
And though a Hindoo, could have married again.
Your corsets pernicious, could never be made,
It* the Whale the destructive harpoon could evade,
Rut the sons of Nantucket, accustomed to ride
On a Whale or a wave, all his flound’riog deride :
Their barbs they transfix with an aim most unerring,
And soon the Leviathan’s dead as a herring,
On the death of a creature so bold and immense,
All the sea’s in commotion—the grief is intense—
II is immediate descendants, the young suckling pets,
Are all easily taken, so deep them regrets ;
And his other relation, young Grampus *tis said,
Flics the country on seeing the water all red.
That profusion of pearls which you’ve hung round a neck,
Too lovely for aught m creation to deck,
Though sanctioned by fash.on, and envied by all,
Caused destruction on many a million to fall.
Ah ! who shall explain all the pleasures of life,
Of an Oyster secure from attacks of the knife—
He eats and he dr.nks, lives from jealousy free,
A passion unknown it r thought in the sea:
He no doubt has his friendships, his courtships and mar
riage,
And he rides on the tides in his submarine carriage—
Whether stormy or still it to him is all one,
For if weary he sticks himself fast to a stone.
Then how can you, ruthless ! such misery promote,
Whole nations to kill for a toy for t our throat ?
That Tortoise shell comb which adorns your bright hair,
Was destruction to h.m who did first tue shell wear—
The emblem of Death in your footsteps*is hid,
For a Goat premat o *ly was killed in the kid,
And the long-bearded sire of the kid on you* foot,
D.cd to make the morocco for Caroline’s boot ;
Which boot, too, is lined with some poor wretch’s skin,
That to keep her foot warm breathed his last in a gin—
Of tho-*e plumes that so gracefully wave o’er your head,
None are worn till them former proprietor’s dead—
The gav bird of Paradise, stately and proud
Yields his life when his freedom’s no longer allowed ;
He brooks not the change from a king to a slave,
And dies that famEtnma liis feathers may have.
•*In vain the swift Osti ich, plumigerous wretch !
Puts his trust in h.s legs, and lus wings at full stretch—
A Courser o’ertakes h'm, though fleet as the wind,
And oft his pursuers have run themselves blind,
Oh ! if ladies should wish for the Condor himself,
The Condor must come from the clouds to the shelf—
From the link* that unites the llumbird to the Fly,
To the Eagle that soars half the day in the sky.
Not one would be safe, if Miss Hose or Miss Nuicy,
Should take to their heads or their tails the least fancy.
Then as to those creatures with warm winter furs,
•’Tis their warm winter fur their destruction incurs—
For e’en delicate ladies, like squaws will he drest,
In the skins of wild beasts, if it pleases them best.
To name all the tribes, with the Seal, Fox and Sabir,
Would give this too greatly the air of a fable ;
Suffice it to say, they’ve no refuge on earth,
Though they owe to wilds of Siberia their birth.
These enormities doubled and trebled tw.ee o’er,
Are nought to the evils I’m doomed to deplore,
For Woman, by nature tyrannic extends
Her power all alike o’erher foes and her friends—
The Beasts of the field* and the ll.rdsof the air,
She orders her vassal, mud Man, to ensnare;
And e’en those that repose in the depth of the sea,
Reach the surface obedient to Woman’s decree.
Now how shall I venture—Oh ! duty abhorr’d,
The charge of ingratitude here to record—
liow declare that fidelity, fr ends)iip and love,
Are by Woman cast of!' like a useless old glove.
Yes—Man, the proud Lord of Creation’s domain,
M ho for her sake has brav’d every danger and pum,
Who lias burnt* neaih the l ne, or been ti .»ze near the pole,
To please the fair idol enthroned in his soul,
Now finds to his sorrow he too is a slave,
To aflec’ ion that only can cease in the grave—
That the mistress lie loves and has almost adored,
Has a heart hard as marble with cruelty stor’d ;
And this be her name, Ellen, Myra, or Kate,
Is the truest affection’s deplorable fate.
did yellow, or bright sulphur rotor ; 11.c pe- l'slio]>,—the K aimak an has been his rounds,
tills of the purest white ; but viewing it in the weights have been foumi deficient, and
front, so as to look into its deep bell, whence
issues its long trembling stamina, Lathes all
description ; for in one shade, it is of an au
rora color ; viewed in another, it resembles
the blaze of burning nitre ,• and as the eye
plays over it wc think we see, at times, a
bright reddish purple.
We may remark generally, that the most
splendid flowers ore of shortest duration :
thus this grand flower expands its beautiful
colors, and diffuses a most fragrant odour
for a few hours in -ehe night, then closes to
expand no more. It commonly opens about
7 or 8 o’c lock in the evening, usually in Ju
ly in its nativo place : but later in England
and in this country ; by two in the morning
it begins to wilt, and soon after to fade, droop
and wither; and before sun-rise it hangs
down in a state of irrecoverable collapse and
decay; and the next day this short-lived
belle resembles a soaked half grown car of
Indian corn—The first time the botanist gaz
ed at this transitory beauty in the garden of
Fothergill, and saw its sudden change, it
was with sensations he never can forget.—
lie confesses that in the vast assemblage of
flowers that adorn the earth, this flaunting
beauty caught his eye, and excited strongly
his youthful admiration.
I5ut the Botanist, sobered by age, cannot
—will not allow the flaunting « Cerc.us.” to
rival in his affections the blushing Rose.
“ veiled in a cloud of fragrance,” whose
qualities are often disregarded because com
mon. Queen of flowers, where is the port
that has not celebrated thy beauties ? where
the painter that has not aimed to imitate
thee $ and who that lias senses does not wish
to take to his bosom the fresh blown roses
washed in dew ?
MISC ELLA VY.
* llall' bird, half fly, the fairy king of flowers,
Reigns there, and revels thro' the fl agrant hours.
BOTANICAL.
Night-blowing Cereus—On Friday eve
ning last, a number of ladies and gentlemen
attended an invitation at the seat of Henry
Schroeder, Esq. in this city, and witnessed
the opening of the flower of the plant Cac
tus Triangularis, or Night-blowing Cereus.
The flower of tins curious plant blooms on
ly for a single night in the year; and, as the
plant is very rare, in this country, being a
native of the West Indies, the company as
sembled were highly gratitied by this novel
and beautiful exhibition. The flower began
to open between seven and eight o’clock, was
in full bloom about eleven, closed early this
morning, and has since faded into irrecover-
ble decay.—Baltimore Gazelle.
run'i r.n. watiiihol'se’s botakist.
If the painter can give but a faint picture
of the violet, or the passion flower, or the
chalcedonian lilly, what would he say, if re
quested to express with his colors some of the
family of the Cacti ? particularly the Cac
tus grandifloritis, or Night-blowing Cereus.
This stately flower is found in the different
parts of South America, and in some of the
West India Islands. It expands a most
beautiful corrolla of nearly a foot diameter ;
it lias twenty stamina surrounding one pis-
tjliuin. The inside of the caylix is a splen-
CONSTANTINOPLE.
It would he difficult for any imagination,
even the most romantic or distempered, to
associate in close array all the incongruous
and discordant objects which may be con
templated, even within a few hours peruntbu
lation, in and around the Turkish capital.
The barbarous extremes of magnificence
and wretchedness ; of power and weakness ;
of turpitude amt magnanimity ; of profli
gacy and sanctity, of cruelty and humanity,
are all robe seen jumbled together in the
mostsublime or offensive combinations. The
majesty and magnificence of nature, crow n
ed with ail the grandeur of human art, con
trasted with the atrocious effects of unre
strained sensuality, and brutalizing inherei.*
degeneracy, fill up the vacant spaces of this
varied picture.
The howling of ten thousand dogs re-echo
ing through the deserted streets all rhe live
long night, chase you betimes from your pil
low ; approaching your window you are
greeted by the rays of the rising sun glid
ing the snowy summits of Mount Olympus,
and the beautiful slmres of the sea of Mar-'
moro, the point of Clialccdon, and the town
the unfortunate man, who swings in a halter
at the door, lias paid for his petty villany
the forfeiture of,his life. The populace a-
round murmur at the price of bread, but the
muezzins from the adjoining minarets are
proclaiming (be hour of prayer, and the fol
lowers of mahoinct are pouring into count
their heads and proclaim the efficacy of faith,
in an opposite coffee-house a group of Turk
ish soldiers, drowsy with tobacco, are dream
ing over the chequers of a chess board, or
listening to the licentious fairy tales of a
dervis. The passing crowd seem to have
no common sympathies, jostling each other
in silence on the narrow foot-path ; women
veiled in long caftins, emirs with green tur
bans, janissaries, I’ostandjis, Jews and Ar
menians encounter Greeks, Aibonians,
Franks, and Tartars.— Fatigued with such
pageantry, you observe the shades of eve
ning descend, and again sigh for repose;
but the passawend with their iron-bound
staves striking the pavement, excite your at
tention to the cries of yanga var from the
top of the adjoining tower, and you are told
that the flames are in the next street. There
you may behold the devouring clement over
whelming in a common ruin the property oi
infidels ami true believers, till the shouts of
the multitude announce the approach of the
arch despot, and the power of a golden show
er of sequins is exemplified in awaking the
callous feelings of even a Turkish multi
tude, to the sufferings of their fellow crea
tures, and of rendering them sensible to the
common ties of humanity.—The tire is ex
tinguislied—and darkness of a deeper hue
lias succeeded to the glare of the flames ; the
retiring crowd, guided by their paper lan
terns, Uit by thousands, like ignes latui, a-
tnitlst the expresses of the Champ des Morts
and, like another Mirza, after your sublime
vision, you are left, not, indeed, to comteni-
plate the lowing of the oxen in the valley ol
Bagdad, but to encounter the gloom anti
cheerless solitude of your own department.
Neal's Travels.
ONE MUG OF TOD REWARD.
Lost a lew nights since, about the middle
of the night, some where between the grog
shop and Poverty valley, or Poverty valley
and the grog-shop, my old large neck’d pint
bottle—(a packet companion for a great ma
ny years) the stopple out, round the nose of
which is written in blazing Capitals intem
perance, with the word Destruction on the
bottom ; on the body of the same may be
seen in large Italicks,
R U M
which letters besides giving a rlne at the con
tents, have several mystical significations, viz.
1st. R. reckoning——U. unpaid M. mo
neyless..
2d. R. ruined U. undone -M. mortal.
3d. It. refonnation U. uncommon
M. ’mungst tiplers—etcetera, too many to
mention when in a hurrv.
STOP THE VILLAIN.
The consequence of white villains trading ,
tlPiwnnn n
nUtxAWAY from the , ubsc ,
her, living in the lower Part
Morgan county, Georgia, „„ , h
4th last, a bright mulatto fe||„‘
named PETER, (though he L
J4JL change his mime) twenty.w
r years old, and has no beard at
all, upwards of six feet hi»h
stout made, grayish eyes, rather a down look’
' I slow speech, and artful in telling a story. Ii e j n *
detected in some of his villainy, no doubt is en’
tectained but some white associate has given liim
a pass to go to North Carolina, Chatham county
or to pass as a freeman ; iM in order to effect
his escape with more ease, he has stolen a likely
sorrel mare, with rather light mane, has an an.
pearance of a small white spot in the forehead
a remarkable white spot on each side of the neck'
a few saddle spots, antLone hind foot white, not
recollected which, butflllieved to be the ri4(
shod before, nearly flwteet high, paces and can
ters well, judges would suppose her to be twelve
years old or upward*. It is deemed useless to
mention the above villain’s clothing, for he it
such a proficient in the art of stealing, that he
ran change them at his leisure—take notice, he
is a great gambler, but has no trade, being brought
up to fanning. Any person who will secure The
said villain and mare, so that I get them, or de
liver them to me, at my residence, shall he hand,
soinely rewarded, and all reasonable expence*
paid.
GEORGE MARTEC.
Morgan counts - , August 8.
Whoever lias found, or may find, said bot
tle, whole, am! the contents uninjured shall
of Seoutari : midway your eye ranges with j receive the aforesaid reward, it being under-
delight over the marble domes of St. Sophia, I stood that the subscriber cxjiects to drink a
the gilding pinnacles of the Seraglio glitter- share of the same
ing amidst groves of perpetual verdure-, the
long arcades of ancient aqueducts, and spi
cy minarets of a thousand mosques. While
you contemplate this superb scenery, the
thunders of artillery burst upon your
ear ; and, directing your eye to the quarter
whence the sound proceeds, you may behold
proudly sailing around the point of the Ser
aglio, the splendid navy of the Ottomans,
returning with the annual tributes of Egypt.
The culling volumes of smoke ascending
TERONDET, ATR1SON ct CO.
V RE now receiving from New-York, and t
pening a large and general assortment of
Dry Goods St Hardware, which they offer for
sale, and will dispose of them by the bale,piece,
or otherwise to suit purchasers, at a moderatead-
•. ance ; among which are, Superfine Cloths
and Cassimeres, Coarse do. do. White Plains,
and Kerseys, Rose, Point ami Duffle Blanket!,
Flannels, Bombazetts Plain and Figured,Cantos
Crape Shawlsand Scarbs,Plain and FiguredCos-
can Nankin and Canton Crapes, White and Black
Lace Shawls and Veils, Cincliew and Italian
Si I k s, Cambrics, Calicoes, Mol eski n Vesting, Fin
White Merseilles, White Silk Lure, Worked
Robes, 7-4 to 3-4 Linen Diaper; Chinese Fan*,
Men’s Beaver and Dogskin Glo'es, Men's uni
Boys’ Fine and Coarse Hats, Misses’ Fine Bu
yer Hats, Straw, Chip and Silk Bonnets, Mo-
s.-air Caps, Dining and Tea Sets Blue China com
plete, Fine Large Looking Glasses, Chimney
Glasses, Elegant Decanter*,Cut Glass,Tumbles
ami Wine Glasses, Brass and Iron Shovels and
Tongs. Shot Guns, Lancaster Rifles, Thermom
eters, Kaleidoscopes, Mathematical Instrument!,
Surveyor’s Land Chains with Compasses com
plete, Pyramids, Plated Castors and Candle
sticks, Silver Spoons, Alibastor Time Piece,
Varses, Fine Prints in Gilt Frames, India Land
scape Hangings,Conversation and VisitingCardf,
Saddles, Bridles and Trimmings, with a varictr
of other articles suitable for the present and ad
vancing season. Sept. I.
BACCHUS GROG-DRINKER.
Poverty Valley, hay-umc, 1818.
N. id,—Having business both sides of
the xiay. it is uncertain which side said bot
tle may be, u, g.
CROSS READINGS.
The Elephant Columbus lately imported
at so much cxpence—by particular request,
will dance a hornpipe, blindfolded, anion
eggs.
According to an accurate analysis lately
from the port-holes play around the bellying | , co .. ‘."5 t0 an ac f" r , .
sails, & hide at times, the ensigns of crimson made ot tl,e watcr ot 1 ;. , ' b 1 ano, ‘ bprmgii-.it
silk, besprinkled with the silvery crescents I a i ) i*° ar8 rooni than 20 ot the rogues had a
of Mahomet! The hoarse guttural sounds of a j 1,1 _
Turk selling kaimac at your door, recall your
attention towards the miserable lanes of Pe-
ra, wet splashy, dark and disgusting; the
mouldering wooden tenements beetling over
these alleys, are the abode of pestilence and
misery. You may mount your horse, and be
take yourself to the fields, rich with the pur
ple fragrance of health and lavender,
and swarming with myriads of honied in
sects ; in the midst of your progress your
horse recoils from his path, at the loathsome
object occupying the centre of the highw ay ;
—an expiring horse, from which a horde of
famished dogs arc already tearing the reek
ing entrails? Would you behold his unfeel
ing master, look beneath that acacia, at the
hoary Turk performing his pious ablutions
at the sacred fountain If we retrace our
steps, we are met by a party passing at a
quick pace towards that cemetery on the
right: they are carrying on a bier the dead
body of a Greek, the pallid beauty of whose
countenance is contrasted with the freshness
of the roses which compose the chaplet on
the head. A few hours only has he ceased
to breathe : but see ! the grave has already
received his corse, and amidst the desolate
palaces of the princes of the earth, he has
entered an obscureand nameless tenant
“ Having returned to the city, you are ap
palled by a crowd af revellers pressing a
round the doors of a wine-house ; the sound
of minstrelsy and riot are within. You have
scarcely passed when you behold two or
three gazers around the door of a baker’s
Sundry misrepresentations and base false
hoods have—been recently coined at the
mint and are now ready for delivery.
Dr. Blowpipe at this warm season, advises
his patients,—to pay the Printer.
T he Quarantine regulations at this season
include—three Sea-Serpents lately seen East
of Cape Atm.
Sir Everard Home in the course of his re
searches has discoverd—Mrs. Cowldy’s
much admired play of «.More ways than one."
As to the events that have taken place in
Florida, we shall merely observe that—phle
botomy is considered the only effectual rem
edy in that disease.
The mail robber who refused to plead and
stood mute will—perform on the tight rope
many wonderful feats, for the first time in
this citv.
INDIAN GOODS.
r TMIE subscribers are receiving the followin'
1_ Goods, well calculated for the Indian trad*,
viz. 1 Bale Giila Handkerchiefs, 2 do. Sunff
Knmall do. 1 do. Pultv Putty do. 1 do. Madrs#
do. 1 do. India Checks, 1 do". Bine Strouds, 1(8
Gross Quality Binding, 50 Pieces Furnitur*
Calico, 50 do Green and Blue Grounded Shawl*
Rich Borders, 100 pound Small Beedsall colon,
60hundred dozen White CutGlassdo. lOOGro*
Buttons, 40 Dozen Pocket Flasks, Blankets, Sov
iet, Cloth, &c. all of which tliev will sell by th*
piece or bale, on accommodating terms. Pm
sons engaged in the Indian trade would probably
find it to their advantage to give us a call.
TERONUET, ATKISO.V & CO.
August 31.
NOTICE,
O N Friday the 16th of October next, willl*
sold at the late residence of William Bum,
dec’d, Twiggs county, part of the property of
said dec’d, consisting of Horses, Hogs, Cattle,
Household Furniture, Plantation Utensils, to-
many other articles too tedious to mentioDr*
Twelve months credit will be gix'en ; purchaser*
to give notes with approved security. All pt ( '
sons having claims against said estate, are re
quested to bring them forward properly autheiifr
cated, within the time prescribed by law.
HENRY BUNN, IldinV.
Twiggs county, August 15.
WHOLESALE GROCERY.
HE subscriber has in Store and arrivinf,
22 hhds. Sugar, first quality, 32 do. N- »
a, 7 do. Jamaica do. (old) 1 do. Whiskey. “
BLACKSMITH’S BUSINESS.
T HE subscriber respectfully informs the pub
lic, that he has commenced the Blacksmith’s
Business in the Penitentiary, where the follow
ing articles will be manufactured upon the most
approved plan, to be had on the shortest notice,
viz :—Flour Mill Screws for raising mill stones,
ditto for oil and fulling mills : Saw Mill Cranks,
Inks and Gudgeons for Tub Mills, (warranted to
stand ten years) ; Saw and Grist mill irons of all
descriptions; Plantation and House work gene
rally, Tavern, House and Waggon Bells. C.
Grasshopper and horiz >ntal carriage springs,
made or repaired. Application to be made at the
gate for admittance.
ISAAC T. CUSUIXG.
Mdledgeville, August 10.
T
Rum, 7 do. Jamaica do. (old)
bbls. do. 100 bags Coffee, 13 qr. casks Mali-* -
Wine, 1 pipe 5 years old Lisbon do. 1 do. FayM
1 qr. casks L. P. Teneriff do. 20 boxes longM™
Claret do. 13 half bbls. Fly market Mess Bw<
27 bbls Gin. (excellent quality, and 10 per r*” 1,
over proof,) 4 pipes Cogniac Brandy, 10 bit*-
Mackerel, 5 do. Salmon, 12 half bbls. CratM*
10 boxes Soap, 5 dried Figs, 20 bbls. L°alfj*
Lump Sugar, 3 kegs Virginia old Tobacco,50 Ik -
mijohus, 30 boxes Raisins, 10 do. London
tarcl, 23 do. Shaving Soap, 5 bbls. Herring*' 5
kegs Split Peese, 5 do Barley, 20 Tierces P™* 4 '
—boxes Prunes, 36 boxes bottled Ale, 2bttpr ,t *
Ginger,6do. Almonds, 49boxcsmou!d Candlth
15 bags Pepper, 80 crates Crockery ware, 95 pttf®
Cotton Bagging, negro Plains, Carpeting, & c
together with a variety of other articles in
Grocery line. This establishment is intend™
principally, to supply merchants in the countf*'
at wholesale prices ; and will be constantly
plied, with such articles as belong to th'-s Ijj 16 ,
business. Merchants are invited to call **■
see—Those who want Groceries, will find®*
advantage in purchasing in MilledgevillG *
such articles may be sold here cheaper than c
be waggoned from Angusta or Savannah.
XVM. BOfflff-