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POETICAL
10 PLEASURE.
Oh, Pleasure! I hove fondly woo'd,
lint never won ihy fleeting favour ;
My early suit was wild and rude,
And, startled, thou didst fly forever.
Awhile, I deeply sorrow’d o’er
The wreck of all that perish’d then ;
Uut wilder, sweeter, than before,
Thy smile though distant beam’d again.
And, my sad heart, tho* deeply chill’d,
Still panting sought thv lov'd embrace,
Trac’d every path, thy votaries fill’d,
To meet thee in thy Resting Place.
1 saw thee mantling warm in wine,
And deeply bath’d my fever’d lip ;
I saw thee pause at beauty’s shrine,
And surely hop’d thy sweets to sip.
Hilt wine and beauty both conspir’d
To fill my soul with dark regiet;
For scarcely now, their sweets exp.r’d,
And pleasure, fleeting, ’scaped me yet.
And now;—with scarce a feeling warm,
When all should bloom in hearts unwasted ;
I turn me, from thy lovely form,
Thy joys unknown, thy sweets untasted.
Then fare thee well, deceitful shade!
Tho’ bright the charms that still adorn thee;
Too fondly press’d, they withering fade,
And all who follow, soon must scorn thee.
Miscellany. ~
THE BRIEF REMARKEU.
A threat part of the ill we suffer might be
avoided, if we would only learn to let well
alone. But such is the pkgucof our hearts,
relative to temporal as well as high matters,
that we are seldom or never quite contented
with our lot, when even it is no wise an un
pleasant one, but must <• paw it about,” till
we mar and spoil what we prove reely endea
vor to mend.
IIow often is comeliness of face, of features
and of personal form, disfigured by affecta
tion, which would fain make better wluitGod
hath made well.
How often do we lose our health by tam
pering with it, in order to make it more heal
thy. When we were well, we can't he easy,
and let well alone, hut must needs he med
dling with the mechanism while it goes exact
ly right. A morning hitter, or some far-
famed nostrum, how good it is to prevent
disease and preserve the health ! or rather—
not to speak ironically but soberly—how fre
quently it destroys the very stamina of sound
constitutions, induces a train of ailments,
and immaturely people the grave ! A heal
thy body is dieted into a consumption by ply
ing it with physic instead of food.
An Italian nobleman, whose fatal folly it
was, not to let 7veil alone, ordered, as a so
lemn warning to others, the following line
to he engraven upon his tomb. “ 1 was well
—I wanted to be better—and here lam!"
Mark the children that are gorged with
dainties, and enticed to eat before they arc
hungry, who like young chickens in an oven
are kept from cold and moisture, and even
from the open air, and drugged by way of
prevention, as well as for the slightest ail-
In sober truth, there is rn our nature such
a restlessness of disposition, that we com
monly make to ourselves the full half of the
ills we suffer. There is a something more
which we are ever in search of, and never
get at; and, in this blind and restless chase,
we poison the cup bv our efforts to sweeten it.
Of all morbid habits, that of being dissalis
Had general Washington been, like the mar
quis de la Fayette, commander of the na
tional guard of Paris, he. also might have
found it impossible to control tho course ol
circumstances ; he also might have seen his
efforts baffled by the difflcnlty of being at
once faithful to his engagements to the king,
and ol establishing at the same time the li
lied with even the comfortable conditions of berty of his country
the life which Providence has placed us in, is
one uf the most unfortunate. With persons
of this cast, it makes no difference though
M\ de la Fayette, I must say, has a right
to he considered a true republican 1 none of
the vanities of liis rank over entered liis
iheir success in life he ever so great; the head; power, the effect ol which is so great
in France, had no ascendency over him ; the
desire of pleasing in drawing-room conver
sation did not with him iniluenre a single
phrase ; lie sacrificed all his fortune to liis
opinions with tiie most generous indifference.
When in the. prisons of Oluiutz, as when at
the height of his influence, he was equally
(inn in his attachment to his principles.—
liis manner of seeing ami acting is open ami
aim* sickness of heart cleaves to them as a
garment, even after their fortunes have ne
ver so much exceeded their own expectations.
One of this sort was the prince Potemkin
of Russia. From a low family, he had been
raised to the greatest wealth and the high st
dignities. And liis biographer, who was a
familiar acquaintance of that prince, observes
of him, as here follows :—“ lie is melancho
ly in the midst of pleasures ; unhappy from) direct. Whoever lias marked his conduct
the excess of good fortune; satiated with j may foretell with certainty wlmt lie will do
everything.” on any particular occasion. Mis political
«» The great art, is the art of living ; and I feeling is that ot a citizen ol the United
the chief science of being happy.” When 1 States, and even liis person is more English
Isa \ happy. I mean not unalloyed or perfect than French. The hatred of which M. de
happiness, which can never he enjoyed here ; jlu Fayette is the object has never embittered
but only such a measure of it as our Maker j Ids temper, and liis gentleness ol soul is coin
hath pat in our power. And in order to on- plete ; at the same time nothing Inis ever
joy and secure that measure of happiness,! modified his opinions, ami liis confidence in
the rules following are worthy remembrance.! the. triumph of liberty is the same as that of a
Live constantly in the unshaken belief of pious man in a future life.—Madame de Stael.
the overruling providence of the infinit jy
wise and good, as well as Almighty Being, THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER OF RUSSIA.
and prize his favor above all tilings.
1 have had the li >nor of conversing sever-
Be it rather your ambition to acquit your- j al times with the emperor Alexander, at St.
self in your proper station
hove. it.
than to rise
Petersburg!! and Paris, at the time of liis re
verses, as w ell as at the time of liis triumph.
DcspiscYiot small gains, nor risk what von ! Equally unaffected, equally calm in eithersi-
possess upsn the uncertain chanceof sudden- j tuation, liis mind, penetrating, judicious ami
Iv increasing it.
wise, lias ever been consistent. His convor-
lf you are in a comfortable way, keep in sation is wholly unlike what is commonly
it ; and abide in your own calling, rather) called an official conversation ; no insignili-
tlian run the*risk of an untried one. j cant question, no mutual embarrassment ron-
Finally, (comprising all in a single sen-'demos those, who approach him to those Clii-
tenee.) mind to •• use the world as not abas- j ne.se phrases, if we may so express ourselves,
ing it;”—-and most probably you will find ; which arc more like bows than words. The
therein as much comfort as is fitting for a; love of humanity inspires tho emperor Alex-
trial and probationary being who is journey- j under with the desire of knowing the rr,
ing through it towards an immortal abode.
Connecticut Courunt.
ORIGINAL ANECDOTE OF FRANKLIN.
In the newspaper which Franklin esfah
lislied, soon after lie domiciliated himself in !
Philadelphia, be once took occasion to ani
madvert, with unit'll freedom, 11pm the con
duct .if an old and respectable inhabitant of
the city, whose public course did not accord
with his views of propriety. The attack
produced a strong sensation among the
friends of the gentleman in question, some
of whom proposed that an interview should
be had with Franklin, in order to admonish
the young adventurer in regard to what they
deemed an improper liberty. Franklin ac
ceded readily to the proposal, and accord
ingly requested several of his patrons to sup
with him on a particular evening. They
STOP TIIE VILLAIN
The consequence of white villains trudin*
negroes, “
RUNAWAY from the !ub . 1
her, living m the lower J Cn ;
Morgan county, Georgia,^ .1
4th mst. a bright mulatto feli„»
named PETER, (thojffij
ILL. change Ins name) twenty.^
“SB ull! < «nd has no beard
' a "» upwards uf si* f eet 1,14
stout made, grayish eyes, rather a down I,,4
slow speech, and artful in telling a story, ju '
detected in some of his villainy, no doubt is
lei taiiied but some white associate has given li
a pass to go to North Carolina, Chatham count?
or to pass as a freeman ; and in order to efiei
liis escape with more ease, lie has stolen a like! I
sorrel mare, with rather light mane, has an av
pearance of a small white spot in the forehead
a remarkable white spot on each side of the necU
a few saddle spots, and one hind foot white, nut
recollected which, but believed to be the riib
shod before, nearly five feet high, paces and cm'
ters well, judges would suppose her to be twelve
years old or upwards. It is deemed useless t«
mention the above villain’s clothing, f ur | 1{ ^
such a proficient in the art of stealing, that ) lt
can change them at bis leisure—take notice, Ik
is a great gambler, but lias no trade,beingbrouAt
up to farming. Any person who will secured*
said villain and mare, so that l get them, or dr.
liver them to me, at my residence, shall be hand-
somely rewarded, and all reasonable expends
paid.
GEORGE MARTI*,
Morgan county, August 8.
TERONDET, ATK.1S0N \ I'U.
A RE now receiving from New-York, and 0.
. V pening a large and general assortment of
Dry Goods &. Hardware, which they offer f M
sale, and will d'spose of them by the bale.piece, j
or otherwise t ’suit purchasers, at a moderatead-
vance ; among which are, Superfine Cluthj
and Cassimeres, Coarse do. do. White Plains^
and Kerseys, Rose, Point and Duffle Blanket*
Flannels, Bombazetts Plain and Figured,Canton
Crape Shawls and Scarbs, Plain and Figured Con-
can Nankin and Canton Crapes, White and Black
Lace Shawls and Veils, Cinchew and Italia
Silks,Cambrics,Calicoes, Moleskin Vesting,Fine
White Marseilles, White Silk Lace, Worked
Rubes, 7-1 t.i 3-4 Linen Diaper; Chinese Fans,
Men’s Beaver and Dogskin Glo.es, Men's ani
Boys’ Fine and Coarse Hats, Misses’ Fine Hei-
v r 11 its, Straw, Chip and Silk Bonnets, Mo*
sliair Caps, Hining and Tea Sets Blue China com- I
plete, Fine Large Looking Glasses, Chiitntf |
nirnt;—mark their spindle legs, their pule waited upon him at the time appointed ; and
sickly faces, the feebleness of their whole
frame. And now observe, on the other
hand the broods that have experienced none
of this queasy rare ; whose food is plain, and
but just enough to satisfy the cravings of na
ture ; whose beds arc any thing else than
down, and in rooms, through which the winds
whistle ; who are always in the free air, and
often exposed to cold and wet:—observe their
freshness of health, their ruddy cotintcnan-
if the guests the names of Hugh Roberts,
Philip Sing, Luke Morris and John Biddle
are recollected.
Previously to being called to supper, they
entered into friendly conversation with him
on the object of their visit. They were pre
sently introduced into an adjoining room in
which a table was spread, covered with a
coarse cloth, at one end of which stood a
urge stone pitcher filled with water ; at tin
ces, their inasculous limbs, their strength|otliee, a huge pudding; and beside each
and agility
Numerous and almost innumerable are the
instances of well conditioned men and fami
lies, who are mourning over the ruin of their
worldly circumstances— not by any direct
providential stroke of adversity nor by any
means of conduct of their own that was mo
rally bad, hut solely because they did nut
jet well alone.
One “ sells the pasture to buy the horse.”
Weary of a plodding way of life and slow
gains, he barters away liis fast estate for
goods. A single turn of the wheel of fortune
turns him to a bankrupt; and whereas he
merely imagined himself unhappy while hold
ing the plough, lie is now so indeed.
Another, not content with being a farmer
merely, hankers for the distinction of office.
Luckily for liis feelings, hut unfortunately
for .''is circumstances lie obtains it. He neg
lects his farm, and liis farm neglects him.—
His expenses increase, and liis income dimi
nishes. He goes behindhand daily, and ere
long, runs out. Too late he sees that lie has
exchanged solid pudding for empty honor.
A third, scorning to be outshone by liis
plate a penny earthenware cup. Franklin
pressed his friends to be seated, and proceed
ed to help each of them to a slice of the pud
ding, with every appearance of earnest hos
pitality. Having served them all, and de
sired them to till their cups with water and
sentiments of others, and of treating, with
those whom he thinks worthy of the discus
sion, on the great views which may he cou-
| tlueiyc to the progress of social order. On j ufaVsesT Elegant Doca 1 iters’,!:ut Glass,fuiiiblei
liis first entrance into Paris, he discoursed | and Wine Glasses, Brass and Iron Shovels ami
with Frenchmen of different opinions, liken
man who can venture to enter the lists of
conversation without reserve.
In war his conduct is equally courageous
and humane ; and of all lives it is only liis
own that he exposes without, reflection. We
are. justified in expecting ft urn him, that lie
will be
which tiie
I hough lie keeps on fo it a great armed force, |' ~
we should do wrong to consider him in Eu-j
rope, as an ambitious monarch, liis opinions
have more sway with him than liis passions : j
and it is not, so far as 1 can judge, at eon-1
quest that lie aims ; a representative govern-!
ment, religious toleration, the improvement I
of mankind by liberty and the Christian
rungs, Shot Guns, Lancaster Rifles, Tlieriu»
eters, Kaleidoscopes, Mathematical Instrument!,
Surveyor’s Land Chains with Compasses con-
plete, Pyramids, Plated Castors and Camlle*
sticks, Silver Spoons, Alibastor Time Piece?, |
Varses. Fine Prints in Gilt Frames, India Land
scape Hangings,Conversation and VisitingCanli,
, - , . , .... . 1 Saddles, Bridles and Trimmings, with a varietr 1
• eager to do ns country all the good of olher * a , ticles suiuble for the presents ad-1
the state of its knowledge admits. Al- Vllncin , r S( . as „ n . g ep t. 1.
INDIAN GOODS.
71NHE subscribers are receiving the followinj I
I Goods, well calculated for the Indian trade,
viz. 1 Bale Gilla Handkerchiefs, 2 do. Sum;
Romall do. 1 do. Pultv Putty do. 1 do. Madras
do, 1 do. India Checks, 1 do. Blue Strmids, 100
Gross Quality Binding, 50 Pieces Furniture
Calico, 50 do Green and Blue Grounded Shawls
ligion, arc no chimeras m his eyes. It In* Kiel, Borders, 100 pound Small Beeiliallcolon,,
accomplish Ins designs, posterity will award ; do hundred dozeu White Cut Glass do. 101)tiros
him all the honors of genius; uut if the rir- Buttons, 40 Dozen Pocket Flasks, Blankets, Scar,
c.(instances by which lie is surrounded, if the ; let, Cloth, &c. all of which they will sell by tin
difficulty of finding instruments to second j piece or bale, on accommodating terms. Per-
him, do not permit of his realizing liis wish- j sons engaged in the Indian trade would probably
cs, those who shall have known him will at find it to their advantage to give us a call.
least he apprised that he had conceived the
most elevated views.—lb.
LAND AND MILLS—A BARGAIN.
7 JTMIE subscriber, living six miles from Madi-
JL son, Morgan county, is anxious to sell Ids
Land and Mills whereon lie now resides, con
taining 385 acres of very strong land, 68 acres
cleared, a new framed dwelling bouse, with other
be jovial, lie himself began to eat heartily, j convenient out houses, situated in an extensive
His guests tasted, and and tasted again, but
could not swallow liis pudding. Franklin
observing this begged them to be assured
that another pudding would soon be served
up. No one. however, except himself, could
eat, and they sat looking at each other with
an expression of lively surprise. Franklin
then rose from his chair and said—“ This is
a sail--dust pudding■—I can eat it, tho. gli you
cannot—and lie who can subsist upon saw
dust pudding and water, needs the patronage
of no man.” They all laughed and parted
good friends.
M. OF, LA FAYETTE.
AL de la Fayette having fought from his
early youth for the cause of America, had
early become imbued with the principles of
liberty which form the basis of that govern
more wealthy neighbor, tries hard to rival j ment. If he made mistakes in regard to the
him in worldly show. He is as good and French revolution, wc are to ascribe them
liis children inherit as good flesh and blood :; all to liis admiration of the American insti-
liis credit enables him to borrow; and gen- tutions, and of Washington, the hero citizen,
tcelncss of appearance will put his family on wlmguided the first steps of that nation in
a level with the best. So he goetli, and his
“poverty conicth as an armed man.”
A fourth, though snug and comfortable at
home, fancies lie can do better, a great deal
bettor abroad. He lists heard of the goodly
lands which yield astonishing abundance and
almost without labor. He sells all he pos
tlie career of independence. La Fayette,
young, affluent, of noble family, and beloved
at home, relinquished all these advantages
at the age of nineteen, to serve beyond the
ocean in the cause of that liberty, the love ot
which has decided every action of his life.—
Had lie had the happiness to he a native of
srsscth, and on he goes at rand inn. He nr- the United States, his conduct would have
rives, when, In ! lie finds even there, a full! been that of Washington : the same di.siu-
nieasure of the thorns and thistles of the {terestedness, the same enthusiasm, tho same
curse, and jierudvi ntiire finds himself cheat-j perseverance in their opinions, distinguished
grove, on one of the most eligible sites, within a
August 31.
TEUOXUET, ATKISO.V A CO.
r
WHOLESALE GROCERY.
NHE subscriber basin Store and arriyinjr I
22 liluis. Sugar, first quality, 32 ilo. S* “
Rum, 7 do. Jamaica do. (old) 1 do. W liiskev, “
bbls. do. 100 bags Coffee, 13 qr- casks Mall?
Wiuc, 1 pipe 5 years old Lisbon do. 1 <lo. Fay*“>
4 qr. casks L. P. Tenet iff’ do. 20 boxes longc®*
Claret do. 13 half bbls. Fly market Mess Mi
27 bbls Gin. (excellent quality, and 10 per
convenient distance of good spring water; and over proof,) 4 pipes Cogniac Brandy, 10 bbla.
1 Mackerel, 5 do. Salmon, 12 half bbls. Crackers,
10 boxes Soap, 5 dried Figs, 20 bbls. Loaf W
Lump Sugar, 3 kegs Virginia old Tobacco,50 De
nujolitis, 30 boxes Raisins, 10 do. London Mae
taid, 23 do. Shaving Soap, 5 bbls. Herrin, 5 , 5
kegs Split Peese, 5 do Barley, 20 Tierces l'" rt(r
the Milts, a saw and grist mill in good repair,
with two pair of stones, two bolting cloths, bouse
three stories high, out of the strongest framed
timbers. The mill amply supports my family
with bread, consisting of thirty-foui persons, ail
eaters ! eight horses, eighty bogs, three milch a , , JT
cows, two oxen, all of which are in good order, —boxes Prunes, 36 boxes bottled Ale, 2hagsrM® j
and io-e at all times dependant on the mill for | Ginger,6 do. Minonds, 49 boxes mould CaHjU***
support, not having made or bought a bushel of
ed at last out of bis all.
each of these generous friends of Iiuiuauitv.l
grain since I owned them, and get ari overplus
for sale. Another capital advantage combined,
being supported in this way a person can cultivate
cotton entirely; and a single individual, alter
■unking the first payment, could pay the balance
with the overplus toll, as the mill gets 1500 01
2000 budiels of toll grain in the year, which 1
would engage at two dollars per bushel at this
time. He lias also another tract in Clarke coun
ty for sale, containing between three and four
hundred acres, within three miles of the Scull
Shoals, on the Oconee river. Its fertility, healthi
ness, houses, water, meadow-laud, low and high
land being interspersed all over it, with pine, pop
lar and hickory, all combine to make it one ot the
most desirable country seats Miave seen in Geor
gia; 100 acres are cleared and well inclosed—
l’lie purchaser may get 50 barrels of corn on ibis
place, with 6000 pounds of blade fodder. I will
sell either of the tracts, separately, or together.
The one in Clarke has two settlements on it, di
vided equally by a creek—For the above proper
ty cash would be preferred, yet very ac. ammo-
dating terms may be had, such is my anxiety to
move. C. Wells or Mr. Hardigru will shew the
Clarke land, living near it. ,
VETEIt PERRY,
September 2.
15 bags Pepper, 80 crates Crockery ware,93 t l ' e ” i
Cotton Bagging, negro Plains, Carpeting,
together with a variety of other articles to®
Grocery line. This establishment is intenoeu,
principally, to supply merchants in the country,
at wholesale prices ; ami will be constantly sll Pj
plied, with such articles as belong to this liO* ,
business. Merchants are invited to call >n ,^ l
see—Those who want Groceries, will find niU
advantage in purchasing in Milletlgeville,
such articles may be sold here cheaper than
he waggoned from Angusta or Savannah.
' ° MM.
August 1
NOTICE. .
O N Friday the 16th of October next, sail I
Sold at the late residence of W illiam B*n'j I
dec’d, Twiggs county, part of the propertyd I
said dec’ll, consisting of Horses, Hogs,. C»tU*
Household Furniture, Plantation Utensils, ^
many other articles too tedious to mention' 4
Twelve months credit will be given ; purch«se f ’ j
to give notes with approved security. Aff F*y i
sons having claims against said estate, are r ’
quested to bring them forward properly nuthen
rated, within the time prescribed by law. (
HENRY Bl'XX, mint 0
Twiggs cou:,tv, August J >.