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To the P R 1 NT E R.
' From a Gentleman ia the country to brs friend in town.
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REMOTE from envy, pain and care,
Long may this lonely cottage be:
All hufh’d the horrid din of war,
Cohabit halcyon peace with me.
Ambition drop thy cuttain here,
No more for giddy fame I pant;
I feel a happiness sincere,
Although my portion is but fcantJ
’Tis little that we need below,
Says Goldjmitb in his dulcet song;
* Hcav’n, bounteous, does this meed bellow,
A little that we need not long.
Beneath these lhades, no busy round*
To move the vortex, discontent :
Wheels within wheels, nor hero are found!
Machines of vice to folly lent.
Here honest labour, blulbing health,
Invigorate the human powers*
Where mediocrity is wealth,
And industry and case is ours.
Come then my friend—a little while*
From business, and its troubles free,
The vacant hour of life beguile,
Though poor my fare-—l’ll a uelUome thee.
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS afTembled,
August ip, 1786.
ON a report of a Committee, to whprn was referred a
1 letter from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
Rejolved, That the Secretary for Foreign Affairs cauft to
be made out separate lifts of the numbers, names, and own.
ers of the Negrdes belonging to the citizens of each state, and
carried away by the British, in contravention of the late treaty
of peace, and that he tranfrait the said lifts to the Executives
of the States to which they refpeflivcly belong..
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
In C O U N C I L, October 23, iy&d*
Ordered,
rT'HAT the Resolution of Congress of the 19th of August
X last, that relates to Negroes carried away by the Bri.
tirti, in contravention of the late treaty of peace, be puhlilh
ed, and.that all persons within this state, concerned therein,
be r.equefted to make a return of all Slaves of the above de
feription to the Executive.
ExtraSi from the Minutes ,
JAMES MERIWETHER, S. E. C.
To the Ladies and Gentleman of the State
of Georgia •
Mathews & M‘En/ie y
BEG leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of this
place and its environs, that they are yift arrived from
Europe by the way of Savannah, and intend following the
business of Ladies HABIT-MAKERS and TAYLORS; in
which line they hope to give every employer fatisfaftioo,
being determined to worX at the lowed rate, the situation of
the State will admit of.—-Any orders direfted to the Augusta
Coffee-Houfe, or to Mr. Clay, in Augusta, will be duly at
tended to. 3t
Philadelphia, Augufi l, 1786.
A New Magazine.
AT the* present sera, 'when the genuine spirit of liberty
has extended its benign influence over these indepe„,
dent and highly favoured republics—when' the encourage
ment of literature, the natural concomitant of freedom, e*
gages the attention of a great majority of those entcufted witb
power, or poflefled of influence, throughout the union, thr
fubicribers are induced refpeftfully to solicit the patronage oj
the free citizens of North-America for
T H E
Columbian Magazine )
which they mean to publifli in this city on the following terms:
I. It {hall be printed in monthly numbers : the firft ti
appear on the firft day of Oftober next.
11. Each, number fliall contain three fleets or forty-eight
pages of letter press, elegantly printed on a very neat paper,
of American manufacture, and to be adorned with tw
engravings on copper-plate, executed by an American artist
111. No endeavours fliall be spared to procure as great:
variety of original eflays, inftrudive and entertaining, a
the nature and extent of the work will admit. The numbet
and acknowledged merit of the gentlemen who have pledget
themselves to furnifli their compositions, inipire the sub
feribers with every sanguine expectation of acquiring tit
publicapprobation, which {hall be the summit of their wilhw
~ IV. Price to fubferibers twenty {hillings per annum. Obi
half to be paid at the time of fobfcribing, and the other hali
at the expiration of the flrfl half year.To non-fubferibersj
> quarter dollar each number.
This deflgn has been taken up, after mature deliberation 1 ,
we fliall not, therefore, ralhly abandon it. We are fully
determined fa to conduct the undertaking, as to mirit tl.t
public attention; for which purpose every exertion shall be
made on our parts and the generous support of which we
have been allured, added to the high eflimation we have
conceived of the tafle, liberality and patriotic spirit of out
refpedable fellow-citizens, juftify our confidence of fucCefi
T. S E D D O N,
M. C A R EY,
W. SPOTSWtfOty
C. C IS T,
J. TRENCHARIX
O* Subfcriptiaas are received in Philadelphia, by tb
proposed publiftiers, above-named ; in New*York, by Bcrfl
and Rogers; in Baltimore* by Spotfwood. and Clarke; ii
Charleftdn, by Wright and Co* in Savannah, by Phify
Hearne, and in Augufla- at the Printing-Office.
The Editor of the Columbian Magazine {half esteem iti
very particular favour, if any gentleman will furnifli him witl
anecdotes or documents, for writing the life:of that mud
cegrettedHero.General Greene.
N. B. They fliallbe thankfully returned*
In COUNCIL, August 19, 1786.
Refolded, That this Board will not hereafter order an]
Warrants to be iflued in favor of any person or persons, ex
cept to such psrfon or pefonrs to whom the grant was origi
nally made, or to fuch.gerfon or persons who fliall appear t
this Board to be duly authorised to receive the fame*.
Jyctra£Lfrom the Minute j,
JAMES MERIWETHER, Secretary.
Augusta Races.
THE AUGUSTA RACES will commence on the fecon
Tuefday in December next. The jockey Chib Furl
of One Hundred Pound Sterling will be run fer the firft dal
four mile heats. A purfc of Fifty Pounds Sterling the fecon
day, two mile beats ; and a purse of Thirty Pounds Sterfa
the third day, one mile heats, agreeable to the roles of the Club
The following premiums will he given to the person ®
persons producing in market the best flail fed beef, thrt
pounds; three best muttons, thirty {hillings; aind two be
veals, twenty {hillings.
CORNELIUS DYSART, >
JOHN P. WAG NON, i Stewards.
" WILLIAM STITH, jam. J
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