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POETRY.
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A PHARSODY on RU M.
—— vacant. Ovid.
C"1 REAT Spirit hail!—Confufions angry fire,
JT And like thy parent Bacchus, born of fire:
The goal’s decoy ; the greedy merchant’s lure;
Disease of money, but reflexions cure.
Wc owe, great DRAM ! the trembling hand
to thee,
The hcadflrong purpolc, and the feeble knee;
The lofa of honor j and the cause of wrong;
The brain enchanted, and the fault’iing tongue,
Whilst Fancy flies before thee unconfin’d,
Thou Icav’ft disabled Prudence far behind.;
In thy l'urfuits our fields are left forlorn,
\V hi 111 giant weeds oppress the pigmy corn.
Thou tltrow’ll a mill before he planter's eyes ;
The plough grows idle, and the harvelt dies.
By thee refrefli’d, no cruel North’s we fear;
’Tis ever warm and calm when thou art near:
On the bare earth for thee expos’d we lie,
And brave the malice of a frowning sky.
Like thofc that did iu antient times repent,
Wc Tit in allies, and our eloathes are rent.
From thee a thousand flatt’ring whims cfcape,
Like hasty births, that ne’er have perfeX fliape.
Thine ideots seem in gay delusion fair,
But born in flame, they soon expire in air.
O grand deluder! such thy charming art,
’Twcre* good wc never lliould meet, or ne’er
fliould part,
Ever abfeond, or ever tend our call,
Leave us our lenfe entire, or none at all.
ANECDOTE.
OF all the vices peculiar to the aboriginals of
this country that of lying is not the least.
Some years since, one Tom Hyde, an Indian fa
mous for his cunning, came into a tavern at Brook
field, and after a little talk, told "the landlord he
had been hunting, had kill’d a fine fat deer, and
that if he would give him a quart of rum, he would
tell him where it was. The landlord did not with
t o let Hip so good an opportunity to obtain his veni
son, and immediately mcafured the Indian his rum.
Well, fays Tom, do you know where the great
meadow is; —Yes—Well, do you know where the
great marked maple-tree, that flands in it, is,
Yes —well, there lies the Deer. Away polled the
taverner, with his team, in quell of his pnrehafe—
he found the meadow, and the tree, it is true ;
hut h;s searching after the Deer were in vain, and
he returned no heavier, but in chagrin, than he
went—some days after, he met the Indian, and
violently accused him of the deception—Tom
heard him out—and, with the cooluefs of a philo
sopher, replied—“ Did you not find the meadow,
as I laid.—Yes—and the tree, —Yes—and the
Deer, No—Very good, continues lie, you found
two truths to on: lie } which was very well for an
Indian .
I A C AU <r 1 O N!
THE Public are cautioned against receiving a
bond given by the fubfcfiber to Richard
Call, Esq. on the 27th day of January 1786, for
the fuui of 31421. conditioned for the payment of
the sum of 1571 1. on or before the *i ft day of Janu
ary 1786, in his own orjcompany’s bonds, notes,
or proven accounts, as he has repeatedly required
Major Glafcock, who is said to be the present
holder, to receive payment agreeable to the con
dition thereof, which he has as often refufed. The
subscriber further notifies, that he is still desirous
of discharging the fame, and holds in his hands
bonds of the said Richard Call to the full amount,
which he will pay to any person who will bring
him the above recited bond.
ROBERT WATKINS.
Who has for Sale,
For the PAPER MEDIUM,
A valuable SAW MILL,
Calculated for three saws, on Spirit Creek, with
3000 acres of excellent Pine Land belongingthert
to. The mill is entirely new, and in complete
order, now at work with one saw. Any person
inclinable to purchase will be ftiewn the premises,
and be informed of the conditions, by applying as
above.
N. B. Credit will be given for a considerable
part till January next, •>- . 33-35
Five Guineas Reward .
STOLEN or STRAYED from Mr-.Thompfon’s
euclofure, near the town of Augusta, on the
26th of last month, a likely black MARE, very
heavy with foal, eight or nine years old, about 14
hands and an half high; the has a bald face, all
her feet white, a hanging mane, long full tail, and
is branded on the off buttock (though not very
plain) GL, having been formerly owned by Mr.
George Lumpkins, of Wilkes County, of whom
ftie was purchased. If strayed away only, I will
give a liberal Reward, and all expences on her
being delivered to me at Augusta; but if ftolep,
Five Guineas will be paid on conviction of the
Thief,
JOHN MEALS.
April 6, 1787.
THE following appeals will be tried before
his Honor the Governor in Council, on
ThUrfday the sth of July next:
David Greiham, 1 412 acres in the
vs. s reserve of Greene
Thomas Welborn, 3 county.
Thomas Galphin, 1
vs. S
James Gray, j
Archibald Beal, 1
vs. s
Robert Walton. )
JAMES MERIWETHER, S. E. C.
LOST.
ON Saturday night, the 9th of March, 178/5,
A Bond on William Williams, of South-
Carolina, for a likely Negro Boy, between the
age of 9 and 15 years; the said bond was firft
given to James Henderson, of North-Carolina,
in the year 1781 or 1782, and endorsed to me the
subscriber as advertised before in the Gazettes ;
and as it has never been found nor paid, I hereby
forwarn the said William Williams of paying the
said Bond to any other person but to me.
DANIEL JOHNSTON.
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Ten Pounds Sterling Re ward in Specie,
RUN AWAY, about lix weeks ago, a Neorj
n Fellow, namedßOß, ofa black complexion
and strong made, upwaids of thirty years of age
The said Fellow has lately been taken up at Q,/
Marbury’s Plantation, above the town of Auguft.*
and since made hisefcape ; as he is very artful aul
sensible, it is probable he will endeavour to go to
wards the Indian nation. The above Reward will
be paid to any person who delivers the said fellow
to me at Alliepoo, in South-Carolina, orinSavau
nah Goal.
EDMUND BELLINGER, j im .
Jpril io, 1787. ts
TO BE L § %
By the Comnv.Jfoners of Lewi faille >to the loiveft
Bidder ,
'TP' HE making one hundred tboufand well sized
merchantable bricks for the public build
ings, to be delivered in Government Square ; there
is clay, wood, and water on the public land. Any
perl'on iuclined to undertake will please lend theic
proposals, sealed up,, to Hugh Lawson, at Lewis*
ville, on or before the firft day of June next, at
which time such proposals will be opened, and the •
lowed terms accepted, on the parties giving fecti
rity for the performance. One half of the money
will be paid on the bricks being kilned, the other
half to be paid on the bricks being delivered. The
bricks to be delivered within three months from
the time of undertaking.
AlLperfons who are indebted for Lots in Lewis
ville, will please to take notice, that unless they
difeharge the fame without loss of time, theCom
miffioners will be obliged to proceed according to
the articles of sale.
N. BROWNSON, 7 r
H. LAWSON, 3 Comtirjtorters.
Leivifaille , /tpril 7, 1787.
GEORG IA. ~) By Lewis Gardner , Esq.
V (L. S.) > Register of Probats foe
LEWIS GARDNER, j the County of Richmond*
WHEREAS William Nichols, brother, hath
applied to me for lettefs of adminitfration
on theeftare and effeds of F rances Nichols, late of
this county deceased : These are therefore to cite
and admonilh all and lingular the kindred and cre
ditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before
me at my Office, on the 12th day of June uext, to
lhew caule, if any they have, why letters of admi
uiltration ihould not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, at my Office,
the 21st day April, in the year of our
Lord 1787, and in the nth year of the
Independence of the United States of Ame*
Just publijhed and may be bad at the
Printing-Office,
THE
LA W S
Os the General AlTembly of the State of
palled lall Session.
LIKEWISE,
The Court of Confcieoce
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Writing Paper
To be fold at the Printing-Office. Like wife blank
Deeds of Conveyances and Bonds.