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A BALLAD.
Blackeyed Sulan.
Part 11.
I.
THE Foreland weather’d, wind at East,
A Heady topsail breeze did blow;
A thousand leagues they fail’d South-Welt,
When from aloft was fpy’d the foe;
Then war’s bright ensigns from abaft did fly,
And the red flag, bespoke the battle nigh;
11.
In line abrealt, with flowing Iheet,
The en’my down upon them bore;
Quick haul’d their wind, and from their fleet
A Ihow’r of round and grape did pour;
White ensigns they difploy’d, and fir’d amain,
While their broadsides were oft return’d again.
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111.
The terrors of the dreadful fight,
Brave William’s courage could not move;
His faithful heart gave to his fight,
The image of his absent love:
At tall a ball th* undaunted Tar did take,
And then no longer could he fland the deck.
IV.
«• O where the laurels ? (did he cry,)
** I dream’d those temples would entwine,
That fliould me raise in Susan’s eye,
All worthy of her love divine ;
(i Curs’d wound! that gave no time to buy
*« one wreath,
That could have deck’d my brows in
“ life or death,”
V.
Swift fled the foe, and unpurfu’d,—
For St. Lucie the victors bore:
Ire long their wilh’d for port is view’d;
lie long is William row’d on ihore :
Soon heal his wounds—-his faith he well did
prove;
For many a damsel figh’d for William’s love :
.VI.
But he did vows unbroken keep,
And absent Sue Hill charm’d his mind ;
While homeward fail’d his Matter’d lhip,
With news that he was dead behind :
Bale, pale tbefe tidings made the blooming
cheek,
And red her eye, whose joy was now to
weep.
VII.
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With many a tear her love (he mourn’d,
With many a sigh his fate deplor’d;
Each morn her watchful grief return’d,
Each night frefii woes her soul explor’d ;
For many long and tedious hour and day #
Thus melancholy, waiting youth away.
VIII.
Jks one fad eve for death Ihe pray’d
That eve her lover did return;
Bweet William flew and clafp’d the maid,
And bad her never more to mourn :
With joy (he died,—with joy reviv’d again:
How bleft a pair } forever ends their pain,
i 'ANECDOTE.
LORD ■ who died of love in
his Bid year, ufcd to fay that all the
sex were wits. However fanciful this might
appear to some, the following incident can
by no means be called a contradiftion of his
Lordship’s opinion.
A house was advertised to be let, with all
the moveables as they then Hood j and a gen
tleman, whowent to view the house, Sec. was
(hewn the deferent rooms and their contents,
by a very handsome young woman ; to whom
the gentleman declared his approbation of
every thing he had seen, and added—“ Give
me leave, Madam, to alk, if I am to have
the happiuefs of conlidering you to be among
the moveables that are to be let —“ No, Sir,
(replied the lady) I’m to be let alow•”
sons awards mat wmafirt
Two Guineas Reward,
RUN away from the fub
icriber in Savannah, a
Mullato IVoman
named Bella \ speaks good Eng
lilh, and also French, and is -
artful and sensible. bhe was seen
on the Augusta road on Saturday
and Sunday, the 29th and 30th
instant, in company with lome
Negroes of Major Douglas's, on
their way to their mailer’s plan
tation near Augulta, (formerly
Demere’s plantation) those ne
groes will probably endeavour to
conceal her on the plantation
The above reward will be given
it delivered to Mr. William WaU
lace, merchant in Augu;la, or to
me in this town, and realonable
charges paid by
JOHN M C IVER.
Savannah, December 31, 1787.
The SUBSCRIBER has
For Sale'
A Q_U AN TI T Y of the best
Allum Salt .
Produce, or the paper meHium
of the Rate will be taken in pay
ment.
GEORGE HUNT.
Just publijhed and may be bad at
the Printing-Office ,
THE
LAWS
Os the General Aflembly of the State of
Georgia, palled last Scflion, viz.
Aft for railing Supplies.
An Aft for suppressing the Violences of the
Indians.
An Aft for regulating the Militia of this
State foe other purports therein mentioned.
In COUNCIL, December 31,
A Utter dated the 25th of Oftober last
from John Jay, Esq. Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, was read, enclosing an Aft of Cou*
grefs in the following words:
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By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS
Assembled, Ojgaber 20, 1787.
44 WHEREAS George Mi* er, Efquir*
“ has communicated to the United States ia
44 Congress afl'erabled a comrtriffion in due
44 form, bearing date the sth day of January
44 1 7%7> fr° m fo® Britannic Majesty, confti*
44 tuting him the Consul of his said Majesty
44 States of North-Carolina, South*
Carolina } and Georgia* And although no
44 commercial treaty or convention subsists
-41 between his Majesty and the United State*
44 whereby either have a perfeft right to
“ establish Consuls or Commiflaries in tfttf
44 dominions of the other 5 yet as the United
* States are disposed by every proper mark
44 liberality and attention to promote a
“ good correfpoudence between sbe two
‘ 4 countries, and particularly .as amicable ne*
44 gociations are now depending between
“ them. Therefore
*■ Rejcfoed,
44 That the said George Miller, be and he to
44 hereby received and recognised as th®
“ Consul of his Britannic Majesty throughout*
“ the States of North-Carolina, South-Caro
-44 H* l3 * *nd Georgia, and that his comiftif*
44 f,on b e recorded ip the Secretary's pfliee.
“ Rejol-vedy
44 That all the privileges, pre-eminencet,
44 anf l authority which the laws of nations and
of the land give a Consul received by th®
44 United States from any nation with whom
44 they have no commercial treaty or conven*
44 3 r C due and shall be enjoyed by th®
44 Uid George Miller as Consul for the thre®
44 States above mentioned, and that certified
44 copies of these Resolves be tranfipitted to
“ the Executives thereof for their informa*
“ tion.
f< CHARLES THOMPSONS
Ordered ,
To be published in the State Gazette.
IAMBS MERIWETHER, S. E.
torn,** m
i> 1 RAYED
From Augusta, on Thursday
the 3d instant,
A Sorrel Horse,
about 5 feet high, four years old,
blazed face; paces, trots, and
canters. A generous reward will
be given to any person, on deli
very of said horse to the iub*
lcriber.
WIL! IAM ROGERS.
Clarence
To
Claudius.
—*©-s•
In whatever part of the Con-i
tinent this may find thee, upon
fight thereof write thy friend
immediately; and address your
letter to the care of Mr. Smith,
Printer, Augufta*