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P o B T R Y.
WOCKXSOK
The Deliberation.
Imitated from the Soliloquy of Hamlet.
MY anxious mind is torn with doubt*
ful ftrife,
> hopes and fears alternate vex toy
life:
Whether 'twere bed to ad the ftoic*s part,,
And bar fond love all entrance to the heart';
Or with some fair, in wedlock's sacred
bands,
Our hearts united, join our willing hands;
Happy a while, the. pleasing feene may
seem,
But will not time evince *tis but a dream ?
The dread of what succeeds, suspends our
fate;.
Led venturing rashly we repent too late.
Who would a date of celibacy chufe,
And the sweet joys of intercourse refufe ?
Sudain the unnumber'd jeers and tauntsef
wit.
Or to a fad unsocial life submit ?
When he himfelf might calm each throb*
bing pain,
And charm all ills, with Hymen's golden
chain-:
Who would in (ingle iheets groan out the
night,
Stranger alike to red and foft delight ?
But that the mind some future ills deplore,
And makes us fear to tread the adveut
rous diore,
Where solemn death alone can give re
kafe,-
from troubles free us, and redore our
peace.
This makes us rather bear the plagues we
Ynow,
Than raftily venture on new feenes of woe.
Aedeftion thus makes cowards of us all,
And dread of cares unseen, our minds ap
pal.
Changes and difeord, jealousy and drife,
ills which all centre in the name of wife :
These to avoid, a tingle life we choose,
By prudence urg'd- to (hun the marriage-,
noofc*
Stolen or Strayed
Off Augufia Common , on Sunday night the
2 if, or Monday morning the ltd inf.
A Bright Bay Horse, about
fourteen and a half hands high,
four years old lad spring, has two white
feet behind; and a blaze down his face,
not broke into any paces, very clean limbs, t
and likely made, (hod before; was pur
chased a dud from the eftat&of Dr. Todd,,
but has been lately out. A Reward of
FIVE GUINEAS will be paid imme
diately on delivery of said Horse to the
Subscriber in Augusta, or if dolen, TEN;
GUINEAS on convjftion of the thief;
GEORGE HUNT.
Augufia, Sept. iyBB.
A Lid of Defaulters (non-residents) in
j Capt. Wymes's Didrift, Burke County.
A LEXANDER Headrick, 250 acres
pf land of tht flecbrtd quality; Na
than Cherry, -Y6O teres of kind, second
quality John Bafthotemey, 100 acres of
land, fecoud quality.
InCOUNCIL, Stptemler 5, 1788*
A Letter dated 14th June from the Se
cretary of Cong refs, with an enclosure,
was read,
That the enclosure be pub
lished in the State Gazette.
Ertra& Jr am the Minutes,
J. MERIWETHER, S. E. 0.
By the UNITED STATES in CON
GRESS Assembled K June lb, 1788.
On the report of a committee confid
ing of Mr. Dane, Mr. Hamilton and Mr.
Brown, to whom was referred a petition
of John Buchanan and other invalids, and
who were ordered to take into coniidera
tion the Invalid Eftablilhment:
Rejolwd, That each State llitll have'
credit in its general account with the
United States for such sums as became
due to the Invalids before the firft day of
January, 178a, and which have been or
diall be paid to them b f the (late; and
for such sums as became due to Invalids
from the fa id firft day of January, 1782,
inclusive, to the firft day of January 1783,
aud - which have* been or lhall be paid to
them by any fiate, the state fliall have
credit in thcexifting specie requisitions of
Cgngrefs ; and for sums that may so be
come due after January, 1788, and be
paid by any state, the state thall have cre
dit in the specie requisitions of Congress
which may hereafter be made.
Refolded , That no person fliall be erst
. titled 10 a penfiomas an invalid who has
not or fliall not before the expiration of
fix months from this time make applica
tion therefor, and produce the requifiie
Certificates and Evidence to entitle him
thereto.
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec’y.
Notice.
TH E Copartnership of Alexander
Shearer and David & Andrew M‘
Credie, under the firm of A. Shearer &
Co. is this day dissolved, on account of
the death of the former. All thole who
have claims again# said Alexander Shear
er & Co. are dcfired to reuder their ac
counts to John M'Dowall and James
Queen, in order that, they may beadjufted
and paid: Also those that stand indebted
to said concern, either by bond, note, or
book debts, are earnestly requested to
make payment as- soon as pofilble. The
business in future will be carried on by
John M‘Dowell, in Augusta, and by
James M'Qiieen, at Liberty Hill, as ex
tensively as formerly, having full powers
to aft in our name 3.
ANDREW M*CREDIE Sc Co.
Augujia, Auguji 25, 17:88.
A Lift of Defaulters in Capt. Caller’s di
ftrift, Wilkes county.
STEPHEN Brooks, Walter Mathews,
David Jones, Samuel Rutherford,
Frederick Aihfield, John White, Joseph
Beloow, James Armtlrong, Duncan M<
Queen.
ANDREW BUKNES, Rec.
A Lift of Defaulters in Capt. TufielPs
Diftrift, Burke County.
JOHN Corker, John Canada, Richard
Strandcr, William Pearson, Francis
Jones, Abfblertt VVclls, on the Bill of
Attainder.
WILLIAM WEEL, Rec.
RUN away from tfte'Satftt&fr t
in the last spring, as he rtJ v .
had done before, a Negro felldw
JEMMY, about five feet or J
J nches high, will at times change hii
as he will his mafler’s name, f pea L ?
Enghih, and might be taken for an aim
new negro, but is very plau/Tblc a
, artful, has his country (Ebo) raar!u
111 n;
his face thus 111 111, or thus
and is well known about Spirit (>*
having been twice taken at the p! ant ‘';
of Mr. William Boflick, and was va
hitely taken np by Capt. M'Gee „
Like wife run away from the Si;bfcUe
in the month of July 1785, and fun>ofr
to be some where in the hack couotrr
new negro of th« fame nation, known**,
the name of JOE, about tweaty-two vea:
of age, very bllck- and short, not r, 1Uc ‘
above five feet- high, well made, .•>„<! ,
a pleasant countenance, speaks little 0
no Englifb, but upon being quefiiocedc
, 1,18 ptelent or laie owner, (Mr. Franc-
Courvoilie) or his comrade Hetlor, wil
in all probability* be easily difeovered j ki
name may be now changed. Whocve
will deliver the said negroes in Savannah
or to the Hon. Coi. Fiihbonrn inAuguih
fhaJl receive a Reward of EIGHT DOL
EARS for each, and the sum of FIVI
POUNDS will be given on informatioi
and conviction of their or each of fh'ei
* being harboured.
The fubferiber will dispose of Jemmj
or. joe. 1 ernvs to be known by applica
tion to CohFilhbourn, or to*
j ' JAMES JACKSON.
; Notice*
: T DO forewarn all persons whatfoevr
X from bargaining in any manner wit
j my wife, Elizabeth Goodwin, for aij]
part of my real or peifonal eflate what
ever j and fnch debts as my sons, Thomas
Harwood and Matthew, may contrast,
' do hereby inform (he public that I will no
pay the fame, nor a Stilling to any of diet
on account of marriage. And as I fu(
pest that some or all of my negroes maj
he moved off from my plantation, in or
der to be disposed o£ in a claudeftinenm
- uer, duiing my abfcnce in Virginia, Id<
heieby offer a-reward of Five Poundsfo
each negrue that may be apprehended as
ter such to be paid upon the con
• vision of the offender to removing them
HARWOOD GOODWIN.
IVtikes Counif r Sept- 25, 1788.
THE Subferibfci- Dot having it in hi
power to find the holders of a Noti
of hand he gave to Stephen and Satnue
Meers, the 28th April, 1787, for 55c
bushels of corn, payable the ill of No*
vemGer lafly gives this public notice, tha
011 Wednesday the 22d of Oftofcer next
he shall, at his plantation near Augtrfb
measure off the corn clue upon the lai<
Note, before witnenes, for the holder 01
holders of the fame, at whole risk it wil
afterwards remain.
N. n. BUGG.
Sept . 2?, 17SS. a
A Lilt of Defaulter s 111 Captain Ciemea
Wilkin’s diltrift, Wilkes county.
WILLIAM Lowry, James Lowrv
Peter Carrol, Augufiine Davis
(non-rendent) 200 acres land, third qua
hty, Loiter, (non- redden!) 20!
acres land, second quality.
BARNABAS PACE, Fee.