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You arc greatly my supe
rior in language, style and
composition, but after that
the scene changes—were my
arguments ornamented with
the dressing of your pen,
thev would seal your lips
and paralizc your
tongue into eternal silencei
A REPUBLICAN.
From a London Paper.
Fulfilment of Prophecy.
Mrs. Stokes a lady now re
jident in England, was at school
with the repudiated Empress
Josephine during the short in.
terval of the peace in 1801, sh e
visited France, and Madame
Bonaparte having expressed a
vifh to have a private inter
view with her ear ly friend, Mrs
S. was introduced. After the
tjfuai congratulations, they be
gan to discourse with freedom
on the occurrences of their
youthful days, and Madame JB
inxiously enquired of Mrs.
Stokes, if file recoli«cted hear
ing her future destiny predicted
by a fortune teller while file j
was at school ? Mrs. S. tepliad
in the affirm*'ive. u A*d pray,
Hiy dear Madame, what, as
nearly es you can remember,
were his words ?”— 44 He laid,
you would lit upon a throne 1”
,s Was that all ?” eageily ask
ed Madame B. Mrs Stokes
who knew the feqtie! of the
story to he unfavorable, hesi
tated, and laid she did not re
collect any thing else. 44 A.
las ! I do,” exclaimed Madame
li. “he laid that I Ihould sit
I open a throne, but that I
I (hould die in a woi khoufe ; and
firice the firlt part of his pre*
I diction has been neatly accom-
I plilhed, I have inoft anxiously
dreaded the fulfilment of the
I reL” This anecdote is well
I known in the fafhionabie world
I and we can vouch for its au-
I theniicity. Thole who con*
I template her recent degradation,
I must allow there is every pro-
I bahihty that the unfortunate
I Jolephine’s apprehensions will
I finally befullilecL
I Le cheivalier d'Eon.
I This celebrated public cha
■ rseter is just dead. It had been
■ confidently beiieverl for many
I } pars that the chevalier was a
■ female-, but on disjecting the
■ fiody the contrary has been
8 bund to be the fact. It {nay
8 remembered, that about 36
8 ) ea rs ago, policies were actually
8 opened to ascertain the sex of
8 tnis extraordinary nor. dteccip’,
I ,0 the amount of 200,000/.
8 "fitch were eventually decided
8 Jn d paid, upon a Surgical cer
-8 *ficaie, ar dan invtfiigaiicn by
I B Jury of matrons, that die che
-1 v »!ier was a female ! They de
I tided thus it was be.
1 <BtJ k a just vet diet would have
■ involved the’character of a
I ’ J ,rav e ofn cer, 'i he deceased was
I formerly French charge d’af.
8 <lrs at our coui t.
I For the Mirror.
1 ” ' *'* rs ‘ Friepd Per
-1 A *' r r acute exercising himself,;
the other evening, in a swing trot,
(a practice lie performs daily—on
foot) came with such velocity a
gainst a mill stone, opposite to the
' door «f h superannuated, antique
/ex-Federalist, that he overturn
; ed. ao.I sent it some distance fro*\
h’inl and in its place lie perceived
a sheet of fools cap nicely fold'd,
which he directly took op—The
contents of which I send you,
without farther preface.
Yours, tic. Peter Pepperbox.
CROSS READING.
Drowned, on the init. io
the Ocean of Oblivion, the Legis
lature of Georgia ; this fata! acci
dent was discovered by a living
memorial o f their charilu and wis
dom, the .'deviation alet ; which
was found floating near the place
tney disappeared, with a represen.
tation oil its hack, ot the THIRD
PART Ob A MAN (a decrepid
emblem, surely). It hat been *>a
gaciously observed, that they took
‘his precipitate atup for die »o!«
purpu.we of establishing a Jacobinic
aub io h—, thinking, their pow
er and authority rather circuat
■crihed, while in their former
station.
Grogitmut, it is officially report
ed, has swallowed a Hall of Ball's,
indigestible, and Congrest flail
can only afford an evacuant—lt it
generally supposed, that he will
finger with this mammoth load, mu*
td an explosion takes place, with
the dreadful apprehension, that it
will convulse the political world to
its centre !
A number of Congress-men,
tat down during the last session,
and deliberately *wai!owed SIX
DOLLARS per day, each, with,
out receiving rhe least injury .—on
the contrary, found their appetites
were considerably sharpened.
Married —ln England, bv
the archbishop of Canterbury,
lord James Murray, son of
the duke of Athol, to lady Per
cy, daughter of the duke of
Northumberland:—The wed.
ding robe of the bride cod thir
teen ihoufand doilais-
Notice.
F»Y Virtue of a deed ©f trusl to
the undersigned from William
Cruwford late deceased, W.li
be sold at public k sale to the
highest bidder, on Tuesday tbe
sixteenth day ot October next,
*>t tiic late rasidtuce of *a*d dec.
in Columbia county.
HOUSES, Cable, Sharp, Hogs,
corn, fodder, Plantation toolt,
one road Waggon &c. Stc. Al*o
31+ seres of land, inclading the
Rlantanon whereon the deceased
lived, in seven miles of the Mar*
ket house in Augusta—the above
property will be sold on a credit
which will be defined on the day of
John W. Smith,
Peter Crawford,
A. Crawford,
Trufiees.
P S. Any person di .posed 10
view the lands above mentioned
will please apply to Mr Benj.
Ricketson who will pilot them
over the name. Indisputable litiesf
mav be expected from the above.
Augult 27.
Notice.
WILL be Sold at Columbia
court house, on the first 1 ues*
day in November next, (within
the usual hour* of Sale) pursu
ant to an order of the Hon,
Inferior Court of »a>d county.
One hundred acres ®f land more
or less, having about srx'y acres
cleared, and under Fence, with
tolerable improvements, adjoin
ing lands of Boswell Cliot* and
Crawford. It being the real es
tate ot Thomas Chumbles* and
sold for the benefit of the heirs
of said dec. Terms of Sale made
known on that dav.
Sarah Chumbless.
August, 27.
7 UST RECEIVED AT THE
MIRROR OFFICE,
A few copies of
GASS’ JOURNAL,
Os Capts. Lents & Clarke* s
Travels up the Missouri.
AUGUSTA , Aug. <2l.
By Jaft Evening’s Mail.
. Extradf of a letter from Am
lterdam, dated May 18.
“ Fredi commillioners
have arrived to take pof
feilion of the American car
goes depolilrd in the pub
lic florcs here Lit year;
j which is laid, are to be
| transported to Antwerp to
. be fold there.”
A letter from Amsterdam
favs*—“ The Maria is to
fail from thisfor Ncw-York
about the 20th of May, as a
cartel Ihip with captains
, Stanton, Howich, Coles,
and Merit on board. French
commissioners arrived here
! on the iSth May, and took
j possession of all the property
in the king’s ware-house
belonging to America, or
{ which they intended to t ranf
port to Antwerp for laic.’
New York, August 7
A letter from London, of
the 24th May, to a gentle- |
man in this city, fays, |
j “ since my leaving St. Se- j
i bastians, I have received the !
j following letter from Paris,
'under date of the Bth in
j ltant : 4< lamforry to in
form you that our general
has ili'ucd orders to the I
commillioners of sequestra
tion for the transportation
of all American velTels to
Bayonne, where they are to
be fold agreeable to the em
peror’s decree of the nth
ult.” I have ften the or
ders, wherein the coromis- j
sioners are inftrudted to
turn off the American mas
ters and crews, permitting
them to take their trunks
only. The order lays, it is
to retaliate or. the Americans ;
and it is underllood that the
release or repayment of the
property is not to be adi .it
cd even as a fubjeet oi nego
tiation," t
” Baltimore August 10.
From France.
We mentioned yesterday !
the arrival ol the ship Geo :
' Dyer, captain Collard.—
I This ship was permit-
I ted to fail (June 8) in bal- j
i last, with passengers. The
flip A»:n, Pendergraft, was
at Sacoa, taking in American
) seamen (formerly belong
! ing to the confiscated Ame- I
rican flips) by the special
permiflion of the French
government, at particular
requclt of gen. Armflrong,
our minister in France,
> who is laid to have advised !
all Americans to leave
France as soon as j*4 J 2ibl(?.
We have frequently pub
lished letters from France,
stating the desperate situa
tion of American affairs ;
and we arc now assured by!
j this arrival direct and in the ;
words of her written report, 1
; furnished lor the Coffee !
! House, that pr *• every |
prospect is fully as bad as
has been heretofore repor
ted.”
Baltimore, Aug. g.
The fliip George Dyer, Col
lard, Irom Bordeaux, is in the
J bey. She (ailed Irom Bor
deaux on the Btii rs June. —
Captain Jacobs of this port,
(the only American paflengei
on boa id) came up in a pilot
boat this morning, lie reports,
j that there w<n no change in the
relations between that country
; and this. Mr Lee the Amrri.
lean cotifu! at Bordeaux, had
-ti ken up the (hip Ann, of New
Voik, to convey hinfeif and
family to the United States;
j in which ship mod of the ofli.
cers and crew of the American
vcflels detained at St. Seballi
ans, &c would take their pal
; sage. The (hip Sally, in which
Gen. Armflrong was coming,
was daily expected at Borpeaux.
It was not known when lie
would (cave that country.
Coffee House Books.
Britijh Spiesir. our Sea Ports.
Captain Floyed who arrived
yefterdav from Halifax, in
forms that three Engltlh crui
sers hed failed Irom that port
to * ttercept certain American
velfcds, of which they had a
particular description by feme
perfort lurking in the United
States.—Thole merchantmen
are daily expected on otir coafl •
Such are the fruits of lubmij.
ft on to and predilection for
Britain.— Whig.
Felix J Far ley, Esq. was
yesterday elected President
of the State Bank, vice John
Blake, Esq. deceased ; and
John Dawson, Jun. Esq.
was elected Cashier, Vice
Mr. Warley, elected Preli
dent. Charlejlon paper.
Married, on Thursday
evening the i6thinft. by the
Rev, J. Garvin, Mr. John
Wiley, to Miss Eliza Hol
comb, both of Edgefield, S.
Carolina.
COMMUNICATTD.
Died on Saturday the zij'h inst
Mr Winjlow IIoBiY, (or want
of the common r.cctfiarirs of
life.
This unfortunate individual
was poflefled of no common
[bare of (ocial and friendly qua
liftcHtions. Mild and inoftrn
five in hi* manners, he rather
contracted friend (hips than pro
voked •enemies ; but he was
occasionally inebriate, and he
h-»s fuffered severely for his in
temperance.
“ Nofriemli complaint, no kind domtftic t*ar
l’lean'd [bin] pale Ghcft or grac’d [hi*]
mournful bier :
By foreign hand. [!aia] dying ayca wcr #
clofd,
By foreign hand* fhi.l decent limbtcompof'd
By foreign hand* [hi* j humble grave adorn’<l,
By Arangeri hcuouicd and by ft r :tng«.Ta
mourn’d!” 4 H.
E. L”s compliments to t!ie
bastard of Ignorance, alias Phi.
10. Enoch, that emanated from
the Seat of public drfamation,
on Ffiday last, and aflures him,
that he will be answered on
Monday nex».
Notice.
r Subscribers having been
JL appointed a Committee to of
ceive the second instalment re
nvNity per rent, in each AUGUS
TA HANK SHAKE— Hereby
givr AV/ce, that they will attend
the S'ore nt present occupied
by Boss, Brow* and Co. for that
purpose on the Sd September
next being the first Monday of that
month.
John Willfon,
Hugh Nesbitt,
David Reid.
August 16.
j ~ PRICES CURRENT
Cotton, io to i 2 rents.
Sah, 87 1.2 cts.
Corn Meal, 75 ct*.
Dour s 6 (iollar?,
Bacon, ;o cents.
NOTICE.
THE Copartnership heretofore
*xi*t»ng under the firm of A. C .
LabPzan, is this day dissolved by
mutual consent, all persons having
any demands against tsid firm arc
requested to present their accounts
for payment, and those indebted
to the concern will please come
forward, and setii* with Authcny
Labuean.
Anthony Labuzan,
Charles Labuzan,
THE SUBSCRIBER
INTEN DS continuing business
at the house formerly occupied hr
the above concern, where its will
tlwavs have on hand a
general assotment ot
Dry Goods,
GROCERIES.
Anthony Labazan.
August 27. 3t
strayed”
FROM this City on Mon
day the toih inft * a large Bay
llurfe, near (ixteen hands high,
nine or ten years old, branded
thus 1. S. on tire left shoulder ;
with a large (car between his
forelegs very vihblc j he is in
good order. Any person de.
livering or giving fuel* informs
lion as (hall obtain the Mode,
will he genrroufly rewarded by
the fubferiber.
Abda Cbristrattk
Augun a, Aug. aj.
The Subscribers
Are Now Opening
a r«*»H »urri.r or
FANCT GOODS ,
Suited to the Season--and in a
few days will have a complete
assortment of
FALL
AND
Spring Goods.'
They likewise intend to keep
continually supplied will*
SALT ; IRON , &
GROCERIES,
in general.
La Roche <0 Vansinderen .
August 27.
Sheriff's Sale*. *
ON the first 'Tuesday in Oc
tober next , at the Market-
Ilouse, in the City of Au
gusta, between the usual
hours,
Will he Sold,
1250 ACRES of land, ly
ing in Richmond County on
the waters of Rockey creek,
joining land* of Thomas Glas
cock, deceased, Bardel Lamar,
I.ud Harris and othtrs ; ou
which is a good dwelling-house
and sawmills—the above levied
on as the property of Samuel
Bugg, deceased, to satisfy art
execution in favor of the ad
ministrators of Sarah Lamar.
Conditions—Cash.
P. Donaldson , Shjfi.
August 27.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
On the first Tuesday in Oc
tober next, at the Market-
House in the City of Au
gusta between the usual
hours,
Will be Sold,
A negro girl named Clarift,
levied on as the property of
Thomas C. Ruflel Liq.
farisfy an execution m favor of
John Hamraoch. The above
property pointed out by the
plaintiff.
Conditions Cash,
P. Donald son Shft.
Au gulf 27*