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TO ‘ HARITY.
JTr.;i Chsri'y ! look benign,
Po-rfrrvfl st onrr* 'hy tact* divine,
Sob frtotltfr ofonr grief;
T1 V r*rder, (vmD’thrrir foul.
At ragged merit ne’er d ; d fcowl,
But oflcrM quick relief.
Wb ft fierce /million drench’d in blood,
G'orif 8 to fee the purple flcOd,
Of human pore flow round :
Thou ftriv’ft the lab’ring m’ndfoeafr,
From each corroding, fell dihtfe,
And gently heal the wound.
From Pride with half averted eye,
Where fcorn and p'ty feem »o tic,
Thru filed with eager hade ;
Her idle pomp and linfel glare,
tlcy may make idcots (Ur*,
But ill accord thy fade
from prim’d with fordid pelf,
worn In l ore with care of felt,
W ,f h horror dolt thru tu n ;
f?it T p r z’d ’o fee 'he mind cf man,
Sc fat dipref* from nature'# plan',
M for itfe'j to burn.
Cone then br tht maid, grant the beheft,
»nd with tbyfelf fill .very bicaft,
No» leave an emp’y fpape;
JFrom meenpef# cleanfe the hurron mind,
Of ne but gen’rou# thought# behind
•f*nd love for all oar race.
LA VINA or the RUINED FAIR.
A R ECENT F ACT;
** Ye Heavens, if innocence deferve
your care,
«• Why have ye made it fatal to the
fair ?
*' Bafe man, the turn of our fex was
born,
u Th<* beauteous are bio prey, the reft
b : s fcoro i
11 Alike ut f rtunntr, our fate ?a furh,
tl We cither p'tafc too little, or too
muT,”
Gentle love f engaging fuhjeß !
thou haft, occupied a varied of pens.
Scarce a poet hut has turn'd his
lyre to fmg the. heart felf hlifs. or
poignant woe, that flaw from thee.
Thou art the darling theme of tie
youthful hard the juvenile mufe re
cords with delight the tehder anxie
ties that caufe the lovers hea t to
palp tale ; and whenhe is deJcrihing
ihefe fo/t emotions, oft-times he feels
what he de/crihes. Emhtliijhed
with beauty s biillianf hloflcms , la
vina bloomed the fair eft flower in
all the va'r; though fortune had
left her deftitute cf any pecuniary
attraßicns, yet nature had done her
part in end'iwrnr her form with
p erf on a! accomphjhments ; hut ah !
how often has a handfome tare been
t ? ruin of its pojfrffor ! i double
Jhare c) diferetion is neceffary to
keep it unfulhed., and vneentaminat
cd; for, as the fuhhme Wilton fays,
“ Bear:*, .ke the fa - AfiTeriin tree,
Laden n h bloom ng , old had need the
guard,
“ Oi 7>asro" w„tch, with uoenchaot*
ed eyr,
v - To fnvf her IcfTonrt end defend her
fru t
** F>om'h-r*fl ! and of incontinence ”
flat 1 , Javira been lefs fair, fie
would have at trailed left attention ,
and con/equently more happy, 7 has
the fragrant violet is often plucked
fr m its native kd to wither and
decay . while the homely daify is ful
lered to remain in umnokfted ft cu
rl ty.
A fair form always excites admi
ration. and one of Lavinas war me ft
admirers was Lorenzo,'the fpright
ly, profligate Loienzo ; to an en
gaging perjon he joined an infuriat
ing addrefs, and by a them fan d ten
der off dwties, he ftoon made a con
quefl of Lavinas heart ; to be brief
he robbed her of her only portion,
her andJhortly after , left
the injured fair ,
u 7o think on what was paft, and Cgh
Blent.”—.
Bitter were the ftrfattens which
Crtur e d I,avina's hreafl when for fa
hen by her unprincipled fedneer ;
ennfeious as fhe was , that hr grow
ing jhame would foem he obvious ic
every eye, and her fituat.ion expo/ed
to the redicule of an unfeeling cen
forious world.
Unhappy Lavina !
No more to thee the joyous morn
appear,
“ That led the tranquil hour#,of fpot
lefs fame »
“ For thou haft ftccpt a father’# couch
in tear#,
“ dud ting’d a mother’# glowing thee*
with ftiamc.*’
Spekstone.
Unhappy Lavina, if this record
of thy misfortune deter hut one fair
vefltl from fplilling on the fatal
rocks oj Jedußion : thou haft rM
been ruined in vain ; nor Jhall L
rank the time [pent in writing this,
amongfl my unprofitable moments.
To the PUBLIC.
TH E Editor of the Louifvlik
Gazette refpeßfully informs
the public in general , and his
Friends in particular, that he has
this day taken into co partnerfhip,
Mr. fames Bely. 7he bujineft
will in future be conduced under
the Firm of
DAY AND H ELY,
Whofe attentions will be exercifed
to render general fatisfallion —
And they pledge them[elves for the
con ft ant eercife of their be jftjudg
ment in the dlfpofition of fuch efays
and intelligence as may be prefented
for publication •
Ambrofc Day,
James Hely,
To the Patrons of the Louifvillc
Gazette.
03" The Editor of this Gazette,
requefls all thofe who have any De
mands againf him , to prrfent them
for payment ; and thofe Sub/cnbers
zvho are in arrears, are particularly
called upon to pay them as early as
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The public and Sub/cribers will
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moft ftneere gratitude , as a pift
acknowledgment for the ve'y kind
fipport the Editor has receivedfuice
his commencement in bufinefs .
Ambrofe Day.
April 29, 1800,
NOTICE.
[PH AT nine months after the
date hereof, application will
he made to the honorable the inferior
court cf the county of Warren, Jcr
leave to fell a traß of land, contain
ing two hundred acres, on the
Ogechee river , adjoining Lewis
Bradiy and Fingery: it being the
the real eflate of John Curry , de
ceafed, jor the benefit of the heirs
0/ jaid (fate,
Benjamin Warner,
Richard Curry,
Admrmfhators cf Jaid ejlate,
February 20, 1800.
N O T 1 C E.
WHEREAS my wife, Rhoda
Coleman, has left my bed and
hoarding againft rny will ; ihefe are
therefore to forwarn all petfone from
deali ng# with her on my account, as I
am determined to be the difpofer of my
own property, and to pay no debts,
but thofe of ray own contracting.
John Coleman,
J&rfon County, Feb. 35, IROO.
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The Profpeft Before Us,
A political publication,
By JAMES T, CALLENDER,
April 09,
; A Lift of Letters remaining m the
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frfi day of April . 1800, which
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. JAMES BOZEMAN m.
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April 15, 1800.
*) By J 9iAk Watti 9
GEORGIA, ( Cirri of the Court of
hVaJhington County, f Ordinary, for IVaJb"
j ington County.
WHEREAS Fliazer Cummin» hath ap
plied to me for letters of adminif
tration on the tflate of John Cummins,
deceafed ; thefe are therefore to cite and
admonifh all and fingnlar the kindred and
creditors of the faid deceafed. to be and
appear at my office, • n or before the ift
day of July neat, to /hew caufc, if
any they have, why letters of adminiftrg
tion fhould not be granted.
Given under my hand, this tfl day
ct Jnne, ?800, and in the twenty
fourth >ear ot the American Inde
pendence.
J. Watts, clerk c. 0.
Jefferfon Superior Court,
April Term, 1799.
PreCent the bon. Geo. Walton.
UPON the petition of Narhanisl N‘Mic
kin, Rithaid Curry, and Benjamin
Warner, praying the foreclofure of lb«
equity of redemption, in and toacertaia
trart '.{la id, containing four hundred acres,
fiti ate, lying and being in the iaid county
of Jefferfon, enc hundred ac»cs of which
was granted to Frederick Dugiafs.and th«
other three hundred acres to Kaac Auger,
mortgaged to the faid Nathaniel M'Mickin,
Richaicl Currey, and Benjamin Warner,
by Ifaat for the fccuring the pay
ment of a fum of money contained ins
bund hearing date the 10th day of July,
one thoufaud fevea hundred and ninety
eight.
upon motion of Mr, Carnet, attor
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the principal, intcreft and cofts be paid into
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