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lor the Following elegant piece of compofitioi-
Htewe are indebted to the poiitenefs of a friend
who received it lafl week from his brother in
Ireland. It was written by a young gentle*
tnn in Belfast. Among amateurs, it re
quires no recommendation, and we tratt our
Veaders will not grudge the moments they will
fpcr.d in pending'it. It has been set to mu~
sic, to the tune of tile celebrated Irish song cal
led Er-nr Go Brash,” and wiil be prin
ted at this office, this week, on a ineet of fu
perfins writing paper and an elegant new type
for the accommodation of those who wiih to
prefer ve and fa itch rt from the oblivion to
which many excellent produ£lions which ap
. pear in a newspaper are too generally condnui
"d. [Ed. Farm. R-g.
■ THE GRAVE OF RUSSEL.
• Never did m rtyr with more lorc’v grace,
I’iit from a wo. id miwoitliy to p6nef him ! 1
Hale?.
TME morn with mild fplendftur illumin’d the hill.
And fned ier palo radiance around the and irk he till;
The Lit-* .a; u’ ruff, and, the greenwood tvas ilitl,
The wind ot the weft ha t forgotten to breathe
“When to 1 fr< r.i the f!:y like an > gel or light,
The genius of E tin, in glory array’d
ICama—borni on a white patTi ig cloud of the night.
Ana fior and on the fpor where her Russel was laid.
• The voice of her harp that so farrow was fining,
Part or!: of the anguish that reign’d in her foul ;
And whi <: so its o auiiive rais'd nura’ier, flic lung,
Thus fid on her tar the fwcet melody fto’t :
“01 PtrsriL 1 erttltrors’d with lit? foulso f the 1 rwe,
Look down with mild eye from the regions of
day :
*Tis Erie that ca',l, thee,tVat kneels by by g'ave,
And kiili.6 the turf that each fes thy c ay,
The tear of ass for th~e dpe it fall,
And t>ine i- the figlt that efnpts fro it nvhre ft;
Oh! could they the iTrrtfgtla of the m’gllty rera !,
And win hack die foal. from the realms cf the blrfl
Forever the torre t fhnidd fir- am from mine eyn,
And sigh ever fwr t'ing employ my fond breath;
U ill thy great spirit, y efk u’d from the ikies,
.il.ould wake thy rcmainjfroa the fii.mber of death!
*
I fi:w thee the profpcfl f ruin despise,
\nd urn ‘mi l dcftrudlio t thy progref* puffee ;
Wiien oft tvorkl a tear t thy dauger ar fe,
And hide ihy flroag efforts a while from my view. ,
Sut, fhalu of the m'ghty 1 thiy e rff irts are vvin,
To a.r nifeia ntyeaufc each drg aeratefi n ;
Their spirits recoil’d at the profp eti f p un,
They bow !to thVir lea's aud tt e b: arc was un
done!
Ta’ filfe'iood rejoic’d wheft J!f A> •//* ha! trac’d
Hit oars. <m the feroli thy doflroyrrs c.ifuri’d ;
Truth wept o*er rhe w ra th f die vo’d have eras’d,
Aud infamy publithed the tale to the world !
Vf'heo treishery’s t oomph at length was complete,
And death, t e e:~>u :e of the wr-iehed. was near,
I heard thy bold accents—w* en high in his feat,
They tlioolc the proud heart of J.jujfus with fear !
Co’le&H and calm, in the foul trying hour,
Firm. wa thy foi. tflep, nor faltere a thy broth ;
Thou fiTtild ft at the utm’ ft exertion of p wer,
R.efign ft thy great spirit and triumph'd in death !
O fttmiL ! tho* high o'rr thv moulderin’: dust,
No fculptnr has chiffel'd th'ise adiions in (lone ;
JJor reir’d theta 1 ! co umn, nor moulded the hurt,
Togr2ce the g'esu sod .hat emb-ifcnjs my fan,
Tct there will th; muses in h>-r furrow reelin ’.
And cull f retteft diw'rets to drew on thy grave ; i
The bosom of Friend'hip thy name sh ill eothrine,
And dwell with tieliglu on the deed) of the brave,
Tre .veil, blefled spirit ? the fin ;er of fame,
Has twin’d her fair chaplet tiiy brow to adorn;
In agrj to cuiilf will the boast of thy nr me,
And tell thy fad story to millions unb. ru.’*
Sh? ceas’d to complain—and her harp’s silent filings,
No lotig -.r w.ie swept to toe numbers of vr <e ;
Jsut, riling rum eai th on the clouds’ fleecy wings,
She heav and a fond iigh for her hero laid loVr.
* A phyficisn in 3elfft,once an intimate friend of
Tiamos Xuj’d't, but from mercenary motives, in his
pradhcoJS a phyGciai, bsftlyj lined with others, in
off ri.ig a rjiwardibr the apprehension of
In Council,
Savannah, Septemoir 14, ISG7.
Resolves, That Council will, on Monday
the 2lft itlft. proceed to elefii the following
Cdy Officers, with the salaries hereunto annexed : i
A Recorder, with fees—lso dolls, per ann.
A Treasurer, with fees— SCO dolls, per ann.
A Messenger, with fees—2oo dolls, per ann.!
A Grave Digger and Keeper of the Grave
Yard, with usual tees—loo dolls, per annum. ;
ALSO,
A Physician, to attend sick and insolvent ■
jirifoaers in the Goa!, for one year.
A Contractor for Lighting the Lamps, for
one year. Persons disposed to contrail, are re
qut‘lt. 4 to fend tlieir Proposals, sealed up, to the
Clerk's Office.
Extra?} from the minutes,
D. p. WILLIAMS, C. C.
TO RENT,
THAT pleasant and convenient HOUSE ,
on the Corner of South and Wejl-Brccd-
Streets, lately occupied lj hire. Trizvan .*, till flu
50 (h of Decanter next, Possession can he tV. i t.v
d-attly given.. For term:, apply to'the subscribes
C.s the premi es.
N. G* RUTHERFORD.
July 14 40
LOAN OFFICE, GEORGIA,
Jane 23-i, 1807.
Notice is hereby given, that in con
formity with the provisions of the aft
fupplcmeritary to the aft, intitled “ An
lit making provision for the redemp
tion of the whole of the public debt of
the United States,” books will be open
ai'thcofficeofthecotnmiflionerofloans
for Georgia, Oh the full clay of July
next, to continue open until the leven
tcenth d?y of March, 1858, inclusive
ly, the fourteen lap; days c! each ouar
ter excepted, for the purpose of re
ceiving fubfcripiions for inch parts of
the old fix per ccor. deferred hr-: per
cent, and three percent, flock, as may,
on the day cf fubfeription, (land or*
the books of the said coinmiffioner ol
loans. !
Those proprietors of the old fix per
cent, and deferred (locks, who may
fubferibe, will receive in lieu thereof
anew fix per cent, (lock, equal to the
unredeemed amount of the (lock for
rendered, redeemable at the plealure ol
the United States, under a proviso,
however, tha too reimbursement Hi ail
be made except for the whole amount
of any such trew certificate of Hock,
nor till after fix months previous no
tice : and the proprietors of tire three
per cent, (lock who may fubferibe,
will receive in lieu thereof, a fix per
tent, (lock, equal to fixty-five per
cent, of the amount of three per cent,
fur rendered, redeemable i.r the fame
manner sc the new fix per cent, above
mentioned but not rcimburfable, how
ever, without the afi'ent of the holders,
until after the whole of the new fix
percent, (given in exchange for old
(ix or deferred as above mentioned) as
well as the whole of the eight per tent,
(lock of the United States, (hall have
been rvimburfed. It is also provider!,
that in every reimbursement which
may take place, a preference will be
given to those creditors who may no
tify their wish to be reimbursed; and
that if the applications to that tffeft
ihail at any time either exceed or fall
short of die sum then applicable to
that purpose, the priority of payment
fhali, so far as may be necdiary, be
determined by lot.
The present flock-holders w-ho re
side in any part of Europe, and may
assent to that modification, may, at
their option, receive the r tcred ac
cruing on the new dark, either in the
United States as heretofore, or in Lon
don or Amflerdam, at par; in which
lull case, theintereft will be paid, die re
by the bankers of the United States,
fix months subsequent to the day on
which the fame would be payable in
the United States and fubjert to no
variation; nor to any other deduftion
than a commifiioner to the bankers,
of one half per cent, on the interest
thus paid,
TAMES ALGER,
Commissioner of Loan;,
NO T-E.
Proprietors or 1000 dol
lars nominal fix per cent,
stock, fubferibed before the
firft of October, 1807, will
be entitled to receive, CIO G 2 of new fix,
—— If fubferibed be
tween the firft of Oflober,
and 81 ft December, 1807, C;t 37
——— between the
Ift January, & 17th March,
1803. 619 03
■ Proprietors cf 1000 dol
lars nominal deferred, sub
! feribed before the firft of
I GTtcber, 1807, will be enti
j tied to receive g 55 73 „ _
tween the firft October, and
31st Deceiriber, ISO 7, 853 G 2
between the
lft January, snd the 17th
March, 180S, 831 42
Being the unredeemed amount of the old stock
on the lft cf July and O&ober 1807, and firft
January, 1808, refpedtiveiy.
Proprietors of 1000 dollars three per cent,
will be entitled to recc.ve 650 dollars of new
fix.
NOTICE.
{'HE fiubfcriber being about to leave this City for
n few weeks, has appointed Mr. DAVID 1 AY
EUR, jus r. his lrtWiul attorney during his absence.
JOHN HILTON.
August as 5t S3
Os the hundred bleflings conferred on man in j
this life, HEALTH makes a good
ninety-nine.
PROPOSALS*
EV
JAMES EWELL,
PHYSICIAN IN SAVANNAH,
For Printing, by Subscription, a nenu and greatly ’
improved Family Physician,
ENTITLED, j
THE PLANTER'S AND MARINER'S
Medical Companion, i
JL
N (his itr.pcrlant fiibjeS many hooks
iuve been written, which, thnu-;h
exceiient in other have ye: great
ly faded of their nfefuinefs to Americans,
becauie they feat of ciieafes which, extil
ing in very cffe-cni climates and consti
tutions, mufl widely differ from ours.—
The book now offered 10 the public has,
therefore, the great advantage ot having
been written by a nativ;- American o! long
and fuccessfu! pi<iflice in these Southern
States, and who, for years pad, has turned
i much of ins attention to this very interell
■ ing ftihjeft. He is very (anguine that h.s
book will-prove exceedingly ufefui to all
f-'rniiies, but more efpecraby to those !:v.
: ing in fcgttefrd neighbourhoods, where
regular medics J attendance cannot safr'v be
obtained. For the use ot families thus
unfortunately circumstanced, the author
lias prepared his Planter's and Mariner's
Medical Companion, which treats, in the
moft clear and concile tiianner, aimed ev
ery disease to which the human body is li
able, its nirnc ,symiorns, causes, regi
\ men, cure, and means oj prevention :—To
which are fubjeined, a treatise on the dif
cafes peculiar to women and chrtl.lren ;
and a drileriaiion on such case; as general-,
ly occur inSurgery ; with a Difpenfatory,
Qrcwing how to prepare the v li ufefv!
family rreditines, with their proper dofer. ;
and a D Ftionarv, explaining the technical
terms used in this wuik. Wills loch a
guide a* this, a country gentleman m<.y be
enabled to meet a duTafe in the Si ft m.o
nient of its attack, and thus, where a phy
sician cannot readily be had, may be made
the happy rnftruuu-m of piefes'vmg lives
P. S -VALU ABEE as’ D E *.R,
CONDITIONS.
T’,” Planter's and Manner's Medical
Companion, < nt •• g between three and
four hundred pages oflavo, h-tndlome!)
printed on a fine wove paper, bound an.’
lettered, fhali be de’ivered to fubienbers
at three dollars and fifty cents j and print
ed on art ioLrioi paper, tn boards, at two
dollars arid fifty cents. Nothing puid un
til the delivery ol the books.
ipT THE fiufilcriber informs his mirTfrrous
rriendi in tins and ihe a<ij Inina Rate, that he fhali
let out immediately for Philadelphia, tojjet printed in
a faperior s*yVi,“ Che PL \NTER‘ anil MrtßlNt R'a
| MB DIG •!. COMPANION,* Wlich they were p’eafed
to honor hi nwi t h such uncommon patronage. Haex
petftrtohtb ck the firftof November next, to diilnbu’ e
the Books. Gciitlem n who hold Subfcripm n Papers
are solicited ro continue thrir frie'dly exertions to
, multiply copies of a work which, tis hoped, will prove
of great pnblic utility.
Print rs throughout ftine will pleafo insert
; ti ts three times in their papers, for which they fhail
be paid on my rctiri,
JAMES EWELL.
Cavannah, July >5
Marshal’s Sales.
On the fir it Tuesday in 0 Sic ter next.
a 1 th: Court house,
WILL BE SOLD,
A variety of DRY GOODS; snd
feme GRCCERI ES, levied on as the
property of John Hiiton, at .he fait of
Robert H. Browne.— Conditions Cash.
K BEN. WALL, M. D. G.
Xnguft 3’ 54
Land Lottery Notice .
THGSE who h,ve chances in the
Land Lmrrry, which commerced draw
ing the 10th cf last month, in LsuTvtlle,
may fee a statement cf the drawing at the
fublcfiber's, near the plav house, he be
mg authorifed by the publifhir, Mr. Day,
primer, in Lomfyille, who will weekly
supply him with the lifts of those who ere
. on unate.
Those who draw prizes pay 25 cents,
and those who do not find their names in
ihe lift on examination, pay 12 s-s cents.
M. WHITLEY.
Septembei 1. e y
N B. For the purpose of not detaining
gentlemen who wilh to know what thsii
fortune may be, an alphabetical lift will
he kept at the place appointed in Savan *
nab. Orphans chances crammed gr.iiis.
3000 BUSHELS LIVERPOOL
GROUND SALT
to tons IRON, afiorted
40 hhds. SUGAR, futue very fine
2j JAMAICA RUM high e*.h
□ tool
20 or. casks Old SHERR Y \v INb.
10 Dtp s FRENCH BRANDY
jo real HOLLAND GiN
yo boxes NEGRO PIPES
,20 cades BROWN STOUT, ftjushty
1 warranted)
150 barrels Irelh i’LOUR
| Together with a general assortment of
well chosen
GROCERIES,
AT RETAIL, IS OFFERED FOR SALE
By B. & C. BROOKS.
WHO HAVE RECEIVED ON CONSIGN
MENT. 30 BARRELS
Prime Pork,
Which will be Sold low for Cadi or ap
proved Prfper,
July jo 2or 39
Knox & Pope,
\Llav; received ser brig Eliza, from PL.laueigh-n,
,0 chef., f„ft
20 ditto young ditto j pou J, s>
ig boxes genuine Spanish SEGARS#
ON HAND,
Jam-ica BUM
Cogniac BRANDY
H iiland GIN
Sherry and Lon. par. Ten. WINES
Loaf, lump and brown SUGARS
COFFEE—CHOCOLATE
Turpentine SOAP, See. &c. which arc
offered for fa!e at reduced puces.
August 28. Cl 53
D, & j. Douglass,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED,
Per the Brigs Luna and Se*-Iflawl, from Tlew-York,
a large addition to their .former Stock of
BOOTS, SHOES,’&c.
Which they offer at Wholetde or Retail, at their
Store, oppofitethe Buck’s Head,
August 14 4g
FOR SALE 3
A LOT of LAND known in the gen
ft A era! pUn of thole Lets loM under
execu ion by the late Ambrose Gordon,
Elq. Federal Marfhu), 23 the property of
John J. Zubly, dec. by the No. (g J five
ironting three fireets. On the premifea
are an aimcfl new dwelling house and
a kitchen, the firft ii ry is well finiih’ed 0
having a good well ol water at the corner.
Also the unexpired leafchold of lot No,
f5) five, fronting Bryan nreet, to the t b
April, tegether with tbs dwelling
house, fihop and other improvements there
on, now occupied Ly the fttbfcribtr, in
Oglethorpe Ward, and a good hand for
business, Conditions cafir. Anplv to
ELIA3 ROBERT.
Sav’h. July 14. 40
A PROPOSAL
Be V.TLUAM Y. BIRCH V? ABRAHA* I SMALL
OF THE CITY OF PH 3 LADELP HI A,
sQli JWHLISXWG £T SUBSCKU’iIQX,
A
HEW, INTERESTING, and IMPORTANT WOR?
CACUHD
FEMALE BIOGRAPHY,
OR
MEMOIRS
o?
ILLUSTRIOUS Atm OELEJ3RATEI>
WOMEN,
OF ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES,
Dr MARY HAY?.
Notice zs Kerch']/ Given,
THAT after the expiration of nine months spoil i
cation will be made to the Honorable the JufHce *of
ihe Inferior Court cf Effingham Counfv for leave to
eil three tratfla of LAND,ccntaining two hundred
acre, each, in. 9 :id county, for the benefit of the hex
and creditors, of James Webb, deceased.
RICHARD WIGGINS, , , ,
WILLIAM WIGGINS, ‘y
April o raiu9m *
ASSIZE for A c gust i 807.
nriHE price of Flour being t ine Ad-
J’- Lrs per barrel, weight of bread
must be,
il t- cents I,oaf, j6t. 4 cent? Leaf
5 vz. j - ilb. 02.
Os which ail b.\kf.rs and sellers of
bread u:2 to take due and particular
Not ce.
JAMES MARSHALL, C. T.