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THE POET.
Description of a battle.
T I At IK ‘ tis at hand, drums heat, and
trnm|)et sound.
The horsemen mount, the mounted horses
bound ;
TV sohlieis l-ap transport’d fromtV ground.
\Vh< n sue.l l harmonious sounds invite to arms,
T s siir ‘hat valiant men feel secret rharms.
s rli IfYW*'S, when from his fciamjn# horse
n,. Views th<* foe, rejoicing at then force.
]S, ver so lull of and delight,
ver SO ph as’d, .* when prepared to fight.
J’ hit him then yomh r spurring from alar,
nivinctlie rharge.guiding the ragu g war.
|*:nnt to tin* field , party on party sene ,
S’ ins’ If not waiting for the vas’ event.
■v m m.ie h and in ‘ln- war, engage the whole,
.V > „f Ids ni irtial troops m ike him the soul.
\, )W j',.,.,,, d,parts, death and destruction fly,
The rrii ■of grappling squadrons rind the sky,
: ms r<N s. and tlie rolling “ ar rliim high.
If iv horses rear at ho’se*, chest to chest
i :„ i> <b. .p’rate men encounter breast to breast.
1f,.,-, trampled unde r toot, fall’n s-ld era groan,
for help tin y call, blit wi ll utipitied moan,
f',>r evi re one now minds himself alone.
“I Ui- cannons roar, and flamiii". halls ,1 v around,
Men fall and die, and hardly feel dit wound.
Stones from the ground tint nourished t'ntni
are tost,
And all the fashi-h of the fa Id is lost.
Mortar’s dint Hurtling meteor* thro’ the air,
A; i such as hi.coot seen the,nri fly, wdillti fear
The star.d'issulvi and, and the last judgment neai.
Death thro’ th.e hrokeii battle makes a lane,
And horror and enufuson hit ‘he plant
Horses in troops withoiut tin ir riders run,
V’ild as were ‘hose of old tha’ d'CW I'm sun:
A’ dlv ‘ hev drag their reins and champ then bit,
A, and hear down ad before them ..hum they meet;
Sol’s oflunringand their musti r’s Lie the sane ,
All lost like him, in dimple , -uv ke and name.
\s seanvn fear, vet s'rdggle wi t. a storm,
The soldiers Start at what llwmaelvta p. il um.
p 00l them a Fear in every face, and make
Keen H i/’iian fear . Hut tear for CrmoHtl - sake :
rv-i oml aho spurr’d amidst the tl.und ring war,
rtu', to his sovereign’s sorrow, spun- and too (ar.
Demounted, make hint cv’n in tailing, great,
Wounded. half dying, vet (h spiamg late.
Ali ke William view him with ■ xcessot grief.
And strive, but Strive in vain, to S’ nd relief.
’ IMi it. it l-. :.;drcr. do save
A life, as • irangely f >rtimute, as brave,
Who for h and life, mav to more praise aspire,
Than if the dav had been their own entire
Proud oft he it prize, more furious t him be lore,
Make them pass on, make F.nqlieh fury more.
I>l rk, shatter’d squadrons rally on the plain ;
And make enraged battalions charge again.
Again, make horses heat the “offeringground.
And toss with restless booh the clnsi around.
Again, their riders ouch their ready lance,
And spnying them to warmth & h>;un a'l'ancr';
Ton lit which t our pencil need not owe to chance.
Make sheets of flame from smoking Ciilvavu
flv,
A'd i l .uds ofmoMiit'.npf arnoVe ohsettrr the sky.
Now draw In rath the dying ant! the dead.
And deluges of blood in battle shed,
O’. rfiowing Flan,lore in her waters stead.
And nt.w let clouds 1 ke feeble curtains full,
Protecting those that live, and hiding all.
Cast the hi i< k veil of night about 1 lie slain,
fevering the purple horror of tin plain,
And now widi solid darkness, shut the srene.
As ti tnpests make the skies serene and clear,
As thumb rs serve to pu. il’y the uir;
Oe rain as sunshine, storms on calms attend,
I’eace is war’s necessary c rtaiueud
A Dialogue, between Fancy
and Desire.
CoMF hither, Shepherd's Swain,
Sir, Wh.>t do y ' require?
I pr:ty thee fitew ‘hv Name ?
l/'y name u Fond Dc
When wall thou born, Deftiel
It pomp and pride of May.
B whon fvi >etchild wall thou begot?
Os Fend Con, at, Men fay
Tell me, who was hv Nmfe ?
Sweet Truth, andfugar'd Joys.
Wl-a? wa *’>y Mea’ and dainty Food?
S. Sighs, and great ,1 nnoyj
What had It thou for todriuk ?
Unfavert Levr s T,a> j.
W hit Crad'e wall the u rocked in ?
In Love devidof Fears.
What lull’d thee then asleep ?
Sweet speech which likes me be/}
Tell me where is thy Dwelling-place ?
In gentle H arts I rest.
Wha’ thing doth nlenfe thee mofl I
Tc gar.e on beauty fill.
Wlvm dofl hou think ‘o he thy Foe ?
Dijdain of my Good ll’ ill.
I) ,h Company displease?
TANARUS, fare, many one.
Where and dh Desire delight to lire I
He Itves to live alone.
D h euher Time or Age
Bring him to decav ?
Flo no, He ft re both hves and dies
Ten thot fn'd times a day.
Then FeM Desire, farewell,
Thot v- no hhat forme :
I sh uld he loth to dwell
W i h such a one as thee.
ADVLR TISE MEJST.
Fellow citizens ,
He on vour ppavd
in dear’ g wi*h Samuel Br !■. ,he
<aitr wealth anJ *>4 a
| arify, that he forgets ?o do justice
| ro his belt friends at all times. —
I Lafl December I delivered unto
Samuel Brooke 57701 b, of feed cot
ton, for laid cotton was to receive
one for four, but said Brooks de
tained in his hands 991 b. of gin’d
cotton to niy damage from the a
bove weights, and with the aflur
ance to tell me that he done me
every justice. Said Brooks weigh
ed said cotton at home, and atten
ded personally to the sale of said
cotton in Augusta. I was in hopes
that he would haVe done me justice
whenlcariied my cotton, lor the
following reasons —at his fraudu
lent Sale in 1812, that he had in
in my opinion to defraud his jolt
creditors, his brother being the
principal one ; 1 went to laid sale
determined not to bid for anv ar
ticles, when said Brooks ordered
his wife out o! ohe of his chairs
and (he very lusty ; at their request
l bid in to the amount of forty-nine
dollars eighty seven and a half c’ts
and gave my note with Elizabeth
Houghton iecurity, said note was
delivered to Francis Murphy while
| the officers had fair Brooks in cuf
, tody by a Ca-fa, at the inttance of
I Capr. A. Simons, said Brooks Was
about coming out of Jail by the
act, and give up all his property—
Will iatn Covington then informed
me that said Brooks swore out of
Jail in the state of Maryland and
for several nights before his coming
out kept an ox cart bawling his
goods to his wile's father’s. It
(truck tne forcibly that my notr
was put in Murphy’s hand ar. ’
there would be no further said
of it—the captain in order to lave
his debt, let Brooks out of jail by
giving said Murphy and John Wil
liams as security, said Murphy died
and (aid note fell into the Admin
iftratoi’s nands, whfi h hb held as
collateral security for the payment
tocapt. Simon, said Murphy bought
of said Brooks cattle anti hogs and
gave his note for 30 dollars, this
honest gentleman Brooks, as he
calls himfelf, killed &eat laid hogs
and traded off said note, the admin
istrators only got the cattle for the
widow and orphans. —lt is like the
rest of honest Sam’s conduct, he
sold to Nathaniel B'aley his Land
and Negroes end has kept poflef
fion ever fmee—when he told me
of ir, my reply was it would over
settle that amount of property to
a man just coming out of his ap
prehticcfhip, quite poor and no se
curity ; not being a mortgage of
| the property fome time afterwards
I one of the party told me that they
had concealed the paper and took
a mortgage on the property. I
; Inspected at the time antedated
i them to imitate the rest of his
! conduct, the adminiftratof has of
fered laid Brooks my note of forty
nine dollars eighty seven and a
half cents for that of the effates for
30 dollars, but honest Sam has eat
up the widow’s hogs, and in case
he get hold of my note as above
dated he will trade it off. Slid
note is for 401/ 87 1 sets, paya
able the 25th Dec. 1812, signed
Ezekiel Harris and Elizabeth
Houghton as I bid in the property
for said Brooks* and alter his isle
gave my note for 25 dollars more
in order to let his family have milk.
When two of his neig! hour’s re
fused complying with his terms of
Ele that had bid too lew for him
Samuel Brooks has the whole of
the property left with him and the
poffdfion of property never offered
without said Brooks has offered it
as he did the widow’s hogs. From
the above circumstances I am led
to be lit ve no honest man w ill trade
iaie nett aiatcic cescribui and
1 take this ri ethed in forewarning
the balance in society of trading of
said note, it will be at their risque.
EftZEKIEL HARRIS.
May 31., 1816. 4t —20
ExjecuToiCs Sale.
WILL B£ SOLD in the tow* of
Wafliin gton, on Saturday the
15th of June next—
pAßT oE the personal property
of Jam es Corbett, deceased
Confiding of a quantity of bricks
and lumb* R ; one riding sulkey,
one sulkey seat, one whip and
croft cut s< w, and various other
articles—-T-rms ar sale.
Jos. W. Robinson,
sworn executor.
May 3d, | 816. (16-71)
entertainment"”
HAVING established a house of
entertainment, 011 Main street,
at the sign of the Bell, facing the
public Iquare ; the fob?cibcr6 invite
all genteel travellers to. call—in giv
ing this- invitation,they feel confident
of giving general far i: faflion. The
bar will a; ways be fur r ifhed with the
bed of liquors—tlu*ir (fables are
large, airy, and well furnifhed with
good corn and fodder j and horses
will ba well attended to. If aftidui
ty and uuremitted at t :ntion to busi
ness, ensure success—we humbly
hope to meet a tolera tie portion of
honest potronage.
SIMS & MOLTON.
Washington,
March 22, 1816. 5
————— ■■ 11. ■ ■■■■ —■— I 1 |i ■ 111 l Hll—riH
NOTICE.
Just received from M ew York
AND FOR SA J .E,
by the subscriber ;
SOAL AND UP PE At LEA
THER—of the best quality.
A1
Gentlemens’ 800 TS,
SHOE I FFY,
SHOES,
AND PUMPS,
of different descripti ons, of
the best materials, a, id of a
quality in point of w< orkn an
ship, which cannot be exceed
ed by any workman in the
State of Georgia.
jF. R F,M IA H 1,0 BDF. LL.
bi-I Eh I EPS SA E~U
Will be Sold,on the firft Tues
day in July next, at die Court-
House, of Wilkes county, be
tween the usual hours, the fol
lowing property, viz:
hundred and fortj’ acres of
land, more or !efs, in Wilkes
county, on the waters ol Harden’s
creek, joining William Pi oblor and
others, whereon Charity Gammage
now lives, taken as the property of
William Gammage, to satisfy an
execution in iavor of Wm. B. Al
lison vs. Alsy Gammage and Wm
Gammage, security—Levied on, j
and returned to me by David Al
lison, conftabie.
Conditions cash.
Trios. Wootten, Shff.
May 31, 1816. (so—st)
SHERIFF’S SALES.
YUILL bf sold at the Courf
* house in Elbert county, on
the firft Tuesday in July next,
between the hours of ten and
three o’clock, the following pro
perty, to wit :
FOUR negroes, Adam a negro
fellow, twenty-two years of age or
upwards ; Fatima his wife, twenty
years of age or upwards, Fermando
and Wiliam her two sons, one two
years of age or upwards, the other
one year of age or upwards—Le
vied on as the property of James
Cafiiin, to fatisfy an execution in
favor of Todd & Mott. The pro
perty now in my pofleflion.
Conditions, cafti.
Thos. A. Banks, Shff.
May 27, 1816. (20-51)
CARPENTERS ATTEND. ~
CEALED proposals will be re
-0 ceived in Sparta by Jamfs H.
Jo’neS) for building an Academy
in the town of Sparta, until the
15th of June next, 3 o’clock, p. m.
of the following dimensions : 32
feet long by 25 feet wide—22 feet
pitch including the floors—the
ground-floor to have tveo rooms ;
the upper floor two rooms—two
flights of (fairs
doors—l 6 windows of 18 lights 10
by 12 below—2o windows of 15
lights 10 by 12 above—Venecian
ft;utters above and below. Both
floors tongued and grooved—*
framed partitions—plain dodo
chair board high, including chair
board walh-board above and
below. £ The undertaker mbit fur
nifh all the hewed timber and board
for himfelf and workmen. One
third of the ftipu'ated sum will be
paid at the commencement of the
building, one third when enclosed,
the other third when completed.
Bond and approved security will
be required of the undertaker, for
the faithful performance of the
work.
JOHN LUCAS, prst.
LEWIS ATKINSON, SEc’rY.
May 31, 1816. (20-3 w)
~ N 0 TICE.
Will be sold to the highest; bid*
der on the firft Tuesday in Augufl
next, at Washington, (Wilkes
county) two hundno and thitty
acres of LAND, be the fame more
or less Lying in said county, on
Fifhiog creek, adjoining Todd and
fhr widow Bolton, being the real
eftiiet'f Ob .diak Wygr e Tq. *
cealed 5 oh a credit of twelve
months—Notes w;th approved se
curity.
Vv ill lam Booker, admr.Jf
Ma y 3 1 * (20-dsc
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
Ranaway from Mount Erin
plantation, in April last, a negro
boy, named Dave It is supposed
he is about the neighborhood of the
deceased Major William Booker’s,
to whefe estate he belongs. - Any
person delivering him to the sub
feriber at Mount Erin, (hall receive
the above reward, with all reason,
able expences. % . -
Wm. JOHNSON,
june 7, s 816. (21.—3)
NOTICE,
I DO forewarn all persons from
trading for a note of hand, given
by me to George Borum, (of Ogle
thoi-fA county) for one thousand
dollars, made payable on the firft
March, 1816; on which note there
is a ere if t endorsed for seven hun
dred and large odd dollars between
the 10th cud 15th of March ; as
I am determined not to pay said
note the, confederation of said
note having failed.
ELIAS BEALL.
May 30, 1816. (2 \p. 2t)
Wanted at this Office, two
boys as apprentices—they
will be treated well, and at
tention paid to their improve
ment.
“ BLANKS, ~
of all kinds, may be had on
moderate terms, at the news
oFFies. June 14.