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THE POET.
Description of a battle.
r| AUK ‘ tis a* land, drums bent, and
trimi|>eu sound,
The horsemen mount, the mounted horse*
Th’ soldier a leap transport’d from th’ ground.
’Vhcn such harmonious sounds inviti- to arms,
■T s sun dn* valiant men fee! see ret eliartm.
p U't7ir,m'f is, when from Ills foaming liorse
TP views the foe, rejoicing :,t then force.
X-vcr so full of spirit and delimit,
y, vi*!’ so pi as’<\ as when prepared to fight.
). :„t him ’hen yonder spurring from alar,
fjivuie the charge, guiding the ragit g war.
j,Tit to the field , party on party sent,
1> His If not waiting for the vast event.
y.,n min-hd in ‘ln- war, engage the whole,
A- ‘ of Ins ifi irtial troops nuke lnm the soul.
\ w li oto al. pru ts, death and di strict ton flv,
T ii- rrii ■ of grappling squadrons ri ml the sky, ,
]Vj UiS paN h. andtlir roiling war ;tmw
jf n horses rear at hp'Bes, chest to clm t
Hu re ili .p’rate nu n encounter breast to we*st.
Jl.o'e trampled under toot, fall’n s<dd ert groan,
j.-.,,. help they call, but wi h utipilied numn,
For rvi rv one now mir.ds hinist I! alone.
‘l'l.. cannons roar, mid Mamin 1 : bal.s flv around,
Ah u fill and du, aid hardly feel the wound.
Stones from the ground that nourished tnem
fire tost,
And :dl the fashion of the fii Id is lost.
Mortar:; Imot Hnnth-g meteors thro’t! e air,
Ad such ss have not seen ihe,m fly, wotlld tear
The slur, dissolved, and the lasi judgment near .
Jj. ; ,th thro’ the broken battle makes tt lane,
And horror and e.otifuson till ‘be p'.auv
II u ses in troops witboiut th. ir riders run,
V’i'd as were -hose of old that drew the sun;
M dlv ;hcv draglheir ren sand Jarnp thei hit,
A id h, nr down all before them whom they meet;
Sin’s ofl'snringami their U'listi I s tall- the vam. ,
All Int,like him, in ihunde ,-in ke and han.t.
\s seamen fear, vet •’niggle wVI, a storm,
Tt,e soldiers s-.art at what tin ms. Ivv, peil li m.
Fault them a fear in every make
pern 11 it'ifim fear . Imt leur tor Cr,mwl ■■ sake ;
a lm spurr’d amidst thethmid ring war,
Tint, to his sovereign's sorrow, spurr and too tar.
N„m itrd, make hint cv’n in IsUmir, great,
Imlf dying, yet dystm.ng tt<.
y\l W William view bint with ■ xttcssol K'""''.
And strive, but strive in vmn.tr S’ ml relief.
’Till 11, uven inspires Ins very t"es to save
A life, as strangely f irtmude, as brave,
V bo (nr that life, nuiv to more praise aspire,
Than if the dav l.atl been their own cut .re
Proud oftlieit prize,more fur.oosthanbelore,
Make them pass on, make FvgHh <ur> mare.
jif.,ke shatter’d squadron* rally on the plain ;
An ! make enraged battalions clump, again.
Again, make horses mod the offer mg ground.
And toss with restless hoofs Hie dust ..round.
Again, their riders conch their ready lance,
And ‘•purring them to warmth h foam advanee ,
Poinn which \ our pencil need not owe to chancy.
Mak- sheets of (lame from smoking Cnlvcntu
A-d ! I ’.uls “Tmount ‘.or- smoke ohscure the.sky.
Siovv draw breath the dying and the dead,
And deluges of blood in battle shed,
<V, rfiowmg Finntlrrn in her waters stead.
And now let clouds 1 k<- feeble curtains fall,
I’mtectii i 1- those that live, and hiding all.
fast the Id ..< k veil of night about ‘he slain,
Covering the purple horror of the plain,
And now widi solid darkness, shut the scene.
As t< mpests make the skies serene and clear.
As thunders serve t<> pu. ily ‘lie air;
On rain as sunshine, storms on e dms attend,
Peace is war’s necessary c rtaiuend
A Dialogue, between Friney
and Desire.
COMF hither, Shepherd's Swain,
Sir, WhM do y u require:*
I pray thee (hew ?hv Name ?
l/y name ts Fond IX Ire.
When wait thou born. Defne ?
It pomp and prtdr of M.ty. ,
B whom fw -et child w ilt thou begot?
Os Fend Con, tit, Men fay
Tell me, who was hv Nu'fc ?
Sweet Toutk, andfugar'd Joys.
W!v,t wa t'.y Me;v and dainty Food?
Sad Sighs, and great Annoys
W ha? hadtt tlum for todriuk ?
U’lfaVCry Love’ J T<J‘ S.
M hit C'rad'o wait thr n rocked in ?
In Love devidof feats.
What lull’d thee then a deep ?
Sweet speech which Hhes me hji
Tell me where is thy Duelling place ?
In gentle H artr 1 rest.
Whm thing doth oleafe thee rr.oft i
Tc gaze on beauty jlVl,
Whom dost hou think to he thy Foe ? ,
Disdain of tfty Good IP >ll,
D h Company d-fpleast?
l \a Jure, many one.
Where doth IX fire delight to lire ?
He loves to ltvs alone.
D h either Time or Age
Bring him to cXcav ?
A\? no, Deftre both hves and dies
Tin that fi> and times a day.
Then Fond Desire, fatewell,
Thou art no Meat for me :
I sh uld be loth to dwell j
With such a one as thee.
ADVERTISEMENT.
mew cithers,
He on vour man!
in den Ft r v.-i*h S;-rr*ue! TANARUS; : ,he
,mer wealth aid puj?g
arlry, that he forgets ?o do justice
ro his be ft friends at all rimes.—
Last December I delivered unto
Samuel Brooke 57701 b, of feed cot
ton, for said cotton was to receive
one for four, but said Brooks de
tained in his hands 991 b. of gin’d
cotton to my damage from the a
bove weights, and with the assur
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 laid
cotton in Augusta. I was in hopes
that he would haVe done me justice
when I carried tr.y cotton, for the
following reasons —at his fraudu
lent Sale in ißi‘2, that he had in
j in my opinion to defraud his just
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 ol otl’e of his chairs
and she very lusty ; ar their request
I bid in to the amount of forty-nine
dollars eighty leven and a half c’ts
and gave my note with \ lizab?th
Houghton security, said note was
delivered to kr’ancis Murphy while
j the officers had fait Brooks in cus
tody by a Ca-i'a, at the intfance of
Capt. A. Simons, fai.i Brooks Was
about coming out of Jail by the
act, and give up all his property —
William Covifigton then informed
me that said Brooks swore out of
Jail in the (late of Maryland and
for several nights before his coming
out kept an ox cart bawling his
goods to his wife’s fa'hei’s. It
(truck me forcibly that my notr
was put in Murphy’s hand ar. 1
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
Jiams aS security, said Murphy died
and said note fell into the Admin
istrator's fiands, which he held as
collateral security for the payment
tocapt. Simon, said Murphy bought
of said Brooks cattle and hogs and
gave his note for 30 dollats, this
honest gentleman Brooks, as he
calls himfelf, killed & eat laid hogs
and tradedofl said note, the admin
istrators only got the cattle for the
widow and orphans. —It is like the
rest of hontft Sam’s conduct, he
sold to Nathaniel B'altv his Land
j
and Negroes end has kept polTef
fion ever since—when he told ““le
1 of it, my reply was it would bver
-1 settle that amount of property to
i a man just coming out of his ap
i prenticefhip, quite poor and no se
em ity ; not being a mortgage of
; tile property fome time afterwards
j one of the party told me that they
had concealed the pape*r and took
a mortgage on the property. I
1 Inspected at the time antedated
: 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 estates 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. Said
note is for
able the 25th Dec. 1812, signed
Ezekiel Harris and Elizabeth
Houghton as l bid in the property
for laid Brooks, and after his sale
gave my note for 25 dollars more
in order to let his family have milk.
When two of his neigl hour’s re
fused complying with his terms of
sale that had bid too low for him as
Samuel Brooks has the whole of
the property left with him and the
poffi tlion of property never offered
without said Brooks has offered it
as he did the w idow’s hogs. From
the above circumstances I am led
t r b-. lit ve no honest man will trade
.ci laic nett aulevt cetciibu; and
I take this ni ethod in forewarning I
the balance in fotiety of trading of j
said note, it will be at their risque.
EZEKIEL HARRIS.
May 31., 1816. 4t —20
Executor's Sale.
WILL Bf SOLD in the *ow of
Wafliiii gton, on Saturday the
15th of June next —
pART of the personal property
of Jaiti es Corbett, deceased
Confuting of a quantity of bricks
and lumb- r ; one riding sulkey,
one sulkey seat, one whip and
cross cut w, and various other
articles —T -rms at sale.
Jos. W. Robinson,
sworn executor.
May 3d, | 816. (16-71)
KNI'LRTAINMENT
HAVING ettabiifhed a house of
entertainment, on Main flreet,
at the sign of the Bell, facing the
public square ; the fubicfibers invite
all genteel travellers to, call—in giv
ing thib ir.vharion.rhey feel confident
of giving general fare faflion. The
bar will a . ways be fur r.ifhed with the
bed of liquor?—thHr {fables are
large, airy, and well furnifhed with
good corn and fodci er \ ami horsea
will ba well attended to. If afiidui
ty and duremitted attention to bufi
pefs, ensure fuccef?—w r e humbly
hope to meet a tolera tie portion of
honest potronage.
sims & Bolton.
Washington, }
March 22, 1816. y
N 0 T I C K.
Just received from N ew York
AND FOR SAJ.E,
by the subscriber;
SOAL AND UP PE At LEA -
TllEß —of the best quality.
Al.sO,
Gentlemens’ 800 TS,
SHOE FEEb ,
SHOES,
AND PUMPS,
of different descripu ons, of
the best materials, a, id of a
quality in point of vv< .trkn.an
ship, which cannot be. exceed
ed by any workman in the
State of Georgia.
Jf.HEMIAH LdBDELL.
SHERIFF SSA LIG
W i’ll be Sold, on the firft Ttzef
day in July next, at die Couft-
House, of Wilkes county, be
tween the usual hours, the fol
lowing property, viz :
hundred and fortj’’ acres of
land, more or less, in Wilkes
county, on the waters of Harden’s
creek, joining William Praftor and
others, whereon Charity Gammage
now lives, taken as the property of
William Gammage, to satisfy an
execution in favor of Wm. B. Al
lison vs. Alsy Gammage and Wm
Gammage, security—Levied on,
and returned to tne by David Ai
lifon, confiable.
Conditions cash.
Trios. Wootten, Shff.
May 31, 1816. (20~5t)
SHERIFF'S SALES.
\\7 ILL bf sold at the Court
* * 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
Cafhin, to fatisfy an execution in
favor of Todd & Mott. The pro
perty now in my poffcffion.
Conditions, cash.
Thos. A. Banks, Shff.
May 27,1816. (20-5 O
ATTEND. ~
CEALED proposals wiil be re-
ceived in Sparta by Jamfs H. .
Jones, for building an Academy
in the town of Sparta, until the
1 5th of June next, 3 o’clock, p. m.
of the following dimensions: 52
feet long by 25 feet wide—22 feet
pitch including the floors—the
ground floor to have two rooms ;
the upper floor two rooms—two
flights of flairs— 4 outer pannei
doors—l 6 windows of 18 lights 10
by 12 below 7 —20 windows of 15
lights 10 by 12 above—VenecHn
ft;utters above and below. Both
floors and grooved—-®
framed partitions—plain dodo
chair board high, including chair
board an' 1 wafh.board above andi
below, /l’he undertaker fur
nifh all the hewed timber and board
for hirnlclf and workmen. One
third of the ftipu'ated Turn wjll be
paid at the commencement of the
building, one third when enciofed,
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 O T I C E.
Will be sold to the higheftbid=
der on the firft Tuesday in Augufl
next, at Washington, (Wilkes
county) two hundrt'i and thirty
acres of LAND, be the fame mere
or less—Lying in laid county, on
Fifhiug creek, adjoining Todd and
the widow Bolton, being the real
t-state vs .diah Wyrrp tfq. *
ceased ; on a credit ot twelve
months—Notes with approved se
curity.
William Booker, adrnr.J
May 31. (20-ds*
~ -- 1 1.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
Ran away 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
scriber at Mount Erin, shall receive
the above reward, with all reason
able expences. ~ ,
Wm. JOHNSON.
oune 7, 1816. ( 21 *”3)
NOTICE,
I DO forewarn all persons from
trading for a note of hand, given
by me to George Borum, (of Ogle
thorjA county) for one thousand
doiiars, made payable on the firfl
March, 1816; on which note there
is a credvt endorsed for seven hun
dred and large odd dollars between
the 10th rnd 15th of March; as
I am determined not to pay said
note the, consideration of said
note having failed.
ELIAS BEALL.
May 30,1816. (2 )p. 2tJ
Wanted at this Office, two
boys as apprentices—they
will be treated well, and at
tention paid to their improve
ment.
I blanks” *
of all kinds, may be had or\
moderate terms, at the news
offics. June 14.