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<ggyy n£umi)SaL ‘**• <■ -Tr* i*o£ TfCA lTdeparTmeNL 6’iz.Ffr/owf. * - TKeriteui morlalia tangunt. XJTTiEN fi€nk Is jp<ir fiic*nds revcr’^, By every tie of lave endear’d ; Tite voice of Dttlure iniH'it he. heard, The sternest bosom fee] ! B.it why should memory Ti’vunt the crave ? And why the tender gi'iefs enslave ? wouode which Heaveir. iir niorey gave, tie hand of love e&n heal! K.r jv/ we, a?ao! this world of care; H -w should we lon their iotto share, ‘..*sa heavesly slumbers dreainlesg are On earth 5 * maternal breast! T’ 5 —we should hear the storm of death, ’ i c yndd with silent joy our breath ; hit to die and gain the wreath Oj’ God's eternal rest ! WHAT IS [fIrPLYESS. *TIS an empty fleeting shade, By irn tgiuaiiou made : . ’ iis a bubble, straw, or worse; 9 r is a baby’s hobby horse : ’Tis a little living clear; s Tis ten thousand pounds a yeari “Fis y. title,tii a name; ; f’is a puli’ of empty fime, Fi kle as the breezes blow: > l is a Lady’s yes or no ! And when the dereription’s erovvtied, * 1 is just no where to be feurtd. London, March 6. Libel.—A suit has been brought in England by Wedder burns Webster and wife, against the propriertor of St James’s Chronicle, for a libel imputing to Mrs. W. a criminal intercourse with the duke of Wellington. The crime was insinuated to have been committed at Brussels about the time of the battle of Waterloo, when certainly the duke was too busy at Mouut St. Jean, to attack any fortress at Brussels that re quired a long .seige, The inno v. “hey of the lady was amply vin dicated, and the jury gave ver dict against the printers, /20G0, Mrs. VT. is about twenty-four years of age, remarkable for deli cacy of deportment as well as personl accomplishments, & the daughter of the earl of Mount morris* The printers made no defence ; but expressed contrition for their error. Had the publication been foun* decl, it would have weakened Mr. Phillip’s position in favor of the ladies ol Ireland, as Mrs. Web ster is a native of that country. Postponed Executor’s Sale. Will be sold , on the \ Bth day of June next , at the Cowpens, near ’ Wood's Mills , All the Stock of CATTLE i belonging to the estate of Solomon Wood, late of Jefferson county, deceased. Credit will be given until the Ist day of January next: purchasers giving small notes j with approved security. The sale will continue from day to day until completed. Thomas Mitchell, Green Wood, Executors. May 16, 1816. Nine months after date appli cation will be made to the hon orable the Inferior Court of Jef ferson county, for leave to sell all the real estate of Ichabud la dbetter, late of said county deceased. JOHN COOK, Administrator . April 9 . h A T?i f jr I r. c£. ‘ The following rates of postage are to be charged after the first day of May, conformable to an act of congress, passed on thl 9th inst. . On single letters . f Cents. ■ Lor any distance not ex '■ deeding 3o miles 6 Over 30, and not over 80 miles, 10 Over 30 and not over 1 50 miles, 12 1-2 Over 150 & not over 400 ! miles, 18 3-4 Over 400, 25 Double Letters , or those compo sed of two pieces of paper, double those rates. Tripple Letters , or those com posed of three pieces of paper, tri ple those rates. Packets or letters composed of four or more pieces of paper, or one or more other articles, and Weighing one ounce avoirdupoise, quadruple those rates, and in that proportion for all greater weight. Ship Letters , not carried by mail, are chargeable with six cts. Newspaper*. cent. Each paper carried not over 100 miles, 3 Over i.CO miles 1 E 2 But if carrkd to any place with in the state where printed, whate ver be the distance, the rate is on ly one cent. Magazines and Pamphlets , Are rated by the sheet . cent. Carried not over 50 miles, 1 Over 50 and not over 100 miles, 1 1-2 Over 100 miles, 2 Every four folio pages, eight qilarto pages, and sixteen octavo or lesser pages, are to be consid ered a sheet •, also the surplus pa ges beyond even fours, Sc. Jour nals of the state legislature are to be charged with pamphlet post-, age, although not stitched or half bound. Post masters are not to forward pamphlets in the mail, where the latter is very large, or where it is carried with great expedition or on horse back. Return!. Meigs, Jun. Post Master GeneraL i General Post Office , April 16, IN. B. The Post Master at eve ry post town where a newspaper is printed, is to have this adver tisement published in one of the ! papers (or more if he thinks it ex pedient,) three times, pay the ex pense and charge it to this office in his account current, as a contin i gent expense. i SHERIFF’S SALE 1 Will be sold at the Market-House in the Town of Louisville, on the Jirst Tuesday in July next , between the usual hours , Two lots of land, Nos. 241 and 242, with all the improve ments thereon, adjoining Walnut : and Eighth Streets ; taken as the property of J G. Posner and Ben edix, to satisfy an execution ob tained on the foreclosure of a ! mortgage, John Bolton, Stirvi ving copartner , vs. Posner and Benedix. JOHN G. BOSTICK, Sheriff'J, C, May 2 g 1816- tT'VT'T . T|* - 5- v 5 *• V_v i ... 0 J t£ i w<* * J 3. Will be sold at the Market-House in the Town of Louisville, on the first Tuesday in yunt next , , between the usual hours , One negro man named JIM, and 125 acres otland, adjoining lands of William Padgett; taken as the property of J ohri Padgett, to satisfy an execution James Dees, vs. John and William Pad gett. ALSO, One moiety of an undivided tract of 400 acres oi pine land, adjoining Paulett and others, ta ken as the property o{ Joshua Myrick, to satisfy an execution David Paulett, vs. Joshua My rick. ALSO, One tract of pine land, con taining 45 5 acres, on the waters of Reedy &. Brier creeks, adjoin ing John Hatcher and others, ta ken as the property of Richard Jackson, to satisfy an execution William Mathews, vs. Richard Jackson. 7 To be resold at the risque of the former purchaser.—Terms of sale not having been complied with. L. H. MARKS, Deputy Sheriff Jefferson county. May 2, 18 16. ‘• “noTice. During my absence from Geor gia, William H. Jackson and David Clarke, Esquires, are appointed my attornies ; and are authorised jointly and severally to transact any pan of my busi ness. JOHN A. COBB. 12th May, 13 16. ~ noticeT” During my absence from Geor gia, Vi illiam H. Jackson, Esq is appointed my attorney in fact. Persons having business with me, will apply to him. HOWEL COBB. 12th May, 18 16. ARTILLERY, ‘You are hereby summoned to attend at your usual muster ground on Saturday the first day of June, uniformed agreeable to the rules of the company. By order of Capt Clarke, A. G. RAIFORD Ist Sergeant. May 9th 1816. WILL BE SOLD, On Monday the 17 th of June next at the late residence of Benja min Davis dec. in Jefferson County, A part of the personal pro perty of said deceased, Consisting of Horses, Cattle. Hogs, Sheep, household and kitchen furniture, and plantation Tools.—A set of Blacksmith Tools, he. he. The salq will be continued from day to day until all is sold —Terms made known at the time and place of sale. Elizabeth Davis-, Adtn'x. Elnathan Davis. ) c 9 m r yohn Cocky > J: Wiley Belcher % May 9th 1816. 700 I DOLLARS REWARDS *{ W HERE AS a most attrpdous “* Murder was committed at Mrs. Carters, in Edgefield Dis trict, Scuth-Carolina, on the 28th April last, by Daniel Land, who without provocation or known cause, deliberately and wickedly with a rifle, shot a man named Burges Day, while quietly skiing in die piazza of the aforesaid Mrs. Carter, and thereby almost in stantly put an end to his ext stance —and WHEREAS die said Da niel Land, has since absconded* and a number of the citizens of Edgefield, desirous that so foul a deed should meet the reward the laws of the land direct, having made up a subscription by which the above sum is secured, and will be paid to any person or per sons who will apprehend the said Daniel Land, and ledge him |in Edgefield Jail, to take his trial indue course of law.— I therefore deem it proper to g ; ve public no tice, that the subscription paper for this purpose is lodged with me, and that it will be delivered to any person who will bring me a receipt from the Jailor in Edge field. for the said Daniel L and; and it is believed also, that an ad ditional reward will also be offer ed by the Governor of South Car olina for apprehending the same person. He is about 22 or 23 years of age. 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high—has dark hair, and dark eyes, thin das k beard, a d<?vvn look —when he stands his knees ap pear to bend back more than com mon-—-he has a small mole on one side of his face near his mouth— is of a middle statue, and suppo sed to be of about 160 pounds weight—he was born and raised in South Carolina, about ten or twelve miles from Augusta—-is of a tolerable fair skin* The a mount subscribed for his appre hension is somewhat above the reward offered and may have some further sums added-—the entire subscription will be given to the person securing him. Benjamin Hightower (£7* Other printers it is hoped will give the above a place for the public good. May 10. LOOKIIEKF. , NOTICE. ‘ The subscriber, having been appointed attorney in fact for •James Nicholson, who is the only surviving qualified executor of David M’Credie, late of the state of South Carolina deceased, offers for sale on moderate terms FIVE THOUSAND ACRES OE LAND. The said tract is so di vided as to suit the convenience of any person ; having been par titioned into lots of from 200 to 600 acres. Those persons indebted to the estate of David M’Credie, are informed that their notes are lodg ed in the hands of, and payment Will be received by the subscriber. T. M. hEIUtIKJW MVy in fact for Jas. Nicholson, Eoc'r Dd. M'Credit. May 16, 1816.