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POETS’ COfcN&u.
ON PERSECUTION.
Iu the year 1755, a remonstrance and memo-
Htrainat the general assenameiit for
thf su pport of Religion, whs presented to
tli Legislature of Virginia—lt was de
signed thiefly to relieve the Baptists from
ti e burthen of paying double >xe* j and
vars drawn up by Jambs Madison, Esq.
—Many others were present ’d, and a
ri'ong the rest, tlie following Linps, writ
ten by the Rev- David Thom s, ueeom
p oied the ptition sent by the Baptists,
and was addressed ns follows :
To the Honorable General Assembly now sit- ]
tiTiif at Williamsburg, the humble petition
of a Country Pod.
N'-v, Liberty is r Yl the plan,
The eh ; ef pi ui\ of every man,
\Y e<,‘ *- ar. s eight, and tills th mouth
fit’ P itriots uil f\oin north to south.
IT ay < poor herd from >ushes spriiug,
V ho yet has but to rusts ks sung,
Add-ess your ho;>wfabS Bouse,
Ad uot your angry p, ssions reuse i*
1H k ! for a while, your business step,
o**e word into \our ears IT drop :
IVo longer spend yur nee-dess pains,
1 o -m ml and polisu o’er our ehaius 5
But break th m i#s’ before you rise,
Nor disappoint our watebiul eyes.
Why says great W'*ssiington and Lee ?
* 4 Our country is > rd must bo free,”
What *. ys g**e‘ 4 i H nr } Pendleton,
Ad L ; b Tty’s minutest son ?
*■* 11 one voice, tlpy ;:ll grec
61 made us and we most be free,”
yVeedan*ve crave with every bro&lh,
A n (jnalLed6>n or a death,
The neav’nly liicgging freely give,
Or mike ho a:v weish’ll ou< live
Tax I1 things : \uter, ah’, ind i ight,
If need there be ; y a, ax the nioht : j
Bit let our brsvs heroic
]V: ive freely au eeVasiT winds.
Its .ki- vies and folly feel your rc !,
But leave our eons iem-.? to God ;
leave ©*eh mo free to choose hh form
Os pi>ty. nor at h*n gtorsx,
A:*t h w’‘’o minds the law 7 ,
A k -eps it whole without afi n>
Le him. just as pleases, \ray,
Aed j ek for heavep j.i h 7 o-.v? wy 5
Au 1 if ft ms ,5. we ait -must otu,
No Man i# . -rg’d •at he .-'one.
. MW ■>— <£ -,<r ■
A A’ EC DOTES.
A swaggering sou of Join Bull walked
jn‘o :h** steam-hortt Ho t t Nnv-York,
*r.! and for his beer, ‘nd y zed ri ti *hi;e
will* \ppirpnt mortjfi ion, at the elegant
fr ned prims of our nsvnl victories which
adorn the bar-room. ( • l don’t see ny tbiog
of the f igate Che* peake and Sh nn>i —
(s sd be)—where ar>* they “ Oh ! s lid
t! > facetious landlord th ty tf.ro gone t; New
Orleans, *o convey home the killed & woun
ded of our tmemieio”
A B r iti*h oflfi er walking with an Ameri
can ludy in si ;hl of the tloi ks, soon ifter
the lto j)shc“—“'there (s-ud the officer,
pointing to ho American flis wh. t we
fVi m *rly called th:- grid-iron.”—**” I Rltouid
suppose (replied me h*d ) that tbs uume
v*s peculiarly appli aide now,* sio- e *!>
nr-uy of your eouatrvmen have been broiled
on it.”
ioßFEM^NT.—Commodore Barney, in
add ess ng tht voters of prioee G ; go’s, oh
o •• and, that he nev r Knew democrat and
foil ralists *o agree but in one instance, via :
to rw away at Blandesburg!
Avery rxtraonhn y cratioa was deliver
ed in p rlUmmi ■} lord St .Rhope, iu which
he pi eases hims*-lf with .he idea of union
betwixt the Roman O.Relic#, Pies ytcri
ans. An b; .rod Independents, against
*- Old mother church.”
A g ;utlc!t)? ri observed yetderday, tbet
.:'rem t!>e fuss n-v-de by thb English iu fitting
oat an expedition Agi ir.et ih w 44 legitinir.fe
*0 “*reign” of Algiers, he doubted w! t her
tliey intended sine^T'-iy’to chastise him; but
(mien ho snw the B T;ktib bomb-ship was
put in r. quisifirp, t.e wis sure they meant
to ploy the D—l with his Algeria-’ tn. jtsty.
“F ther L , i ße Jesuit, in hia his ory
of Sou'h Am nu, *i ys t'nat t: ere is .* couu
tn in thill iner, iu which are to Re
ft und, Hi res T,o have four legs on (heir
b” A, as well a,, the bmdc number on their
belly, avd wh m tired of ruu> ingouoneset,
they turn ami run on the other,
3. Curious Definition.-* By an act of par*
li'in oi, in EJngl.md, every person is obli
ged to have his mme end residtuv'e painted
on the buck of hii* ofti t, used for the pur
po*e of riding in. T o prevent is being so
easily rean ssit goes, a division is not com
monly made eetw en the vitords. \ coun
try m n o ‘ug one i.i liiirv, wiih the le.tters :
AMosi iddactonataxi dcaht -read it—
U most odd act an a taxed cart ; its true
meaning vras— Amos Todd, Jicton ; a icux p d
cart.
[From the Hibernia Magazine of 1784. J
ORIGIN OF THE GREY MAREVbEING THE
BETTER HORSE.
I had lately the pleasure of pas
■singa very agreeable eveninginj
la mixed company with both sex
es, where the conversation hap
pening to turn upon the proprie
ty of that power which men usu
ally arrogate to themselves of ru*
ling over their wives with des
potic sway, a young lady of wit
and humor, replied, *‘it might pos
sibly be so sometimes, but much
eftener the grey mare is the better ,
horse V’ And very obligingly en
tertained the company with the!
following account of the rise of
that proverbial saying, which is
made use of when a woman gov
erns her husband.
A gentleman'of a certain coun
ty in England, having married a
young lady of considerable for
tune, and with many other charms
yet finding, in a very short time,
that she was of a high, domineer
ing spirit, and always contending
to be mistress of him and us him
ily, he was resolved to part witn
her. Accordingly, he went to
her father, and mid him, he found
his daughter oi\ueh a temper, &
was so heartily tired of her, that if
he would take her home again,
ho would return every penny of
her fortune.
The old gentleman having in
quired into the cause of his com
plaint, asked him,“why he should
be more disquieted at it than any
other married man, since it was
the common case with them all,
and consequently no more thanj
he ought to have expected when]
he entered into the marriage]
state r ,s The young gentleman j
desired to b** excused, if he said i
he was so far from giving his as
sent to this assertion, that he
thought himself more unhappy
than any other man, as his wife
had a spirit no way to be quelled,
and as most, certainly no man, who
had a sense of right and wrong,
could ever submit to be governed
by his wife. “ Son (said the old
man) you are but little acquaint
ed with world, if you do not know
that all women govern their hus
bands, though not all, indeed, by
the same method—however, to
put an end to all disputes between
us, I will put what I have said on
this to proof ii you are willing to
try it —l have five horses in my
stable ; you shall harness these
to a cart, in which I shall put a
basket containing one hundred
eggs; and if, in passing through
the country, and making a strict
enquiry into the truth or false,
hood of my assertion, and leav
ing a horse at the house of every
man wSto is master of his family
himself, and an egg only where
his wife governs, you will find
your eggs gone before your hor
ses, I hope you will then think
jyour case not uncommon, but will
be contented to go home, look
upon your own wife as no worse
than her neighbours. If on the
other hand your horses are gone
first, I will take my daughter
home again, and you shall keep
her fortune*
r The proposal was too a&van-’
tageous to be rejected. Our
young married man, therefore set
out with great eagerness to get
rid, as he thought, of his horses
: and his wife.
At the first house he came to,
•he heared a woman with a surly
j and angry voice, call her husband,
to go to the door. Here he left an
egg, you may be sure, without
making any further inquiry; at
the next met with something of
the same kind; and at every house
in short, until his eggs were al
most gone, when he arrived at
l the seat of a gentleman of family
j and figure in the Country; he |
j knocked at the door, and inquired
for the master of the house ; Was
told by a servant that his master
j was not yet stirring, but, if he;
pleased to walk in, his lady was
in‘the parlor.
The Ihtly, with great complaisance, de
sir* and iura 10 seat himself, ami said, if his bu
*inoßs w- 3 very urgent, she would awake
her husband, to let him k*:ow it, hut hud
much rather not distiirb him. “ Why, re
: jit, mad *m (stud he) my business is only
‘lO ask a qo stion, which you can resolve as
well a* your husband;, if you will be inge-
Dui!, with me j you will, doubtless, think
it oti.d, aud it may be deemed impolite Jbr
.me, B?a<*h more h stranger, to ask such
a (ju sUjb. but a very considerable wager
Qependa upon it, nd it may be some advan
tage to yutrself to declare the truth to ne.
i hope these oorsidaratioas will plead my
excuse.—lt is madam, to desire to be infor-
Tad, whether you govern your husband, or
he rnley over you ” —‘ Indeed, sir, (replied
the lady) your question is somewhat odd ;
but us l think 00 one ought 10 be ashamed
of doing then duty, 1 sh-.1l uwke no scruple
to say, th :t i have been always proud to a
‘bey'my husband in ail things t but if a wo*
ingn’s own word is to be suspected in such a
<-ee, let him answer, far here he conies ”
The gentleman at that moment entering
the room, *nd, after some apologies, being
made acquainted with the business, confirm
ed every word his obedient wife had report
ed in her own favof 5 upon which ho was
invited to which horse in the tacm
he liked best, nml to accept of it as a pre
sent. A black gelding struck the fancy of
the gentleman most, but the lady desired! he
would choose the grey mare, whieh she
thought would be very fit for her side sad
dle. Her husband gave substantial reasons
wl>y the black horse would be most useful to
them; but madam still persisted in her claim
to the f?fey mare.—> <k What said she sod
will you not take her then ? But I say you
sh li : for lam sure the grey mare is much
the better horse.” — u Well my dear (repli
ed the hnsbaud) if it must be so.”— k< You
must tfcke an egg (replied the gentleman
carter) and 1 must take all sny horses back
j again, and endeuvor to live happy with aiy
i wife.”
EXECUTOR'S Sale.
Will be sold, on the third Mon
day in October next at the house
of Simon Caldwell, the land be
longing to the estate of James
Spivey (late of Burke County de
ceased,) lying on Williamson
Swamp, Jefferson County, it be
ing the Will of James Spivey
dec. containing two hundred &
seventy five acres more or less,
also sundry other articles tco te
dious to mention.
Terms made known on the
day of sale.
JJldelon Spivey, > Exr>s
John Cock, 3
Burke county, August, 19, IS 16.
“"notice.
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
Ledbetter, late of said county
deceased*
JOHN COOK,
Administrator .
April 9,
FOR SALE OR RENT.
The place on which Mr. W m.
Hargrove now lives, eight or ten
miles from Waynesborough,
There is about sixty acres clear
■ed and in cultivation. The un
cleared land is prime for cotton
and cor*. The above place will
> be sold subject to certain claims
that will be made known to the
pur chaser, or rented for one or
more years,
LEWIS KENNOIST.
Louisytlie, Sep. 22.
~notTce7~
—o
Nine months after date ap*pli
cation will be made to the honor
able the Inferior Court of Jeffer
son county, for leave to sell all
the real estate of Iraac Hudson,
iate of said county deceased.
James Hudson ,
Adiiim’r
May 16,
“notice.
Nine month-!* after date appli
cation will be made to the honor
able the Inferior Court of Jeffer
son county, for leave to to sell all
the real estate of Hampton Hud
son, late of said county 1 ceased*
James Hudson,
Executor.
June 12, IS 16.
NOTICE.
Nine months after date appli
cation will be made to the Hon
orable the Inferior Court of Jef
ferson County, for leave to sell
a tract of land tying in the Coun
ty of Wayne, No. 126, contain
ing 4SG acres, belonging to the
estate of John Green deceased.
RACHEL GREEN,
Adm’x.
WARREN GREEN,
Adm’r.
August 20th 1816.
~nolice7
Nine months after date ap di
cation will be made to the honor
able the inferior Court of Scriv
en county, for leave to sell all the
real estate of Benjamin Lanier,
late of said county deceased.
Robert Lanier,
Guardian.
6th June, 1816.,
NOTICE”
All persons having demands a*
gainst the estate of Wm. Foun
tain, dec. are requested to render
‘them in property authenticated
within the time prescribed by law,
and those indebted to make im*
mediate payment.
Aaron Low , ? R ,
Jonas Mayoy .$
Sept. 5, 1816.
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the es
tate of Noah Minton, late of
Burke county, deceased, are call
edon to make immediate payment
—and those having demands,
will r ender their accounts within
the time prescribed by law.
Jonathan Mintott,
Adm'r .
Aug* I, 16x6*