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POETICAL SELECTIONS* THE FARMER AXD THE POET. A TALE—Written in consequence of a La dy of High Celebrity in the Literary World, having declared she thought it very degrad ing to eat. A farmer’* son, nam’d Richard Ravel, Had long indulg’d a wish to travel ; If such a term may he apply’d To viewing London't brilliant side ; For there all 1) ick’s ideas center'd; His lather thought the boy distemper'd. No longer would he take delight In driving plough from m<>rn to night ; And if he followed with the grain. No single pray’r was made for rain ; Not e’en th<f bliss of harvest home Could banish the fond wish to roam! At length a London Friend went down. Which gratify’d the pensive clown; A cousin by his mother’s side; And, to increase poor Richard’s pride, This cousin claim’d the rank of Poet, If ’tis allow’d that couplets show it; However, he was self-applauded, Tho’ lit had never been rewarded With an immortal crown of bav*, For all his various doggrel lays ! Yet Dick was ready to admire ! And thought he heard Apollo’s lvre Whene’r his strains the poet chaunted, Or in rhapsodic tones had ranted; Lines, in which sense was so confounded, That Dick’s ideas al! were stounded. The poet pleas’d with admiration, Grew very fond of his relation ; Condemn’d his father for concealing Such sense, such spirit, and such feeling ! And said, that under his tuition, Dick’s ulent would acquire fruition ; And that the glorious goddess Fame Would loudly herald Ravel’s name! Old Havel who had never found A wish aiise beyond his ground, Had new ideas fill liis brain, And glory superceded grain ! The rays which shone on Richard’s head, He proudly thouglu would beam and spread, And he should shine, from borrow’d Fght, Just like the Cynthian Queen of Night! Leave was obtain’d; they went together; Dick’s heart was light as any feathn ; His mind was fraught with expectation Os rising to some potent station ! Yet who shall paint the youth's surprise When Russell court first met his eve* ! A narrow stair-case they ascended, Where sun ne’er shone, or light befriended. The door unlock’d a room appear’d With plaister’d walls, and all besmear’d With dirt and smoak: two stools were seen; A bed hung round with tatter’d green; A broken table, patch’d together, With two long strips of dirty leather; A grate, devoid of tongs and shovel— ‘ Is this ’ cried Dick, * your wretched hovel! * Oh, Lord! and what a smell is here ! * In mercy let us have some air. * Why, cousin, I cant draw my breath; * I swear this place will be my death!’ Without attending to his guest, The poet then unlock’d his chest, Took out a crusty piece of cheese, A few dried onions, and some pease ; Brisk struck a light—blew up a flame; Whilst the poor votary of fame Stood planet struck—not knowing whether His wits remained secure together! An old tin saucepan next was brought, In value not worth half a groat; In truth, seem’d like a nest for fleas, Yot in the poet popp’d his pease, Then put the onions—call’d for water. Saying « he thought that shameful slaughter ' Made amongst beasts and birds, and fishes, * To gratify the taste with dishes, 4 Degraded man ! and felt a shock 4 Whene’r he saw a mutton chop !’ * Shock’d!’ exclaim’d Dick; 4 What shock’d • to eat!’ 4 Yes,’ said the poet, • vulgar meat! 4 Why Richard hast thou never heard, 4 A creature neither beast nor bird, 4 Lives upon air > Why should not man 4 Adopt the same refin’d, chaste plan ? 4 Instead of stuffing like a glutton, 4 His stomach with the fat of mutton ? 4 Fumes of gross meat affect the brain, 4 Clog the ideas with a chain, 4 Prevent transcendant thoughts from rising, 4 Which cannot be at all surprising; 4 For those who study Nature’s laws, * Know that effect's produc’d by cause.’ 4 I know,’ said Dick, • I have been a fool;’ Seating himself upon a stool; 4 But wiser folks might be mistaken; 4 Yet Cousin pray get a piece of bacon, * To boil along with them there pease.’ * No, that I would not e’en to please 4 The Poet Laureat, ever do it; 4 So once for all, Dick, now you know' it.’ Dick said no more—but sudden starting, Snatch’d up his hat resolv’d on parting; Went to an inn—call’d for a steak, Yet felt as if his heart would break. 4 Live upon air ’ said he 4 indeed; * 4 Yet this was not his country creed, 4 For he could twitch a chicken down, 4 And drink a pot of our stout brown! 4 But what a fool was I for thinking * This place which certainly is stinking, 4 Better than that pure wholesome air 4 Where father lives, and drowns all care ? 4 But, e’er to morrow’s sun goes down, 4 I’ll be far distant from this town; 4 And never, never, wish to travel, 4 If there’s belief in Richard Ravel; 4 Then cultivate my father’s grounds, 4 And never stir beyond their bounds.’ SERIOUS REFLECTIONS. TELL me, ye daughters of Eve, what is this beauty of which ve pride yourselves, to the embellishments of which ye spend so many precious hours of your existence ? It is like the tran sient sun-beam of the morning, flying before the storm. Soon will the win ter of age pluck the rose from your cheek, and convert those dimples into extended wrinkles. Those shining tresses will be silvered by time, and scarce sufficient remain to cover your heads. Those eyes now sparkling with pleasure, will be sunken and hollow, and no traces of your former beauty be left. A few years, and your fine forms will be shrivelled by the clay-cold hand <»f death. Then will the yawning grave receive the lost sacrifice of mortality. At that awful period, the soul will wing its flight, speeding to the tribunal of celestial justice. There ye must give an account of the moments spent on earth, and answer to your Redeemer for the time given you to be employed for your benefit, to render you worthy partakers ol heavenly love. Lay up, therefore, for yourselves, in the days of your youth, provisions for the mind against the advances of age; for be as sured, no sorrow or calamity is too great to be borne, if Gor> is our friend; no pleasure capable of gratifying us, if it be purchased at the expence of his deserved anger. “ 1 o have your minds decked with di vine virtues, and dressed after the ami able pattern of your Redeemer’s holi ness,” says the excellent Hervfcy, “ would spread a sort of heavenly glow over the finest set of features, and heighten the loveliness of every other engaging accomplishment. What is yet a more inviting consideration, these flowers would not wither with nature, nor be tarnished with time, but would open continually into richer beauties, and flourish even in the winter of age. Jhit the most incomparable recommen dation of these noble qualities is, that bum their hallowed telics, as from the fragrant ashes of the pheenix, will, ere long, arise an illustrious form, bright as the wings of angels, lasting as the light of the New-Jerusalem.” 1 Imt these are sacred and incontro vertible truths, every church-yard bears witness, i here lie incongruously mix ed, tile rich and the poor. W here now arc the distinction of beauty and defor mity? of grandeur and lowliness? She who once added brilliancy to a ball, and shone in every embellishment of fash ion, is now rotting in the silent confines of the tomb. What does it import her now, whether the brilliants that spark led in her cestus, and shone resplen dent from her head, were more ele gantly disposed than another’s? or that the silks that adorned her person, were more fashionable, and of a finer texture, than her companion’s ? They, like her mortal frame, are faded, and worn out. But they cannot make her memory respected, or “ Snatch” for her “ a wreath beyond the grave.” Where now is the smile of pleasure, once beaming in her face and sparkling in her eye ? where the easy gaiety of her step, the modulated pathos of her voice? Stiff arc those elastic limbs, ®nc« moving in the sprightly mases of the dance ; silent is that voice which has so oft ravished her listening auditors. Life, we know, is uncertain. The tomb, we know, is the boundary of all earthly pursuit. To-day we may draw a plan ol enjoyment for a long series of years, and to-morrow be snatched from existence. Do we not daily see our friends fall around us, and are un certain ourselves, how long or short a time we may remain. Under this im pression, it behoves you, my fair coun trywomen, to employ to the best ad vantage, the hours allotted you; to per mit no fugitive moment to escape, un accompanied by improvement, or un marked by some good deed. Search the inmost recess of your heart, and carefully avoid estimating too highly your own perfections; for self-love will be apt to overrate them. Remember your good deeds will of themselves speak most eloquently in your favor. Be not therefore solicitous to obtain earthly praise, but rather seek to merit the approbation of your own conscience. 1 his is a monitor you may depend on at all times. Ihe wretched sinner in the midst of his vicious pleasures, starts at its well known voice. He dares not think ; and to droWn its loud appeals, he plunges still deeper into the whirl pool of destruction: till at last the waves close over his head, and he sinks in the ocean of eternity. flow different from such a person’s must be the sensations of the dying Christian, as given in the beautiful lan guage of Pope ! Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame • Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying: Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper; angel* sav, Suier spirit come awav. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses sliuts my sight, Drowns mv spirits, draws my breath! Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring! I.end, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory ? O, Death, where is thy sting ? DOCK. BURKE, HAVING at length resolved, t» make Augusta his future resi dence, informs the community, that he will resume the Practice. He lives in the large brick house, at the upper end of Broad-Street, belonging to the estate of Col. Watkins. July 26. (ts.) 1— Administrator's sale. A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, Will be Sold, On the Jirst Tuesday in October next , at the Court-house in Columbia county , to the highest bidder; TWO hundred and ninety Acres of Land, be the same more or less, which said tract of land being a part of the real estate of David Perryman, dec. lying on the Great Kiokee creek, near the Court-house, adjoining Col. John Appling, and others—one hundred acres of said land is now in cultiva tion, with a good mill thereon, and a good spring, with a thriving Apple Or chard—The terms will be made known on the day of Sale. Elisha Perryman , Adm’r. July 26. i Executor's Sales. On Saturday the 13 th of September next , at the late residence of Dixon Perry man, dec. fart of the personal estace of said deceased. TWO negroes, Sam and Mourning, two guns, a Watch, a set of Sur veyor’s Instruments, and other articles too tedious to mention, will be sold to the highest bidder—Terms of sale, made known on the day of sale. David Stanford , 7r- Elisha Perryman , jX rs ‘ Columbia County,} July 26, 1806. 5 Administrator'*s sale . On Saturday the 13 th of Sc/it ember next, at the late residence of Dixon Perry man, dec. Will be Sold, THE whole of the personal estate of Jeremiah Perryman, deceased: 1 o wit, one negro man, two horses, one set Black Smiths tools, two guns, and one hand saw—Terms of sale, made known on the day of sale. Elisha Perryman , Adm’r. July 26. i NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of the late Dixon Perryman, of the county of Columbia, are desired to come forward and make payment— those who have claims against said es tate, will forward them within the time prescribed by law for payment. David Stanford , },, Elisha Perryman , 5 ls ‘ July 26. i GEORGIA, Richmond County. AT a meeting of the Honorable the Inferior Court , on Monday the 7th Ju ly, 1806. Present —John Course, John Willson, John Catlett, Esquires Justices. ON the application of William But ler, stating that he is confined in the custody of the Sheriff, under a bail writ, issued at the suit of Michael and John Conrad, Sc Co. and that he is un able to pay the debt or give bail for the same, and praying the benefit of the act passed for the relief of insolvent debtors. ORDERED , That the said William Butler notify his creditors either in per son or by giving sixty days notice in the Augusta Chronicle and Columbian Centinel, previous to the first Monday in October next, at which time an ex amination will be had, and a discharge granted, if no cause is shewn to the contrary; and the Sheriff is hereby commanded to have the body of the said William Butler before us, at 11 o’clock, at the Court-house, on the said first Monday in October next. Taken from 'the MmufeJ. ¥■**. ' MATTHEW FOX, CVk. July is. r Ss _ ADVERTISEMENT EXTRA. G. S. Houston,& Co. Respectfully inform the public that they have recently received from lee’s PATENT AND Family Medicine WARE-HOUSE, NEW-YORK, an additional and Fresh Supply of those vain-* able Medicines, which, as annodynes, preven tions or cures of the diseases to which the hu* man body is subject, either from imprudence, change of climate, accidents or natural causes, are unrivalled—in the words of an old physiciatt on this subject, we may add, Experentia Docet— they having now been in general use through out the United States, for seven years past, and attended with general success, when used agreeable to the directions ; for, in the lan guage of Chesterfield, “ If 'tis worth while to use a thing, “ ’Tis worth while to use it right." Thewtere well known and attested to by nu nierous certificates in our possession, as un parraliclled in the following diseases: Worms, Itch, Coughs 8c Colds Diseases of tht Asthma, Eyes, Consumption, Ringworms, Gout, Tetters, &c. Rheumatism, Inward weak- Sprains, nesses, Palsev, Ncrvious disor- Head Ache, ders, Tooth Ache, Ague 8c Fever, Corns- Bcc, Bcc. To those afflicted with nervous disorders, lowness of spirits, loss of appetite, indigestion, &.C. kc. is recommended Hamilton's Grand Restorative. It is proved by long and extensive ex perienc* to be absolutely unparalleled in the sure o t Nervous disorders, Lowness of Spirits, Loss of Appetite, Impurity of Blood, Hysterical Affections, Inafard and Seminal Weakness, Flour albus (or Whites) Barronness, Violent cramp in the stomach and back, In digestion, Melancholy, Gout in the Stomach, Pains in the Limbs, Relaxations, involuntary Emissions, Impotency, kc. See. Hamilton's Worm-Destroying I.ozenges. Which have within four years past, cujjed upwards of one hundred and twenty thousand persons ol both sexes, of every age and in e very situation, of various dangerous complaints arising from w'orms and from obstructions or foulness in the stomach and bowels, Hamilton's Elixir; A sovereign remedy for colds, obstinat* coughs asthmas, sore throats, and approaching consumptions.—They are particularly recom mended to parents who may have children afflicted with tire Hooping Cough. The Anodyne Elixer y F or the cure of every kind of head ache. The Damask Lip Salve , Is recommended (particularly to the ladies as an elegant am. pleasant preparation) for chopped and sore lips, and every blemish and inconvenience occasioned by colds, fever, kc. speedily restoring a beautiful rosy color and de* icate softness to the lips. The Genuine Persian Lotian , Celebrated for preventing and removing blemishes of the face and skin of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples, pits after th« smallpox, &c. Gotland's real and genuine Lotion. Hahn's Anti-Bilious Pills , Are recommended for the prevention and cure of Bilious and Malignant Fevers. RestorativePotOderJor the Teeth if Gums. Dr. Hahn's Genuine Eye-ll'ater. A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes. Tooth-Ache Drops. 1 he only remedy jet discovered, which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances. The Sovereign Ointment for the Itchy Which is warranted an infallible remedy ia one application. Anderson's Pills , ifc. Hamilton's Essence and Extract of Mustard , Celebrated for the cure of the Gout, Rheu matism, Palsey, Sprains, Bruises, kc. A large and Fresh supply of the Indian Vegitablc Specific , <y A safe, speedy, and pleasant cure for a cer tain dreadful disease—Prepared by Dr. Leraux. The above medicines sold only by appoint ment cf the sole Inventor and proprietor, at their Store, Broad-street, Augusta. January 11. 39 NOTICE. AFTER the expiration of nine months, application will be mad* to the honorable Inferior Court of Burke county, for leave to sell the re maining part of the real estate of John Mitchell, deceased, viz: I’ our tracts us Land adjoining each other,containing 590 acres,bound ed south by lands belonging to the town of Waynesborough, north by William Urquhart’s land, west by Wil liam Douglass, and cast by D. R. Elli ott’s land, sold for the benefit of the heirs. MARY MITCHELL, Ex'rix. JOHN WHITEHEAD,? ~ , JOHN F. MITCHELL, 5 Lxr ,m January 4. lam.9m. 2S BLANK SHERIFFS TITLES For Sale at this Office.