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POETICAL SELECTIONS.
AN EXTRACT,
Addressed to a person inhabiting and defiling
street, in the town of ■
(>, SAY, thou enemy, to soap and towels,
Hast no compassion lurking in thy bowels?
Think what thy neighbors suffer by thy whim,
Os keeping self and house in such a trim ?
The Officers of Health should view the scene,
And put thy shop and thee in quarantine.
Consider thou, in summer’s ardent heat,
When various means are tried tocool the street
What much each decent neighbor suffer then,
From noxious vapors issuing from thy den ?
Say, if within the street, where thou dost
dwell,
F.ach house were kept exactly like thy cell;
O, sav, thou enemy to brooms and mops!
How long thy neighbors could keep open
shops;
If following thee in taste, each wretched elf,
Unsbav’d, unwash’d and squali d like thyself,
Resolv’d to live ?—The answers very plain,
O tc year would be the utmost of their reign ;
Victims to I,’rh, each vot’ry soon would fall.
And one grand gaol distemper kill them all.
THE ROVER’S REFORM.
JERKY’S heart was form’d for loving,
But inconstant as the air,
Round the brilliant circle roving,
He admir’d each lovely Fair.
Some lie lov’d for pure good nature,
Some for shape, and some for feature,
Some for one thing, some arm: her,
This he lov’d for being small,
For her size he lov’d the other,
And in faith he lov’d them all.
Who would think that such a rover
Cottld consent to take a wife,
And become a constant lover
For the period of his life ?
J BititY vow’d he’d never marry—
No one girl was form’d for Jerry.
Marriage thoughts were too alarming,
Well he lov’d the enchanting Fair,
But, “ Variety is charming^’
Was to him a charming air.
Soon, however, lovely Sally,
Borrow’d Clip in’s surest dart,
And before he’d time to rally
Pierc’d the roving lover's heart,
j nitty lov’d— resolv’d to marry —
Sally made a spouse of Jerry.
Who in one alone delighted,
Finds his former notions ill,
For, though long they’ve been united,
Jerry love* his Sally still.
ANECDOTES OF DRINKING.
I HJJARD of a company of Dutch
seaniet},' thAt had dfapk so deep, that,
beginning, tjo stagger,, aqd their heads
turning round? thegs UkAght, verily,
they were at sea, and trail the upper
chamber where thfey were was a ship;
insomuch that, it', bung foul .windy wea
ther, they fell to throwing the stools
and other things where they were out
of the window,- to lighten the vessel,
for fear of suffering shipwreck.
In a sermon preached 1615, the
preacher says, “ Now all over the land,
the Justice of Peace i&mild, and the
drunkard merry, which two, you know}
will amend no sinner. 1 will tell yoif
a story, in Athcmnis, of an ale
that came to be The Sign of the Gal
lev, upon this occasion. The roaring
boys, meeting at a house, drank so
that their brains being overwhelmed,
they thought all that was about them
to be the sea, and the room where they
sat a galley, so tossed with the waves
that they feared drowning, and there
fore. as men in danger of shipwreck,
they threw all things that came to hand
out of the window into the street, pots,
plate and furniture, to lighten the ship;
•whifiltbeing taken up, and carried away
by such.as came bv, the magistrates
the next morning comes to punish them
for the disorder ; but they, not having
yet slept out their drink, answered
thus, “ That it was better to cast all
into the sea. than the galley, wherein
they were should be sunk, and so ma
ny brave gentlemen be cast away.”—
And while the magistrates wondered
at their drunken imagination, another,
creeping from omler the table, where
h.e had lien all night, replied, thinking
the magistrates to have been gods of
. the sea, “ And I, O ye, Tritons, for
' fear laid me down under the hatch
es.” Which distemper of theirs the
.. officers perceiving, went their way, and
.**, . forgiving them, bade “Doso no more
| to whom they all give this thank, “ If
ever we escape this storm, and get safe
to land, we vow you statues, and will
set up your images in our country as to
our saviors.”
St k ph a no, the drunken butler in the
Ternftext, is led to the adoption of naval
language by the influence of the grape;
“ Tell not me !—When the butt is out,
we will drink water ; not a drop before ;
therefore bear ufi and board, ’em."
From the Cumberland Register.
The following articles have been related
to the Editor, by a gentleman oj un
doubted veracity.
About the close of the American
war, this gentleman, being at an Indian
town in Louisiana, at the confluence of
two rivers, he observed an Alligator
swimming on the surface of the water,
hut paid little attention to it, being no
thing uncommon in that part of the
world ; but hearing a splash in the wa
ter he instantly looked round, and saw
an Indian swimming directly towards
it; tiie animal no sooner saw him, than
it came to meet him ; when they met,
it opened its jaws to devour him, but he
thurst his hand into his mouth and im
mediately wheeled round and made for
tl.e shore : the Alligator began to make
a considerable struggle, but in a few
minutes turned on his back and died ;
the Indian then hauled him out of the
water, and tiie gentleman, who had all
this time been thinking on what could
be the cause of its death, was surprised
to see that the Indian had taken a piece
oi wood, which was sharpened at both
ends ; this lie had dexterously set into
its mouth, which when it made the snap
at him, stuck last into both the upper
and under jaw, from which it could not
clear itself or close its mouth, and ol
consequence must suffocate.
1 lie same gentleman gives us a pe
culiar instance of Indian barbarity : lie
says, that on his return to Pennsylva
nia, in company with an English cap
tain who had brought goods to New-Or
leans, to trade with the Greeks and
Cherokee Indians, he was one day at an
Indian funeral, the person deceased was
a woman, who had left behind her a
young child who had not as yet been
taken from the breast; the infant was
carried to the grave by a young woman,
a near relation of the deceased, who,
when the mother was put in -the grave,
looked round and asked each of the per
sons present if they would take the child
and officiate as a parent to it, but no
person would undertake the charge ;
when she saw this, she clasped her hand
on the child’s mouth, with its nose
between her fingers and thumb, and
held it in this manner for a considera
ble time, which put an end to its exist
ence, and as soon as it appeared to be
dead, she laid it in the grave with its
mother, where both were buried toge
ther. From this instance of barbarity,
we may see the wonderful power of
custom upon the minds of mankind;
for it would appear from this transac
tion, that the next successive relative
had the disposal of the children that
were unable to provide for themselves,
not only to raise them, but even to put
them to death at pleasure, when it did
not suit their convenience or inclination
to foster them.
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'-sixtv 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, i
Taketi from the Minutes.
MATTHEW FOX, Cl’k.
July 12. 55
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the first Tuesday in October next, at j
the Court-house in IVaynesborough,
Burke county, at the usual hows ,
Will be Sold,
ONE black horse taken as the
property of Michael Collins, at the in
stance of Nicholas Ware, Esq.
ALSO,
One third part of a crop of
corn, fodder and cotton, ten heads of
hogs, and sundry articles of house hold
furniture ; taken as the property of
Thomas Wall, at the instance otJohn
Wimpy and others.
ALSO,
One black Horse about ten
years old, was taken out of the posses
sion of Eli Johns, as the property of
James M‘Key, at the instance of James
Welch.
ALSO,
One hundred acres of land ad
joining lands of Edward Telfair, in the
Long Ridges, called the Plank Land
ing on Savannah river, taken as the
property of Francis Parris, dec. at the
instance of Win. Stobo.
ALSO, •;
A likely young negro woman
about twenty-one years of age, and a
likely negro boy about twelve or four
teen years of age.
Conditions of Sale, Cash.
Gross Scruggs , S. B. C.
August 30. 6
SHERIFF’S SALE.
i On the first Tuesday in October next , at
the Court-House in Warren county , at
the usual hours ,
Will be Sold,
450 ACRES of land, one oth
er tract of one hundred acres with a
good Dwelling House, and all necessa
ry out buildings, with a very consider
able clearing and in good order for cul
tivation, situate and lying on both sides
of Ogechee ; taken as the property of
Samuel Alexander, at the instance of
Mary Griffith, Administratrix, re-sold
at the risk of the former purchaser, he
not having esmplied with the conditions
of the former sale.
ALSO,
200 acres of landjpth a good
Griss Mill, lying and being on Sweet-
Water, originally granted to Elijah
Bragg, known by the name of Embree’s
Mill; taken as the property of Martin
Hayes, at the instance of David New
som—the above property pointed out
by the defendant.
Cqnditions, Cash.
Jeremiah Beall , S. JV. C.
August 30. 6
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the first Tuesday in October next, at
the court-house in Lincoln county , at
at the usual hours ,
Will be Sold,
ONE tenth part of the follow
ing tracts of Land, it being the distri
butive share of Josiah M‘Call as one of
the distributees of John Gamble, de
ceased.
ALSO,
150 Acres in said county, o%
Pistol Creek, adjoining Jerrard Suddeth
and Thomas Cosey.
ALSO,
100 acres on said creek adjoin
ing Lot House and Isaiah Wellis, tak
en by virtue of an execution, Jesse
Mills vs. Josiah M‘Call.
ALSO,
263 acres second quality, more
or less, in said county on Savannah ri
ver, joining Ware and M‘Kinney, taken
as the property of Minor Winn, to sa
tisfy an execution, Nathaniel P. Beach
vs. said Winn.
ALSO,
100 acres second quality, more
or less, in said county joining James
M‘Corkle on Loyd’s creek, taken by
virtue of an execution, Basil Lamar vs.
VVilliam Greaves and Alexander John
ston levied on as the property of said
Johnston.
ALSO,
$0 acres of land more or less,
joining Micajah Henry and Sarah
Webb, on Loyd’s creek, taken as the
property of William Matthews, to sa
tisfy three executions in favor of Allen
Mabry vs. the said Matthews—return
ed to me by constable.
Conditions, Cssh.
John Stovall, d. s. l. c.
August 23.? . ■ 5
SHERIFF’S SALE.
! On the fir fit Tuesday in December next , at
the Court-house in Warren county ut
the usual hours ,
Will be Sold,
ONE large bay mare, seized
! by execution on a mortgage from John
M'Kinzie in favor of Joshua Williams.
Conditions, Cash.
J. Beall , S. IF. C.
September 13. 8—
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 valu
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
are unrivalled—in the words of an old physician
on this subject, we may add. Expenntia Docct—
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 us* it right."
They are well known and attested to by nu
merous certificates in our possession, as un
parrallelled in the following diseases:
Worms, Itch,
Coughs & Colds Diseases of the
Asthma, Eyes,
Consumption, Ringworms,
Gout, Tetters, &c.
Rheumatism, Inward weak-
Sprains, nesses,
Palsey, Nervious disor-
Head Ache, ders,
Tooth Ache, Ague & Fever,
Corns, &c. &c.
To those afflicted with nervous disorders,
lowness of spirits, loss of appetite, indigestion,
&c. Bcc. is recommended
Hamilton's Grand Restorative.
It is proved by long and extensive experience
to be absolutely unparalleled in the cure of
Nervous disorders, Consumptions, Lowness of
Spirits, Loss of Appetite, Impurity of Blood,
Hysterical Affections, Inward and Seminal
tV eakness, Flour albus (or whites) Barrenness,
Violent cramp in the stomach and back,' In
digestion, Melancholy, Gout in the Stomach,
Pains in the Limbs, Relaxations, involuntary
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Hamilton's Worm-Destroying Lozenges.
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Hamilton's Elixir ;
A sovereign remedy for colds, obstinate
coughs asthmas, sore throats, and approaching
consumptions. —l hey are particularly recom
mended to parents who may have"children
afflicted with the
Hooping Cough.
The Anodyne Elixer ,
For the cure of every kind of head ache.
The Damask Lip Salve,
Is recommended (particularly to the ladies
as an elegant and pleasant preparation) for
chopped and sore lips, and every blemish and
inconvenience occasioned by colds, fever, he.
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 the
I small pox, &c.
Gotland’s real and genuine Lotion.
Hahn's Anti-Bilious Pills ,
Are recommended for the prevention and
cure of Bilious and Malignant Fevers.
Restorative Pomderjor the Teeth if Gums *
Dr. Hahn's Genuine Eye-Water.
A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes.
Tooth-At ne Drops.
The only remedy yet discovered, which
gives immediate and lasting relief in the most >•'
severe instances.
The Sovereign Ointment for the Itch ,
Which is warranted an infallible remedy in
one application.
Anderson's Pills , ifc. 1
Hamilton's Essence and Extract cj
Mustard ,
Celebrated for the cure of the Gout, Rheu
matism, Palsey, Sprains, Bruises, &c.
A large and Fresh supply of the Indian.
Vegitable Specific ,
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. 29
NOTICE.
ALL persons having any bu
siness with Capt. John B. Barnes, will
pLase call on the subscribers.
Nicholas 11 at C, Attomics, for
James BtggS, Capt. Barnes.
July 19.