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POETICAL SELECTIONS.
The following simple and pathetic poem is
from the pen of Dr Logan, an eminent his
torian of Scotland. Coleridge, himself a
muse of no humble fame, has pronounced it
the most exquisite performance in otir lan
guage. It is in the sweetest manner of
Burns; but its execution is even superior to
the most affecting pieces of that heaven
taught bard. The second and the fourth
stanzas are full of beamy. The quick transi
tion in the second, from the wedding-day to
the lover’s grave, is not more unexpected
than touching. Not a word in the English
language could have been more happily se
lected, thap the epithet “ wedded’' in the
next to the last line. The whole song dis
plays no little art in imitating the manner
of the drama, and keeping our curiosity alive,
until the conclusion of the tale, when the
real fate of the lover for the first time
breaks upon us. enquirer.
S 0 *YG.
THE BRAES or YARROW
THY braes were bonny. Yarrow stream!
When first on them I met my lover:
Thy braes bow dreary, Yarrow stream !
When now thy waves his body cover!
Forever now, O Yarrow stream !
Thou art to me a stream of sorrow ;
For never on thy banks shall I
Behold my love, the Hower of Yarrow !
He promised me a milk-white steed
To bear me to his father’s bowers;
He promised me a little page
To squire me to his lather’s towers,
He promised me a wedding ring—
The wedding day was fix’d to-morrow S
Now he is wedded to his grave
Alas ! his watery grave in Yarrow.
Sweet were his words when last wc met,
My passion I as freely told him !
Clasp’d in his arms, I little thought
That I should never more behold him! 1
Scarce was he gone I saw his ghost!
It vanished with a shriek of sorr&w—
Thrice did the water wraith* ascend,
And gave a doleful groan thro’ Yarrow !
His mother from the window look’d
With ail the longings of a mother;
His little sister weeping walk’d
The green wood path to meet her brother,
They sought him east, they sought him west,
They sought him all the Forest thro’;
They only saw the cloud of night,
They only heard the roar of Yarrow !
No longer from the window look,
Thou hast no son. thou tender mother!
No longer walk, Thou lovely maid !
Alas! thou hast no,more a brother,
No longer seek him east, or west,
And search no more the forest thro’;
For wandering in the night so dark,
He fell a lifeless corse in Yarrow !
* Tic water fiend; sometimes called the kclpis.
AjY OLD BACHELOR’S
reflections on matrimony.
DOWN to the vale of life 1 tend,
When hoary age creeps slowly on,
And with the burd’ning thought I send
That you.h and all its joys are gone.
Successive years have roll’d away,
In fancied view s of future bliss,
Then were the phantoms of a day,
And all that’s future dies in this.
Now with a retrospective eye
1 look far back to early life,
When Hymen promis’d to supply
My highest wishes with a wife.
I waited, hop’d and trusted s ill
That time would bring the expected day,
But never happly to my will,
Did fortune throw it in my way.
Too nice, too wise, too proud was I
To wed as taught by nature’s rule,
The world was still to choose forme,
And 1 the condescending foci.
Hence are my days a barren round
Os trifling hopes and idle fears,
For life, true life is only found
In social joys and social tears.
Let moping monks and rambling rakes
The joys of wedded love deride,
Their manners rise from gross mistakes,
Unbridled lusts cr gloomy pride.
Thy sacred sweets connubial love,
Flow from affections more refin’d,
Affections sacred to the dove,
Heroic, constant, warm and kind.
Hail holy flame! hail sacred tie!
That binds two gentle souls in one,
On equal wings their troubles fly,
In equal streams their pleasures run.
Their duties still their pleasures bring,
Hence joys in swift succession come,
A queen is she. and he’s a king,
And their dominion is their home*
Happy’s the youth who finds a bride,
In sprightly days of stealth and ease,
Whose temper to his own allied,
No knowledge seeks but how to please.
A thousand sweets their days attend,
A thousand comforts rise around,
Here husband, parent, wife and friend,
In even - dearest sense is found.
Yet think not man midst scenes so gay,
That clouds and storms will never rise,
A cloud may dim the brightest day,
And storms disturb the calmest skies.
But still their bliss shall stand its ground,
Nor shall their comforts hence remove,
Bitters are oft salubrious found,
And lover’s quarrels heighten love.
The lights and shades, and goods and His,
Thus finely blended in their fate,
To sweet submission bow their wills,
And make them happy in their state.
From a London Paper.
AT a country fair and horse race in
Scotland, lately, two adjoining booth
keepers sold “ the beat London Porter
one at six-pence and the other at four
pence the quart. —The latter, as might
be expected, was first sold off; but it
may appear somewhat extraordinary,
that he who sold at the lo%vest price,
made the most money', though he had
the article from his opponent. The
fact was, the six-penny man having had
a present made of a barrel, from Lon
don, and considering the fair as afford
ing a good opportunity of converting
the liquor into cash, (though no publi
can) he opened a booth for the purpose.
His neighbor , considering this as an in
trusion, and perceiving the situation of
the barrel, while it was tapped at one
end by its first possessor, he made an
incision in the canvas that separated
the two tents, and took the liberty of
tapping it at the other end! Proclama
tion being made of the prices , the thirs
ty fair folks flocked to the four-penny
porter booth, till the cask (which had
a little downward inclination at the op
posite end) would run no more ! They
were then under the necessity of resort
ing to the other booth, but that tap was
soon exhausted, the reduced price end
having drained the whole barrel, ex
cept four or five quarts.
A late author, in his works, gives
the following portrait of an American
woman -She is generally graceful in
her figure, slow in her gait, mild in her
looks, proud in her mein, engaging in
her conversation, delicate in her ex
pression, quick at blushing, chaste in
her thought, innocent in manners, im
proving on acquaintance, generous to a
fault, ready to weep with one in dis
tress, solicitous for the poor, sincerely
religious, eminently humane, constant
in her attachment, faithful to her en
gagements, a fond w’ife, a tender mo
ther, tenacious of her word, jealous of
her honor, prudent in her conduct, cir
cumspect in her house ; and, what is
very natural, cannot keep a secret.
The Elector ot Colougue is likewise
an Archbishop. Being in a violent pas
sion one day, he swore terribly, and ob
serving a country fellow staring at him
with amazement, he asked him what he
was surprised at. “ To hear an Arch
bishop swear” said the fellow. I
swear” replied the Elector, “ as a
Prince ; not as an Archbishop,” “ but
my Lord” said the fellow, “ when the
Prince goes to the d 1 what will be
come of the Archbishop ?
FOR SALE OR TO LEASE,
And possession given the Is/ of January
next.
THE subscribers House and Lot in
the Village of Edgefield, with a
well furnished Store House, Black
Smith’s Shop, Billiard Room and Ta
ble, and all other necessary out build
ings.
ALSO, an unexpired lease of four
years, on one other House and Lot,
with about 20 acres of Land attached
to the same—For further particulars
and terms (which will be extremely ac
commodating) apply to
Thomas Butler .
Edgefield Court-House , )
August 16,1806. 5 2m * 4 ~
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, & 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
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
sajd William Butler before us, at 11
o’clock, at the Court-house, on the
fckfd first Monday in October next.
* ' Taken from the Minutes.
MATTHEW FOX, Cl'k.
July 12. 55„_
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 k Call as one of
the distributees of John Gamble, de
ceased.
ALSO,
150 Acres in said county, on
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 W’are 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.
William Greaves and Alexander John
ston levied on as the property of said
Johnston.
ALSO,
100 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, Cash.
John Stovall, d. s. l. c.
August 23. 5
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the first Tuesday in October next , at
the Court-house in Waynesborough ,
Burke county , at the usual houts,
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 of John
W T impy 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
W elch.
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
properly of Francis Parris, dec. at the
instance of Wm. 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.
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
ofOgechee; 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 complied with .the conditions
of the former sale.
ALSO,
-200 acres of land with a good
Griss Mill, lying and being on s\veet-
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
somT-the above property pointed out
by the defendant.
Conditions, Cash.
Jefemiah Beall, S. W. C.
August 30. e
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the first Tuesday in A'cvcmbcr next,
at the Court House , in Warren county
at the usual hours,
Will be Sold,
178 ACRES of land Iving un
Rockycomfort, levied on as the proper
ty of Hezekiah Williams, to satisfy an
execution in favor of Jacob Castleberry.
ALSO,' ~
350 acres of land lying on the
waters of Ogechee, Warren county, le
ved on as the property of William
Nance, to satisfy an execution in favor
of William Harden, and others.
Conditions Cash.
Jeremiah Beall, s. tv. c.
September 27, 1806. 10
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