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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 - - - * ... ADVERTISEMENT EXTRA. G. S, Houston , & Co. 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Tooth-Ache Drops. The only remedy yet discovered, which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances. The Sovereign Omtment for the Itch, Which is warranted an infallible remedy in one application. Anderson's Pills, b?c. Hamilton's Essence and Extract of 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.Leravtx. The above fnedicines sold only by appoint j ment ol die sole Inventor and proprietor, at their Store, Broad-street, Augusta. January 11. 29 BLANK SHERIFFS TITLES For Sale afthis Office.