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y?>i. ■ POETICAL SELECTIONS. A PASTORAL SO KG. THO’ my friends all declare that my time is miqient, While in rural retirement 1 rove, 1 ask no more wealth than dame fortune has sent, But the sweet little girl that I love. The rose on her cheek’s rr.v delight, She s solt as the down on the dove, No lilly was ever so white, As the sweet little girl that 1 love. Tho’ humble my cot, calm content gilds the scene, For my fair one delights in my grove, And a palace I’d quit for a dance on the green, With the sweet little girl that I love. The rose on her cheek’s No ambition I know hut to call her my own, No fame but her praise wish to prove, My happiness centers in Polly alone, ah«’s the *\vect little girl that I love. Til- rose on her cheek’s my delight, She’s soft as the down on the dove, No lilly was ever so white, A* the sweet little girl that 1 love. KEIV SOKG. A bVclu lor leads an easy life, Few folks that are wed live better; A man may live w ell with a verv good wife, But the puzzle is, HOW TO GET HER. Thukc aic pretty good wives, and pretty bad wives, And wives neither one thing nor t’other! And, as for the wives who scold all their lives, I’d sooner wed Adam’s grandmother. Then, ladies and gents, if to marriage inclin’d May deceit or ill humor ne’er trap ye ! M.iy those who are single get mates to their mind. And those who are married live happy ! Some choose their ladies for ease or for grace, Or a pretty turn’d foot as they’re walking ; Sonu Choose ’em for figure, & some for a face, But very few choose ’em for talking. Now, as for the wife l could follow thro’ life, ’Tis she who can speak sincerely; Who, not over nice car. give good advice. And love a good husband dearly. So, ladies and gents, when to wedlock inclin’d, May deceit or ill humor ne’er trap ye! May those who are single find wives to their mmd, And those who are married live happy! ———— THE AR TS OF AN ABLE LAWYER. SINGULAR ANECDOTE, Os Timothy Brecknock , who was execut ed at Castlebar , in Ireland , with G. R. Fitzgerald , Esq. IN the year 1578, a man, committed to Newgate on a charge of highway robbery, sent for Mr. Brecknock, and requested he would undertake his de fence. When Timothy came to him his first question was, whether he had really committed the robbery qi- not: it is no matter whether you have or no, said Brecknock, you shall not In; hang ed : bvit it is necessary I should know the truth, that I may frame the defence accordingly. “ Why, indeed (replied the culprit) I did Commit the robbery.” ‘ Very well,’ answered the Solicitor, “ nowjtell me first, have you any money ? How much can. you command ?” “ I have somewhat above 100/. in cash and valuables.”*—“ Very well, let me have 80/-; it is not for myself; I leave my reward to your generosity, when you are cleared; but I want that money for a particular purpose, and will ac count to you for every farthing of it. There are now five weeks to your trial, so I have time enough ; and with time and money every thing can be done.” The sum was instantly given in bank notes which the culprit had artfully concealed, and Mr. Brecknock proceed ed to desire the criminal to give him a particular account of every circum stance of the robbery; which be did to the following purport: That five weeks before that time, he met a gentlemen in a chariot with a footman behind, near the nine mile stone on the Barnet road, at half past eleven ut night; that he stopped the carriage, and robbed him of 137 guineas, and some silver, but refused his watch, as he did not choose to deal in discoverable articles ; that presently after, he found himself pursued by the coachman on one of the coach horses, and iode down a lane out of the high road, but finding the lane close at the bottom, lie leaped Lis horse over some pales, and quilting him, took to his heels across the fields, and got safe to town; that the coach horse not being able to leap, his own horse had got clear, and came iiorae of itself next morning. Thus he thought himself quite safe as to this affair ; but that, shortly after the gentleman’s coachman met him on the same horse in White- j chapel, had him seized ami carredbe- d fore a magistrate, where his perasn was c identified by the gentleman, tile oach man, and the footman, who knev him i by the bright moonlight; on ibis evi- i donee he was fully committed for trial, t “ i h* s is rather an ugly affair,’ said i Brecknock, “ however, don’t fear, I’ll 1 bring you off; I shall not attempt to I prove you elsewhere at the precise time i ol the robbery ; for an alibi is a very dangerous defence, unless it can be well supported; and I don’t care to trust your life to a set of rascally witnesses, who may be sifted by a close examina tion, or have their characters enquired into ; —no, no, I shall act otherwise, you have only to make your heart easy, and plead not guilty. I ' At the next sessions the trial came on, and the gentleman, the coachman, and the footman, deposed to every cir cumstance of the robbery, as above re lated ; adding, that they were positive both to the horse and the man, whose lace they had closely seen by the light of the moon, as his crape had fallen off when he first stopped the chariot, and the coachman had picked it up, when he unharnessed one of the coach hor ses to pursue the robber, by his mas ter’s permission. The prisoner was called upon to make his defence, when Mr. Brecknock addressed the court in , these words: u My Lords Os Gentlemen of the Jury, * “ I have not the least doubt of the innocence of the unhappy person at the bar, though he stands here under very disagreeable circumstances. Inasmuch’ that although he was in bed, in Ids own l lodgings, at the very time the robbery is said to have been committed, yet he can prove that fact by no other testi mony than that of bis wife (and I know how little regard is usually paid to a wife witnessing for her husband,) and ol a child of five years old, who is too young to be admitted to an oath. Ido not seek to impeach the veracity of the gentleman who is the prosecutor; his character is too well established. I have not the least doubt he was robbed in the manner he has sworn ; neither would I controul that the coachman pursued the robber as he has declared; yet, I am confident that the prisoner at the bar was not the person. In respect to the identity of the horse I put that entirely out of the question, and will say, that a horse seen in the dark can not easily be known in the light, at a distance of five weeks. There is scarce ly a horse so singularly marked, as not to have others similarly marked ; and, as a proof, there are now four horses I have caused to be brought into the j court yard, standing together with the prisoner’s horse, which Mr. Sheriff has ; been so kind as to suffer to be brought j hither; and, if the three witnesses agree | in selecting, seperately, the prisoner’s horse, of which they are so very cer tain, from the rest, I will acquiesce in the prisoner’s guilt. But my Lords, and Gentlemen of the Jury, I have still more to urge, in respect to the alledg -ed identity of the horse ; the prosecu tor is, doubtless, impelled by a love of i justice ; but that love sometimes car- I l ies a man to an extreme of zeal. The ! coachman may have a love of justice, but when it is remembered that the con viction c f the prisoner will entitle him to a reward of 401. the court may be in clined to think him interested in the verdict, which you gentlemen of the Jury, may bring in. The footman hav ing heard some particulars sworn by his master and his fellow servant, may believe them true, as being the same . story.—The three witnesses have all declared that they recollected the pris oner’s face from having seen it clearly at the time of the robbery, by the strong light of the moon. Now I have one witness, that will undoubtedly set aside this concurrence of evidence. It is in deed an uninterested witness, a silent witness, yet one that will speak home to the conviction of the whole court. It is Ryder’s Almanack; and if your lordships and gentlemen of the jury, will take the trouble to look into it, you will find it utterly impossible that the witnesses could have seen the robber’s face by the light of moon; for you will see, on the night of the robbery, that the moon did not rise till sixteen min utes after three in ihe morning, conse quently it could not give any light at half past eleven o’clock, near three hours before it rose ; and if the witnes ses are thus proved to be mistaken in the capital point of their evidence, no part of it can affect the prisoner. Hav ing said this, he handed an almanac up to tile bench, in which it appeared plainly that the moon rose on that par ticular night, as Brecknock had said. The court and jury being satisfied as to that point, the prisoner was iilinc- diately acquitted an discharged out of court on paying his fees. Mr. Brecknock prided himself on his ingenuity in deceiving the court; which, as he afterwards boasted, he effected in this manner. He had employed the money he had received from the high way man, in getting printed a new edi tion of Ryder’s Almanac, exactly simi tar to the genuine edition, except that the lunations for the whole year had been changed, so as to make it appear that on the night of the robbery there was no moon. He had only half a dozen ofcopies struck off, one of which he pre sented to the bench, & lodged the other five in different hands in the court, 10 be produced in case any doubts had arisen and another almanack hacl been called for. The Recorder discovered the fraud some days after, but it was then too late, as the prisoner had been acquitted, and the Solicitor was not responsible for the error in the almanack he produced, and which could not then be identified. AN INFALLIABLE RULE TO KNOW A FOP. One corner of a clean handkerchief carefully left out of the coat pocket, nine times out of ten, shews a man devoid of talents or knowledge. SHERIFF’S SALE. On the Jirst Tuesday in December next , at the Court House in Waunesborough, Burke county , at the usual hours, Will be Sold, ONE tract of land containing two hundred acres, adjoining land of Thomas Davies, deceased, and others, on the waters of Boggy Gut, taken as the property of Thomas Spright, dec. at the instance of Luke Deane. ALSO, One Sulkey taken as the pro- I peity of William Maxwell, to satisfy I' ields Kennedy, and others. ALSO, One tract of land containing five hundred acres, adjoining lands of , Amos Whitehead, and the estate of I James Jones, deceased, taken as the i property of Isaac W’alker, to satisfy the ! i executors of James Jones, deceased. Conditions Cash. Gross Scruggs, S. B. C. November I, 1806. 15 SHERIFF'S SALE. On the first Tuesday in December next at the Court House in Warren county , at the usual hours, Will be Sold, 300 ACRES of land on the waters of Briar Creek, adjoining Mer cer and others. ALSO, 202 1-2 acres of land in Bald win county, No. 219, 3d District; levi ed on as the property of David Robert son, at the instance of Wm. White, adm’r. ALSO, One bed and furniture, levied on as the property of Peter Hodo, at the instance of Thomas Springer. ALSO, One mare and colt, and twenty barrels of corn, levied on as the proper ty of Edmund Dunaway, at the instance of Josiah Beall. ALSO, 100 acres of land adjoining Henry Hight and Rudicil waters o Hart’s creek, levied on as the property of Willis Perry, at the instance of Cha pel Heath ; the above pointed out by the defendants. Conditions Cash. Jeremiah Beall, s. w. c. November *l, 1806. 15 FOR SALE, A valuable plantation IN the upper part of Warren county, about six miles above Powelton, [ on Ogechee, containing five hundred ] acres of the first quality up-land, about eighty acres of which is cleared, and in cultivation—lmmediate possession of which may be had and the terms known by applying to the subscriber residing on the premises. 1 NOAH KELCEY. November 1, 1806. ts. 15 FOUND^ IN the store of the subscriber, ] last week, a note of hand for one hun- 1 dred and twenty dollars, with twenty 1 dollars credit on the back. The owner s by proving said note and paying for this t advertisement, can have it by applying t to NATHANIEL P. BEACH. t November 1, 1886. 15 t BLANK SHERIFFS TITLES Fur Sale at this Office. Benjn. Hall, & Co. Rcspectfidly inform their friends and the public, that they have Just Receh’rd at their Store, one door below Mr. Randolph's Printing office , the Following Articles, which they will sell low for cash or cousrjtr produce, hr WHOLESALE on RETAIL. —VIZ— BACK STRAP and common Fair Top Boots, Suwarrow and three quarter ditto. Men’s C oarse and Fine Shoes, assorted, Boy’s ditto. do. do. . do. Lady’s Kid, Morocco Sc Leather Slippers Misses Morocco and Leather do. Children’s Leather 8c Morocco Buskins, Waxed Calf skins, Fair top ditto. Seal skins, Caif skins and Cordevan Boots Legs, Men and Women’s Saddles, Plated, and Common Bridles, -# Marlingles, Horsewhips and Whipthongs, Saddle Baggs, Men’s Caster and Rorum Hats. Lady’s and Boy’s ditto. Shoe Blacking and Shoe Brushes— Together with a few Reams of IVIUTXMI PAPER. November 15, 1806. 17 somervilleT THIS valuable and desirable Retreat, containing upwards of 3000 acres oi land, lying on the heights of Hue’s creek,within five miles of Augua ! may be had on Lease or Purchase, and possession given the first day of January. ALSO, To be Sold or Leased, On liberal terms, the Old Court House j lot, on the bay, near Mr. Harris’s—and j a lot on the back street, at present oc ! cupied by Mr. T. C. Russell. Apply | to John B. Wilkinson, Esq. in the ab sence of SEABORN JONES. October 25. 13__ CITYHOTEL7 LEWIS M‘COY, MOST respectfully informs the public in general, that he has taken for a term of years, that LOAG ESTABLISHED TAVERA, ATorth-side of Broad-street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, where his Bar is well supplied with WINES, BRANDY, RUM, GIN, PORTER, l*. wc. His L ARDER with the best provisions the market affords His STABLE, winch is large, airy and commodious, well stored with Corn, Fodder, and ev ery necessary for those horses which may be put under his care, atttended by a sober, careful and attentive hostler. From his unremitted attention to bu siness, the comfort and satisfaction of his guests, aided by his family, he hopes to obtain a share of public patronage; which it shall ever he his desire to merit. *#* -J number of gentlemen can be ac commodated with BOARD, by the week, month or year, on the usual terms, November 8, 1806. 16 SHERIFF’S SALE. On the first Tuesday in December next , at the Court-house in Warren county at 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. W. C. September 13. 8 Will be Sold at the house of Col. Jesse Sanders, on Thurday the 1 1 eh of De cember next , ALL the personal property of Ed ward Sanders, dec. consisting of Horses, one Rideing Chair, Household Furniture, &c. Terms of sale made known on the day of sale ; also, all per sons indebted to said deceased,are desir ed to come forward and make payment; those having any demands, will bring them in properly attested, within the time prescribed by law. JESSE SANDERS, iun.? „ , EDMUND BLUNT, $ Kx rs ‘ November 1, 1805. 4t 15