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POETICAL SELECTIONS.
ADVICE TO A FEMALE FRIEND,
On the choice of a Husband,
A itSNB, deaf girt, the Poet’* lay,
Hearken to what my Muse shall tav t
My Muse shall ever friendly pros e
To her I most sincerely love:
Then list, oh listen to her lore,
For wisdom she has got in store.
Your form’s engaging; that you katas,
Your Glass has often told you so;
Your manner's pleasing, and your sense
Still adds unto your excellence ;
Your spotless mind, so free from guile;
Your face, that ever wears a smile.
But now, dear Girl, for my advice—
IM give it, Lassie, in a trice.
Love him, Who love yw for yourself,
And love nor any for their pelt;
Love him, whose love you think’s sincere,
Whether a pnor or rich man’s heir;
Love him, whose temper suits your ovrn
Whether a citizen or clown ;
Love him, whose mind’* well stor’d with
reading,
Before the Man whose fond of feeding;
Love him who loves domestic joy*
Better than plays, and such like toys;
I,ore him, in whose ennobled tnind
No seeds of bigotry you find}
Love him, who’s guided by his reason,
Whose conduct’s seldom out of season;
Who steers an even course thro’ life,
Avoiding many a bitter strife—*•
Love him, who is averse to law,
W ho keeps himself from legal ]>aw —
Li ve him. whose conversation pleases,
Whose word your whole attention seizes—
Love him, who’s kmd and tender-hearted;
His love from you will ne’er be parted—
Love him, whose friendship is sincere,
For then his love you need not fear;
Who loves his Friend will love his lass,
And happy days you’ll with him pas*.
When such a man you find, ne’er care,
Whether he’s black, or brown, or fair ;
Whether he’s tall, or short, or neither;
For good he may be, if he’s either;
Whether a lusty Man, or spare,
Whether or light or dark his hair;
These are Externals, of no weight
In making of the matter straight.
But where, you'll say, can men be found
Who in such qualities abound?
In answer, if you cannot find
A Man in whom they’re all combin’d,
Take one who seems to be possess'd
Os most of them, and leave the rest.
I. H.
THE CARDS SPIRITUALIZED.
A fondness for playing at cards is
almost universal among all ranks and
ages; and they too frequently prove an
incentive to the worst passions than
can agitate the human heart. They
may be, however, made a harmless a
musement, if the love of gain is not
mixed with that game, that is, if the
parties play for nothing, but merely to
pass an idle hour, or for the credit of
victory. There ate also some useful
purposes, which, under proper guid
ance, they are calculated to answer.
They may he employed to teach habits
of reflection, a promptitude of calcula
tion, patience under ill fortune, and
moderation in success. A judicious
parent or tutor may indeed direct youth
to reap several valuable advantages
from the most trifling amusement that
engages their attention, and’from cards
as easily as from any thing else.
Tlie following anecdote, which, per
haps, will be new to many, wi 1 show
that cards may be viewed in a light
neit ter unfriendly to morals nor reli
gion.
A certain soldier attending divine
service in a church at Glasgow, instead
of [lulling out a bible, like the rest of
his comrades, when the clergyman
named the text, spread a pack of cards
before him. This indecent conduct did
not pass without notice,and he was sum
moned before a magistrate to answer
fur his irreverence.
On being asked what apology he
Could make for his behaviour, lie thank
ed the magistrate tor the indulgence
granted him, and proceeded thus :
“ Since your honor is so good as to
permit me to speak for niysyjf, an’t
please you, I have been eight days up.
on the march, with the bare allowance
of sixpence a day, which your worship
will grant is scarcely sufficient to furn
ish absolute necessaries, so that a sol
dier may easily be conceived to have
tie money to lay out in books; but I
make this pack of cards remind me of
my duty in the best manner I can.”
Spreading the pack, he continued :
“ When I see an are , may it please
your honor, it reminds me there is on
ly one God ; and when I look on a two
or a three, the former puts me in mind
of the Father and the Son, and the lat
ter of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
A four calls to my remembrance the
four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John; a Jive, the live wise virgins
who trimmed their lamps ; a six, that
in six days God created the heaven and
the eurth ; a seven, that on the seventh
day he rested from all that he hati
made; an eight, the eight righteous
persons that were preserved from the
deluge ; a nine, the nine ungrateful le
. per* who were cleansed, but neglected
to return thanks; and a ten, the ten
commandments.”
Scperating the knave from the rest,
he proceeded: “ The queen reminds
me of the queen of Sheba, as her com
panion the king oi the great King of
Heaven, 6c ol his majesty George 111.”
“ Well,” replied tne magistrate, you
have given a very good account of all
the cards except the knave." —“ Please
your honor, I do not know a greater
than the person who brought me btfore
you/’
The soldier then went on ; “ When
l count the number of dots in a pack of
cards, 1 find there are 365, so many
day# there are in a year; the number
of card# correspond with the weeks in
a year, and the number in each suit an
swer the number of lunar months ; so
tin*, please your worship, this pack of
cards is both bibiv and almanac to me.”
The magistrate was pleased with the
ingenuity of the soldier, and, present
ing him with a bible, requested he
would make a proper use of, and never
more employ iiis pack of cards as a pub
lic remembrancer of his duty.
CURIOUS EPITAPH.
Tm following Epitaph, made by a
husband on the decease of his second
wife, and who happened to be interred
immediately adjoining his former one,
is copied from a stone in a church-yard
in the county of Kent, England :
Here lies the body of Sarah Sexton,
Who was a good w ife, 8c never vex’d one—
-1 can’t say that of her at the next stone.
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CITY HOTEL.
LEWIS~M‘COY,
MOST respectfully informs the
public in general, that lid has taken for
a term of years, that
LG.\G UST. IBLISHFD TAVER.\,
North-side of Broad-street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
where hts Bar is well supplied with
WINES, BRANDY, RUM, GIN,
PORTER, tsY.fcJi.
His L ARDER with the best provisions
the market affords His STABLE,
which is large, airy and commodious,
well stored with Corn, Fodder, and ev
ery necessary for those horses which
may be put under his care, amended
by a sober, careful arfd 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 be his desire to merit.
%* si number of gentlemen can be ac
commodated with BOARD, by the week,
month or year, on the usual terms .
Novembers, 180&. fc6—
AUGUSTA & SAVANNAH
Line of Slag es.
nr'HF. Augusta and Savannah line of
-K Stages will be continued by the
Subscriber, who trusts his unremitting
attention to the LINE, in endeavoring
to
able, will sKTire him a coutinuance of
public patronage. He at the same
time informs them that the STAGE
OFFICE is removed from Ashton’s
Tavern, to Mrs. LONGSTREET’S
Boarding-House.
LEWIS CALFREY.
September CO. 9
LUMBER.
PERSONS wishing to procure
Lumber, can be furnished by making
application at this office.
January 10.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
Ok the first Tuesday in February next, j
at the Court House in IVayncsborovgh,
Burke county, at the usual hours ,
Will be Sold,
300 Acres of land, the pro
perty of \\ illiam Pugh, on the waters
of Back Camp, ouk and hickory, ad
joining lands of Eleazcr Lenres, and
lands of Bowling Leptrott, deceased,
and two hundred two and a half acres
of land in Baldwin county, first district,
No. 246, at the suit of William Rollins
and wife.
ALSO,
Seventy acres of land, adjoin
ing lands of Charles Ward and Tho
mas Davies old tract, *n the waters of
Boggy Gutt, with a grist mill thereon,
taken as the property of Thos. Spight,
deceased, at the suit of Luke Dean.
ALSO,
One house and lot in the town
of Waynesborcugh, whereon Eltnor
Segar now lives, containing one acre ;
taken as the property of George Segar,
dec. at the suit of John Ussary, for the
use of George Poythress.
ALSO,
100 acres of land, Burke coun
ty, on Boggy Gutt, whereon is a good
mill, formerly known by the name of
hsenns mill, adjoining lands of Walton,
Fidow Matthews and others ; taken as
we property of Henry Hughes, at the
uit of Hczekiah Beal, guardian of Ja
cob Beal and others.
ALSO,
200 acres of land the first qual
ity, on Savannah river, taken as the
property of John I. Gray, adjoining
lands of Joseph Shewmake and Mary
Ann Gray, to satisfy the President Di
rectors and Company of the Bank of
the United States.
Gross Scruggs, S. B. G.
December 27. 23
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the frst Tuesday in February next,
at the Court House in Warren county,
at the usual hours,
Will be Sold,
300 ACRES of land, more or
less, adjoining Blandford and Kicker
son, levied on as the property of Peter
Hodo, to satisfy an execution in favor
of Cotton and Butt, and others, return
ed to me by Thos. Maddox, constable.
ALSO,
One negro girl levied on as the
property of Presley Sandford, to satis
fy an execution in favor of Fergerson
and Moore.
ALSO,
100 acres of land, levied on as
the property of Larken Shivers, to sa
tisfy an execution in favor of Matthew
Averit, returned to me by F. Beall,
Constable.
Conditions Cash.
J. Beall , W. C.
December 27. 23
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the first Tuesday in Ferbuary next,
at the Court House in Warren county,
at the usual hours,
Will be Sold,
276 ACRES of land lying in
Warren county, on the waters of M‘-
1 Clains creek, adjoining Nunn and Hart;
levied on as the property of Levin M‘-
Gee, to satisfy an execution in favor of
the administrators of Henry Jones, dec.
ALSO,
140 Acres of kind adjoining
Blandford and others; levied on as the
property of Elisha Wright, to satisfy an
execution in favor of Matthew Myrick.
Conditions Cash.
Jeremiah Beall, s.w.c.
January 10, 1807. 25
20 Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY in the month of Au
gust last* a Negro Man named
MARK, about twenty-eight yearsof age,
five feet eleven inches high, two or three
of his fore teeth out, a little pitted with
the small pox, and a Very bad counte
nance—He was formerly the property
of the widow Webster, in Wilkes coun
ty, near the town of Washington, where
it is expected he has run to, having a
wife belonging to one West in said
neighborhood. Anti person delivering
him to the subscriber or securing him
in any jail in this state shall receive the
above reward.
U m. Bacon.
January 10. 2 5
BLANK SHERIFFS TITLES
F#r Sale at this Office.
ADVERTISED ENT EXTRA.
G. S . Houston , £sf CO.
RESPEC 1 t ULI.Y ir.forin the public that
they have recently received from
LEE’S PATENT AND
Family Medicine
WARE-HOUSE, NEW- YOR K ,
an additional and Fresh Supply of these vain
able Medicines, which, as: annodynes, preven
tions or cures of the diseases to which the ht:~_
man body is subject, either from imprudence
change of climate, accidents or natural causes
arc unrivalled—in the words of an old physician
on this subject, we may add Er.perentia Doeet—
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
‘■lf ’tis worth while to use a thing,
“ ’Tis worth while to use it right."
They are well known and attested to bv nu
merous certificates in our possession, a* un
parrallelled in the feilowing 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 k Fever,
Corns, & c . kc.
1 o those afflicted with nervous disorders*
lowness of spirits, loss of appetite, indigestion,
&c. &c. is recommended
Hamilton's Grand Restorative.
It is pi oved 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
Weakness, Flour albus (or whites) Barromjesc,
Violent cramp in the stomach and back, In
digestion, Melancholy, Gout in the Stomach,
Pains in the Limbs, Relaxations, involuntary
Emissions, Impotency, &c. &c. 1
Hamilton's Worm-Destroying Lozenges.
Which have within four years past, cured
upwards ot one hundred and twenty thousand
persons of both sexes, of every age and in e
verv situation, of various dangerous complaint*
arising from worms 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 the
Hooping Cough.
The Anodyne Elixer,
For the cure of every kind of head ache.
The Damask Lip Salve,
Is recommended (particularly to the ladiea
as an elegant and pleasant preparation) for
chopped and sore lips, and every blemish and
inconvenience occasioned by colds, fever, kc,
speedily restoring a beautiful rosy color and dc
icate softness to the lips.
The Genuine Persian Lctian,
Celebrated for preventing and removing
blemishes of the face and skin of every kind
particularly freckles, pimples, pits after the
small pox, &.c.
Gowland's real and genuine Lotion.
Hahn's Anti-Bilious Pills ,
Are recommended for the prevention and
cure of Bilious and Malignant Fevers.
Restorative Powder for the Teeth is* Gums
Dr. Hahn's Genuine Eye-Water.
A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes.
Tooth-Amt Eroj.s.
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 mi
one application.
Anderson's Pills, is*r.
Hamilton's Essence and Extract qf
Mustard,
Celebrated for the cure of the Gout, Rheu
matism, Palsey, Sprains, Bruises, &c.
A targe and Fresh supply of the Indian
Vegitable Specific ,
A safe, speedy, and pleasant cure for a cer
tain dreadful disease—Prepared by Dr.Leranx.
The above medicines sold only by appoint
ment rl W sole Inventor and proprietor, at
their Store, Broad-street, Augusta.
January 11. 29-
NOTICE.
Will be Sold,
At the Court-house in lVaynesborovgfi,
Burke county , on Tuesday the 7th of
April next , by the Sheriff oj said county,
A TRACT of Land contain
ing 590 acres, the property of the es
tate of John Mitchell, dec. bounded
south by land's belonging to the t'oWn
of Waynesborough, north by William
Urcju hurt’s land, west by Wm. Doug
lass, and east by D. R. Elliot’s land,
to he sold Jar the benefit of the heirs of
said deceased.
John Whitehead, )
John Stevens, ( Ex’re.
John F. Mitchell , )
Mary Fane he, Ex’tx.
January 17. 2<—-