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POETICAL SELECTIONS. j,
Critical Reviewers in their remarks up
on a new translation of Anacreon, by
M'- Moore, select tl,f following exquisite
address to tbe Rose, as beautiful as tlie sub- ,
ject on which it is written, for a specimen ,
of his poetical spirit and powers of Versifi
cation.] Reporter.
THE HOSE.
WHILE we invoke the wreathed Spring,
liesplendant Rose; to iltfc Vve'll sing—
Resplendant Rose, the flower of flowers,
Whose brea'h porfumds Olympus’ bowers;
Whose virgin blush, of chas en’d dye,
Enchants so much our mortal eye;
When pleasure’s isloomy season glows,
The Graces love to twine the Rose ;
The Rose 13 warm, Dione’s bliss,
And flushes like Dione’s kiss’.
Oft has the poet’s magic tongue,
The Hose’s fair luxuriance sung;
A ,d long the muses, heavenly maids,
H ave rear’d it in their tuneful shades,
When at the ear'/ glance of morn,
It sleeps upon 'he glittering thorn,
Tis r.vcet to dare the tangled fence,
And cull the rimkl flower thence.
And wipe with tender hand away,
The tears that on its biashes lay 1
’Tis sweet to hold the infant steins,
Yet dropping with Aurora’s gems,
And fresh inhale the spicy sighs,
That from the weeping buds arise,
When revel reigns, when mirth is high,
And Bacchus beams iu every eye,
Our rosy fillets scent exhale,
And till with balm the fainting gale!
When morning paints the orient skies,
Her fingers bunt with roseate dies;
The nymphs display the Rose’s charms,
It mantles o’er their graceful arms;
Through Cytherea’s form it glow s
And mingles with the living shows,
The Rflse distils a healing balm,
The beating pulse of pain to calm;
Preserves he cold inurned clay,
And mocks the vestige of decay.
And when at length, in pale decline,
Its florid beauties fade and pine.
Sweet as in youth its balmy breath
Diffuses odor even in death !
Oil! whence could such a plant have sjrrung ?
Attend—for thus the tale is sung:—
When, humid from the silvery stream
E f using beamy’s warmest beam,
Venus appear’d in flushing hues,
Mellow'd by ocean’s briny dews—
W'lren in the starry courts above,
The pregnant brain of mighty Jove,
Disclos’d the nymph of azure glance—
The nymph who shakes the martial lar.ee!
Then, then in strange eventful hour,
The earth produc’d an infant flower,
Which sprung with blushing tinctures drest,
And wanton’d o’er its parent’s breast.
The Gods beheld this brill’ant birth,
And hail’d the Rose—the boon of earth!
With nectar drops, a ruby tide, j
The swcedy-crient buds they dyed,
And bade them bloom, the flowers divine
Os him who sheds the teeming vine;
And bade them on the spangled thorn
Expand their bosoms to the morn!
I'hc superior utility of a Newspaper.
THE more man can be made to
think the better; books have the ten
dency but they are dear and scarce
all the lazy, and almost tbe busy, neg
lect them, because it is a task. Who
would begin that could not or would
not finish the reading of one ? every
body reads the almanac—but the les
son, though good, is too seldom taught
A newspaper is cheap, of small bulk,
and goes every where—besides, it is a
treat which always creates an appetite,
for curbsity is sauce to it; add to all
this, it is d lily or weekly served—it is
a kind of standing dish. A newspaper
therefore is a valuable utensil of know
ledge—it tells us facts at the minute
we are curious to know them. We
keep company with the absent; we
are by their means made acquainted
with strangers; we feel in solitude a
sympathy with mankind without ab
struse thinking; we receive the truths
which otli. rs have hammered out
Men stick to tin ir business, and, yet
the public is addressed as a town meet
ing ; yet the gazettes follow us to our
dnsets, and give us counsel there.
The numerous subjects of which a
Newspaper treats, gives to every pio
f< ssion and occuputi 11 some informa- •
tion, whilst its van ty holds out to eve-!
ry tas!" some gratification. Ls cheap- j
ness enables almost every member of j
a comfmvii.y to purchase il, and its j
conciseness puts it into the power of
the most busy to peruse it.
ANON.
A. V7i CD O TES.
WHEN Addison became secretary !
of stale, his oid Bchoo! mistress, being I
far advanced in years, grew very deaf. ;
A friend who one day called upon her,;
told her that her little favori'e was now
a great man, and a great writer.—
“ Aye (said she) I always thought Jo
sey was born to he a great man, he
was a mighty clever boy, and a deal of;
pains I took with him ; do you know, j
that before he left me he read very near 1
as well as I did—but pray what has he i
written?*’—“ Why, The Spectators.”
“ The Spectators.”-—“ Speak a little
louder pray.”—“ The eight volumes of
the Spectators.” “ Dear me! Dear
me 1 tight volumes about potatoes ?
what could he find to say 1 But I al
| ways said Josey Was a clever boy.”
A Lord, whom his f iends was oblig
ed to put in a private made house, was
not mad enough to remain insensible
to the charms of the keeper’s pretty
daughter. His Lordship, encouraged
in his addresses agreed to marry her.
The day was fixed, and they left the
mud-house in a coach, to have the cer
emony performed. When arrived in
the church, his lordship very properly
led tire lady to the altar; and the cler
gyman began the ceremony, saying to
his lordship, “ Do you take this wo
man for your wedded wife.” Upon
which he exclaimed, “ No, no, not so
mud as that neither!” then, taking to
his heels, ran out of the church, and
was not found for a considerable time
afterwards.
A drover, driving a drove of sheep
to Boston, passed hv a certain meeting
house, on Sunday. It being warm,
t the doors of 'he Sanctuary were open,
I and the sheep passed otic by one, into
j the house*; the drower not perceiving
| it till they had all entered the house,
| rush’d in and exclaimed, “ Gentlemen ,
i I beg your /mi don, but I must separate
T.y sheep from the, goats.”
At a tea party, a young gentleman
(being at a loss for conversation) said.
“ Pray, Miss does not your mother
keep a Cow? ’ “ No, sir, (replied the
young lady) but your mother keeps a
Calf!”
A lady at a late entertainment, ask
ed her guest whether he could eat cus
tard? “ Yes, Madam, (said he) it is j
curst-hard if I cannot.”
THE MEIi CHANTS 'Of PLAN! E R S
COFFEE-HOUSE
AX'D
HOTEL,
Oft VUE BAT, Iff 7’HE
CITY OF SAVANNAH.
Thomas Bay ley, sen.
HAVING taken the above house,
begs leave to solicit the patronage
of the Gentlemen Merchants and Plan
ters visiting that city, and those who
honor him with their favors, will find!
every attention paid. -j
N. B. A constant LARDER, WINES
and SPIRITS, of the first quality.
April 11. 10t 38
NOTICE.
On the first Tuesday in July next , Will
be Isold, at the Market-house in the
City of Augusta, between the hours of
ten and two o'clock ,
A House & Lot,
In the town of Springfield, the proper- j
ty ot the estate of Hugh Middleton, j
deceased ; for the benefit of the heirs ;
and creditors of said deceased.
Samuel Savage, Adirir .
May 2. 1 41
'NOTICE.
THOSE who are indebted to
Samuel Wigfali, are requested to come j
forward and pay, or liquidate their ac
counts, and all those having any de
mands against him, will please to pre
sent them immediately for payment.
May 2. * 3; 41—
HA\ ING taken Mr .Benja
min T. Duyckinck in Copartnership,
in the business of the Office the estab
lishment will in futur be conducted
under the firm of Geo; F. Randolph
U J Co.
GEO t T. RANDOLPH.
January 24.
AUGUSTA U SAVANNAH
Line of Stages .
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r TEiE Augusta and Savannah line of
-A. Stages will be continued by the
subscriber, who trusts his unremitting
attend n to the LINE, in endeavoring
i to render passengers safe and comfort -
j able, will secure him a coutinuunce of
j public patronage. He at the same
j time informs them that the STAGE
: OFFICE is removed from Ashton’s
Tavern, to Mrs. LONGSTREET’S
Boarding-House-
LEWIS CALFREY.
September 20. 9
Phinizy & Barnett ,
HAVE taken a lease for three
years of Waynes Wharf and Stores in
Savannah, and mean dtvoting their at
tention to the transaction of business
for their Mercantile friends m Augus
ta, and the back Country, whose inter
est they will at all times endeavor to
promote—Having, for the present, a
surplus of Store Room, they will take
Produce on Storage.
Savannah, January 12, 1807. 26
NOTICE.
npilE subscribers will receive propo-
E sals in writing, to be left with
George S. Houston, until Tufrsday, the
21th day of May next, for repairing
and keeping in good, proper and cura
ble order for one year, the following
roads and their branches, vz. 'i he
road leading to the Sandbar—the road
leading by Edmund Bugg’s plantation ;
the one called the Savannah road—the
road leading by Murray’s Mills—the
one termed the Sand Hill road, and the
road leading to Bed bird. The propo
sals for each road seperate.
JAMES PEARRIE, ~) Committee
GEO. W. EVANS, l of the
GEO. S. HOUSTON, J City Council.
May 2. 2? 41
MADE her escape from the
subscriber, on Saturday night the 25th
ult. while at the house of Mr. Tindall's,
about seven miles from Augusta, a
likely looking negro wench, by the
name of SALLY, about 25 years of
age, of a dark complexion, well known
in and about Augusta, dresses remark
ably gay, and when questioned will an
swer with quickness, and appear to
be embarrassed—All persons are here
by forwarnecl employing or harboring
her; owners or palroons of boats, are
particularly notified against taking her
away, under the severest penalty of
the law. Any person apprh ending
said wench and lodging her in any jail
within this state, and giving-informa
tion to the Printers of this paper, shall
be handsomely rewarded, and all rea
onable expences paid.
James Laneley.
May 2. 41—
TAKE NOTICE.
A FTER the expiration of nine
months an application will be
! made to the honorable the inferior court
i of Columbia county, for an order to
! sell seven hundred and fifty acres of
land, formerly the property of James
Moore, deceased, for the benefit of the
heirs and creditors of said estate.
Samuel W. Goode, ? . , ,
Joseph I. Moore, 3 rs ‘
March 14, 1807. 43
FOR SALE.
THREE Hundred and Seven
ty Seven AcresofLAND, laying on Sa
-1 vannah river, near the mouth of Little
! river in South-Carolina—for particulars
; apply to Colhoun & Wilson in Augus
ta, or to James Colhoun, jr. in Vienna.
April 4. , 73
NOTICE.
THAT the Copartnership of the
subscribers, trading under the
firm of Bedford atid William Biown is
i this day dissolved by mutual consent,
and that BEDFORD BROWN is ful- j
ly authorized to settle the business of
the said firm.
BEDFORD BROWN,
WILLIAM BROWN.
Watkinsville. April 25, 1807. 3t 40
CIDER. j
A FEW Barrels Racked Cider, !
’ fit for bottling, Just Received anc! lor 1
Sale, at a very reduced price (If called
for soon.)
JAMES LONGSTREET. *
April! 25. s t 40
I ’i he Ca-.:!>raiea hnl-r.ri- d Horse ,
VfJ ST_T ;
VV Alii
WHO never lost a race where
there were heats, although he rati a
gainst ti-e best horses of his day, which
performances may be seen in the rac
ing calendars that are with him, toge
ther with the general studbook, which
' shews the blood of all horses bred in
England, tip to ISO"; they also con
. tain the season prices of the noted hor
. sc-s, and Whip stood three guineas high
, ! er than the Doted Diomed end others.
WHIP will stand the whole of his
time in the town of \Vashington, Geor
gia, at FORTY: DOLLARS the sea
son, payable by note the first day of
January 1808, ’but THIRTY DOL
LARS each mare, provided one or
two becomes responsible for the sea
son of six mares—TWENTY DOL
LARS the leap—and SIXTY to in
sure a rnare to he in foal—with one
dollar to the groom in every instance*
at the. stable door. Excellent wheat,
rye, barley, and Egyptian oat lots for
the reception of mares, •with separate
stalls for each mare to he fed safe from
. ; being disturbed by each other, and will
. | feed twice a day for twenty-five cents,
, i and otherwise if directed at the market
, | price of grain. The season to com
mence the first day of March, and ex
pire ther first of July next. The strict
est attention will be paid but not liable
for accidents of any kind.
YV HIP is a beautiful mohogany bay,
. ; of great size and strength, being fifteen
i hands, three inches and three quarters
: j high. Let it suffice to say, it is gen
r orally thought by all that have sees
. ■ him, his equal for beauty has been sel
r ; dom if ever seen in America; he fasci
; J nates, in spite of prejudice, every be
-1 holder that moiDent he is brought into
; ; view ; nothing can excel him in move
: ! mvnt, action and gaiety, as the strictest
; j observer has not been able to discover
: | a single defect in him.
-j YV 111 p was got by Saltram; his dam
j by KING HEROD, which was the
? dun of Mr. Galway’s Ariel, Mr. Wil
son’s Dutchess, and Mr. Durand’s Kit*
. ty Cut-a-dash, all very speedy mares—
. his grand dam by Oroonoko— his great
grand clam by Car"touch, cut efan Ara
bian marc—Oroonoko was got by Crab,
i out of Miss Sulmakin by True Blue,lord
, Oxford’s dun Arabian. D’Arcev’s Black
i legged royal mare. Oroonoko is the
: sire of the grand clam of Potoooooooo’s,
f and full brother to B!ack-and-all-Black,
i sire of 'luting’s Polly, who was the dam
■ of King Fergus, and several others j
• Cnrtouch by Bcdd Galloway, Cripple
> Barb at Hampton court, Makeless,
■ Place’s White Turk, Bud worth’s Lay*
; ton Barb. Cartouch is the sire of the
: grand dam of Flymnap and FlorizeL.
SAL l RAM by Eclipse ; his dam Vi
-1 rago, by Snap; his grand dam by Regu
; lous, out of a sister of Black-&-ail-Black.
1 Saltram was formerly the property of
his royal highness the prince of Wales,
l who purchased him from lord Borring
■ ton at 2500 guineas, was thought to be
the best runner of his time; he won
several large stakes, amongst which
. ' V:IS the Derby, 1783, beating Dungan
non, the sire of Bedford, Volunteer thfe
sire of Sterling and Spread Eagle, Phe
nomenon, Gonzales, and several others.
He is the sire of Whisky, who won at
t threee years old 4650 guineas; also of
* Oscar,St. Paul, Royalist,Peeping Tom,
f General Coiner, Sylph, Septem, Caro
i line, Taffany, Laurustina, St. David,
: Sprightly, Queen of Sheba, Spankaway,
Rose, Sweeper, Clytus, Cole-merchant,
Pick-pocket, and a number of others, all
first rate runners; also of Carolina who
challenged Florizcl, the best son of Di
omed, which was not accepted. Whip
was the favorite for the Derby in 1757,
and no doubt would have won it, had he
been well enough to have started ; he
was found to have so much speed as to
be able to give many colts, of the same
year, from twenty to thirty pounds.—
The first time he started he won the
sweepstake of 20 guineas each at As
cot, for three year olds, and afterwards
the three year old plate at Reading; at
four years old he won the four year old
plate at Ascot, a plate at Brighton,beat
ingCombatant,who won the sweepstake
the day before, Sc gave him 22 pounds ;
! V hip ran the week befose for the cup
at Oxford against Diamond, Stickler,
Johney and Oatlands, and was suppost
ed to be winning easy, when lie ran cu,
of the course ; also won the sweepstake
at Canterberry, which was the last time
jhe started. At four years old Whip
j gave Coiner 21 pounds and beat him
j easy in his trial. V e have certificates
from gentlemen who have bred from
the best horses in Virginia, and that
\\ hip’s far excel any they ever had.
EDWARD JORDAN,
JOSEPH BARNETT.
Ma-ch 14.