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pot: I'lCMi SELECTIONS.
From the Ladt's Wtutir Miscellant.
Thr fdlotving imnressire picture,
copied from a London Migizine, will
*lk»w the shocking and barbarous cus
tom tbit prevails in Great-Briuin, and
other despotic countries, of impressing
men from their families, to fight battles
to which they are in no way a party. In
England, a body of men, called the
“Press Gun!',” make it their business to
take up every “ shabby one" they meet,
and even enter poor dwellings, and take
oIT the “ Lords of the whom
they hurl into the hold of a “ tender,"
where they are stowed in hundreds,
shackled with irons, and beaten if they
dare to complain. From thence, (and
they are happy to get out of this den
misery) tlu-y are transferred to different
ships of war, ordered f-»r foreign str
vice, and may not perhaps set foot on
terra/lrm'i during the war, though it ;
continue twelve or fourteen years,
WILL CLEWLINE .
......
From Jiciv.cVs hot clime, and her pestilent [
dews,
From the toil of n stow’d bark ;
From ih >se per l us boatings, that oft ihin the
crews.
And till the wide maw oTthe shark •
From fever, storm, famine, all the sad store .
Os hardships bv seamen endur'd ;
Bch'dl pair Will Clewline escap’d, and once
m re
With his wife and his children safe moor'd. :
View the raptu-e that beams on his sun cm
brown'd face
While he h fids his lov'd KA'e to his breast;
W file ho li de ones, trooping to share h.s em- ‘
brace.
Contend who shall first be caress’d.
View them climb his lov’d knee, while each
tiny heart swells,
As he presses the * >ft rosy lip ;
And of cocoa nu s. sugar, and tamarinds tells,
That are soon to arive from the ship.
Th**re see him reclin’d on his favorite chair,
With his arm round the neck of his love;
Who tells how his friends and his relatives
fare,
And how his dear younglings improve.
The evening approaches, and round the snug
fire,
Them lit le ones sport on the floor:
• When lo! while each accent, each glance is
desire,
Loud thunderings ar<* heard at the door.
And now like a tempest that sweeps through
the sky,
And kills the first buds of the year;
Oh view, ’nvdst this region of innocent joy,
A gang of fierce ruffians appear!
Thev se'ze on their prev all relentless as fate,
He Struggles. ...is instantly b'>u d ;
Wild scream the poor children, and lo his
lov’d Ka’e,
Sinks, pale and convuls'd, to the ground.
To the hold of a tender, deep crowded Si foul,
Now view the brave seaman confin’d;
And on the bare planks all iml gnant of soul,
All unbefriended, behold him reclin’d.
The ch ! Iren’s wild screaming still ring in his
ear,
He broods on h's Kate’s poignant pain,
H - hears the cat howling ..his pangs are severe,
He feels....but he scorns to complain.
Arriv'd now at Plymouth, the poor enslav’d
tar.
Is to combat for free-lorn and laws {
It to brave »he rough surge m a vessel of war,
He sails, and soon dies in the cause.
Ka’e heat s the sad tidings, and never sm les
more.
She -alls a m>'ek martvr to grief;
The children, kind friends & relations deplore,
But the Parish alone gives relief.
Te statesmen, who manage the cold blooded
land.
And who boast of vour seamen’s exploits;
Ah! think how your death-dealing bulwarks
are ms,lin’d,
And learn no respect human rights.
Like felons no more let the sons of the main,
Be sever’d from a 1 that is dear;
If their suff’rings and wrongs be a national
stain.
Lei those sufF’rings and wrongs disappear.
THE LA YD OF MY RTRTH.
BY JAMES MONTGOMERY,
Jutk.r of the “ Wanderer if Switzerland.”
0. when shall T visit the land of my birth ,
7'he loveliest land on the face of the earth ;
When shall I those scenes of ass. ciion ex
plores
Our forests, our fountains,
Our hmnbtSs our mountains.
With thr f, > idc of the mountains , the maid
I adore.
0, when shall I dance on the daisy white j
mead,
In the shade of an elm to the sound of the
reed ;
When shall 1 return to that lowly retreat,
Where all my fond objects of tenderness
meet ;
The lambs and the heifers that follow my
calls
My father my mother ,
My sister my brother,
And dear Isabella, the pride of them all.
■■■■■m i in »■
FOR THE CENTLYEL.
Propriety of inculcating Religious senti
ments in a Republican Government.
“ The only basis fur a usefu' Elucatinn in a j
“ Republic is to be laid in Re igii/n. Without j
“ this the e an be no vi: tue. and without vir .
“ tue there can be no liberty ; and liberty is the
“ object and life of all Republican Govern
“ meins.”
“ IT is foreign to my purpose to
hint at the argunr nts which establish
the truth oi the christi >n religion. My
only business is to declare, that all its
doctrines and precepts are calculated to
promote the harpiocss of society, and
the safety and well being of t ivil gov
ernment. Every command ol our soul’s
r *
fathi a bears a label, *• Gc Happy.”
A Christian cannot fail of bring a re
publican. The history of the creation
of man, and of the relation of our spe
cies to each other by birth, which is re
corded in tlie Old Testament, is the
best refutation that can be given to the
divine right of kings, and the strongest
aigument that call he used in favor of
the original and natural equably of;
mankind. A christi m I say again, cm- j
not fail of being a republican, for every j
; precept of tlie gospel inculcates those !
degrees of liimiili -V. self* denial, and
! brotherly kindness, which are directly
opposed to the pride of monarchy and
the pageantry of a court. A Christian j
cannot fail of being useful to the repub
lic, for his religion teacheth him, that
no man livetli to himself. And hstly,
a Christian cannot fail of being inoffen
sive, for his religion tearheih him in
all things to do toothers what he would
w isb, in like circumstances, titty should
do to him.”
I am aware that I diff r from one of
those paradoxical opinions with which
modern times abound, that it is impro
per to fill the minds of youth with re i
gious prejudices of any kind, and that
they should be left to choose their own
principles after they have arrived at an
age in which they are capablex>f judg
ing for themselves. Could we preserve
the mind in childhood and youth a p, r.
Let blank, this plan of education would
have more to recommend it, hut this
we know to lie impossible. The hu
man mind runs as naturally into prin
ciples, as it docs after facts; it submits
with diffi ulty to those restraints or par
tial discoveries which are imposed up
on it in the infancy • f reason. Hence
the impatience of children to lie inform
ed upon all subjects that relate to tlie
invisible world. But I beg leave to tsk,
why sin uld we pursue a different plan
of education with respect to refigion,
from that which we pursue in teaching
tlie arts «nd sciences? Jo we leave
our youth to acquire systems of geo
graphy, philosophy or politics, till they
l\,<ve arrived at an age in which they
are capable of judging fir themselves?
We do not. I cl„im no more then for
religion, than for tlie other sciences,
and I add further, that if our youth are
disposed, after they are of age to think
for themselves, a knowledge of one sys
tem will be the best means of conduct
ing them in a free inquiry into other
systems of religion, just as an acquain
tance with one system of philosophy is
the best introduction to the s'udy of all
the other systems in tlie world.
When we still add to the above for
cible reflections the well known fact,
that those children who are brought up
without religious sentiment, readily be
come extreme/ licentious and fall into
every hind of dissipation. The candid j
reader must grant, that parents ought !
by all means to bring up their children
in the fear of God !!!
MENTOR.
Next week the public will receive in
t —lions in what manner o excite red-
S> * sentiments in the minds of children
most successfully.
ANECDOTES.
A gentleman in company with
a young lady, could not forbear
telling her she was wonderous
handsome. “ Sir, (says the la
dy) I thank you for your good
1 opinion, and wish with all my
heart I coqld say as much for
you.” Why, so you might,
j madam,” replied the gentleman,
“ if you made no more scruple
of telling a lie than 1 do.”
A hungry Irishman, lately
in London, mistaking a barber’s
shop for an eating house, bolted
in, begged to be served. The
barber supposing from the length
of his beard, that he wished to
be shaved, knocked uo a bason
of soap-suds, and placing it be
fore him with a wash ball, went
backwards to set his razor, Pat,
without waiting for grace, sup
ped up the suds, & swallowed the
wash ball; and on the barber’s
returning with his razor, the
guest cool)' observed, “ There
'is no occasion for a knife , horny
—your soup is very good , but
your turnip was not quite boiled
enough .” So paying his penny,
i he bade the astonished barber
! gooo morning.
Law Office,
/It Columbia Court-House.
THE subscribers acquaint the pub
lic, that they have entered into a,
co-partnership in the
i
Practice of the Law
in the superior courts of Law and Equi
ty, and in the inferior courts cf the a
bove county, *nd that they have open
ed an Office lor that purpose at the
Court-House. All persons disposed to
employ them will find them diligent
and attentive to their business.
Charles Goodwin , ,
Ignatius A. Few.
IN addition to the above, the
subscriber inf rms the public, that ht
proposes Practising in the superior anc*
inferior courts of tins circuit, and in the
superior courts of the counties cf
Wilkes and Lincoln in the western cir
cuit. He will attend the office at the
Court-House each Friday and Saturday
in Hie wetk ; and having established an
Office in Wrighlshorough in the same
county, will attend there every Tucs*
clay and Wednesday, and at all other j
times may he found at his place of re
sidence, tight miles above the Court- I
House.
Jgnati s A. Few.
Columbia County , Sefit. 30. 4t 12 j
Make an early bid, for it it a saying most
true,
To delay is injurious and troublesome too.
Valuable Lands
FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale a
valuable
Tract of Land
in South-Carolina, Edgtfidd district,
on the waters of Stephens’ creek, con
taining four hundred acres w<-ll impro
ved, with all comfortable buildings, and
■in excellent apple and peach orchard.
He has also fur sale, on the prtmises,
stock and a quantity of corn.
—ALSO—
Another Tract, within one
mile of tiie above, containing two hun
dred and fifty acres, with a farm of six
; ty acres of open land with good im
i provements and an orchard ; stork and
corn are also offered for sale <n the
premises. The above Land is about
fifteen milts from Augusta, and for sa
lubiity of air, excellence of soil and si
tuation inferior to none in the state.
Cash, or negi ots will be taken in pay
ment at a fair price.
David Glover.
September 30. 3t 12
WANTED,
AN APPRENTICE to the
Printing business, a smart active boy—
one who can re*d and write, and is from
thiiteen to ourteen years of age. Ap
ply at this Office.
Attention !
SUCH subscribers to the
Richmond Jockey Club, as have
neglected to pay their subscripti
ons, are respectfully inform'd,that
this is the last no 1 toe that will be
given them in this way.—The
subscription list of the above
club is left in the hands of U\r.
Benjamin Pierce, the city Ivlar
shall of Augusta, for the pur
pose of collecting all sums that
may remain due after the 15th
ol October. And as course ra
cing is now over, no discrimi
nation of persons t\ ii! be made, —
Who will take a good racer a
distance to run for money to be
collected in this way ?
September SO. 32—-
f-
Scriven Superior Court.
September Term — lßo9.
RULE NISI.
ONI the petition of William Scar
brough. stwting, that being pos
sessed by endorsement of a mrte of
hand given by N;*thaqiel Lund y to
Thomas Hall,, for 10/. 17. 6. dated 27th
Marc!), 1792, and made payable on or
before the Ist January, 1793 ; and by
said i homas Lull endorsed to Y\ iilmm
, Scarbrough ; a copy of which said nvr.e,
as ne&rly as the petitioner could n col
lect, is annexed to the petition, and i«
filed in the office together with an ;.ffi;:u
\it, that d.e said note is lest or mislaid,
and other circumstantial proof b ing
laid before the court, Ok DIE EL),
That the said note be- established as di
rected by the act in such cases* made and
provided, bn the said William Scar
brough publishing a notice for t><e
space of six months in one of the public
Gazettes of this state, unless cause be
shewn to t|ie contrary.
True Extract from the Minute*,
Jas. Caswell, C. S. 6. S. C,
Septenjlk r 30. 12
The Celebrated Rutin ’V
HORSE,
GALLATIN,
HAS commenced his 1111 sea
son at Hamilton Wynn’s in the town . ?
I W ayntsl enough, Burke Coumy, at ihe
j price of TWENTY DOLLARS, pay
| able by note the first cUfv of Junii ty
j next, which may he discharged by fif
teen dollars paid within ih<, season,,
and one dollar to the groom in t Wry
instance. 'I he season will end on ui*
first day of Dectniber next.
Joseph Cotton,
Peter Wynn.
Wayne shore ugh ,
Se ]>t. 16. IQ
40 Dollars Reward.
f
Absconded from the sui >sr 1 ibt r
in Savannah, a negro Weiith na
med PRESCIELA ; she is of a him k
complexion, short, fat and stout built ;
talks the northern dialect, being a Ma
ryland negro. She travelled last sum
mer through the up count ly with the
subscriber’s family, and is sup post cl to
have gone off in one of the At gir ta
boats. Tne above reward will be p id
to any person who will apprehend and
lodge her in any jail in the state.
J. E. HOUSTON.
September 16. 10
Notice
IS HEREBT GIVEN, '
r | AH AT an apportionment of rhe es-
Jk late of Mackey M‘Norril, deceas
ed, has been made by Sami,el Sturges
and James Jonts; ana that the divi
dend due the creditors respectively, will
be paid to each of then), or to any per
son legally authorised to receive the
same, on application to the subscribers
or either of them.
Fielding Fryer,
John Fryer,
Adm'rs of Mackey M i NoniL
Burke County, >
August 19. y 6
! BLANK SHERIFF TITLES
For Sale at this Cilice,
