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P 0 iL T R i.
‘U’ ‘ T.-.V. VIRGINIA ARGUS.
fAr. P leaf ants,
Having pubßGed in your patri
otic paper the battles of Trenton
* • Princeton you will now if you
pleafe, infer: in the Argus, the fur
render of Gen. John i-urgoyne, who
march'’' 1 from Quebec, viih >
men, the dower of the Britifh ar
my „ and ha vi n g m ove and w lth gre a t
parade a: far as Sarntcgo, Turrencler
ed to ride American army, (compof
< ’ chiefly o’ militia) under the
■'oromanii of Gen. Ho. Gates.—
tis patriotic long, like the capitu
lation which it relates, L a precurfer
to one reciting the furremler of
Lord C ornwallis, with another I’ri
tiiU army and nnvy, to Gen. Wafh
•ngton, ar Voik and own, in Virginia,
wliicli put a period to the war, fo
vii(honorable to Great Britain, but
10 highly glorious to America.
Jack the king ‘s commander,
P/as going to his duty,
’ll ugf all the croud he pvEln? bow'd
‘To c \uj blooming beauty m
The uiy ran” with feats he*cl deni,
In l “tuga! and Plunders,
dud cd. the town thought he'd been
> r ’vn‘d
‘ll e fit jl of Alexanders.
do ILitnjti ,n court he frfi re fairs,
To hi s great George's hand Jir ,
/hid to harangue o'a fate affairs,
it fere he left the land Jir.
ihe I oner boufe fat mute as moufe ,
To hear his grand oration,
11 hitfr all the peers with loudeft cheers
Proclaim*d him through the nation.
Then ftraight he went to Canada,
Next to / iccnder ogo,
leaving lho ft away, he goes,
Straight way tj Saratoga.
d’/h grand parade his march he made
■ gam his wiftT,! for ftation,
A hiljl far .oid wide his, minions hide.
To fprtiul ids proclamation.
To . // his fra dy offers made,
( j pardon orfubmiffion,
Teajl cruel bands jhould wafe the
lands,
Of ah in oppofiticn.
slut ah ’ the cruel fate of war,
This loafed fen of Britain ,
IVhcn mounting its triumphal car,
IViihJudultn fear wasJmitten.
The font off eedom gather'd round.
Their hoftile bands confounded,
dad when they would have turn'd
their lacks ,
Theyfiw them]elvesfur rounded.
Jr in they fought , in vain they fed,
/■i ir chief humane and tender,
To /avi the > eft join thought it heft,
li : s forces to fur rend: r.
Thus may America* s brave font,
HTtb honor le re warded ,
And le the fate of ail our Joes,
The fame as here recorded .
rom the WaihingtoA Federalift.
TV IT AT l!
•n a marvellous and long ftory
teller.
• * [N *■’ ‘*!i>gvdearth, for he
; • -r cr ■f\(/d hsnvs, Ott thee,
St. Pierif, in ids celebrated work,
the Studies of Nature, thus introdu
ces the follow ig i'.uerdotc. It is
impoffibie for virtue to fubfift in
dependently rebi.don. Idc not
mean the theatrical virtue?, which
attrsft the pub'ic admiration. By
virtue, I underhand the good we do
to men, without expectation of re
ward on their part, and frequently
at the expence of a fortune, nay
even of reputation. Analize all
thofe whole traits have appeared to
you moil finking i there is no one
of them but what points out Deity,
nearer or more remote. I {hall
quote one not generally known, and
Angularly interesting from its ob
feurity,
‘No the laiT war in Germany, a
captain of cavalry was ordered out
in a foraging party. —He put him
ielf at the head of his troops, and
marched to the quarter aligned
him. It was a folitary valley, in
which hardly any thing but woods
could be been, tu the midft of it
flood a little cottage ; on perceiv
ing it he went up and knocked at
the door our comes in ancient
Hcrnouten. Father, fays the oili
cer, Brew me a place where I can
let my troops a foraging. f ‘ pref
emiy,” replied the Hernouten.—
The good old man walked before
and conducted them out of the val
ley. After a quarter of an hour’s
march, they found a fine field of
Farley—there is the very thing we
want, fays the captain. Have pa
tience for a few minuses, replies his
guide, you fhall be fatisfied. They
went on, and at the diilance of a
bont a quarter of a league further,
they arrived at another field of bar
ley. The troops immediately de
mounted, cut down the grain, truli
ed it up, and remounted. The
of Acer upon this fays to his con
ductor, Father, you have given
yourfelf and us unneceffary trouble,
the firit field was much better than
this. Very true Sir, replied the
good old man, but it was not mine.
f his Broke goes directly to the
heart, i defy any atheift to produce
me any thing to be compared with
it.
If two negatives make an affirm
ative. what will half a dozen nega
tives make ? A market woman
going over Roxbury neck* obferv
ed file had left a box ar fome of the
fhops in town, the lid only being
left in the cart. She fenc her huf
band back to enquire among a few
ihops, where ike muft have left it.
W Irh an an xious, inquifitive coun
tenance, he afked in leveral (lores—
“ Nobody don't know nothing about
no lex that nobody left here , with no
ki ver on ; as nobody knows on ■, does
there D’—Thiflle.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
On the fee end Saturday in OElober next,
at the plantation whereon Jefe
Moon, tale of jack fen county, de
celled, lived,
WILL BE SOLD
i\.LL the perfonal eftate of faid
decealed, confining of horfes, cat
tle, hogs, fheep, houfehold and
kitchen furniture, together with the
plantation tools.—Twelve months
credit wifi be given, by the pur
chaler giving bond with approved
iecurity lor all fums over three
dollars.
BOLAU MOON, AdmV.
Auguil r;, ISOS.
BLANK DEEDS
For Die at this office..
R E N T & D;
THAT valuable and well known
trail of land lying in Clark county
on the middle fork of the Oconee
river, including the mouth of Bear
creek and the long fhoal on find
river, lever, mihs above Athens,
well watered and a healthy fi toad on,
containing 945 arm, a great part
of which is of irfr and fecund qual
ity, about two hundred acres under
cultivation, in good repair, orchards
and go;.d buildings aifo, a valuable
faw-mill, two grift-miils, a cotton
machine, a large diftiikry and tan
yard on faid river. Any perfion
wifhing to purchafe may get a great
bargain. Likely negroes wilt be
taken in part payment —the terms
will be made known by applying to
R. S. EASLEY.
Augufl 30.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS, I executed to E
phraim Jones tv/o Bonds, in part
payment for the land whereon I
now live, bearing date the 12th of
November, 1807 —-one for two
hundred and the other for feventy
five dollars, on demand the a sth of
December, 1808. Jdo hereby
forwarn all perfpns from trading for
faid Bonds, as I do not intend pay
ing one cent thereof until i have a
general warrantee tide made to me
by laid { ones for the aforefaid land.
‘ GEORGE BARNES.
Augufl 20, 1808.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
I\.AN away from the fubfcribers
living in Morgan county, on the
14th of Augufl, inflant, a negro
fellow by the name of JIM, about
thirty-five years of age, and about
five feet ten inches high, thin made
and very bhek complexion.
Akb, a yellow wench by the name
of JUDAH, about twenty-eight
years of age, thick made and wears
her hair tied—mod people would
fuppofe her to be free from her co
lour, as flie is very white for a Have
—both Virginia born.
Alfo, a negro fellow by the name
of GARLAND about 25 years
efage, of a yellow complexion, flout
made, about five feet ten inches, has
a kind of impediment in his ipeech,
when fpoken to he has a down look,
and has a fear on his left breail oc
cafioned by the whip,
Alfo, a negro woman by the
name of JUDAH, about twenty
five years of age, tolerable black,
looks very wild out of her eyes, and
very talkative. Their cloathing
cannot be deferibed, as they carried
off a quantity.—lt is prelumable
they will aim for Virginia, or the
Indian nation.
The above reward will be given
for fecuring them in any Jail, or
ten dollars for either of them, de
livered to either
JACOB ODAM, or
FIELDS KENEDY.
Morgan county, Augufl; 15th 1808.
FOR SALE,
The Lot and Houfes, in the town
of Athens, near the weft end of Mr.
Failey’s Bridge. Ir is an excellent
place for a Blackfmith’s {hop, or
any otherkind of work. Brandy,
nt cafh price, or a good gelding will
be taken in payment.
GILLIAM BOOTH.
Augufl; 20.
SHERIFF’S SALE, f
WILL BE SOLD ‘
On me firf i itcja iy in October next, ■
at the Cmri-Hovfc in ~jd.kfon conn,
ly, between lhe vfitalhours , the f'eld
Ewing property, to wit :
Two trails of land on the Ap>
palache river in the aforefaid coun
ty j the one -countaining feven
thoufand one hundred and fixtya-i
cres, bounded by lands granted to’
Fifhborne, Cobbs, Evans and c-J
thers-—alfo one other trail contain
ing feven thoufand three hundred
acres, bounded by lands granted to
Cobbs, Collier and others—the
laid lands granted to Bafil Jones,
and levied on as his property tofa~
tis fy two executions in favor of
George Henning and Ignatius Few*
WM. POTTS, Sheriff.
September id, iBcB.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
GEORGIA,
Milledgeville, 14 th March 1808.
On reference to a concurred and
approved refolution on the iothday
of December laft—
ORDERED, That the acl en
titled cf an ail to alter and amend
the 10th feilion of the 3d article of
the conftitutton, be publifhed once
a month, for fix months, in the fe~
veral Gazettes of this Hate,
Att'eft, J as. Bozeman, Sec'ry,
An Art to alter and amend the tenth
feilion of the gd article of the
confutation.
\yf7 HERE AS, the faid 10th
v V feilion is in the words fol
lowing : “ The Clerks of the Su
perior and Inferior Courts fhall be
appointed in fuch a manner as the
Legifilature may by law direit ; fhall
be commilTioned Joy the Governor,
and (ball continue in office during
good behaviour.” For remedy
whereof—
Be it enabled by tbs Senate and
Houfe of Reprefentatives of the State
of Georgia, in General Affembly met,
and by the authority of the fame, That
the Clerks ot the Superior and Infe
riof Courts fin all be eleiled on the
fame day as pointed out by law for
the eleition of other county officers.
And be it further enabled, That
as foon as this bill fhall be paffed
by two thirds of both branches of the
next iegiflaturc, and be approved
of by the Governor, it fhall become
a part of tbe Confutation of the
State of Georgia.
Benj. Whitaker, Speaker
of the Houfe of Reprefentatives.
David Bates, Prefident of
the Senate, Pro tem.
Afiented to 7th Dec. 1807,
JARED IRWIN, Governor 9
ADMINISTRATRIX SALE.
Will be fold at the houfe of Captain
Jeffs Smith, in the county of Jack
fen, between the ufual hours, all
the perfonal eftate of Andrew Scott,
deceafed,
(-CONSISTING of horfes, cattle,
hogs, one fet of blackfmith’s tools,
houfehold and kitchen furniture,
and other articles too tedious to
mention. The fa!e to commence
on the fifteenth day of Gilober
next, and continue from day to day
till the whole is fold, Sunday ex
cepted. Terms of fale will be
made known on the above clay.
NANCY SCOTT,
Adminiftr&trix.
September 1, 1808.
BLANK SU BP CRN AS,
For fale at this office.