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POE T R A— — —- LCVE LIKLNfcD TO A BEE. Smell is the Be *, but frem its J,nailer Tormenting pains, and direful tortures Jr ‘is ■> 2 ct love more fubtle enters every /pace, Lurks in the eye, and lives in every grace. Below the fhsidowy eye-brow is im mured Or on the [now white bojom fits fccur'd, And in the dimpled cheek, tbe blujhtng Jmiles, The mind bewilders , and the heart beguiles. All hope is vain—no medicine can re - move The wounds occafion'd by the [softs of Love. Choice of a Wife. J cjk not a Beauty—*Tis a gleam 1 bat tints the morning fey ; I ajk not Learning—[is a [ream That glides unheeded by. 1 ajk not Wit—it is a flnflj That oft blinds Reason's eye ; 2 ajk not gold—'bis glittering trajh j ‘J hat caujes many a fgb. 1 ajk good Senje, a ta[e refin’d\ Candour with prudence blended \ A Jeeling heart, a virtuous mind , With Charity attended. From the Weftern Argus. THE MISER lES CF CFFrCF HUNTING, HUMOUROUSLY TOLD. To their Majetties the Sovereign Poepie of Kentucky. 2he Petition oj Gregory Woodcock moft humbly jheweth — That your peiitioner hath grown grey and poor , and become an idler & a drunkard, in attempting to fervehts country in tbe capacity oj Legiflator. He has been fix times a candidate Jor a feat in the ajjcmbly, and twice for one in tbe Jenate , but never had tbe good fortune to be dotted : He would now willingly live a private IJe , if he had any thing to live on—but his fortune which was at the faft but (mall, has been entirely f wallowed up in proje cting ways and means to obtain your Majejlies ’Ja vor ; and your petitioner moreover contracted a djrelifh for all ordinary induftry, and Juch a rehjh for (h ong dr into, that it is utterly im practicable for him ever to retrieve his circuuiftances, or even to procure a livelihood for tbe remainder of his days. Under tbefe circumfanccs , he thinks be May with -profound fubmiffion to your Madefies, requefl a reimbu r fc~ tntnt of all the expences to which he has put himfelf in order to obtain your favor, and the more efpe dally as your Majpflies did a dually receive and con fume his livings notwi:hftaxdmg you withheld your favor. Tour peti tioner will further remett k, that he makes no charge for one half the fir ft four years, and the whole of the laft four, which he Jpent in rzd'ng about from boufe to boufe, in going to raijings aud log-rollings, and in frequenting taverns, tippling houfes, gambling ta bles , dram fhops, camp meetings and every other hole and corner where your Maj flies were to be met with, in or der to accommodate himfelf to your Majeflies’ humour : He likewife lays out < his account , the great danger of damnation to which he has fubjeded himfelf, by the manifold falf hoods, calumnies and funders, which he has invented and cir ciliated from time to Cme, to the difparagemsrit-cf bis cbm- peiitots , and ali the p r i/Tiiifes made to your Mnfifties, without tbe intention of even trying to perform one of them if ele tied—and only charges your Ma jeftifs with what be has üblualty ex pended. Annexed hereto is a ftatement, ex hibiting his expenditures on the above moderatefebeme of calculation ; —and your petitioner humbly prays , that you will give fpectal infir nil ion to your reprefentatives the nextf ffton , to dire sl ii to be paid out of the public treafury : And your petitioner as in duty bound, Jhall pray. GREGORY WOODCOCK. FORTY DOLLARS REWARD. 13 IVAN away from the fubfcribers hvmg in Morgan county, on the 14th of Auguft, inttar.r, a negro fellow Dy the name of JIM, about thircy-fi/e years of age* and about five feet ten inches hgh, thin made and very black complexion. Aifoi a yellow wench by the name of JUDAH, about twenty-eight yeais of age, thick made and wears her hair tied—m tt people would fuppoie her to be free from her co lour, as fhe is very white for a flive —h th Virginia born. Abo, a negro fellow by the name of GAULAND about 25 years of age, of a yellow complexion, ftout made, about five feet ten inches, has a kind of impediment in his fpeech, when fpek.- n to he has a down look* and has a lcar on Ivs left bread oc tafioned bv the whip. Alio, a ng-o woman by the name of JUDAH, about twenty five years of ag:‘, tolerable black, looks very wild out of her eyes, and very ralkanve. Their cloathing cannot be defer.bed, as they carried off a quantity.— P is prefumabie they will aim for Virginia, or the Indian nation. The above reward will be given for fecurir-g them in any Ja.J, or ten dollars for either of them, de livered to either JACOB on AM, or FIELDS KENEDY. Morgan ot n r >, A*gutt 15th 1808. FiVE DOLLARS REWARD, Will be g to any perfon who may find a large red Morocco Pocket-book, wnuh the fubfcriKr loft between Little river and the Appabcf ec, t n the read leading from M iledgeville to Athens. It contained Icvcral papers, among which was a note on Wm. Mitchell for 250 dollars. Ihe finder will receive the above reward by leaving it with Doctor Nr’ftrr in Athens. CHATTJN D. CHOWNING. Stpt. 17. SPO R T I N G. IVIPR’E is now a Subfcription open fa Produce Sweep Stake in Oglethorpe C 0.. cv, on the Bowl ling Green Turf, free for any Colt foaled in this State in eighteen hun dred and e : gV, running the fali af ter they are three years old, two mile heats with a ketch of 80 lbs on each ; enhance two bales of clean mere tamable cotton, weighing three hundred p .unds each ; half forfeit. The Subfcription will be kept open till the twenty-fifth of De ctmber next, and no admittance af ter that time. Perfons wifhing to enter may do fo by applying to this Office. A Jockey Club is about to be eftabhftied on the fame ground, to commence th.s fall and continue five Augufi 17, xSoS. THE N“T"D IMPORT'D HORSE sir Walter, ftand the enfuing fea fon at my ftablc in G arjce, county, and will come recommended as a foal gett.r by gentlemen of the fit ft veracity. Terms will be made known in due time—the beft ac commodations \V il be kept for marcs that may be left wi\h the horfe. CHARLES A. REDD. Clarke county , September 30, 1808. %* The Editor of the Auguft a Chronicle is requefted to infert the a bove in bis paper four times. WILL BE SOLD, Agreeably to an order of the Court of Ordinary of Hancock County , on tbeftrft Tuefday in December next, at the Market-Houfe in the Town tf Sparta , (Hancock connty) the following tracts of land] to wit:— oNE Tradt in the county of Elbert, on the waters cf Broad river, containing 1288 acres ; adjoining James Ware and Henry Strickland. One cradt in the countv of Ogle thorpe, on the waters of Beaverdam creek, containing 833 acres j ad joining Pope, Obar and Sparks. One tradt in the county of Lin coln, on the waters of Soap creek, containing 900 acres 5 adjoining Watkins and King. T wo tradts in the county of Jack fon, one on the Mulberry fork of the Otoneei containing 230 acres j the other on Ceder creek, contain ing 287 1- 2 acreSj adjoining Conell and Wafh. ALSO—two other tra&s in the county of Clarke, containing 287 1-2 acres, adjoining Whitfell, be the fame more or lefs; it being the real ettate of Thomas Gordon, deceafed, of the ftate of Virginia. Sold for the bent fit of the heirs and credi ors of faid deceafed. Terms of fale, one half to be paid in twelve months; the other half in two years. Bond and approved lecuritv will be required. Duke Hamilton, Adm’r September 19. In the Superior Court , Putnam county. RULE NISI ; GILES TOMKINS, vs. HENDRICK LUMKINS. TT u PON the petition of C. B. Strong, counfel for the plaintiff, it is ordered, that unlefs the faid Hen drick Lumkins pay into the hands of the Clerk of the Superior Court before the expiration of twelve months the principal, inter? ft, and coft of faid fuit, the faid Mortgage to be and is hereby foreclofed, and that this rule be inferted in one cf the public Gazettes of this ftate, at leaft once a month for the terra of one year, or ferved on the mort gager, or his fpecial agent, at leaft fix months before the money is di rected to be paid. Ext rad from the minutes . iVM. WILLIAMS, Clk. September 17 th, 1808. NOTICE. T X DO hereby annul, revoke and make void all power or powers of attorney, that I have given to any perfon or perfons, touching er con* cerning the eighty-fixrh number in the thirty-fixth diftriCt of Baldwin county. HARRIS BRANNUM, September 26, 1 80S e WH 1 P now at h*s own ftr.hl -? i, : Wittu ington, and wifi ftand u- tii w.c 311 b of Odiober next, and tho ; e that put mares ro him in tne Spring leaior, that failed to ftand, are at liberty r v > com.nut them, gratis. If am mar* s tti-'Uld be 1 ft wirh the h >r.e, f w.li fetd them as dire died, a: a mo derate price. EDWARD JORDAN. Wafh ington, July 26 th, 1808. ’ 111 1 A GREAT BARGAIN. FOR SALE The trad of land 09 Sandy cree k in Jack ion county, whereon Mat thew Knight formerly lived. A good plantation is opened the premifes, on which is a large Peach orchard, and the place is tolerabfy well improved with buildings—it Is a. moft excellent ftand for a country ftore. The terms of fale are good. Apply to James D. Cole, near A thers, or to Thomas W. Cobb in Lcxirgtoii. September 22, iBcB. EXECU riVE DEPART MEN I s GEORGIA, Milledgeville , 14/i? March i3oB. On reference to a cone urred and approved refolution on the iothday of December laft— ORDEkED, That the aft ea~ titled i( an adt to alter and amend the 10th fefticn of the 3 1 article of the conftitution, be publifhed once a month, for fix months, ?n the fe veral Gazettes of this ftate. Atcft, Jas. Bozeman, Sec’ry. An Asi to alter and amend the tenth feblion of the 3d article of tire conftitution. WHEREAS, the fa.d io:h feftion is in the words fol lowing : “ The Clerks of the Su perior and Inferior Counts fhall be appointed in fuch a manner as the Leg^ftature may by law dlreft; fhall be commiflioned by the Governor, and fhall continue in office during good behaviour.*’ For remedy whereof— Be it enabled by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the State of Georgia , in General AJfembly met , and by the authority of the fame , I hac the Clerks ot the Superior and Infe- Courts fHul! beck died on the fame day as pointed out by law for the election of other ccunty < fficers. And be it further enabled, That as foon as this bill fhall be paffed by two thirds of both branches of the next leg flaturr, and be approved of by the Governor, it (hall become a part of the Conftitution of the State of Georgia. Benj. Whitaker, Speaker of the Houfe of Representatives. David Bates, Prefidenc of the Senate, Pro tern. Afiented to 7th Dec. 1807, JARED IRWIN, Governor „ ■■ ‘ - - 1 „ t , TO RENT A fmall dwelling houfe, kitchen, fmoak houfe, and a good garden, for the term of one year—The terms may be made known bv ap plication to Mr. John Byers of this place, or to the fubferibers al China Grove in Oglethorpe county. PHINIZY, SON id SHIELDS. Athens, Sept. 22, 1808. SHERIFF’S BLANK TITLE TOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.