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POE T R Y From the National Intelligencer. THE EVE 0F BATTLE. BANKS CP THE WABASH NOV. 7th, 1811. Da'knefs fhrouds tbe wide expanfe, No <n>on beam cheers the foldier's glance-, *Pis chill and defolate and dark , And net one Joothitig lleffed /’park Oi light now meet:- the wand'ring eye , 7 0 bid prefaging horrors fly Mirk yon foldier's m> afur'd pace, No v “ ever and anon” retrace His weary path His r. uj.h s afar, yifi >dng fancy's magic car Convey him to fume diflant dome, ‘The feene of KappiutL his Home. IPs wife enraptured meets his eye , He feels her ktfs, he hears her ftgh, His children cling around his feet, His parents hope their fen to meet, And iis love , is joy is peace -- boon, toofoon, the dream will ceafe Alas ! ere day (hall freak the fky, O ere the rightly vift ms fly, ff eat feenes of blood of death, if woe , Shad >ntk the prog- pfs of the foe ! S?h! life, thou Ihhad'wy erri. g and earn, II .v foon extmft thy tra ften gl am ? What means that ,(T ? It is th foe : r ihcy firtke the fierce, the fudden blow y ike guards arc flam —'‘Arm wm, yt brave ! “ And fall lik* Joldters to the g r a r ’'e\ <l Our Joes advance their hajlc im parts “ h direful purpoje of their hearts ” The blood rrd tomahawk is rais'd And vet'ran warriors tall amaz'd, Car \ ag u vis calhinc kn If t uk Jh eat be a IV hit ft \e t the bleeding vithm ‘ ra r b* s. Still o> mate ear *e[jnnds ibe groan, And flill their fpirits Jtcm to moan. Accurfed war! Its favage toil Manures with blood the tbirfty foil: An antidote to ev'ry good, It pours de(trublion itke a flood. Mourn, mourn, ye widows !—Chil dren mourn l Four HER- ES never fhallreturn. Now fpeecblrfs, motionlefs , they lie ; The fpirits from their manjnns fly. At) ! where is now the fo ■> mof grace, The [peaking eye, the manly face ? Dull earth conceals them from ur Jigtjt. Down, down they fink :n Death's dark night R( ft, reft in peace , ye honor'd few ! 9 1 was not for Fm the fwor dye drew, *Twas not ambiti n urg'd the .fight, But valor in defence of tight *Our country and <ur rights ’ theory That .*og bedeyou biud and die ! Mourn mourn ye widows, children mourn ! Tour Heroes* to the cold grave boi ne ! For t>ou their life's befl blood they Jhedi To faveyou, mingled with the dead! To guard you, met tbAt ruthiefs Joe, II here .VLrey is Diti n’s ludden bl /w ! * Sai red to th? m? mor es of Da virts, Owen, & . j he b a - idlers who d< .Hr ! VV tt A mcjiia from hurt or* woiic Uvao drath. SHERIFF'S SALE. WILL BE SOLD, On the fi> ft tuefday in March next, a< ‘be court boufe in Clark county, within the ujual ouurs, the follow ing property, VIZ — O - note, g:-en by maj. Jofeph FF wn, to J ;mes Oliver f>r one hundr-d aid fixt; fix d 1 ila s, paya ble tht 2d da 0/ N vernb- r, 1811, the note given up by the a. trrlaid James Oliver, and on t negr boy bv the name of b ephe.i, 7 r 8 vt ars old levied on by virtue of five ex ecutions—one m favor of I’v-niz., Son and Sb elds, one in favor of Ferdinand Prim 2 , one in favor of Robert F * man, one in favor of William Low, li dodrr, and one in favor of James & Th nuas B ack ; levied on an cue property of the fa id James Oliver, to fdtisfy the executions before mentioned. ALjO Three waggon hoifes, levied on as the propti ty cf John Summers, lansly an execution m favor ol the Plan ers C •>. ALSO, Two hay hones, 2 cows, 1 fort* faw cotton g n, one walnut Otfk 1 pine fide o >ard, one pme Hum g table, Hven elegant pri ts, mne year old : eg', fix cnairs, one bed, two ma ialfs, or.ef.Tly fix gallon ftill; levied vn as the pr vptrty of J .n H. L vv, to iatisfy a xet u tion in iavor of James 6c joleph Car lit he 15, fioinud out by the ce lendant. ALSO, Four negroes, that is Cate and her three children, Will, Frankey a,id Salley, two hundred acres of land, more or ids, oa M‘Nuts creek, in Chile c u ty, g*anted to Mar bur j, j jiing Hayes and others —one k .me and lot, in the town of Waikmlvni , known in oiar of laid t wn b r N >, 8, joining Ealley and otnei j ie v ljcl 00 as the proper ty o J4i H. hims, to fausfy an rxe.uuon in favor of John M. D iol., vs. jkjihn H. Sims and Da vid Si ms. ALS ’, One note, given by Jofeph Kemp to the P.annos (J mpany, for 8 dol. 47 3 4 ents, pa abie the 19th day 1 r> o uary, ißoß> given upbv fa.d Sims and levird * nas his property, to ia sly an execution in favor or S ephe Kemp. ALSO, 100 a res < t u id, in Clark coun ty, on the wa ers of the Appa lau hit, g a .uu to Freeman, jo nmg Suma j icv ed on as the property of Cua icsDar cd, to fausfy a.i cx etution i, lav*K ..t W iliarn Wr gnt; FviCvi vin bv 1 nomas Edmonalon, co. it a de, and returned to me. also, 113 acres ot land, more or lefs in fa and Count , o the waters 01 Cails creek, joining Du km and others ; :t beng ihe trad of land whereon in mas Booth now iivcaj levied n as tn* property of laid Booth, to laosty an in favor of Ro bert. Freeman. AL O, One negr ma by the name of Charles; 1 vcu on as the properly the Adminiftia.ors oi William Brtnton, ucl. t 1 litisiy ancxecuuon imavor 01 A. B <lat.d. ALS •'j 100 actes ot land, on the waters of ko tcilon’s vit’ k, m laid county, grained tn In iiripion, joining b. Gc rgea and other j levLdon as tne H’ ptrt, of W;liam Earneft, to iai s.t a1 . x i.u 1n m tAv or ot Ja -1 p;\x s, pointed out by G. L. av.lt ue ivcurit), levied cn by Ds.vid Stevens, constable, and returned to me. ALS ), 80 a r s o land, more orlf.Ts,on the waters Green Brier creek, g-anr.rd to W iiiami n, j i : g H fte”, it bei-g t e nait A land whereon Samuel S e-vart m w i-ves; lrvFd cn as the property of the la>d S wart, to fat sfv an execution in taver of Henry P -arfcn, jua. & co. ALSO, 144 acres rf tii .and, more or lefs, in U>d countt, n the ers cf Role coek, j >mu g H and oth ers, it being the land e r Wm. Chapman i rmtrly 11 \ and; * ird on as the pr perty of John B flj , to fausu an x’rurion in fa- •;* <r Nathaniel W hams vs. laid B TL y anJ James Beafle . ALSO, One title bond for a lot r f land in Randolph count'; g;ver. by Da vid aid J<ffc Ea, t r 700 .ol lars, delivered b m Echols, 170 ans of lad, m.re or iefs, in Clark u.ty, g a ted :o Marbury, j g Cr w n and others, 263 aeres of ia r) on M‘Nutf s ( r>*ek, g: t rd v Marbui v, joining Hi ! and 0- rhe s; levied 01. as th- property of Abiai ?r. Ei- Is anti W tn. Roberts, to fat sfv a execution in of the exe u rs of Cha.le* Srewarr, vs. a:d E-hois, G- orgc Ha per & Wm. Roberta. ALSO, One bay mare, laddie and bridle lev>td on as the pr >ptrry of Dc a Mra a weather, to faiisfy an txr u tion in fav- r of the aumunftrai rs o’ Wm. rhu/m.n, dec. vs. fad M auweaihrr, L ,ley Sheets and jonn Humor?. al 0 One negro woman named Pegg-g Fv.ed ‘ ;t <*s tt e property < f Wm. Cabint-fs, ro fa’isfy an execution i*i av-ir i D ivjii Sin-s, for the ufe of J Pph Br w —levied on by Sami. J k kion. D. S. also, 690 ucrss laud, granted to John G am, lying in laid counry, on the waters of the O * ner, whricon the town of Warki.-lvilE ts fituate, arj unng Stephens, C Ifins and va cant ia and when furvevedi cne lame bring iev.ed on as the property of fan.! G rham, (o iar sfv an execution in favor A Thomas Ca rer, vs. the adininifirators of j dm Gorham, deceafi and. Conditions cafh. John selman, shff. Jaguar -31, 1812 SHERIFF'S vSALE. IVILL BL is OLD, On the fir ft Tuefday in March next, at tbe Court Ho ufe tn Clark county, between the ufualhours, the following proper ty : ViZ. 7 WO Negroes, a fellow known by the name oj Phil , and a bey named Anderfon-, levied on by virtue of an execution again Jt Jofeph Bro wn, exe cut or of hi Roberifon, at tbe inflance of fames Qradode and wife, pointed cut by the defendant. Conditions Cafh, SAMUEL JACKSON, and. s. January 31, 1812. IVAN i ED, AN apprentice, tn the Tannir g and Curry e g B li el—A N-g from 16 tn 18 \ears of ag , w i; b: preferred.—E quire at thiseffi e. December 25 blank deeds, FOR sale AT THIS OF FI yg, fc. On tbe Eirji insfday m W. ( y next , at the Court Houfe in J Ceu ty, between tbe uftea will be fold the.! oiic wing proper ;j‘fl One forrel hcrie and one ba v H mare a ;d nme head of cattle, ©n as r e property of J hn Bfileyß the ir.fianre of James the pr p rty pointed out by the de.B ft ne*a.i 1. H ALSO, 30 A res r f la; and, be the farrj mo eor lefs, n the Middle rivrrj wl:h a good gdfi and faw r/ u fHr r or, f fmeriv known by Jnhj fto *>> m i , j ining fatf, levied cj as the prop: etv c-f G: tg Kveth I one of the defendants, at the inftancel of Wdlam i-I-ih, ALSO, ■ 104 Acres of iand, be the fain;! m .re s lefi, cn the waters of the* iVI• Idlr nv{*r, granted to Porte:,! joining M‘Cart-., levied on as the! pr©p;?rry of Edwin B shannon, one! (~f f hz at the i;.fiance of! Wm. Ezeii for the ufe of Walton! Hums. I The above twotra£b of land wail fdd on the fi ft Tuefday in this I in flan c and the laics not: complied! with. ALSO, Three head or hurts, two black! a id one gre , levied m as the pro-1 Dertv of Tm m s I. gg at the in J fiacre of W.fiv'rr E ‘is for the u!eofl J h-- Brrr,mil— he property point-! cd t u. oy the defendant. j also, I 200 Acres of land, be the fame mo t or lefs, on the north Oconee r *' /rr > g a >red to W gion, joining f iendr x, whereon Thomas Legg formerly hvrd, levied on as the property o Dan 1 J ihnfon by th; following fi fas. one in favor si David Witt, one in favor of John Cia. k, one in favor of John ShHl mai, and one in favor of Itaac Wi!-| Fima for the ufe of Nathaniel Wil-1 liam ne property pointed out byf dhe defendant. ALSO, 400 A .res or land, be the famet! m cor iefs, g'•anred t > Coleman,l j jitveg Loving, on the waters oil he Middle river, it being the place) where an the defendant nuw lives, levied on as the property of John Coleman at the infiance of RulTd J.nr's—-nis Safi irvy made by my predei efTo in offi e. WILLIAM POTTS, Sbf. Janua*. 28, 1812. ADMINIS TRA TOR's SALE. , Agreeable to an order of the Inferior court, will be fold, at the Court- Houfe in Ci een couty, §n the firfl Tuefday in May next, the following trad of land, viz : 280 acres, mure or lefs, in O gletherpe county, belonging to the efiate of Nancy C ix Thrafiier, dec. adjoining lands of B.rt and others— b be fold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of faid deceafed.— Terms made known on the day of iaie. PA AC THRASHER, Janv. 20, 1812 NO *. ICF N. NE months after date, applica tion will be made te the honorable in ferior ccu>t of Qla r k county, for leave to fell a tra A oj land containing 240 acres on the waters of Big creek, adjoining lands of John Mofs, Jold for the benefit of the heirs and credi tors ot Elijah Strong, dec GEJ. PHILLIPS, Guardian. January 31, 1812.