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P O E T R Y. From tbe Carolina Gazette, ODE ON PRINTING. Aufpicicus Art, all bail! Long may thy light prevail O'er Ignorance May Juperflition flee, And own a foe in thee ; May all mankind, more fne, J'by fame enhance. T r ans r ufe thy genial rays, E bn die Freedom's blaze In every bread, Through every clime extendi Be man's fraternal friend; Live thou ’till time Jhall end, By ail carefs'd. Parent of ev'ry Art, Loy.g may thy aid impart To .cience life May all thy Sons, with joy, Judiciuufl v employ 7 heir rflu nee, to d-flroy Lae feeds of fir if s. 2?v thee, the Sacred Word IT ftco the Almighty Lord On IN ia fp ke, Is fpread thru ugh every dime, And (hall exift with time, All nations to combine Under His yoke. E'er may the Prefs be free, As it can ufeful he, dud umefirain'd. May P ri's rule in awe, Refir ained by ren fan's law, Or all thy influence draw On them dijdain. Enlighten all the Earth ; May all men own thy worth, And dfcord ceafe. Give to all'nations light, Thy chain of knowledge bright, All nations [hall unite in bonds of peace. EPITAPH. frrorn a Nw- London paper printed more than 100 year.-, ag >. On the ? id day ef December, A confounded big piece ef timber, Jeh dc;i n- flam bang And killed p*r j >f.s; Lamb. TRJBUIE OF RESPECT. We underftanci that the public, in a bw da\s will be ‘ ff p and for thf p approbation, the and Jig • o{ a monument to be ercdEd on toe feite of the late theatre It coitus from the pencil of an amateur of fi r arts (M Hiort) and thole to wnom he ha /hewn u in its unfio ftate, /peak of it tn terms of high enco in urn, f>r fi npiicit y, beauty aid in en ft. I >s under flood that he in enus to have a fuperb ( late en graved, and there i* no doubt but it will reward hit labors, as rhere cannot be an inhabibant of Rich mond who would not preferve a co p , ro hand down to poflfnity an Obri fk • f the direful event. Its ba4e is a ft mi hexagon, placed on i r s centre legment, in which is a fib fupported at each corner by children, bearing the funeral pile of their anceftors. On the curb of th A bin centre, is the likenefs of th* li e Governor, and an inferip t,nn > to bun and all who pe nihed. 1 Uupon this, a foundation to fup- P; rt a Pyramid, on which is defign ed in an oval medallion, a diiUnt view of a city in flames, and in the front ground flificry, recording the event—over which, in a fmall ef cutchton, is the arms of V ginia. On the front of the pyramid a fight of fteps is exhibited, at the top of which is feen an urn, the fi gure of humanity embracing of if, we* pit g ov-r the afhes of herchil dren—\diftwf view of the capitol, andanar fi/ing with a fcroll of the calamity to Heaven. Oa the reverfe of the barrmenf, is reprefented Death, levelling in discriminately an Oak, a Lilly and a Rofe. On the reverfe of the pyramid is propofed to be engraved a faithful narative of the event. On the r<ght file, the refolutions of the leg 111- turr, and on the left the refolvcs of the common hall of Richmond, on the occafion. Richmond Enquirer. Dran Swift was one dav in com pany w &n the converfation fell up on the iniquity of the family.— The lady of the houfe f xpa dated a little too freely on her drfeenr, ob fervirg that her anceft u*s names brgau with D*, ad of courfe, of lh* antique F en h extraction.—- When fh- had fi Ifh ;d—“ and now, faid the Dun, w 11 vou he fo kind as to help me to a piece of Dfump ling/* King William /(I. chofe for the ftiocto o£ his A;gr* coach in Ire lad, chefe words : Non rapnifed Re dpi. That is, <f I did not Aral, but I re ceived,” alluding to hit bti g called to h* throne by the people. Up on this bemg told to Svvifr, his re rovk was—“ That’s true, but there is an old faying that the receiver is as bad as the thief. Clafftcal Bull —Antony killed him felf upon the faife information that Cleopana was dead; & as his wound was not mortal, he was carried to the qu-en, who drew him up b\ a corcl fr rn one of the windows of the moi ument, w’ ere (he hr ) re tired a d concealed I erf If, ,into nx foon after died of bis wounds [Fid L mpntrc’s C at.. Do. N. Y-ud ed, fr m the 6.ii Loo. Bug. Cleopatra ] SHERIFF’S S ALE. WILL BE SOLD On the fir ft Tuefday in April next at the houfe of Henry Stink:and in Madtfon county „ with * the ufual hours the following property,— VIZ - Oat hundred acres of land, more or It is, granted to William Barnett, joining Wm. Hay and others, well improved, lying on Sou h Broad rivtr —one hundred ana fifty a res, m >re or I els, g anted to Henry Strickland, joining Biinert, Hay & others—one bundled and fi ry acres more or lefs, granted to Thomas Thomas, j lining James Ware and others—Alio, one yoke of oxen and cart —levied on as the property of Henry Strickland—the property pointed out by the defendant. Conditions caflr. NATHAN WILLIFORD, Sheriff. March 2d, 1812. NOTICE. ALL perfms having demands agamft the eflire of the lace Tho mas Hanlun, jun. of Jsc kfon coun ty, dec. ate requefted to bri g them in properly acttlEd, and thole who are indebted to the lad eft ate will oblige the adminiliiatcr by ma king immediate payment. THOL HANSON, Adm'r. March 8, 1812. SHERIFFS SALE. W ILL BE SOLD, On the frfi Tuejday in April next at the court houfe in Clark county] within the ufual hours, the fells w'. ing property, VIZ— -1 hrt e negroes, Gabriel, Minor, and Tern; levied on as the proper ty of Lameck Hudfon and Sally Hudfon, exet utors of Micajah Wil liamfon, dec. to fatisfy two exe cutions, one in favor of Mathew Di ncan, the other in favor of Jo feph pointed out by the plaintiff. ALSO, igo acres of land in Clark coun ty, more or lefs, on the waters of Appalarchie, g-anted to Freeman, joining Selman and others, levied on as the property of Charles Dar nel, to farisfy an excution in favor of W lliam Wright; levied on by Thomas Edmundfon, conftable, & returned tome, the above land was* advmtfedfor fale on the fi>ft Tuef dav in March, and was bid off by Samuel Darnel, and the falc not complied with. ALSO, 975 acres of land in faid county, more or Ids, on Trail creek, being pan of a 5000 acre tradl, gramtd to the Count ci’ Eftang, whereon the defendant now Fves; levied on as the property of Michael A. Gauv ain, v Farisfy an execution in favor of William Findley, for B* nj,i min Higood, pointed out by plain tiff* attorney. ALSO, 8c acres of land, more or lefs, oa the waters of Green Bnar creek, granted to W lliamfon, j'ftni g Htfter, it being the trad of land v/hereon Samuel Stewart now lives; levied on as the property of fad Siewart, to fatisfy an execution in favor of Henry Pearfon, jua. & co. ALSO 300 acres of land, more or lefs, on the middle fork of the Oconee, joining L vng and others, it being ihe trad of land whereon Mofs Harts.fi Id formerly lived; levied on to fatisfy two executions in fa vor of Jeff* Lane, vs. faid Harts- and Edwd. Nixon, levied on by Faac Newton, Coiiftable, & re tureed to me. ALSO, Two hundred and fifty acres of land, more or lefs, in faid county, on the waters of the Oconee, grant ed to Head, joining Stephens and others, it being the plantation whereon William Cab nefs former ly lived ; levied on as the property of the afore faid Cabinefn, to fatisfy an exec ution in favor of John B 1- lups, for the uie of William Malone, a gainfl Peter Randolph and Wm. Cabiuefs. ALSO, One ox cart, one black two year old coir, one negro girl by the name of Liz ; levied on as the proper? y of William Roberts to fatisfy an exe cution in favor of the Executors ©f Charles S r ewart, dec. vs. Abfalom Echois, George Harper and Wm Roberts. ALSO, Three negroes, one woman by the name of Leah, one boy by the name of Sampfon and one girl by the name of Lilly, levied on as the property of John L. Wright, to faiisfy two executions, one in favor the executors of Wm. Strong, dec. the other in favor of Brown and Varner, afiignees of Chas. A. Redd, the negroes pointed out by laid Wright, ieviedon by Moles Bledfoe conftable, and returned to me. Conditions calk. JOHN SELMAN, Sbff. March 6, 1812,