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Yol. IV,)
ATHENS, ceoroia: published sy M‘DONNELL &? GAINES,
P O E T R Y.
C NE cent pry* s gone, forever fail /
‘The nest a s quirk aw a* jhalifly j
7/ us to the tomb ail mankind hafte ,
Mira, believe mejoonyou die,
‘Behold bow kvcßttsfs there lies,
Life lefs and cold as common earth !
Thus in full bloom youth often dies ;
Whilfi many Jcarce Jurvive their
birth .
Then wk at avails youth, wealth or
power ?
Or beauty's all fur duing charms ?
“Short lived are tho/e , ms that gay
flower.
Which lives hut while the Jun beam
■warms,
How vain I—alas ! much zvotfl than
varn,
Ar e mod pa-fuits of human kind ,
For ttys they ft arch with care and
pain,
Yet c 1 neglect t*enrich the mind.
But wife are they, who time imp~sve,
A great immenfe rewar l is theirs,
Much wealth flour'd the flaks above,
Their blijs begins when death ap
pears.
Mr wifdem then our cchflant care,
In folly's paths no linger run j
Th ufands and tbovflds revel there,
But ah ? thefl tboufands are un
done !
Reflexions in a Burying Ground,
Here is the iatt stage in life's jour
ney; here is the collective rendez
vous o( differing mortal?; here is *
fafe retreat fr-iJi the barked (hafts
of malice, f'om poiored perils and
from T-ifcry's rod. Here, after no
-1 and f giv ble views—after eve
i ?■ ere. wfh— A er purfuing eve
r flittering ohjeCt, wt find the if
iA them sib Here from fer
a fie bondage and oppression's iron
1 and, refs th#* vrretched negro that
c ,?, e hs roads a (lave: Here he
!■ -c* his getting (fare, and with
}. * ■ ‘ - v matter fl/eps equally ac
couiir.oGzted. Here the ppreflW
an the oppreffed moulder together
—Here (Ftps the mainly laving,
and the riotous profufe. Here,
fi r oftr3te in the doit, lav tbedegra
c g relics of (oaring mortals!—
( we nor then to remember
? crand-tnt v-.fioa of cerrcftialgreat
i ?, ir;d ael fo as to be prepared
to pay the momentary ban of Hea
• VC .'s great Lender ?
Ibe Lucky Mijtake. —A. country
fcrracr had a very handf me daugh
ter, and a raking young fqjire, who
V’?s hi* ‘■■...■■hi ord, wa> very much
(mitten with hr: ; but is pride of
fcircli would not permit him to chink
•f her as a wife. He often called
a the id farmer's, and charted with
t girl, but fh -•■•-er gave h;m an
* •-ortunscy cg to her the
* r e of n s frequent *. -tits. How
t . *r, at Lft ne thought of a feheme
* her ‘ his power, and epjoy
%fiat he wanted. He went :o the
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
“MAIST SMALL RUN TO AMD FRO, AMO RXOWLECQI SMALL BS INCLSASIO.”
farmer, and celling him he expedl
ed a good deal of company to (up
per that evening, begged the favor
°f him to bt his daughter come and
“fufi his fervants, and, as it would
be late before they went a wav, (lie
nr.ghi (lay ail nignt, and lay with
one of his maids,
The honed farmer thiakmg it an
honor to have lb go- ar a mao for h?s
frien*, promifer* fo (hould rue.
Brf after he was gone the old mans
mind mi (gave him that i rsv.ght be
fome trick, for the fquu? was well
known to be the rake in the
country. —He as, juft fftipkmg how
hr fhculo get . ff (rem his prcmiic,
when the ‘quirt’s (ervant camt to
his houfe.
His trafter had told him tr, go ar t?
fetch the faim r”s lass, ano irk* *
little nrg and fide-(addle for m: io
ride on. The men beirg deaf, he
thought he (aid the Farmer’s ah,
and accordingly came with that,
mnflkge. Thi Farmer, whogu £f
cd the reifbkr was h ghly pleated,
a8 the foliy of the
cxrufe to get <ff from his agree
men:, without affronting the
But th difficulty was, tow the.
(hou’d tK"kc the afs tv cn the li.ir
ladd’c; fur as ffi(l as they lifted her
up on one tv e, (he Ull *. ff on
the other. The man wa r-adv to
bur ft with iaugnuii ar.d rue Fann
er, willing tc carry on the juft, (aft
tenet’ her on with chords.
When John came home it was
dark, and his matter was in the
parlour with two or rbrrr gc
-—John thinking the (quire upon
fomc fun, went... and rr:.i nim f,;ft
ly, fne was come. Weil, (sod ihc
fquire, (peaking low, rake her into
the little parlor, and make a good
tt'T. John did as he was ordered,
and then going to his matter, again
sttred him wjiat he was to do next ?
the fquire then bid him tell the co< k
to drefs a fowl for her (upper; and
do you hear, (aid he, frt every
thing be in order, ?,?id let he** have
a bcf.de of winc John could hard
!y help laughing in his matter's fa<r }
but ran down to the cook——Lord,
what do vou think Beuy, (ays he,
the ass mutt not only ride on * fid*
(addle, and be feated by the fire in
the parlor, but (he mutt have chic
ken for her fupf er, and a bottle cf
wine !—Upon hearing th>,
joined in the laugh with nim till
rher (ides cracked; but (he having
more vvir than John, propofed to
eat the fowl and drink the wine, and
then tell the fqume tti had fupped.
This was no fooner agreed on than
done—*d John going to his raaft
ter -agi n, told him (he had fupped
—Very well, faid the fquire, ted
Betty to put a pasr of clean (beets
on the bett bed, and wait upon her
to bed.—John, upon hearing this,
gave a broad grin, and his matter,
wich a (mile, bid him go and and as
be ordered him. Bettv now fmelt a
rat, and they pleafed themfdres to
think how their matter wu’d be
difappointed—But they were ready
to die with laughing in making the
afs lay in bed, and were obliged at
latt to lay her on her back, and tie
her four legs with as many halters,
to the bed polls. This being don*,
John wen: or.ee more to tell his
mafter Ike was in bed. The (quire
now began to yawn, and appear ve
ry ftrepy, which (aon caufed the
company to take their leave.
He then went to the room where
he thought >;is charmer lay, but
would nt take a . and!*. He felt
about the bed, and making many
fine fpccches to the als, wondered
&** rrceived no anfwer; thinking
flu lady was atle p, He (looped
down in order ~© : a lute lie r* &. hit
ting his herd rgab tt: the ais'> nofe,
frigh * ned tec cretiturc to, that with
g, (he broke the haifers &
rolled Hi the bed. The (quire,
terrified out of hi* wits, did not
know wheo to run for fhett<r, for
hr c i*lnut find out the but
even- now a. and then ran plumb a
g; r(: ‘ a(, who brayed mod hi
dcoutt ! The (quire at length crept
under u>e bed where he roared ou;,
Berry, j .*hn, Beit* , John- O,
the devil ! the devil !
and he fervar.rs who had been cut
fi ‘C the door ab the while, bad no
li’ .’edive fion wntn found their
matter aiu-.vtt terr Bed to death, o
pcrxoi the door :*nd brought a t'ghr,
defirmg to know vhat was the mat
ter with hs honor? I‘he fquire no
fooner faw wha: v.a? the caufe of
hir fears, r'.an he fell aboard or poor
J'-fin. Dtu I no: tell you, youraf
cal, fa*d he, to fetch me the far
m* s’o lafs ? -John fcrarched his
head, arid b gg* g h<s honor’s par
don, laying he thought he faid the
*fli asd mdeed, fir, added he, you
would fo-give me, if y v.j knew
hat trouble we have had in mak
ing the poor otuft do as you have
ordered.
From the Ecu. i Repnfitory.
A MISER.
Believing, that )ome acc:unt of
Michael Baird (or Baer) who lately
lived near Little York Pennjylvania,
•will r. it be unint ere fling to readers of
the Repnfitory, J fad you the follow
ing Jlatemcnt of fa As relative to that
fwgular p erf on age.
Mr Baird was of German extrac
tion His father left him a valuable
farm of five hundred acres, in the vi
cinity of York , with feme farming and
koujeccid articles He kept a tavern
for a number of years married a wife
and raped four children He a ecu
tnuUtePan immenfl eflate which he
prefervedfo tenacioufiy, that he never
efferded a dollar for the education of
his family . He was never known to
lay out one dollar m cafh, for any ar
ticle be might be in want of ; he would
either do without it or find fame per
fect who would barter with him for
femetbing he cmld not conveniently fill
for money. He farmed largely, and
k*pt a large difii’Ury , which he fap
plied entirely with his own grain. —
He kept a team for the convrja .ee of
his wbifkey and flour to Baltimore,
which wk a n he c m >uld noi fell for mo
ney, at a price to fuit bun, he birthed
for neceff&ries for bis family and ta
Hern, tn this zvey, be amajjed an
eflate worth four hundred tbeufand
dollars. Such was his attachment to
money, that be w : is never known to
lend or credit a Jingle dollar to any
FRIDAY, JUNE j, iJu.
‘Xf>K l fen the befi mortgage, cr
c:her fiemtiy that could be yivtn. he
would net lend a cent. He never
vefled one dollar in any cf the public
funds. Neither would he keep the
notes of any bank longer than till he
ecu Id get them changed He depefited
thisjpecie in a large iron chef until it
won id hold ko more He then provid
ed a fir erg iron hooped barrel, which
toe alfo filled ijter his death, hs
fir erg Ivxis, tc from whofe boiur.e no
traveller had e'er returned,” yielded
tws hundred end thirty tbcuf and dol
lars, in gold and filver.
Rhe caufe *j h s death, was as re
tnurkable ms the courfe of his life A
gentleman from r itgima cjfired him
twelve dollars per bufhel fer i io buflj-
As of clover fled ; but he would ret
give it tor lefs than thirteen deliars,
and they aid not agree ihe feed was
afterwardsflnt to Philadelphia where
it fold for feven dollars per bufhel, ar.d
brought in the whole five hnrdred LA
fifty dollars lefs than the Virginian
bad offered for it On receiving an
account cf this file, he walked thro’
his farm, went to his difillerv, and
gave various directions to his peer’d.
He then went to his waggon L\ vfe,
and—hanged him/elf
A TRAVELLER .
CANADA the Governor of Ca
nada is authorifld to call out , by bal
lot cr command, two tkvnfind un
married men between the age of eigh
teen and thirty. them t§ keep during
ninety days, between the fit ft H May
and the 15 lb of Augufl under the
command of fuch officers a\ he flail
appoint ; provided it be at a dtjlarce
of fix tittles from any cities , bricughs
or ports where irtops arc qua * tered ,
except in cafe of war At the erd of
one year cm half of the 7000 are to be
difcharged, and to be replaced by anew
draft of 1000, end fo every ye rr Juc
cejji vtly In cafe of war in the pro
vince, they may be kept in fer vice
dur in* two years.
Ihc Governor may accept any num
ber of volunteers who may offer their
flrvices, who fhall be embodied an< be
JubjcSt to the fame rules, orders ar.d
articles cf war as the embodied mili
tia men ; but fuch volunteers as may
beef the age and defer iption fixed f'jr
the embodied militiaJhall not be ex
empt from ballot ling cr being com
manded fsr the faid cerps. No fubjli
tutes are to be allowed —3. Pat.
Front the Albany Republican.
JOHN MARTIN.
This unfortnatc man was con
vi&ed, at the court of Over and
Terminer, held in this city before
his honor Juftice Spencer, & Ju >-
cs Ten Eyck, Moore and Tiffany,
on Friday lad; and was thereupon
fentenced to imprisonment ‘in the
(Tire prifon in this ft:,* -, a hard la
bor, for the term o( TEN years.—
He was i Rifled for offering bribes : j
Slas Holmes, and Nathaniel C hr,
Efqs. member! of TiT mbb* wTh
intent to in flu nee the;** > ‘z
vnr of the bank er Anerica fie
million benk. LI iff % Holmes tic
Cole were cede’ as wir.effes, aod
they proved moil ffimCctoriiy to a:
the accufed, had tn He them var:.;.o
(Nn. 202.