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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.