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With frmiic ard§r, and with joy un feign'd, This very morn tbs pcifend cup I drain ’d. And carctly /bail the /acred riles bt o'er, It hen ibis devoted heart /ball beat no mere', for even now, whilfi yet I write, I Torouib every vein the deadly poi/on (teal. If as it for this a father form'd my yr.ith, -■ * To piety unfeign’d , heavenly truth! For this, hi bait my Jpirit fo&r Juk lime, la fearcb cf wi/dom from the mem 6f t'un r i Led v re (* all which letter'dtafie ftcr v:ys, Ik: ftp's learning, and the poet's lays, Upon the eanvafs bad’ my colors glow, Or o'er ray harp the voice of muftc fit w ? How fhone that father’s eyes with lambent fire, IVhen rfe the eulogift Juch arts in fpire, Now oft, ft/hen partialfriendfbip prai- Jed his child, The good old man has fhed a tear and /mile and ? JVt x> chang'd will be the tone that breathes my name, With looks averted , and in terms if fljame, Self murder's ftigma on my crime be * /low'd, No rites will confecrate my foul to God i But in unhallow'd ground , tn Jecret laid , No regut ten chaunted for my hovering fhade, Tbii form muft moulder, ?ior a fione appear To mark where mguifh'd love may jhed a tear, O'er her v>bofe breafl was free from crime or cere, TUI avarice gave its victim to d/pair. May God forgive the !—I no more upbraid , For hop's defray'd, a father's charge betray'd: JAy care, on eanb my care is now a lone, (Ere yet I, rufh before the eternal throne, Ire from this wo wlnt frame my foul is freed) To b'g forgtvenefs for my dejper&te dredi Pur to my God one humble, ardent payer, And leave my fate to bis omn/cient care. I**** Cbarlefcn, C From the N -wx Centinel. WAR WITH ENGLAND. The vaftlv xnterrft.t g qu ftnn whi'h hath occupied the defibrrari © s of C*>ngrefs for leveral davg pr.ft, is now fettled. That hono rable body, after folcmn debate and c fideration, have decided that F pa e can no logger be maintained wirh G. B Earn x ept ar the cx pence of ur invaiuable rights.— Therefore, they have railed the arm refinance to her encroachments —and Ike our fathers ?n *76 rc fclved to draw the fword, and no longer timelv to fubmit to man (lca'nrg, p.under and iufuit. This folemn queftion having been decided on by the legitimate autho rities of cur country, cnav we not hope that the di {graceful d.fintiona which have fprurg up in every part of our country will be bamftied ? 3M** wc not hope rhat all parts fpi rit will be Ucrfi ;cd on the altar of |;Btr'otiifli a and all political diftin&i. ons loft in t*ie prod name of AME RICAN ! Nctwlthftanding *he dif -0 rrnre of fendmeat that hath pre vailed on this fubjefb, we cannot but indulge this plcafing hope In a government I k ours, different opinions are to be ey.peftrri; It :i a natural confequenre, where con fi &irg mterefts clafii, and where every aian is a politician, and prides himfelf on the freedom of fpcech and of opinion. But on a queft.on cf War with any foreign nation, after if has been declared, th* re fhould be but one voice, and tbit voice fh uld pe in fuppart of the government. The minority muft fubmit to the wiii of the majoritv. O herwife the principles of repub iican government are at an end. But do feme fay that war agairft G r eat*Britain is wanton and er ne cefitrv ? Wc know there are fonts who make this declaration, & pro bably feme from a cofciendous be lief of its truth. This wis alfor.hc cafe in the revolutionary w;;?. Men were found who preached up paf five obedience aidnon-rrfifiaocr— who pamtea the horrors of war a thouland times worfe than th* en croachments on our rights, and the furr*nder of bur ii berries,, h was fo then , and rouft u oot, fi a grt - ter or lefs degree, be expe6ta xw f Be this however na it may, we that this war with England is n*t a war of our governnient’s feeki g We fiicerdy bolj- vc they hve fought to avoid **;—rhey vrfhrd to avoid it. There is (carc%? a man to hr found who will not acknowledge tha r England has given us caulV vd war more cnat! four years ag #. But ou’ givernmcnt hath dreaded cne caUmiries of war Failing in tnu, rcftri£t’vc m afures v?ere adopted a id prop fi son alter prop fi ion Ms been madt, bu wi*h no better fuc cr-U, Tiic arrangement ae with Eifk ne, anl the resdintfs with ft W 33 ar cepted. is condvfive evidence of rhe peaceable temper of cur government. But fFd ng the Bnnfh government deaf to cur icmonftrancfs, and hardeaed in her injuftiee, they have, Jke ind pen dent f r eftren, ref&lved co rlk “*ir popularity, and forego the bk f-1 gs of peace, to a fesfe of duty and the dearefi interefts of -he nation. It has come to th’s —War or Sub miffion Can we hefiratc winch .*o chr ob ? L wrdp, we air unworthy of the valor and patritifm or our forefathers. There are others who rbj Ec to thi* war for fear that our nation, whsift it drapes the mouth of the lion, wH be uifhed into the fangs of thr tiger. We believe theft fears are rn g.narv. We bciieve our g>- verr.me.m, ss w-H as f;s citizens m are ioffi rurlv aware of tht tieacherv of the French govern ment, and will not be caught bv us w les. We Bull be greatly deceiv ed if any dole alienee with her is formed. Indeed, the intimation of the P fidenc on this head is piain enoug i. If an honorable treaty wit France can be ef&At-d, & trade with her be refumed on reciprocal principles, be it fo—we wdh ir—it will continue open to us all the ports of the continent of Europe, and afford invaluable harbors for our en terprifir*g privareerfmen. To c:>n ludf- As our menc have folrmnly protefted th*t they will no longer be Tampered with in negociaiion— ri& longer pa tientlv put up w'Jth the wrongs of G cat-Britain, & have really drawn the lword ro avenge our wrono;*, under the blrflings of Providence, let ns pc longer be ftigmat'zed zs a DIVIDED PEOPLE—but in truth r*aFtv becomf a all Republi cans, all Fcdcrahfs ” Let kutat- B-’ ai": 10, gcr calculate upon our divifi us, and upon a party in our own bof m. Let every American rally around the ftandard of his country. Thofe whoestar calculate upon divifions on this great national queftion, becaufe we have hitherto been divided on minor queftsons, will find themfelves deceived. To fuch we recommend the anccdore of the Englifti nobleman, who refided in France at a certain period hifto rt. I? feema England was greatly copvHiftd by parties. Says a French v fitant to the Er.gisflh nobleman, now is the time for F ar.ee to fub. jugac England. Not fo faff, fir, lays the E g: fhman—pleafe walk with me intom yard. Iwo bull d g3 were unkennelled from Fpa ratr apartments. They fought in & m;>ft dreadful manner. In a few momrnrs the E; gJ Ihman drove in tu the iame yard bull. No focn er did tne and gi perceive the bull than fh-v both abandoned then quar rd— and witn g eat violence ar ts feed the bull. I'fes application is -afv. We venture to predict that Bn; ill pol:ti‘cs wdl not meei wuh a bertn fa;e with all Americans than :*e Wl d;k w :h the o gr. •jgrw*’** ■ee-j-er.-gg dL diftil A EX i J KEb b. ATHENS, JULY 31 ON t ii*:i *v iaft, znc K; f. Dr. B/oivr. prea* heri, in rh< Chapel, he Sermon preparatory to the Com mc n rmcm—it was an able & maf teriy production—and in theeven u g the Coll? ge was handlbrac -1) tllumtr.aftd, A ter the iliumma n? n, the ucmpanv repaired to the Chprl, where the Students deliver ed a number (f Orations, &e. in a hantiiome ftylt. Order of the EXHIBITION in the a College Chapel, on Tue/day Even ing the 28 tb July, 1812. Hannibal’* Addrefs to Ids Army —by Ja kf**n. The Perfect Speaker—Thomas W'*kms. P ri*s reply to Walpole—Robert Vs a-k<ns Carnes. Cernoi’s Oration in the National Afitmbly—William Banks. Anew of the Ointment cf A nv'i < a, the en’crprzec f the Citi zens H the United Sta.cs—Corne lius Aflih *. of Chatham’s Speech in the R E Parliament—Richd Ba^ks. “ NVver feem t mmd u”—Eii ture Nr-wrn. O i the Prefent War—Smith C. V cl. F aacig Blak- N Oration on the 4 0 of July, 1788—Mdton How ard. “ Lo ghead* I —A Marriage Farce —P. H. Carnes T. F. Fofter, S. C. Dmirl and l. M rchell. A Dicani of Fa?r> Land—Wm. B l win. Union at Home? but no Foreign Aiiuuu'es—lfaac Mitchell. Order of the COMMENCEMENT on IVednejday, the 2<ytb of July, 1812 A Salutatory in Latin, and an Oration on the progress of Litcra ru e ;n the United States—Thomas F F tier. A pidurefque defcrlption. of the Town of Athens—Jofeph jackfon. The celebrated Speech of Bar rington, an Irifh Orator, in favor of Hevev vs. Maj. Sirr, in an a'fEion for an A {fault and Falfe itr.prifen meot—William W alker Carnes. An Addrefs to the Militia —johs Mathews. A Poetical Piece, on the nfi g Glory of America—Harrifon Jones. On Britilk Aggre(lions —Goodt Holt. Char after of the Heroes of the Rev .lotion—A, Slaughter. tc Ducks and G een Peas,** e Farce—Holt, P. H. Carnes, Jones, Slaughter, <kc. On the Freedom of the Will—/ Afb iry Hull. EmmePs ekgaat and mafterly Adnrcfs tc rhe Court on being *fk~ ed—Why the fcmence of death fhould not be pronounced on him— Patrick H. Carnes. DEGREES wore then conferred by the Prefident on Foil owing }'***£ Gentlemen: —Rictard Jones, Tbc- f mas F. Ffer, Nathaniel Afhleyfsl Weldon Jones. ValediSfOry Richard Jones. IT appears cy *:re lafl accoi that we have received, thsr on rhe 40th of ju‘*e the Figure Bolviderc was chafed by the Prefident, Cvm, Rodgers—the chaff b gan at foufj o’dov k, P. M. and coftri ued um ; S 7 P M. when the Prefident rane up the Belvidcre, and raß!d her und*r r ftrrn rhree or four times, killed two men and wounded the commifider. The Belvideic threw overboard f©or anchors and a quantity of water from the for? part, j and by that means efeaped—:? is (aid her quarters were very mu h ihitccred, and her maintopmaft (hot through. She has gone in to repap’. Other accounts aff rtthat it was the fioop Hornet that esgaged the BeU videre, # Savannah, fulvaj. MORE PATRIOTISM IVs are author i/ed by our colled or’ to fats, that Mr. John H. Diu bell, merchant, of ibis city teas fitted out a /cherner of 11 tons, aid tendered the Jams to the Revenue de partment, to he employed hi the U Jervice, in any manner that may be darned ufeful, free of any expatfe. The following is an extract of a let ter from on officer in the detach ment from this place to Eafi rl>ri4 da. the bearer cf d/patches to Go vernor Mitchell in ri Mary's-, to his friend in this city, dated, S-. Mark’s, July to. <: IVr have received intelligence that the new Governor of Florida (Kin derland) hasfsni a flag to Governor Mi:cl:til, by one Arrtr.onds, with a tnejfage to this effect: — Ifi 1 fi That if thsK United States were determined to take the forirefs of St. AuguJUns, it fgeulA be fur rendered—but if they demands! it for the Patriots only, that he would bold out to the lafl extremity .** IVe are in hourly expectation of ike re/uti of this interview, and the Governor's orders to csl. Smith, cur commander, predicated thereon. It is expelled, however, that the troops will be or dcredto take tbs place immediately .** The above is confirmed by another letter. Ths following advertifement is ex akfly copied from tbs New Fork Co lumbian. IjAJ* A. BURR, Attorney and Cotwjelhr ct Law, No. 9, Kaffau* ftieet. July 6. [RUSTICUS has again come for ward, but not as we could wijh—~ he has chofen the method tf ftickir.g bis pieces to the Office , infiead of handing them ro the Editors. kVc thank him for his Canmunicaticr 7