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THE CONTRAS r—o*, WAR
ANT P E AC".
Winn the sweet r mil mg Vorm
rolls her orb ib.©ugh the <k v,
-Anti tJ;o white ciiiUds are dy
ing afar,
I rove
Through the grove,
While mo danger is nigh,
A;:d with neusivem ss utter a
heart.brokeub.ij> it,
As 1 think on the horrors of
War.
O’er the earth .hostile armies in
battle around,
Spread destruction and carnage
afar,
While blood,
lake a flood,
Fimvs with crimson the ground,
And be groans of the dying un
nnmber’J resound ;
Oh ! the mexciless horrors of
War l
Heaven hasten the tone when the
battle dial! cease
And dread terror Ire banish'd
afar ;
When Love
L ke a Dove,’
With the emblem rtf peace,
Shall return to the Ark, and that
w retchednes cease,
Which embitters the horrors of
War.
Then the Vulture, Despair, from
Misery fit-,
And no ill-omcn’d grief-bearing
star.
Shall keep,
Gentle sleep,
From the fathei less eye,
Nor disturb the re pose of the
brave, with a sigh
For the wide wasting horrors
of War.
BURN S.
Burns pa (Ted his early youth
in all the severities of day la
bour, on me banks of the Ayr,
which i.^.m moralized in his
foitg, a; to uie the
wolds of ATldtfon,
In the sweet description murmurs
stt.l.
Yet in this mod cheerlcfs of
human conditions, the buds of
genius expanded; nor was the
current of his mind obflruc
ted by want of the means of
education, or his fancy chil
led by a mod narrow and cir
cumscribed poverty. In the
intervals ot labour he found a
solace in bis mule, who, in
flrains sweet as thole which
Siivilet breathed over his na
tive I.even, had already lung
the beauties of the Ayr, and
the nymphs which dwell upon
its haul:;. Burns was a man
of an ardent (eulibiiity, which
was (welled to an overflowing
height by the books h: ft put
into his bauds. His whole
fold was absor bed in tender,. ;
nefs for the other f::x ; his
heart was touchwood ufeif,
catching flame from the (light
ed spark, and blazing in a mo.
merit. He defetibes his agita
tions in the language of a po
et, and seems, like the shep
herd of Virgil, to have found
Love to be an inhabitant of
the rocks.
Burns appears to mod ad- i
vantage in his paiiorai tlyle.
His poetry is every where
marked vvuhthe charablerof bis
birth and original Italian in
life. His verfification, no ie.'s
than his ihougtus, is iotnetiuus
Hide even to --coa r fends -and,
wluuevcr ol harmony may be
found in Ins poem-, is rather
of natural talent, than the cf-
feG nfartor imitation of fu
peribr models. As an exann
oleos this, the following lines
may he produced, which are
as sweet and wild as they are
rude :
Whyles owre a hrui the burnie
pi a vs,
A- thro’ the glen it wimpl’t ;
Win led round a rocky scar it
strays,
Whyles in a well it tlimpl’t;
Whiles glitter and to tiie nightly
raws, .
Wi’ bickering, tlanoiftg dazzle;
I Whyles cookie underneath me
braes,
j Btueiin the spreading bazle,
Unseen that night.
With a tafle which ‘is no) j
the Icall circumfiance of won- J
riei in his life, he not only a- j
voids the coat fer part cf the
phraseology of his country,
and fcleeis the better, but at.
tarns to an elegance of the •
English hinguagc, which can j
be rivalled by few of our mo !
dern poets. Os this bis “ Lais j
of Bailochm) le” is a brilliant j
example. Some of the ffanzas j
of this piece are of luch ex- j
r quifite beauty, having every
image of paitorat life, and e
very thought exprefh and with e
qual force and delicacy, the
(icenery intereiling, the fend,
rnents touching and die lan
gusge correbliy pure, that I
cannot forbear felctting foine
part of it.
’Twas e’en, the dewy fields
were green,
On t very blade the pearlies
bang ;
The zephyr wanton’d round the j
bean,
And boro its fragrant sweets j
alang ;
In ev’rv gkulc the mavis sang,
All nature listening seem’d the ;
while,
Except where greenwood echoes
rang,
Among the brae# o* Balloch
myle.
Upon this stanza there can
be but one opinion. With a
force (Longer tha.n all the
rules of ciiticifm. it makes its
app;'i! to the heart ; and to
judge of its excellence, the
reader has only to conitder its j
effect upon hitofdf.
It is an observation oTpaint.
ers, that per fed lolitude is a
quality so contrary to the true j
beauty of land!cape, that no
feene can be pleasing, how
ever rich in other imagery,
unless adorned by something
of animate nature, ibis rule
did not escape th.e talte and
learning of Milton : in his
fmtiles, nil of which are cele
brated for their excellence in
what may be called the pidur.
elque of poetn , lie never vio
laics ihis rule of avoiding flill
life. What Milton was taught
by learning, Burns, poffefled
from natural lafte.
With careless step I onward
stray’d,
Mv bean rejoic’d in nature’s
joy,
When, musing in a lonely glade,
A maiden lair ! chain’d to spy.
Her in k was like the morning's
Her air like nature’s vernal
; mile,
i The lily’s lute ar.d rate’s dye
Bespoke tiie lass o’ Bailoch
myic.
It may he rentalked, that i
all ihe poems ot Burns contain
for the molt part, such inci
dents for their fubjcfcls, as
were eirher, at leall natural,
or exact reprelentations of the
(ceues in which he lived, ami
the occurrences with which he ;
himfelfhad met. He has noth
ing of ih.ai extravagance,which
we may jiiltly call the cuiicil .
rv of poets ; he never labours
<o celebiate a Chios or a Phyl
lis, beings that cxift but if) the
imagination of the poet; 1 e
never talks of darts & flames,
or any ol theclalnca! artillery
of love. Whether from igno
ranee or contempt, lie seems
to know nothing of Hymen,
Cupid, and all the dramatis
perfonse ol the modern long-
Iters. His feene of cbhon is
neither the “ velvet green of
Idalia,” “ the empurpled mar
gin of Helicon,” or “ the
clouded funmrit of Parnassus;”
his lovers never ednyerfe but
fry the “ kurnjldt ;” they never
wander but through “ corn
riggs,” nor make their mutual
coiifeliions but on the “ braes
of Baliochmyle,” the Tweed,
or Yarrow. 1 1 is laddies have
nothing of the love.fick swains
of Arcadia, but thei; harmo
ny. In a word his language is
ft ill that of the plough tail,
though his notes, like those or
the wild lat k, which might ho.
ver over him, whillt employed
in his original Ration, have
that sweet nets and melody,
(hat
Heav’n, well pleas’d, might stoop
to hear.
CENTO.
Executive Department, Geol
Louisville, I
26tb March, lSt)7. |
A letter dated “ near Ail J
[ gusta,” the 25th inst. from!
the honorable John Milledge, 1
one of the Senators of th:s|
State in the Congress of thc|
United States, being receiv-I
ed, in which the death of hisS
[colleague, the Hon. A BRA Ml
| BALDWIN', is announcedl
jin the words following:
j 44 1 had the honor to writes
44 you On the s:h inst. from!
1“ the city of Washington,!
144I 44 announcing the death ot|
‘ 4 mv much esteemed col-|
• 4 league, ABRAM BALD- j
“IVIN —i bat mournful e-t
4 vent took place on the da\|
“* alter congress had adjourn-*
‘‘ ed. Ihe sable has beenl
“ hardly laid aside by ouit
” fellow-citizens, when they!
“ will again resume it asanfi
‘"emblem of sorrow for thej
detnise of another distin-1
“ guished Patriot and Sena-E
tor. From an early periods
f' 4 of his life he has been de-i
i voted to the service of hisi
| 4 ” countij—a service in whichl
he bus uniformly manifes-jj
1“ ted such a zeai for, ands
j" 4 knowledge of, the sacredl
1 4 ‘ principles of our gvern-S
inent, as places him be-J
j“ yoml any praise m m}l
“ power to bestow.”
I- The Executive, penetrat-S
ed with deep regret for tbej
[loss the state has sustained.!
by the death of so faithful 8t
eminent a public servant, re-1
commends to all olhcers both*
civil and military, and aill
ranks of citizens belonging:
thereto, to manifest their re.j
Igard for bis memory, by j
[wearing crape round the leitj
atm for the space of 6 weeks,!
Uo commence on the 15th of j
[April next.
1 Ordered, ’
That the foregoing be pub'j
pished in the several Gazettes
of this state.
Attest ,
JAMES BOZEMAN,
•Sect,. j
lOR SALE,
aJ few Military Drums
“By
M. WHITLEY.
Market Square.
March 23. 57. ts
100 Dollars Reward
STOLEN from the subscriber
on the first inst. a Red Mo’
• occo Pocket Book,st ith Instru
ments, containing a fe 500 i ni,
and three Certificates on Parch
ment, one from the Grind Lodge
in Ireland, and rvo tiom He
ihiblicnii Societies, laid in Phi
ladelphia. -
Also, a case of Razors —one &
a half yard dark mixed Broad
Cloth, with sundry articles of
wearing apparel.
Whoever returns the Pocket
Rook, with its contents, or leads
to a discovery ot the 1 hie! or
Thieves, so as lie or they may be
brought to justice, shall receive
the above Reward.
Wm, CAMPBELL.
March 26.
FOR SALE,
cheap for cash,
A HANDSOME YOUNG
X A M ARK, five s ears old—
She draws we!! in a Chair, and
has gone in the plough for some
time. —Apply at this Office.
March 23. 37 ts
“"notice.
THE Subletiber will
attend to receive the returns of
taxable property, for the present
year, for the county of Chatham,
at tiie following places, to v* •—■
At Cherokee Hill, on Wednesday
the 25di March, the Ist and Bth
of April; at the house formerly
airs. M‘Knight’s on the 27<h of
March and 3d and 10th of April/
at tiie White-bluff meeting house,
on the 29th Match, the 4th and
11th of April; and at kis office, in
Savannah, at any time (the fore
going days excepted).
J. POOLER,
Receiver of Tax Returns.
Sav. March 23, 1807.
NOTICE.
mSiPP
TWO Runaway Negroes,
one an African born, calls himself
TOM, he is u tall, slim fellow,
between 25 and 3© years of age;
the other a country born, calls
himself PETER, a stout, well
set fellow, nearly the same age.
Note— I hese Negroes were
advertised by Robert Powers, Es
quire, late of M ( In tosh county, in
a Charleston paper, (The Times)
and in the Georgia Republican.
The owner or owners can have
them by applying tu
I>. GARVIN,
East Floi Ida, opposite the
Town of St. Mary’s.
Martin's Island, |
March 19. } 36 * ln
1 These Negroes were ad
vertised nearly two tears since.
NOTICE.
Absented himself on the
llth uit. SCIPiO, a Negro
fellow, by trade a Cooper but will
work at any other business; yel
low complect ion, about 5 feet 8
inches high, about 40 years. Ten
Dollars will be paid 0:1 delivering
him m Jail or on Tel fairs wharf, to
THUS. DOLLAGHAN.
FeS*. 12. -26 ts
REMOVAL,
E. Wilton ,
Respectfully informs his
friends and the public gene
railv, that Ire has removed 10 tiie
I house on the Bay, lormerly oc
i copied by Mr. Germaine, dec.
1 where lie continues to carry on
/ he Toy bring Business
in all its various branches. He
ret in ns thanks for favours alrea
dy r< ceived, and solicits a contin
uance of them.
March 12 34 ■ ts
Apprentices’ Inden
tures for sale at this of
fice.
W ANT P D,
A YOUTH of i 2 ,r .4 ,
Li of age, of d-eeat c„g j
ons, as an Apprentice to in ;,’
itig Business. Apply at t|, u
uce.
March 2.
noTlceT’
r Subscriber Lein?
X pointed Gturduh ( c{
Gould, a minor, cal’s on a ;i ,•
sons in possession of >,U r ,',
Books, Bocdc, Notes and V
of-every description, bc-lo,v,
to said minor, to deliver if,
same without delay, on or b e fi
the first day of March iv X! ’
after that dav suits will b c l n ’,
ed against all defaulters ; „ i:{ ]
persons indebted to said t n i D
ate called on for pay iru nt. Th
who neglect this notice, will £
thtir accounts in the hands of
Cuvier, esq. for remveiy
JAMES ALLISON,Guardi
February 23
noti.ce’
XJINE months afterdate,
plication will h e
the honorable the Inferior Cos
of Camden county, for l ea v e
sell about seven hundred aers
land, lying on the head of Cro
ed river, about t\v® hundred
cres of White Oak, and an
her of Lots in the town of Jcj
son, in the county aforesaid;
pertaining to the estate cf V
liam Jones, deceased, late of
town of St. Mary’s, for the
nefit of she heirs and creditor
D. G. JONES
Adminisirt
St. Mary’s, Jah. 15, 180;.
notice”
A LL persons liaving anv
iL mauds against the estate
Bobeu Dilion, dec. will prei
them properly attested, on or
lore tiie 14th day of April it*
and those indebted will please
and make immediate payment
Wm. LIMHEKI
Adnir,
Sav . March 2. 31 8t
NOTICE.
NTNE months afterdate,
jriicatiou will be nvadeV
Justices of the Inferior Court,
leave to sell the half lot No. 3,
Tything, Ansoti Ward, beiotij
to the estate of James Whiteti
deceased, for thj benefit of
heirs.
Th. WHITEFIFLD,/!
Jan. 1, 1807. 1+ Bniift
Notice is hereby Giv
T- HAT at the cxpiratioi
nine mottths from the
hereof, application will
made to the Honourable
Inferior Court of Chat
County, for leave to fell
following tracts ol Lang
longing to the cflaie of J<
Doors, tleceafed, viz :
y t' ’ f
Two hundred and Hd
ores, old furvej’. lituate, I
and being in Chatham
ty, bounded by Great j
chce river, ia nd of Goifiil
and land now of jofej h \
cher, Esq. —The fante!
for the benefit of the i tits
creditors ol the laid j
Doors, deccafed.
TIIO’s. MILLS, A
Savannah, Sept. 4, ff_
notice.
Nine months after date
plication will he mane tc
honorable court of < rdinai
Tatnal county for leave u
atrafl of land contain*
acres on the Altarnahaw
in laid county adjoinh’S
tin Harden, alio id *
cres in Wilkinson j
the feconu ciiflritt *y
no, the property ()l .
Sharp fen. deceaftd, t° 1
for the henclit of the hC“-
Ct cdiiOt S, Ap!
toiinsiiaci
Ac:)iinis trat
Sept. 1 •