MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Literary Gazette.
THE INDIAN FL6WER.
The shadows of twilight
Steal over the sky, . ,
And the star of the evening
Has risen on high.
The sweet breathing flowers
Are seeking repose,
And the dewy drops moisten
Their leaves as they close.
The fragrance they scatter'd
Around them all day,
In the chill of the night-brccze
Has melted away.
Like the friends of life's sunshine,
Whose falsehood is found,
When the cloud of affliction
Is gathering around.
But one is still left us
Now waking alone,
Whose perfume is richer
Than all that are gone.
It rises from slumber,
Its sweetness to shed,
When each child of day-light
Is drooping its head.
So, when false friends forsake us,
There still are some hearts
Who cling to us closer
As pleasure departs.
Their smile can illumine
Our darken'd path yet,
Though the Sun of our fortunes
For ever is set.
STANZAS.
WIipw's. the man who seeks for
Fame?
Haste! the laurel give him
Unfold the scroll andwrite his name,
Tis all the grave will leave him.
Where is he who seeks for Gold?
Give! let nought annoy it -When
a few brief days arc told,
No more can he enjoy it.
Where's the bosom swell'd with
Pride?
Spare! I would not wound it
For death will twine, at eventide,
His mean scant garment round it.
Where's the heart onPleasurc bent?
Pour! a double measure
Health, and life, to-morrow spent,
Gone will be the treasure.
Where's the soul that looks above
Pleasure, gold and glory
Such as earthly passions move
Such as live in story?
Take each cup of joy away
To others fill'd and given
Oh! what are all these baubles' say,
To him whose home is heaven!
JOHN RANDOLPH.
Extract of a letter to the Editor of
thefc Philadelphia Franklin Ga
zette, dated Washington, May 7.
"The engrossed bill to autho
rise the creation of a stock, to an
amount not exceeding five mil
lions of dollars, to provide for
the awards of the commission
ers under the Florida Treaty
with Spain, was read a third
time and passed. In the debate
on it, the house was much di
verted by a speech from Mr.
Randolph against the banks: in
the course of which he descri
bed Georgetown, ence alive
with the cheerful hum of busi
ness, now . wholly deserted by
men of business; riot a carriage
to be seen; Whole squares to be
let: a gloomy stillness perva
ding; its chief street from Rockv
Creek bridge to the house of his
friend Mr. Kev. In walkin
mrougn it lately, he saw no
thing in motion but a miserable
creature creeping out of a place
called a bank, with a book in
hishando doubt the account
of his bank concerns; the record
of his insolvency; the most fit
spectacle he had ever witnessed
for a Hogarth to have painted a
representation of misery from
i ... j .
Men get into the direction of
banks for the purpose of robbing
the stockholders, said Mr. Ran
dolph. This was proved, he
said, by the worse than Cerbe-
rian bogreferred to a committee
of which he was an unhappy and
distressed member. He had
heard much of unavailable funds,
and many more matters of which
no distinct idea could be obtain
ed from the language. used; it
was just as easy to comprehend
them as estimate the result of a
throw of a box full of dice be
fore it was done.
The word fund; what does it
mean? undo fust fusum fun
dere to pcur out; but there
cannot be any thing poured out
when there is nothing in. An
unavailable fund is. like a bottle
of frozen water which can nei
ther be thawed or poured out.
We often hear of gentlemen
who have overdrawn; very dis
tressed srentlemen, who have
o m .
overdrawn, entitled to commi
seration. One man in New-
York acknowledges that he had
overdrawn to about 30,000 dol
lars, very much to his own dis
adnaniaere! Hie time was
when such men in Virgin!;
would only dare to show them
selves in the night like bats;
but how, '0U cannot pass from
the door of this hall without
runninr against more or less
bank directors who have over
drawn unfortunate men ivho
have overdrawn, and robbed
the stockholders of the money
which it was their duty to take
care of. Mr. Randolph was ve
ry happy in his exposition of
the meretricious concurrence, as
he called it, of the Treasury
with the banks. He did not
enter upon the lately developed
connexion of the Treasury with
the western banks, though he
glanced at it frequently, , If he
were as independent of particu
lar influence as he affects to be
sometimes, or if the disclosures
of the concurrence between the
Treasury and those banks affect
ed a member of the administra
tion whom he did not like, it
would present a fine theme for
his
cenius.
WM. H. WINDER.
The Baltimore papers of the 25th
ult. announce the death ot ben.
Wm. H. Winder. The Balti
more County Court was in ses
sion when his death occurred,
which was announced by Mr.
Wirt, the U. S. Attorney Gene
ral, in the following impressive
manner :
"The Court is aware of the
shock, which has been sustain
ed by every heart, in the death
of our respected brother Gen.
Winder. It is a bereavement,
not only to the Bar, where he
found in every member a bro
ther, not merely by profession,
but a brother by love; but to
the whole society of which he
was so justly a universal favor
ite, and of the State, of which he
was so bright an ornament. It
is the second visitation of Pro-
videncc, which we have expe-
ienced during the present term,
and in both instances attended
Kir nlrpnmslnnccs "of such dis
tress that it is utterly impos
sible to look that way without
anguish too deep for utterance.
This consolation is only left to
us, that death seems to have se-
Iected Ins victims wuu reier-
ence to their peculiar fitness for
better and a happier world:
two spirits more pure have ne
ver winged their flight from this
scene of sorrow and' suffering.
We are aware of the importance
of the time of the Court to the
public. But, I am sure that I
should dishonor the sensibility
of the Court, not less than the
Bar, by supposing them capable
of proceeding to business, with
the equanimity which is essen-
tial to its mst execution. now
would it be possioie 10 proceeu,
without feeling at every step,
the absence of the valued bro
ther, who has iustleft us; whom
we were wont to see and hear
m almost every cause, and
whose warm and generous cha
racter was our chief support
and solace, amidst the toils ot
our laborious profession. Some
thing is due to humanity; much
is due to the honored dead, who
has not left his superior behind
him, in all that is ennobling and
attaching in the human charac
ter. How is it possible to do
otherwise, than to love the man
who had so much love for
others."
Convention with Great Bri
tain. It is not often that our
readers have an opportunity to
obtain such an insight into the
Executive proceedings of the
Senate, as, by the removal of
the injunction of secrecy from
the Proceedings on the Conven
tion with Great Britain, re
specting the further suppression
of the African Slave Trade, we
are enabled to afford them. Af
ter a great deal of debate, the
Convention was finally ratified,
on the evening of the 2 1st. (ult.)
by only three votes more than
a constitutional majority. It is
true, the vote stood 29 to 13 in
favor of the Treaty; but the
Constitution requires the votes
of two-thirds of all the members
present to ratify a Treaty, and,
had there been two votes more
against the ratification, the Con
vention, even qualified as it was
by amendment, would nave
been rejected. Nat. Int.
Internal Improvement.
The first object of Internal Im
provement, to which, under the
beneficent act ot the last session
the attention of the Executive
has been directed, is, we under
stand, a survey of the proposed
Route ot the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, to its termination on
the western waters, and thence
to Lake Erie. Wc congratu
late cur readers that this highly
important preliminary work is
about to be undertaken, by a
Boord of Surveyors, whose ca
pacity and experience afford the
promise of almost mathematical
accuracy to the results of their
labors. Gen. Bernard, wc be
lieve, is at the head of the com
mission. Capt. Poussin will ac
company him. Mr. Shriver,
who has so much practical
knowledge of the subject, is also
engaged, and has gone cn to U-
niontown, to make the necessa
ry, arrangements for laborers,
&.c. for carrying cn the survey.
Col. M'Ree, and Mr. Wright,
of New-York, have been invi
ted to form a part of the Beard,
which, it is understood, will
commence , operations next
week. "We have not heard whe
ther they will accept the invita
tion, but will, as soon as we can,
furnish our readers with the au
thentic particulars of this first
essay towards the encourage
ment, by the General Govern
ment, of great national works of
Internal Improvement. ib.
Internal Improvement. If
there be a man among us who
wants evidence of the irrepres
sible force of a srreat and h
free people, he has but to
step to our docks, and he will
have it to his heart's content.
He will there have a specimen
of the physical power and moral
torce ot such a people. He will
there see vessels laden with the
riches of the west, that sail from
hamlets and villages, that but a
few short years were not in ex
istence. He will there see ves
sels that have ploughed their
way through an artificial river
of more than two hundred
miles, its waters kissing the
verdant banksof cultivated fields
that but a little time since were
trod only by beasts of prey, and
the savage of the forest. He
will see the hardy yeomen of
the north and the west, compe
ting in market with produce
that has hitherto- wasted on their
hands, or been sold at a loss, for
want of consumers. He will
there see vessels loading with
goods that have come fro rn afar,
and "beyond the sea," that are
destined to pass through the
vales and to climb the hills of
New-York to see a market, at
our inland cities in embryo, and
on the shores of our inland seas;
creating industry, dispensing
wealth, peace and happiness,
wherever they go, and daily
adding strength to this nation
and glory to the world. ,He
will see that which will con
vince the credulous, of the in
exhaustible resources of our
state, and the boundless enter
prize of our citizens; and, above
all, he will see that which will
make him proud of being an
American; and amid the noise
and bustle which surrounds
him, if he have a heart to feel,
he will ejaculate thanks to hea
ven that he is a citizen of
new-york. Albany fidv.
Duelling. A duel took place
in London, a short time since,
between two gentlemen, one of
whom was a clergyman, in
which shots were exchanged
without any material injury.
The origin of this dispute wafi a
love affair.
Dr. JOHN BAXKS,
HAVING located himself at
WELD ON, offers his profes
sional services to the inhabitants of
the counties of Halifax and North
ampton, generally.
May 28, 1824. 10-it
Hyde Park Academy.
.4 N Examination of the fitnHpnt
1- at Hvde Park Academv. will
commence on Monday, the Uth of
j uiie, ana win probably continue
r ..... . J
ior tnrec clays, l he exercises on
each day will coniDrehend Decla
mation, or Public Speaking. Pa
rents and Guardians in narticular.
and Gentlemen who may feel an
interest in exhibitions ot this kind,
are respectfully invited to attend.
W. E. Webb.
iTTStudents will not be nerm it-
ted to leave the Academy, until the
- 1 . .I'il. . T"
ciosc oi mc examination.
May 20, 1824. 9-4t
JV G7V Line of btages,
Between Petersburg, Belfield,
tialijax,and Tarboro' , con
necting with the Fayetteville
and Norfolk route.
FTUIE Subscriber has contracted
JL with flip Clrnnr-ri! Tnt-rfiR,
to carry the mail from Petersburg
to Tarbcro', twice a week, in a
light, substantial, two horse Stage.
Nothing shall be wanting on his
part, to render the travelling on
this route both expeditious and
comfortable. Passentrers
from Fayetteville, Georgia, &c. at
iuwi" -u uicumum, x uesciays
and Saturdavs. in Latifnorf't T.?n
will breakfast in Petersburg the
next morning, (110 miles) where
they can take Porter & Niblo's
daily accommodation Stage to Rich
mond, or spend a tew hours in Pe
tersbure:, and take their mail
to Richmond, after dinner, or take
the steamboat to Baltimore, or
Washington City, via Norfolk.
The Subscriber does not believe he
goes much out of the way to say,
that the road from Fayetteville, by
Taiboro' and Halifax, to Peters
burg, is a BOLLING GREEN.
This line will be in operation on
Tuesday, the 18th inst.
The Stage will leave Petersburg
Tuesdays and Fridays, at 4 o'
clock, A. M. and arrive at Tarbo
ro' next day by 3 P. M.
Leave Tarboro' Tuesdays and
Saturdays, 8 o'clock, A. M. and ar
rive at Petersburg the next morn
ing to breakfast. t
Rates of Pare.
From Petersburg to Tarboro',
110 miles, $9 00.
Thomas Shore.
i7"Baggage at the risk of the
owners.
May 14, 1824. 9-4t
FISH & MOLJlSSHs,
R ECpVEDon consignment, i5c
bblsDrime cut HPDuivJ(i
20 bbls SHAD, and 10 hhds Mn'
LASSES, for sale by 1 10
J. S. Mobrook
June 1, 1824. iit '
J. & J. W. SIMJIIoxs
HAVE just received, and 0fr
for sale, 250 bbls Cut Hvu
RINGS, 25 do. Roe do. and oqk
FamilySHAD,allofwhic5;nbb!
warranted and sold on reason
terms. I he great inconvenient
that one of this firm has experS
ced,by selling articles consigned t
him cn a credit, will in future con
pel us to sell for CASH only It
therefore hoped, that all 0rdc
will be accompanied with the cash
Halifax, May 10, 1824. tf
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers have recentk
associated themselves in bui
ness, under the firm of
JAMES 8c JOHN W. SIMMONS
And have just received a handsome
assortment of Dry-Goods, Groce?
nes, Hardware Cutlery, Shoes,
Sec. &c. All of which will be sold
at very moderate prices for Cash
or on acredit to punctual customers.
James Simmons,
John JV. Simmons.
Halifax, May 10, 1824. 8-tf
NOTICE.
HAVING qualified, at Halifax
February session, 1824, as Ex
ecutor to the last will and testa
ment of the late JOHN WILKES
deceased, this is hereby to notify aV
persons who have any claims or de
mands against the estate of thesaid
John Wilkes, that they present
them duly authenticated for pay
ment, within the time prescribed
by law, otherwise this notice will
be plead in barr of their recovery.
Those who are indebted will make
payment without delay, as the es
tate will not admit of indulgence.
Henry Wilkes,
Ex'r of John Wilkes, dee'd.
Halifax, 30th April, 1824. 7tf
LRKHS & NEGROES
FOR SALE.
ON the Sd Monday of June, 18: i,
at the Court-house in Halifax,
will be exposed to public sale, pur
suant to the last will and testament
of the late John Wilkes, all the re
sidue of his estate, both real and
personal, consisting of
Nine likely young NEGROES,
mostly fellows and boys.
The TRACT OF LAND and
the premises, whereon the said
John Wilkes did live, near Roa
noke river, adjoining the lands of
James C. Johnston and others, ly
ing on Ccnoconary, and the road
leading from Halifax to Pollock's
Ferry, said to contain 153 acres,
having thereon the necessary im
provements for a small familv
One other TRACT, not far off,
irt the Piney woods, adjoining the
lands of Mrs. Fort, and others, and
lying on the road from Pollock's
Ferry to Tarborough, and is well
timbered, said to contain 570 acres.
Terms will be made known on
the day of sale.
Henry Wilkes,
Ex'r of John Wilkes, dee'd.
Halifax, 30th April, 1824. 7-7t
Lands & Town Properly
AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust,
executed by Joseph W. Scott
and John Tunis, for the benefit of
creditors therein mentioned, we
shall offer for sale, at Public Auc
tion, in the town of ROCK-LANDING,
on Monday, the 28th day of
June next, one improved LOT in
said town, on which are a Store
house, Dwelling-house, Ice-housc,
Stables, &c. One LOT in said
town, near the river, on which is a
large and well-built Ware-house.
Also, one other LOT, Ware-house
and Store, in said town.
On Tuesday following, at the
town of WELDON, several
WARE-HOUSES in said town;
one hundred and twenty-five acres
of LAND, on Chockeot; one wag
on, dray, ScC. Sec.
Terms 6 months bond and ap
proved security.
G. W. Batch,
E. B. Freeman,
May 20, 1824 9-5t Trustees.
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