mscELiJiNKnus
"Fou don't exactly suit me."
A youth to me a wooing came,
Fornitydid implore me,
And hoped I ne er could slight or
blame
The lad that must adore mc;
I liked him much, but hid my plan,
To see Jiow he'd repute me,
So, frowning, cried, don't teaze,
young man,
You don't exactly suit mc.
He seem'd amazed, quite vcx'd he
stared,
Thenvow'dhc'dne'erdeceivemc;
Says I, your presence can
And,thereWpray sir.lca e me,
To leave you, love, I never can,
I swear by all your beauty ;
Now praysays I, don t teaze,
young man,
You don't exactly suit me.
He star'd, sigh'd hung down his
head,
Which prov'd I'd fairly caught
him,
Oh! haste to church, my love, he
said:
You see to what I'd brought him.
Dear sir, says I, if that's my fate,
To wed's a woman's duty,
Let's fly, or we shall be too late
You NOW exactly suit mc.
From the Boston Palladium.
O tell me not that wine will soothe
The heart deprest with wo;
O tell me not that wmc will soothe
Grim Penury's haggard brow.
For though its wave may beam as
bright
As evening's brilliant star,
It cannot gild misfortune's night,
Or calm the sinner's fear.
O tell me not that beauty's smile
(That sun of cloudless morn)
Can black Despair of wo beguile,
Or blunt affliction's thorn.
For tho' awhile its beams may play
Where health and pleasure bloom,
Disease will shroud a pleasing ray,
It shines not in the tomb.
O tell me not that fame can give
The cahker'd conscience peace;
O tell me not that fame can live
When hope and life shall cease;
For though it points where honor
bleeds,
And bids the bosom burn,
Yet as the lightning swift, recedes,
When time hath grasped his urn.
.
But tell me that Religion's ray,
Can light the soul to heaven,
O tell me this can point the way
To him on quicksands driven,
And I'll believe;' for; well I know
That this alone can save,
That this can chase the clouds of vo,
And gild the peasant's grave.
ALBERT.
From theLondon Literary Gazette.
SICILIAN DWARF.
"Seeing is believing," and
upon 'my conscience, unless I
had seen the Sicilian Dwarf
with my own eyes, I could not
have credited so extraordinary a
variety inhuman nature. This
creature is a female, and of the
name of Crachami; a Sicilian
kby birth, and now within a few
month's of being ten years old.
Hut it is impossible to describe
the miracle of her appearance,
or its effect upon the mind.
To see rationality, sportiveness.
intelligence, all the faculties of
humanity, in a beinsc so incon
ceivably below the standard at
which we have ever witnessed
them, so overturns dl previous
impressions, that, even with the
fact before us, we doubt the evi
dence of our own senses. A
tolerable sizea doll, acting and
spcaKinfo would not astonish us
ZZl J 5 f?r nature is in this
instance, far mor6 ,vonderful
than art could bP n i .
tu De- Only ima
gine a creature about fr as
large as a new-born infant ner
feet in all parts and CnTs
uttering words in a strand
wnmy voice, understanding
what you say, and repl ;
thU 2 s:,!Sine, I Say
LUIS nnrnrrt ri ilA..i .
"4 "us extraordinary rhr.
nomenon. aj .1 f.
more you reflect, tho
I more incredible it appears that j
this can be real. But true h is,
here is the fairv f 3J" -P
pismy of ancient mythology
brought dowfi to your own day.
The expression of her counte
nance varies with whatever, af
fects her mind (for, on my faith,
there is a mind and soul in this
diminutive lramq!) her beauti
ful tiny hand (for the forefinger
of which, the ring of a very
mall shirt button would be
much too wide around) has all
the motions and graces which
are found in the same member
of a. lovely woman; she laughs,
she threatens, she displays her
fondness for finery, she likes her
drop of wine, she shows her dis
pleasure, she chooses ahd rejects;
in fine, she is as perfect as a
common child of the same age.
Her walk is father tottering, and
her voice (as I have said) very
remarkable. Her general ap
pearance is not unpleasing, tho
there is a'little of the simia in
the fcrm of the features; her
health is good, and her body,
limbs, &c. are complete.
I shall visit her again and
again, for she is to me the Won
der of wonders. I took Her up,
caressed and saluted herj and it
was most laughable to see her
resent the latter freedom, wi
ping her cheek, and expressing
her dislike of the rough chin.
But her great antipathy is to
Doctors; these have offended
her by examining her too mi
nutely, and. vhenever they arc
mentioned she doubles her fil
bert of a fist, and manifests her
decided displeasure. Of her
trinkets she seems verv proud,
taking off her ear-rings, with the
joyous exclamation ot "very
pretty, for she has already
learnt a little English. But go
and see her, or you never can
conceive the true meaning of
Milton's phrase
"Minim of nac."
Pedestrian feats. A bout a
week back a young man named
Lloyd, residing in Clerkenwell,
happening to hear some persons
talking of the feats of Captain
Barclay, Moore, West, and
other .celebrated roadsters, un
dertook to walk 40 miles in 10
hours backwards! The idea
was ridiculed as an impossibili
ty; however, on Saturday last
two gentlemen came forward.
in order to encourage the young
man, and staked 30 sovereigns
a-side, the pedestrian to receive
halt the stakes in the event of
his accomplishing the task al
lotted him, which was only 32
tion, and to retort upon him that
I would riot, "in . return, take
that gentleman's, heart, how
ever good it may be, if obliged
to :take such a head into the
bargain." .
Extraordinary Freshet. - A
writer in an Indiana paper says:
"Last evening, (May 2S,) a
Dr. Shinn, from Illinois, passed
my house about sunset, in a one
norse wagon, wun 111s wne ana
one child, a boy about 4 years
old. They went about a quar
ter 01 a mile, and encamped lor
the nisht on the banks of the
dry fork of Indian Kentucky.
About 12, Mr. Shinn found the
water about two feet deep a
round his wagon; and, by the
time lie could loose his horse,
and get his wife and child on it,
the , water was swimming to him
and they were washed off and
drowned. Mr. Shinn swam and
floated until he struck the mill
opposite " my house, where he
remained until day light, when
with much difficulty we got him
to my house, naked except a
shirt, they not having time to
put on their clothes. The flood
was indescribable. It is suppo
sed to have risen eight feet in
twenty minutes.
Diligence. An indolent, in
active young persof who has
not been furnished by fortune
with independence, is a charac
ter held in little estimation,
however, bright his intellectual
capacity, however congenial his
natural disposition. Exertion
is a virtue, and business is so
much the duty of us all, that he
who expects to be esteemed a-
mong respectable citizens, must
be not only willing, but must
actually take his part in the
cares of acquisition, at least so
far as to procure to himself the
essentials of life. In so doing,
he merits the good wishes of his
cotemporaries, and insures their
assistance.
CONFECTIONARY,
THE Subscriber takes this me
thod of inform in fr his friends
arid the public : generally, that he
has just returned from 'Richmond,
with a . comnlete assortment 01
CONFECTIONARY, and other
desirable luxuries, which he will
sell on reasonable terms for cash.
Candies, assorted Almonds, .
Raisins, English walnuts, filberts,
Oranges and lemons,
Preserved ginger, capers, olives,
Tamarinds, brandy fruit,
Anchovies and smoked herrings,
A few mantle ornaments, .
Port and Claret wines, cordials,
Porter, ale and cider,
Stoughton's and spice bitters,
Butter and water crackers,
Venison hams and cheese,
Bologna sausage, :
Mead, soda water and powders,
Best Spanish segars,
Cologne water and essences,
Macassar oil, and toys.
India rubber, sun glasses,
Liquid blacking, playing cards,
Punch, lemonade, and all other
refreshments provided at the short
est notice. I have also a few of
those musical instruments, the
HARMONIOUS, so iustlv cele
brated for their sweetness of mu
sical tone and cheapness, being ah
introduction to the piano.
t or sale as above, a neatly fin
ished RIFLE.
Christopher Clack,
Nearly 01iosite the Court-house.
Halifax, July 1, 1324. 15-2
LANDS FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber being desirous
to sell his LANDS, both in
Halifax and Northampton coun
ties, he is induced to offer them at
a moderate price. Persons wish
ing to purchase will do well to
make it known immediately.
Dixie C. Fenncr.
Halifax, June 23, 1824. 14-tf
miles
miles
in
under
eight
his
hours,
being S
original chal
lenge. At 12 o'clock he start
ey from the Rochester Hunt, on
Stroud bridge, Chatham, in pre
sence of an immense assem
blage of persons, and arrived at
Clerkenwell-green, the point, of
I 1 . . . t f '
nis destination, witnin o mi
nutes of 8 o'clock, accompanied
by about 200 persons huzzaing.
He appeared much exhausted,
but attributes that to anxiety of
mind, and the pressure of the
crowd, rather than to fatigue of
body. London paper.
Mrs. SNEDER,
HAS the pleasure of informing
the inhabitants of Halifax and
the adjoining counties, that she has
opened a fashionable assortment of
MILLINERY, in the house oppo
site Messrs. J. Halliday & Co.'s
store consisting of Leghorn and
Straw Bonnets, of the newest pat
terns artificial -flowers, wreaths,
and bunches gimps, black, white,
and coloredcurls, caps, turbans,
&c. &c.
Mantua-r.inklng done in the most
fashionable stile.
H ali fax, June 9. 1 8 2 . ' .? - f
FISH & Oil.
FfXllV Subscribers havr
ceived on consignment, in
aition to tneir lormer stock twenty
barrels Mess SHAD, of" a superior
4ua.1u.yi iUMJ a iicsii Mippiy of p
and Cut HERRINGS, some in
half barrels; and about three cW,.
bcttles CASTOR OIL, which u-f?
uc auiu iuw iui vaMi.
J.fyJ.jy. Simmons.
Halifax, June 10, 1824.
Information Wanted.
fyiuiiun. is hereby given to a
XI certain JOYCE HUGHES.
(if living,) daughter of Hudson
Hughes, deceased, w ho was bro
thcr to Owen Hughes, (late of
North-Carolina, deceased,) except
the youngest of said Edward's chil
dren, who has been supplied, that
on application to the Subscriber,
living in Oley township, county a
foresaid, they will hear of some
thing to their advantage, on produ
cing unquestionable evidence of the
legality of their respective claims.
Samuel Lee.
Surviving executor of Owen
Hughes deceased.
June, 1824.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaininsrin the Post-Officein Ha
lifax, the 1st day of July, which,
if not taken out by the 1st of Oc
tober next,vill be sent to the Ge
neral Post-Office as dead letters.
Anderson George
Alston W W
BurgessThomas5
BradleyJamesR 2
Bvnum Jesse A
Brown Elizabeth
Bishop William
Boxly Tabitha
Brown Robert W
Bird Anthony
Benford John A
Burt Priscilla
Cobb Thomas V
Crowley Lemuel
Clack Christo. S
Davis Eward
Drumgold&Pier-
son
P M Daniel's Ta
vern Eaton Benj C 2
Freeman E B 2
Ferguson Win
.ones Jenny
Kerr lohn
Lewis Elizabeth
Lewis Leml
Lewis Edward
Monk Sarah
Magee Iolin
Martin Thomas
Medlin Martha
Morcock Edward
Purnell M T
Pcttway M H
Powell George
l ollock Georee 2
Powell Daniel
Read Martha
Ragsdale Benj F
Kobcrts Marv E
Sledge Henry
Smith JasN R
Spires Nancv
Simons Marthew
Smith James
GreerArcIiiVldBpooner Abner
Guion E P iSledge Lemuel
Hill Wbit:nelll iSnorkcsmnnWin
Urs G. T. & ILEcnnou,
HAVING located themselves in
this place, offer their po;Vs
sional services to the ci'.k',en3 c;
Halifax and the adjacent country.
Halifax, June 6. 182-1. 12-3t
Herton Thomas
Harris Warren
iShow lohn
Sprewell Samuel
Hoekida William Sumeuville lohn
svcrrinz.
Congressional
While the tariff bill was under
discussion in the House of Re
presentatives, Mr. M'Lane, in
reply to some remarks ol Mr.
Randolph, observed '-that the
gentleman from Virginia had
displayed a good neau; but he
would not accept his hca d if be
were obliged to take his heart
along with it" When llr.
M'Lanchad finished his speech,
Mr. Randolph rose, and among
other remarks said, "how easy,
sir, would it be for me to re
verse the gentleman's proposi-
NOTICE.
HAVING qualified, at Halifax
February session, 13?4, as Ex
ecutor to the last will and testa
ment of the late JOHN yiLKER,
deceased, this is hereby to notify all
persons who have any claims or de
mands against the estate of the said
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, 3Cth April, 1S24- -7tf
1 lu fin an lohn
Harris Svlvcstcr
Hawkins Wiatt
Jrvin & Dunns 2
Isbcil P 1J
Ivcy Robert
Jamv-sBer.jair.in
.on?s lohn
Johnston Will
Thorp Beniamin
Thrower lohn
Winbore Henry
Williams Turner
Wilkes Hcnrv
WcldThe'doreD
Warren Thomas
Wyche A A
VcllowlevChar'n
JAMES SIMMONS, P. M.
July, 182483
Ten Dollars Reward.
STRAYED, or stolen, from tho
j Subscriber, about si:: cr srvm
weeks ago, a SORREL MARE,
supposed to be about five or six
years of age, with a lnnf
switch tail, and a split in the hoof
01 one ct ner lore teet, and having
marks of plough gear about her
when missmg. Any person deli
vering the said mare to me at Hali
fax, or giving me information so
that I get her again, shall receive
the aove reward.
' It. ?. Jones.
Halifax, June 16. 13-4
Postponed Sale.
LANDS & NEGROES
FOR SALE.
,N the 3d Monday of July,
at the Court-hnnc u',-1
11 1 1 1 "uniav
will be exposed to public sale pUr'
suant to the last will and testamcrt
of the late John Wilkes, all the re
sidue of "his estatp. bntk '
personal, consisting of
Nine likely young NEGROES.
mnstlv fallows nnrl Kmrr
. iuc i'VAv,i wp.laad and
rhf P!?,lses thereon the said
John Wilkes did live, near Roa
noke river, adjoining the lands of
James C. Johnston and others, lv
ing on onoconary, and the road
leading from Halifax to Pfiiwi-.
Ferrv. said to contain ona 0
j u arei.,
having thereon the necessary im
provements for a small family
vnc uiacr x i , not tar off
in the Pinev wnnrU. nrlimn; .v!
lands of Mrs. Fort, and others, and
lying on me road lrom Pollock's
Ferry to Tarborough, and is well
timbered, said to contain 723 acres.
1 erms win oe mace known on
the day of sale.
Henry IVilkts,
Ex'r of John Wilkes, dee'd
Halifax, 24th June, 1824.
State of North-Carolina,
Northampton County,
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Scssio?is June Term, 1824.
Henry Gee and others, Petition for
to partition of
The Court. j lands.
IT appearing to the satisfaction
of the Court, that the heirs of
Mrs. , (who are unknown to
this Court,) reside without the lim
its of this State: It is therefore or
dered, that publication be made in
the Free Press, printed in the town
of Halifax, for six weeks succes
sively, that unless the said heirs
appear at the next Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions to be heldfcr
the county of Northampton, at the
Court-house in said county, on the
first Monday of September next,
and plead, answer or demur, the
same will be taken pro confesso,
and heard exparte.
Witness, John W. Harrison,
Clerk of our said Court, at office,
the first Monday of June, A. 1).
1824, and in the 48th year of the in
dependence of said State.
J. JV. Harrison fC.C.C.
Issued 11th JunePrice adv. $3:50.
Stale of North-Carolina,
Northampton County.
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions June Term, 1 S24.
RobertG.Parhamn An attachment
vs. j levied on land
John A. Robinson, I &negrcGeorire
Exec'r of Wii- f belongingtothe
liam Robinson, estate of Wni.
decea:ed. J Robinson, dec
T appearing to the satisfaction of
the Court, that the detendant b
not an inhabitant of this State: Jtix
therefore ordered and decreed hj
the Court, that publication be made
in the Free Press, printed in the
town of Halifax, for three months
successively, that unless the defen
dant, John A. Robinson, Exec'r,
&c. appear at the next Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to be
held fcr the county of Northamp
ton, at the Court-house in said coun
ty, on the first Monday cf Septem
ber next, and replevy the property
so attached and plead to issue,
judgment final will be entered a
gainst him.
Witness, John JV. Harrison,
Clerk of our said Court, at office,,
the first Monday of June, A. D.
1824, and in the 48th year of the
independence of said State.
J.JV.Harrison,C.C.C.
Issued 11th June 14-Price adv.$r
Printing neatly executed
AT THIS OFFICE.