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v From the (2?. Y.) 'Morning X3ironit.le '-. mmmnmm ' - EARLY LIFE. irsirrss is 1801. ' WHEN-young in life nor known tomorrow, . ..' Howlightly flew the gladsome day, ar creams oi duss urouent on me morrow. j. , tJ And gilt the sun's declining ray. -. .- .fir .1 :i ' ' i..t , i ncn, swccv uu Mumjuii were ray auuuucia, lhen, never " wait amine eyes taweepi No sorrow which the heart encumbers, -"' Poison'd the balm of downy sleep. tNor treaah'rous friendsh'iD then had found me, jxor ueatn s areaa power' naa rem my ' heart'. ; : . ; TTnnp srrarl hfr fair, illusions ronnH me. ...... .- , And play'd the dear deceiver's part. Ol 1 P a. 1 Peace and content she held to view : 7y trusting heart dwelt o'er its treasure, And thought the lovely vision true. , Ah ! scenes of joy, by fancy given, To cheat th' enraptur'd-gazing eye ! Say why, alas, ye promise heaven. And give but disappointment's sigh ? Dear days of bliSs ye wake my sorrow Now, slowly moves the tedious day f r While soiribre shades o'ercloud the morrow, . And sh'roud the un's declining ray. DR. PRIESTLEY. 'Extract from a communication in the Philadel phia Gazette. ir CIVnr rv n . n.- Ml LTOcior rriemey a nines at Philadelphia, in the year 1801, he never retained his former good Mats of health.. His complaint was conlUnt indigeftion,' and a difficulty in fwalldwing food of any , kind. Bur during this period of general , debility, he was bumy employed in prinU log his church hiflory,- an.1 the firft volume of his notes on the fcriptures, and in ma; King new and original experiments, ivu ring tliii period, Tikewifc, he .wrote his pamphlet ol Jciusand bocrates compared, and reprinted his efl'ay on Philogifton. 14 f rom aboutlhe beginning of Hovem- bcr,'i8o3, to the middle of January, 1804, his complaint grew morcV ferious : yet. 'uy juuicioui meuicai treatment ana unci , intention to diet, he, alter lome time, fccmeJ, if not gaining flrenth, at lealt not getting worfc ; and his friends fond ly hoped thai his health would continue to improve as the feafonadvanced. He,, how ever, confi.lercd his life as very precari ous. Even at this time,' bcfides hs mif cellaneous reading, which was at all times very extenfive, ho read, through all the works quoted in his companion of the , different fjrdems of Grecian P'ilofuphers with Chrillianity ; compofed that work and tranferibed the whole of it, in left than three months. So that lie left it ready for the prcf. During this period," he com pofej, in one.Jaj, his fccoiid reply to Dr. IJnti. ' In the la fl fortnight of January, his tits of indigeflion became more alauning, his leg fwcllcd, and his weaknefs i 'crea kd. Witliin two days ot his Jcath, he became fo.weak that he could walk-but a I tile way, and that with great difficulty .fof fame time he found himfe'f unble to fjicak ; but on reiovering a. lit tie, he told his t'titnls that he had never felt more p!efa-.ilv during his whole" lite time, than- ..rioting tie time Ike was tenable to fpcak. lie was fuUy icnfihle that he had not long to lire ; yet talked with chcerfulnefs to ail that called u; him. In the courfe of the Uy, he cxprclfcd his thankfulnefs at -i 4HMgperaiti-iJ to die -quietly pn htTfatn ferved, u that he woutd always IWc,'1 " Yes, I believ'e-1 Jball ; we fliall meet agaia jii another and a be'.ter worid" .He; faidthis with great, .animation, laying hold of Mr. -'s hand in both hisowiuAfv ter evening prayers, when his grandchild ren were biought io his bed GJe, he fpoke tothetn feparately, and exhorted them to continue to love each other, fee. I am .going (added he) to, flee-p as well as you ; for death is only a good long found deep in the grave.; ar.d we. (lull meet again' ; " On Monday morning, the 9th of Feb ruary, on being afked how he did,.he an--fweredjin a faint voice, that he had no pain, i but appeared fainting away, gradually. A bout. $ o'clock he defired to have three pamphlets which had been looked out by -his directions the evening betore. .He then diftutedas clearly and diJlirQly 14s he bad ' ev,r done in his lijet the.addittons xiftd alte. -. ratjtns which ht iv'thed- to buise made in , each. Mr.. took down the fubftancc ; of what he TaTd, which was read to him. He obferved ' Sir, you have put. it in ,your own languago ; I wifli it to be in mine." He thenrtpateitvtr again near ,, 7v Vigrdjozmrd-xohit hehad bej'ire Jaidj and when it was tunfcrib&d, and. read over to him,.he (aid,-" Thatis right, .1 have "now done.',' , About half an hour aftej, he defired that .' he might be removed to a. cC Ahput .ten minutes after,he was removed to it, he-died..: -but breathed his lalt focafily, that thole who.wete ..fitting.' cldle to him didnot immediately perceive it. Hz had" put his hand to his face, which prevented them from obferving t, - He was born March 24, 1 733"'- ly, wriu.o'j: payi,. anl with every conve iilencc and comfort be could wifh for. Hc,dwclt upon the- peculiar happy fitua lion in which it ha I p'.cafe l the Divine Ksi.u; to f Ucg him in life, and ihe great adwjotaje he hil cr.joyci in the acquaint ance and fnendlhin ot fume ut the b,(f and witcd if tnt i in the age 111 which he lived, and the (atistjiiinn h-; derived from having led an nfcf'ul at well as hai py life. He thW day pvc rlirciliont aWn ptiniing the rem iinder uf hi notes nn Krip.urc, (a work i.i the comlctiod tf which lie was inudi luirrrflcd ai d looked ov. r the hilt litcrt ot t",r third volume, alter it wascor Jtvttd by thofc wht were 1.1 attend to its cr :p!ctiou, an4 exprelTl .U faiiitadioii at the ir.artncr U it Lciri executed. ' O.i Suti tay the ;th, he was much weaker, hut fet up in an an.i chair for a few minute!, lie d fired that J hn XI. t. ip. Miiijht t tea I 10 him ; he flopped the 45M1 verk, dwelt Icr 'Ax a-lvantage lis had JcrU . 1 the frij ir5 daily, and ih j-tadicc, Taii! thai i( e i Mifcc ot H,e purcft p!ca " v, .lull fcll(liidl.e' meet final. s. r4fjiire !iircr-nt deieri of. : l iiie.l tn i(r difacn! tfinj'-r, - 111 lir litial haj,incfi.M Mr, I'.tO l'l W-T, l faid, Y,l , I am IT; - Mr. o'j- ;vM ADEIVrtA.-iJhe late ineadation at Madeira,has excited various Conjeftures as , to the Caufeof it, but by late information ! from thc.ifland, it is afcribed to an im provement the Governor attempted to make in the rear 0 the-city. .The ground, furrounding it hcing very rruich broken and interfected by valijes, he concluded to filHhcm up,and for tha't purpofe ordered dams to b! thrown acrofs to retain the earth which defcended from the hills The ' conference was, thefe dams Copped great quantities of waier, the weight of, which broke the f.rll dam when the water rulh ed through the other? with irrefillible forced fwcepifiV7everyihinginto he fca wiihir. its lirecVion. Two hundred hou. fes, fuppoled one with another, not to be ; lefs thin 5a feet front, and nearly contigu ous, were carried into the ocean, together with every inhabitant in them, fo that not a veltitfe was to be fecn after the ruins, either of the buildings or the pceple. ' A church, which had tefted the florins of 300 years, was carried 6r7 in an inftant, and what was very fingutar, the bellman was rigging at the time in the flceple, which remained without injury, though the ' church was rated to its foundations, of which he was wholly ignorant, till he Came down from his exa'ted (lation. About ten thousand pipes f wine were carried off or buried 10 completely ii the. rubbifh, that none could be found. An Englilh family of fix teen were loll in one houfc, and not one of them ever heard of. The number of lives this for rowful difader cod the ifland was not af. certaioed, but fuppofed from one to two thouland. Corplcs were dug up daily ; and it was common to obferve ladiei ot the firft characler walking the ftreets bare. foot, in conlcquence of folemn voavs they made to do fo for a limted time, it their lives were fpared, in token of humiliation. The gentleman who gives the above in formation, fays he found the (bore rocky, where he tianfjckd bufinef in hou fes and - w a rr-huu ftirw hen hew a r x in rM adelT Extract of a leiter frtiti d gentleman in Charles-. tont .(S. C.J to his friend in Newport, dated' January U, 180. - ' M Shortly after Dr. Sent failed for, Europ?, Mr Rutlcdge tecame acquaint, ed with his having injured Mrs. R. And foffic days ago Dr S. hating arrived here,; Mr. R...was iri town withou'x knowicg itr and did not know of t until he learned it from me in the ftreet. He inltantly fent, him a challenge,; and learned from the bearer of it, that the doitor had that mor n ing gone into the country, to vifit Mrs. :R, vHe purfued him, and feeing him in his hall, as he entered it, difctrged at him a gun;-he travelled with; which only wounded himflighily in his hand, when he made his efcape vhrdugh a, back door, It being a; dark night-he got off. Mr. R," .came to the city'thc' next day, found and challenged him.' " He accepted the chal . lenge, pledging his hrffior iJ'-at he' on Id . not leave the (State till lie had given him the defired faiiUfa&ion. That night he went in a pilot boat to vavannah, whither Mr. R. followed. They met laft Tuefday ' .in" the -neighborhood of Savannah. The' ,Dodr rued firll, and Mr, R. immedi ately after his (Mr. R.'s) ball pafled hro' xthe bone of his antagoftitt's right leg.jult below the knee, and lodged in his let t leg. The duel was a perttctiy r.,air one. and . flopped here, as the fur'geons and fectmds agreed the 1 -doctor could neither fit nor (land nlThe doclor has jnee 4ifd.1 This cruel bufinefs has, been the means of.de-. llroying Mr IVs. peace of mind, and ru ining his wife's character farcer." Letters received, in town, fioir, Savan .nalv, of ja date fublequent to that of. the one above referred to, mentioned that Df.' S after he was challenged by Mr. R. jiot having any particular friend io Charlef- " ton, wenl to Savannah for the purpofe of ad vi ling with his friend there, and of pro curing a fecond : there it was agreed lie-"" fa.een him and Mr. Rthey-fhou!d fire at eaih other fo long as they both could ; ftand or fit ; and that Dr. S.'s ball paffed . through Mi. R.'s coat,. wallkoat k iliirt, -and . grazed-his fkin, withtR a finger's breadth of his fpinc. ALLMAND Alh . HAS TOR SALE, ' Jthis BOQK.STQRE in Marh?uZtrit, oipt.' - site Dr. X. lint, 1 1' . A NOTORIOUS SWINDLER! ! ! A man'.of the name of MICHAEL MURRAYyformerlv-refiding: on Fell's Point, in the city 'of vBaliiraore, having contricd to obtain credit to, a large a. mount at difTerebt (lores in this city, has' lately abfeonded with the proceeds of his fraud, and has not been heard of for. thefc two months pi ft. As it iiproper to warn the world againlt fuch villains, a defcrip tion of his perfon may perhaps fecure o ihirs.from his radices, and lead to his deteclion He is about - five feet - fix in ches in height ; middle did ; wears bis hair long j has an appearance of diffidence, and generally looks on the ground. when fpcakir.g : his occupation was that of a pedlar here, his birth Itiih. It is hoped tVat if any new-comer, under, fufpicious circumltances, anfwering this defcripiion, my have lacly fettled in any neighbor hood where this paper may circulate, ev ery citizen will coi.fidcr jt his duty to bring to punifboient a wretch, whofefair gifc was only a covering for fraud. Any communication addrelTed to the office of the DalttmoreTelcgraphe, on this fubjefl, will be thankfully received, and, if ncccf fary, liberally rewarded. fcf-Printers of ncfpapers throughout the UnitcJ Slates are lequoflcdto give the above an infertion in their prints. D -Cutibtr 11. 1810. T Hi North Ameiicin Pilots bmng " .'coiiecno of Sixty accural Chu tud f dun fiow oiU jinl Survey,; Chtrti of iiout kindi, , ', . A viritty of Blnk Bookj, . AH kind o( Shipping nd iiiricr Blai ki, " BcftDuuh Qiil!,W.fei5,Seiilii.gVx1& Ink Pomder ,Pper, thick pull loho. ihto do. Lcuc , A.c. &c. : l'.eil, .-".' America a Pfflictl Navigator, llimiltoiJ Mooie'i Navigation, Nirtiolioo'i do. The Seaman' Complete Dm I y ABidaat, an J New Ma. rinei' Cotnf ad, ;The Cape Fear Pilot ind.Chm of the Sir and Rivtr SCHOQL-nOQKS, Diflioijane, Ceog aphie, ililloiy of England, Fra. zei' AfljUant, Let American Accotr-ptnii, ,SthooU Mitter't AiJi.Uani, Filher'a Companion, .Vlurra)', u lifu Griinmir, So i'i LeIL'ni, Anleiiiau Preceptor, .Cotueiii Nepotl, Cjelav'a Cwmmeotrei, Clik va. lull,HoracetVirgil,f icoeh Ptnfodi'cal Gumma ,Chin. baud'' Ficoch tnd Engliih fcxeictfc, Young jfc Ainl wortk' Laliu & gl)(h. Ditioqaiiei, PI Ur, Scell Boon, and a vniny ot Cb Qd Toy Book,, Huttoa' Ponic Sectjun 1)0. Lga(ittiait ' . . ' - Simpf-jii'sCouie 8e.aion, Va.i' Mathtroatic ,Uelttaiii'i Lcciutet in Natural .fiulolophy Fergufoii'a Moral.Philofoj.hy ' ' Reid'a Eihyio.i ihelntellectual.&Aive Power of Ma - Pneftley'i Lttture 00 Hittory id,GeeiaI folny Blair' Lefluna, El5JSni Entiaft in Hiof ,Biydoo' Tour thicugh Si .ily and Italia. ,BoUngbrke' Woik ' 1 Do. Trafl . Oldoitle'iJlcmark on tht Hjflpry of Eng'and Sritilh Aoiiquiiici, Waliace' Ap.;ieiiL Pcciagc Jeff. ifoo' Noun 1 . Johnlloii'i iLanbler r Pope' Work, The Speflator, Senec' Mof all Watt' Log e4f uidjce on Education, Paioe'i Woik c.Belknap'a AmiitanBiography,Biogiaphicl Diiiouary Botanical Utrmosy, Puiuita of LiieiJtt re Thompfof.' Seifonj, jro,wr Poem, Bloomfirld's do. .. Zimmetrpan pn National Pride, Do oo Sohudc The Minttiet,,or Aoeedotetot diftipgutfljed feifonacn ' in Irk 1 5th, century, Alexaodei' HiQoiy of Wor.ea, KoueUte' Play . Exile ot Kotiehue. Free Mfon' Monitor, Di to Pocket Companion Spirit of Depotifm, Brifig'l Cookery Joluidoo't, Jorie and tiiilcy'i Difitionatixs ' ... li aod do. Fo.2iet d. 1 - LIGHT HOUSES: KQVELS and RQMXNCtf. Tom Tones, Aibiin Ta'ei'Ta'e ! theTimtk.Orlenhorg Famiiy Girl ff the Mouutaini.C arloue Teinple.Beggu ' Buy, Sandlo'd & M-rtoo, Inqutliior or Inviiib e Kan . b er, RolTeiu' louifji Eelina, Tom Jont, K:ftoitci Memoir, Epol of Qu iity, Adelade de Rance;e,i?ei- . plexitie oe the Fwtunate Elopement, Orl'udo ni Lvina or the Li. eui;ie, Tno Adulters, Kolii,fnn Crufoe, Raffela and Dmarbti. George Barnwell, The Negro, She Live in llo'ei, Tkeodoie Cyphoo or th Beuevoleot Jew, The M to of FecliOj, Rhoderic Rit dom.'The luZ$cl Father. JXegatit folio fw'dy Bibles uith pl'ics Common Quarto do. Bio.wd Concordance Whiteftetd' Life, .Watt'e Thought, Rife and Progref of Reiig on in tht ol, Chuich .Cavcmmewt, Set' CliriAia' luriairtul . btimlkm, T.cati.e on the Sairctific4UQn of. he Lot ' Dav, Boflou' iw of thmed the oihcr W.rU, M'E.wco' Si-ft IITiyi, StcrimentalCawthitm. Wtt' Pfaimt and Hymt.Beau. tie of, Hervey, Haey' Medimio .i.-C 'ro i.t. Pnyet rnoir,dMrd on 'he AfU&ioc, Sr'njon, ,Caiifm nd Uoiveifalifm CoutriQed. Bjftou'a Coenaot ui , Ciact, Origin of Lx'lk Martin on Executors, Taylor's .Reports, Hjj- wooa'i do, Evn'a EITa), Po.hieron Olig.tiont, Git' ben' DirlrefTc, P,Uiot't Pra ce, Siticte-'a Prince ol Law, Fitiheibeii' Naiui lrtibn,. Latcbt'k C:lt, Mainn'a Collection ot Matuiet. Hunter on the fihod, A Treelije on the Plague aad.Ycilow lever, Ldiaburg Pbaraiacopuet. A varittf of PditUuI and, ether .pjmphUts, A L S O, A LM ANACKS ' For the jcar 1804. For PukliAvi . by Sublcriplion, The .Sheriffs, 3ljr:hal's and Conttubh's ti U I D E; C"tiipf pra&ical Piiefiiooi to iholeO Jicer en eve. ry Subject CoaaUied with the Djuc oi (bur Omcc t J . 1 e t ;,t !!. l r . i.e.. 1 TltlMtHDOtfS InurdaT tOrt.Let ,ters from Oporto to the 29th November, flate, that from the 19th to. that period,-a continual rain had prevailed, which fcadfo railed the water, as to cxpofe the town to great dafger of a total dclt'ge. In a lew hours, the water raifed tour fathoms.. Vcflcli lying m the harbour were driven, by the force ul theelcment, into the llrccts of the city. Muih damage was done to the (hipping, Uc. and r.uny lives were lull in this fingu'ar phenomenon. .The IhipTrof.erity, Joughan of l'hilajclliiai wa carried over the walls ol ihe town, and wat rellurcd to her moorings with fume Jatnage. a iQepop:i Jrt n Knrfort ?. . faptr rf Pel: 1 1. WE th:nk it our duty 10 jive ihe pub. lie cotnft information utKjn lhafuhicdt of ihe difajjtfiable rrpoiti, concerning the I !!. Jidin Kuilcde.'orS'mtli.Caiolina. i am nr. Horace icutei, of this town, hiwh have Ncn ciiculsted here lor fume days pall 1 And with this view unly, we pubiilh ihe Mowing extrsQ of a Idler, wiiitciiby aci.ilemcitlu Suuth Carolws, who it ury much refpeded there, and well Uwn nJ highly tllcemed here : 10TlCliiSJweH thatthe lirhlt tiC.nt,' - ApPed4 ot Precece.t. L"tldmnj?rn?7TSlTil S'ur r 3- l. TAYLOR. Within tht Bar. tfOccactek, art in oftratitn, andjir the itif,rmatin tf Mariners it is made knimn that el Cab'e-Jfati.,. iL. n.i. I - - . . n . r 1. 1 . . I r . i !art. J"m. the Jklh wrjlrart tf the outer Jnals H hjy ,.2jpt andfrom the nrtb r m & II .IIP a a ' trwtttfouthvtJlptttofm'MUp '" v(jj,it HUn4 ahs thf aaji&tnt rvujrys, tht Itgbltttrs NfN. . tH4 Jumthe ninb taJlpartN. Jr. iiftant three lt,'tutt. AtlhtlUctlf.t l!nJ tkii.u t. rm the Bar IV. A, ,'. dilunt mtrlt iw9 The light t Caft.lhutrai bdnL upwards V twwrr uw.ve IbCltVil tl Ihe Ita. ,. ,11 Is lienfrm a ctnfiJtrghU din ana tiittui tu. wtrik,I,t4n4 h avtfrel llttritr in f,r Ocffftck iV. l; Vf W; Nt p. erexxn AV IK, . V tn ite Cape uill firjl W and WtU continue l$ te fttn tilt the Heht at. tears within the Bar. r The the harinns crjlle ljlendfrm Ocute.k Bar hi hn pa J j.i ii is mi txpciltdika! amy Vfffil will ntjtmp: 19 tnfi in ih, niAt. it fdl htim mem, ,ned rW, that tht mtjf.r m amUg upwilb the Bar in the 'xht may te enabled nereh If take thtjitujtitn uhich may be miJlfsviurabUf.r meivinf a , 'gn4 crojirun tie mrarn. Samuel Tred well - StptrinteJint. mitmin. jn. j, U04. THIS werk i carefully tompi d from the ti to- -( ihormti, and lapicd.ry e.D gift of the (natal Act ol AfTembly tad ol Cooritli wpoft all tb luaittl it caiaiat, to trie aft of the cuirrat ol tbi lire. Ic b btea the aim o. the Cora pi if 10 fcitCt lien the tf oLmattet wi h which it it iniermine'i4, the aft Jul Icarniag reUtitc to Slirnff ted ConRafalei j ltd bv aiBiad ttraeaeat of the fcvtral nt'er, to fara u atoic&ooal men nh la (y refeienre to more eeaioaa foarcet ol Inforaittioa, tad the perfon lot whole u!e the work it immediately defigaed, wiik plaia a it telUg ble ialruUioei. . Cadet the impatuat title of ARRtST, the dtiy of Sbanrtt, Cawi, tad ptitt pnfoat ia the tppi e headoa ol afUadet, will t defenbed, tad the decree ol aroiioa tfTarded by the Law accaraitly ft'Ud Caea4 willl tbtt fabjecl I lb Ltw of II mkide, wbeocomitted or to oflUee of itlrcr, or wheatbt ltrfo biUed it tooffteet l jalitc, feQiC h atlttaal wilt W tdt 10 tbndi tad meiboditt lead ... .lag ffa. Some at her rkiiQi netted af will aUd, I Eteeaiitn, Gtolt, t, rn(aar, Efctaet, Jaitet, S&t lift tad MaiQtt'Kcaaau, fy.t. (OSDlTIWt. Tht vtik will he etmpfifed la 400 ptt, oclieo, piiaid on ottl ly at tad good pipe. l will be delitcri d,o fablcnaei, bta4taraly Voutd, it Fear Dollar taeb. , . .. - - It wtU he put to praf m fooa 11 1 fufXcieot oatnber af Ubfrbii Obttined to dlry ibi la peace, td if faed ia 4 mnnihtthetether. 4 A M 0 ie fwbftribei wdl bt ftikjoiaed 10 lit walk . a rjZT Sahfciipiiont trt received la Wilavatim, We AUmttA II. II. tht labli'htr 1 by tb feeeral Pal Mat. lei tad Ihrnffe lo lb Sie, d by abr atttwea, ba whole htrid eM' lo ibt pupr a,y be lodged. Wllatttfoa, October trstSoj. HATKS. OF STORAGE, Jt HVmirju-For the Yeir 1104, far frff ttf t Qf.it, '
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