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tvr, POETRY. ;?;
" ! THE PROTEST.' - V '
" - ;n 3;,' . - . . . . , :. , , , . .
-'Which evtrt;mun, addicted to Drunktnneu
' : l r 4 -ought to make and adhcrejot
-f . X f BOTE8T thatnom'oro 111 get drunk i v
' Tis the curse and the plague of ray life ;
t ' It ruinslny eredit, my health cad my purse
' r My peace and my comfort. and whet is atill
i worse, ' ' , f' ' t ,;,r
It vexes and angers my wtfe.'-. ' ;',
; I protest' that too more I'll get drunk, c
. ' It torments and embittcre my life J ' 1
'' '- To ruin 'twould hurry it vot'ry headlong
:: yuu reason ueciarus, ui "
wrong;.. . . i 'f's'r"
. ' ' : And so do the,lears of taf wife. :: , , '
4 I protest that no more I'll get drunks
" ., Nor Tcad such'a wretched vile life, " ,V :.
Its attendants are poverty, shame k disgrace
' Disease and despair atare me hard in the face,
" 7 r- And so does my heart broken wife FTT'
' t protest that'no more IU get dnraV -;
'Tis the sarins of all evils in life I ' ,
. Tis the curse of all curseiof tnischleftfc
v VOISt ,
itsine piague 01 tut jjiaguco, u ufciii
v rcWstrv -v, ."v r" " ,;-''-"--
wonder loud chides fry poor wife !
I protest that no more 111 get drunk, , -; , ,
i', For I find it the banc of my life .k'
' Ifi-nrfnrfh I'llhfttchful thatROUarh'shall
', .,' destroy,. .:' . -
"( la ray children, my homef and my wif.t
' - ;'V '" ''...-' T.ir. ?'.(; '"y.
-V PAt Coach CoxtRsATtoit. ;
iig!iihmanTiil JohTison is, I am fcfraid,
. 1 absurd, when ho ayi, ,.. - , ,
; ; Turn from tK !ttwtinj btibt oar fcorofd tjrfr
Mot Ml lot gold wkit o!4 e bctct bay '
: " Where Is the absurdity V sard the Irish
t. man, who at first was so much strackj at the
finenws of the thought that he did not pel
' ,ccive the ball for&e expression,', fill his
, frien4 asked, low. any person could loll for
. f gold, which could nfcver.be bought fo? jgold f
j ,1.1 , j ,". Q . ' :. . a r. -f.'-'i
, . une case to o sure must pe excepiea
, ; a patriot ma sell' his, rcputatiou and the
, purcbascf get nothing by it A ; . '
-. , Scotchman' Sin , yoa define an- Irish
.," tullf ;: ' '-. ;
.'' IrithmanX-t Perhaps the essence of a bull
lies in confuriou of idea ' V' '." '
' EngHhmunJ That sounds plausible e-
. nough in theory, but It will not appljMn
-'practice, for confusion of ideas is common to
both countries What do yot thmk of the
f Enplish studentr "who when h was asUcd
' 'what BroeresJha, had made, in the study of
. . muUicine, modestly repuett f 1 hope i shall
goon be fully qualified to, be a'physklan for
' .S .L...1. I ... ana sMa' tit ma t!U '
4 lllllllk ft villi uvn nuiv v vmc .miut . -
f ; O, (sa)d the Scotchinajv iaughlnn:) con
' ' . fusion 6,f 4deas anuwl constitute a .bull, or
'".this Would be one. ,i, Another definition, If
',. you please, sir .- A" ' J "7 ' '
.. Irihman To aroend.our bill, suppose
we insert the word hiu Rhable, anH. say, that
a certain laughable jonjutiom 0 iaat consti1
'tutesabulL,', 1." '
EngliAan- Still there are - English
blunders lf thrs description. Do you not
remember Bluckjnore's famous lues in
' prince Arthur 1f . ti,
A Wim4 ,t r'r vqrt ShI aa, " ' '
t ' WHith fict kit riadnri w ' ;
4 1 lave-ne not fere a ktrghable confuilion of
idens and in utothcr passage where the
m lime poet soys, - ,, . j ( Vr
. Mt roi d fo ioui, ib J Ir)k w4iroM frtm,
IlUvfiyhdo'ir" oIIoI'bw ; v
, Irhhman-J' I think $ can Rife you an ex-
ample of an IrUh bull, in which are alt the
(essential requiaiies, incongruity, confusion,
, and laughable confusion both in thought and
expression ' When 6ir Richard Steele was
asked bow it happened, that his countrymen
"tmada so many bulls,' he replied ' It is the
effect ef climate, sir c if an Englrslrnan
were born in Ireland, b .would make as
.tnany. - ..T,i..
V V. Thomas'S; Beale,.. ":
f . Em Jmtttctittd end far. tale, Jive lattt :
j, ' . - - Ihdu Goods, tit. -S
bales Mamoodys,.
,- 3 do, .i Sannts,- ,1 do. Currabs, -
3& pieces Duck, . ; , . . ! 't
. iDOQ .Gunny bags, S., :, V
New England Rain ia hhds. aind Wuk
,' ,' , ' Alia oa hand, . '
Madeira -Wine Boston Beef, No. 1, and
few fases Claret Wine. , 'April 84.
thomas avuight;
"V Ha4 just received from .York,
the following assortment of GOOpS, which
he will sell very lowTor cash t, 1.
i i LINENS, Pririts, Diaper Muslins, feur.
L-sce Sleeve, ' plain and' figured, ' Cotton
Stockings, Men and Women's Silk' Stock
inc., Nankcnt, VSewirar Silks, kc Black
Crape, Spider Nett," Superfine Cloths and
Caoim'eres blue, black, and tottle'gw.
,V3mos,aiMi Anoe at au
kinds. ' i- t.. J Msv'23. ',
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Gun-Powder and Tow Cloth: of
g4 quality, just received and for sale by
April S. v v -Vr.' --r i .'1 if.
Sugars in Boxes, and a corn
pleat aaMrtmcnt.pf JBar aud-Bolt Iron.
Spike and Mails, for tale by
.. ' WilmingohAcademy. .
' THE Trusteesof t- e Wilmington Acade.
raj loiorm such or the subscribers as are in
arrears on account of iheir subscriptions to-I
wsrds defraviDK the exnence of the buildine.
which the Trustees under the authority of
me sunscribers have bad erected, but which
remains unfinished, that Mr. William Will.
a . s . ' . ,
Kings is authorisea to receive tbe nmi I
which they respective! owe. ' '
As the want of such a bulldintr is verv I
sensibly felt by parents and others,, interes
ted in the education the youth of the town !
and its vicinity, and as the one now tip has i
remained in us present condition for a consi
derable length W time (a condition which ex
poses it to daily injury) for the want of funds
9 complete , ut s nopea mat uis gentle
men who may be in arrears will be punctual
in making payment to MrW. ol the full a
mount of what they severally owe, whenever !
he msy call on them for that purpose, 'if
'-, Ki.i l Valuable Lands
FofsaWi low for cash-or vaunt TJinw.,
the following valuable property, via t- -'
j That; wt,ll known plantation,' formerly the
residence of cot father. Ivkiflf an tha mr
road to Fayetteville, between the 37 and 3
- f"". iiwtiiwurca who lypiess
nd Pine trees and lightwood Also, another
piece 01 .350 acres, on the west side of the
Ttver,bVbr Mr; William Sutton's, his
allowed to haveUhe beit Gmfcen hd DghU
Wood, Jn that part of the country and the
whole of Jitlie;1iaody tojhe River.. Also,
several other tracts of (and in BWdcft Coun
ty.. Likewis e Mstt Sat with a sood
Coa Mill, on an txcellent stream, wlikin
a iuarti of la mile of ike above plantation;
lying iq New-Hahover County. All the pr.
pery now ottered fo sul i situated ift a
healthy part of tlc country and js wtU worth
the attention of any one.doirous of putchae
ing, valuable country property. .
May. .'if, EVAN ANDRES.
" 7V RENT, : :
1 - THET LOFT over the Subscriber's Wire
House, Nos. t and 3, lately occupied as a Sail
Loft, 90 by 35 feet. - - . ,
' . , CEO. WiD. BURG WIN. '
! May . - . ' -
A if MATOASES ,
; THOSE families who are desirous to be
provided with Matrasses, or to have them
made at their bouses, may apply at the Sub
scribers Store. " " . 4' ' . .
'... ' & rOKTAlltl"
A vafuable Town Lot;
" SITUATED between Judge WrigbiVeMl
Dr. DcKosseit's new buildings, front street
For further pirticulara Tespretibg said It,
apply to VYt. H. MisBsu.
March 10.
'JfJ
';. ' ' 'JUBILER tVAp. ;
The English society for the discharge and
relief of jf nwtis Imprisoned fur small debts,
. In c'.nscVjuencc of the liberal donattuns dur
hr the last yer, but particularly ,tlio-e in
roimnemofviUcm of the British king's tutor-
Ing the JOth year of his reign, dtscliargfd
and relieved 134 debtors fi-otn tlie several
pt isans throughout, the kingdom, many of
who.n (whoso debts were considerable) had
, luITcrca along confinement Of this mini
' ber were tliicbiircd by what is in I-nnilon
, called the Jubilee Fund, 94, whhad 631
- wives and 1 330 rbildixn. 135 of these debt
ors were b Nowg&te. " ', c
i . ' . t 1 t . 1 ' . ' . 1 . ,
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t . I appears from t1e ,CUUet of yesterosy
morning, that Mr Cooper, the Tragedian s
an the eve of his departure for Europe, and
that It ls'tinec;nin whether he intends to re.
turo to this country. .V. y. Gunt
FOR SALE BT 'lHE SUBSCRIBER, ,
, F rth Hyfon Tr fy 0 cKiO, let tm) Limp Sutw
tw Itmbnck, t iaprrfis cloth,
9bm tk t rM ! Cmm, Alt a
Ai.k l. '11 1
11 win mi isw iot cm, or tppievtd ftori
A )JUn!v;, Stationary, ?ic.rorsi!c at
TORENT,
- The store at present oeropied by jphnand
R, Ekadley.; The dwelling home occupied
by the aubseriber. and a Wba, f. with a gond
convenient Isnding, suiuble fur the rtcep.
Won of any kind of produce. ' Apply to
January 13. . R. TIRADLET
1 1 - --'h
EDWAKU W1NSLOW '
' - ' -'.Ait f,t ule; 1 k ' ,"
Mids: and SO bbls Muscovado SUGARS,
April 34. " ' ' '." '.-.
100 DOLLARS WORTH OP BOOHS
, My U gained f of ot dollar, in
S. MAMA
B00KLO1TEUY
' .r' " .4 ; ' -SC.rn.Ht..1. '. ' :
I Prire of 1 00 Dollsr la led- J, .
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135
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Ifi Prizes
; 438 nisnks. ' ' ' v
oo TitllUit 1 dollar each, hioo
Any.'persm drawing a priae, and wishing
Tor any books, that I have not In my pr.
sion, they shsil be procured from fttw.York
la e short time, if to be kad The booki are
to be put at tbe lowest cash prices. The
orawing siu comanini isioon as the Tick
ets are f.d. - .' f . r ." , '. , ,
fCT Titktts foristflM lie Cacttcfi"ira,
. r- EUzabethtwvn Academy
TIlE Trustees of the Elitabethtowit Aca'd
x emy, at length have the pleasure to in
form4he public, that they bate engaged the
IteTr WiuiaM B. o1xbokt,i as a Pastor
" : principal icacner-r inai ne wui com1
mence the important cuttesof fata' station on
or aboat the 2(nb of May. Tbe qualifica.
tions "of tb Principal are so well known in
different parts of the state,'' as to preclude
the necessity of any recomavendation on the
part of tbe Trustees.' Wi services, in the
Vayettevflle and other Academiest are gene
rally acknowledged t!) have been great. His
uniform . attendance to.' the morals, man
ner., and general deportment of those who
have been subject to his fuitionbas justly
oonrmandad the applaW of both the judi
dou and interested. i '.
- The par;n .J ibis inttitutton, having el
ready been subject to conderalle expence
in order to render .the establishment' both
permnem., and t ftspectsble, : flattef them;
aelves, ibat parents U guardians of children.
particularly .In the lower country,' will not
wifhhulri thtir 'patronage $nd support.; .
. The Truiee art of the opinion, thaf the
ait nation oft his Academy ia in every respect,
really commodious Biwtd will be attaina
ble In good homes on moderate terms.
The town Is well watered, and deemed as
healthy as any place in the lower country
The Tuitees hafe no hesitation in asserting,
that on lbif part great care will be exercised
in order (o promote both the resncctebilitv
iDf the institution., and the general welfare of
me stunenia. - 4
, i Byt order of the AoardV ' . , " "
THOMAS BROWN; A'W, :
J. WRIGHT, Stcrttart, , . . -
Liisabctb, April 5.
4A reward of Fort Dollars will ; '
be given to any one who will apprehend and ; T
secure' in the Wilmington jail the following
Negre Women Harriet, Bella, Elsey and
MiUy. HabbUt is a tall thin wench of a- ',
yellowish complexion about thirty two or . .
thihy three years of aee. well known in Wil.
mington, where her parents arc and suppo
posed to be harbored in the neighborhood of .
Town Creek Bridge. . Rkll i.ni.t .rh
, -her complexion eimilar W that of Harriets '
wno a nave reason to believe U secreted in
town. t; Elset Is also a short wench, her .
complexion deeper than either of the othera, j
I haa remarkable white teeth and speaks quick' v ,
end at Mr- Geofge MacKenaics plaptatiort, -V
i isjiuiuuii wwsiaros stria , nssa a a. j .. i. A
about twenty.five years of age. . Mult b
slender wench or ih
Complexion verrmuch nf ih mni.nn . .t, '
I! l .. . . " : ' '-VI 'T..v:':,
Muuuiwiree ana twenty years cf age. am
i may DC foiind either In mn n . iu. .-j ,f ..-: y
MacKenxie'a plantation. ; Forty dollars will- "
be given for their delivery in tbe Wilming
ton tall or1 ten for either of them. v
April 1. f k- . . 1
, "VENTY DOLLARS REWARD. . Vi
i - Rltn-awav frftm trii cnKcprlK.
Ak...4 .1 J t x. . s - : ...... , .::) !!:'
auvui me jsi oi wovember last a negro mam r
nained SC1PIO,-between 5 feet 7o inche
inn a ippi niiyn... a, . i ..i. . . -. . .. . ... a.
. w vQinpiexiOD, im i
puoeni in speech, and wU known! about; ,
Wilmingtoni., I will give the above reward .
wuever win secure hint in any jail, sO
I (hast I ttta C ! , . r " .' "".7'''V '.'.
... Mini again, or 1 will give 00 . ,
hundred dollars reward to wtioevernrill con, ; -
mi my cBptaip, .roaaier or owner of any ve"
tat who has taken him off, as I am told i .
j thecal.. J hereby warn elf taptains, mas. '
I ter and owners of Vessels or others froni
harborinr or tak'mc him ...
employing him in any way. - "
' . . SV. I'. ST"TTTTtTTTnTr'
A" 1 .. V..,VH vm-,
t"f . J- ..... .
.: Fifty Dollars Reyard. .'
'. ' 7. , Robbery !, . :
npHE avibscriber'e shop, was bfolte into
, A last night, and abtut' thirty Watchet
stole thereirom,1 with, some other articles
which cannot be dcBorihc&t A deecrip
uon of al many" of1 the Wafxhes as can at
presunt bejrccollectcd is annexed. The
jttkcrihtT is convinced that this daring fe
iony must have Wen committed by some
person well, acquiiinted.with the situation
of the shop. -lie will give a rew?rd of
fifty dollar for the apprcHension of the
thief on convictiorST '': , ;
1. Cormvall, Lbndon, No. Jftf, double
cascilver. Fcron A Paris, U9, French
norJzontaL, WiniamDawnham, London,
8SWV single" case, gold. ; Julia Jcffray,
Glasgow, II E C ;A gtlt;. watch; et
round the bczclandback the. enamel out
of die back., One Geneva aUvcr watchj
double case, ho name nor number Blow
Lawtkr, London, 790, ailver fact, dou-We-ease.
- Proctor, Dablint alargeailver
old fashion. Chaajonea, London; 4674,
double tasc,ailvcr. fho. BurpuB, Indod,
1S4, large aihref, old fashion. , A aingle
case ailver, watch, In the case Ibe mark pf
a crown.4 Rlw Qowca, London, 6x10,
dduble case, f,ilt. Rd. , Norton, London,
2138," silver, double case, second hand.
Tho&. Thompson, London, 2648, double
casc,ailvcr. Vrauchcr, A Paris, 17742,
single case, goia. mos. liendmon, Co
ventryr405r --double, case, - gilt, aceond
hand in the centre. A French watch.silver.
in uic case or me piate,' akae, L,t Whevl
ailaf, 2642. - Edw.Steel, W, Thavia, dou
b!e case, ailver, old fashion. W.Radaw,
London, 9706. , , A gold . Prench watch.
the top or bezel that holda tbe glass is lost,
A French watch case, and part f the
works, say face; Ice. A "email gilt case,
with some email sets, no works. ,A dou-
oie case, cu wiuwut worse or bcreu A
small silver watch, old fashion, English.
A smalt Engl'ish.wirtch case, old fashion.
A small gold watch, aithout a glass, silk
string,' small gold key and acJ. Craw
ford, London, 682.;, A ailver watch half
capped and jewelled, old falion,ViUiout
the makers narne or number.
The afve are all that are recollected at
present . Wu. Ill I.LI AUp.
-' Foufltnillr, Trlrtary 12.1110.
,Y 1 r STRAYED;
. An 0 red & wblte, mtssuripg Sf iachea
between the horns, ' Two dollars will be git .
en te $pj person who will deliver kin, to
' I
10 pOLLARS REGARD.
lPTlKSchawNeaf "
v ,gn, viacx no sieek, well made and
PUu"0, . probably'
about Wilmington, or H tip, mtfbt harbor
ed af or near the plantaiion of the late Mr. '
Merrick, on the Soqnd. .Ten dollars re ward
will be giren to any person who will appre-:
head tH said roraway, defiver him to tha
subscriber er lotlf him in some iail. ; H
r"i . s . ,4 , ;m, HOOPER-'
; Thirty Dotiars Reward
For the
BAHNEY, about 45 years of age, 5 feet 0
"oiKn, siommaae,oi a good appearing
countenance, speaks plain haa long hair,,
somewhat of a datk mustee kind, one of his
legs U much larger than the other. ; Tbe ssi4 '.
Carney eloped frommv nlam Atifmffl Affl sfntAAMsa '
River, near Charfe&ton, South Carolina, id
i'i.t ibi'i. una imm mionnAiinn t.i
way for Nortn Carolina. Aavhis former '
owner resided near Wiljnitrgton.la said state
and on hi way was apprehended, but after
warfla made his escspe, and is supposed to be "
; In ot near Wilmington. If apprehended and
sent on to Charleston, South Carolina, all re. ;
uuuoib expences, wgstner with the abova
reward, will be paid, on deliverv of said fterm
ta , . THOMAS naf nwirr .
Feb. 13 - . . t . .. V
' . Ten Dollars Reward. - - v
Afisco.VDED on A.i.v ;l .
first of Octobtr last.
CfAaLkfTov or Cbasltow. Ii. u ..it
known. aboMt Augqsta as drummer : is
iiro ana, wcu msoe, or very black eons.,
pleVion I about j feet nine inches high, and '
years of age. . He has a deep msrk Or cnt
on one of his eye-hrews (which not recollee
ted.) The above reward will be, paid for
j bis apprehension and dtlitrry to mt, or on '
bi using HJQgta 10 JJII. . ,
., -JAMES CORMICK.,
December f. , . ; . t .
THE Sub&triberi
t to tbee persons who are Indebted to the,
! to come forward and aettl th:
ccoonts, at do further; Credit can be given '
, CSC BRANSON.
Who have fitf sale a small assortment of
CroceriescoarseDrvCoodt'
and couotry Produce, which cm be hid a
. '. Wanted at this bffioe, '
An APPRENTICE DOV. who ui ir.S
' end write. ' . , Fh. 2ft.
; WlLMlKQ1Vii w.c. ;
.. , iTts ao resitsate at j j
'USELLU MACXATir. ' ,'
V COKPITIO . '
1. Tf aaa DcLUissr, fiejoittf cS.
tern, ft Folia DoLLAaa if ttii WdAa
inejirn tit mcnir.t ,
S. tvhtrtyiitn esn It fKtiud fa g Ut9
timt than Sit Moaras.
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evt art it:', ft 4. inVitf. a...., ..." i