ludicrous. A COUNTRY fchoolmaftcr afked a failor, what was the third and half third of ten pence ? The fellow, who was illiterate, and confequently unacquainted with arithmetic, evaded the anfwer by inti mating that his mefs-mates were by, and he did not care to, give that for nothing which he had paid for at lb dear a rate, adding, that he could fet the fchoolmalter a much harder fum. What is it cried the former, with his chalk ready for calling ; why, replied the failor, if a pound of cheefe coft four pence, what will a cart load of turnips amount to ? Writing FOR SALE By the Printers hereof. B L A N K S, OF VARIOUS KINDS, For laic by the printers. hereof. UxN AWAY from Mount Pleafant eftate, on the North-Weft, a Nc- fellow named TONY, ia"c the property of Mifs Cobham, well known in and about Wilmington, as he was one of the fiddlers to the alTem- blies. He is tall, well made, and thin viffaged, between black and yellow. He took away a fiddle, Ibme carpen- ^ters tools, &c. He has a wife at Mr. Frederic Jones’s, on the Sound, named Belly, (his cook) who harboured him when he left his matter before. He, and fome others, it is fufpefted, intend trying to ge.^ to the Eaftern ftates, ima* gining they will be free. Their in tended rout is by the back part of this ftate and Virginia, to Pennfylvania j they propofed taking their wives. Tony’s wife would not go with him. A reward of TEN POUNDS will be given to any perlon who will fecure him in any of the gaols of this or any neighbouring ftate j and any mode rate expcnce to deliver him to Mr. Sheriff Wright; or by giving informa tion by letter to GOODIN ELLETSON, At Mo unt Pleafant, onNorth-Weft of Cape Fear. Bladen, May 17,1788. 12— State of North-Carolina. Hill/borough dijlri£t» In the court of equity, in April term, 1788. In the fuit there depending^ wherein John Wilcox/j complainant^ and Archibald Maclaine and Morris, defendants. I T is ordered, that James Morris, the heir, and the executors of Jo- Icph and George Anthony Morris, put in their anfwer to the complainant's bill, on or before the firft day of the enfuing term, (which will be on the firft day of Oftober next; and that on the defendant’s, or either of them, failing in obedience to this order, the complainant's bill to be taken procon- feffo againgft the perfons fo failing, unlefs caufe (hewn, &c. A commif- fion to iflue to Philadelphia to take the anfwer. Publifhed by order of the court, W. WATTERS, Clerk and Matter in the aforefaid Court and Diftrid. 13 ig WANTED, By the Commiffioners of the Naviga tion, one hundred thouland BRICKS, Apply to WILLIAM NUTT, Clerk. Wilmington, June 11, 1788. TTHE Concern Jormerly carried on in mirnington hy tbt fub/criStr, teing difcJwd cn the frft dey ef]aHttary lafi NOTICE, therefore, is hereby given, to all per. Jons who ftand indebted to him on open account, to call immediately and fettle the fame by Note or otherwije : And allfuch as have granted Bonds or Notes NOW due, unlefs fettled and paid on or before the a 5/A of June infant, may defend on tbefame bang put into the bands of an Attorney. Ihe remainingJlock ofDKY GOOD 5 on band by the fubfcr.ber, be will fell at or near the prime eof,for cajb or prod uce, PETER MAXWELL. Who alfo will fell on reafonable terms, one undivided half of all the Lands, Houfes, Stills, XJtenfils, and Im provements belonging to the late DifUery near Wiimington, the eon- veniency of which for wood, water, &c. with the market for eon- fumption of Rum, is well knenon to be the frf in the United States. Wilmington, June 15—. ly The ADMINISTRATORS of Robert Schaw., Elq. DECEASED, R EQUEST all perfons indebted to the faid Robert Schaw, Alexan der Duncan, dcccafcd, Duncan, An- crum, and Schaw, and Ancrum and Schaw, to fettle and make payment, or renew their obligations with Mr. JOHN BRADLEY, who is fully em powered for that puipofc : And thofc who have any demands, arc defired to make them known, that they may be fettled and paid. IVilmington^ Mzy 21,1788. 12— New Publications- Juft received from NEW-YORK, and for fale by the Printers hereof; '"T^HE genuine information, delivered ^ to the legiflature of the ftate of Maryland, relative to the proceedings of the general convention, lately held at Philadelphia; by LUTHER MAR-/ TIN, Efquirc, Attorney-General of Maryland, and one the faid convention: together with a letter to the hon. THOMAS C. DYE, Speaker of the houfe of Delegates, an Addrefs to the Citizens of the United States^an^^me Remarks relative to Shillings O, I O N S on the Snd ElSp'IONS. IAN J^illlOT. Hngs.] "SO, )S TO THE PEOPLE OF THE of NEW-YORK: Neceffity of AMEND MENTS to the CONSTITUTION, propofed for the UNITED STATES, previous to its ADOPTION. By a PLEBEIAN. [Price Two Shillings.] Shewi WILMINGTON TmTuT Piintint-O®:., oppofiK itety BOWEN .nd HOWARD,,« th
