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ParnaJJian Loom. To a L A D Y. G '‘O to her bandsytiHd;» the jeftefi drcfs *2 hut ever love put cn~—appear j ^V**! tont.hf which thou ivill meet with there. If fe hoks on theCt as ^e can't do lefs,^^ Sbiitf^ ’With the lujlre borrow'd from her eyes.^ ^ Livcintboje rays by which her StRzr non dies. Let ev'ry line the wretched caufe repeat } ^ ell her-—l et fay f—^One minute longer fay /—• TV// ber^I dare not tell thee what to fay : L>»t c-j'n the fury of poetic heatf Liar the force fames of Iwe^ Perhaps may move Clarissa to forgive, Ck ! hc7V happy then am I ! H'ho muf by fierce diCf jind cannot!- - — dare not ! by confeJpon—Hvt / *' V, ri. ANECDOTE. ,• » following inftance of the in fluence of a good and great man, will, w’e prefume, be acceptable to eve ry reader who loves his country, and venerates its DARLING HERO !— In the late federal Convention, it had been for a long time debated, what ihould be the ratio of reprefentation, and it was carried by a very confidera-' ble majority, to make it oiis jor every forty thoufand inhabitants. In this form the matter was fent to the prefs ; but when the fubjecl came for the laft time under the confidcration of the con vention, General Washington rofe, and fpokc to the following effeft Though I amfenfibleof the impro priety of your chairman’s interming- Tmg in your debates, yet I cannot help obferving, that the fmall number which conllitutes the reprefentativc body, appears to be a defeft in your plan. It would better fuit my ideas, and I believe it would be more grate ful to the wiihes of the people, if that number was increafed.” The queftion was immediately put without debate, upon a motion that the ratio be one Jor every thirty thoufand fas it now Rands) and it was unanimoufly car ried, Such was the magic force of this patriot’s opinion ! and it adds to the luftre of his virtues, that this cri tical interference (which we are well afluredwas allthefliare he had in the bufinefs of the convention) tended to promote the intereft and dignity of the people. To_ be S O L D, The following traBs or parcels of L N D, Being part of the efiafe of the late Gene* ral Waddell, viz. TWO HUNDRED acres of land in , Anfon County, on Jones’s Creeck, adjoining the upper J. Meadow,, on the North fide of faid Creek. 500 acres of land in Anfon County, on the S. W. fide of Fedec River, the North fork of Wild Cat, on the Eaft fide of Waxhaw Path. 640 acres of land in Anfon County, on the S. W. fide of Pedee River, on the South-£aft fide of RiclLirdfon's Creek. “ 640 acres of land in Anfon County, •u the S. W. fide of Pedee River, on Wild Cat, in the upper line of Jamvs McManus’s land on laid Creek. 500 acres in Anfon County, on the S* W. fide of Pedee River, South fide of a fork of Lyhehe’s Creek, about half a mile above Stroud’s, the upper fettlement. 600 acres in Anfon County, on the S. W. fide of Pedee River, on the North fide of Thompfon's Creek. 300 acres in Anfon County, on the waters of Dutch Buffalo, tjdjoining the lines of John Brandon’s and Henry SwiiTers lands. 490 acres in Anfon County, on Lean’s Creek, below the Catabaw path. 500 acres in Anfon County, on the S. W. fide of Peedc River, on the Waxhaw Path, where it crofles the North Fork of wild Cat. 320 acres in Anfon County, on the South-Weft fide of Pedee PJvcr, on the North fide of the North Fork of Cat Creek. N. B. The above-mentioned tracts wire all patended in Anfon, but that County having fince been divided, it is probable fome of thefe lands may now be iu the adjacent Counties. 140 acres patented in Cumberland County, butnow In Chatham:, upon the Ealf fide of Bear Creek. 720 acres in Rowan^County, fituate both fides of Crane Creek, adjoining Salilburj town line. ALSO, A lot in the town of Salifbury, known by N®. 13, in the Narth-Eaft fquare, joining Johu Dunn, Efqu ire’s lot. *' For further particulars, enquire at Wil.nington, of ^ * HUGH WADDELL, or JOHN B, WADDELL. IVUmingUn.Juh 2-^, 1788. on both TO BE RENTED, The HOUSE where the late Mrs. LYON refided. Inquire of A. MACLAINE. June 25. -i7_ ^ r-pHE JOURNALS of the A left Afienjbly arejiow rea dy to be delivered at the Superior Court Office. JOHN HUSKE, Clerk. Wilmington, July 16. 20 H E Adminiftrators of the late Mr- SWANfl, requeft thofe who are indebted to the Store in Wifming- ton, kept by Mr. JAMES MILLS, to call upon Mr. ISAAC.BERNARD, who is authorifed to fettle and receive the debts, and to give dilcharges. Wilmington, July 6. 20— “W'aNTEDjX I A n Apprentice to the Cab’inctij Making and Riding-Chair Bu- fiaefs.—Apply to JOHN NUTT. Wilmington, July 23. 21—24 T he Subferibers requeft all perfons having aj^y demands againft the eftateof the Jate John Grange, fen. Efq. deceafed, to render in their ac counts to them^as’^fpcedily as poffibie, properly attefted, as they wifh to have the accounts againft the faid eftate ad- jufted, that they may as foon as poffi bie difgharge the fame ; and alio re queft all perfons indebted to faid eftate, to make immediate payments, to pre vent profecution. John Ball, ] Adminiftrators. July 15, 1788. 21 — Notice. W HEREAS, by a decree of the honourable the Courc of I 'qaU ty, in^ the fuit therein depending, wherein Severin Erichfon is complain ant and Samuel Vance, defejidant— It is ordered by and with the confent of the parties, that the Maftcr in faid Court do forthwith ccdlecl and recover the debts due to Samuel V^ance or Samuel Vance and Co. Notice is hereby given to all perfons indebted to faid concerns, that they call Mafter, and pay..the rei£ps.ai%^c by them due, oh or before the 6rft of September next, when all perfons fail ing therein, will be fued without far ther notice. Thomas Davi$, C. & M. E. Wilmington, July 2, 1788. 18— Harking Paper ^ FOR SALE By the Printers hereof. WANTED, By the Commiffioners of the Naviga tion, one hundred thoufand bricks. Apply to WILLIAM NUTT, Clerk. ‘ Wilmington, June II, 1788. blanks, OF VARIOUS KINDS, For lale by the printers hereof. HOWARD, « .h El.,, and Anicfc. .f I«d]is.„e mil be gratefully reeeived.-Ad«,Se£ iSo/rSonaUetm
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