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ParnaJJiaif Loom. - ’ During the grand Federal Proceflion in Philadelphia, the following ODE was ftruck off by the Preflmen, and diftributed about : Compofed for the occafion by F. IIopkinfon, ^fq* O H for a mufe of fire to mount the ikies. And to a liil'ning world proclaim —■ * n^hold ! behold 1 an empire rife ! An /Era new. Time, as he flics. Hath enter’d in the book cf Fame. On Alleghany’s tow’ring head Echo ihall (land.—the tidings fpread, And o’er t!ie lakes, and mifly floods around An i5i.R.A NEW r&found. See ! where Columbia fits alone. And from her flar-bcfpanglcd throne. Beholds the gay prceeflion move along. And hears the trumpst, and the choral fong— She hears her fons rejoice— * Looks Into future tlnnes, and fees The nam’rbus bleflings heav’n decrees. And with her plaudit joins the general voice. ’Tis done! ’tis done ! my fons,” flie cries, ** In war^e valiant,and in council wife ; ** Wifdom and valour ihall my rights defend, And o’er my vaft domain t!:ofe nghts extend, «* Science ihall ilouriih—Genius flrctch her wing. In native drains Columbian Mufes fing} 4* Wealth crown the arts, and Jufticc clean the fcales, ** Commerce her pondrous anchor weigh, ** Wdc fpread her fails. And in far didant feas her flags difplay. * My fons for freedom fought—nor fought In vain j •* But found a naked Goddefs was their gain : Good Government alone can Ihew tWs Maid, “ In robes of SOCI AL HAPPINESS array’d.” Hail to this fedival! all hail the Day ! Columbia’s Standard on her roof difplay— I And let the r sople’s motto ever be— « UNITED THUS, AND THUS UNITED FREE.” j)5* Ten fmall packages, contain ing the foregoing Ode, and a lift of toafts for the day, were made up and addrefled to the Ten States in Union, were tied to Pidgeons, which at inter vals rofe from Mercury’s Cap, and flew off. ANECDOTE. A YOUNG Quaker, from a dif- tant part of the country, went to London, and being ftruck with the gaudy fopperies of the age, he com menced beau, and among articles of drefs purchafed, was a blue fattin vvaift'- coat trimmed with filver. He foon returned to his father, who enquired, “ where didft thou purchafe thefe cloihts ?i’ ** I created them, faid the fon.—Created them !” “ Yes, I faid let them be made and they w^erc made. ^,5 THOUGHTS from the FRENCH. F you marry, faid a father to his daughter, you will do well—If you do not marry, you will do better. If that is the cafe, replied the daughter, get me a hufband as foon as you can— . I fliall be contented to well—I will leave it to others to do better. Women'are our miftreffes in youth, our companions in manhood, and our nurfes in old age—One has therfore realon to marry at every age. Twenty Pounds REWARD. TO BE RENTED, The USE where the late Mrs. LYON refided. Inquire of A. MAOLAINE. June 25" 17— T H E Adminiftrators of the late Mr. SWANN, requeftthofe who are indebted to the Store in Wilming ton, kept by Mr. JAMES MILLS, to call upon Mr. ISAAC BERNARD, WHO IS authoriled to fettle and receive the debts, and to give difeharges. Wilmington, July i6. 20—r. Wr iting Pape. FOR SALE By the Printers hereof. William Stewart, TAYLOR, B egs leave to inform the public, that he has taken a room in the houfe of Mr. McCulloch, where he in tends carrying on his bufinefs,' Thofe gentlemen who may think prqiyr to employ him, may depend.onr^eJt commands being faithfully and punc tual executed on the Ihorteftjioticc. Wilmington, Auguft 20. 25— O N Thiirfday laft a Negro fellow narned TOM, late the property of Colonel J. Leonard, murdered Mr. John Leonard, of Brunlwick County, at the plantation of Mr. Arthur Howe. Tom is a fmall black fellow, about twenty-one years of age, flutters much in his fpecch, is a defigning artful fel low, tells a moft plauflble floi^y, and j will try to get out of the ftate. It is fuppofed he was^ wounded in the head by a guard placed at Mr. S. Daniel’s laft Friday night. The above reward will be given to any perfon who appre hends him, by applying to Mr. Lewis M‘Phcrfon, ^merchant, Wilmington, or the fubferiber in Brunfwick County. JACOB LEONARD. Auguft 25, 1788. TO bEbSold cheap, o For Cafli or Produce, npWO valuable PLANTATIONS at the White Marfti, Bladen County, containing 900 acres, the pro perty of the late Rcbert Re^an, Eiq. deceafed. For further particulars ap. ply to H. y. Richards, or ARCHIBALD MACLAINE. Wilmington, July 16, 1788. 20— T ^HE Subferibers reqaeftall perfons having any demands again ft the eftateof the late JoHX Graxge, fen. Efq. deceafed, to render in tiieir ac counts to them as'fpeediiy as polTibie, properly attefted, as they wiih to hav’e the accounts againft the faid eftate ad- jufted, that they may as foon as polTi- ble difcharge the fame ; and alio re- queft all perfons indebted to faid eftate, to make immediate payments, to pre vent profecution. John Hall, July 15, 1788. 21 — p, JOURNALS of the laft Aflembly are now rea dy to be delivered at the Superior Court Office. JOHN HUSKE, Clerk. Wilmington, July 16. WANTED, Bythe Commiffioners of the Naviga tion, one hundred thouland BRICKS. Apply to WILLIAM NUTT, Clerk. I Wilmington, June 11, 1788. BLANKS, OF VARIOUS KINDS, Forfalebythe printers hereof. G T O N : (North-Carolina) Printed a^Si Publiftied by BOWEN and HOWARH ut Printing-Office, nearly oppofite the Market; where Subferiptions for this Paner At FOR TY ^Ffrrr Vvr'o ^ Annum) Effays and Articles of Intelligence will be gratefully received.—AdvertifbmeiSts inftrVed on realorrabVe TeVS
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