F
ParnaJJian Loom^
From an EngJyb Magnxint, ,
ItADY who fent Complimrats to a CLERGYMAN upon
th« TEN ov HEARTS.
«
Yovk conniBinmts, dear lady^ do forbear^
Old English fervices are more fincere ;
You (end ten hearts^ thetyche U only mincj
Girc me hut cw—and bum the other
ANECDOTE.
W HAT follows is a fact well
known in the neighbourhood
'' of Berkhamftead.—A few Sundays
ago, fotpe choice fpirits from London
were4*egaling at an inn, when after
dinner the liquor introduced the love
of frolic : after the burning of hats
> and wigs, it was propofed to draw lots
which of the company fliould be hang-
Mcd, and during the courfe of the bottle
it was demonftrated to the fatisfa6lion
of the whole company, that it was
death without pain. The lot fell up-
'bn a young man who had but juft cn-
jWred upon the fortunate eftate of a
-^bankrupt ; however, whether he
thought the advantages of bankruptcy
not To great as is in general believed,
or he wifced to be in the fafliion of go
ring out of the world in a ftring, he
^determined to die hard, to die like a
cock. A convenient place in the room
prefented itfelf ; and in an inftant his
own gaiters furniflied the noofe; the
knot was fixed, and the chair in a mi
nute knocked from under him, but
whatever was theopinion before about
' his death being without pain, the vo-
i;luntcer criminal made fuch kicking
againft the wainfeot, that the landlord
/was brought into the room by the
noife, where he faw the company al-
xnoft as black in the face with laugh-
, ing as the young man was with the
agonies of death. The landlord, afto-
; niftied and diftrelTed at the fight, cut
down the almoft expiring youth, and,
with the afiiftance of a furgeon, and
■ proper care, he is fince recovered, and
i at is remarkable, that the firft words he
fpoke after he rixovered, was, Fll be
[banged ij ever I do the like again.
WANTED immediately.
About ydBS Dollars
. In Pierce’s Final Settlements, for
which good Indigo will be given.
Apply to. LEWIS DUPRE,
(Brunfwick County,
i Or CORNELIUS DUPRE,
Sept. 15, (Little River.
Education.
I N order to render himfclf more
cxtenfivcly ufeful to Wilmington
and its Vicinity,-^the Reverend Mr.
STEWART propofes opening School,
as loon as a competent Number of
Scholars offer. He will inftruft the
Youth that may be committed to his
Care^ in the learned Languages, the
Engliih, grammatically, and the prin
ciples of Religion, natural, and re
vealed.
Wilmington, Sept. 30th, 1788.
A ME to the Sub-
4* fcribers Plantation on
Sunday laft, a Negro Fcl-
, low,">irh6 fays his Name is
HARRY.—He fpeaks very broken, &
can give no account where he came
from :—He fays his Mafter is dead :—
He appears to be about 30 years of
age, thick fet, and 5 feet high.
Whoever will prove faid Negro to be
their Property and pay Charges, may
have again by applying to
EDWARD RUSSEL,
(Living on the Sound.
Wilmington, Oftober 13. 31—
Fsyette-Ville Races.
O N Wednefday the 12th of No
vember licit. Will be run for at
Fayette-Ville'(the three mile heats) a
purfc of one hundred and thirty'
pounds, free for any horfe, marc, or
gelding, carrying weight as follows :
A three years old to carry 981b.—Four
years old, iialb.—Five years old,
1261b.—Six years old, 1331b.—And a
Icven years old and upwards, 140 lb.—
Alfo, on the fuccceding day will be
run for (the two mile heats) a purfe
of feventy pounds, each horfe, marc,
or gelding carrying weight for age as
above.—And,
On the day following, the fweep
ftakes will be run for the entrance mo
ney of the two firft days, each horfe
to carry a catch. Twice round to
make a heat. HH
The money will be ready each day
to deliver to the winner at the poles.
ROBERT ROWAN,
G. DUDLEY. “ 1^-
IHEi
Sept. 24. . (Managers.
30—
To be Sold cheapo
And on very cafy terms, the fol
lowing valuable
LANDS,
Lying between ten and twenty miles
from Wiliningtoii.
CMITHFIELD, fituate on both fidet
ef the North Weft, between Blue Banks and Drury Allrn’s
containing 2ZOO acres of land) about 400 whereof are very lich
fwamp) part of which is cleared, the remainder is i»ell~t\mhtrti.
The highfwamp fit for com or indigo, extends 25 chains hack
from the river, which is uncommon in that neighbourhood ; and
part of the lower fvoamp may be overfiowed with great eaft,by a
never-failing ftream, upon which is juft finifhed an exce^in.
good SAW-MILL, very near the river.—There are hand,
fome fituations for fettlements, between the mill and the rivsr
on good corn land. *
T>
j
LUE BANKS, fituate on
both fides of the river, below Smithfield, containing 2331 acres
of land, 410 whereof is rich fwamp, about 130 acres being
cleared, of which 80 acres may be watered, at any time, with
great e.afe. The remainder fit for corn or indigo.—The un
cleared fwamp contains a vaft body of cyprefs timber, and the
high land has two ftreams fit for grlftmllls, running through it *
between 2 and 300 acres are cleared, part of it being very good
cera land.——There is a DWELLING-HOUSE, containing,
hall, parlour, four chambers and three clofets, a kitchen, ftablc
and large brick barn. The beauty and healthineft of this place
is too well known to require further defcription.
BELLE FONT, fituate on both
fidcs of the North-Weft, joining and below Bloc Banks, bein*
one of the beft high fwamp plantations on tlio river It con
tains ab.iut 3000 acres of land, 800 acres whereof the bed
fwamp, about 100 acres being cleared, moft of which can be
watered by a ftrtam iffulng out of the highland, which is like-
wife capable of fupplying a fmall grift-mill. There are on the
premifes, a BRICK-Houfe, containing four rooms, a kitchen
barn, and other nccefiary out buildings.
One thoufand acres of land on the
waters of LIvingfton creek, containing fome good rice land, and
a quantity of very fine turpentine trees. The range for ftock ex
cellent.
A fmall piece of land lying on Rat-
tle-Snake Branch, ntar the Nerth-Weft road, in an advantageous
ftand fur a tavern, containing 200 acres.
A piece of land on the North-Eaft
fide of Black-River, in the neighbourhood of M^utfiy’s point,
great part of which is tide fwa.r.p, or meadow j the whole con
taining 200 acres.
A tra61: joining and beh'w the lad-
mentioned, formerly pattnieci to James CclLo ; moft of tUs is
prime tide fwamp and cane meadow. The high land fituate in
a remarkable fine range, it contains of high and iow land, abcut
1000 acres.
APPLEBY, adjoining the
above,-coritainir.g in the whole 066 acres, 545 acres being good
tide cane meadow and ri.h fwamp, 30 acres completely ditched
round, and 45 acres nearly finifned ; on the high landj which'S
lituat-e in a fine range, is a very pretty and healthy fituatioa fur
a fettlen-.ent.
An Illaiid of tide fwamp, lying op-
pofite to the laft-mentioned trafls, containing 276 acres.
A piece of land on the North-Eaft
great pan of which is tide cane meadow, containing, by deed,
200 acres.
A piece adjoining and below the
laft-mentioned, moft of which is tide fwamp and canc meadow,
containing, by patent, 320 acres.
Another piece between the laft and
that valuable body of rich fwamp, called the Cat-FiOi lands
containing about 20c acres.
The fertility, timber, fituation of
thefe lands on navigable waters, between Wilmington .-ind
Fayette-Vilic, which will probably in a ibort time become the
capital of the ftate, make them defirahle poffetrions for pr^fent
profit, and afford certain aiTurances of their beceminC extremely
valuable at a period not very diftant. Approved olil bonds,
•fpecially of the late Mr. Dry’s or Capt. Rowan’s, and any
debts cf the fubferiber, will be allowed in part payment ; and
any perfon purchafing the whole, lhall have them a very great
bargain.
For further particulars, apply to
BENJAMIN SMITH.
Belvldere, July 2, 17SS. iS 20 laan.
TO BE LET,
The BRICK HOUSE, TAVERN,
and FERRIES, oppofite WUming;ton.
Three good Carpenters, a Shoe
maker, and Bricklayer, that have ferved their apprenticeihips in
Charlefton, to be hired out to any perfons who wiii ufe then
properly, and pay pun&ually.
Apply as above.
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