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-7r fV .' ' "... y t j T Miscellany. , Prom tlt'Mryland Gazette. -The following sweet and touching lines were written by the Hon. St. George Tucker, of Virgi nia, on being solicited to know why he has ceaseci in court the Poetic muse f They are full of feel rg, simplicity and truth and cannot but find their way to ihu heart. . In them we discover ao e'eva ti.n of -spirit -that can look back oh the changes of time with a dignified complacenry unmtngled witn regret, and a lively christian hope, which points to: the future and anticipates the joys of Heavn. It was not from the rich treasures of his highly cultivated mind that . this venerable man derives this desirable temper, but from the study and Ob servance of the. roiM and benevolent injunctions of "the Father of Peace" Such a State of Inind a lone is happiness to all it ia desirable ; and, hap pily, to all attainable. ' DAYS of my youthl ye have glided away ; Hairs of my youth I ye are frosted and gray ; JEyes of my youth ! your keen sight is no more ; Cheeks of, ray youth 1 ye arc furrowed all o'er Strength of myyouth 1 'all your vigor i gone 1 1 Thoughts of my youih ! your gay visions are flown. Days of my rfahl-'l wishjity youreoall J aiTspf.mf ycw'h! Pro contt$ you strtwld fal CWi-ksbf nay youlfct bath'd in teajs havTye'beeb $ Thoughts of my youth !,ye haveiefme astray ; Strength of my youthl why lament your decay? - ' . ' " Days of. my ag' 1 ye will shortly be past ; , . Pains of my age ! yet awhile ye can last Joys of my age I m true wisdom delight j ye off fe I fcC'ttetijgion your light J : Thoughts ot thy aget dread ye not the cold sod ; Hopes of ray.age be ye fix'd on your God. -j- - - -- Great Spirit, "wfco madest ' the 'Re&meB, the , Red coats (English) ami the Men wiih bats, and who hatest the Big knives because tbey came from the foam of the Gieat Lake to torment thy cbiL dren, where was then thy servant VVlk in the water, the friend of thy prophet and the enemy of the Big knives ? A sad night would it have been for the warriors ofihe Big knives.had Walk in-the-water been there 'They escaped from the waters, and Split-log, Fire-drink.. r;' Light-foot, Pumpkin belly, and many other brave Warrior followed them. The darkness assisted them to escape, every man with his own scalp upon his head.. ' v' When the dance was over and the feast of ' the dead was done when the fires had gone down and the sun had arisen, Split-log led out the warriors to baule.' - Split, mounted on the white horse de scended from the Great Spirit, ws in fronj, Prick' myskin on the right, and Pepper eater on the lelf. Pumpkin.belly with a bold step brought up the rear. , . x ' Tooper and the Big knires declined the fight, and showed themselves unworthy to tread on the hunting grounds of the Red men. 1 o ecue their courage, the crafty chief Split Log turn ;d out his nogs from their stye into a Geld of corn, m the very face and eyes of the Big knives. Their, nar'chef) mouths began to water and their courage to revive At the jigb.t. They botfly that ged tjpijhe hog and put thepi to night. .Toopt r tternt'd to w ith diaw thenvfrom the pursuit, bt ir.iiain. At that mofi)enj( our wariora fell upon them nd put thSm7)o rouu . A tew escaped to tell of the brave ry of the Red men. , ; ;" ' '''The Big kniVes came to 'steal "tjorji frftw .:he fields of the" Red men. These fields 'lire now fat With the blood of the Big kttjwss- Their children When they come to s(eal the land df e Red men shall be frightened bythe white booevof thijir fa thersi ! TECUMSLt; -ThetatrorH of the Minerva are mpeclfuUy tn-! fo 4KPp ' iU,Uf-tC. formed Jiiati tj?reaner,' tne terms ox suoscnpuon i vi .ai- 7 L- rveW 'Alu -to this paper will be precisely those on WKict nJ$S .vw JLiix -.f ..w i a . 'Ai.ju. ccr gelling on,the j H taXl new subtcriber is required to 'make a payment bti S,5SL5f six mouths in advance, no dednctittn will uiad "'I TT, . ""WHa, tuuL ..I. J-tl- -".-villa aiiconmi. ""'Ifflk. TTR. BAKER, rrL fiV Jl cetfi giving numbe 1 1 u Aa .voirseqaentiT mree aouars per, .,A . .u ."'is le acarf.-.. year will be inviriai)v deminded.- J he Minerva.; . . f ccn'ons 8hn l " .houglrof equal .ire, containing aa much antt rarfinfr a mnr.h in it Mr.ntian as ithir the , l .,n"ruct He flatters oim8.K tJ O ... jy- Star or Rrster, has hitherto bten fuiois on that account . " i ne date of gen. Topper's etfploft v.a just one year alter the bat'le of Tippecanoe. ''Xht was one ef the rrtany battles in which the victory wan 1 aimed on both -sides. " ' 1 The translation of the Bible into variouatanguag esof theeastvis an occurence that has fir several years engagea inc uenuon (Jtiq ikvhcu ibujiochm ty of the chnsrain world. Much has alrcidy been JFrom the-JL tton Vct-lcly Metenger, t f IRST INDl N( RUlXhTlN. PBOrBIT's tl WN, MOT. 1. 1811. t i. .. kt ihi.-Vhi .r f tK; Mpti-whh- done, but an affliction has befallm the mission es. &at line French on the other side of the Great t tWihment at Uampore, whick must for a while kv- wV ii.K .fci.'Li' Mr.rt ; ir-i n.,nv men I retard the efest endeavours- It is announced m the . i tJ.. . - Mi,'i.i.:.M;i..-4i o i lxindon Commercial Chroaicle of S- ptmber 17th, r ftl in V,it-rf a hniutm n-'m.f I 8 12,nhat a letter, written the 12ibof M.-rch pre 'r tW BicVnjves Aericaha are coming upon ua ceding states that a fire had broke out in t printing mfihZ mnb f tW. tkrett m nverafceta uari1 office of the TOston. house, the evening before ihe m.: ; 'tn 'pa fro in tit nur knds. I will make a talk 'date o4 the letter, and had destroyed 2000 ream ivhenefcf they are defeated) to let my people know thebfolty. . ' , ' To the Stiawanoes, the Ltckapoos, thcsfiurons, ,.A-'Uiit Pfliwatamiea, the AV innebagoesi the Shtppe- t lit a the Clttaww, , and to all the other nations of the- Ued-meni I, the first man, created by " the Oreat Spirit, whom he hath, sent to support, the yioxKi that yrcaqy leans aaaxrtmuieSa ana wuMati Tg--'J'a' - -l- - r"i s ! - v t 1 3 - of English paper, which were there worrh 5uo pounds sterling, together with founts of types in lour teen of t he oriental language The luss, i i said, cannot be less than 12, i OQ sterling.. Tim and extreme labour will be requisite to redrev the caustronhe, Sot will lhee iX thmsotees b sufficient. Though the missionaries epropriateth. whole ot their earnings to me wok in wnicn iney TiMiiran-pdrnif! h-nfhr.nee cf feUowrhnstaina tn dif 1 ; eh, give my commiDds, ts send round the woild of he world must be cv PfordThe r;- Nlntit tkey are lost, tWse tW:strtgs of aortmm, " . CEDcJ . ark f whirh fiai i.n knnt. nH Mrh krint hnL sprung, wiucn tor several years n nas voiea lor in. let in,nd with them tliis tslkt; , , J .v Gen Hop shim 'Hopkins great chief of the translating and publishing the. Divine Word in A sia, haS'resolved on presenting the mission wit! Big knifes, erossrd the , Wabash to devroy the , '.P wassisi v. me recovery iron permitted to try the fanh, and u arouse the chant of all who fear his nam America h.i already m erted herself in behalf of the bb sed work ; iht ha Sent not c-i)y her silver and her golc , but her mis siopbrics z1otnditisbf lit ved will again come for ward to testify her love to the Retlcmer, and h"i zeal f r the diffusion f his 'ss ere d n 3 me. Any su n that the cnien8f Philadelphia, or tlsrwhere may feel inclined to tender thuy ar- ri quested to Iran-., mit to tfie Rev. Dr. VVm. Siagton, captain Ben jamin AViks, oivllobesrt RalsUin. of this ctiy wlv will avail themselves of the earhtst .opportunity ot forwarding it to the missionaries at Lerampore ." ' ' r - ' r. '?!'.. 1 towr.sof the Red-men, and to lay waste their coun . tryk. TwO thousand whiskey drinkers, corn-steal . ersjindraocqQa catchers, followed then. Their htai iS were bent against the towns in the WW, but their wat was bent towards the Lake in rh Northrr Hop sSins dred hot to look up to he, ' Stars which twinkled above to guide him, but fol ' lowed the fire; fly j-itnp, that, the great Spirit sent to delude hi iruSixday sthey.march?d to wards the Norih, butCn the'seventh the sight of their i own shadows alai med thtm and they lied. They ; spurred their horses until they were bVr&e'n wind. 5. ' tdt' and "still their, shadows pursued them. Sf-ra pia was meir nignr inai iney marcnea oacx in a single day, witbout stopping to eat, the whole 'I. long way through which they had advanced for , vat da in six, pausing three- time a day to abate ., their hunger. Their, chief, Hop-shiire, beine cheated out of a fair tal lost sight of his men, and rode home alone- ' ..From ihe Jtvt York Commercial Jdiffrtittcr. LITER AH Y.J 7 - ' Whiting and Watson, of Ntw-YArkj'havr made ariNingtmtnis 10 commence a S;errtyfie ti) Our chiefs AV,lk-in.the water. Winemkk, and i1"0" .or,xnc 1? u) 1 1 , luymp in U,e dark, had drawn out their warriors in ! Vanderhooghts celebrated edition, Mtkefnm,. 5 ordeTof fight; 120 mile? distsnt at hf . W stwaid, I Vi n , addedl,hf tv?ri0?s T self and were waiting the approach of the Big knives.i ted Dot,,,e,lel" and. "e!" beJ3,U chiefs,, col. Rush ill, Resell) and gor' Eatwords, fid and " J jf8M choUrs eoyred -346 , (Edwards) came up T tKe Iliin-is "and hyrnt ihe and 35A8 printed co,ues :0. i- ..i,U!, : ,tlJ.i,. Script urts ! A number Incnmpavahlr mater f " u w a vi a suiia v-.vvBti.svict.its an wi? Ca U4fa 1 .. . . a r tJ - vf 1 a , . jCreat Spirtt, who didst send thejiig knifes ohiinaRawasf , ;-t ' . . ... r . v -t v... - . i vvorlt of t us descniition. executed k"eat and t -ua wua.troose cnase inroucn in- lanns nt . tuv 1 '-1 . w . 4 .. :. f.,..; 1 correct style, is x disederatuni to the Biftlican 5tu- I fc al cWkfc likcwUd Ke. ii.n, weT4 t,H ; Dftr thee-lTethem rio rtst until ihe are redraw fr?u"'? n.e pray thee gtye thera no rst until hey are reduced hui to the toam trom which they sprung, or un f tn tbes sweat of their face iirafl swell he rivers, j' . thtir lood shall fatten the soil and their bones V ''shall whittn t he 'm,o unpins, which they have' torn 6 from us thy Catbful cKiktreh . - 1 '' " ' TECUMSEH. V;; raoPUKT'sTovrrror; 10, 1812. 'h$ :Br ihe Great Rapid of the Maumee, three hun r..', dr-d fr irrs,had iib-sd the fires' and were hold f ,Ving iwur dance in honrif of ihe glorious victory f v , J pCKfwk; . 1 he gliosts of the ch:efs who V weye , killed in tht battle were there. They r. ' joiceel that: we had not given up our hunting: : rrounds to the reat chief of the Bianinivts.- In .the midst oL.thfi.fete the warriors were disiurbedJ i. by the cnes of the JB i gf kni ves . d ro wnirig1 in the ';: Waumee ITheir.chief rooper, ( I upper) on t f;r?y mare atilur head of 800 fighting men, had c'iineto the Raptds rurrddr the pretencejof steahng tht Cornnh6gthe.Red.men. But this was : not thtir object at was t ateat bur lands. - While A cnlr 'warriors were, singing the song to the snuls oi 'ihti dearf the Bigj-kniv'Were crossing- the ; Iau m-rt. Tbt if numbers dtoaked up the river and -..the' G-r at spirit roused the waters and .Uoaiei rs. Ia-- erti0nsaS l a Ch matter, S t?!,? ,allie, a Wfc1 either the 1 ,nruct. He flatters bimself t ybeW :C bf . hC : attention he. has directed .iV U5) rate one sixth cheaper. This, a regard to the pros ,37:,: ,ruu!-.M flla.ih h' Pty of the .establishment will bo longer permit to. be done. -: -I . uaf5 mad me nw.. ole; time and appliia:ion are diSj Hi fusion, and his" terms will be tyb may he known bv aonlwintr a tKM Jan. 8. ' " ' 0 HycdAcaderoyfT part with ,tl,e few remaining Subscribers jfrArrZ r t not found' it convenient, or uho maV not t T. "K'S K-vi ha.l an ftnnnrtnnit. tn rln in. th-v W rrt vy ..u Millie, will mttV I r, fw Tu. ,u t ------r--- on Monday the 4th of -Jr'tV tils tullo informed that their Papers w.ll be continued ,nrMr;rif.na,. n( J, 7' Pljti. until the 1st of April next, on' which day, if their ZZi JrTi'T MtJT- ' ecoubfs .ball not tbeu havte been paid or sealed h-JS? f by Net, their, name's wiU Certainly be struck off d frrtaft the : bubscnpiioa lists Pr said papers, awl: unM. u-..Tuf.M thr Accounts but 1 nto a tram for collection'. - Joseph gales, . . Jones & fENtERso, ; LUCAS & A. H. BOYLAN. December 31, 1812. t . . fHE. EDITORS The Ralciffh News-Papers nrj ETUH:s Vbduiv, to tbn,t of mvir FrtenJs, I Jlv who, in c-jnfonnity to the Notice which they published some time ago,' have paid op their Ac coums to the close of the present year; and, u'n willing to ! who have To the Merchants of Raleigh. A FRIEND to tnc Raleigh Ac-demy itlurrtSa thousand thaoks to you for past favo s : but for: the future, yStl will please 10 let me have at least English l.guag. grammatically, the, Greek laf glides and usu&lbraritUes'.rf J 4 taught in this institurtcm.-t tte Wk uiiL.iv i.u.iuHip Wll, o - completed I perhaps, by the TG at - of MayToWlie iJJ) lkn'ciii1i.nli oiul f !, .... . .: r . ' rtmrii r,,i M n : nv .... l. V -T ' Till Eagle Tavern, THIS Tavern w ill' again "be operiei. one H one hirffto say in the making of all bargains in of January next, for (and on account of Wt which I am concerned Uhat is to say, I wish you, & carwi.l, and wiU be kept by tjieUt, td raise ho more accounts id my name, without my The f ,rmt r friends and customers 'to 'iVm. order, Verbally or irt writing, as 1 atn firmly deter- and the public? i-. general, may icst aiupcd ifc mined to pay none of them. Children are easily eVerv attention will bu Daid to tho! whn . induced to purchase ; but parents are the best judg. rsof what their chil lren want. I shall not find Loll with your accounts hitherto. I Wlieve them ti be" all just and tvue, bm they are such as I do every attention 111 ba paiu to those who tavut with their ruonv to render their iUasljpwJ ble as possible. I he supplies will be good J sufficient. The stable, perhaps - among Ui not think prbptr to have been raised. A burnt child provender, and kept wcJlli'tered. flu. fa. dreads the fire. K R The stores of Mr. Boy lan and Mr.Xiales are' excepted. Jan. 15. ' ' ; 76 it State of Iorth-Carolina, Cjlf ji AAl COl)N I Y- COTJNTT COURT OF Pi-tAS AND A R T Ji R S E S SI ON S , Noverler, Term, Jmes Bishop Sc wife, . r Peti(ion or Partition f Edward . Midrey&xvife J -Xanrf. . I IT a)peari-g, to the satisfaction of this court, 'hat Edward Madrey and hi. wile Anne are rtsi lents without the limits of this state, tlir rtfre has been leased for several years back at 300 di! per annum, yet the last y,ar it was shut up, c trary to articles of agreement . with the ktr It is to be hoped, notwitrtsianfhng, that the pJi patronage, which has hettrokre been i libcri' will again aid and assist in reviving it ; auJ tfe most modtrateteims will be ob-Hr?jd. J MEi.V UG UN, LEONARD CARDWEIL. December 3 7u if State Bank of N. Carolina, & EC UMBER I j.A ISII., PURCHASERS of Sum k in the -S-iathkM informed, that a poWer joLAttoi ck-muhung ordered, that iioiteebegiven by .publication in the Transfer of a Share or Shares he4invte ve f 1 fc f ,1 " . .. r f naieign minerva, tor mree wecss succes-ueiy,. Hank mnst be witnessed eitner; 6y twvmf 'tat unless they appear am answer yitain tne the pnnciil Bank ot of one .c-it JU-ancfr:Vlity hree first days of the next term ef said court, to Notary Public, or by two Just ces oftheFatc e hel 1 for said county, at the court bouse in Pitts- and if by the latter, their signatures must Stm- lorough, on the,second Monday of February next) tified by the Clerk of the Court, with the Oon ij thi petition will be taken pro confesso and heard S'-al annexed This rentiatif ri to comtneoot i ex arte. 1 est, . 1 76,5p THOMAS RAGLAND e. c. . m 1 li. .1 : 1 - . . 1 . i. hi - Charles Parish, RETUl5C5 .m tttul aCktn.wledgmenta to jrhis trieirds and the public," for the liberal en--ucment thtylrave gUen him heretofore in his line o- business, and informs them that on the first inst. his large and commodious three itory brick building; at the SIGH 09 rtlt'itAGLEy north of the state house, will be in Complete order 'O reteTve boarders and traveliefs ; where he ear nes jy. solicits the continuation of their patronage . He pledges himself th t nothingon his part shall be warning to render nei al satisfaction to those who favour him with their custom Honest and active servants alone will be engaged, and his stables will pchap3 be excelled, by. none. . Raleigh, July 3 1ft 12. . 43-tf '' . 1 ' H 1 1 the FIRST DAY OF JAN OAKY NJiXr, Ot who tmy be concen.erl will '.kt notice. 72,tf . iW.H H VY W )D. C; shier, Second Cla-ia 0 tie Sufquehanna Canal Lottery, Thif Lottery commenceti a'saam'iatbe JW uUand-will rogress thrice a wek, antil cia. pleted.' In this splendid scheme one nmlj ..MUST'-PiAW-SiXTXrfHOONa , rrrrMRr'" ' : , . AMD WT SKAW : ONE HUNDRED VOUbAND DOI;. SCH-HS. of Stereotype. Fl'ates Airihftty'. Mr- Watts, the pupil and conntctinn of the'cele- btated Wii.so, invtntor of thiswbnderfolimprove ment in England rand from the spetimVns of bis skill in .the art. the greatest confidents js cherished of his success in this splendid tindert6kiqjg.v-The work wdl be com-cted," in type, by the Re?. Dr. J. M M!or), Principal, and r 1 hv, Rey. J.. M. Mat thews, Professor of Biblican- pteratoro and Ec ee?is'icJ History in rhe Theologtcal Seminary of New-York ; and-will be published -tinder the joint pstronage, of this Seminary, at4 the The ological Se ninary at ndover, Massachusetts v No pains nor expense will be spared to render this a fiefecf as it u to be a ftcmanrtf edition . The type will be large and elegant, and is car culatd to make about 1800 pa tes, "large 8vo. to '.3 compiiseci,i.itW" volumes 1 he price, in boards, is expected not to ejeceed Seven dollars, pej -volume, and thvheitof calf binding eiht d'll as V. Boylan ! Han just rccnvedi fi Otn Philadelfihiat ; ; 4 ft ' FIFTY SETS Of WILLIAMSON S "; t 1 ; HISTORY OF NORTH C ROLlNAi; -'V ;'. ; in 2 vols; : ' ,: - -l:i-y--; ASirbsribers will please to call or Send for them he "price i g4 to nori subscribers 55 50 October:.' ' " 6Mf 2 NOTICE. " THEvSubscriber offers his services as Aent to transact b'wmess in cither or both the Banks at this pfaee, on the following terms, to whi , : Yor renwioo: a NoreLeow? . Sfl. 50 For do. do, . do. ; 2dO; T(Jr6 For ' do. do. do. . 300, 0 75 For dn., do. do. 400, 0 85 For do. ; do. do. " 500,' 0 95 For all su.ns over five hundred, - ; 1 00 For offering new"notes and receivingXhe money at the bank', the same as above; and he Will receive Blank Notes and money for renewal, or send mo ney draW.1 from the bank 'for any person, by postj. or otherwise, as they may bbt will hot be answerable in anr nranner whatever. , He will it alt times ren derany other Services in the banking, business in his power, for a Reasonable compensation in pro portion 10 his services. . . 1 ARCHIBALD M'LEAN. Fayetteville, 22d,Dcci 1812 74,3t. - 2 i 2 2 r 2 4 6 10 14 20 44 100 8000 prizes of of of of of of of of of of of of f, 3O.0C0 20,000 10.000 , 3,000 500.; 4 200' . SO . - - i : '7 Amounting to 8,63 prises.. The numb J blanks is 17,792 - ' : In the "above Lottery are 26,000 tickets but lv 13.000 numbers, beinrtwo ticket of one fKf:r-11iftfftit& 7osqual de?9g tionf 3ll to the same number and the only ty arycapiial.pn?- arc the two or 30,000, to the firsv.drawh number, after half the ticks out, will be entitled. Consequently ariv ot" ing,the two tickets of that number, rnut vf, fret two thtrty thousands, but. may get the t"'J nossihle for- a sinirle tim. ujvu 9M,My - '-'- J " 1 y hundred thousand 'doUart. Tickets 1T think proper to direct, 1 risen rapidly, aod may, from , tho great poy for sliige or -accidehla pf the scheme and the cclei uypf -AtUr r.n .11 .;mPc r.n expected still gritly,to advance, IbcT ihv mflv h had at twelve df1'' " :.-, v..; Letters, 'enclosings the ioregoipg tended to with accounts -v Robert Rutherford, COPPERSMI Til& TIN-PLAT li WORKER, CON riNUES to make all sorts of ware in his line of business, including its various branches -vijut'dls; Tw-sb kettles, do. for stewing fruit, teal' kettles, coffee pots, ccw of copper or brass. Alsf' tin ware of every description.- He also intends carry on the brass founding to perfection. He y fers a liberal price, in cash or-'trade,' for aUV brassreopptr or pewterj.that jnay be brovg!j; his shop. 1 ":,,. V ; Raleigh; Aucrust JIli fbmatio' r- r w
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