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! ' . , . ' ' i aiii fiini ' v ' ' j i . j. 1 1 ' ' i i iij i ii ii n 1 1 ii i i i I i. l ii JVo. 1176. - - - . . . .i . . i . n i fl" -j' ', -" l',i',-i(r' I pHd :- iiieiau! cfawm-.M&t&n ! "i tefl Vw fine form at the 'distance venzeful were the inadeW to rthelast ih .ianu curunwrjr. ( f , " .wniury just as oe stooa oetore me, in, nrea grape and partridge suot from the deck. v . am wna47etiim5,teenil q" yourcal- ne lime oau ayey, In the day's of my child-and small arras out of die tops into. the men nng wiu oef said tne magistrate. ; j v. . qoou : nis ; ame was Hoyse.; be was Uierec-ioi war as they were coing down, which did i rouia ntTe ci'en a urate trueas Tester-' lor oi x raarr at : to me be took a iJ'A t.Vli'U'K' rfl'V ftpwi 6tcft'i Thre doHai-A pcryetr,' Due taf tobepaidio advimce. W paper t4p cojitoei lw, ' Per thn three mofiths fcer. jreatf't xjlycripjn .be '"eotne dbe, and notice thereof . hiH bate beeii KiTe f!r(i!fnetil,;ot Mte6eding 4 life rfe infrtd ' thrice for qne dirflar f, for tity-fiwxenU ech sub ' ' tcqueot, iner;ioo i nd in like proportion where then, U greater BQmber' of liwg thai fourteen, .7 The eash . must accmapan? vhaaf (rejti'perajns unknom toha CNo ubscripti! can . any case b- received wiihm. . :...u.nA artilinnt hiumi'tit of -arrears, unless at the v option of the editor, ' Misce narticular day but I dinqa ken Sjaftwejel tbe day,;, an-1 rancy. winning and full of waggery, swered Uiepriaoner ;;?r 'viUthinkinrofeVft'f thins that was eccentric, and ') And wuat" oald- you have said 'wouldrby no means a miser of my eccentricities : eu'18. 5 TALCS OF MY LANPLOU? Although not mill. e!evaU-d ct olf name ft ' l.ia i.rmer production, W euntiBUla of the tniet'odcr the fmxrgoinjr ritt5?,W o the high epaut'on of the AutborJ-I svlcct thli we-k, an evidence of th exquisite perception1 inani feisted, throughout U the writfr's worksj of human na ture, the following cne before the mayor's court s ts would call it in this country It must be fthrter-' itoocj, that Ratclifle, the peraoii cxarpincd, i a convict, jtlto, when the prison wis forced by the mob of EdinW fiuch, refuted, to make his escap t and that he is ex uned in the pretence of gentlenwin vrl;o was present Mire'1illjfbaf.eed;'; litd you feen asked the' qucsttan ywttefday . v - Just the gallon, repr( f Ratcliffe,' Vitb 111 samccompnRure. ' ' ? " To,;are a dari..g rascal, sir (said the rogisiracu j anu now qaroj ou nope umes arintjetf wftlrypQto-dajr V?X-l-'K;v Dar yur honor," s ta9were$KatcVff there'ii tfttirk'f differing e rtwee4 rltirjitn prWori undcii"s tJ e of death, jknd ftfUjing r.rer? one wa veicome. to shira them, and I had plenty tor pare after having freighted the company. F Arm? sweet meats easily bribed me home wirl liitn I learned from poorBoyse my alphas l ahd my grammar and the rudi ments c; ita Classics ; he taught me all he culd &nd then sent ma to the school at Middleton in short lie intuit a nrn of me. I recollect it was about Cvand thirty yean a 'rwards, wneii IJiHrti-ito s nna tjiitiauco at tue bn, UMir..BneV proper aacoril, When woltlj a,na whtn bad aearin pAHiament And a good hare coit man npthin to gf ipahJ1;in'a .hpuse in Kly I'liice, on ' rty rrturii one day vyawlMtt'was to hindyr'mc troih stAihg'6uf froni court I found an old gentleman seated quiotly, when thorubblij walked awa' wiJk Alone in the drawing room; lii feet familiarly I'ortcous yestrern ? aniT&Ves your, honor re- placed n e of the Itrdiau marble chim- allythiok i staidHhi purpose to be hanged TV ney piece, ail his whtdc air bespeaking the ' do not know what yoti may bavei Cj6nHousne3s of one njiite at home. He turn proposed to yourself; brtt I know," said the ed rontid it was -myncrtrf of the fiall alley ! magistrate, l what the law proposes for you, ruslMd mstinrtivrly into his arms, (.could '.and that is to banc you next Wednesday eieht. not help bnrsting into tearsWord;) cannot !lrfi deacri he flip. srpni w !iih fnlliiro! v,n of wasubsuehly-iTCb-t.'; r youp j. ;aW right, sir j-you are right ; the 'chimney is edsaoneot tue gui . j(y craving your honour's mrdon, I'll ne'er yurs It was a lart'e room, partially and imper-' h4irtJbjit-Hll I-sefrifi havcf k6Sfli,'dtlie. yonTs : you cave me all I h tve-lmv friend ferlly Ilghte44t y-chance oFtheTsKitr oT7Lw tiiw ra;)tty a year, and mony a thrawart my father ! He dined with me ; arid in tliejsura; UH' nmmui. nu-i n,sv - 'h ' n' ! i l 11JP. .1.1(1 W imr 11 TBI Slllll laST ! O il U1B cuciiins i taurtii (IIC ICUf MSlPninET M lUS 'l" vue OI Ul irierj(IS,(ilprvin the advantage which might occasionally lie Ie-' at(!fj .j jH no sae jj as thai -comes v I ays fine blua ya when hp saw his poor little Ja.-- ! freq"ently doiug so, questioned feint why ha rivvd from such an arrangement, ne witidow jAU l(j ,eP bark' waur 'than her bite key, the creature of his bounty, rising in the lu,J t'd him he guve ton much, and said it was so placed as to throw a strong light at the; Vnd if you do not expect the gallows, to ? house of Commons to reply to a Right Hon. Jn.u,d.DOt be,to bi own advantage. Now my foot of the table at which prisoners were usual-- whici, you are rondemned, (for t!i3 fourthtime Put Boysc ! he is now gone ; and no suitor 'q.,' fT'lftVv' f ?tri,1pre8llJ,r'o. I? posted for examination, while the upper end, t my: knowledge,)', may 1 beg the favor to had a larger deposit of practical benevolence. irlii5!? ti, IIT i m?" I?0t "? n-liei-fttlia examinams sate, was thrown into t ! .;,i iiJJtLt t ,!." in tho Court h,.,v Thia l,;a J ",r W4rouSn "0 world, and when cane t ..t. ' . - . "-'w" " ",v v ..7 , . . 7 " "-i canuot return (o reotifv miatulrca. Thint uijr iduu juts, tnsnd but n? journey througt a deal of mischief amongst the; Portuguese; jjoin me snips were severely shattered one had several shots between- wind , and water which made her very leaky, and her sails and rigging, aiinost cut to pieces the other had her foremast and bowsprit1 carried away, with part of her starboard bow,' and a large, shot went 15 inches in her mainmasr. It U thought the pirates had expended all their canoon balls, as in the la,rer part of the en gagement they frej froihi their great guns marling spites, rihgli Its, rusty hails, bits br,- lren.auu ieaa cut into square pieces." - 6INGULAU SERMON Delivered, alt FranlcfoH. hii JAMES STMPl Y beloved Mnist'er of the Society of j Friends, a few monthg pefore h decease. i r " VVba 1 am now going f pate ia but a'". ' giotple atory, and it isprobabje one uf you may ' have heard me tell it before ; but it has taken such posaossion of my Blind, thai I- thought I' . would just drop it fop feootidetalion, When was a young man, there lived in our neighbour hood a Presbyteriao, who was universally re- ' ' ported to bea very libcraJ.pan, and uacom- monly upright iJaiii.ifialuimTbWhrtadr any of tbe" produce of his farm -. todisiinte. r. he miide it uu invariable rub? to give good mea sure,' over good, rather more thaa could be re- teu oi uim. uoe or ma irinntN.n o shadow, uuticrs eyes were inswu ly uxt u on j ftxnprr ,n rot dei'nti.m of voup not us dnnK ms memory." Sudi is a mi- i' iwm uuau fcaiiniiuii o Having iKKen your uigiit wun ine rest oi . me iiuuauon oi me manntT in pj H.oding, in the idea that he might jaiiibinK which I will admit was a line of whidrlr,.Xuprau used to Hato this most ret ocnizc some one of the conspirators oft he r,,,,,!,,, lit;,, to have be.!fcxnw:ted , interesting era in his history : arid I never former night. But though the features of this; w1ulJ n. vcr have tirmffHtfor.a moment : heard Inm recur to it without weVpiuir. In tic AiLn iitiip rnmhm'ctnnrtiti ilfkii-n nn rnt vp. ivhi'nirnf fitiaK 1 wkfiiiKMA wuil N'n il nail t i'iiiw u uiii'juui uti n ii huu t y i.'.itf .mia- . iia, sir, 1 li nl na' ttMiitchts o a wJioit- i t mini i i was ii uniiiv, oiiini,! ivia t - . , . tore. and already mottled witn gnty. The purg-post After having-bwn four ttni- tW vweftHraf to haitr try the nrca til I tv d"(! roan-.were siiffiriently uiitrkt-. ;:iil striking,! 0f stVyjfiaiy tha auld ou'ty loom house, this place, however, it may be as well to '.re- be .itrd not recollect that evcc.uc had (jtii'wcn-d Rat I; Iff,) but the ihj?" and won't mark that neuter his wit nor his eleqwence them before. - ' . 'had just si'eri iim a fancy to th?, place, and (Can receive any thing like justice fio.n the The complexion of this person was dark, I'm psV expecting a hit post in'i." . ' i most gifted narrator. It would be iir' as and his aire somewhat advanced, lie wofe' post!" 'exclaimed , hq magistrate ; "a easy to paint the waving of a wand, the spell r , cuusiauni; in me very maxic oiini1 m viium; , ,! uwu toe ciia. iii of manniT ran be con i . . . vcyuu hi worus mc-rea tier must fan' y m vain 'the lfnt oui.rrt rTTccV oi L,Ut raH ... . i : i . ii.: .-i. k r.... k.....i; v.. ....... JD-t,' A disposition TO gliarpnCSS, cunning, uiiu 4 iimiu am ui uiy uim uus viiiujjpj, Trguery, than the trarcs of stormy and indulg- I'hen, in Heaveirs name, what diii you et! l esions. His sharp, quick black eyes, a- expect ?" . "r fw.u. r..:iiiirMi 'paclv flnrdonii smile, nromntl.l "a Tnf tmb Af miT.p tncntov Cnt Tim. U V - . T - 1 if li.JL lii v.' LM JJh Ul till fc.. KIV. T ,.v.M. . . . . . Kill A ltll1 o(Tinnt(i'v. (r.wei him alto :tthpr wh.it i.w n. nrSo.in.'iinS tueraaeivcs In searcluns rcliqucs is called amorg the vulgar a ,idun look, cr .) 1 wadna think of asking the lockittan's i I,n c ous battle of Agmcourt ahich generally implies a tendency to knavery, place owcr bis head 5 it wadna suit me sae J oughton the 2th of October, in the year At a lair or market, you could not tor jr oio- wotl ,S ithCr folk, for I never pould pit a beast B VTTLEOF AGINCOURT. It was sometime ago .mentioned, Jiatsome oft ii army of occupation had bwjicmploy- on the Bicnt have.doubtcd that he was a horse-jockey, out o' tlici way, much less deal wi a mifti." That's something in your favor." said intimate with all the tricks of his trade ; yet had yuii met him on a moor, you would not' 125. We are very happy to . find that thei labours have been crowned with success far beyond their expectation, and the number of . i.i i i i l i j ! the roacisirate, making exactly the inference pities aircauy iouna amounts to upwaru-s h uniiralinnih-d nnv vinlenra from him. mAu u .i;rv ,!B;r,.a t Insul hi.11.!01 8V- unc oi these wbicii is in possession His dress was also that of a borce-dmlcr a'tWucli he mantled His art with an aflfcctalhn grace the. duke of Gordon, is in the ..i..,. u. .....! ...Mr.. . ..-.wn-nieM . r...x j i njsriicsi srBic.oi luvscrvauon. ufi one SIOO V UULltllJlU I'.'.'kV v t 4.i-i 4t III 111! Ill V. 1 Hit. I I I III I I II 1 1 i 1 I lln 111 (1E1 1 LI ILLLi I ' it Vv.io tKn tofmid . with in! m t-ii iitittnnu i .i . ,..ui,!i. u ,ntri ni. .. are tiie arms oi . I rauce. ' "v-v. iiiiiy ,i Villi 1IIIIIIV !1U Kill II UDH 1 lll cours-' blue upper because supplying the place ot boots, aud a at yotir wn hand half the jf.ils in Scotland V'-.1- T"u " " '"V"'1, .,'- ,g. lournev through thn" world ; the hours that" are past ere giine f.ireve ver, and the actions in those hours can Deyep be recalled. I do not throw it out as a eharge, nor mean to imply that aay of you are duboneat, but lbs word 'of ibis good Prttbjteriiin have often impressed .aiy miid, ajid 1. Uuuk in an in structive fnatfr. Btit oue' journey we nro -iiowd"lut one journey through the world ; therefore et none of us say, -Mj todgqeis my . owij, 1 II talk what I please.My tio is tJ ii .... iWM.,M.ftfi; "OTism Ihpfl ffiiTtA IArrt fii iViVPBVfi. Hi !t tcmTk I "itst to burn without oil. It ii utterly impossible. And 1 ua tbitikinir wlut a druU'coiiiuoiiilioa mtaa is. lie is a compound of bank natosj dol lars, cents, and newspapers, aud brius;in as it were the world 011 his back, he c anes here to perform worship, or at least have it appear so. Now friends, I just drop it before we part for yoiir consideration, let each one try himself, and see how it is with bis own soul " ,. ipper stot kiiigs, cail d boot-hose, charge in the prison, when you have broken inJrJiK,on A,i, plying the place of b ot3, and a at y0tr vxtn hand half the j: iU m Scotland ?" rH Pd 0,1 . He wanted a lo:tt!wl whip tm- j yK your horidur's leave," said ltatcliffc, rty V f rL I1 with the RiriAus Dei Gracia reverse. P C one f dlowinc Said the shurhed bar, ucr his arm, and a spur up jn one heel, to com--in jf 1 kcnndsao weel how to wun out. my ad, plotc the drcrt of the. character he seeuicdfto jf like 1 wad be a the belli r a hand to keep other folks in. 1 think they wa'l ken their btt siiiess weel i.iat lield me in wJn'ii 5 wanted to be out, or wan out Wlu n I wanted to baud thein in." ' The remark seemed to strike . the magis trate, but he inade no further .immediate re mark, only desired Ratcliffe to be removed. Wheu this daring, and vet sly frec-booter was out of hearing, the magistrate asked t he city-clerk, " what lie thought of the. fellow's assurancci" t . .. " !t's no for me to say. sir," replied the rlerk : butifJamcs-'liatcliLre be inclined to tut 11 tojrood, tliorc is not a man e'er came within represent. . ' " Your uarac is James RatclitTt ? ' magistrate. u Ay alwnys wi' your. honU:- leave." ' Thai is to say, you could firr 1 try; e.n jther Dame, if 1 did not like that one ?"' ,-' I'wt nty to pick and chus-vu'pon, always with youf honour's leave," resumed thertspon- dent. ' - .-. ' . .k .' 44 But James RatcJifTc is your present name ? what is your trade ?" ; M 1 canna 111st say, distinctly, that I have 1 vliat ye wad ca' precees'ly a trade."- . But," repeated the magistrate. " wat are , Jour means of living your orcupution ?" Hout tout vour honour, wi' vour leave. kfns that as weel as I do." rcnliod rim Wam. --i Ipetl. No matter. T want tn Ixai' vou dfisrrihn it," said the examinant. " Medesrrihp ? and tn vniii' lionour ? fnr.be. it from I. m.nie Rnflifl.,,- irsnoiicbu! the prisoner. ' . ' ' "Come, sir, -no triflihs 1 insist on n an- 8WPr." ' K : . Weel. sir," replied the declarant. 44 I Ijnaun make a clean breast, for ye see (wi'your i ""wii( mi iai uui. j -hi. 1 mi- iiijf p upation. quV yi??i-troth it will be ill to do j't, in a feasible way, in a place like this ""Jwhat is't again that the aueht command 8ays r l ;M niou shalt not.steal," answered the mag- r Arc yesaro o' that ? Troth, then, my I patian, and tliat command, aresair at odds: r M rd it, thcu shalt steal, and thatmakes r-uco (iiiroirncc, tho' there's but a wee-bit l70 left om " " 1 0 Cut tiic matter short. Ratrliffe. vriii t n notorions-i ln;efaidlhc e x- -tBtlieva HiMiLinds and Lowlands ken Jlathcntieilji of Ozsicu'S Foems.Ty. foU lowing, says a London paper, has been trails mittcd on the most respectable airhoriiy : A curious and interesting paper (by Hug-i C .rap boll. Eso. author of the fFantUtcr of . Auri shire. ; Francorum . 0f Bruce, $z-)-m the Battlefields ot Fin 7 tijicir, P Cfgaj n Ulster, has be; n read before the socie- Impcrut, P C meaning per Crf, or Cruccm he geutlcman eigafed in tmar research 'usscovcrtd the soot wliere the nobles who tell on that day, were buried; ; sterj atuj til(Te Comme. (Til l b anu, uesmes uie coin aoove mentionea. van-; ou tlu; 8uhject ; and in the county ot Antrim ous other reliqucs.. have been r: t ; many- (iinv'fhii:'hv th -nprnciniiVv tn thn hih. ty of Sctttish Antiquarims, and generally approved of by that ivspeclable boily of lito rati. I Ins scrutemzine traveii; r went to Ul- riou3 inquiry fragments of iron and amonj tlietn ' . . - ----- o several .-lands of Scotland, and the -analogy of names, arrow heails. one of them" in the most perfect! -uawi :,, thft nnprhf Osanl that hn vat state of preservation, two lance heads, the desired neighborhood. The caves,? six, the other eight inches long, and a ispiir. 1 hills, stones ruins, &c. of aft ancient ar-'" -Several rings have also been fouud sonic of frtre and magnificence, in and round th- an gold, and from their diminutive size arc cup- cjet city of Connor, induced him to btJiev (Mjsed to havo been plrdgef given to tiie t,at jl0 ,aj discovered the Suymor .f h ' an knights by their fair dames, on departing to oieilts wj,ere wa9 the paHCe oi l,e ifisl king8 the wi.rs. One ring, is enamelled, and oij ui the raceof Connor, of Morven, to whose tho out side bears, in old characters the words, Assistance Fingal sd "frequently wfnt when pleine amitu, and inside a fl iwer like a rose, kinsman was threatened by the princes of with belle after it, possibly intended as an!til0 BHtra;. In this oninion ilr. C. was the ports of the burgh could be of sae mucklc . enigma, for the lady's name llosabellc. One 8O0 coiifinned by the discove v of the places use to tup good t iwn in the thiet and lock-up ; orasj ring was 1011110 nii.'U wun ciay an i as mentioned in the ivifins as bein ' in its imme lino ot otc-iiness. law about him." A Ssir, furbje' I'll speak to Mr. Sharpit- Jitvrman, so railed from the small nWntitv of meal (S'vfti.ci-, lurk ) wtiftli he was entitled to take out of every bull ex.s'-l tomaiket in the ci'y. In Edinburgh the d ut v. !5s boen very long commuted ; but in Duin- ines ttie hnisner ot the law still exercises, or did lately exercise, his privilege, tbe quuntity taken being regula trd by a small inm ladie, which lie uses as the measure of bis perquisite The expression lock for a small quan t ty of any readily divisible ilry substance, as corn, meal, na.v, or .toe lite, is still preserved, not only popularly, fut m a legal description,, as the lck and gthopen, or small nnaittitv sml li-indfnl nnvable in tlx, thiriam. -t , . ca-.es,' as ut town multure. y Extract o the life of John Philpot Curran. by Mr. Phillips." u One morning I was play ins at marbles in the village ball alley,' with alight heart, and a lighter pwket. The -gibe rand the jest ajndtho plunder went gaily round ; those who won lanehed, and those who "lost cheated; when suddenly there appeared among us a stranger of a very venerable and very cheerful aspect ; his Intrusion was not tbe .least restraint upon our narrry littte" assemblage -t ot the contrary, beseemed pleased, and even delighted i he"" was a benevoJehtcreaturet and the ii .y s of infancy (after alt, the happiest.we ever tee; pernaps rose upon bis memory. od anger Done sticking in it ; the wearer did not; -neia-hborbood i and ulfi natelv hv the expect it to remain there for upwards oT4(K);renjaina of the palace itself which has been inj years, uuuics anu ouier - insignia. 01 uie: Vyim gjnre the city was stormed by Edvard tray, have likewise been cellected. The gen-: Bruce, in l3lo The discoveries made, and tlemen previous to their beginning their re-1 thc convincing tenor of the elaborite paper on searches, secured the right by purchase, else t!,e subject, arc sufficient to convinre the most itis shrewdly suspected their operations would incredulous, even Dr. Johnson himself, were have been impeded long since by the French . (,a in life, that Fingal' fought and Osslan gUVCl UU1CIII. OBSTINATE C0NEL1CT. Th following article, (says a late Xiver poopaper) dated Fero, June 12, was receiv ed by the last Lisbonmail 1 Au Algerine corsair, iuu 01 men, was lately sunk oil uape St. Vincents; by two Portuguese men of war, after a most desperate and bloody conflict of mne glasses, wherein vast numbers: were killed on both sides. The rover maintained the action with great firmness, and sued - un daunted resolution, that at onetiiftev it was doubtful whether she would not have beat them both off, notwithstanding the'superior odds against her. The Portuguese behaved manfully, and offered to - eive quarters, pro vided they; would strike, which generoua.and suns: ! Religious." FAYETTEVirLE, OCTOBER 8, Religious Intelligence. OirCharsday. thei 1st inst. the Synod of North Carolina met in this place $ and continued their Sessions until Saturday evening. At the opening of the Sy- -nod, the Kev. John BobinsoitTireached a very animating and interesting Sernioif, from Mathcvf xyi. 5 But can ye not discern the signs of Vie times ? Divine service was regu larly performed, in the Joreivonr;in the after- noon, and at night, from 1 hursday forenoon until Monday night, except in an ins anceor two in the eaily part of the meeting, in which the inclemency of the weater orevented the at- humane offer the pirates did. with horrid im-' tendance of the peopled - Durin; this interval. precaUonSs disdainfully reiuse ; and w - re- femalinteresUngt and impreSiiive.'d.iscoiiraeS'i
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