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Ouillcmri, I wai receded by tjiefe families (Priefllf t and Cooper') with as much pbhtcnefs as their cold and glomny temptri vcr difplay."-, -What modeft, hum-' bleabd Chrljlian like citizens, and patriots, he makes ihfe Englifb Republicans ! ! ! -...'' ' SXTRACT FROM fjiXK t TRjrELS. ' f The city of Scgb, the capital of tt.mbarra con fills of four didinct towns, two 'on the northern and two on th outhern fide of the Niger, Thifeare fur fWiMMthJhik ttiuvl vmlk -f the ti$&X2tZZ8$? clay, and are'of a fquare form, with flat roofs: the ammber of inhabitants is neatly thirty thoufand. The boat; here ufed for eroding the Nijrer, or Julibs (great watt i6) are compofed of the trunks ef two large trjtca joined together, not fide by fide, but end ways. Mr Park was prevented from crofting over to the fouthern Lank of the Nicer, bv an order from Maofonc. kinc o ; . a.' o . of Ranibarra.aod.waa.adviffdtQ fueud the-iiiu ht in a diliant village ; at this village however, no one would teceive hin ; and he?. was preparing to pals the night e the branches of a tree,tn hunger and amid a dorm, .when he wat relieved bv a woman who was. returning 1 were Daid. . .... . from the -labours of the field. It was at the hut of lhi. female that hia-wantsi were f$Utvedand hiTor:- Idw lung,; .-i nejBmaie parr.oi, ne,(imHyiiignicnea their labour by foriffs, one of which jwas tompoied ex tempore ; for I was myfelf the fubjett of it. It was funjj by one of the young women, the reft joining fn a" Ibrt of chorus. The air was fweet and plaintive, and ' ibe words literally tranhVted, were thefe. The -Blinds roated, and the rains fell. ..The poor white man, feint and weary, canoe and fat under our tree. He Itis'iio muther to br ing him milk ; no wife to grind his ' corn. ; Chorus. . Let us pity the white man ; no mo ther has he, &c. Sec. .At the end of the volume, re find thefe word formed into vc-ife by the Dutch efs of Devonfhire, arid fet to muGc by Ferrari. The On Wedrtefday a new trial ws moved' for on the part of James Glafgow, in the cafe in which he had iffucd two grants for 64.0 acres each to Jimes Mulher rin? who by a forged affignment on 'duplicate military land warrant claimed to be afllgnce -of .Jthe . heir of Elijah; Roberts, late a foldier in the continental line On argument of the Counfel f r the defendant, and the. Attorney and Solicitor .(ic-r.err.ls for the Hate, .the motion was rejected by the c-urt unanimcufly. The Connfel for Glaferow - th-" l.kd rctfo in "'arrety f by ihe C urt to advife ihertrrV, woe overruled. The Court then piocetdcd to puf-i the following fej.Jence againft Glafgow That he pa v a hue of loco pounds, .and that he (land 'committed to hew her:' jjil without bail or mainprize until he fh l nld p-y his fine' and fees of profecutton .And upon ihe 0 mixtion of having ifjued two g ran t s on t h e or iginal and.du pjic a te war .ran tstalh eElaun ts .,, the f'-.llu.iuujft enc e- wss-pafT-ed -That he fhe.fiid Jmes Olaf ew", pay a fine of I coo pounds and that he dand committed to Newbern jail without bail or mainprize Until the fine and ftcs The cpurt pafled the following frntence on Willongh- . xir if":: . m i ' i n tl. C.nrr la a) follows - - - The loud wind roai'd, the ram fell fail ; The white man yiedcdja the bLIl ; He fat him dowri, beneath our tree ; For weary, fad, and faint was he, .And ah, no wife or mother's care, For him, the milk or torn prepare, "CHORUM. 4 The white man (hill our pity ftarc Alas, no wife or mother6 care, -. For him, the milk or corn prepare. - ''The ftorm h o'er ; the temped pad ; And mercy '."voice has hufhxl-tWblaft. ' . JXji5E liid IsJic ard j a.jjJiii'pcriluw.i.. . , f he-white man far away mud go ; " But ever in his hcait will bear Kemcrrfbratice of th? t;rgro's care. ;.-; ' . ..-..cHORtfs. ; v :,;J " Go, white man, go but with thee bear The negro's wilh, the negro's prayer ; Remembrance of the negro's care.' ' - " The king of Barnbarra hajing heard, from the IfoorB of Sego, unfavourable reports of. .Mr, P. fent feim a b;;g containhig five thpufand kouiief,t an order to -quit Sego ; ni confeqnence, of "which, ihe twaveller, proceeded eallward alon,f the bnks of the larger. !Nesr to a town called' Kabba, heobOrved tlif people col'tifting the fmlt of the Shea trees, from .hich'tlu' vegetable b::tter 'is prepared. Thefe tires (fay Mr. P.) jjrow in ?reat abund ance all over this part of, Bambarra. They are not planted by the "uatiyea, but are found grovin naturally the woods ; and in charing wood land; rr cultiva tion eVery tree is cut down but the Shea. The tree ufelf very much refembles the American oak ; and the firuir, from the kernel 'of which, being tiifi dried in the fun, the butter is prepared, by bojling the kernel 'in water, - has fomewhat the appearance of aSpanifh live, - The kernel is enveloped in a feet pu'p, under a thin green rind ; and the burter .produced f om it, befides the advantage of its ketpi'ig the whole year without fait, is w hirer, firmer, and, to my palate, of a richer flavour, than the heft butter I ever tufted, - made from cow's milk, Ths growth arid" r reparation of 'African induftry in thia and the.meighbouringJhat.es ; and it conditutes a main article of their iuland com merce." '.'." - ' It is worthy of lemaik, and. highly to the credit of the female fex, that Mr. Park feems invariably to Jbave met wijth companion and relief from wbmen. ; . f Kowries, or f nail (hells, 250 of which are nearly equal in vahre to a (hilling. ' ; - - y -"'' ' by WiUiamj, convicted as mentioned in our Lft That he pay a fine of 500 pounds and (land committed to Newbern jail until hejhould pay the fine and fees. .The fohowing.fentence was pafiVd on-John Bonds That he pay a fine of 100 pounds, and that he (land committed to Halifax j til without bail cr 'mainprize uniil he pay his &ne and cods. The trial of Thomas .: Blount which we mentioned in ourjall was to have come on, and for which Mr-, Bruntil a third billwai fw poftponed-upon his making and filing an afUJavit dat ing that Willie Blount or Ten ne flee, was, a material wit.ufi for him, ard th.it he bad expectations of pro curifg his attendance in a(hort;time; which being held fuflicieiit by the court, he and his brother John Gr iy Blount were bound over to appear t Newbern com; on the 15th July next, to atifwtr the charges be fore i'.ated. Mr T. Kiount previous to Iki", dat.td.by uflidavit that if he came to tial he niuft ibtroduce the evidence of his brother Jt.hn Gray Blount ; the court not faying whether they would or would not admit ntBOflyy'atrfr. B. not.bemg'wiliiBg' 6 tlftt his trial upon the uncertainty of the reception of the evidence, of a brother, who was charged with the fame oTcnces, filed the affidavit as above dated, upon which his trial was poll poned. . 1 he trial ct Wynn Dixon was poltponed upon at ed from attending : He was. bound over to HiItjo tough Superior Court, to be held on the 6thof Oclo ber next. - R A L E I G II, June 24, 1800. A continuation of the, proceedinirs of the court held for the-trial of perfahs.c'ojicernedUi.3.ceTtain frauds. ?.-. On Tuefday lad John Bonds was tried on,; the bill . : vi . i.a 1 l ' r. .:.i rn 1 mciiiiuricu ui uur Ida iu nave uccn iouiiu ciamiii uwii The jury, found himguilty of th charge contaioed in t me inniciment. - James Glafgow was tried-on a charge of. haviug if- fued a errant on a euplicat.warrant in favour of John -Gray-Blount aid Thomas Blo:rnt, for 5000 acres of , weftern land, and of having afterwards iiTued a griiit on the anginal warrant, to the laid Jopa Gray Blount and 'Thomas Blount for another, tract of 5C00 acres of . . . . . . . . ' ' . -i- . - 'Uute returned with thctr verdiit findincr him sru; thecharge. . The punidiment of, fomc of thefe gentlemen anil the eojnviction of others, is a fevere blow to the Jcf ferfonian intcrcd in this date. Thofe who have been unfortunate enough to receive their political -crted fiom fuch "politicians,; will feck information , from ar.f.-the fource kfsj'nfeeiiaus. They will no doubt .conclude, that thfr men who have for thefe number of years in dudriouly ftrived to ii'jure ihem in one way, wiil .en deav.our to rjiid ad them iri another and that men tt this cad arc leldotn if ever in fovour of a wile anu up right acmiuiitration, . . ''"' The enfuing ciicuita ar'earranged as follows : Eden ton and Halir,(x, Judge Jolinllo! ; Nwbern and Wil mington, J-ide Mjciy r H.lllborowgh and Fayette viile, 'Jucge '1 aylor, who. will atteud the diftrids of Morgan and Siiiflj iry if the vacancy is riot fupplied. The i.nportant natuie of the criminal trials, and the time they necefiViiy occupird, in a great rneafurc de feated the object of the legiflatwe at tlitf prcfent term, in procuring. the dc lions upon the'many guefjions of law refeneU to this court ; Nine of the ttrndys allot ted to the Gcurt, iverelmludrioufly applied to the date trials. 'We are informed, however, that a number of decidons have been made. ilizz tisfaction and fincerity, your ExreJJency's fentWnts upon the fubjtft of molality and Teligion. 41 Our anceSort early reccgnifed the great and imr porrant truth, that religion and good government jirc intimately connected, apd rhuft flard or fall, together. . . If the people of New. England have cxJciicnce j great profptrity, or rr?.rifedcd an attaehhunt to thi intend cf Uirtice, beyond ar y former xamplr, ii ij evidently the fa'.utjry rtfult of thofc iillituiirni.( . re ligion an.djeanui.j', which were air.erw f ht-hi :T Jvtrkja wTth dcepcregret, the ihTp fit , i ui' any 0 (,vlr tiraensj to dVpartfre m lie ircri i rrkC'Wuuf'oai ' ' comitiy.,. jU.a ..overnmZTiT- Me xura, vhieh cn be luppotted only hj the virtue .snd the inttli;geiu-e i.ilti$. j eopier its iouiidatum is elitntiaUy uridc : niined. and en dangoed, by a pioptnfity to ii.novatlon and liceuti- i.'J lk We. .fl);alLc.o".rj.fjd.ei it amng. t h-lii li e!ni its of - wv-cgudttcj-tu-crtuc3vcurrDy eveiy rational and conflitutional method, to check its alarming progrefs ; and we feel a fin cere and urf.igned gratilication, that the principles and example of your excellency will' not friends of religion, but a'lfo to recliim its deluded ene mies. ' . " ; . " The good effects of our ancient religious f r. ft rt u- ' tions, have been fo long and amply ex pcrier.ced, thac"" we arueniiy.ricpe tiie iegiiiature will cot.fider their fup pfrtaf.d encouragement among the -fir (I' pfjeefts of . its caie, and that the pcoj-'e at large, will be enabled to form a juft ediinatt o their nature and exccllence.,, ' A London paper cf, March 6, fay? the late Key. Mr. llufenhjtn is fa id to havelcft amongd his paperi which he haiv bequeathed to his ftitnds, Med", s. Ch ife, Sewer & Chale, and uloVh are cn their wzy from M4 dr.s, vl.erc.he died,, a fohmn tlcclaraticn, ihht h: was iktjok author oj tU Letters of Junius." . SOMETHING WONDERFUL 1! pe tm;n of Ihurjl Exaggeration gxtraa oU, letter from a very refpedaMe gentleman in j . hjjad c i r h : a ' . t o h i a b ie.Hti-i-n-iVlfw tv-a- .. ...... ,-i:i -t- J Ud- ted Ju,!e 6, iSocx " C ar" at PrcfVnt .cakmiiy TTrmatiyfeTpecls, is rr.oregriveous than the yellow fe ver. Clou Is of loculls infet our unfortunate city, i:i fuch mn'titudts ai to intercept the light cf Heaven. Ihe dajknciVocccfjorkd by thtfc pells lias berh fo ?ual -fo 'be.two lad day?, as to render the aid of ran. dies iiiddpffndble to thc-twofaaina of ordinary bufi- ftda v UfS axi ng-lhe abffncc 'of a mafwial wtiigf--o4-"ifr and todiry the irztch m etr irrrtf 'KnVg" f Jj c J KnipIT had fet out for the court, but by accident was prevent Nor dots t fie ffiisfortuiie end here; llic incefTunt croak. lng-which Ss kept UP bv tlicfc anima'q evrrU ,hnJh -A httrsiaif yctcc at one yard's dillancc CannQt-beJieard, -ay:d on nuny oc afions. we have tn m fL-t a. .eri ! c.:ca oilier by signs If this ;ntoU-rf.ble noife contin, ues, divine ferviec will !c fufprnded next Sunday ; and fk-.o-.v not where the confequenccs wil ter minute, Two la.J.t s of my ..cqu iintance have, loft their hearing by it, and the citfzens are flying from town in .multiV ' Yo. r;, &c. hdlls Icing fo wry dark tjlen renders this ImprauU caue -i The enemies oTMr. Adams and his election, alledge Jas the great leafon for preferring IVirr-JrfFerfon that the former by his influence has introduced (landing ar- . mie8 and a navy ; but-fi nee the army has been difband ed, the latterc,oinplained of evl is lhcnly pretext to anfwer the views of the diLlTcAed: 'rhe . following extiact from Mr. JerTerfon'j. Netcs on Virginia, will plainly (hzw bow far-the author is to be ptefcrred to Mr. Adains.a.s l'relldent : the Jea is the f eld on which we Jhould meet ' an European enemy on that ek' " meat it is neceffary ive Jloiild preferve fame po wer i " t Thia opinion was publidied betore the exidence of par ty in the United tates,at a time,, wjien the autbor, if ever may be fuppofed to have felt an attachment to his country. If diTTere'nt fentimtrit are avowed by him now, we may readily'corjecturc-the motives. If it is ,potTible fbf the people to view )a expencc of a, navy as a burthen, why not attach" Dlame to ano ther pan of the government Surtly they knovV that ,t'hc laws authorifing its edablidtment mull have origin ated and pafled in Congrefs, before it could receive the Pteiidcnt's fandtion. ! " " -' ' ' ; Tke SeT!atcfrMaffa ernor, fay : : ' '. ..r ' "..'' V' . : .,'-'. . ..." The Senate receive and reciprocate with great fa- 'I o ih ' Freemen of the Diflria of Fayeiteville. '"pHE fubferib'er reaiuMy informs them, that he J- rfFers his fervices a a an Elisor, Turing them, (if elected) that lie will endeavour to he well informed ; and haviujv the intered of our common countiy at xxt, .will give his vote accordingly. JESoE POTTS. Fiiye!tfT'u"e, fune io, i8rcT. . . NO TIC K. - A GREECE to an o.derfihe lall Mar'.; JTk ihej will be a. E,ir held twice .year, on 'thefub icriber s .at.il, (itua:edon tfi i r i s rorel. ettevilleto Hi foomnolv-cu. the-Upper J.ittlc-R.vcr-Thp i-JA vlt u ;if. 'i on ihe i-d Monday Pn next Octoher.- am! Jl ,u... . -.- - ' r Y" . ism i.'iuaj iu uext .ipru. ,KE1LL:-M.LE0D.-counly, J urn: 2, i Ceo. " . . 3t p"7 19 1 NOT T G E S hereby given, that a general meeting of the mem bers compiling the Deep and Ha w river navigation Core j. any. will tdke place at the houfe of Mr. Olive in g Haywcodloorough, on the -.fir it Monday of ' Auuft next, at wincli. time all pertoi.s having any demar.tl agaiclt fdid company, will pleafe make them known. A ni I'm ber 'iVf" lofs.i n faid to w 1 1 v. ill be o ffercd for falc on that and the followirg days. The terms of fale. will be made known on the premifes. v; JOHN KLNDERSON, Prefdent. 1 Chatham Court Hoife, June 21, 1 Boo. ' : ' ' 1 : SHERIFF'S SALK. X J ILL befuld,on the ioth day of Auguft next, V V at Elizabeth town,-Bladen county,' for the tax es thereon-: ''; , --30,531 acrei of land lying in Bladen cctmfy, tUe propbty of Jahiaunders, jun, of Jones county ; it" being part cf telveJtra(fts"that is not lifted not giverl in bv the proprietor, pri any otheperfo for the year I799it was nrlt patented by John Gray Blount and, Wd for tncSxrDouglit by Ainos Jhnfton, and fold ty-Johnlton to faiu-'baundcrs, . ' ; Bladcti June 6, 1 8co. "E. MORSE, Shfi
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