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m i';: the Glafeow Courier t March 29. accjust of AM!i;w;n"ti v s o n ukge cm a n - ..JtITIBS OF XW fLSSri. C;nrlej -D nery, a na"Ve of B.'uc'ie, oi the fron tier of Poland, aged 21, .was brought to the priCm of Liverpool, in -Fcbrutry 175, having been a foldicr in the 'French fe.'vue. on board the Hsucht, captured by the fq;i idroa under. tb cj.a nind of Sir J B. Wur- rso, .t fei4n.i. Hi i ot: of nine bra:!;; prutes.' Piicy we.re a! I placed efly f the army- nd the peculiar c.aviiij for food with thi. jctut ma.i, be . gift at thiriee.i-yeara of. a-je; 1 ' ; allowed two. rations In the army, and by his carni-igs. aai the indulgence of lus comrades, piocur td an aidiiion.il fupply. . Wuuh in tlu ceaot- if bread or m.L'at-.wrere-fcatceJie.. :.-3, wh ) wi their father, J . '-msiejthe-deiieiency-b)r cating-foamr fiep7und3ot grali, dai.y ; and in one year devoured 174. cats (not their sk' ) dead or alive ; anJ fays he had fcveral fe- tfffr" r t ; 1 : 1 t!i if ;f deftrnuiar flip in Ku fr-pli-iT - "--la - tT41irif-tlkCirn:jfmet5t6 onim face and hands foucti n:s hv- kids! t hem before eaiinbat when very hinajty, he did not wait to perform this humane "Sje. D a;il ats iqiully fufFered fro.n his mercrlef jaw; -.-iud if much pinched by famine, the entcaili oi aui-. rntl, iaJiiv'ii finitely, became his prey. The above lilt arc aUeitcd by l'carit a refpectable man, who was his co nrale. in the fa-ue reriuent on board the Hchc; and is noty prtfeat, and who afTare me, he Lai often fecn him feed on thofe animals. VVhen. thcjhip9ii board uf vhichhcj.iva$.:h3J J"ur-" rsnjered after an obllinate adiioa, finding hinfeHYaB - ufaal, har.ry, and nothing clfin his way but a man's I, , which was mot off, fyiug before him, Lc atuAcM it greedily, and was feeding heartily, when a tailoi fnaiched it fro.-a him, and threw it overboard. Since he calne to his piifon, he hut eat one d.a 1 cat and about -twenty ra:3 But what he dtiij'its nu!t in, ii.raw jncatj- bctf or-mutlca . of which- tlKJUt?h picnti- fiiily luppiicd by eaLiu the rations of ten men daily, next morning, he awoke with his tifual ravenous appc ite which he quieted by a few; pounds of ra w beef. . -He. is fix Tect three .inches high, paJe complexion, grey eyes, long- browu hair, well made .but thin, his countenance rather pleafant, and is good tempered. De.taudan, French Surgeon. Le Fou&nier, Steward of the . Hofpital. Revst, commiflarie de la prifon. Lb Flim, Soldit dc la forJJerni -'r --'ric:'''i--'.' -V. ROM AS Go'C H RA'S'P.r"""'"''' '. M. D. Infpeflor and Surgeon of the prifon, and A- gent, &c. tor hck and wounded Seamen. , Liverpool, 'Seph:Q:-y)v-" ; -' -' A true copy, John Bynon, Cleik. mTSBOROUGH ACADEMY. T" lemi a n n u al t x an. 1 iiau j a i.ihi i) t ud? n t s T- TREASURY DEPARTME NT, r ArRiL 2if 1800. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby gmr.,. hi purluarice of the adt of Cong 1 els, pafled on the firft day of March, one thoufand eight hundred, intituled " Au aCl in addition to an aft, intituled, n a,A jegnlating the grantsofjand spproptiattd for, miiitary Cervices, ad ior the Society ot the United liie'hicn for propa "pfhe Gcftl among the Htathru," as (ollows ; lt. All thi' fraftional parts t-f the quarter toii'""' of land iHertcd tcTin ia'd aH,'TtXctpt the fiafticiiii quarter t0wnfli'pi number cur in towiilfiip nunibcr fe ven of rar;e number twenty -: H Ho, all the fiaftionil par t 8 of t he quarter" t oi.v u (!) ipa &d oin ing t o t h c r i er Scioto, except the quarter townmips number cm and four, in townfhip number one Cf lange niin ber nineteen ; the qitarter toulhips number twa and three, of town mip number xArin range num edin ca;iog lo much is he uu-d o uo, .when in Fiaixe 1 le often dcvolrjLiLLu.ll(H-k,fl livij'a-wT4hftfe-aif4y of candles auJ a few . pounds of raw btef, in one Bay .withnut lalin bread or vegetables, tra!h:ng it down with wuUiv if hii allowance of beer is'expended. rus iu)(?.lL-4n.c at piefcnt, indcuenilent oi his own ratiins, anfes from .-the geneiofity of the ' prifontr. v-ho give hun a thare of their aiiowani e. Nor is hiv -4U rfvac I t-m&ied-tci-natr fr w lAefrrThcho1p1fatr' .vkheic f.mc of the patirni.s refusing to take their medi cines, Dmery hai no ohjeftion to perform -this for them jhd his llomath nf ver rejected any thing-, at. he -jicver vcoii;3, whatpcr b the ctiauriii, - or JbowevTf large. ' . . . v ' Wilhing' fairly to try how much he aftu::l!y cowld . eat in 'cne day ; on the .7th ot September, 1 799, at 4 o'clock in the morning, he hie -kfalted o;i 4 p.Miiid if r3 c : v'a udder- at half pad. , in pre ft nee-, of D Jwhi.fo.i, commifli ner ofthefick and wounded fea rx).:ii, ...Admiral Chdd and his bun, "Mr. Folfer, agciit for piiioiurs, aril fceral lefpectuhle gtiulnntii, he exhibited hi power as follows: There was fct befort hi-" tivi pjuuds of r.vv bed,. .and tvclve tallow caudles' ui pmiiid weight, auJ ovc bottle of porter 'thifc. h-j" - fia;fhed by halt pad ten o'clock, i t 1 unlock -there wa.iugin put before hiui, five pounds-ol v.-tf," and one -pautid ol candles, witk 3 bott ei ofpoittr, ar"wti ch ti:ae hr wa locked up in the room, femrits pLceJ at the wtudijws to picvent hi thioio avay any of liis provilions. At 2 o'clock, wLeu 1 a. fa hi 1 L.v him wiih two fr iends, . he hid ntuily tinilhed the whsle ;f the . cs'!llc8 and great parr ot the beef, but had neither evacuation ty ydmni'.g, foiI, or urine, liis lki wb cnol and pulfe regu!ai,.a;id in good lpui. At a quarter paH 6, when he wjs to be returned lo'his. pit. i"n, he had devoured the wlule, and9deciartd he could have eat mrt, but iron the prifaQirs without tcJKng . hi we wished to, make-fume experiment on him he began to be alarmed. It is ado to be obferved, that will commence on Puefday the ill of July next, ani continue three days. The Trullets flatter them Uives that thole rarents and Guardians who can make it con venient-tottendrwureeltntmfelves. highly gratitied by the gr.at imprjvcmenis the btudeuts have madt in the variouu bran hes orieaining and trull the inllitutiou will continue to mciit the fame hberal encouragement hitherto txotrenLed from a dikernbg public ". ' Terms of Tuition (ia advance, one quarter at lean) 3 dollars per annum ior Reading. Wiitmg and Aiith nrtic ; 13 dollar per annum for the Culfies, Engliftv Grammar, Gcograplsy, the Maihcmtic, " &c. &c. 2 dollars entrance fjr evtiy new fcholar, unlcfb the Parent or Guard iaa wa 'a'iiubicribtr to the buduingt. of Ihc acidmy. The price . f 15 ard (including waming.?!odg!ug anu nendin) tor a Scudent iu town, 52 dwi.os per aim, and ihjy be had cheaper tome fmall Jidance from ton,n ; ny number can be very readily accommooanc. N. B. Wanted a pcrfon.qualilied to hit the place of Second Teacher in the Academy, which wiii be vacant, u' the firtt of " July next. The qualirications nectffa ry arc,-a.knowltugc of the Claiiics,1 Erglifn Gram- mar, Arithmetic, wiitc a lair hand, and it acquainted it'ljjj ijujth TTciTtTie more"agreeable. Any further pariicu ais nay be known by .addrtffihg a line to the Rev, Willi am Bingham or M. Jirr.es Buker, Trtahner cl the Vniev. 1 7 3 i UNI V E R S I T Y. HE anuul examination in the XJuivei fi-ty of N -arolifl2j-lWtynirmcTriT The Ctnhiittee of Vilitatjon on whom agreeably to ?n Ordinance of the iioard, the duty1 of attcndiicr at tlut ttoie has devolved, will cotiiki of the iullu w ing 'I iu 'dees :- ' " ' . The hun. Judge Hay woo'd, Alexander Martin, Richard D. S plight, Dvid Stone, ' ? " - Richard Beuiiehan, - Benjamin' Smith, John Hay, jofeph Dickfon, .. The office of the Committee of Vifittion is to fa pei;;i;end anJ pronounce their juJgine(Rt on the cxa 4i.nation, to fir as relates to the conduit and profici ency of the Students, and to . xamiue into the Hate f tn:?Ll!jli- Buildings, Library, Appartus, &c and of the lultitution in general, foas t j report tkcic-. onto the Board at the next annual meeting. It is hoped that the magnitude cf the truil repbfed in them, wid uf ilfclf be fu IS c-itnt to convince the Gnuemcn of the Committee, that a difchare of the duties in cident to it is of the gieatelt importance to the intcr elt of the Inftitutiou, atd that their puridua! attend a&ce is of courfe eatnelllyTolicited. ! CO" The Examination will begin wit h the Prepara tory School, on Monday the 2 2d of -June, and pro ¬ ceed in the inverted erJer of the clsffes from day to day until the 26th or 271b, when the Senior Clafs will be examined. " ' The day was hotV and not having his ufual exercife iii the yard it may be prefumcd he would'othtrwife have had ar better appeti t e, 7 Ou recapilnlating theT hle conlumptton or ttns day, it Hands thus : Raw cow . udder Raw beef, Candles," ..'.-,. 4 Total. 4lb. 1 61b, be fides . of Porter. Halifax. Sazifbury. NcwLern. Fde'nton. "ftihfb trough. Wilmington. Tayetteville. Morgan. quarter towiiftvips number one and Jour in.tpwnfiiip 11 umber Jive, of range" number" wej;tegtUier with the Jifty quarter townlhip hcteaftet; defcribed, are ie--tervtd'TOcHoteTrthTgTnal holders of war rants granted for' milltaryTerviccs, or their htir$, ia iotinof one huni&eiM," recitca. ;. . ... 2d. The following fs,a"defcription of the fifty quar--ter towulhips referred to in the preceding articles and ., which were defignated by lot in the prcfence cf the Secretary of War," purfuant to the ad above recited 1? i I 3 3 If 3 is (9 1 8 8 10 2 3 5 5 1 7- 7 . 8 4 10 . 7 1 liiM 3 2 4 i 3 4 t J... 2 4 3 3 3 1 6 2 6 7 8 8 4 6 2 4 5 7 9 i 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 i !2 3 3 4 10 it '3 15 16 7 7 T 2, j -6. 7 7 7 2 4 1 1 i 4 3 2 0 -4 4 4 1 2 4 4 The eagernefs with which he attacks his beef when his iloriich is not gorged, rcfemblts the voracity oif a hungry wolf, iearin oft and fa-allowing them with ca iireTdfn-.U.icn his throat is dry from contin ued t x-e-clfe, he lubricates it ty ilrippin the preafe.bff tlu caddie bet ween his teeth, which he gcner.dly finim 1 vvjth the ceremony of conferring degrees ad a Va e at t In cc r.iou lit'i:i, and wrapping the wick like a 1 kuictory Oration. i he uuitorm allicuity ct the btudents, lince the On ThuiTday the 26th, there will be a competition among the Students before the Committee of Vifita tion, for the honours "of fpTakingT ' ( - On the forenoon of Fiiday the 27th, a difeouife vwi.l be delivered on the Farewell AddreGt of Prtfident Va(hington to ihe people of the.United States.' On the evening of the fame day, Orations will be delivered by the intermediates, and by pcrfons chofen from the two focieties two from each. v Ou therfori noon of Saturday-'t he 2 8th, Orations; will be delieftd by pcjfonsdijtinguimed by the Facul ty at the Lit quarterly examinatiori on account of ggod fcholai fliip. - On the evening of the fame day, Orations will be delivered, by pcrfons A.!ec?ted for good IchblarhSip, and by ttie candidates for degrees. - i he whoit to conclude 3d.All the landa in each ofihe aiove ri'ty quaf ter townlhipi, and in the fractional parts of quntr to wtdhip before defcribt d,hvc been i vidni u poa the rclpcclivc. plats thereof, asrefurncd by ;he Survey or General, iivid as many lots of one hundred acies eacn, as the quantity fuch quarter townmip or frft;on is Hated to contain will admit, in the manner poiattd out and required by the above recited act. , 4th, The plats divided as aforcfw.i into lts of-one hundicd acits, are dtpofittd in the cf&ce of the Kc gilter ot thc Treafu'-y where the locations arc to be made ; and upon fnriendering the vt-arrantK which fuall be thus localtd, patents will .be illucd in the manner and upon the conditions prcfcribed by law Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, 15 3 m. Sitretary of theTrt.ifury, 1 EN DOLLARS REWAR I). RAN away from the fuhferiber in Robefon county, the 10th of Maich lad ,aegrrrwerrch named WiiMy ; flic is about 26 yeaiM of age, very ftout , fqu'nts with neeye, was bom and raifed in Wayne county in this ftate belonged once to Robert Bel of that place had 01 when. (he went away, a (Iriped homefpuu wrapper and petticoat, and carried with her feeial other articles of cloa'hing and two paii Scoichjblaijkcts. I t hink it probable that Ihe jnaytaye made , to wards Turtle River in Georgia, aslicr hufband Jaasjsenn flien there. The above teward and ail reafonable char-- ball, (drijiij and all) fend it aficr( at afwallow. He can, when n- jrhoictr, is. lift,, make (Lift to dine onim. -Kie.i.e;;qU4iititifc"of - ra'iw-tpiU.t'inJrpTV''but'' .fVoifi" choicR wouhl ucvcKcicfire, to taftc brad of Vegetables. Hf is io every icfpett healthy , his tongue clean and eyes lively.. . . . . - AlteLjie-wct-tcL tbtrpniojip: her danedftPoakrd is pipe, and drank a holds of porter and, by four commencement -ofThr-prefetit " fcfiinin, a'fijrdr a very,' flaff erirgTprofpcc an object well worth the atttntion of literary charac ters, and all fuch as feel thimfelves iqteieftcd in the prorcls' of (jcneral. imorovemcnt." : . ; PubUfhed by-ordrn W iLLErWEBB Chafel-Hill, May 20. ges will be paid to arfy pefon that will deliver her to me o" fecure her in any gaol fo thr.t I get Ikf aaiii;""' Rnb-ron roontv. May 6. JOHN M'PH AIL. STA I'E oFtNOKTH-CA MOLINA. ? ' Hlt-LSBIROUGH -DlSTttrCT. y ..'"'' Clerk and Majltr'j Office, May 17, isioo.- .Report having bteo circulated by fome means or 1 JL other, unkjKrwn t m, that the bufiKtu ota Ma'tcf in Equity for the . diftrift afoiefaid cannot be lawfully Jone, and that my powers are fufpended in that refpeft, which mayprove very dttrimentl tb thc: fuitofs.of this Court,, and productive of confequences ptrniclous to my own interelt i-I therefore think it my duty to inform all perfons concerned , that the report "is not true ; and that theyjikc notice, that my office is open, and proper attention givw-n for the difpatch all bufinefsielativf.ro the laore as ufual. : - 16 tt. RQBER C BELL, C k. & M E, ....... : For "fale arthisTOffiee.: ; " " : " " Iredell's REVJ5AL oi the Laws of Norih Caroli- -na, with I Supplement containing the public acts of . ' the General irembly fiojhcjcar llJjljh1 prelenTllime "tariif an " Index to the Supufeaical ill . J neatly botirfu; in oac Volume. , ' , 5 I,
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