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M I.I ?.-;.Vf:r f i V m hi U i v i T "St 1. (tjW l! t.i. f 4 I 1 ; i S f: 4 h.-.t 1 i! r 4 Y 3 If ' ft 1! 4 lAVerarj. The Life bf Kapolnpn Buonaparte; Empror i of the French. Uh a Preliminary view, of v the French Reolution - By e futhor. of vWatirlm, &c. 3to1s 80, Philadelphia; Carey, Lea ii Carey, 182T. '9-' Il may br doubted whether the annals of literature ever produced a book pos sessed hi such- powerful adventitious " attractions in the names of its author and - its heio, as. this, .. A biography of Buo- naDarte. bv the authot of Waver le, is a history of the most celebrated warrior by . the ! most celeoratea wruer 01 raourni times. -What circumstances can be bet ter calculated to arouse attention , in the ' reading world than are contained in the magical association presented to the ima gination by the bare menuon 01 a wuw .-.n.ta4 i Rvprv one leels that the story of no man that ever figufed-in real life can be more extraordinary, more in teresting, or .more instructive, than that of Napoleon ; and there are but few who will not acknowledge that there never was a writer better qualified to do that storv lusuce, t than Sir Wa ter Scott. It was. thereiore,' natural r inai me puuiit desire for this-work should be unusually - . . ' . . I great; arid we believe the American pub- lishers have found it such as sufficiently to justify the veryjarge impression of e leven thousand copies, of'which the pre sent edition consists. ; :; ., - In producing this excitement of thp public mind, Tin regard to this book, it is worth while to inquire, whether the char acter of the hero or" of the author has had the greater share.- Such an inquiry,- im partially made, we have no doubt would result in favour of J the author, and the enviable superiority of first rate literary over first ; rate . militafV fame, would be decisively established; We have not space to enter minutely into this question ; but we shall mention onjp fact which, in our estimation, is in itself sufficient to settle it. nere nave Deen innumeraoie duoks published relative to Napoleon's career, and not a, few of these are professed and formal biographies of this singular man But ; which of these has excited half the at tention of this by the " Author of Wa- brley . The charm evidently, lies in the last three words. It is their potent influence that' has excittd the public and produced the unprecedented phenomenon of a first edition of thirty three thousand large volumes, being printed from stereo type plates ! .A glorious instance of the trjinsceudency of Jiterary over military fame ! , ' , . . .But we must pass from considerations so animating to alf who are attached to the pursuit of letters, to a brief and cur- ner of this important production.' I he ficst two hundred and ; seventy pages ot the first volume are taken up with a -.preliminary narrative relative to the French Revolution that terrible convulsion, which shooki the civilized- world to its centre, and occasioned a greater amount of human suffering and, destruction than any other, event recorded in history. The events of this dreadful taJe, and the causes which produced them, nave been related by so many well informed authors, thft it was not to be expected that Sir Walter should very much enlarge our informa tion Ion the subject. He has done, howe ver,! all that could, be expected of a judicious and able writer in giving what caq only, be considered an -abridgement I of the history; nf such an eventful period. I The, facts are well selected, and grouped J logeiner wun true, graphical Dtct; and I the man who peruses thepj must , be as devoid of sensation as the -detestable Ja cbns whoni'tbey describe were of hu manity, if they do not make a : strong & lasting impression on his mind in favour of a j solid government, farmed for the I support of social -order, by iust and I wholesome laws, which define the ex hn with benignity1, establishes the presi dent oi the ruler's pot er, and restrain it dent of the gardens of Epicurus in a wi'ihtn safe and known limits. The re- neighboring cell, rudely carved from the factious interspersed through this part of rock, and before long looks with appro the' work, arise naturally ? and properly nation upon the loves of his youthful dis from the incidents ; and the reasonings ciples, and sanctions their betrotbment are, in our yiew just and convincing j We are, perhaps, the more pleased at the , liberal tone of these reasonings in respect to politics, because they proceed from one - whu has always heen placed prominently amv9ng the tories of Great i Britain. V We have been so long.in the habit of consid- ering the political principles of the Brit- ish tories as friendly to high-handed and despotic power,Jthat when we read in this book he strongly and repeatedly expresj sed Sentiments in favour of representative government and popular rights, delivered by a wriler long conspicuous for his strict adherence to the tory faction, we could not but suspect that we must i bave mis- . conceiyed'the;sentiments of. that faction, and toat.we. aia. tnem wrong .by-con-, founding their . political , creed, as they now eotertain it" with that of their p'rede- cessors in the early half of the- last, cen- tury; . j But whether wc nave .done them I wrong in are sure tuis panicuiaror not 01 inis we 1 vancea age in the brass mines 01 rales-1 cuasu iruoi j.u. iun,,m iueri m , that if the political sentiments I nne, A; p. 297, where he had been con-1 the " stock in traue, in .irenton, , give of the au thor of the work before us,; be I demned to hard labor for refusing to corn-1 notice, that I shall continue the business . tory sen (iments we have met with- many-I pfy uith an imperial edict. '. I under the firm of M. VV. Jarvb, & Co. whigs ;who oueht to be stationed inheir I Snpr, ri iK r .k- .tnrtr- f I " that place, and 2am J. Usher is ranks. ! : ; Liberty and ; equality of 1 rights, regulated and supported by firmly estaV lisbe'd laws, are more than once pronoun ced to be the greatest national blessings a people can enjoy. But the wild and Ji- centious ideas ; of Jiberty; and equality I vuiwi wcit ci auvAi 9 uvu 1 volution, and to which all its norrors may be tustly ascribed, are shown to ne .- surd in theory as they nave proveu incur - a " .a!. ' A MAanst selves 10 . oe ruinous in pracutc riai toem, indeed, Sir Walter embraces every fair opportunity to direct the whole force of that powerful reasoning of which this book shojvs mm to be so complete a master. . ' , - t ' , ' 't : tdi 'erary Thomas Moore ias lately published in London, " The Epicurean, a Tale," which we observe is tor sale in this city. The Atlas (a London weekly) gives the following outline of the fable, and brief critcism on its merits as a lite rary production. ' ' v V ' Alciphron, the youthful and accom plished president of the gardens of Epi curus at Athens, satiated with pleasure, and dissatisfied with the doctrine of his sect, that limits human existence ta the present world, longs for the discovery of that ureat secret which shall teach him the art of- Eternal Life. Worked upon by a dream, he bids adieu to the elegant gaities of Athens, and seeks in Egypt the land of sacred mystery, the-solutton of the melancholy difficulties which had hpPt him nn lh s!ihicf of death, and a - J -. I aalisfflC,:on Gf his anxious desire of im- mortality. 1 He first betakes himself to Aiexanana, wnere ne spenus ms iimc in a round of pleasure: he thence ascend the Nile to Memphis, in the hope that beneath its pyramids, and amidst its mys tic halls, he may still pursue the investi nation hi which was nearest his heart. Arriving at Memphis on the eve of a Jes tival, he witnessed the proud spectacle with which the priests of Egypt dazzled the understanding of a superstitious race. Alciphron is captivated by the beauty of one of tlie sacred nymphs of Isis, as she performs her part in a solemn dance but loses sight of her among the crowds oi her vouns sister worshippers, as she vanishes afteT the sacred .' bird into th temnff. ' The tihilosonher becomes the Greatore of an irresist b e oass on. ured by which, he zanders every where in pursuit of tne object of his sudden enthu- siasai. In an adventure, into wnicn ue is led by an accidental vision of his lovely priestess, lie is entraped by the jgg!n? priests of Memphis; who subject: him, in tjieir secret recesses arid subterraneous y;ardens to various ordeals of a severely trying description. ( ' The fate of a philo sopher of an opposing sect, in the hands of the cruel arid powerful ministers of the Egyptian superstitiorf, "seemed scarcel dubious, when he is surprised, while matching the sacred. veil ot Isis, by the appearance of the lovely nymph whose charms' have unconsciously led him to tiis - present ' dangerous situation. Her ! " a i - a imcultres.ol egress fronk the sacred pre cincts, enable the young philosoper and the beautiful prieness to escape together. About this time Christianity was making a rapid progress, and though periodically visited with the most bloody and unrelen ling persecution, the fidelity of its adhe rents, was unshaken and their example produxed a wide, powerful, but often se : cret effect upon others. The youn priestess proves to have been private educated a christian by her mother ; am meditates ! an escape to a retreat in tb mountains, where Melanius, a verierabU teacher of thejnew faith, worships the tru God, and leads a life of sanctity in tht desert. Alciphron is the companion ot her flight, and there solitary vovasetiatu rally increases his passion, I and is r.atu rally r produces corresponding sensation in the bosom of the lovely Akthe. Her fjurity is ber safeguard, adci Alciphron h reluctantly compelled to deliver hh charge into the hands of the aged Chris tian pastor. But incapable of enduring a separation from his beautiful compan- ion ; , he feigns to be himself a convert to the Christian faith. Melanius receives At this time a raging persecution of th A'ethe are snatched from their retreat and hurried before the imperial magis Crate pi Rome in the neighboring city . Melanius is martyred, arid Aletbe dies in prison, poisoned by a coral wretli with which a malignant Egyptian priest had encircled herrow as she is led to prison, after having firmly and boldly proclaim e(J her faith. Alciphron, in endeavoring to rescue her from the Roman centurions, js himself wounded, & only arrives at the cell of Alethe, in the environs of An tinoe in times to be recognised, , and to see her breathe her last, under torture of the poisoned wreath. A biographical note is added to the tale, which states, that A Iciphron, an Epicurean philosopher converted to Christianity, A. D. 257 by a young Egyptian maiden who suffered murtvrdom in that year, died at a!ad tlfnes of the story ihtx Epicurean; a tale whidh, in style, subject, and method of treatment, diners ially" from the product Ins of mance of the latter ages of most essentia the day. , 1 a : uree& romance ot the latter apes that language, !ahd f savors strongly of ine Aicianaiian , scnooi 01 poetry ana Jk.m Tt 1 elegant without force, -it is ornamental without splendor, it is beau tiful without life it ts, in short; the com position of a student 4f refined taste and cultivated imagination, , rather than the effusion of an ardent and powerful genius. The luxuries of thew gardens ot Epicurus are described with mucli more felicity i ban t ha terp Jmy ster ies ' of JVlem'pb is ; the pasiionatejbve of the herd," and the tender purity-ofAlehei ire described with rauchgreater Vfieci than the vigorous firm ness, the sirntfi Christian i virtues --of the primitive teacher and martyr, of the new faith 5 a hue of AJexandrian softness, a toucnof lEpiiurean feeblness, is felt throughout the whole story. Nevertheless it is a tale .of much graceful invention, both for the polish of its style and; the elegance bf lis ornaments, and moreover for the fidelity and beauty of many of iu descriptions ot natural teeiing aim uaiurui scenery, t is raised tar above the ephe- mrtraiheirh 1 ? t Newbern September 15, 1827. 4 Articles. Per 1. C. JJ. O. Bacon, lb. ' : i 8 'Beef,,' "4 ; ' Butter, . -12- 18 Bees Wax - ' i 28 ..." Bread Wavy. 100 lbs.' f 3 25 3 25 ' Filot : 4 5J 4 60 ; 1 Crackers 1U0 lbs. . 6 50 6 50 Brandy, French, gall. 1 50 I 75 , Apple, ; 40 160 Feacli, 75 . 80 Corn, bbf. ? 2 00 25 . Cotton, 100 lb. ; 10 Coffee, lb 18 Cordage, HO lb. 14 15 , Candles, lb. t 1 i 15 i Flour, bbl 50 - Flaxseed, bush 70, 80 - Feathers, lb 1 35 : 40 Gin, Holland, gall. 100 125 Country, 45. 50 Glass 10 by 12, 50 ft 6 00 I J 8 by 10 ' ' 3 50 4 50 Iron Pig, lb none 00 00 00 00 5' country,-: Bar, ; -5 5 Kussia, f 6 Swedes,; ' . 6 8 It ail Rods, I 7 , 8 v Castings; 5 Lumber Flooriog M ft 14 00 15 00 Inch Boards, 12 . Square Timber, IS 00 ' 20 00 Pine Scantling, 8 00 10 00 Shingles', 22 inch, lOOO, 1 25 1 50 Staves, w o.. hhd. Id 00 18 00 do. red oak do. 8 ' 10 do. white oak, bbl 7 00 " ; Heading,w o.hhd ! 17 00 20 00 Laid, lb 9 10 ,Lead, bar, 'cwf ; 10.IK) ' , white, dry, .16 00 .00 ground in oil, 16 00 17 00 leather, soal lb 20 27 upper, ' 2 tn 3 00 Meal, bush - ' ' . 50 Molasses gall 29 32 Oil, Castor, bottle, 1 00 1 25 ' ' Linseed, gall 1 r A -i viv . : ;i an tin vaval aiores, 4ar, Dol . . Hi . Fitch, 1 X , Rosin, i 1 (K) 1 25 Turpentine, 1 40 ' Spirits do. gall 40 Pork, cargo . bbl ! 10 00 . Mess,; -T'-;: W-..-13 ,. 14 v Peas, black eyed bush 60 Rice, cwt : 3 3 Rum, Jamaica- gall ; 90 1 W. I. . -W.: 85 American, 40 - 75 25 00 90 45 Salt, T. I bush ' L 60 ' ' Fine ' i ' . ' - ' 65 ' Sugar, l oaf lb 22 23 Lump - 18 20 " "-' Brown; 100 lb 9 10 Havana,' White none 13 Steel, Blistered, lb - .( 10 " 20 - . German, ' 18 Tallow,, ': r vi 10 Wine, Madeira gall .. 3 3 75 Teneriffe ; 1 60 1 25 Sherry 2 2 50! . ' Country bbl. . 15 Whiskey1 all i , : 3a , NOTICE. WILL BE SOLD at the late residence f. Elijah Cratch, dec, on Bay river, on Tuesday the 18th of September next, all; the perishable, and personal estate (ex cept "the negroes of said deceased,) con-- sisting of Lorn, Horses, Cattle, t arming U lentils, Household and; Kitchen Furni ture, Ton Timber 1 Canoe, &c. &c. VyiLLyBE SOLD at the Court-house n Newjbern, on Saturday, the 22nd ol vSeptember next, a number of likely ne groes. Six months credit, will be given lot all sums above rive Dollars.; the purchasers giving Notes with two good securities; ELIJAH CLARK, AdmV. , August 30, 1827 '93 95. ; Notice. VN the 3d instant, the subset ibers, V transacting business in the town of Trentos, Jones County, uuder the firm of M. W. Jarvis, & Co., dissolved the copartnership. All persons indebted to the late concern, are requested to settle their respective accounts. MOSES JARVIS, SAM'L. C.FISHER. July U, 1827. . ... N. B.; I, the undersigned, having pur- employed to 4 attend to the business for me, and is authorised to give receipts and contrac s, and enter nW obhgations . present. , t .mere rimrioV : MHFS TARVIQ) Ifewbcrri, Jaly 14, 1827. '86; v GENERAL ORDEKS.; jTi EN DANl :L BOON will review tX the several Regiments, composing the 12th Brigade of the North Carolina militia, at the following- pUcys, to wit : That of Wayne county, at Waynesboro, ori Tuesday,' 23d ; that ' of Lenoir, at Kinston, Wednesday, the 24th ; and that of Jones, at Trenton, on Thursday the 25h of October next: All concerned are required to take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. ; ! f JOHN L. H AY WOOD, Aid , Sept; l, 1827 '95 98; ;,. : MR. THOMPSON KIDDER gives public notice, that after a long and tedious negotiation, and at a great price, hei has at length succeeded in obtaining the Recipes M. S. for Compounding all those valuable Medicines formerly pre pared by the late; Dr. W. T. Conwav. The Recipes are in the Doctor's own hand writing, and were obtained through the agency of Dr. J. P. Hall of this city', and ! T. Wtgyin Esq or London, and u ere delivered to the latter gentleman by the widow of poet. C; with full and entire transfer to Mr. ; Kidder, and w ith exclusive right, after being sworn to in due form, at -the mansion house, before the Lord Mayor of London, on January 3 1st lasu They were brought out b) Capt. Mackay, of the London Packet -Mr. K. is now preparing to furnish the public with dthese; - valuable ' Medicines fresh and genuine. , : ' !v The former Agents of Dr. Con way, who wish a supply to sell oti com mission, or to purchase ;outright, will please write, or call on Mr. K. at Coun- ting Room over No. 70, Court-street, near Concert Jtl an. i . O Printers of newspapers throughout he Country, who published the advertise merits of the late Dr. Conway, are re quested to give this, three insertions in their respective papers, and forward their bills to Mr. K. tor payment. ! 1 Boston, July 18, 1827 91-94.. iVOVYCfc,. ITS 7" ILL BE SOLD, on Monday the v f 17th of September' next, at the late fTesloelnee orrrrranrMntiielri- debased, hi, me. i own vi newoern, sunqry articles, of Household and Kitchen Furniture ; and on Tuesday the 1 8th, at the Planta lion of said deceased, all the perishable property belonging to the estate, viz : Horses, Cattle, Hogs, and Farming Utensils ; together with the crop of Corn, Ctton, &c. as it now stands. s Six months credit will be given, the purchasers giving: notes with approved security. ... H. B. MITCHELL, y' Administrator. Nucbern, August 25, 182793 95 '09 LABOURERS WANTED im- mediately. Apply to J. L. SMITH. Capt. Corns bf Enc- Fort Macon, Aug. 31, I827r'$4 59 Fresh Family Flour, &c. . J BY the Martlid, this day from N." Y. the subscriber received the following articles, which he offers for sale : Fresh Family Flour, in bis. & half LPs. Mess and Prime Pork, 6 Trunks of Shoes, consisting of ladies 1st, 2nd, & 3rd quality morocco, Childrens' Morocco . and . Pruuelle Boots and Shoesj Gentlemens' fine light calfskin Shoes, ! Morocco pumps. 4 JOHN G. KINCEY. Aug. 1, 1827.. -:'v- ;;'-.- ;;: , ON the 30th of thir month, the ac . counts for Fort . Macon will be closed for the year, in conformity to the standing regulations of the Engineer De- partment. it is t therefore Requested of those who may have claims against the Fort, that they will, at that date, attend at the Fort to settle them, or empower if Kior In &tf Purl - fnr f hut rn rnnna w.... .w .v. iubi puipui . " I j. l. smith; , Capt. Corps of Eng, ' Fort Macon September, 16.- 49 ' t ' iMorguii's ; ILLUSTRATIONS OF MASONRY, For Sale by ' T. WATSON. . July 28. ; RIGGING. " fN consequence of the fall in the price I of Hemp, the subscriber will, ior fu- I ture sell 'Rigging at the reduced price Sof 1 $14 per 100. ? v JOHN HARVEY. ' Aug.': 1 8 -'91-tf' ir4 ' TO RENT, OUSE &LOT, No. 218, on Broad btreet. .Apply to ' - Wi W. ORMSBEE. March 16, 1827- -'-.r. ' NOTICE. ' TJ1IIE Subscribers give notice that thf II. Notes given by the purchasers at the sale of Benjamin C. Good, deceased, are io due j aud they inform all coucerned ' that unless said notes are paid by thefi(, ' of October next, they will be under ibe necessity of handing them to an Attorney for collection. V - - y FREEMAN WOODS i ; JOHN FRANKLIN, ' ' SALMON; HALL, I Executors of Benjamin C Good, dc'd Newbern, August 2iS, Ibii7 92 95 ! NOTICE. A T the August Term, A. D. 1827, XjL of Craven County Court, the sub scriber obtained letters of administraiion on the estate of Mr. William Mitchtll dec. Persons indebted - to the estate, are fc tequesiea ioroae iinweuitiie payment, and those having claims ' against it, will present them within the time prescribed ' by ja wj or they will be barred of recover 1 HENRY B. MITCHELL. Admfr. ;;Aug. 18, 1827 yl 95. Valuable Lands . and Negrots FOR S ALE. W ILL be offered For Sale, at Che . Court-House in Newbern, on WEDNESDAY the ; 24th of October next, SEVERAL TRACTS of VALU. ABLE LAND, and , Thirteen Likely Negroes, the property of Benjamin Sj. Tillman, Dtx'd. One Tract of 640 A cres, known by the name of the Gatlio Tract, near to John Millers Plantation, and John Washington's Lands on Bay River. An undivided Fifth part of 2,200 Acres on Gales' Island, famous for the raising of Cattle., A Plantation contai ning between 7 . and , SCO Acres of wry Valuable Land, both for limber or culti vation, purchased of. Joseph Burney ; l the lsnding'of which,, any vessel that can pass-the Swash may load. Also, Four Young, Likely, Mules, well , broke. A JACK. A wheat Threshing Machine all the Gear Machinery complete of a Cotton Gin aJ quantity , of Red Oak Slaves and SEVEN SHARES OF STOCK in the BANK of NEWBERN. Six months cjredit will be allowed, the I purchasers Giving Notes with approved sr-cunties, negotiauie at tne liank. ol Newbern. , . JOHN W. GUION, Ex'r. September 1,. 1827 '95 99- 1 . . ' WANTED,' JOURNEYMAN BOOT & SHOE jt. MAKER. To an approved work man of steady habits, good wages, and. constant employment will be given, by . J. H. GOLDSTON, Aug. 25 tf ' - FOR RENT, MM HAT eligible stand for busines?, JL lately occupied by Dr. John Cam eron, corner of Craven and South Front, Streets. Apply to j'.'-l- ' T. WATSON. September, 8, 1827. '94, NOTICE is hereby given to all per sons having demands against the. estate of Benjamin S. Tillman, dee'd. to present them to the subscriber, within the time prescribed by law, or they will be barred of recovery 5 and all persons in debted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment. , JOHN W. G UION, Ex'r. July 20, 1827. '88-tf, .' J - : NQTICE. 1 :VT the August Term, A. D 1827, of jL Craven County Court, the subscri ber qualified as Administrator on the es tate of Mr. Elijah Cratch dec. Persons indebted to the estate,' are requested to. make immediate payment, and those ha ving claims against it, wilt present thein, within the time prescribed by law, or they will be barred of res i very. ELIJAH CLARK, AdnCr. Aug. 18, 1827 '91 96. Five Dollars , Reward. RAN A WAY from the subscriber, a negro man named AARON-for- raerly the property of the heirs of the late Wra. Shepard, Esq. Aaron is of a yellow complexion, 5 feet, 6 or 7 inches high, and about 40 years of ageJ It is supposed that he is lurking about New bern. All persons are forwarned from harboring or employing said negro, and Captains of Vessels from carryjag him out of the StateV under the penalty of the ' iPAtinp ripirt law. , v?CVXVVjrt4 LxSulU, Jone9,l$27.,81, PITTMAN & SANFORD HAVE just received from New York a general assortment of ' BLACK & DRAB HATS, By the case or single. ; Mess Beef St PorU City inspection And a general assortment of ; SHOES. 6c. All of which they will dispose of low for ! cash.-l-Newbern. July 21sL 1827 87 " m - ' z r Jp H E HOUSE and LOT in Newbern, JL lately occupied by the undersigned, at the corner of Craven and .New-Streets. Terms of sale wilt be made known of pplicationvto Wra. S. Blackledge, tp the Subscriber, or at this office. . ( Wm. ULACKLEDGE. , I H i V n
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