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w v- 4i n . 6. I "f Jf r, j'f( j ..i. .. 4 JRi V- r,f V- fljJ. t J;.f. 1h i .1 s J west, oxi'ii;' ,ig Jjt.'ftr rVBXISHSD XTXKT TUI8DAT 1I IWMT. . 0 d' : BsctiPTioBrti'DoUaV. per annom.balfia jTtnce- 3 A3TSIMK.rW1f Ify6? "f tsTn.'witi also appear Ift the Weekljr Taper, freo 6f ! All Letter .Jo, Jha Ui tor must Io 7cma,,o;( r ROMANCE OF r tTh'd "Romance of tho Revolution was" the anbicct "ViAi Twhirfl delivered bfefore the Athenian iistitaW ol mkfladel'jas'!Weel ? by Wk. B.I RbW Esq Warm, 'and we hate ncl 'dotibtv'-well merited enebmi. ums have been bestowed upon it by the Press of that 3ity; ' as well in! regard W the manner of ' its' delrveryj as the tter orwhicli Tt, was tomposed.'" The follow ing eketehof apportion of It ia published in the y. 9i uazette:-:U ' 4:r--; f ,; r I Hej referred to the.roourhful-.traffedy.'.Jfa- V TniUar to every classical tuJent. whkh, in the reirn of the first Jimperbr itif Rome, cost Hfti Empire the flower of its army, .and wrong from thelipe pf one "whose career of ; pros perity knew no intemiption but Ui is, a bitter lamentation. f Quintilius yatuK restore me tn legions!" Was the cry "of that Eipperori when he thought of his' coTdiers massacred amidst', the forests of Germany, leil thither by the rashness of an inexperienced leader; Under the succeeding reign a victorious Ro man array, .led by Gerraanicus; penetrated these Very forests, Uie everglades of the dayj aud came, as it were, by chance, to the scene . of ormer diseomfitore. Passing over the . scene ' which theii 'ensued he' proceeded at once to a paralet w hich our early history (af fords; viz ;tfhe march through ; the deep , recesses of wfiat was then, in July," 1775, a Pennsylvania jwildernessV of it large and well 'appointed Dritish army, under General Brad dock,' the Quintiljus .Varus ' ofh.ts time, 'and ihe terrible defeat and subsequent massacre of that :prdud host on the: banks of the Mo tionffdheh. 1 Tbree years afterwards the for- I tune of war wasjihanffed,' iuid ah' English tirmyi (bond itself like that of , Germanicus, i near thpot-wher hefcaaeC4f tJieif acoori trymen:rcpo?e.rti in tnat army was an gmcer : of rankwho' pad lost aifather and a ibrother in Braddockr defeat. Jl'n Indian guide told jhim that, in tie battle of the iMonongahela, ie,bad seen an officer of his rank fall wonn fde'd,; and a moment after; a young sabaltern, wlto had run tip to his rescue, dropped dead, slain by a random .shot, nd that, the r two bodies he was sure would be found together under the boju,gh of a tree of peculiar shape, .which he thought he could recognize. ..v It was then some-instinct which told , the young officer! who was Francis Halket, then a Major in the 42d Regiment, that , in -4hebodies of those who thus died together, ne snouia nnajys own lamer anu oromer. iThe army, proceeded through the woos, and along the banks of the river, 3o.theLscene of . the battle. . The Indian warrior j discovered the place where be was posted on the! (day i of carnage, and pointed to the " tree under -which. the officers had fallen, j The men were halted, and with.Major Halket and the other ' officers, formed a'circle; f the -Indian rejniov- d the leaves', . and. the two skeletons; ' were 'found, jot as' the Indian! expected, lying across each iother, the :y6miger: above the 'older. Major Halket said that, as his father -had an artificial- tooth of "peculiar" form, he ' might be-4ble thus to ascertain if they" were ' indeed 1 his. bohes, and 'those of his brother.' After a short; examinationlhe. sign that : he nought. was foandi and the renains identified pbeyond mistake.'. As the son-kneeled in, si Jence and in rtears beside them, the or jsoners rdug a gravejandj the bones being laid in it together, a Highland , plaid was thrown over .them, and they were interred with, the - cus-f " tomary.-honors,' 1. ( I v sThis narrative brought the.spf aker'; to th times and annals .w,hose iHustr4tjpn.;he. had i immediately in view the picturesque f inci dents of thatgreat struggle which began IT ith . the session pf the1 first Congre3$,;in Septemr ber, .1774, and terminated; at the signing .; of the Provisional Treaty, in November, ;1772 , --the American Revolution which,? in, its Aggregate and details, was eminently roman tic, while its incidenU and - Uie character, of its Actors 'were, eminently picturesque; ff . .He first Tcdntrastedi wjtli, vibeJVench alevolution, a continued scene of mock hero- ism, blood, carnage and slaughter, and juolike Userved f - i . - man tic. great " the true chivalry: of our ahiialtf' 'MAr&i t and our; state?mj, and still'tlie'palm W glo Tiouslr qu 4 The .history of the' old ICon- .'""1 "' -ipoc uuuer me r euerai jUon " stitulibn, would be of iuelf a rich fecord 'oi romance T;-.'i.T .",4'-". ' ; . , The lecturer made a striking .reference to the Jfttlnb w jt faci; "that On the 9th of Au ;7!gU8lt 1 7 'S' 4 a cc o ftl i n g to; a? s ta te m e u t ' in ' a 'Newspaper of the times, there arrived at this port ihe Charleston Picked iCaptainiWright, bringing as passengers Henfy'Middleibn and Ed ward Rutledgei'.delegates j to -".Congress ' frbm Sdnt h ; Carol iiia". ;:rhefi rs t handa uh at ' came'tb lay 'lire deep- foundations of the i fab 'ric I of the Union, came then, said thespeak er, from South" Carolina 1 r. Lfet theirChildren remember that : let any and every misgui- wr nnViU M .moae,lKm ye regtuf ;prcp; m,wi Vertisfrs-bjr'.the yeirj ! . W$ '- AdTertidtk WerteJ in .the 8mi Wik!r R-i scarce v.auv incmenu nim ne. ue rname of purely !; beautiful or to- . 1 And 'still 'iirlrW.1': tnmhtrinff'i Ibi men 0f thkaccidentMvnlittimi. ih d&l onHative'or adopted; of that' libnote'cr aoHwhVseek"s t6 topple 'downTtHis' Jpfbud edifice," of pjck bufthe, qementwHich bind it togetlier,, remember, tha 'wheaiolialt have dug t to its - very corner-stone, Uie twill findin its ancient masonry-thenames ' of Rutledge; PinekneyGadsderf,1 and'Middle n-first,;nii ry)arst1p f th fbttof riti builiieJajeprqa rTo show: how; little concord - at ne period prevailed fh Congress, the lecturer aid might bb inferred from an aqedrfoie ; "forrhicH, : h& was jfidebteif lohe retentive jmejnbry of one of our own ;elowt citizens who iias. not for gotten his revolutionary" Uneage. ? m pi .On the 8th of Mayi 1770, while Congress w as'.in sessi pn at p h iladel ph i a the ' "soil n u b f KeavVraftillery 1 Was head 1 down? the !'Dela-' areIt, wason knjbwi taipioefforni the gun;boatai thati had,.been sent tq protect the rivef from th: British cruisers.'!? Hither to; nd sbumf bf'aclualjwar had reached-.thfs portion of the" Pro weie!rather more pacific In' VtheirUooe iihan was suited to, the inA? exaspratiort .of New England-as the souna of the first gun burst upon, the ear of Congress, old ' Samuel Adams sprung tipon his feet and 5 cried ' but with" exultation,"; to the ' infinite 'dismay - of f ome.um u sroe.m oers, r w no ; -sat ... nearj nim, J Than iGod, the me!d oeguu--none; can stop-it no w. t--r i wisn ,uiat ? man ' was in Heaven; was the' ejaculation neighbors; TNo-bbtin nH of one of his leaven, saic another. withVa ,. countenance 'of. !umitiirated disgust, fV..not.in Heaven for I hope to get there some uav oaysel(.-i y -v.: : .! The lecturer spoke in a particular manner of : the .'services and character ' of Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress.1 On the 5th of September IXtf 'tfie'dav.tlat the Qoh gresa met, Jir. ihompson, then a merchant of good repute in Philadelplna, was a happy bridegroomr having been married that morn ing and musing,' no doubt on other things, than the concerns of the public, was met in the street by a hurried messenger who came to ten mm uiat the uongress, winch i was then about to organize, wished him to act as theirsecretaryv Nor were the excuses and objections- which he ' seasonably urged admit ted ; but , with a distmct assurance that the session would not bet prolonged more than a few days or weeks, he was made to yield a relue!tant consent ' From duties thus assum ed he was not released for fifteen long years oi, aouot, anu roingieu .nope ana iear. ujatu the month of July, 1789, when the federal Goveniment;was-.rganjxed4 The lecturer sard that, on a" '-former4 occa- 'tsibn'i Jhe had preferred ,'to the romantrp caieer and fate of James Otis, of Massachusetts. Mr..Otis haditwo friends, . near atid: dear ,to oim, whose character, career and death were like his. "These were Josiah Quincy, jriand Joseph. Warren J The former, after a long career of active opposition to the usurpatiohs of . Government in the Colonies, in the year 1774, Mwenti to England, and shattered his constitulioD by his unceasing efforts to avert the catastrophe which he too surely foresaw. On the .1 6th of.Marcli, 1775, worn down by disease and long suffering,; both of mind and bodv'he embarked in, a small and ill provi ded vessel, bound to New England; and after being tossed about by averse tempests, until tne zotn oi April tonowing,-me spini oi we Patriot took itsiflight Just as the first head lands of.the soil for which he breathed his dy ing prayer, rose above the horizon. Warren, while 'servine as a privaleat the battle of Bunker's Hill, was killed by a random shot at the close ol the, engagement wf " , Sucbwsaid the speaker,, wasT the career of thy last of.the glorious triumvirate, which he had mentioned. Utis died a maniac, killed by.; a -flash of lightning Quincy, on the ocean; within sight of his native "shore and Warren, the first martyr in the cause of free- dom.ir-i . After describing the occupation . of ;Bun- ker s ;.tt in no mentioned several incidents ot rather ' an interesting character; When the,iwprks. of u the . Americans were , first discovered, by the Uritish men-of-war, they opened a heavy - cannonade, t which was at nrst lit airecteu, Dutat last oegan to lane ei- fect; arid ah American rifleman standing on Uietparapet, was killed. .f,A subalterninfpruied Col. Prescott the man was dead. , Bnry him, then,', was tbe brief replyiW hat, sir," asked the chap larn' without prayers V; 1 am ready to per form the; service? ' And amid the shower of baUs that wag pnmitive.j funeral ntes v. were ; pad, and , the deep toneSoof the armed minister; of. religion were raised tb commend the ipirit of the de- jpaHed soldier to the God ofrighteous .battles, j'There ' was'jla jiihe Revoh scene. qf funeral jitesth'e burial,: a" few days before the surrender of Burgoyne, , of Major General Frazerbf the British army the sin- gtrfartnduromaiiticr circumslarnces! attending wiichx ihe, lectufermeritione but tlibughtiijtaithgngS scepCaf this funer- al was more elaborately, solemn, in aUa the true eiements of beauty, it: was-.not more, pictur- esque thah the eimple obsequies- of the first privafesoTdierthat fell at Bunker '.Hill. 1 r,. , -a -. i 'ia. iiIm. irii iL'z. The' lecturer referred to the naturally, t tiful battle J ground of Brandy jyine,, Mwhere Washington staked his-; all ito saye jb Uadel- phta. xWitliin aj(ewyearsi the young conn- tryman' was living ho guided -Washington ns I liii'' bu r-"ioft ' A h firal niainl'nr-MtrVlf When at'Cladsford.'.lie; heard of the brilliant rnahojuTre by whicli- his flank,-, and the distant ; firing;whichf an nounced It; he compelled this young Quakeri to guide him across the country; and as theyonereThe dashed along, at the toDfof their ioeedVre- garding, no obstacle in their way, alliat rje remembered hearing 'was ihl; low and htirv ried, tofle ''of ;1he -'G eneral s Voice" Faster."! ntf. yoWft ffiend.faiterfaster:"?; WeWl peed ayaijejl. not ;,iie arrived "just in .Mnje.tq witness 4ho?. re treat hefore an' overwhelming. iorce-Uic Americanarmy was routed,; 'and Y miaueiphia Ten. 1 , - ' t ' m ih Hlalfudedto the fate of Mafori 'Aritlrel bu ugisB rfesli p rwaptainaihaf Wale exeQUtedjalso ma sdy. bv; the British on Long Island, in 1776; and of Col. Haynol wtio:warmurdeied by the British att:harles- ton, in '81, in violation of the laws of Mr andbumaiijtjs wit(elf In ilie blopWbf 'youth a, brave ,ocer 9, woftly citizen, ?a just ahd upright man furnishing an example of herpf; ism in death that extorted a confession from his enemies, that thonrhhe did. not die ill a good cause, UalTiiust at least have acted front a persuasion of its being sbt f 41 J ;Among'i1ie men oY the Rev6lutionW5ish ui-iim was, a pene.cfc cuaracter oi romaui;e i auq 'cmyai ry, in jits, highest sense, f,Auu.rinp I j ' I . a . t " .- iL lecturer , compared i his character wuKtht characterv given i to that pink of Chivalry, Gastprt'de Fofol lLbr Berners translation of Ffbissait's Jphriniclel het read, a quaint jJttrajtinj which Gaston eulogised as beforiiali knights," kings! pru?r ces, and others, fot the . possession of those qualities; for hieh Washington was Vdistiu guwhed. .Histrictisense of justice; his systejnatic'drspbsitiotfjjf Tus time ; his rigid determination, on all occasions to'elaim what wAs due 0 him'; his ;willipgoe3s : to?gj tiia arid tjiat onlyIwftipli he i bad a right to! give ; ins. sense ot religious obligation ; . Ins qeler ence to the world's well ascertained proprie ties ; the dignity pf his personal appearance! the dating gallantry of his spirit j-his nicK impetuous temper,? ' ; V -Mi?! " The. lecturer compared ; Washington . and Napoleon, Jn their -death. ; iThel first i died peacefully and tranquilly, in his bed, -otF ins : own larra, ; ;amiu tne people, ' wnom, he, more than 'anv single man. had ' cohlrif buled to. render free and happy, The ;1as died in a far off isle of the ocean, exiled fro ui all that he held precious; wasted by disease deformed br convulsions. and his last words givingjtbken, 6t mwafd- strife as hefougf bis battles , oyer again; The death ofUieaejl was a characteristic comment of his life" The one, an illustration of all the gentle vi? tues which constituted his heroism ; the olh er,, the fit farewell to a life of ' storm and tumult. The one, he likened to tht last an chonige of some war worn frigate, j whose broad ensign has floated o'er many a riglite- Wttla tthoiioiUrabe i private cruiser,-whose flag has long been an emblem of terror to a peaceful world, whose decks are stained dark with, blood, and, whb, ai ine neigni 01 me xempesi, lounaer on sonie obscure rock in the centre of an ocean's desolation. . '' . BOTANY BAY About five or six years ago a person of considerable literary attainments was tried at the Old Bailey " for forgery, convicted and sentenced to be hanged. His Majesty was pleased to commute the sentence to transpor tation for life. A letter of thanks for the ef forts made for'the' preservation of his life has reached us ; and as it contains intelligence oi a cpuoiry, me aauy occurrences in wmcii are but little known to the population of this vuuumj, .iviWlu.9..u.uS inc uum wun-,, tary as well as compulsory visits paid thith- er, we snail state tne suostance : Since his arrival in the country,, every or der relative to the treatment of prisoners. has been of an apparently harsh nature : but the change has been' attributed to the great - in- crease of crime at home, and the consequent Increase of prisoners in New South Wales, .where, to say the truth, the evidence of. a- long course of Metropolitan crime is but too Dal nable. '-He received what is called all Ticket of Leave,r upon reaching his des-l tination a document which authorizes anyf person to select any part of.the Colony;, for. his;, residence, and to employ himself as he- might think proper; but which the least mis-; conduct subfectsto permanent removal. Thief convict s residence, in rSSidney, in the occa?!' sionat set vice oi mercantile men, gave nim . an; opportunity oi. ascertaining me state pr- . a -w ft r ' B'' 'a the. Uolony . as .to commerce ;,no brancn ow which is, he says, regular. It is either at buslje. or all sileijce.: Upon first making tli shores, of rApstt;alasJa; he;waspafticuUirlr struek fwith the uncommon';, appearance "ijit L everything he beheld -The singulashajyf and eolor of the rocks ; aud trees, the .,wit? I and savage looks of the natives; would, eyeii if the. Immense distancecould be 'bverleipel at brie bound,- convey tfiie most nnequiyocil assurance ofa remote. worldnSydney'hpv ever, -. revives tho.memory'of past; scenes V It has about 14,000 inhabitants, who are fir creasing daily ; rl,200 soldiers are upot) the station. ' There,' are public billiaf d-rbomsy U a fine race-cbursie. Several of iheppjijet : inhabitants keep handsome equipag?s(taiid a degree of splendor -attends their , entertaiq- ments, farr beyond what might be expected in affjnfaht colony f Abont twenty or thirty miles ..in . the interior , is what is . called the i- -r jOpen Forest wiich, resembles in appearanee gentleman's park in England., ilere i e prini pat settlers' have ' their grants of lanii seVeral yiiJnm(li)!S acres and j some a gr,eat, deal raor?.; Herds of cattle con . I tninlnw l;6firt lipnrl n rift flnfbB-f "slittAn eonl Haininp; several thousand, are notTjncommOn.- - T most numerous i4 the banks of Hawkesbury.' JJere the setUers 'a but is subiect to floods, bv which inU sin bight the labors of the whole year are swe --j - . But, notwithstanding tUjue .frequency df-such dUastersfthe exlreme richns of die grbundi theeaso with' Vliich itf is'' managed; ayidthe great progt arising from a 500" tf0P bpl jout an irre'sisublo f temptation to ,the settlers "i-i mTL .1 tus-t i-jq ' u .v- K the distance of seventy ules froraJSyd- ney .bom me n ces th at clva i h of 03n tainsV -i so loril consUerediulPas Mountihsan tldisaBceofaboiit dftylnajtes'i' iCtr.w; Mekswithoutia Wadlslbtlack mra 4u;.when tna traveller, pursis upon wc cpuniryon ,xue plains, oi uawi.urii9 j.a nlfhabsp briitlieface-bf me artbiTlihhei! spme oinie !in5v ipucu cwitw ua.o.i.. IW'oxenVnd; sheep to'ee and' the iMi $ate;?v:waya:e f --".a- --," - tjier heaUcIIe finds the black native r hichlal thnuo-h he 'can not conte m ,-s " O ri - - ajnypndeof cbmpirisfirtidecidedly t estt ht ilie scale of human f iiaturevHwitliout fcpu'se or 'slielier. v except the thick forest,' !iakeilriand desolate 'and f hungry Iitn'the Xjetghborhood of Sydney the . natives are 1 tarmless, but towards the North they -are rions, and it is not donbted,; live upon hu ak llesh.i The British; Govehrment' have? jjQNvever, jbet) degraded! creaturesand cinUzaUon? is (ffpicted to toake-snnie progress. - . J la: i-i v. , -. , i : , . ... T.t.i.i . uniu jaieiy, religion nas.oeen. cwiniicvci liegle'cted v butagreat change is now taking piaee. peverai cuurcues aim cuaiwia ately been built, and are well attended ; and i risirig; generation will;vofcoursei profit yiiis'arrangementv libwever ineJtctiv it bav ne with resbect to their parents. Bible i . mf " - r ' . a , a , ppcieues aiso.fia,ve oeen lorujeu. ; a m lifountry holds out several opportunities of nrtgprpYertyi'There; are openings ' for jpachantsfw jiich kpeh-sighled m6n may Ifakpadvanfe fine JieldJ if they-possess a sufficient knowl- tarlflM hf nnrriii1iiirfl. "anrl nnsspsa the means.' 6" V , " I w jAit persohs who coine to -this country, and engage in concerns beyond their, abilities, have, to contend "with' difficulties of which theyVhavb no idea. 'Many see themselves Lrhuch disannointcd in havinff their erants of ijand at such a -distance from'head quarters hT o - find -is-fle-w- gi ctt six k ilistanceof 1 lesi Ihan70 miles from Sydney. " The desperate banditti which.are constantly prowling about ithcvcountry form he most terrific objection to the-settler. i SLEIGHING-TIME. American Courtship. This must be an Icverlastip fine : country, beyond all doubt, Tor tlie .folk have nothin to do but to ride a boutaud talk "politics - tn the winter, when the ground is covered with snow what grand Mimes , they have a ' slay utv over . these here maishe.4 with the gai?, or piaym u.ill 011 the ;ice,t or goin to quiltin Trolics of nice Jong j winter evenings, and then z a driven hime ' liktt mnl - lv miMinli'fhf. Ntni- inailo tlmt i' ..i"...; J r & I 3 , .- ikIy scruinptous lookin slay a real clipper of (j ;a uorSc, a string of bells as Ion- as a string ol nlon8 ,.0unct his ncckJ anrt a snr ? on his ;i bpk, lookin for all the world like a bunch i of apples '""broke off at a gatlierin time, and a sweetheart alongside, all muffled-up but her eyes and lips the one lookin right into you, and the 1 other talkin right at you is e en amost cnouffh - to drive one ravin, tar ing, distracted mad with pleasure, aint it? And then the dear critters say the bells make such a din there's no hearin one's self speak : so they put their pretty little mugs; up close to, your face, and . talk, talk, talk, till one can't help lookin right at them in stead of ihe horse v andthen whap you both go' capsized into a snow-drttt together,skin?, cusnioiis, anu au. ; Aim inen to see inc lit tle, critter hake herself heti she.jgeta up, like a , duck landjn from r a pond, chattenn away all the time like a canary bird,: and you a haw-hawin with p-'easure, is fun alive, vou may deDend. In thus war a feller sets led on . to pfier.jiimselfVk'jbyier.afore he kiiosvs viicreNhe besQtn jSlick r' T . .... ...- j. ... it is necessary that a man should nave " sfcen no good,' or should; have, liad no power to enjoy 'Vhis'vichea and wealth and honor,", vand family, in order bi hs ( feeling their emptiness . in his latter-end, ? when his; soul Jones inearrable - of imnnrttno . Kven tlihno-h he - --r . - -:if- ; - i had. derived frorn .the mV through fife, the whole amount of 'pieasuratwp.tclHjwithout the true influence: ot religion j it is in their power to" bestowl still,' it is pleasure' that is one with pneh na5nhr rrmmpnit - and ivoa fthe I ie;mrat tasreVrUSdes6late;inI tinpro vided for fthe'broMiect: which liei before it. He has .received in his life meliis good things," and all must be left behind him; he lived without God, and without God he roust f die; his life Iti3 been faiUilessf and his death must be' hopeless; he haslaidup for .himself treasures-7 on earth, land there- is no treasure reserved for nim !th Heaveii f he Said to his years i f Jakef-f thine case, eadrinkanbe merry .'land when. f his soul is requireti of him,'., he feels Jii'mself a fool, he came in with 'vanity, and he departs in darkness. It Is the everlasting rexts tehee by ivbich it is of marivX Should i a man double the race ; of Methuselah, his life (though to us, With our awavi CloBritryrjmse gfifti miles a present! ima uur uetiner tuaii imr oeaai. ? irejfw--biU abiirrenuccissio $JT6 a'convict the summer appearstoo warm toon liis airi hrce years, nq inconvenience is ieit irpm narrow span of three: score years and ten, it might seem a .little eternitv) would fstilkibe tanity if i$ werapeut, wjhgt reference, t9 the endless dy ration that is beyond it. 1 : y;! vh An avaricious; (peKSpft. ,wln fcepliar very scanty ! fablp, . d u rin: one. $4(urday(; wivhis son a an ordinary : in .Qajii bridge: whispered .HIliabiejrtTiuni'.iUrtiljn sitaryeil Jad,,,b ( 1 haaM t? Wfm ' &tX$&LPr day; and -Jbe-J.ajkfcsfp Sit I kIkioH oo 3landerm if direct-enemies. t civile, society : .as.i peconsif.w imiomxiohiii hpnesty torbaniAAi!irli oWhcverhenterii tains'yoa willi, the faults flrvotliers,, design? o,sere you i PA stipu :ar, nianncT-'Vit s i -hikmi jw, ber would . inform tne.jritizensbf Raferb an4 prreinit: thfat &kAHMT)fti$'in feVopri far thd tecejtfon W.)Schilalt-itoDda,, ;ihi Sf bf Mttrch. uniler the in'troctlori jrtf iMr.IiHbMr. CtoV from the North', "where ihej usual ,U oncVs. will, bd opening. Reading tWx1twjf -4andijAnthrtet1c.il!! : : 8ch. Jars wilt be received at any Uine and charged accordingly', :., Aa. the AcaTern; is, .pnijrr my jcharge I shall pot iroalile tfio PijUIic, wiih a lor5. Ijt jf f refer- eij'cc,; but phall leave it io'lbe better ju'Jgment of fa'-' reht aml'GuirdiaWthat irehtribuW to tbIrtsit'ation. There win be an examinaluin'af thendof ihe bB!on.' Particular aUentiou will be paid lo the mnmli ef lhe pupils who. attend thi instjiutitm, , Scho!a .from the country .can board with . Mr. nd , MrsJ0oxif agreeable to them, at the Academy:,,, Particular" at; tention' will be pal iij iii ' tbe aelnctWn of competent 1 eachor. All b iters (past 'paid) direct ed to- me will bef attended to immediately. Wi: .nv' ,- ti-fj!t-ui iW; Q. CATLIN, Principal. .January 10, U4!i..' till 4tAt A C ARIX-tM R&fHA RpIET grateful 1 for tbe AXshnreof patronage she has alwavs rcceivd.wnaU . i. : .1 1 Le :..r - - - e.:. I trjtr. t. ... obtained. T' i;; "Those who havVapftied fr '"several tears lack, bnt could bt bo atlpjrfied' account of tha limited ize: of her Ice Houe. need not fear a like disapp-jintmerit. ShawsuWbe atad to have as. early application made as pbsfliblo. as she , is auus t -secure, a sufficient numoer 01 goou 3uiscpDvytor me season- nrougn January 10, 1840. 1 J , : 4rzmr TTTOK HIUD, .nMUeniCOOK hnd WASH it? ER W.OAriJT uiie,of ihe Editpr.'! - January 13J ipr i t. TT AXD AND XEGUOES AT PUBLIC iLat 4SAlE. WUI hHMld tonh hjgheli(klr,M THount Prtwpect.Edtfecorob County, the laic residence of Exura Lewis, aee'd , on Wednesday thiji ?9th of January hist.,, ffom ,20 , to 25 NEGROES -Men, Women and Children. H j vrr - - t, "- Alao, ab.ut 150 or . 200 BARRELS OFi CORN, and ,Five Shares of Stock in ihe Wilmington and Ra- Jeighluul Koa!. r Six months credit will be, all'itvcil, by giving bond and aecurily, and a .deduction of.the nlprpst if Paali navmiiits I h ! nrrfirrA! htf lliA mir. --- -- - - v i j ; gr t-. .- . "Also, at tho same im? and pl-icc, if not previously disposed of at private sal, jwiil be nob!. I ; i-.- THE TRACT OF LAND; ?r lying on the South side of Swift, Creek, containing about 1203 acres Further particulars and teVms made known op the day of sale, i ; ,i -; . ; r; 4 NO. W. LEWIS. ; "Til OS. HUNTER, Mount Prospect, Janoiry 10, 184 A j4 is ..; TTTIV lOIf Female Academy, -Datt-Villc, Ta. The neit Session of tpe Union Female Academy wilt commence on the 1 4th of Jan uary, and terminate (with a Public Examination) on the 15th of June, 1840. V ' ' : T ; ' The School is under the superintendence nf Miss sk BKirtnicT, in the Literary, and Miss E. Smith, in the Musical Department. . The Rev, B.jM. Smith will give such attention as ' may be required,; to tbe nigner classes oi ine insiituuoii. s r , V Terms per Semori of five montht. Tuition in the ordinary English ' u studies, from 'h . 27 50 to $1 50 Music on the Piano, . 20 00 20 00 5 00 i . .v. Guitar,' j" French, Latin or Gretk, each, - Board with the "Preceptres. or in Private , Families in 1 owbj including fuel, wash '';:' 'Ing'locclr 'inoiME,;.?t"''-,-;',v.t-'';;'' 00 " This Institution has bcerVin suecrssfol;; operation, under its present principal Instructress; for fhe last ten y ears, and has received the patronage and. confidence ofihe public in ;auch measQTells" demands ; the ac knowled?Rienta "of theTeacher sind Trustees. ' and encourages'; them to hope that' hf will vet prove a ble- J ing to hundreds, by training them in the ways tf vir- 106. anu snow ieige. iocaieu as ins unipn i-rroaie Academy b, in a village remarkable for its healthiness and for the excellence of its society, with, every desi rable means of mental and moral cultureV jit buerr'to Parents in the lower coahtry , a iafe retreat from the less sa'ubriouaclimate: bf ,thatTegion,i.where their daughters may enjoy alt the advantages of good socie ety, while they will be carefully' preserved from all at tentions from the otheT'set.' Most of the.Trustees are Di hyi its. is a Yitlaee pieasantlrsituated'at the Oreat Falls of iheDaii Rivet; 45 miles north of Hill. bbro,l2 miles west of Miltou, and 55 milei north Vast of GreensboroV- " "7 ' For the character and competency of the principal Instruct resfl,.tbs public are referred to the fallowing hirentlemen 1 Z'V'C ' ' RevM. WiT McPHStTr.a, D.D, ' ' nrtr T.ir, 1 r -N ' V' Thomas' Owtirj "Washington,' N. C. cNiBsitia HaaBiae. Milton.'N. :r Mr. AnoLracrs 1. ciwix, OTOTgu, Kev'd:Dr: itirfta; Richmond, Va. ,Wk.,D.Tkkwat, ecy-.W4 .,: ' Danville V. Jan I 1, 1840. R AHT GES. 1 n addiUoh to my other Prbits, I have just receiyed a lot of fine sweet Oranges. ?phT' v-:i 3 i wiLLiPECK; I have reduced my '.prime Bacon 310 : iP 12$ Cents.'! ;WJLl4.PECKc ttWjW4.PJBCl rfvuusiy , i SUV' I ...... - Mr Ifl IA nlate:w.itb.l'l , a C:' l:! l.! .iva ,. 5 Geofgraphv.' EngfiMi Grammar, 'ati.l Hmtdry. r l lie irencrallv. tnnt ana naa made amola DrcDnrauon lor this I'PP'y-'R''Mrhj. JQJS during.lhe ensuing ac- ,-;.i N. '."f- i-:.r: w-.rrt J.-.-KS both tbe . Banks tn.th.s place, finding U to inter- ler wiih' tbeif official duties 'when tbey'jlcu d ma A genu for their distant .customers, requested' me ti i "u'cums loat l wouiu uo urn DUKimis. omco u-po, t j. I havVbeen hi iha practice of getting discounts auV j renewaK;and making' remittances, withoat the Joss of ' ' ' dplbif lif.Mv hightst charge is one dollar and'Hftjr. ' ?Pt I ff on that down to fifty cents,, aiid t'wenty-fiv ceniftor, extra tetters My thanks are due to ibose i whrf hate employed iheand I promise ttf Ury U dei seTve trjuRtenance of all u ho need suqb serviref I ULT lalao tonUutielue AUCTJON & GENERAIi qpM M,j3Qff aUAIKESS, and have improved roy. premises foe doing such business. " WILL PECK. , 'liafeigVJanYary Vt ?? r ' r :'' v?'- ' ' uti , .i bT.U TytllranLE Plantation for. Sale. Jr; I kMffToflTov fct alei ny P.laoladoa tying' .in ba erouml inbbghoened bh lhe trinerTietl lohWk to advantage. five srxbonda;', There tison .thii Trati oiafortabIe Dwelling HUseand good negtu bouser Ac, together with an eicellcnt young, ulpnle t-rrciipru.-oi cnoics r ruir. - i. no oiuer i. ract.i mirr fy lW lwooui It is1 useless logive a; deacribtion of this UntC farther thin lo tiy; thai for loeatieiiantl fertit- iij, u js noisurpaascu iy any x raci or us im iq una Com trj Those-jrsfed to purchase, and wishing id yiew, ij premise! will caJI py.the;Subscriher al -Ral eigh,.r the Overseer pn the premises? who will show .1.' .i-l ' V Bii't;.iV. V.4.M T4Ki UU.SlJtf i V i 4 '! Janll,'l84bU2 tf; ! i ? fTHOL tOBBSi tehsive engagements in aTTolher Stale; to 'deibta' that! lime" and attention7 to Kia" business here; teqoJslte) tot its being; properly ;conducted,: offers (To sale-or; rehtr THE. E AGKE PQTEIWin the City of Raleigh, at; present occqpieu y ,oim i.b nowi, aeyerj jwuw knows, acquainted with Jtijs "as desirable -property asi can bo owbed if the' 'Proprietor frirr give his persohal iicnuon in iu," ii is now inwruuguijr iuruiiiu, -t the purchaser or lessee-could take Immediate pssesi sion! j Few sitjuaiioni in the s United. t8tatfs . offeisot fine a chance forth profitable investment iff money ' (i, A lso a JLiot of G roc up, con t ai rii ng 6Acresfwitor a new Dweli5g.vSioueStabie and Barn.'; f'! f Also, a PtAitTATiow on Crab Tree Creek, withirt 2j miles of RaleigbT containing. 67i8 . Acresv aud ;in- luuirg au necessary uuiuuags,ior .a corownauia rca- i'nr, ' -y--,-" : "-'.' -". -,vi; ''-"-; -"'s v denr ei. , j Afso,'50 Acres of Wo on fJiab i aoout 4 miles from the City? lyinfe' near thelild'. fIilfcbwoVBtiip k 'The above Property will be sollon accommodaUng terms.'1 Persons desirous of.Qwn'mgthe'w.hoIe, Or atj . part thereof, are tequeeted to fnake earJy application ; The Subscriber- alsd nffers for sale the whole of his- -r..' vi- J.- '.iL 'rUt --tT UnDuVO V-Jr.tt4"' foaled in 1827, by iVf arioh,idam .Ciuzeii; now in foal by tmpPriam Prodoce entered iq he Trial Slceaak yillcrTer.n- JJOOO entranca, to be run, the. day, prev .. ' ' ; . . -i. j-" ii j : : ". f :-' . , 1 -j 'L-.-i r. .1 , . fier.Janiu cry, jor numoeroj jmrencet - f . i . Ko, 2. PottT Pxxcgair, by John KicharJs,, d4n imp; Chance; baled irf; 182, npw.ui;foah by imp :'Piam.4 Produce entered 'jn ProacV Stake; j 84; iiiuc urau, Mf uc run vcr ue uiiib vv"0 leigh. 1000 entrance also, at New 'Market, VW: $1000. JSee Spirit of the Timet, hfterJmiwry?fQr the number of the Entrftncts. f -j.-i -I'-t; -o" Kft , No. 3. Maui BloOxt, c m-; by Sir Charles, dam by -Alfred, foaled in 1833. , . , '. No, 4. Libt Rotisb, b."m. by Tariff, dam Ball FJorizf-t, now iii foal by imp." Priaml r ?!?-' " : N o i 6 M a Am, ti; m by - Gohannai, dam ' bf Sir Charles, now in foul by imp Priam, - No. 6. . Lxpx CiiMT its r i a ld, sro, foaled in 1830, ' by Arab, her dam by irap. Knowsby, Bow in;foal by imp..Prianw-. '.,:,,:V v f: :' - ' ! No T. LAitls. m'?foald fn ;t83tf;bySir Chartei, dam imp. Bozxard.'tiow in foat by Imp. IViani.- -r ' ; Ha. fk 'A Bun Mare, foaled in 1832; by Sir Charles, in foal by! Rcd.WsiC.Tr.-Jr;L';'.!s: ilH'vir '."' v No. 9. pne half of X Fawst, by Eclipse, out of No. 1, 3 years old half owneoV by ,Col.': Harnptoo, , of South Carolina, and how in his possesswii;5 ; ' f . No. 10. Dolly Taiar, b. I im years old, by imp. Slikseare,,utjDf No,-2- itdo SiatV. Course near Raleigh, 'tt subscribers, $2Q.0' racn.,. -j, ,.. --;.- - .-. j -:t -r No. Iii Bail '. Koav.'' ff. e. 2 years old, "by imp Felt; dam by Toting Friday. r M o tep 1.;J- l- No.vlt.:Half mt-bi ft i Pisxt Disolx, by, Imp. Chalea4 Margaux, tabidt in? lST.lbejctheobaJf J owned byThos DosWell Hanovercounty, Va. . V No.,13.: A Bay.Pilly, foaled in 138, byfrnp. Priam, out of No; 4-engaged at'-NeyMaritet, y-., , 'J3 sutscribers, $ 300 each ; abwi, at the Slate Coarse, , 1 1000 entrance'; t Set-Spirit of therTimts, ufmim j-No. 14, A )Bay FHy, foaled in 1838, by Lyman, iut of,No. 5 engaged at $ef, .Market, Va 33 sub scriber. $300 entrance, 8pfing 3 year ,okls. 5 f r, No.'15.! Bay Filljr, foaled in I83, bjr Aodrew. otit of NoJ 1-engaged in the real : Peyton S take, for $150,000, and is considered one of tie most promising1 4,No.16wBay,Pilly, foaled inf 1839, by lorrbtnj out of Jfo. 5.1. 'i. -;t-f-,;l- c'r 'i, - t Ne: 17. Bay FiJly,Toaledin 1839, by imp. rriafli. oatbfNdi 9lu,Uti:-'n?''i -;f'-,; '? .. Tlie whole of tbe above BbiodedStock ef Worses will be sold at Public. le. On ; the- Ut;iblyf July ..; next,in the City of Raleigh if not ynnuij fil WQ. diai,tunwrt t-- n f-" .'" ;P -'.' ' '-w V -' Applications, pvrsonauj ""-tif -",w-i itil the day of sale, t Raleigh, N. C. v of lba Times miles J9feigK;cbntali9 obout three hundred arw "fifieven 'acres.' " Also,' another biece adjoining fli'tfivV. Fontaihfnc -about Nmety AdrfaM There is iocs; vi uiiuuvuu iiunoiio. i,uiw., NaJ I.'MiaiAWKSTVdaai of Wagner and Fanny; vioua iq ine eyionroiaae aiso, in uo givat iwuuw Stakenear NewOrleans, $51)00 ntraa'ee;'4 tails heats. Fall ot 1843. See Spirit of ihe'Times ifaMimUr 'JLi V ursuatilto the terms ofa Deed of Irast, Witt ; j& : execuiea nv lue late liHrweUarrvot inauounrv x( ; 1 w sue jor xne arppeslbereiR mentioneti, 1 soaii cr j ft the 01 saie on nionuay lue lUtn uay 01 1 eoruary to v tik k.1:; -..--. ,L. . i' t . K:tt wnw t.-i. , ing !to : air Perryr infill the Cb6iSty f Wak -I r Neose Rivef. eouUinintf about MttO. Acres, n which ii anxcellent Saw aad Qrix hW, i,Tefaw)t valuableNEG ROES; jorsp mchof. aajdjrojer.yaS tnay tsuSeieot to discharge the debt secniedby mid. -otwimippfc nioriths? Wgoiiable-'and1 ayabieW tBe4JahTcoftj Stofe of North Ca 10 lit. will J received in ifnxt, ; The titlotosaia Property U finfonabVc ., f Raleigh, Jan, 9,3640, ; iT . t;-f .?; 7 .Inven0Tof,0ir; imprwe. coiMtnicUoo C d-wayi, i f yiaarew, patf imprc, fiiarviww, ! .1' ,JK. ' V-' 4
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