Seleded Poetry.
: - ODE to DISAPPOINTMENT.
"rORTH, thou friend I and let me fe ,
1 JPWhatotcafions miiery.
Oh !: doMonie) I know thee novr,
" By'the wrinkles on thybrgvV, , .
" H v'thv deadl y hollow eye j !; ". -
1. . ----5 . . .
Jjy tby cTieefc ofhw-oye-j r .
By thy(ulmaHciouTeer i . ;
And thy Mulas hanging-ear. ? :
year's pjpers ; Oh, ."I miift go to the moot.
ing ;1 viih toiee a xpena wuu juwmwu
to meet me tnerc. . .
: Well,' if you rouft go, I'll put you m ano
ther Nv.-y. Youfpend at the tavern on an
averagethe price of a mug of flip every week.
Keduce that to three outtons, 41111 yuu. V1'
haveerough to pay for your paper, and pur-
chafe Mary -Rowlandfon mta me bargain..
Well, 'pom honour I'll try it," lays Ked-
Harpy's talons are thy own j . :
Circe I ifmile, Medea's frown i
Which can lovers rob of cafe, ,
And o'er health can throw Jifeafe,
Break ihe happy nuptia' chain, .
And make frUndHvp light and vain
Stop the patent's nGngioy ;
And make heavenly: beauty cloy.
" As Minerva's laurels grow, -. .
Thou' can'ft ftrip the warrior's bifrw,
Make the 'ftatefma'9 nobleft fcheme
; Prove a,'"uiohjl9iitt3l4reaiJi4l-i-.
TliTrcitThcckrnlHH-jH)W
SJJ. P P I E M E N T
. ' . TO THE .
. .' . ' : or - v. . .
NORTH-CAR O L I N A, :
Containing all the Ads of Aflembly. both
public and private' from the ehd of Jude
. redell's Revifal to February 1 7 95. .
P R I V A T E A C T S,
OM 1 TTE D IN S A ID RE VI S Al,
Spoil the iPflchint ot his Itore,
Snatch the ic'eptie fiom a king, -
And make poets "ceafe to firig.
' Who would drive for wealth or fame,
V hen thou mak'ft them but a name?
All our worldly care and toil, -Inftantaneous
thou canft fpoil,
Then, who'd' drive for honour's wealth ?
Who in love would idly breathe j
Who would !tm the raging fca,
When our joys'are loft in thee r
To thy cell, thou peftnf men
Hide thee in thy dreary den,
Where the venom'd viprr breeds; ,'
Where on blood th raven feeds ;
Where the wolf, with hungry howl,
Wants among the flocks t prowl,
Where the baneful hemlock grows,
And the warm 'nepentka blows'.' . ;
Now fcr fome Nephalian fealr,
Whtrefobriefy'stl.g.ueil,f .
Such as ancient Athens pud
To Venus, and each Sylvan maid, - J
Difjppointmentcome r.ot near j
Tcmp'rance and Content are here 1
Virtue, Truth", and Ilqnour fay,
D.fappointment hence, 'away. -
:!ai:THE NOTED JIORSE; U
TS now in high order, and will ftand at the
X liable of the" fubferibers at Haw landing,
in 'Glafgow; county, . in order t cover mares
'at ten dollars the feafon j payable the firft of
January next ; or eight dollars if paid in the
courfe of the feafon ; five "dollars the leap,
and twenty dollars to infure. Corn or pork
will be received in payment thereof, if deli-
I vered in January next. ; v - 7Y
, llieeMoiTXiltncrtne-lotiiwviarcn,
and end the ioth of Ailguft. When mares
' 1 ' - . '"" " ''' . ' ' n s
are brought iqr .the leap, the money wuine
expected yith ttjiem, other wife ;i,the charge
ill be made for the leaion: ." ";',
Hy.de r. Ali is a beautiful dark bay, up
wards cf 15 hands h'nrh. He was gotbyold
Mark - Anthony ; his dam by the imported
hone Bajazet, his grandam by Cravf6rd
Good pafturage for mares gratis; and. the
great eft care taken of them . but : the fub-;
i'cribers will not be anfwerable for accidents
or efcapes of any kind. x. :A v.
N. B'. -Haif a dollar, to be paid to the
Gtooih, at the liable door. .'rrr:r rri"
GLtfgoiv county, Fd 24, 1 79 1
;
ANECDOTES;
A Late Emigrant from Britain, boafting
JTx to an American tarmer ot the vait iu.
periority of that, country over this, " in arts,
fcicncc, natural productions, kc. by way of
proof, alked him (pointing tothe mojn) what
do you call that ? 1 cull it the moon, laid
the farmer, that a moon- rejoins the EugUth
man, I'll be dn'd if theitars in England
are'not larger ! ! ! . '
F Q IV S A L E, '
r I HE houfe. and lots, now occupied ' by
Jl Mr. William Shepard, the lots may ba
had feparately or together. Alfo one iot,
on broad ftreetbear the Court-Honfe,' and
one huuie and lot, adjoining Mr. Thomas
cox's. - .
,1'he whole the property of, Mrs. Mary '
Edwards. .. NATHAN SMITH.
March 19
, Twenty Dollars Reward.-.
n 'AN. AW AY. from the fubfenber in
JLx'iM'wbenV on the 2d day of January
. lalt, t ncpo man naned . .
M I N ,G G,
STATUTES of GREAT-BRITAIN,,
-(iMidyfubliJhUaiid
.... .F X. , Martin's, Newbern ; Ih W'illsV
Edenton ; A. Hodge's, Halifax ; J. Rofb's,
Tarborough ; William" Falkner'.s, Warren!
ton William Shaw's, Raleigh ; Care and
Ray's, Hilllborough ; Montford Stokes!, Sa
lilbury ; Irving; Morgan ton ; Peter
f Perry's, Fayetteville, and R. Bradley, Wil
mbgtoh. . .
j U S T P U B L I S H E D,
and for" Sale' , '
AT TH"' ' '"'' 7 "
MNTING-OFFJCj:, (NEWBERN, J
M P O iR T
- o f a
C .AS ; E,
, LATF.LV DECIDED IN ,'; ' , '
Fayetteville Superior court of Law
vher:ein the following questions are
1 ' discussed and settled : vlz. .
I. Whether, In -the cafe a sealed wflru
Jlrumetitf VScittrfted by any subscribing
witnefsy the handwriting of the party
may admitted in evidence ? ' .
II. Whethf.r an acl'ion of debt lies upon
such" an tnftrument.? i . ' -
A crnTTISH nnrfnn. in hisnraver fid. M out the age ot twenty hvc years, ot a brown
Laird blefs the arand council the parliament, mp)wii. He had on when he went away
a light blue coat fiudtroufers, of a middle iVa-
nnil mrnnt thpv riiav hanr together. A cotm.
try fellow ftanding by, replied," Yes yes, ls WppoicJ to be lurking about
with all my heart, andthe fooner the better!, Wayne County, as he was formerly theprc-
aiul I f m lure it is the prayer of all good Chrifti. Pcrtv h"!ve Ali0d! , ,V ho5ycr. aPPrc'
henus the laid nrirro and deliver him in New-
(faid the parfon) but pray they may Ivmg togc
tlicr in accord and concord." "No matter
what cord, replied the other, fo it is but a
ftrongcord."
.
AMONG the ancient Arabs, when anew
king was crowned, a lilt of all the names of the
women eight or nine months gone with child
was made out ; thefc females were all' fhuc
up in the palace, where every pofliblc care
was bellowed upon them, and the chil J lirft
born, if a boy. was declared prcfumptive heir
to the crown. " Royalty , (they faid!) ought
;"iiot lobe confined to one family, it belongs to
. the whole nation."
From the Villace Mkssengfr.
' fnnvtnknt Way id pay far KewS'Papers
Cwo ncir.nuour ivcutioic 10 nci;'htour
O Cluttcrbox, u I'll tcllou what now, 1
want to take this Ncws.Papcr, but fagi, I
tan't pay font." Uh, friend, fays Chatter.
box, I'll put you in aivay to pay for it, and
not feel it. " Ay, how V There is going to
b:a Ihootmmatch to-morrow Now mltead
of r.omtf there, and ftruig away three fhil
lings, and bufliingaway lix, do you go and
fled wood enough to the Printer to jwy for a
bcrn goal, or to the fubferiber, fliall be en-
titled to the above reward.
JOHN HOBDAY.
Newbern t April 16. - : ,
N. B. All pcrfons arc forwarncd from
hprbouring or concealing him, and mailers of
vciieis uoiii carrying mm away at their peril.
J. H.-
U8T PU B LISIIE D
AND FOR SALE AT THE .
p'h TN T I N G.O F'F I C E,
A
D E S CRIP T ION
OF
O CC ACOCK -INLET,
AND OF ITS
COASTS, ISLANDS, SHOALS, AND
ANCHOUAGES, "
WrruTiir.COURSES and DISTANCES,
TO AHDFROM THE Mj)ST Rr-MARKA-!
BLE SLACKS, '-------
Mi DIRECTJOSS to over the BAR and
thrtuch the CHANNELS.
A few copies of the above may be had at
thd PrintiiW-Offiee, and of mri William
Jolnllon, price 50 centi. . "
COMMITTED to the Jail of Newbern
dillricr, a negro boy who fays his n arhe is
J ACQ B;
and that he belongs to John B. Afhe, E
f Halifax. ; ; - V
He appears to be abtut fourteenjears old.
His owner is defircd to come, p'rovehis pro
perty, and take him away.
EDMUND PERKINS, Jaikr
'
RUN.away from, the lubfcriber on the
1 2th of March laft, two Haves, one
a mulatto fellow named . '
J e I : M, :
about twenty five years of age. he is flout'
ana v eil Duut, has a r.emarkabJe large foot,
and a. fm all piece olfonc of his ears, the o.
ther a lad named
M A R C. R
of about 18 years of age, he is alfo flout and
well built, his left hand was burnt when
n infant," and has but his firft finger an4
thumbthe fellow Jim was hired laft fum'.
mer to Mr. David Murdo'ck near Newbern,
t ia jnuuauic uc may uc lurkinp; lomc place
about Nc'A bcrn and the other lad with him
: whocveiLNyilLjipprchcnd faidilaves "and fe-
curc them in any jail in this flare fliall have
five dollars reward for each, and if brought
to me near Fayetteville, fliall receive a re
ward of twenty dollars, or ten dollars for ene
of them.
. JOHN DICKSON.
Blocker's ferry, April 6
FRENCH. LANGUAGE.
ANY Pcrfon willing to learn thelFrencJi
language will bewailed on, if rcqucft
cd, by Mr. D'Ouvillc. He Ijvcs at Dodor
M'Clure's.'
NK W B E II Ni
TKINTED BY
FRANCOIS X. MARTIN..
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