Sclcdcd Poetry.
COLLECTION ROUND A TEA-TABLE.
E'RE the celleftfon does brgin, , j
Some one Inviteg her neighbour inL 1; 1.
To take viih her a dilh of Tea , .-.
Made of the the fined of Bohei
And when the Ladies thus have met
i hen jult at night the table let, -They
gather round With decent care
Come you are the Oldeft, you fet there
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vii mat i no maiicr ui vuwh, uu, -So
af ter compliment are through .
... Some ojie begin I to talk,-- another .
Strikei in fame note above the other
Next then, the third, fourth, fifth, fo round
Each ftrive the other's voice todrowrVd
none nop to near vnai omer jay,
Wor can they hear themftives, yet thrj ,
V t I
' a n-friit "lint vi (i rnnp ,
Together yet all alone. .
The hrft tea done, thelvext but half, : .;.
. The fail tho' thin k s it time to laugh,
And .fo begin!; -T.e he, te he, ,
( Another joins it loud as (he, r.. ..
Though cannot give a reafon why
T better' thu to faugh than cry j .
The laugh incrcafes tjll however t " '
One (trains above the, rft- I never,
quite difcouraged, 1 don't fee ,
You tver mean to vifitme, ' v
"My hoibind now is gone from home, -So
nowI think you ought to come. .
YoiJ cues the reft, you ow'd beforc '
" We faw you hfl, two v'fits more,
And you oyt me, ''and you owe m, . " ,
So round tt goes yet none agree. - .v -'And
when the Idng depute u pad '
Mothing's Coridu.d'd on at left. .... ...
It feeth amazing ftrange to ne, ,
Thev feel fa well for drinking tea,
For it a foreigner Jhou Id come, ,
He'd think they'd all been drinking rum.
' A little child begins to cry,
Whiflt, fays its mother, gives it pye,
The reft come flixkirig and are fed
With pye, and cake, and gingei bread, ' '
Whilh, lays another, keep away, '
ton't you know bttter Jyou flould.(laf 1
'Till we have done i the child although
XDeteimines that he will not go,
' Well, ft'ay here then if you'll be ftill.
(The crild wo'nt promife that he will)
He fee the cake and layeth hold , ..
The rnothei now bejins to fcold, ..'
The child don't caie but lets her ten
And fe'ueth at a plate of cheefe,
Do give metUat I will have fome,
The bigeft piece that lies there mom.
How feeing he don't mind cominandi,.
She feueth him and holds hit handl, '
- And fays, to fmooth the matter o'er, .
You never sQed foJoefore, , '
My child's not we'l I certain know,
If well he would not afled fa, , . -Then
fame Ironical complaint,
Aufwers infteai of areflraint. '
Sajs pnej guefs our cows are com, - ,
. C . i..,. .L. u mull trn kunip. '
And as they gather tound the door
They tui.e up louder than before 1
When will you coniel l am afi aid
M vilita will not be repaid. -
So all invite, and all tt ply, -To
viiit foon they mean to try. '
Then flock vff home in ufual form,
And the next da) there comes a ftorm.
Ten Dollars Reward;
RUN-away from the fubftribcr in New.
bern, on the lotli May, a mulatto man
named
J I M, ,
'about twenty. five years of agerof a fickly
yellow compkOion ; about hye fect five or
fix inches high, llra'ight tied hair, fpcaks good
Englilh. lie had on when he went away a
blue jacket, oznaburg troufen and a new hat,
and in his hands a pair of men's fhocs ; it is
, probable; he is lurking about New hern, or,
rone to WaOiington. W hoe cr will apprc
fiend faid llave, or confine him fo that 1 get"
him acain, Hall be entitled to the above re
ward. . HEUUEN BAIINAKD.
N. B. All pcrfons arc forwarncd from
harbouring or concealing him, and mallcri
of vciTcU irom carrying h'un away, at their
cril. ' B.
hUy 23. ' . '
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JUST PtjBLTSHtD
' AND FOR." 8 ALp AT THE!
PR 1 N T I N G,:0 F F I
- - A -
ELE SCRIP
O C CACO C K
' : and or it
T T
COASTS, ISLANDSHOALS, AND
ANCHORAGES,
With thfXOURSP aniTDISTANCES,
'TCTAND F ROM 7fc MosT REMARKA-
J UST'P U B L IS II ED, - .
. AND FOR SALE AT THE
P R. I N TI N G.-OF FI C E,
T A B L E
For receivin?: and pavinp; Gold at tht nr
J Tent ftandard, according to the aft of Corii
icuiauug iorign coins, railed the
9th of February, 1 793. r. Calculateri fdFthc
ufeof the Bank of the United States.
pcITPLACXSr
And DIRECTIONS to SAIL bver 'the BAR ana
-thryghth CHANNELS -
A few copies of the,, above may be had at
tlie:Printig-OfKce, and ( of mr. William
Johnltojrt price 50 cents.' - -
'Aft-Sly. . , . ' '
' 1. -: r'-. """ ; ' 1 v' .:, V"'-"
. , pive Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or ftdleri from theplantation
of the fubfcriber oiv the 1 6th April, a
dark bay horfe about fourteen hands high,
tone white hind foojt, and at the fame time was,
ftolen from the plantation of Amos bimmons,
almali forrel horfe with cut mam, he has
fome fmall white fpots i on.the fide of , his jaw
below- the ear ; any perion lecunngtiie 1am
horfes fo that I get them again fliall receive
the above reward. ' ; '-!t nrr:
. . NtfEDHAM SIMMONS,
Jones county, May 14. : , . :
RUN-away from the lubfcriber on the
, 1 2th of March laft, two Haves, one
a mulatto fellov named 4 i
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FOR SALE
AT TUB
PRINTING-OFFICE,
a ftw conn or -rut -
LAST ACTS Of ASSLMDLT.
AjiH : .
AT TUP
PR I N TING- O
FOR SALE,
F F J C E,
' 'AJnull CMtoh of ' - r ..
B Q O K S,
Amwg which are,
rHE pemotratiad, a1 poem,
'I he Democrat, -or intrigues and ad
' ventures of Jean Lenoir,
Wonderful ftory teller, '
Vindication of Mr.. Randolph,
about twenty five years of age, he is --flout
and well built, has a remarkable laro-e foot.
and a fmall piece oiTone of his ears, the o.
ther a lad named
M ARCH:'
of about 1 3 years of age, lie is alfo flout and
.weir, built, his left hand was burnt when '
an infant, and has but his firft linger and
thumbs the fellow Jim was hired l3l' fum
mer to Mr. David Murdock near New bern,
it is probable he may be lurkinrr fome Dlace
about Ne bern and the m other lad with him
whoever will apprehend faid flaves and fe- -cure
them", in any j ail: in this flaVe Hiall have " '
hve dollars reward for each, and if- brought " '
to me near Favetrprillp. flinll
ward pt twenty dollars, or ten dollars for one '
ot them'. ' . 1 ' ,
s' JOHN DICKSON. ;
Blocker's ferry, April 16.
THE NOTED HORSE, :
H T? D A T T
JL JLi XV l
HY
TS now inhip-h order, and willftandat the
X ftable of the fubferibers at Haw landins;,
in Glafgow county, in order to cover mares
At ten rtalVirc fVi !piCrn ' nitriKlo firt rP
.-v--wt.- v xv.vi uvuiiw. wu- January next ; or eight dollars if paid in the
icrvauon on uo. . .... -.- - courfe of tbr feafori ;. five . dollars the leap,
Jt'tv kiiVHM VII 111V tllli 1 UlVJtVJ Ji. V Will
ment,' by Thomas Payne, " .
Walhington's epiilles, domellic, confidential
. anu omciai,
Baron Steuben's military guide
Fccderal ready reckbner, !
Ghoftfeer,
Entertaining novelift,
riiibryof South America,
Clerk's magazine.
United States of America, 7 t a i ( 1
North-Carolina Dillritt, I In alty. ;
I Af HERE AS George Ellis and Jame
VV M'Kinlay, have'' exhibited their libel
before the Honorable John Sitgr&vcs, Efq.
Diitritt JutIp,eof the United States, for the
thllrut aiorciaid. againlt the Hoop ChrilUna,
her fail, rigging, tackle, apparel, boats and
furniture,' praying that iUe mlr ht be con
demned and fold to fatisfy the faid Gcorce El
lis and James M'Kihlay the fum of fnen h'un.
drcd and fifty dollars to thepay tnent of which
flic is liable, agreeably to a bottomry bond,
executed by Abncr H.haway, maltrr of faid
vcflcl, to the faid George Ellis and James
M'Kinlay: . t
Notice is hereby given to all wliorh it'may
concern, to be and appear before the Honor-'
;ablc John Sitgrcavcs, Efq. dillrift fudge of
the dillrict aforcfaid, at the Court.l Joule in
the city of Raleigh on the fourth day of June
cxt,' then and there to lliew caufe, if any
there licvhy the prayer of the faid libellants
ought not to be rrantcd, and the fiid loop
Chriltma, her fails, rigging, tackle, apparel,
boati and furniture condemned accordingly.
. Witncfs ABNER NEALE, CJrk of the
Dlflrift Court of the United States in the faid
diftricr, at NcbcTn, the fifth day -of May
1796, and in the XXth year of the Indc.
pendente of the faid flatcs.
1 , A. NEALE, Ok.
and twenty dollars to infure. Corn or pork
will he received in payment thereof, if deli
vered in January next. ' j " ' - v
f jThe feafon will begin the- loth of March,
and end the 10th of Auguft; , When mares
are brought for the leap, the money will be
expected with them; otherwife the charge
will be made for the feafon. " ,
Hyde Ali is a' beautiful dark bay, up.
wards of r r hands high. He. was got byold
Mark Anuiuhy ; his dam by the imported
horfe Bajazet, his grandam by Crawford. '
Good pafturace lor mares rratis. and the
1 fcj O '
greatefl care taken of them ; but the fub
icribers will not be anlvverable for accidents
or cfcapes of any kind. - ,
HOLUDAY & CARR.
N. B. Haifa dollar tobe paid to the
Gtoom, at Lie liable door. .
Glafgvw county, Feb. 24, 1796. '
BL AN K S of all kindi for fale at the
Frinting-OlHce. .
J U
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AND FOR SALE
' AT THE
PRINTING-OFFICE,. (NEWBERN,)
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; LATTLY decided in
Faycttcvillc bupcrior court of Law; s
WHEXPlN THE FOLLOWING QUfcSTlOKS ARE
DISCUHEP AKI) SLTTUDj fr. . '
I. Whether, in the cafe a sealed Uflru.
Jlrumcnt, vaattrjled by any iUkScxisiNC
wirtry, tie HANDWHI.T1NC tf the ,f city
MAY 1C .ADMITTED In cvidcfiCl?
II. Whether an alkn of dect lies ufm
--nucMtfrt injlrurtunl . . ; ,r
N EWB E R N 1.
, PRINTED CY
FRANCOIS X. MARTIN.