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a 9 . t - r- !' f it -t r ,1. v . 1. jt-.V-mfc' twl4U BVmm- !: -f 1 '.' ' - ..J k , , ASONOr LET Fame found the trumpet, and cry to the war. ; r7-. 'm ,r. Let Glory re-echo the flrain ; I'. The Full tide of honour, may flow from the fcar And heroes may fmile. on their pain. The trcafures of autumn let Baccus difplay, And ftagger about with his bowl ; On fcience, let Sol beam the luflre of day, Arid wifdom give light tothe foul. Let India unfold her rich gems to the view, . ."Each vittre, eich joy to improve ; OK ! give me the friend that I know to be true, And the fair that I tenderly love. What's glory but pride ? a vain bubble is fame, What's riches," but trouble ? and title's a name, But fricudihip and love are divine. w E P I G RAM. DO you, faid Fanny, t'other day, In eameft love me as you-fay ?: Or are thofe tender words applied Alike to fifty girls befide ? Dear, cruel gill, cried I, forbear; For by thofe eyes thofe lips I fwear She ftop'd me as the oath 1 took, And cried, you've fwore -now kifs the book. From the Farmer's Weikly Musturt. COMMON SEUSEin Dilabille. THE WORTH OF MAN , OR MAN OF WORTH. HEN one man is worth a thoufand pounds & another ten thoufand, in common language, we fay the latter is worth ten times as much as the former. If thi& meant no more than fimply, that one had ten times as much property as the ither, . time -would be ill fpent in cavilling with the exprreluon,,.But when people rftimate the worth of a man by the weight of his puife, the extent of his farm, the number of lu fervarits or fize of his houfe, without examining, either the furniture of his head, or qualities of his heart, meafure their bows and deal out theft civilities and honours accordingly Common Scufe fmiles at the delufioh and feems folicitous to corre.dt the crrolir. Is the man a mere cypher all this lime ? jDos he count nothing of himfelf ? Shall he not be rated fo high as the purfe or theft, that contains the common ftand ard of his worth ? May none of the endowments of nature, or acquirements of" art, haVe the honour of being inventoried wtth the ftockof his farm, his mer chandize, or houfehold furniture ? Here is a fmall mi flake fays the world,- or its carelefs computers ; c really lrftout his mental ware, in making our crt imaXe. How fhall we correft theerrour ? What is the avarage . woith, of a man, Gripped, like Job, of hii external TO BE SOLD On TUESDAY the th of MARCH next, at the - . . i -i--7C rA r i i ' 1 ih o't teropt rty ? Ahard"queifion t riiTy and "buTJittTt of. Lftiould fuppofe it as eafy to find an avarage fiie for all the animals appendtnt to the earth. I know df no way to cftimate his value, except by- what he is -worth to the .community, or his friends. - .. By this flandard, there would be as great a diverfity in the "worth of menT without propetty, as with A Frank lin, though pennllefs, would rife higher than a , poffefled of a hundred thoufand : the one, a public honour ; the other, a private"3Tfgrace Innumerable inftances might be penned but they arruuder evely ones ohfervation. Wealth ii a good thfdgi cdnneclerl with a liberal mind.. Merit has its value, wherever it is found but is generally prized lowed by thofe who value money the hi'gheft. To do it fome degree of juliicel let a moderate price be agreed upon and fet down againft a lift of t he moll obvious public and private virtues, and i)fefulacquirementsr This will introduce a new kind of calculations Meris- rftates may be inventoried as H&alf-after-their tfeceafe htlt there will be a-confide rable difference between what they are worth while living and .after ' they are dead Let people, while alive be ranked accordingly to the fum total of their teal perfonal and mental property, and while pride juftly Bumbled, took its place in the kitchen, merit would be called .to the parlour, and receive its due ho nour from men of teal worth . . The. anihof tranflates ' this perplexing blank " Lord h it I ?" ADVERTISEMENT. NOTICE is hereby given to thofe who have any demands againft the eftate of Henrv Louit Lut- terloht deceaifed, to prefent their accounts .without de lay for payment i and all thofcwho ftand indebted to the faid ellate, either by bond or open account, are reqqeftedio-miAe-4m mediate-payment -at-nfarther ELIZABETH LUTTERLOH. Ammtjlratrix, Chatham county Feb. t. loo 3; C3"-A good pi ice be givefv for a Like ly Negro Boy, bettveeh r he age of 12 and 17 years. Enquire at the Printing.QfEcc. A Variety of BLAN KS for fale atjthe Priming-Office ." v - Court-Houfeln Wilmington, f be following L A N D S, Or as much at may be necejfary to fatisfy the taxes due thereon viz The following Tracls, as the property of George Blyth, deceafed. Patent .No. 200. Forty acre$ on the eaft fide of Capc: Fear rivet, .beginning-. at a typrcfs Clark's lower line, and joining the lines of -iiamucl Blyth and Henry Toung. ' No. 201. One hundred acres on the eaft' fideJt Moore's cretk, btginnirig at a pine in Lewis' line, i.eat the White Ooak Swamp, and joining the line of Nathaniel M'Guflord. 0.202. Two hundred acres on the weft Long creek, begin rung at a pine on or near Samuel Bun t ing8 line, bounded on t he weft by Long peek. No. -203. One hundred and twenty acres on Stump sound, beginning at .a cedar at the head of a cove Amos Lovr's comer. . .. No. 204. Two hundred acres on tlieeaft fide of the North-Eajl river, beginning at a pine. John Ablin Campbell's cornet, and. joining lands of John Co ft on. No. 205, One . hundred acres on the eaft file of Capc-Feir river, near the Foika ,f Evans' . HBryiLPI.carner,,. joinihg glands of James Tate. - No. 557. Three hundred and fifty acres between Wilminirtoii 'aiid the Souud, to the eaitward of the BrunAvick road. , , No. cc8. Three hundred acres oh" the norm eaft tuic of the road' from Wilmingtoii to Brunf wick, lying between two furveys of landgianted to Sarmicl Swann. ; ... ;No. 50 One hundred acres beginning at a pine iiear BTrunTwiclT'road, 'an? joining lands 01 RoTer Moore. t No. 788. Three hundred acres oh the eaft fide of the road from Wilmington to Brunfwick, joining No. 558 . t; No. 7 8 9. Three hundred and twenty acres on the ealt fide of the road from Wiimiiigton to Brunfwick, joining No. 788. , , ,. THOMAS WklGHT, ilerif jfiittuiry 'iii . . - - . ; O il SALE. P- U.RSUANT to a decree of the Court of Equi: ty, will be fold in Wilmington, at public auc tion,, on Saturday the 2 1 ft day of April next val,i that lot of land in Wilmington, (including the wharf) formerly the property of Charles Jewkts, 'dec. and 4tlyoeeupied fey-Ward- antt-Ijangtloti 7bcing 95 7fectiri" ftoiit -with; all thc ;dwclling houfes, ivare hotlfes, &c..fituate thereon. . Alfo a wat er lot, :J56 and . t wo-third jeLiri frb'ntT with the tar fhed, &c. thereon, adjoining the houfe and lot now occupied by Samiul R. Jocelyiu Alfo that lot and ftore in Wilmington, now in the occupation of Maclcllan and Lord. T Alfo thafvaluable plantation, callcjl Porter's Neck, fituate in Bladert couhty, on the weft fide of the North Weft river, near to General Brbwn's, contain ing about 640 acres. . a.f ' ; v , " : The above lands and tenements, claim the aticriti ori of all thofe who are defirous 'of laying out their money to advantage ; as they have produced for three -or four year pad upwards of 700 dollars'ajinual rent. Ifrrns orThTTaTe will be, one third oi tlie Th! JjUrchafe money, to be paid wnhin Hi.months from tlie time of purchafe one other, third, within twelve months and the remaining1 third, within - eighteen months.--Thc. pnichafer giving bond tg the; mafter. of the court, with good fecurity. , As the above lots and tenements have been already rentc4 out,, actual poffeflion of the lot, buildings, .wharf, &c. now in the poiTefuon of Mr. Langdon, will not be given up to the purchafer, until June next, and the lot and (lore occupied by Maclcllan and Lord, in OAqbcr next : But in the mean time, the pur chafer will be entitled to .all the rents in the fame man ner as they have been, Or could be received by the executors or devifces of the late Mr. Tewkes. ' SAMUEL R. JOCELYN, C. & M..E. WUmtngttn January . ' 9c 3m.. - LAND S FOR S A L OR, the 2 ?d of April, 1 798, will be fold at the court-houfc in Faycttcville, for the taxes due thereon for the year 1796, ot fo much thereof as will pay the fame- 224,592 acres of land, grnntecPto T-)avid Allifonand now faid to be the' property of Robert Morris, Efquire,- of Pennfylyania ; rlfo One Hundred and.. One. Thoufand Seven Hundred and ThirtySeven acres of land, granted to David Alii fon and John G. Blount, which was given by Rich ard Blackledge as taxable propert y for 1 796,- The fale to continue from day to day until tKe amount of the taxes on the above lands are faifed. , v ; . ": '.-;. P HODGES, Sher'tf. Cumberland county, Fthrildryi-:--&X. THE HIGH BRED IMPORTED HORSE 5 .1 - L V E R, Much celebrated for his running in England, late the property of Lord Sackville, add whofe racing per - formances at "New Market, -was equal to" aiiy iw England of his day Was imported, from Loft-. don, in the month of -November Jaft,'by JOHN DREW, fen. For'the information of Gentlemen that wifh to put M ares, t he foHo wi ng is e x t Calendars, for the years I7oj', 1704, and 170?. 1JLV.K, in thtiecond Odtober mcttintr, 170:. 1 cm I : -1- T-S---I -n V - KI 1 .L. tD-carryiRg 8lt.-beatitbr Doke ofEedrord's Gold- In-theJecondJpr4ogjneiifogi3p he beat W. Tavlor's Sr. npnftr. 8 linn. nU ttA he beat W.-Tay!or's St. George, 8 ftone, 71b. two miles, for 206 guineas'. In the fecond fpiing meeting, 1794, 8ft. rib; be beat Mr Howorth's Anthony, 8ii. half mile, for 100 guineas. xioiu s uruiier, xoru ouoivenor's txcileman, JLord Clermont's Faynator, and Lord tgreroont's Seagull. lh b' ft ,.P.bcr meeting jt 794,, 3 It. he receir fd sogs. from Lord Egrcmnr'8 Seagull, ft. 7b. en'e and an half-miles, for 200 guineas, ' In the fecohd Oclober meeting, 1794, 8ft. 2lb. he ran a dead heat wih Lord Egremonts Seagull, Sft. lib. one and an half miles. In the fecdnd October meeting, 1794, he won t handicap plate', two miles, beating the Duke of Graf ton's "Garland, Lord Egrmont's Cinnabar, ' Sir Charles B'unbury's R(.bin Gra'yi Mr; Taylor's Hel mtrrrD'uke tf ' CfffelinSefry's bay Ji!ly,-ty DibSito' and Lord Tichfield's Ouetlavaca. in tne craven meeting, 1795, 8 It. he beat Lord ton's bt. Gtoree. flit. 61b. four miles, for , - , DarlJngt .300 guineas, . . . .. . , In the f'rft fjpring rhcetipg, 1 795 he won the ,mai of the Oatland's ft.kes, 2oogs. ea,h two miles, beat ing Mr., Wilfon's B.enninfrton,. Mr. Delmt's Gabiiel gnd-the Duke of-Qeenntrry's-Pecker.-- v In the Houghton meeting, 1795, -8(L 4ln. recci'f ed .forfeit from Mr Bote's Voluateer colt, 7ft. ob mile, for loo guineas. jfc The above hor'fe w,'ll ftand tlie enfoiiig frafon at Scbtfand Neck, twentv-five miles below Halifajctowni N. Ct at two and -an half Guineas the lectpfot Guineas the Jeafon, and "ten Guineas to infure a foul, ad half a dollar to the Groom. Th" money for the fcafon or n fi ra UGe4b4-difeba4 gcd i ea'(hTMdHy-kittd-tiftninrv try produce at cafh price, either at H a! ifax or Scot land JNIeck, the lit. of January, I799 : and the ma ney fot the leap, together wiili . that to the Groomj to be pjid at the time of each mare being "coveted. Good and cxtehfive' clover and ' meadow pafturage well fecured, rrt'r and tlic greateft attentiba paid to Maresi hut will riot be liable for accidents or efcapeg of, ariy kind. GentlemVn that vvifli tlielf "MaresTed, or to fun on datfieldsi will have it done oh the moft rea fonablc terms; . ; , . , , : ' ' . StLVER is a beautiful dapple grey, five feet two inches high, bred by'the Duke of Grafton; Hewa . got by. Merciify, who, was got by ColonerO'lCclly' Eclipfe bet of a Tartar mare; , His dam was the fa rnous, Heron Mare,' bred by Lord :vMeIfingtoh ; his '. rairtt-ajm You ng- I lag,- by-Sk?m-y-hts gicat granrt dam Hag by Crab, his great great grand dam Ebo ny by Guilders, his great great great grand dam Ebo.. :y hy. ?iixMlit?at. great great great grand-dahl by. 1 1 1 ? B ye rjy'Jk 3 is "granJ-danTbFJbWdi'rrairr " J O H N D R E W, Juif . P. S.. Marcs that come more than fifty ml es dif tanecv the caftYwill be expected with them, oth'crwife thev cannot be covered. ' 99' -6 . Halifax county, Scotland Nccl, January "to- . ADVERTISEMENT. T HE fubferiber intends to remove'out of this ftate next fummef- he therefore rcqucfts all thofe indebted to him to make immediate payment ; thofe who have any. demands will pleafe to make them knowii that thty may ble fettled as foon as poflible. ;He of fcrsfor falerthat vaJuabie three- fl.ory-bfickJioufe, a two ftory-bfTck kitcheu,r a large -two (lory framed ware-hoiife, fmoke-houfe, a fmall ftore houfe adjoin ing the brick houfe : Alfo a large lot, .fifty yard from the- brick houfe a good arderr .sHlablenand: a brick houfei fit for a warc.houie. Sec'. Alfo a houTe and lot-ha Bow ftieet, .formerly .Tarbc's a houfe 7 and lot in Hay -ftreet, formttly Newman's ; a lot ia ... Ramfay llrect ; 50 acres of larid ohTBcver creek. Healfohasrron hand - a fciv goodSr-whiclUeJwilL fell low for ' cam or' produce, vi.. Salt, Iron, Call in jrs, Port Wine, Molafcs, lkc77&C. 7 7 7" "."::"- .: 7 7 ; PETE R PERRY. ' N. B. The brick houfe may be taken poflefljon of . , by the ift day of March next, if (bid. ' F'iyettfville, January 4, 1 798. .94 tf - ', 'j. . y-i. - f--. -v- 7.7. .1. --.mm. JT -J-f- r; ' v.- --.rh.'lf.L 7,",:7'f:v: 10 'i 7 '.':r7:r .1 "r, .1... I VI
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