j From the Athenaeum. TliE SEA-BOY AND HIS SISTER. Br MiS3 Jewsbury. , " What shall I bring thee from the Isles Whither our vessel goes? Bright are the sea-shell3 scattered there, More bright than the English rose ; And dust or gold, and diamond, May be bought where points our prow, Some shall be thine and mine, ere death, 1 Bat what shall I bring thee now, sweet cirl ? But what shall I.bring thee now? r Fear not the sea, thou timid one, My master and long is he, And I brook not a word of treason heard, s j rsot a word, though it come from thee ; Aine weeks and a day have I dwelt on land, Summer sports and labor seen, I am sick of the' flowers, I am tired of the trees, I long for the shadows on ocean's green, For the smell and the foam of the seas. ; Let-me go, for my heart beats thickly here, Not more drowsy thy wheel, than I, But one touch of the ropes, one breath of the gales, And less light shall the dolphin ply: f am wearied to death of Iandsmen'3 talk, My friends all tread the deck, But i love thee, sister,. and ere I go, Say, what shall, I bring thee back, sweet girl? Say, what shall I bring thee back? , i: AY) Sy my brother; first and last That ever bore such name to me; ' Go, while the' courage, ebbing fast, Remains, to bid farewell to thee. I've .atched thy boyish years unfold, 1 love thee as a brother now,- Vet go, for restless dreams have scroll'd. The name of rover on thy brow. :" 1 Think not I blame thee thou art kind Hast left me in this cot at ease But oh, thou canst not make me blind To the deep perils of the seas ! Thou speak'st of them with .pleasant tongue Thou say'st thy heart and home are there ; Butoft I think, with spirit wrung, Thou wouldst not, if were not here: '' An orphan with a palid cheek, A frame top, somewhat overworn ; Knough the heart is slovvo break, And sorrow comes but to be borne; , The hardest is, to see thee go, Thus in thy youth, time after time ; To live upon thy toil, and know, For me thou wearest out thy prime ? - Yet I must think thou lov'st the sea, 'T would madden me to doubt it long,'" v Love I the deep? now credit mc, I love it with a love as strong, As thou myself; .it is my. joy, Has been my home, shall be my grave ; I tell thee, tempest scarce alloys The bliss, the triumph of the wave ! So what shall I bring thee back, dear friend ? So what shall I bring thee back ?" , " Bring back to. me," said the gentle one, ' That, which no caves may hide ; That which the deep sea cannot quench ; Thy Love no gift beside!" THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON-SHIP I . JERSJEY. "But he, the favorite, the flower. Most cherished since his natal hour, His mother's image in his face, The infaht love of all his race, His martyred father's dearest thought, My latest care, for whom I sought To hoard my life, that this might be Less wretched now and one day free; He, too, who yet was held untired A spirit natural or inspired He too, was struck, and day by day Was withered on the stalk away." Amongst the number of perishing creatures immured in that vilest of prisons, the old ship Jersey, were two persons whose appearance and manners excited a feeling of deep interest in tlie minds oL all around them both as it respected their present situation and the fate which awaited them. They were brothers, bearing the name of- . I shall call it Ver nor. The one, a man of about twenty seven years, strong and vigorous in his frame. . j and possessing a mind buoyant with ener . j j gy and enthusiasm. The other was still a youth of, at most, not mole than nine teen, although tall and well formed. His face was fair and beautiful, while the rising of his features and the down upon his chfn pro claimed his approach to manhood. His dispo- sitiori was full of gaiety and sweetness, and, Jike the lark, did carol for several mornings af ter his imprisonment, protesting that the enemy :hould not rejoice in a conquest over his spirits. Yet, afterwards, AVhen reclining upon the shoul der of his brother with such fondness would he talk of their kind mother then hastily dash the fear from the corner of his eye-lid, and smiling I'liide the elder for his melancholy, who would reply .with a look full anxiety, "Dear Frank, did the weight of misfortune fall on me alone, I could bear it with heroism but you are not riited for this abode so tenderly reared, so lit tlfi ncnmtnmfid to rri vations. As for me. I have long been inured to fatigues and hardships. So early did I bid adieu to my home, that I left you yet a child, smiling in the lap of an indul gent mother. Oh, would to heaven that you were still the same ! Scarcely has that mother recovered from the shock occasioned by the death of our poor father, when, alas, she is doomed to feel the pain of a second trial, which m Us effects may prove but little less torturing." "The delights of home, and the tenderness 1 ry mer &re ever present to my memory," replied Frank, with feeling; " they serve to l, lf reSion f sery and gloom-to give a cordial warmth in un uSSSSTl. sweeten my cup of and change .tldyik. m' aPPe.tlte' in captivity into .Sj&&ttmPMll01IB while this conveys nJ L audlble murmurs, wnue tins conveys me to the arms of the euar- dian of my infancy, and the sharer and Uie soother of my early cares-I revel in the W ries of home fold my brother to my heart and welcome him to liberty and light t. The snrial hoard is sfiread anrl larlpn fnrm. aad a mothers smile invites us to partake when I awakje to hunger and tfie depths of a dungeon. A sign from the oldest was the only reply to his lively description of fantasies and after closing their arms about each other, they sunk into silence. Day after day the morning broke and the evening shade closed upon their sufferings! Even mercy was withheld, from the wretched prisoriers in their latest extremities ; and each sun saw heaps of human corses, blackened by pestilence and famine, borne up to the deck of the Jersey, to be interred in one common shal low scooped grave upon the heights of Brook lyn their bones to whiten there beneath a score of .winter snows, unnoticed, unhonored! Still each, day the younger of the Vernors would sing his song, and try to deck his coun tenance with cheerfulness but in vain! His attempts became less and less effectual; and the smile that was wont to irradiate his features, like an expiring light, cast only an uncertain gleam: a strain of melancholy mingled vith his song till it atlasi ceased, "The poor bird," observed he, one morn ing, upon finding that his voice had failed him, "although conhned to his cage, may sinff if well fed and cared for; but the imprisoned star veling, however sweet his note, can find but little relish for song." Sad indeed were the inroads that crueltv and oppression had made upon the spirits of the youth, while a death like palertess had taken the placie of r the rosy bloom which he had brought to the prison. He, too, was fully sensible of the change, and with a forced smile would say to his brother, as he folded his coat about his wasted form. "If hunger feeds so fast, George, I fear there will be left but a scanty meal for worms to revel on." "Alas, my dear Frank," replied Vernor, "speak not of your death the thought drives me to madness. Mother's life hangs upon yours. She demands of you to sustain your self under the evil star that reigns over lis bear up yet awhile, my dear boy, with cheer fulness, and we may ere long possess the power and opportunity of punishing our oppressors." But poor Frank Vernor the load of oppres sion was even then too tightly strained upon him ; a painful tear swelled in his eye, and he mentally cursed the fate inflicted upon m by the tyrant foe, as he yielded his soul to hope lessness and despair. A few days after, his eyes became languid, and the hectic flush up on his cheek spoke the feverish pulse which his anxious brother observed with the deepest concern ; and while he endeavored to support his wasting form and drooping spirits by ten der and consoling words, he perceived that little hope remained for the life of the youth unless he were immediately liberated from confinement, and his disease treated with skill and attention. Two days more elapsed of severe trial, when fatal delirium seized his brain, and the soothing of his brother could only restrain him from violence. At length his frenzy subsided, and langour and weakness ensued cold chills, attended with sensations of intense pain, and the clammy dews of death, were upon his fore head. The night, with all its horrors, had closed around the wretched victims had shrouded their prison in darkness, and all was silent, except now and. then the groans of a dying man or a half suppressed murmur of suffer ing or the sound of a solitary foostep in the apartment. Young Vernor had clasped his brother in his arms, and had bared his own warm bosom i to pillow the sufferer's head. Thus a few moments' slumber beguiled that portion'of his last sad hour and when awoke he was quite rational, and perfectly sensible of his approaching dissolution. ; "I am going, George." he said; "tell our dear" Mother, he would have added, but5 the over- powering word swelled at his heart, and died away upon his quivering lips, my dearest Francis, "all that vou " I know would have me say," cried the agonized bro ther, but do not despair of your life for, alas, we must not part so, my brother ! Oh, should you die, what words of consolation could I convey to your poor mother what tidings that would not kill her ?" " Say that I loved her that I revered her with my latest recollection and that we will assuredly meet in heaven, where virtue finds a rich reward, and where the wretched pris soner is free J Say, too, that even amid the pains arid dread of death, I find a consolation in the thought that it is for mv countrv I npr- ish. We cannot all hope to live to eniov the blessings that liberty will give but we leave them as a sacred inheritance to the rising gen eration may they guard with care that which we shall so dearly have purchased ! And now, brother, a draught of cold water that I may die quietly." Here he raised his exhausted head, and held forth his hand as if to receive it. You shall have it," replied the unhappy Vernor, as he arose, and laving his brother gently along the floor, he quickly ascended to the entrance of the prison to ask water of the keeper. It was some time before he received any reply to his repeated knocks and call. At length the keeper appeared and harshly in quired the cause of the disturbance at so im proper an hour. " My brother is dying," answered Vernor; m the name of heaven let me have some wa ter that he may slake his thirst " " He must wait till morning-it is not our custom to open the prisons after nightfall so go your ways, and let us hear no more noise" was the surly reply. "But, God of mercy V you surely will not refuse me water ! He will die before th nmg - ill VI "Then he will not need it long," answered the keeper, ; coldly, as he turned away and muttering that he would not break through his rules to save a hundred of their lives, he left the agonized Vernor to grope his way back as he could. As he turned" to descend, his attention was arrested by sounds of riotous mirth issuing from a distant part of the ship, which seemed to ' mock his sufferings and convey a double stab" to his greviously wounded heart. When he i had reached the spot where his ivuier lay, and had raised mm m ms arms, he perceived that the youth's reason was again bewildered. "Never mind the water, George," he said, "the purest streams are before me ; I shall; soon overtake them ;" and he endeavoured to moisten his parched lips with his tongue, which Vernor perceiving by the sound, burst into tears. said the dying lad. Are these her tears that mingle with the cold dews on my forehead ? Is that her warm breath that I feel upon my cheek ? Oh, give me your Lhand, mother !" and snatching that of his bro ther he pressed it fondly to his lips. " Go -get a light that I may behold her," he added, and attempted to rise. "If you love me, George, getme a light," he repeated, " that I may see your face before I die." " The half-distracted Vernor could no longer resist his entreaties, and therefore, laying him do.wn he made a second attempt to awaken a sense of feeling in the breast of the obdurate keeper, who demanded, in a terrible oath, who it was that dared to disturb his repose. "My good fellow," said Vernor, in a voice of entreaty, " I have come in search of a light. My brother is dying and it is a dreary thing to be near so dear an object and to be unable to look upon his features. He, too, asks it of you as a pracious gift." ; , " Down -down, you foul rebel! I tell you it cannot be done." "What not at the request of a dying man?" " No. Let him die a rebel deserves no bet ter fate. Away, I say, go back to your berth, and give me no more trouble." " A single inch of candle only, I pray you for heaven's sake," cried Vernor, subdued by affliction. " I tell you again that you cannot have a light. Begone !" and the cruel keeper hasten ed from the iron-grated partition that separated him from his wretched prisoner. " Heaven grant me patience !" cried Vernor, as he descended the steps of the prison, his brain burning with revenge, and his heart sur charged with the most painful feelings. He returned once more to his brother, and seating himself beside him, placed the cold arid dying head upon his aching breast, and by fond caresses and words of the sweetest affec tion s-ought to soothe away the pangs of disap pointment, and to soften the anguish of the last sad moments of the youth, which were now fast approaching. After a few struggles, a few agonizing sighs, he breathed the name of his mother, ana expired. "Alas! and is it over? Be gracious, holy heaven, and receive to thyself that pure essence which but now breathed in this cold form animated the kindest of hearts ! Farewell, sweet flower ! Thou has been rudely torn as sunder a fell blight has destroyed thee in the bud ! No friend will deck thy bier no prayer will hallow thv grave!" Vernor laid the body down in an agony of grief, and breathing an oath of vengeance, fell upon the neck of his ill starred brother. The second dav after the battle of York Town, (that memorable dayr which put a period to our long protracted war) late in the after noon, a young volunteer of the American corps, was moving along the ravine in front- of the town, when his attention was attracted by the groans, as if it were, of a dying creature. On searching around he perceived a soldier, woun ded and expiring, laying in a hole, or rather a chasm in the ground which had been broken up. The young man raised the head of the poor fellow, and placed it in an easier and more natural position, and so that lie could distin guishe the features of the face, which was distorted and livid from suffering and exposure. The volunteer gazed for a moment upon its lineaments, and then recoiled back with horror. A bitter pang shot through his heart ! He could not be mistaken it was the keeper of the prison ship Jersey ! "Ah, God!" he cried, as he threw himself upon his knees on the earth, "avert my hatred, and let me now return good for evil! Already have I revenged thy death, my brother ! fully avenged it! Yea, more than a score of the enemy have these hands slain to thy manes on the battlefield! Then pass in peace, beloved shade!" He arose, and once more approached the wretch, whose groans had become dreadfully audible. It would seem that he had not only heard and understood, but also lelt theimpres sive language pronounced by the agitated Ver nor, for amid the agonies of death, his eyes rolled as if in search ol the being he had in jured. "What would you have me do for you, miserable man?' 'cried Vernor. "Pardon my offence, and give me a drink that I may not die a thousand deaths. Two whole days have I lain in this pit sorely wounded, and in the pasture you found me, andno crea ture was there to bring me aid or comfort. Many have passed by, but none perceived or heard me and now, alas it is too late. Vernor, moved to pity by this appeal,iattempt- ed to raise him from the chasm, but found it impossible; he was too closely wedged in, and his wounds were in a state of putrefaction, while the sufferings of his body could be excee ded only by his overladen conscience, which feared to meet the death it too justly1 merited. Vernor hastened to a spring, and taking wa ter in a gourd, bore it back to the unhappy man that he might drink ere he died. When it met his lips, his eyes glared wildly upon Ver nor, and pushing the water from himhe cried, " Alas, I cannot swallow it God's punish ment is just!" and in writhing and tprture he soon after expired. j NOTICE. AN AWAY from the subscriber, about the middle of March last, a bound! Appren tice, by the name of SILAS H1NSON. Said boy is a bright mulatto, five feet four or five inches high, well made, and about twenty years of age. I forewarn all persons1 from em ploying or harbouring said Apprentice, under the penalty of the law. I will give a reward of Fifty Cents for his delivery to me at mv residence in Green County, N. C. JOSIAH WHITLEY, Senr. May 21st, 1832. i' fmHE Subscribers have taken the Brick Jj Store nearly opposite the Newbern Bank. where they have on hand a general assortment of STAJPJLE AND FANCY RY GOODS, Hardware, Groceries, $c. Their goods are purchased bv Mr. ALEX ANDER ANDERSON, who resides in New York, and who will be frequently forwarding, by which means, the assortment will be kept complete. They will be constantly supplied with AXES both long and short bitt, from the makers Piatt & Taylor, which they offer by the box, at per doz. Justreceivedperschr. Rebecca, 4 nw opening, AMONG WHICH ARE Calicoes ; FrenchScotch &pther Ginghams ; Printed Muslins ; black Silks ; Mull, Swiss, Book, and Jaconett Muslins; Ladies' and Misses Bonnetts ; Inserting, and a variety of Fancy articles ; Bombazines; Circassians; Erminetts ; Cassinetts, &c. &c. Osnaburgs ; Brown Shirting and Sheetings, With a number of other articles. Purchaser may find it to their advantage to call and examine. B. Lt. HOSKINS, 6c Co. May 9, 1832 ' CHEAP DRY GOODS. fFjHE subscriber has just opened a new and JUL handsome assortment of fresh imported Which he offers to the Ladies of Newborn, and the public in general, at very reduced prices, at the Store formerly occupied by Willalm J. Handcock, on Pollock-street, one door from the corner of Craven-street. J. VAN SICKLE. Newbern, 27th March, 1832. FLOUR, OZNABURGS, fcc 44 bbls. West'n Canal Flour, 'Beach's red brand,' 10 half bbls. do. do. ! do. 1 bale Scotch Oznaburgs, 4 boxes Sperm Candles, 5 bbls. Sperm Oil, 60 loaves " Premium" Table Salt, : 2 dozen Cayenne Pepper, Lee & Thompson's Bleaching. Landing from schooner Rebecca, and for sale by JOS. M. GRANADE & Co. June 1,1332. J. 31. GRANADE & Co. Have just received from JVew York, 6P yf bbls. (Beaches iancy Brand) FLOUR 5 hhds. N. E. Kum, 1 tierce prime white Rice, 2 boxes Pine Apple Cheese, 50 pieces Smoked Beef, " 1 barrel fresh Lime Juice, now on tap, 5 boxes very superior Soda Lemon Syrup, 2 casks Claret Wine, now finings which by tne nrst day ot June will be ready for use. Newbern May 18th, 1832. " j MRS. BRISSINGTON IjO fcSrfcCTFULLY informs her friends JJAX and the public that she has removed to the Store at the south-east corner of the Court House, lately occupied by Mr. Tredway, where sne continues to carry on the Millinery auti lmmma-iJiaKmg business inal 1 us various branches, fche has just received a handsome assortment of Leghorn, Silk, Dunstable & com mon Straw Bonnets; " ""-") vgvmi,i niui aiuiusi every article in the Millinery line, she offers for sale at redu ced prices. nr t ... iurs. 13. expects, by the nrst arrivals frnm the North, an elegant addition to her SIOCK ; and as she will be regularlyinformed of the changes of fashion, she hopes to be able to conduct her business in a manner which cannot tail to give satisfaction. HLcghorn, Dunstable, and common Straw Bonnets, Whitened, Altered, and Trimmed, in the Latest Fashion. Silk Bonnets made to order. 17th May, 1832. ! LAST NOTICE! TkTOTICE is hereby given, to all persons in- ueoiea lor l axes listed in 1830, that a statement containing their names, ana" the amount due by each, has been made out and delivered to the present Sheriff, at whose office w.w iui nie iasi time, requesiea lo call and settle the same. This may be done at any time prior to the first day of July next, at which period, the property of such persons as have not then complied with this notice,- will, with out discrimination, be sold to pa the taxes aue tnereon. JAMES C. COLE, late Shff. Newbern, May 18, 1832. . NOTICE. AT May Term, A. D. 1832, of the Court Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Craven County, the subscriber obtained Letters of Ad ministration on the estate of Cherry White head, deceased. AH persons indebted to said estate by Accounts and Notes, are requested to make immediate payment; and those having claims against it, to bring the forward, pro perly authenticated, within the 'time prescribed bylaw, or they will be barred of recovery bv the operation of the Acts of ssemblv in nl case made and provided. JOSEPH PHYSinr A w Newbern, May 18, 1832, ' " N. B. The accounts and notes due to the Lstatearein the hands of Mr. JOHN R. nnn to whom those indebted, will nlease mi payment. j, PHYSIOC. AJr JSJJbiW GOOB JOHN A.ClfclSPliv" MAS just returned from New York will, general assortment of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, CROCKERv S GLASSWARE, &c. The following articles comprise apart ofhs St Wines. Fruits. Champaigne, in qt. and Citron, Currants pt. bottles, Old Madeira, eas. Gunpowder, Pico, do.j Naples, I Lisbon, j Tenerific, j Dry Malaga, Sherry, Country, j Liquors. Imperial, Hyson, Souchong, Pouchcng. T r Sugars. Loaf & Lump, White Havana, Brown, various qual Madeira Nuts, Almonds. Spices. Mace, Cloves Cogniac Brandy (supe-j nor quality) Peach do. , Old Jamaica Rum, Superior Holhmd Gin, Old Monohg. Whiskey, JN. fc. Kurn, KTinuamon, Nutmeg Porter in qt.&pt. bottles! Pepper, Spice. I Preserved Giiierer. Bucktchcat, Goshen Butter, Cheese Spa il ish & A mcrican Segars, su-' peHor Chewing Tobacco, &c. Which hej offers low for cash or countrv produco at the Store on Pollok-streetformerlyc-ccuni by the late George A. Hall, Esq. F THE HIGHEST CASH PRlFR WIL be gi ven for likely y oun g Negroescf both sexes, from one to 20 years of icrr JOHN GILDERSLEEVE" MRS. KAY respectfully informs the public that she has removed to that convenient House on Craven-Strppt formerly occupied by Col. Tisdale, where she is prepared to accommodate transient and per manent Boarders with the best the market af fords. Parents and Guardians residing in the country ind who may wish to procure Board for their tehildren or wards in Town, are asured that, if placed under her care, every exertion will be used to promote their comfort and con venience. Newbetn Jan. 25. I AT A MEETING t Of the Board of Co?nviissioncrs of the Town of Ncuyern, held on the 21 st of May, 1832. f"T waj; Ordered, That the Town Watch he . continued as established by the late Board, and that!the Clerk cause the Act of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, of 1822, chap. 147, to be published in the North Carolina Sentinel and Newbern Spectator, for the informaiion of all concerned. j JAMES IIAYWARD, i Clerk of the Board of Comm'ss'oncrs. Newborn, May 25, 1832. Sv. AN ACT . - To .amend an act, passed in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-eight,' entitled " an act for the further regulation of the Town of Newbern." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted-by the authority of the same, That the commissioners of the town of Newbern are hereby authorized to class the free white males, inhabitants of said town, over the age of eighteen years, into companies of five or more, for the purpose of watching said town at night ; and it shall be the duty of the said commis sioners to appoint some individual of each com pany captain of the watch for the night, and duly to notify the said captain and company of the place of meeting, and the time at which they shall commence the performance of their duties ; and if any person duly notified, shall fail to attend at the hour and place appointed, and duly to watch during the nighty such de linquent, without sufficient excuse, to be jud ged of by the intendant of police, shall forfeit the sum of two dollars; and it shall be the duty of the several captains so appointed by the commissioners, in the course of the day imme- diately succeeding their respective watch nights to report to the intendant of police, under the penalty of five dollars for each and every neg lect, the names of those members of their res pective companies who may have failed to com ply with the requisitions cf this act: Provided, always, That it may be lawful for any person subject to the duty of watching to discharge himself therefrom, in the manner provided by the before mentioned act. II. And be it further enacted. That the in tendant of police in said town is hereby aulhor- izefd to issue his warrant, directed tp the shcrifU town sergeant, or anv constable of Craven county, to bring the offenders against this act before him. and. nn rnnvirlinn. which shall be in the manner of Uials before justices of the peace, the said intsndant is hereby authorized to give judgment, and issue execution, lor uu penalties mentioned in this act, with cost. VALUABLE SOUND LAND FOR SALE. The subscriber offers for sale, that till i well known Plantation formerly ot- SilLL longing to Col. Richard Nixon, lyi"? on Topsail Sound, in front of the Inlet, about twenty miles from Wilmington, containing w tween 800 and 1000 acres. 300 of w hich arc cleared and under good fence, and about two hundred well worth clearing; the remainder well timbered and an excellent range for cattle and hogs. The Quality of the Land is equa' o that of any other tract on the Sound, and tc situation is healthy and pleasant. The H"" provements consist of a good Dwelling and art necessary out houses. Persons wishing 0 purchase, are requested to call and view u premises, which will be shown by Mr. Ohvert who resides on the place. For Terms, wnio will be accommodating, apply to the subscri ber in Newbern. - - DANIEL Y. SHIJN Newbern, May 25, 1832.

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