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ft o itTlf difccft 4 VeS'F furies iti ( j ... i i -y i i. " ; " "t -t- . , r THERE ARE MOMENTS OF BLISS. There are moments of blies, in this dark world of ours, That midst all our sorrows in brightness will glow ; Like the rainbow of Hope they o'erehadow those hour! f' When the bosom drops o'er with its fulness of woe. The unkindness of friends may fall on the heart, Like the rush of the whirlwind that ruffles the waves; The love dreams of youth from the soul may depart, And all that they spoke of may sink in the grave. Hpw oftin that moment, when language would fail To bring to the heart one emotion of joy ; A. dream of the past like the sun in the vale "Would beam on the tear-drop that hung, in the eye. I - - Thenl then ! would the bo?ora be hush'd as the sea, When the cloud and the sunshine recline on its blue : Atd tears like the rain-drop3 in darkness would flee, And vanish atar like the morn's early dew. MAN AND WOMAN. Man is the rugged, lofty pino, That frowns on many a wave-beat shore; Woman's the slender, graceful vine, Whose curling tendrils round it twine, ' And deck its rough bark sweetly o'er. Man is the rock whose towering crest Nods o'er the mountain's barren side ; . Woman the soft and mossy vest, That loves to glasp its sterile breast, And wreathfe its brown in verdant soil. . i Man is the cloud of coming storm, Ilrk as the raven's murky plume, f Save where the sun-beam, light and warm, Of woman's soul and woman's form, Gleams brightly o'er the gathering gloom. Yes, lovely sex, to you 'tis given To rule our hearts with angel sway, Blend with each woe a blissful leaven, Change-earth into an embryo heaven, And sweetly smile our cares away. FROM THE LOG BOOK OF A SAILOft. We had taken the precaution to disguise our scjidoner effectually. English canvass, English uniforms, English caps for boat's crew ; every thing was English with us, except that we spoke the English language far too well for real Englishmen. In answer to inquiries of ie who wcwere," we would say, "His Majesty's schooner Scourge." And sometimes when we boarded a neutral, we would send a blank let ter sealed and directed to some of the public officers at London or the butports. John Wilson Crocker, Secretary of the Admiralty, was as familiar to our crew as John Randolph to a Virginian. We saw a sail one afternoon, and we gave ohase; w gained upon her, and fired our long torn, 24 pounder, but she would not hoave too, and we concluded to board her in our boat, well armed. On getting on board she proved to be a Russian, bound to England. In a few minutes we discovered a 74 gun ship coming down un der a cloud of canvass. The Russian capt. said that it was the "Norge74." She had boarded him a few hours before. We expressed great joy to hear of our countrymen, and made as much haste to get into the boat and pull to the schooner as we well could, being careful not to excite the suspicions of the Russian that we were Americans, though, by the expression of his countenance, and his pressing invitations to stay and take some schuaps, (i. e. brandy,) I have no doubt he did suspect us, I felt in my heart to give the (eUow a slap with my sword; but it would not do, for time was valuable. As soon as we got out of hearing of the Rus sian I said, "Give way my bold Americans, give way' or we are gone; we shall be prison ers in half an hour, if every exertion is not made," If we could have divested ourselves of the anxiety, we should have enjoyed the scene. Our schooner was two miles off, lying to for MM. TVT : 1- : us. nurge was coming uown in majestic style, dressed out with sky-sails and studding sails, above and below, pvery inch of canvass she could get was out, and our boat, pulled by eight picked men, straining every nerve : the cords and sinews in their arms and necks, at "every stroke, seeming as if they would burst through the skin. I wish Cooper had been with us to minutely describe the deep interest shown in the countenance of every one on hoard this little boat: the movement of those who sat in the stern sheets at every stroke of the oars oenaing tneir Bodies lorward, as if to propel her onward and facilitate her progress instead of being a dead weight a motion and action known only to sailorsand the occa sional encouraging words of the lieutenant, Pull my brave fellows, pull !" As we approached the schooner, we saw the tarcjdes overhauled, tended and manned, As she rolled to windward we saw the men stationed at the braces and foresheet, ready to let go and haul lift: some were holding ropes neatly coiled up, ready to throw to those in the boat, while the sailing master, with a piece of pine board in his hand, was preparing to keep it between the mouldings of the schooner and the boat, to prevent the paint from being rubbed offin hois ting her in. It encouraged the boat's crew to lind that the schooner did not desert them and seek her own safety in sacrificing them. Finally, the boat came alogside; the tackles were hooped on ; and, with one cheering pulJ, she was hoisted out of the water; and placed in the chocks. The foresheet was hauled aft, every sail set and trimmed, and then, and not till then, did those who had been rowing sit down and take a long, comfortable, ol&fash ioned breathing spell. Our schooner sailed so fast that we feared nothing that ever floated on salt water, but it was soon found that the 74 was gaining fast on t -,ihew.md wa3 light 'from southwest. ngni a stern, bearing south. Wa. nf ourse, steered n r rill nrlv enmll i , . uorui. -Thprn - - - " " snook the wind but of ;heir canvas and retarded o, headway? wMfe the 74, from her great size, not J bv it and every sail she had was asleep h ed her fire on us from her bridal Dortsj the long 32's; the shot struck the " .11 l& 11 1.11 i v ral hundreds yards ahead of us. All hands wen; 10 me sweeps, len 01 wmcn, mirty six feet along, were got out on each side, and manned by four or five jpen each, and gaily and cheer- .cfnuyam they pwi. For several hours we kept, as the seamen term it, so good and so good ; the men became fatigued; the 74 neared us. The second lieu tenant and a gang of hands was now sent to start the water below, and men on deck pumped it out. One hundred nunrheons of water had their heads stove in, and fortv or fifty tons of single ballast were thrown overboard, and our anchors cast awav. We had lightened the schooner two feet, but still the 74 gained on us. Her grape shot now reached us, and pep pered the water on each side. Great exertions were made by all on board, but in vain, and finally our long Tom was loaded with two round shot. It had a lock, and a land-yard was attached to the trigger ; we could take as good aim as with a rifle. She went on a pivot just forward of the mainmast, so that we could send a shot nearly astern. The forecastle of the 74 was crowded with men, and the fore topsails, topgallants, royal and skysail yards were manned ; we could see with the naked eye the legs of the men langing down forward of the sails; we could see the engine playing on the tipper sails to keep them wet, and the quarter boats manned to take possession of us. Orders were now given to fire long Tom, with intention of trying to cut away some of her spars. It was fired several times, and aimed into the forecastle. To destroy life was no advantage to us ; but from several shots being fired irom our 24 pounder, and not seeing the shot strike the water, I have no doubt some poor fellow suffered. The concussion of air was so great that our waist-cloths from the main shrouds aft were blown away, the com panion and binnacle injured, and the man at the helm knocked down. The chase now became desperate; little chance appeared of getting clear. Fifteen hours without intermission, had our men been toil ing, every officer on board sharing the labors of the sailors ; buckets of grog, three parts water and one of rum, were handed round to the crew and repeated encouraging expressions were made to them, such as "Pull, my good fellows; "Give way my bold Americans." Often the first lieutenant would take hold of an oar, exert his utmost strength, and sav to the men, lows ; 44 Lay out your strength, my good fel- give way a tew minutes more, ana we shall have a breeze. 1 will venture to say that since the ocean was navigated by St. Paul, thero has never been a crew more devoted to their duty, or that used more exertions to es cape capture; and after all hope seemed to have, gone, when the grape shot was clouding the surface of the water some hundred yards ahead of us, several of the sailors left their oars and went round the decs.s, demanding from each and every man a promise not to enter into the British service, and " rather rot in prison (this was their expression) than turn their arms against their country." To bring the mind of the reader from this interesting scene to that which follows, it is necessary to explain to him, that on the coast of Norway, in fact, in all climates, fogbanks arise without any previous notice ; these are so dense, that they have given rise to an ex pression of the sailors, " that you may drive a nail in them and hang your jacket upon it." There was certainly a fogbank rapidly raising in the north, right ahead. This would indicate a change of wind. It served to encourage the crew, and " pull away" was again heard. "Pull away, and stick her nose into the fog bank. We will not take French leave of her ; give her the parting adieu from long torn." Long torn being again loaded with two round shot, 24 pounders, and a bag of grape, was elevated, the first lieutenant held the string ; running his eye along the level of the gun, and turning suddenly sound, he saw the schoo ner just entering the fogbank ; he then pulled the trigure. As soon as the report and echo were over, he said, " Now John Bull, I'll make a child's bargain with you; let us alone and we'll let you alone;" and sprung to the helm, altered our course four points, and when the morning broke, not a speck was to be seen in any part of the horizon. A curious law suit.k law suit of a very singular nature has just been decided before Assistant Justice Woodward. It appears that a certain knight of the razor, in speaking of the manner in which candidates for office were, to use his own expression, libelled in the pub lic prints declared that he considered such publications did more good than harm to the party, and jocosely remarked, " I would give five dollars a day to a smart clever fellow to write against me." The suit above: mentioned was brought by a person, who, being present heard the reward offered, and who, on the tri al, proved that he had written many severe philipics against the Alderman, the defendant m the suit, in one of our evening papers, and therefore he appealed to the law demanding judgment for eight davs labor at 7 per day, amounting to $40. I he trial occcupied the whole dav and un til 9 o'clock in the evening, the jury, not ex actly seeing the propriety of making a gentle man pay tor words spoken m the precincts of a tonsor, most probably in jest, brought in a vcruici ior aetendant. Whatever mav be the general tendency of such writings, they did not stand the Alderman in much stead, for he lost his election N. V. MPT. AA. From a late English paper. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. The cholera (a correspondent writHs ha raged very alarmingly at Marlow, so much o that from 12. to 15 burials have taken rUr nf n day. Among others, a poor man, who left his wife early in the morning well, was much sud- nrisea on jeuig uu"iicu aunn? his; ab sence she had died of the cholera and was bu ried. Feeling disconsolate and dissatisfied, he betook himself to the grave and dug up the corpse. On lifting off the lid of the coffin, he was struck with the appearance of his wife, and thought he perceived symptoms oi lite, which soon became -realized, as, after a while the poor woman rose up and to the great joy of her hus band, accompanied him home, and wonderful to relate, that nisrht becamea mother, and who with the child are at this moment regarded by me inhabitants of Marlow ns the greatest cun- CHARLES .Si WARD, .DRUGGIST Sl APOTHECARY, Has for sale, at his Shop, next door to BclVs Tavern t A OENEERL ASSORTMENT OF PAINTS fc PAINTS BRUSHES. Oil, Dyestuffs, Varnishes, and Var nish Brushes, Perfumery and Cosmetics. The above articles are fresh, and of the very best quality. Newbern, February 1st, 1833. Oily Snuffs mid Raisins. T BARREL Linseed Oil, Li l do. Summer strained Oil, Lorillard's best Snuff, and a lew boxes and half boxes Raisins, Just received per schooner Convov, and for sale by J. CHARLOTTE. May 10th, 1833. j JUST RECEIVED, FEW kegs fresh GOSHEN BUTTER, A of superior quality. JOHN PITTMAN. 10th May, 1833. j BOOT & SHOE STORE TTJT AS just returned from New York with a 11 U n w and lashionable: supply ot BOOTS s& ;HOE FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER: AMONG WHICHi ARE Ladies1 white Prunello and Satin Slippers, Do. Morocco, Sealskin and Prunello do. Do. Double sole Prunello and Sealskin do. Do. Prunello Walking Shoes, Do. Sealskin Strap Walking do. Gentlemens' tine Calfskin, Sealskin, and Mo rocco Shoes and Pumps, Do. Calfskin and Morocco Boots, Boy's first quality Shoes and Pumps, Misses and Children Prunello, Morocco, Seal skin and Leather Shoes. N. B. Ladies and Gentlemens' Boots and Shoes made and repaired at the shortest notice and in the neatest manner, at his old stand on Pollok-Street. Newbern, May 3, 1833. j NOTICE. PTflllE Copartnership heretofore existing LI under the firm of Jackson & Higeins is dissolved bv mutual consent. All persons in debted to the concern willimakc payment to L. M. Higgins, who is authorised to settle all accounts. I DANL.! JACKSON, Jr. L. M. HIGGINS. March, 25th 1833 RICH'D. B. BERRY TTN FORMS his friends arid the publick that JLL he has resumed businesis in the house7 on Middle Street adjoining the residence of Wright C. Stanly, Esq. During his late absence from Newbern, his attention has been devoted to the acquisition of such additional knowledge of Tailoring as was deemed essential to a success ful competition with theprofessioninlhis place; and he flatters himself that he is now fully com petent to conduct the business to the satis faction of all who may (avor him with their custom. Having acquired the art of cutting in the most approved and fashionable style, and being determined to employ first rate workmen, he will at all times be prepared to execute orders for Clothing in the best manner and at the shortest notice. The orders of hi3 country friends will re ceive prompt and careful attention. Just received the Spring and Summer Report OF THE I PHILADELPHIA FASHIONS. May 10, 833. j NEW SPRING GOODS. JOHN PITTMAN MAS just returned from New York, with a general assortment of PRY GOODS, Hardware, Crockery & Glassware, ANONG WHICH ARE Handsome printed Muslins, Light' fancy Prints, j Pink, striped and coloured Ginghams, Plain and figured Book I Muslins, Plain and figured Swiss do. Jaconets, Cambric, and Mull do. Embroidered Crape Handkerchiefs, Figured Gauze j do. Fancy Silk j do. Ladies bordered i do, White Lace Veils, worked Muslin Capes, Nankeens, Superior H. S. Gloves, Palm Leaf Hats, &c. &Lc. ALSO A GENERAL ASSORTMENT O? CONSISTING j OF Sugar, Coffee, Rum, Gin, Brandy, Beer, Cider, Tobacco, fcc. fcc. Too-ether with numerous other articles, which he offers low for Cash or Country pro r duce, at his store on Pollok Street, one door above John Templeton's. Newbern, April 26th, 1833. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES liWILLbe given for likely young Negroes of V w both exes,from one to 26 years of age. JOHN GILDERSiEEVE. Palm Leaf Hats, PLOL GHS, ie. doz Palm Leaf Hats, assorted quali 20 cast iron Ploughs Nos. 10 & 11 100 extra Shares 3 hhds N. O. Sugar 6 do prime retailing Molasses 5 bags prime Green Cuba Coffeo 15 do St Domingo do 5 lbs Crude Camphor 5 do Turkey Opium 6 boxes Bunch Raisins 10 half do do 20 qr do do 10 cases Fresh Prunes, Landing from Schr. Convoy from New York and for sale by J. M. GRANADE, fc Co. Newbern, April 5th, 1833. PETER & GEORGE L,ORILiLiARD SNUFF AXffD TOBACCO MAN UFACTURER8, No, 42 Chatham street, New-York, Have constantly for sale the following articles, FIXE BROWN SNUFF. Genuine Maccobor, Imitation do. Rose favored. Sicily do. Maltese do. Curacoa do. American Rappee, Holland do. Strong, not scented. Tuberose do. St. Omare do. Strasburgh do. COARSE BROWN SNUFF. Demigros, Pure-Virffinia, Copenhagen, ? Superior flavored. Bourbon, St. Domingo, Nachitoches, French, Rappee, 1 American Gentleman, Strong, not scented, Pure Spanish, L. Mixture, YELLOW SNUFF. Scotch, do. Half Toast, Fine, do. High Toast, j Irish Blackguard, or Coarse. Irish High Toast, 3 SWEET SCENTED FINE CUT CHEW ING TOBACCO. Small, papers, labelled P. A. L. do. do. do. P. &, G. L. do. do. do. P. & G. 1 lb. papers, labelled P. A. L. 1-2 lb. do. do. P. A. L. 1-4 lb. do. do. P- A. L. 1-4 lb. papers, labelled Sweet scented Oronoko Extra Superior, manufactured only by P. LORILLARD, Jr. FINE CUT SMOKING TOBACCO. Spanish, Kitefoot, Canaster, Common, Stems in 1-4, 1-2 and 1 lb. paptrs. All articles sold at the above store can be returned, if not approved, and the money will be refunded. N. B. A liberal discount made for Cash by Wholesale. Brown snuff packed in 1-2 and 1 lb. bottles, and 3, 0, 12, and 18 lb. Jars. Yellow do. do. in 1-2 and 1 lb. bottles and small and large bladders. Cut tobacco packed in 1-2 barrels, barrels, and tierces. The Genuine Maccoboy Snuff, is manufac tured only by P & G. LORILLARD, who have also the imitation do. do. from 20 to 30 per cent lower, the same as manufactured in many places and sold under various names. A constant supply of the above articles may be had of the principa l dealers in NE WBERN. BEWARE OF DECEPTION, Several persons are in the practice of using tj Label on their snuffs in imitation of the sub scribers wnicfi they haveUsed upwards of 30 years, and can be for no other purpose than to deceive. Some arc also in the practice of mixing in ferior Snuff with their Genuine Maccoboy Snuff and selling it as first quality. Others are also in the practice of filling emp ty jars with the subscribers' label on them with inferior S,nuff, and selling it as their manufac ture. Their motive in making this publication is to guard their customers against the deception practised upon them. P. &. G. LORILLARD. February 20, 1833 6m. Osborne s Syrup, PREPARED and for eale by Charles S. Wak Druggist and Apothecary, next door to Bell Hotel. Newbern, Feb. 15, 1833. W8 2SSfB MERCHANT TAILOR, MAS the pleasure to inform his customers and the publick, that he has just recei ved from New York, by schooner Convoy, A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF SPRING AND SUMMER A mong which are the following : Super Green, Brown, and Black CRAPE CAMBLET, Black BOMBAZINE. A handsome assortment of Marseilles and Silk VESTINGS, With a variety of other articles suitable to he Season. THE subscriber has just received a general assort ment of FRESH GARDEN SEEDS, which he will sell at reduced prices. H LOOMIS. Newbern, Feb.22. NEW STORE. MAS just returned from New York and now opening at his Store, East sid ! the Old County Wharf, two doors below .t1 corner, Ule A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF DRI GOODS GROCERIES, 5 HARDWARE, CROCKER Y Shoes, Hats, Saddles, and Brimp Heavy Dundee ad Tow Bacino. of Rope, Swedes, English, and American Iron, Wagon Boxes, .Blacksmiths' T. Nails, &C.&C. k COl8 ALSO NOW LANDIKO, FROM SCHR. JAMES H0Xr A few bbls. first quality family Flour Boxes and half boxes Raisins, Sacks of Salt, Goshen Butter, Newark Cider, &c. &c. LAll of which will be sold low for Cash or P November 13th, 1832. COACH AVD GIG MAKERS NE IV BERN, ' "trT7,DTrrT,i?rTr t -v .l. r- public, that they have removed to the P Building opposite to BelPs Hotel, wherr they hav made extensive arrangements for the further r,rcJ cution of their business in the Construction, ReDaj!" ing, Trimming, and Painting of v COACHES, BAEOUCKES, GIGS, PAN N EL AND PLAIN, LIGHT WAGONS, &C. &C. Being, as they believe, perfectly acquainted wit, the making anl finishing of thefe articles, they invite gentlemen wishing to procure thrm, to apply in Der son or by letter under the full assurance that their orders will be executed with the utmost despatch and to their entire satisfaction. They will keep a full supply of all the materials in their line ol business, and be prepared at all times to make and finish in the neatest and most approved style, Coachee, Barourhes, Gigp, &c upon very rea sonable terms. WBERN, March 15, 1833. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, i 1 Craven County. ( Superior Court of Law- Foil Term, 1832. Celia Ryan, ts. Petition for Divorce. John Ryan, y TTN this case it being made to appear to the jJL satisfaction of this Court, that a Subpeona, and Alias Subpeona, had regularly issued, it directed by law, to the Defendant, command' ing hisr personal appearance in this Court, to plead or answer, to the Petitioner's petition, and that a copy of the aforesaid Subpeona, had been left, at the place of abode, of the said de fendant, in this State, more than fifteen days, before the day of the return, of each of said Subpeonas, proclamation was therefore made, by the Sheriff at the door of the Court House, for said defendant, to appear and answer; as commanded, by the said Subpeonas, and the said defendant, being so called, made default. It is therefore ordered, that the Clerk cause notice of the pendency of this Petition, to be published in the North Carolina Sentinel for three months, and that at next term, an issue be submitted to a Jury, to ascertain the worth of the material facts, charged in the Petitioner's petition. Attest, EDWARD STANLY, CUrl Newbern, March 15, 1833, Treasury Department, April 12th, 1833. TTN the late conflagration of the Treasury JJL building, nearly all the correspondence 0: the Secretary of the Treasury, from fhe estab lishment of the Department to the 31st March, 1S33, was destroyed including, as well the original letters and communications addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, as the records of the letters and communications written by him. With a view to repair the loss, as far as may be practicable, all officers of the United States", are requested to cause copies to be pre pared, and authenticated by them, of any let ters (excepting those hereinafter alluded to, which they may at any time have written to or received from, the Secretary of the Treasu ry; and all those who have been in office, and other individuals throughout the United States, are invited to do the same. ,Tnat this corres pondence may be arranged into appropnate books, it is requested that it be copied on fo lio foolscap paper, with a sufficient margin on all sides to admit of binding, and thafnr more than one letter be contained on a leaf. h also requested, that the copies be written in a plain and distinct or engrossing hand. jcc the original letter can be spared it would oc preferred. The reasonable expense incurred in copying the papers now requested, not ; es ceeding the rate of ten cents for every hundred words, w ill be defrayed by the Department. The correspondence which has been sarefl. and of which, therefore, no copies are desirefl. are the records of trfe letters written by Secretary of the Treasury to Presidents in Cashiers of Banks, from thd 1st October, to the Oth February, 1833 ; all the correspon dence relating to Revolutionary claims unae the act of 15th May, 1828, and to claims 0. Virginia officers to half pay, under the act v 1 tone , . i ftr the otn Jury, 104; ana 10 applicant nefits of the acts of the 14th July, 183-2, for the relief of certain insol Z6Q .uaruu, w. - ! 1 vent debtors of the United States. -P,c;c0 some circular letters and instructions, wru ,. by the Secretary, have also been preserve an-1 it is requested that, before a copy be rna of any circular letter or instruction, wriHC' ; i- T-,t thf date and oir me oecreiary - nw! its urichps Oil the subiect asc LOUIS McLAE, Secretary of the Trcafuty April 23, 1823. 1
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