1 1
; : I
111 A IL
v I V fl U 1 IPJ TTtL W AY v : . : i I
Y,JOHN CAMPBELL.
Cj'Tbe Minerva will be prtrltcd
every Thursday morn'mi? at 4
150
per annum, in ad vatic ;.;or $3 if rilg urdaj, the 27tfi day of February
men. it not made within :J lanjhsJrvxt. .
iV-ro paper to be uiscontm
ied?
-iiatii all arrearages are pail, m
fatf ,tl e cptum of the Lditor; and a
rsiin.ft to nutify a dU continuance-
trill 'e considered as a new engage
cvnt.
XJ' Advertisements, making twjen
tr lines or fen, inserted throe
. times for One Dollar, and twenty-live
nts for e'verylubsequent insert inn
Longer ones iu proportion. Ail ad
irertiements will 'be continued nin-
le?H otherwise ordered, and each
continuance charared
. Letters to th Editor mut be
po$t ntifl, orthv will not be attend
ed to
NEW GOODS.
.1UST ri:ci:ivfj), BY
.? fiC Brick Store.
(
A variety of Fashionable und I:
0.1-
faonabie Staj)lc wi'.I Fanry
' DR Y GOODS:
Amoii' "which Jirc many. CIIF V
,&ni 'ELEGANT. Articled . Alo,
a general assortment of
GROCERIES,
BAUD-WARE, CROCK
Ri , GLASS-WARE,
flats, Sfi'(-; zcatheri
IRON, NAILS, &c c. l
C.
'aiid .li.tlJ r.;c . kv ;-i '.1 u
70 li "I: !. l "!! nor
TURKS ISLAND SALT
The ahuvt! Ivcthei with djv
fanner stock makes my a-sboh.
tapnl as general and complete ad
is
tisually found in a country store.
The abeve goods will ba bold
py
myl usual - accommodating terms.
I therefore solicit all that wish
to
nnr hf anv thim? in mv line, to
m smms O I
call at the Brick Store and cxatn
ine before they purchase ehj
vshere; as my goods having hebr
u!l purchased with Cash, I thmit i
incillioil iii savincr I am aide to
soil on as goodie, as my ucn-
J ' O .
bors; anil am determined not to
pe
undersold by any one
Halifax. llJlpritZO: 1 l-4tl
WlEElAM H. REDWOOD,
Illwousc on lVoo;!siats
'rccc.itly occujjitd
6 .Uc5sr.
7.
r-r ... r Vin'V tO i C OL .IM
Ir riVv merchants; plan
Pt. , 'hi 1 .1 Si b E It DEALE W3,
in the SALE ot i'UUDUCC a id
uiiiiii'i; t everv description, cv.
S the PURCHASE of COUdS,"
. ,..i.L hid cummiiuu wili.iiu
iUl lliv
all casas, be very moderate. . '
IllsWeiitioh being confined s
l,j to Commission Itusincsf and Jus
knoxvledge of persons and of tjhe
mode of'trantaefmg bisinc?s in the
Boroutrh, together with his t horoim
knowledge ofthe Country iiusindis
wilh he hopes, be touud advantage
oua to tliose who may employ iu
gency. :
Refer to Messrs
Cole 4 Sheldon,
Hiainsl'iirh'
Robert Soitier, V
Shields 4-Ashburn, .orJolK.
Kds. Beacon,
171
I'm
TUST received a prime 1
of
i I
CJ ne. cut HERRINGS, whic
odVr, as usual, ot the market prickis
Those of mv friends who have here
fcifore punched themselves from
Ware-houses; I earnestly hope,
will nut fail to ffive me a call this
seuaon, as .mine are as good as
darker will afford
(be
IOS. L. SIMilONS:
Mnv SRfi. . 17-iltf
Dr. Charles Cashma
KFSPKCTFULLY orTers
I
h.is
45 ;-rofessional services to the
in-
habitants of Halifax and the Be:
irh-
jborinj , country, iie may at
tl-
fimcsbe found at Mrs. Fenner's Hoi
tel, unless professionally engafred.
lol
I.
June laili. i
20-UU
BALL cV PJRTYl
wilt a vn n iirPV Jv-il!
UilLII .A.I 1 I ft 1
be furnished at ;SIOCpO
'XGS on thevenings of ho
-v
lATtlARY NOTICE.
yjrt'HK next session of the Scot
k i-jsd Nr.cK Private Acade
mic, 'tinder tjie direction of the Rev d
JOHN II. TORMENT and LA
d LADY,
r, tue 9m
wilf commence on Monday
day of November, arid terminate onT
In this Institution .the ' following
branches oi" education are taught,
viz:
MALE DEPARTMENT;
Reading, Orthography, Penraan-
ship, English Grammar Commercial
-xiiiii:.ieuc, oeograprjy ol irouo-
FEMALE DEPARTMENT-
etic, Geography and Astrono'mw
HpistdUry Writing, Elcmt-nts of
Chfmitry. History ij"the U. .Stri.tv.
Botany, Mythology, Jewish Grecian,
Rouian kc Antiouiticd, E'om- s of!
tho Arts and
ocicccej,
Ck3s.iju:
Biography.
oj:.v.ime.7 i l ujl i.vc i ins:
M leic on the Piano Forte; iaw
ing and I'i.utii,;;
Lace Work.
'.i-.lui, Tac aa.J
T lie system of uitruMon, aJn
ted in the above institution, is such
as to keep constantly in ioxv the
application of every acquirement
made by the puniis. Xv.mo are zl
mv. rf: PCI I .nmnnil r.r fnr.tAn A
' j iri kn3wn Dv trie name ot Musti-l
f vi i ut-i i... - , . r- and. all the stock ot Horse
Xatnrnl Hnrl Upi-psW s?., ,tnn An. tlo, 31 ulos," rlos, and bbeeu,
- ----- V4 m, j ii " ivM A til r
cient ana Modern fiii' rv. i every specie ot piutation ut
- T - t v m
lowed to progress in any studies' dely occupied hy Mi;
more rapidly than a perfect comprerl B. t it I Sc Co and th
.ifcn.Mon oi .iw principled will admit.
'Pi... -i: . . .
x iie uiscipuue is precisely that ot a
ivell.ordere4 family. Corporeal puh-
lhmnt will never be resorted to;;
but whenever a scholar shall mani
liit, by his refractory conduct, that
he is beyond the iurluence of atlec-'
tionate reproof, h'is expuldion will
immediately ensue.
It can hardly be necesaj-y to state
that eveiy attention will be paid to
the morals of thuso committed to our
charge. That w e will endeavor io
impress, pcrmantutly uion the
lUfilUa i" pupiib, d VJ K jC it.ll-
giou3 truth, and to indue them, by
faithful cultute, to "grow up in the
nurture and admonition ofthe Lord.'
Board may ttili be had with Pri
vate Families in the neighborhood,
at " per month; and the necessary
'b" aa,u w, Ihe
x icinity-ol the Acaciemy.
Terms as formerly, payable in ad
vance. YJZ.
Literary Tuition per session $10
Tax for tire wocd, ' &o
Muoic, '. 'r
I)i rawing and Painting, &
Nectiiu Work, . 5
ScotJaid Nccki Halifax co. )
SXOO 2113 iVilltO.
i -v ur . y from 1
the ' s.rUcnbcr a !
ve ,r n t uc-ro chnr-es. and tuaC sani negro a
ear p-t, ucoro :tv" otlierwi.;e ,1C Ulll be dealt
man ! . - ' . . , ; ,. .
PD V-' i with abthc law directs.
1 JSC
gui Jii a
He is
a bright
wflr&? !iaci;; aroi un.
feci lOinchcs high,tldrty years bid:
wears whiskers; has ami impi.-j
., ,r. hi soccch, and down
(tlx. Ul 4
look when spoken to. He is hv
profession a tiddler, a ditcher and
sawver. I purchased him m Hn';
'ifax at sheriir sale, several
years past, sold as the property of
Wilson Carter. He has lately
been seen in Bertie county, em
ployed bclh as a ditcher and saw
ver" He there passed ns a free
man. I mil pive the nbovc re
ward of one hundred d dl .rs;to
nnv person who wiH del.ver him to
the jailor in-Halifax. "l.1?1
October or fifty dollars, if adh
ered to him any time thereafter.
B. C. EATON.
Sept. 3-3
Cai.VJSS70.V MhHirti.ui.
NORFOLK, V A.
Vr5i:SPLCTFLLL tenders hi
iiS rvioes to the public in s lies
0fnUk;ndnfPRODUCR uhxhj
mov lf intrusted to ins care, it's
Ware-house is convenient to the
n!.irh will save the charge
Wllrtll,
of dravngc:
Sept. 'i-
I '
30 Cm
TffiTlCE.
A Camp-rneetinr will rcmrapiice
Pierces Campground, j" j.1
unty, 4 niUes west of Ha.ifax
I lO ' -
town, U miles .-.u-n.
3 miles from ZJZlrTJ '
iday the2nd day of October fcc.U.
. & J. DUNN. V Co.
TPpave tiat jecc Vet! and for Sale,
Go can's Superior umi-
ly Flour, thif. years crop, . (139,)
wIJ'c" tb'ey will sell low for cash.
llaulax, AjlUst, IQi'J. 3.7 t
NOTICE.
Y virtue MUtwo deed in trust,
vnrnli;l liv I.cmiiil F rmor 4
for purposes therein contained,' ALlFAXj N. CAROLINA,
will be sold tothe highest bidden 'ftilL ubcribcr infoni Jliis
! for caih, on Tuesday the loth of
.September next, on the plantation
s. Cat-
and
t " .9"- 1K,",m :
1 ' - IIJWUI U, Ci 111'. I l JIMI IKX I I J
LoD2 WU bf; Sohi tr rath.
j all his 11 us ho!;i and K tchen
; r.urniture, crsr.tinj; of many val-
ubh; articles, four Viyron?. two
! Ci.rriakes and ilarncss
uid Car
t
f -Alo, on 'Ij-jcsday the 2i: i;.;.
j of Octolc :, Iit-Ln he second d.i
: 'f t!.c Puwerlpr Court, in flaiifax
I vM bt-jviold for ca-h,
tat-
eel of likely NEGROES, the pro
perty of said Long- and on the
2nd day of Nv.-mher. on the pre-
lots and atUMirtenances
ssr-i A. A.
the lo, cVr
now occitj4PtJ:py Mrs. .Mary - til'.!
Terms of sale, of lots, vtc. made
I , .L I . -
'""" Wi inuay. .
Also, on Tuesday the
3d day hfi
. . ft
Novemb
er, on the premises, will
be sold the plantaion whereon, the j
said Eon:; at" present resides, and j
all his stock of RACE HORSES.
Terrn of t!;i4 sale made k::oV:i
r.r, fw. .I'M-, I, !
Af-tv, on Wednesday he 4th
d;jv of November, on the nremis-
tation xvjiereoh the said Lon'for- j
melv resided. Also on the same t
day xypl be srild, oi the premise's)
al! (he Lands fo'.Mijt! by t lie s id.
Ionpf, lytnur between the Quaa- ;
key... Terms of t his d y's sale j
made, known pn the day.- j
BY T'lIN TEES !
H rlifax, Alir -. lO'-JH.
r' 1 TM I Tl'RI)
YArJ7 .
To the Jaili ;l Hahlax county,
on Friday the; I 1th instant, a nc-
-ro tellow. oifeet 6 or'i! inches;
high, black cOniplexion. nineteen
years old, andlsavs he Kelonsfs to a
,ti f ii mi 'iii i
VI
Willnm Mitchell, of (Jran-
vide rounty. C. I he owner
OI :,,u ui'iro i iciuisu-u xj .wti.
forward. Hroyo roperly.. pay
T1 ii SIMMONS.
Sept. 15. 129. 32-3 w
$30 ni&wims
: RAN orT in the
t possession ana iron: ;
i the nremiscs of V.
i i
; II. Did
1 Oth A u;
j.nogro man belong- '..
54 in- to the subscri-
her.
hv the. name oi .-iumore,
r ,.
bout 21 vears o nee, largo ami
stout, of rather a down look ana
1
3m
smilinp counteuance. say 5 teet 10 ; Thread Lace and F'iprios j
inches high, ior upwards It r is i inot splen--1 assortment j Fan
believed saidinero is lurking a- f cv Calicoes ; --. L
...x j r.,:i r,l .r.fation I
OOUl SaiU lo.rtoi-
i .i i ...rrl fr lLJ
x ill irivo i ne ai""r ' ... . w.
- .
-v j -i . .. " ..,. . titcrrtt trt me
, ...... ; ! crt him
or lit oMieu iu uu t-
again. j
nt T RF.SF.MrV
m. ii ii ii - -
Sept. Ift.'J.
a:
COMMITTED,
5jRO the jail ot Halifax ourny ,
. . ....
ii
'- Aorth Carolina, on ine
inst a riejZToi felk-w hv the name
c.t PJM,lT'TO, rather over
I nriOk.k..rx r rl that he was Sola
to Mr. Campbell by a.Ar. Heath
of Virginia. The owner of said
negro is requested torcome or
ward. prove property, pay ca."
ges and take said negro, or he will
be dealt with as tne uw oc-
,.. i
ir,e umiii...; T..M - Q-p- F1SJ AND CORN. ) pri.e ef Two Dolors per taw.
about twentymne years old He us , - , r warranted i T-rltrm
.i i. ,!,! Tiinrr nn i :
11 Kn ,f Nashville, f ii?ma. ut ol cut ... . . ' Vsr. on the hotet n
EAGLE HOTEL
I !
1 ?c?v -?
friends and the public gene-
ra . irat He Has leased that large
knoivn l.y the name of the
BIG TAVERN,
wherfi he is in liopes, hi vtrict
attention to his bu-siness,' and the
fdljuing prices, v i 1 1 insure to him
PRICES.
M.-n and horse. er day, U 0,j
; f)o hoard by the year,, 130 GO
Do. do. per mouth, 1- 50
i Do dr hv tf d.v
!or a mm,
Oi inf r and horsef.ed.
Supper,
Ere-ikf.ivt,
1
37 1-2
37 1 A
1 '2 1-2
J. H. McLE.MOHE.!
August i?0. lo'J J. 28 5m
IV ANTED.
" ; " ' . '
' .
A handscme rf)IT f "i: npply
j to
A
2
MTPHFORD.
i Sent.
30-3 w
NOTICE.
rv t t i i... r.
i . i iii'rviin ;irp i r rin iui i;
4!A w.rnA r-.t r ir xA for a' rr'r-
j f eXPfUtca hvB'hv Hicks
of .Northampton county, to the
subscriber, for one hundred and
fifty dollars, and witnessed by John
H. Patterson, as the bond is lost,
and has not .been transferred hv
t me, or paid hv the oblipor.
! .. .. HIOKS.
'X O . 'Is-1 1 . Jl o , 10'i.J. - "
T a rejjuiar (Convocation bf
Roanoke Royal Arch Chanter,
Xo. l. Halifax, hel 1 at their Hall, on
fhe 1 1th dav of July.
On moti(n, it was Order"! . that
the 1st section of 1st article cf the
Rvo Laws of this Charter be nnb-
. !;.-.. u m tPt1
Ilahfax ,Minwva l.ur
- weeks; viz: "The rcru7 Convnch-
I tions of this Chapter fhall.be on Me
venino-s of the second Saturday iii
i, ,i pwrv month, at o'clock, J
p from t,;. ist of October : the
st of A mil at 7 o'clock P. M. flijm
the 1 st of -Anril to the let o: ucu aer
From th? Minutes, .
W itnrss -'. , i
M. JOHNSTON, Stc'ry.
27 w
& UHTO &
TfXFORM their frierids and t he
X puhlic. generally, that the? have
now on hand their supply of
SPRING GOOI S,
which embrace a cipip!'. '
rv extensive asortrncnl
: . ;e
of evJry
I)-
Virable artielof
Staple and Fannf
j A splendid assortm-n of
; . . ... . . . c , n , i i
I-evantc cna j
rcx ersi uieee a
; ,.,i r.,n. a., h rhn. .
j . ...
ij jl v a i x, i r u v ? i - j
. heautirnl nssrtm.-nt of
i A arre stCK :i "twe I-""-"
r-
A reneral a-o
rtrr nt of Me iicimr
, -
Dri
rn,o-. n bt1 ram- i
. Ha.4P Jo.
ii Hardv.-art, in great
, x nrietv
V h':c!i. "with every other article u-
! vii3'!v kDt in an extentive assorted
1 St-to. thev offer for sale on the mo!
' f-rx-ourable term. Beine crwifidr nt
.that thev can $rive general atifac
n.'r.r rl f. 1iix tfief
IIUI1 S'o in IV ... -.v., - -
rftfuiJv mVite their friends in town
:ai,j coui.trv to cs-il and exaoiine
and country to cil
? their assortment,
Halifax. May 7th. 2110a
14-
Herrings and Shad,
put n? thii rean at one ofrtae
f th
noet celebrated hiieri- on R.n-
oker We have a so n hard a fiw
hundred BarrfU of CORN. -;;y
tfiMl nl fnn. - - 1 ' . :::C?I
ltiw fxr ei
: , V R. & J. DUNN, Ci
2 3vrL May I3,l.
Of th price rf all tho mate
nal C5td in ir.iikincr Pri.u.n
ai:d the Jaj tJ' inartiUt it.iaf J-: rctiteJ, a' $uf.jjiif. vjfwkiznA
gri atly ilicrcafed. Th ; t ter 6 ivrinsr CWj am mrk
vlieretore ha hen indi:c.'d to make
proporUcreftuction in the
price, which'from the 1st of Anril,
uaU- DCCn an stit.H m tK -,r,r., '
- . . - -.-.. , ;
The character of the Type maJe .j
at the Foundry is well krewn to
the Trttde who are assured that in '
rt'aid to the quality ot" mrtal. rln
Ish, ai.d durability, no devitiod haa I
been made.
He has on hand a complete r s- i
sortxuent, and can puprtly any. mian-4
tity on a short notieer'he will be ?
hajpy to receive the orders of hi.
customer, which will have imau-
diate attention. ;
Merchants who have orders tfom '
abroad, can have offices comph ;c
wan i res, ami every tfunjr a
mu -?nr.v "'ra r,,l,"P xvsiarman-
tr. i:ner. . ;' ' "
Publishers art-rcMiuestcJ ro rive
this advert lenient a place in Their!
papery a. ;. w f imw' to r cr h".- pay
in:iit,i.'..i'a type, or n settleriifut
cf th. ir .;.( C( - ;
RICH'A'i. T) RON.VLDFCN,
F.,.' 'T'o.i
Prurrs. At..six- ntll crpil't
lor approved pmv t, or at a discount
! Prarl. per lb f ! JOiGre'tt
j Nonparei!, ( HO !-.iibh
I pVaXpcr lp l -lOre., Pruner, 34
Pica.
. ,
Minion,
70 Do Great Prim-i
Brevier,
6j r, 3i
afii f.nrrre Irtor nlnit
Burjjeoio,
Louif Primer,' -lo, . - lo
Suiall P:ca, 3iScabbards &. Quo
F'ica, 3.i tatioue, 30
Phijjlisb, 1 3i
. The prices or other description
of Types are proportionably reduc
ed. . ''
Old Type received in payment a
y per lb.
'u!'. 9. ' sja
NOTICE
friends and the public gene
rally, that they will have a largo
and extensive
WARE-IIOU&E
completed by the 1st of October
uext, near toe river, ior ;ne pur-
iinco-rr ttr.rinor ntl kinrl nr'nrri. '
dace and packages of everv de-;
srription, hich may bo intru-ted i
to their care. Our charges shall
lerate. and erery exertion ,
r ndcr general sttisfac -
V
tl-f- 1
!5
i't e tfJRJHS.. i Sd marfceta and nhf. . -.
. . r 2f j'lttify h hipm oV -e' t
ii
X
.. , u
t rh'." 3 .?
Fauivti. I will rov
reward an-1 all reasoobie , exj 's
sci fo any pr-on who will di'Vfr :
s-nd i.ejiro to me, 9 miles 'south!,
of ILiUfix, r $t0 to bavi her e-.
cured ir auy jail 5.ohat I get her.
IVM. R MOORB. I
Aug 24. 1829. 29 If
TQrime Chewing Tobacco, from
JKV,e Manufacturie in Riehfond
Va. and also an awirtm'-nt of Tin
Ware jtisV received and fr Ptle. ve-
rylw,by R.KlNGSBURY. if
' AaK- : J 27 tf j
co r ros aiss,
The
to cxe-
tce,
u'ill
i ,i r. $! r a"-)nb c terms.
j - ,-o St-Wr
l :-'-- . o
J
1
t . ci:e from ll.ar.JSJt.-".
r ,--..ht.rs I!ndc. and miles
: r
here I tecp. -
d. v.
L
i trk vtrst? 11 i- - .'iMhfv. awl .m th'-r.uti.
, -4-w,tr ;, :tt
- -.- . . k f.'1-1 v l-w -m r -
U' - .-h(ul.;.- ... - ttv ior
I !irs . ii e Csf h'--' -.i f - '-C ' - , ,, . . - 1 'f,. i ;
M .:., . - .ttaaciv'.-.t s-: v- :-Ji!..-!r. .A ,r.f .1 .f-'W -.:.ioi. a,
it-.r i'-..--'v -' v Hi-ItClTts ;.-.f;-t f,i4;-e'. -
palte r . . . u i,, .f ,ar.;v t-;t ir n d; ,M;An;,te..ir:-r'
'- ! ' . ; V " t:.- u.. r ,
- . ; ?.-.V . e ; . .. i - .
i i .nil 'nrii i
AjsOods.i
. w . . I , 0 V -,.
; .v. ; , ere; -a j .
20 piece Calirws all Bw mtjZm
Plain and Figured Gro dc Nip;
Black, White and Pink Satin; ;
Yellow Bandanna HkC.
Groe de nop UktV,omo tciy t
splendid. r
Men and Women' Lmnk Host;
II row n LovJIkf, '
Brown CambiicTr; 5
Brown French Drilling, Buckrac;
Oil clofh, D.nrork Satteefi;
Celt Rihbivit, fancy Wiling fc.
Lad i en drcsinf ci.e. and an atf
d 1 1 Umnl u h-1 y o f G R C) C K It I F.SL
CROf.TxERY. HARDWARE,
and MEDICINESi i
All of which will be sold low fox
; cash, by
j HEMPSTEAD; Jr
; Uahrax. N. C. March 13S,
! '. ' - '" - . . . '
i Commercial and Commisiioa
- 1. . . 1
! ' . lii U Coi.
,
1 -:
ptli Subscribers have opened
. mi the town of Portsmouth;
I Viririnia. a Commercial War. houvn
j the rrceution nd al of V.
"'V, A1?11
; .inn i lutiui.p oi oi aious.
1 ne ionowmg are the terms on
which thy wilL a Com miss ioa
S ,l;rhiltv. tmnsTrrt. hiiintt '
rimers and Men hHtits wha
may cotwn oods yr prcnhice to
them, wili he charged a commis
sion ol 'tv&uTid a half per rent, and,
NO ' CH A UGLS FOR S TO
K'AGE, if sold xxithin thirty day?.
An advance in money will be made
on consignments of country' pro
duce, upon which the buat, inte:.
rest will bo charged. If the ad
vance he w;hcd in merchandize,'
out irit-er'eat, 'Hies New York; Phi-W
ladelphia,. Baltimore and Rich-
mond prices, deducting therefrom
the necessary expenses -of ship- "
pinjr. wharfjige,; drayagc and com- -
mission, as charged in those cities '
tesDCC
respectively, "may -always he cai
elated on m this and the adjoin-
kut, Norlelk. But! tho'
subscribers will diold thenelve3
hown.I, in consulting the nteret ,
of thcir fiends, to avail them-
selves of either of the above nam-
(if reqnes!t 4
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