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VOL. II. -NO. 20.
HALIFAX, N. C. JULY 15, 183.0i"
EDITED Br !
EDM. B: FREEMAN,
. . AWD PRINTED BT j
JOHN CAMPBELL-
JOINT PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETOR
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Thursday morning at ft 50 per annum, in
advance, o r J3 if payment w not made wi
Z months. !
No paper to be discontinued until al
iarages are paid, unless at the option of
continuance will be considered a a
engagement. I
Advertisements, making one (square or
fc?s, inserted three times for One Dollar,
tad twenty-five cents for every subsequent
To PAusinians & Farmersl
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I vi unit v rti ... :n ti
hln
i
t
ar-
iiew
MISC2LLA1TT
insertion, longer ones in.. proportion. All
dvertiscments will be continued unles:
otherwise ordered, and each continuance
-
, M times be found in my assortment,
at tbe Post Office, on Main Street, two
doors below the Printing Office.
All those who may wish to purchase,
will nlease call and examine for thorn. f
selves, as I am determined to sell low for ! tnan most of her species. She said her
cash, or pn a short credit to very punctual peoPe had done very wrong in con-
customers." Mv assortment! consists of rhmiifr all their e-ifti in mankind, whn
I a '
had long since ceased to be w orthy of
t. . .
I moRAL. Ana uiusit is with mor-
als. Every one wishes to ben hat
he is oou The poor man thinks that
poverty is peculiar for itT trials and
more benevolent and - enlarged' Views
! the. following articles, viz:
Arrow Root, Nipnle Shells,
It
received
par
nil
FLOLic
frpIIE subscribers 'have just r
11 55, Uarrels of FLUUlt'a
tdiich, is of superior quality.
cSTered low for cash.
Hawkins Harrisl
Feb. 4. lP.no
w
4 a-
-t
Aloes,
Alum,
Annatto Spanieb,
Arsenic Alb
Almonds
Bitters,
Balsoia Copaiva,
Burgundy Pitch,
Borax,
Bottle-corks,
Blacking, I
Baitrnan's Drops,
J'Barbor's Combs,
9.(
be
T3n KSPEC.TFULLY informs the
inhabitants of Eliza beihCity, Rale gh,
.,av born, IV ashing ton, Fayettevilb?, an 1 ci
ther places in the route through North (ar
eliria. that he intends visiting the above n en
tioned places in the month of August n ;xt,
ttr the purpose of j
1 lining and Stringing
Pocket
Bees-wax,
do.
c; Oil Anisi,
p Peppermint,
Cloves. ;
?; Worm-seed,
91 Ocre, Yellow, v
V- Opodeldoc,
Opium,? I
5f Orange Peel, '
g Olive Oil, I
il Pearl Barley, ,
-1 rrnnrr.
'r Prcipitctc, Red,
-.5 Peru v. Bark,
Ijjcac,
i rulv.
DISCONTENT, a Fable.
Once there was a fairy that had i lf ralionS;. f nd, if he were rich, he
miuuiu cnaiDiv ie cooa. benevolent.
and happy. : lhc rich, in the midtof
his possessions is often weary of a
world that has no new. excitement to
offer, fretted by ten thousand pretend
ded claims on liisi generosity;--embit-tered
by ingratitude; and sickened
with the heartless flattery ofcontending
heirs. The uneducated man envies
the idoj of literary fame; every thing
stems bright and I golden in his path;
and he dqes not know how often the
.4
jilr. S. does not maxt a practice of travel-
t'ng the country, for the purpose mentioned
in this advertisement; but so marty persons
laving gone through that district, who know
nothing: at all -of the business, has induced
lira to undertake the contemplated triD. No
pay "unless" the parties are satisfied.
Norfolk. June 29. . , 19-4-3 v.
.o.
the
Run
$6.
Jlore icw and Cheap SJoo
rmURNER U HUGHES, at
J4 - North-Carolina Comunsiu. Hok
Store, two; doors above the Post-Olllce,
Lave on hand at all times aijeneral assort
jmont of Books, embracing nearly every
thing in the various departments of Scie ice,
Literature, Stationary and Engrfivings. j
Public. Drivate and social Libraries, and
tliose who buy to sell atrain, furnishea at
wvullu low prices. All orders thankful
ly received and punctually attended to.
Thf following are among the works,
received: ' . . ' j ":
SO Copies FTebstei's Diclionary abr
ed, in one vol. Royal octavo, pried
"In laying this work before the public
in if.s present form, no eliorts have tieen
spared to make it a complete defii ing
and pronouncing Dictionary for gen -ral
ue. About 16,000 word9 and
tv,' ci: 30: and 40,000 definitions?
enrttained in this Dictionary,, which
r.i t to be found in any similar work
Jl.'nry'b Exposition of tho B'ble, in
and Stieeo binumtrs.-in o larire vo-
Tols. with a preface by Doctor A lea an
der, and recommenUeu by tne ri
di.tiMtruirihetl Clergy and Laity of
dilFerent denominations.
It it? peculiar Xor its tl eeply spiri
thoucrhts" and absence IromisQcta
bias. ' ! ' s
Crii.ien's Concordance to the Holy Scj
tines, comnlete in oae super 8vb. vol
f printed from the last London Edition
Basilicon Ointment. f, Rlieubarb,
Merdiirial do ? Powder and S;iotJ
British Oil, - i'l Paregoric,
Buttons, ' Pipes,
Bacon, ! ':'- It had Col umlo,
iiranay, appic, lazi.- c ijcauian,
Coat Plaster,
Cantharides,
Cnbebbs,
Calomel, r
Crome YelIov,
Cloves,
Chalk,
Coppera??,
Cream Tartar,
Castor Oil,
Ccpal Varnish,
Candles,
Candle Pnfilfra,
Do vers Powders,
Durable Ink,
Essence Ltemmon,
do.
do.
M;:zericm,
l Rhei, ;
y. Red Sanders,
j Raisin?,
16 Sugar of Lead, i
i;; oago, 1 . , ,
?;c"S;:-ice, '
Z; Sal Ainor.iac,
' Glauber, ,
h.porn, ,
g Rochvlle,
l Rom Atii si,'
;': Sulphur, poll, i;
I-;' Sugars J - j-P '-.
j-i Si:p. Carb.;Pr;nsh,
Syringes,P. I.
Snake Root,
Lavender, ' SrmfT, i , i
Peppermint Soda Powders,
be-
cre
are
balf
rmost
the
I-,
ual
iah
I
re-
on fcuperline paper and new type
"Wards of six thousand errors existing
in the. T,nndrn Coov have been cortec-
te l in the edition now announced.
Octavo JRible for family use and aged ber
sori-5 the handsomest ever printedJ f
Bishop Home s Introduction to the Study
of the Scriptures. j
Clarke and Scott's Commentaries,
editions. '
Snilish Common Law Reports, and
nv others, embracing-works of
MedicineHktory, Theology JUisM
Tiv,JTovels. 8zc.
Raleicrh. JnnA A. IftflO. . ! 16-Hlm
SedlitCs Powders,1
0 StatlonnrV, ;
; Scup. Wnc, ' :
Soap, B.r,
i Cake,
i'i Sealing Wax,
7,5 Shoes, coarse, j
Spanish Wiiitin, i
C:l A !othecaricj Scale
;f & weights, r
Saseperil'a, i
Sf; Spirits Nitre,
.: Anionia, j
Elix. Vitriol.
Flowers, .
Camomile,
Ruloliur,
Zinc, .
' Sena,
Ind Alexa.
Flints, (gun)
Fiirs, s
Fly. Stone, ;
Rotten do. :
Fig, blue j
Ginger, Race,
Do- Pulverized, 6 Spanish Brown,
Gum Arabic, , pi '.. in keg3,
Assafoetida,
V?
ate
ma-
Camphor,
(iuac, j
Shellac,
Mvrrhl
Traganth,
Gbie,
Ink,
Indigo, Snanlih,
Ink I'owiiets
Liquorice, Ball, 'i
Root,
Lee's Anti B. PiHs.
Hooper's do.
Logwood, ground,
N. A. Wood,
Lemmon Syrup,
Lard,
Leather,
Lime, t '
Ijamf'black.
M a frnesia, Carb
do. Calc'd
Manna Flake,
Mer. Corose Sub.
f ustard,
N;itmegs,
Nuimeg Graters,
June 30, tnciO;
',5 Sand, black,
i hanu-noxes, i
l'i Spars. forgsnt!etn''n
I Tooth -Brushes, j.
hi Tamarinds,
i) Tapioca, ,
$V Tumeric Root,
T--'irtir. :Emcti.-,
r: Tobacep, (ueet)
t'l Turlinfr-on'i' BaU'ih
Of Lite, : .: i
i-5 Tinct. -Assbfoctida,
'A Ctjintharidcs..
-? '' . dnj. conipOUli.l
fr Opium,
jl Camphor, j
Viruigri?, ground,'
10 dry,
11 Vitriol Alb. j
4 Vint. Anti0"
p Vials, Vial Corkr,
S White Lead,
I"aler Irons,
rrafers.
Writing Paper,
better ditto.
tiuinmc csuipnaie,
solution.
their glass slippers, magic rings, won
derful mirrors, and pretty little luck
pense; her heart burned to be. of ser
vice to the brute creation. ; So she
stepped up to a cow, which was crra
aing bythe way side. 'Cow,' said she,
....... ... , , v. .1,9,1 IUI IIIUSl 111 HIT" I l ' t" y V
world? 'iryou will tell mc, joU shnll ' ""'"S "Jr fOP- 'V fr'Var?. Cor
fiave it. 1 he Fairy Was not much
bigger than a grasshopper; and the
old cow thought it was very presump
tuous in her to pretend to have so
much power. IIowevcr, there is no
tolling,' thought the- covr; for those
little musquetoes that do me so much
mischief are a great deal smaller than
she is.' Then the cow said, 'If I might
have my wish, I would be a bird. I do
not like to be tied j up in the bnrn every
night,-and iiever to be allowed to go
but into one pasture. The birds have
no troubles; they arc free and happy.
They can fly away from danger, anil
in winter they can warm themselves
by the gun. Then they are at liberty
to go all round the world, and gnther
information from every? countrv. I
am w eary of this l":fq of servitude and
sameiKs.' When the fairy heard
these words, she totuhed her with her
little wand and the cow changed
to a bird, and flew merrily away,
So;ui after, the fairy met a robin and;
she said, lJretty robin, what should
you most like in the world?' 1
should like to be a whale,' said the
bird;4I think it is very degrading to
be such a little mite of a creature as I
am;' I always look on every thing
larue with envy. Uesidcs, I should
like to. live away down under the wa
tjr, because I should be so safe there;
haw ks could not mid ir.e, or the guns
of cruel men reach me. -The fairy
thought he vas a foolish bird but she
did as he wished her and he plunged
into the water with a mighty noise.
As the. fairy stood by the seashore,
she saw another great whale, afar ofi;
and she jumped into an Argonaut shell,
and went'. to the whale to ask him if
!ic ucrc hnppy. , No I am not,' repli
ed the whale ; 'but I am sure. I should
bey if 1 had been made a horse, instead
of being a whaie. Those beautiful
the peaceful spirit of the unambitious
and thr untroubled faith of the ignor
anthow often lie despises tbe friend
ship, "which he sees is but a selflsh de
sire for temporary importance and
how, in very heart sickness, he shrinks
from the publicity which the world
ic heap upon him, and the rancor
ous animosity it js sutre to bring-in its
train. Content is the whole of wisdom
-the amount of I all philosophy. - Ev
ery class of mankind has an equal
share of happiness and if we donot be
lieve it, it is because we have a more
distinct knowledge of our own troub
les, tlian of any other. We may be
Iieve that if we could exchange places
with the wealthy and the celebrated,
ice should have philosophy enough to
avoid their restlessness and languor;
but we deceive ourselves.. Mortals
cannot escape a uiingled destiny. For
ise purposes, there is a drop of bitter
ness at the fountain; it mixes with all
the .waters of j life; and whether we
drink from an earthen or golden cup,
we cannot escape our portion.
is:
JOS. L.
SIMMONS.
i ia tf
TTN the town ofV
Jl the EXCHANGE
f "advertisement on- our fourth;page) will
1-v offered for 6ale, at public auction, on
llnnday tbe 1st day of Warren Co unty
vourt. Ausrust Term, u not-Dreviousir ois
od of V - !.'"
Notice is hereby given,
To the Voters of Halifax County,
faH AT on the second Thursday in
August, 1830, a poll will be opened at
the followmg places of election, in the coun
ty of Halifax, viz- at the Cojnt IIouse ;in
llnfifnv Town. TFm. Nickel-', (f-rmerly
m:.k. stn Srntland :Keck, CroireUs
Ac Ftnfield. Pevton P Ilervev 5, Jo-
, .i . , .J being brisk and airy,
creatures do not have to wait upon . to r. . -m r
i it' c j i yA beware olbeing captiv
themselves; thev are fed and tenoed, i -i
' , i:i of savage philosophy.
ere
th
1
and their coats
the sun. TVo harpooners pursue them;
no sword-fish and thresher unite to
torrucnt them; they live in. plenty, and
WOMAN.
Women in their nature are much
more joyous than men,, whether it be
that their blood is more refined, their
fibres more delicate and their animal
spirits more light and volatile, or
whether, as some have imagined, there
may not be a kind of sex in the very
sotil; I shall not pretend to determine!
As vivacity is jthe guilt of woman,
gravity is that of. men. They, should
each of the'm, therefore, keep a watch
upon the particular bias which natyre
has fixed in their mind that it may not
draw too murli," and lead them out of
the path of reason. This. will certain
ly happen, it the one in every word
and action afiects the character of be
ing rigid and severe, and the other of
31 en should
ated by a kind
brushed to shine like ! 7 , !r 1 ."J"1 Vi-i. " J
liniiijjmiebs Ljuieiv . urii: uieL- pie-
cautions are not observed, the man de
generates into. a cynic, the w oman in-
lo a cooueite:! the man errows' sullen
die in peaceful old age. It is very . 1 1 -..
I ... , J TP y. A J am morose, the woman impertinent
dMiKTi. ' cnwl thr fmri hat PVPrv . ' -i
mT. I, S and fantastical
By w hat I have said, wc may con
one should be unhappy where God
has placed them; how true it is that
each one knows his own sorrows bet
ter than another.' She granted the
whale his wish, and flew away, well
elude, men and Women were made
counterparts tp one another, that the
pains and anxieties of the husband
whaie n.s wisn, anu new .o a , - . , b? reIiecd by the sprichtliness
contented that she had done three be- , hcouoflhe; wife, when
nevolenl actions.
The next year,; -the kind-Iiearted chcc;funli ftro hand in hand; and the
fairy sought out the creatures sue nan famiIv ,;ke sllip that is duly trim
chanued, and asked them if they were; n;,i10Ci,:i rtr
" ' ' .
The Lot and Houses
Warrenton,knowA as ; x Roads, Enfield, J,
E COFFEE lUsU
thanie Shelton e,(formeily Ja. H. Haile's,)
rrthi nurnose of electing one member ot
hanny. 'Oh I was very silly,' said
the cow. 'when I changed the petty
troubles I bad known and tried, for
greater ones I had never heard ot. I
was a fool to think there was more
freedom in the air, than on the earth.
CASH! CAS HI! CJ SUM!
TVnILL be given for likely yoling
w v iNegroes, on application to either
me subscribers. 1 li
J. II. SIMMONS,
G. W. BARNES,
Julv 8. lftflO . - I id tf
1 ""3V
SPORTS OF THE PIT.
u if lain oj isULKs
Will be fought at Ne w Iiope,
Commencing on Monday the
i'h July nextj for Fifty
Dollars a fiffht and Five
Hundred Dollars tbe o
June IKtb, :30.
18-4td
H5" The Old Dominion y Petersburd
insert the above "l weeks, and forward
Account to this office for collection.
d.
will
the
.V oi. nA two members of the House
lilt: " , 4 fi-ITUl
of Commons, to represent the county of Hal
ifax in the next General Assembly of this
State. Also; on thesamo day and p.accs,
a poll will be opened for the purpose of eUc
tinr a Sheriff for thecnnty ot ,ahax.
ff JAMES SIMMONS, shtrif.
, T tom I v ill
AV FAMILY FLOUR, this year s crop,
( 18300 DUNNS, FERRALL Co.
A FRAGMENT. ,
With what eagerness do we survey,
with what sacredness preserve the por
traits of persons, illustrious for talents
I have lived in perpetual terror of the j and virtue, yet these portraits exhibit
hawks and the guus. V hen I was a the semblance,1 oulv.oi leatures, stam
cow, I used to have my calves to play ! ped by the hand of nature as distinctly
with, at least for a little while; hut now cn the counteiianccj of the savage, of
tho rmel bovs steal my eggs before , a form common alike to the best and
they ae batched. Oh, I wish I were j the most worthless of makind; features
a cow again, wih nothing to do, but that often mark the divine beauty of
to trivc a portion of my inilk, which 1 1 character even from the eye of the
spare just as well as not, for sweet , physiognomist; a lorrntnat oitcn roasns
and comfortable lodging.' The the glorious energies of the mind it
WHOLE BTO. 7C.
-i
through a medium more tmnmnf'
and luminous than phsiognomv; yes
to biography only is the sacred trice
confided, and the holy office devoh rdt
of embalming the memory of departed
excellence in the gratefuf recollection:
of millions unborn, long after the urn
shall have mingled with the ashes it
-ncloses, and the fallen pyramid shall;
have buried the inglorious dust it en
tombs,! "in oblivion's deepcit grave."
Slj.EEP OF CHILD REX.
Infants, from the time of their birth,
should be encouraged to sleep in the-;
night n preference to the day; there
fore, mothers and nurses ought to re--move
tvery thin gr which may tend to?
disturb their rest, and not to attend to 4
eery jall for taking them up and
ing food at improper periods. In
fants cannot sleep too long; when they
enjoy a calm, long continued rest, it
is a favourable symptom. Until the
third ear, children generally require?
a littlq sleep in the middle of the day
for, till that age half their time inaV
safely) be. allotted to sleep. E vry
succeeding year, the time oirght to bo
shortened one hourj so that a child
seven years old may sleep abbutieii
hours.! Children ought to rise at six
o'clock in the summer, and at seven,
in the! winter. It is extremely inju
dicious to awaken children with a
noise, jor to carry them immediately
from a dark room into the glaring
light, or against a dazzling wall: the
sudden impression of light , may def
bilitale the organs of vision, and lay
the foundation of weak eyes. Wet
clothe; or linen should never be al-
lowed to be hung to dry in the bed
rorm, as an iuipurc ntmoFplHre is nh
tendetl with various and often fatal
couseuences. "Banish (says Pro--fesiorIIufeland)
feather beds, as they
are unnatural and debilitating contri-
vance.'! The bedstead should nol
be placed loo ow on the floor; and it
is higiil3' inJ)rop'r' to suffer children
to slej'p on a couch whirh is made
without a suCcient elevation from tho
grounjj. A Book of Health, j.
llohj to never tcant a shWtnc-rl
Yc'sterdaj' . the furniture and oil:cf
moveables, of the late Mr. H. Skaati.
for some vears keener of the CUv
. i -
were sold at auction. Ainopg
articles put up for sale, was a
Ifall,
other
shilling, with' an incription of this
tenor:
while
C4tH June. 10. I v' ' Ctwd and comfortable lodging.' The the glorious jenergies of the mind it
. i snlt fniri- rhanfred her to a cow; iand the 1 embodies; features! liable to be defa-
Just rrccived Ul tU 53weeter to her than it ever ced bv disease, and obliterad by
A LOT of GOVANS superior graSs tnted eet , , ..r nWessentiallv fugitive and
Halifax, June 25.
1C ti
tor sale at ims wmv-i..
jon-PRISTISU
Neatly executed Ui this Office, the waves again-
did Upon innuirv, it was iouuu mat ueam; a lurw r ,e . ,
N. . r ' !.nunnn.( oj cIia in lonrmnt'.m 1 rrpvcrsibl v. destined to
the others were as uuui; .. .u..u.u.w, fj
been The w hale wounded by sword- , moulder into ' clod of the yalley
and pursued by harpoouers, was To biography, and to biography
;' o breath the sweet air of hea- only, it belongs, -ta ponrtray, m co
ven once more, and to build its lours indelible and dazzling, the latent
the green summer oougns; beauty 01 co-i-.w, r
nest among w b-. , " : zmmnr1a mind nn ubitan
;hiTe the horse, whippeu ana guaueu ges o. ---- - "
Always pay your debts, and
you keep this you will ncvr
want a shiIling.,,- The coin was pre
sented to.31r. skaats on the dav of his
birth b y his grandfather. A hole w as
pierced in it through which a string-
w as passed and tied to the finger of
the infant. Mr.. Skaats kept the grift
through a long life of scventv seven
yearsj during w hich time he was never
in want of a shilling. What is sitll
more lo his honor, he attended also to
the ot ler part of the motto, and fonrid
the goodetTects of the punctuality aiid
honesty it enjoins, for at his death he
w as possessed of considerable proper
t'. At the sale of the shilling in ques
tion itstead of being put up wjth some
other old coins and medals belonging;
to thei deceased, it was ofiercd sepa
rately! by the auctidnef. - A tolerably
brisk bidding ensued, and finally it
was knocked down at three shillings
and ninepence. This is about four
per eejit on the principal, a pretty fair
rate for money so long invested; so
that nothing was lot on that score.
Wc dp not know that we ever beard '
of a shilling being turned to a better
account. There are numbers of men
in the community -estimable in other
respects who have; a bad habit of not
paying their debts, probably for the
want of some such constant admoni
tion as that given to Mr. Skaats by
his worthy ancestor. Perhaps they
might procure a fac simile of the in
scription. A. Y. Post -
Pedlars. Of -II thut in tbe world,
gentle reader, did yoo orer hear. ice. cr
read, bf pedbng icrnb-tone? I think
uoL lt Tuesday, boncver, we .atr
one of jthe uoirersarVaiikce ration, with
a waggon load of tomb-stone, at Sehngs
prore. Tbcy ttb finished, and orna
mented, and the purcbaer had but to
an epitaph, wbtcti trie pedlar ia
opon tb t one, nhb aaer.p di
at ta trnlr surprwifg.- He 1S
farobhj
scribed
or to. t
.. - : i nrah a innn r irt as
drinithe'day. and ucd upwryugn er, 7 '"- ofjfound mefiuUe.bo-,
during me uay, r t disolav the ardnr ol i
tl,P nlcht longed for the treedoai of marble, to , dipia ine aro
u " i: !,n I benevolence an aspirauons of genius ,
Union Timtt.