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Clause in the Wj town of. WilUiinglou, ou Thursday , the Uihof DecenJjier, ;l .... ' THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY. . The Wharf, Yard, Stores and Warehouses,. -at. present in possess iov ot the subscriber, and occu- Jkd by W. G. Jackson, Larkins & Wallace, and linuelf, fronting on the Uivtr 00 feet, uod ruu niii buck to a stoue wall about . feet. . The Lot on Front Street,- South of Mr. John ZucAusIan s d belting, including the lee House. " The House and Lot on. Front strssl at present ' occupied by Mrs, Lord. ; ' The Lot oa Market-street, whereon the Firank- in Ensine House'stands. . . .... i Two Lou at the. North boundary of the Town, known us the Tur Yard. - . .) : ? ". A Lot on the Hill, south of the late residence cf Wm. 11. llaley, dee'd. -. 320 Acres of Land,c below the Big or Camp "bell's Island, know .1 us Lord's Greek.- r - 2(X) Acres of Land on -Long; Creek. 200 do ; do oa Moore's Creek and Black lliver. , . A House and Lot at Snjithville, situated on the Bay east of the Garrison, now occupied by Mrs. . Elfc ' Also, a number of valuable NEGROES all of which will be sold on along credit, for bonds with unproved security, beating iutercst ; froni dole. . - ' .. ; AV: C. LORD. EJr of , I jxo. Lord. At tho same time . will be offered on ranie terms, a Tract of 32) Acres of Laud ion Town Crock, the property of the Subscriber. c v ; v. o. LOUD. The BOUND PLACE, with SALT WORKS, &c. tlie property of the late J. U. London. " - ' v - , W. C. LOUD, ttrof ... . J. R. London. November ID: 98-4t Mice Plantation rem WISHING to remove from this part of the country-, JWTer for. sale on - accommoda ting . terms, ray RICE PLANTATION. As -those who inay be disposed to riurehase, would of ' toursij examine the ireini!es, and lh5 place being generally ' well iciutwii iiv-the'' ieighborhood 1 lcrm it uijn'ecessary to enter into any particular -description of the property iheland is good, and eligiyly situated 'for cultivation -and the residmiceJ a hanuotivc one. ' - - i ' A. J. IULL, ; Sans-Souci,Not.l9. " V . 98-Ct. - -:fiv ... , - - ; - JYote Iost H A LL persons nie, cautioned "against tra- ding for a NotedrawiV by William MlTCtr r.M, in ' favor of Nku.l, M'Nortox, as slid "hote i has been lost by' the -subscriber. The original, sum was 13 dollars," on which is a creclij of $ 1 -. -G cents. ' . ;., ' '. ; ' NEILL M' NORTON. Nov. to. . 98-3t.p, V. . VIRGINIA. c State LiOtterij. Tor iht benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Compaifij. ; da JIV. 23; To be drawn on the 29th: Nov; 1834.". x tj Number- Lottery--10 drawn batots. : pickets to be had at the north-west corr nor of MARKET STREET, of GRAND SCHEME. $25,000 One prise of Do. Do. 8,000 5,000 3,000 2yOOO 1,200 -1,000 800 - 600 -406 Ep TICKETS, ?? lO. v The Jurist, Edited by the Hoy. Wai. Craxcii nssisted by Rufcs Dawxs, c. Counsel lor at Law, is published in monthly num bers, of 250 pages, at Q io per annum: Register & liibrary Of Medical and Chirurgical Science ; A Medical Kewspapeft-Kiited bySran yille Sharp Pattison, M D. Professor .of Vo. Do. My. Do. Two of Tell of Vo. Do. Do; Do. Anatomy m Jefleron Medical College, I hiladelphia, .assisted by James Hagan, M. D. published by DtJFF GREEN, in the City of Washington f 4 ' ll Subscriptions to the above works received at the Office of Thb Pjeople's Iress, where specimens of them may he seen, and those desirous of tbtaimng them jqavMsfy ihemselves of their cheapness aud value. , IbC' 1834. . Indiar Mubf Caps FJTIHE Sabscribcra have receiTed - from JUL Roxburjr India Hubbt Vnciixy aa as. sortment of Wafer Pfoof 1 K ; . ZAPS, PJlNTALObm ank tVater PrvofCiTy: They expect a regular, supply of articles man4 ufacturcd at theaboTe meotiooed establishment and orders will' be received for varments of anv uescnpuozi. A. A. BROWN & CO. Not-. I9th, 1834. EL A 3K0 B ALES super) riof quality tl&Yf Just red and for sale-bv BARRY: & BRYANT. October 280. -i ' .1 9Stf.: . - Wilmington Maces. ffnHE31A.Oi:3over this Course will com LL mence on MONDAY. !29thl December next, and continue THREE DAYS.! FIRST DA Y. Mile Heats Puke 8100. r.nrrance tga. , ; - SECOND !).1V,-Trt3 Mile It eats -Purse S150 Eotramse-Sld TUIRD-DA Y Best Thtee in Fiye Purse 5150. Entrance S10. : -JNO.: A. TAYLOR Scc'y. 18th Njember, 1834 98-6t. 03 A Proatetf mee- tino; vyilt be bield at IhejBaptist Meeting House in Wilmington,- to icommence oh Thu rsday the 27th instad will 'be attend ed by Elders, Wm!am,i Fenrrell, Huff barn, Wallace,, Rhetn, and Firiley; and all other Ministerino" Brethren pectuiiy myited to attend. ... -. " . i T -1 -- JNovember 5 i I i ! 0G St. Joticc. fTTIHE Subscriber intruding to close his busi AL ness in this place, requests all those indebt- i to nun to call an1 etde their accounts and ote previous to tho 1st January next He has on hand, a sren 's'rtment of which will be sold ontij. . - t October 8 at redutJJ prices for Cash. v R. BRADLEY. 9&l2t. f 100 Regard, WILL be given for the' apprehension of my . 'Mulatto Man JO : iknown iri WHminp ton as JO: GRANGE) or for ucl information as will lead to my . recovery of hun. j He is some 25 years old rather' 'robusdy made ; stoops consid erably when in motion ; iias something jf a limp m His gait, (tho' no natural infect :) is about five feet seven'inches high; wheh addressed speaks Slow- and rrrMSoVnl.. I "UTI Voc . T11 nf 1 hair; eraveves; ununiisnnl KiimlwrVirWicuiKles about the angles of his niouthjand his tee& -roA discoldred from the ,use of "Tobacco. : He has a scar upon Tiis breast, occasioned either by a burn 6r a blister his chept .very hiiryj , He has Idsof ft strange peculiarity about hi feetj viz. the two toes next adjtiihing the ereat tpe, on each . tbdt, are connected Uvjelher, one half their tength, or to the middle joint of each. He is two thirds white, and when cleanly dressed, f migJb jpass" for a white man. , -' .. j , -;;.. ' M. j -"'.' : . It it expectep- he has taken 8hir)inp Ibr'-the norths and if so, 1 will further give S 100 for such evidence s may convicjt the person or per sons concerned In Bis. abduction, Heleft this between the' 21st and 30th ulL '. H. Y. WADDELL, . :-: , 97 tf. Nov. 12. WIlEREAS, on the 1st Ust Captain Hen ry Taws, 4md the several persons white and colored, composing the crew of the Steamer Henrietta, were arrested at the insianceof Doyle O'Hauloii, for a trespass vi et armis by taking two cords 5f Wood from Etwere Wood Landingt and whereas, the said CapL'l Tawa arid others were acting under the directions of the; Henrietta-' Steam Boat Company, and for whose' acts and doMujs the said Company' is ! responsible ' And whereas, further, I have hecn Assured by the A gent deliverinjr Wood at said Landm, . that the .said Company has the privilege of taking it at all times, which to CapU Taws' was made known, - I, therefore, do publicly call pori alf Gentle men supplying Wood fit tke skid Landing to give mc'eithVr a"-w'rittpn notieeor to notify iliepujjlic Press, of their assent bf deent to the said- ttennetta SteMiu Bcfat Cwnpahy tdnWood at said Landing iu futare, And should Any one at said Laiuiuig be disposed to make A- contract ex clusively with said .Companyj to deliver Pine -or Light Wood at aaid Landing cash shall!- all times be paid to any responsible persanon tlcfrV cry. V. 7; . " : j .t'l:"' ". : j ' ' . : Iohn crusi; :r - M - ndA&pU UJ$. Boat Company Fvyettevnie,NoTember 3,,1834. I 97-3t - At theigiiof khelarge -SHOE. . THE SUBSCRIBERS hav just rejrarned from the -yith a iuHaojtzncTit of r- -'- V BOOTS SHOES, f dDf their own ahufectuire, which tKeyfeel di (psied to sell cheap;o-;: cJJiJ iHtU.?:; Thomson, am ICteCfcana Jtttch Maker -Ok toe.nartksMif: Market Street, OPPOSITE TBE.-MARKT-flOVSE, mETTjRNS his most grateful tliauksto the public for the libu at encouragement e has received, and hopes by attention to'business to deserve a sliare of patronage, lie has jujt re ceived a ijl;cf ir ' Ladies anu GenUamcu'a Gold Lever Watches; Silver, Lever, Horizontal -iutd Vertical A. Cornelian, Coral, and Enamelled Ear Rings, with Brooches to, mateh.-. ' FiDger' Rings, Brooches j Lockets and Breast v Puis ; with a -variety of otli'er articles of - : :J . ; jwEjLRx Also Silver plated. Bread Baskets PlatetTCastors. sdver edgjed. Caiidle Sticks, SntuTers, Trays, Ladles, Table and Tea-Spoons, : -Pencil-Cases, Spectacles, 4- - i . 'Dirk Knives, Rodgeri' Knives and Razors, . Belt and Pocket Pistols, fcc:&c. - Nov. IS. J.- H . , Sftf. ' THE Stdscriblr hav ing ;made new at range ments iq. Business, calls on all persons indebted to make immediate payment, and persons having claims against him, to present ) them for payment to S. M. WEST, who authorized to settle the sanie. , GEO, R. FRENCH. THE Business bereafte'r will be conducted under the firm of j -GEOlR. FRESCn&Co. rectlV under the PRINTING OFFICE, where tliey. solicit the patronage of their friends and the public in general. They intend keeping a ex tensive assortment of j ' . - GEXTLEMEXS &. LADIES' BOb T S and IlOBSf the most 'tf" which yitl!;te expressly made for thein, aivl will be-warranted equal to any 'for neatness xui durability ,f to"Ler "found in this mar ket. ' "I ' ' - . GEQ. R. FRENCH, !., . .S.. M.I WEST. . . ' : ; Augdst 00th, 1834. ' . 85-tf. For Salt or McM. coafortable 2 story Wooden HOUSE, sit uated on the cornei of Red Cross and Fourth Streets, with all .necessary outhouses, and a gar den spot well enclosedcomprising i) Lot. Apply to - i " ' ' r ; I'- JOSHUA JAMES, or in Ms absence io , ' . . . I JNO. S; JAMS & 00 Nov. 12h. ' ' V- s . U7-3u " '. -' - " : i- . ' To Ment. r THAT commodious Store, with a Ware .MACRAE & PEDENS. ' Apply to- ': ' AMES F. McREE. September 24. :j 1 . D0-tl D E A R B O AT'j S P A T E N T Balances. AN ASSORTMENT of the -ahoye BAL ANCES and Appa ratus, , corrstantl v o liand, from the Pf, . pfletor, and for sale :l BARRY & BRYANT. Octe.9, 1633. . )., epw,lx71.40-tf. .. OF NOUTH OAKot,IN A. MOTlCEKs hereby ven to all whom it may concern, That the Notes of the:issuetf the Wilmington Braneh of tlris Bank will in future be redeemed at die Counter of the Bank of . Cape Fear in Wilmington Atatjy time wherrpreseuted duritg Bank hours. "jj:" ' , ' D. W; STONE, Cashier. Monday, 10th of NoVr 18347 074t.pd. A LARGE assorl ment of Fashionable FmRNiTt7REf consist id'of pureans," Ta ,tles. Sideboards, Sbr fas, Field and "high post Bedsteads, fancy UU IMVUOVJ Eoc.king; dav toile & Wash Hand Stands, Cribs, &c. &c. , . CdustarlUy oa hand ncd iTorsale.'bv -7-' : -' . - SCARRY & BkYANT. Octo79tii,i833. j; !.40-tf.4w,h7d. Tl fS HROSprune MOLASSIS, JXW lpbaCouee,) 1 - ; , Cheese aud Butter, I 1,!- . 1 ' Fresh Teas 6 lbs ami 13 lbs Boxe ? Beat Fanity Flour, barrels and half . barrels, ; Bockwheat in quarter barrels, ; .FayeUeville Flour, ' - ' Superior Madeira Wine and Champaign. i v ; . -a w., brown. . 13th NovembeR' L . ' - . 974hv- . .' ' :'':-.,.. . ' 7;- '- ooinrxssxozx utinxi&f 2 12!G2Tat? VjLE,Z,JE9 V. Consignments .solicited. v ' i Salts dud Reniltincesir.adt viitAdcsvxitfu jlessw. BAUHT 4 BUT AfT, 7 miiJiixGTQX'iK c . -. i - i i - ...... i 1' ich Fanpifid. im. u SLMPSON has just returned from com pleU asgprtment of DO GOODS & GZ10C to whiclj he invites the attention uf pur chasers.is he is determined to sell a j a very Jea&ouable advance,. for CASH or in bartbf for country produce. His stock consuls Am part of, BroaCcloths, Casirheres & Satmets, - FiffUredShally, a new nrtide ! Chinchilla Caps Fur, Wool aiid Silf Handkerchiefs, of all decscriptions, Thread Insertingsr, Lace Caps, i Bobinet and Lace edging, Blond Veils, Boreicre. Silk Aprons, . atin bowed Stocks, Gloves in variety, Assorted Helts, Figured Velvet, Bead Bags and Purses, ' Canton and other Shawls,: Bobinet Capes and Collars, Worked Collars, Capes, -Corded Skirts. v A splendid assortment cf- Children $ TOYS, and dressed DOLLS . UMBRELLAS. Cotton and Silk- Brown ahd Bleached" Shirtiriirs Plaid ad Lug eh j Merino Indigo Checks- Hose and'hiilf Hose Osnaburs Ifish Linens. ''7- L REAPY , . ....!- MADE CLOTHING, I3f VARIETY. ' an colors oiioes auo ooois,' Gentlemen's ana I idis'-iRose and Point Blankets, Bit a acd JerJ ' A Full rtKsr-rvot-'ct DR I LLI IS 'J Ca u ib IMC: Aviirt. artd coVd Muslins Bed TickiBomba zette; Pearl & other j Buttons; fc'usperiders. China, Glass, Cn-cfcery WARE. , Th assortment of these articles is ve ry beautiful, and worthy" -the attention 6X those in need .' -j. gujXS, pistols, & pinks, - SOMi VERT SUPtKIOR. .7 j . Itcaily made CLOAKS, Gentle . meds and Ladies'. I TOILE'IV MA NtLE. & PARLOR Plough an d T, r til ON SlTEELI 50 Kegs WAIZaSi from '4d to 20d WHITE & Blown Sajrar Molasses. Imperial, Hyon, Young Hyson, f aid Hyson Skin TOoiree Lonl4 and Lump-StJOAiii White and Brown Loaf. Cogx BRANDY, Jam. xf N. E RUM, Part 4- Malaga - WINE, WIIISKE if. APPLE JCK, GIN, ? 80 Iuigs Powder, 100 Baa-s Shot, Salt 'Pet re. Copperas, Cassia," -Nuimes, Allspice, Pepper, SnuS. Tobacco, ( Jitst 1 chop) Spanish and American Segars. blfee ROAS TJEiJS, Patent. Cloth Caps, Knives & Forks, Pen & Pocket Knives, Vidl ins, Fringe, Clarkrs; fepool CoUon, j Percussion Caps. NEGRO CLOTHS Clark's extra Superior AXES, lara sols, Pins arid Need es Cross Cut Saws, iun Locks, Horse Fleams, Curtain Pins. Store remoVed tfcree . doors West of Uxe olTl ttCall and Examine. 42 . October T5j 1834. . 03-tf. Williahi Jl. Williams, At the old Sld-nd cf Savage Williams, . cn the' North side of Clarice t Street, next ; door to MiHurlbiLtf s large Hat, A fJl AS just openfcd a larpe and well selected as Uli sorunent jjf DRY GOODS, suitably to die season, coniprsing.every article in-uta dry goods line for Ladies and 6emlemen,. which -he will sell on the mosx reasonible enn,s tor Cash only, or a sliert credit to those yv1h are. punctual in tlieir payments,-finding'- it (from a few years) expeTi enccY.iinroii.sibl to do a lotiir credit business with' k advantage either to tle purchaser or himself. ) la ins aiioruneui is a srsuii anu Handsome va riety of..- J -V ..j j . CASSIMERES, TESTINGS; SAT . TINETSJ NEGRO CLOTHS, j . AS D :4 Among tlie assortme4 of CixJTHf ?s a piece ot Extra sup'r TwUhd Black CLOTH, w arthv the aUtuUon otaav one- wtw wt3lrs a ,'iw CUvtt. I "ALSO. "'-' r, " : ' A new sfappfy of firit quality TEAS, SU GARS, a n I .other Uruecfies. . The Hnieiaic Vegetable IJ nicer $a MedicineifihiBrUisJkCMgt of Health which have attained that high degree of celebrity wmcarenoers K,uunecessiiry w wpaiiiue uugtj 1 - J 5 . 1 on their virtues a nd power, re -for sale at the ja- ibove described Stbru. October Zfch. 5-tf. tPW f Just fee'd and ?oriialety BARRY & BRYANT. KollUi 77 ' v. STEA TLX JiXECVfE V ; ATTIUS OFf ICE. MISCELLANY. A correspondent of a Southern paper speaks in the following terms of the Pub lie School system of New-England--of which; above all her admirable institu tions, her people have just cause proud : r ; v te be "The school houses of New England have been tailed the fortresses of Nev? England. -You see them iri the country every-two miles or K4ss, on almost every ' important roaq ana every, oooy Knows or ought o know that New EnglandMs cut up tvhh roads half rofads 1 was going to "say. These Free SchOob.Avhere the poor a re eJucatet! nt the expense, of the rich, I verily believe, give that pecu liarity df which I have ,spoken;:to: the whole Yankee. nation. They arouse; and stimulate whatever of intellect there is in a man7 They foster enterprise and emu-' latioft; - Thev educate" to a certam lex- tent all" the people. "Hence New iEn gland men have the benefit tllat educa tion always cives the ardent thirst for Unowleckre and for - intellectnal and mo ral achievement: -Thev aim- hfffli and feach high. Work, they - must or starve, the soil is' not the bountiful giver of for iruits oi a sou under a boutuern sun . the climate is' cold, the summers short. and then conies growling nre No- vember, and fiercely raginn; winter, xvllh its- ice and its storms,, so that- drlu inati then eats up from October to. May what may be gathered : the rest-of tho timet Thus "necessity-demands the exercise of faculty; -and eur free schools ; teach 4 a 11, how to use them to the best advantage III the large to Whs and cities, ev ry j thin''' ts done that can be done to sthhu .Tat; aiid arouse the body. The most t perfect equality exrsts in all schools Tne Dobrest boy in the free school ft E-ls he as high and as pebud as the son - of richest. ''You do not mean," &i id CJ Barbour of Virginia, after visiiing ! superb schdols of Boston, which he he iid- mired very much ' that these schctds dre freef9 -Indeed I do said the scheSl remmittee man. " Yoa remember , boy that got the medal in the cla'ssj havciust examined; and the boy that I 1 l" i ne we pst it ! tue iti'st is . uie son pi mat woou-saw-3'er there (pointing to a man who 'was sawing wood in the street,') and' the se cond is the son of John uunrcy Adains, the President of the- United States.!1 The Virginian stcired in "astonishment at a snectarie like this, and no'longer won dered at the prosperity of New England. But the other day 1 was at the vs'f hob! dinner in Bostona dinner given to; the boys who have won tho medals for supe rior scltolar'sliip--and a long table, ex-' tending the whole length of Fanueil "Hall, was filled up withas bright nud . I 1 1 . M I . .4a. told, were from the poorer or mtddl - 11 ! iduie j classes of the city; The Mayor addres- sed them, and toasted them as une 3vr eis.of Boston.' Old Fanueil .Hall "rang with thunders of applause. The Lieut, Governor of the Commonwealth boas :ed that he Was educated in the samechokils. The tables werefilled with distinguistied Klen -educated in the same irianneri a mdng whom was Dj.nil Weester, the boy. of a free school and schoolmaster himself!' - The stimulus these boys tiietv received, they will never forget to the day of their death. .It is.an era in thjeir livei-ifis an imnulse which .will move them -in everv tiling it is "a pledt-e that . w . j - .j ihiy will never be false to themselvvs iiror their country. These free schools do a double; duty they not onlT educate the poor4 .but -they open to the ambitious- and enterprising; young man, the avenue upon which he can" advance still farther in the pursuit of. knowledge. 'fhe pay which he re ceives -for instructing in them enables him to obtain acollegtata educatidn and yet that pay is.ndl much, " sometimes as low as tendVllars - per month, seldom over twehtvv But upon this he' advan ces, and thus gradually obtains an eda-J cation. - 7 At this season tt the-. vea". lue aczae-i . .... . --. i inies are crowded witK young ine'a tine? themselves to keep sitliool. A Ifrt; few months study makes an - instructor b -a man ! And" the business of school keep ing is so pleasant, -that mriy fush into it: The;scbool master in NewfBngtand rs the great ttlaH-of his districTr-all look! up to him all httend to him-Akiitdness ex-.haasts-its efforts updo him.- Is a social party to be givern whbso qtiickly thought of' as tlie school master? Is a grave question' to be'sVuledwho so good as the school niasteV? - A41 eyes are upon hi ra aU hearts heafts disengaged at least I . : . - .-,.-.... .- - . . ' "ii- kAL: -arej uur ii oe ;cuy.w ,u "r-- 4 he toefit lootMS UDOn 411s laoie : tue wee rdme" hand V'is ever sirett hed to ehyer him. Enter, he can, wherever ne p ea- sea, and all are prpud of hil copany Thrs licence to the school master, ma 1 hifil lb petfofm4 his' dutf . "ThisJ tooL is whatr makes I ew ln Pland schools i so excellent. Alll ton see there are burse- fies' ottdlenr, of ebierprisef of skill, ef m ddstry ; and this; it is. which roakeshe snirueu dovs as can irv iuuuu uu ihv v.5i , n . . r . ' f , , . 7. ..e . ... , 7 e shoulders a statue of the virgin Mary. -of the earth two thirds of whotn, I tyas ,p, ;. .utr., 1 pie. Bue more ttf2on. ' 'J Scott's Habits of CoxposrribV. . Sir Walter composed with "great facility . and was so borne or hurried along that his brain resembled a high pressure en gine the steam cf which was perpetually up every time he entered his study and lifted a oen. LaUerlv. hu didatLd and we have- heard his' amanuensis say that he paced the aparimeht jinder great -emotion, and appeared morte like a rapt seef than an. ordinary mortal while compoyig ; be celebratud dialogue between the Tern- 4iar and trie lair Iiebecca.7- Mr. William Laidlaw is himself a man of genius, feer ing and taste : "nch ivas the e flixt u pon hi? own nerves that he frequently paused ad placed his bauds onliis tempos front excess of sympathyso that we might say of hhs racked faculties much mofo trary than was siiid of Prior, after his conJ verse with the literary and titled great . -'Strainftlto the height . - . In that cel.'stktl colloquy iublhne. Dazzled and snnt, ualt down iaJ idught rt'fose. Th ere are anluors, -as there are pain- fc?rs, whose frt6 resides in the" bold 'off hand slVle ofcotnpos'ition.-and who pro duce by breath of outline and touch what Others supply by laborious, . minute, and iuuii ucot. u uiiain.r. uiiu.uio lujvircu I by tieing neld too closely to the eye, those. oi the other rise, m our estimation, the nearer w approach them, and amply re1 pay the most leisurely and microscqpid examination. Sir WaYter4 went to work like Sic Henry Ruck burn, and exercised the same witchery in the management of word3 that his cotemporajy did in lights and shado ws. Washington Irving to take' 'cax one example; is a painter of qiiite.jk. different ca.Nt: every thing with him 14 delicate and sliidied, "and in eivitirr - the palm o his manner, we must Still contend j tfeut his mauer siirs correspondingly ia nav originality: .. Dumfries -CurUr. 7 BraNixa JtCo-?iveaV-iK';SrAiN.- The magnificent 'convehl tif Arauuzi .'" contained 4 GO friars, and - was the focus of. revolt in the pariust provinces. 7 It was" filled with all thernycessa-fK,saud1uxiirics of life, andlhe holy monks wiib profess-. -ed. self-denial audpoverty wallowed in i dle'nesi and luxury. The Carlist .co'ari- LciJs of war were held' there, large mag, zines of -arms and powder were formed within th walls, and some of thejnonks had jollied the Carlist 'army . The Con vent was situaled:in 1he centre of a rocky' mountain, and presented a iifost. 'plclia resqne appearance. The apartments of tlie monks were elegant. On the flight.- , of the seventeenth of August last, - Gen. Rod if,' who cbinmanded the '-queen's forc es, sent a party of troops to. set fire tp this. iriassy edince. They ordered out the fri ars, who marched bfl", bearing 'on their i ucauiutt'13 luiu uiunt nit iiuuto. iu-uii- ' , , j i : r i i!fl-r L r 3 nnrl inrmiA. rti (- i f'i-riil in KrTI-rnt parts of the edifn'tj, and in a few minute the whole con vent was in a blaze. Tbrf rright was dark, and; the- glre -ofthe flames; illuminating ; the mountains S?nd woods, for'many leagues around, present ed a grand and. terrific spectacle.' The, soldiers sat around the -intraense bonfire, 7 drinking the wine of the mooks. " t Th e most ho r r td pa r t o t the sto ry re-' -mains to be told ; if makes one. almort so rry that the soldiers did not burn np lho. cruel, rascally monks in- th fiames cf theU" I bnvent,"- Before they set fire to l(ijSf, buildrn?, they found u. subterranean duur gt oh, with a massy iron door, they pVt-' Ceived by the liiiht of ra lantern a hunAn being. lying on the ground, of whom, the following account is lven io a letter frbrn Spain-, published in the London Sun : - Mire wasfchained to a ring lhsfened i the Avail, and was.reduced to a mereskel; eton l?ie Ward reached to his waist, h yas naked, and the bones' nearly protru ded through bis skin. A phchtir of wa ter and a few crumbs' of bread lay near him. On bearing the dodropen, he rais ed iis iiead, and exclaimed; Thank Gbd; voir have at lstt cothe to put an end tb my sufTerings," -imagining that the monks Lad come to hotilyliis execiitioh Wheri askr ed who and what he was. he-informed thn bfSccr3 of tlie tjueeu s tfops: that he had ; been 11 years immtired.ro that dun geor; that his food had Levh, the whole of thru . time a scanty supply of bread and'ivaUT, ; thathe tadfrequently beensc'oured by thW . monks 7 to extort :conhV?sibni3 of -crimJe.-which i he neter comiLittfHi' Hir -only crime was that of being a liberal, during the cstkutional-sstem. .When told he . was at liberty, he berame lihe 'a raadmati,- He could not bear' the light of day-, and fresh air had'such.an effect on him that he swooned awat." - 7 -- - V . ' - :'i.- -hyirllnnFtcn, ' Gxsclte. - ' . - 11 " r !:.':- -.7 TTo3.--An ubiisuaiiy &g quanti tyof Coitoo hisorrired. id 7 our nrarkii within (he past wek, ahd has mel !- with ready sale at ourqoanons. anaouniou Corn. &c.rhave arrived inJ large;. flaanti 7 ties, so that our streets iiaye beeu ihrcogf. , A .:k winnn and fitirH anirfiationTiii r cu iu jjvw, - -, : been exhibited, both im, the putchait1 JtsJ nroduee and salt, of coods, than ve ili vC noticed at any previous lime do rhi thf iircsett SQ&far-Fdvellckil!:. Qtetvi4 -- t S3 Cm ; r. - -. " v-
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 26, 1834, edition 1
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