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..vV.fJ 3 Wr "MLHM.Bi.g wni wwi w, ..-. i ii t "nT"MMMMM"M"'"T 1 r"Tn m wii y , , ,f,, . M ..... ,..T "thV.u. j.4j. '-I.... v I'rom the CapKl?rarllecorder. ....... j Our political iiemif Ucrc drew up (! gaze, Of Philosophers, Statesmen au lien fifty )eurs8inee1t bri ke forth 'In ablaze, Of light tliat sliall triumph for age. a remarkable wftjjr.of shaking his head. They travelled in a pos roach; and wliilo tliy were going thejfitst stage, iil'tcr1 each had made jficrry wi-li h is ncig 1 1 b o r V i o fi r m i t v rtlPy .Km'di eyrryjiaiting place I hey would all affect (lie same insularity. ' AVhen they came t breakfast they were all Jo squint, and as the countrymen stood gaping round when they first allighted Ad rot it, said one, how that man squints!' Whyd n thceWys the second, here he - another' snuint'n fellow ?' The third was thought to be a better squ infer i Iran the other two, and the fourth better titan all the rest. In short, language cannot express how admirably they squint ed,.for they vent on a degree beyond the superlative. At dinner they all appearedto have cork legs, and they stumping about made more diversion than they had at breakfast. At tea they were all deaf ; but at supper, which was at the ship at Dover, each man resumed his character, the bet ter to play his part in a farce they had concerted among them. When they were ready to ga to bVd, Cib her called to the waiter, here you of the just. fellow, take out my teeth ; J ecth, In t4wjro Two -Mart of that heoiipliere havj lately set, . , While the teara of a nation pursue them; Arid there's nought more sublime than a people regret, , : When they moorn for the loss of a chieftain. 1,'bey were chieftains to guide our po- lilical bark . ' Safe o'er a tempestuous ocean, With a new constitution they found an ttrk In the spirit of freedom's devotion. - Their memory mast now be a nation's trunt, The 'de en shadows of darkness are closing On the head of the wise, rn the heart reposing, The day that their pens have embla zoned nith light, Which commences the page of our atory, When they told to the world that op presionN ditrk iiv;!)', HeaHi'd the dawn of the day of our glory. On that day when tl-py triumph'd o'er Monarch and Kings And ihftr sword tu their country had given, all earthlv Huijci And prave their souls to their own native heuven. wire, and yiiill find t he) all come out together Altt r some hesitatiin, r he" man did as he was ordered. This was no soouei p'rformecT than a se cond cned out ? lure, y.u t .ike out my eyei. 4 How, sir ?V Cnme here, you stupid dog, pu I up tliateye-did, and it will come, out as easy as pos sible I This done, a third cried out, here you Tascak Jake iff my leg ! Mijs he did with !es9 reluctance, be ing before apprized that it was a cork, and also supposed that it was Magna civitas Magna soliludo. Here all is heartless hollow loud, Vaio flittering show and empty wound ; Society's a lonely crowd Pleasure the same dull, tedious round. One heart to love one lip to press One friend to trust, in some wild Were lens a waate oh, ten times less Than this wide solitude of men. VARIETY. One of tne editors rrcollectH (and he is not in the habit of forgetting ) that uhrn comparatively a child, he was invited to dine, at Boston, with a living friend. After being sealed awhile, listening to the observation of men whose age and piety almost Jed him to an adoration, a young clergyman -entered, and seeing the veuYrable Arch Bishop Carroll, of the Catholic Church. Bishop I'arker, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, ftlr. Klliott,of the Presbyterian, and I)i. Sttllman, of the Rapist, sitting on the 6ame,sofa, lifted up his liandb , nwVrxciaimrd, Can it be possible "that 1 find the heads of lour denom inations sitting together; The Arch Rtaiiop' instantly answered, .Why fdmuld wv not Hit on the same seat here ? We intenjl to be Chrts ians, "ar.d'l believe good ones. 1 trust we sh, H o( ( Upy the same seat In llea viMr." )lo valuable would it be to society, u iW men, of whatever reli. gion, had the same charitable feel-. infa. Tlse "earth would Pgain ap proach nenreryits primitive paradise. ( Vrrtm's Lhulnjrion. his last iob . He was. hovvevcr. mi An excellent' (SIUO & HAUNKSS, nearly new Apply av this Otlice: v August 2, 1820 1511. SCHOOL-BOOKS'. Just Received and for sale at this Of fice, a variety of School Hooks , consisting in pari of Webster's, Dilvvorth's. Murray's and iew York spelling Jiookf, Murray Knglisk Reader, Sequel to the Kngliah Reader, lutroduetion to the English Header, English Grammar, (largo and small.) liiercise and Key, ! lionnycastles Algebra, Key to Algebra, Smiley Geography and Atlas, Pike', and Dilworth'a Arithmetic. WalkerY Dictionary, GarneltN Lectures, . Blair's Catechism, Copy plates, &o. dSiASSicAL iBOOKS. Lexicons, Greeca Minora, Greek Tesia-tientB, Virgil Delphini. David oh,a Translation of Virgil, 8ollust, Ctesar, Viri Uomee, Selectee KVeteri, Corueieus Nepos, Mafr't Int roduc tion, Adam's Latin Grammar. lluoV (rpvlr Grammar. -- f' ALSO iievial of the Laws of North Carolina, Potter's Justice, TdylorsDigest, Martin on Execu tors. Family Bibles, Watt's Psalms and llymns, Partrature1 of Quakerism, Watt's on the Mind, &c. &,c. Fine and common Writing Paper, by the quire or ream. iCJ Orders for Books that are oat on haud can be Glled at a few davs Greensbora' Aug. 2, 1820. DKJ. A.FOULKES Having returned from P.hiindeU phio, wht) re he has been ationding a course of, Medical Lectures in tho University of Pennsylvania, respect fully informs his friends and the pub' lift in generally, that he intends com mencing immediately, the practice of Medicine iu its various branches, in thejTuwn of Greensborough, the vi cinity, and in the adjoining Counties, when his services are required. f lie has purchased the House and Lot owned hy Dr. Watson, as well as the whole of bin Medicines : These with tlie addition nf those he purcha sed in the City nf Philadelphia, will make, it is presumed, a Shop not in ferior to any in i ho slate. Persons from the country, can be supplied with Medicine ou reasonable terrns ; Physicians whoso assortrmjot may bq broken, will on application, be sup plied at a moderate advaneo on tho prime eost. v y ihosewhojeqiHre his professional ' ser.vieesmaXreiyn hi promptness aod punctuality, ns well as his best. exertions1 to servo them faithfully he ean promise no more ; the tests of his medical skill can only be applied by a candid and geoerous publie, when they become sufficiently ' ae- quaitHed with him. . weensoortMjgn An? tt af 183 ;Hf? portunity, and while the poor af frighted fellow was surveying with a Antedate of the .celebrated Mr. Cibber. This sdange, eccenliic wag, in company with.thite other hnu.Vi. vaotsTrn ntlTrtrri exenrsioti to France. Oie had a false set'of teeth, a beennt! -a el. ss rte, a Ihitd n cork leg, hut rueful countenance the teeth, the eye, and leg lying upnn the table, cried out, come here, sfrttake off my head! Turning round, and seeing the man's head shaking like that of a manda rin upon a chimney piece,, he darted out of the room ; and then, after tumbling head long down stairs, he ran about the house, swearing that the . gentlemen up stairs were certain ly all devils. Loaves and Fisiies. A Clergy man in Scotland desired his hearers never to call one another liars, but when any one said the thing thatwas not they ought to whistle. On Sun day he preached a serm n on the pa rahlr of the loaves and fishes, and be ing at a loss how to explain it, he said the loaves werej nol like those now-a-days, they were as big as some of the hills in Scotland ! lie had scarce pronouncod these words when he heard a loud whistle, WU,t is that (says he) caVme a liar ? It is I Willie M'Donald, the ba ker," Well Willie, what objections have ye to what 1 ha' told you ?' 4 None Massa John, only i want to know what sort of ovens they had to bake those loaves in.' Jin Awkward Mistake. A Coun tryman travelling iu the Highlands of Scotland, when the biiow was drifted so as to be lev el with some of tho cottages, actually stept into a chimney top and fell souse into a large peat lire. Confounded by this sudden transition, and perceiving no'hing hut fire about him, he thought he had got into the infernal regions. The.terrified inmates pull ed him out of the flrey much fright cm d and a good deal scorched. Those men who "cstroy a health ful constitution of body by intern perance,-aiuLan irregular life, do-ts mnifeatly kill themsh-ves, as those who hantr, or poison, or drown TUB SUBSCrilBEli respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he still continues to car ry on tho Coach 8$ Gigg Making Business, in all its various branches. Orders for any kind of work in his line thankfully received and prompt ly attended to ; his prices are as low or lower as "can be afforded in any other place in the state. BI3NJAMIN OVERMAN. N. B. -Coaches, Giggs, Carryalls kc. repaired on the shortest notice. -Greensboro' June '2g;l0tf.l, WT. THE LADIES' GARLAND. Is a paper containing miscellane ous literature, and, as its title pur" ports, dedicated to the ladies. Con tains, however, matter of interest to the general reader. It is published weekly at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, fa place celebrated for its romantic scenery,) and it comprises in each volume 208 quarto pages of small type. The advance price is only one dollar and twenty-five eents per annum, which makes it the cheapest publication of the kind in the United St tes. It will be furnished, bound in boards, for one dollar seventy-five cent, rout-matters or others who for ward, Tree of postage, five dollars, for four numbers, will be entitled to an extra number for the trouble-. Copies of the first and second vol umes can be had on application. The third volume will commence imme diately. Harpers Ferrft -May. 18,1826. Dr. It. Pi WILLIAMSON. I'HH I1KR LD OE SALVATION. Will be published at Philadelphia, " Aatni-raonthly. containing eight pages octavo, anu constituting a volume oi nearly suo paga s, atone aoitar per year, payablo by tho city subscribers, in advance, and in S'X months by those in the country The work will be conducted oy toe subscribers, and devoted to the pro motion of impartial grace and salva tion the illustration of the sacred scriptures and tbe defence of the " gence will besought and presented, and brief and interesting extracts in- v serted, with a;vrew to public edifica tion, moral instruction, and the ad . ' raneement of tho emp;re of Christ. . sr. "SMirHi V; PITT MOUSE, Editors who insert tho foregoing, and forward theirtpapers, will receive : 'The Herald" in exchange i AUCTION SXLIfe THE Subscriber begs leave to in form his friends and the public gene rally, that he intends selling off bis entire Stock of Goods at JPUBLIC AUCTION, 'At August Court next; the Goods will be put up in small lots so as to . suit p'irchasers ; the sale to com-. ;' -t' mence on Monday, and continue frbnx,v ' - p, day to day until all is sold Now is your time, come forwatrd and yon shall have goods on your owu terms, as I intend to sell without reserve. i also have the right of a number of States, of Bailey's Highly Impro ved Corn Shelling Machine, which I offer for sale. This Machine is con sidered superior to any that have ever been invented for Shelling Corn, it is simple aod ebeap, and within the' reach of every Farmer, it will bp sold in lots to suit purchasers on ac-fl commodating terras. v1' JACOB HUBBARD. Greensboro.', N. C. July 26, 1826. OFFERS his professional services to the T-wn of Grceusborough and i he county nf Guilford. Ho hujie fier receiving the, beat opportunities .ti liis Medical education, and some xperience iu the practice, to do jus-! - . teo to patients that may be entrusted io his care. He has .ripened his. Shop a the eastern wing of Slado's new uldig, where :he an always be lundj ftxeept when absent on proTjs lional business.. LOTTERY The Drawing of Mr. Murphy's Lottery will commence on the 2d Monday of September next. Per sons wishing to purchase 1 ickets can he supplied by applying to Dr. Me bane or Christopher Muring, Esq. of this town. ' July 12, 1826. 12 nt I Blanks anil all kinds of Printing done on the sliort est notice, ana in t3t rea sonable tcrm$ at this Ofiice 4': " "TT"' ,; t hcTut; ilfnrotiiiWpartic vefr 4...oii. nlf ' . ' .
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