; f m-A;ytm' (4 1 .: -iU3
V ' ' " ' -r .. V ' . Ourreihe p!ant of fair, delightful Peace. . ' j' : : ' :, ' '. ' -f--'" ' ; . V:'v' - A-" V .' '!,!
' V ' f ' . MUnarp'abxtpartY tagg to live like Brotbet." j ii ' 1 J 7-1 -- " 1 '' "'. ' '
V0L. XXm "rr.'. , " FIUOU'. NOVEUBER14, I82.V ' r i,-' -J; f ; '.Jf-' BnS
1 f
NOVEMBER.
from Poiihon' American Daily Advertiser.
V- the trumpet of November Mows, "
The winter trumpet 'till its failing breath
Goes moaning" into silence.
BABHT CORWAlt.
Then veVorne cold ; welcome ye snowy
niirhts; .
Heaven mi'lst -our raje shall mingle pure
And confiflrnce of hope the soul snsta'ti,
VbH devastation sweeps along1 the plain ;
vf hall the cliiUl of porerty despair,
jut Wes the Power that rules the changing
1 year, if
Assured, though horror round hi cottage
TK,t ;rrin'r will come, and'natur smile a-
gain. " BLooMriKXj.''
Tlie season, whirh now approachp
fait as the utnvari(l wins of fime.j
different emotion. Th wealj!iv and
gaveTpect it a th tim t laurh and
the time to dance," uhilstthe helMe,
wretched poor, read on it front the
fnrlrtrn inscription,." The tiin to weep
jrtd the time, to mourn." To theie it
c-.mes laden with all the gloomy 2S;ra
ations ofiniserv, whilvt to th others
it advances decked more jraudily than
, flowery Spring:.' or teeming Sum
mer. Other look to it as the. season
f so' id ami lasting enjoyment. The
lab orious husbandman the father of a
brie and happy family, vthn now en
joys with them the bountiful rewards
of his toils, and looks blithely to the
rM?n of frost and snow, and the con
genial homely pleasures- of a rustic
winter, nref ents a scene as beautiful j
and felicifoiis as can be imagined. The
man of business also recollects that
lhU i-thp time for enioVinjr the mot
j eialted-hlessinps of the t!happy family
circle the domestic hearth -social
ir-tr rcuiirse.- lie can imajihe iUU so
cial principle, to- address him, in. the
words of a native poet : ?
Put know 'twas mine the secrct'powcr
Haf w?ked thee at the midnight hour
In blea.lc November's reign ;
.'Twas I te spell around thee cast,
When thou didst hear the hollow blast
Jn murmurs tell f pleasure past,
That ne'er. shall come again.
The student hails the season so pro
pitious to his pursuits, when his seclu
sion presents such a striking contract
to the b'oiwterous state of naturfe w!irh j
cannot now attract I ira from his applt
calioM. and steal from him unawares
tKe substantial pleasures of his choice.
In shi.rf, the rreat proportion ol iu;in
lind h;tvecVife to look forwaffl vviih
pleain2 exportation to the increment
seaon which this month will .intro-
riace. "The hunfan mind, not affected
the other parts of patufe are by in
tcnifr, Hirrands t'and invijrorates &II
aroutMl iK - The genial influp'e of the
Mter. viifiie.o' .called into exercise ex- !
tends ihriiirjrhotit all", the actions tojt
which it prompts, am! imparts heauty
and all its proper dignity to the, human
"harar.ter. Tle feelings of affVction
ar.d bnfvolence, which cive us our
or.eriority,grow anl strengthen; tlieir
inp- s.- far from heillff chilled of.blast-
, . a , ; . 1 1
fd by the fcterile face of all around it,:
Wst'iuto new exertion .and rire tiie
1 1
l'd bieat w rtli increased ardor.
'hen a-tnan is. sut. op, and i"iso -
Jated, as it wre,. Iv4he fv:nl of i.a-
ture herself, io a:eson witere there
is little to .draw him forth fobrave its ;
fierceness and power, he is more in-
ciined and better able to fieaf and obey
'e voice of conscience, which though
Krhars enuallv active at other periods,
overpowered by inure pressing i
Noughts. - Natuieis banen, but the
erni of productiveness, srill exists to
1?ud and bWis(un'iu it own right tune :
th? s'strtc o'vax tiin-" i?evenly
pniitiple "of sociality, w!.i; u.vfnaocnes
iin :. .' . -..": -a. " . : - . i
!
' .
"i who vverv injn iuai i.s j.ki r
2rat. i biinareitti v hfdden in ihe innl-
"pliciij : of vexa'ions aidl 'carc,..btit : !
Hi'en opportunity prei?nts, it n in ex- :
ert its force, and exhibit its life. For
"ch exertions thefapproaching season ..i
asis of angrv. storms, te
A. T I. 1.. t
i. a l tin I 1. 1 . Q
"the elements, and tle
rt--t;, T. H
devastatioiis
" incleuei;cy-tthef mild spirit of
l; rity will ;walk unmoved, and whilst
'Milujing her blcssinj on the inUera-f
,e .hiecti which" everv where-meet ntf.e Greeks, and of; treat aritioUitv a- v
view, the tearful-smile of those ;
e hat raised : Troin death' to vfaipted ljr. the latter until -towards
bean, amid.t the horrid the Pcl,?ef',l,e republic ;. britit
nature, like the bow, ot,nea-, wards became universal, and wa$ con- -
,nc iiiisi. auu, uvonuvuuu
elements. Aud for this
say with Campbell, j j
. ' 'i
Thn, su'en Winter, bir mv prayeT,
jnd gently ride the -ruined year ; '?
Nor ch'dl the wanderer's bosom bare,
' Nor freeze the wretch's fslling tear ;
To shivering want's unmantled bed,
t Thy horror-breathing agues cease to
lend.
And mild'y on the orphan head
Of innocence descend !
Novemher being the ninth mo'ntb of
the ancen,t yfr was, so called from
the cardinal nam of that number.
It ig with ti?,tfce plrvrhtfi month. an'
the concluding month of Autumn.
T'p. fjpp of nature, hv the time it,h
concluded, is barren, and durinjr it
continuance, the season vaci'ates in
temperature between the dplightfu'
Autumnal -weather, and the cold of
winter. Bv the time that
November hill bTa,ws loud wi' angry sugh,
ill preparations for Winter should be
eftWr'ed. The poor should have an
interest in the associations formed for
their 'relief by contributions of their
avrn2;s, and not be spending inactive
ly the time which could he. employed
in 'earning; sufficient for the demands
of a rigorous season, in the expecta
tion of comfortable accommodation in
a poor house. It is the disgraceful
practice of many to waste in intempe
rance and idleness, ample means of
suppojt, because they are sure of liv
ing more pleasantly at the expense of
the public. True benevolence discri
minates between those whose ineffici
ent effort merit assistance, and those
whose wilful poverty renders them
deserving of imprisonment or the tread
mill. '
We have particular reason to rejoice
at the approach of this season, as it
terminates the fever and other sick-
nesse incidental to our -umniers.
Petilence has been inour part of the
country unknown, and the sickness
that has raced in our vicinity, took its
i chief horrors from the attending pover
' ty and helplessness of the afflicted.
When we think how different has been
the lot of other places, where death has
j wasted, indiscriminately and uncon
trolled, let us feel pnporfinat grati
i tude to the Almighty Preserver, who
t has dealt with us so differently, from
what we deserve.
EXTIMCIS
1 1 rom'a work entitled " Ketches of the Domes
tic Jiamier$ and Institutions
of the Romans.'
Funeraf Rites Inhumation Custom of burn
ing the dead attention to the dying
The last obsequies Sepulture The .fune
ral pyre- Sacrifices tiladiatorial combats
Mourning Tombs Monumental inscrip
tions. The simple nrTctins of nature, in
dependently of aH civil and moral ob
ligations, have in every stage of .Soci
ety, dictated the las attentions lo the
remains "of deoarted friend-.' Neither
jaw nor religion has prescribed the
grow put of sentiments of public deco- j
rum and private regard, and springing
rather from the heart 'than from the j
mind, are sanctioned by one common
leeliug : while the .solemnity by. which
thevare surrounded. guards them from
l .
he innovations to which the Ie-s im-
jf'pressive actions of life are exposed.
(HI hus. they survive tjhe common usages
. of society exist when other customs
; 4;!eval with them'have ceased anil are
but slowly exchanged for newer cere
monies. - i
During the greater part of the com
j monwoalth, the only mode of disposing:
t uf the dead autong ffie. itomans was by
rinhumatiiin. Ara.verV remote eirioi".
i it is said to have been customary I with
theiO, to inter the chief persu in n
family, in , their own houses, to vfhich
"has been attributed mucl.Md'that stioei
slifious awe of departed spirits which
formed ;"p prorninetif a feature in the
Roman character. Dut the fa'c'tillelf.i
not only rests upon rather weak autho-
il
rity, but i-in cyiHradiction .wittohe j
ol their most settled prejuuices;; anu I
the consequence deduced from itmavi U:
,with more probability, be attribu'.ed'to 'I
- f . 1 - a a I - 'll -
..1 .1.. M .
atlVntiiihtened aifes; v '
9 Ihe custnin of .burning the Ueadl? i
r3 rf - 3?
thouh veryancientlv prxctisei! amung
Xinoog the .Roman was not gener(iy'!
. i k- . i i V . iv , $Lals.. was-. raised in the semblanqeiof
tural objects which seems lo belong tou--... . , , . , : ,
UUUeU U niOiei TUplCU ly , UlllI I Hie III-
troduction of chiistiatuty, sbou alter.
wbich, it eradwdly iell into disWe. " j I
-jin . . - - ' i
A 'l he the anxious solicitude with
yhich affection guards departing
rieriils? immutable as our nature, and
uninfluenced by the vicissitudes of
Sshion have been the saroe in every
i?e, and every clime, vet th very im
pu'sewhichldirects it has given birth
to various forms as final demonstrations
of respectanrl tokens of regard. Among
the Romans; the bed of the dying was
never-abandoned to hireling attend
ants, but was surrounded by relatives
nnd inmates who lavished every en
dearing attention due to the melancho
ly occasion. As lfe began to ebb, thev
in succession, and in accents of the
deepest sorrow, bade a long farewell
to their expiring friend : and when the
last awful moment approached, the
nearest relation closed the eyes, while
from an idea that the soul was exhaled
in the last sigh, he bent over the body
to catch the nrting breath. The
corpse was then bathed and perfumed;
dressed in the most costlvvrobes be
longing to the dpreal ; and laid out
in the vestibule on a couch strewed
with flowers, with the feet towards
the outer door, which was shaded with
j branches of cypress.
! From that, strange mixture of celes
tial attributes and parthly propensities
in which the heathen mythology cloth
ed its deifies, it was a received opinion
that Charon would not convey the de
parted spirit across the Styx, without
payment of an ancient toll to which he
hat! become entitled hv long establish.
d usage a'ma!l coin was, in conse
quence, placed in the mouth of ' the
deceased, to satisfy the demand of the
stern ferryman.
The funeral took njace bv torch light.
Thp corpse !wa carried with the feet
foremost. 'n a no pen hi r covered with
the richest cloth, and borne by the
nearest relative and most distinguish
ed friend. i;iThe procession was regu
'ated bv a director of the ceremonie.
attended by ; lictors dres?ed in black
and bearing thei- faces inverted ; and
if the deceased had been a military
man. .the insignia ot his rank was dis
played :. and te corps to which he be
longed marched in the train with their
arms reversed. The. body was prece
ded bv the image of the deceased, to
ether .withf those of his ancestors;
then went mourning women who were
hired to siri' hi praises ; before whom
were dancers and buffoons one of whom
represented, the character of the dead
man. and endeavored to imitate his
manner when-alive. T!'e family of
I the deceasel followed the bier in deep
. mourning; the sons with their heads
I covered, the daughters unveiled and
' their hair dishevelled, magistrates
without their badges, and patricians
without their ornaments : his freedmen
with the cap of Liberty on their heads
j closed the procession. ' ;
i
The obsequies of persons of rank
were distinguished bv a funeral o-ati-on
in their honor, which was pronoun
ced over thebody by some near friend.
This cereinony took'place in the forum
and was, during the republic, a mark
of -consideration conferred only on dis
tiriguished p-rsonages. and by order
of therenate ; hut under the empe-
orSjjit became general, as a. tribute
of private respect and affection, and
was bestowed on women as well as
men.;
While the practice of sepulture pre
vaileil, the body wis either interred
wi'hout a coffin, or deposited inia sar-,
cophagus, the form of which was that
of a deep chest. On the conclusjoflf of
the ceremony ,the sepulchre was strew
ed with flowers, ;nd the mourners took
a last farewell of the honored remains.
The attendants were then sprinkled
with water by a priest, to purify them
from tne pollution which the ancients
a . - . ' v . " - "" I
Ui'posea to De communicated by any
contact with a coi ose, and all were
d isihi&sed. r, . H
wk .u
h,,fiv ,L trTi
c u stom of bu r ni ng the
rntroduct'd, a funeral pyre
and other combustible materi
"W" "'"v . "
i 1
j i i r . i iL ii c
slowly found ; to the sound of
' JTiLTlm TT,?M.'7 S
:&?i'$&
the enclosure of tlie outer wall, but before
AUC "ic. lisciJ.
lPr'i,d'adJi
r 8 w 1
-1 , x r
solemn music, while the mourning j
matrons who attended
iU'ith baleful cvpress& blue fillets crowu'd,
With eyes dejectedjaind with haiij unbound,'
chanted . rejquifem t the lecepsel
andthe nearest! relative, advancing
from the train with a lighted orch and
averting his faci from the body, set
firejto the awful (pile. Perfumes and
spices were then thrown into the blaze
by the s:trrounlipg friends, and when
the fire was extinguished, the embers
were quenched wjithl wine. The ashes
were then collected, and closed in an
urn'iof costly workmanship, which was
afterwards "deposited in the mausole
um of the family. . When the solemni-
ties were iff honor or a mam or nign
rank, they were accompanied with
mucji military pomp ; and if a soldier,
his arms, and th spoils he hajd taken
from the enemy were added to the
jiueral fire, j.- " j . f ';. !"'
i I was a receittlflpini0!10!0"
alncints, that the) manes of the jJeceasr
ed wpre propitiafed by blood : (where
fore it was always their CiMjtoin to
sUugliter, op theomb of the decease?,
those 'animals to (which he was. while
living,5 most attached 5 and in the more
remote and barbarous ages, men were
the victims of this horrid superstition : ;
' Armsi trappings, fhorses ; by thei hearse
.were led
yere led; . f
larray the achievements of the dead, jj
inione'dj with their hands behind, ap-
In long la
Then pi
The unhappy captives, marcmng in tne rear,
Appointed offerings, in the victor's name,
To sprinkle with their blood, the funeral
flame." . I
Dry den9 9 Virgil JEn b. xi.
i j .. ', 'I
Nor were these human sacrifices al
ways confined to captives taken .in
war; domestic slaves were sometimes
immolated to' their masters, and! there
are instances 00 record of friends hav
ing thus devoted themselves from mo-
tives ofj affection. .In process of time
thi savage rite gave way to one sea ce
Ir.less Revolting, "and in lieu of if they
adopted! that of the gladiatorial com
bats, which continued, until their fi
nal aboljtion, to form part of the last
solemnities, .
j The period of mourning, on the part
of men, (or of distant relatives, was
shOrf. W ' 'vf s were bound to mourn i j
for their! husbands during an entire
year. But the: edict which ordaiuied
his outwjard demonstration of respect
to the memory pf their deceased I6rds,
was promulgated when the year con
sisted of only ten lunar months, and
the widows douJ)t I ess nourishing; in
their bosoms "'that grief which pas
seth showy were ever satisfied tocon
strue the law according to its strictest
acceptation. The mourning, therefore,
lasted, in ftrct, ;ouly nine calendar
months, during hich time they laid
aside every! kind of ornament, and
dressed, duriuff.the time of the renub
j lie, in black, but ;a ft er wards in wltite.
Neither
sepulchre,., nor ;the w niiore
commonobsequies, were allowed wirh-
in the vifal
s of the city, except to the
vestal virgins, and to some families of
high distinction whose ancestors had
acquired tjiat privilege as a public tes
timony to their services to the state.
This prohibition was not alone' 'dictat
ed by precaution for the health of the
inhabitant, or for the safety of the
town, which might have been endan
gered, eitner by, putrid exhalations
from interred bodies, or by the flames
of funeral fires ; but, also, by an idea,
very generally entertained by the na
tions of cantiquitythatf the place in
Which a corpiewa deposited was de
filed. ,i
Th entombs of military men, and of
p.ersonl'of rank, were usually raised
in 'the field, of Mars, and those of in
dividuals o more priyafe&station, In
tlie gardens of their v i I ' a ? , of , freq u e ri t
lyJby the Aide of the public road f that
thus their remains mfght attract ,ths
observations and their spirit refceive
the valediction of the, passing , travel
ler. Mahyf of theseancient; sepul
chres jStill exist, engraven with various
monu mental insepptiohs recording ifie
virtues oh the deceased, and the res
pect of stiviving friends those of
the splendid mausoleums of the great,
gehValiy displaya pojnpous detail ol
i?ie titles and the? qualities by which
they' wejre dtltinguiahed, audareofteii
but faitiiieks memoriaU.of thtir real
character' hilthe more si
jiusim,SbfilIecUooa;thelw
IJof the nuuibie, seldom contain 'more ; : A dar -ft orantitv ,, spttm I'n rnisj " .' i-- 1 It
?te itr.M Aul. TT V . 'r ' -' t expected in a tew day, tro:n Uu alaaaf-
bS,', T See Phny's letter?, b. iv. op, 2. and b. Ti.oty at .be Fads bfT.S-liivtr. ft J . .
l'gK. ; I en. 34,' -( - , - -t; Vv.v A'' -I VPO, im.- J?-tL -
' r f " ! - 1 v" - .'' - 7 " " - - -" ' -
thin a memento tof the: reader of his
own mortality,- anjd tojhe ! dead the
artless wish f maytne earth lift
light on thee'I'f ,; .,;v'.;. ..,.:": .4 v r; r.my
! VShades of our sires if O sacred be vour rest; ; y ;
! And lightly lie the tu upon yowr breast ! ; f
i Flowers round your urns breath ' sweets be r V '
vond comnare. . " ".' ; s . .
And springletemal sheds its influence there !
i H - i A Gifartfs wwa, sat; vii. .
NOTICE.
) A! IX person? indebted to the Jate firm . of;' :
;h N. TfarcTing Sc Co. are requested to make
immediate payment to the subscriber, Who :
may be found at all hours of the day at the ,
house pf wjilliam Shaw j. - .- . 'J- ,
. !j !L. :j j -:' i N. it. HATlDlNG. '
I f N.B. On the first j of December .1 hall
plice; j ajl open accounts whp an ofTicer for'j
collection.
N. ff. H.
October 23.
57tlD
JUSTpUDLTSHin),
T THE STOB OF J., GALES & SO If, nAZ.l6!I
J : '
Of
the Report? of Csesargued and deter- ,
mined in the ; Supreme Court pf Nrh-Ca ' j
roTTha, foil June TeTm, 1 82? by - .
j in' r F. L. HAWKS.? . - , .
October 30, 1823.' ! xf: -H -.
( r i :. . ' . I'll'. -'. - - , 'l - . . .
IHjR??NAt' IMP liO.VK M ENTS., ' ,
f-" jof the State of Nor lrolioa: wi! !v Vv
f hold heir A nnuat;lvteHing aRaleJg'h; 'on p lV.;.J
i thel 3d Monday H" JCoverri ber hVxt Ofij' i
which, a!l persons canceriiied wilt, please "I'-V
rak!e notice. , ; J. GA'LBS . ec'y-
Oct. 22r 1823 ! , 57-tui : , " -1 ;1 .
fllO be sold for Taxes due., for the veam,
' .11821 and 1822, atlthe, dpurt-Hohe in 1
Snow Hill, Greene Courrtv, the second Mon
day m January next; 'j'fJf'! 5 , " J
The Iands formerly Jgiven in ;,by Willie JV
Stanton, not c-hren m the last two vear s 1000
acres, joining John GliUgowv and ZachariaU
Elliott,-. . 1 " .! 4 1 .
The Lands formerly given in! bylJame
Eastwood, 533 acres, joining" James jflryant,
and others. ",.; &. . :;- -I'.iZi, NU Jv,v:.
The Lands formerly pveri in by John Cox,
joining William 'Williams, and others. A -
i RICH'D G. UICiHJ late ShfT.
Oetober 11, 182S. j .1 56 5t .. '
j FALL GOODS, ;
j S. BIRDSALL & CO.
HAVE received a general, assortment of
Seasonable Goods, which werej bought
in New-York by a Partner of the Concern, se-
V
lected particularly for this Market,' and will
Among them are, 1 ' rs -' y '' ; : ' .
ine: and Superfine Cloths and Cassimere,
Ponieistic Negro Cloths -y;p,. """"
Kersiejs and SagathJes; Sattinetts "
Double mill'd Hnb Coating V . .
Green Baize ; Hed and .White Flannels
3, 3 and 4 Point Blankets; ,- ij.
lTartan, "i' ! v3'V 4. '
Caroline, and V PLAIDS . - ;
DomtrticCarolinej ' v
Scarlet printed Itattinett V
Plaih'and figureil Bombazetts ' " ' ;'" "
lU-jlr nmnhjiinf ." - . - .. ." '
Plain! & borderedCassimere Shawtt
Angcjla .' -v.. .,' :' 'V '
Imitation Merino, and V. Si HAVLS.'
Cassimere 1 v.j . .'; ' ,!'
Merino Hatidkerchiefs ' t - ;
Cassimere iPoints ; ; , - . '"
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Canton and Nankin Cranes
jjBlacj Levantine and Satin
f iiam ,ana ngurea siiks
; A ;v'efy handsome assortment of Calicoes
j japan; yiciory anu aeeaea KObes
; Plain! and elegant figured Muslina
' Til i : 1 t nll. 1
1
; iiiaciy ana coiourea sue velvets
j Wliitei Velvet for Painting
j Threfid Edgings and Laces
Cotton "V ' "r,
: Worsted, and f f1"5?
i Lambs-wool J .
J Gentlemen's Woodstock
, .; Buck and
- Dog skin &
GiiQVE&
linips Kwl h
Silk and
Castor ,
K
V'"-:''
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Cotton and Silk Umbrellas
Factory Cotton and Turkey! llaAX '.
V'
.'Domestic ") ?r
Russia and J. SHEETINGS.
Irish ' S v'-:'' " : : '
A complete assokment of Domestic Cottoris
v jyivca vuiioii .nagging ;. . ' !
2 Uolls fine Carpeting . I
A large assortment of .Centlemens' & ri
' 0. , rtadi'earv,"' SshJm.'
Coarse Shoes and Brogans for ServantsJ ..
:.S. ! 3 &. CO. keep a Constant! uo-(
'Oft?- ' ' .
Brown N"..;.: ..'''.'
XI ;aott Cortee?---'t'. '
Domestic and Importer Liquo'.
, Tea ami Coliee,
. -ALSO ; ' . I .
American
Swede and
English v
BAU IRON.
Such: articles in the Hardware lixje ti&'
U are in general deinaiKL -'- r v..
They will continue to receive additions to
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