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23 $i$tdlnntou& FOR THE FREE PRESS. To Miss Ann , of HI fx Cly. Those orient orbs of ebon hue, Your eyes, Give evidencn of the purest virtue And love combined Exhibiting at one glance, A heart unsullied, And overflowing with love divine. The graces, all, with one accord, Unite to sing thy praise, " With the heavenly muse. Goddess of beauty, hail! O! awake from thy slumbering pillow, And lend your aid To describe that beauteous form Whose image Finds its way, by fancy led, To the inmost recesses of the mind's eye. But 1o! my powers fail, My hand grows numb, and sign Refuses to prosecute the contemplated de- knough is said, however, To convince you of my devoted attachment, Which nothing but death Can dissolve. Those silken cords of love, Which first entwin'd my heart with yours, Are still unshaken; And "like the rock of ages, Will last till meaner things Have pass'd away. NARCISSUS. JOR THE FREE tRESS. iHill, of Stokes, Burney and Wil-J.' Edtickion.Mesm.U ! , vins, Scott, J. Lewis, pot.'." i Tor the Free Pi-ess. PRIDE. Should man be proud? Go, ask the great; The great in wealth, or power, or name; You will not find with all their state, The true in heart, or pure in fame. The world with its infectious breath, Hath scattered wide the taint of sin; Like marble o'er the place of death, Though fair without, all's foul within. Should man be proud? Ask poverty, Degraded oft below the brute; Will not its burning tears reply, In language eloquent, though mute Its ceaseless tale of bitter wrong, Its deep abasement e'en to dust, Will answer loud, and answer long, And answer true as true it must. Should man be proud? Go, ask the grave; The cold, the lone, down-trodden tomb; Where sleep the monarch and the slave, In kindred dust, and kindred gloom. Go to the place where nages sleep, In still oblivion's midnight shroud; And o'er the wreck of Science weep, And ask ask there Should man be proud? MARMION. FOR THE FREE PRESS. LIFE. Life at best is but a trouble, And like the ocean's fleeting bubble, That lingers to be gone: We hail its morn, and ere 'tis noon, Our race is run, alas! how soon Does nature leave us shorn! But should kind nature bid us live, To fourscore years then we would give, A million to be free: To pass this time, without ccncrol, In the "feast of reason and flow of soul," , Would be a Jubilee! Then friend would meet his fellow friend, And love the gloomy brow unbend, Where sat despondency: Then conscious peace would cheer the mind, And leave no fear or dread behind; Because it would be free. Then love would meet its fond return, With equal glow two souls might burn, And make each other blest; Whilst ev'ry eye, with glist'ning pleasure, Would hail thee, freedom! as a treasure, To soothe the aching breast. Yes, freedom! yes, most gladly would we, Claim thee, as ours, and be thy votary; But cruel custom frowns Based on time, she claims the right To trespass, in the holy sight Of reason's sacred grounds. "Enroll'd among thy cruel band, We see the aged parent stand, And scold bis darling child; With many a sob, and tearful eye, Her bosom heaves the gentle sigh, And feels distraction wild. Oh! cruel custom, come end thy reign, Andparent.be thyself again Let nature be thy guide: She'll lead thee on, the good old way, Reckless of what the world may say, She'll lead thee right beside. You know that nature made us free, We ask no more of heaven or thee, Then grant the humble boon: Then smoothly we shall glide along, Tho worldly cares around us throng, We'll bear them as our own. HALIFAX. son. Privileges and Elections. Messrs. Vanhook, Croom, M'Mil lan, Boddie, Gilchrist, Davenport, Alexander and Locke. Finance. Messrs. Kin, Sharp, M'Cav. Pickett, Hill, of Franklin, Seawell, Williams, of Beaufort, St Stokes. In the House of Commons, John Stanly, Esq. the member from the town of Newborn, was appointed Speak er on being conducted to the Chair, he addressed tne House as tollows: Under any circumstances, an e lection to preside over the delibe rations of this respectable and en lightened branch of our Legisla ture, would be received by him as a distinguished and unmerited ho nor.But, after the opportunity which many of this body have had of witnessing the imperfect man ner in which only he was able to discharge the duties of the Chair, the call again to occupy it, evinc ed a kind and friendly indulgence. The experience of every delibe rative assembly has taught the ne cessity of rules for the regulation of its proceedings and for the pre servation of decorum in debate. Order and regularity in our pro ceedings are essentially necessary to economy of time, to due delib eration and to despatch of busi ness. To secure these, nothing more is required than to observe the rules which we ourselves es tablish, or which long usage has sanctioned. Decorum in debate cannot be too earnestly recom mended; without it a legislative body cannot retain the respect o their constituents, or their own scl respect. To insure harmony aiu preserve the dignity of our station, as Representatives of the People, To my Cat, Tom Jones. Tom, a tender-hearted Bard somewhere, Is fearful that your hide and hair, Your soul, your bones, and flesh all -will Be treated by your master in. Now why he is so fearful, puss, Or why 'bout you he makes a fuss, Marcy knows but I can't see,. Why he troubles himself 'bout thee. file seems to think it very odd, For you to nab a mouse bless God! Isn't this a talent nature has given, To all the Tom Cats under heaven. Surely he wasrais'd in some backwood, Where ne'er a barn nor warehouse stood; And where a cat would never stray, In search of mice, a mouseless way.) Halifax, he calls himself, Do ye know him? speak, ye purring elf! Do ye know this Halifax, I say, If ye do, tell which away He lives, ye dog, and I will soon, (Perhaps to-morrow afternoon,) Write him word to grieve no more; That 1 have look'd your misdeeds o'er, And pardon'd ye on conditions that Ye'll never nab another cat, And sarve him like ye used to do, Waste his fur and make him mew, And meow, and squall so loud, by gum! As to make one think the devil had come: That ye'll cease to be a worser, you Will cease to be a rusher too; That ye'll still continue -to nab a mouse, Any where about the house; That ye'll be what ye ought to be, Love a rat and hate a flea; That ye'll try and alter for the better, Behave to cats, nab rats, hate fleas, et cetera. But if ye violate the law, I'll gouge your gizzard, your very maw, Out o' your ribs, and hang ye up, You ringtail scrougcr and cut-ear'd pup-- I will, unless through sorrow and grief, Halifax buys ye, ye rogue, ye tief I'd take of him for ye one nigger, But I vow and declare I'd pull a trigger Ton you before (for less than two) I'd take from any one else for you. That's all I've got to say just now, To you, ye dog, I tink as how So scat, yc bitch scat, be gone, And shew that phiz no more till morn. If ye do, dodging your soul, I'll bury yc alive in some dirt hole; And send ye whirling fast, ve hear? To one hot place, no where 'bout here. Hit lubacco SelUr. FOR THE FREE PRESS. AN ENIGMA. There arc eight letters I can name, Each used but once no two the same; Which in pure English rightly spell Ten wcrds and now those letters tell. N.'it is only necessary to observe in our deportment in this house, that is abroad e- uv lilt i . x -J gentlemen who nominated him, he ad- l"LUIS accusiomea lO dressed the Senate as follows: act toward each other as gentle men. To watch, and if possible, by a call to order, to check the course of observations which violate de corum and tend to disturb the har- monv of our deliberations, is the right of every INI ember it is par ticularly the duty of your Speak er. Aware of its importance, Mr. S. said, he should endeavor to dis charge this delicate duty with promptness and with firmness. In every part of his duty he should need, and he should hope for the indulgence and support of the House. Wyche, Iredell, White, F0v b v inson,uumour,iuoreiiead Mf Shepherd, M'Nair & Howell. Agriculture. Messrs. St. Cj. Newland,Willis, Lewis, lian( tham, King, Dozier, Ball, (y llaiford, Sutton, Underwood, TS' rence, Simpson, Wuilsworth Smith. Privileges and Elections ' Messrs. .Richardson, Edmon . Rnnn Wnbb. Fl 7 .v..o, is ( , I! Bateman, Bozman, Adams, Ky,. trick, Frederick, Best, Walk, Linn, (jilmour et Alford. Distressing. We have thi m0. merit heard, that the Sch'r Saij'u el Tredwell, Capt. S. Etherid of this port is entirely lost, and whole crew: She was run down at sea; her Stern with tho nam on it, and some other parts ofi wreck, came on shore neai Au Inlet. Edenton Gaz. The Edenton Gazette of the 22d ult. gives an account of the death of two black men, who perished GcneraU'lsscmbi.UAUTLETTYAs- urbanity and kindness which t en n . cev, t-sq. oi usivcm coumy, was ap- observed in our intercourse pointed pe.keroMhc.Vn. ' e-and hav-;,0 t t ' , , u , mor boon nrminnf H t n tho I hur Gentlemen of the Senate My thanks are due to this body for the continued confidence which you have manifested, by the vote which has just been given; and I take this opportunity of presenting them to you, with that feeling inspired by a deep sense of the obligation I owe you. The only amends I can offer you, will be a promise on my part, rigidly and impartially to ad minister those rules, which you have adopted for your government. In discharging the duties of this station, I shall often need your kind assistance; and experience has convinced me, if I should deserve it, I shall always receive from you, efficient and able support. While I shall endeavor to discharge the duties of presiding officer, 1 have a right to expect and to hope, a correspondent disposition on the part of each individul Member, it that our mutual labors may term inate for the good of our common Country. The following are the Standing Com mittees of the Senate: Committee of Claims. -Messrs. Love, Gray, Spaight, of Craven, Leak, Matthews, Baird, of Burke, Sellers and Bell. Propositions and Grievances. Messrs. Speight, of Greene, Mont gomery, Forney, Hawkins, Elliot,) The following are the Standing Com mittees of the House of Commons: Committee of Claims. Messrs. Holland, Gordon, Whitakcr,Spru ill, Patterson, Walton, Barnard, Cox, Ellison, M'Millan, W. W. Jones, Brower, Alexander, Mar shall and Hodges. Internal Improvement. Messrs. Shipp,Swain,IIill,Donoho,Green, Arl ington, Mhoon, Stedman, Bar nett, Blount, Burnes, Moore, Fish er, W. y. Jones, Strange, &Mc Millan. Propositions and Grievances. Messrs. Carson,Clayton, M'Ge hee, Ramsey, Gary, Houze, Har dy, Edwards, Whitehurst, Sim mons, Stevens, Hampton, Settle, & Seawell. 4.1. I .. .1 in niu suvuit; wuauiur ui me pre ceding Monday one of tliennvas in a boat which was capsized in going from Edenton to Plymouth the other ('was found on Tues day morning, in a cove on the eas tern side of the Bay, about three miles from Edenton, sitting erect on the seat of his canoe, . with his arms folded on his breast, and fro zen entirely to death. It is sun- posed that owing to the extreme darkness of the night he missed his 'cniirsfi. and nfrir nnnt.nn(linra. gainst the wind and the weather, until his strength was exhausted, he resigned himself to the direction of the wind, and was probably fro zen to death before his canoe drif ted ashore." Hard Times! We shall be glad at all times, to receive from our country subscribers, in pay ment for the paper, any sort of produce they may have on hand, such as Beef, Pork, Poultry, But ter, Eggs, Cheese, Meal, Potatoes Turnips, Pumpkins, Onions, Cab bages, or any thing else under heaven, that will keep us poor de vils from starving to death. Ncicport Rep. State of North-Carolina, EDGECOMBE COUKTV. JUSTICES COURT. Isaac Brasivcll, Jr. ) Original Attach vs. C mfiiit. returned NathanG.Braswell, levied on hogs, corn, and sundry other articles. TT appearing to the satisfaction ot Uic A Justice of the Peace, that the defen dant, Nathan G. Bkaswell, is notar. inhabitant of the County of Edgecombe. is therefore ordered, That publica tion be maide in the Tarborough rrt Press for -thirty days, that the defend ant, Nathan G. Braswell, appear vit.l that time, answer, plead, &c. or ment will be entered up against n: confessed, and execution issue accon inrriv. DAVID WILLIAMS, J-?- Dec. 12, 1S26.1S- Price adv. $2: 5 m ? rvi With- an elegant Engraving, Printed in a neat and approved mannei and on moderate terms, at this uinu- Jan, 1, 1S27-
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