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Three Ddls. per annum.
Voi.UME X-3
DESULTORY.
Extraßfrom Mrs. Montagtfe letters
•ust published. A work replete
vci*h wit, humour and %-od sense.
I have swallowed the we : ght of
an ap’ thenary in medicine, and
wii.u I am rim better, except more
patient and less credulous, I know
rot l have learnt to bear my in
firmities, and not to trull to the
ftp I of plivficiars for cming them.
I endeavour to drink deep of phil
osophy, and be wile when I cannot
be merry, ca!y when I cannot he
glad, content with w hat cannot be
mended, and patient where there is
no redress. Ihe mighty can do
jio more, and the wile leldoni do as
much. You fee lam in the main
content with mylelf, though many
would quarrel with furh an insigni
ficant, idle, inconfiftt nt person;
but l art resolved to make the beil
©f all ctrcumftances around me,
that thi • short life may not be half
l it in pains, “ well remembering
and applying, the necdlity of dy
ing “ B--tween the periods of
birth and burial I would fain inlbrt
a little happiness, a little pleasure, a
little peace: to-day is ours, y .-fler
c: iy i., pal!, and to-tnorr. w may ne
ver co ut. I wonder people can
so much forget death, when all we
fee before us is but fucceflion ; mi
nute luccecds to r.iru*?, feuf.n to
feaf<>n, futnmer dies as winter
conics, The dial mark: the change
©f h >ur, every night brings death
like fi cp, and morning frems a re
furr Him; yet while all changes
and decay - we expert no alteration,
sjnapt to live, unready to die, we
1 fe the present an j Peek the Imure,
rPc much {or what we have not,
thank l rovid r.ee but little for what
v a have; our youth has no joy,
our mi idle age no quiet, our old
age no e.ife, no indulgence; cere
mony i; the tyrant of this c;y,fu(h
hn of the o her, hufinefs of ti:c
next. 1 ittle i ■ allowed to freedom,
happim h and con*emplation, the
ad iration of our Creator, the ad
miratioti of his works, and the in
fpcclion of ourl’cives.
A Connertlcut man thus hu
morouflv aJvcrrifes arc ue, who
• role his plough.—What v/ou'd the
pithy Drani.itiil have said ? It, al
ter having hern robbed of puif *.
and savage hand extended to v r.it
bitn ©f his good tij, fomc Pcu.k
trig mifereanr fhnukl have filch’d
bis plough away.
Ail I have to f,tv ‘not being a li
:enf and dealer in the pa*?; tie) is
tr iply this:—lf the p -fm wh >
took from tr.efome i'. :.ig’:*s ago
anew Dutch Plough, will be g-;d
enough to return it, in the r. _ht
O t . ’
time, as he tm it if tr.oft conv-n
----ji-nt, he flu!! he entitled to the
thank-, f the ow n r with the addi
t! -r i reuar-J oi a think oi cider,
provided he L r.nnly enough to
V, •if home in Tm be r im *
i* *
Otkmr.vif he may j >*o . e
<t •’ *cj I.V the tg.it • i. t..e
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VJ ASHING I'OM, (Gfascia) Printed weekj.y ior S-'RAII HILLIIOUMe.
TOTIIE EDITORS OF THE RALEIGH
STAR.
Gentlemen...U the subjoined com
munication difcloles any thing new,
which I believe it does, you are at
liberty to publilh it. B. G.
Wadefborough, Sept. 4 ISIO.
The Jack •with the L ant horn.
The following fact, related by
Mr. C.— —of this place, renders it
not iinprol)at>le that this ignited va
pour of Pbilofophy, and sportive
bog-bear of credulous foliy, is a
ftnail infeed.
One night, in the beginning of
this futmnir, this fuppoled meteor
was seen near his house, meat,der
ing about, ti l it approached !
door. Mr. C. in an attempt to
Prize it, forced it a :.i*> the fide of
his doorstep when, tr uh.* Ids own
exprrflion, “it ft-cmed ludd'idy
condtrifcd into a little <; ot < n f :
fide of the Hep.” ’ll., he giafp- and
in his hand—and -n t imining it
before a candh, feund i* to he a
small insect of a triari .!; f -m, rp.
fumbling t!ie comm -i li-diming
bug in Golour, I ut in f.ze not over
a fourth as large. iVom the t>> ie
or poflerinr part of this trir da*
itiiecl, the : ill ifiued !’ r ! it ’ t~ u
the- common lightning ! Ir
was unfortunately loft :n r >e
sage from one room to ?.%<•:!• r, • 1
mull have escaped without . i
. emitting that light which i- . > r< J-.
j i!y extinguimed on its foil inter
• *( lijl •
Mr. C. repreferts its npg—.rarvc
! when hut observed by him as ‘a
bunch cf fog or white knot: \ of
30 or 12 inches in circutisferen
This phenomenon, is br >upht to
fh'r; explanation (and the far!, as
far as it goes, m :y he rtlied -u)
lerms a. iitrh’ uniciue: Yet the e
i
Keltic property cf one fp-cies of
fifh, at: I the peculiar tmifTi nos a
nothcr, by mt ans of which i- clts ’es
pursuit. art equally unique. In r ; e
former the Giow- wo: in and i hr
r.ing bug afford the aid .of an. j
to arrive at a conception of the < x
traordinary endowment of this in
feel.
—
! Energetic I ‘clure, from Dr. La
j throp’s Sermon’s—“ Wars, the
1 molt common fcourgrs c.f guiltv na
ticnis, muhiply dcatl'.s'. Fp**ri*lly
among they iv! lul and active pa-t
of cur fpccies; inrr. -fc th. m -n
----l.’er of diib’i .Ted widow . i .Ipicik * r
phatis, and me urnir.g j. r. nts j r n
d- r life and its enjoyment pro !•
ous ; change t’.;r > u ■ i ‘-ntumis j
transfer jr< j) ,-r.y Ir* rr. man to man;
(1 Hi pate wt; Ith in t ! e hat- ? s r <l *r.e,
snd a-; un:uh ‘e it j-* liis It •’>'* of
another, to he agai i I. “'red r.nd
criven aw v by the text rudehiait,
or ti:e et.fuit g t.v.cvT ; sap.:.”
! I never knew but one pt-rfon v. ho
ir/erfc rred Iv. uvt cu ir.au t--id w ife,
1 > idur with fm ‘y or lucre r . lin
en ?. dot uo-.l'iC pro a:d e.rt ot'.ct be
t veen the panics, that was rifii g
even to L:> wc, a friend id mi;.- ,
v’i” !■ ;.•■ 1 to be bv, hit ii.
liitlbs:-..* : Itroke v.i:li t:i.> right
1 v!. ersing, *’ Be you
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, isio.
brute,” and Hiu<k the woman at
the fame •ime with his left, 1 vine;,
“lit.ld your tongue you vixen.”
Then repeating lus inoral aii.iu/tii
ti .ns and itiendiy buffets, with a
‘ Peace you moniU-r— Have done,
you termagant—Hands est you
coward—R .tiie, yi-u virago”—a
fir of shame and laughing iiiz.d
t cm both at the fume time, at !uih
extraordinary and impartial an um
pnilni; they tliook hands inunedi-’
a ily, and became good triindi for
tl erellof their lives. Sterne.
h prpvcmcnts in the city cf N.w-
(■rlejn .
t
The improvements which have
t 7> place in our city fmee the !a!t
tv. :vc months, are evident to eve
ry :• rfon u h - has fee n the place at
a former period ami is the kali ca
! Iv ( i obli rvation. These im
p. jvetn-.nts are of two forts; lotne
are he rvlul; .! ennfi k nple w'orks
r - cur-d by ihe corporation, am!
te'h- rs are r h: liy due to the en
terprifmg fpirk of ur new fettle-rs
f *m the ifi.tnd of Culia.
.Anew fu : tub 1 been entirely
to f by rh- f. • It trier son the plains
‘■ ■• r. • j y’< ;.'..!> , .r?:.Mi, wheic
: : it ls tr.an v. Louies m.tv
i r coy. - *, b. i : , i number -i a-
I . If--, r:.’ -r. •ii. t ! i.i the hi a t
. ‘urt--.wn Kri : ;ry ichools have
1..-- n til .Milh'.d, ft.*r.. of them m
a Ir.-ger (call than might have betn
expect-d ; t. idling mailers tor ad
kinds of p rfbna! acvomplrlhmuits
are now t-ifily found in our town;
tii” p-;ce of labor is ditniniiluJ by
conciinence, and the w. .kis im
pr- % and by emulation among the
mechanics.
There hav ■ I ton but a ft w who
l .ve gone up the c--un;rv ; il. c y
Hill like’hi viti: ity : I ihe i .ti.orc,
whi-I. the) inhab.ied in the \*.'ii!-
f r i ia Ifi.t: ds. j it. , were too un
rc-t .in ii Icetiis ut the late th.y
could nope from ..n inland i-li
d'nee, and liau- pieTritd pivLi t
though foal. auv u iti.:gi-s in 1.0.0 t.
profpv ds held before- them of which
they could form no judgment.
Among the im; . ■ eu;ei*ts 11 li. L
are lb)..’ t.i tile vigilance ‘Oi the city
council, may be enu neratcil,
HI. the build;; u’ anew m:;.’:,:
house i:i briak. 49 feet wide, ;-.r.d
?- o lee-t long, luj.p .rted 1.-y 1.1
columns 14 ft*-; high, wih a r< • f
<>l 18 inch flato, 1 of vet t eel,
owing tutL. cl iuby (1 getting ih.e
3-ites tranlpttiied irotn Ib'iiiadcU
phi ' l 1 r • e r r !
cd, the facing of 10:1 feet of
the kvee in Ir.-nt of t!.e uiolta
place, of the govt 1 nouiit house and 1
the adjoining Iquare i iiis iaiing
h..-, a fKioiiiig iii I- lid piunk, I up- .
pot ted by u Iran 1 a with j i.es o.;e |
foot lq- aie. leak. 14 leer under |
ground ;
vb, u new levee made < f earth,
25 feet wide, ..n.i | b.m and v.;:li two
ranges of trees from G..td hr. rt
up to made::.’. Do. . . .1 diitai ce
of not b! thankee I I: ;. t.i. 0 <:.i
r! *.( (ill>ll!• f-.i. ..i ;
4’.h, a l-iih.e lie: fiiiill- ! ,
built t.'( th- i, tl r. -p. ! ’ .
[ Paya! le half yearly.
[Numuer 505.
D v >u St. John, with a draw in the
middle of it ; the bridge being 254
feet long and 32 feet w ide, w ith
two footways on the sides, and rail
ings.
All the thoughts of the corpora
tion are now bent on the election
of an holpifal and the eftablillnnent
of a ieminary of learning calculated
’ on the models to be found in the
other flatus of the Union.
i American DAlv AJvertifer,
‘
;* NATIONAL GREATNESS.
Every hoy is anxious to he a
gout uli mail, fedeiaiifts are anx-I
urns that incur infancy, we Humid
be a great nation. Is it not Lvlt to
wait and gr. w by degrees i and as
we grow, to calculate the bench of
the ixpvded griatnels ?
ll national gieauicla is to be di
vi.K.d into seven million parts, a
moiig ibt men, wum.n oiui einld
r- n id the c untry, each par;
be v-.-ry inccmfiderable ; but
dividend is not the object. It jM
th'Jii:.! great;;. Is is to be
.. mg to :b qu.-.i iiti.s •>! -VH||
c -t: r.•., td.-c.; ,o e, po: k iSHj
v. 1 ; L is pi.>lucid, We are
pu--.t-.dl nation cm earth ; hut
istiniateis not admiftible.. Mail
;;i gr.u;::al i.- to be tltiinalid
tin- umnage ©or n <vy. t:.e
s i v ur iii Cud, ii*.- v j
dvr, the i.'i .. -.-i 01
geliei aU ;!r.i 01 i; Uii 8 tr -
i..ct, by our anility and dii.i.oitiWjß
to be a curie to all other natlonsß
An individual, who c >t:cu -rs ii:ji
putlions, is utd to be great ; but a
nation i-. to he under the dominion
If it:, pailious ; it* you.h are to h*
l. ; t to Ichool to learn to be pailiot:-
.it, , i..L t> ,t, v ... a ll a— .
ti-. 11 tending to ;reatiieis a u.s pro-J
g, i... t,•.. 1 lil u. C.. ng t t.e pi a 1 : t
v I i’S pC be ti. t.V a. i)n 1 a V, U.l
ooltiiied i-.i.-d fu.-. ten: .-.r i.f
the i-tcth.
It; i 70S, we u\ ’ to he riiiv.y
to iT'c.itlieli. In w. p.uile.i.l
In 18co,rttrogr.ui si. mbit. .Vturchl
tHoi, a'liumoced tbe diwn-h.il
comie, uu.i tub till, .ttc. i ding tul
; vla'ai account, we a e ditp-e-dl
:hiv.u giout Europe. ibat is, ar *
. ido. racies tuok, c tituof;
people role, th.y c .iitmu.- 1 . 1.! ■
ami i.u nurs local.e; -a:.
l.at.ks a:e ti.rtiiit.ibt .-ut t.a
----c ..lit;";., to tiie get at I .. . !
r.i.;? -ir.-f:;t ou: ; ‘ ..i ”.
i Ivt j.ubiu'ali?, bold tl;. ibe r Ite.ie
\ ands ato l.e i .1.1.!: le i.i t-i.‘ -
! g:adi J cMidbion, while f d.rahih -
; full of lenfihi.ttv, are 1 tdv ‘o bide
j their h ads in lake Supfi r. A
.li.ail poll., w..ii. i o ... a.! your
II w .i* i-,, . nai.k f 1 1 .> i, :<; to w ~..!^!. 2
ti., and lit f- lies will : ever
j* .ui be wanted i. r grc.it uanou. 1
our pub
liu it •; - ;"r r. f *0 he a gr?:. f
it a ion, in the t.dei-l ler.fo ol rlie
v. ; ‘ . • ; become of tf>*
\ -urigt-*- .j.., . 11;i:r n< id. kiOiibcs ?
hr ..ii t :ov and. u-'ge in a !.:0• \ < -
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