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Marie Aritoiaette, late Queen
cf hra'Ut\ was volatile and
thciigbtlefs. —-A her gaiete de
eanr, jjc defied a w:t cf the
ccurt to colUd: in a Jong 'all the
deferis aferihed to her by her
< nemics. Ih acquitted hlmfelf
incomparably well of this taft
i: the ft anzas cf zebu h the fcl
-1 cuing is a C> auftutiott :]
iVoul Ift thou knew what ru
mours fay
On fair Lhemira, when they
dwell ?
'His Jaid , her Spirits, frank and
a y>
lofelly s hounds will feme times
h, )B n J
dire theft things Jo ?
tr They are—but know,
ncr trifkng has fc fweet an air,
That fpaTd from phtlcfuphic
toil,
£■ en Cate s rigid Jelf would
/mile ,
And cenfure fo snifplacd would
Spare.
They fay reflection never haU'nts
The foft ' reccffes of her mind ■,
That her fweet hreafts for flattery
pants,
And joy can in it infence find.
Are thefe things fo ?
They are—hut know,
-»/oat in her pleafure-fparklmg eyes,
bo many natnehfs charms com
line,
That gods, defeendmz from the
fkies
IP culd offer infence at her Jhrine.
Per pleafure or ferhufmefs made.
Poes fhe a hlejl appointment
give y
They fay y forgetful why fhe fiaid y
Ton re left thro ’ tedious hours
to grieve.
Are thefe things fo ?
1 hey are—huh know,
That happy in her ccnverfe gay ,
And all your fleeting wrongs
r o o
forget ,
So hlejl fo pleafing is your lot,
On fwif t eft wing timeflies away.
- -'C v ffy that confcicus cf her
charms.
Of i harm all others which ex
cel,
Unmindful how the topic harms,
She ever on h erf elf can dwell.
Are thtfe things fo ?
They are—but knew,
To no fedfe height her foul afpires;
If on her charms her thoughts
repofe,
Sue j eels what each beholder
knows,
ti hat all the gazing world ad
mires.
CURIOUS ATTRACTS,
Prom original Wills, proved in the
prerogative court of Canterbu
ry, England.
William /acker, late of the
rarffh of Sr. Mary, Jfimgton,
Ueccaftd, proved July 17, ’B9.
“ J £’ ve and bequeath,
W hem I’m laid underneath,
1 o my two loving fillers mod
dear,
I he whole of my flo re,
ftftv it twice as much more,
A Inch God’s guednefs has
granted me here.
s * Andnone may prevent,
Thhi'iny will and intent.
Or oecafion the icau cf law
Racket,
With a fokinn appeal,
I confirm, fign and feal,
'i his the true afl and deed of
Will. JackjitA*]
[Georoe Appleb-e?, late
3-ledor of St. Bride’s, London,
proved Aiiguft 7, 1783. —
“ my body, after being drnTcH
t J 'Tj
in a flannel waiftcoat, in head of
afhirr, an old furtout coat, and
breeches without linings orpock
ets, an old pair of Lockings—•
(hoes I (hall want none, (having
done walking) and a worked
wig, if one can be got, \ dt fire
may be decently interred.”!
[ W1 L L i A M IJ L A K h T Y, £ f q .
h te go vc rnor of Ply mou cli, pro v -
ed Ofc. 1782 — C£ I defire that
my body may be kept as lour
as it may not be offenfive, and
that one of my rocs or fingers
may be cut 0 IT, to fc curt a cer
tainty of my being A id. I aifo
make this farther requeft, to
my dear wife, that as (he has
been troubled with an old fool,
flic will not think of marrying
a fccond.”]
[John Davis, late of Clap
ham Surry, woollen manufactur
er, deceafed, proved Jan. 24,
1788. —“ I give and bequeath
to diary —— (daughter of Pe
ter Dalaport) the fum of five
(hillings, which is fufiicient to
enable her to get drunk w ith,
for the laft time at my expence ;
and I give the like fum of five
(hillings, to Charles Peter, (the
lon of the laid Mary, who I am
reputed to be the father of, but
never (hall have any reafon fo to
believe.”]
notice.
APPLICATION will be
made ro the Inferior ( curt of
Jeffeifon county, after the ex
piraiioci of nine months for an
older to fell the following lands,
viz, One thoufand five hun
dred and five acres, more or lefs
joining Richard Gray, efq. and
otheis; one other traft contain
ing one bundled acres, moic or
lc!s, joining Robert Bradcy,
and others : which were of the
real eftate of W illiam Stevens,
late of the Laid county, deceaf
ed, for the benefit of the heirs
and cieditois, in terms of the
aft ia fuch cafe provided.
Nathan Powell,
Benjamin Bryan,
■Adminifti aiori.
September 9, 1800.
TAKE NOTICE.
T. H AT there will be applica
tion made to the honorable
infenor court of the county of
Wafhmgton, after nine months
from the prefent d<Ve, to fell a
certain trail or land lying in
laid county, containing two
bundled and ninety-eight acres,
on Sandhill c:cck, bounded by
John Whiles, John Bajganears,
nd fohn Cannady's lands, for
the benefit of the heirs and cre
ditors of C.eoige Dilharcf de
ceafed.
J A RIA H Dll. LIARD, AdiV.X.
May 29, 2801.
writing" paper”
Lor (ale by the,ream or quire.
Slate cf No th Caroline,
Lnfhn County .
> KNOW ell men by thrfe prefer.is.
that J Gory/ Mori joy, c/ ford
mmty &nd /late, have bargained,
fold, and delivered to llilliam Hub
bard) of /aid county and jlate , a err
| tain negro man pave, yellrzu can*
i pit Bed) ly name I) I C K. For
/aid negro the Jaid Hubbard binds
him fed/, Ins heirs and* op gns. to
pa\ and denver to /aid Morijey, his
bens or effgns, on the dav
of 1790, a healthy found
country born nfgro woman favc,
between the age of fifteen (3' twenty
five , or m lieu cf faid negro wo-
I man pav e, the /aid Hubbard pro
rri/es to fay /md Monfcy, one
hundred and forty founds cvnency
of faid fialt. In witnefs whereto,
1 have hereunto jet my hand and
leal, this day of 17
WILLIAM HUBBaRD.
Signed, paled , and delivered
tv the f re fence of
Flo re nee M 4 C arlhy,
Kenan Love,
State of North-Carolina ,
Dublin aunty.
7 hts day Mr, Edward Arm
frovg come before me, one cf the
JuJhces Joy fid county , and made
oath on tie lIAy Evangeiift op
Almighty God, that he received
/torn Abraham Moulton, jun . a
note of hand [as he was informed)
on William Hubbard, for .a negro
girl, or in lieu thereof-one hundred
and forty pounds , this currency,
payable to George. Mon fry, which ■
/aid note I have either loft or mif
laid : J have not /old or difpo/cd
of the fud note io any per/vn or
perjons whatfoever.
Edward Armfrong.
Sworn to before me, this
xjih June, 1800.
James Kenan, J, P,
Georgia,
J offerfon county.
Abraham Moulton being duly
Jworn, faith, that feme time aki.mt
the month of November, in the year
one thou fund feven hundred and
ninety ?iine, he was in pfjpjfton of
a certain agreement obligatory,
g'vm by William Hubbard , to
George Mori fey, and by /aid Mo
f i/ey, transfer red to your petitioner ,
whereby the /aid Hubbard premipd
to pay /aid Morijey, a country born
: negro wench, or in hen thereof one
1 hundred and forty pounds , Ncrlh-
Carolina currency , a copy cf which
infin.me.nl as nearly as may be, and
to the bp. of this deponents recol
lection is herewith annexed ; that
this deponent placed the /aid agree
ment in the hards of one Edward
Arm fir eng for colldlv.n, who left,
or wfhid the fame Jo that it cannot
now become at, and that the faid
obligation remains unfaLispcd and
unpaid .
A, MO ETON.
Sworn in court, this 01 fl
January, 1801.
James Bozeman, C crk.
Upon (he petition if Abraham
Melton, fating the 10/s of a paper
therein deputed, and a copy an- \
nexed,
H is ordered, that the ufual no
tice be given, and that the [aid
papers be eft abifiled unkft gain
[aid, as by law dir third.
Taken f rom the unhides of the
Inferior Court,
JAS . BOZEMAN, C’erL
Jpcr/on Inferior Court, ad
journed T< 1 m, Jun 31, * So:. '
i To the to naraUi.yit.e Jufii.ys if th*
Jfi/tru r C vit7 l /or/aidComfy.
Ity petition of Ahi ahnm J\ \dton
Jhczi&k —that your puiticv.tr was
in ffjftjfion in his cum proper rur he
of a in tain agreement in matin *
fgotd by one William Hubbard\
whereby the [aid Hubha'd obligated
•hmfelf to pay to vry George Mart (to
his heirs, or offgas, a found coun
try born negro woman /hive, lei ween
the age of fifteen a-d twenty-five ,
or in Itev tin top, one hundred and
forty founds North Carolina cur.
ftney —which [aid agreement was
transferred to your petitioner, and
is now loft or mi/laid ; whereupon
he prays, that the copy herewith an~
1 nexed may be efiahifhed in terms
of the fiatutc in finch cafe provided.
I dJunfrom the. mantes,
3 1 ft J an - 1801.
Tames Bozeman, C C.O.
..A
Wafhington Superior Court,
May Term , ISOI.
the petition of Rit hard
Perkins, dating his lo(sof
two feveral deeds of conveyance,
comprehending fix ft veral tra£U
of land ot one thoufand acres
each, executed in his favour by
Jofeph Ryan, on the day
of in the year of our lord
one thoufand {even hundred
end ninety-three, and that co
pies of the (aid two deeds of
conveyance, with an affidavit
teftifying that the (aid copies ara
of the fan e tenor and of the
odgina*, and that the Utter are
loft, and filed in the clerk's of
fice of the Superior Court VVafh
ington minty.—A rule is grant
ed, and that the faid copies be
eftabhfhed, and continue of the
fame force, virtue and efTcS of
the loft originals, unlefs caufe
be fhewn to the contrary, at the
next fupetior court to be holclea
in and for the county of Wafh
ington, on the third Monday iii
November next, and that this
rule be publiOied at lead once
every month until faid court, ia
the Gazettes of Lcuifville, All*
gufta and Wafhington,
C opied from the minutes,
TEIOS. B. RUTHERFORD,
c. w. c,
June 13, 18c 1.
Wafting ton County,
A PETITION being prefersed
by Anderfin Redding, to the
court of ordinary, praying an order
of the court to dirtH Matthew Har
ris, to make and execute legal titles
as administrator of the estate and
e[feels of Adam Heath, dec. agreeable
to faid Adam Heath's bend, bearing
date the 12th December, 1793, ob
liging him to make tides to eighty
acres of land, on the west end of
the land whtrton he then lived-*
and the faid petition, with a true
copy of j aid bond, being filed in tht
Cleti’s Office of this (curt.
IT IS ORDERED, that the
foregoing application le puhlifted
cne of the Gazettes of this state ,
three months ; that at the next term
of said court thereafter , no sufficient ,
objection shewn the [aid Matthew
Hay ns, administrator as afoiesaid,
will be dtrebled to execute tiReS -
Anderjon Redding, according o
the conditions of [aid bond, in t'trvii
of the all in fuck cafes provided,
A true copy jrcvi the records,
lehruary 23, iSoi*
J, WAl'is, CUik c. 0-