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TIIE GIPSIES.
Lokdon, j tn.Y i 2.
Oi late years fome attempts
have been made to reduce the
numbers, or, at any rate, to ci
vil,/e ihe habits of that vagabond ;
am) useless race, the gipfies. In 1
put fuance of fueh purposes, a I
hiciety of gentlemen have been
making ali tin’ preliminary in- j
q.ii'irs requifiic to a proper un
do (binding of the fobject. A
fciies of queihons have been <
jiiopoft’d io competent persons j
fn the diiltrent counties in Eftg
land Scotland ; and answers
have been received. Our read
ers will, we think, b* amvsfcd
will! tiie following specimen o
ihefe (pieltions arid answers:
1 From whence is ir laid the
brft gipfies fir ft. enrne ?
2 How many Is ir supposed
there are in England ?
3 What iu your circuit in
luuimer
4 I low many gipfv families
aie supposed to be in ii ?
5 What arc the names of
them r
U I; avc they any. mootings
with thole of other circuits r
7 And for what mirpofe ?
8 W hat number of <• iofics
a-r there computed to b:* in the
county ?
<; What proportion of their
murder follow bufmtfi, and
what kind ?
io What do theybiing their
children up to?
: r What do the womcyi em
ploy themlelvea in :
12 From how many genera
tk'Hc C an they trace their de
ice nt ?
13 Have they kept to one
parr of the country, or removed
to dill ant parts ?
14 How long have they lived
in this part r
15 Have they any speech of
their own, ditTei ent to that used
by other people ?
iS What do they call ir ? can
any one wre it ?
17 Is there any writing to be
seen any where ?
18 Have they any rules of
conduct which are general to
their community ?
19 What religion do they
mostly profefs ?
20 Do they man and in
wl maniti ?
Ilow do they teach tiitir
children religion ?
72 Do any of them learn to
read ?
2 ’ Who teaebss them ?
24 Have they any houses to
go to in winter ?
What proportion of them
ivS it supposed live out of doors
in winter as in fuminer ?
REPORTS
In answer to these questions,
j have been received, and their
1 contents are thus briefly dated :
1 All the gipfies suppose the
firfi of them came from Egypt.
2 They cannot form any idea
of the number in England,
3 Ihe gipfies of Bedford (hire,
Hertford (hire, part of Burking
ham (hire, Cambridge and Hunt
ingdonlhire, are, continually,
making revolutions within the
range of those counties.
4 i hey are either ignorant
of kt number of Cipfies in the
counk'S through which they
travel, 01* unwilling to difclof*
their knowNJge.
5 The niofi common names
are Smkh, Cooper,- Draper,
Taylor, Bofwcl, Le>, LoVell,
Lovcrfedge, Allen, MansfVdd,
Glover, Williams, Carev*’, Mar
tin, Stanley, Buckley, Plunkett
and Corrie.
6 and 7. The gangs in differ
ent towns have not any regular
connexion or organization ; but
those who take up their winter
quarters in the fame city, or
town, appear to have fome
knowledge of the different routes
each horde will purine ; proba
bly with a design to prevent in
terference.
8 In the county of Herts if is
computed there nfiy be fixtv fa
milies, having ma ty children—
! whether they are quite so nu
j merous as in Buckinghatnfhire,
| Beclfordfhire, and Northamp
; tonflme, the answers are not
: (efficiently definite ‘.ode ermine,
j In Cambr:dgefhire,Oxfurdfhire,
Warwickfhire, Wiltfliire, and
1 Dorfitfliire, greater numbers are
’ calculated upon. In various
I counties, the attention has not
\ been competent to the promt'-
j ing data for any dtimale of fa
1 miiic’o, or individuals.
9 More than half their num
ber follow no buiinels ; others
j are dealers in hories and aiTcs;
I iarrieis, smiths, tinkers, bra
-1 Filers, grinders of cutticry, bask
ct makers, chair-bottomers, and
I tnuficians.
10 Children are brought up
in the habits of their parents,
particularly to multi and datic
ing, and are of dilloluce con
duct.
11 The women moflly carry
baskets with tiinkers and (mail
wares ; and tell fortunes.
12 Too ignorant to have ac
quired accounts of genealogy,
.and perhaps indisposed to it by
the irregularity of their habits.
11 Iu nioil counties there are
particular fitnations to \vh*ch
they are partial. In Berkshire
is a marfii near Newbury much
frequented by them ; and Dr
Clark (fares, that in Cambridge
fliirc their principal rendezvous
is near the weflern villages.
14 It cannot be afceitnined
whether, from their full com
ing into the nation, attachment
to particular places has pre
vailed.
15, 16, and 17. When a
mong flrangers, they elude en
quiries refpe’ditig their peculiar
language, calling it gibberish.
Don’t know of any pcifon that
can write it, or of any written
fpecimcn of it.
18 Their habits and cufloms
in all places are peculiar.
19 Those who profefs any
relFpen, icprdcnt it to be that
of the country ia which they
reside j but their dtfeription of
it fcldom goes beyond repeat
ing the Lord’s prayer, and on
ly a few of them are capable
of that. Instances of their at
tending any plrm~ ♦or worship
ire very rare.
20 They marry for the mofl
part by jilcdging to each other,
without any ceremony. A few
exceptions have occurred, when
money was plentiful.
21 I’hey do nor teach their
children religion.
22 and 23 Not one in a thou
sand can read.
24 an i 25 Some go into lodg
ings in London, Cambridge.&c.
during the winter ; but it is
calculated three-fourths of them
five out of doors in winter, as
in fumnier.
EV-rry ■
Administrators Sai.e.
tVILL BE SOLD, on Saturday “
the 19th oi Oftober next, at the
late refidente of Garland Pearson,
deceased, all the personal property
of laid deceased ; confiding of
horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, geese,
and sundry articles of household
furniture. Twelve months credit
with Email notes and good security.
Michael Pearson,
Elizabeth Pearson, S §
N () i 1 C L.
Wll.l be fold on the second
Monday in October next, at the
late residence of Ezekiah Bailey,
late of Elbert county, deceased,
Ail the personal estate
\ of Paid deceased, confiding of hors
! es, cattle, hogs, household arid
j kifehen furirtyre. Twelve months
j credit will be given by the purchaf
-1 er's giving bond and two approved
fee u cities.
(
Rebecbih Martin, ex rx.
Sept 2, 18t 6. (35*
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EXECUTOR’S SALE.
Will be fold to the highest bidder
j on P iturday the nth day of No
vember next, at the late refi leuce
; oi Ifabdla Patterson, deed ; all the
property belonging to the eftateof
ia!d deed ; confiding of 6 negroes,
horses, hogs, cattle, corn, fodder,
and a f-naif quantity of feed-cotton.
Also one negro boy ndonging
to the est ate of John A. Patterson,
deed ; fold by order of the honor
able the court of Ordinary, for the
county of Wilkes. Terms of faie
will be made known on the day of
Tale. At tire fame time and place
will fc rented, the plantation
whereon James Patterson formerly
refid ed.
John W. Cooper, ex hr.
Sept 6, 1816. (34-ts)
Administrator’s Sale.
WILL be fold on 2d day
‘ of November next, at tlie bte
1 refidente oi Sherod Wife, dec ;
j All the prrsrjjudproperty
of (aid deceased, (except l't
negroes) and credit of twelve
months, bond and security will
j be required in all cases, for the
; heh sand creditors of (aid dec.
Nancy Wise, acicr.3:-
joHN Wise, admr.
Sept 20, 1816. * 36.
LXIXU 1 IONS,
in blariK. tor iicrc-
NOTICE.
THE. febici iber has five or fix
likely young Negroes, which he
would fell low for cafin—Colum
bia County, 2 2 miles above Au-
JOHN PIPMAN.
August, Sept. 24th 1816.
A.drninistratrix Sale.
WILL be fold on tliurfday
the 7th day of Nov’r, at the late
refn ence of Robert Middleton
efq’r deck!, in Elbert county, a
stock of horses, catttle and goats,
boufe-hold furniture plantation
tools, and a number of other ar
t cles too tedious to mention.
Aifo the plantation whereon the
r id dec’d lived, to be rented to
the high est bidder for the (pace
of twelve months—aifo.thofe in
debted to said estate, are once
more requeued to make immedi
ate payment ; and those having
demands against the estate, to
render there accounts in as the
law directs : the faie to continue
from day to day untill finifhed.
Terms made known on the
day offals.
Berry C. Middleton, Aums.
25th Sept’r 1816.
EXECUTORS SALES.
WILL be fold oft tfmrfday the
7th day of Nov’r next, at th£
tefider.ee of Harris Coleman de
ceased in Wilks county, the ner
fonal property of said deed 1 con
fiding of household and kifchc-n
Inrniuire —corn and fodder, and
a number of other articles too
numerous to mention ; the faie
to contnoe from day to day, un
til! all is fold. “Twelve months
credit will be giver, by giving’
bond and approved security.
John Coleman 7 Executr>s
i hos. Wool ten )
Sept’r 24th 1816. st,
17)OlTHErRE
Now offered for lale, a likely
vcurin’ negro man —he i3 a good
field hand, and can saw veiy well
at the whip saw—also a negro wo
man that is a very good cook.
Enquire of the printer. Aug. 30-
NOTICE.
The Subferiber informs the
citizens of Washington and its
vicinity, that he has taken the
house below MrLobde IBs, where
he intends carrying on the
Tayloring Business in all its va.
rious blanches. Those who
{vifli their work done whh neat*
nefs, need only apply to.
Thomas Wingate.
Off 4, 1816. (38 2p.
NOW in ~Wilkes jlif, two
r.egroes, one man about 35
years of age, who fays that he
belongs to a man by the name
of Jackson, of Green county.
A;fo, a negro woman, by the
name of Ritter, about 18 \eirs
of age, who fays that (he was
brought to this State by a maa
by the name of Lucas.
The owners are requeued
to come forward, prove tin ir
property, pay colls, and take
them away.
Jno. HALIDAY,
Jailer, Wilks county;
OS 4, 1816. (38
SUIPCLINAS,
in blank, for sale here.
Also, Marriage Licenses,
And. Letters Dismissorvs
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