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POETRY.
LINES,
Written in the Churchyard of Richmond, Eng.
October 7,1816, by Herbert Knowles, who di
ed Feb. 17. 1817, aged nineteen years.
“It it good for tit to bt here. If thou wilt, let
ttt make here three tabemaclet; one for Thee, and
oneforMotet , and one for Elias.” Mat. xvii. 4.
Methinks it is good to be her#:
If thou wilt, let us build—but for whom ?
Nor Elias, nor Moses appear.
But the shadows of eve, th%t encompass the
gloom,
The abode of the dead, and the place of the
tomb 1
Shall we build to Ambition ? Oh, no 1
Affrighted, he shrinketh away ;
For see ! they would pin him below,
To a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay,
To the meanest of reptiles a peer aud a prey.
To Beauty? Ah, no!—She forgets
The charms which she wielded before—
Nor knows the foul worm, that he frets
The skin which but yesterday fools could adore,
For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it
wore.
Shall we build to the purple of Pride,
The trappings which dizen the proud ?
Alas.’ they are are all laid aside—
And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed,
But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the
shroud !
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To Riches ? Alas, ’(is in vain !
Who hid, in their turns have heen hid :
The treasures are squander’d again—
And here in the grave are all metals forbid.
But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid.
To the pleasures which Mirth can afford—
The revel, the laugh and the jeer?
Ah ! here is a plentiful board !
But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer,
And none but the worm is a reveller here !
Shall we build to Affection and Love i
Ah, no! they have wither'd and died,
Orfled with the spirit above—
Friends, brothers and sisters are laid side by side, ]
Yet none have saluted, and none have replied.
Unto Sorrow ? The dead cannot grieve ;
Not a sob, not a sigh meets mine ear,
Which compassion itself could relieve !
Ah ! sweetly they slumber, nor hope, love, or
fear !
Peace, peace is the watchword, the only one
here !
Unto Death, to whom monarchs must bow ?
Ah, no ! for his empire is known,
And here there are trophies enow !
Beneath—the cold dead ; and around, the dark
stone,
Are the signs of a sceptre that none tray disown !
The first tabernacle to Hope we will build,
And look for the sleepers around us to rise !
The second to Faith, which ensures it fulfill’d—
And the third to the Lamb of the great sacrifice,
Who bequeath’d us them both when he rose to
the skies 1
MISCELLANY.
FROM THE SF.W-TOH.E SPECTATOR.
MODERN GREECE.
Athens, from the crowd of recollections
which rush upon the mind whenever the
name is mentioned, can never cease to he a
place of interest tcfthe traveller; and when
wandering amid its still splendid ruins-, this
interest must be felt with increased intensi
ty. Who could survey the ruins of the
Pantheon, that beautiful master-piece of
the great architects of antiquity, or tread
the theatre, (he seat of ancient eloquence,
and where Paul boldly confronted the Athe
nians ; or view the other vestiges of human
grandeur, while surrounded by the ashes of
the many illustrious dead, whose names and
deeds continue to brighten the pages of
history, without feelings of deep emotion.
Yet Athens in other respects has dwindled
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into insignificance.
Thebes, like the other principal cities of
Greece, is placed nearly in the centre of
a circular plain, like an enormous crater,
surrounded by steep and lofty hills. Not
withstanding all its misfortunes, it yet re
tains, in the vestiges of its gates, and it
prodigious rampart, many proofs of ancient
grandeur. Its inhabitants amount to three
hundred families, within the walls, be'ide*
very extensive suburbs. The agricultural
population consists Entirely of Albanians,
whose honesty, hospitality and cleanliness
are cpmmended by Dr. Clarke.
Toligion, in Greece, as it may well he
supposed, is at a low ebb. All Ihe Greek
population, with the exception of some ot
thd Albanians, those, chiefly, who have en
listed in the service of Ali Pacha, are
Christians. The purity of Christianity,
however, has been sullied, and its simplicity
disfigured by the multitude of pagan super
stitions, which inveterate prejudices have
engrafted upon its rites. A Greek of some
education, when speaking to Dr. Clarke of
the snowy ridge of Parnassus, to which
the eyes of the latter and his company
were constantly attracted, observed in Ita
lian: 4 lt is there that the old gods have
resideu ever since they were driven from
the plains.’ He spoke gravely, and, ob
serving a smile on the countenances of his j
hearers, added, by way of reproof— 4 They j
did strange things in this country;—those
old gods are not fit subjects for laughter.”
It would, perhaps, be too much to expect |
that a people who had consecrated every
spot of their country, should at once aban
don those sacred haunts, endeared by so
many recollections of ancient glory. It
was quite natural in the early age* of Chris
_ tianity, that churches should arise out of
the ruins of heathen temples, and that
painted saints should usurp the place of
sculptured gods; that the hills, the groves,
the fountains and caverns should each pos
sess its little church ; and, in fact, many of
them are at this day places of superstitious
resort, where, on certain occasions, votive
offerings to the protecting saints are care
fully deposited, to deprecate some threat
ened evil, or secure some expected good.
■ln this respect the. modern Greeks are
j nothing changed. Such as their religion
I iso, they scrupulously adhere to its estab
! lished rite. 9. A Greek of the present day,
say's a late traveller, “is generally engag
’ e‘d either in a festival or a fast; and the
: crowd I once saw roasting two hundred
sheep in the open air, round the citadel of
Zante, might have led me to fancy that Ju
piter, and not the Virgin, was the patron of
the day.” The number of feasts and festi
vals consumes three fourths of the year;
and the clergy are numerous, poor, and ig
norant. The monks swarm in (be. monas
teries and the parish priests in every vil
lage. They have no higher education
than that of writing the Romaick or vulgar
language, except that they are taught to
repeat, without understanding it. the
Church Liturgy in the Hellenick or ancient
Greek. Some of the monasteries are rich ;
but they have heen doubtless overrated, as
the rapacity of the Turks would not sutfer
them to content themselves with a tax of
one thousand dollars when they could ob
tain more. Each convent has its abbot,
with a number of monks and lay labourers,
xvho plant vineyards, make wine, raise fruits
and vegetables, Szc. The convent at mount
Allies contains about 6000 male inhabitants;
hut no female is permitted to enter the holy
precincts. Even the Turkish Vaivoyde,
stationed on the isthmus to collect the taxes.
is not allowed to bring his harem uifli him.
Not only are the women excluded, but the
finale of every animal, as the monks
gravely assert that no female animal
could exist three days cn the holy ground;
and this too, while the turtle doves are
cooing around them, the birds building their
nests on the trees, the swallows hatching
their young under the roofs, and vermin
multiplying their species in the dirty cells,
and on the persons of the monks them
selves. These monks employ themselves
in knitting stockings, making oils and es
sences, painting rude pictures of their’
Mints, or writing on psalters, which they
exchange for coffee, sugar, snuff, tobacco, i
cordials, &c.
An old bachelor is rarely found in j
Greece ; yet. with a strange inconsistency, i
no country is so infested with monks, who
always incur disgrace by marriage. Among i
the villagers, marriage is contracted as i
among Europeans from mutual knowledge j
and attachment; but in towns and among
the higher orders, the match is generally
made up by the parents and friends, with
out the parties seeing each other; or by
some matrons or go-between who manages
the courtship and concludes the treaty.
The young couple are then at liberty to
see each other and converse freely togeth
er. Sometimes, however, the first glimpse
which the bridegroom is permitted to take
of his future wife, is on the day of mar
riage. One of the chief occupations of the
bride is lhat ofworktniy her wedding gar
ments. These being finished on the eve
of the day appointed for her marriage, she
is conducted by her young female friends,
in splendid procession to the bath. The
following morning, at an early hour, the
bridegroom proceeds to the house of her
parents, attended by a crowd of young men,
singing ami dancing and bawling out the
perfections and virtues of the young cou
ple. The bride is led forth loaded with
bracelets and necklaces, and, supported by
her father and her bridemaid, slowly moves
along with measured steps and downcast
eyes; as she proceeds, showers of nuts,
and cakes, and nosegays, are poured out of
the windows of her friends, with prayers
and wishes for her prosperity. The moth
er and the mafro.ns close the procession.
The marriage ceremony consists of much
mummery and little solemnity. On the
heads of the bride and bridegroom, the
priest places alternately, chaplets or
crowns of flowers, among which, if they j
are to be had, are lilies and ears of corn— !
emblems of purity’ and abundance—two i
rings of gold or silver are interchanged 1
several times between the parties, and the
ceremony concludes by their drinking wine ;
out of the same cup. Among the peasants,’
the bride, accompanied by her bride-1
maids, and husband’s relations, goes from
hoi'se to house, and receives from each :
male inhabitant a few piastres. In some !
places they collect them before marriage,
and string them upon the braids of their!
hair. At a village called Mazeck, Mr.
Hobhouse entered into conveisation with
some peasant girls ; ‘ that told us,’ he says,
‘ that the males were scarce in that part
of the country, and that therefore, contrary
to common custom, no woman could get
married without bringing about a thousand
piastres to her husband. Accordingly sev
eral whom he saw, were collecting their
portion on their hair; and ihe tresses ofa
pretty young girl among them hung down
nearly to her feet, entirely strung with
piastres from lop to bottom. Yet, though
in a starving condition, and passing, as they
assured us with tears in their eyes, whole
days without food, neither the mothers nor
the daughters will strip off the ornamental
coin which has been assigned for the por
tion money.’
Most of the ancient funeral cqremonioc,
| expressive of veneration for the dead, are
i still preserved among the modern Greeks,
t The deceased is dressed in his best apparel,
covered with a garland of flowers, and car
ried in procession to the grave, at the head
of which are hired mourners, uttering such
howls as are heard on like occasions among
the lower orders oflreland. The relations
of thg deceased, at certain periode, plant or
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strew flowers on the grave ; and at partic
ular seasons groups of women may he seen
sitting upon the giaves ot some relation,
covering it with flowers, and watering those
that have taken root. Nor are flowers the
only offerings placed by the simple piety
of the Greek women upon the tomb.
Takes made of honey, flour, and oil, a pud
ding formed of boiled wheat, honey and al
monds, are still given as a propitiatory re
past of Cerberus.
The Greeks, like their ancestors, per
sonify the plague. They represent it un
der the figure of an old woman, clothed in
black, w ho, from her lips, breathes a mor
tal poison during the night on every house
which she happens to pass. But they have
the happiness of possessing amulets and
charms, against every misfortune that hap
pens to them. If these fail, they do not
doubt the virtue, hut attribute it to the want j
of some necessary precautions.
The female peasantry, as in other Euro- j
pean countries, are exposed to labour on
the land, frequently with a child fastened ;
on their back. In going from place to place, |
says Dr. Hunt, they not only carry their j
infants in this manner, but have often a lot-,
ly jar, or pitcher on their heads, and a rock;
or spindle in their hands, with which they j
spin as they walk ; yet there is in their ap
pearance a degree of elegance and beauty
not commonly to be met without Greece. |
Their profiles resemble those of the an- j
cient statues, or of the figures represented j
on vases. But amid all their oppressions,
not an evening passes in the summer months,
in which the young people of both sexes, of
the islands and continental villages, do not
assemble near some favourite fountain or
grove, adorned with garlands and flowers,
and their hair loosely floating on their neck,
to indulge in the favourite Romaics, orcir-’
cular dance ; which,lively,cbhngelul,grace-
ful, is well fitted to display the beauty of at- j
tilude in the human form. —These and oth-J
er scenes of gaiety, however, are but little;
enjoyed by the females of the towns, except
perhaps, at Athens, where the state of so- j
ciety is distinguished from that of other;
parts of Greece, by its greater vivacity and
freedom from restraint, owing in part to the
feebleness of the Turkish government.
THE LAST DAYS OF HERCULANEUM.
In examining some late foreign papers, (says
the New York Columbian) we met with the fol
lowing sublime description of the overwhelming
of Herculaneum and Pompeii, by an eruption of
Vesuvius. It is taken from a review, in Baldwin’s
London Magazine, of a Poem on the “ last days
of Herculaneum,” by Mr. Atherstone. Our
readers will pronounce it one of the most beauti
ful pieces of descriptive eloquence they have ev
er seen.
“ A great city—situated amidst all that
nature could create of beauty and profu
sion ; or art collect of science and magni
ficence—the growth of many ages—the
residence of enlightened multitudes—the
scene of splendour aud festivity and happi
ness—in one moment withered as by a
spell—its palaces, its streets, its temples,
its gardens glowing with eternal spring,
and its inhabitants in the full enjoyment of
all life’s blessings, obliterated from their
very place in creation, not by war, or fam
ine, or disease, or any of the natural causes
of destruction to which earth had heen ac
customed—but in a single night, as if by
magick, and amid the conflagration, as it
were, of nature itself, presented a subject
on which the wildest imagination might
grow weary without equalling the grand
and terrible reality. The eruption of Ve
suvius, by which Herculaneum and Pompeii
were overwhelmed, has been chiefly des
cribed to us in the letters of Pliny the
younger to Tacitus, giving an account of
his uncle’s fate, and the situation of the wri
ter and his mother. The elder Pliny had
just returned from the bath, and was retired
i to his study, when a small speck or cloud
! which seemed to ascend from Mount Ve
: suvius attracted his attention. This cloud
: gradually increased, and at length assumed
| the shape of a pine tree —thfe trunk, of
! earth and vapour, and the leaves ‘ red cin
j ders.’ Pliny ordered his galjey, and, urged
j by his philosophick spirit, went forward to
; inspect the phenomenon. In a short time
j however, philosophy gave way to humani
| ty, and he zealously and adventurously em-
I ployed his galley in saving the inhabitants
1 of the various beautiful villas, which stud
-1 ded that enchanting coast. Amongst others
. he went out to the assistance of his friend
Pomponianus, who was then at Stabiae.
I The storm of fire and the tempest of the
I earth increased—and the wretched inhabi
tants were obliged, by the continual rocking
j of their houses, to rush out into the fields
| with pillows tied down by napkins upon |
! their heads, as their sole defence against
the shower of stones which fell on them.
This, in the course of nature, happened in
the middle of the day—but a deeper dark
ness than that of a winter night had closed
around the ill-fated inmates of Herculane
um. This artificial darkness continued for
three days and nights, and when, at length,
the sun again appeared over the spot where [
Herculaneum stood, his rays fell upon the
ocean of lava ! There was neither tree nor |
shrub, nor field, nor house, nor living crea
ture ; nor visible remnant of what human i
hands had reared—there was nothing to be
seen but one black, extended surface, still
steaming with mephitick vapour, and heav- j
ed into calcined waves by (he operation of,
fire, and the undulations of the earthquake !
Pliny was found dead upon the seashore,
stretched upon a cloth which had been
spread for him, where it was conjectured
he had perished early, his corpulent and
apoplectick habit rendering him an easy
prey to the suffocating atmosphere.”
“ He who would be rich in one year, is hanged
at ix months’ end.” Therefore work steady,
and remember that “ three things only are well
done in haste, viz—flying from the piaeGc ; es
caping from quarrels; and catching fleW”
From the Charleston Courier.
A PEF.P AT THE NEW EL DORADO.
jt Utter to the Editors, Blakely, MuyJ.
I promised to write you on *y_ return from
Pensacola, turn much pleased with’the place ,
the harbour is one of the most magnificent m the
world, and the air is delightfully pure. the soil
is licht, but 1 think better than that of Jersey, or
the vicinity of Annapolis. H requires manuring,
and then produces the upland rice, and barley or
oats. But the fig and the grape succeed here
much better than on the Mississippi. Cardens
are made with very little pains, and produce we .
A delightful spring large enough to turn a null,
flaws directly through the town. lam convinced
Pensacola must be a great town ; at present it is
n miserable place, the houses are nearly all in ru
ins,hut from the sudden influx which it is supposed
will take place, every species of speculation has
commenced, by which the prices or property and
rent have become very high, and I fear will in
jure the place. The present population is said to
‘be fifteen hundred, which probably exceeds that
of all West Florida. Capital can be employed
here to advantage, and all kinds of mechanicks
are much wanted. There is a superabundance of
office expectants, and of adventurers of all kinds,
whose situations I fear, will be no belter there
than any where else. There are already seven
lawyers, who seem determined to take the start
of some dozen or two more who are on the way.
When the town and country grow, there may be
business for four or five of the best among them,
and a few of (he worst, but the middle class will
inevitably starve. There will be no courts until
the organization of the territorial governments,
which will be the next winter.
I think more favourably of the pine lands than
some of my friends. Where it is cow-f ‘lined, as it
is called, that is, slightly manured, it produces
rice, thirty or forty bushels to the acre, and bar
ky from sixty to eighty. What is remarkable, 1
observe that in those places where the pines were
cleared, the oak, the buck-eye aud the dogwood
spring up. No fair experiment has been made of
this soil. In the neighbourhood of Pensacola it
i? better than in any place 1 have seen, being mix
ed with shells.
The people of Pensacola are very impatient for
the change ; but this will not take place until the
arrival of the Hornet, which is daily expected.—
Gen. Jackson is extremely popular among them,
which I did not expect to find the case : but tlie
reasons which they gave me are very sufficient.
They say he is a man of energy, and scrupulous
ly just. I had been informed that he was an ex
tensive owner of property here, but I find that he
does not own a single foot, and that he is engag
ed in none of the purchases which have heen
made by others. Large purchases have been
made by a gentleman of the same name in Ten
nessee, but no connexion of Ins.
P. S. Four more lawyers have arrived since the
above was written. Poor fellows !
LIEUT. TRIPPE.
We understand that the sword which the late
gallant Lieutenant Trippe wrested from the com
mander of a Tripolitan vessel which he boarded,
in the affair off Tripoli in 1804, has been received
from one of bis friends, and been deposited among
the trophies of the Navy Department.
Lieut. Trippe, it will be remembered, jumped
on board the Tripolitan, followed by Midshipman
John D. Henly, (now commander of the frigate
Congress,) and nine men, after which his gun
boat fell off, leaving him exposed to the attacks
of thirty-six Tripolitans. “ Though at first,” says
the historian,” the victory seemed doubtful,yet in
a few minutes the Tripolitans were subdued.—
Fourteen of them were killed, and twenty two
taken prisoners, seven of the latter severely
wounded. Lieut. Trippe received eleven sabre,
wounds, some of them dangerous. The blade of
his sword bending, he closed with his antagonist,
and both fell. In the struggle, Lieut. Trippe
wrested the sword from him and stabbed him to
the heart.”
It is gratifying to know, that this memorial of
one of the most gallant actions and gallant spirits
of our early little Navy, is placed where we hope
it will long be preserved. Nat. Intel.
THU. AFRICAN COLONY.
We have been favoured with the perusal of two
letters from Collin Teague and Lott Cary, two of
the coloured men from this place, who went out
in the Nautilus to Africa, from which we make
the following extracts, believing they will be in
teresting to most of our readers. Norfolk paper.
Sierra Leone, April 18, 1821.
Dear Brother—With great pleasure and regard
I write you first to inform you that I and my fam
ily are enjoying good health. We were all very
sick on the passage, but thank God we have all
recovered. We left Hampton Roads the 23d of
January, and after the 45th day of our sail we
made land, which was the Bth day of March.—
You may judge the joy that land gave ns. We
arrived in the harbour about five o’clock and ear
ly the next morning we went to the market, and
there we-saw fish, oysters, beef, shoal mutton,
pine-apples, oranges, plantains, cassado, bana
nas, and all kinds of fruit—and you may depend
we had a great feast. We laid at thisplace un
til the 29th of March ; we then removed about
two miles higher up the river, where we are at
this present time. On our arrival at Sierra Le
one, we foundMr. Coker there, and had not heen
to see about land or people, and of course there
was no land for us. The place that we are now
at is rented by our agents for one thousand and
sixty dollars per year. We expect to live here
until ground is bought. Dear Brother, I find
that Africa produces every thing to make one
happy. 1 have seen tobacco as high as I am, and
cotton in abundance. 1 have seen the coffee
grow to its natural size ; in short, every thing
grows spontaneous. We ate water-melons and
corn, the second day after our arrival. O that
the Lord inaj be with ns. There much to do
for this degraded paradise ; and may the Lord
speed the time. I have never experienced warm
er weather in Africa than I did in Richmond ; the
warmest is from ten to three o’clock.
Dear Brother, 1 say again, that Africa will pro
duce every thing to make us happy. I am happy
that ! am in it. COLLIN TEAGUE.
Free Town , Africa, April 17, 1821.
Very Dfar Brother —I am glad that an oppor
tunity is allowed me, to transmit to yon a few
lines, which will inform you that we have, all ar
rived safe to the shores of Africa, after a long pas
sage of 44 days, and we lost none but one, and
that was a child of Mrs. Coker, not n year
old, and it had been ill some time previous to her
leaving Baltimore. We had a longer passage than
common, and much sea sickness, for some of our
people were sick nearly the whole passage ; but
God is good, and has landed us safe to our desir
ed port.
We have arrived to a land which 1 belieVe to
be the best calculated to feast its inhabitants,'of
all others that ever 1 saw or read of, the garden of
Eden excepted. If 1 was to say, that it is a land
! flowing witli wine and oil, my language would not
be too strong to express my idea of this country,
lor here the mountains are covered with palm
trees, and this tree is good to eat, to drinlt, to
burn and to wear ; the people go on the mountains
and tap the tree, and draw thin wine
money and without price ; and while they are
. on the tree, cut off the nuts, which are in bunches
!as large as a man’s head, and from the shells of
| those nuts they extract an oil which they use
I with rice, and for frying fish, &c. and then they
cranrWe nut and get out of the kernel a finer
oil which they use as butler and shortening, and,
then they cut the tree down, anil get the heart,
and use that for cabbage ; and of the leaves they
make as good fishing lines, and lines fur other use
as you would wish to see,and then the tree is good
to burn. Now ask the whole United States to
produce such a tree. LOTT CARY.
To take Mildew out of Linen. —Take soap and
rub it well, then scrape some fine chalk, and rub
that also in the linen ; lay it on the grass ; as it
drys, wet it a little, and it will come out at twice
doing.
Powelton Academy.
THE next term in this Institutiorrwill com
mence on the first Monday in July. The
‘teachers will make every possible exertion for
their pupils. Past encouragement is gratefully
acknowledged and publick patronage is again re.
spactfully solicited.
JOSEPH VVOOD, Rector.
June 1G 3
Received,
AN assortment of Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
SHOES and BOOTS, of various dtscrip.
lions ; all offered on reasonable terms, wholesale
and retail. CYPRIAN IVILCOX.
Sparta, June 1, 1821. 2tf ~y
New and Cheap Establishment.
. j
MANSFIELD & BURRITT,
Merchant Tailors,
sparta
Respectfully inform the Puhiick, that
. they have taken the store lately occupied
by M. R. Brown , & Cos. twenty rods east from
the Engle Tavern, where they intend to keep
constantly on hand a great supply of superliue
READY MADE CLOTHING , together with
a general assortment of DRY GOODS.
They are this day opening
Superfine drab Becking Great Coats.
Tartan Plaid and Camblet Cloaks.
Superfine blue, brown, and green Waterloos.
“ Blue Coats.
“ Blue, drab, and mixed Cloth and Cns
simere Pantaloons. . /•
“ Black, blue and buffCassimere Vcsty.i
“ White find figured Marseilles do. I
u Stripe and figured Toilnet do.
“ Linen and Cotton Shirts.
“ Black, bine, brown, green, drab and
mixed Broadcloths.
“ Black, blue, drab, mixed and buff
Caseimeres, drab Kersey, mixed Plains, Tartan
Plaid, green Baize, Flannel, Bombazett, Gottou
Shirting, brown Linen, fancy,'■tripe,& fig’d.Vest
ing, new and elegant patterns; black,brown,green
drab, scarlet silk & Tabby Velvets; black Flo
rentine ; light and dark Levantine silk Umbrel
las and Parasols; white and mixed lambs’ wool
worsted and Vigona Ilose; white silk do. ; silk
and beaver gloves; flag Handkerchiefs; fancy
Cravats ; buckskin, silk and coiton web and knit
Suspenders; cotton Shawls and Handkerchiefs;
Russia and domestick Sheeting; cotton and linen
Diaper; best gilt coat and vest Buttons ; neck
pads, pocket books, combs, cotton Sails and
skeins, floss cotton, tooth brushes, sha\ ing boxes,
hooks and rings, siik twist, pins, needles, itc. &c.
Also —hats, boots, shoes and leather, and a col
lection of valuable BOOKS; all of which will be
sold on accommodating terms.
Gentlemen preferring their clothes made from
measure, can have them at short notice in the
neatest manner, from the latest New York and
Philadelphia fashions. *
They have made arrangements for regular sup
plies of fresh imported and well selected goods ;
and to their knowlege of the business, (which was
obtained at the most extensive and respec'able
establishments of the kind at the North) will be
added diligence and punctuality. Having said
thus much, they leave the proofs to the sure test
of experience, and claim from the generous and
enlightened inhabitants of Sparta and the sur
rounding country, a share of the general patron
age.
Sparta , Hancock County , Dec. 5, 1820. 29tf
Land lor Sale.
THE subscriber offers for'ale APT ANTA-
TlOJf , containing 190 acres of first quality
land, well improved, having on it a good two
story house, and other necessary buildings in
good order. It is situated sufficiently near Mount
Lion to enable the purchaser so avail himself of
the privileges of the school. The present crop
upon the land will sufficiently recommend the
fertility of the soil. It will he sold on reasonable
terms. For further particulars, application may
be made to the subscriber, or at the Missionary
Office. RICJARD GREGOFA-’
Mount Zion, June 6, 1821. 2tf. ”
Mount Zion Institution.
THE second session of this Institution will
commence on Monday, the 25th of June.
The continuance of puhiick patronage is once
more solicited. Carlile P. Beman will still de
vote his labours to the classical school.
Miss Harriet Stebbins, who has for some time
past instructed in the Female Department with
great reputation, has resolved on a visit to the
Northern States, during the present summer; and
for the purpose of continuing the existence of the
school while she is absent, the Rector has con
sented to take the charge of this department.
Young ladies of any age will be received as mem
b. rs of the school, and he taught the branches
which they have heretofore pursued. Musick
will continue to be taught by Mrs. Norton.
N. S. S. BEMAN, Rector. >
May 16, 1821.
H. Ely, A
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