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POETRY.
From the Edinburgh Magazine.
Stanza* on visiting a scene of childhood.
“ I cime to the place of my birth, and said,
“ The friends of my youth, where are they ?”
And Echo answered, “ Where are they ?”
Loire years had elapsed since I gaz’d on the scene,
Which my fancy still rob’d in its freshness of
k green ;
The spot, where a school-boy, all thoughtless I
,a> ,tra J r ’ d ’
,tbe side of the stream in the gloom of the
ten shade
°f‘eus:ht of the friends who had roam’d with me ]
00>
there,
!Vhen the sky was so blue and the flowers were so
fair;
All scatter’d, all sunder'd, by mountain and wave,
And some in the cold silent .womb of the grave.
I thought of the green banks that circled around,
With wild flowers, with sweet briar and eglantine
crown’d ;
J thought of the river all stirless and bright
As the face of the sky on a blue summer night.
And I thought of the trees undeT which we had
strayed,
Os the broad leafy boughs with their coolness of
shade;
And I hop’d, though disfigur'd, some token to find
Os the names and the carvings, impress’d on the
rind.
All eager I hasten’d the sceue to behold,
Rendered sacred and dear by the feelings of old,
And I deem’d that, unalter’d, my eyes should ex
plore
This refuge, this haunt, this elysiutn of yore !
’Twas a dream—not a token or trace could 1
view
Os the names that 1 lov’d, of the trees that 1 knew;
Like the shadows of night at the dawning of day,
Like a tale that is told—they had vanish’d away !
And melhought the lone river that murmur’d
along,
Was more dull in its musick, more sad in its song.
Since the birds that had nestled and warbled
above, ‘ ,
Had all fled from its banks at the fall of the grove.
1 paus’d—and the moral came home to my heart,
Beheld, bow of earth all the glories depart!
Our visions are baseless—our hopes but a gleam,
Cur staff but a reed, and our life but a dream !
Then, oh ! let us look—let our prospects allure,
To scenes that can fade not, to realms that en
dure,
To glories, to blessings, that triumph sublime.
O’er the blightings of Change, and the ruins of
Time !
MISCELLANY.
Agricultural.
. From the Columbia Telescope.
Columbia , S. C. June 18.
Mr. Cline,
Sir, —1 received a few days since the fol
lowing method of destroying weevils in flotir,
wheat, rice, and other grains, either in the
barn or in barrels, of preventing or curing,
the rust in wheat or in cotton , which the
writer says positively is owing to small in
sects; and also for destroying rats in barns,
granaries and elsewhere.
This was sent to me as Chairman of lha
Board of Curators of the South Carolina Ag- j
ricnltural Society, by Mr. James M’Lain, of
York district, South Carolina, and lie very
liberally allows me to publish it as often &
in any manner 1 please.
Mr. M’Lain says, that the mat in wheal is
occasioned by small yellow worm% to he
found mostly in the hollow of the stalk be
tween the top joint and the head ; (hey are
so very small that they can scarcely be
seen by the naked eye. The rust in cotton
is caused by multitudes of insects on the un
derside of the leaves.
I am -veil aware that sulphur has been
frequently recommended for the above pur
poses; but whether it has had a full trial
is doutful, particularly in the manner and
time of using it as directed Mr. M'Lain, viz:
by making matches of thetrim tone or sul
phur, and sticking them after being lighted,
in the field infected by the insects between
daylight and sun rise , when the air is still
and the dew on the plants, This being
done for three successive mornings will des
troy the insects, and restore the wheat and
cotton to perfect health and vigour. Now
it is very possible that the smoke of the
brimstone impregnating the dw on the
plants may have a fuller effect than if used
under other circumstances.
One pound of brimstone is sufficient for
ten acres each morning, of wheat or cot
ton.
To preserve wheat, rice or other grains,
and flour io barrels, from weevils &, worms,
wet the inside of the barrel and turn it down
#ver a burning match—let it stand about
ten minutes,take it off and put in your wheat,
fice, flour, Sic. immediately.
To preserve corn, Sic. in cribs, and gran
aeries from rats, weevils, Sec. dig holes suffi
-tiently large to contain n match of the sul
phur of brimstone aud let it stay about thir
ty minutes. ’
When we consider the enormous ravages
and the-geeat destruction caused to farmers,
cotton and rice planters, merchants and
others, by insects and rats, it excites sur
prise that certaiu means of destroying them
Jjave not yet been found out and very fully
tried. Should the sulphur, used ac
cording to Mr. J. McLain’s method prove
effectual, his name deserves to be handed
down to posterity with the highest honour
end praise for the liberal and disinterested
manner in which be made the communica
tion.
I am, respectfully, Sir, Your’s &c.
N. IIERBEMOT.
WOMAN.
[Extracted from “ The Idle Mas” anew publi
cation which has recently appeared in N.York.]
Women have been called angels in love
tales and sonnets, till we have almost learn
ed to think of angels as little better than
women. Yet a man who knows a woman
thoroughly, and loves her truly; and there
are women who may be both so kpown and
loved; will find, after a few years, that his
relish for the grosser pleasures has lessen
ed, and that he has grown into a fondness
for the intellectual and refined, without an
effort and almost unawares. Be has been
led on to virtue through his pleasures.
The delight of the eye, and the gentle play
of that passion which is the most inward &
romantick in oar nature, and which keeps
much of its character amidst the concerns of
life, have held him in a kind of spiritualized
existence. He shares his very being with
one who, a creature of this world, and with
some of the world's frailties, is
Yet a spirit, still and bright
With something of an angel light*
“ With all the sincerity of a companion
ship of feeling, cares, sorrows, and enjoy
ments, her presence is as the. presence of a
purer being, and there is that is her nature
which seems to bring him nearer to a bet
ter world. She is, as it were linked to an
gels and lie feels, in his exalted moments,
held by the same tie.
“ A woman, amidst the ordinary affairs of
life, has a greater influence than a man on
those near her. While, for the most part,
our feelings are as retired as anchorite,
hers are in constant play before us. We
hear them in her varying voice.—We see
them in the beautiful and harmonious undu
lations of her movements; in the quick-shif
ting hues of her face; in her eye, glad and
bright; then fond and suffused. Her whole
frame is alive and active with what is at her
heart, and the outward form all speaks.
And can a man listen to this; can his eye
rest upon all this, day after day, and he not
“be touched and made better ? She seems ot
a finer mould than we, and cast in a form of
beauty, which, like all beauty acts with a
moral influence upon our hearts. As she
moves about us, we feel a movement within,
which rises and spreads gently over us, har
monizing with her own.
“The dignity of a woman has its peculi
ar character. It awes mere than that of
man. His is more physical, bearing itself
up with an energy of courage which we
may brave, or a strength which we may
struggle against. He is his own avenger,
and we may stand the brunt. A woman’s
dignity has nothing of this force in it. it is
of a higher quality, too delicate for mortal
touch. We bow before it as before some
soperiour spirit appearing in beautiful ma
jesty.”
Nothing is perhaps more dangerous to
the future happiness of men of deep thought
and retired habits, than the entertaining an i
-early, long, and unfortunate attachment. It |
frequently sinks so deep into the mind, that i
it becomes their dream by night and their i
vision by day—mixes itself with every j
source of interest aud enjoyment—& when 1
blighted and withered by final dissappoint- 1
ment, it seems as if the springs of the heart, i
were dried up along with it. This aching J
of the heart, this languishing after a shad- j
ow which has lost the gaiety of its colouring, 1
this dwelling on the remembrance of a
dream from which we have been roughly
awakened, is the weakness of a gentle and
generous heart.
General Intelligence.
THE CINCINN ATI.
From the Boston Centinel, July 8.
The birth day of our National'lndependence
was commemorated by Shis decreasing band of
war-worn veterans in their usual spirit of renew
ed friendship and interesting recollections. They
dined together at Concert Rail, which is always
reserved for their accommodation, told their old
stories, sung their old songs, and fought over, in
review, their old battles; and as this sort of harm
less fighting precludes the shedding of blood, plen
tiful libations of Madeira and Claret were poured
out in lieu of it.
The following historical items, in form of toasts,
were each recognized and attested to in full flow
ing bumpers :
tsl Toast —The day, and the memory of the
immortal WASHINGTON! His vakmr and skill
defended in the field, what wisdom and patriotism
decreed in the cabinet.
2d Toast —The President of the United States.
3d Toast— lndependence !—boldly declared,
pertinaciously denied, but fairly proved and con
firmed by the ten following arguments :
4th. Toast —l starg. —Lexington!—Where we
taught our foes
“The true war dance of Yankee reels,
“ And nianuel exercise of heels.”— McFingal.
hth Toast— 2d arg— Bunker’s Hill !—Where
more execution was done by father's long gun ,
than by kings’ arms and bayonets.
6lh Toast—3d arg. —Retreat from Ty’ .We
lost our tents and baggage, but Burgoyne and his
army were soon pledged to redeem them.
?<fi Toast — 4th arg. —Saratoga .'—Thousands
drink health at her springs, but there the British
Lion drank death from onr Brooks* —[Drank af
ter the President had retired.]
Util toast—jlith arg. —Princeton !—A coup de
main ! —Planned by genius without supplies, and
executed by bravery without shoes and stock
ings.
9/A Toast —6 lh arg. —Trenton!—A ruse de
guerre—Where with a great many lights before
them, the enemy lost their Hessians in the dark.
lOlh Toast—illi arg. —Brandywine and Ger
mantown ! Battles won and lost. New troops
always gain by fighting.
VUh Toast —B//i arg. —Monmouth !—A fair tri
al of strength and discipline by day, and the re
sult acknowledged by the enemy, in their retreat
by night.
Wh Toast—9th arg —Stoney Point.—A tongh
storm . which swept the enemy’s standard from
the walls, and tore up his proud defiance by the
roots. J
* regiments which stormed the right
of the Bntish intrenched camp at Saratoga was led
by Col. Brooks, the present Gcvemour if Massa
chusetts.
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13/A Toast— lOlh arg-' Yoxktown!— A ttvb
born fact! which produced a verdict in our fa
vour, and left no case for the Court at Westmin
ster.
14/A Toast— The American Fair!—We fought
for Liberty and Independence, but reject not the
silkeu chains which Beauty offers.
Folunleer —Old times! Some of ns are old
enough to remember thtm —the rest will never
forget their influence.
The advance ofthisC’rps,able to take the field
upon this occasion, consisted of only 21, suppor
ted by about the same number of vigorous and
spirited recruits who fill their fathers’ vacancies in
the line, and who will ever do honour to their
memory.
Toasts drunk at Washington City.
The great men who “ imparted the first impulse
to the ball off Revolution There were giants on
earth in (hose days.
Literature aud the Arts—r First Freedom, and
then Glory.
By the Secretary of State. —France, the first al
ly of our Independence.
By the Minister of France. —The Republick of
(he United States : May it ever be prosperous and
happy.
By the Secretary of the Treasury. —The people
of the U. States : Best governed because self-gov
erned.
By the Secretary of War. —Education, Elec
tions a/ld the Freedom of the Press ; If duly priz
ed, our liberty will be imperishable.
By the Secretary of the Mary. —May the Spirit
of Seventy-Six still animate this republick, and
the union is indissoluble.
By Baron Slackhberg. —Prosperity and happi
ness to all nations.
ByMoj. Gen. Brown. —The progress of know
ledge : If its march keeps time with the nation’s
advance in power, our institutions will be eter
nal.
At various places.
Tire Literary Institutions of our country. —It is
only the power of letters that can perpetuate the
principles of the patriot,and the fame of the hero.
‘The first link in the chain of political liberty it)
all nations, Free Schools.
The Memories of Washington and Franklin :
Wisdom, valour and patriotism do homage at their
graves :
“ There Honour comes a pilgrim grey,
To bless jhe turf that wraps their clay ;
Ami Freedom shall awhile repair,
To dwell a weeping hermit there.”
The Clergy. —Watchmen on the Towers ; let
them not-neglect their watch to dispute of forms
among themselves, lest the enemy take that op
portunity to enter the city.
The American Navy.—May it possess many
Decaturs in every thing bnt duelling.
Old Bachelors —Bomb-proof to the shafts of
Cupid—may they never receive greater punish
ment than the condemnation of Old .Maids.
The Fair Sex. —Lovely as they are fair, may
their virtues engage our affections, and may we
never have occasien to exclaim with Jacob, be
held 1 it is Leah.
NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS.
Mr. Editor—ln the afternoon of the Bth inst.
being at the country residence of a friend in
Newton, the writer for the.first time, beheld the
expansion of the roost beautiful of American pro
ductions, the Might-Blooming Cereus, [Cactus
Grandillora.] Just after six o’clock, the .fibres
(if they may be so called) of the calix began to
separate, and to discover the yellow tints beneath ;
and by half past eight o’clock the whole of one
of the grandest and most beautiful flowers of all
the vegetable kingdom, was fully expanded, dis
playing within the rays of a vegetable sun, numer
ous petals of the purest white, four or five inches
jin length, with a great number of recurved stami
na, snrrounding the style of the centre of the
flower. By measurement we found the diame’er
of the extended calix to be nearly nine inches.
The perfume emitted by the plant scented the
whole hot house. The motion of the fibres soon
after they began to expand was visible to the
eye. The sight was gratifying, and the moral it
taught not uninstructive. We are told by the
Botanists that this short-lived bnt dazzling Beauty
begins to disclose its charms before night-fall, in
July, arrives at perfection before midnight, and
fades and consumes soon after day-light the next
morning; continuing in perfection only about six
hours. Yours, kc. B.
Boston Cent. July 11.
CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS.
No system is better calculated to effect the
only proper object of legal punishment in Peni
tentiaries, than the dividing of convicts into sepa
rate classes. New York, we perceive, by an act
of April 2d ofthe present year, has adopted a sys
tem whereby the prisoners at Auburn are divided
into three classes. The first class to be compos
ed of the oldest and most heinous offenders, who
are constantly to he confined in cells; the second
class to consist of offenders of a less heinous grade,
to be confined in cells three days and permitted
to labour three days in each week ; and the third
class to comprise youthful offenders and such as
shall be deemed by the inspector worthy to be
permitted to labour each day. All prisoners in
variably to sleep in Separate cells, except in cases
ofsiokness ; and the inspector or warden to have
power to chaise any individual from one class to
another as circumstances may require.
The plan of dividing the eonvicls into classes,
and offering pecuniary rewards and superiour pri
vileges to those whose good behaviour and atten
tion to business are deemed by the superinten
dents deserving of special favours, was adopted
some time since in the Massachusetts penitentia
ry, and the effect has been very salutary upon
a great proportion of the prisoners.
ClevelAkb. Ohio, June 29.
Adventure with a Bear— On the 26th nit. a
son of Mr. Adam Miller, of Troy township, about
17 years of age, had occasion to pass through a
piece of wood which extended about four miles;
having proceeded about a mile, hp discovered at
a short distance a bear and three cubs. Being
I entirely destitute of weapons of defence, he tried
: to (tighten them off by hallooing, &c. but the old
j “ear made immediately towards him, and he
spuing for a sapling about 10 inches in diameter,
jaM f ree 0 f n mbs to lhe height of forty feet Th is
he ascended, and the bear followed; at the
I height of 10 or 12 feet, she was so near him he
j E“ v ’e her a kick, and she slipped to the bottom.
=he immediately ronscended, while he exerted
himself to climb beyond her reach. Bnt she
j a pin overtook him; and as he kicked at her she
! ,ore his r 'E ht foot badly, took off bis shoe, and
again fell to the ground. She then followed him
; up the third time, and fell without doing him any
injury. He had now ascended the sappling about
20 feet; but the old bear was soon at his heels
the fourth time, caught his left foot, and both fell 1
together. On reaching tie ground, the bear
started from him about a rod, when he recovered
and ran. She followed 30 or 40 rods, and gave
up the chace, and the young man reached home
in safety.
At a publick celebration of the 4th of July at
Philadelphia, the declaration of independence
was read by the venerable Timothy Matlack, j
I nearly 90 years of age. He wrote the first com-!
mission for Gen.Washington,aud was an early and
j persevering asserterof the principles of the ravo
’ lution both in the cabinet and the field. 1
From the Elisabethtown, M. J. Gaecttc
latcristing TV/.—At the late term of the court j
of common pleas for this county, came on for tri
al a cause has produced considerable ex
cilement in the pubiick mind. It was an action
for slander, brought by Miss Eunice llall, late |
teacher of a Female Boarding School in this town
against Dr. Robert Grant,of Georgia. The dam a
ges were laid at SIO,OOO. The cause occupied
the court severfdays, during most of which time
the court room was thronged with spectators.
The jury after deliberating about two hours,
brought m a verdict of $250 for the plaintiff.
New-York, July It.
Commodore Barron. —The Court of Enquiry
in the case of Com. Barron, closed its sitting yes
terday ; and, if wo are correctly informed, there
was not a shadow of evidence in support of the
surmisdl against this gentleman’s character. It
may now be reasonably hoped that the Commo
dore will not only be restored to the confidence
of his government, and fellow-citizens, but to a
command suitable to his rank.
A Warning. —By a gentleman of this county',
who returned from a western (our a few days
since, we have been informed cf one of the most
shocking occurrences that has fallen to our lot to
record. A man near St. Clairsville, O. who had
his smoke house robbed frequently by some per
son unknown, undertook to detect the thief by
rubbing arseniek over a piece of bacon, and leav
ing it in a convenient place. The next day a
whole family was taken ill in the neighbourhood,
and the wife and three children of the thief had
died, and all the rest consisting of two cr three
children and himself, were lying at the point of
death when our informant passed.
[ ll'ash. Pa Register.
Sir James M'lntosh's humane proposition in
the House of Commons, to alter the criminal law
of Great Britian, has failed. In the debate on
his motion, one of the members observed—” To
kill your father, or to catch a rabbit, (he penalty
is the tame ; to destroy the three kingdoms, or to
destroy a hop vine, the penally is the same ; to
kill a gipsey, or to keep company with a gipsey,
the penalty is the same. As to transportation,
criminals regard it as a favour.”
In the debate of the British House of Commons
of the 23d May, on the mitigation of the punish
ment of forgery, Dr. Lushington related the fol
lowing anecdote :—“ About 18 years ago, a boy
between 15 and 16 years of age, passed by the
Ok! Bailey, while a roan was executed for forge
ry ; the hoy’s character up to that time was free
from all blame ; he asked what the man was ex
ecuted for, and was informed ; and, in the course
of that same day he went home and committed
forgery himself. Having been tried for the of
. ence, lie was convicted, but afterwards saved, on’
a certificate from the Ordinary, that he was not
fit to take the Sacrament. So little effect has the
punishment of death on the human mind.”
The following extract is from a work recently
published in England, entitled “ Views of Society
and Manners in America,” by an Englishwo
man. The writer is Miss Wright, authoress of
Altorf, who visited our country a year or two
since, with her sister. We cannot but be proud
of the elegant compliment here paid us, when
we reflect upon the low abuse heaped upon our
country by her countrymen, Howitt, Fearon, and
others. The whole work is said to be creditable
to her literary abilities, and honourable to our
country. [Georgian.
“ It is said that every man has his forte, and
so, perhaps, has every nation ; that of the Ameri
can is clearly good sense; this sterling quality is
the current coin of the country, and it is curions
to see how immediately it tries the metal of other
j minds. In truth, I know no people who sooner
j make you sensible of yonr own ignorance.”*****
j “It was finely answered by an American citi
’ zen to a European, who, looking around him,
! exclaimed, “ Yes; this is all well. You hare all
j the vulgar and the substantial, but I look in vain
I for the ornamental. Where are yonr ruins and
| your poetry ? “ There are our ruins,” replied the
Repuplican, pointing to a revolutionary soldier,
who was turning up the glebe ; and then exten
ding his hand over the plain that stretched before
them, smiling with luxuriant farms, and little vil
las, peeping out from beds of trees—” there is our
poetry .”*****#***■
A gentleman from one of the northwestern
states related to me a few days since the follow
ing anecdote, as illustrative of the sense of honour
and devoted sentiments which characterize manv
of the Indian warriours.
Several years ago, at a treaty held with some
Indian tribes at Vincennes, in Indiana, at which
thecelebrated Tecumsch was present, Gen. Har
rison acted as one of the commissioners on the
part of our government. A bower had been
erected in a field adjoining the town for the meet
ing of the parties. Before the Council was open
ed, Gen. Harrison handed several chairs to the
American officers and gentlemen who were pres
ent before he offered one to Tecnmseh. On
handing one to him, the haughty warriour thrust
it aside; and surveying those around him with a
mingled expression of pride and contempt, threw
himself in a reclining posture on (he ground. Gen.
Harrison endeavoured to soothe him, and through
the interpreter, asked whether he intended to
offend his Great Father. “My father! (said the
indignant .chief,) the Sun is my father, and the
Earth is my mother , and 1 will repose myself cn
her bosom.” ‘a. B.
Albany Statesman.
Fourteen hundred Moors perished in the storm
that lately destroyed-the Tunisian fleet at Tunis.
The admiral was the only officer that escaped, he
being on shore at the time. This fleet was just
preparing to sail on a piratical cruise against
the commerce of Christian nations.
MOSCHETOS.
An English paper announces that a principal
road in America is become impassable from a
species of non-descript moscheto ; they attack
both man and horse, and their sting is so destruc
tive as to cause death in three hours. They ought
surely to have told us where these horrid insects
are to be found, so that we may avoid the fury
!of their attacks and the poison of their stings.
We are curious to know whether these are tiie
j same kind ofmoschetos as those which carry brick
bats under their wings to whet their bills upon !
[M. Y. Com. Adv.
From the National Gazette.
Miscellany of Selected Hints.
Cato finely observed, he would much rather’
’ that posterity should inquire why no statues were
erected to him, than why they were.
; An upright ruler asks what recommends a man
I—a-corrupt 1 —a - corrupt ruler, who.
The first consideration of a knave is how to help
himself, atid the second how to do it with an ap
pearance of helping you. Dyonisius, the tyrant,
stripped the statue of Jupiter Olympus of a robe j
of massy gold and substituted a cloak of wool, j
saying, gold is too cold for winter, and too heavy
in summer ; it behoves us to take care of Jupiter.
Were we as eloquent as augels, yet wg should
j please some men, some women and some children
; much more by listening than by talking,
i Editors have gained more pounds by publishing
| Milton’s works, than he ever gained peuce by
writing them; and Garrick has reaped a richer
hr.rveat ir. a tingle eight by- acting one play 0 f <
Shakrpcare’s, than that poet himself obtained by
the genius which inspired the whole of them.
None arc so fond of secrets ns those who do not ,
mean to keep them ; such persons covet secrets j
us a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of S
circulation. . . 1
The Gamester, if he die a martyr to Ins psofes- §
tion, is doubly ruined. He rdds his soul lo.eve- j
ry other .loss, and by the act of a suicide, renoun,
ces earth to forfeit heaven.
There are two modes of establishing our repu. I
tatioii; to be praised by honest men, and to be j
abused by rogues, It is best, however, to secure, !
the former, because it will invariably be uccor.i
panied by the latter. I lis calumniating is r.nt on. j
ly the greatest benefit a rogue can confer upon |
us, but it is the only service be will perform fop j
nothing.
THE HUMANE TAR.
During the siege of Acre, en old sailor of (Its !
name of Daniel Bryan, then on board Sir Sidney I
Smith's ship Ee Tigre, made frequent applications *
to be employed on shore ; but his age aud deaf
ness were considered as insuperable disqualifies,
(ions. At the first storming of the breach, one oT j
the French generals was slain. The Turks struck. |
off his head, and, after inhumanly mangling his *
body, threw it out to be devoured by the dog.*|
Bryan heard Ids messmates describe this horrid'l
spectacle, and when any boat’s crew returned
Irani the shore, he often inquired if they had buri
ed (he French general. The answer he common
ly received was “go and do it yourself.”. At
length Bryan got leave to go and see the town;
and, dressed in his best clothes, went with the
surgeon in the jolly boat.—lie procured, a pick
axe, a shovel, and a rope, and insisted upon be
ing let down from a port hole close to the beach.
Some young messmates begged hard to share bis
danger; for a slight circumstance enkindles (he 1
nobler and milder virtues that blend with invinci- S
ble valour in the bosom. Bryan would not permit |
his young friends to risk their lives. He said he
would go alone : he was old and deal’, and his j
loss would not be of any consequence. lie was
eloquent in the style best adapted for dissuading
his bearers from giving the enemy any advantage,
by reducing the number of the champions of his
couutiy ; and the junior tars slung and lowered
him down, with bis implements for action. Hi
first difficulty was to drive away the boys. ‘)V
French levelled their pieces ;_they were ready
(ire at the veteran, who, as lie professed, went (c- |
bury the French general, because his countrymen j
had treated him well, when, twenty years ago, j
their prisoner. But an officer, discerning Bryan’s j
friendly intention, threw himself across the file, \
The din of arms was instantaneously suspended— f
and in the dead solemn interval, the British sea- ;
man performed the rites of sepulture far a genera!
of his foes. A few days passed, and .Sir Sidney,
being informed of Dan. Bryan’s uchievroent, or
dered him into his cabin.
“ Well, Dan, 1 hear you have Varied the
French general ?”
“ Yes, your honour.”
“ Had you any assistance ?”
“ Yes, your honour.”
“I understand you had nobody with you ?”
“ But 1 had, your honour.”
, “Ah! who had you r”
“ God Almighty, sir.”
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| New and Cheap Establishment.
! MANSFIELD & BURRITT,
Merchant Tailors,
SPARTA,
Respectfully inform the PaMick, that
they have taken the store lately occupied
. by .V. R. Brown , & Cos. twenty rods east from
i the Eagle Tavern, where they intend to keep
constantly on hand a great supply of superfine
READY MADE CLOTHIMG, together with
a general assortment of 2 )JIY GOODS.
They are this day opening
Superfine drab Docking Great Coats.
Tartan Plaid and Camblet Cloaks.
Superfine blue, brown, and green Waterloo!.
“ Blue Coats.
“ Blue, drhb, and mixed Cloth and Ca?
simere Pantaloons.
• “ Black, blue and buff Cassimere Vests.
White and figured Marseilles do.
“ Stripe and figured Toilnet do.
“ Linen and Cotton Shirts.
“ Black, blue, brown, green, drab call
mixed Broadcloths.
“ Black, bine, drab, mixed and huff
Cassimeres, drab Kersey, mixed Plains,, Tartau
, Plaid, green Baize, Flannel, Bombazeltj Cottcii
: Shirting, brown Linen, fancy, stripe,& fig’d.Vest
ing, new and elegant patterns; black,brown, green
drab, scarlet silk & Tabby Velvets; Mar.kf -
rentine ; light and dark Levantine silk Umbrel
j las and Parasols ; white and mixed lambs’ wool
j worsted and Vigona Hose ; white silk do. ; silk
: and beaver gloves; flag Handkerchiefs; fancy
Cravats; buckskin, silk and cortcn web and knit
Suspenders; cotton Shawls and Handkerchiefs;
Russia and dotnestick Sheeting; cotton and linen
Diaper; best gilt coat and vest Buttons ; neck
pads, pocket books, combs, cotton balls and
skeins, floss cotton, tooth brushes, shaving boxes,
hooks and rings, siik twist, pins, needles, kc. kc.
Also —hats, boot?, shoes and leather, and a col
lection of valuable BOOKS ; all of which will he
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 fonregular sup
plies of fresh imported and well selected goods;
and to their knowlege of the business, (which was
obtained at the most extensive and respectable
establishments of the kind ut the North) will.be
added diligence and punctuality. Having aid
thus much, thej’ leave the proofs to the sure rest
of experience, and claim from the genernus and
enlightened inhabitants of Sparta and tne sur
rounding country, a share of the general patron
age.
Sparta , Hancock County, Dec. 5, 29tf
Land for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale A PLAMTA
TIOM, 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
Zion to enable the purchaser to avail himself ol
the privileges of the school. The present crop
upon the land will sufficiently recommend the <
fertility of the soil. It will be sold on reasonable
terms. For further particulars, application iaJ’ ‘
be made to the subscriber, or at the Missionary
Office. RICHARD GREGORY.
Mount Zion, June 6, 1821. 2tf.
Notice.
ON (he first Tuesday in August next, will be
sold, at the Court House in the town of
Sparta, Hancock county, between the usual hours
of sale--
One Negro Boy, Simon, about
eighteen years of age, levied on as the property
of Stephen Thurmond, to satisfy sundry fi. fat-
Conditions Cash.
JAMES TIIOMAS. D. Slt'ff.
2d July. 182!'.
