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POETRY.
The following beautiful stanzas were handed to
Os by i> friend, a few days since. He did not
know the author ; nor do we recollect ever to
have read them before. The note of the tran
acriber remarked that these lines are the pro
duction of no ordinary mind, to which every
one will readily assent. The picture was un
doubtedly suggested by one of the finest passa
ges in Hamlet; but the thoughts are happily
conceived and elegantly expressed.
,Y. 1". Statesman.
A FRAGMENT,
found iir a skeleton cask.
Behold this ruin ! ’Twas a scull,
Once of ethereal spirit full!
That narrow cell- was lift’s retreat!
This space was Thought’s mysterious seat!
What beauteous pictures filled this spot!
What dreams of pleasure long forgot!
Nor Love, nor Joy, nor Hope, nor Fear,
Has left one trace or record here.
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shone the bright and busy eye—
But start not at the dismal void !
If social love that eye employ ed,
If with no lawless fire it gleamed,
But through the dew of kiudness beamed.
That eye shall be forever bright,
When stars and suns have lost their light
Here in this silent cavern hung
That ready, swift, and tuneful tongue,*
If falsehood’s honey it disdain’d,
And where it could not praise, was chained :
If bold in virtue’s cause it spoke,
Yet geufle concord never broke :
That tuneful tongue shall plead for thee,
When death unveils eternity !
Say, did these fingers delve the mine,
Or with its envied rubies shine ?
To hew the rock or wear the gem,
Can nothing now avail to them;
But if the page of truth they sought,
Or comtort to the mourner brought,
Thes§ hands a richer rueed shall claim
Than all that waits on wealth or fame.
Avails it whether, bare or shod,
These feet the path of duty (rod ?
If from the bowers of joy they fled,
To soothe affliction’s- humble bed ;
If grandeur’s guilty bribe they- spurn’d,
And home to virtue’s lap returned ;
These-feet with angel’s wiugs shall vie,
And tread the palace of the sky !
* u Thai scull had a tongue in it, and could
cing.” Hamlet.
MISCELLANY.
From Woodworth’s Literary Casket.
Recollections of a Soldier's Daughter.
At the commencement of the revolution
ary war, my father had attained the age,
when the mind yields most easily to the
passion for military glory, and he was
among the first who were enrolled under
the banner of American liberty'.
The sentiment of freedom was electrick,
and no age or sex was pxempt from its in
fluence. The fond mother, who had
shrunk from exposing the darling of her
bosom to the slightest personal danger, now
beheld, with proud satisfaction, that son
decorated with the knapsack her own hand
had wrought, and cheerfully resigned him
to the call of patriotism.
Thus do the sentiments of freedom ele
vate the mind above its ordinary exertions,
and call forth the latent energies of soul,
that have immortalized a Cornelia.
My venerable grandsire, whom I can
just remember as an old man with snowy
locks, who used to pacify my infant clam
ours with tales of military prowess, was of
ten heard to boast that he led five sons to
the battle of Bunker Hill.
The third of these sons was he from
whom I inherited that spirit of patriotism,
which has accompanied me through life.
With feelings which neither time nor sor
row can obliteraie, I leview (he scenes of
my childhood, and while mv brave parent,
bending with age and infirmity, is verging
to the grave, a desire tosnatch his memory
from oblivion prompts ine to record the fol
lowing detail.
Some of the brightest years of my exis
tence were passed in the vicinity of Bunker
HrH, and I was early taught to venerate
that spot as connected with a display of that
magnanimous irtue. It was to that spot
my gallant father led his farail v of spright
ly boys, and over the grave of Warren, in
culcated lessons of heroism and virtue.
Nor was I always excluded from the parly, .
for though my father btlieved that nature ,
had designed me for a domestic!; sphere, he
did not believe that an ardent love of liber
(y and thorough estimation of its value, as
purchased by the blood of my fathers, could
unfit me for the discharge of the important
duties which Providence has assigned to a
woman.
It was a fine morning in May, and nature
seemed to have communicated her smile to
the heart, and diffused a joyous serenity
over ail its feelings, when my three little
brothers and myself received the welcome
Summons to prepare to attend our parent
on his morning excursion. “ Whither shall
we walk?” said he, as we sallied forth with
all the eagerness of childhood—“To Bun
ker Hill,” was the spontaneous reply of ev-1
ery little voice, and to Bunker Hill my fa
ther led the way.
Days of artless innocence, alas! ye are
fled forever. Never can I recall the spor
tive hilarity with w hich we lightly bounded
over the adjacent fields, never regain the
innocent gnifty and improvident lightness
of heart that, under present enjoyment,
shut the future from my view. Yet mem
ory, busy memory, oft retards the flowery
way, and in the visioos of the pact loses
the sense of the present, and the anticipa
tions of the fulure.
With that buoyancy of spirit which refu
ges to yield to weariness, we climbed the
ascent, and found ourselves on the summit,
from whence we were presented with a
view of the whole .peninsula, with the bay
and harbour of Boston. My father pointed
out the relative position of the armies, and
entered into a minute detail of event*,]
which abler historian* have recorded:!
they will not therefore occupy a place in
this narration.
His own personal adventure, and narrow
escape frem a living grave, are all that fil-
piety will justify this feeble attempt to
perpetuate.
“ Pray papa,” said my oldest brother,
was it here that you received that ugly i
wound that had nearly cost you your life f’;
“ It was on this very spot, my son, behind
this breast-work—hut the story is long—
you must have patience, and let me com-;
(uriice at the beginning.”
Each little heart beat high with expecta- 1
turn, and mutually promising profound at
tention, we listened to the following tale.’
“ V ou see that narrow speck of land yon
der that unites the peninsula of Charles
town to the adjacent country. Over that
isthmus, it became tr.y duty to lead the lit
tle band under my command, (o join the
main army, in the intrenchment, where we
now stand. You see how it is exposed to
water—well, there lay the Glasgow frigate,
which kept up a continual lire of shot and
bombs across that pass, while several float
ing batteries, and the fortification on Copps’
Hill, endeavoured (o annoy the troops on
the hill, and drive them from the en
trenchment.
“My little hand had each Ihe spirit of a
Leonidas; Dot a murmur was heard when I
ordered them to attempt gaining the hill,
by running singly across the dangerous
pass. The first who attempted was my
poor drummer, who was killed not five pa
ces from me; but the next not at all deter
red !>v the fate of his comrade, commenced
Ihe race, and got over in safely. l n like
manner most of our lieroick hand succee
ded, and one honest fellow, as he bowed to
ihe word of command, thus addressed me :
“ Captain, 1 see it is close dodging, but lei
tne once get safely over, and I’ll spend my
hearths last drop for you, and bring you off
again, dead nr alive, ihat I will.”
“ This honest fellow was a native of Ire
land, and about six months previous was
confined for debt in the prison of Salem,
whence I released him on condition that
he would and never man was blessed
with n more devoted friend than Murphy
MVullock proved to me.
“ I was the last to make the adventu-
rous attempt, and though the balls shower
ed about my hpad, none were permitted to
touch me, and we gained the intrenchme.nt,
and passed into the line of battle.
“On this spot as near as I could recol
lect, I stood, and endeavoured to do my du
ty a6 a soldier of liberty. 1 received a hall
through the calf of my leg, and another
through my left shoulder, but these were
mere trifles, and 1 stood my ground in spite
of them.
“ The gallant and generous Warren was
on horseback, pressing from one end of the
line to the other, animating the troops to a
vigorous defence, and every heart hailed
him with love and gratitude.
“ He had ever distinguished me with pe
culiar marks of friendship, and ns he passed
the spot where F stood, he condescended
to address me with words of cordial recog
nition. 1 know not whether any historian
has recorded the last words of that hero,
but believed they were addressed to myself,
“ My young friend, (said he, as he turned to
leave me) do your duty, for the salvation of
our country depends on this day’s action.”
“ He hud not moved ten paces before I
taw him fall. At that moment a shell burst
by my side, and 1 was thrown several feet
into the air, and then precipitated violr al
ly to the ground. A fragment of the brok
en shell struck me in the breast, and caus
ed a contusion of the sternum, and (he vio
lent shock my whole system sustained, took
from me the power of motion.
“ Blood gushed from my mouth, nose and
ears, and I lay covered with dust, unable to
speak or move, but for some time perfect!)
conscious.
“ 1 remember to have heard Col. B
who was my father’s friend, exclaim, Wil
liam is dead then ! well, he died like a
soldier.”
“ 1 felt the pressure of his hand upon my
forehead, as he leaned over m<‘, “ he’s
gone! poor fellow! biit I’ll take bis sword
—the regulars “hall never get that.”
“ This sword was a present from Warren,
and though in that awful moment, my soul
seemed fluttering on the verge of eternity,
it gave, me inexpressible pleasure, to find
that the gift of friendship was likely to be
preserved.
“ A faintness now came over me, and I
heard no more, and for what succeeded I
am indebted to the observation of Col.
Ft .
“The Americans fought with determina
tion and bravery until iheir last round of
ammunition was expended, and they were
relucttHUJy compelled to retreat. My poor
Irish soldier actuated by a sentiment that
should immortalize his name, now declared
that the British should never have his Cap
tain, alive cr deatfl ” He sought among the
slain for (fie breathless form of one he lov
ed, and at last recognized the object of his
search, among a heap of human bodies,
whichwome resolute soldiers, where the
breast-work happened to be too high, bad
piled up to stand on. He bore the inani
mate body on his shoulder from the scene
of carnage ; but unable, thus loaded, to
keep up with his companions, a shot from
the pursuers terminated his life, when the
main body of the retr'eating army was out
danger.
“ Some friends who knew os, passing l
immediately after, thought they discovered i
in me signs of returning life, and by their
means I was conveyed to the hospital.”
By this time the little auditors were in
tears, and even Warren was awhile forgot
ten in admiration of the fidelity of the Irish
soldier.
My father, though n brave man, and a
soldier, wept—and though the lapse of 20
76
[years ha* presented new and varied ob
jects to my miud, I am not ashamed that a
kindred tear has blotted the page tlmt re
cords his story.
Recovering his usual composure, and
addressing himself particularly to me, my
father thus continued:
What follows is an example of female he
roism and tenderness, which, if recorded
,on the page af history, might form a coun
, terpart to the story of the Roman mother,
who died from the effect of joyful surprise,!
when her son, whom she thought dead was ]
restored to her arms.
I “My mother received the news that her]
! darling had fallen io battle,— 6nt shed no
tears. Her son had done his duly, ant) what
more in these times of peril, could a virtu
ous mother desire ? Agreeably to the prim
itive custom oFour fathers, the whole fami
ly appeared at church the next Sabbath,
clothed in the habiliments of sorrow, and
in the note which the minister read for the
deceased, was an expression of triumph
that he had fallen for liberty.
“ The next morning as my mother sal
by the window, intently watching some
little shrubbery which the hand of her de
parted child had planted, she discovered
through the vista of the trees that embow
ered oor peaceful dwelling, a biter slowly
winding along the road.
“ The hope of being able to afford relief
or refreshment to a wounded soldier, drew
my mother to the little gate Ihat separated
her own cultivated lawn from the highway.
“ YViil you stop and rest ?” said she to thp
man who conducted the litter—“ We. go
oo father,” was the reply. She heard no
more. The truth flashed across her mind,
and she fainted.
“ Long and tenderly was I nursed by thal
heroick woman, and though she sympathis
ed in every pain I fell, she never breathed
a regret for the part i had acted ; and
when I was again aide to join my regiment,
she mingled with her parting blessing a fer
vent prayer that all her children might
prefer death to slavery.”
Such was my father’s tale—could I hear
it and ever forget that 1 am a Soldier’s
Daughter ? Never, never. Recollections
of patriotism are impressed on every page
ot my existence, and sentiments of freedom
twined witlrevery fibre of my heart.
Sadly as the tenor of my days have pass-
ed. and sorely as the storms of sorrow have
beaten on my head, there are hours when
the tide of impetuous feeling rushes back
to the scenes ut my infancy, and finds in
tracing the lessons of parental love, a kind
of half oblivion to my cares. Then it is,
that the spirit of my father glows with un
diminished ardour, and it is my pride and
boast that 1 am a
SOLDIER’S DAUGHTER.
Louis XVIII. has dismissed M. Tissot from
the Professorship of Latin Poetry in the
Royal College of France. Tissot is said to
be the identical person who carried about
the head ot the amiable Princess de Lam
bfHe, who might have saved her life but
for her devotion to the Queen. And it was
no doubt in allusion to this circumstance
that a gentleman in Paris, whom Tissot ac
cused in heat of argument, of carrying his
head very high, replied, “ Yes, sir, but be i
so good as to remember it is my own head I
carry.
Gaming was invented by the Lydians,
when under the pressure of great famine.
To divert themselves Irom dwelling on
their suffering-, they contrived dice, balls,
tables, &c, It is added, that to bear their
calamity the better, they used to play a
whole day without interruption, that they
might not be racked with the thoughts of
food. T his invention, intended as a reme
dy for hunger, is now a very common cause
of that evil.
THE INFLEXIBLE MAGISTRATE.
In the year 1526, James Lynch Fitz Stephen,
merchant, being ejected mayor of Galway, in
Ireland, sent his only son, commander of one of
his ships, to Bilboa, in Spain, for a cargo of wine.
Former dealings at this place were the means of
recommending his father’s credit, which yonng
Lynch took the advantage of to secrete the mon
ey for his own use which his father had intrusted
him with for the cargo. The Spaniard who sup
-1 ’lied him on this occasion, sent his nephew with
him to I relaud, to receive the debt, and to estab
lish a further correspondence. The young men,
who were much of an age sailed together with
that seeming satisfaction which congenial situa
tions generally create among mankind. Open
and generous, the Spaniard anticipated the plea
sures he should enjoy with such a friend,in a place
then remarkable for qualities which we are no
longer to look for but in the narrative of other
times. The ship proceeded on her voyage, and
as every day must bring them nearer the place of
destination, and discover the fraud intended by
l.ynch, he conceived the diabolical resolution of
throwing his friend overboard. After sounding’
the sentiments of the hands on board, he
brought the major part of them to his purpose by
promises of reward, and the rest by fear. On the
night of the sth day, the unfortunate Spaniard
was seized in his bed, and thrown orerboard. A
few days more brought them to port. Lynch’s
father and friends received him with joy, aud in
a short time bestowed on him a,, sufficient capital
to set him up in business.
Security had lulled every sense of danger, and
Lynch proposed himself to a beautiful girl, the
daughter of a neighbour, in marriage ; his terms
were accepted, and the day appointed which was
to crown his yet successful villany, when one of
the sailors, who had been with him on his voyage
to Spain, w„s taken ill, and finding himself at the
point of death, sent for the father, and communi
cated a full relation of the horrid deed his
son had committed on the high seas. The father
though struck speechless with astonishment and
grief, at length shook off the feelings which in
cline the parent to natural partiality : “Justice
I shall take its course,” said the indignant magis
| tratc, and he in a few minutes had his son seized
with the rest of the crew, and thrown into prison.
They all confessed the crime ; a criminal process
was made out against them, and is a few days a
small town in the west of Ireland beheld a sight
paralleled by very few instances in the history of
mankind—a father sitting in judgment, like an
other Lucius Junius Brutus, on his own son, and,
like him too, condemning him to die as a sacri
fice to publick justice. “ Were any other but
yout wretched father your judge, (said the inflex
ible magistrate) I might drop a tear over my child’s
misfortunes, and solicit for Ins life, though stained
with murder—but you must die. These are the
last drops which shall quench the sparks of na
ture, and if you dare hope, implore that heaven
may uot shut the gates of mercy on the destroyer
of his fellow creature.”
He was led back to prison, and a short time ap
pointed for his execution. Amazement sat on the
face of every one within this little community,
which at most, did not consist of more than three
thousand people. The relations of the unhappy
culprit surrounded the father; they conjured him
: by all the solicitude of nature and compassion to
; spare his son. His wretched mother, whose fatu
i ily name was Blake, flew in distraction to the
j beads of her own family, and at length prevailed
j ou them for the honour of their house, to rescue
her front the ignominy his death must bring on
their name, t hey armed to deliver him from
prison, w hen his father, being informed of their in
tention, had him conveyed to his own house,
which he surrounded with the officers of justice.
He made the executioner fasten the rope to his
neck. “ You have but little time to live, my son,
(said he ;) let the care of your soul employ the
lew moments ; take the last embrace of your un
happy father.” He then ordered the rope to be
well secured to a window, and compelled the
constables to throw the body ont ; a few minutes
put au end to the sou’s existence. Under the
window in Lombard-street, to this day, a skull
and bones carved in black marble, are to be seen,
which the father put as a memento inori.
Succeeding times look upon such an act with
astonishment, which the production of the arts
in this country should perpetuate with statues.
ANECDOTE OF FRANKLIN.
Dr. Franklin was once a member of a body in
which it w as contended that a certain amount of
property (fifty dollars we think) should be re
quired as a qualification for voting. The doctor
was opposed to it. “ Today,” said he, “ a man
owns a Jackass worth fifty dollars, and he is enti
tled to a vote ; but before the next election the
Jackass dies. Ihe man, in the mean time lias
become more experienced ; his knowledge of the
principles of government, and his acquaintance
with mankind, are more extensive, and he is,
therefore, better qualified to make a proper se
lection of rulers—but the Jackass is dead, and
the man cannot vote. Now, gentlemen,” said
he, addressing himself to the advocates of that
qualification, pray inform me in whom is the
right of suffrage, in the man or in the Jackass /”
A late number of tht Edinburgh Medical and
Surgical Journal relates a case of tetanus or lock
jaw, cured by a large quautity of tincture of opi
um (laudanum) administered by mistake. An
embrocation, consisting of two ounces and a half
of laudanum, and two drachms of camphorated
spirit and as much ether, was intended to be rub
bed on the breast by the table spoonful an hour,
while a purgative electuary was at the same time
to be given internally by the table spoonful.—
Through a mistake the prescriptions were revers
ed, and a surprising cure was effected in a short
time.
From the Boston Centinel.
MUNU IPAL COURT.
Commonwealth vs. Joseph Searles.
This remarkable case was tried on Saturday
last. Searles was indicted for the crime of Adul
tery. It appeared in evidence that he was mar
ried in 1811 to Elizabeth Person—that he left his
family in 1818 at Townsend, and took up his res
idence at south Boston as a house carpenter, hav
irisr as an apprentice a young itfhn of about 17 or
18 years of age, whom he called Peter— they
boarded together from time to time at different
places, occupied one room and oue bed—work
ed together at repairing houses, at which, as re
marked by one of the witnesses, “ Peter was the
better man of the two.” Id Sept. 1820, a pre-]
cept was served upon him by C. P. Sumner, Esq.
Deputy Sheriff, citing him to appear at the Su
preme Judicial Court of Middlesex, to answer to
; a libel for a divorce, setting forth that he had at
‘ divers times committed adultery with one —r-.
I hen, for the first time,it became known that tbe
beardless apprentice who had long been the gal
lant of the neighbourhood, was a female. The
deception practised upon the people for so long a
time produced so considerable an excitement that
but for the kindness of a few individuals, she
would have been stripped in the road. She was,
however, protected, acknowledged her sex, read
ily assented to put on her proper garments, and to
return to her parents who reside in Vermont.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
It did not appear in evidence, but it is said that
the girl once boarded in the prisoner’s family—
that be seduced her, and compelled her by threats
to assume the dress and character of a young
man, and that he treated her ill—that she appear
ed very penitent, and has since her return to her
parents conducted with great propriety, and ex
pressed her gratitude to these who advised and
assisted her. Some laughable occurences were
related in the course of the trial. One witness
testified that Peter was the beau of the village, &
once drove a party of girls on a sleighing frolick !
He was remarked for his activity, he mounted
ladders with adroitness, and discovered conside
rable skill in the labours of his avocation.
A female dress was found in her trunk.
The Franklin Gazette, after speaking of the
late piracies on our coast at the South, and the
calls which are made upon the government to
send forth our armed vessels and bring the robbers
to justice, very pertinently remarks, that “ it is
to be hoped those who cry out for catching the
free hooters will not tease the President to pardon
them after they have been caught and convicted,
as on some former occasions.”—JV. Y. Spectator.
Infanticide.— A young woman, who had given
birth to an illegitimate child in the neighbourhood
of Poughkeepsie, assisted by the father of the
child, killed it last week. The man has escaped ;
but the unfortunate female is in confinement, ib.
Fearon, in his description of the manners of the
people of the United States, attempts to ridicule
the magistracy of the country villages, in some of j
the new settlements. Asa set off, we copy the
following from a London paper:—JV. Y. Spec.
“ Nice Discrimination. —A culprit was not
long since brought before a country magistrate,
charged with a misdemeanour, and on his convic
tion, the learned magistrate addressed him as fol
lows:—“ By the Act of Parliament 1 see that this
offence is punished with six months imprisonment,
on conviction before two magistrates. Now you i
may think yourself a lucky fellow ; if my brother
magistrate had been here, you should have had
the whole six mouths ; but as I am alone, 1 can
of course only send you to gao! for three months.
Make out his mittimus
The Board of Claims under the Spanish treaty
are now in session at Washington. Some of the
most eminent lawyers iu the country are present
as agents for the claimants.
NEWSPAPER CHAT.
Here various news is found of love and strife ;
Os peace and war, health, sickness, death & life ;
Os lost* and gain, of famine and of store j
Os storms at sea, and travels on the shore ;
Os prodigies and portents seen in air;
Os fire* and plagues, and stars with blazing hair ;
Os turns of fortunes, changes in the stale ;
The falls of favourites,projects of the great. {Pope. 1
EI.SM FvPfffttoVA f WET, >
September Term, IBS I. )
Prestnt, his Honour John M. Dooley , Judge.
ON reading and filing the petitkm of Oliver
Whyte by Nathan C. Sayre, his agent and
attorney, stating that Shaler Uillyer, late of the
county of Wilkes, deceased, in consideration as
well of the sum of one hundred dollars to him
paid by the said petitioner, as for the better secur
ing the payment of a certain promissory note sign
ed by the said Shaler Hillyer, payable to thepeii
tinner on the first day of January next after the
date thereof, for eight thousand dollars with in
terest from and after the first day of November
then next ensuing the date thereof, did on the
twenty-ninth day of October in the year eighteea
hundred and thirteen, execute a certain indenture
of mortgage, therein conveying to the said peti
tioner among divers other trdets and parcels of
land, two certain lots of land situate and being in
the county of Libert and described in said inden-
as those two lots of land in Petersburg known
in the plot of said town by the numbers 28 and
67, together with all the improvements and ap
purtenances thereunto belonging: and shewing
further that the time limited for the payment of
the suid mini of money has long since elapsed, and
that the said sum of eight thousand dollars of his
principal debt, together with large arrearages of
interest still remains due and unpaid ; and praying
sot a rule for the foreclosure of the Equity of lte\
demption of,in and to the said mortgaged property
and that the same may be sold Siv. ‘ ’
It is Ordered, oa motion of Nathan C. Sam
in behalf of (lie said Oliver YV byte, that unless
the said principal and the interest accrued and to
accrue thereon, together with the cost of this
proceeding be paid into this court within twelve
months from this time,The court will give judg
ment for the amount which may be found to h
due on said mortgage, and will order the property
described and conveyed in said mortgage to be
sold in such manner as is prescribed in cases of
execution, in older that all equity of redemption
of, in and to the said property may be barred and
foreclosed pursuant to the statute in such case
made and provided.
And it is further Ordered, that this Rule he pub
lished in one of the publick gazettes of this state
at least once in every month until the time herein
appointed for the paymeut of said money, or
served on the mortgagor or his special agent at
six months previous to the time the said moneys
directed to be paid. ft
A true copy from Ihe Minutes,
WILLIAM U. LOWE A", Clerk.
September 12, 1821. 15m12m0
New and Cheap Establishment.
MANSFIELD & BURRITT,
Alerchant Tailors,
SPARTA,
RESPECTFULLY inform the Publick, that
they have taken the store lately occupied
by M. R. Brown , & Cos. twenty rods east from
the Eagle Tavern, where they intend to keep
constant]y,on hand a great supply of superfine
READY MADE CLOTHING, together with
a general assortment of DRY GOODS.
They are this day opening
Superfine drab Booking Great Coats.
Tartan Plaid and Camblet Cloaks.
Superfine blue, brown, and green Waterloo.-.
“ Blue Coats.
“ Blue, drabj and mixed Cloth and Cas
eirnere Pantaloons.
“ Black, blue and buff Cassimere Vests.
White and figured Marseilles do.
“ Stripe and figured Toilnet dc.
“ Linen and Cotton Shirts.
“ Black, blue, brown, green, drab and
mixed Broadcloths.
“ Black, blue, drab, mixed and buff
Cassimeres, drab Kersey, mixed Plains, Tartan
I Plaid, green Baize, Flannel, Bonibazett, Cotton
; Shirting, brown Linen, fancy,stripe,& 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 Hose; white silk do.; silk
and beaver gloves; flag Handkerchiefs; fancy
Cravats; buckskin, silk and coitcn web and knit
Suspenders; cotton Shawls and Handkerchiefs;
Russia and domestick Sheeting; cotton and lineu
Diaper; best gilt coat and vest Buttons ; neck
pads, pocket books, combs, colton balls and
skeins, floss cotton, tooth brushes, shaving boxes,
hooks and rings, silk twist, pins, needles, ‘Sec. &c.
Also —lints, boots, shoes and leather, and a col
lection ot 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
rjeatest manner, from the latest New York and
Philadelphia fashions. \
They have made arrangements for regularVtp
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 at the North) wil! 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
enlightene'd inhabitants of Sparta and the sur
rounding country, a share of the general patron
age.
Sparta. Hancock County , Dec. 5, 1820. 29tf
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
SEVERAL Watches left for repairs, have been
suffered to remain on hand for a long time,
say from one to three years—Therefore two
months longer will be given, in which time tho
owners may apply for and receive them—after
which they will be subject to be sold for repairs :
and hereafter no Watch or other job will he suf
fered to remain more than Six Months, without
being subject to the same conditions. T
The subscriber still continues his business of
WATCH h EPAIRING & SILV b R SMITH
ING, in all their various branches, and hopes his
experience and attention will warrant publick
patronage. He has on consignment, a quantity
j of BOOTS & SHOES , fine and coarse, which will
be sold low for Cash. Farmers who want for their
negcoes, will do well to call. Beet America*
cold-pressed CASTOR OIL, by the dozen or
single bottle, warranted good and fresh.
CYPRIAN WILCOX.
Sparta, 13th Aug. 1821. 10tf
Notice.
subscriber informs the inhabitants of
X Powelton and its vicinity, that he has taken
into partnership, Mr. Jones from New York, and
they intend carrying on the TAII.ORING BU
SINESS in all its various branches. All person!
j who feel disposed to favour them with their cus
| tom, will find their work done With neatness and
despatch. People iu the country wishing gar
ments cut to be made in families, by calling on
them will find punctual attendance. Mr. Jones
having correspondents in New York and Phila
delphia, they will have the fashions forwarded
them every month. The business in future will
he conducted under the firm of
JONES & HINES.
June 21st, 1821. 4tf
Gov. Rabun’s Funeral Sermon,
BY Rev. JESSE MERCER, tor sale at thi*
Office. Trice 18 3-4 cents.
1 Sept. 24. .