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pouched at Ilispaniola, where he fuuuJ ai tmubt every necessary demanded by civiii zedhfe 9 among the roost important iA which was Gold and Silver. Satined that he had made a discovery, whlc'.i would be highly gratifying to avaricious Spain, he returned, haying left a few of his compan ions, with a vitw of establishing a small colcny there Upon his return, his reception was suth as must have been anticipated. He was concocted from place to place, amid the acclamations of an overjoyed populace. It is unnecessary to. pursue the footsteps of this distinguished personage any farther. The tale ot his birih, of his misfortunes and death, has already made a lasting Im pression upon the cars of every A men can. t la ted yn'i the pcospvct of acquiring aur-_ reptitious famt^many atl venturers started up in different p*ttf of Europe, &**pmg to ellipse the spfendout of bis discoveries. ? - Amerieid Vespusius, a merchant of Flo. ^rence, fraught with mal gnity, and desirous of imiqertattxing himstlf at the expanse of the: real discoverer of an unknown conti nent^ attempted 3 voyage, apd was tortd nate enough' to touch en its southern sec tion. ' As a man of address he found but little diCfculty in -attaching 4\is name to a pert of the worlds which was shortly to be come a theatre of the most interesting e veuts that ever engaged the attention of man* The eyes of all Europe were now completely operhkff ami adventurers from every quarter bfgan to think of colonizing a world, whose bosom glittered with gold ant! litver 7 but it wet reserved for feDain ?f tr. * ? W to achieve a conquest* at which humanity must shudder* and sensibility revolt. The ashes oT devoted Mexico were moistened with the tears of the philanthropist, but no prayers could prolong the short lived ? existence of her imbecile sons* ? j About this period, religious persecution > ' raged UTal most every part ol Euro'*, with all the fury of bigotry and fanatcism. No sooner had the prosypect of shafting off tit# chains of oppressiot , by emigrations suggested itself* t MM? ^general thirst jbjh liberty induced W&ny tb stele an asyhime, \vhei e churches might bl reared in honor to the Co<i. ofhofct*? uncontrolled by the' dictates o t impoUnL monarchy. But the ' meek and towly followers ot Christ soon discovered, that (he difficulty of idling a wilderness* where savage muni ^ccos tamed to no restraint# wt% assessor of, the Ml> presented obstacle! of Which he had ~no conception. Many ahd various were their hardship# i: bujt An omnipotent providence second td their tiews, and the . work wa? at last ttccom^lished^ Three Hun dred 8c twenty od&years havfc already claps* ed, since the great but ittifo* tuiMKe Column bus, announced to jUw world 'his discovery of America ; and fuM50 did afflicitd hu manity contend with tho?e embavraas? metiis. It is as l^have already /aid, to# misapplication of those fundamental prin-i ci pits of, religion, which are at onje the divine source eC itt^ijaorat and physical happiness, that we tnay in part attribute the early Settlement of our country. Hat- ^ rassed by the specious despotism of the miscieaftt 6:rqflbrtt) and the gkxftny tyran ny -of & they Weje virtually cer%> petted to teuftich into the main, and expose } themselves to the dangers of the lifting*; surge. It was. I say, at tlTat tnemofable when, religious persecution sought ? oyt the fodiiridual in his most retired haunt ; When the great desideratum win,; whither stall m* fly from oppression, that we may date tbS recommencement of their suffer ings. t Willing to gf?*p at the least pros pect of emancipation, all embibed the sentiment, that it were better to esttblish a settlement of their own, in the mhos ? I A* -? ~r V^T-if ? ? k liable wilds of the ncently discovered America, subject to th<5 yells of beast of prey, savage haunts, and rigorous ,coldv4 than submit to, such restriction, i'.latrd at\ the prospect, they sat hhnut the work; and having made some of ihe necessary arrangements, wgigjied anchor and expos ed themselves to the dangt r <;f the rising biyows. Having arrived, the mn??t ' ? >ant ejaculauuns were offered to heaven, ] tor a fortuitous escaped from preceding danger L. Dut C#0 imagine tbejr ap prehensions whcD tfrey iift realuy beheld a- , wilderness,' reple'e wiih danger and desti tutc of evetxihi"hg from which Stistenance could be procured. Accustomcd* how* ever, to the toils i f e migration, the work, of colonization was commenced. Arrange ments were made^ for securing to them selves those inviolable rights, whtch are necessary in Worshiping the author of our I existance. 1 hu* began+thc? settlement of our happy country ; but unfortunately the I depravity of hum^ti nature was loon e licit - ' 1 A - ? N * | ed by numerical incjeaser - Diseentidhs and discord became prevalent, and the | iron sceptre of oppression, was Again I wielded oyer the minority by the rukrsoT Lthe leading party. --? fTo be Cbwinued ^ CCMMUlfJCjri',*. + : L MANUEL THOMAS, Ksqr. Ack *mith, of Stauburfth, is a candidate to rep letient the eighth election district in the next Congress. Hi* anvil having of Utlg been silent fur the want of iraw, lie nk s a | sirong desire to work in goia and silver^ whose jingle, after tbv SOtti of "February, it i * *uf>fl<jHcd will again be hedrd. As it is the custom for Congressmen to take what they want} he informs the electors that his interest allows him to serve them for one ? * ? I . , ? v J ' thousand dotlars , per annum. . He ha* often thrown much flight around his si top on very fiaul subjects, and considers himself Lwell qualified to dhed ItiStre amidst the dai kness of Congress hall. " r ton run c a Mu an gaze* fx* i" A7r. Editor , Since (here is a dearth of news, it may not be amiss for you to insert tht following sentiments* which^>y the Gotf, may prove a lasting blessing to thoa# : whom it may concern* it t? a well authen ticated fact, \ hat it is goOd to be Ecaiously Ijfeeud stall tiroes, loagqQd thiug?p&m piles have thus been constructed magnificent and useful edifices rearfed ; the ] +Wtil regulation* established, both hi cm! iand religiods society, and to this we arc * indebted for the ftjtpagatton ?f chrillMrtiiy* tfcformatioi* we re i o t hi# manner effected, ^aml may ive not anxtousty in^ullre why so * laudable a z#st ha# insensibly declined I VVhy^nce such astonishing benefit has, *and may be produced? For waVit of '?ste Jdy perseverance, some of the primitive ifuihfcrs were complained &f by the jpreat ' head tf Hie fchhtr h. W were sometime^ made,' I mi^ht ifcadiind tealn wffi(| 4 and acceptable will **f God. receive a just nnd merited punishment for' [ the want of thiq essenti ?1 qualifier* on~?U* ?fving in ap enlightened ?ge? m a pm o( the world where ajlhave, Ju a wiaimer become his'ditciplff,; ^ik! tfjieif, W flptfaV. f)tob?-< ' ility, were that seal used which wa*~ttstxl J |iouv^?jor? $n4jrefot?j#*t? IK foimti lays, meii luud Ucomf Israeli^, ?h ^hottf Jhejca no fcuile. But where shall *ve now fv#L iHto Wjji^fecidL or a Lu? ,k*l! WftK:\^aFwJ zotnWtfM <4>% V*"?** Dmtfhtrifr a|?d *>?it*y ?*t he* wur ihiev #ho, though dead, y?v ?I**** my fellow travellers to land ^Of det pe^i stujde, Ww ihaJl prf , stano acquis ud before the t-taxSp, JB# created in image of God . endowed *ith capacitie^io enjoy him, a*<l to ten* ? ; <ier ourselves subservient to the forwarding '? bis kingdom on earth. Tomorrow ii??1 theN*>mbof, futurity, ami -none can UlM l whit a day may bring forth ; therefore,! while we hava it in our power, let m~ good to all men, bodily and spigjtoally. deed could thh'ateil for tile csmpm of \ I be ffct on foot, none cat) estimate the that would reauit th^refrp|n. The advan* tages would be Ir^alculabla^ TWre woulcj ' be no need for courts ouiiiaicature to dis- J pense, justice, no Want prisons M the ' confine me nt #f malefactots. AcrWhony^ with all its bitterness, would not 6? known, and instead thereof, pence, mildness, gen tleness and a disposition to appease would , be implanted 'n every breast. But may we not despair of consummating^hit^rerft tcheme, inasmuch as the child of yem to the hoary head shall be subjects of it. un til mtiftistrates, and all officers in civil au thority as well as divines take upon them the name of Jesus* and set their faces decU tledly in opposition to vice of every kind.? In vain may the herald of petiee proclaim to a fallen world that there is balm in lead, ami a physician there, white magt?? tratt-s spurn nt Christianity. / God has ho hored you with posts of honor and pn fit, as a mark of respect. To you, he tom mand^ even hi* favorite people to subject " ' ' :u not hoqor him by discountenancing sin which halcauaed bach a vauety *f di^tu^cs to vnz- upon your vitals. Oh, for the sake of yuuf *ou7s, and for the sake~of your IelW)w citizens ; and for the sake of hun who died bimseM that Mankind might not die ; spurn nol U c advice ofoue, who could he prevail, wotlkl p?-ostralc h?m*elfl>efort: you. 1 entreat you to refoti^ your own lives, which "ill most effectually meliorate the conduct ofinhcis. A friend to kvcieiy. ?? g 1 -I I--- - . ? ? - ' Original Poetry. . ' 7 , SYMl'A'l HY~ Ja lifv's eventfbl round we t' often owe ... Tii? tear o 4 fympathy by nature g vtiW ; The fleeting tribute of another s woe, To man the firtt gteat gift of heaven. Breathes there a foul to Cruel hatred bound, Whose tear Iff* eye uo crystal drops adpra; Can there oo virtue s gen r*ui Itil be fouud? 4 r A44*t to coi4r abe<r? ?o forlorn. _ la him fenfation* taw* perverted ttand, ? / , The fpringt of life by so emotion mpv 'd. Inactive lie, 'be^icnt to command ? . * ? \ 'it ' ? * ' * * Him, kindred warmth, geoiut never woo'd. Oh t*y, ye fordid few, hat|i pleafure found , . A vacant feat in an ungOardad hour, When (billing mirth* conviv at round ^ . To wiHing reu had hilled iatanic pnw'jr. 1 Not fc'fk on rurft Tornec/s ire top'd fumrnit Ye tfand, in fiaow formed vattmenti clad, With horrid frins and thivriag limb* commit . Deed which to brother men are worfc than bf<L Extend fweat lympathy to foult o^icc Thy unerring rule; warm the frigid heart, 'Awake the latent feeli and hy advice M<>ke the monster act a better part. #?, ????. s ( amdm, brfit. 17. .1 . 1 have translated them to Turnt-o. at being* ihoatcurretfi'jtident to their Jeelwgt. ,i ? 4 . ? [ Sefetted, ; _n CONVERSATION. For emnl] talk something at a lco% Says Jemmy Jinks to Caroline Cross, M Dear Miss, I wish to know as how If your good mothe^ keeps a Cow u My'Mfother sir," the lass rtjoin'd 4 11 Ne'er kept a creature of the kind, But lha* known some people Tfiugh, U Bccause your mother l^/tn a ed/jf." , 41 We are informed bv a respectable fcen lie man, that when the noy alias recaptured Chill from the Patriots? th^y found a nnmbci of Ehgli|h merchants with their goods in that coRttty, all of which were tin molested ; but they looted for, seized and sequestrated ever* d< liar of Amerce property that could find and one gentle* man had H liuve parfcel crt cd^pcr seized and sold 'l< Coquimo-i-.lhis act of partiali * (ty 4lnd itij^ntfce ofl tke pait of -the old .Spanish tfo*eftimi#fit, l*SriH?k4erving of aiumiion^ at\d clearly prpvep how the tn? terpnzing merchants of the United* States are treated, andthelrprrfpcrty flftl??ritil!y se quest rated* ? , v ? ? on is so greaMb*t * th*eatt*is t6 introduce ' .a fttf Vri m^tKe tnaiiuei*^ of mankii wi tajlnly ?']?!(? thai Ah?ih#m? will take a view at itstettUtnetrt dfthfc fta&ita bie ftlobe, to find ihe place %hew the 1*#* ' are most mild; tl?e i-com>mt qf p^>wm>hient is fce?t observed. tod the^ftabii# nfa* iityiJ ' gchial. Popy^tioft whi e^ i^e thfe mJrke fwherc lifbAof Uwsjtf v?4oe, Wms't sgfe, ami mcftrtprolnngeth It will then im mUspensM . b-e for good tfavernors, not barely'to'CoO-4 template the lingering death of state conati tuttons but the imitate ch?jc? of their ?uhivcU, and the majority wMl learn to rt ^jhM i Km m'khAfim aajl?***h J*l%. ? *? , an?u imc luajoriiy win icarn to res^ minority 4wh?c h, wbenevet oppfes^ JcJ win irrttamly wiihUraw. \V?^ ?!..?? then Out .kni*I?tifc M *' ?" our eoram?rtmJ^teg01i*ioDj. f /?*?* *rg. <? A ibltefttUioirt tnan wetit one morning to th'eT???on,u?t??S; V?rt\*ht ?ud..uM ^ ?riffi fe%r and lrti?bt':n?, that he hid. tl#? night V6>re seun a ghost. The parson asked him i? whtt abape H hacl a|><> 4?ed to him?ihe former leptt'd th ?] he thought U t ? 1 1- -*? ? ?"i x, ** 7jW a?d> ami had only Wen aiarKied at his^ttrn ^tkAtwSSlSf' * * Bhad'o*. J' Ttrfi ordinary Cecums t ance. A young Woitian who keepi the turn pike near Henly upon Thames, Oxford Shire, and who Has to:tn married four years, has j?ow nihe children, who a e a, I living and well. At tier ftr^t lying-in she had three children ; at her second three ; at h^r third two ; and at her fourth and last, one* The ctVcnmstance has astonish* ed the whole neighbour hood and is sup posed to be witliout a parallel in any age or kingdom. Kng Pttfier. A'lettrr from Paris of July to, says, "Sotilt appears on the hori zon with a military renown which far eclipses all competitors.'' A Lun Pivant. ? A pentliman who onct h^ld u hi^l n nation at Maitras. otari*, ;n 2* year* 1328 u<.ztiis, or 31 p.pc? < T Ma> dciia, i42 . kTxciVs to ITie pipe") , 004 lUZcn* of ciair v 654 dozen's ot mall liquor, 3*i dozens of bravtciy t a?.d at Uic enu of 22 ytrais, he comfilatncd thai A i? Stand [ 4'ht? account was accUraiiy kepi by uis Steward. J < The anniversary of the battle of Water loo was ctlcbi a IikI at .Edinburgh, in the u>ual manner, by iaiiu? a ?rcat cUrmer, oa winch occasion lUc health oi (he I iu^jiq ?ene? aU were drank with great enthusiasm* Instead ?i* celcbifcting the anniversary of ^that battle as a victory, they should rejoice at their escape, and they have good reason io remember the. Pi u*e*ians, whose timely interference saved the whole British arm/ fiom dtstt uctton.-? ^a/. jidvocaie* Wholesaitft Wires Current. Domestic dr tic Its, | Cotton, Sea Island U< ^ y> 4 Upland, RicC, prime new cw< Flour, Superfine bbi ? ?. Fine country . Corn, bukh \ Wheat, ..A,. 1 obacco, jfcaf lb ~ ? ? manufactured ^Whiskey, | fat 7 Butu*, ?- H> I Bacon, ~ Lard, Tailow, ' Tkw Wax, Hempv.v ,tI Honicipun, cotton yd * ,% N. Carolina low Shoe thread, # M Indigo* prime, Dear Skins in. haii\ jJrticlcs . X'offec, prim^ A T old Sugar# Muscovado i Salt* 6v*//, Iron^ 100 /?., Mobilises, ? ( harlestan uu o . o 4i "25.0^ OH 0 00 . 5 00 II; ? 7 ? ob . o oo 0 OOvl 25 0 41 .0 16 Q. 60 * 0 65 o aa >^^5 O U P J 7 02a*) o 1$ ;0 ~o' 0 28. 0 3o| v . -H Q 23 . 0 28 Of^O 80 oj9 . b sia <p\2 0 15 0 35 .0 65 5 00.6 00 0 45 ? 0 4f Camden. 0 23.0 24 H .12 V 1 50 0 00 Q 10 .0 t% 0 BO .0 85 O 18.025 O 12 .0 1$ 0 12 .0 16 O 00 0 i 5 O 00 .0 21 . i 4 4 o 30.0 3T - 0 25 .0 SO 62 ' o? .oar L _ u-*_ 0 30 .Q 33 0 in .ooo 1 00 .0 00 7 00 ,?00 io ar .o oo We are authorized to state that EVkRAKD CC RI TON i?f cundi- ? fpr li)c^t<te U g<>>miirfa. We are also atithbrufed to state ?ti? WULt.t AW TMaYR AJffT, L?q. of Ktttburgh; ii i candidate fdV the eriii* ing < ongrcfn: ? "J* *i ' in T> ? 1r "? ? ' ~ * , I < i -,V m i .it 1 ?? >tt > |r * Mktblic JVotibe Hereby Givcrt, thai an election irtlfr . fj. be held on th^-iecoritl Monday jihd XuewUy in October n&Jk^ fcvr a Mrmtnr of EZ' wiwflwi for the ataic Lfegftlalfye, (or the ot fcertttiaw?a4ttto, Commifiomf , jp/fhe foor. M the folfowhflfcpbtfci^is. frtileiCrefck, awl A Johti^eienfoy'a Jr. oil Lynch'j C t-etk.j ; v 4 t ? . . { U IHANC1S 5. LE^V^Vu ; I A* , JOSEPH I* VJ TEfffSO ; i 'v, ,?., Mt. ?...,?? _r ; | ?> ?'?? ; .... *?<< Hanging Hot*: ".,t : . { * ? .*1 hw AH&tin'* is 'Miff Creek i \ . CHAKCfaS 1 y \NSi ?nd yj k .. . *M>VTfU* IfWNCi, im,,T?t4 ? i iLtf* i? -{l h**t?bV tjr Q'%k i Tne ManaT?t<-?, 6r ? Maj>i?tv of tlrfcmi wr'l mrfct ort Wednesday ? fttlMwmg, ft < anidtu, to ?oQut ov?r lh? #ui ?nd.<W-v . <l-i rc tfTc fcWcuatf. % -w- ? ? 1 MMi; ' - v ' ? ? | tytl* h* Cutottna-vtomUf* JJhtrSt. 1 Tivlti^efo re me ? cAtaitf 6rifcl>t?ly florae, hatf>th4 ippcarkncc ftf bt~ qute ^ejMgtot the flank., and hi* kg* grey to C^Kfteeg, about 14 hantW and** hAlf hrtffi, ncTttrand perccuffU. Ji.fciE rktiNLWJ. Wj* August \f>, ISffe. >. r ?' 4 Ju*t Rtfnted, Arid for $u(e at thin OJflcr . firkt 12| tend) *A DISCOURSE, Delivered at a conference beW in Cfcmdenj 1 ?Y V 4* Genrge Da gheuyy Elder , Af. i?. C. Sept I '??* ? ??* ? Printing, Of fcV*KY D> KCRIPTltiM, K^ClITXD WITH HKATNISH AMD ACCyfc^.V AT TK1 OfriGK OF rH* CAMDBN OASTfiTTE; . . ? * ?**- -V ? ^ \V htre r*\av he had HLANKS FOR 'LAWYERS,' MACIHTUAltS, SlUJt,r ^C.