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^ voF/rnY. TO T4IB DBAU I IIIO?IIOMK, LOVC, AND IIOI'K Oh! land or mv forefathers, over the main ? tireenfsle of my birth! shall I ever Ik-IiuM tbeef And tlwiu, lovely cause of my sorrowful stni'n, Shall these arms of fidelity ever enfold tlicc t Uolorvd, again, by the iirmmi of ouryduth, Shall we ever retrace the light fbotsteps of nleiture, And mndeon the past, through the Minsnine-of truth} When content ?fudl enrich u? with coiijaggi treasure f Yen, I />vc ( \re may meet, ere the blosaotna of tlie Spring Khali enamel tlie meadows?or bum h from the bower* i And the iciaon of beauty and lilusioui* may bring*. To our dctolntc bosoms joy'* Mvcctamiltngflowerg. Dear, distant F.lixa, thou magnet of iovc! Which awavs ull my feeling* uml guide* my oflcctionj The heart ever feel*?though remotely I rbve, That thine arc tlie powers of Increasing attraction I The trcmulou* needle, when cruciinjpthe line, May waver?grow fickle?and change its direction i Y?*t nothing *h*H stake Mich devotion tui mine, Though) it live hut with memory nnd|>ale recollection. Vet fair-painting fancy shall image the l>cst? To brighten the care.furmw'd feature* of ?adnc??? At night, on my pillow, ?trcw floppies of real, And re-banquet my aitimoera with visions of gladness. Rut uncertainty hangs <iVr futuriU'a breast, j l.;ke a dark winter cloud on the hill* of Itrtsstrcvor j J l-'or the wide waste of Ocean makes being unMcv?\l, When I think the wild wave* may divide uslbrevcr. Yet hope on her gossamer pinion* shall i?oar, In spite of the danger* and perils of ocean t And reviuit the land, an<l the love I udoie, Tho* their poet ?hould |>erinh midst sens in commotion. Hope! soother of life?and the charmer of csrc? Sweet solace of sorrow, m mevry first given To tenijK'r with sunshine the glooms of despair, And create in the desert un ideal of heaven ! I'll steal from the world to indulge in thy dreamt, While I wander the wilderness stui and forlorn, And I'll stay with tlicc often by fancy1* wan beam*, On the shore* of the land thai has caus'd me to inourn. An-' if I'm nut destined again to res ir& The land of my fatlu-rs, that l.e* o'er the ocean la the momenth of joy I shall think upon von, And repay all your kindness with gratcfhl devotion. I.. ?rnmmm?? 1 MIHCELLANY. ritUM ? l.ll*IN?K f4fl.ll. LANGSDOUFF'S TIIAVKI.S. We earnestly recommend these travel* for the perusal of tta curious nud the learned, an they contnin a rich Aim) of entertainment and infor mation. Sneaking of Tbttooing among the in habiting of Nukahiwa, he gives sohic cut ious par ticulars " Among all the known inhabitant* of the earth, none hate carried the art of tattooing to ho high a degree of perfection as the inhabitants of Washington's Islands. The regular designs with which the bodies of the men of Nukalmva are punctured from head to foot, supplies in some sort the absence of clothing j for under so warm a heaven, clothing would be insupportable to them. Many people here seek as much to ob tain distinction by the symmetry and regularity with which they are tattooed, as among us by the elegant manner in which they are dressed ; and although no real elevation or rank is desig nated by the greater superiority of these decora tions, vet, as only persons of rank can afford to be at the expence attendant upon any refinement in the ornament, it does in fact become a badge of distinction. " The operation of tattooing is performed by certain persons who gain their livelihood by it entirely, and I presume that those who perforin it with the greatest dexterity, and evince the greatest degree of taste in the disposition of the ornaments are as much sought after, as among ut a particularly good tailor. Thus much however, must be said, that the choice made is not a matter of equal indifference with them ns with us) for if the punctured garment bo spoil ed ht themaking, tnomischhfi* Irreparable, it must be worn with aH its faults the whole life throush. " Por performing the operation, the srtist uses the wing bone of a/tropic bird phanton athertH*, which is jagged and pointed at the end after the manner of a comb, sometime* In the form of A crescent, sometimes in n atraii line, ahd larger or Hinaller according to the figure* which the ar tist intends to make. Thin instrument is fixed on n bamboo handle about an thick as the finger, with which the.puncturer, by means of another cane* strikes so gently and so dexterously, that it scarcely pierces through the skin, 'lite princi- < pat strokes of the figures to be tattooed are first i sketched upon tho hotly with the ssnto dye that is afterwards rubbed into the putictpfcg, to serve ! (s guides ill the use of the instrument. The nincturoH being made so that the hlood and ympli ooy.c through the orifice, a thick dye com* posed from the axhes of the burning nut, atfu ril'x triloba, mixed with water, is rubl>c?l in.? This occasions at first a slight degree of smart ? rug ami inflammation, it tiien heals, and when the crust comes olT, al ter some days, the bluish or hlackish blue figure appears. " A? soon a* the inhabitant of Nuknhiwa ap proaches toward* the age of manhood* the ope* ration of tattooing in l>egun, and this is one of tho most ini|>ortant cpocna of hit life. Tho nrtist is sent for, and the agreement made with him, that lie ih to receive so many hogs as hi* pay t the number is commonly regulated according to the wealth of the person to he tattooed, and the miatitity of decoration bestowed is regulated by tne pay. While wo were at the inland, a son of the chief Katannah was tobe tattooed. For this purpose, ns belonging to the principal person in tho Miami, he waa put into a house for severa weeks which was tabooed; that is to say* it wail forbidden to every body, extent those who Were exempted from tne taboo by his father* to ap proach tho house j here he was to reiriftin during the whole time that the operation continued.-? All women, cvon the mother, are .prohibited from seeing the youth, while tho inboo remains in force. IJoth tho operator and the optrtrtt* are fed with the very best food during the con tinuance of the operation j to the former theie are days of great festivity. In the firat year, only the ground work of the principal figures up* on the breast, arm*, buck, and thighs, la laid t and in doing this the first punctures must be en tirely healed, and the crnst mutt have come oft before new one* are made. Every single mark takes three or four days to heal; and the first lilting an it ii called, commonly hints 4 weeks. ** While the patient is going through the ope ration, he must drink very little, for fear of crea ting too much inflammation, ami he is not allow* ed fo.eat early in tho morning, only at noon anil in the evening. When once the decorations are begun, some additions are constantly mak ing to them ?t intervals of from three to *ix months, and thia It not unfwjuently continued for thirty or forty years, before the whole tat tooing fa completed. We saw some old men of the higher ranks, who were punctated over and over to such a degree, that the outlines of each separate figure were scarcely to be distin guished, and the body had ati almost uegro-liku appearance"?Page 110. FRO* Tit* AOTTMr n<**AT*IOT. ORBAT CITIES. It is an historical fact ^thoujph there are se vorat exceptions to its universality) that wjiile f'.iupirca change Uieir masters, great citles,the cntno \ia ?fwealth & commerce,or of arta aud pop* ulation. still retain, in aconsiderabedegree,tlieir original power. Language, laws, and manners have undergone a complete Revolution, and the aboriginal inhabitants and their posterity arc no longer to bo found;?and yet, the combined ope ration of moral and nhyaical causes have pre served for Rome and Constantinople, their influ ence among nations. Romk wan once the capital ofEurope, or rather of the world?Her military power crushed, and her wide dominion scattered and torn from her embrace, sho was still indebated to her literatuit for the authority she sometimo preserved among kingdoms, in every other respect superior.? When the age of superstition had obscurred the light of letters, we all know ubl Papa, ibl Ho rn a?and her spiritual power succeeded to her physical. While (he Hainan Catholic persuasion fields in Kurope, Rome must still retain her share of importance. Byzantium, a Persian town in the time of 1'nusauius, and superior probably in its scite to any spot on earth, lor a great commanding com merce, was literally in ruins when Constantinc, (induced by a vurv singular phenomenon) rebuilt and beautified and enlarged it. From him it was called Constantinople. In the 15th century it was considered as the most central bulwark in Christendom, against the victorious army of the followers of the Prophet of Mecca. Mohamcd the fid, however, succeeded in taking it?it wus at this siege that cannon was first us ed. The name of this celebrated city was thence forth changed to S/rnn6ouf,and it is now the me tropolis or the Turkish empire. Jl German Robber.?-The noted Graesel, whose robberies and murder* liave, for some time past, rendered him an object of terror in the Austrian states, has at length been secured.?? A letter from Viennassys,"tie was taken onIho 20th of November, by a well laid plan of th* police, between Harn and HtfllMwri. three or four post* from the city. The police set at liberty the mistress of Graesel, whom they took a long while ago, and whom a person in the service of the police had contrived 10 gain to fir, that she suffered him to accompany her ito Urnesel, who wait initacatl to appcm at IhO appointed place, where he was arrested. His actions do not seem to have any tiling so estrA* ordinary in them, at the reputation with which lie had gained by reports artfully exaggerated* lie in twenty-two year* old, but doea not look so old. As a deserter he will be given Up toe court martial. J Curioun Fact.?On the evening of the 27th of March, the Htearn lioat Ragle,' oti her pas sage from Baltimore to the hfffcd of Elk river, was completely stopped for more than two hours by a Cat?Piah, which had been drawn into the sucker of the injecting pipe, through which the quantity of cola water jfacesHary to condense the ateam must pass. During the time the fish was in the pipe, several attempts to start the boat Were made in vain ) nor was it till nearly the whole of the machinery was taken apart, that the Cat-Fish was discovered by the Knai neer. The fish was not more than four or five I inches in length, and small in proportion. The captain of the boat wan no enraged, at the pre sumption of the fifth, that he has no doubt for mally declared war against all the fish both in the Chesapeake and Elk*?Pa$$tnger. Jlninuil following instance of animal sagacity occurred at Beaconsthorpe last week. A fine buy of about ten years old, tlie sou of Mr. ivers of that place, having for some time past been indulged in milkinga favo rite cow, was doing so on Wednesday Hist, in a field adjoining tho farm yard, when a mUchiev I ous birfl, which was in the same flak)* ran at the I child and tossed him ) the cow seeing her its in. nocont attendant thus treated, begored him so dreadfully in the aide as to render him totally incapable of renewing his attack upon the child, which he was about to do. Mr. Hudderstone, n neighboring firmer, was basting through the fleta St the time and took tne child up in a atate of insensibility $ we are happy to say, however, he received no very serious injury, and is in a fair way of recovery +?lAmdon pap. Feb. 15. Jlnetdot* of the Duke Ik Hac.lore, the favor ite wit and buffoon of Louie XIV.?'The duke l)e Koclore was in his person very far from be* ing agreeable i his countenance was rather for bidding, and his person was very auk ward.? Another nobleman, whose personal beauty was even inferior to that of Roclore, having killed his antagonist in a dupl. applied to the duke for his interest and protection, knowing it was the tmly channel through whicn he could obtain a Krdon. The duke readily engaged in his end's interest, and fitrly rallied the king Into compliance. After the king had finished ids fit of laughter,and given his roval promise,he ad ded, 44 but for heaven's, sake Koclore. what could induce you to be so strenuous in this interces sion H' I will tell your majesty?if he hod suf fered, I then should nave been tne ugliest man in all Frauce." THE FINE ARTS. Wo understand that Mr. Charles D. Coxe, who resided many years at Tttuis asCousul from the United Stut**, haw lately returned to I*hila delphia>aiHl brought with bint a correct Panora ma view of the rum* and environs of the ouce celebrated city of Carthage. It is also said that hi* collection of ancient (toman* Punic* Greek and Egyptian Coin*, in very curious ana exten* Hive, and that after leaving Tunis ho resided some time at ltoine and Naples, with a view to cultivate and perfect a strong nstural taste for paintiugarid sculpture, of which ho han brought mauy-valuablo *|>ecim4usf both of tho ancient and modern schools, that cannot fail to be an important addition to the stock already potmen t>ed by the academy of arts and amateurs of this'City. It is therefore to b? hoped* that we shall ore lonu be gratified by a sight of this in teresting collection* which it is understood Mr. Coxe is now occupied in preparing for public inspection.?Vhil. (iuxtttt.. PUBLIC JOUKNAL Of THIS U. STATUS. T 'A bc Printed al the City if IFathinrtcti. IIP. subscriber proposes to comfltence, within a few weeks, a daily mmI thrice a week Newspaper, under the foregoing title, to lie published al the seat of tli? ge neral government. It will bo national .n its character, and liberal in its |>olitical complexion?attempting with moderate firmness, to do justice to the sentiment* and opinion* of thoMt, who have not regarded with approba tion the system of |>olicy pursued, for several years, by our public eouueds. As a newspaper, no means will be ?pared to rentier it uscl'ul and interesting. An a politi cal journal, il will lie held open to cach side, for a calm discussion of public measures?rejecting, as improper, every unncccsaary iudulgciicc of pertonaTticj. A deU.I of tfie proceedings and debate* of Congress, as ample a* |Missible, will be given i as will all document*, which, from tlieir tm|K>r<unce, may be deemed worthy of being iplaccd before the public, In other respects, it will, of course, be the interest and object of thceditor, to grati fy, by various and careful selection, the tasto and wishes ol his readers. 80 far iw regards the manner of elocu tion, the attention to advertising patrons, with regulari ty of publication, ami can? in transmission to subxcrl bers, the editor hopes to l?e able to give gem-nd satisfuc tion. The terms proposed, are?I. " Two Public Jour nal of the United States," printed on a super-royal sheet of the usual sixe, will l>e furnished daily at ten dpllars |?er annum 1 thrice a week at five. 2. No subscription to be received without payment in advance, for the time specified. 3. Subscriptions will be presumed as contin. tied, until otherwise ordered 1 and the editor will, al his option, havearght lo disregard such order of di won tin. nance, unless all arrearages are at the tiinopaid off. 4 Where accounts have lieen forwarded and no payment has boen made within a reasonable time, the names of delinquents may be erased from the subscription list. O11 the foregoing plan and terms, a sliaio of public en couragemcnt is respectfully asked. . / ' A* E?UCAB. Washington City, February 14, 181 NEW WEEKLY PROPOSALS by Wan InglniHeV, dition to their ad ..II J, - _-v day evening, and sent off] fed up. (n the editorial ?lc and Wlii I worth will bo oc Literary Bmyt and Remark* by Mr. John WiSod, pre *ident or the Petersburg Academy. AmitUnco it pro {Otaed from other gentleman. Hi inscription* wlH l>o ta * ' tllf/jiAw' *???!mnatOH in Vnrlh ?H?1 Jarollna?price, three dollar* per annum* to be upon receipt or tho first number. P.very Pbatmas other person who will obuin ten ?uWribers, and ie responfible for the name, aliall be entitled to ic. eelvo the paper gratia. :4 oCJ* Subscription* received at this Offloe. TO THE PUBLIC. WHP.RRA8from certain information given to me by William fl. Grime*, of Georgia, that Itenjainin Hell ol South-Carolina, had atolcn tlte ?Um of one or two dol lars. which were found in hia possession after a neareh made tor that purpose, which information was accom panied by ? certificate in hi* hand writing to the same effect now in my possession, T wm induced to make the charge against the aforesaid Hell of having stolen the *? bove sum of money t ami where** from Information since obtained, mid hyanotlier certificate from the afore said Grime*, go.ng to *l?ow that lie wa* mistaken? now, therefore, I am induced to think and verily believe that the information upon which I grourided my charge a* gainst the atbrcftald Bell wa* false, ami I fret glad to have it in my power to nuke public my conviction of hi* in nocence, and to *tate that I believe bin character fair and unimpeachable. AUSTIN POLLARD. Cambridge, ifarch 1,1816. 12 fit pd 8OHTII-CAH0LINA. JVinrty-tiix District?In liquify, Judith Arnold, ") f$. > Bl(l for tUtcvctry atu1 rtUef. James Arnold It others, j IT appearing to tl?? ?at * fact ion of the Court that Wil liam Grave* ami Garland Itilliard, defendants in this c**e. reside without tlic limit* of the Slate?!i is order* ed tfiat tliey do, within three month* from this day, plead, answer or demur to tlte hill filed in this ease, or in default Uiereof, it will betaken as to them confessed. JOHN M'CO.MN, Abbeville Court-House, Peb. 15, 181(1. 11 3m. PKOPOBALB RP,PORTS OF CAHP.8 decided in tlie Court of C:han. eery of the State of Month-Carolina, from the Htvo lution nearly down tothepreaem time?Alsoin the Pxpii. ty Court of Appwda?by IIBNltY WM. llPAACpBlllR, Senior Judge of tin? Court of Chancery, and presiding Judge in the Court of Appeal*. Tlii"? work will I* puMifthed in two volume*, octavo, each containing about (500 p:?gi"*? K'^kI |>a|?cr, and with a new t)pe. The printing will l?c commenced in * fcw wet-k*, ami will I* fmidud a* nftcrdily a*pos?i? hie i probably in the couraeof the year. Tlte price to ?uh*cnl>er? will l?e ?ix dollar* f?<r each volume, in hoard* i ami a moderate advance fir e.vh vo. Inme hound, if proper binding cuti bo procured. Tlie money to be pmd on the delivery of tlie book*. 8ub*cription* will lierereivcd at the Printing^offW* & Book-store in Columbia?<?ml at lite different four idiom Mi* in tlte atate. Columbia, March 1, IHIfi. 13?lit notick. A I J. tltOae indebted to tin* Palate of Jnwph \Villiitn?. late of Kdgrfleht Diatrict, decerned. are recreated 10 make payment immediately, m no indulgence can or will lie given t ami tdl tho*e having ony dtfmandvagiimt the Md<l P.*tatc are requested to render their rlnim* in i* greeably to law, in tlie limited time pre?erih?d. LRWBP.Y \V1I.U\M8, Adm'x NATIIANUX BURTON, Adin'r. April M, 1816. 90 fteot pd A HANK DILI* W Aft found by a Negro Boy, which the owner may hare by describing it- ami ttttfnt fot thi* advertise trwn? .inrniirM ? nw iniT| miiMi iiiv tiwirer have by describing it, ami psv'n| for thi? advertiae Enquire at tSjc Offif Ajvtil 'V. NRW STORE. - r rill P. .ubvribe* will open In* |)HY U001), GROCERY JL undllAUDWAHF. 8TOUB, on lh? 5th Ma>?com. prU'mg * general *nd elegant assortment or Fancy awl HUntc Article*, *iuutt*l at the corner of Hlclmrdnoii and IaJv Street, opposite Dr. P<erciv*l'g. J. HA PKLYB. ? Columbia, April 28,1816. 20 16t?. :'t\ MORGAN & UUlltBY, IfAVK Jvut rcc?ive?l nt (heir Drv.ttoori 8tf>rrp?150 JUL p.cc? of Plain, Btnu'd and Plaid NOKTIIKKN HOMK8PUN, *vli.ch will do told very low by tliepicccr Alto, SO Cukt CUT NAILS, iutort?a?lici. ' Columbia, April 0. Jiilgrjietit Di$trictiuwr Cambridge,8. tkn-vliua. Cm/U.l.tS 'MAY80N toll* bofoiti u*e a dark brown Tf MAHtt,aboutfificen hands high, mpiWkcd to be a* bout eighteen years old, three white feel, trots, no brand* perceivable, appraised to fifteen dollars. ^ CATIATT CONNKIl, 4. P. I* April 0,181ft.' 20 3u |hI charlehton btagb office, vrow kept at Nn. Ibnkins'a, oh l*dy street i where 1.^1 the stage leaves every Wednesday and Saturday at 4o'clock In the irtbrmng ? ami arrives every Thursday and HuiuUy at 6 o'clock iutUc evening? performing lite rout in two day*. PAUL GUIMHALL. April 20tli, 1816. COLUMUIA HOTEL $ 81'AOK-OFFICK. FltllB 8ul>acribcr Iim removed in the hottae lately occu X pifel by Mrs.Calvert, nearly opposite the StateHouse, where lie will be happy to meet hia old Customer*, and o> thei* who may be pleased to call on him. The STACK 0FF1CB fur the ieven\l Stage* that leave Columbia i? kept at the M Columbia Hotel." 8. URBEN. (Vriumhia, J:?n. y, 1816. ENTKlli'AIN MKNT. TIIP. 8uh*criber returns h a thanks to his friend* and blic generally for the lilieral encouragement he has received, ami informs them he has opened a llouie of Entertainment on the corner of Riehamson und Lady streets, in the liotue well known as Dr. 8. CrccnN Ta vertt where lie will alwaya be happy to accommodate his old cuatomer* ami friends, together with such others who will favor him with their company, lie pledges himself that their accommodations shall be inferior to none in thife place. C. B. WILLIAMSON Columbia, Jan. 9,1816. 4|f NOTICE. * WILLIAM AMD D. PURVIS will have for 8alo after the 7th current, BILU) OF BXCIIANHB to aeon. sidcMble amount, at sixty days don, Liverpool, Glasgow and " before the 33d. . l. .V. ' LAW. TUB subscribers have aasoeiated themselves in the Practice of Law, and will attend the Courts of Com 1 --- - Abbeville, Bdgcfield, Barnwell cts. They have established an Courtdfouie. wliere one or both of attend to all business of a profes nature, which may be entrusted to their manage srasffir* " - - - - peb. sJpsio.;- 6t or BXCitANiiK to aeon, ys sight, payable in Lon Hamburgh, tf applied for Columbia, April 3. n,Pkaa ?una, Mia " I sorry for T STORY. fottloethls bouse pressing gTeat concern lor his mislbrtune as word# touMreacMl ting ten dollar* i you no much.*' Op* Jbral.?-It tt to be hoped that those concern cd will not want a further detail of business to in. duce them to come forward and pay whatever balance., are due against Utem on the Rooks of John JI. Tfomat Whether throuirh sympathy or injustice to the sufferer, it will lw equally valuable, as all tho expressions of sor row wdl not ?ay ono of llic debts?but punctually dir charging tlte ba'lames due may; enable me to meet them irt, n? far aw lame lumbia, April 30. in part, n? far aw I am concerned. N. DAVIS. Col ' STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. ? John White, } ^ W. > Cufta^MwMr sis Delorme. 3 1A8 the plaintiff in this aetkm, did, on the f January, 1816, file his declaration in the of 1 Clerk of thts Honorable Court: against the dc ? rho is absent from and without tlte limits of this State, and hath neither wife nor attorney known within the name upon whom a copy of the said declaration with a rule to plead thereto within a year ami a day might be served s It is therefor? ordered, in pursuance of the act of the General Assembly, in that cose made ami provid ed, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the ?aid declaration on or before the first dwr of February next, which will he in the year of our Lorn one thousand eight hundred and ?evcntcen?Otherwise final and uhsn lute jtwlgment wdl then be given ana awarded against him. JA.MK8 0. OWONAM), Clc,k. Officeof Common Pleas, Ktchtand > District, February 1st, 1816. J * * *,n' TRINITY CHURCH. AT an Pdeetion held in Trinity Church, Columbia, S C. on the JSth mst. the following Gentlemen ?#*? duly elected Vestrymen ami Wardens 1 IION. TIIRODQtm OAlfJLAHO, ) ItOIIP.HT STARK, B8QUIIIK, C Vestr "men RI'P.XCKR I. MAM, B8QUIRE, } IHMrroil. P.I?Wi\RI> FIBIIF.R, I wm. bkantiiWaiTb, r.wi S w*r,lfr" JUST IMHIIJKIlV.n, And for sale, at the office of the 'Igrtescopr, and al U,t Rook-Store, ^ AN ACCOUNT | or THE WINTER ElMDKMIC j Of 18ti-t6. ar on. j*mm turn ? ? ?>. Pimnhlet.pp ?14, neatly printed, stitched sndcover ed?prire 35 ce its. S. Davis, of Abbeville, is a candidate to repre sent Kdjreficld ntsd Abbeville in tfo Congress of tho United States. , ; |C7" Wo ero authorised to ?tato tliAt Wii. 1 jam Ritfr., Kmi. (whoso politico Are decidedly Republican) will be a Candidate for h seat in Congreai at tho election, to he holden in October next, to ronresontthe united Districts of hpr tanbtirg, Union, York and Chester. miiii? ? -1 mill M l 11 .uiiiu 11 III I ? ui ?! I I'm ? 1 n i^whlanks, NeMly printed, on ft ui for sale at tho I :5i printing vlnce