The Wilmington Centinel

              < v0ll > th e ' numb 48 wilmington centinel and general advertiser in thursday february 19 1789 ran away + 1 from the subfcriber's plan jk tation fourteen miles ift^si above wilmington three negro men viz cuffe about thirty five years old country born fix feet high tolerably ftout made,^thar clofe kneed ; he will endeavour to pafs a free man and hip carpenter and en deavour to hip himfeif on board fome veffel bound either to nova-scotia or the bahamas for sile by the subjcriber at hitftiorc in market ftreet eppofite ths naval-office maderia sherry [ tcneriffe i w i n e s port and malaga weft-india 6c new-fengland rum brown sugar cotton cards pickled salmon philip spaulding wilmington feb 4 46 — to be sol d by henry dayton at his store in m akket-street by who^ale west india rum new-england ditto molafles loaf and brown sugar coffee and chocolate gin and brandv powder and shot a fmall afibrtment of pewter a few calks cordials sec wilmington jan 29 45 — america n e w-y o r k jan 31 the captain of an american veflel lately arrived here from georgia gives us a certainty that he brought here paf fenger a captain who allured him that d ring his laft voyage to tlie weft-indies he found loft upon the reefs of turk's ifland the king of spain's brig l'lnfanta commanded the three laft years by the french captain lanefel then command ed by the lieutenant of tbe spanifh navy la madrie who fail ed from this harbour laft oftcber for the ttavannah ; that the faid captain received on board his veffel the faid lieutenant and - his crew and carried them to banal ou in the ifland ot cuba for which ftrvice he received three hundred rix dollars yefterday arrived the fhip william hayes from liverpool ; brig edward sims briftol in 63 days j and floop friend ship eldridge washington n c among other curious natural productions prefented to mr peale's american museum in philadelphia flnce his late a rival in baltimore are the following :— a fifli of the south sea 4 feet long and not more than 4 inches in the girth the head and eyes difpreportionately large and the jaws fet within angle row of very fharp teeth and fundry beautiful fpecimens of coral by captan daniel howlen the salamander of africa the trumpet fifh and a remarkable fifli commonly called the squib — by dr keerl a piece of cryftal dug out of mr chriftopher raborg cellar whofe diameters when entire were 4 inches by 3 ; a good inftance of the largenefs of the hoots of american cryftal by mr chriftopher raborg tip jaws and tail of a shark 17 feet ion and 7 feet in the girth tbe jaws extended meafured 6 feet round where the teeth are fet by meflrs melcherand keener a grinder of ths non dcfcript animal of the weftern coun try found at the big bone salt lick and weighing four pounds by mr william lux petersburg january 29 a cap-fain of a guinea fhip is*row in jail in london and under profecution at expence of the fociety eftablifhcd in this city for the abolition of the flave trade on account of having cruelly treated and maimtd a number of engliffi faiiors uod his command the fame commander has'perpetrited fuch barbarities on the inhabitants of airica as are too ihdcki-ng for the public eye — the following inftance wbich has already been produced in evidence by the london foc.ety before ihts privy council will be brought by the fame lbciety(together with numberlefs other fimilar in fiances be ore the houfe cf com mons a young negro woman with htr infant at her brta*"r was kidnapped away from her hufband and parents and offer ed by the dealers in human fkfh to this commander for fale j he was willing he faid to purci.afe the vcung woman but he could do nothing with rhe brat hoever as they could net be feperated he purchafed them both at the fame time d : hberately dafhed out the brains ofthe infant on tbe deck of t fhip and threw it overboard in the mother's pretence ai fhe was a young woman of uncommon beauty in lefs than si hour fhe was dragged by the captain to his bed and compell ed to endure ths embraces of her child's murderer extract of a letter from london nov 13 ** the king has been for fome time greatly indifpofed : hia phyficians fay the diforder is an anafarca it has totally depriv ed him of his fenfes and he is confined in a ftraight vvaifu caat there is fome talk of appointing a regency hut ic puzzles all the politicians and lawyers to determine by whom the appointment is to be m.2de as the kina's imbecility renders him incapable of affenting to any aft of parliament and with out fuch aflent no ftatute can be ena£led savannah january 15 on saturday the zyih december laft bein the ffca/v ef st john the fvangelift ar.d general ccmmunicatitn of free and accepted mafons the grand lodge met at brother ccpp 1 * 1 n e rom where the right worflilptul james jackfon efq i'rrftau ed grand mafter of all marons in this ftate to which office iie had been previcufly defied and w.s invctted in dui form with the grand matter's jewel 1 he werfhiplul sir george r-ouftrn deputy grand matter thomas elie efq f.nior grand wardon ' samuel stirk efq junior grand warden with the other gra d officers lor the current year were likewife inverted with the n fignia of their offices and exhorted by the grand mafter in warm and affeft-onatc terms to a pointed difcharge of then refpec tive duties ' ihe different lodges having joined the r^rand lodee the moft worfhipfui william stephens f.fq paftvrand mafter received the thanks ofthe grand lodge for prefidir.g in the chair ior tv.o years and was pclitely prettnted with an elegant mafon.r jewel voted by the grand ] adge a a ttftimony that his conrluft had met their approbation upon which the pail erand maftcf rcfptcliully thanked the grand matter and members of tha grand ledge affuring them and all the brethren prefent that he received the jewel as a very high honor confered on hi n and that he would at all times feel himfelf bound to promote its good ot the craft and render his afliftance for the furtherance of the ancient fociety in all parts cf this ftate the different ledges then walked in proce-fibn to chnft church when divine fcrvice was preformed and an excellent fcnr.on preached by the rev erother l.indfay grand chaplain du ring preper intervals of the fervice vocal and inftrumemal ran fie adapted to the occafion was preformed by fevt-ai brethrrn with great applaufe a colle&icn was made by tbcchwrch wardens from the cor gregation for the benefit of the { cor in general and then the brethren returned to the lodge loom dined together and paffed the remainder of the day in high ma ! fonic ftftivity and good humour remarkable only to the ancient and honorable focieiy of free rr.ifons lt is with pleafure we can announce to the public that the tragedy of rhe fair peni rent and the farce of the lying valet were not only agreeably reprefented to a very refpeclabk au dience but had the defired effeft of augmenting the mafoic charity fund we are tcld that the biethrcn are getting ud fome other pieces and we cannot but wilh them fuccefs in their laudable undertaking charleston january z 9 . both branches of the legiflature have agreed on givihg t?v to the honorable yfcdanus burke efq to take his fet in tho hcufe of reprefentatives ofthe united states as a reikfen tiveof tbe diftrifi of beaufort and orangeburg andth.fll lary and fees of office fhouid ceafe during the term m m tuefd3y the fenate went into the confederation o cn for appointing another judge in the room cf v m pendleton when after debate the r fr lurcn r r ■ there being ii yeas and 9 nays and friday next il day v sampson a well fet black fellow about twcnty-feven years old country born five feet eight or nine inches high ftamnvers when inclined to fpeak f?4 :^ improbable he is lurking about town creek in brunfwick county harry a aim fellow of middle age very fmall limbs formerly belong ed to the eftate of mr shubrick of south-carolina ; it is fuppofed he will go that way ten pounds reward will be given with all reaionable expences for each of the above mentioned flaves when delivered to the fubfcriber john p williams february io 1789 47 — 49 for sa/e . j g|||n the s h i p j^il charming polly m&g£&%k lying in this river with all her tackle and apparel as ihe came from fea burthen about 240 tons for terms apply to lhe fubferibers where an inventory of her materials n»y be feen p mangeon & co wilmington feb 5 46 —