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Ramsay's Life ef Washingtoa.


Ramsay's Life sf Washington.
We congratulate the friends of Etera.
ture oa,he pleasing informa:ion that Or.
David Ramsay. of Charleston, S. C. has
written a " Life of. Washington which a
gentleman who has read the manuscript
pronounces TO be . piece of elegant bi {
ograPhy. = We are given to understand il
viii be put 70 press the coming winter, in
one volumc octave.
The emiaent literary requirements OF
the DIR. added TO his literary fame, as
the author 5. 4"sihe 1i2rcry OF the Amc-
rican Revolution andao,her work., sege-
Their with the portable size of the work,
aad its propurtiunsble low price, leads as
10 hope that IL will receive that encourage.
ment 70 which lis great merit will no doubt
ensitlc it,, IS. 9ss
ass7 Prou. Phoenix.J
-Aniable instqrce of Iberality. = During
othe latter spast ofthe American war captain
afterwards lord) NeIsonhad the command
oa a ship on thai citation, and took a schr.
belongipgiso Plrmaush, in America. about
forty miles I cr. Doasou, the captain OF
which was put on shorv to gosto bisthofne.
Some time after he observed Nelson sailing
UP The bay of Boston, and his prize at a
shor: distance. The captain of the schs.
INNS diaseiy f,;e1 cus bors, put one or
two sheep in, and filed it with vegetables
with which he sailed for Nelson, aad on
coming albDgsiLz threw the articles GA the,
deck, and ie:npe1 ~. board, a0d desired
captain Nelson. to aceeps them, which he
did, bat obs : ed TO captsin Carver that he
must have some IN olive for his ,kindness,'
and desire d te5kaew what il was? Carver,
with doubt FL hesitation, said he had.
What SIT? vas replied; he answered, THAT
he could scarcely esPecsi., but it was 20
return him hrs schooner again, it was his
all. Nelson i,r dia,cly wrote The follow.
ing certificate, AMI gaveis him.
- These are IL certify, that ! took the,
scfooner Harmony, Nathaniel Carver,
masser, h, englng h. Plymouth; but on
accoune :. his good services, have given
up BIS vesse. agsia. Daiea on board his,
majesty shipAIbemarle, 18th of August
l782.. II i.
@HURAIIo NELSON.
"Bsstoa i3a4 - III
The above certificate iGfr AIMED and glaz.s
ed, and now hangs 10 gentleman's parlour
Anen, cleda; md easy method to make cider.
Theapplec aftsr being ground are put 10
70 a curboryab ADD !SvcHed with shovel
- hen covered wlih5 "a, plank end blocked
up as usual. l,}may be pressed with 4 long
beam or shors, cider screw, bua -" screws
are best. The cidernay be rresset in t,to
= 10Y NAV r 1880
AS no straw isu3ed
.,lcold weather, if the pu
neeZe. y5.
sIrss mus. be four feet eighsiurhes
inside, tour shes and "a halfsq aare made
|of the besfs = Der, with hinges and bol.s
in pro- % ). fats three feet tb~ &c ~ {
ches hat rte inchsnd a quarter thick,
three inches wide and hail al inch a1art,
The eye bolts may be drawn With an il on
bar with ease, and any quarter of tue vas
taken off TO take out the pumice. A curb
of this size will hold pumice enough TO
make ten barrels of cider. Ihave made CT.
der 10 10 this way for TWO years, and find
il is done with halfsh usuallabor and the
cider clear. The above can be attes.ed by
many.
PAUL DoGE.
New.cassle, Sept, 9.