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the l4th Of July. In Queen Elizabeth's
time, they are said 10 commence on the
9th Of July, and end on the 9th Of Sep
TENDER. From the restoration Of
Charles II. to the correction of the
British calendar, the beginning was
placed on the 10Th of July, and end on
the 28th of August. After the correc-
ton of the calendar, the beginning was
placed on the 3oth of July, and the end
on the eth of September. Oflate the
British Almanaclks have placed the be-
ginning on the Sd of July, and the end
on the 18th of August,
When the ancients first observed the
dog star, it used to make its appearance
in the morning, about the first of July,
but by the procession of the equinoxes,
it now rises heliacally, or is first deco
vered as late as the l4th of August, and
in process Of time it will be the harbin-
ger, not of heat, but of frost and snow.
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From tie Msero.eo,,..1

A friend has sent us an old manuscript vol
ume, from which we copy the following
.ADYICE TO "A TOUNG PHYSICIAN.
Take the strongest, healthiest, hardworking
man you can find; persuade him, when he is
half drunk, that he is very III, for he will not
believe you when he is sober, though pro-
nounced in the largest tye-wig, and with all
the awful solemnity OF the doctor.
If you can once work upon his imagination
so as TO make him fancy himself little i'll,
you must improve it tell him he has got
dangerous fever, which is very much about,
and of which many people die; that it is best
to take it in time, and you would advise him
to bleed directly and, because it is custom
airy to give a vomit in the beginning Of fe-
yer, give one the same night.
Order him to keep his bed, and drink salt Of
NORWOOD draughts every Elk hours and to
take no other nourishment than barley Cruel.
He will have bad night through empti-
ness and a loss of good blood as well as for
the want of his full meals and pot Of porter,
he will be downright faint.
The next day, when the doctor comes, he
finds low pulse, and the patient faint; a
sufficient indication to pronounce it a nervous
fever. large blister is applied to the neck,
and boluses every four or six hours, with no
other food than barley Cruel, and now and
then little chicken water.
The stimulus from the blister win give him
the strangury, for which a cooling emulsion
| must be prescribed.
He will rest but little, what with the pain
of the blister, and strangury, and the dis
| charge Of the serum.
Next day, from the frequent repetition Of the
medicines, and no food, for which he will now
have no appetite, and being confined wholly
to his bed, he will become costiye, for which
a glyster is necessary, which will render him
| still fainter; two more blisters may be APP
piled to his arms his medicine. to be contin-
ued with the same frequency, but more cor
dial.
The increase of pain, want Of sleep, and his
own apprehensions Of danger, will render him
, convulsed, and perhaps delrious.
More blisters are applied to the calves Of
his legs, which still increasing the pain, rem
ders him downright delirious, and real
symptomatie fever is occasioned by the mere
force of the stimulus from the caustic salts Of
the cantharides, contained in FIVE blisters.
There is nothing more now to be done, than
TO apply plaisters to the feet, and, last of all,
blister to his head and, if he dies after all
this, which is fifty to one if he does not, he
has had every thing done for him which could
be done, with which his friends rest satisfied.
mourn as usual, all is over and well, and no
body blamed.
n. b. This is contrary to the ancients.
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From the Providence Journal.1

Progress Of Commerce aud Mannfac-
lures IN the Wea.-A day or two since, a
gentleman of Pittsburgh, Penn. passed
through this town on his return to
the West from d commercial expedi-
ton TO Boston. He brought with
him from Pittsburgh, an extensive in
voice of Window Glass and Glassware,
which he disposed of for handsome
advance, on original cost, charges and
incidental expenses. The rise and pre-
gress of Pittsburgh is, perhaps, unex-
ampled in the annals of towns or cities,
and the enviable height 10 which it mas
already attained, is highly complimenta-
ry to the enterprise and industry Of the
hardy sons of Pennsylvania. Forty
years since, the scite on which the town
stands, was bowling wilderness, and
with the exception Of the marks of
civilization discoyerable in the c,nstruc-
ton of Fort du Quesne, it PRESENTED
nothing but cherries wild, tie abode
of the savage, and the resor of the
yelling beasts of the forest. 1t now
contains from Z to 10000 Inhabitants,
and nearly two thousand houses, many
Of which are splendid and elegant. As
manufacturing town it is exceeded by
few in the United States, and from the
extent of their works, il long since ac-
quired, and still maintains, tie title of
the Manchester of the West. The
country adjacent abounds with minerals,
such as iron, lead and copper; the for
mer of which has been found in large,
and the latter in small quantities. Some
years since, ship building was carried on
to a considerable extent, but failed when
our commercial embarrassments COM
menced, and is now entirely abandoned.
In the year 1905, a schooner was
fitted out from the place, and sailed for
Leghorn. On her arrival at that port,
the master delivered his papers at the
custom house the collector looked at
them with establishment, and protested
there was no such port in the world
you are an impostor, said he, and must
confiscate your vessel. The trembling
captain produced map of America, en-.
which be turned his eye up the Missis-
slppi two thousand miles, then up the
Ohio nine hundred, and at the juno
ton of the Allegheny and Monongahela
rivers, almost three thousand miles from
the ocean, showed to the dissatisfied
collector the port where he sailed from
the fourishing town Of Pittsburgh.
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Total 1,269.5OO

Total l,269,5OO
Thus these brave people do not
amountto one-fourth Of the number in
the United States of America at the
time OF their resisting the oppression Of
the mother country, and YET, abandoned
by the Christian part of Europe, they
have for two years resisted the hume
rous and ferocious armies of Turkey,
and have displayed heroism worthy Of
their great name in ancient history.
Museum.
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SAVANNAH, JULY IS.

1t is stated in The MilIedgeville Re-
corder Of the 9th inst. on the authority
of a gentleman of undoubted yeracity.
living in Pulaski county, that two or
three weeks previous, few Indians
encamped in neighbouring county for
the purpose Of supplying themselves
with yenison, and that while they were
absent on hunting excursion, num-
Der Of white men went TO their camp,
aad teok their blankets. clothes, saddles,
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Caution.-One thing is of vast inn
portance to the health of grown people,
as well as youth and children-and that
is, great care to prevent them from eating
unriPe fruit. This is the season when
unripe or half deoayed Pears and APP
pies make their appearance in the mar
ketI and the temptation to eat it so
strong, that it requires no ordinary de-
gree of watchfulness on the part OF
those who have the guardianship and
care of children TO keep them from it.
Scarcely any thing is more unwhole.
some than fruit of this description
nothing has greater tendency to pro-
duce the diseases which are most fatal
at this season, than bad fruit.
" T. D. .4dv.
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From the Charlsaon Courier.l
BEAUTY AND GENIUS.

Young Beauty through the dewy night
Did EAR glittering streamlet lie,
When Giessssts on his wing of light,
Next balmy morn came futtering by.
Upon her cheek smile he hung.
And breathed within her lips sigh,
Then DER her form with rapture flung
A Glory from his home on high.
She flew with him Ger Fancy's plain,
And linger'd oft in feelings grove;
She ranged from mountain to the main.
Then fed with him to realms above
The mould of earth, the flame of heaven.
home (below awhile) may try;
But round the world in tumult driven,
Their native mansion is the sky.
ISLA.
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From the Christian Register. |

The following advertisement lately
appeared in the National Intelligencer,
published at Washington:
g Rnnau.oy Negro for sale.-Wilf be
sold, at the gaol in Washington county,
in the District of Columbia, on Tuesday,
the 9th inst. for his gaol fees and other
expenses, negro man by the name of
John Blackston; who says he was set
free by Commodore Barney.-Terms of
sale cash. c. Trippet, for Tench Ring
gold, Marshal of the District of Column
bia"
In the capital of nation which boasts
its love of liberty, and that affects to
sympathize with the oppressed of all
nations,-in the capital of this nation,
a man is seized and imprisoned, and
finally bound over for himself and his
posterity to perpetual bondage, 10 pay
the fees Of his unjust Imprisonment;
and all for what? because bis skin
is of different colour from that Of his
neighbour.
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xPlCRAMMATIC PUMA new Version
n ~ - -~ishf do. saws To Ned.
Ano' rather long and something red;
What most my curious notice catches.
One eyes asquint-they are not matches.
Matches, says Ned, observing nighef,
LIS Wen they'r not, for by my sire,
his nose would set them both on Ere.
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brides, provision and skins, and made
a bonfire of the whole! The Indians
were entirely peaceable, had done no
mischief, and were furnished with
recommendations from Mcintosh and
Barnett, soliciting for them friendly
treatment. But it was the misfortune
of these children of the forest, to meet
with savages worse than Indians. Fears
are entertained lest some innocent per-
son should suffer for this abominable
act, SO contrary to hospitality, justice
and humanity.
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POETRY.
IFram IL. Ballin.ors Morning caren.sls.l
A SKETCH.

A SKETCH.
The evening mid displays her charms,
O'er valley, glade. and bower
The breeze is rufiing Ger the lake.
And peaceful is the hour.
The moon appears above the hill,
Just rising to the view,
And save her pageant clouds, the heay'ns
Are one expanse Of blue.
Now silence throws her mantle round.
The hills, the wales are still,
aAu-but the forest, where complains
The plaintiye whipporwill.
.All-save at times, when, through the ar
A heightened murmur steals,
And BY the mill, upon the bank,
A waterfall reveals.
How gently strikes upon the ear
The waters melody.
Which mingling with the breeze conveys,
Its music DER the lea.
Ine queen OF night now rides aloft
La plenitude Of power,
And light and musick mingled, shea
Enchantment Ger the hour -
] sit me down upon the bank
10 serious pensive thought.
40 muse upon the days Of youth,
The pleasures that they brought!
whilst through my bosom steals sigh.
Shall ! its cause explore?
les! "a: that "youth's warm glow' decays
To animate no more.
how pleasing once this scene appear'd,
10 youths enchanted gaze.
When view'd through fancy's rainbow glas
And hopes delusive rays.
now different since but can it be-.
Sure 'tis the self same scene
1t is-but am altered now
Il bssng that has 6esn.
ALCANZOR.
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INFORMS his Friends and the
Il Pablick, that he has taken the Store re-
Gently occupied by Mr.. GEORGE A. TRum-
BuLL-where he offers for sale an assortment
of BOOKS and STATIONARY on reasonable
terms, and solicits share of their patronage.
Worcester, Aug. 6, 1928.
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.NeD Bible Society AT late meeting
of students of Yale College, reso-
luton was carried with much unanimity
and zeal, TO form a'society, styled the
Bible Society ofYale College, auxiliary
to the American Bible Society.
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The Lor's Delay.--A cause has lust
been decided in the Court of Appeals
Of Maryland which has been pending
more than eighteen years.
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Counterfeit bills, of the denomination
Of Ten Dollars, payable in the Mechan-
ick's Bank in the city of Newly ork,
purporting to have been issued by this
Bank, signed by N. Hubbard, President,
and T. Southmayd, Cashier, having re-
Gently re-appeared in circulation, the
publick are hereby informed that there
are not more than ten genuine Notes of
the denomination and plate alluded to,
in circulation the remainder of the e.
mission having been called in aud de-
stroyed. The bills now in use by this
bank, are from plates engraved by the
Graphick Company, with their steel die
margins, all others being retained, as
they come in for payment, and not re-
issued. TIL. HUBBARD, Cashier.
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Profanity.-Profanity is sin that has
no temptation to allure us to it. 1t
gratltles nc sense it promotes no inter-
est; it yields no profit; it produces no
honour. To indulge in it is to insult
our Maker; to trifle with the divine be-
ing; to abuse his glorious character to
desPise his awful judgments, and to pro-
woke his dreadful vengeance A deep
sense of our duty TO God, fixed horror
of vice, and holy disdain of folly, are
among the best means to guard against
this sin; and if these feelings dwell in
our hearts, we canno: without pain hear
that name abused, which saints aid an
gels praise above, and which all holy
children hope to praise with them for
ever.
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Nm Erample for bungling Lauqers.

@~''fO'~ W. 0""Ss"'S A@ouJcfSs
Chamillart, comptroller general Of
the finances in the reign Of Louis XIV.
had been a celebrated pleader. He
once lost cause in which he was con-
cerned, through his excessive fondness
for billiards. His client called on him
the day after in extreme affection, and
told him, that if he had made use of a
document which had been put into his
hands, but which he had neglected to
examine, verdict must have been
given in his favour. Chamilart read
it, and found it Of decisive Importance
to his cause. You sued the defend
ant" said he, " for 10000 livres. You
have failed by my inadyertence. 1t is
my duty to do you justice. Call on me
in two days."-In the mean time, Cham
iHart procured the money, and paid il
to bis client, on no other condition, than
that he would keep the transaction Sc
cret. Museum.
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A woman, lately in Edinburgh, whe
got her living by begging, being in want
OF story calculated to touch the feel
lngs, in concert with her husband, made
out sad tale that he had suddenly de-
ceased, sc. The story succeeded, and.
after being we'll provided with things
necessary, had also coffin sent to her
house.-Haying got rid of her other
presents, the husband set himself 10
work in splitting up the coffin to make
birthstone matches.
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Mr.. Luman Slade, a young man of
Madison Co. (N.Y.) Of fair reputation,
was found dead in his distillery few
days since, standing upon his knees, with
his neck resting in the loop ola rope. 1t
is said that he had previously disputed
upon the possibility of persons COM
hitting suicide in this way-and the ju-
ry, under the impression that he had
fallen prey to has own fatal curiosity,
brought in verdict Of accidental
DEATH"
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I'D AN away from the Subscrib-
M u er, an indented BOY of colour. bv the
name of ALEXANDER w. FlNEMORE' s;x.
teen years old hereby forbid all persons
harbouring or trusting hin on my account.
.Missing-An old Silver WArcH, out of
repair. 1t Is expected he hasetolen it.-A re-
ward OF t0o dollars viii be paid on receiving
the Watch. "a = X .r,4. -
DANIEL HAYWOOD.
Shrewsbury, July 90, 1923.
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Worcester, %. XIX, ..s,ft sr,a,, ,as,
Probate Office, August s, 1928. sis
10 the Heirs Of NANCY MERlAm, late of
Oxford North, Gore, ~ said COUNTY, 3
deceased, and t. al Others concerned 10
tho Estats Of said deceased, -
.sa... NJ GRrETNo. y
VOU are hereby cited to APP
N. pear, (if you see ETY. at the court. Of
Probate to be holden at Worcester, In said
County, on the first Tuesday In September
next, at one of the clock, after noon, to shsw
cause why the Executors Account Of the ADJ
minstration Of said Estate should not be At
LEVIED; sRd you viii be heard thereon. w 81
NATIsz. PAINE, J. Prob
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I'm Observation-Disclosures conducts us
with SO much gentleness in all the diff
terent seasons of our life. that in man.
ner we are not sensible of tiff at
twenty years we could see in glass
the face we shall have at sixty, we
should shrink at the change, and be
terrified at our figure but it is day by
day that we advance we are to-day as
yesterday, and tomorrow as to-day ];
and it is miracle Of that Providence
which we adore.
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sumo what II should increase; and tie
last will lose time, with too much nice
ness" -

Novel Charlottesville Fredonia
Censor states that four married ladies of
the neighbouring town of Portland, On.
Y. met on the 4th Of July, for the pur-
pose of CELEBRATING THE DAY. and re-
pairing to their rheels, actually spun
and reeled tuUenty runs of woolIen yarn ;
each having an infant to take care Of
during the time.
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GREECE.

The fol!ewing is table Of the popu
lation of Greece.
Morea 100000
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| Cooking.-The qualifications Of a
cook are thus described in a scarce
book, entitled, The English House.
wife =" First, she must be cleanly,
both in body and garments; she must
have quick eye, CURIOUS nose, a
perfect taste, and ready ear; she must
not be butter fingered, sweet toothed,
nor faint hearted--for the first will let
every thing fall; tAs second will soa-
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Penobscot Indians.--A society has
been formed at Bangor, consisting prin-
cipally OF gentlemen of that town and
Hampden, for the faudable object of
promoting the civilization, and the NOR
al and religious Improvement of the Pc
nobscot Indians. The Rev. Professor
Smith is president of the society. They
have already established school at
Oldtown Island, the principal Indian vii
lage, about twelve miles from Bangor,
and employed Mr.. Josiah Brewer, a
graduate of Yale College, as instructor.
There are already thirty children il
the school, and it is stated that if there
were means Of clothing and supporting
them. there would be as many MORE
The tribe consists Of about three hum
bred persons. Mr. Brewer, in addition
10 his labours in the school, encourages
and instructs the Indians in their agri-
cultural pursuits.
Boefon Dnij,, 4,I-,
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Worcester, IS. ESQ at
Probate-o Office, August S, 1928.
To the WIDOW and Heir. Of S1LyrsTrn
MORSE, late Of Sutton, in said County,
deceased, and to all others concerned IL
the Estate Of said deceased, 3a
GREEr1No.
VOU are hereby cited to APP
III pear (ify you see ft) at the Court Of Pro.
bate to be holden at Worcester, in said Coun.
ty, on the first Tuesday in September next, at,
one Of the clock, after noon, to show cause
why the Accounts Of the Administration of saia
Estate should not be allowed, and why the
balance Of Estate, AFTER paying the charge ).
should not be distributed to the creditors
whose claims have been allowed by the Com
missioners Of Insolvency and you will, be-
heard Thereon. NATHL. PAINE, y. Prob.
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Reasos.-We no more diminish the
value of divine revelation, by saying,
that without the use of reason its saving
benefits cannot be enjoyed, than we
diminish the value of that heavenly lu-
minary, the sun, by saying that man
cannot enjoy its light without using his
eyes.
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Wonders Of Littlencss-Mr. Bedel,
residing at Otter, ST. Mary, Devon, has
been induced to produce another speci-
men of his extraordinary performance
of penmanship. Having observed in
the Percy anecdotes that gentleman
of Liverpool has written Goldsmith's
poem of the Traveller, CASA lines) in
square 3 l2 inches by 8 re inches, Mr..
b. commenced his arduous task, and
wrote with the greatest facility, Gold
smiths poem of the Traveller, Desert
ed Village, Retaliation, Stanzas on Wo-
men, Stanzas on the taking Of Quebec,
and a Sonnet, without any abbreviation
whatever, in the same space, that is, in
square 3 lie inches by 8 l-2 inches,
the whole comprising 1888 lines, and
about 10000 letters 1t may be distinc-
ly read with "a magnifying glass, and by
some without that help. Various pro-
auctions of the kind have been produced
by others, but this is considered the
greatest piece of ingenuity that has
ever been written. 1t will be placed
in the British Museum.
Deuoashire Freebooter.
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Lac School-The Hon. Mr.. Mills and
Judge Howe, propose opening Law
School in Northampton, 'sfor the in
struction of young gentlemen in the
science, of the law, and qualifying them
for practice in their profession, by a
regular and systematick course of edu-
Cation" 1t is stated that their g Ii
brary is already valuable and extern
sive," and that, " Lectures will be de-
liyered upon the most important titles
and branches of the law and it is in
tended that the course should be COM
pieted during the period allotted for
study"
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-09-09
Swaim's Panacea.

IvENIiIS Medicine is offered as a remedy for scrof5
a king evil, liberated or putrid rhroa long stat
Ing rheumatic affections, cutaneous diseases white sg
ling and diseases Of The bones, ami, all cases GENERALLY
All ulccruus character, &c.
In al disorders arising from an impure or conaurl
state Of the Llood it will be found powerful aud eAcc
remedy. The discovery of this medicine has been tie
feet of long and attentive study and is now made p
from the most decided CONVECTION founded on ample en-
rience. Gifts power in cradicatmg those Diseases a
fg cder h.eliciae ms .ji6ld.
The proprietor give Tie most respectable rccrcrt
and is in possession oi ample testimony OF the mes SUPP
sing cares elected by the use Of lis Panacea lsimM
ance is fully established in the minds Of the mos, en-
nent physicians in country, to be prescrbcdbyIt
in the treatment Of those diseases for which is Offered
a remedy.
constant supply direct from The proprietor for ''
NJ. JOHNSON, Agent
No. SO, yfarket-8aruct, Ullrasni'
Who keeps a constant supply Of drugs and medicines
the best quality. July /, 1523-i4-t