The Wilmingtonian., 1823-09-25

Chev.cau, in his History of the World
tells us, that it was created the 9Th of Sen.
tember, on Friday, little after four
O'Clock in the afternoon.
There are now living in one house, Al
Dollhouse, near Hawkshead, four person,
all enjoying good health, whose unitel 4
ages amount to $40 years. y
Upon the Romish ceremony of extreme X
JUNCTION, we find the following remark in n
the Beehive of tho Romish church, book !. Il
chap. ii. p. 1925. "Whensoever any body i
lies a passing, so that there is no more h
hope Of life in him. the prieste shal then &
Ianoynt him with holy oyle, blesse him with
crosses, and coniure him with certaine
wordes, and then hee can never come ii Z
hell: for all the divells will runne away =
from before the crosses lyke dogge be. \
fore flitche of bacon. and therefore must
Ihee take upp his lodging, eyther 10 the L
suburbes of hell or in purgatory. where
Ihee shall have his househyre and firewood
Ifroe, till such tyne as hec with soue
masses and pope's pardons) have gottena
plotte of grounde in heaven too bulldes
house thereuppon, Of merites and god
Iwoorkes."
A modern traveller in Italy, relates the follow.
ling whimsical account of a ruse de guerre prac.
/ iscd by highway robber:
"My companions in the diligence were all on
the look OUT for the carriage had been stopped
and robbed two evenings before, by single foot.
lpad This fellow had practised most ingenious
and daring stratagein to effect his purpose lie
manufactured ten figures OF straw, who IN The
Iduskiness of them, appeared armed with tnses
land sabres; he drew them up IN the road IN bat
HE array; and, having taken his post little in
advance Of his corps he ordered the diligence to
stop, threatening if the least resistance was Of.
Tered, to call up his companions and put all the
messengers TO death. In this manner he iaid the
whole party under contribution, amongst whom
were two Spanish merchants with their servants
whose purses were heavily laden, and who were
all armed"
n DR.. Rcsbury, chaplain to Charles H. beng
once in waiting at Windsor, observed person
pass him in the street, who turned many tunes y
Hook at hm with great earnestness; tins a, lensh
became offensive to the Doctor, who roughly m
rouired, "What he meant by it !" The man very
.civilly begged pardon; and in explanation sau
he was painter; that he had then in hand
picture Of Na,h,n reprovng David, and thought
that the doctor had the most nErRovlSa fAckh
Ihad ever met with. The explanation, howeyer
did but produce still harsher language from the
=, divine, to which the artist did not reply, but con-
Itinued in quiet contemplating posture, to 90.
, serve the workings of his features, and at Inc
I Iconcluson. bowed 10 the doctor with great sang
: lfroid said he had now completed the study Of
:. lthe character, and took his leave.
4 person in Austria has recently invented a
dIspecies of rocket, which ascends TO such pro-
eldigous height, that it is said to have been seen
ID distance of more than forty leagues. If this be
'rthe fact, these rockets may be OF great use s
signals, and especially in geographical admes
surements Of the earth.--.Eunop. Mag. June 1926
Turkish Declaration IF fWar.--The Ger
man papers have published the folowin!
! curious declaration of way, issued in l663
pr,|by Mahomet ~. against Leopold, Empe
VI ror of Germany:
ID "By the grace of God, the great God il
ie;l Heaven, We, Molo Mahomet god of tn
n u|earth, renowned and powerful Emperor o
n Babylon and Judea, from the rising to tn
d setting Of the sun, king of all earthly king
It. mighty ruler of Arabia and Maurtani
o, OF born triumphant sovereign of Jerusalem
= possessor of the tomb of Christ the crue.
,'sIlied, declare to thee, Emperor OF German,
to to thee, king of Poland, and to all the chiea
'lof thy land, as well as to the Pope of Rom'
." ne his cardinal and bishops, that we are re
l. eIsolved to attack thee with thirteen kings
hcI 100000 men on horseback and on foo
RI with Turkish courage unknown to the
< and thine. We will visit thee in Vienn
!, THY capital, and pursue thee and the kin
rlci Poland and all thy allies, sword in hanc
burning, plundering, numbering and de'
stroying thy country and subjects. AS fr
thee, thou shalt suffer the most horrihl
death that can be imagined. AS thy go,
!. ernment is weak and cruel even anon
christians, we will wrest from thee, wit
fire and sword, thy Empire and Kingdom
and likewise overthrow and annihilate tn
See Of Rome and its triple crown.
"This, Emperor of Germany and Kir
of Poland, is our declaration to thee an
to all thy dependents; and We morrow
inform thee, that these words will spe
Oily be followed by deeds, for which tim
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