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Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-06-28
From the Albany Gazette, Of April Is.
FLAX MACHINE.

Messrs. WebSters-Notcing in the
Newly ork Statesman of the 10th inst.
an interesting account of new invented
Flax Machine by Mr.. Goodsell, of onei-
da county, and being informed thatthe
one which has been exhibited the week
past at Greensburgh, psosite to this
city, is the same machine have en-
amlned it with attention in company with
several members of the legislature. We
were all satisfied it will be found in prac-
teal operation, the important desidefa-
tum to remove the principal obstacle to
an extensive culture of flax, not only for
domestic purposes, but for expectation
IN manufactured state, to the southern
states, and South America. From the
simplicity and sofdity Gifts CONSTRUCTIVE,
its cheapness, and the rapidly with
which one man performs three separate
processes in cleaning flax, Che whole
performed in less than one minute) in so
small machine, not exceeding in WI.
200 lbs. that it cannotfail to fiji that pub
lie expectation which is SO strongly ex-
cited. In proof of its importance, ii was
examined at Hobok enby ,he British and
Russian mbassadors---they not only en-
gagged Mr. Goodsell to proceed to Eu-
rope with his machine, but actually paid
his passage as an Involvement. He has
in consequence sailed in the last packet.
1t is earnestly wished that our own coun-
try will also profit largely by the inven-
ton, that the culture of flax and hemp
will be greatly extended this year in all
directions--lhat presidents of agrlcultu
raj societies and the board of agriculture
will see cause to pa'ronize the inlroduc-
ton Of the machines. Samuel Swart-
won't, Esq. has the patent right for Con-
nccticut, and all the counties south OF
42d degree of lal, including the southern
aud western states. All north of thai
line was sold to three gentlemen of On
tario county, including The New England
states, with the exception oiConnectcut.
1t is well known that cotton was cult
waited in Georgia upwards o. 80 years
ago, merely for dom site purposes, and
the introduction of Whitney's machine,
called the cotton Jenny, has been the di-
rect cause of its becoming the most
valuable staple of the United States for
expectation. 1t is probable Goodselrs
lax and hemp machine will produce re-
suits equally important in the north.
A SPECTATOR.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-06-28

BY HOOPER WARREN.

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in aduance Subscribers who do not comply
with this condition will be charged at the rate
of "a per annum. A failure to give notice Of
a wish to discontinue at the end Of each term
will be considered as a new engagement. No
paper to be discontinued (unless at the option
OF the Edtor) until all arrearages shall have
been paid
Advertisements, not exceeding square, will
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each subsequent insertion. Larger advertise
mcnts in the same proportion.
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Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-06-28

To the Editor of the American Farmer.
FALLS OF THE GREAT WABASH.
Mount Carmel EdvardS county, Hi
nois, March 30, 1928.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-06-28

ways highly productive, and that thou
sand years from now, when the face Of
the land may be much worn, still vege-
tatioD will go on as kindly as at this time,
the force of fertilization here being mex
haustable.
Respectfully yours, &c.
E J..
December 18Th, 1892"
All of which respectfully submit to
your consideration, to do with as you see
proper.
am dear sir,
Your ob't. sert.
THO'S. S. HINDE.
p. S. The site we have selected, and
now Improving is very beautiful one,
at the junction of the White rivers and
Wabash, and the Patoka river alsu-
forming a junction with the Wabash,
about an half, or three quarters of mile
below White river, and the falls are all
above.
N. B. find that Mr.. Jefferson in
his notes on Virginia was correct in as
sorting that the Catawba, otherwise
called Catalpa) tree was native of the
Wabash, was at loss at first 10 know,
what kind of tree it was, when first
saw it in its native state, growing like
other trees, very tall, being surrounded
by the forests trees as well as men will
contend for the supremacy! but when
unobsiructed in an open space, they
branched out as usual, and had the
same appearance as those cultivated.
The running rose described by your
correspondent Of Carolina, is native
also of Ohio and Illinois; I ornamented
part of my house with them in Ohio,
where they are abundant, and have
planted them in my yard at this place |;
they are green in summer and in winter !;
in the winter they are covered with
leaves, and the stalks will run 5or 20 feet
or more.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04

Sugars, MOlasses, Rum, etc.
EoHN fl. LADD & Co. have for sale, on fa-
~ vorable terms,
10 liiItis muScOvado sugars
90 boxes brown Havana sugars
20 hhds molasses
30 hhds West India
8 do Jamaica Rum
100 bbls N. England
10 pipes Cognsc and Mar5eilIes brandy
3 pipes Holland gin
100 bbls old rye whiskey
% pipes de Araujos & Blandy e. Co Ma
deira wine, in casks of IL gallons
DO Or casks Pico Madeira Lisbon cargo)
Teneriffe cargo, Sicily Madeira and currant
wine
go bags Havana and St. Domingo coffee
So barrels New York prime beef
$50 boxes Marseiles, marbled, white, and
Philadelphia yellow soap
70 boxes mould candles
10 do sperm do
700 tons plaster
20 boxes window glass, various sizes
20 dozen best olive oil
Liverpool coarse salt, sperm and common
whale oil, smoked herrings bbls, colouring, wea-
vers' reeds, hops, glauber salts, ploughs, cut
nails, writing paper, quilts, hats, shoes, boots,
Havana and Philadelphia segars, figs, flberts,
rice, cotton vinegar, sugar loaf, paper, binders
boards, &c. &c. march ~
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
Mahogany and Furniture.


HNHE subscriber has on hand and for sale, a
Il large quantity of handsome crotch and
AIDED, ST. Domingo mahogany, in logs, planks
and boards. which he will sell low for cash.
Lso, on hand end for sale, quantity Of ele-
SAINT fashionable Furniture,
warranted equal, if not superior, to any in the
District Consisting of sideboards, Ladies'
and gentlemen's secretaries and bookcases, La
dies work tables, dining and breakfast tables,
wardro6es, Bureaux, clock cases, wash stands,
candle stands, bedsteads, cradles, sophas,
chairs, &c. SIC. which furniture he will sell low
FOR cash, barter approved notes
Ill orders for Furniture
thankfully received and executed in the ueatest
and most substantial manner. Orders from the
country, for materials, promptly attended to.
Mattresses made, and all kinds ofupholstering
done on the cheapest terms.
William GREEN, Cabinet Maker,
Royal street, nearly opposite the market.
u Funerals undertaken on the lowest terms.
march 81 81
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
POMDKR FOR SALE.

SETE have Just received from the manufacto-
Nv ~ near Wilmington, 40 kegs, 20 half
kegs aud few dozen ID cannisters of gun
powder. We do not undertake TO say tits su-
peror 20 any ever offered in this market But
will warrant it equal and are directed by the
manufacturer TO take back any that does not
please the purchaser. Apply TO
limo % NJ MILLER & son.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
l.. & l.. CHAMBERLAIN

EAVE for sale 625 pairs mems coarse shoes,
4 u so do do boots, 300 bush seed potatoes
5000 W.T. bacon
81 bush white beans
% do peas
Bis whiskey, do apple brandy, do bounce, do
N F. rum, do cordial, do sugar LIST and 2d quail
ties, do mackerel Nos. l, 2 aud 3, do lard, kegs
do, bags pepper, boxes soap, do chocolate, do
mould and dipped candles, imperial, Young Hy-
son, Souchong and Bohea tea, loaf sugar, stone
ware, wool cards, domestic and w coffee, cot
ton yarn, fig blue, pmento, rsisins, powder and
shot, sack salt, corn meal, hats, ink powder,
mustard, cordsge, lead and leading lines, oars,
blocks, nails, seine and sewing Irvine, trace
ropes, bed cords, paints and oils, family -four
ALSO, good supply of wood, &c. &c. &c.
Prince street wharf, march 81
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
FOR FREIGHT,

FOR FREIGHT,
~--hA The very superior schr. liner
EfS& VA, James Nickerson, qaster
IN AM burihen 625 bbls, and will be ready
-A]4A8E 10 load in three days for a south
ern or West Indian port i'm pre-
ference. Apply TO JOHN II. LADD g. Co.
Who have received by said vessel, for sale,
1000 bushels Liverpool caorse salt
80 half boxes Turkey figs march
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
FOR FREIGHT.

~ The schooner WELCOME
ffA RETURN, Snow, master bur
In, NIX then 700 bbls is an excellent ves-
..srrls<Ak - sci and would prefer freight
coastwise Applyto
march IL T. III. ROWLAND.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
Navy Commissioners Office.

18TH MARCH, 1928.
HIS commissioners of the navy will receive
proposals till the FIRST of June next, for furnish
ing tho following described American iron, OF
the best quality viz
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
URY Gums.
WA. GOODELL & Go.

~ M. oNFoJ Ia EARg q W.
(Cor1e, Of Prince and Union Streets
NFFEE for sale 400 bush first quality seed
" potatoes, 1000 lunches onions, 10 bar
rels sweet northern cider
lOuG VT new bacon well cured
Brets, oats, and black eyed peas
Hhds and tieTces molasseS
Hhds and bills sugar
Bbls beri (mess and primeNA y
DO mess pork, Goldfish
mackere' Nos I, 2 and 3 in bbls SLhalf bbls
Bills tanners oil
Bags coffee and pepper, kegs pimento
Boxes hest mould candies ~ low rrice
DO Nos and chocolate
Chests Y II tea, Souchong.do
Imperial and gunpowder do in boxes and
lii CanuIsters
Kegs butter superior quality
Do lard, fresh raisins, cheese
Wh,key, peach brandy, loaf sugar
StoughtonS bitters in bottles
Papers spice bitters
Indigo, cOppeTas, powder and shot
Ravens duck, writing paper, quilts very
cheap
Seine tWine, cotton yarn
Domestic p!sids, stripes and checks
Paints and oils with variety of other ar
ticles at wholesale retail ". B. Ship stores
put up on the best terms jan %
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04

J in. square rods $500 lbs
8 inches by I4in. 5000 lbs.
9 inches squal. $3.50 lbs.
IL inches square 1890 lbs.
S inches sqnac 500 lbs.
q inches by 7 500 los.
& inches squals 500 lbs.
% inches squa'e 1850 lbs.
S inches by l t-S ALSO lbs.
81 by I $500 lbs.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
Maryland State Lottery, No. 2
250Onn

The pTizes only 10 he dTdwn, by winch ar
rangement the scheme will be completed in
twenty drawings One prize ofS5oO0 will be-
deposited after lhe 4th drawing one prize OF
$4,000 after the 18th drawing the $4,000
after the 18th drawing and the Sl0O,OO0 prize
will be deposited in the wheel on the lob draw
ing. All other prizes will be floating from the
commencement, aud the prizes subject 10 10
per cent payable 90 days after the completion
Of the drawing. J. ]. Hawkins, n. +. Williams,
and j. B. Ringgold, Commissioner.
march 81 J. n, BUNNELLS.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04

Total OF square and Fat iro, 81, 100 lbs.
To be delivered at the hayward at Philadel
phia, on or before the lstday Of January, 1924,
10 be subjectto the inspection of the yard, and
to be paid for, on the account Of delivery being
receipted by the storekeeper, and approved by
the commanding officer, by the navy agent at
Philadelphia lie march 81
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
MlAyRlN.Bo
FOR BRENEN.

,aL The good brig COLUMBUS,
IEA Leonard Marbury, master burthep
sTEfA about 100 hhds and can he dispatch
q z&sssfM - ed Immediately on procuring 50 hhds
freight. Apply TO
march Ia J. H. LADD 4. 70
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-27
wrscAssET, (MA.) AUG. IS.
METEORIC STONjt


Mr.. Dorr,-As some account Of a
Meteoric Stone, which lately fell in No
bleboro', may he interesting to many of
your leaders, send you the following.
as relatedb by Mfr. Asa Dinsmore, very
intelligent farmer, by whom it was
found. .Jf
As heewas at work in his field. be-
tween and o'clock, p nj. Of the 7th
OF August, his attention was arrested by
an unusual noise in the sky directly over
his head, like the firing of many guns in
repeated succession, and as loud as the
report of musket at the distance of
twenty rods. This noise continued four
or five minutes, the succession Of the
reports growing more rapid until the
whole sounded like the roll of drum.
About five minutes after this sound had
ceased, he heard something like the
noise produced by wind among trees,
and looking up to discover the cause,
saw what he thought cloud in quick
motion, and at that instant heard some
thing strike the ground near him. He
proceeded tc the spot and found, that
about six rods from where he. had been
standing. stone had entered the earth
to the depth of six inches, when striking
another stone il broke in pieces. He
thinks the stone would have weighed
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-27

l tnaIh the ofoad ana blasted oak,
Scorch'd by the lightning's liyid glare;
Hollow its stem from branch to root.
And all its shrivelPd arms were bare.o
1t was a piercing night in mid-winter.
and along the rounded hills towards the
Clifton meadows, below Aylesbury, The
moonlight sparkled on the bright and
thickly crusted SHOWS with peculiar
splendour. Far off, the faint bnt per-
petual roar Of the icy river was heard,
and the dark forests beyond it were dim
iy seen in the distance, like heavy
cloud in the western horizon. The
intermediate country presented only a
few solitary trees, and save that here
and there rugged group Of overgrown
shrubbery was seen above the snow.
one wide and vast uncultivated waste
appeared. 1t was night in which the
fancy of an honest German could not
fail to conjure up thousand phantoms !;
his shrieking ghosts cried from the
crevices OF every sapIess tree; his
witches rode on the pale moonlight
beams, in the distant and scarcely per-
ceptible mist that spread a thin veil
over the beautiful stars; and the wan
dering spirits Of his departed friends
peeped like premature resurreclionists
from behind every thicket.
The hour of eleven had drawn nigh.
and the watchful family that inhabited
the crazy cabin on the borders of this
barren country, had extinguished their
blazing pine lights, buried up their fires,
and sprinkled over the smoking ashes
the spoonful Of salt, the magick virtues
of which dispersed the ghostly train.
and insured them a peaceful rest /; when
two travellers passed along the brokeu
road, that leads from the village toward:
the Ford above the Falls. One bore
the appearance of an old man, infrn
with age bis broad brimmed hat hi,
bis face, but some thin grey locks wave.
around his shoulders, and he leaned for
ward on his jaded horse like one suffer
ing with fatigue or decripitude: behin.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-27
From the New Monthly Magazine


The Jester Condemned to Death.
One of the Kings of scanderoon,
A royal Jester
Had in his train, gross bufoon.
Who used to poster
Inc Court with tricks inopportune,
Venting on the highest folks his
Scurvy pleasantries and hoaxes.
1t needs some sense to play the fool,
Which wholesome rule
Occurr'd not to our Jacknapes.
Who consequently found his freak,
Led to innumerable scrapes,
And quite as many kicks and tweaks,
Which only seem'd to make him faster
Try the patience Of his master.
Some sin at last, beyond all measure,
lncurr'd the desperate displeasure
OF his Serene and Raging Highness.
whether he twitch'd his most reverb
And sacred beard,
Or had intruded on the Shines
OF the Seraglio, or let fly
An epigram at royalty,
None knows his sin was an occult one:
Bot records tell us that the Sultan,
Meaning to terrify the knaye.
Exciaim'd, 81 lis time to stop that breath;
Thy doom is seal'd ;--presumtuous slave.
Thou stand'st condemn'd to certain death.
SILENCE, base rebel mo replying
but such is my indulgence still,
That of my own free grace and will,
leave to thee the mode of dying.n
: Thy royalwiH be done-'tis just"
Replied the wretch and kiss'd the dust:
Since my last moments to assuage,
Your Majesty's humane decree
Has deign'd to leave the choice to me.
pl die, 30 please you, OF OLD AGE y,
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-27
POETRY
IFrom Wuish's MuseRm.}
STANZAS TO MARY.

T.
My Mary! when each summer fow'r
Is blooming in its pride again,
I'll fly to thee, and one sweet hour
Shall pay me for an age of pain.
. One gentle word-one dear cares
One look or smile win then suffice,
To welcome, from the wilderness,
A wand'rer into Paradise.
Tho here, when friends around see.
My heart its sorrow smothers,
'Twould rather weep its tears with thee,
Than joy in smiles with others.
For when my young hearts prospect seem'd
cherries waste, all gloom and night,
Thine eye upon its darkness beam'd,
And sun'd it into life and light
And, as a lone but lovely flower,
Which, when all other fow'rs depart.
Still blooms within its ruin'd bower.
Thou bloomest in my lonely heart.
And shall ], then, the rose forget,
Which seem'd in hopes wreath braided
And, like spirit fingers vet,
Now all the rest have faded.
. no the heart, which is the seat
VI love like mine, can never rove,
lis faithful pulse may cease to beat,
but never-never cease to love:
For love is past the earth's control,
And soaring as the ocean wave:
1t is eternal as the soul,
Ana iives and blooms beyond the grave:
IT is link of pleasures chain,
never-ending token,
Whose lustre and whose strength remain,
When all save that are broken.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-27
EPIGRAM.

Jack eating rotten cheese, did say,
Like Sampson ] my thousands slay;
l VOW quoth Roger, so you do,
And with the self-same weapon too.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-27

Waldo6oro' Aug. II, 1923.
Mahogany.-The difficulty of pro-
curing Mahogany, and other costly
woods, and the consequent exorbitant
prices demanded for the ordinary arti-
cles of family convenience, has occa-
stoned the art Of the chemist to be ap-
piled to subject peculiarly calculated
to promote domestick establishment at
trifling expense. 1t has been contriv-
ed TO render any species Of wood, of
close grain, so nearly TO resemble ma
hogany in the texture, density and pol
ish, that the most accurate Judges are
incapable of distinguishing between this
happy imitation and the native produce.
The first operation, as now practised in
France, is to plain the surface, so as to
render it perfectly smooth the wood
is then to be rubbed with u solution of
Nitrous acid, which prepares it for the
materials subsequently to be applied.
Afterwards, ounce and half of dra-
CONS blood, dissolved in pint of spirits
of wine, and one third of that quantity
of carbonate of soda, are to be mixed
together and filtered, and the liquid in
this thin state is to be rubbed, or rather
laid, on the wood with soft brush.
This process is repeated with very little
alteration, and, in short interval after
wards, the wood possesses the external
appearance we have Observation-Disclosures
this application has been properly made,
the surface will resemble an artificial
mirror but if the polish becomes less
brilliant, by the use of little cold
drawn Iinseed oil, the wood will be re-
stored to its former brilliancy.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-27

No wonders replied the witty but re-
lent!ess barrister, severy one knows
the older a lamb grows, the more sheep
:gh he becomes
Resissc'tctioas.-The body of coach
man, found without any signs of life, in
stable at Fulharn, 10 which he went a
few days before in seeming good state
OF health, was buried at that place. But
when the funeral was over, a person in
sisting that, during the performance of
the service, he heard rumb!ine and
struggling in the coffin, the earth was
removed, and the coflin taken out of the
grave, when on opening it, there ap-
peared, besides, quantity of blood in
the coffin -"
In the London Chronicle, vol. 4, page
465. is the following account of lady
in Cornwall, more than eighty years Of
age, who had been considerable time
declining, took to her bed, and in few
days seemingly expired. As she had
stten desired not TO be buried till she had
been two days dead, her request was to
have been regularly complied with by
her relations. All that saw her, looked
upon her as dead, and the report was
current through the whole place nav,
a gentleman of the town actually wrote
to his friend in the island of Sicily, that
she was deceased. But one of those
who were paying the last kind office of
humanity to her remains, perceived
some warmth about the middle Of the
back, and acguainting her friends with
it, they applied mirror to her mouth
but after repeated trials, could not OBJ
serve it in the least stained; her under
jaw was likewise fallen, as the common
phrase is; and, in short she had every
appearance of a dead person. All this :
time she had not been stripped, or dress
ed, but the windows were opened, as is
usual in the chambers of the deceased.
In the evening the heat seemed to in
crease, and at length she was perceived
to breathe.
The famous Duns Scotus, the Doctor
Subtilis, died of an apoplexy, was too
suddenly buried, and coming to life in
his tomb, dashed out his brains in the
last struggle.
Mrs. Bradford, gentlewonsan of
Wallingford, was found to all appear
ance dead in field, near that town,
and put into coffin, where she remain
ed three days, when to the surprize of
her acquaintance, she revived, Just as
the coffin was going TO be screwed up,
and was restored to perfect health.
In 1767, Mrs. Margaret Carpenter,
journey-woman to Mr. Smith, livery
lace maker, Little Queen Street, Lin
coin's-lnn-Fields, was properly laid out,
in order to be inferred the next day.
when to the establishment and terror Of
the whole family, she came down stairs
stark naked. AS soon as, the surprise
was over, they put her into warm bed,
and gave her comfortable things for her
refreshment. But her situation so
shocked her, that she did not survive
above a day or two. [.4thcneu,a.
A young farmer was invited to dine
for the, first time with his landlord. who
was very hospitable man. When he
entered the drawing room, wag told
him that If he did not eat all that his
landlord gave him, he must immediately
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-27

Garrick and Hogarth.--Garrick and
Hogarth sitting together at a tavern,
mutually lamenting the want Of pic
turs ot Fielding 81 thihk (said Gar
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-27
THE BLASTED TREE.

/" mark'd the broad and blasted oak.
Scorch'd by the lightning's liyid glare
Hollow its stem from branch to root.
And all its shrivelPd arms were bare,