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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-08-26

ting myself as man does who has taken work
by the piece, and tolls to get through with it.
had some confused notion that these Ameri-
cans were all to kill, and the sooner we could
get that done the better; and besides, | was
in great wrath at them !, suppose for wanting
to kill me-"
The renowned Basil Lee" was finally
made prisoner by the Yankees, after having
been wounded; and with a few others, was
suffered to return home. And suffering a
great deal both from the inclemency of the
season, and the ignorance Of the crew, the
vessel was wrecked in the Straits of Bellislc.
Our hero, however, reached the Isle of ST.
Lewis, near the coast Of Scotland, a curious
country Inhabited by curious people,, and
famous for hobgobirs and water spirits. He
was at first incredulous as to the stories Of
these immaterial beings but says, that after
witnessing scene which he describes, he ne
yer disbclievcd an item of any thing he heard
afterwards, however far out of the course of
nature it might be.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-08-26
From the London Literary Chronicle.
LINES ON THE DEATH OF LOItD BYRON,

From the London Literary Chronicle.
LINES ON THE DEATH OF LoItD BYRON.
IN GREECE.
He sleeps in the land of his earliest dream,
In the scene of his brightest story;
The language, that kindled his patriot fame,
Has chanted the dirge of his glory!
And the sons of the heroes of ancient days
O'er the grave of their brother are mourn
ing;
For he came to their succour, he came tor
their praise,
Like the might of their fathers returning.
Oh! his was a spirit, great, gloomy, and
dread,
Where HECTOR and HOMER were blended,
For the cloud of the grave round his bright
ness was spread,
When the flash of his thunder descended.
lie haunted the patriots earliest tomb,
And sung, like an orphan, his sadness;
For vainly he looked DER the vallies Of gloom,
For the heirs of that freedom and gladncss \
lie has hallowed their cause; it has hailow-
ed his name;
Their fame is embalmcd with his glory
Zen the Turk, while he bleeds on his pages
with shame,
Immortality lives in their story.
But Briton must mourn with deepcrd distress,
And silent and lonely her weeping;
For who can reply with soothing address,
Like the song of the bard, that is sleeping J
Oh, then, let the light of his pages be sought;
Let her breathe in his language her sor-
row
She cannot be wrung with an anguishins
thought,
But there she its language may borrow
The course of his spirit was awfully high,
Among the dread regions of thunder
It flashed through the deep, and it famed
through the sky;
1t burst every trammel asundcr
He looked on the world it was splcndour or
gloom,
All midnight or noon, in his mirror:
lie searched heav'n and earth, and he rent
every tomb,
For the stories of rapture and terror.
fot think not the soft harp of passion un
strung,
In sympathy, sadness, and pleasure
Like the siren, lie wept; like the siren, lie
sung,
With magical sweetness of measure.
The gloom and the tempest would mass from
the sphere,
And the landscape bloom lovely and tender:
His genius would beam in the dew Of a tear,
Or rise from the ocean in splcndour.
But he rests in the chilly embraces Of death,
And his soul TO its home is taken;
The angel has hushed the wild strains Of his
breath,
And who shall its slumbers awaken
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-08-26
THOMAS VIRDFN

Respectfully returns his thanks to his friends
and the public Ior the very liberal patronage he
has received, and assures them that lie will stl
continue 10 execute work in the ncatcs, most
fashionable, and most durable manner.
He offers Ladies Valenta shoes at reduced
prices.
April l, 1924. 29-tf.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-08-26
GENERAL REGISTER
Dry Good Merchants.

John r. Brinckle, corner of Market & Oueo.
streets.
William M'Caulley, Brandywine, north sid.
of the Bridge.
John M'Clung & Co. SIS market st.
John M'Lear, So market st.
Joseph Pogue, 101 market st.
Allan Thomson, 45 market st.
John w. Tatum, 80 market st.
Chalkley Somcrs, 67 market st.
IN PHILADELPHIA.
p. Mcndenhall, 201, market st.
Richardson & Bonsall, l01 market st.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-08-26
Grocery Stores.

James c. Allen, corner King & Third SITS.
Joseph G. Gilpin, as, market st.
James * Samuel Brown, High st.
Clement & Gordon, corner of Market and
Kennel.
James Brown, corner Shiplcy & cd sts
Josiah II. Gilpn, corner market & Sd sts.
Peter Horn, corner King and front sts
Moses Morrison, market st. cor. front
Arthur Murphy, 16 West front st.
John Rice, Brandywinc, south of bridge.
Samuel Sappington & Co. west front st.
Samuel Stroud, corner of front and orange,
George Williamson, 10, high st.
Richard Williams, corner king & queen SITS.
George Winslow, l79 market st.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-08-26

China, glass & queensware stores,
David Smyth, 68 market st.
Joseph Mendenhall & Co. corner of Kjns
and Second streets.
Millinery and Fancy Stores.
Mary and Rcbecca White, 110 market s.
Elizabeth Murphy & Mary Sitley, 104 mar.
kct street.
Ann Bailey, market ST, ncar Kennel road
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03
.LLANEOUs.
CARDAN.

Some French writer says, that a
man is never SO well described by a
ny one a, by himself, when he is in
ciined to be honest. The following
picture olthe Philosopher of Milan, as
Cardan was called, drawn by himself,
is most probably true, as upon the tact
of itthere does not appear to be much
tlatterv - am (ssys he) revengiul
envioos. false, a caIumniator, satirica' ,
and gully Of every excess of passion
that can be imagined lam tsays he)
of so restless disposition, that to pro-
cure Ts,yselfa disagreeable sensation,
1 am obliged to bite my lips through
and through, aud to pull my fingers,
that they are neatly DOT OF Joint, and
The blood CONES out OF them. 1 have
(says bel such an impetsosiiy Of tem-
per, that The EXTREMIST sensation OF
pain is much more pleasant TO me than
my own feelings, and | find that en-
10y my health better after [ have tor
n,en.ed myself On the reverse ofIhe
medal he writes" No onchas, sup
pose, been more praised boihin prose
and verse than I have been. / was
born to deliver the world from an in.
finity oferrors. What | have dcserv-
ed was never thought OF by any OF
those. who are my contemporaries,
no less than by those who preceded
me; so that those who pretend TO
write any thing worthy OF being pre-
served in the remembrance OF man
kind, make no scfnrle to say that they
took it from me. / have written "a
book of Logic, in which there isnot
one syllable too mnch, nor yet is there
onetwo little. Composed it in seven
days, which is kind OF prodigy and
j believe that hardly one MN can be
found who will be able to understand
it in a whole wear, and that happy
man will most probably be inspired
with some familiar spirit My nature
appears to have been composed in the
extreme of human substance and con-
slition, and placed almost on the con
fines of Immortality" This great 4
gotist has taken care to tell Us this III
the account of his own life, or De "
Ia Sua, as he calls it. H. boasts
TINT he refused sum OF money that was
offered to him by ourEdward the Sixth,
ifhe would give hin, the title OF Defen-
der of the Faith, which the Pope had
taken from his father, Henry the
Eighth and his Protestant successors
Cardan made boast in which he IS
not likely to be followed by any other
person, that he had not single friend
upon the earth; but IN return he boas-
ted. that he had an eriai spirit. COM
pound of Saturn and Mercury, that
continually attended upon him, and
told him what he ought to do.
European Mdga.ienc.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03

From the Philadelphia Eren;rg
Post.-IfI were farmer, / would
devote cry whole attention TO the cul-
tivatiou OF my farm, clothe and feed
my servants well, lake care of my
Stock, mend the holes in my fences,
take fair price for my produce, and
never indulge IN idleness and dissipa.
ton.
III were lawyer, | would never
charge poor uau FIVE dollars for a
few words OF advice.
fl were a physician, could not
have the concience to charge as much
as they do for feeling thepnlse, extract.
ing the tooth, taking a little blood, or
administering little dose OF caionlel
and jalap
III were a machanic, I would ap
ply myselfindustriously to my bust
ness. take care of my family, refrain
from visiting taverns and grog shops;
and when | promised man to have
his work done by certain time, 4
would endeavour to be punctual.
III / were young buck, | would
not cut so many ridiculous capers as
some Of them do, with their watch.
chains, furnishing with their ratlans
strutting aud making great noise wit,
their high heeled boots, (probably not
paid for,t and making remarks on
plain and worthy people They rem
der themselves contemptiblein the eyes
of the sensible and unasulniDg
If / were young lady, l would
not be seen spinning street yarn every
day. ogIing this young fellow, nod
ding at another, and giving sweet
smiles to a Understandings have
three holes ia che stocking and two
in the other.
If were q lover, / would be true
to the object of my affections, treat
her with the greatest tenderness, and
never let her condact towards another,
excite jclously in my breast; bu:
should she ever speak of me in terms
of disrespect, or GOODNESS, / would be
off like shot out of the shovel aud
all her arts should not again entrap
me.
If were an old bachelor, / would
make every cxertlon in my power
to get married, and if failed | would
by rope and hang myself
Aud finally, Mr.. Printer, if i
were one Of your useful and respecta-
Bile profession, | would never refuse
publishing pieces like this.
II. FEARNOUGHT, Esq.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03
LOUIS DAUpHIN
Son of Louis Ky.

"This Prince" says the Able Bro
tier, "was virtuous and enlightened.
A.hIs death he obtained in the second
rank of the State what powerful sove-
rcigas do not always obtain in the first,
the universal regrets of a great nation.
Perfectly acquainted with the duties
'cf his situation, he used to say, that
Hiuphin should appear qaite CIPHER
in his country, whilst the sovereign
should endeavour to maze himself nn-
homme uniuersel."
Whcn, after the battl, Of ForAenoy
shs saw the fields covered with the
dead anil the wounded, he said to his
Aid dc. camp, Chow much must e.
ven victory cost Prince who has
the least spark of huminnyl" He U.
sed to say tflata sovereign should do
all in his power TO avoid going to war,
without being fraid Of ii; and when
he hastth. misfortune to be engaged
in a waS to support it without growing
fonl Of i,and to be the firstteput him
selfinto.that danger which lis soldiers
incur; to have no struplc about expo.
sing his own person. aud to be very
scrupulous in shedding of his people
When some Of the persons about
his Court advised him to ask for a
larger revenue THAI he had, and told
him that his predecessor the Dauphin
the son of Louis XIV. mad a larger.
he replied. Il should most certainly
be we'll pleased TO have a greater re-
venue, if the augmentation Off was
not raisedupon the people"
When he was made Knight 0f no
ly Gaost in l742, aud the thousand
crowns chat were paid to bin, in that
sapaciiy were brought 10 him, he said
This nloney is really my own, | car
do with it as I please. | viii give
some oiit 10 some q the persons who
have served me- faithfully.
Ignorance appeared always 10 thi
Prince the greatest defect ina sover
seign. . 1t seldom happens,' said he
that K'ag ia cool blood intends t,
make slaves of his people: Humanl,
opposes this. as wei! as The Sovereign
own interest, ignorance NOW and theI
causes this folly; hence every mis-
chief"
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03
HEAT OF THE GLOBE.

We observe curious paper in the
Annals OF Philosophy on very inter
esting subject-the interior heat ofthc
globe. The writer shews from a
great number of observations in mines
that the temperature increases very
regularly as we penetrate deeper into
the crust, and that in the British
mines generally, the laborers who
work at the depth of 1900 or 400
feet, or l-2 of a mile from the surface.
live IN temperature $50 to 82) higher
than that of Jamaica. Mr.. Bald of
Ailoa published some facts in the Ed
inburgh Philosophical Journa, some
years ago, and Mr.. Daubisson gives
others relating to the mines of Saxonv
which, establish the same conclus;on
The writer in the 4nndls thinks that
the increase in England is about one
degree of Fahrenheit for every 10 Or
~ fathoms of descent. Hence. we
have reasonto conclude, that II is hot
any peculiar local circumstances which
generate the heat in warrn spriogs bnt
| that they merely derive their waters
from reservoirs situated at d great
depth. Pursuing this idea the bath
waters, which have temperature OF
ll6, may be Supposed to come from
the depth ofthree fourths of a mile.
and at the depth oftwo miles down.
wards we should find the temperature
OF boiling water This may be consi
dered one oflhe most interesting truths
lately addedto Natural Philosophy.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03
IN CHANCERY.

il HE defendants, John Filson, George
Flson, Frederick Thraslfer and Nancy his
wife, Jacob Miller and Jane his wife, Robert
Filson, Thomas Filson. James Fifson. and Daniel
Stufz and Mary his wife, not having entered
their appearance and given security according
TO the act of assembly and rules of this court.
and il appearing to the satisfaction Of the court
that they are not inhabitants of this state 1t is
ordered, That the SAID defendants do appear
and answer the bin of the plaintiff, and that a
copy of this order be forthwith inserted for two
months successfully in the Martinsburg Gazette,
and posted at the door of the court house Of
this county.
A Copy--Tes,e,
D.. HUNTER, C. 3. G.
may Is On
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03
IT. FEARNOUGHT, Esq.
Fromthe Baltimore Telegraph & Fed Repub
}K.3R.H B.4THI.VG.


We can scarcely render more i'm
portant service to the community at this
season of the year, than to recommend
the utility of the wasan Both; particular
ly to ladies' and persons of sedentary
habits. 1t supplies the want of exercise,
which, in city, cannot always be suffi-
GENTLY enjoyed to promote health, and
we will venture the assertion, that if it
was generally practised two or three
times week, the cost to nine-tenths of
the community would be saved, in the
expense of medicine, while a much more
agreeable remedy for very many of the
complaints under which we labor, would
be furnished from the bath than from
the apothecary. For the information of
those who may feel disposed to profit
by our suggestion, we publish some ex-
tracts from Doctor E,cel's Medical Com
panioas; and few pertinent cbserva-
tons from our modern Franklin, Couat
Rumford, in hopes that our readers will
give the subject such attention as may
comport with their tastes and convent
ence.
Against the tigors of damp, cold Heaven,
To fortify their bodies, some frequent
Thegelid cistefn. and, where nought forbids,
praise their dauntiess heart--
With us, the man of no complaint demands
The warm abIution, Just enough to clear
I he suces of the skin; enough to keep
The body sacred from indecent soil.
Still to be pure, ev'n did it not conluce,
AS much il does, to health, were greatly worth
Your daiiy pains 'Tis this adorils the rich;
The want OF this poverty's worst wo
With this external virtue, age maintains
decent grace; without it, youth and charms
! Are ioathsome This the vernal graces know;
| SO, doubtless, do your wives. for married sires
As well as lovers, still pretend to taste;
Nor is IT less, all prudent vfes eau tell.
| 10 lose husbands than lovers heart,
| ARMSTRONG.
Cleanliness may be considered the
grand secret of preserving beauty, as
promoting health, and, therefore, is APP
psicable 10 all ages and sexes. It main
tains the limbs in their pliancy; the skin
in its softness; the complexion in its
lustre, the eyes in their brightness, the
teeth in their purity, and the constitution
lin its fairest vigor.
Ahe frequent use CT Dattls is not more
grateful to the sense than il is salutary
to health and to beauty By such ablu,
ton, all impurities are thrown of, cuta,
neous Instructions removed; and while
the surface of the body is preserved in
its original brightness, many threatening
disorders are put to the route.
| Amongthe many remedies OF disease
none perhaps, holds a higher place thar
the bath, in its different forms. The cole
| 6ah, by its sudden shock, is peculiarly
htted to lnyigorate the system, and to re
animate its calculations and secfetions
Hence IT'S acknowledged reputation in al
cases of weak and relaxed habits, par
ticularly those of the studious aud Sc
dentary.
| 1t cesht, however, to be remembered
| that Ike every other remedy, il belong,
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03
VIRGINIA. to wit
Berkeley County Cou'5,
May Term, 1924.
Reuben Filson, Plaintiff.

AGAINST
Mary Filson widow Of Robert Filson, deoea.
sed, john Filson, George Filson, Frederick
Thrasher and Nancy bis wife. late Nancy F,lson.
Jacob Miller and Jane his wife, late Jane Filson,
Robert Fiison. Thomas Filson, James Fibon,
Daniel Stultz and Mary his wife, lateMary Fison,
and Robert Bashore, son Of Rachel Bashore, de-
ased, late Rachel Filson, heirs of said Robert
Flison, deceased. Defendants,
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but to one set OF diseases, In affections
of the viscera, distractions and inflama-
tons, il is hurtful. IL after leaving the
bath, the patient do not feel a kindly
glow on the surface, he has good cause
10 fear that the angel of health was not
there before him ato moe me srcfers.0
On going into the plunging hath, as it j.
called, it were better to dash in at once
head foremost. The shock in this way
is more instantaneous, and the distribu-
ton of the blood more salutary, than
when it is driven, as by wetting the feet
first, from the extremities to the head
It's on this principle that the Sho,csr
bath possesses advantages superior to
the pt'ingiag. Immediately ON coming
out Of the bath, the body should be rub
bed dry with Aannels or coarse cloths,
and moderate exercise taken.
The urarm bath, about the temperature
OF the blood, has nearly all the advanta-
ges ofthe cold bath, without beisg liable
to SO many objections. Some, indeed,
tell US that it weakens the body, but so
far from doing SO it may Justly be con-
sidered as one of the most powerful
and universal restoratives with which
we are acquainted. Instead of heating
it cools the body, diminishes the pulse
and takes off its unnatural quickness,
according to the length of time the bath
is continued Hence warm baths are
of great service, when the body has
been overheated, from whatever cause,
whether by severe bodily or mental ex-
ercise.
In all these cases, its happily compo-
sing and ,recuperative virtues seem to
owing to its tendency to promote per-
spiration, and TO relax spasrn.
Warm bathing can hardly be suffi-
ciently commended, for its sovereign
effects in promoting cleanliness, and
consequently for curing all diseases Of
obstructed perspiration from foul skin.
1t is not only one Of the greatest luxa-
ries, but one of the best preservatives Of
health in these warm climates
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03
Il General Meeting

II OtTLFFUt IHCetE"S
nF the Overseers OF the Poor OF me Coun-
" ty Of Berkeley, will be held on the FIRST
Monday in next month, (June,) ar NC C!eary's
Hotsi, in Martinsburg. in 'he said coun'y-sll
the members and other persons concerned are
desired to attend. The collectors Of the poor
rates for 1925 are desired to return the lists Of
their delinquenis for 1928.
BY order Of the President,
SEAMANs GARARD, Clerk.
may 20
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-<=s.s q o.


The white Mountains Of New Hamp-
shire, the highest in the United States,
except, perhaps, the Rocky Mountains.
are beginning to attract the attention of
travellers, and measures are about being
taken to open road to Mount WASH
ington, which is said to exceed the higlr-
est part of the Alleganies and the Green
Mountains, in Vermont, by $500 feet
"Mount Washington is more than 1000
feet higher than Ben Nevis, The highest
Mountain in Great Britain, more than
$500 higher than Snowden, and of
about altitude with mount Olympus, of
classic fame. The name by which I
have mentioned it is now pretty well
established by custom, and win doubt
less supersede its rather unmusicai In
dian title of Agiococook Its surrom-
ded by FIVE lower peaks, bearing the
names of Adams, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, and Pleasant The last name
seems to be sort of locum tenants, till
another presidential election.--The
highest Point of Mount w. is nearly
5000 feet below the limit OF perpetual
snow, which in our climate is 5000 feet.
There is, however, great quantity of
snow remaining uron it till the month
of July, and in dry seasons small por-
tons might be found in shady crevices
throughout the year, but as this summer
had been rainy, we found none in any
place. The most proper time for as
sending the White Mountains, is early
IN June. In August scarcely day
passes In which the SUBMITS are not en-
veloped in dense fog, and travellers are
sometimes obliged to wait more than a
week for weather sufficiently clear to
discover the path.0
"Here cloudess regions calm the Soul,
Bid moral cares be still;
Calm passions wayward will control,
And rectify the will.
sHere midst some vast expanse, the mind
With swelling virtue fires,
Forgets that earth it leaves behind,
And to its Heaven aspires."
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03
David Holmes Conrad,
Att0rneY at Lac,

MILL attend the several Superior and In.
w ferior Courts in this and the adjoining
counties
He will attend carefully to any business IN
Conveyancing Which may be intrusted to hls
charge.
He snay be consulted for the present at hls
office, in the house at present occupied by Mrs.
Anderson, directly over the store 81 t@ne *
Tapscott.
Martinsburg, Berkeley County,
may Is st )
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03

SHE defendants, Joseph Ford and George
4 Siivers. not having entered their appear
ance. and given security according to the act
OF assembly and the rules of this court; and It
appearing TO the satisfaction of the court that
they are not inhabitants this state-H IS
Ordered. That the said defendants do appear
here on the second Monday in june next, and
answer the bin Of the plaintiff, ADD that copy
of this order be forthwith inserted for two
months successiveN in the Martinsburg Ca
zette; and he posted at the door Of the Court
House of this county.
A Copy-Teste,
ID. HUNTER, C. B. G.
March 10, 1924 Pm Ii
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-31
.,,,,s CassinAeres and
Nestings.

WE ARE NOW oPFNING
, SUPERB ASSORTMENT or
a., . Le.i snpcrlaiiv. blue and black Cloths
l"' nf which are superior
SUI" aJ.nme assortment OF middle TO fine
a a " superfne do.
S renesil assortment of low priced
H' ~ aoe do. all colors
n, !" black and mixed super double milled
'',,,o and low priced do.
I '', Uni Satin raised fi6. Velvet pestinss,
hrSg Tollcnetts and Valencia beautifully
b''u and common whitr Alarsellies,
sup sup wo,e figured and printed do
fa% !snd common Swansdewn,
u, NV "'Sh,nqton and Jackson Silk Vesllng,
"..rAyETTE and fancy do.
. ~. which may be added a great variety
,',ser articles Ia the same lne. Gentle
o. o.. nd desirons vi obtaining the best OF aIti-
l9' ' ., moderate prices, wiIiplease call, as
,,.n d.ub,Irss he suited.
ivy W. MCKEE & J. q. MEEM.
October H. lsIo