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American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-02
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ETvIAT the Wilmington, philadelphia Ekton Dover and
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Stage Ella Darby and Chester,
viii run daily, leaving both places at O'Clock, A. NJ ard
arrive at o'clock r. NJ. For seats to Philadelphia apply
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val Mail stage Office No South Thrdstreet; at Pat
tersons Inn, sign Of Robinson Crsoe No. South
Thrd-slreet; and Jndd's Hotel, No South Third
street and at Tavors Inn, No. Is, North Fourthsreet
Phlladephla. Fare ST.
Wilmington and Elkton Mail Stage,
Via .Ne,cpot and Christiana,
viii run daily, Sundays exccpted-leavng George Pea
cocks Inn Elkon, at O'clock A. NJ. and arrive at vii
mington at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. Returning, leaves FL Lam
borns Inn, sign Of James a. Bayad, at one O'Clock,
MI and arrives at Ekton al o'clock, p this line 81
continued to Frencown, and in time for the Bal
timore Steamboat Fare Sl,5o.
Wilmington and Georgetown Mail
stare, Via Ne,ccastLe, 81. Georges, Cant,cetFs
# Bridge, Smyrna, Dover and .Myod.
win run three times week-leaving Eli Landlords Inn,
Wilmington every Monday, "Wednesday and Friday a. q
o'clock A. NJ. and arrive at Georgetown the next day at
o'clock r. NJ Returning, leaves Georgetown on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, at O'Clock, A. NJ and arrives
At o'clock, p NJ the next day-Fare through 81 -
William D NAPLES being propr'etorin ooIh mes which
leaves Misborough every Wednesday morning. passing
through Berlin, Popartown, Snow Ill., HOMETOWN Acto
mac Court House, Bell Haven, Franktnwn and Norlhamp
Ion Court House, Virginia, iungers Ferry being in good
order.
Wilmington and Chestertown Mail
Stare, ria .hfiddletopn, Warwirk, & GeorgetoVn
a Cross Roads,
win run three times week. leaving Eli Lamborns Inn
Whining on on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at
Eo'clock A. NJ and arrive at S r. NJ Returning leaves
Peacocks Inn Chestertown, Tuesdays Thursdays and
Saturdays at o'clock, A. NJ. and arrives at wilmington
at O'clock p NJ This line connected WIN me has'oh
Mail Stage. Fare to Chestertown, IS.
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American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-02

To the pleasures which mrth can afford'
The revel, the laugh, and the jeer'
All! here is a plentiful board,
But the guests are all mute their pitiful cheer,
And none but the worm is reveler here.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-02

To riches AIas lis in vain,
Who hid, in their turns have been hid
The treasures are squandered again;
And here in the grave all metals forbid,
But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-02
Shall we build 10 tie nurnle Of pride

Shall we build to tie purple Of pride,
The trappngs which dizen the proudf
Alas they are all laid aside:
And here's neither dress adornment allowed
Blu the long winding sheet and the fringe ofte sroud
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-02

TylIAT the Wilmington, philadelphia Edkon, Dover z
Chesterto1un Mail Stages, leave and arrive at the 81
scrber's in the following order, viz;
Philadelphia and Wilmington Mai
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30

chould be asked-What has been the
s,.t subject of my thoughts in the morning.
What the last at night-What has occupied
INV mind most during the day-to what have
hi nv plans, and employment referred and
respecting what have my strongest hopes
and most painful apprehension been e%cited
i should instantly answer, my chlafen'
| have suffered far more anxiety and per-
p,cxity respecting them, than from any O.
Their source. / cannot tell you no" many
t;mes my heart has sunk With the discourage
nr conviction that | had none of that
knowledge of human nature, and the best
methods of regulating it; none of that consis-
tencv and dignity of character, winch would
enable me to govern my children well; which
would make them respect and love me. But
all nv efforts have never appeared TO me 10
effect any thing, except so tar as l nave
souqht Gods blessing upon then.-Asl Jul
fl this duty, in the same proportion do per-
| ceiye that my endeavours are successful, ana
NV d;{liculties vanish. find that must go to
Goa each morning, and ask for wisdom and
n,t;ence to help nue. thro' the day must
entrcat him to render my children mild and
to.rhable and to bless my eXertlons Tor
their GOOD, not according to their amount,
! Int his own abundant goodness. " Ach GO
| this with any degree OF tathfalhess' i am
sometimes surprised at inc ea'e wa /" 49,
I can control them; the good temper they
exhibit through the day, and the wounoeliul
salutary effect of discipline It am oplsea 10 70
use it. l find also, that an my unass.s.eu
efforts at seif-ccatrol, (whlch IS thaiSHemsu 4.
HE # we would control others,) can never,
alone. render me forbearing, mild and consis-
tent. | must go to the Bestower OF all correct
feel;aps. else nv children will witness IN me
want It. Of equanimity and goood temper, and
thus my influence over them will be coun-
teracted.
The inference which draw from my OWE
experience, is this that without religion, We
can never properly discharge all the mater
nal duties. Without it, we cannot conhdent
ly expect Gods blessings upon our children
we cannot hope for those restraining inhu
ences of his Spirit which shall render then
tractable, and ourselves patient
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30
WINTER.

Thou hast Thy beauties: stclncr ones, I own,
Than those of thy precursors yet to thee
Belong the charms of solemn majesty
And naked grandeur. Awful is the tone
Ofthy tcmpestuous nights, when clouds are
blown,
BY humying winds acrossthe troubled sky;
Pensive, when softer hreezes family sigh
Thro' leahess boughs, with ivy oyergrown.
Thou hast thy decorations too; although
Thou art austere: thy studded mantle, gay
With icy brilliants, which as proudly glow
As erst Goiconda's; and thy pure array
Ofregal ermine, when the dritted snow
Envelopes nature; till her features seem
Like pale, but lovely ones, seen when we
dream.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30
CEREMONY OF A suLTANA's WEDDING

When the sultan announces his intention
Of bestowing princess upon any OF his coul-
tiers, the fayoulite must repudlate all ms
former wives, dismiss his concubineS and
prepare palace, with vast retinue for her
court She wears small dagger, having
the handle set with diamonds, which is the
the only dover the sultan gives her. The
ceremony Of betrothing is thus performed.
The dagger above mentioned is delivered
with an order from the sultan to the bride
groom, in the following terms: "Princess,
give this man for thy pleasure, and this
| dagger for thy revenge" With these III
his possession he approaches very reveren-
| TALLY her private apartment. AS she REGIMES
on her sofa, he makes three profound BOWS
-one on entering, another half way, and a
third at her feet, where he processes his pas
sion, and the happiness to which he aspires
| At these words she rises with disdan, With
out farther attention to him, and seizcs the
dagger as if to punish him instantly for his
rashncss. He then draws the sultan's order
from hisbosom, kisses it, applies it to his fore
head, and presents it to her. She reads, or
pretends to read it. and, perfectly reconclled
cXClaims, "Ihe sultan's will be done! =
splendid cavalcade then ushers her to the
palace, which is prepared in the most superb
style OF eastern establishment. She retires
first; and he is compelled to creep in at the
bottom of the bed, and submit to an acquies-
cence in custom so repugnant to the pride OF
the lord of an harenl. Should he commit an
infdclity, or be guilty Of any breach of CON
tract he is privately strangled, or at least
stripped of his wealth, upon the least com
plant of his consort to the sultan; and II he
: be cxiled or dsgraced upon political motives
it is not allowed her to follow him, but she
is married to another. # She retains his IN
iluence, and is sent to distant province, sht
is not permitted to attend him, but must keeE
her court at Constantinople, or in its vicinity
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30
PICTURE OF LONDON.

Westminster Hall exceeds in dimensions
any room in Europe, unsupported by pillars;
it's length is 27o feet, its height 80, and the
breadth "a. The long room IN the custom
house. alike unsupported by pillars. is to
length, 100 feet, breadth 60, and height S.
The constables, patroles and watchmen
who are every night on duty, in and round
the metropolis, are estimated at upwards OF
$3.50. -,
There are two houses in st. Giles when
begears. There they have their clubs, and
when they meet, they drink and feed well,
read the papers, and talk politics.
A negro beggar retired some time ago in
the West Indies, with fortune OF forty
Thousand dollars.
Beggars make great use Of children, II
practising upon the feelings of the humane
One man will collect three, four, or live chill,
dren, from different parents, paying sixpence
=. or nipepenee for each during the day. oeme
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children have been regularly let out by the
day, for two shillings and sixpence as the
price of their hire child that is shocking
" deformed is worth four shllings day, and
even more. Before the Committee (of the
House of commons) on Paupersm, an IN
stance was noticed by an old woman who
kept a night school for the purpose OF in
stlncting children in the street language.
MIR. Colquchoun, member OF Parliament
estimated that about 1000 persons were
engaged in the plundering of merchandise at
the London shows, and that their depreda-
tons amounted annually to more than TWEEN
ty-two hundred thousand dollars.
There are III London, more than thirty
thousand common prostitutes.
There are supposed to be 5000 receivers
of stolen goods and the amount Of property
differed in this small way from housekeepers,
is estimated at nearly two million OF dollars,
annually
Regular markets are heldin public and pri-
vate houses, where bankers, pedlars, &c
get supplied with counterfeit money with adj
vantage of nearly too per cent, III their ia
vor.
Robbery and theft are rcducedt to regulal
system. The robbers arc often supplied
with coaches to aid them to escape, or chea
the police.
There are many female sharpers VIII
dress elegantly, pcrsonate woman OF fashion
and attend masqueradcs.
There are schools toteach the arts ufpick
ing pockets, which is done by experimenting
on pockets, hung up with bells set around
and the pupil graduates when he can get
purse contained in it without the juggling Q
the bells.
The income of the principal religious chart
table societies. (ifteen in number for tn
year ending in 1921, was upwards Of lively
hundred thousand dollars.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30
t+NyHAT I'VE SEEN.

have seen worth humbled, and unworthi-
mes eXhalted, yea, even SO that the last was
first, and the first last.
| have seen men of little Intrinsic merit
raising OIL the tide of fortune, and running
with the popular current of day, until by the
dint Of impudence and perseverance they've
grown into consequence.
| have seen those who are least efficient IN
time of danger, more boisterous on the subject
OF military achievements.
l have seen persons more attentive to the
concerns of their neighbours, than theii own,
prying into private affairs for the worst pur-
poses.
have seen stupidity allied to wealth, pro
ducing a display OF splendid ignorance hish-
y disgusting to sound Judgment.
| have seen an affection OF benevolence
covering the lowest cunning and darkest m
trigue yea verify, wolfe IN Sleeps CLOTH
ing:
/ have seen little animal SO Inflated with
pride, as to be full to bursting. 1t resembiec
a man too!
have seen men put on airs of war ane
bloodshed, who would almost run from
lizard.
| have seen men who were all things unt'
all men, and have seen all men suspicious
them.
have seen men strive to eXalt one whom
they knew to be unworthy, merely Tor de-
pressing a rival.
have seen enough of tine wicked world
its actions and doings, to cause me to eHclailr
in the language of a black man, white foik'
JEREMIAH SEEALL.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30
SERIOUS G.ZziEE'lEEi C1Zo2ys.
KNOWLEDGE.

knowledge, and especially literature is
calculated to improve and exalt human ma
ture, even when the manners have been the
most forbiddng. What would Johnson have
been without iteratures lnsensiblc to the
charms of polite society, AVID rebel against
its rules yet literature made him conpan-
ion for princes, whenever he would condos
cend to assc slate with them. Who can tell
how much he is indebted to the love OF let
tiers, for the improvement Of his own charac-
ter, And however ready the ladies' may be
to play their wit on boo,.i.h man, they will
find, upon reflection, that they owe mnch OF
their domestic comfort to this principle.
Those whohavc no taste for mental improve
mcnt, are seldom much at home; orif they be,
smoking, tipling, and sleeping, are common
w their favourite enjoymcRts. But why do
thew not converse, They must feed the
hopperbeforeth they can give you meal, Hthere
be no water ia the we'll, it is in vain to pump.
4 man NAV chatter indeed without reading,
I and so may monkey or nagpie, but man
must read much to converse well.
knowledge also refine the taste. All men
think but this teaches them to think justly
They are not pleased without cause nor dis
pleased withcnt reason
knowledge is society, and while the poor
unlettered gentleman is pining for want Of
company, the literary man has the best o.
company in his library; and surely he has nc
reason to complain Of solitude who can break
fast with Cicero, dine with Bacon. drink te;
with Mr.. Locke, and sup with Sir lsaa'
Newton.
Lastly.-Knowlcdge and particularly Ii
terature, is necessary to the support and pre-
servation of religion. | am aware that IN til
first age of Christianity, the lamp OF know
ledge was kindled by a lamp from Heaven
and that the sacred scriptures were given b
divine inspiration. But the age OF miracle
was not of long duration; at least, the git
tongues remained but a short time with tn
church.
Among the first converts to Chrlstianlt!
were many eminent scholars, as we learn froi
their able apologies in favour of Chrlstianit.
and from their other writings. When i
ministers declined in learning, they at Tn
same time declined in piety, for that seculi
shirt. which dampcd the flame Of religion
extinsuished the light of knowledge until I'll
church itse If was involved IN total darkness
in darkness which might be felt
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30

''Noting ere they pass away,
The little lines of yesterday"
Lies "little lines" how short, how fcint,
How fast they fade away;
hshighest hopes, its brightest joys,
Are compassed i'll day.
Youths bright and mild and morning light,
Its sunshine and its showers,
Its hopes and fears, its loves and tears,
Its needless happy hours:
And manhood's high and brightcn'd noon,
Its honors, dangers, cares,
The parents pains, the parents joys,
The parents anxious prayers,
Fade in old ages evening ray,
The twilight of the mind;
Then sink in deaths long dreanless night,
And leave no ray behind.
Yet though so changing and SO brief,
Our life's eventful page,
1t has its charms for every grief,
Its joy for every age.
In youths, in manhood's golden hours,
Loves, friendships, strew the way
With April's earliest, sweetest flowers,
And all the bloom of May;
And when old age, with wintry hand,
Has frosted DER the head,
Virtues fair fruits survive the blast,
When ~ hesiaes are aed;
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30
YrRTE.

Hopes vivid beams the fancy cheers,
As down the slope Of ills we stray,
Smiles through the wilderness Of tears,
The sunshine CT brighter day.
Or, with pale and softer light,
When age has silvcred DER the hairs,
Sheds her mild lustre through the night,
And opes Elysium TO our cares.
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sPl0sa!fz Il l's - " .
HYMN RIO THE STARS.

Az there We s!inel and there have shone
In one eternal "honr Of prime,
zach rolling, burningly, alone,
Through boundlcss space and countless time
Ave. there We sline--the golden dews
That pave the realms by seraphs trod;
There, through yon cchoing vault, diiiusc
The song Of choral words TO GOD.
ye visible spirits! bright as crst
Young Eden's blth-night saw &c shine
an al her flowers and fountains first,
Vet sparkling from the hand divine:
Yes! bright as then, ye smiled to catch
The music Of sphere 50 fair,
yc hold on high immortal watch,
And grid our Gods pavilion there!
Gold frets TO dllst-yet there ye are:
Time rots the diamond-there yc roll
In primal light, as if each star
Enshrined an everlasting soul.
And do they not since yon bright throngs
one Acknowledgement spirit own,
Praised there by pure sldcreai tongues,
Eternal, glorious, blcst and lone.
Gould man but see What sc have seen,
Unfold awhile tho shrouded past
From all that is, to what has been,
The glance how rich, the range how vast.
The birth Of time-the rise, the tall
of cmpircs--myliads, ages iiown-
Thrones, cities, tongues, arts, worships-all
The things whosc echoes are not gone.
Ye saw wrapt Zoroas!er send
Ills soul into your mystic reign,
Ne saw the adoring Scb;m bend
The living hills his mighty fne.-
Beneath his blue and beaming SKY,
lie worshipped at your lofty shrine,
And deemed he saw, with gifted eye,
The Godhcad in his works divine.
And there We shine, as if to mock
The children Of mortal slrc
The storm, the bolt, the earthquakes shock,
The red volcanoes cataract fire,
Drought, famine, plague, and blood and flam
All natures ills, (and life's worst wocs,)
Are nought to You've smile the same,
And scorn alike their dawn and close.
Ave, there We roll-emblcms sublime
of HIM whose spirit DER us moves,
Beyond the clouds of grief and crime,
Still shining on the world he loves!
Nor is one scene to mortals given,
That more divides the soul and sod,
Than yon proud heIallry of Heaven
lon burning blazonly of GOD!
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30
VOL. II.---NO. Ia.

TERMS -ADyERrIsEMENTs not exceeding
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having their names, place Of residence, and occn-
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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30

The following is copied from the New
York Mirror and Ladies' Literary Gazette,
published in New York, by George +.
Morris. 1t is the prize Essay, emitting ITS
author to the reward of 20 dollars, offered
some time since by Mr.. M. as permium,
to the writer of the best essay TOR has valna-
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30

And faith, with pure unwaycring eye,
Can pierce the gatlcr'd gloom,
And smile upon the spoilers rage,
And live beyond the tomb.
Be ours then Virtues deatlless charm,
And Faiths untiling Eight;
Then shall we rise from deaths dark sleep
TO worlds Of cloudles3 light, 4
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-30
LTTE,S LITTLE LINES.

Noting ere they pass away,
The little lines of yesterday. +"
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w HOLE No. GA.

BILE and interesting Miscellany. Eight essays
were accepted by the committee appointed
to Judge of their merits and award the per-
miam.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-08-20
FROM THE LONDON NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
THE HEIRESS' COMPLAINT.

IL f1EtHESo' lONlf LAIN L
Why tell me with ofiicious zeal,
That am young, and rich and tar,
And wonder how my soul can feel
The pangs of sorrow and OF care?
Why dost thou count the golden store,
The sparkling jewels that are mine,
And name the suitors DER and DER
Who breathe their incense at my shrine Z
Know that scorn the sordd train
Whose loveless vows are bought and sold +;
Know that the heart sigh TO gain
Desplses, spurns, my worthless gold.
| love Il dare not breathe his name,
The son of genius and of mind;
He climbs The sleepy path of fame,
Content to leave the crowd behind.
And while in halls lumined bright,
hear the same false batteries DER,
He patient wastes the midnigt light,
IN studious toll, in learned lore.
Seldom he seeks the gddy throng,
And then he stands retired, apart
And views the dance, and hears the song,
With lstess look and joyes heart.
He turns from loves all-speaking eye;
Hi, mind to fame, to science clings,
Ihroned in world of visions high,
OF deep and vast maginings.
My Wanted wealth, my flalter'd face,
The p aise of coxcombs may employ
But he regards that dross as base;
He holds that beauty as a toy.
Yet must still reluctant wear
These flashing gems, these robes Of state,
And nightly must submit to share
The paltry vanities hate.
Oh never shall the world deride
My passion with unfeelng jest,
While smiles Of more than Spartan pride
Can hide the fortunes Of my breast.
Thy tears flow fast-Now Judge if gold
Can Danish anguish from its shrine,
And say il ever tale was told
So sad, SO sorrowful, as mine
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-08-20

One Of the preticst touches of feeling, says the
Philadelphia Gazette, of which we have ever heard
Witnessed in the conduct OF certain Indians from
the interior who years ago visited our city.
When The statue in the Hospital yard was pointed
out to them as the figure Of MIauoN or WILLIAM
Penn, they all with one consent fell down on their
knees before it, thus teslying in the strongest man
ner in their power their for the character
of one of the few white men who have treated their
race with humanity. 1t was not AN exhibition got
up for effect: it the result ofa burst of feeling
of deeply implanted feeling, which neither time
nor distance had been able to eradicate. 1t had de-
scended from father to son, had been cherished in
the western wlds, and evInced itself in the midst Of
civilized society by the strongest Of natural signs for
reverence.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-08-20

MIR. Rodney.-Speaking of this gentleman, the
National lntelligencer says" OF Mr.. Rodneu,s
private character. it is hardly necessary for us 10
speak. A more uniformly amiable and benevolent
man we have never met with. He was wholly free
from ostentaon, and in the elevated stations he has
successfully filled, he never, for moment, put of
the garb OF republican planness and simplicity.
AS a politician and statesman, he has been long
distinguished Republican, enjoying large share of
the confidence OF the people, of which he received
In the course OF his life many testimonials. We
cannot enumera,e all the Offices which he has filled
but he was at the commencement OF Mr. Jeherson,s
administration, representative in Congress; after
which he became, by the appointment OF Mr.. JEr
FERsos, Attorney General of the United States.
From this Office he retired, in 1911, we believe. to
the bosom OF his family, and to the aborious exer
else OF his talents in his profession. Within the last
iour years, he again consented to become Repre-
sentative IN Congress, from the state Of Delaware.
and on taking his seat, received very handsome
vote tor the office oil Speaker oil that House. From
the House OF Representatives, he was afterwards
translated to the Senate: and resigned his seat in
the Senate to accept the distinguished diplomatic
trus to which he was called by the President, and
IN which by sudden death, he was released from
the diseases by which, for several years past he had
been much afflicted, but had borne not merely with
Christian resignation, but with cheerlunessn