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The North -American Review,

Vas begun in 1915, mud has since been sieadi
advancing in public estimation In Janua-
J, $500, the edltorshp was assumed by Pro-
lessor Everett, Of The University al Cambridge,
New England A ntB SERIES was then com.
menccd, with which il is conSenienl TINT sub.
scriptions should begin. Orders Tor any part
of the work will how ever be thankfully re-
eeiYed by l. Lttcll aud by Il. Norris Henry +,
who are 'ntercstedfn the publication.
Published quatiertg--Prict LIRE Dollar, a
gear-pagdbie IN adtnnce
American Jou mai Of Science and
Arts,
Cog5aeted by BENJAMIN SILIIMAN, Prot
.Ie'sor ~ Chemistry, &c. iate College.
This journal began in the year lsia, Two
numbers, between which there is an interval
of about three months, form volume.
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ITnsIlE subscriber Inns resumed the praeiien Of
4 Inv, md will attend the superior mud in.
terior courts al the counties at Bedford hnd
tnmpbell. his residence is nj Liberty, Died.
ford conr,bonse) IA n. GAhDozo.
january III. .aii23
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lie subscriber, being compelled io talss
\ considerable sum Of money in u short
time, offers for snie The FOLLOWING rKo-
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short credit
The TRACT in filisylsnnin, on " hich he
,gaaA formerly resided. cnll,h
fT...Ne WOODBRIDGE,
liIIlkK containing sol ncres, of pretty
good qnal,ty, md recommended
10y lis heailhiness, beauty 81 situation, and
the value of its improvem. MS.
h,A Also, the TAVERN at
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liiss.1R occupied by Mr.. Summed I'd.
seeeesse1A mondson, mud leased 10 him for
Two years, with S1OkE Ii0I 81 aud thirty
odd acres OF land adjoining.
Several SMALL TRACTS in the snms
county, oi from 100 10 $40 ncrcs, continuous
IL The subscribers plantation On Sfnnnfon,
aud pnri OF Ross well know tract on pify
river, &c Thee lrneta all hrse ~ fair mo
portion Of The richest iohnren lHnd.
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low grounds, equal 10 amy on III. river
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."rdihe 10 ihe mel of nss.nlhl, and tire rules
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country ON The motion OF the plaintiff, by
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tf, aud that coy 81 this order be forthwith
inserted ~ some newspaper published in the
Town 81 Iynchburg for two months success.
siaely, md posted al the front door OF tic
eo"r house OF tue cor Grafton Of Lynch burg
on some court day
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4 4 u co,iri Of musings beld for the cor
"A porniien oil IyuohLufT, al the court
honsc, on Wednesday The 9th day oil No,c,n.
bor ls23=-
John D. tfgnlhri plaintid.
Against
" illiam Duffy and Frederick II Alufreli,
deitndaufs
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
To the Democratic Electors Of
NEWCASTLE COUNTY.

Fellow citizens-As the season is ap-
proachine when your attention will be direc-
ted to the duty Of electing person to fill the
of6ce Of Sheriff Of this county, lbeg leave
to offer myself to your consideration as can
didate. 1t is probably unnecessary to re-
office. | was favored with the suffrages OF a
respectable portion Of my follow-citizens,
for whose support now return my grateful
acknowledgements. On the present occas-
ion. l shall not entertain you with professions
which are rarely the test of merit or the
pledge of good conduct, but shall content my
self with assuring you of my cheerful sub
mission to any mode of nomination that may
be adopted at the county meeting at the
Red Lion, and of my determination to give
my utmost support to the candidate who
may be selected under the authority Of that
meeting PETER b. DELAN4.
| Wilmington, January %. 1924. 19-lt.
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in, are placed four upright posts, round which
are entwined some twigs, covered with muo
and clay, to form square area into whichl Is
built an oven or furnace of the same mate
rials this, when hard and dry, serves the
peasant for kitchen, chimney, stove and oeo.
The roof is closed in with rafters and twlgs,
bedaubed with a thick coating OF clay, ana
covered with a close warm thatch, extend
ing over both gable ends. To finish this rude
hut, the walls are sometimes extended rev
additional feet in a still rougher style, to
form a sort of vestibule, which also answers
for cart-house or stable; and occasionally
a second is added to serve as barn. fer-
haps, in the whole building there is hardly
bolr, lock, or hinge, or any article OF metal:
Yet this is a retreat for polish sert, and
contains himself and family, and all his goods
and chattels. If the proprietor happens to be
little more affluent, his hut may contain an
oven of glazed earthenware, and two Dcd
rooms with boarded floors, the walls OF which
are whitewashed, and the doors secured with
locks. If he be Jew, the house is stu lar
ger, the roof better, and covered with shln-
giles instead of thatch. The windows are a
degree wider, and if he be an innkccper,
there is long stable with coach entrance
at each end, which serves as In Holsteln, tol
barn, stable cowhouse, and lodging and
entertainment both for man and beast, as the
old signposts of our country expresses IT.
The gentry give to their wooden house q
greater extent, and form a little more SYM
metrical. The walls within may be stuc-
coed and washed with distemper colours
and the walls externally pastered aho
whtcwashed. The door Of the entrance oc
cupics the centre, and is covered with a rude
porch raised OH four posts, and the front may
perhaps boast three or four windows: Sucl
are the elemental parts and composing OF
Polish village, and nothing under heaven car
be more miserable, dirty, or wrctched, thai
the whole assemblage, externally as well a
internally.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
POLISH PEASANTRY.

The dwellings of the Polish peasantry arc
described AS being most wrctched. Every
peasant is his own mason.
Armed with a hatchct, he enters the near
est wood, and having fallen such trees as he
chooses to select, he carries them to the area
of his future dwelling, and splits each trunk
into two beams. Four large stones mark
out the corner Of an oblong square, and con-
stitute the basis upon which the hut is raised,
by placing the beams in horizontal layers,
with the fiat sides inward a sort of a NOR
tice being cut in each about half a foot from
the end to receive the connecting beams.
A sort of cage is thus formed of small dimcn-
sions, generally about twelve feet by six, and
moss is thrust in between the logs to exclude
the wind and rain. Two openings however
are left, one OF which serves for door, and
the other, with the addition of few panes
Ct glass or couple Of sheets OF oiled paper,
forms window. Atone ofthe corners with
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
EFFICACY OE SILK.

We transcrbe from DR., Ncale's Travels ,
through Germany, &c. the following anec-
dote, relative to the efficacy of silk in re-
pelling a musket shot, which is incidentally
introduced, FOR the information of our militia
~ readers. The case occurred under DR..
Neale's personal observation, during his SER
vice in the British army in Spain.
"A very promising young officer of engi-
ncers, with whom ] lived i'll habits OF the
greatest intimacy and friendship, while he
was employed in repairing the breaches at
Ciudad Rodrigo, consulting me respecting an
obstinate headach and giddncss, which
found was principally occasioned by his
wearing stiff black leather stock, earnest
ly recommended him to lay it aside, which
he rather tenaciously declined, when, as
further inducement, told him that in the
event of his substituting black silk hand
kerchief, tmight one day preserve his life, as
silk would certainly turn a ball which might
penetrate leather. At length he complied,
and as had predicted, his headaches left
him. We soon after separated he going to
the light division, and my station being with
that Of lord Hill. The campaign commence
ed, and in few weeks learnt with the grca-
test grief that my gallant friend had fallen at
the head of the first storminS party at St.
Sebastian's. l was then stationed at Rcy-
nosa, many leagues distant. AS believed
him dead, my surprise oplj"-- were great on
receiving latter from him some weeks af-
forwards; acquainting me, that when on the
very glacis, he had been wounded by a
musket ball from man on the walls. He
iustantly Gll, covered with blood, which
streared in profusion from his mouth and
r,strils; one of his own corps dragged him
Immediately into the trenches. He was car
, ried to his quarters, and his wounds, ON ex-
animation, was pronounced mortal the bail
not being found, was supposed to have lodged
in the vertebrs of the neck. He lived, how
ever for three days, and no bad symptoms
coming on, the surgeons began to doubt the
accuracy Of their opinions. The sapper, who
saw him fall. was examined to ascertain
whether he had seen the bullet, which he in
stantly produced from his wastcoat pocket
saying, that on untying Mr.. Reids silk hand
kerchief, he found part Of it CARED into til,
wound, and using a little force to Withdraw
il the ball came out with it not singh
thread of the silk handhandkerchief havi..
given way, as appeared OH examination.
have since had the pleasure Of embracing m
friend in good health
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
lNnlAN sUTrEE.

A letter received from Poopah, dated tue 29th
of September last, gives the following lorlid ac'
count of Suttee;-
.The unfortunate Bramince of her own accord,
h ID seconded the tjIne al pile Of her husbands
pones flor he had died at dstance) but Finding
the torture OF the fire more then she cou d bear,
by violent struggle she threw herself from the
flames, and totteri & TO short distance fell down
Some Gentlemen who were present, Immediately
piunged ht i;.io the river, which WAS close by,
and thereby saved her from being much burnt
She retained her senses completely, and com
planned uf The badness OF the pile, which she said
consumed her so slowly that she could not bear
it, bu, expressed her willingness again to try If
they would improve it; they would not do so,
and the poor creature shrunk with dread from the
iamvs, which were now burning most intensely
md refused to go on When the inhuTDan re
lrions saw this they took her by the head and
heels and threw her on the fire, and held her
tnrre ill they were driven away by the heat !;
tey also took mp large blocks Of wood with
which they struck her in order OF deprive her
OF her senses, but she again made her escape
and without any hep ran dire city into the river ,
lie people other housr fullJwed her here, md
tried to drown her by pressing hcr under water
hnl u gentleman VINO WAS pr sent rescued her
from them, and she ran immediately into his arms
and cried to him 10 save her arrive at the
ground as they were bringing her from ths river
. second time, and lcannpt describe TO you lhc
lorror fel, on seeing the mangled condition sne
was in-.imost ever, inch uf skin on her body
h,l beeu birned off her legs and thighs. her
arms and back were compile ely raw, her breasts
were tireadfullv torn, and the SKIN hanging form
them in shreis, the skin and nails of her fin.
gers had wholly p, eiel oil, and we're hanging
10 the back ofherhands. In fact, | never saw o'
even read of so entire picture Of human misery
AS this woman displayed.-She seemed to dreat
being taken to The fire and called out to til.
.Acha ssnb [gnod sirs) as She teellngly demon
mated them, to save her Her friends seemed n,
longer inclined to force her, and her relations, a
our instigation sat down beside her, and old he
they would not. She was sent 10 the hospita
where every medical assistance was given her
she fingered in the most excraciating pain 70
about twenty four hours, and then died"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
DISCOVERIES IN THE MOON.
From the London Morning Chronicle.

From the London Morning Chronicle.
Mr. EDIToR-A difidencc, which is natural
to me would forever close my lips as to the
discoveries have made, were it not that
perceive another Professor about to impose
on tho world, as wonders, things which are
by no manner of means new or strange. Pro-
fessor Gruithuiscn, of Mcnichedued with cx-
ceeding quick sight, and possessed with
pretty good telescope, has seen in the Moon
"a fortress, with straight ramparts arranged
like the lateral fibrcs of an alder leaf-a
great many regularly made roads, alterations
madeby art in natural walls, and the clearest
traces of cultivation" And is this all9 Poor
Gentleman One would have supposed that
he might have seen all these things without
any exceeding quick sight, and without any
better glasses than his grandm mother's Specta-
cles. Aplague of such Philosophers These,
Sir, are things that any gentleman of ordinary
capacity can see with his make eyes, if he
sets properly about. Without boaSting-a
thing abhor-I have for sometimes past.
observed with secret satisfaction, the i'm
provements which have taken place in the
Moon. When l was a young man gentle
man tf good parts might look at the Moon,
and see little or neutrality-suspicious. few bar
ren mountains, not worth speaking of and
but one man, Things have undergone great
change since that time" noted the Other
day, and my sight is not so quick as it once
was and my telescope is but common pea
shootrr--l noted, say, not only the roads
seen by Professor Gruithusen, which, in
decd, any one might sec, but observed, that
they We're admirable macadomscd, and
could clearly (istingish by the bank side ;
notice signed by learned Moonshc, tina
"no drift sand should be taken from the roat
! without leave of the surveyor" The foo
paths across the fields, were as plain as :
pike staff, and many new stiles were distin
guishable: the stiles in the moon are mad,
higher than on this earth, and the conscoucnc,
is, that women straddling in crossing then
exceedingly shew their legs, and thereb,
cause me in my lunar observations, no small
trouble and confusion--but poor things, the,
do not know that they arc looked at; indeed
! saw the other day hole in a stocking a
, big rs a dollar. As for the Munich Profes
sor's fortress in the moon, he is entirely mis-
taken. that large building he speaks ofisth
lunatic sylum--thcse, however, are broa
, marks. which any one can see, but have dis
, tinguishcd some edihces of peculiar con
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
To the Democratic Electors of
EIE CASTLE COUNTY.

w W C.1O IlE OVOV n
Fellow Citizens-As the time is drawing
nigh when you will assemble for the purpose
of selecting proper person from among the
numerous applicants to fill the CORONER.s
OFFICE OF this County, have deemed it
not imprudent to offer myself as candidate
for that Office. Should you see proper to
nominate me as the candidate of your choice
to occupy the Coroners place on your coun--
ty ticket, pledge myself that nothing shall
be wanting on my part, in the performance
of the duties of said Office, to render myself
worthy of your conhdence--l shall, howev-
er, chcerfully abide by the nomination.
MILLER DUNOTT.
Wilmington, Feb. l2, 1924. tt
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
THE DEAD MOTHER.-A DIALOGUE.


o. - - Persons-Fdther and Child. |,
F.-Touch not thy mother, boy-thou
sanst not wake her. /
Why, father! she still wakcns at TINS
hour.
F.-Your mothers dead my child.
c. And what is deads
If she be dead, why then tbs only sleeping,
For am sure she sleeps. Come, mother, |
rise.
Her hand is very cold
F. Her heart is cold, her limbs
Are bloodless, would that mine were so!
C.-If she would waken, she would soon be
warm.
Why is she wrapt in this thin sheet !? If
This winter morning were not covered better
I should be cold like her.
F. No--not like her; the fire
Might warm you, or thick clothes, but her
Nothing can warm again!
G.. If could wake her,
She would smile on me as she alwayes does.
And kiss me. Mother, you have slept too
long.
Her face is pale, and it would frighten me,
But that I know she loves me.
F. Come, my child.
C.-Once, when sat upon her lap, felt
A beating at her side, and then she said
IL was ner neart THAT ocdt, du H'aoS ny
feel
NV own heart yet, but hers cannot feel.
F-Child child you drive me mad
Come hence, l say.
C.-Nay father, be not angry let me stay
Here till my mother wakens.
F. have told you,
Your mother cannot wake, not in this world,
But in another she wiH awake for us,
When we have slept like her, then shall we
see her.
C., Would it were night then
F. No-unhappy child
Full many night shall pass, ere thou can st
That last sleep-Thy father soon shall sleep
Then thou wilt be deserted upon the earth
None will regard thee: thou wilt soon forget
That thou hadst natural ties--an orphan
lone,
Abandoned to the wiles of wicked men,
And women still more wicked.
c. Father! father!
why do you look so terribly upon me,
You will not hurt me.
F. Hurt thee, darling No!
Has sorrows violence so much of anger,
That it should fright my boy Conc, dear
est,>eume.
C,--You are not angry, then
F.--Too well love you.
C.-All you have said cannot new re
member,
Nor what it meant-you terrified me so.
But this know you told mel must sleel
Before my mother wakcs--so, Tomorrow
o Father that tomorrow were but come
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
An Irish Bookseller lately advertised that h
had plenty of scarce books for sale!

A scientific correspondent Of the London
Courier says that the entire skeleton of a
Mammoth, lie. a fossil elephant of the same
species with those which occur in Siberia,
snd all over Europe, has been very recently
discovered near London, at Ilford in the
county of Essex, near Stratford and Bow. 1t
lay buried at the depth of about l6 feet, in a
large quarry of deluvial loan and clay,
which is excavated for making bricks. A
large tusk and several of the largest cylin-
drical bones of the legs, also many ribs and
vertebre we're found, with the smalle,
bones of the feet and tail lying close upon
one another, so that there can be no doubt
they made up an entire skeleton at least l.:
feet high.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
q; &c., !, i,
szs sss.. -
COACH MAKING.

THE subscribers respectfully inform inem ns
friends, and the public in general, that they hss
succeeded WILLIAM ROBINSON in the sos''
business, at the shop recently occupied oy n'"'
No. 149, MARKET-STREET,
Where they make and repair all kinds OF oAr'
riages in their line on the most reasonable 'er''f
and at the shortest notice.
KENNARD & MCURDf.
N q All orders will be thankfully receNe'
and punctuslly attended to. e
Wilmington, Apra 18th, 1924, 81"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
PATENT PLOUGHS.
M'CONNAHA'S
Hoe Rakes, or Cultivators,
PATENT REVOLVING
GRAIN ANcD Hay RAKES,
CANAL TOOLS,

OUCH as Spades, Shovels, Picks, Grutbing-
- Hoes, Axes, &C., Composition Cooking Fur
nsces, and general assortment of Iron, Coal,
Steel, 6c.-all Of which will be disposed of at
moderate prices, for cash or approved notes.
THOMAS GARRETT, Jr.
80 Shipley St. Wilmington.
5th Mo. 9Th, 1e24.-38--:f
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01

,tn,ction. nit unworthy Of note. In most OF
the gardens discover small WOODEN .ehl1
nle. as it wire about the size and fashion OK
q watchnar's box, somewhat larger, as sne
door is KEEP shut and the window IS raenel
small, hare not yet discovered the use u
this macein,, but, by the aid OF one OF WI;
Dolland's glasses, do not doubt but shan
be able to inform the world what manner .,
business is lone in these little buteaux' anu
hope shortly to give good account OF their
interior arrangements. The Professor
Gruithuiser, has discovered alterations maze
by art in natural walls; for my part, wish
the Moonslecs would turn their attehtioh W
the state oftheir walls, which are at PreSen'
scandal and a shame to look on only
mean to say, that it is clear there IS no Vag-
rant Act, OF Mr.. Dycrin the Moon More Is
the pity, forn ornodecentperson VIII look al 'iie
Moon if such doiDgs are suffered.
The Professor talks of'traces OF cultivation
being perceptable in the Moon, what
He could distinguish artificial alterations 1T
natural walls, and could not remark the
thriving state of the young wheat, which are
ON nv honour, as fine and as forward as any
ever beheld at this season OF the year. bu
I must break off, being just informed, oI
an Astronomer, that Fox Hunter IN ths
Moon has this instant broken down an homes
mans natural wall This is an event tha
deserves witnesses, and hasten 10 observe
what would shake the evidence OF the eXls
tencc of rational beings in the Moon.
am. your most obedicnt servant.
! MUNCHAUSEN.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01

.When I, Munchauscn, said, in my trav-
els that was carried to such height from
the surface Of the earth, that the cities did
not appear larger than grain of Musterd
seed, and, the men and women not much
bigger than a hazel nut, was chargedwlth
bouncing-a thing notoriously abhor. But
the Professor Gruithuscn is suffered to see
minute alteration in walls and only traces OF
cultivation as indicative of the existence OF
rational beings, and no one question his We
racity.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01

Latour N1aubourg lost his leg at the bat
tie of Leipsic. After he had suffered amputa-
ton with the greatest courage, he saw his
servant crying or pretending to cry, in the
corner of the room. None of your hypocriti-
cal tears, you idle dog, (said his master, )you
know you are very glad fornow you will have
only one boot to clean in stead of two.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-01
THOMAS VIRDEN

Respectfully returns his thaaks to his friends
and the public for the very Ii,eral patronage he
has received, and assures them that be will still
continue to execute work in the neatest, most
fashionable, and most durable manner.
He off.rs Ladies Valenia saoes at reduced
prices.
April /, 1924. 29-tf.