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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-22
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This lottery is formed by the terr.,r..
bnatlon and Formulation OF 80 MIMI I'm.
determine the prizes therein, the IN ,,.. 10
will be publicly placed into a tybaei ...'.s
day OF drawing, and four OF them vii, I, tue
out aud that ticket having on il tt.. lawn
aud Sd drawn Nos. in tie order =, , -. "a
drawn, will be entitled to tie prize If IN MI, M,
dollars and those FIVE other iicks,. .05'oeP
shall have on them the same No, in tl "' ~,
lowing orders, shall be entitled to Nh. a.. W
affixed to them, respectively, viz: f''Se'
The lst, Sd and ID 10 A60oo
ID, lst aud 80 10 41po
Cd, Sd and LIST to 5000
Sd, lst and 2d 10 5000
Sd, ID and Isl ts 1888
Those six other tickets which shall b,r.
them three OF the drawn Nos and thosoa...
the LIST, I'd and 9TH in one OF their several =,
ders OF combination or Formulation, viii sseh
be entitled to prize of 81 900.
Those six other tickets Which shall have .,
them three OF the drawn Nos and thos. tbfss
the LIST, Sd and 4th in some one Of theirseye,
rel.orderS OF combination or permutation.wil
each be entitled 10 pri2e OF $500.
lhose SIX other tickets which shall have nm
them three OF the drawn Nos and those three
the "a 90 ana 9th, III some one of their or.
defs, VIII each be entitled to a prize of 600.
Those 1856 tickets which shall have on Them
two OF the drawn Nos and those tw o the "A
and 4b, will each be entitled to a prize of
S24.
Those $40 tickets which shall have on tI,am
two of the drawn Nos and those two the ID
AMI Sd, or Cd and 18th, will each be entitled ~
prize of $l2.
All others, being d6s, having on them two
of the drawn Nos. will each be entitled loa
prize of So.
And all those 1900 tickets, having on them
but one Of the drawn Nos. will each be egt.
tied TO n prize of 81.
No ticket which shall have drawn rrize
Of a superior denomination, can be enlittdto
III inferior prize.
Prizes payable 80 days after the drawing,
and subject to the usual deduction of fiteea
per cent.
BhOie Ticke,s 81 90
HdireS 2 90
Quarters 20
Packages Of ten tickets, embracing the 20
Nos. of the lottery, which of necessity must
draw at least Sl3 so nett, with so many
chances for capitals or shares OF packages,
may be Ind At The same rate.
Prizes in any Of the lotteries Of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland aud
Virginia, will be received in payment.
o. Orders for tickets (enclosing tie cash)
in any of the lotteries of New York, Penn
sylyania, Maryland and Virginia will meet
with prompt attention, if addressed TO The
truly lucky office OF
ABRAM K. NORTH, LynchJuTg.
binary II.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-22
WAITER IL. MIDDLETON,
..gpo,aeeariss g. Druggists,

.4fUTHECARY AND DhbGGiST,
HAS received, by the atest arrivals
j 4 fr.m philadelphia additional supplies Of
genuine MEDICINES, which bave been
Carefully selected by AZ experienced band,
purchased on the most ia' oraalu terms, war
rauted to be of the first ordrr, and viii be
sold as low AS they can be hal IN irguia.-
The following embraces a part Of his stock,
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-22
TO CARPENTERS AND
IRREGULARITIES.

T'HE undersigned being appointed by the
u county court of Amherst Commission
er to contract for and superintend the exc
cutlon of the work, will receive written
proposals for sundry repairs 10 the court
house and clerks Office Of lid county I'M
til and at March court next, among which
there will be sashes aud glass for windows,
by 10 and 10 by l., strong painted win
dow shutters, with bolts, &c. repairs to
Gre places and dools, and such others as til
said Commissioner may deem necessary
The undertaken To be paid ont Of any ba-
lance which may be due to the county, Ell
Their from the county treasurer or any
other individual, and any deficiency to be
paid out Of the next county levy.
BENZ, BROWN, Commissioner.
March d. w9v2S
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MarSAal's Sale.

IN pursua nee of decree of the Superior
\ Court of Chnncery for the IyncAhuig dis
trict, pronounced on the 2lst of MAY, 1924,
ia conse therein depending between
john Campbell Pitt.
John Jacobs, David |. Clarkson and Peter
{ Jacobs Delts.
The undersigned Marshal Of sail court, will
on Saturday, the ID day Of Aptil, 1925, Gt
fair, IT not, the next fair day thereafter, sun
days excepted) proceed 10 sell, by way oi
public auction, before the front door OF the
Franklin Hotel, IN the town fLynchhurg. 10
the highest bidder, for cash, the following
HersonaA Rroperty,
To wit one negro woman named Dolly, and
tour children to wit Demsay, Lavina, Baler,
aud Spencer, and one bay Mare, or so much
OF the said property as will be sufficient 10
satisfy the defendant JOHN Jacobs debt, and
costs, being the same property conveyed in a
trust deed executed 10y John Campbell To
David |. Clarkson, and Peter {. Jacobs, trus.
tees, for the benefit of John Jacobs, bearing
date the 22d of April, 1899, and OF record in
the county court OF Nelson.
GEO. b. NOODSON, NJ L. c. u. c.
March !. wtds %
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on HAND--English White Lead, Linsted
OIL, Spirits furpentine, together with ever,
other article used in painting, which can be
Rad at iis usual low prices, IAN 2S.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-11-19
MODESTY.

To no period of human life is Modesty
Unsuitable, but at no time is it so orna
mental, or appears with such captivating
charms, as in the season Of youth. With
out modes,y it can never appear in all its
loneliness. True merit is always modest
and retiring Beware of indulging an
assuming air of vanity, which exhibits
an obtrusive desire to shine in every cir
Gle. 1t always promises more than it will
be able to perform. Neglect or contempt
will be the Notifying consequence. Ex-
cessive solicitude lest your talents should
be unobseryed will always miss its aim,
and be attended with more injury than ad
vantage. When talents and integrity are
united in the character of young man,
there is always sufficient penetration in
society to discover their possessor, and
without any oficious efforts on his part,
they will be invited into exercise at the
proper time.
President Vadd1's -qddress.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-11-19
FROM THE AMERICAN ATAENEIN
THE VICTIM OF SIANnFP

saw her once, when her heart was gay,
AS Luna's beams on the ocean spray;
Her step was light and her face was fair.
Nor mark'd with the slightest trace of care.
smile beam'd sweet from her dark-blue eye
Bright as the sun in cloudless sky;
Her beauteous form appear'd to the sight,
Like an angel clad in robes of light;
But, alb how soon did that lovely form
Bow to the blast, and bend to the storm
For the slanderer came, and his syroc breath
Banch'd her roseate cheek with the hue of death
Hast thou seen the rose by the rude wind toss'd,
When its stem is touchd by the dead ning frost
How its leaves will fade, how blight comes Ger
Its beauteous bud, and it blooms no more
O, then thou hast seen how the slanderers dart
Will tester within its fair victims heart;
How her cheek will fade meath his pos'nous breath,
Which is freighted deep with the damps of death
saw her again, but the bloom was gone,
Which beam'd on her face like the blush of morn
ga1ed on her brow, and, imprinted there,
saw tho traces Of dark despair;
No hope lit smile-and her sunken eye
Was dresr as the frown of wintry sky
She mov'd not lmb-not a word she spoke-
She wept not-oh, no for her heart was broke
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fti

TO society, SO odious in itself, especially
in the female character, that one would
think shame would be suffi to pre-
serve young woman from giving way to
it; for it is as unbecoming her character
to be betrayed into i'll behaviour by pas
sop. as by intoxic alton, and she ought to
be ashamed of the one as much as the
other Geniieness, meekness, and pa
thence, are her peculiar distinctions, and
an enraged woma an is one of the most dis
gusting sights in human nature.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-11-19
F0ETR =.
TOR THE GARLAND.

GALLA11s, (rEN. OCT. 80, 1925.
MIR. GALLAuEN-I send you two songs, "THE
RURAL CLOWN" and "MYRA." The former, be-
eve has never been in print they are the etusions
Of the poetical genius of Mrs MARGARET SMITH, IN
Ter old age. They were written lsay forty years
,nce) in Kentucky. She was the wife of Colonel
James Smith, who was taken prisoner by the In
lans few days before Braddock's defeat, and was
detained with them about FIVE years. The Colonel
IS known, also, as being Captain of the Black Boys,
ain the days that tried mems souls" w.
THE RURAL CLOWN.
Thus happy lives the rural clown,
That far removed from noise of town,
Contemns the glories of a crown,
And in his safe retreat,
He's pleased in his low degree
He's rich in decent poverty;
From strife, from care, from business free,
At once both good and great.
No drum disturbs his morning sleeps
lie fears no dangers from the deep,
No noisy laws or courts can keep
Ve1ation on his mind -
No trumpets rouse him to the war,
No hopes can bYibe, no threats can dare,
From state intrigpes he holds afar,
And )iyeth pnconfned.
Then by some pulling stream he HES.
And angles with his hook and flies;
Amidst those sylvan scenes he tries
His spirits to regale
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-11-19

Then from some rock or height he views
His heecy flock and teeming cows,
Then tunes his reed, invokes his muse
That waits his humble call.
Then through some shady myrtle groves,
A faithful scene of rural loves,
And warbling birds on blooming boughs,
Afford a fresh delight
Then o how pleasant is this life,
BLESSED with chaste and loving wife,
And children prattlng, free from strife,
Around his fire at night.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-11-19

Then how pleasant is this life,
BLESSED with chaste and loving wife,
And children prattling, free from strife,
Around his fire at night.
MYRA
The world my dear Myra, is full of deceit,
And friendships jewel we seldom can meet,
How strange does it seem, that in searching around,
The source of GOVERNMENTS SO rare to be found
o friendship! thou balm, and rich sweetness of life,
Kind parent of ease, and composer of strife,
Without thee. alas ! what riches and power
But empty deusions-the JOY Of an hour.
How much to be praised and esteem'd is friend,
On whom may always with safety depend;
Our 10y when extended, will always increase,
And griefs when dsorder'd are hush'd into peace.
O friendship, &c.
While fortune is smiling whole crowds will appear
Their kindness to offer and friendship sincere;
Yet change but the prospect, and point out distress
No longer to court you they'll eagerly press.
friendship, &c.
THE MOTHERS REMONSTRANCE.
Hast thou well my counsels weigh'd,
Show not that gay cockade =
have watch'd thy tender years,
With mothers hopes and fears;
should yield thee up with tears.
Thou would'st only live for fame
ThOu Would'st win hero's name
But thou kno~'st not what know
have the realms of wo,
Where the soldiers laurels grow.
Can'st thou thirst and famine bear,
Yet march on with cheerful air
Canst thou stand the autumn's rain,
On cold and marshy plain,
When thy gallant heart is vain
When thy comrades round thee fall,
When tits death and tnmult ali,
Can'st thou then untroubled stand,
With thy reason at command,
For to save thy SHATTERED band
Can'st thou die as soldiers die,
Give to love thy last sad sigh,
Then, mid dead and dying cast,
Feel thy dreams of glory past,
Yet contented breathe thy last
1t was thus thy father fell
could De'er the story tell
But see his image now,
With the death-blood on his brow -
Isurviy'd know not how
'Twa, for thee that life was dear
But my words thou wilt not hears
And the FIRE, ev'n while speak,
Nantes higher thy cheek,
To reproach my fopdness weak
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-11-19
FROM pINrRNEr's POEMS.

The North Amercan Review says, in speaking
following lines, IF he who reads it is love
dy, it will make him love the more, and if b
:, he will determine to become one forthwith
ere is a devotion and delcacy about it, an ard
at the same time respectful and spiritual
n breathed out in it, which must ensure for
dy admiration"
A HEALTH.
fill'd the cup to one made up
Of loveliness alone,
A woman, Of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon;
To whom the better elements
And kindly stars have given,
A form, SO fair, that, like the air,
Ills less of earth than heaven
Her every tone is music's own,
Like those of morning birds,
And something more than melody
Dwells ever in her words
The coinage of her heart are they,
And from her lips each flows,
AS one may see the burthened bee
Forth issue from the rose.
Affections are. as thoughts to her
The measures Of her hours
Her feelings have the fragrance,
The freshness of young flowers.
And lovely passions, changing oft,
SO fill her, she appears
The image of themselves by turns
The Idol Of past years
Of her bright face one glance will trace
picture on the brain,
And other voice in echoing hearts
A sound must long remain
But memory such as mine Of her,
So very much endears,
When death is nigh, my latest sigh
Will not be life but hers
fill'd this cup to one made up
Of loneliness alone,
A woman, of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon
Her health and would on earth there stood
Some more Of such a frame,
That life might be all poetry.
And WEAKNESS name.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-24

SCRABBLE at an age more difficult to be pleased.
While men, however unthinking and uncm-
ployed enjoy all inexhausti5le flow of vigo-
rDus spirits; constant succession OF gay
ideas, which fatter and support in the
brain, makes them pleased with themselves,
and with every frolic as tri1ing as them
selves. But, when the ferment of their
blood abates, and the freshness of their youth.
like the morning dew, passes away, their
spirits flag for want of entertainments more
satisfactory in themselves, and more suited
to mature age; and the soul from sprightly
impertinence, from quick sensations, and
ilorid desires, subsidies i'll a dead calm and
sinks into fiat stupidity. The figure of
glowing imagination tthe property of
youth) NAV make folly look pleasing; and
lend beauty to objects, which have none
inherent in them; just as the sun-beams may
paint cloud and diversity it with bcauti-
full streams of light, however dark, unsub-
stantial, and empty in itself. But nothing
can shine with undminished lustre, but re-
ligion and knowledge, which are essentially
bright Take it therefore for granted,
which you will find by experience, that no
thing can be long entertaining, but what is
in some measure beneficial; because nothing
else will bear a calm and moderate review.
You may be fanced for while, upon the
account of good-nature, the insepcrablc at
tendant upon the flesh of sanguine health,
and fullness of youthful spirits; But you
will find, in process of time, that among
the wise and good, useless good-nature is
the object of pity, illnature of hatred; but
nature beautified and improved by an assem-
blage of moral and intellectual enaowments
| is the only object OF a solid and lasting cs-
teen.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-24
From the E'aporium.
THE PORTRAIT.

Yes, there she stands as CAV, as young,
AS rich in Beauty's glorious dover
As when her sweet spring flowers among,
She rovcd, rare, peerless fower--
Fresh as the blush Of morning skies,
On her fair cheeks health's blossoms glow,
And oh those bright bewilaering eycsf
That bosom's hidden snow.
Yes, there she stands!-it is the same
Bright creature OF the glowing sky,
That DER nv youthful vision came,
and claimed my first idolatry-
That burns upon my memory yet,
One of these pure and sacred things,
We never never may forget,
In all our weary wanderings.
Yes, there she standsl--ah many years,
Dreary and long have worn away,
Since in an agony OF tears,
lbent above her lfeless clay
And never thought that angel form,
Tn freshness and in life to see,
Till broke through times unsparing storm
The bright star of eternity.
Yes, there she stands,--rny burning heart!
All, the tlelusion wastes away
Sweet form, all beautiful thou art,
But cold and lifeless still as cay!--
Entombcd again-entomhed again
My hopes, my rapturous dreams, my all
Then speed ye on, my years ofpain--
Then haste ye on, my sable pail.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-24
-sE.SnE.TN AND TsEEETI,
OR THE LILY OF THE ,MANOR.
POUNDED ON FACT.

r. ever beauty stole the heart away, n
Enchantress, it would fly to meet thy smiles :,
Moments would seem by thee summer day
And all around thee an Elysian isle,
Ellen, the Lily of the Manor, was the only
surviving descendant It the ancient and no
ble family of the Laird Of Glencairn. SIX
teen summers of uninterrupted felicity had
passed by, and the wild and sportive SRI
was transformed into the timid, retiring, yet
graceful woman That form of sylph-iike
delicacv had now more fully expanded, yet
still retained its symmetrical elegance
those dark ringlets still flowed uncontined
on her snowy bosom--hei' large and piercing
eve, bcaming in liquid brightness, expressed
every feeling of lofty soul. Her cheeks
was fair as the spotlcss flower, whose name
she bore; save when the glow OF exercise or
emotion tinged its pure surtace with blush
soft and delicate as the Leaf OF the exotic
rose. Never had my eyes rested on being
more perfect, or more majestlcaiy beautiful
than was Ellen OF Glencailn when habited
in the dark plaid of her own native Calcdo-
nian mountains.-Deep and passionate were
the feelings of her enthusiastic mind; wild
and unrestraincd her youthful gaiety. The
same that now pensively watched the esdt-
cline of the sun, or followed with admiring
gaze, the silent and undertaking course of the
Silver orb of night, would, at the well known
voice of friendship, glance bright and spark
ling in the exuberance of joyous animation
I From the lowly cottage of the peasant te
the proud castle of the nobleman, the name
of Ellen was alike revered and beloved
Though surrounded by a crowd Of suitors
attracted by the united charms OF wealth
and beauty, the heart ofthe Lily OF the Man
or remained serene and calm in the exercis'
of friendship. They came and passed away
as the fieeting shadows of dream; ant
were as soon forgotten. The following sum
mer, however, introduced stranger to thu
house of Glencairn, and a lover OF no com
mon order to the bcaMteous Ellen. Fascfn
4 a,ing in his appearance, and with manner
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-24
FRANCES LEWIS.

One of the signers of the Declaration OF
Independence, Francis Lewis, born III
Wales, was a merchant in New-York about
the year 1887. One of his first shipments to
Europe consisted of an entire cafge OF
wheat; and he frequently remarked, that,
from its novelty, 1T was at that time the SUD
iect of muth conversation. The port 2t
f,ew-York being then inadequate to stfo
supply Of full freight for the vessel, be
was compelled to send her round to Philadel-
phia to complete her loading: the average
price of wheat was three shillings and four
pence per bushel. There is much TO inter
est the reader in the outline of his life. fur
nished in the sixth volume of the Biography
of the Signers, &c. The large property
which he had acquired, was nearly all sa-
crifced at the altar of patriotism during the
Revolutionary war. He died Ill 1905, IN the
nineteth year OF hisage. In the same VOL
ume the memory of the late Judge James
| Wilson is fully indicated from the charge
of hostility to General Washington, which is
preferred in Johnson's Life of Gen. Greene.
! Richard Henry Lee is also involved IN TINS
charge in Judge Johnson's BOOK, put most
uniustly, as his grandson has proved IN ms
! Memoir of his ancestor. Morton, announcer VI
the Signers, hearing, when on his death-oea'
and in the very pangs OF dissolutlon, li'
1777,) that some OF his ole trienus reProoae-
ed the casting vote which he had given III
favour of the Declaration of independence
said energetically---" Tell them that they
will live to see the hour, when they Shall
acknowledge it to have been the most ylo,
rious service that | ever rendered to my
country" Old Governor Hopkins another
of the Signers, left the following sound les
son for the voters: "I.et every freeman
carefully consider the particular duty allot'
ted to him as such by the constitution; let hin
give his suffrage with candour, Tor the per
son he sincerely thinks best quaihed ie
him despise the man who offers nun an oi
fce. and spurn the sorad wretch that wout
rive him brbe let him think it his obi
gation to bestow his vote according to hi
own conscience, and not depend on others tt
discharge his duty for him.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-24
REMAKABLE DESTINY OF EMINENT WAR
"a. { RIORS. VI EEfN tiss

or aathesmighty conquerors that have
,bcen praised by poets, admired by their
followers, and adorcd for moment by their
couDtrvfnen--that have made babes father
esssw ives widows, and carried devastation
Hi their train--how few have fallen in bat
IA and vet how few have come to time
" e,d Perhaps not one in ten has died
d natural death. Fhey made themselves
constScueus for time, they marked lineage
in Mitch they lived. but they seemed to
rise above the stream of tiRe rather as bea-
cons Ia aeter, than as guides e. sRe followed.
Poison assassination, or disappointed ambiss
ton. commonly put an end to their dazzlit,g
career. Witness the fate OF those who, M
ancient times, were surnamed the Great
and deemed the first warriors OF their age
CYRUS the Great, after conquerng Media
lydia, and Assyria, had his head cut OFT ny
woman, who threw it into vessel tilled
with blood, and addressed it in these words,
.sgo quench there that thirst tor blood Which
seemed Unsuitable" Miltiadcs who COM
manded the Athenians at Marathon, and
was rcckoned the most celebrated General
Of his age, was accused of treason by the
Athenians. and condemned to death. The
sentence was commutcd for fine which he
was unable to pay, and he died in prison
Pausanias. who conquered at Plateca, and
slew about 500, 900 Persians, was starved
20 death in the temple of Minerva, whittier
he had fed to save himself from the fury ol
his countrymen. Themistocles, who wa:
called the most warlike and courageous Of
all the Greeks who destroyed the form liable
(leet of Xerxes at Salamis, and slew and
drowned countless thousands of Persians
was banishcd by the capricious Athenians
delivered himself like Napoleon, into the
hands of his former enemies, and died cby
poison according to some) in exile. Epam
inondas the Thebal, by his extraordinar,
talents raised himself to the first rank in ths
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-24
sPG)-FPP!lrE5'lRYe 4 5'lRY >
MORNING.

There is a parting in Nights mrky veil,
A soft, pale light is in the eastern sky;
1t steals along the ocean tre,nblingly,
like distant music waited in the gale.
Stars one by one grow faint, and disappear,
Like waning tapcrs when the feast is DER;
While, girt with rolling mists, the mountain
hoar,
HIGH DER the darsiing glcns their tops uprear
There is gentle ristling III the grove,
Though winds be hush'd; it is the stir OF wings,
And now the sky-larh from her nest upsprngs,
Thrilling, i'll accents clear, her song OF love;
And now heavens gate in golden spendour
burns
Joy to the earth, the glorious Sun returns!
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-24
- : -
NIGHT.

love thee when thou comest, glorious Sun,
Out Of the chambers of thy watrv dwelling
love thee when thy early beam is stellng
of worlds awakened and mans toll begun:
love thee; too, when o'cr the western hill
Thy parting ray in golden hue is stealing,
rorthen the gush Of soft and pensive feeling
Speaks to the laboring bosom, peace be stilli
But thou art not so lovely to mine eye
At morning, balmv eve, or busy noon,
As is thy gentle sister, the pale Moon,
Which shineth now in Won unclouded sky'
Then let me forth. to drink her mellow ray;
who could exchange it for the gaudy day