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The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-03-12

sion of attachment. Medicine being no longer ne
cessary sometimes left him to attend the other
nyalids of the village; and having day been
absent some hours found him my return, lying
dressed and senseless on the floor. Inexpressiby
shocked, used every cxertion to restore him, and
soon succeeded. Theodore, said /, what have
you been doing Why do [ find you thus 'Par-
don me, my friend, he replied; 81 have been i'm
prudent, but thought my self much stronger. l
had duty to perform-a letter to finish-I rose
Tor the purpose OF writing. We'll, said, you are
now apprised of your weakness and must be more
prudent hereafter at present you must not exhaust
yourself by speaking.' The next morning he call
ed me to his bedside, and observing that he could
now con6de every thing to my friendship, he told
me that he had yet another favor to ask, which by
ranqulizlng his feelings would certainly accelerae
his recovery. & begun letter to my father, con-
tnued he, the evening was taken i'll, and am now
unable to finish it. 1t is long time since have
written to my beloved parent, as wished to make
out little sum of money which intended to en-
close. Ihad just accomplished it, and cannot bear
to defer the transmttal of it any longer. viii you
finish my letter You can initiate my hand, and
my father may remain ignorant Of my Illness Il
will do it immediately l REPLIED and rising
for that purpose, when he again detained me. 'The
situation of my poor father he continued, SIS pc
culiarly painful. Oh, my friend, though can dis
guise nothing from you, yet even now, when excess
sye debility blunts every other feeling, | cannot,
without pain, tell you that my father is pauper,'
Theodore uttered this with an effort that brought
a crimson flush over his pale cheek-but it soon
passed away, and he proceeded My father was
once affiuent but the wheel of fortune is contnu-
ally revolving, and l had attained my ninth
year, he was reduced to the possession Of small
farm. This however, would have been enough,
had misfortune pursued him no farther; but his cup
Of affection was to be completely full. He buried
my mother, to whom he was most tenderly attach
ed and before the balm of time had in any degree
reconciled him to this affective dspensation, fall
from his horse shattered his leg in SO miserable
manner, that after months of lingering torment it
was at length amputated. During this season of
suffering, he was under the necessity of contracting
debts, which he had means of discharging but
by selling his farm. This was DONE and hysicians
nurses, sc. were fortunately paid to the utternost
faTtlIng. The contamination of his trials was now
at hand. The house he was preparing to leave took
fire, and the remnant of his little property Who'll
~ destroyed My father had, that talal day, sent
me some distance on an Grand 1t was late at night
when returned and the house was then in flames,
rushed in, and with q Drctcrnatural strength. for
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mirable, this is as it ought to be- said to myself
but she is only the wife of few months, and
sincerely hope that she will continue as she begun
and that, when second family occupies the same
roof, she will conscientlously discharge her common
duty to both, and make but one heart and feeling
prevail with all the children alike The scene
which had just passed before my eyes filled my
mind with deep reflection and | could not help
thinking how momentous thing it is, to introduce
wife, who is not the parent of her husbands fam
ly, into it. What jealousy what injustice what
strife does not occur from such union how many
struggles to ALLEVIATE prior affection, what poutngs
and strivings do away with claims of former date
\ man and woman ought to think thrice, before
they give nominal mother to motherless children.
Purity is compromised, delicacy is robbed of its ce
lestia bloom and justice wavers when the buxon
widow spurns her lone pillow, to give her children
to f4ther-in-la1g, and herself a second lord. The
commencement Of such engagements is founded
either in passion or in interest, each of which is at
variance with the dutythey have toperform towards
unohending children, often made enemies from III
treatment, and at loss to account for the pre-
ference usually shown to a second family, by the
parent of both the contracting party who has but
one family, more naturally leans to it, but the mu-
tua parent sins against nature by such conduct,
whilst the other party offends honour and humanity
in a minor, although not less dangerous degree
Hljuataque i9rerca applies too generally to the
cond wife Of an uxorious widower vet it depends
on her alone to merit better name, and it appears
to my humble conception, that woman cannot
more effectually endear herself to her husband,
than by considering his children and her own as q
common stock in love, and by making their inter
est and happiness one common cause. The sticking
for preferences, in any shape, is the beginning Of
evil, and will end in misery and injustice the taunts
ideal) merits, undermine domestic peace, and often
end in enormous crimes. Sighted children
headlong to ruin and despair, take to idle habits
and vicious life, imbbe at an early age, the poi
son of envy and hatred, fall off from the duty and
affection to first parent, or pine in the wasting
agonies of sensibility wounded by neglect, and
gender an indifference as to conduct; for, remove
the excitement to weldoing, and mental inactivity
must ensue deny the need of praise, and exertion
is bGghted forever. IF ''my poor dear last hus-
band be horror and reproach to the second lucky
adventurer, who fain would say, "would that he
were alive - surely the ego away you troublesome
thing" to the offspring of him whom she is bound
to love, honour, and obey, must be equally grating
a sound and as calculated to foster regrets resent
ments and altered feeling, that sensation which
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-28
.at6ceILamp.
From the New-York Statesman
, ETIERS FROM EUROPE. M


LIVERPOOL, Goth JULY, 1926.
On the fourth side of the area of the
Liverpool Exchange stands the Tower
Hall, magnificent edifce.--Our ascent
up the dark and winding steps, TO the
top of the building, was tedious; but the
prospect we'll repaid US for the trouble.
From this point we had fine bird's-eye
view of the town, its suburbs, harbor,
and the country in the vicinity on the
Cheshire shore. Liverpool extends
along the Mersey for about two miles,
and is something like milein breadth.
Although it has nearly the same popula-
ton as New ork, it does not cover so
much ground, the houses being both
higher and more compact. Fewer
steeples and turrets are in sight; and
the tall, naked chimneys Of numerous
furnaces, emitting volumes of dense
smoke, together with the long. red ear
then pipes uniformly GROWING the fues,
present novel appearance. On the
west, the Mersey stretches by the town,
and the hills on the Cheshire shore rise
in the distance, with an intervening
country clothed in green and studded
with white buildings. The view is pic
turesque, but inferior TO that from the
state-house in Boston, or the Observable
ry at Portland.
The prospect towards the sea is by
far the most interesting, as fleets are al
most constantly arriving and departing,
freighted with no inconsiderable portion
Of the commerce Of Great Britain.
Nearly one sixth Of the whole trade Of
the country is carried on from this port
alone and the imports Of some articles,
as cotton for instance, exceed those Of
all the rest Of the kingdom. The great
amount Of business is owing TO the iacili-
ties of transportation from the interior
of the island by means of canals and ex-
cellent roads.
The charitable associations Of Liver
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From the Philadelphia FRESH
INCLINED WATER WHEEL.

ASF C11iSEIIC ~ II LII W IlG LII,
Mr.. George F. Reeve, of Orange
County, New-York, has invented a
Wheel which is likely TO become val
liable mechanical Improvement, being
peculiarly adapted to situations, in which
there is but yery-Iittle fall of water
There are in every country innumera-
BILE situations in which there is from
one to three or more feet fall, and the
supply from the smallest to the largest
quantities, but in which the common YER
teal and horizontal wheels cannot ex-
hibit the whole gravity of the water.
1t is well known that upon the Vertical
Wheel, in SO small fall as one or two
feet, the water cannot be applied with
any effect; and upon the horizontal
wheel, in consequence of its peculiar
construction and situation, and the gravi-
ty and lateral pressure of the fluid, the
gravity is but in part obtained. But
with the Inclined Wheel, the whole
gravity is perfectly acquired. The
size and diameter of the wheel, the
form of buckets, the mode Of supply and
discharge of the water, must be regulat-
ed by the quantity of the supply, height
of the fall, and other associated circum-
stances. Z. u.
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earth and sun. Then multiply $1,000
600 of miles by 40, and we have the
distance Of the comet from the sun, which
is 13s560,O0O,0O0 of miles. According
to the same calculation, the comet which
will appear in 1885, is about thirty-six
times as far from the sun as the earth,
which, when multiplied, makes 3,492,-
100000 of miles. The comet of 1880
cannot appear again before the twenty
second or tweniy-third century, but we
may calculate, with certainty, that the
one which appeared last, in 1859, will
be along, about 1885. The one now
visible, is of inferior magnitude, and a
mere meteor in comparison with the first
mentioned, which called out the teles-
copes of all the celebrated philosophers
then existing in Europe.
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s@oral atrn Religious.
The DiSappontmentS of Life.

The present world is a scene of va
riety, succession, and mutability. Hills
aud vallies, barren wastes and fruitful
fields, diversity the works of God. The
morning dawn, and the noontide bright
ness, are succeeded by the shadows of
evening and the darkness Of midnight.
Maturing summer follows the reviying
spring, and hoary-headed winter sue
ceeds the pleasing melancholy of au-
tumn.
Equally variable is human life. Our
circumstances, our relations, and even
our own bodies are continually chang
ing. But this very diversity exhibits
the perfection of Providence, and is de-
signed TO educate us for an eternal state.
1t is easy TO perceive that if every thing
were according TO our mind, if we we're
TO experience no cessation ofpleasure in
this world, we never should be will
ling to exchange it for another. 1t is
right, therefore, that we should learn
from our own observation and expert
ence, by how uncertain tenure we
hold the choicest Of earthly blessings.
BY these means our zeal WILDE active,
our patience become perfect, and we
shall be the more ready and willing to
depart and be with Christ. Life and
health are uncertain. As 10 our life, it
Is vapor which apPeareth for little
time, and then vanisheth away.--Our
health is dependant upon 50 many deli
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ROTARY S.AW.

Mr.. Adam Stewart, of Boston, has com
pleted the invention of rotary saw, for
which he has obtained grant from the
British government, being British sub
Ject, and also patent from our govern-
ment. This saw, ii is believed by com
petent Judges who have seen it in oper-
alton, is very important invention.
II is called Compound Rotary Saw,
and cuts boards or timber of any thick
ness. width, or length, in straight line,
leaving the surface of the boards or
timber uncommonly smooth. With one
fourth the water required to move a
common saw mill, it is said that Mr..
Stewards saw will cut three or four
times more lumber than any saw now in
use. 1t will cut through the middle OF
the largest log with the same facility
that il takes off a slab, thus obvisting a
very material defect in a rotary saw
previously invented by Mr. Stewart,
which was necessarily thicker near the
axis than at the outer edge. We have
specimen of the work done by this
saw, one fourth of an inch thick, cut
with remarkable exactness, and very
smooth.
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and furnished in princely style. Crim-
son sofas and touches, inlaid tables,
chairs embossed with gold, mirrors Of
the utmost brilliancy, every where meet
the eye and dazzle its vision. Over the
fireplace is a fine Rubens, and over
each door splendid picture by our
-countryman West. | forgot to mention,
that on the Gothic windows, lighting
this suit Of rooms, the eight EarIs Of
Chester are delineaied in succession, on
the stained glass. 1t is conspicuous
and pretty ornament.
The library is in style of elegance,
corresponding with the rest of the pal
ace. II occupies three large apartments.
| however was surprised to see some Of
the shelves filed with mock or painted
books, like those in the galleries of the
Lyceum at Liverpool. In country
where books are so abundant, and in
mansion where so much wealth and
taste are conspicuous, the narrow econ
omy of saving few guineas in painting
volumes, instead of purchasing them,
struck me as very singular. If my
memory serves me, the works thus de-
lineated, were the Encyclopedias Brit
annica and Jeremy Taylor, both of
which bis Lordship would surely wish
to possess. In his library, as we'll as in
his drawing-room, he has paid compli-
ment to American genius. All the writ
Ings OF Washington Irving, not even ex-
cepting Knickerbocker's History of N.
ufk, aderp <lss si1urves. OuCIIs a CTFCuTn-
stance is fiattefing 10 our.liteFature.
At the distance of half mile from
the Hall, a one-arched Bridge of cast
iron, with span of $50 feet, has been
thrown across the Dee, at an expense
Of 100000; but it is entirely conceal
ed from the house by the intervening
foliage.
The garden contains about so acres,
covered with every variety of fruit, veg
etable and flower Plants of the most
gorgeous hues attract the eye, and
breathe their fragrance around you On
the one side of the garden are the hot
houses, through all which we passed,
although the temperature of some of
them was as high as 100 degrees
Pine apples were fast coming 10 matu-
rlty, and uxuriant'clusters Of ripe grapes
hung from the roofs. The vintage con
tlnues the year round, furnishing an
abundance Of fresh fruits.
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From the Boston Patriot.l
LETTER FROM GREECE.

Extract from letter OF DIR. S. G. Howe. to his
father, Joseph N. Howe, Esq.
NAPoLI oI RoMANIA, March 90, 1926.
81 am glad--sincerely glad have
come to Greece, for i believe, indepen
dent of the real service shall be to the
cause of liberty here, that | shall inn
prove myself more in one year, than
could in Boston 10 FIVE. speak the
French language with ease; begin to
talk Greek, and am commencing the
study of the Italian. My commission, az
army surgeon, is filled out; bua | shall
not enter upon my duties, till the army
commences active operations, which [
hope will be in short time. AS for
my salary, know nothing, and care no
thing about it. The government are
not able to feed and clothe their own
poor suffering soldiers, and | have not
The heart 10 demand money, while lean
support myself by private practice. AS
Tor this last. have as much as | wish.
The climate of Greece is, at pres
ent, most delightful January, Februa-
ry, and March, the months which have
passed here, and which, in America, are
| so cold and disagreeabIe, have found
very mild. Howsper, fear the sum
mer months will prove too hot for my
comfort or health.
"As for the affairs of Greece, do not
hesitate to say, that they will turn cut
successful, although at this moment the
Turks are making formidable prepare
tons, and have opened the campaign
earlier than at any former period But
the Greeks are full of courage aud con-
fidence and in their own wild aud daring
way will contrive to manage any num-
Der of men that can be brought against
them. They have nothing like regu-
lar army--in fact, the nature of the
country would not allow an army 10 ma
n9uvre TO advantage. 1t is rocky and
mountainous, and in many parts il is i'm
possible to pass the country, except by
narrow de6les, which admit but one man
at time.
s The Greek soldiers are i'll clothed,
worse fed, and paid, as one may say,
nothing at all. They are ignorant, not
one in twenty being able to read or
write. But they are very shrewd and
cunning by nature active as goats on
the mountains and brave, if you will
let them fight in their own way, which
is like that of our Indians, firing from
behind rocks and trees. Their sailors
} may be said with truth to be equal TO
, laDy in the world, In fact, was told
; by one of our navy officers, that they
J are decidedly the best he has ever seen.
! The government does not own any OF
} the ships which compose their navy
: it pays their owners certain sum for
8 the use ofihem, and gives them share
S in the prizes they take. They have
always beat the Turks in the naval en-
a gagements, and have perfect conf,
d dence in their superiority.
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G1ae arts allD @rieMcea.
[From the Delaware Gazette. |

From the Delaware Gazette.
CoGets.-Of the whole catalogue of
celestial bodies, none have excited so
much speculation, 70, eboding and wonder
as the comets. The vulgar have ever
looked upon them as objects of terror,
which is heightened into superstition by
the idea that they foretell direful scenes
Of blood and carnage. They were long
looked upon as fiery meteors in the at
mosphere until the mammoth mind of
Tycho Brahe arose and placed them
among the planetary worlds. Sir Isaac
Newton examined the one which APP
peared in 1880, and from his observa-
tons, he concluded that comets are a
species of planets, whose motion is in
very eccentric ellipses, and that they
are opaque bodies, receiving their light,
like The moon, entirely from the sun.
Mr.. Locke calls them Opaque bodies, but
ne says, besides the light which they
have from the sun, that they appear 10
shine with light that is nothing else but
an accession which they receive from
the sun, in their near approaches to it.,
IN their respective revolutions. Sir Isaac
corroborateS this, when he says, that if a
comet is seen in two parts OF its orbit,
when the distances are equal from the
earth, but unequal from the sun, that
that part shines brightest which is near
est to the sun.
Comets are of various tnagnitudes,
and fly with different degrees of veloci-
ty. Their motion is much more irregu-
lar than that of the planets, because their
velocity is far greater in their perihelion
than in their aphelion, but in the planets
there is very little difference. The
comet which appeared in 1881, 1907,
1852, 1859, and suppose will appear
again in 1885, goes in its apheIion, ac-
cording to Mr.. Wesley, more than four
times as far from the sun as Saturn does,
and Saturn, according to Mr.. Locke, is
distant from the SUMS centre about 777,-
100000 statute miles, each $3.50 English
feet That extraordinary appearance,
which we call the tail of the comet, is
nothing more than an illumination of the
atmosphere, which is thrown off by its
immense velocity, and il is observable
that the tail is always directed towards
the sun. The comet which appears ev-
cry seventy-six years, or nearly, and
which will appear in 1885, must be, at
its greatest distance from the sun, an
uncomfortable distance from US. The
sun is supposed, or computed, TO be
$1,000, 900 Of miles from our earth, and
it is said that cannon ball flying with
the same velocity as from the mouth Of
cannon, would require twenty-five
years TO reach our earth but how are
we lost in thought, when we are told
that the great comet which appeared
last, in 1880, goes fourteen times as far
beyond the sun as Saturn, which is the
most remote planet. Now, according
to the calculation which have made,
and which would occupy loo much space
10 be inserted here, that cometNf 1880,
in its aphelion distance, is about l40
times the mean distance between the
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Always suspect man who affects great
sottness OF manner, and unrufied even
ness of temper, and an enunciation studi-
ed, slew and deliberate. These things
are all unnatural, and bespeak degree
of mental discipline into which he that
has no purpose of craft or design 70 an
swer, cannot submit TO drill himself.
The most successful knaves are usually
of this description. They affect the in
nocence of the dove, which they have
uot, in order TO hide the cunning of the
serpent which they have.
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cate and combined causes, that wemre
never safe from disease.
"What reason, then, have we TO say
as we walk the streets, the hour is cem-
ing when shall behold you no more );
and when We enter our dwellings, TO say
the gs'ave IS my home this apparel now
lay aside and resume, shall soon lay
aside forever; and this bed on which
rest my weary body, will be by and by
chilled with the dampness Of death from
this sinking frame. Lord make me to
knov my end and the measure of ma days.
10 our walks we see many going TO their
long home, and the mourners going
about the streets. We enter the sane
tuary, and miss those of whom we once
took sweet counsel, and with whom we
went to the house of God. Their plac-
es know them no more. We enter our
own dwellings and those OF our friends,
and painful recollections are awakened
by the vacant seats they once occupied,
and by a sight of those books they had
read and marked with their own hands.
We walk from room TO room and sigh
for lover. and friend; hast thou, we in
qnjre, put far from me my acquaintance?
But in the midst of the very varying
scenes, divine grace preserves balance
in the soul. In prosperity it serves TO
keep us humble; in adversely it sustains
our spirits and while we enjoy its ben
etits in the life which now is, we are cali
ed TO look beyond this mutable world
to state of perfect and Interchangeable
happiness. Death ends our toll and
strife, and brings US to that rest which
remains for the people Of God,n
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