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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-08-31
Translated for the Charleston Courierl
FROM "L'HIsTnIRE DIS cHIENs cELEBREs.
MIJSTAPHA.

FROM "L'HIsTnIRE DIS cHIENs cELEBREs. y
MUSTAPHA.
We read in an English Gazette, of an
act, which would Indicate certain ex-
tent of reason in brutes themselves
Mustapha, a strong and active greyhound,
belonged 10 an artlllerist of Dublin.
Raised from its birth in the midst of
camps, it always accompanied its master,
and exhibited no alarm in the midst of
battle. In the hottest engagements, it
remained near the cannon, and carrie d
the match in its mouth.
At the memorable battle of Foatenoi,
when we broke the square batallicns of
the Hanoverians, the master of MustaphG
received mortal wound At the mo-
ment when about TO FIRE upon the enc
my, he and several of bis corps were
struck to the earth by discharge of ar
tillery. Seeing bis master extended life
less and bleeding, the dog became des-
perate and howled piteously. Just al
this time, body of French soldiers was
advancing rapidly TO gain possession OF
the piece, which was aimed at them
from the top OF small rising ground
Who would believe it, if the fact was not
attested by several witnesses, worthy o.
credit. Doubtless, with a view TO avange
his masters death, .Mpstapha seized the
lighted match with his paws, and set fire
to the cannon loaded with case shot
seventy men fell on the spot, and the re-
nlainder took to flight.
After this bold stroke, the dog laiC
down, sadly, near the dead body of it
master, licked his wounds, and remained
there twenty-five hours without snste
nance. He was at length, with difficult
ty, taken away by the comrades of the
deceased. This courageous greyhound
was carried to London, and presented IL
George the Cd, who had him taken care
of as of brave servant.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-08-31

.a61icting Circumstance .-Between VIII
liam Kelly and Helen Henderson ten
der attachment had subsisted for years.
Both resided in the Parish of Urr, and
little anticipating the calamity that fol-
lowed, they, with joyous hearts, fixed
their wedding-day for Friday week, the
10th instant. A number of friends were
Iuvltod, anJ the rernony, -~.e 10 h rvr-
formed at Meikle Dalbeattie's. On the
Thursday preceding, she became sud-
denly indisposed, and on some one asking
her TO lie down little, touchingly re-
piled, Yes; but it must be in soft
place, for oh feel as if would never
rise again" In the course of the day,
she became worse, and doctor having
been sent for, he declared the complaint
TO be of serious nature, and indicated
from the first his fears as TO the issue.
Next morning the wedding-party began
to assemble the worthy clergyman also
arrived; and then, alas the house OF
JOY was Unexpectedly turned into the
house ofmourning. The unhappy bride,
whose sands of life were we'll nigh run,
was humanely made aware of her situa-
ton; the heart-broken bridegroom was
also warned that death was in the cup;
and amidst the tears and sobs of all pres,
ent, they were mutually interrogated
whether, under such an awful dispensa-
ton of Providence, the proposed cere-
moDy should proceed or be delayed. A
question so trying, was, perhaps, never
put under similar circumstances and af-
ter communing with their own hearts,
the bride expressed wish to close her
eyes as an affectionate wife, the BRIDE
groom TO discharge the duty of a sorrow
ing widower, by laying the head of his
betrolhed in the grave. This resolution
added not little TO the agony of the
scene; the mournful party approached
the couch of the dying woman; the d.
vine favour was most pathetically invok-
ed amidst many interruptions from hearts
that seemed ready to burst from the bo-
SONS they agitated (; the bridegroom
grasped the burning hand that was Ian
guidly extended in token Of assent; the
worthy clergyman pronounced bles-
sing, and in faltering accents made those
one whom, in less than twelve hours,
death had severed and sun1ered forever.
We cannot dwell on what followed. The
eyes that affection had for a moment
lighted, gradually waxed glazed and dim;
the bridal bed became the couch of
death, and she, who, but day or two
before, bad been rejoicing in the pros
pect Of conjugal felicity, was stretched
lifeless, bul lovely corpse, before many
of the wedding party had resolution to
tear themselves from scene so distress
ing. [Dumfries' Courier.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-08-31

Be coniented with what you have
and seek at the same time to make iii
best Improvement of il you can.
Never upbraid any one with his mis-
fortunes; for misfortune is common d
all, and nobody can see into futurity.
Do all the good you can to virtuod
and good men; for good Office don
10 man of worth and merit, is nobl
treasure.
Have special care how you associat
with men of the bottle; for he who's
mind is ovefpowered with wine is lila
the chariot whose driver is cast out Il
the box.
Take time TO deliberate and advise
but lose no time in executing your de
alterations. 1t belongs TO Heaven Il
prosper our undertakings; but il is ou
business to consider what we do.
When you have mind to advise Will
any one concerning your private affairs
examine well first how he has managed
his own; for he that has been faulty il
the administration of his own concerns
will never be able 10 advise well with
reference to those Of others.
Prefer honest poverty to ill-goter
riches.
lnure your body TO labor, and your
mind TO wisdom.
Imprint this maxim deeply on your
mind, that there is nothing certain ii
this human and mortal state; by which
means you will shun being transported
with prosperity, and being detected witt
adversity,
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-08-31

Habit will reconcile us TO every thing
but change, and even TO change, if it re-
cur not too quickly. Milton, therefore,
makes his hell an ice house, as well as
an oven, and freezes his devils, at one
period, but hakes them at another.
The late Sir George Staunton informe d
me, that he had visited man in India,
who had committed a murder, and, 10
order not only to save his own life, but,
what was of much more consequence,
his caste, he submitted TO the penalty
imposed this was, that he should sleep
Tor seven years on bedstead, without
any matrass, the whole surface of which
was studded with points of iron resem-
bling nails, but not so sharp as to pene
trate the flesh. Sir George saw him in
the fifth year of his probation, and his
skin was then like the hide of a rhiuoc
eros, but more calloused; at that time,
however, he could sleep comfortably
on his :" bed Of thorns," and remarked,
that, at the expiration of the term Of
his sentence, he should, most probably
continue that system from choice. which
he had been obliged to adopt from ne
cessity.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-08-31

C0fopGTt. his mountain is one of the
lofilest of those volcanoes of the Andes,
which NJ recent eDoChs have nndn gone
erupuons. Notwithstanding 1t hes near
the equator, IFS SUBMITS are covered
with perpe tual SHOWS. The absolute
height Of Cotopaxi is 1876 feet, or
three miles and hail. consequently il Is
2,622 feet, OF half a mite higher than
Fesuvius would be, were that mountain
placed on the top of the peak of Tene-
riff /! Cotopaxi is The mos mischievous of
the volcanoes in the kingdom of Quito !;
ard its explosions the most frequent and
disastrous. The masses of scoria, and
the pieces of rock thrown out Of this vol
cano, cover surface of several square
leagues, and would form, were they
heaped together, prodigious mountain.
10 1888, the flames of Cotopaxi rose to
5000 feet, or upwards of half mile, a.
boye the brink of the crater. In l744,
the roarings of this volcano we're heard
at the distance Of 600 miles. On the 4th
of April, 1860, the quantity OF ashes e.
jected at the mouth of Cotopaxi, was SO
great, that it was dark till three In the
afternoon.
The explosion which took place in
1908, was preceded by the sudden melt
ing ofthe SHOWS which coveredthe noun
tam. For 90 years before, no smoke or
vapour, that could be perceived, had ls-
sued from the crater; but in a single
night, the subterraneous fires became SO
active, that at sunrise the external walls
of the cone, heated TO very considera-
BILE degree of temperature, appeared
naked, and the dark colour which is pc
culiar to vItriied scoria. Al the port of
Guayaquil, s. observes Hnmboldt," fifty
Two leagues distant in straight line from
the crater, we heard, day and night, the
noise of the volcano like the discharges
ola battery; and we distinguished these
tremendous sounds even on the Pacific
Ocean.
The form of Cotopaxi is the most
beautiful and regular of the colossal sum-
mits of the high Andes. II il a perfect
cone, which, covered with perpetual
layer of snow, shines with dazzling
spIendour at the setting of the sun, and
detaches itself in the most picturesque
manner from the azure vault above.
This covering Of the snow conceals from
the eye of The observer, even the small
est inequalities of the soil; no point of
rock, no stony mass, penetrating this
coast of ice, or breaking the regularity
Of the figure of the cone.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-08-31

Queer Pnn.--A Bacchanalian Candidate Of
fering for Country Borough, the Electors u
unanimously agreed that he was very proper
man to suP-PoRT.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30
From the Philadelphia Dem. Press.
COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTES.

1t will be recolected that some months since,
counterfeit .fue dollar notes of the Philadelphia
Bank appeared in circulation, Of which the public
was Immediately apprzed, and cautioned against
receiving them. At the time minute de-
scrpon of them was given, noting their defects,
and distinguishing marks, from the genuine note.
Ii was likewise stated that the Bank had not for
more than year issued any Of the impression or
sort that was counterteiteu.
Notwithstanding the above notice they continue
TO circulate.
There can be no doubt Of the fact that they are
now extensively afloat not only in Pennsylvania but
in the adjacent states.
We are glad that now have it in our power to
put our neighbors and fellow citizens in possession
Of such information as will be etectual remedy
against imposition by these counterfeit notes. 1t is
simply this, that with the exception of rery small
number, there are none Of the genuine FIVE dollar
notes OF the Philadelphia Bank, Of the stamp or
plate that is counterfeited, now in circulation; or
in other words, they have all been called in.
We have the best authority when we say there
are but about fifty of them still out, and OF those
considerable portion have no doubt been lost or de
stroyed, so that we risk in asserting that al
this time there not, in all probability, more than
half dozen of them in existence.
The new plate which The bank has used for the
last tco gears is e.eculed in the best style OF Fair
man. Draper & Co. and has the heads of Franklin
and Penn on the margins. The Old mole, that is
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30
Retjre8entdhDes.

n motion, Resooed that the above selection be adopt
ea iy this meeting as the Denacroac Ticket Of this County
and hat It unanimously recommended 10 the corded sup
port o the Democratic Republicans the election in
month and that Josiah r. Clement, Albert Wilson, and
f Jn johnson be committee to speilntend the print
lS and distribution oi the tckets
After the regular business for which the meeting had
aecn called, had been transacted the following Resolutions
we're inlrouced and unanimously adopted
Rese',e1-lhat view with deep regret tho unrrcce-
tented, and unjust arporonmen Of tie State Tax made
BY the Legislature Of this S'ate at their last session.
Rsso'red-Iha Allan Thomson VIM. l.. Real and Dir.
on Jpiso, be appointed committee, and requested TO
Prepare practicable, temperate, but firm
nostace, addressed to the General Assembly at the next
e'son, against any such apporonnen in future; with a
petition, that the raised for the support Of government
'r he present year. may be ed upon more just and
cqutahlc principles
Rrsc,edilat the committee 100 copies Of
sad memorial 10 be printed, and distributed To the fol-
owing persons, in equal proportions, whose duty it shall
ne to obtain sis atures 10 the samethat is to say
IN Rrany7Une HuUAed-Robert Gabrat, Charles |. Du
zEoht, robert Fo"wood
In thisana Ml--csse Chandler, Ziba Ferris, Albert
Wilson, John Richardson, Loln Caldwell, Wm Houston,
lomas ,ldNn
IN .hE Cyeeh Mi.-Wm. Baldwin, Samuel Baily, Amos
Shalnders.
IN White Cay Greek M.-Beniamn Whitcey Stephen
S",iis, Esq Benjamin Watson, Wm. Heidnan.
10 Aescastie M -Dr. John J. Norris Andrew Barney,
2ienry Steele. Iicnry Bowman.
IN PencadeT U2-Inhn CauE, William Thompson, Geo.
SEnos, Jacob Faris Esl
L. RED Linn h--phlip Rcybod, James Frazier, Dr.J.
". sutton, John Bali.
N y; Georgea M.-Dr. Jacob Moore, Daniel Haines,
iiam polk Samuel Thomas John Janyer, Jr. Charles
Flmghey
In .qhhoqu;unpk M--Thompson Wilson, John A. Maui
Am, John Mathews William NandcSri!t, Esq, Dickinson
R"ebser, Esq.
on moon Resgiy.d, that the proceedings of this meet
B be signed by the Chairman aud Secretary and PUBLISH
Feuih the American Waterman.
The meeting was then, motion, duly adjourned,
Red Lion, Sept, "a, 1925.
JACOB FAIRS, ChaamGn.
'.F CLEMENT. Stc'p.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30
Eikt0n, September "a.

CONNERS' TRIAL.-.John Conuers was ar.
raigned before the Kent county Court on Thursday
last, ior the shocking murder of Miss Cunning gham.
His trial was postponed unu the Goth day OF DC
tober, when Special Court for that purpose viii
be convened at Chestertown.
Yesterday morning letter directed to Col Seao.
all was received from Mr.. Lewis Vimont, of Mil
lersburg, Kentucky, stating that person calling
himself " John Pano''- Frehchman-an
the description OF Conners, worked for him as a
shoemaker, and left the place the 5,h or 9th of
April, "a day or two after the murder was commit
ted.) This statement is corroborated by CERT
fcate of Messrs. Jefferson 4. Vimont and James
Sanders. =.
We understand that the trial was postponed at
the instance of the prisoner alledgng that he ex-
pected the arrival of the foregoing information,
which he supposed would remove all suspicious as
TO his guilt. Press
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30
FOR THE WATcHMAN.
pointed.

In your paper of the 22d Of July last | observed
what | consider and what, presume, most of your
readers will consder very strange prayer for any
one to presume to put up to the Almighty. From
the gross ignorance and vulgar familiarity which it
exhibits, have no doubt that it is fabrication but
il such petion delivered, it is an evidence of
the little real knowledge and.abundan presumption
of lis author.
If We duly reflect upon the awful majesty of the
Supreme Being; and consider that his "eyes are
IN every place, beholdng the evil and the good''--
and that known unto him are all the secrets of our
hearts-how different will be our demeanor and Ian
guage in approaching his mercy seat, from that
ascribed to the Scotch parson. We shall then be
sensible of our weakness and mperlection, and will
come before Him with reverence and humility
and instead of commanding, we will humbly entreat
Him Tor those blessings which we need, and which
He alone can confer upon us. MENTOR.
Note By tc Editors. prayer to which correspon
dent audes, extracted from Sherburnes Life OF Paul
Jones, and said to have been uttered by Scotch parson
at Krkaldy, when Jones made his appearance off that
place. Us singular phraseoogy will no doubt be recolec-
ted by our readers.
We convinced of the propriey of the hints given
us by our friend Mentor, and will attend to them
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30

virtue Of a writ OF Yend puhas TO drec et W.
40 be exposed 10 public sale, al The House Of :o!n T.
Mansfield, IN st. GeotFes Iunired. Thursday the Is
OF October next, at O'clock l.. NJ the following do
scrhed lot piece of land, wit The improvements situate
lying and being in the hanlrei Of Appnqnninink AMI
county OF Newcastle, TO wit lot Of ground vis
OF Fiedsborough, bounded by lands OF isaac aty, .
Polk, and others; containing acre, be the
Hannah Hacket
Newcastle, Sept. 80, 1926. eG-4t
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30
----Y-~.rs~ ,,r,e.--,..-r,,,.,

sT YATES 8 MINTYRE beg leave 10 remna
the public that the drawing 0! the Washington ca
nal and Delaware State LOTTERY vii take place ~
tHednesdag neat. For particulars see their 4d.e-
.isemenl on the first page Of this paper
Sept. 80.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30
SHERIFF'S SALES.
By PETER b. DEIANY. Surpn

virtue OF writ of vend. exponas directed, wifi
- be exposed 10 public sale, at the house Of j. In f.
Msnseid III ST. Georges hundc cd, Thursday the 18th of
October next, at o'clock, p NJ ,he following described
lands and tenements situate lying ard being in the hun
dred OF Appoqunimnk and county of New castle to wi,
No IA farm bounded by lands Of ABB alanl Staats dec
Edward Wilson, dec, and Others, with frame dwelling
house and kitchen barn and other buildings thereon
erectedi containing hundred and thny acres be ie
same or less.
No. PA lot Of woodland bounded by lands Of Enorh
Joyce, dec, Peter and George Hill, and others containing
seventyive acres, be The less. Seized AZ
taken IN execution as the property oi Da4iel Caouch
Newcastle, Sept. }, 1875. 214t
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30

the one tina. is counterleited presents full view c
the Banking house vigne,e, or ornament.
Here then is at once complete safeguard against
these spurious notes. No can be at loss, who
can tell the difference between the well known faces
oil Penn and Franklin, and front view ofa Gothic
building
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30

Every true Democrat in this County will support
the regular nomination. The plan Of forming the
county ticket by Delegates is the best method that
could be devised for maintaining the strength of
pariy and the strongest evidence of this is the
wearied efforts which the federasls have made to
break up that plan. They still laboring to ef-
feet this object and it becomes the democrats to be
on the alert. II you want to preserve your power
and influence, vote the Red Lion Ticket.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30

One of the Methodist Missionaries, just returned
from the South Sea Islands, testified, at public
meeting in England, that he had seen canni6atsnI
in its worst form, in New Zealand On one occa-
sion thirty prisoners were roasted, and easted upon
before tie missionaries could withdraw.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

The Drta9crac H.bubhcuas Of the Borough of Whining
ION are requested 10 meet DaupMns Store Room,
.ugpday eeaiay uer, October 81 at o'clock, for the
purpose # making arrangements preparatory 10 the
ing general election. Sept. 50
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-30
HaLtimore. Sept. 96.

baltimore. sept 20.
BRAZII4.-By the ship Are,husa, captain Mer-
rill, this port on Saturday from St. Salvador We
eain that Sir Charles Stuart, the British Ambassa-
dor to the Court of Brazil, had arrived al Rio de
Janeiro about the latter end of July, but nothing
had transpired respecting his mission. Ii has been
already announced that Lord Cochrane had arrived
in England in the Brazilian ire late Piranga-and it
now appears that he had been ordered by the EN-
peror to repair TO Rio but refused to obey the royal
mandate. He soon after left Msranham in the
above named trigats without declaring his destna-
lion, having previously shipped off large quantity
OF cotton IRON that place. In consequence Of this
conduct, he was degraded by the Emperor, who di.
vested him OF his title of" Marquis Of Maranham,f
and Of his naval rank ana appointed captain Jswltt
admiral of the Brazilian navy, in his stead
The London Literary Gazette, thus announces 4,
its English readers the late celebration Of the battl.
Of Bunker Hill:
antiquities. --Sundry old gentlemen who fought
battle just half century ago, among whom was
Gen. Lafayette, have been amusing themselves by
laying the foundation OF Monument on Bunker's
Hill to preserve the memory of their exploits lest
they should forget them"
1t would seem that there is no necessity Of erect
ing monument in England, to preserve the memo
ry of the battle OF Bunker H 1t is an Incident
in English history never to be forgotten.
BAIT. Pat.
aieraniria Floar.-Every day gives ev-
dence of the beneficial effects of the late change in
our inspection Laws. In all The West India islands,
and ia South America, our flour now stands as high
as any other. The following extract OF letter,
from respectable house in Gibraltar to another in
this place, will show the effect there -" The qnali-
ty is found unexceptionabe and under the opera
lion of your inspection act, we hope that Flour
shipped from your port will rank, in tune. with the
best Philadelphia .4Ie.c. GaS.
The contracting mechanics by whom the block
of buildings which recently lell down in New York
was erected, have published statement of the case
in the New York Statesman. They attribute the
disaster to being obliged by the Fire Warden OF The
district 10 take down and rebuild the partition walls,
after the whole had been erected. by which the
walls were weakened.
.gdmonti0n to Servants "A late English prins
mentions that two servant maids had been dismis
sed by the lady of British Admiral 8 because they
allowed two potatoes to boil 10 pieces, there being
but three in the sauce pan.o This was affirmed 10
a trial for wages, and was not denied
Albion K. Parrisis re elected Governor OF Manea
without opposition