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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

|, A Crocodile measuring i9 feet from
head to tail was killed at Barrymore, in
the East Indies, short time since. 1t
had committed great havock on the
banks of the river, aud 10 the stomach
was found part Of a woman, dog, cat,
and part of sheep, besides several
rings and other ornaments worn by the
native women.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

Lusus Nature. The Boston Medical
Intelligencer contains particular de-
scription Of remarkable hsus nature,
furnished to the editor of that paper by
DR.. Thomas Close, Of New.YOrk, a par
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

ANEcDoTE.-A sailor having purchased
some medicine of celebrated doctor,
demanded the price. Why says the
doctor, / cannot think of charging you
less than seven and six pence 3" Well
I'll tell you what" replies the sailor,
/" take off the odd and I'll pay you the
even" Well, returned the Doctor,
: we won't quarrel about triles.' The
sailor laid down six pence and was walk
ing of, when the doctor reminded him
of his mistake" No mistake at all, sir !;
six is even and seven odd all the world
over. SO wish you good day." Get
you gone said the doctor, 'l've made
four pence out of you yet
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

'Itakss 'sns as they coms.'-A Cantab,
one day observing rdggdmu6in-loOking
boy scratching his head al the door
of Alderman Purchase, in Cambridge,
where he was begging, and thinking to
pass joke upon him, said, " So jack,
you are picking them out, are you?''
Nah, sar,' retorted the urchin, takes
'em as they Gomez
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

A Giant.-On the 18th June. man
named Peter Tuchan died at PoseD, in
the 29th year of his age, of dropsy in
the chest. He was native of Tula,
and remarkable in gigantic stature. He
measured eight feet seven inches in
height, SO that the head of the tallest
man hardly reached his breast. 1t is
remarkable that he had no beard, that
his voice was soft and his feet weak !;
ne was very moderate eater, and it is
said he was seven years old before he
began to grow in such an extraordinary
manner His stature continued to in
crease, and it appears that he continued
growing to his death.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

RIcHEs.--Lord Bacon says, cannot
call riches better than the {" baggage"
of virtue; the Roman word is better,
4" impedimenta." For as the baggage is
to an army, SO are riches to virtue. 1t
cannot be spared or left behind, but it
hinderetb the march yea, and the care
OF it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the
victory.--Of great riches there is no real
use, except in the distribution; The rest
is but conceit.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

A man employed to explain the con-
tents of museum, pointing 10 a sword
there, said he, ladies and gentlemen,
there is the sword with which Balaam
killed his ass. A stander by, put him
right, observed that BALKAN had no
sword, aud did not kill his ass--that he
only wished for one. Well, resumed the
explainer without embarrassment, then
that as the s1oord, ladies and gentlemen,
which BalaGm 1vished 10 hare lad.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

The Hon. Mr.. Herrick is reelected
Representative to Congress from Lin
coin district, Maine.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

The celebrated optician, Sfrayel, Of
Basic, has just finished an improved tel
escope. "a feet long. IT is said that
with the aid of this enormous instru-
ment, several learned persons have
been enabled TO discover animated be-
ings, roads, monuments, and temples 10
the moon. Brussels paper.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

Gen La Fayette's Papers recovered.--A
letter has been received in Savannah,
(says the Republican of that place) from
a lady in Cincinnati, Ohio, stating that
the trunk containing the papers and
tvaluables Of Gen. La Fayetie, which
were sunk in the steamboat Mechanic,
on her passage from Nashville, have
been recovered, and that they have sus-
tanned little or no injury. The stick
formerly belonging TO Gen. Washington,
which was presented to Gen. La Fayette
lby Mr.. Gusts, was also found attached
to one Of the trunks.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

At Bagdad there is public clock, the
chef d'euvre of an Arab, who spent IS
years in making it. 1t marks the sec
onds, minutes, hours, days, months, years,
centuries, and the eclipses of the sun and
moon. 1t also serves as lighthouse, a
barometer and thermometer. 1t plays
an harmonious coBcert every hour, and
has upon the dial plate sketch of the
life of Mahomet. The inventor is in his
lllth year
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-21

teeth are converted into weapons, instru-
ments, and various ornaments. aad the
skin not only supplies them with cloth
ing, but with the coverings Of their huts
and canoes. The stomach, intestines,
and bladder, when dried, are turned 10
many aud various uses: in their nearly
transparent dry state, they supply the
place of glass 10 the windows they form
bladders for their harpoons, arrows,
nets, &C.: when sewed together, they
make heterogeneous, curtains, &c. and
are employed in place of linen on many
occasions. Thus every part of the ami
NAL is converted, by kind of domestic
anatomy, to useful purposes, even to the
tendons, which, when split and dried,
form excellent threads. To the pursuit
of the seal, the canoes, instruments, wea-
pons. clothing, education, and whole
manner Of life of the Greenlanders, are
adapted. As plentiful supply of these
animals enables them TO dispense with
every thing else, and as without these
they could procure neither dwellings,
clothes, nor food, it naturally follows
that the great aim of education is TO
make the boys expert seal hunters; and
that dexterity il this pursuit is the great
est praise that can be bestowed on the
man.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
For the Willningtonian.

How pleasant to sit at the evenings calm hour,
And watch the decline ofthe day,
When the deep shades of night DER the scene
gently lour,
And the bright car of light flies away.
lis a scene deeply fraught with Instructions
rich lore,
And teaches us all our doom
ihat while on the pinions of light we may soar,
But soon We may plunge into gloom.
Let the youM whose gay moments are pleasant
and bright,
BE prepared for the gradual change,
When the evening of manhood shall tarnsh his
light,
And he in new regions shall range.
Act NOT manhood presume on its strength or its
joys,
For they bloom but moment and die
For the night of old age soon these blessings
destroys,
On the swift wings of time they soon fly.
Let not beauty presume Oh its pleasing young
charms,
Nor fortune vaunt high of its power,
orMis, dark misfortune can quickly dlsarm,
That, sickness destroy in an hour.
Let not m0rtaLs whose livesare Elusive as dreams
Whose nostrs contain their short breath,
FoF moment contemplate the days fading
beams,
And not think of the dark night of DEATH
MEDLEY.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14

driven from the third redoubt, was stand.
ing given some directions to the men, and
preparing to push on the last redoubt, when
found myself tapped OH the shoulder, and
turning round, saw my Amazonan friend
with her clothes tucked up to her knees, and
seizing my hand, "Well done, my Highland
lads" she exclaimed, "sce how the brigahds
scanper like so many deer" Come, added
she, let us drive them from yonder hill" On
inquiry, found she had been in the hottest
fire cheering and animating the men! and
when the action was over, she was as active
as any of the surgeons in assisting the wound
ed.-r Stewards sketches of the manners of
the Highlanders.l
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
SERIOUS REFLECTIONS.
THE GOD or NATURE.

Lift your view tothe immense arch OF nea-
ven which encompasses you above. Behold
the sun in all its splendor rolling over head
by day; and the moon by night, in mild and
serene majesty surrounded with that host of
stars which present to our imagination an in
Vulnerable multitude of worlds. Listen to
the awful voice of thunder---Lsten to the
roar of the tempest and the occan-Survcy
the wonders that fill the earth which you in
habit. Contemplate steady and powerful
hand, bringing round spring and summer, au-
tumn and winter, in regular course; decora-
ting this earth with enumcrablc beauties
dversifying it with innumerable inhabitants,
pouring forth comforts on all that live ; and
at the same time, overawing the nations with
the violence of the elements, when it plcascs
the Creator to let them forth. After you
have viewed yourselves as surrounded with
such a scene of wonders-after you have be-
held on every hand, sucE an astonishing dis
play Of majesty united with wisdom and good
ncss-are YOU not seized with solemn and
serious awe? Is there not something that
whispers within, that to this great creator
homage and reverence are due by all the ra-
tional beings whom he mades Admitted to
be spectators of his works. placed IN the midst
of SO many great and interesting objects, can
YOU believe that you were brought here forno
purpose, but to immersc yourselves in brutal,
or. at best, in trifing pleasures; lost to all
II
Sense of the wonders you behold; lost to all
reverence to that God who gave you being
and who has erected this amazing fabric OF
nature, on which you look onfy with stupid
and unmeaning eyes' Mo- let the scenes which
you behold prompt correspondent feeling
Let them awake you from the degrading in
toxication of liccntiousncss into nobcr emo
tions. Every object which you view in ma
ture, whether great or small, serves to IN
struct you. The star and the insect, the fiery
meteor and flowing spring, the verdant held
and the lofty mountain, al exhibit supreme
Power, before which you ought to tremble
and adore; all preach the doctrines allinspire
the spirit of devotion and reverence RcSara-
ing. then. the zuoyk IF Me Lord, his rising
emotions of awe and gratitude call forth from
vour sonls sentiments as thcsc:-"Lord
wherever am, and whatever ENJOY may
never forget thee, as the anhor OF nature
MAY never forget that ! am thy creature
and thy subject In this magnificent temple
of the universe, where thou hast placed m'
NAV ever be thy faithful worshipper. ant
-f I'll h,. 4
may the reverence and fear OF Goa DC th'
FIRST sentiment of my heart" btaf.
The words Of our Saviour" II my King
dom were of this world, then would my serV
ant fight" must signify, to every unpreJu
diced mind, the same as 1t nc haa sai'' "a
my kingdom is not of this world thefeiof'
nv sery ants do not fight
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14

Or, should she strike the sounding Tyre,
Believe, fair maid, the song is thine.
But should a strain strike on thy car,
Of Ofmelody, still more rciin'd,
The notes which thou shalt deign to hear,
Shall sing the beauties of thy mind.
Had the rose, which on thy check
Blooms in its bed fheav' 'n-born hue,
To grace my song of virtue meek
/ then might bid TO nounr, adieu.
Had 1.-THE light which in thine eye,
Beams thro' soul Of angel grace,
My feeble pen could not deny,
The charms of her I--prizc, 20 trace
Had some Milton's glowing fire;
Some Thomson's pure, unsulli'd art;
Some ovid's bold and thrilling Tyre,
then might hope to win thy heart
One smile upon thy beauteous face;
One glance from that nigrescent eye,
Would cy'ry care and doubt erase,
And bid young HOPE, aspiring fly!
And sure, thou can'st not scorn that flame,
Which in Elysan fields hath shone--
Which had in Eden first a name.
No-thou hast gaa'd upon its throne
But dark Despair still bids me, know,
Thy bosom never throbb'd for me;
! That thou wilt never Kindness show
Yet ah! still will bow to thee.
5 heart where virtue ever glows,
/ still adore-tho' loves warm ray
Shall ns'e 'er illumc those darkline woes
Which cloud the brilliance Of youths day.
Tho deaths cold night should on me steal'
And o'cr the fountain of life, move,
One boon ask-thot boon, to feel
The fuNpossession ofrnr fosc.
WILLIAM
Wilmington; April 5th 1925.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
THE DAWN OF MUSIC.


By THE WILMINeToN MINSTREL.
Hark! bark! the golden lJrcs resonnd,
And heavily MUSIC halls the sky;
The tuneful spheres with harps rcsound,
Chaunt sounding anthems to the God on high
IIark the da,on Of Music waking
Strains, that warblc as they flow;
zephyrs breathing, signing, shaking,
Watt them upward soft and slow.
Methought celestial choir had sang,
And opened all the gates of day,
As through the golden portals rang,
The glitt'ring Harp in sweetest, sottest lay,
IIark! the voice of Music, signing,
Up she treads the azure ground;
Rapture streaming-glory flying-
All the harps of heav'n resound.
So sung, in fair Idalia's grove,
The shepherd Minstrels, loud and long,
When, from the waves, the goddess, Love,
Arose, and gently woke the choral song.
Hark! the tuneful Nine inspiring,
On the false Ausonian strand
Every Syrcn breast now firing,
And the Grecian Venus band.
50 sung, in Grecce's fow'ry shade,
Fair nymphs, in notes ecstatic mild.
When thou, fair Music, heavily maid.
'Rosest, in all thy airy visions wild.
Hark! the sister of fair painting,
Sweeps along Snbea's vale,
Now on Barca's rose bed fainting-
Now she dies OH spicy gale.
The soul exulting ncer should tire,
And bade thee still the notes prolong;
When Funcy's Handel seiz'd the Tyre,
And loud rcsounded his immortal song.
Hark! the voice majestic, singing,
Wakes the heavily arches high;
Now in wild and alter'd ringing,
Through the clouds it cleaves the sky
Ye little band, sound, sound again,
And bid the strains arise on high
Once more responsive strike the strain,
And let the magic breath sail round the sky
Angelic females, wake your voices;
Bid them sound in fields untrod;
Tell the angels earth rcjoices
In one song Of praise TO God.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
For the NViImin,tonian.

10 Miss *-*-s-s; IN WILNIN6TUN
Inc EVENING STAR had left the sky;
The moon had sunk in western sea;
AND scarce zephyr breath'd a sigh;
When thus, dear maid, sang to thee.
II fancy tunes my youthful reed.
And breathes thro' it my tender VOWS,
heheve, dear girl, believe indeed,
NO other need my muse allows.
And should my unfledg'd muse aspire,
10 wake the Harp in tunefu! Lines
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
VOL. II.

RMS.-ApvEnrIsEMESTs not exceeding
oOe square will be inserted four times for one
rollar, and 20 cents for each subsequent nser-
,,on.. If continued for three months, 50 5O-for
siy months, s4 so; or for one years8.
~ Subscribers are entitled to the privilege OF
having their names, place of residence, and occu-
patton, inserted in the hes,Sfer. GRATIS.
two weeks notice is given and all arrearages are
raid.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
A FEMALE WARRIOR.

At the attack of the Nizic, directed
soldier to stay behind to take charge OF the
mems knapsacks, which they had thrown on
to be light for the advance up the hill' as
did not wish so expose him to danger OH &C
count of his wife and family. He obeved his
orders, but his wife, believing herself not in
cluded in these injunctions, pushed forward
to the assault When the enemy had been
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
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tpD1HH..lHE's.AYs T. 9
For the Wilnningtonian.

The following lines were composed by the au-
thor in compliance with promise he made
sometime ago to Miss II. A. I. to furnish few
s,anzas on the subject of Music.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
For the Wil,n;ngtonian.

11essers Edtors-If the lines which fol-
low, should meet your appreciation, you may
place them in the miscellaneous department
of your paper. +.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14

The words Of our Saviour" II my king
dom were of this world, then would my serv'
ant $ fight" must signify, to every unpreJu-
diced mind, the same as If he had saia' AS
nov k;ppdom is not of this world, therefore
nv sery ants do not fight.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-13

The suhjoncd Resolutions referred to above ,cere o
nousIy adopted, p.or to the opening of the polls for
the county of Lotdoun the 1lth April, 1876
l. Resofred unnnmousiy That the sheriff be request
ed to open poll at the approaching election 10 ascer
tam the sense of the qualified voters of Loudoun ON
the question, Whether there shall be Convention
called, to submit to the judgment of the peope of this
commonwealth, such amendments of the Constitution
theTeo as to the Convention may seem eXpedent; the
amendments, or any part. of them when approved by
majority of the people, to become part of the said
Constitutions
g. Resoiccd ,Uanimous1y, That in the event of
majority OF the votes taken at the election being in
favour OF such Conventions six Deputies viz Charles
F. Mercer, William ElIley, Richard Fl. Henderson
Samuel NJ. Edwards, William T. T. Mason and Syd-
nor Bailey or any Of them, shall be au-
thorzed and requested 10 meet at StauntOn in the
county of Augusta, on Monday the 18th dav of Juy
next such other lay as NAV be agreed ON there
for, IN behalf of the county of LOudoun, such Dele
gates as may be deputed, by the friends of couven-
ton, from the other counties Of the commonwealth in
order with them, to concert lawful and expedent rnea-
sures for the attainment of their common purpose
3. 4nd be IL further uauHimouSly Resoired That the
SIX Deputies aforesaid, together With Cutbert POy ell
Joshua Osburn, Johnston Cleveland, and John H.
McCabe,* shall constitute standing committee, to
prepare and publish, IN behalf of this county suita
bic address to the several counties Of the common
wealth, inviting the appointment, By them rcspcctivcv
of two Deputies for each to attend the general
meeting at SIaunton, the day aforesaid or at such
other period the committee may hereafter recon-
mend And that the said committee NAV be e1npo,v
cred to correspond with such committees as NAV be
elsewhere appointed in pursuance Of the object ofihese
resolutions.
at the close Of TIE poll the votes stood-Tor Con-
yeution, $50; Against Convention, 8.
Blanks s,t5sequo,tiy Jflled.
u The editors Of tine several newspapers printed in
Virginia are respectfully requested publish tie preceding
Address and Resolutions
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-13
LATEST FROM LIBERIA.

Letters have been received the office of the Colon
izaton Society, in Washington from Iberia dated the
2ot' OF February. Mr.. AsHMUN, the Agent writes
81 had the honor to forward, per the Fidelity which
saIed from the Cape on the eth of January dispatches
giving uc state OF the Colony TO the 9Th of the same
noh'h Nothing has occurred since that date deser-
wing particular notice The Colonsts never were more
perfectly healthy and public and private Improvements
are gong forward at their usual pace which if slow *
steady one, and will conduct us soon to crcumstan
ces equally comfortable and respectable. The great
iaoof on mana Is The building, improved plan
vi our principal fortifcation. The timber work is ex
Guided and mason work substituted in its place 1t
WIN cost gt but done il will stand longer than
'e present generation of Coonists will last. Our pier
work wholly OF stone and mortar extending into the
river one hundred feet, at the head of which fifty ton
schooner inigh moor, about third finished and is
10 becompeied by the first of March.
he natives becoming insolent and iudre II
WIN be necessary 10 clastse them severely We have
thank God, hity tolerablv trained young men, who
think may be relied on for the purpose-I shall wait
snort Time for the arrival of an armed vessel
we are constructing public fence around body
oi plantations containing from four five hundred acres
ana The only difficulty appreended, in bringing forward
very considerable crop of vegetables and some grain
Is from The want OF seeds, for the former especially
our nope still IS TO receive supply from America If
come TO hand IN all the month of May, it will be
in time. - " "
"Respecting salary officers beg leave to state
ha the entire expense of guard has been paid nm
as accrued that the Colonial Secretary is also paid;
he conductor OF Ordnance, the same Schoolmaser and
ochoornistress the Pubiick Storekeeper about
one third paid his yearly salary
:" have at present, four vessels in the Roads, and
are never, IN the dry season, without strangers
"A iuii supply of seeds in the Hunter
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-13

GRArsoN.-For Congress, Crockett 342. Es,ll 1877
Graham "a. For House ef Delegates, John Blair 3I9
Churchwcll Jones 3O3, John Snier 126-Wm yaush.
49, Thonas Anderson lis.
MADIsoN--For Congress, Robert Taylor, opposition
For House Of Delegates, Linn Banks 23S WIN. Fnks l6o
Wesley Fry 100.
MoNoNGALIA.-For House Of Delegates, Richd Watts:
and Francis BillingslyT
ORANcE.-For House of Delegates Isaac Davis jr 25l
VIM Morton, jr. 247Robert Mallory 1917, b. Taiaierro
100, J. Barbour, jr. 90.
RANDoLrn.-For House of Delegates, William Marie
ncy, ana Robert AcCrum,+ elected.
"Not IN he last Legislature.