davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-05

Labor in Eeland.-Of the $50, 1927
souls which constitute the population
of Ireland, 3.34l,s26 are males, and
3,459,9ol are females. The numbers
Of persons chiefly employed in agricui-
ture is l,l3s,o6s: of these engaged IN
trade, manufactures and mechanic arts,
l,l7o,o4I. Troy Sentinel
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-05

1t appears from the following Card, that
GEoass KHINER, of Pennsylvania, is the au-
thor of the letter to the Editor Of the Colum-
biar. Observer, which called for Mr.. Clay's
Card.
We learn that this assassin of reputation re-
fused to fight, but has procured substitute.
In proof of his allegations against Mr.. Clay,
we should notbe surprised if Mr.. Lowrie were
brought forward as immaculate evidence.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-03-24
FIR. JOHNSON.
Uashington, 7h March, 1926.
- q 90.

ConUentioH.-At a meeting of a
number of citizens of Shenandoah,
held at the Court House on Monday
the Nh of March, Dr.. VIM. NJ. Bay.
~ was called 10 the Chair, and Jas.
Ii. Slnoot appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting having
been stated, on motion, it was ResoH.
ved unanimously as the opinion o fthis
meeting, that a Convention should be
called.
Reao7red unanimously, Thataa
committee OF five persons be appoiu.
ted by the Chairtuan to draft an ad.
dress IL the people of Virginia, urging
the propriety of a Convention, 10 a..
mend The present, Constitution with,
oct the intervention of Legislative in
reference, whereupon DR.. Joseph r.
win, DIR. Thomas II. Blackford,
Charles u. Lowell, Joseph Strother
and James II. Smoot, were appointed
said committee.
Resolved unanimously, That two
persons be appointed to attendthe polls
at Woodstock and Milford, for the
purpose Of ascertaining the sense ofthe
iTeehoiders upon Ibis subject. Where
upon Capt. Alexander Doyle, and
Capt. isaac Sauuels, We're appointed
for Woodstock, and apt. Abner
Smith, and Jas. R. Robinson, for
Milford.
Resol@ed, That when this meeting
ad. jcurn it shall adjourn TO the Isl day
of May Court. and lhatthe correspon.
ding %tcmmnittce be requested to
report what progress they have made,
IN ascerlaining the wishes Of the peo-
pie Of the state.
Rcsolved, That the proceedings of
this meeting be published in the Shan.
andoah Herald, and that the several
editors throughout the state be eques
ted to copy them. Adjourned.
WIN NJ BAYLY. Chairman.
j. H., sMoor, Sec'ry.
Shen. Her:
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-03-24

The foregoing statement Of facts and
circumstances, together with the ob,er-
yations thereon, the correctness Of tho
enc and the business of the other. + sub.
NIT to Tie reader, with this remark. fb,t
all the charges, allegations, and irnu-
tations against Mr.. Clay, m, self. and
his friends, rest before the commnn;tv
upon the single name of george Krs'
mer;" that, however. well satisfied a.
ny one may feel, that there is some one
at the bottom more skiiful and DESIGN
ing tba n Dir. X. the wireworker-yet
there is no responsibility any where /.
Identified and pointed out but Mr.. K.
Some seem to think, that ali this abuse
and SANDER is carried on in the name Of
Dir. Kremer, the friend of general
Jackson, and some of his friends NAV
be lending their cou~ntenances to the
charges against Mr.. Clay and his friends.
yet there are other interests intended 10
be subseryed by it: but, whether it be
so, or not, ! shall not undertake to de-
eide or suggest. My object is not to in
culpate others, but to exculpate myself
from the u~nwarrantabl9 and unjust at
tack made on me 10 the name of Mr..
Kremer.
EP
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-03-24
IShen. Her

Error an the There
appears to be d most strar &c g. unac-
countable blunder in The placing of
Easter day, in all the aimanacks for
lhe year 1925, which We have had sn
opportunity of consnlting it's well
known rule (and is given in all the
church prayer books that Easter day
is the first Sunday qfe, the first full
moon on CRATER The 2lst day Of March;
and if the full moon happens ona sun.
day after, Now whether Messfeurs
The almanack makers have altered This
rule we cannot tell; bat certain it ia,
that they have placed the Paschal full
moon on Sunday the Sd of April: and
instead of making yesterday fall on.
the Sunday "Gftcr.' according to the
rule IN the prayer hook. they have pla-
ced 1t on The same ddu!-Whit Sun.
day. and all the other movable (easls.
which depend on Faster, are, o tar
as we have examined, placed in the
same manner; and there is likely to be
a glorious confusion in the church SER
vices tor the ensuing year. W. should
like to know, from some person learn
ed IN these matters, whether the alma
mack or the prayer hook is right.
Morning paper,
10 The Editor cfthe Federal Gdze';e.
oiR-ln answer to the paragraph
IN yoor last evenings paper, headed
"%errorln heAimanacks," beg leave
to state the calculation Of The Alma
mack makers is perfectly rorrcct
The rule given in the Book of Com.
mon PRAYER is, II the fail moon. 4 g.
the 10Th DAY of TIE moon nearest the
&olh OF March, Gn common years. he
on The Sunday, thcu Easter day shall
ne on the Sunday after j."
The iull moon is, according TO the
n,ull mod" cfcXprcss;re am. on ihc
, OF April al six O'Clock in The morn.
'ng, hn, al Astronomical accounts IRE
Eopt,a as IN navigation, hy reckoning
moon to noon: consequently thr fiji
noon Is on the 81 Of April, at Is o..
clock, l. Z TX hours y fore roon-
'Vi'enihc asttoUoVical &dcfApri VII
~tunHe0.e 9.c,s il =
A~sea .C5 j4>
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-01-22
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY EVENING,
BY JOHN S. GALLAHER,
1T tile Office the Harpers-Ferry Free Press.

TERMS.-One dollar and fifty cents per annu1n,
payable quarterly in advances dollar and
twenty-five cents, to be paid at the time of sub
scribing Payment in advance, from distant sub
scribers, who are not known to the publisher will
invariably be expected Should payment be defer
red to the end of the year, 50 will be required.
The postage on all letters and communications
must be paid, or it will be charged with the SUBJ
scription
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-01-22
LEGENs ID ARX.
ADVENTURE OF A GERMAN STUDENT


From Tales of Traveller" By Washington b'pimg.
On stormy night, in the tempestuous times ofthe
French revolution, young German was returning
to his lodgings, at late hour, the old part of
Paris. The lightning cleaned, and the loud claps of
thunder ratified through the narrow streets-but
shall first tell you something of this young gentle
man.
Gottfried Wohgang was young man of good ia
milv. He had studied for some time at Gottlngen,
but being of visionary and enthusiastic character
he had wandered into those wild and speculative
doctrines which have so often bewildered German
students. His secluded life, his intense applications
and the regular nature of his studies, had an effect
on both mind and body. His health was impaired
his imagination diseased. He had been indulging
his fanciful specuatons on spiritual essences, until
like Swedenborg he had an ideal world of his own
around him. He took notion, do not know from
what cause, that there an evil influence hanging
over him evil genius spirit seeking to ensnare
him and ensure his perdition. Such an idea work
ing on his melancholy temperament produced the
most gloomy effects. He became haggard and
Responding. His friends discovered the mental ma
la0y tiial was PleyihS uPoi' iii'' aho uel0i
that the best cure change of scene he was
SENT therefore, finish his studies among the splen-
dour and gaieties of Paris.
Wolfgang arrived at Paris at the breaking out of
the revolution The popular delirium at first caught
his enthusiastic mind, and he was captlvated by the
political and philosophical theories of the day but
the scenes of blood which followed, shocked his
sensitive nature, Disguised him with society and the
world, and made him more than recluse. He
shut himself up in solitary apartment in the Pays
Latin the quarter of students. There, in gloomy
street, not far from the monastc walls of the Sor-
bonnie, he pursued his favorte speculations. Some
times he spent hours together in the libraries of Pa
ris, those catacombs Of departed authors, rumma-
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-01-22

gng among their boards Of dusty and obsolete
works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite
He was, in manner, a literary gou, feeding in the
charnel house of decayed literature.
Wofgang, though solitary and recluse, was of an
ardent temperament but for time it operated mere
ly upon his mag ination. He was too shy and igno-
rant of the world to make any advances to the fair
but he was a passionate admirer of female beauty,
and in his lonely chamber would lose himself in re-
veries forms and faces which he had seen, and his
fancy would deck out images of loneliness far sur
passing the reality.
While his mind was in this excited and subli-
mated state, he had dream, which produced an
extraordinary effect upon him. 1t was of female
face of transcendant beauty. So strong the i'm
preston it made, that he dreamed of it again and
again 1t haunted his thoughts by day, his slumbers
by night in fine he became enamoured of this sha-
dow of dream. This lasted so long, that it became
one of those fixed ideas which haunt the minds of
melancholy men, and are at times mistaken for mad
ness.
Such Gottfried Wolfgang and such his situa-
ton at the time l have mentioned. He was re-
turning home late one stormy night through some
of the old and gloomy streets of the Marais, the
ancient part of Paris. The loud claps of thunder
ratified among the Of the narrow streets
He came to the Place de Greve, The square where
public executions are performed. The lightning
quivered about the pinnacles of the ancient Hotel
de Vile, and shed Pickering CLEANS the open
space in front. AS Wolfgang crossing the
square, he shrunk back with horror at finding him.
self close by the guillotne. 1t the height Of
the reign of terror, when this dreadful instrument
of death stood ever ready, and its scaffod was
tinually running with the blood of the vrtuous and
the brave. 1t had that very day been actively en-
ployed in the work of carnage, and there it stood
in grim array amidst the silent and sleeping city,
waiting for fresh victims.
Wolfgang's heart sickened within him, and he
was turning shudderng from the horrible engine,
when he beheld shadowy form covering as it
were at the foot Of the steps which led up to the
scaffold. A succession of vivid flashes Of lightning,
revealed it more distinctly. 1t was female figure
dressed in black. She was seated on one Of the
lower steps of the scaffold leaning forward, her
face hid in her lap, and her long dishevelled tress-
es hanging to the ground, streaming with the rain
which fell in torrents. Wolfgang paused. There
was something awful in this solitary monument of
wo. The female had the appearance of being
above the common order. He knew the times to
be full of vicissltude, and that many fair head,
which had once been plowed on down, now wan
dered houseless. Perhaps this some poor
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-01-22

existence from which all that was dear to her
in the world had been launched into eternity.
He approached and addressed her in the accents
of sympathy. She raised her head and gazed Wild
ly at him. What was his establishment at behold
ing, by the bright glare of the lightning, the very
face which had haunted him in his dreams!-It
pale and disconsolate, but ravshngly beautiful.
Trembling with violent and conflicting emotions,
Wolfgang again accosted her. He spoke some
thing of her being exposed at such an hour Of the
night and to the fury of such storm, and offered
to conduct her to her friends She pointed to the
gulotine with gesture of dreadful Specification
81 have no friend on earth ~ said she
"But you have home," said Wolfgang.
''Yes-in the grave p
The heart of the student melted at the words
If stranger dare make an offer,' said he,
"without danger of being misunderstood, would
offer my humble dwelling a shelter; myself as
devoted friend. l am friendless myself in Paris,
and stranger in the land; but if my life could be
of service, it is at your disposal, and should be
crfced before harm ndignity should come to
you"
There honest earnestness in the young
mans manner that had its effect His foreign &C
cent, too, was in his favor it showed him not to
be a hackneyed inhabitant of Paris Indeed there
is an eoquence in true enthusiasm that not to be
doubted. The homeless stranger conhded herself
implicitly to the protection of the student.
He supported her faultering steps across the Pont
Neuf and by the place where the statue of Henry
the Fourth had been overthrown by the populace
The storm had abatcd, and the thunder rumbled at
distance. All Paris quet that great volcano Of
human passion slumbered for awhile 10 gather fresh
strength for the next days eruption. The student
conducted his charge through the ancient streets of
the Pays Latin, and by the dusky walls of the Sor
bonnie, to the great dingy hotel which he Inhabited
The old porteress who admitted them started with
surprise at the unusual sight of the melancholy
Wolfgang with female companion.
On entering his apartment, the student, for the
first time, blushed at the scantiness and Indifference
of his dwelling. He had but one chamber; an old
fashioned saloon, heavily carved and Enthusiastically
furnished with the remains of former magnhcence;
for it was one of those hotels in the quarter of the
Luxembourg palace which had once belonged to
nobility. 1t was numbered with books and papers,
and all the usual apparatus of STUDENT and his bed
stood in recess at one end.
when lights were brought, and Wolfgang had a
better opportunity of contemplating the stranger,
he was more than intoxicated by her beauty.
Her face was pale, but of dazzling fairness, set off
by proflsion Of raven hair that hung clustering
oLo,+ Il Her avao were larUe opd brilliant with
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12
FOR THE WATERMAN.
STATE Tax.

TO THE TAXABLES OF NEWCASTLE COUNTY
Gentlemen,-I can't tell whether you will lend a
willing ear to a word of well meant counsel from
one who does not live among you but If you don';,
it is your fault and not mine Grumbhng and
shattiuS eyes and stopping ears won't do, and never
did do. The assembly which is yours as we'll as
ours has laid the tax and submit you must, either
sooner or later. We had as good right to put
tUo thirds upon you as one half; and, to be plain
with you, the only fault that can be found, by any
reasonable man, with the tax is that the apporon.
ment of 1916 was not insisted upon, tooth and nail
BY the apportionment OF that year, you know, you
had to pay t,ro thirds, and now you nave 10 pay only
one half If you continue your tur aulent measures
take my word for it, you will have, another year, to
10 pay the two thirds in spite of all that few Of
us can do to save you from it. Every body in this
part of the state says the law must not be trampled
under foot particularly a tac ta,o-and it we are
to have struggle with parcel of mobcrats, say
they we may as well go, at once, for the Just and
true proportion, which is, at the very least. taco
thirds. If you could reconcile it to yourselves to
pay one half, and endeavor to do it with good VIII
avoiding all bad words, and all evil communications
think there would be tollerable chance OF get
ting it permanently fixed for you to pay only one
half of the state tax. AS to the poor and roa0
and public taxes, you need not be afraid OF having
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD,

rs offered for the apprehension and confinement so that
L the subscriber will get her again, of negro woman.
and her child which is about ten years old and IS nearly
name is Ann she about thirty years of age, feet
inches high, her features regular and well formed
but rather thin vsaged her voice IS soft and slow when
shaken to- and she has scar on of her below the
elbow and but little hair her head which she generally
keeps tied up. Her chlds name is Temp She abscon-
y Roads Kent County, Md the night of the 9TH April!
She took trunk and considerable clothing, and is suppo-
sed to have made her way into the State Of Delaware
and secured so that get her again, and it taken in the
state any reasonable reward will be given. r
Anrl e. 1895 -37-9tp MILLICENT w. RBDDlNG
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12
FOR PIE WA7cHMAN.-No. 7.

"Mr. AearcoL.-It does not signify, flesh and blood
at least female flesh and blood bear your conduct
longer Pray sir, what business have you to be poking
about the ounces of peticoas Can't your gravity
ship find employment more worthy OF your wisdom, than
descantng upon the prouson OF our trimmings, or mea-
surfing the height of our bonnes not most abom'-
nabe thing that dress from head to foot, must be
der your control Yes sr repeat, from head to foot
for remember little while ago you spitefuy said that
even shoe strings made Of yard OF ribbon But
sir, object and you may rest assured, Will do
my possible to defeat your plan You want to introduce
radical rcform and dare say, that if you could succeed
in subverng the present order OF NODES anarchy would
ensue; for would lay wager, that you have no regu-
lar well dgested code of fashions TO present IN the room
Of those you are in such haste to abolish
But, sir you may well give your project up, for there
lis the least probability that will ever succeed NO,
thank Heaven have still the spirit free born women,
and will rather die than yield inch the only privi
ege you male tyrants have left us-hat OF dressing IN
whatever manner We please.
have no doubt that had time to search among the
musy historians, could prove that this privilege of ours
is of very ancient date which you make such poter
about. Nothing be easier than 10 prove, that OF late
wears we make the most moderate imaginable Of
prerogative for pray good sir, what are our bonnets
waists and pecoas, compared to the buckram stays
mense rus, huge farthingaes, and Haunting head-res
which provoked the spleen of Addison At that time
handkcrchef worn, that stuck cut more than hall
yard from the bosom heads dressed so as to form
spersructure of exravagan height by the Lord knows
how many tiers ofcurs cemened in properform by amass
of powder and ponatum The heels of the shoes were SO
high that appeared to be mounted upon suits and our
trimmings peaked SO as to resemble siroud
These SIR facts the truth of which you cannot have
the harLhood leny and after all this you not asham
ed of yourself decry the present fashions declare
nv indignation rises such height when consider your
conduct, that could find in my heart to bring actor
against you for libel on the good sense and good taste
of the aes am if the Jury were composed ct mar
ricd men, whose wives had proper spirit you would be
found guilty. And protest now if you do not unsay al
you have said against us, will buy set OF law books
directly. and try whether can't find in them preceden
i for prosecuting you .
he
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12
From the London Price Current, Merch /

Cottcn up TO las, Friday. the sales abous
10000 bales, and prices o! all descriptions advanced
considerably, VIZ. Psrnum full SD; Surs,s Cd.
land Beneas 3.4d yer Id. with every prospect Of q
still further advance. On Saturday abou, 5000 bales
we're sold, and yesterday the same quantity and the:
market still Eliminated. Since the above, the greatest
animation still continues to be displayed and Cot
ton may be stated Id. per h. higher than last week,
or ID above the last Company's sale prices.
Sugar. The advance in this article raay be sta
ted at Is to SIS per cwt; Brown Jamaica 62 tn CAS-
large Lumps 84s. Foreign and Eat India Sugar,
also considerably higher.
Cofee.--Dy public sale G80 casks, and $500 bags
were offered St. Domingo sold a, IT'S to Sos per
|cwt; Brazil 7s to 81 /; good and fine ordinary ia
maca 67 to IS; mitdlng do 90 to lo6s good and
fine do Dutch rs TO 1875. This article may be
considered Gs to 9s per cwt. higher than las, week
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12

MARI ED-On Tuesday evening the 9Th inst. by the
Rev. Purne f. Smyth, Mr. JOSIAH FL. Gil Pl y, OF this
Borough, Miss MARTHA T. daughter Of Wiiliem Moi
fit, Esquire, late Of Kent county, Md deceased. -,
BY the Rev II Wilson, on Saturday evening last,
Mr.. DANIEL BONEYE to Miss MAltGAhET MORki-
son.
On Sunday evening, by the same, Mr. JOHN AKIN
ito Miss ELIZABETH READ, all OF Chris,iana hunred.
This morning by the same, Mr. JOHN ROBERTS,
of New York. TO Miss MARY ANN GREATRAkE, Of
this county.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12
April 9.
Ill. WADE'S HOTEL,
GOLDEN SW.q.N.

50 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
VJvHE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the
public generally, that lie has taken thai long es'ah
shed and well known Inn, The GOLDEN SWAN, former
y kept by Mr.. r. Mansfield, and recently by Mr. A.
MCala, TO which he has removed, and opened, for the
reception and accommodation of sach may favor n
with their company, handsome and comfortable style.
IT, w his grateful Judgments for the sup
port he received whilst keeping that large and elegant
Tavern, known by the of the Paapsco HOTEL Eli
colts Ms Maryland, and socits continuance thereof
the above establishments feeling confident that his long
experience, together with unfemtted attention that shall
be paid in every department Of his establishment to be-
able give general satisfaction.
The Beds, Bedding and Furniture are all new. His
Table shall be furnished with every article the market at
fords and the Bar stocked with the choicest Liquors. and
every attention paid TO the weary traveller, by the pnbcs
humble servant HORATiO WADE.
Large and convenient Stables and Carriage Houses are
attached to the above establishment, and careful Os'ler
in waiting. Jan. 1925. sgt
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12
NEWARK ACADEMY Y.

yVyHE Semiannual EXAMINATION of the students in
il this institution will take place Thursday the 2lst
inst
Tie Trustees are requested be puncual in attending,
as business OF importance will be laid before them.
By order: H. WlIITEIEY, Sec'y
April 18th, 1925 Syst
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.

fNyTERE Stolen from The subscribers stable the night
wv ohe 4h inst. Bay Mare, seven years DID, about
onieen hands three inches high PAGES under the saddle,
BIAS small in the forehead weak eyes, and shod all
bound One light coloured So1ei Mare three years old
about fourteen and half hands high wtitlsh main and tail,
Blaze in the face, white feet and has been used some in
kears Whoever takes up said mares so can get them,
msecures the thief thieves, that they can be brought
H. trial, shall receive the above reward.
WIN. GILBERT,
Near Head of Chester, Queen AIMS County, Md
April 6, 1925. 31-Ht
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12
MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE!

On Thursday night last, about halt past 10 O'Clock,
fire broke out in the city of Boston, in Cooper's
Shop in Doane street, near klby street, and snoo
spread so as to cause one of the most destructive
confla. ra,ions which has been witnessed in that city
for many years.
rs or so buildings, principally of brick, were de-
s,royed, nothing of which now remains but the bare
walls