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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-06
VERMONT.

The first discovery of Vermont was made
in 1909, by Samuel Champlain, who after
establishing a colony at Quebec, proceeding
I'M the rivers St. Lawrence and Sorrel, ex-
plored and gave his own name to the lake
which washes the western part OF the state.
This early discovery of the interior OF
North-America was attended with no Eu-
ropean settlement until 1725, when the gov
ernment of Massachusetts erected Fort
Dummer, in the town of Brattleboro', OIL
Connecticut river The first settlement IN
the western part Of the State was commenc-
ed by the French in the town OF Addison,
and at the same time they erected a Fort at
Crownpoint. The Government OF New
Hampshire began to make grants OF town
ships within the present limits OF Vermont
/ in l749, at which time the settlement OF
Bennington was commenced, and at the
same time violent controversy ensued oe-
tween the New-Hampshire grants and the
proyince of New York, which continued un-
iii I764. when the jurisdiction of the former
was declared by the king and council to ex-
tend to the western boundaries OF North
Hampton: Owing to the war between
Great Britain and France and their Indian
allies. the progress of the State to settle-
ment and population was extremely slow,
hut bv the surrender of Canada to the power
Of Great Britain in 1862 the settlement OF
| the State progressed rapidly. One hundred
and thirty.eight towns which had been grant
! cd hv the Governor of New Hampshire, tor
thirteen years ending with 1904, were de-
clared void by the government OF New
| York. and the settlers were called upon -
surrender their charters and purchase new
titles. Upon this instgation, the contro-
versv between the New Hampshire grants
and New-York, was-renewed for twenty SIX
years. In1778, several of the towns belong
inc. to the state Of New Hampshire were de-
sirous of uniting with Vermont, which occa-
stoned a severe controversy and threatened
| severance of these grants between New
Hamnshire and New-York. This difficulty
coot;nued until 1881. Massachusetts at thi.
neriod laid a claim also to the southern
mart of these grants, but without any sue
cess. The internal affairs of Vernon
were still very fuctuating, without any reg
uIarly organized government; she was con
trolled by the arbitrary measures OF thu
Council of Safety, and that from the com
mencement of the revolutionary war until
she declare herself free and Independent
State. This was done by general conVeh
tion of Delegates from both sides OF tn'
mountain, holden at Westminster IN liGf
/ The first convention OF the state met
Dorset in 1875; and the first constitution WI
adonted by convention assembled at WIND
sor in JULY, 1777, but the organization OF TN
government did not take place until March
!, 1778. ,,.u,,,
The inhabitants of Vermont have aiway
manifested an unshaken attachment Tor Tn
cause of freedom and the rights OF mar
Their first warlike enterprize took plac
|, under the command Of Cob. Ethan Alles
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From the New Monthly Magazine.
A Schoolmaster of the Old Lcaven

The good old race of flogging schoolmast-
ers, who restrained the passions by giving
vent to them, and took care to MAINTAIN
proper quantity of fear and tyranny in the
world, are now perhaps nearly extinct; at
least are not replenished, as they used to be,
with a supply OF bad blood in the new ones,
Education has assumed the graces fit for the
calm power of wisdom.--She sits now in the
middle of smiles and flowers, as Montagne
wished to see her. Music is heard in her
rooms; and health and vigour of body being
cultivated; as well as of mind, neither master
nor scholars have occasion for ill humor
knew master of the old school, who
flourished (no man better rod about) thirty
years back. l used to wish | was fairy,
that / might have the handling OF his checks
and wig.
He was short thick-set man about sixty,
with an aquiline nose, long convex upper
lip, sharp mouth, little cruel eyes, and pair
of hands enough to make your cheeks tingle
to look at them. / remember mis- short coat
sleeves, and the way in which his hands used
to hang out Of hislittle tight Wristbands,
ready for execution. Hard little fists they
were, vet no harder than his great cheeks
He was Clergyman, and his tavourte ex-
clamation (Which did not appear profane to
| us, Jul ObiJ tiShbNHdoooj "eS SN Hy
life!' Whenever he said this, turning upon
you and opening his eyes likela a fish, you
expected (and with good reason) to find one
Of his hands taking you with pinch of the
flesh under the chin, while with the other he
treated your cheek as if it had been nc
bettetr than piece OF deal.
l am persuaded there was some affinity
between him and deal. He had side-pock
ket, in which he carried carpenters rule
Il don't know who his father was,) and ne
was fond of meddling with carpenters work
The line and rule prevailed in his mode O
teaching. think see him now, seated an
der deal-board canopy, behind lott,
wooden desk, his wooden chair raised upoI
a dais of wooden steps, and two large wood
en- shutters or sliders projecting from the wal
on either side to screen him from the wind
He introduced among US an acquaintance
with manufactures Having tight little lei
) flor there was horrible succMctess abou
him, though in the priestly part ne tended t.
r the corpuent,) he was accustomed, yer,
artfully, whenever he came to passage Il
his lectures concerning pigs of iron, to eros
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From the Emporium.
SMILES AND TEARS.
sLife'sa dull dream Of hopes and fears,
"Of morning smiles and evening tears. =

was out enjoying the fresh air, on clear
and beautiful spring morning, and having
wandered to the banks of the cool and mur-
muring stream that meanders IN the envi-
rons of Alesbury, l sat myself down among
some low weeping willows that overshadow
its borders, few yards from sweet mower
encircfed cottage, to rest myself moment
and muse amid the tranquil and enchanting
scenery of nature that surrounded me, When
voice of bitter weeping broke upon my ear,
and looking towards the cottage, saw a
pretty girl standing near the door, her face
hid in her apron, and sobbing aloud. Be-
fore had a moments time to enquire the
cause OF her distress, an idle, fddling fellow
who had spent nearly all his lie in strolling
about the settlement, getting livelihood no.
body knew how, yet as merry chap as you
come across in ten days journey, stepped
up to the little mourner, and asked her what
was the matter.
"Oh my flowers; my flowers" said the
little girl-"my pet lamb has eaten up all
my pretty flowers"
"And you are pretty fool" answered the
idler, 'to be crying about the flowers; VIII
that make them grow again; Will your tears
bring them back?''
"Thats very conclusive argument, to be
sure" said the father, who just at that mo-
ment stepped up with his garden hoe IN NJ:
hand-'it's very conclusive, Bob, who die
you get it FROM"
"From two old friends of mine, called Rea'
son and Experience" answered Bob-"they
have learned me that one may just as wei
laugh as cry, whatever betide him; 1t comes
to the same thing at last; neither tears MOI
smiles alter any body's fortune; get any body
dinner; or make us or our neighbors live
minute the longer" =.
.But if you had heen to;ling all yout lif'
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who surprised and captured Fort at II
conderoga without the loss Of man. Cn
the same day Crownpoint was captured oy
the troops under the command OF Col. oetn
Warner. An attack was made upon Mon-
treal, in which Col. Allen was taken prls-
onor and sent to England. During the same
year, 1775, Col. Warner, with three hum
dred Vermsnt soldiers attacked and defeat
ed General Carlton with 800 regulars and
Canadians. On the 18th of August l777,
the New-H Hampshire and Vermont militia,
under the..command of Gen. Stark, defeated
the British troops under the command OF Col.
Brown. !.
The difficulties between Vermont and
New-York were amicably settled in 1890,
and the next year she was admitted into the
confederacy Of the States.
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will be too late when the sun is gone down.
Agree, then, with thine adversary quickly
while thou art in the way with him, while
the Bible is in thine hand, while the minis
tiers of the gospel are proclaiming saliva
ton, and while conscience reproves the de-
lay and waits thy instant attention to the
things that make for thy peace. The san is
going down; yet little while and the light
will be withdrawn; death will come yea,
he is even now coming with rapid strides
Haste, then, Jesus is ready to receive thee
to his heart, and Heaven to its everlasting
joys.
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for little property would you not be sorry
to ioca r. y,

for little property would you not be sorry
to lose it % 4
Gas to that" replied Bob, 81 never intend
to make the trial; if l had property, might
loose it; and if that would make me unhappy,
Pm best off without it; for Pm in no danger
of loss, therefore out of reach OF sorrow on
that account"
sand if relation, or good friend ofyours
were to die, what would you dor
"Do-why I'd go into the woods and fiddle
whole day by myself; because it isn't fash
ionable to be merry before folks on such oc-
casions."
.sYou would not weep"
"Certainly not, since it would not bring
them back; or alter the case whit
"But natural affection; what do you say to
that Bob" :
"Why" answered Bob, very gravely;
say ''that it's natural fool; what do you
say it ISL. .o,o.,. =,
| our maker" answered the man, "tor wise
| purposes too, and it ought therefore to be
cherished
"You are sure" replied the idler, signifi-
cantly, "you are sure it's not weakness OF
human nature!"
,.Well, what if l admit it to be a.weak-
ness!"
| "Why then it should be overcome it pos
sible, not cherished, as you say"
"You draw conclusions with great facili-
ty," replied the gardener, laughing at the
fellows ingenuity, 'but suppose retract
my admission; how will you prove natural
affection to be a Weakness
"By some of it's fruits" said Bob, "your
little girl has lost her flowers, and she is
unhappy; people get in love and SO crazy;
if one dies, sometimes there is world II
misery in consequence; if men OF property
meet with losses, they grieve themselves te
death; all these seem to prove 1t, because
whatever principle in our nature causes
needless suffering is a weakness
i l left the disputaats, and resumed my
morning walk. The little birds were singing
merrily on the everhanging bough; the young
lambs frisked about in the outspread mead
ows. and the face Of nature seemed to Weal
a smile of gladness which was reflected back
by the clear blue sky; and in casting my eye
over the landscape, saw on the borders O
the green wood, at distance, the peaceful
sunlight of the morning playing over the VII
lage graveyard. The combination OF cir-
f cumstances awakened new feeling in my
bosom, thought that the argument OF thai
strelling idler, with SO much wit upon hi
tongue and so little of it in his practice, die
, teach lesson; and that that lesson was, WI
f do overvalue things in this world; we do TAXI
| much unnecessary trouble here; we do TAXI
S to ourselves large amount OF needless sor
e row.
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SERIOUS REFLEUTroNS.
"Les not the sun go down upon your acyath. -
Eph. iv. 26.
ILLUSTRATION.

ILLUSTRATION.
John, Patriarch of Alexandria, had a con-
troversy with Nicetas, chief of that city,
which was to be>decided in a court of JUS
tice. John defended the cause Of the poor,
and Nicetas refused to part with his money.
A private meeting was held, to see if the
affair could not be adjusted, but in vain;
angry words prevailed and both parties
were SO obstinate that they separated more
offended with each other than before
When Nicetas was gone, John began to re-
feet on his own pertinacity, and although
his cause was good. 'tyet (said hey can l
think that God will be pleased with this
wtath and stubborness! The night draw
9Th on, and shall suffer the sun to go down
upon my WRATH This is impious and OPP
posite to the apostles advice?" He, there
fore, sent some respectable friends to Nice.
tas, and charged them to deliver this mes
sage.t him, and no more. "Domine, sol ad
occasum est. o sir the sun is going doyon.' u
Nicetas was much affected, his eyes were
hlled with tears, he hastened to the patriarch
and saluting him in the mildcst and most
generous manner, exclaimed, "father I will
be ruled by you in this or any other matter
They embraced each other affectionately
and settled the dispute before the sun wen
down."
My reader! there has been, for SONS
years. controversy between God and you
ne has called. but you have refused; he ha
sent his son, but you have rejected him -
Remember the sun is going doSun, and j
thoa dost not make peace with him now, i
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SONG.

Daughter of Beauty, Gulnare!
Queen of the delicate graces,
Whose smiles is minstrel, to charm away care,
And tighten wherever it traces;
Health to thy cheek! where the mantle OF morn
Flushes, with rosiest tints to adorn.
Long may the zone tina, entwnes
Purity, mildness, affection,
Shed the same lustre as constantly shines
Around thee in angel perfection;
And long may the smiles that iumnes thy brow
Live on as it does in its loveliness now.
The lilly may fade from thy cheek,
With freshness no longer adornlng;
The rose that envelopes its whiteness, may seek
To take back her mantle of morning,
Yet still will loves tenderness beam from thine
eye,
And ask for that homage no heart can deny.
The ringlet may blanch, where it bends
Over eyes of cerulean hue,
That melt with the softness that young Lun
lends,
To mellow her pathway of blue;
Yet who would not love thee, and sweetly repos
In the bosom where true love with constanc
rowsl
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APRIL 6, 1926.

one of his calves over his knee, and inform
US, that the pig was about the thickness OF
that leg. Upon which, like slaves, as we
were, we all looked inquisitvely at his leg;
as if it had not served for the Illustration
hundred times.
Though serious in ordinary, and given to
wrath, he was ''cruel fond'' of joke.
remember particularly his delighting to
show us how funny Terence was (Which is
what we should never have found out;) and
how he used to tickle our eyes with the
words "Chremes's Daater." He had no
more relish of the joke or the poetry than
we had; but Terence was schcol-boo and,
was ranked among the comic writer's, and
it was his business to carry on established
opinions and an authorized facetiousness.
When he hogged, he used opause and lee
ture between the blows, that the instruction
might sink in. We became so critical and
sen sitiveabout every thing that concerned
him, watching his very dress like the as
poets of the stars, that he used to identity
particular moods Of his mind with particular
| wigs. One was more or less peevish, another
Neronian, a third placable and even gay;
most likely the one he wore on going out to
party. There was darkish one, old and
stumpy, which
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-06
5POgHzEiRYe
SERENADE.-From Goethe.

SERENADE.-Fron Goethe.
From thy white pillow, gentle maid,
o lend me half thy dreaming ear,
,Tis the old air--the air so oft I've play'd:
Sleep, Clara, slecp!--drcam oil, yet dinlly
hear.
IT'S the old air SO oft I've play'd,
That pleases best thy waking ear:
Yon bright star hear it now, and bless my maid;
Sleep, Clara, sleep!-dream on, yet dimiy
hear
Yon sister angels bless my maid;
They watch her from their dark blue sphere
For her they sanctify the midnight shade'
Sleep, Clara, slcep!--dream on, yet dimly
hear.
They sanctify this midnight shade,
They make my spirit calm and clear,
Holy, holy thoughts the lovers breast pervade
Sleep, Clara sleep!--dream on, yet dnnl,
hear.
Holy, holy thoughts my breast pervade.
Mine eye drops many solemn tear,
For half thy soul is with me dreaming maid;
Sleep, Clara-all is good when thou art near
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--From its horrid hair
Shook pestilence and tasks.

Never shall forget the admiration and ter
ror with which we beheld M, one sum-
mers afternoon, when our master nodded In
his chair, and we were all standing around,
make slow and daring approaches upwards
between this wig and the nape of his neck,
gvith a hin! Mods of encouragement were
given by some; go il was family whispered
| BY one or two. 1t was an unknown thing
among us tor we were orderly boys at all
times. and frightened ones in school, "Go
it." however he did. Higher, a little higher,
little more high. "Hahp' cried the mas
ter darting round and there stood poor
M, all his courage gone, fascinated to
the spot, the very pin upright between his
fingers forgot what task he had; some
thing impossible to achieve; something TOO
| long to say by heart at once, and that would
ruin the whole of his next holidays. so
much for fear and respect.
could tell tales Of this mans cruelty and
injustice, almost inconceivable in many such
schools as we have at present. Our great
est check upon him, or hope of a check, (tor
it was hopeless to appeal against person OF
his great moral character and infinite re-
spectabilty) was in the subjection he him
self lived in to his wife; a woman with a
ready smile for us, and fine pair of black
his family, if he left any. When she looked
in at the door, sometimes, in the midst OF his
tempest and rage, it was like star to the
drowning mariners. Yet this man had q
conscience such as it was. He had princl-
pies, and did what he thought his duty
working hard and late, and taking hcss plea
sure than he might have done, except IN ths
rod. But there it was. With all his learn
ing, he had nervous mind and untamee
passions, and unfortunately the systems o
education allowed man at that time to give
way to these and confound them with doin{
this duty. He was very honorable man il
his day, and might have been rendered I
S more amlable, as well as useful one in this
but it is not the less certain (though h
would have been shocked to hear it, an'
willingly have fogged you for saying SO
that with precisely the same nature unde
another system of opinion, he would hav
made an inquistor.
5 So dangerous it is to cultivate the antipa
q thies, instead of sympathies; and so deslrabl
: for masters as we'll as scholars, are tn
! healthier and cheerfuller roads to knowl
> edge. which philosophy has lately opened
;, all of US.
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Let woman be decked with all the EN-
bellishments of art and care of nature-yet
if Boidness is to be read = her face, it blot
all the lines of beauty.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-03
From lie Hartford Couranf.

The ancients were weather-wise, and their
poets were painters To fill up column in
these dull times, we will state some OF their no.
tons.
February was represented by the figure OF a
man in dark sky color, carrying the sign OF the
fishes. The month was so called from Fe6rua,
the deity of publications. Aquarious, the wa
ter bearer, would have been more appropriate ;
but that is none of our Job. March was painted
"a tawny and fierce man, with helmet on his
head, leaning OH a spade with the sign OF the
ram in his right hand, blossoms in his left, and
basket of seeds on his arm. Aprilis drawn
beautiful young man, dressed in green with
myrtle and hawthorn round his brow, wings on
his shoulders, and prim-roses and violets in his
hand May, too, is youth with lovely coun-
tenauce in a robe Of white and green, embrol-
dered with blue bottles and daffadilies-roses
round his head, lutte in one hand, and night
ingale perched on the other. June is tricked OH
with devices appropriate to the month. J"ty is
thy face, scythe on his shoulder, a bottle at
his girdle, and lion by his side. July is re-
presented as eating cherries. .August was pic
tured out by the ancients, as a fierce looking
youth, with sickle at his belt, and victim in
his Clutch; DIS Hedu CrOWneQ Win SdIldhu VI
wheat, and his arm bearing basket offruit.--
September is cheerful man with coronet OF
grapes, cornu-copia, and balance in one
hand, and oats in the other. October has gar
ment of decaying leaves-the acorns are Jewels
of his coronet, and his hands are filled, one with
chesnuts and the other with Scorpio Norem-
Der is clothed with changeable coat, and has
tunips anc parsnips to sell. OF December, the
representation was rough, grim old man:
wrapped in furs, with red nose, and his beard
hanging with icicles with bundle OF ever
greens on his back, and dragging caprlcornus
into January by the horns
What would they say to our climate, and what
Proteas of representative would they elect TO
represent it? Within even the last three weeks
no two days have been alike. 1t rains one day,
is many degrees below zero the next-then
comes violent outheaster-answered by a
positive northwestern fall of SHOW covers, and
but just covers the ruts that were made in the
mud day before-the ice bridge is carried up
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-03
NIFTY REPLY.

In the first division Of Poland, in l775, the
bishopric of Erm!and fell TO Prussia. The
prince bishop Kraisky, man of great learning
and wit, soon saw himself honored with the
kings highest esteem, and was almost every
day with his majesty The king one day said
pleasantly 10 the prince bishop, "Be pleased,
when you go to heaven, to take me under your
mantle" Upon which the prince bishop re.
piled, "Your majesty was pleased 10 curtail so
much Of my revenues, and in consequence so
much Of the length of my cloak, much fear
that should not be able to cover you" maze s..
tvs feet, and should be detected in the act of
smuggling conrraband goods"