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The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-12-16
VARIETY.
DESCRIPTION OF BAC!lE.
I.DnS' ISLAND.


Bachelors Island is situated on the burning
sand, Of tic deserts of Folly, where even the
Sava 70 Inhabitants of the forest seldom venture
to tread. 1t is bounded on The East bv the re-
gon, of Atfectation, Vanity, and Deceit On
The North, by the territory Of Fear aud Cow
ardice. On the South, by the burning zone of
Rrmorse. Disease and Death And on the
West hy the dead lake OF Oblivion Hence it
is easily TO be supposed, that the air Of this
Island is sultry. cnervatlng, and pestirrons
exposed to the perpetual scenes of Storm hur-
ricane, and tempest, and its climate like the
minds of its inhabitants, is never settled for an
hour. The Spring Of Bachelors Island totally
differs from that of any other | have hitherto
read of: as that here is the season of the most
perhiclous heat and in which the generality Of
lis inhabitants are possessed with kind Of mad
ness the most destructive to themselves, the
most injurious TO every civilized country, and
the most subvcrsive Of nnguarded innocence.
Their Winter is truly despIcabc indeed since,
among all nations upon earth, you cannot ex-
press your contempt Of r..n more pointedly,
than by calling him An Old Bachelor"-a
thing that lives only 70. itsef-a thing that has
no social harmony in its soul-a thing that like
a mushroom, delights in logs and morasscs, but
hates the generous warmth of the MONDAY sun
Though the natives Of this miserable Island make
those Of the Island Of Matrrnony the constant
object of their ridicule, vet there have been
numhelless instances of their stealing from their
own Island INTO that of Matrimony, where they
have prevailed upon some good naturcd. easy
creatures to become their nurses and restorcrs
in their former miserable abodes for in the
Isle Of Matrmonv. though clouds now and then
gather over it. yet they serve only to render the
remainder Of the day more brilliant and cheerful
In Bachelors Island Lore is a thing much
talked Of, but totally unknown to the people,
who are hated dc, pissed, robbed, and plundcrtd,
by the objects of their miserable embraces If
cards are the usual diversion of people on the
Isle Of Matrmony, they are considered only an
amusement; but on Bachelors Island they are
productive of the most shocking vices, such as
the grossest scenes Of drunkenness am dcbauch-
even murder itsclfis sometimes the consequence
How many have quilted this Island, and fled TO
that which they have 50 much despised, III order
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-12-16
IHnies, one Of the " riSf .lIcn of Greece.

IHntes, one Of the " Use 'In1 of Greece,
\ sophist wishing to puzzle him with difficult
questions, the sage of Mletus replied to them al
without the least hesitation, and with the utntp'
precision.
What is the oldest of all things God, bccaus.
he always existed.
What is the most d>amfH2 The world, be
cause it is the work Of God,
What is the grrdtrI of all things Space, be
cause it contains all that has been created.
What is the most c9,1sfah of all things Hope.
because it still remains with man, after he has LOST
every thing else
What is the Jcat Of things Virtue, because
without it there is nothing good
What is the quickest of all things Thought
because in less than moment it can fly to the end
Of the universe
What is the &hrong,M.? Necessity, which makes
men face all the dangers Of life.
What i the ro@est2 To give advice
What is the most dNruh2 10 know yourself
Descendants Of Great Men Mons J. +. Ros-
seau, the last surviving member of the family
Of }. }. Rosscau. has just died in Geneva al an
aUNancPu aye. III is Il ildfkdblt TACT. We De
lieye. that there are scarcely any collateral kin
drcd of men of genius in former times, now re
naming in F.ngland: and not single llncaI
descendant, eAcrpta female one of Shakespeare
In ENGLAND. the collateral branches appear to
be confined to the families of DRYDEN. Parncll
and Sardys Cthc fine. old, rrlishng translator
of Ovid Chauccr Spencer, and Milton. have
left none; Pope has left none. Not a single
other poet i lineally represented luckily, per
haps lor him > nor Bacon, nor sir Isaac, nor ,ir
Joshua Reynolds, nor Ilogarth nor purrciI nor
Steele" nor Swift, nor Addison, nor Johnson
nor Marlborough, nor Peterborough nor aux
Of the worthless of queen Ezaheths reign. nnr
scarcely Wit Of Charles the Second Wa, the
fire too bright and self consuming. aud so died
away? Many of them had 10 children at ;N
and of others, the progeny was but sorry and
spare Truth 1ilcr.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-04-11
POLITICAL SPECULATION.

The London Courier of the 9TH March, in
remarking on some speculations OF Paris pa
per observes:
allow to guess at State secrets, or the clear
est mode Of seeing through milestone SUCH
should have been the motto to profound ar
ticlc in the Journal des Debats, intended to
show W by the Duke of Wellington, Marshal
Marmont, Count Lebzeltern, and Nj DE HI
beaupierre, are all proceeding at once, from
different points to ST. Petersburg.
The art by which this grand problem Is
solved, is very simple one. The French Fol
i,ician sits down 10 form scheme for the gen
eral tranquiliza,ioA of Europe, requiring no
sacrifice on the part of France. Russia shall
give up this England shall sacrifice that. aus
tria shall gain, Turkey shall lose, and Greece
shall form an independent State, under Inc
control of the Great Powers-always heroic, *
always neutral. This happy scheme beng
concocted in the brain ofthe ingenious Editor,
he transfers il to the assembled diplomatsls at
ST. Petersburgh, by the simple means OF note
of interrogation? Is not this their secret!-Says
he, with the utmost bonhommie. Has 1t not
been found out by the enlightened curiosity OF
na,ior?-and so he goes on asking questions,
to the end Of the Chapter,
We are constrained to observe, and we do 1t
very unwillingly, for fear Of giving pain to the
amour propre of the worthy Gallo Editor, that
their is nothing new in this mode OF fishing tor
intelligence Ii is the old approved method,
which has been followed by the oracles OF our
English CODE mouches for at least quarter OF
a century. Only yesterday, Morning Paper,
to the great ediGcation Of It's readers, gave a
dozen guesses, one just as good as another, at
the Chancellor of the Exchequer's reason for
postponing the Budget; and last week, it threw
ou. hints equally profound about Count Levens
imaginary recall.
We ourselves also have certain modes OF
drawing truth from the well; but we must be
allowed TO take our time for the revelation. In
the meanwhile, Though, perhaps, it may be
little indiscreet in US, to say so much,) we can
not forbear whispering in our Partisan friends
ear. that all his questions may be answered IN
,he NEGATIVE. The Emperor Nicholas has not
"arnounced that he is determined to repress the
ycxa,ions exercised by the Turks, both on the
Greeks. and also on their other Christian sub
iects." He has not declared his determine
lion "to OCCUPY, MoIdavia and.Wallachia with
Russian armies" The Duke Of Wellington has
not gone to ST. Petersburgh with the contre-
projet described by the French writer. o"r
Government has not formed the sagacrous idea
of obtaining predominating influence over
the politics of Europe, by giving up the pro-
lection of the Ionian Islands, and extending the
organization of that Republic so as to include
the Morea, Crete, aud the Archipelago. 1t has
not entered into the head Of our Ministers to
offer this concession on the part Of England, as
an equivalent for "Russia's transferring toAus,
tria her RICH, of interference in the affairs OF
Moldayia and Wallachia. How SO clever a
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man as Mr.. Canning should have missed the
discovering of so obvious scheme, we really
cannot say; and yet, perhaps (such Is the per-
yerseness of mankind, y he may not even adopt
il, though set forth in the lucid pages OF the
Journal des Debats.
The Lieutenant Governor Of Upper Canada,
Sir Pereerine Maitland, has lately taken part
Of tour of his government: At Peterborough
his excellency was addressed bv about 300 Irish
emigrants, all heads of families, who expressed
their gratitude for favors from the government
and from individuals, in toS OF real irish elo-
uuence-the whole of this address, although
addressed to provincial governor, contained
but one single grievance-that was:
1--WE labor under a very heavy grievance,
which we confidently hope your Excellency will
redress, and then we will be completely happy
viz. the want of good Clergymen to minister
to us the comforts of our Holy Religion, and
good School-masters to instruct our children y
To this complaint so honorable to the emf
grants, the Lieutenant Governor replied:
81 shall do all in my power to afford you the
means of education, and religious instruction,
and am glad to find you sensible of their i'm
portance to your happiness
A Hint to Constitution Members Mr.. Russell,
in his late tour in Germany, says-"The most
popular form of election / heard OF is that OF
Osnabruck, whose new charter gives the citi-
zens some share in filing up vacancies in the
magistracy, but in such roundabout way that
it may fairly be quoted as the beau ideal of in
direct election. The magistracy chooses six
- Y.
teen choose four; two of these four in coujunc-
ton with one member of the surviving magis-
tracy, choose twelve; these twelve choose
three; GU, of these three the magistrates choose
one; this one must 5e confirmed by the govern
men, and then takes his seat among the civil
authorities, the picked man of the three who
represents the twelve, who represent the
three, who represen, the four, who represent
the sixteen, who represent the magistracy, who
represent themselves. This is the house that
Jack built; yet it is no crazy, ruined, old fash
Toned edifce, but spick and span new house
built in 1914
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-04-11
A Silver Goblet Lost.

T OST on the road somewhere between Georgetown
IL and Woodawn, A SILVER GOBLET, lined with
gold, having crest of an Eagles head The finder
will be satisfactorily rewarded leaving the same at
the Gazette Office april l0-3t
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-06-21
FIRE AT PORTLAND.

The Eastern Argus gives the follow
ing particulars of The exten,ive fire
which occurred at Portland on Sunday.
The ] III inst. and which is believed 10
be the work of an incend;arv. The
loss has not been ascerained, but it
probably exceeds S25, 200.
The fire commenced in an unoccu-
pied and unfinished shop, belonging to
Joseph Thaxter, on Fore-Street, burnt
the new dwelling-house and store on
the corner of Fore and Cross Streets
belonging TO Mrs. Shea, who has now
twice sustained the loss of her house
and store by fire, within the short term
OF ten months, and, in IFS progress, con-
sumed all The buildings on Fore-Street.
between Cross and Union-Streets, and
the buildings in the rear of those on
Fore-Sreet, extending up Union-Street
as high as the vacant lot lately purchas-
ed for the Canal Bank, and also all the
wooden buildings on the easterly side of
Uniou-Street, except that at the corner
of Union and Fore-Streets, occupied by
ID. Morse as tavern. Besides dwell
lighthouses, a school-house, several
stores, cabinet-maker and other shops.
According to another account, the
buildings destroyed were 12 dwelling
houses, FIVE grocery stores, bake
house, piaDe-maker's shop, turner's
mop, 3 or A cabinei-makers' shops, and
'@o or three painters shops, with out
nnuses. Some Of the grocers did moi
save lore than half their stock. Most
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together with any regulations which they may
think proper TO be adopted. The order was
adopted.
Mr.. Lincoln, Of Worcester, submitted an
order, directing the committee on Roads and
Canals to consider the expediency of prov!d-
ing for Board Of Commissioners for Internal
Improvements, to he appointed by the Gov
ernor, with advice Of Council, whose duty il
shall be TO attend to the examination of such
routes as the Legislature may direct, and di-
recting the said committee TO report as soon
as may be-which, on his own motion, was
ordered to lie on the table.
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Apple Trees.-We have been credbly
informed, that, TO engraft the apple-tree
on sycamore, will be the means of pre-
venting the fruit from being destroyed
by frosts, even in the lowest and coolest
ground. The apple keeps pace with
the growth of the stump, which makes
the tree very large, and it blooms so
late 10 the spring, that the cold does not
effect ii. II would certainly be we'll for
our farmers TO try the experiment.
Jefferson, Ohio Gazette.
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DOVER, On. H.) MAY %.

JH7enile Her0ism. few days since,
near the Great Falls Factory, an action
was performed by james Cowan, a boy
eight years of'age, son Of Mr.. James
Cowan, which reflects the highest cre,!-
1t on him. A boy about eleven years Of
age was in the water, drowning; CUwan
was at some distance from the place
when he saw him he imme diately ran TO
the spot, stripping off has upper clothing
as he ran: the drowning Coy had sunk
Tor the last time, in 1.-THE water of ccnsid.
cradle depth Cowan plunged in, Owed.
but did not find him no second time
Owed, found and brought the boy to the
shore, nearly exhausted, although in the
struggle, both once sunk together. The
boy thus rescued from an uutme|y death
by the coolness and yigor Of young Cow
an, was much the largest in size, as we'll
as several years the oldest. Such con-
duct Cannot be too highly praised.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-06-21
.MEDICAL SOCIETY.
BOSTON, JUNE I6.


The Annual Meeting of this Society
was held in this city on Wednesday last :;
and we are told the number Of members
present was over 1870. They dined TO.
gether at the Exchange Coilee-IIou3e.
AT the Annual Meeting Of the Fellows
of the Massachusetts Medical Society,
holden at the Medical College, Mason
Street, June 7, 1896, the following gen.
'lemen were elected Counsellors for
the ensuing year, viz
For Worcester District -Drs. Abra-
nam Haskell, Stephen Batchelder, .Ir.
John Green, Benj. F. Haywood, John
Romans, Daniel Thurber, Charles W.
Wilder, Amos Parker.
AT meeting of the Counsellors, hold
en- June 7, 1926. the following gentle.
men were elected officers Of the Socte-
ty, viz
JAMES JACKSON, NJ D. President.
ABRAHAM lIAsKEIL, NJ. d. Pee P,-es:;,7y,.,
JOHN DIxwELL, Nj. d. Corrcspond'g SecV
GEoRGE HAYWARD, NJ. D. Recou,g Scc'y
JACOB BIGELow. NJ D. Treasurer.
ENocH HALE. JR. NJ. d. Librarian.
CENSORS.
ed District. DIS. John Green, Johr
ltnmans, Benz T. Haywood, Edward
Flint, Charles w. Wilder.
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the spectators were already satisfied
with his performance. The unsavory
meal proved rather difficult Of diges-
ton, but the stomach of this snGkc-edter
was less affected than those of the as
tonished spectators. The man after-
wards stated that the snakes head OPP
Grated as powerful cathar,ic, and did
hin two dollars service.
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men. Many OF The buildings were in
sured. .-..
Beauchamp.-The Kentucky Argus
says, "Many rumurs are afloat as to
Beauchamp's confessions. Few Of them,
we believe, are entitled to confidence.
II is certain, however, that he has con-
fessed the crime that he gave direc-
tons where the knife, with which it was
executed, might be found; and that on
inquiry. il was ascertained, that knife
precisely answering his description had
been found at the spot where he said
he had concealedit. Ii is small, old
fashioned butcher knife, ground sharp
on the back as we'll as edge, an inch or
two from the point II was found in a
lot occupied by Mr.. Wade, where
Beauchamp had buried it. He alleged,
also, that he had concealed the corner
of the handkerchief near the same spot,
and could find it. On Sunday last he
was taken out of Jail, and went with
number of persons for that purpose, but
did not succeed. The ground where
the knife, and, as he stated, the corner
of the handkerchief, were concealed,
had been spaded up. He pointed 10
within six inches of the spot, where the
knife was found, as the place where he
concealed it, and said lie had chewed
up the corner of the handkerchief into
wad, dug a hole with The knife, buried
IT, and then buried the knife close by it.
We Go w.; 9e3m it proper to embody, in
this paper, any CT The ;Ilousant JUNIORS
we have heard relative TO his further
confessions. a pamphlct, we are told is
in preparation, and will be Immediately
published, in which the public will see
his own account OF the affair"
Bait Pot.
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1ip t1hr .MatIs.
FROM GREECE.
CORFU, APRIL :

, lbrahm in the last attack had COM
biued all his preparations in a manner
which promised decisive success.
A considerable force was ordered TO
advance by land, while 200 boats and
small craft, with 5000 men on board,
we're TO attack on the sea side. An at
tack on this point at first succeeded, and
the Egyptian troops, after having sur
mounted all the obstacles that the ma
ture of the ground presented, pene-
trated to the Custom-hous
But, on the other hand, the Greeks
had prepared every thing 10 receive
the enemy conrageously. Intrenched
behind a long line of hogsheads filled
with sand, which extended from the
Customhouse TO the mills, they had
planted their Cannon there, and from be-
hind this rampant kept up brisk hce
upon the enemy's troops.
On both sides the battle was obstinate
and terrible; but the resistance Of the
inhabitants and ofthe garrison was so in
trePid, and the carnage of the Egyptians,
commanded by lbrahm in person. so
irightful, that they were al length obig-
ed TO retreat in disorder. The maSsa-
ere was dreadful; part of the boats fe
prey TO the fumes, and the troops on
board persisted in the fire. Several
others ran aground. Scarcely 600 men
escaped on the seaside this terrible
disaster. The troops on the landslide
had the same fate. lbrahim received
in the battle a mortal wound.
Il was at that very moment that the
arrival of Fabvier, Botzlris, Gouras, and
kAraiskaki was announced. with about
5000 men, regular and irregular. A
corps of Turkish troops, under the
command of Mehemet Redschid Pacha,
was Immediately directed against them;
hut it was surrounded and DESTROYED,
and Mehemet Redschid, the command
er, made prisoner.
Second letter from Corfu, .4pra 4.
have the pleasure to announce 10
you the happy news of the death of the
famous lbrahim. This news has been
brought to-day officially from Prevesa,
to which place three Tartars have been
despatched to fetch surgeons, who did
not find him alive. Ihrahim, in the at
tack on Missolonghi, seeing the troops
discouraged, and in part DESTROYED by
the fire Of the Greeks. rushed towards
the rampa'ts of the place, with his sa
bre IN his hand, at the head of some
men whom he had been able to rally ::
but Greek having perceived him, took
so good aim at him that he fell On the
spot.
Other letters from Zante, by way of
Trieste, confirm the defeat of lbrahim.
Third letter from Corfu, dated .aprH 6.
The last letters from Missolonghi en-
tirely confirm the precf ding accounts
namely, the complete defeat of Ibra-
him, MORALLY wounded in the action,
and the arrival Of Fabvier with the
Greek Chiefs before named. They al
SO state the arrival of the Greek fleet.
and the re-taking Of Vassiladi.
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Private Correspondence. I

The fate of the Egyptian army is a.
boutto he accomplished on all sides ::
the renegade Selves, pressed by famine,
evacuated Tripolitza on the 95th inst.
in order to fall back upon Modon with
The 5000 Egyptians under his command.
The Greeks, on the 9Th, took posses
sion Of the city thus abandoned by the
barbarians, who had previously set fire
to the houses which they had inhabited
during the period Of their occupation OF
the place. Thus is the spot which
ought to have been the centre Of their
operations for rayaging the norlhen and
western parts OF the Pe!oponnesus--thc
point from which they must have set
out to besiege Nauplea- once more oc-
cupied by the Christians. This event
will have powerful influence on pub
lie opinion and ii is probable that Sell
yes Eiust experience great losses in his
retreat, Tor we know that Colocoironi,
Zalmis, Sissinis, and the principal Greek
Chiefs, were in ambush ia the defiles
by which the enemy had to effect their
retreat.
The following is an extract of a let
ter from the chief of Greek battalion
at Missolongbi, to friend in Paris, dat
ed the 9th Of April.
"My dear friend-I have 10 inform YOU
that we were attacked at all points on
the 2lth March, by the barbarians CON-
handed by Ibrahim. was posted on
the seaside. The reiterated attacks
had brought down part Of our fortif-
cations. We were forced 10 fill some
hogsheads with sand, and to entrench'
ourselves behind them with our guns.
Ii was here that | was wounded. Al
length the Egyptians and the others
were repulsed, and some of them were
burnt with their vessels. These iuri
Gus oarbariaus, having advanced f
mount a second time to the assault, " o.
once more repulsed. Ibdmm Sc, =.
all the prey escape from his
rushed forward at the head Of
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UarA|ng to boys about climbing trocs..--.
\ serious circumstance took place in
DuXblry, on The nh inst. which ought
TO be caution TO children who are in
The habit of cli;nbi' e trees. A little hey,
son of Dir. George Winsor, about seven
years old, was climbing poplar belong
i"g TO Seth Srragae, Esq. opposite his
fathers house; when he got up about
ten feet on the tree, one o.: the limbs on
which he was standing broke, and, shock
ing 10 relate, the hoy fell On picket
Ieuce near the tree, on his right side,
broke 10 one Of his ribs, which il is sup
posed pene rated to his lunga, and occa-
stoned the air TO proceed from them IN
der his skin, 10 such manner, that in
less than fifteen minutes, he became
swollen TO almost an incre dible degree
all over his boiy and head By an IN
cision made ii his breast, giving the wind
raui, he experienced a partial relic
lie has continued, However. in great dis
tress, and his case is coaS.dsiud very
critical, though some hopes are enter
tained Of his Lccnyery. VIII all his ar
gu!sh and difficulty Of brcalLirg, he was
observed as distinctly as possible to re-
! peat the LORDS prayer on The next morn
ing, without b iag requested by any one
which very fotcIbly illustrates the itflu-
ence Of religions instruction on tie mi"d.
Of chiIdren.-Zi,n's Herald.
i
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The extensive importance of the date
tree is one Of the most curious subjects
lin natural history. A considerable part
Of the inhabitants of Egypt, of Arabia,
and Persia, subsist almost entirely upon
Its fruit. They boast also of its medici.
nal -virtues.-Their camels feed upon
the date-stoDes. From the leaves they
make couches, baskets, bags, mats, and
brushes; from the branches, cages for
their poultry, and fences for their gar
dens; from the ibres of the boughs,
thread, ropes and rigging; from the sap
ID prepared spirituous liquor, and the
truok of The tree furnishes fuel il is
now said that from one variety Of the
palm tree meal has been extracted a.
mong the 6bres of the trunk, and has
been used for food,