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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-23
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nPAll to be drawn in S minutes time,
NeW-York Literature Lottery,
CLASS FIRST-FOR 1926,
To be drazpn on Washingfon's Birth Day,
rad February, instanf,)
In the City of New York;
YATES & M'IN YRE, MANAGERS.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-23
BRILLIANT SCHEME.

2o,829 Prizes amounting to
19, III Blanks.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-23

In one of our late London papers we find the
following description Of a curious piece Of cutie
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-23

The U, States Brig Spark, from HAVANA,
brought about 100000 dollars in specie, for mer-
chants in New-york. Mr.. Dimond, American
vice consul at Havana, and Mr.. Zerano, Of Mexi-
co, were passengers.
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Fashionable Clothing Store.

Chr;stiana, Dec. 90, 1925. 14-tf
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-04-05


AN ACT authorizing the United States
TO purchase site for Marine Hospital in
the town of Chelsea.
Be IL enacted By Gae Senate and House Of
Representatipes in General CouT assembled,
and by The authority Of The same, That the
consent ofthis Commonwealth, be, and hereby
is granted to the United States to purchase
tract of land, not exceeding ten acres, which
shall be found necessary for the Marine Hos
pilal 10 be built in Chelsea, in the County of
Suffolk, and may hold the same during the
continuance of the use and appropriation a
foresaid. Provided, that this Commonwealth
shall retain, and does hereby retain, concur
rent jurisdiction with the United States, in and
over said land, so far that all civil and Grim
inal process, issued under the authority of this
Commonwealth, or any officer thereof, may
be executed on any part Of said land, or in
any building which may he erected thereon,
in the same way and manner, as though this
consent had not been granted AZ aforesaid.
find prorided further, That all persons,
who may remove upon the tract of land here
by authorized 10 be purchased as aforesaid,
shall be deemed and taken 10 be inhabitants
of the town of Chelsea, in the same way and
manner as they would have been had they re-
moved into any other part of said town, and
shall there do the duty aud receive the same
privileges as other inhabitants of Chelsea say
ing that they shalln not be liable to serve on Ju-
ries, or do military duty.
pproved-March 4, 1896.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-04-05
state As1imS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

In the gear of our Lord, one thousand siglt
hundred and tlcenty-stT.
AN ACT relating to the support and
regulation Of Mills.
SEC. 1. Be IL enacted by The Senate and
House of Representatives. in General Court as
ssnsbled, and BY The authority Of The same,
That any person, who shall hereafter, by e.
Tecting or maintaining a mill dam, cause dam
age to another by overlooking his lands, may
make tender and pay money into Court, in
the same manner as is now provided by law
in cases of contract and of actions thereon.
SEC. Q. Be IL further enacted, That the
Jury in assessing the damages occasioned by
OVERLOOKING lands as aforesaid, shall not take
into consideration any damage done more than
two years previous to the commencement; of
the process un,.er which said damages are as
sessed, provided nevertheless, thStthe provis-
ions of this section shall not apply TO any per-
son, who, having already sustained damage
by the overlooking Of his lands as aforesaid,
shall commence his process for obtaining the
same within two years from the passing of this
act.
SEC. 3. Be ii further enacted, That the
fourth section Of an act relating to the sup
port and regulation of Mills, passed the TWEEN.
ty-sixth day Of February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
five, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approvcd--Feb. 90, 1926.
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AN ACT 10 restrain Public Shows and
I'll. 1

AN ACT 10 restrain Public Shows and
Theatrical Exhibitions.
SEC. |. BE ii enacted By The Seaaie and
House Of Representatives. in General CouTi
assembled, and by The authority Of The same,
That from and after the passing this ACT, the
Selectmen of each town in this Comm on
wealth shall have power to license all The
atrical Exhibitions, and all Public Shows, and
ali Exhibitions, of whatever name or nature,
to which admission is to be obtained on pay
ment OF money, on such terms and conditions
as 10 them may appear just and reasonable ;
and 10 regulate the same from time TO time, in
such manner as to them may appear neeessa
ry, to preserve order and decorum, and to pre-
vent the interruption Of peace and quiet and
any person. or persons, who shall set forth, es-
tahlsh, or promote any such exhibition or
show, or publish, or advertise the same, or
otherwise aid or assist therein, without Ii
cense SO obtained AS aforesaid, or contrary to
the terms or conditions of such license, or
whilst the same is suspended, or after the
same is revoked by said Selectmen. and no.
tice given, shall forfeit and pay sum not ex-
ceeding two hundred dollars, to be recovered
by indictment before the Supreme Judicial
Court, or the Court Of Common Pleas for the
County in which such offence shall he com
mitted, to the use Of this Commonwealth.
SEC. 2. Be IL further enacted, That it
shall be within the power, and il shall be the
duty of each aud every OF the Justices of the
Peace within their r. spective Counties, upon
complaint made to any of them upon oath,
against any PRISON or persons, violating or Of
Tending against this act, within the County in
which such Justice is commissioned, 10 cause
! such person or persons 10 be stayed or arrest
ed, and to bind him or them to appear at the
next Supreme judicial Court, or Court OF
Common Pleas, TO be held within and for the
same County, at the discretion of the Justice !;
and also TO require such person or persons to
find sureties for the keeping the peace and
being Of good behavior until the setting of the
Court before which he is to appear, and COM
init such person or peis sons as shall refuse or
neglect to recognize and find such surety or
sureties.
SEC. }. Be al further enacied, That no
license for any show or exhibition shall con-
tinue and be in force for a longer term, than
the time for which such Selectmen shall have
been elected to Office and all moneys which
shall be received for such licenses, Cf any0
shall be appro rriated for the benefit OF the
poor OF the town in which such licenses shall
be granted.
SEC. 4. Be ii further enacted, That the
act entitled ian act for preventing public
stage plays, interludes, and other theatrical
entertainments in certain cases." passed on
the thirteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and six, be, and the same here
by is repealed.
APprpved-March 4, 1896.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-04-05

AN ACT in addition to an act, entitled
San act for the punishment of Fornication,
and Tor the maintenance OF Bastard Chill
dren.''
Be ii enacted By The .Sesate and House of
Representatives. an General Court assembled,
and By The authority Of HE same, That when
any man shall have been imprisoned ninEty
days, for failing to comply with any order Of
Court TO find sureties as provided in the Sec
ond section Of the act TO which this is IN adj
dtion, he shall be entitled to the benefit Of
the act, entitled SIAN act for the relief Of poor
prisoners who are committed by execution
for debt" passed on the nineteenth day of
November, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand seven hundred aud eighty-sevep, aud the
several acts in addition thereto -Pr0rided,
such prisoner shall procure the service OF "A
notification of the time aud place appointed
for him TO tsxe the oath prescribed Tor poor
debtors, TO be served on the Town Clerk of
the town, in which the child, of which be has
been adjudged the reputed father, has its lc-
gal settlement, i( there be such town in the
Commonwealth, and on the mother of said
child, il living in the ( commonwealth, thirty
days before the time appointed for administer
ing the oath and propided also, that said
town &C the mother of said child, shall, at all
times after such prisoner shall have been lib
Grated from prison, by taking said oath, have
right to recover, by action of debt, in any
Court proper TO try the same, any money
which ought to have been paid to them re-
spectively by said prisoner, in pursuance Of
said order of Court.
Approved-March 4, 1926:
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CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION.

CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION.
Price to single subscribers, who receive their
papers at the Office, or by mail, two dollars per
annUm.
Or advertisements, not sreeeding ttcelre
hines, published three ceeFs for one dollar, and
continued three sceeks longer for fjtr ceslis.--
Larger adscrtiSements in he same proportion.
The publishers will hold themselves respon-
sible for no error in any advertisement, be-
yond the sum charged for its insertion.
All communications and orders directed to
the " Editor of the spy," and post paid, will
be promptly attended to.
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Notice
EENO builders Of Manufactures.

VESO builders OF MANUFACTURES,
q Canals, Bridges, Stone Buildings, Mill
Dams, or any kind of neat work of hewn stone.
lfappIination is made soon, they may contract
with the Subscriber, as he is in situation to
go to any part Of the country.-From his expe-
renee 10 such work, he fiatters himself he shall
not fail of giving complete satsaction.-His
family is suitable 10 go into a Factory, or to
keep Boarding House. Any Communication
on the subject, by mail, post paid, will be at
tended 10.
The Subscriber is now ready to employ the
best of AYorkmeE, and no others, to whom
fair wages will be paid.
OTIS BACHELOR.
Upton, March 90, 1926.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5. 1926.

dollars, or to Imprisonment for term not ex-
ceeding six months, according TO the agsrava-
ton of said offence.
Approved-Feb. %, 1896.
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Notice.

FTVHE Subscriber having been
& duly appointed, by The Hon. Judge Of
Probate for the County Of Worcester, CUR
dian of LEVI LINCOLN, Cd, all persons are
forbidden from giving credit to said Lincoln, as
his contracts are not binding. and will not be
paid. WILLIAM EATON, Guardian.
Worcester, March 90. 1895.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-04-05
AN ACT further regulating the returns
of Banks in this Commonwealth.

OF BANKS n TINS commonwealth.
SEC. l. BE IL enacted By The Senate and House
Of Representatives. in General Court assembled,
and By The authority Of the. same, That the
Directors Of every Bank which is or may be
incorporated, within this Commonwealth, in
stead Of the return now required to be made
on the first Saturday Of January and June in
every year, shall make such return on the
6rst Saturday of May and of December, in
every year. setting forth in the manner here
totore provided, the state Of said Bank as it
existed at two O'clock in tho afternoon OF the
day last mentioned, and shall transmit the
same, within fifteen days thereafter. 10 the
Office Of the Secretary Of this Common wealth.
and shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars
for every days delay beyond that time.
SEC. 2. Be ii further enacted, That, in adj
dition to the particulars now required to be
specified in such return, there shall be stated,
in distinct columns, the amount Of debts due
to the Bank, secured by pledge OF its stock,
and also the amount Of debts due and not paid
and considered doubtful. Aud the Secretary
is hereby directed to vary the forms of the re-
turns in conformity with this act, and to trans
nit two copies thereof TO the Cashier Of every
Bank, at least ten days before the FIRST Satur-
day Of May.
SEC. 8. Be az further enacted, That all acts
and parts OF acts, inconsistent with this act,
DO and they are hereby repealed.
Approyed---March q, 1926.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-04-05
AN ACT abolishing the punishment o
Whipping within this Commonwealth.

'"PP'"S "liliu tnls commonwealth.
BE II enacted BY he Senate and House Of
Representatives., an General Court assembled,
and by HE authority Of The same, That no
person convicted of any offence before any
Court Of this Commonwealth, shall ever be
punished by Whipping but the Court, having
Jurisdiction Of the case, may and shall sem
tence such convict 10 a fine TO the use OF the
Commonwealth, not exceeding two hundred
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5aassaclamgetts Sspp.

"TuE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS is ESSENTIAL
TO THE SECURITY OF FREEDoM.n
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Worcester, SIS. Probate Office, Fob. IL, 1896
TO Tie He,rs Of BERIAH WARD, late Of Athol,
Sjt said County, deceased, and 10 all others
concerned tnthe Estate Of said deceased,
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PRINTED FOR THE PRoPRIEToRs BY
SAMUEL b. MANNING,
OPPOSITE THE NEW MEETING-HoUsE.
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y OF arc hereby cited to appear Gl
,nu see fit at the Court Of Probate to be
holden at rempleon, said County, on the
18th day of May next, at ten of the clock be-
fore noon, to show cause why the Instrument,
which purports TO be the last viii and Testament
of said deceased, should not be approved and
you will be heard thereon.
THEOPHS. WHEELER, Reg.
By order Of The Hon. Jadge
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3sot(ttcat.
MR.. EyERETr'S SPEECH

On MIR. M'DuFFIE's Resolutions 10 amend
the Constitution OF the United States, rela-
tive TO the choice OF President and Vice
President.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-04-05

a Republican Government? OF how many
branches does il consist? How TO be chosen?
For how long? What are the checks of these
ofaucbes on each other? There is not word
OF all this in the Constitution of the United
States; and yet, will the gentleman say, that
the whole Institution of Republican Govern
ment is OF less Importance that the particular
modification Of the electoral Suffrage for Presi-
dent, or that being, Gas it assuredIy ISL inf
nitely more important, we have 10 ConsIitu'
ionai provision for il /? think he will not say
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-07
COMMERCIAL.
Prices of Produce in alexandria v.,terd.

Extract of letter dated Marseillcs November g. 1926
"Annexed we take the liberty of handing you
our General Price Current corrected to this
date; the principal alterations since the last Of
the 9th September, are in the prices of Sugars.
For white Havana, which we then quoted at
from 4S TO 5sfr we have obtained 81 to So
For browns, which were then at 81 and SO, we
have realized Al and 40 frs. At the highest
rates, sales have been confined 10 the execution
OF pressing orders, and we quote as current
rates white Havanas, at So to 56frs. say Il Ito
TO Ii cts. per Id. brown, do. 40 to 40 frs. say
2-5ths to~8 4-5ths cents per h.; Brazil whites,
42-to 45frs. say 4-5ths to 81 cents; do browns
"a to S5frs. 18th, to l-3d cents per h.
"Saes have been extensive, and have reduced
the stock In hrst hands, to about 800 boxes Of
Havana, including 200 received on the 4th inst.
by the George from New-York. Of other des-
criptions OF foreign Sugars the marker is quite
bare. The French brig lie Fame arrived yes
terday from the Isle of France, with 5000 bags.
which will find immediate purchasers at our
quotation Of So to SO frs.
"For Coffee there. has also been fair de-
mand, but orders have been limited to low pri-
ces, 10 which holders in general have thought it
prudent to submit; we therefore reduce our quo
tations, excepting for finer qualities, which are
still IN request. Fine green Havana would
command from 70 to 75fr. or I4a to Isl cents
per h.; ordinary do. Brazil and St Domingo,
may be quoted at from 81 so to 81 so, or 10 10
IA cts. per ID; at which rates about 1900, 900
lbs. have been taken out Of the market since our
last, the stock Of foreign now consists but Of a.
bout 800, 900 lbs. which is unusually small for
his market, and this circumstance will, we
hope, prevent any further diminution Of prices. |
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-07
soMERsETsHIRE DIALECT.

We extract the following from tour thro'
the island Of Great Britain, originally begun
by Daniel De Foe, and continued by the author
Of Sir Charles Grandson and others The
writer entered country school, and observed
one Of the scholars reading his lesson to the
usher in chapter in the bible; his lesson was
in the canticles Of Solomon the words these
81 have put off my coat, how shall put it on!
have washed my feet, how shall T'defle them?
The boy read thus, with his eyes full upon
the text; "chav dotted my coot; how shall
don't? chav washed my feet; how shall MOL
thcm?"
The writer continues: " How the dexterous
Ounce could form his mouth to express so rea.
Oily the words, which stood right printed in the
book, in his country jargon, could not but adj
mire; and much more so, how the master should
patiently hear such jouring."
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-07
POETRY.

The following neat and pathetic lines addressed to
wife on the close the year 1921 are not less
BILE from the time which has elapsed since they were
penned, or from their having originated IN foreign
cline. Their truth and beauty are alike unquestona-
HE The season naturally suggests to every mind the
wholesome lessons they impart but how few obey this
warning voice
FAMILIAR ADDRESS TO BELOVED WIFE,
On the Close ofthe Year, 1895.
The time, how fast it flows,
My Anne;
The year draws near its close,
NV Anne;
But whetherwe
The next my see,
God, name besides him, knows,
My Anne.
A score G yeare are game,
My Anne,
Sin you and mo we're ane,
My Anne:
How short it seems,
Like mornn dreams,
Tho now we're on the wane,
My Anne.
We hae four flowers in bloom,
My Anne,
And four hae met their doom,
Ny Anne,
Their spirits sweet.
~S~hnpe to meet,
When earth shalius entomb,
My Anne.
Then let us earnest be,
My Anne,
Our BARNS frae illmay fec,
My Anne;
And blessings pray.
Both night and day.
For them, for you, aud me,
My Anne.
There blaws flower cure head,
My Anne,
Its balm in love was shed,
My Anne;
To soothe mans woes;
IT'S Sharon's rose;
Then for its fragrance plead,
My Anne.
For time that now fast flows,
My Anne,
Eternity will close,
My Anre;
That you aud me,
Maun shortly die,
Are truths that lk ane knows,
My Anne.
Lirerpool 2sh Dec 1924. w.B.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-07
From the Boston Medical mteligencer.

December-The principal disorders during
the present month have been of an inflammatory
nature, most frequently occurring about the
throat anc air passages, sometimes extending
to the lining Of the branches of the windpipe,
occasioning cough, hoarseness, thirst, lassitude,
want of appetite, Sc. denominated cold or ca
tarrh, according as they are more or less severe
Every matron is furnished with so many RENE.
dies for complaints Of this kind, handed down
by mothers to daughters, from the old times OF
simple living and long life, that it would no,
be becoming in US to intrude our advice where
it is not wanted. A cold, however, it should
be borne in mind, though in itself slight dis
ease is often the forerunner OF that highly dan
gerous and generally fatal complaint, consump-
ton The Inflammation is communicated from
the lining membrane Of the lungs to their sub
stance, causing liberation, and hectic fever sue
ceeds. Sometimes it occasions asthma, or
dropsy in the chest. II should not, therefore,
be neglected. but only the most simple pre-
cautions, except when the disease is ofpeculiar
severity, are requisite. When the inhamma-
ton extends to the substance Of the lungs, it
may be known by hard, harsh, grating sort
of cough, the noise of which seems limited to
circumscribed space in the chest-the expec-
toration is scanty, and for. some time tena-
cious yellowish muscus,-the pulse is general.
ly tagging, the respiration heavier or more OPP
pressed than natural, and though there is
cough, pain is often absent In this state, or
in the commencement Of chronic inflammation
Of the lungs, blood letting should be employed,
rest in bed, spare farinaceous diet should be
enjoined, and occasionally mild aperient; digi-
tails, so as to reduce the pulse to its natural
er,ndard and been II there for Some time has
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One Hundred Dollars Reward.

AN AWAY from the subscriber on Tuesday the
IL 9th inst negro MOSES, about 26yeas old, feet
. or inches high or whereabouts. Moses is stout
roundshouldered man, somewhat bow.leged; not very
black, with bushy wool and thick lips. When young
ne was ip the habit of sucking ofhs thumbs which
causes to have different appearance from the other;
by trade carpenter. He has father belonging to
Judge Morsell on Buzzard Island Farm Calvert county,
and sister in Alexandra that belonged to the late An
drew Jameson, by the name Of Jane Turley. He may
be lurking about one of those places The ADORE re.
ward will be given to any person or persons who will
deliver the said Moses to me, or secure him in any Jail
SO that get him. NATHANIEL T. RANTiN,
Prince Ge~ge' County, Nd. aar tie Wood Hvd.
jams
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VESSEL FoUNDERED.

Norfolk, Jan. s.-The British brig Leod, Capt.
Hinson, of and bound to Campo BelIo New
Brunswick sailed from Turks Island 18th No.
,ember, cargo salt, rum, and molasses-on the
9Th, 9th and 10th ult. being off Georges Banks,
she encountered heavy gales of wind from
NNE.. to NE during which she sprang leak
and bore away for the nearest port; the crew
being almos, exhausted from continual pumping.
On the 18th and 18th, the gales required, and
the leak rapidly increased. At day light on
the 10Th, in lat So So, long. 70 so, discovering
sail to windward lying TO, made signal Of
distress, the water at the time being over the
cabin floor. She Immediately bore down and
proved to be the schooner Ocean, Captain
Humphreys, of and from bingham, who kind
ly received the crew on board, and the brig was
Immediately abandoned She was SO near
sinking when the schooner came up, that the
crew were unable to save any thing but the
clothes on their backs and some of them jump
ed overheard 10 reach the schooner, lest they
should go down with her.
Captain Hinson, in behalf of himself, officers
and crew, desires to express their grateful sense
Of the humanity and uniform kindness and at
tentioa Of captain Humphreys to them, in saw
ing their lives, and during the time they were
on board his vessel.
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Notice..

Il rised my brother r. B. BUcKNEn to act as nv
AGENT Executor of the estate of the late Bernard
Hooe, Sen. and for any act or de done by him con-
corning the estate aforesaid holt myself as response
BILE as it done by me- In witness whereofI have here
unto set my hand and seal this 18th Dec 1926.
Jano-2w THOS. Fl. BUCKNER