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CoMGRESsxo AL.

me JoHo,osnS IS extracted from mr.. .lcDuf-
Jie'S speech, an the House Of Representatives.
20 amend the Constitution, expecting the cleo
ton Of President and PIce President
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN,

Tn rejecting on the subject, have been
impressed with the idea, that there is room
for Improvement in the management ana
government of children. TO assist parents
in this desirable object, friend to good and
wholesome government would wish to give
few simple rules, which if followed, Cam
not fail to have the effect suggested -
IF one parent has refused child play
thing, sugar plumb, or any thing else, let the
other be sure to interfere, and say, "Poor
thing, it wants it, and ought to he gratihed.
IF a child be stubborn or wiltui, and need
chastisement, and one parent attempts to m
flict it, let the other by all means, interfere,
with, "Poor thing, it sha'nt be banged to
DEATH" In short, let parents never agree
in what is best to be done, and the ch'ld VIII
soon know what is what, and be htted tor
many things"
If child offend, either by breaking a
plate, or in any other way, never stop to re-
feet, lest the temper should cool, but ooX Its
ears with smart blow; powerful thump
ON the head has a wonderful influence upon
the faculties.
If child begs for thing watch has been
two or three times refused, and at length
sets to crying-relcnt, and let it have the
thing cried for, by all means: 1t VIII learn
him perseverance.
AS your daughters grow up, let them run
from home in the evening, without knowing
with whom or where, for why should pa
rents be too particular. This indulgence
will fit them for several things.
A good deal of whipping is by all means
recommended; it makes children hardy, and
little shameless, and generally compels
then, to lie; but this will fit them for the
buffetings Of life.
Follow these rules, and my word for it,
children will never break their parents
hearts; for parents who have hearts to De
broken will never follow them.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16

sober selfishness, if nothing else, will pre-
serve us from all wild excess? Or is it not
at that season when passion rolls her impet-
uous tides through our veins; when desires
are rebels to our reason and when the BIT
teryconsequences of guilt have not taught us
to shun it,
How far better must 1t be, to set out in the
career of life originally right, than to SUI
fer the pain and modification of being COM
PEELED to retrace our steps. How important,
also, is it to our happiness to be taught by
religion to estimate the world at its proper
value to regard it as school OF virtue,
more than festival of plcasure--a scene OF
high duties, not unmingled gratif
be warned beforehand, that we shall have
much to suffer,as well as to enjoy--and thus
to be preserved from those cruel disappolnt-
ments, which sadden the days of those who
have indulged such eztravagant hopes OF fe-
licity, as this state was never intended to re-
alize. In short, unless you are prepared to
say that the ardour of youthful passion needs
ful hopes needs no correction, and that the
arrangement of life is not to be affected by
the views which religion gives of its true de-
sign, yon must admit, thai religion is ne
per more necessary thaa IN the season Of
youth.
Another consideration is, that religion may
be most easily and permanently engrafted on
the mind in youth. The soul is not yet fill
ed with the cares Of the world and the de-
ceitfulness of riches. 1t is not yet torn by
ambition, and tortured by envy. 1t is not
yet agitattd d by polatics. or swallowed up in
the whirlpool of fashionable dissipation. 1t
is not yet bound down to the purs tits of the
world,a las to leave it no leisure tor the thought
of heaven.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
MATERNAL INSTRUCTION.

That man is happy, who is taught from
the cradle, nothing which he must unlearn
when he comes to ripper years. The baby
nonsense of the nursery often enters into
the character of the man; but when SO good
and wise being as a well-educatcd mother,
preslaes over the incipient stages of infant
thought, the child is far on, in the high road
of knowledge and wisdom 1t may be true,
that there may be men who have overcome
bad infant education, but they have been
few: this WAS the historic meaning of the
fable of Hercules strangling the Python in
the cradle.-The tales of the nursery, pratt
ed by afectionate ignorance, are the worst
Of serpents. they reach the heart and the
brain in the lullaby, and leave their poison
forever. ro overcome these evils is worthy
of an apotheosis. The Ministries of every
age have sung the powers, the charms, and
the character of woman:
"Firm on the scanold, she has stood,
Bcsprnkled with martyrs bloodi
Her voice the patriots heart has steefd;
Her spirit glow'd on battlefield;
Her courage freed from dungeons gloom
The captive, brooding DER his doom;
Her faith the fallen monarch saw l.;
Her love the tyrant's fury braved."
But it is only the moral and christian phi
losophcr, who places her divinity in the
nursery.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
From tile Museum.
Sruc1a OF HADAyos,

An extract, from the "Eyentful Life ofa Soldier"
"The I'd parallel was now opened within
800 wards of the town, in which two batteries
commenced firing OIL the 28th. During this
time, the weather was bad, and the rains so
heavy, that we were working in the trenches
ND to the knees in mud, and the river SWELL
ed to such height that the pontoon bridge,
over which we crossed the Guidiana, was
carried away. On the 29th, another sortie
was made by the enemy on the right; but
they were repulsed by General Hamilton's 5
division. On the 31st, twenty-seven pieces
of cannon were opened in the I'd parallel, OH
the walls OF the town and the firing was
continued with great effect Until the 4th,
when another battery of six guns was open
ed !; practicable breaches we're effected on
the 5th, and we were turned out that night
to storm the town, but the enemy having
made formidable preparations for the de-
fence, the attack was deferred until next
night, during which time all the guns in the
second parallel were brought'to bear upon
the breaches. This delay was productive OF
very serious feelings throughout the sue.
ceeding day, as we were warned at the time
to be ready to storm the town ON the next
night.
Various were the effects produced on vari-
Gus individuals There was an unusual talk
ing ofrelations, recalling to mind OF scenes
forgotten a flow of kindly feeling which
softened down the rough soldier into some
thing sadder, but more pleasing. Many let
tcrs were written during that day to absent
friends, in a more affectionate style than u
sual and many injunctions given and taken,
about writing, in the event OF the fali OF ell
ther party, to their relations.
1.-The nearer the time drew tor the in
tended attack, the more each individual
seemed to shrink within himself, yet still
nothing of fear of our success was expressed,
every feeling displayed was natural and
manly; at length night came and the ap-
pointed hour for turning out. 1t was dark
and gloomy, not a single star showed its
head the air was still, not sound could be
heard, but the noise of the field cricket, and
the croal;ing of frogs; every word of COM
mand was given in whisper, and the strict
est silence cnjoined, which believe was un-
necessary, few felt inclined to speak. At
last the order was given to advance, and
with palpitating hearts we commenced our
march-sloW and silent, dead weight hang
ing on every mind; had we been brought
hurriedly into action it would have been dit
ferent, but it is inconsistent with the nature
of man -..ot to feel as l have described. in
such situation. The previous warning
the dark and silent night; the known strength
of the place; and the imminent danger OF
the attack, all conspired to produce it.-Yet
this feeling was not the result of the want OF
courage, for never witnessed any thing like
the calm intrepidity displayed in the adj
vance, after we came within reach of the
enemy cannon. Being apprized of our in
tentions, they threw out tlre-halls in every
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
"T'he whirligig Of time brings in its revenge"

"The whirligig of time brings in its revenge"
CRABBR.
When the tributary kings Of Sesostris came
at stated periods to do him homage. he was
in the habit of displaying the most ridcu-
lous insolence. When he entered his capi-
tai, or went to the temple, he Embarrassed
his horses, and yoking these princes four a
breast to his car, highly valued himself on
being thus drawn along by the sovereigns of
kingdoms. The following incident is said to
have restored his majesty to a sense Of JUS
tice and humanity. On one of these occa-
sions, king who was degraded in the man
ner now mentioned, was observed to look
with peculiar earnestness at one of the
wheels of the chariot; and being asked what
it was that rivetted his attention, he repli-
ed significantly, 80 king the turning round
of the chariot wheel reminds me of the vi
cissitudes Of fortune; for as every part of
the wheel is uppermost and lowcrmost al
ternately, 80 it is with men who sit on a
throne to-day, and the next perhaps reduc-
ed to the vilest degree of slavery"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
SERIOUS RErLEcTToNs.
EARLY PIETY.

Religion is never more necessary than in
youth. tits common prejudice, arising
from very erroneous views of its nature, to
WINK that it is chiefly intended for the aged,
'he miserable, and the sick, and not for the
'ouns' the vigorous, and the happy. Reli-
s'oh is designed for our consolation, it is
"ue' out 1t is also intended for our guidance
SUI restraint; for the enlargement aQd di-
.:c ..e''on OF our views, and the progressive pu-
iihcation and exaltation of our natures. But
=. '"eSe objects are as necessary, and ought
pe as interesting to the young as to the
mature.
"neh indeed do we feelt the necessity of
~ sooa principles to restrain and guide US
.osss Is 1t in the advance Of life, when the
an H2S{nth Qf our wishes il soolcd. and n
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
Questions and Answers.

By Llmes Montgomery, Esq.
O. Flowers wherefore do We blooml
a. We strew thy pathway to the tomb.
Q. Stars, wherefore do ye risc'
H. To light thy spirit to the skies.
Q. Fair Moon, why dost thou wane,
H. That may wax again
O. o Sun! what makes thy beams so bright
Il. The Word that said" Let there be light /,
@. Time, whittier dost thou heel
a. travel to eternity.
g. Eternity, what art thou, say
II. was, am, will be evermore TO-DAY.
9. Nature, whence sprang thy glorious frame'
H. My maker called me, and | came.
9. Winds, whence and whittier do We blow
IT, Thou must be "born again. to know
g Ocean, what rules thy swell and fall?
T. The might of Him that ruleth all.
=. Planets, what guides you in your course1
H. Unseen, unfelt, unfailing force.
Y Q Life! what is thy breath'
H. vapour, vanishing in death.
= o DEATH where ends thy strife'
II In eyerlastinglif life.
= SO Grave! where is thy victory"
81 ASK Him who rose again for me.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
VOL. III.

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ration of the year, So.
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paid.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
RACERITING.

There is powerful propensity in human
nature, to what is properly deneminated
backbiting, i. e. to make the faults of an alb
sent person the subject of familiar conver-
satjon. This is vice so mean, so mischiev-
Gus, so cowardly, so characteristic of little
ness as well as malignity, that every holy
man should hate it, and every wise man be
ashamed of it. Oh. what wisdom, mercy
and beauty is there in this direction "lf
thv brother shall tresspass against thee. so
and tell bin his faults between thee and
him alone; if he shall hear thee thou hast
gained thy brother, but if he will not hear
thee then, take with thee one or two more,
that in the mouth OF two OF three witnesses,
every word may be established" If this
rule was universally obeyed, three parts OF
the feuds and quarrels which destroy the
peace, and desolate the temporal interests
of mankind, would be cut off,
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
THE EARL OF CARLISLE.

This was one oe the commissioners that
came over with Johnstone and Eden, to treat
with us rebels. Their want of courtesy in
addressing general Washington as Mr..
Washington, was clumsy commencement
of negotiation requiring great delicacy. and
liberality. He died aged rs, and has been
the subject of the wit and wrath of two
angry poets Of high mental powers-Peter
Pindar and Lord Byron.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
TREACTIERT,

Among the many perhdious acts of which
the first conquerors of this continent were
guilty, was the deception used to re-people
the Islands, which their cruelty had depop-
ulated. When Columbus discovered His
pamela, it contained at least half million
inhabitants in15 years they were rcduc-
cd to sixty Thousand, and in 1917. nine
years later, they amounted to fourteen thou
sand. Ovanco, to tempt the simple nfab-
itants of the Lucayo Islands TO emigrate,
caused them to be told that their departed
ancestors inhabited the delightful country to
which he invited them; forty thousand of
these credulous victims of superstition were
thus seduccd from their homes to linger un-
der the most destructive and relentless tyr
amy of their Spanish masters. The inqui-
nv of this barbarous act was aggravated by
the plea by which Ovaudo obtained the con-
sent of Ferdinand--that the Indians could
be better christianized in Hispaniola.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
MYSTERIES AND LONGING.

The lady who wants carriage can no
longer gain her end by mysteries, which hav.
ing ceased to be genteel, they have ceased
to be fashionable; they are sent downwards
to Doll. and Ciccly, and to the shoemaker's
wife. What is become of the fashion of
longing. That was a delicious invention. 1t
was almost as effectua as nerves in "rals-
ing the wind" according to the particular
objects in view. The ladies ara much IL
blame that they have lost sight of this nota-
Bile discovery and excellent fashion. They
will not now long, even for pine apple.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
LONG PETITION.

When the Petition from Yorkshire in the
wear 1889, that Petition which so essentially
Contributed to the termination of the A.
merican war, was presented to the English
House of Commons by Sir George Saville;
the patriotic senator, by way of impressing
upon the House the magnitude of the doc
ument, laid the skins down on the lobby, and
taking the engrossed sheet in his hand, he
walked up to the chair, dragging the folds OF
the Petition after him, when addressing
himself to the Speaker, he said, "Here, sir,
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
The Distinction.

The shape alone let others prize,
Or features Of the fair;
look for spirit in her eyes,
And meaning in her air.
A damask check, snowy arm,
Shall ne'er my wishes win,
Give me the animated form,
That speaks the mind within.
A face where awful honour shines,
Where sense and sweetness move,
And angel innocence refines
The tenderness of love.
These are the soul of bea,ity's frame,
Without whose vital aid,
Unfinished all her beauties seem,
And all her rosics fade.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
MOUNT VERNON.

This venerable set was so called, from
respect to Admiral Vernon. The arms of
his family bore for their motto, Yer non
semher Uiret; spring does not alway flourish;
or, Vernon always hourishes. This will be
true of the sacred tomb of Washington,
while there is pen to record his virtues or
a heart to feel
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16

is the beginning of the Petition from my con"
stituents; where the end of it is cannot ex-
actly inform you-probablyi may be yet in
Yorkshire"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
MAR CTf rs, 1926.

vice his virtue and his genius have minister
ed, that he establishes for his children a
true and lofty species of nobility in the eyes
of that people and secures for all their cxer-
tions, (however these may differ III species
from his own,) watchful and partial at
tention from generations long subsequent to
that on which the first and immediate lus-
tire of his own reputation and his own pres
ence may have been reflected. The truth
is that a great national author connects him
self forever with all the better part of his
nation, by the ties Of an intellectual kins-
manshp; ties, which, in his own age, are
scarcely less powerful than those Of the kins-
manship of blood, which, instead of evapo-
rating and being forgotten in the course ola
few generations, as the bonds of blood must
inevitably be, are only rivetted the faster by
every year that passes over them.
POSTS.
The CONVEYANCE of letters by post, was
invented by the English parliament of 1913.
Post existed earlier than that Pc
riod, but their business was probably confin
ed to furnish horses and expresses on ur-
gent occasions. The outline of the present
plan seems to have been originally coceiv-
ed by Edmund Prideaux, who was appoint-
ed deputy Attorney General to the Com
monwealth, after the murder of King
Charles.
He was chairman of committee in 1642,
to fix the rates on inland letters, and alter
wards appointed Post Master by an ordin-
ance of both houses, in which office he first
established weekly conveyance of letters
into all parts OF the kingdom.-ftis emolu'
ments being considerable, the Common
Council of London cndeavored to erect an
office in opposition to his. but were checked
BY resolution of the Commons, declaring
that the Office Of Post Master was in the
sole disposal of Parliament. In 1867, a reg
ular Post Office was erected by Cromwell
and his Parliament upon nearly the same
model as the present system, with the same
rates of postage, and we're continued till the
reign Of Aune.-Aftcr the restoration, Tin
l66o) similar office was established by stat
ute.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16

Task not fortunes smile,
Exhaustless source Of care;
Not all its fancied gay delight,
Can claim one serious prayer.
Nor pleasures soft alluring form,
with ardent wish seek;
Far less the captivating bloom,
That glows on beauty's cheek
Task not, that in calm repose,
MY even days mays flow,
unrufficd by adversity'
Exempt from human woe.
Enough that no reflections keen,
No crime my soul oppress,
To rob me of my Joys and hope,
And every happiness.
But grant me that blest frame OF mind,
Where no vain thoughts intrudei
That blest serenity which springs
From conscious rcctitude.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
COLLEC'TANEA.


NAME.
1t is perhaps the finest and most precious
of all the rewards which man OF virtue and
renins RECEIVES from the nation to whose SER
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
LAW PR SYMPTOMS.

Baldus. very eminent lawyer of the 14th
century, and Menochius, who wrote on le-
gal presumptions in the 10th century, both
lay it down as clear law, that 'if it be prov
ed that certain mans head has been cut
off, a violent presumption will follow from
thence, that that man is dead!"
The man who tenderly loves his wife, will
have the greatest pleasure in lesseaing her
care and heightening her rnjoyments. The
professions that he held out TO engage her
affections, were all that language could ex-
press HIS conduct, that of the warmesr at
tachment can a woman, when she feels an
increased cause for that attachment, bear
the sad reversei A Scotch ballad very
prettily expresses the pleasure All affection
ate wife feels at the approach Of her hus-
band -
His very foot has music int,
When he comes up the stairs.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-16
PDrEz'.r5B1Ye
For the Wilmingtonian.

For the WilmlnStohlin.
CODY the following lines from Literary
oancr. published several years ago; if you
think them worthy place in your paper
please insert them. M'
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-07-06
MARsHAL's SALE.

DURsUANT to a decreetal order of the Su-
! perior Court Of Cbancery, holden at Win
chester
Thomas Turner and wife. Plaintiffs,
AGAINST
James Mason and Joseph Grantham, Execu.
tors OF William Rush, deceased, and the heirs
OF said deceased, Defendants.
WILL BE SOLD, on MONDAY the 18th day
OF August next, before the Court. House door
in Msr,msburg, Tract or. LAND, stu.
ate, hing and being in Morgan county, near the
Berkeley Line, and near TO the road running
from Msrtnshurg to Bath, containing about
Fire Hundred .fcres.
Terms OF SALE one.third Of the pur-
chase-money to be PAID in one year from the.
day OF ssle--one third in two years from the
day OF sslc--and the remaining third in three
Years from the day OF sale, the purchaser giving
bond snd good security ard deed Of trust on
the premises
NATHANIEL SEWERS. ID .JE
Fer George ~. Scorers, awc.p.
June og-ctds
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-07-06
CIRCUS.
THE MANAGER OF THE
VIRGINIA PAVILION CIRCUS

ID E6S leave most respectfully to inform the
ID pubic, that the Equestrian Company which
has performed the last season, with signal sue
cess. at Richmond. Norfolk. Petersburg, &c.
will give THREE GRAND EQUESIRL3.A
E-YLfBITIO.aS at Martinsburg: The first to
commence on Saturday next, the 9th OF July. at
q o'clock, z. NJ. which win be orened with a
GRIND EN1REE OF Eight BeauGf,i Her.
ses, rode by as many Equestrians riehiy dfessea
The second performance 10 commence on Mon
day, the 10th, AT O'Clock. and the third and
last the same day at half past O'Clock. For
particulars see Rilfs. Admittance so cents
Children and servants half price. Tickets 70
be had at MIR kroesen's Bar. July O. 1920