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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-04-11
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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-04-11

AN ACT regulating the Driving of Stage
Coaches and other Vehicles for the con-
veyance of Passengers.
Sec. l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives. IN General Court
assembled, and By the authority Of the same,
That any driver of any stage coach or 9TH
er vehicle for the conveyance of passen-
gers for hire, who shall, when any passen-
ger is within such coach or vehicle, leave
the horses thereof without some suitable
person to take charge and guidance OF
such horses, or without fastening them in
a safe and prudent manner, shall be liable
to indictment therefor, and, on conviction,
to be imprisoned for term not exceeding
two months, or to fine not exceeding fifty
dollars, as the court may order.
SEC. 2. BE 1t further enacted, That this
act shall take effect and be in force from
and after the first day of June next.
Improved blythe Governor-.March 10, 1897.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-04-11

THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE. 1t is de-
which is too often allowed to silence con-
science, to suppose that characters emin-
emily good and useful are so by nature and
inclination, without very much trouble or
self-denial and that our own failings are
so constitutional that we are more to be
pitied than blamed for them. Never do we
read in the Bible or elsewhere, of any who
have glided easily and softly to heaven,
borne on the tide of their own amiable dis
positions. The question for our con-
sciences is-are we fighting, or are we
yielding. Remember, they that overcome,
and they only, shall inherit all things
There is no promise to the inactive; if we
are not fighting, we shall never conquer ;
and remember, in this conflict it is to con-
quer or to die
Moral HONESTY. They that neglect
moral honesty, neglect that which is a
great part of religion--their duty towards
God, and their duty towards man. What
care to see n man run after sermon, II
he cheat as soon as he comes home On
the other side, morality must not be with
out religion; for if so, it may change, as
suits its convenience. Religion must gov
ern it. He that has no religion to govern
his morality, is no better than my mastiff
dog; so long as you caress him, and
please him, and do not hurt him, he will
play with you as finely as may be he is a
very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt
him, he will fly in your face, and tear
out your thrNat.--Selden,
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SECRET DEVOTION. The most eminent
divine favors which the saints have enioyed,
according to what we read III the scripture.
were enjoyed in their retirement The
principal manifestations which God made
of himself, and of his covenant mercy to
Abraham, were mode whom he 1900
apart from his NUMEROUS rur1I1i 47urEV7-rv-
ceived that special gift Of God to him, Re
becca, when walking alone, meditating in
the field. Jacob WAS retired for prayer.
when he wrestled with the Angel of the
covenant, and obtained the blessing. God
revealed himself to Moses in the bush, when
he was in solitary place in the desert, IN
mount Horeb; and afterwards, when he
was admitted to the closest communion
with God which he ever enjoyed, he was
alone in the same mountain, where he con-
tinued forty days and forty nights. God
held communion with those great prophets,
Elijah and Elisha, and conversed with them
freely, chiefly in their retirement When
Jesus Christ had the greatest prehbatons
of his future glory, it was rot when he
was with the multitude, or with the twelve
disciples, but when retired in a solitary
place with only Peter, James and john
And when John, the beloved disciple, was
favored with those wonderful visions Of
Christ, and of his future dispensations to-
wards the church and the world, which are
recorded in the Revelations, he was alone
in the Isle of Patmos. | do not deny that
there are also instances of great tavors re-
ceived by the saints when in company with
others or that there is not much in Chris
tan conversation, and in social and public
worship, tending greatly to refresh and ell
evate the minds of the saints. All aim al
by what | have said, is to show that true
grace, however much it loves Christian so
ciety, in peculiar manner, delights in re-
tirement, and secret communion with God
SO that, if persons are much engaged il
social religion, and but little in the religion
of the closet; are often highly affected
when with others, and but little removed
when they are alone with God; there is
much reason to doubt the reality of then
religion.-EdtCdrdS
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-04-11

A CURE FOR CoCKRoACHEs. A respec-
table professional gentleman informed us
yesterday, that he has recently discovered
that the spirits of turpentine is an effectual
remedy against the depredations of Cock
reaches. He recommended to put little
Of it upon the shelves or sides of your
bookcases, bureaus, armoirs, or other fur
niture, in which they take shelter, which
may be readily done with feather, and
these troublesome insects will soon quit,
not only the furniture, but the room. The
remedy is simple and easily obtained by
every person who wishes it. 1t is not I'M
pleasant to the smell-soon evaporates, and
does no injury to furniture or clothing
This is valuable discovery, if it proves,
in al cases, as effectual as our informant
assured us it did in his house.
Louisiana Advertiser.
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G9rtcuItmre, sc.

LIME NECESSARY FOR PEAS. 1t is OBJ
served, that the common pea, whether
white or gray, cannot be reared to perfec-
ton in any field winch has not been either
naturally or artifcially impregnated with
some catcdreous matter. And hence if is
supposed to happen, that peas are rarely
cultivated universally as a field crop, un-
less IN those parts of the country where
either. lime, mani, or chalk apoilnds, or up
on strong clays except, indeed, on the
sea-coast, where shell fish are often catch
ed III abundance, and where the fields are
manfred with their shells in a state of mix
ture with dung. But it is remarkable, that
SOIL that could scarcely have brought one
pea to perfection, although richly MANFRED
with dung, from their running too much to
haulr; and, after blossoming, dying away
without becoming ripe, if it has once had
lime applied upon it, is capable, when prop
eriy prepared IN other respects, ofproducing
plentiful crops of peas ever afterwards
1t is further remarked by the same writer,
on the result Of an experiment, in which
the ridge of a field had been missed in
lining, produced no good wheat, while all
the other parts afforded full crop, that
lime, or some other calcareous material is
equally necessary for the production of
good wheat crops, as for those of the pea
kind. The general observation that the
wheat, where this sort of manure has been
employed, is thinner in the skin, more
plump, and yields better. seems also to ia
vor the same conclusion. appropriations
Of his sort appear, likewise, it is supposed,
particularly favorable for the production of
bailey crops, much more so, especially if in
large proportions, than for those of oats.
Dickson'S Farmers Compdnion.
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stIte IaGnss
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,

h. The gear Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and t,oenty-SeUen.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-14

hand adjusts, no, one spring only, but the en-
tire machinery of Government. His aten.on,
TOO must not be confined to all that can e" S;s
into the composition Of human happiness !" ua'
own country; but embrace the divers'nru .'e
men,s of The power se prosperity oil other Mp
doms, & other States. A great statesman s'". 90
mon the apex Of the moral world, surveys us
onera,ions, controls its energies, and dire.''
its movements. Would any one tesl the 'nu;
ence Of s,ateman's intellect on human aha'ts'
Let him contemplate the changes OF Inc re'o,
lu,ions experienced or apprehendcd; when
Chatham, Pitt, Castlereagh, or Cah'''ns
| is no more! -, ,.,,
Are these the duties imposed by the grea'
Governor Of the World upon an INFERIOR o'o''
Of his creatures? :, c,u,
The solution Of this question will more fully
,,nsar hv VIEWS somewha, less general, reserv
cd 'o' :" '''' PHILo-LOWNDEs.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-14
Look Out for the Mafrderey!i

a desperate and unprovoket assault was made b
Wills ANDERSON on the person of Gerard r
no.a both OF the town Of Alexandra, d. e. on the
3oln OF August Arnold died of his wounds OIL Sun
he Id over the body and found verdict Of wilf nur
der by said WILLIS ANDERSON or Hills Rtac.f.
SON as he sometimes calls himself Anderson has made
ms escape, and is supposed to be on his way to No
tolk' (Va) on horseback. He is well made,
man, about feet z inches high, sandy hair and
Whskers freckled face. light eyes, good teeth, ara
SHOWS them conspcuously when spokento.
as tnis most atrocIous case Of Murder all goo-
cluzens are earnestly requested to use their utmost
endeavors to bring him to justice.
WILLIAM DAVIS. relative of the deco
Alexandria, d. C. Sept 10, 1927.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-14
By the President oTthe United STATS
"A Proclamation

NM HEREAS, Willis ANDERSON. Of III
sEV County OF Alexandria, in the Distrirtd
Columbia, is charged with having rec,rh
murdered Gerard Arnold, late of said Count
ana whereas, 1t Is represented to me that ti
SAID WILLIS ANDERSON has abscoudg
and secretes himself, so tina, he cannot be a.,
pretended and brought to justice for the d
/ fence OF which he is SO CHARGED. and vbe,,,,
the apprehension and trial ofibe said WILLIS
ANDERSON is an example due to justice AID
humanity and would be every way .alurary ia
us influence: Now, therefore, have thought
Ut to issue this my Proclamation. hereby
cxhortlns the citizens of the United S,acs. and
particularly those of this District, and reqar.
ing all officers, according to their respective
stations, to use their utmost endeayors to 3D.
Prehend and bring the said WILLIS AZ.
DEkSON to justice for the atrocious crime
WIN winch he stands charged as aforcsaii;
and do moreover offer a reward OF TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS fr
the apprehension Of the said WILLIS An
DERSON, and his delivery to an officer or Of
hcers OF justice in the County aforesaid, 50 that
ne may be brought to trial for the murder a.
ioresaid, and be otherwise dealt with accord.
ing to law.
IN testimony whereof, have hereunto signed M
ISL name and caused the seal of the United States
TO be affixed to these presents.
zone al Washington, this tenth day of Septcm.
per- Ammo Domini eighteen hundred and twen
y,seven' and of the independence of the Unit
ed States the ffty-second.
JOHN QUINCY adams:
BY the President:
II. CLAY, Secretary Of State.
Inscription Of Willis .7aderson.
Wills ANDERSON is about 26 or q years ct
ge.of fair complexion-sant,y hair-and somevha,
feGkied. He is abou, FIVE feet seven or eight inches
ign, broad and flat across the chest and shoulders
ut uIn' and IN other respects lightly madc-!as "a
ter sn,ai feet, and walks quick y-has some rednes
n. d. The phenix Gazette, of AIexantria, wiIIpn5.
sh the above Proclamation.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-07-12
THE GOOD FARMER.

Willy Snug, OF Snug Willy, a. he is
sometimes called, is a good farmer. do not
mean by this that he cultivates a vast deal
of land; but what he undertakes to cultivate.
he manages in the best manner, and reaps
more profit from his small farm, than 9TH
ers dc from their large ones. It is not those
who plant and sow the most, who gather ia
the most abundant harvest.
Willy Snug has nc Improbable land on
his farm. Every rod is required to produce
its due proportion of the yearly crops. Nor
is this unrea sonable. for the ground is we'll
manursd, so we'll titled, and so well fenced,
that in a tolerablc season it cannot help rem
derine good account of itself at the time of
harvest Willy Snug knows as well as any
other man the value of manure. OF course,
he suffers none to be lost, nor indeed any.
out of which manure may be made. You do
not see large heaps of dung lying year after
wear in his barn yard, for want of rrsing
out. He is not afraid of soilins his fingers
with the dung-cart, well knowing that NO
man can keep his hands cleaner Of debts,
wsuits. sheriffs, and the Jail. He has a
sort of hollow scooped out. near his barn.
which he calls "the cqtth-aH," and into
which, straws, weeds ashes, the refuse Of
the wood pile, the cellars and the kitchen,
and whatever else may be converted into
manure, are constantly thrown. The COLI
sequence is, that he carries out of this place
yearly several loads Of excellent manure
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-07-12
THE LADIES OF VALADoLID.

The ladies of V2ladolid were so agreeable tha.
| saw much less of the city and its buildings than
l otherwise should have done. In the evening
accompanied them to turtulla, which was at
tended by all the fashion of that place. l really
think there is less of art in the composition of
Spanish women than Of any other people what
ssever. They neithcrpaint nor patch, nor have
those periodical mou!tngs Of feathers which
fashion elsewhere prescribes; but they all dress
nearly alike and in the same ways at all seasons;
that Sonora Maria is only to be distinguished
from Sonora Mariana by countenace more mel
ancholy, by black eyes swimming in more
maiden whitcness, or by figure (Which is ever
gracefully of some what large or smaller mould
The fasquina, or black silk pettcoat, is general
ly bordered at the bottom with black beads, and
SO disposed into an open kind of net work, as to
afford the curious eye the casual fecility of adj.
mring the most beautiful ancle in the world
Their stockings are Of white silk, and they are
never without mantela, Gan ample veil of white
lacc,) which is gracefully flung over their head
and shoulders when they SO abroad, and at other
times adopted as a shawl Small pieces of lead
are attached to the bottom Of the fasqunas,
which accounts for the Ionian elegance of its
foldings and fall. Amidst the many changes that
Spain has undergone, the women alone seem
TO be unchanged. Iattices, and jealouses, and
duennas, and indeed all that used to give love-
making such romantic air in this beyond any
other country, have long since disappeared, but
the passion itself still continues the existence of
Spanish women. 1t is not however, that in
trguing kind ofl love, which we hear ofn France,
where a lady changes her love as easily and as
often as ner gloves; but rather devotion to one
object, which renders them the greatest tyrants
in the world, and makes them exact more adora-
ton than was ever offered up at any idols shrine.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-07-12

loved one low in the damp earth-Seneath
the cold clods of the valley--hard it is to re-
feet that this, thy child of peerless beauty,
will never more raise its rosy lips to thine,
in all the fondness OF childhood's warm at
fection. All, these are recoIlections that
weigh upon the soul even to overpowering.
Memory tells thee thou art desoate--it tells,
too, of playful smiles-ot thousand soft
and winning ways that twinc around the
msther's bosom-it tells of the sweet wild
throbbings of unspeakable bliss, that were
thine, when softly soothing it to slumber
and repose. Now the foliage Of the cypress
will be its shelter. and the narrow house Its
abiding place-the nursery will no more re-
sound with its gladstone mirth-the cradle in
which it had so often reposed in quietis now
desoiate. Thou weepest. childless mother
The last look. The time is come when
she may gaze once morr upon her sleeping
boy, ere the pail is settled upon his liteless
brow. Oh the bitter agony of that moment
--one long burning kiss upon his marble
forehead, and he is shut from her view! In
the fullness of her grief she says.
No more, my baby, shalt thou lie,
With drowsy smile and half-shut eye,
TlllOWcu upon tily iiolhIi , Siea'tA
Serenely sinking into rest
Thou vert lovelier than the morn of May,
Possessing the brighter charms that youth a.
dorm
But all those beauties now have pass'd away,
And all who knew them once are left to mourn
The opening rose boomed here a little while
Smiling serene beneath summers sky
But can no more mothers sigh begue,
Or wipe the tear from pale afllction's eye.
For God hath laid thee down to sleep,
Like pure heart beneath the deep!
Look abroad, fond mother, upon the ways
of sinful men. and repine no more that God
has made thy child an angel in the regions
of bliss. Now his song mngles with the
Thanksgiving of the blest sanctifed, safe,
and secure from the stormy blasts Of ini-
guilty, with him who is from everlasting!
n
The long train of weeping friends gather
ed round fresh dug grave. The coffin
was lowered into It's final resting place-thr
spirit of him who was So lovely here had,
long ere this. crossed the dark waters--and
is safely landed upon the tiowery coast of a
world Of fadeless boom'
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-07-12
ELEPHANT HUNTING.

From Scenes and Occurrences in CATER Land
All the party went into the bush, the Hot
tentots first with their large guns, then their
wives. and the gentlemen following. The
first Hottentot frequently spoke TO his com :.
panions in low voice, and was heard to
saw, 'look, look" on enquiring the cause,
he pointed out to them the fresh track OF an
Elephant. The bush became thicker, and
the sun had no power to shine through the
thick foliage; they passed the spot which
the Hottentot marked out as the place
where he had wounded the first elephant,
and soon afterwards they saw the dead buf
falo The party went on resolving to see
the dead elephant, and winding along thro'
the bush till they came to sand hill, the
Hottentots pointed out one Of the carcases al
some distance, lying on another sand hill
but on loking at it for second, it appeared
to move, and the Hottentet discovered that
it was young calf by the side of the COW
The whele party Immediately went on. ane
when within musket shot, they found thai
they were two calves laying by their deat
mother; a piteeus and Interesting sight
The young one rose, and some dogs that th'
Hottentots had incautiously taken into th'
bush, barked violently. 1T this momeh
the bushes moved, and the stupenGous ia
Their stalked in; he looked around him qui
city, and even sorrowfully, and after view
ing the party for a second, he walked on
and was soon hid behind some trees. Ih
situation they had placed themselve in, ha
now become extremely critical, the bus
was continuous for miles in extent, an
i where to ay ia case Of An attack was yer
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-07-12
TIE, RIJI.IAI,

n was summer The sun shone proudly
down upon the gray mist that rose above the
billows-the blushing charms OF spring were
passed. and the summer glow OF love,lness
had succeeded. The woods were gay and
beautiful-for nature had clothed them IN
all her SURPRISING splendours. The noun
tain stream now run, now rippled, now curl
inc with it's silver eddies sparkling in the
sun -beam-now smoothly flowed along its
ever-yarying bed, towards its quiet home
Sin the world of waters" The birds war
blcd as sweetly in their green bowers OF
bliss, as if signs and tears were thing u"
known.
There was Joy on earth-the twittering
swallow, as it darted along in sunshine and
shade needed not the wailings Of afflction
and distress-the wild bird, in its noiseless
A;sht. softly silent as falls the snow -fake,
eemed unm,ndfu of woe, as it flashed its
wing across the vision. like the thought OF
dream during the hushed hours Of midnight,
and vanished as suddenly. To me the sight
oftheir ioyous felicity brought no gladncss--
the sounds of their mirth fell cold upon the
beart-it seemed but bitter mockery; and
smoke of days departed The bright and
Laughing skies seemed insensible that they
we're smiling over ruin and decay-that one
of hopes fairest. sweetest flowers, had
drooped and died; and that now-even now
was to be laid in the earth's cold bosom.
Ihad seen the child in guileless beauty,
when it was thing all glowing with health.
innocence, and joy-l had seen i folded IN
the arms of her that bore it, in all the over
whelming fondness OF mothers love. but
now her first-born blessing-her first, last
and only one, slept--not on the soft bosom
oG a mothers stenderness-but with the quiet
dead! Death, death! how lovely canst thou
be! Though pale and lifelcss. it wore
smile passonless and pure. as the cherub Of
|immortality--it had nothing Of the corpse
about it, but its Understanding OF the
grave but its silence. So beautiful it seem
ed-like the spsrtive lamb, decked with
fowerv garland for the sacrifice. coult
fain have lain down by its side in the cold DO
som Of our common mother, in the dark ant
silent valley.
Thou weepest. childless mothcr-ah. wei
, thou mayest-the Son of God wept at tn
! tomb Of his friend-and thou mournest tn
. 6rst-bern, Hard il is for thee to lay th