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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-01
FEBRUARY 1, 1927

Last comes the lean and sippered pan
taloon." The marks of decline and deere
pitude become more prcceptible. The
teeth are gone-the jaws approach each
other--the face is sunk; the eye quenched in
rheumatic voice feeble, unequal and whist
ling-the muscles wasted-the gait totter-
ing-thc sight and hearing rapidly fail-and
the other senses are almost obliterated.-
The mind lives NOT in the present-the
memory acts not upon things of to-day. The
green hills, the joyous gambols, the pure
friendships of childhood, all thrill through the
heart. The ancient man sits in the midst
of generation thrice removed from his own:
he appears insensible to those around him
he is deaf and participates not in their joys
he beholds their sorrows with cold unteel-
ing eve. But, WHY does he, at times convul-
sively grasp his staf-anc why does an un-
needed tear occasionally trickle down his
furrowed cheek9 He is looking back be
yond the existence of the present generation
perhaps the image of her who has slept in
dust for half century--she in whom his
youthful heart was "garnered up, appears
before his memory as once she bloomed:-
perchance the mother who watched or slept
DER his cradle, and enhanced the joyousness
of his early life, is breathing in his ear--or
the bosom friend and companion ofhis youth
full wanderings, smiles upon him, with the
truth and ardour he has so long been stran-
ger to. Where are hey2--Another people
has grown to maturity since their graves
were sodded Their memory has pcrished
except in the aged man, WHOSE long dried
fountains of sensibity gush forth afrcsh as
such recollections rise in his mind.
1.-The approach of death from slow-com-
ing decline and intirmity of nature, is mark
ed by the eventual oblitcration Of all the fac,
nlties Of mind and body. The breathing be
comes slower, and slower; the heart inter
mts its pulsatons; the blood lolters along
the veins; the extremities grow cold and the
feeble flame of life lessons until it ceases tt
be preceptihle, except at the centre, where
it family elimmers for time, and then il
gently extnguished without sigh or groan
without trace of emotion or of pain"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-01
MAN FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE

We have seen the interesting Lecture de-
lvered by DIR. Goldman, Professor of Anato-
my and Physiology in the Rutgers Medical
College. 1t is characterized by good deal
OF ability, guided by refined taste, and does
honor to the author, both as writer and a
gentleman zealously attached to his prctes-
SION The lecture opens with beautiful
and ingenious view and comparison OF the
different stages of human life, from the era
die to the grave, considered principally in
relation to their physiological character.
MAN, who eventually becomes Lord of
Creation by his superiority of intellectual
endowment, enters upon the field OF future
greatness the most feeble and helpless of liv-
ing beings.-He is too delicate to sustain
the changes of the air he is to breatbe:-his
hands, those admirable instruments, are
useless and unmanageable. The capacious
mead, the future throne OF intellect, is too
heavy to be supported by his own strength;
ana MS expressive eyes are incapable OF be-
ing advantageously directed towards any
OBJECT. Without the loving and unwearied
assidulty of his tender mother, death would
speedily silence his feeble walings; for the
mower OF the fields, which blooms but fol-
Az nour, and then withers away, is not more
uencate nor susceptible of destruction, thar
- Nhe LIE OF the human infant. But, clasped
W maternal arms to that fountain of susie
aahse, which may so justly be termed sa
srea' from its constituting the first and mos
s ssnuearing link in parental and social feeling
is i"an drinks in llie and warmth; his eyes soor
;ust sIn 10 distinguish objects, his strength i.
tn,.e:ased, his senses begin to demand his at
wh;I, shh;;loh, and that education commences
moua malea IS to fit him for assuming his rank a
nk .sEl rational and intelligent beings.
a,sr. "ess successive changes very gradual,
s,s;... lie requires parental attention ant
IN ih.ahce n. long after he has ceased to nestle
aa se ss,o bosom Of his mother, At,this periot
3afis are all susceptiAse and vigorous
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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-01

The following lines commenced the annu-
al new years ode OF the Canandaigua Re-
positorv tor The year 1926. The author we
understand, died few weeks after the date
Of the address.
Heard YOU that knell' 1t was the knell of
Time.
Andi is Time dead' thought Time never died.
knew him old, tis true, and full of years,
And bald exceptin front;-but he was strong
As Hercules:-I saw him grasp the oak,
II fcl--the tower, it crumbled;-and the stone,
The sculptur'd monument, that mark'd the grave
of fallen greatness, ceas'd its pompous strain,
As time came by. Yes, Time was very strong,
And lad thought, too stong for Death TO CRAP
pie.
But remember now his step was light,
And though he moy'd at rapid rate, or trod
On adamant, his tread was never heard,
And there was something ghostly in the thought,
That in the silence of the midnight hour,
When all was hush'd as death, and not a sound
crept DER my chambers still, or awoke
The echo slilmbering therein such an hour
lie trod my chamber and heard him not
And have held my breath and listened close
To catch one football as he glided by;
But not slumberng sound awoke, or sgh'd,
And the thought struck me then, that one whose
step
Was so much like spirits tread, whose acts
Were all so noiscless like the world unseen,
Would soon be fit for other worlds than this
Fit for high converse with immortal minds,
Unfetter'd by the flesh, ,-unchain'd to earth.
Times movements oh how fleet! and yet
how still!
Still as the morning sunbeam, as it kiss'd
The blushing flower, but shook not cen thu
tears
Of Night, the lingering dew-dropa, from it
leaves,
Nor woke the wild-bee slumbering in its folds.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-01
sPD-EzrlASYe .
THE ALPINE FLOWERS.

Meek dwellers mid yon terrorstricken cliffs!
Wi,t srows so pure, and nccnse-breathng lips,
Whence are ye'--Did some white wing'd mes
seuscr
On Nercv's mission trust your timid germ
10 the cold cradle ofeternal SHOWS
orbrcathing on the callous icces.
Iid them with tear-drops nurse yer
Tree nor shrub
Dare that drear atmosphere, no polar pine
Uprears veteran front--yet there ye stand,
Leaning your checks against the thick ribb'd ice,
And looking up with brilliant eyes to Him
who bids sou bloom unblanch'd amid the waste
OF desoution. Man, who painting tolls
Oer slippery sleeps, or trembling treads the
verge
Of yawnng gulphs, o'er which the headlong
plunge
Is to Eternity, looks shuddering up,
And marks We in your placid loveliness
Fearless, yet frail, and claspng his chill hands
Blesses your pencil beauty Mid the Pomp
of mountain SUBMITS rushing on the sky
And claining the rapt soul in breathless awe,
He bows 10 bind you dropping to his breast,
Inhales your spirit from the frost wing'd gale,
And frecr dreams of Heaven.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-09-15

Small 1ah-No body abuses small talk IN
less he be stranger to its convenience Small
talk is the small change of life, there is no get
ting without it. There are times, when It's
folly to be WISE" when little nonsense is very
palttabr, and when gravity and sedateness
ought to be kicked down stairs philosopher
cuts a poor figure in ball room unless he
leave his wisdom AT home. metaphysics is as
intrusive in the most agreeable prattle as a
death head on the lesta board
We have met with men who were too lofty
for small talk. They would never condcsccnd
10 play with rband, or fan flirt They we're
above such trhing in other words. they were
above making themselves agreeablr above
pleasing and being pleased; they were all Wis
dom, all gravity and tcdiousne>s, which they
bestowed upon company, with more than Dog
berrys generosity. Such men ought to be in
dcted as public nuSances A man who cannot
talk, has u" more business in society than sta
tue; the world is made up of trfles. and he no
can tr,ile elegantly and gracefully is a valuable
acquisition to mankind He is u Corinthian CO.
lunn in the fabric Of society.-I.N y NJ Co,o.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-09-15
SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.

Society and solitude are more alike in point Of
creating happiness than people imagine. have
been alone in wilderness, with not human crea-
ture within reach Of me for many miles, and yet the
very glow Of : bright afternoon sun as he illumiaat
Cd the distant mountain tops filed the heart with
tue pnrest rapture. There moments Of enthu
sAsm. have felt the same feeling in society. The
brianoy Of gay dancers-the ease ard grace of fe
male loyeiiness. joined with some being about
which the mind fingers with delight, produce the
same sensations which nature in her loyelcst ap-
pearance ever did Society and solitude meet on
the same ground Of equal enjoyment Vat. .7dr.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-09-15

had risen tht sun from the wave, and WAS now hold
ing up her chalIce for full draugt Of his light"
She feels ana confesses the influence of this power
Here the Epicurean knowledge ard the vcst;l in
nocence are admirably pourtrayed. At length they
reach the hermitage, where few Christians adore
Their God in safety. Alciph.on, unable to quit the
object Of all his dearest affections, processes to be-
come disciple; and though dissembler at first,
soon becomes deeply convinced of the sublime
truths Of Christianity. The holy hermit, IN conse
qucnce, betroths him to Alethc; but on the Of
this suspicious destiny, when all the prospect is
peace and blessedness, when Alciphron " wander
cd unanused and uninterested by either the scenes
or the people that surrounded him. and sighed for
that rocky solitude where Aethe breathed, felt this
to be the Wilderness, and that the world" the per
secution under Nespatian commences, and the
Christians are dragged to martyrdom, at Arsnoc.-
Aethe is saved for one day, and Alciphron, wound
ed, obtains leave to visit her in prison, where she
has been sent from the tribunal, with coral chap
let tied round her head, as if in mockery, BY the
cruel and inhuman priest, the pathetic an4
beautiful tragedy ends by her expiring in the
other lover, being poisoned by the chapet she
compelled to wear.
The Literary Gazette closes review ofthe Tale
by this panegytlck:-
:" the best style Of Addison improved by mo-
dern taste-lf the sublimity much admired in
Vathek-if the fine perceptions of nature so exqu
site in Rousseau, but employed on pure theme
if all these, and many other splendid qualities
touched by the genius Of Moore, can mpart delight
TO readers then will Tie Epicurea be an evell4st-
ing monument to his fame
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-09-15

Minds the most congenal, and seemingly formed
TO coalesce in the sweetest union. NAV sometimes.
by missing the precise moment of explanation after
slight misunderstanding, separate forever. Let
US learn lesson from fact which may be useful to
the proudest heart and the most delicate SENSIBLE.
ty-that there is no pride so high. nor deEcacy SO
refined, asto be above the aid of mutual concession
How many blossoms Of happiness have been shaken
from the tree and died prematurely, and how much
sourness has been engrafted in their places merely
from the want of such timely sacrifice.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-09-15

er walks of lfe-wlth what feelings Of delicacy and
proprlety, can American ladies', who justly boast of
an exalted rank in the scale of refinement, counte.
nance, BY their presence, the exhibition as show,
and for speculation, the dead body of one of their
SEX who for aught We know, was, when living, as
ultuous, as refined, as delicate, as themselves"
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-09-15

New-York paper in commenting upon public
exhibitions, makes the following remarks respect
ing the mummy:
"We come last to notice the mummy We con-
fess, at first felt anxiety to see this curiosi-
ty. But upon further reflection, were cons:rain-
ed to admit that the principle in this case is more
revolving than in any other have noticed of
course we did not see it. This person was commit.
ted to the silent house of the dead, by her friends
probably several thousand years ago, with the ex-
press intention that her mortal remains should be
preserved-and can we estimate it any other than
impous sacrlege thus to ransack and pillage the
tombs, and carry about the dead body of human
being, for the low and unworthy purpose of taxing
the curiosity OF the world to fill the pockets Of the
robbers What should We say if some Turk should
come to this country and rob the tomb of Mount
Vernon or Monticello, and carry the dead body of
of our revered patriots to the old world to exhi-
bit to the IDLE gaze OF the crowd, and that too for
enoney2 Should we not pronounce it intoleraby bar
barous' and yet the principle in both cases is the
same. There is yet one view of the subject and
we have done; Tins person is SAID to have beena
female; and she evidently once moved in the high.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-09-15

~ 1s'laf cge ought teopIe 10 cease 10 hre9
1t has been asked at what age ouch, people to
cease to love- In one sense, never A certain ten
dcrncss Of rccoection, and sweet and respectful
treatment Of one another, will never forsake those
who have known how to love truly Asto the rest,
there is great difference in different people There
are men and women both, who seem as if they
would never be old. On the other hand there arc
some who appear as If they had never been young.
We meet even with youth, who have the manners
and |arklins thoughts of old age.
We have known men advanced in life, whom we
could fancy making love with far less ndecorum
than some Of twenty and thirty years of age. The
reason is, that the former are young in spirit and
can pay their attentions with grace, pertnence,
and vlvaci'y, that in rescuing love from the com
mon place Of mere animal passion, at once make
up for the want Of youth, and supply what youth
itself ought 10 BRING To be sure, set man of this
kind against Romeo, and he will stand no chance;
nor ought he to seek it. Julets are not for him, Vi
vaclous as he may be. But set him against a young
Shallow or Holoernes and juliet herself " ould
at least sigh over the difference. We sympathze
with the immortal gaiety of Anacreon, in spite of
his silver hairs Nay, he succeeds in making US
like them. His candor and pleasantly disarm US;
We allow his cheeks, blooming with VINE instead
of youth; and agree to think Of his white locks a
sanst them as OF lilies against Solid objec-
TONS appear superficial before the magic of bis po-
etry aud animal spirits. We think how many nj
nu'es he could make precious to one Of his beau
ties; and BY the help Of his federation, contrve to
put up with the rest and to fancy little regard for
him not so monsrous. We wonder whether any
body ever thought Of Anacreon young VIVA, pro-
digious odes we fancy him to have written them
And YET, perhaps he wrote as he did when old, be-
cause he did not begin writing too soon.
tEngNsh paper.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-09-15
again | stand


The iollicst spinster in the land.
But conceivng that they had right to procure
husbands if they could, it so happened that they
were both in love, at the same time, with Mr. Cur
It's, the botanist. They kept a school at Walham,
while he lived about a mile nearer London at
Queens Elm. Prompted by the affections of ma.
ture the current of which it is hard to check they
accustomed to visit him rather oftener than he
could wish; the character and style of his ayoca.
TONS he was celebrated in his line, requiring all
his time. This induced him to be frequently denied
to them, though it was touching, tenderlv, sore
part, for he liked their company very much, if his
time would have permitted. But it seems they
could not mould his feelings to their purpose One
day they happened to get access to him by means
of stratagem, indicative of attachment; but their
male friend on this OCCASION might know too much,
as, after half an hours intercourse, he observed ON
their retiring, to young artist then present.
"These are two clever young women and ac-
knowledge myself very much gratfed with their
company; but it is pity they do not mend the
holes in their stockings"
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-09-15

MRS. woLsToSEcRAFT AND MISS BLOOD.
These two ladies not of feelings to sit in
green and yellow melancholy, ga worm i tn bud,
feeding their damask cheeks;' not yet quite rea-
dy to exclam with one of Dry dens heroincs,
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$500 REV ARD.

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q l1th c iuly INST AEi4RO MA FAMED pEYER
CATS himself Peter Bellings4, about 26 n ,ears ST AZ
and five ee og niue inches Ash, e,out bg,ii mi s,ow
motlonel sober orderly fellow, accsumsI 10 q i,
work. lie took With LIN variety u c'4tlats. aelan4
which were blue cloth dra5 tioti HI 4 Bar Ill
hne hight eaofed ca'luefe Eanfas,t Hair IL dra cloth
do ene par o. White daiiu1 and sar III f.- am
White summer do ~llte aalsieaN ai, ole yellow
striped do, ons par a ane .aa stockings .al one iii
Of Waite cotton DO, one @he anl brown lca shat
one pair Of bouts hali worn, one luf iat
ALSO.--a the same TING, NeEla nan named John
lPHillS, about ~ years " acc, I've tte, ar III nchgs
lhgh not stout Peter bi liz Ai d beg a. notion
ed and sober lie tl3sJ much iii tbs -se4ss 5at Is ft.
pert and tor@al ihsa Peer AmaaS mi cotle ne to0k
with hun ne baak cloth coai with eaa. k.ble lm..
ail one round tcEe, par Of dsab aoth pAlsat. 4
par OF dlk cloth 90 ra5 &elsey la VII Of blacE an,t
Write s'f'tei Or an, oHs par Of yellow "a enc pa.
ow linen de-, onr Linen and one riisa sift II Nii /.
@orsed eaisteoat wi ia s,pes pa II caiskii slats
nearly neu, inr ard summer Lat ! he .h, 81 4F,f1t
negroes were raised On spfsaa Island e t3hes4ncaL
BAY, ~ the ilhef i he subscribers, all Wtu Ill W,
on any reasonable cause .t! as believed til DIN tle u
reference Of cyl disposed persons I'll. above reward
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we bceH appointed sole AGENTS IL ne NV ~ DaI
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haMa hieh seAIacteiiom tree found il The WIt,,t
Amchca ih' Balm IS improved "a coor, strength mi
pethimc, aud y grand capillary si1tnes are u tnv,
w ho't, cc ~ cents, prevents tie Hair from fsn
81 80 toifs from iilst application 0r causes 4 lW
growth o. whlskers ma tew weeks Eottt. price 75
cea's VII not only stop tie hAir falling oil bn ke
We e Three weeks causes growth q appcaf aad
pefss II. ?
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aches ~
By repeated esaermens found ieay every sort of
climate, @llhoGt NC leas' injury 10 - s.lt,ies.
COMES q certificates Viii % Shown ~ e scrers from
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received new growth d lar.
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TIE Delaw0rp Fire Insurance lom.gsn

3AGetiPuitaI I'D by legislature HE STATE M
wars VI capital II ono hundred thousand aoil,
The Piesricht and Dncct i nov receiving arIr
tons Insurance, al their Office, No. III Sipley ILL.,,
between Front and Second streets, against Ioss :, w
onevefy desclptin9oi buli,gsn gtneial Mercharlisc
Ships y Port, and ther caiB,es Household Yunr,ie
afd othe personal riopvts ,aso against oss or ,sna
bt inland ianspoi alton a goods, waes merchandise H.
country produce =
Terms OF insurance vii be a favorable as afy IL II,
Companiesin the Cities d Philade la New YORK w.
ties assured, may iepose tie fullest oonhd, nce n NJ
soiiy Of its capital aud That all losses iii be
adjusted by the company.
JoHN Moony IS Asentto survey property 10 be insured
for The town and reiny If New Castle, il placed q n
B auey, declined
Lhy, II Evans IS Agent to survey properiyto be II,
cured tor tie town ana vicinity If Ekton.
Jous CLuagls Agent 10 survey properly TO be lnsn.
ipr he town and vicinity OF Smy rna
JosErH IoSks is Agent survey property 10 be Ins,.
TER the town OF We.t-Chcs Grand vicinity.
Directors
! John Patterson, David Bush,
!, Joseph NeliN, Nm Chandler
/ DAVID Y. Wilson, JOSEPH Ginbb
| Joscp Gilpn, Robert porel.
v NJ SEAL, Presidrns
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SEPTEMBER 2, l57 his
htest, JOHN 4 D'NEAI.
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