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Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23
A BYE LAW.
To prrmt persons bathing at ocrtain times
IN The Ohio Rirer Uihn tie bounds of
The b3r0Ugh or UIc.lng.

ll- DJIuu-N D fIi.--tlN-
4 s many persons are IN the habit Of bathing
~ in the Ono River within the bounds OF the
borough Of Wheeling, in the day time, thereby
violating every principle ofmodesty and decoUm:
b. Il enac'ld, By the mayor and commonaly
of the town Of Wheeling, IN common council
assembled, That il shall not be lawful for any
person. or persons, 10 battle in the Ohio River
within the bounds of the borough Of Wheeling,
between the hours Of sunrise and dusk IN the
eyening-al persons above the age of twelve
Years, infringing the provisions Of ibis act shall BE-
liable 10 penalty Of fifty cents for every such
offence, recoverable before any Justice of the
peace TOR the County of Ohio, in the name Of the
mayor and commonalty, and applied in aid of the
Taxes of said Town. In case the offender be I'M
der lawful age, the parent, master or guardian,
shall be liable to the penalties Of tins act.
This act, 10 take effect from the passing thereof
Passed, June l., lS22.
JOHN LIST, j. Rec0rder.
SMOSES ". CHAPLINE,
MagoT
A true copy Of the Bye Law.
J. ". RAY, Rscordsr.
June 18Th q
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23

and medicine heals i'll afterwards. Rene
dy is natural, medicine, in general, arti-
fetal. Ye pale faced dyspeptics, swallow
white mustard seed.-BOstOn Times.
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23

The Arkansas Gazette mentions the eX-
ecution of a man named Jacob Strickland,
found guilty of the murder Of George De
con: and thathe was carried to the galIows
in a state of iutoxcation, in which situa-
ton he was not only allowed to harrangue
the crowd, butpermt.ed to take two add
tional drinks of grog,-Wbat a disgusting
spectacle,
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23

.Hr. Jefsrson's DeJts.-A the time Of
Mr. Jeferson's death, his debts amount
ed to 100000 This we know. from
having seen a list, accompanied by I'M
questionable evidence of its correctness.
From the sales of personal estate, In Jan
uary, 1927, and the funds which came m
to his hands. his executor has paldthe sum
of eI2. $40 on account of the interest ac-
cruing on that debt, and the sum Of S35,
600. in part discharge of it. There IS,
therefore, at this time the sum of SI2,OOO
remaining unpaid, to pay which the
lands Of Mr.. Jefferson are now offered for
sale
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23

Pms ComplmmtarV.-Fhode Island
has become infected with the pun0ing te-
yer. Here is one of her late toasts.
Rhode ESland's tusatjetI Congress- Her
Robbins SCARED above the Eagles s. Turkey
buzzards ofthe South and West, and her
Knight was as clear as day. There was
no barrier raised against her interest that
she could not Poarce, and no insolent Hot
spur who did not shrink before the stern
rebuke Of a plain Burgess Citizen.
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23
MANAGERS OFFICE }
LmehJugh, June 3, l52s. :
A GNRDo

IDIIE MANAGER Of the Virginia Literature
Il Lotteries, presents bis greatlu achnowledg-
ments 10 the public, for their liberal patronage
already extended, TO his 9th Glass, and regrets,
that his arrangements are such as 20 prevent li3
personal attention TO the drawing, on the 18th
inst. al Wheeling lie bees leave 10 postpone
the drawing indefinitely, and 10 offer ia is stead,
the FIRST Glass of the GRIND State Lottery Of Vir-
gina, to BE- drawn about the first Of AUGUST, with
an increase Of brilliancy 10 Capitals, and NO yau-
alton IN price Of tickets. Persons holding tickets
in the Virginia Literature Lottery, are requested
10 change them, and % increase their adventure
i'm the following rich scheme now offered. which
may be done at either Of the Manager agencies.
AUG. LEFTWlCH.
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23

U1Ho Mustard Seed. This seems to
be the best remedy extant for dyspepsia,
and we from proof know It to be so. The
seeds Ia tea spoon full is a dose swallow
ed whole, have an extremely beneficial eff
feet This remedy Is one Of the vegetable
heahngs most favored by ourselves. Ma
ure, IN her narcotics and poisons, exhibits
her representatives. and her remedies. Even
the toad is aware of them. But white
mustard seed is undoubtedly a remedy for
dyspepsia. 1t would be deemed hyberpole
for us to state cures which this simple rem
edv has produced. We have before US a
pamphlet on this subject, and we can give
the name of a respectable man who has
been cured Of this complaint by this medl-
cine. There Is the same difference be-
tween healing a pulled nose, and a proven
ton Of pulling. Remedy begins before III
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23
OF their existence.
..,.sae~..

Raising CbicEens.-A writer in the
Charleston Courier, says, have read, in
some collection ofvoyages, OLA very brave
but very dlminutjve man, who commanded
an armed vessel belonged to Bristol. He
was taken by an Algerine, and, not being
able-bodied enough for held-work, w0s
made to hatch eggs. Tie relates the thing
with greatiudignation, inhis narrative
of his capture and condemnation.
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23

The Lands of the estate of THOMAS
JEFFERSON, deceased, lying in the
Counties of Campbell and Bedford,
viii be offered on the premises, if not
previously sold privately, on Monday, the
22d of September next.
Likewise MONTICELLO, in the
County Of Albemarlc, with the lands of
The said estate adjacent thereto, including.
the Shadwell Mills, viii be offered on the
premises, if not previously sold privately
on Monday, the 18th September next
The whole of this properly viii be diyi-
ded to suit purchasers. The sales being
made for the payment Of the testator's
debts, the desire to sell is sincere. The
terms viii be accommodating, and the
prices anticipated low Mrs. Randolph,
| of Monticello, viii Join in the conveyance,
and VIII make the titles perfect.
/ TIL. JEFFERSON RANDOLPH,
/ Executor of TIL. JEFFERSON, decd.
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23

the Weayers Of Baltimore, the salutatOn
of your and their friend and fellow
citizen,
Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-23

had as usual, as soon as drawn.
B1Ole Tiokzs, 81 80. Quarfsrs 50 60.
Hairs -.
The holder Of two ticket or shares, must draw
one prize, and may draw THREE
TEExs-For package, not less than fifty tick
cts, scheme price, for approved notcs. payable
fifty days after the drawing, without interest.
Vendersr AZ all times supplied al Scheme price.
Orders, By mail Or otherwise, meet the saise
attention given TO personal application.
Adde'S AUG. LEFTWICH,
Mnager-Wheelfng "a
June 9Th. 1893.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-22

gence from The frontiers ofTransyIvsns, which
Is not however, official. The news is thatsthe
Russians had crossed the Danube with eighteen
thousand men near Callots, and destroyed at
Moszins, ell the magazines and dePots of the
Seraslxier Of Sillistrls.-These reports caused
the bank actions to fall 1908 to 1902"
The Kingdom Of Netherlandshas sustained
serious loss in the death OF NJ. Appeliers. Min.
ister Of Finance.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-22
39oltttcal.
lCALUMNY RfFUTED.l
From the National hfeiligencer.

Messrs GALES s. cEAToN will do me
the favor of inserting in the Intelligen.
GER, the following statement-My rea.
son for making this request, is, that the
newspapers published in this town are
weekly papers. and should have no
opporiuni', ofgiving publicity to it un
til Wednesday next
HENRY n. WAKEFIELD.
Eoenra,cunopuu Mo- OH 1903
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-22

nv constituents, to vote for Mr.. ADAMS.
The facts which here state are now
in the distinct recollection OF some OF
the most respectable citizens OF this
state.
HENRY RIDGELY WAKEFIELD.
FsnDEnIckrows, 9Th May, 1928.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-22
Treneh Government desires not to give
up this last place in particular.
PORTUGAL.

Portugal is still unsettled DoN MI
cusL is afraid of being poisoned, and
trusts an old negro wench with the ex-
elusive preparation of bis food.
tits very confidently reported, in the
higher and political circles in Paris, that
the principal Allied Powers have trans
mitted express instructions to their res
pective Ambassadors in Lisbon, to take
down their national coats OF arms from
the fronts Of their houses, and consider
their functions at an end, in case the
infant Don Miguel, Regent ofPortugal,
should declare himself Sovereign, in
conformity to the views of his mother
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-22

From Colombo By the arrival of the
packet brig Tambico, captain Rathbone,
at New York. advices from Carthagena
to the 18th ult. inclusive. are received.
A letter of that date says -"We are hap
py TO say that our intelligence from the
interior is of the most satisfactory ma
ture. Juan Ma de Castillo is elected
President of the Convention. notwith-
standing great exertiens were made by
Santandey to get himself elected. The
party Of Gen. Bolivar appears to be tri-
umph assures the tranquility ofthe coun-
try"
Other letters to the same date. state,
that Bolivar was on bis way to Cartha'
gena where his arrival was expected in
a few days.-Padilla. late military Go
vernon at Carthagena, and twelve other
persons who were engaged in the late
had been arrested, and
were to be brought to trial. Some chan
ges had been made in the duties, the
particulars of which we have not seen
Business continued very dull at Cartha
gena. ~%~-
Wit, to be agreeable, should not be
satirical. We like to have
brilliant light thrown on any body we
are examining, but tits by no means a
greeable to have a strong reflection
thrown into our faces
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-22

Judges Of .Music.-A Scotch bagpipe,.
travelling into Ireland, opened his wal'e'
by wood side. and sat down to dinners
he had no sooner said grace than tnfes
wolves came about him. To one ne
threw bread, to another meat, tli n's
provision was all gone; at length :.
took up bis bagplpes and began to p r'2a
at which the wolves ran away ~
Deel faw me-" said Sawney, ian ! pS IA
kenn'd We loved music so weei,y e sh0u'
have had it before dinner"
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-22
SPAIN.

NADWD, AFFlI D.
The evacuation of Spain by the
French troops is TO take place immedi-
ate'y, but it will not be so complete as
was expected We believe that we shall
not deceive you in saying that the or
ders given for the evacuation, do moi
comprehend. up to this time, Cadiz and
the Seu d'Urgel; it seems that. the
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-22
To THE PUBLIC.

FREDERIcKTowN, May 9th, 1898.
The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1828-12-13
[INGTON, DEL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1928.

The DELAWARE REGISTER is published every Saturday
morning, by A. y H. Wilson, No. s. West High Street at
Two Dollars per annum, paid in Advance Two Dollars
and Fifty Cents at the end of the year.
Handb1s Cards, Blanks, Pamphlets, and Job Printing in
general executed with and despach and at mode
rate prices, at the Office of the Register
k5- Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms.
The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1828-12-13
THE SEXTON OF KNOCKBRAE.

Has this fellow feeling sings
HAMLET
OF this romantic parish, Saunders Macknockie was,
for many years, beadle and grave digger, and true
specimen of the profession he was, BROTHER in SO far
as mith and humor are concerned, to the aughterlo
wing grave digger in Hamlet. His mental and phys-
cal constitutions were happily united to another
His mind and body expressed nothing but the ludic-
rous Jest eered in his eye, it curled at his lip, it
mantled and dfilsed itself over his whole vsage. He
was about four feet eight inches high, and about
much in BREADTH firmly compacted and knit together
in thew and sinew, 18th and limb. He had small
sparkling eyes, of greyish hue, full round face,
which in color might be compared to the purple of the
rosy-fngered morn, when the king of day rises from
his bed of waters, or to the back of lobster when
parboied His chin was always covered with pro-
fusion of grisy hairs, which on Sunday appeared as
if an attempt had been made to reap them but eth
er the skill of the operator, viz: himsef-for bar
Der was never seen in the parish of Knockbrae, or
the instrument employed had been at fault, for these
pocupine quilts had kept their settlements unmoyed
and unsubdued for than fifty years. The hebdo
madal cuts and slashes which garnshed his chin on
the first day of the week, showed however, that an at
tempt had been made to smooth his face and indeed
the state of Knockies chin was so familiar to all the
parish, and associated with so much rustic wit, that
any alteration of the whole man, would have been to
worse at least in the estimation of all who knew
him. His clothes were of light grey color, for the
sake of economy, for he was under miller to Charles
Capper At the funerals however, of the richest
part of the parish he was generally arrayed in black,
that to saw a suit that had once been black, for il
had acquired brownish color, from long exposure to
the and rain. 1t is hardly possible to convey to
modern understanding just conception of the shape
OF these mourning vestments; suffice it to say that
they were originally made for stern Cameronan,
who pdcd himself the largeness Of his buttons and
the length and breadth of the skirts of his coat.
These lugubrous weeds, when they covered the out
ward man of the sexton of Knockbrae, were by no
means the sgn-posts of inward grief and trouble of
spirit; on the contrary, his face, such occasions,
had infused into it double portion of the udicrous,
which became more conspicuous by the effort which
he was forced to make in order to engthen it out to
becoming degree of longitude. In fine, had the
knockbraeans been heathens instead of christians,
certes their sexton had been deifed He would have
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image would have snufed up the incense of
Soups and cranks, and wiIes
and all the ct ctera of broad grins that disturb
ed the face of man.
The levity of this sexton, was, however, stumb-
Ing-block of offence to the serious part of the
parish and indeed it was wonder to ALL that he
who had walked hand in hand with death for so many
years, should have thought that
"soon faithful brother of the trade
Would do for him what he had done for thousands
The worthy Mr. Langtext had made many attempts
to impress on his mind some serious thoughts, but
with no great success. As that deep divine one
day walking in the churchyard, coming over meori-
ter, the arguments and illustrations of sermon-for
the reading of heard in those days
his attention suddenly reused by a grumbling
sort of noise, followed byloud bursts of laughter that
seemed to issue from made grave at distance
Approaching gently he perceived the sexton sitting
in the grave, and looking with mixed expression of
anger and humor on the fragments Of spade which
he had just broken.
The dell O. sic trash O. spades they make moo,
muttered the old man, did ever see. It's nae sax
ooks snce gaze twa lilly white shillings to that rascal
Tom Carnoch the merchant, for that mussel-shell
there-dear enough in conscience, though they
hae risen 10 per cent in London, he says. He
tauId me it was the ace O. spades but wac betde me
if he dnna ken to his cost, that he's the knave
O. hearts. my names Saunders Macknockie.
Pretty trash O. wark tools that they make moo It's
nae fortnight since break aft the end of my pick,
by striking against the skull O. Geordy Greetang-a
dor loon the Dominic says he was for his tawse could
never make ony impression on his head-oh, that |
could haze told the same tale about my pick But
should haze drawn lesson from hence, not to hae come
in contack wi sick hard material"
Upon this the sexton sent up from the bottom of
the grave such loud and long, and hearty laugh
that the minister stood with utter cement like one
petrified and it was not till Knocke had fairly ex-
halsted HIMSELF that Mr. Langtext could find utter
ance to rcbuke this houghtess beade for his unsea-
sonabe mrth
81 have told you again and again, Saunders Mac
knockie, of the danger to which you exposed, by
leading life of sic thoughtlessness and profanity ];
but exhortation and warning are thrown away upon
YOU If your heart were not utterly caous and scar
ed over it would long ere now have been impressed
with some serious thoughts of your fraty and
mortality. Think you grey head sinner, that your
present seat will be your dwelling place to the
end of time-Oh, think where you are now sitting,
and repent you of the evil of your ways" &
"Wi' your leave, most reverend and learned SIR
replied the sexton, "your advice comes an nkling too
late at present. for you ken wee enough that there is
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text for you came it at the end of every para
graph, which every minister Elspet Groandeep says,
should do and she's great Judge, and powerful
scripture woman, for | saw her once beat Elder
Teuchbody at prolemics, | think she cad them
There's name that comes up wi you sir, except per-
haps, that great man frae Helgy, Mr. Rantoul WOW
was that not noble holding forth that he gave us on
the afternoon o. the last ocoasion-and was he no sweet
on that glorious word Mesopotamia Dootless, it
weel yourself wad hae done, but surely it
was far frae deservn that censure which your auld
hoose keeper Il dnna like that woman, she scrimps
me of my milky passed upon it, videcet, the Do
mimic says, that ane o. her masters lang obs was
worth acre. Scotch measure, O. sic caud, lifeess,
fooshionless threadbare dscourses."
By thus administering the cup of fattery, which
few can refuse to swallow, the sexton averted the
storm that about to burst upon him for punning
on the minister's text. A hopeless case," said the
good man, and wheeled away.
The grave digger in the tragedy of Hamlet, and
his brother in Bairs Grave,' poem which APP
proaches nearer the manner and language of Shaks-
peare, than any other in the wide range of our era-
ture, represented by these great writers pair
of the most jovia humorsts, and NEST authors indeed,
when they describe the characters of those whose pro-
LESSONS bring them much in contact with the
of death and mortality, have generally invested them
with habits and feeling altogether different from those
which we naturally think they should acquire from
considering the circumstances in which they
frequently placed. This is curious exhibition of
human nature, but it is true one The pictures
which the mighty writers already mentioned have
drawn, not the "airy nothings of their ina
ginatons- have ga local habitation in this
world of ours; they characters of everyday &C.
currence. An explanation of this phenomenon has
been given by the great dramatist,-" custom hath
made it property of easiness = to which we may
add the natural antipathy which the human mind has
to dwell the gloomy thoughts of death and the
grave. The physician, the undertaken and the SEX
tom are perhaps, the persons, of all others, who think
least on such subjects. To the physician, death bed
scene will suggest thoughts of the nature of the di-
sease-the ratio medendi-the cause predisponenteS,
&C. and his mind will pass from professional sub
iect to another till at length it dwells on that sweet
est of conceptons-a fee. His constant satellites,
the sexton and the undertaken, think of nothing
else but the fee.
The same event, then, will suggest different train
of thoughts to different Individuals which will be reg
ulaed by their various professions habits education,
and thousand other circumstances The power of
habit over the human mind, seems in many to
be in proportion to the difficulty which it has to over
come its repugnancy to what is naturally disagreeable
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been the laughter-loving Menus of the hills and his
image would have snuffed up the incense of
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"Qnips and cranks, and wani0n wiles,
Mods, and becks, and wreathed Smiles"
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Sdnrln
SIIn.nnn

This table is exhibited by him TO prove that e nres,
Executive If prodgGl than the former in the
are OF this nnd-ard he adds in my statements know
mere IS no error In former part of his letter the opr
Herman was pleased to charge with the sIppresso,,
OF am important fact i'll not stating in my table am nnex
pended balance appro priatious with The whole of which
appropriations Mr. Adams was charged in the two piece
ding years Now, when shall have revised his ow,r
statement by the record viii leave him TO take 10 him
sell such cphets. ne shall think to be In The
years lSI2 and 3, in wjt hc down for contingent
Pcnscs noihlng there in each year after provs
IONS Ior several missions ucmcd appropriations for e
contingent expenses Of those missions $1,000" as will
'c seen T. 3 Laws, Vol L. page 80 and 5-But he will
io' sop TO count these making $4,000 MS he may
say Goy were not appropriated unGcr the head of con-
gebJ expenses OF Foreign intercourse" Put il is fur.
,hcT true that in tine year e2 there was AZ unexnended
balance rom former appropriations for contingent eypcn
ceS OF Forcgr Intercourse ola Of St, rs Which
Tins assumption shall have compelled rs to believe fa
nc mas seen every thing Est have his eve in f,o
ruhr Executive Documents Of ist session 7tf
vol g. no d-whcb SIM should have taken place IF b4
trst "otht"g and again by Public Executive Doc1,-
ncls "a seSsoD, I1n Congress Vol g. no o. appears
''2l NE 'ufhPoEdcd balance, under the same Ec5d for
ioZ5 was $3ic@ 90, ana 20 practice rpon Tho oent!e
man Sgi'stcS. az applied 10 preceding atc n MIN
" W"nld p" compelled 10 rcckGrsr ta sun, i t;~ ,er
V'' IS ma! ne, While Ih-gc ," csc. I'D rr,t II .
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S457,50O

leaving the expense Of the three last years S27 0OC
mlnlstration" - Wv FO'"i'S "u'
AGAIN. That item Of the expense of f,reicn i,tr.
course embraced under the title ocontineent
Decn adVerted TO as of great abuse Here for
answer, let us resort to official documents = ~
There was expended of this fund