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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-07-14

Cure for HenS.-The following exiraordina-
nv fact has come TO our knowledge "A planter
in the vicinity Of Raleigh, IN. CO. had been for
some years afflicted with a wen OIL his neck,
which grew so large as to be very inconvenient
and distressing After trying a number of rem
edies, he was advised by one of his nelghbors
TO wash it two or three times a day with strong
salt i, ater (wsfer in which salt had been dissol-
ved.) lie did so, aud to his great relief and
comfort, the wen gradually decreased IN size,
and finally disappeared Let those who are
similarly afflicted, . go and do likewise"
Ra!eigh Register.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02

My satchel and my cap upon,
Were sore and withering;
And the trunk was broke that led away
The water from the spring
could not pass the broken door,
And sadly ,urnd to stray
Where leap'd my little waterfall,
But that was swept away;
And the soft green meadow had been plough,
In which us'd to play.
My birth place Oh, my birth place
never more may see
The happy hours my childhood saw
Beneath your spreading tree +
l would were as innocent
As then us'd 10 be = CASSIIe
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02
CASSIIs
FROM THE LADIES' MAGAZINE.
STANZAS.

STANZAS.
The evening star will twinkle presently.
The last small bird is silent, and the bee
Has gone into his hive, and the shut flowers
Are bending, as if sleeping on the stem,
And all sweet living things are slumberng
In the low hush of natures resting time
The faded west looks deep, as if its blue
Were searchable and as atch it now
The twilight hath stole over it, and made
lis liquid eye apparent, and above,
To the far fetching zenith, and around,
As if they waited on her Ike queen,
Have stole out the innumerabie stars,
To twinkle ike intelligence in heaven
Is it not beautiful my fair Adel7-
Fit for the young affections TO come out,
And battle in like an element! How we'll
The night is made for tenderness - so still,
That the low whisper, scarcely audible,
Is heard like music, and so deeply pure,
That tile fond thought is chastened as it springs
And on the lip made holy. have won
Thy heart, my delicate girl, but it hath been
When that soft eye was on me, and the love
First told beneath the evening influence,
Shall be as constant as its gentle star. ROY,
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02

Between two worlds life hovers like a star,
'Tw'xt nigh' ard morn upon the horizons verge
How little do we know that which we are!
How less what We may bel The eternal surge
Of tine and tide rolls on, and bears afar
Our bubbles; as the old burst, new emerge,
Lash'd from the foam of ages; while the graves
Of empires hea'e but like some passing waves.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02
SONNET.

Elegance floats about thee like dress,
Melting the airy motion Of thy form
Into one swaying grace and loneliness,
Like rich tint that makes picture warm,
Is lurking in the chestnut of thy tress,
Enrchng it, as moonlight after storm
MiDgles dark shadows into gentleness.
beauty that bewilders like spell,
Reigns in thine eyes clear hazel, and thy brow,
So pure IN ven'd transparency, doth tell
How spiritually beautiful art thou
temple where angelic love might dwell
Life in thy presence were thing to keep.
Like gay dreamer clinging to his sleep.
ROY
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02


.Nontgomery the Poet-A handsome and gra-
ilfying compliment has just been paid to this
excellent and gifted man by his townswomen.
The ladies ofSheflield subscribed sum of money
to present him 18th a small piece Of plate, and
the excess of the subscription beyond what suf-
feed for the purpose was to be given to the Mo
Iayan Mission, at Tahago, established by the
Poets father, and here arc the remains Of his
mother The modest and benevolent charac-
ter Of Mr.. Montgomery was well consulted by
presenting him with splendid and finely
wrought silver inkstand and devotng the rest
OF the subscription. amounting to ten thousand
pounds, to the purpose OF missionary settlement.
LonIon pnper.
In speaking of a bachelors ball to take
place in New York, on the 1.lth of Februa-
", St Valentines eve, Major Noah says
"Ihis annual bali has its good effects
1t brings together in the most agreeable
manner those who are not disposed to drag
out weary existence alone-it places beau
ty and worth in the most winning light, and
frequently breaks the shackles of confirmed
bachelors Our magazines DIES modes feel
the good effects Of this annual assembaoe,
and notice being given in time we hope the
ladies Will commence their preparations.
Ne,c Species Of Brulinats.-At ball in
Calcutta, lady remarkable for the splen-
tlour of her dress and ornaments, attracted
the eyes Of all the company on entering the
ball room. Rows of brillants, which threw
around her light like that of the fabulous
carbuncles of the Arabian Nights, glittered
down her dress. and ecIipsed all the Jewels
in the room. When the other ladies', desi-
rous Of examining her sumptuous ornaments,
drew near, and began to pry into the mystic,
ry, it was discovered that the ingenious fair
one had imprisoned some hundreds Of fire
flies in little bags of muslin, the ue,fus fer-
tiles of Petronius; and that, proud to adorn
so much beauty, they futtered as she NOV
ed and gave her the appearance of being
Gecked out with jewels Of living fire.
- London Ueehy Reriem.
ChsekChess play is good and witty
exerciseof the mind, and fit for such as are
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02

On reading Charade, whose answer was
Blunderbuss, lady very innocently OBJ
served that of all words ending in bass she
preferred re-buss.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02
A Mofher's Love.

Fer yet her child has drawn its earliest breath
A mothers love begins-it glows til death
Lives before life-wl,h death not d'es-but seems
The very substance Of immortal dreams
[V'ernsche.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02
81 remember, l remember
The house where [ zs0s barn. "

1 feileNiDeT, 1 remember
The house where 4ras barn."
T. HOor
My birth place Oh, my birth place
The house beneath the hill
The moss upon the sloping roof,
The tinkle Of the rill.
And the artificial water fall
That turn'd my little MILL
Ny birth place with its spreading tree,
Its parlor windows low,
The door that opened to the South,
Through which used to go;
And the creeper climbing to the top
And hanging over SO
dream'd ofit-my birth place
And Went again to see
The moss upon its shopping roof,
The shadow of its tree -
Alas that only in my dream
That pleasant sight should be
Decay had left it desolate,
Its pleasant tree was gone.
The messy roof had fallen in,
The rose was overgrown;
And the creeper tangled with the weeds
Across the stepping stone.
The bank on which knclt to drink,
The grass us'd to fling
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02

ChsskChess pla, is good and witty
eyerciseof the mind, and fit for such as are
idle and as have extravagant thoughts or
troubled with cares: nothing better to d.
vert their mind and alter their melitations :;
invented some say BY the general of an ar
my in famine 70 Keep soldiers from mutt
ny; but if it proceed from over much study,
IN such case it may do more harm than
good. 1t is game too troublesome for
some mems brains; too full of anxiety; all
but as bad as study; besides it is testy,
choleric game, and very offensive to him
who loseth the mate. William the Com
qaeror, playing at chess with the prince of
France (dauphin was not annexed to the
crownin those days. losing his mate, knock
ed the chess-board about his pate, which was
reuse Of much enmitv between them.
Burton.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-02-02
POETRY.


From the Richmond tSlt0r and Itlegraph
THE TOILING BELL!
Hark lis the toIl'ng Bell
The fearful sommnns to the silent tomb
Some child Of dust hath ta'en his last farewell,
Ofgref and gloom
And can no force withstand,
The shunless edict of thy voice, Oh Death
Thou speak and all that live at thy command,
Yield up their breath
Agaln--Agan Dark Bell
We thoughtless tribes of nrth bear heed, the toll
All bodng, chill, and fearful doth it swell,
Upon the soul
Toll for the bold and brave
He fas--the quivering shaft hath pierced his breast
And the plumb warrior bows him 10 the grave
Rest, Soldier, rest
Toll for the bright and fair
IT'S past-the rosy cheek hath lost its bloom,
And the soft bosom, heaveless, chill and bare,
Lies in the tomb
Toll for the young and gay
Hark, midst the songs Of mlrth, there was moan,
And laughter's merry note hath died away -
They, they are gone
Toll for the good and just
Alas no worth tn upllfted hand may stay
Death calls upon all animated dust,
And they obey
Then, toll, dark Bell, toll on
Thy hollow voice, unto the passerbv,
Speaks the dread truth he fears and strives to shun
That all must die c..
al remember, remember
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-05-28

Agreeably TO the foregoing agreement,
and promise, the bill in equity was fled and
proceedings regularly had thereon between
Norton Pryor, Complainant,
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-05-28

sa'e ihouylngthatiand. Complainant answer
"a 'hat he would he perfectly safe in purcha-
sang 1t; that Outlaws or Anderson's title was
Is good Us any IN the state, that there was no
oouht at the title. This expression, or the
Same IN substance, was several times repe3.
tea and sworn to by Complainant. He said
that the business had been conducted bv him.
mat ne had the management of the foreclo,
sure OF the Equity of Redemption, and that
ne knew 1t was correctly done.'' "He went
nome endeavoured to purchase from Out,
law, and failing in that, afterwards purchased
Au!u SIX hundred and twenty-five acres, from
sad Patton and Erwin
"Sfat3 Of Tennessee, Bcdford countq.
AgreeabIy to u bill fled in the fourth Cir.
cutt, Andrew Jackson vs. John Whitehead
ana otncrs: John Whitehead doth solennIy
swear, that in April or May SOC, I mot with
Gen. Andrew jackson and asked him wbes
thcr he knew the tito to the land on Ducl,
k'cr, claimed formerly by John G. and Tho.
mas bionnt, but then owned by Alexandr,
OUTLAY from title derived from joseph An.
oefson, was good one: upon which he was
answered by the said A. Jackson that twas
as goou a one as any III the state, and if that
cialrl would not hole, none IN the state youId
Ana upon the falth OF the representation of
the SAID A. jackson, that the title was rood
one, purchased four hundred acres Of A.
lcSander Outlaw, sometime in April or MAY
OF the same year, a few days after the con-
yersation with the said 4. Jackson (but that.
nave since lost 100 acres of il by q claim
OF 1. Dixons) and that have had peacea-
Bile possession of said land, ever since-And
after had purchased the above named land
the said A. Jackson was at my house where
he gave me the assurances Of the goodness
OF the title to said land.
(Signed dOHN WHITEHEAD.n
Sworn and subscribed before us this III,
Sept. 1919.
NOBLE l.. MAJORS, J. II.
Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-07

two. and according to Others three Thousand raore.
1t was known, that at one time thousand persons
a day were brought out of the top Kapousi gate to
be buried; and the gardener of the English palace
told me he was the only survivor Of family OF
thirteen persons; he was seized with the dclirlnm
and stupor, and when he recovered he found hun
self fin the house with twelve dead bodies. In s2l
the Greek instruction broke out. The population
Of the Fanar, and other places, consisted Of about
forty thousand Greeks by death and flight they
are now reduced to half that number. In 1927
the Janssaries were extlngushed, and the contests
on these occasions carried off, it is supposed on
both sides, about thirty thousand persons. 1t to
those casualties be added the frequent conllagra-
tons. two of which occurred while was at Con-
stantinope, and destroyed fifteen thousand hous-
es: the Russian and Greek wars, which were a
constant drain on the Janissares OF the capital /;
and the silent operation OF the plague, winch IS
continually active, though not always alarming
it will be considered no exageraton to say, within
the period mentioned from three to four hundred
thousand persons have been prematurely swept a.
way in one city in Europe, by causes which were
not operating in any conllagration pestl-
lence, and civil commuton.
The Turks, though naturally Of a robust and Vi
gorous constitution, addict themselves to such ha
bits as very untavorabe to population their
sedentary life, poligamy, immoerate use Of OPT
nm. coffee, and tobacco. and other ndugencl les
still more hostile to the extension Of the species.
50 mpedes the usual increase of families that the
births do little more than compensate the ordinary
4, atts, and cannot supply the waste Of casualties
The surrounding country is. therefore constantly
drained to supply this waste in the capital, which
nevertheless. exhibits districts nearly depopuated.
II we suppose that these causes operate more Of
less in every part Of the Turkish Empire, it will
not be too much to say, that there is more Of hu
man lie wasted, and less supplied, than in any
Their country. 1t is thus that tile gifts of bountifnl
nature are thrown away on this people. 1t is in
vain that God has issued his great law. Be fruit
full and multiply, and replensh the EARTH and
has conferred them every means Of fulfilling It,
comely persons, robust constitutions, mild climate
fertile soil, and beautiful country, when their own
Iperverse propen,ltles and antisoc!al habits conn-
teract the blessings Of good Providence We
see, every day, life going out in the fairies. pnr-
ton OF Europe, and the human threatened
with extinction, in a soil and climate capable d
supporting the mes. abundant population
UaLsh's Journey.
Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-07
AND NOW All THIS.
FROM THE BOSTON SENTINEL.
Aor,I ocJ 1909

FROM THE BOSTON SENTINEL,
April 23d, 1903
/" MIR. Senator Adams
ungrateful letter has been
very severely canvassed
by a writer in the Salem
iiazette, under the sigma
ture Of : Veritas.' With
out being the apologist Of
England, or France. or
Spain ; or attempting to
wink out of sight any
part Of their unjust or
rigorous conduct towards
our country, he points
out with spirit and abili-
lity, the Inconsistencies
ind FALsEHUODS OF
the letter. W e are pleas
ed to see this new revller
Of the party, which for a
long succession of years
have revered and honored
his father, and nourlshed
and advanced him, thus
exposed, and his Ca
i.UMNtES refuted, OF
.imerican ground
Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-07
WHO ARE THEY ]?

This is the question now generally asked and
curiosity is on tptoe to ascertain the Of the
traitors. who had been Z for several years plot.
ting dissolution Of the Union.'' Who are they :
is aqneson which is generally uttered. aud which
MIR. Adams IS bound tn answer The Federalsts
Of Massachusetts have n ll4ht to ask him ;. which
Of US, Sir, are the Traitors Who IS it that has
dlssracel our party - The whole couatry ia,
right TO ask him i" Who are these men Point
them out to US lest they worm themselves into
into office, and plot with more effect the dis,oln
ton Of our Cpnfedrracy MIR. Adams owes it to
himself, 10 explain. who they arr ,lhi n.fe their
designs what Is the " unrqni,ocai e,ldpnccn which
has been 50 long in bis p0sscsion.- Mark ! Mr. 4.
ha, been chatged with abandoning his party from
selfish views-lt he can make out a strong cas-
against the leaders Of his pal Y in Mass. be will
clear himself OF this aspe,slon- he cannot, he
will Still be exposed TO the imputation Of quitting
his party as ats lbanioa sinking ship. The
character 81 his CONVEX ipn IS III therefore, depend
upon the case winch he j, able to make out How
comes it about, also, that MI A. should still have
associated with leaders, who had been !. for sever
al years projecting the.' dissolution OF tie Cuion !:
how comes 1t about that he dill mt sonnpr sound
the tocsn, and VAIN his country against the con
splrators = There's ms sterY III this whole affair
which, we trust, MIR. Adams will employ some oi
his leisure moments at Quincy to clear up.-Rich
moM Enquirer.
Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-07

.Vasonry.-Ne observe ihat SAMUEL 1. EyAfp,
gentleman well known Ii the hfciaty Wnfa mas
issued proposals Tor publishing. by subscription,
work, entitled The Geliu, If Missionary. ~ 4
Dytynce efths Or9@r.' Chs work ], intended u
contain some remarks on the origin and histor,
the uses and abuses nf the science n thee lectures
with some notices Ut other secret suc;ttles ~ tn
United States. The author, IN his prospectus, III,
tinctly declares and we knpw TIE lact, that la,
not undertaken the work with ~, political pal
ty. or srctarian views--his sole ptitct i o ihow
some li.ht on ihi, much abused order, AMI has, ~
our opinion, put together much valuable hto,ma
ton the most Of which canno be known even t.
Masons themselves We take pleasure IN rccnm
mendng his work % public favor,-.N. I. Gas.
Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-07
HISTORY OF SILK N rnE UNITED STATES

HISTORY OF SILK N TIE UNITED STATES
Extract rom bgee hrtie ~ erdr Of ie Senate efe IT,
States, .ibr,i 2la, 1928.
The culture Of silk commenced in Virginia Tn
on the settlement Of that cnony, it was deemed an
"heet OF the first importance. and the attention p
the settlers was strongly directed to it by the
British government; by which, silk worm eggs,
white mulberry trees, and printed instructions.
were sent over and distributed. Kin. James the
hrstin the twenty wears oil his reign, having, doubt
less, seen the defeat of his plan to encourage the
silk culture at home, was induced to attcmpt it in
Virginia, and having understood that the sol ma
turaly yielded stores Of excellent mulberrcs, rave
instructions to the Earl southampton. 10 urge the
cultivation OF silk in the colony, il preference Of
tobacco. which brings with it many disorders and
lnconvenlencies.' In obedience to the command,
the Earl wrote an express letter on the subject to
the Governor am, Council, IN which he desired
them TO compel the colinists to plant mulberry
Trees anu also vines. Accordingly, " a. early
as the year 1928 the colonial assembly directed
the planting OF mulberry trees; and in 1856.
another act was passed, in which the culture
OF TX j. describc. the most profit able commo-
d.ty Tor The country; and penalty Of ten pounds
OF tobacco Is ingrossed upon every planter who
shonin lali TO plant at least ten mulberry trees for
every huhdrcd acres OF land III his possession. In
the same year d premium Of 1000 pounds Of to.
bacco was gwen to a persun as an induc+ment TO
remain IN The country, and prosecute the trade in
slk and m the next year. premium of $1,000
pounds OF tobacco vas offered to any one who
should export 20GL. worth of the raw material Of
SIX. About tie same time 5000 pounds of tile
same article was promised to any one who should
produce 1000 pounds of wound silk in one wear. .
me ACT OF 1886, concerning the planting of the
mulberry trees, was repealed, in the year 1858
out was revived two Years alter and the system
o. rewards and penalties was steadily pu sued un
III the year 1866. when it was determined that Al
statutory provisions therefore unnecessary
as the success Of divers persuns in the growth d
; SIX and their manufactures, :. evidently demon
: stra'ed now beneficial the same would prove
Three years alter, legislative encouragement
Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-07
Depopalation of the Turkish Emp;re

fhc circumstances most striking to traveller
passing through Turkey is its depppulation. Ra
ms where villages had been built, and faows
where land had been cultivated are frrquent,
seen, with no living things near them. This effect
IS not so visible IN larger towns, though the cause
is known to operate there in greater degree
Within the last twenty years. Constantinope has
lost half its population In eighteen months three
sanguinary revolutions took place, which destroy
ed two sultans, and about thirty thousand Of the
inhabitants These were followed by the plague
IN 1912, which swept away, according TO some,
Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-07

were revived, bat subsequently, 10 the va. ~.
l4oj the interference of government seems ms. ioe9,
y to nave ceased. The renewal of Tho nu .n'He-
after inc ACT ot the year 1861, among tho naNm
tons gwen to Sir w. Beverly, upon Iis 70 auac-
mcnt a. governor, and while in England ~ appOmt'
the king recommended the cultivation of s;,, 'sit,
mni'oned as an inducemtnt to the colun;e.. , anu
tend to his advice that he had formerly worn +" ~
81 the six IN Virginia, which he found MT rg ,"he
to that 'alsed IN other Countries" This remarhl y
probably the ground Of tile tradition nent;nral,h
l'eve,l,, that the King had wore q robe or W.
mia silk at his coronation. "st
The revived encouragement given nv tbo =.
NAL Legislature to the culture u SILK. I,I H. so,u
sized effect. ~ "
Mulberry trees were generally planted, and Il,
rearing OF stkc worms formed part of the re., NV
business OF many Of the farmers. Maior Wail l@
member Of the Legislature, produced sati>fs.'
tory evidence Of his having 10000 trees grown.
IN the year l6o4, aud ciancd the premium.
Other cialms Of like tenor were presented Il.
same session The eastern part OF the state aboun,,
at present with mulberry trees
Upon the settlement of Georgia, in l-co Il,
culture Of silk was also contemplated as d prne;
pal object o. attention, and lands we're sran,oa
70 settlers upon condition that they planted ons
hundred white mulberry trees, ten acres. WHOM
cleared, and ten Years were allowed tor their cul
tiyatiun. Tree seed, aud the eggs of SILK woms
were scut over by the trustees to whom the man
a,einent OF the colony was committed. An tniS
cnpal Clergyman aud a native OF 49, - ,,ars
engaged to instruct the people in the art of FEAR
ii. the worms and winding the silk aud in orla,
@ keep alike the idea oi the culture and of tbs
views OF gnstinment respecting it, on one side If
the seal was representation u silk "olns in their
,ariaus stages, with tins appropriate motto nan
7b sed aims jy manuscript containing the
az count Of the tolEs ana elects received and ~
pended By the trustee, OF Georgia. 10 which the
Hiicr has had access. 1t appears that the first mar
&C. d silk received By the trustees was IN the wear
4 80, when eight pounds Of raw siik were export.
cd from Savannah 10 England 1t MAS made lutoa
4 piece anu presented to the Queen.
Dung the last tAtec yeats, 4 spirit has been re.
vivrd and uiifused the subject, and promises 10
increase ami there car, be no hesltatiun in saving.
that ready sale ior coc0ons is alone waiting |,
establish the silk culture as a regular emp0, nlent
N sever states o! the union. TWAS the want Of
this market which defeated. in great degree the
patriotic attempt Of Mr.. Nathaniel A.pinwall Of
4 Connecticut. about the year 1870, to revive the
silk culture III Pennsylvania, New Yulk, anu New
Jersey.
In Connecticut attention to the culture Of silk
commenced about the year 1850. By the intloduc-
ton Of the White mulberry tree and eg.s ui lie silk
wntn,s. INTO the county Of Nindhapen and town
Of Mansfield. from Long Island. New York by
Mr. Aspin@a,, who had there painted large nag.
sery.