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The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-05-17

Il you do not vi II entirely to deprive Us OF all
the benefit, q! oar dollar. and wa choosr to
wear such tremendous non dc>crii,ta to The
Theatre, do, 10 pity IS nan,e. take them Oh when
you get there; prradventure. by adopting oGr
counsel, You may p1reon enc of our weak breh-
rem, by shcep's eye to the rnar-but whsle
your charms 50 guaEn1f b. ka,afin0, Vi
necessity they must BE- s}i@'f:urded 10y Tic grn.
tlemcn behind Won Noah was killed by a
chance shot, after being captain general OF our
aorps for twenty years. However, hinI Of tho
Traveller IS bullet proof-thcre is not pair OF
partcis cAielin. Nh!rh can scorch hm--ne
will make a President of him. for although very
courteous to the ladies' he i, IS wary as a "ea-
sci Bu, for tormcnts--it is irSsoiIe to read
deaths and mart,agcs--a tried veteran. fat, fair.
and forty sometimes gives US the Ship, either
~ visiting the tomb Of death or natrInony ~
We could a tale unfold hut muni--n0t
word of th- Arnold OF our Cub. ratil Parhlan
like, he shall shoot arrow at ms companions
arms, whose ranks be -huIl--te>r
Therc---wc swallow what had risen 10 our lips
4nd dare him to open his mouth
Another torment which vtxnS u.s. Is that of
balls. mot bAws.l and calls The first makes
one black iidditrs pupil. by force Of co,IIhon
4 man must dance by rule or equvocation IN
does him; too speedy balance balances his
character for gentItY, ana II he pGGce!tcS, (nrt
paw setts) TO untrue time. he is put do" one
who never sat at good mems ieastS' With
regard to calls, if one does not within the Gen
tel period. return his acqn, intance>' hn" do
We DO :" he is cut in gifiv-these things dis
'Grb our general equanmity Of temper and
!ro;:hlc the otherwise smooth stream OF hfe's
river. AS smoky house-and so forth DO that
OF our married moital> But the names hy which
sc are called by both married and single Indies
torment, not ny their malice but by their obscu-
rty-' A tusty Old Bacheior'- fusty-fusty =
what does that meAn2 There are as many Gs-
tics among The married as single Then we are
called selfish, when universally VIC are called
upon to di,hursc the most literally at charity
lectures. because we have no families to sup
port, Your jerry Sneak always puts his wife
and children between his pocket and the con,rl
button box, while we have TO she'll out under
pain and penalty Of being dcnomiuatcd stussy
Nhv what i world this is!
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FROM THE NEw-YoRK MORNING COURIER.
CONFESSIONS OF AN OIDM,lD.

LONDON, ls2S-Repriated, ,Ne,c- York Con
LESSONS of an Old Mad COME >sions of an old
hddle-stick they much the ore as the
other. The book is real take int is tho
rough catch penny With such captivating
title. one that exc,rs the hope that old maiden
hood, like fretma>onry, is about TO be dlves.ed
OF ITS mysteries, the book is an absolute bore
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P'oi""'l" g Nl,HCt TOT tiic JfdteTUtY-no the
'oc'cty. u gentle spinsters, to suppose that on.
Of thcT Eu:nhcr is the authorcss The title is
an imposition. We are ready to make affidavit
that the author is a surly old bachelor, with a
decreasing leg and an increasing waistcoat It
IS a moral lmpo>slblhty that any woman could
write 50 fiat a novel
But # a real bona flc old maid would only
writ" ter confessions how the hook would sell
fioH the fair pronu!sator would Re abduccd-.
how The nc" >papprs would teen with renuncia
lions Of Ola maiden ohIp-uhat noise il would
make IN the Vest
1he confessions Of an old maid And wha.
would Cd maids have TO conf"Sso That thew
we're ever anxious for matriuony bu, that no
body asked thcmo Certainly not. There is
scarcely an old maid in existence that might NOT
have been married, had she thought proper to
accept ON. Dick, or Harry, for husband Il
IS iaetldlonSnf-s winch makes old maids. II is
chance : hlch brings congen!al hearts together
ana chance does not happen to al, despite q
Solomon and his wisdom Many woman
dozens herself TO sngiencss because chance has
not offered her husband worthy of her love
and respect Therefore 90 we honor old maids.
and therefore shall ever couch our lance ia
their defence. 1t is not true that they are cross
pervlsh, aud dlsagrceahle. As a class. they arc
Jnst the reverse; they generally we!liniorn
ed, socIah,, and good hearted-thev seldom
take any airs upon themselves which vouus
ladies are prone to do--thcy are acute observers
OF men and manners--anG he who gains
their good viii. fluids not only firm friends but
Jndlciors advisers. If works Of active bcnevo
lencc arc TO be done, If the sick are to be visit
ed, and 'ile poor relieved. ono Old maid iswortt
dozen wives. The ,;mp2th!cs ard charities
with 'shch Tie Latter cmhllliSh home ere car
nef by the former into The DIV cn-s &c distress
She is the Secretary Of Foreign Affairs il the
cabinet Of charity. She acts her part and fulGls
her destiny. liy diminishing the evils IF human
ty, and who viii refuse 10 say. II Ell Donc!'
Let old maids then be held in proper esteem
by the woIld-and let all old bachelors, who
cannot give good account Of tlens, Ives, IL
haneedl
Virtue is tie brightest ornament Of youth.
As, on the ole hand. religion never appears
more Lowell y and engaging, than when it
dwel!s on the lips. and is exhibited in tie
lives of the young people. 50. on the other
hand. your persons never appear so amiable,
and deserve so much esteem and confidence.
As When they are religious; hen they walk
IN the paths OF virtue, honesty. subrietv. md
integrity. Always interesting IN itself,
youth is rendered doubly so, w4en a>>ogia-
TED Wlth the grace> ard ttnlpcy9 Of ,h% .os-
pei. \ young man. OF young woman. das
tltute OF religion, may be very e~(lmab!e
and worthy on account of the amiabInneSs
Of their dispositions, and the ,ropfety Of
their department. But whtrt the spirit and
9raceo OF christianity are added, il i, Ike
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dfmns what wa il former ages, and even at
Tue present day - some countries. a prAi e.
A n,alden II u!trrn - thought hn1chc-~at thir-
tr, W0intn---at httY, nuisance. And Why ,
lHc Same virtues "hlth hudted bossumrd and
rpcntd at the proper times, exist in woman,
whether She ha, been the |, 5itImate paramour
Of an unworthy mate. or "hrth,r She has avoid
ed the curses attendant upon an unfortunate cor
nccllon. Her very Gets are arIayed against her
i'll the one case. and lhr whole married fiatcr-
rIty ycp IN her hchaii IN the ot1r. 80 lie
thr VII" pt brutal blped, is hrttrr, according
L. the Motl"fh lo@lr, t!l'f! to r"n,tin pure ui.-
contaminated, ah9 The VIE u no b"a,tiy lord
OF creation. 40 >uhs:autt4te s"rh a G0clrIue
has hc nmtr, ,.4aa vi an Cd MaiL Been pIInt-
cd. Ii attributes to 4 eineie wpsman the black
ct OF crimes, that Of peerns INTO the cr1un-
stances OF others, for purposes of 20 ,oncd ma
h@uIty, giving TO some the attributes OF Demon
for the lntelt CT throw .1g deep STAN upon al!
Who should dare retain then Independence. 1t
atl!xcs, by he pretended confessions OF one OF
their corps, H"atagnly stigma upon the whole
OF "A class OF the tar, VINO n,ay iall under the
cenomina.lun OF old maids; d class who have
Their virtues and then faults, them evil and their
good lntalhohs, with The common mass of man
kind v III any tne Inform Us why his sister, If
be has one, would be less yrtuous because she
remains UNMARRIED WIZ he show any pby,l-
cal moral cause for such a strange Result >
Yet plan common sense TO the contrary not
WltLstandmg, dUlthcaded- ouiL be wits turn
up thel- silly noses al this unprotected, race Of
brIuGS, which hu!nanlty shUuli defend
But there are instances Of Old njaidism of a
touching nature. We know of ono in that of
her who was the betrotied of The -ialed En-
NETT, who as murdered by the law Of England
the who has been tin subject Of 2 poets
harp. She was welded 10 his memory. and
though always an ornament to society," vet sad
ness d"elt in her heart, from The day Of the
execution OF her lover She declined 70 call
her affections from the grave where they were
buried, and remained single until she was an
Oh mad, In the festivities of party. where
She vas sometimes unwilhnsly dragged, still
melancholy marked her for her own and true
TO her first and only love. she declined all offers
tor change OF condition. rene mberlng her
young hero, who gave his life for the liberties
OF his country, she could not pass her high
wrought affections, like coin, 10 purchase in
teiest, wealth, home, and a husband She was
an old maid, however, and by modern slang, to
be esteemed vicious, depra, ct, a mcddlcr and
scold Day by day, disease proved upon her,
and she "eul 10 the tomb, an example of the
strength Of female affection, resolution and viz.
tue. and let hum "ho darcs to spit ont his spleen
upon her grave; let the whole btyy of the
married., assemble IN solemn dlvan. and let that
one more pure IN motive and act, Dig out her
shoot his arrows at.
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1t is amusing and not without instruction. to trace
the changes which have gradually arisen in names, Ell,
Their from casual corruption. the ignorance Of those By
whom they applied or the progressive alteration
Of manners and customs. II is thus that the term
pi,lun, is now never employed but term of Sc
vcre reproach, and implying disgraceful conduct
Whereas we learn from history that originally it meant
more than boor or permanent inhabitant of the
Country, in the days of feudasm, when the peasants
were uniformly attached to the soil and, consequent
ly much more degraded order of beings than they
are at present Some singular corruptions have arls
en- from the misunderstanding and enormously pro-
nouncng Of French terms, which were once familiar
y used in England; and constituted much OF the
technical phraseoogy of their courts of justice ana
which have as matter of course been introduced INTO
many of our American Courts :-s-It is thus that the
cryer of Court now begins his proclamation win
oh Yes! Oh Yes I" instead of the French 'NOyez'
isten or pay attention - and it is thus that the yeo
men Of the British Kings Guard facetiously called
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flax or sail duck factory, with 1900 spindles one
Sitting and rolling mill and nail factory, working an
nually 100000 pounds of iron, costing S0,320, and
making, yearly, 851, 200 pounds Of nails The cot
ton factories consume, annually 100000 pounds OF
cotton, and the flax factory 100000 pounds If flax
There is machine shop employing 100 hands, con-
hected with which is iron and brass foundry. work
ing, annually 100000 pounds of iron, and 1880
pounds Of brass the estimated yearly value of the
iron and brass castings is $4,000. There are four
turner's shops, employing 90 hands, two mill-wright
and three other machine shops, employing together 80
hands, one mill, and one establishment for making
umbrella cloth. The whole amount Of capital invest
ed in these establishments is computed at than
one million of dollars, the whole of it domestic capt.
tai. There in the town fancy dry good stores,
9 hardware Stores 80 large, and 25 small grocery
stores dry good and grocery Stores milllnares,
or haters shops, &c. &c.
There two banks in the place. ris the Patter-
Bank and the Peoples Bank, which together have
called in about 275,000 of their capital, and which
are entirely inadequate to the wants of the place,
much banking business being done in other Places
The price of property has risen with the increase OF
the town vacant lots, 25 by 100 feet, are worth
from 200 to 500 dollars and in business streets 1000
have been paid. Within mile and three-quarers of
the town there is machine shop, with 50 hands
and one woollen factory, with rs hands. All these es
adjustments flourish the town presents the aspect OIL
busy life the markets are good for every article of
agriculture; and plenty and prosperity reign.
Damask Table Linen--Mr Hseiton Stewart, of Pitts
bmgh has commenced the manufacture Of Damask Table
Linen The Statesman of that city observes that the Table
Cloths extremely neat, and what is Of eluG Importance
they very cheap and of texture that Will service
and durability. In weaving the cloth, the le
can be made to appear in full 9ieg upon the suffice
II
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Twentieth CongressY...jyeoona Hess5o.t
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10.



The President presented memorial signed BY about 900
merchants Traders and other citizens of Baltimore emon
srating against the evils attending upon the eystrE
at present pursued and praying for the imposition Of
duty of per all sales by auction except in eases
of the sale of bankrups effects dead persons goods sold for
the benefit of underwriters shipping aud real which
referred 10 the Committee Finance.
MIR Barnard presented similar memorial signed by
al hundreds Of the citizens Of Philadelphia which was re-
ferred to the committee.
The bill 10 provide for the distribution Of part of the
Of the United States among the States was read
second tme and motion Of Mr. Dckerson ordered to lie
the table.
The Senate adjourned to Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr. Phelps presented memorials from the citizens of Hart,
ford and Wethersfeld in Coecticu against the Sunday
mails.
Mr. Barney presented memorial from many thousands of
the citizens of Baltimore, for duties sales at auction
fact which attaches peculiar interest TO this memorial
s that the first appended to that of the venerable
Charles Carroll of Carrotoa the only survivor of the
Sgners of the Declaration of Independence 1t is his own
sgnmanua and exhibits scarcely any of the signs of age
infrmty, although he nnetyodd years old; and
confidently believed that it the only paper the shape
memorial petition which has been presented Congress-
bearing his signature since the adoption of the present
form of Governmentl
Mr. Aterander presented like memorial from citizens of
Alexandra, IN the District of Columbia.
Mr. Chiffon moved the following:
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be
instructed to inquire into the expedency of adopting
system by which appropriations of public money for Internal
Improvements may nearly practicable be apporoned
among the several States and Territories belonging to the
American Unon in reference boundary, population and
the internal condition of said States or Territories.
Mt Chap said that he was pneh opposed to lengthy
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~
Ken We that lass wi sparkln ee
Sac tight and Draw she moves alang,
There is ma how'ret on the lea
MAR worthy of the bardie's sang;
And yet the lassie has ma gear,
Ma ser she to aid her charms,
But simple as a dew-drop clear,
Her beauty ilka bosom warns;
What gies to bonny Lucy grace;
Wbar is the attraction of her facet
Why bounds my heart whence er see
The lovely lasse's sparklin' ee !
IT'S a because she's guide as fair,
And nought that's dark eer stained her mind;
Her innocent and modest air
Is mixed with manners sweet refined;
Ma artfu wiles c Ter filled her heart,
She kens not what it is TO feign,
She never acts anither's part,
But cheerful dgnifes her ain
Then ser go, i care ma by,
Syne off to Lncys cot I'll fly
An pluck the gowans frae the heath
And weave for her cannie wreath.
Oh would she "tent the Hocks wi me-
And wander by the burnfe's side,
Would love but fill her sparklin' ee
And in her heart forever 'bide,
Then wad scorn the monarch's state,
His sceptre and his crown despise,
An bless my humber, happier fate
And glory in my richer prize;
For toll itsel would ever be
A pleasure, if wrought for thee;
Thy smiles wad cheer me thro' the day
And chase each carkin' care away.
Wi mckle joy I'D baud the plough
Frae early dawn to dewy een;
Wi varied pleasure ever new,
We'd share the happy rural scene;
And when the hour o. gloamin' gray
Gies rest to a creation round,
Fast to our home I'D bend my way
And there we'd know true bliss is found
There, by the beezing ingle's side,
Remote from envy, style on pride,
Id sit me down and list to thee
And thou shoudst shed thy smiles on me.
THEOD0R
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day next, was agreed to on the part of the House.
noes 49,
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observed in the Chinese Archipelago, where equents the
yers and sea shores. Its food consists of flies Beetles
which settle upon the and bushes ovehangng the water
&nd to bring these its element, and thus within
Teach, the Jacuator after approaching within convenient
distance and fixing its eyes ntently its destined victm
discharges drop of from its mouth with such precision
seldom fails bring down the object into the WATER where
IN Immediately devoued The Jaculator shoot with eff
Iect to distance of FOUR five, six feet 1t is descr
bed as small fish, about six inches in lengh-See Edin
Ayc,c Phil Journal, June 1928
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Adpice.-A nobleman in Ayreshire has the follow
ing very proper advice placed his kitchen fire, in
large letters, Neither waste nor WANT Sir Walter
Scott has placed the same useful advice over the same
place, in his kitchen at Abbosford but has adopted
the more emphatic and more classical words of Miss
Edgeworth, -" WASTE NOT, WANT NOT"
Edinburg Journal
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WAR.

81 TIey of a Field of BaHLe.-The next morning be-.
#fore we marched walked over the field of battle
Behoding, on all Sides sturdy limbs locked in death,
\ which but the day before had turned my blows with
all the energy of life, lips closed in eternal silence,
which had stunned with their clamor, and eye-balls
fixed in sghtess glare which, when met by mine had
sent forth flashes of Hghtning unable to avoid tread
ing upon the mangled bodies of some who often had
attempted to crush with their very looks, and
could not keep away the already busy vutures, felt
strange delight! contemplated with bitter salts
fiction that unavoidable lot of mankind that doom of
mortality which escape, that precarousness
Of life hanging alike king and beggar thanks to
which, if could not be of single instant before
me, no more the proudest of my adyersaries
tain of not being the next moment clod of clay,
mass Of corruption, feast for worms, heap of dust
thanks TO wlict, If any rival had over me Temporal
ry advantage it was, however great, tre, nothing,
in contemplation of the fate awaiting all with
equal cerqinty and to all coming soon and thanks
TO which, finally if could not reach the very top of
fortunes wheel, for the present carry my head quite
as high as some of my successful opponents,
knew that theirs must ultimately lie low mine.
Extract from Anastasiua.
The Horrors of Siege.-The recollections of ST.
Sebastian will haunt long as live. 1t exhibit
ed scene sufficient to blanch the hair and to wither
me heart. Many OF the streets were blown up INTO
hills of rubbish not house was left entire not
living thing was to be seen not sound did hear
but the sound of my footsteps through that city of
the dead which stood in all the backness of recent r-
IN far more appalling than the grassgrown streets an
vyd walls which time has renovated with the freshness
OF nature, shedding beauty over desoaton. Around
the trenches the dead had in some instances been bu
red but so partially that their feet and hands were
frequently to be above the turf, with the flesh
moulding away, and the bones whitening in tile air.
Along the ramparts and streets they lay groups even
as they had been nown down and nnumerble heads
legs, and arms strewn round about, the vari-
ous stages of decay and mangled and half devourcd
by BIRDS of prey Numbers 81 dead bodies, ALSO were
oamg beneath the walls, followed by swams of fish
- The efluvia was dreadful but viii no longer
owen upon the scene Of horror-Malcotms Reminis-
Egnces Of Campaign in The Pyytnnces and South of
Francc
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%" We particularly request those who have obtain
ed subscribers for the Register" and have not for
warded the names, to do so early convenient,
we have incurred little censure for not sending
it to several who we did not know were subscribers
until we received their complaints.
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For the very iattering manner in which the Regis
ter has been noticed by many of brother Editors,
and for their hearty wishes for its prosperity, beg
leave to return warmest thanks, and reciprocate
their kind desires
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we have incurred some little censure for not sending
it to several who did not know were subscribers
until we received their complaints.
For the very fiattering in which the Regis
teri has been noticed by many of brother Editors
and for their hearty wishes for its prosperity beg
leave to return warmest thanks, and reciprocate
their kind desires.
Lead Mncs.-Upwards of six millions pounds of
lead melted at the Galena Mines in June, July,
August and September last Galena is situated on
Fever River, a small stream which empties into the
Mississippi, about 80 miles below the mouth of the
Ouisconson, and 100 above the mouth of Rock River
The town is six miles from the mouth of the river at
the head of steam navigation, and two and half miles
east from the Mississippi The productveness of the
mines has drawn together large population, and Anne
rcan-like, newspaper has been commenced, called
The Miners Journal" which states that the place is
very healthy Notwithstanding the name of their river
which is corruption, having been originally called
!" Riviere au Feve,'' or Bean River. We wonder if
the people not little uneasy, not knowing exact
ly where they live for, says the Journal 'As it is
doubtful, when the boundary line is run, whether we
other Territory, we have orborne to Designate
at the head of the Journal the State Territory which
has the honor of being the place of its BIRTH" We
hope however, when this weighty matter is decided,
the miners will feel themselves comfortable as did
the old woman, who, after dwelling fo some two or
three score years on one spot enjoying good health,
and in the belief that she residing in South Caro-
lima, discovered by the running of boundary line that
her hut was several feet within the State of North Car
olina and exclaimed, in the fullness of Joy impaired
by the discovery, that she was mighty glad of it, for
she had always heard that South Carolina was des-
perate unhealthy place."
Recently in Salem Mass. several boys, for disturb
ing religious congregation, by stamping, &c. were
sentenced to pay fine Of 81 each, and costs of pros
ecution 'Twoud be good thing to fine every dandy
who struts into Church as proud peacock, and
proclaims his entrance by stamping like horse.
Sao'D.-It appears by the papers that the late Snow
Storm has been very extensive. In the cities of New
York and Philadelphia it fell brisky.
TIE cost of advertising, daily, for year, in Lon
d,E sper, is equal to six hundred dollars! In New
N, ms cost is forty dollars and the paper into the
bargain