The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-08-01

For the sake of experiment one of the young men
who attended him, assumed the of this teacher,
| the other that of scholar. The pretended schol-
suggested TO the boy the idea of avenging the pun
ishment he had formerly received, by burning up the
rods with which he had been chassed. He searched
the room until he found the sticks which the present
teacher kept for the correction of his scholars broke
and burned them, with. all the exutation he would
have manifested had the whole been reality. For
this conduct he was arraigned by the fictitious teach
er for destroying his rods He charged him with the
deed, but he denied it with persevering obstinacy-
But it was proved by the testimony of the fictitious
-,hoar. Anticipating the punishment, and not wait
ing for its execution, he began to cry out, to wrhe
his body, and to crlnge under the imaginary strokes Of
the whip, just if it had been matter of fact.--
Thinking to retalate this supposed 1agellation, he
proposed to the other scholar to assist him in turning
out of the house the pretended instructor. He com
piled, and the somnarnbulist exerted himself with all
his vgcr in putting him out. During all this time
his eyes closed, his breathing was hard and he
appeared every way like person asleep The next
morning he was told of what had taken place. and
was perfectly astonshed He had no recollection of
any thing since he had fallen asleep in his chair and
was so mortified at what he had done in the presence
Of his instructor that he could hardly be preyaied nm
on to attend school, This is only one among many
of the singular instances that have occurred in the his
tory OF this lad. He has been known TO get up in
the night, saddle horse ride at some distance and
return to bed again, without being conscious of what he
hu dOne Wnen III TINS situation 1t seems dIfCult if
not impossible to awaken him. Every mode of shaking
and roughly handling has been tried to bring him to
state Of consciousness, but all in vain. The way a.
doped by his friends is to let him go on, long
he pleases, after which he goes back to bed, and
about quarter ofsan hour voluntarily awakes.
MildletowR Gazette.
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From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Col Rnapp's oratiom-In his address delivered before
the associated societies of Mechanics and Tradesmen
4h nst Col Knapp selected for his main subject the origin
and progress of the useful and elegant mechanical arts their
connexon with the happiness of the community and national
Defence prosperity, independence and gory together with
their influence the character of man in his social neec-
tual and political positions We not yet appzed wheh-
this address to be published not but having derived
much qualification from hearing it, solicited and Obtained
permission to make few extracts from the manuscript which
we insert.
The arts are necessary for National Defence.-No
country be sae happy great glorious without every
for sefdefence within herself Our seaboard is as
yet but partially fortified and where strong have
been erected they not yet entirely supplied with
they be for years to unless the govern
nent quickens its hand in supplying them
To preserve peace, must be prepared for war. long
or the Sarniaa rae'' we'll the ardent mem
of the peace society do but my belief that gold
age must be preserved by the implements of war-those
sharp instruments forged in age In twenty years,
With udcious appropriations and frontiers will
amply fortified, substantial and permanent manner
rhe army growing up the best of all possible FORMS
he expanded intelligence of the officers and useless
numbers of soldiers that be raised in day. and discipline
in Ire 0ur oI,uII,