Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-05-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
A SPRING MORNING.

A SPRING MORNING.
The beauties of the season are opening upon
|us--unfolding day by day visible and rapid
towards the munihcence Of
|Spring-time. The old forest trees are adorn-
ing anew their beautiful mantles--the hills are
all alive with vegetation, quivering in every
breath of the warm s'south-west," and the freed
streams are leaping down the rocks, or hiding
themselves in the long meadow, or dancing by
their own sweet music, to the woodland lake OF
the majestic river.--And then, there is glo.
rious sky--its blue grows holier and deeper
and the clouds float in richer and more gorge
ous magni6ccnce over its beautiful expanse.
But spring morning!-a fresh and clear
Spring morning there is no luxury under
Heaven to be compared to the early enjoyment
of its blessings, The very air is perfume
pure. --delicate,-- like that which stole around
the Persian Caliph in the forbidden Gardens Of
the Genii-and
MELODY and fragrance meet,
Twin sisters oftlir air."
Who that has waited for the first golden gush
lot notwithstanding out upon the linger-
ing clouds and touching with sudden glory the
tall, green hills, and then stealing like the inef
fable smile of natures God, over the blossom
ed gardens, the green luxuriance of the forest;
has ever regretted that his wakeful spirit was
abroad, or that he had shaken OF the lcthargy
of slumber-that strange and dim forgetfulness
which wells as with thick darkness the myste-
ries Ct the mind.
: 1t appears that there are now in the Navy,
40 Captains, 81 masters Commandant, &c lieu
tenants, Al Surgeons. 81 assistant do. az Pur.
sers. Chaplains, SO Passed Midshipmen, and
$40 Midshipmer. Vessels in commission, 9
frigates, / sloops ofwar and schooners. TO
tai vessels in the Navy; ships of the line and
S nearly finished; 10 frigates and nearly fin.
ished, Is sloops of war and schooners Be
sides these. the timber has been procured, or is
procuring; for ships of the line, frigates and
sloops ofwa
A robber who was seized for stealing snuff
in the shop Of tobacconist, by way of excu-
sing himself exclaimed, that he never heard OF
a law which forbade man to take snuff.
Jacob Mann, formerly editor of the Morris
town, n. ] Palladium, has recovered verdict
Of $1,000 against John Fl Glover, for assault
and battery committed in 1880, Mr.. Mann was
al Anti-masonic editor, and the assault was
one of the "4cautids Of Masonry"
A calf from COW owned BY James Ashton:
Esq. of Harrowgate gardens, was brought into
Philadelphia this week, having two bodies, one
4 male, the other female; ONE dark brown,
the other light brown, six legs and two tails.
MlMrIA ExEMpTs.-At one of the late ex-
emption courts for the purpose of purging the
hist previously to the names heing put into the
bailot-box, a simpleton OF fellow Belonging to
the Parish of W-,who had only returned from
the hymenial altar the week before, stept for
ward when his name was called, and claimed
exemption. Being good looking young man
Of about 1--WE feet ten inches high, and no bod
lily defect being apparent, he was asked for the
grounds OF his exemption. Without answer, he
drew from his coat pocket bible, upon which
he began to read, 'Deut oath and 5th. When.
a man hath taken new wife, he shall not 90
out to war, neither be charged with any bust
ness: but he shall be free at horne one year, &
shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.n
which having returned to the place which id
was taken, he stood silent, awaiting the decisi-
on. One of the deputy lieutenants, eyeinp the
clown with becoming smile, Immediately in.
ierrogated him, spray, We're you ever married
before? ME! No! I'm no ane an twenty vet.
- then my lad, you are out in your defence,
orthe advocate you have employed mentions a
'er0 wife! Pass on to the next name.
Scotsman.
We learn verbally from Lockport, that the
rails of Bruce and Whitney, for contempt in
efusing to be sworn on the Morgan trials, have
esulted in the conviction of both of the aeon,
ed Bruce has been sentenced to so DAYS i'm