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Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-02-10

The debates in the Virginia Legislature upon
the subject of slavery are carried on with great
spirit Now the window is open. we hope light
will continue to pour in upon this dark spot,
until every vestige of slavery is bleached out
of our country,s soil-Ne1v-Tork Wing.
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-02-10

If the sMystic-tye' would choose the hour Of high
twelve or midday for opening their Lodge instead
Of 7ocock in the evening, how many of the respect
able portion of our town would attend? we believe,
thattheir meetings under those circumstances, would
he SMALL Some few hard faced noodles, who glory IN
their own shame might attend in open daylight bu
there are few men Of sensiblt that would have the
assurance to gn
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-02-10

Calvin Edison, the Living Skeleton who visited
Borough, has been thrown into Newcastle Prison
by MIR. Wooworth, for a debt of $500
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15
..E IITCHEIELD
 FEMALE ACADEMY.

THE Summer Term in this Institution L will commence on the 9th of May. All the studies pursued at any Female Se- minary are taught in this Academy. The long established reputation of the School: the experience of its teachers; the moral and religious instruction enjoyed; the polished and elegant society with which the pupils can associate; the beauty and health fuiness of the village, all c"nspire to recom- mend this Institution to the patronage of the public.
 TERMS.
 Taition: from ten to twelve dollars the term, according to the studies pursued. For single quarter, six dollars.
 Music, twelve dollars per quarter. Drawing, five ''
 French. five
 Very accomplished instructors in Music, Drawing and French are engaged.
 Board, two dollars per week, exclusive Oi washing. fuel. and candles.
 Litchfeld, March 8, 1889 S9
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15
DR. RELFE's R0YANICAI I DR0R8y

ITS one of the mos, eficacious compounds in the Ma
 teria Medica, for the of that class of invete- rate Diseases, produced by m impure state of the blood, and va,ed habit of body, and usually exhi- bitins themseyes in the forms fScrofula Salt Rheum, Lepro:y, Si. An,hony's Fire, Fever Sores, (even when the bones afecedl White Swelliags, (f ap- piled with Dr. Jebb's Linment,) FOOl and Obstinate Ulcers Sore Legs and Eyes. Scald-head in Children, Scurvy and Scorbu,c Gout, Pimpied or Carbuncled Faces, Fostering Eruptions, and Venereal Paints, the lody, in whch last case he Drops oi ien cure when Mercury fails. They are also the hest Spring and Autumna Physic purity and cleanse the system lrem hGmors which frequently appear these seasons of the year. They also aid the process of d Restion and, by purifying the blood, prevent the se- cretion of malig humors the longs. The Pro- pre,or confidently relies upon inc vast number o sur prising cures effected by these Drsps. not only iO Boston and its vicinity, hat throughout the Onion, for the best proof of their excellence uniaing AL teraiive Medicine, in all the above spec6ed.- This article has recently been pronounced by phy scian of,he first responsibility. who had witnessed it's surprising efficacy, as entitled. in his opinion, take te lead of all inc popular articles known for the a- hove complaints, and indeed it is fast gaining this Poi"t is rIblic estimation. throughout Ihe country.
 Pk-e SI Bottle, or Six Bottles for s.
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15
DYSPEPsIA OR TNDTGESTFOK.

nF long standing and of the most obstinate charae- V fer, has been immediately relieved. and ofien permanen.ly cured. in variety oi cases that have cured in Boston and vicinity Iy osiag for short time
 Dsn ReBe's Vegetable Specific and
 Anti Bilious Pills,
 both of which are 10 he taken together, according to valuable, plain, aad practical directions accompany ing the Specike. Price 50 cents each.
 s- ET None are genuine unless sgned the outside printed wrapper by the sole pyepTietor, T. KIDDER, immediate sasccessOr tO the late Dr. w. T. CoNwAY- For sale at his Counting Room. over No. 99, Court Street, near Coaeert Hall, BosaOn, and also by his special appOinimeRi, by
 Samuet Bssel and J. c. BesEscith, Liteh1eld; E. CosoIes, SOuth FGrms Daniel Norton. Canaan < yudson 6 WhittIesey. ". Preston. Large discount to those who buy to sell again. s FebruaFyo SyeSwSs
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15
WORKS. OF A wooDpEcKER.

James Wa, Esq. of Bedford, Ms. has left in our office sample of the labors Of thoe Red-keGded ,WoOdpecker, (Pieus crythrOcephaiMs) which exhibits 8 curious specimen of the power and industry of that little animal. This consists of the branci. of young tough white oak, between 5 and 6 inches in diameter, perforated to its centre by the bill of the bird. The hole is~as neat and well defined as could
 have been moriised by maIlet and chisel.
 The object of the woodpecker. in this per- formsnce, was, evidently, the attainment of worm, probably one of the speciessof the Borer which 90 often attack the ap- pie tree. The worm had made hole in the branch about sfhe sizerof goo1e quill, 4 or 5 inches below the place gouged out by the bird, and was proceeding upwards when the woodpecker broke in upon and deyourcd the derredatOr. That this little despised workman, viz. the red-headed woodpecker. with his head for mnllet and his hill for a chisel, should make such a perforation is more wonderful than the structure of ths Pyramids or the Pantheon.
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15

make, he said" Gentlemen, | know these qualifications are high, but we all know they are needfnI at this crisis, in this chief. Does any one say that they are not 10 be obtained in the country2 I reply, they are, they reside in one of our own body, and he is the person whom \ now nominate, GEORGE WASHINGTON cf Vir- giniG. @
 Washington, who sat on Mir. Kdamss right hand, was looking him intently in the face to watch the name he was about to announce ; and not expecting it would be his own, lie sprung from his seat the mo- ment he heard it, and rushed into an ad-
 joining room as quickly as though moved by a shock of electricity.
 Mr. Adams had asked his cousin Sam to move for an adjournment as soon as the nomination was made, in order to give the members time@to deliberate im private.- The y did deliberate, and the result is be- fore the world.
 asked MT. Adams, among other ques- tions, the following" Did you never doubt of the success of the conflict ?'' [" No, no, :" said he, "not for moment. expected to be hung and quartered, if was caught !; but no matter for that, my country would be free; I knew Geo. III. could not forge chains long enough and strong enough to reach round these states.
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15
POETRY.
FOR THE ENQUIRER. DERGE FOR POLAND

Bend from thy cloudy chariot in the sky,
 Fair Spirit of immortal Fame, and weep Der Poland's slaughtered sons, who sternly lie
 EnveIop'd in their blood stan'd shrouds to sleep; Till Heavens last trump shall rouse them on the dust To join the ransom'd legions of the just. A braver band of self.ievoted men
 Was never marshalrd in the tented field Those ion-hearla who fought the Saracen,
 In giuerng casqueS and mail l-clad arnor steeid. Could boast chivalry of mail and lance, Like Polish champions on their fierce advance. They felt as lofty patriots feel,
 A burning wrath for injurd Poand's wrong; To God they made their loud and high appeal.
 Their arms were mighty and their courage strong Before the vengeance of their warlike train, The Northern myriads fled or strew'd the plain. But what avail'd the of-repeatcd blow,
 or one amid thousand hireling bands7 The arm that laid an hundred ioemen low
 Lies nervelees now ia Lithuania's sands. And Freedoms shriek, of wild and lone despair Hath died away upon the misiy air. Great Koskiusco's shade in silence mourns,
 And SobieskTs spirit, wrapt in gloom, Bewails his fathers land whose clay inurns
 Her nohlest heroes in one gory tomb. But ah where shall the weary exile rest Come, wanderer, 10 the refuge of the best. There is a home beyond thu Atlantic wave,
 Where Tyranny could never rear her head; O leave the realm thy valor could not save;
 Come 10 the land for which PMiaski bled. No mighty conqueror's ,aunt of bitter scorn Shall here pursue the dauntless, but fOrlorn. TYRTAIUs.
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15

Yet boys and other bipeds, who think they have some claims to responsibility, are iR the habit of TnurdeTing woodpeckers wills out provocation and without remorse .y.
 MT. Cornelius Cowing, of .Roxbury, once informed us that he found in the ston,- ach ot a 'woodpecker no less than g bor- CTS, which had been recently extricalcd.- The tongue of this bird is sharp, pointed and bearded, on which he impales the in-, sccts which reward his labors. The efforts of the. woodpecke:, however, are often misunderstood, and they are stoned or shot for their good deeds by the stupid pibeds in W hose service they are engaged. The perforations they make to extract insects are, by some, thought to injure the treo which they are ridding of the worm in its vitaIs, and death is the reward which ig- norance inflicts on it's benefactors.
 MT. Nultall, in his Omithology, in speaking of the habits ofthis bird, observes that The ancient live oak, his cradle and residence, is cherished as domicil: he creeps around i,s ponderous withered arms. views the passing scene with complacency, turns every insect visit to his advantage. and for hours together, placidIy reconnoi- ters the surrounding fields at times, lie leaves his lolty citadel to exanine the rails on the fence, or the boards of the adjoin- i ing barn striking terror into luis lurking prey by the stridulous tappings of his bilf,, he hearkens to -.their almost inaudible movements, and discovering their retreat, dislodges them from their burrows by quickly and dexterously chiscling out the decaying wood in which they are hid, and transfxing them with his sharp and barbed tongue. But his favorite and productive retreat is to the adjoining fields of dead Eand girdfed trees amidst whose bleaehing trunks and crumbliBg branches he long continues to. find an ample repast ofdepre- dating and boring insects. When tho cra- wings of appetite are satisfied, our busy hunter occasionally gives way to frolic- some disposition, and, with shrill and lively vocifcrations, not unlike those of the neigh- boring tree frog, he pursues, in a graceful curving flight, his companions or rivals round the bare limbs of some dead free on which they resort for comba, or frolic.
 l ". '. Farmer.
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15
s From the America" Turf Register.

An officer of our army, on duty tn the interior of Louisiana, observed at d house where he had put up for the night, several bear skins, one of them particularly large. He entered into conversation about them, and received the following account of the manner in which one of the bears had been taken. is
 A man had gone out to drive his cattle, tew days before, mounted, but with no other weapon than a COW whip. A COW whip consists of staff round whip stock abou, three feet long, supplied with a lash of twisted raw hide, nearly thirty feet long. The lash is coilcd up to be used on the arm, and is thrown out with great vio- lence by those who are expert with it.
 While armed with his whip and hunting up his cattle, he came suddenly upon a large bear. Thinking to have bit of fun in the lone woods. he gave the bear Il whack with his whip. Brun growled and made battle, the horse sprang out of his reach with his rider, who gathered up his lash, closed again and gave another whack, and continued the contest in this way a. bout an hour, the bear sorely annoyed and enragcd, but unable to cope with the activ- ity ofthe horse, who always sprang off after a throw of the whip. The bear attempt- ed severalstimes to climb tree, but was Eas frequently brought down by severe stroke from the formidable whip. Al last he seemed 10 be bothered, and disposed to beg off; and now for the first time, it en- tered into the head of the manMto drive him to the house, which was about six miles from the scene of action. He com meficed by heading him and whacking him with the whip when pursuing any direction ba, tiae one he wished him to follow, which pooss sBruin, after some efforts to avoid it., QNieiIy took, finding no peace in any other way. Getting him at last into a cow path leading to the house and fogging him se- verely whenever he left it, he got the bear to move moderately in the path, making but few efforts to leave it, and sure of a heavy whack whenever he did. Tn this way he drove him untilwithin hail of the house, when calling to another man who was there ,.he. came ous with his rife and shot him.
 The officer thinking it an extraordinary adventure, took great pains to ascertain it. correctness from several individuals wht were at the house, two of whom were il at tlse death." dc saw, also, the man whe performed the feat, and who corroboratee Aall tIist he. had previously heard from hi. host. They spoke of it as no great affair and assured Mp that with good horse and one ofthoseswhips, they would under take 10 dive Dear in any direction and any distance. They were of the first class of frontier settlers, brave and enterpI ising, without afrsctation or disposition to de- ceive.
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15
: w~ CANT TERMS.

& ~--Sr-Fyy fE.ikas
 Tho following afficiuses of the editor "of the Vermont Chronicle, onlhe use of cant terms, are equally just and seasona- ble: M as.rs.ts IN. Y.(Jbs.
 We sometimes copy afficles, espseialIya ' accounts of reyivals, in which the languagg is very exceptionable. Such teams sas 'anxiouslscats,' 'anxious rpe gtings, and tha like, are paipabls fntrdering of EnglisI1 and Ought to be entirely avoided. Certain quotations frornsScripsures not the most ap- propriate, and certain aiiusiohs to. facts mentioned in tte Bible, though frequently. met with, are equally reprehensibfe- such as-'a cloud opbiegerthana i,an's hand, N a sound of abundance of.raip,' a sound of going in the tops of ahe mulberry Asees, and the like. Each of these gutdy have been first introduced into descriptions of revivals on an occasion whidh justified it; but their constant appearance, with which. we are annoyed, shows noti,ing Out wasst of definite ideas in those who. use them-
 and it shows that most clearly.~ The phfa- ses, thrown into an aceount Of revival to lengthen it, convey no definite meaning. Equally censurable arc ceIiain+ +eyer-recur- ring expressions, not found it Scripture, such as 'mercy dropss { arrows of convie-' ton, GCc. t
 If man wishes to write anaccount of a revival of religion, let him just state, in plain language, what was done, and what was the result, in such words as express his meaning, avoiding carefully allfgura- tive language and Scriptural allusion whict, does not convey definite meaning. If you have something to relate which words cannot adequately express, the matter will not Do mendcd by using words which ex- press nothing clearly. .. Such language as we have here deprc- cated, has often been censnred as d viola, ton of good taste. and as tending to- pre- judicice literary men against religion. We have an objection against it's use which lies deeper and is ofstill more importance. It tends to propagate and perpetuate that vagueness of thought in which 1t originates. It habiiuaies the religious public to use words supposing that they mean great deal, when in fact they mean nothing. Is favors the habit of being excitsd by words which convey no definite iieas, and this iss the very essence, of faaatieisn. Ittends' to relax the habit of saying exaeily what you mean and as the halis relaxes, the sense of obligation to do it will grow weak and the whole character will deteriaFales In these and in various other ways, ittenda to injure the quality of our religion; and for such m injury. no suPposable good ssA | be an equivalent.
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15
AtttbffrI0 Enquirer: euHLlsHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY HENRY ADAMS.
TERMS.

TERMS.
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 ADVERTISING. One square, three insertions, $l, and the proportion for two more squares.- Half square 75 cents. Continuance over three weeks 20 per cent per week. A liberal deduction made for advertisements continued or 12 months.
 Administrator and Executors Notices, $l co Commissioner Notices, 9 All communications must be postpaid.
Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15

Nothing is durable, virtue alone except-
 ed. Personal beauty passes quickly away i;
 riches inspire extravagant inclinations 1; grandeur fatigues; reputationis uncertain 5 talents, nay, genius itself. are liable to be
 impaired; but virtue is ever beautiful, cv-
 CT diversified, ever equal, and ever vigor-
 ous, because it is resigned to all events, to' privations as to enjoyments. to death us to life. i.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-18
Just PWblished,
THE LONDON REVIEW,

No. 92.-CoNTENTs:
RT. I. Memories lie Madame IL nuchosse d. Abrans
ties; Souvenirs historiques Napoleon, 10 Re.
yoluton. lie Directoire, lie Consuat, PEmpire, ct d
Restsurstion
II. der Germansche Ursprung der Lateineschen
Spracke und des Romschen V0lkes. nschgewiessen
Won Ernst Jakel, Professor Friedrchswerd'sc
Gymnasium in Berlin.
ILL., l. Minutes of evidence taken before the select
committee of the House of Lords, appointed to conf'
der the poor laws Extracts Of letters from poor
persons who emgrated to last year to Canada and the
United States. 3 The results OF machinery; printed
under The superintendent Of the Society for promot
ing Useful knowledge.
" letter to Lord IIowick on the legal provision
for the Irish poo sc BY Nassau Senior, Esq pro-
fessor of Political Econum, in Kings College
v. A letter to Lord HowIck Communication OF
tthes. and provision for the Roman Catholic Clergy
of Ireland; by Nassau w Senior, Esq 2. History Of
the civil Of ireland; by w e Tsy lot, Esq A. b!
of Trinity College, Dublin.
vi Chansons de p J Berangcer, anciennes, nouvel.
les, ct nedites; suives DIES Process ntenes PAuteur
VII. The History OF English Dramatic Poetry to the
time of shakespeare and annals OF the stage to the lie
storation; by ] Paine Collier. Esq
VIII -Four In England ireland. and France, in the
years 1928 and 1879 with remarks on the manners
aud of the Inhsbitsnt and anecdotes OF dis
tingii,hed public characters By German Prince.
X /. Reply TO pamphlet, entitled speech fthe
Right Hon. Lord Brougham, delivered IN the House OF
Lords on Friday. October7 2. letter tothe Farm.
of The United Kingdom; from d Escott, Esq 8.
What will be done with the Lordsi What have the
'.orns donel and what will they do next! S. House.
keepers in danger from the popu'ace by Edw. Glib.
bon Wakefield, Esq 6. Two letters on the state Of
puolic sfro; from nber of Parliament to friend
sbroad Great Britain in 84l, the results OF the
Reform Bill 8 A short history Of the House of Com.
mons, with reference to Reform; by JOnn Allen, Esq.
g. Progress of the Revolutions of l640 and 1880.
WM 81 MORRISON, Agent, Alex'a.
| Subscriptions received Ms above, for
North American Review LttriPs Museum
Ednburg do Biblical REPOSITORY
! Westminster do Mp, Is
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-18
ph;laAelvNia Packet Notice.

81 Merchants and Others in the District OF Co.
sN rnbi,. winchester, Va. and that vicinity, are
ts.'-a,rv Informed ,hsta Packet viii be despatched
S"n Philadelphia to Alexandria, Washington, and
e"o,gatown. u C direct. via Canal, on Thursday OF
& yse. without fail; and. to enable the vessels to
I with puncuay, no freight will be received after
Soeork p VI. on the day OF sailing. For further
,:.,,rs .nnIy 10 STEPHEN SHINN, AleX'a.
wa. MORGAN, Georgetown,
JOSEPH HAND, Proprietor,
No North Wharves, Philadelphia
M If persons in the District of Columbia, or the
.sbbor;ng places, would make itsrule to order their
goS1, shpped on board tic Packet at Philadelphia on
SSslnesdsy or Thursday, they Would find this to be
,,ex,edtious and hy far the cheapest and safest con
,.y,rce between the above named places
anrA-V
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-18
Office Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company,
WAsHINGToN, March IL, 1882.


meeting of the President anu ''irectors IT he
I Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, held tlns
day, il was unanimously
Resolved. That General Meeting Of the Stoekhold.
oftne Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company be con-
vened in the City Hail. in the City OF Washington, on
Saturday. tine 28th day of April next, at O'Clock A.
NJ. to take into consideration the following resolution
of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed on the
l4h day OF the present month:
g. Resolved by the General assembly i Maryland,
That It he earnestly recommended TO the PRESIDENT and
Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
call public meeting ofthe Stockholders Of the said
Company IN the manner authorized by their ebarters
and submit their the proposition or tho
al imore and Ohio Rail Company, for The JOINT con-
sruction Of the Canal and Rail Road aforesaid rom the
Point Of Rocks Hapes Ferry, and that the agent or
person appointed to represent and vote on behalf OF
the State OF rland, at meetings of the Stockholders
Of the sad Canal Company, be. and he IS hereby, au
horized to attend at the said meeting, and inc
wish and opinion Of this Legislature, that such JOINT To-
cation should be asst Dted to by the Chesapeake ana
Ohio Canal Company, and that the said agent use me
best endeayors TO obtain such assent and to have the
object of this resolution effected, just and feasonsoe
terms"
Notice is therefore hereby giusn,
That Special General Meeting of the Stockholders
Of the Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal Company Will be
held at the CITY Hall in the City Of Washington, on 81.
trday the 2Sth day of april next, to commence at
o'clock, A. n. BY order.
JOHN P. INGIE,
Clerk Ches. & Ohio Canal Company.
mar 25-wt2SlhA
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-18
Enster Gifts.

Enster gifts.
yHlHE su5scrber invites the attention Of the friends
of youth 20 few pubi,catiouy vol; calculated tor
The above purpose; among which (besides NUMBER
of r ligious works,) are he following, viz .o,,
rhe Literary Souvenir and Forget-me not tor 1857
A few ANNALS English and American, for 1851
TIL Boys ''wn Book, the Girls OWN eo3k' .le
american Girls Book the Young aides Book, lperen'
Buff ms Natural History, with modern improven en!s
and upw ards of 500 engravings 49,
Shakespeare, Piass in one volume EngNsh ea.,o" :,
Conior's Italy, 10 plates, most interesting "orh'
vols, English ed
Robmson's Scripture Characters; Parry's Voyages
with plates; ditto
DIN Qn,xo,r, ? vols, with plates by Cruikshank'
' nr "a ELIZA KENNEDY