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The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1839-09-28

SST ADDlNGTGN'S History OF the Church, from the
w earliest ages 10 the Reformation by the Rev.
George Washington, M A. Fellow of Trinity College,
Cambridge and prebeadary in the Cathedral Church Of
Chichester.
Also Contributions TO the Ecclesiastical History Of the
Lned Sites, Nv Francis l.. Hawks, Rector OF st.
iaonas' Church, New York w. NJ. MORRISON,
August J. doors west OF Browns liotcl
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ftARD.-We should take it as particular favor if all
~ customers who have received their accounts 10
July l would call and settle them without further notice
au.y -. BRADLEY s. CATLETT.
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E.sLORA SLEXICUH, al Interpreter OF the Language
IL and Sentiments Of Flowers, with an Outline OF
Rotany. and Poetcal Introduction, by Ca;haTine H.
Waterman.
Flora's Interpreter or the American Book OF Flowers
and Sentiments, by Mrs Sarah j. hale.
Also the Langilage OF Flowers with Illustrative poe
ry TO which is now first added the Calender Of Flowers
For sale at w. Nj. MORRlSoNs
Book and Stationary Store, ! doors west OF Browns
Hotel Sept. Is
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TAI EN BOOk.-Observaon on the Writings Of Thos.
~ Jefferson, with particular reference to the attack
they contained on the memory OF the late Cen Henry
Lee. in series of letters, by H. Lee second edition,
with an Introduction and notes by Charles Garter Lee is
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sEALLAM'S MIDDLE AGES, from the sixth Lon
Il don edition, CON p.ee in vol
General History OF Civilization in Europe, from the
cal al ihe Roman Empire to the French Revolution,
translated ION the French Of NJ. Gni.ot.
further supply this day received ard for sale at
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Book and Stationery Store, doors west Of browns
July 27. Hotel.
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EUST RECEIVED, further supply Of The cheap
d edition Of the Wavery NoyeIs-rhe Mon'ery
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Z Avs OF ETIQUETTE OF Short Rules and
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Advice TO Ynan. Gentlemen catering Society, b.
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~ EW BOOKS.--His Sketches Of Statesmen
4 who have hourished in the times OF George III
second series, by lord Brougham, in vols.
Ro-ct's Outlines OF Physiology and P5rcnoogy, frs
American edition, revised, with numerous notes.
Also, Jack Sheppard Just published and Cor sale a
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IT UMBER, COAL AND WOOp.-A. SHEPHERD
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Aug. 3i-3t
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04

The NEwsPAPRR.--The man who takes
no newspaper. cannot reasonably expect to oc-
cvpy very high standing in society. How
can he expect to know what is passing in the
world, what mankind are about and what he
had ought to occupy himself about unless he
has access TO those chronicles of the times
which disseminate intelligence and herald
10 due form, all earthly occurrences. from
the GROWING Of monarch, to the birth Of
Mrs John Smiths lwins--from the conquest
ofempires, to the capture Of a humming bird2
How can man expect to rank equal with
the best, unless he knows as much MS the
best ? And how can man expect to know
as much, unless he takes a newspaper
Reader, you take no paper and are now
reading borrowed one. just think OF the nd,
vantage your neighbor has over you, who
has read il first, and is now Specializing on
its contents, while you are Flooding through
them and then go and subscribe, and thus
patronise the printer Take paper by al,
means. Providsnes Conrier.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04

recollection and too harrowinQ tothc feelings
OF all, TO be repeated. The desperate al
Temps you made when YOU felt that Won
could not escape detection and ninisbment
to rush into the presence of your Maker. moi
only with this aggravated crime ON your
head, but TINT Of self-murder added, show
100 plainly that you had become csllous to
crime ana yanr moral sense had become Ut,
ieriy depFayed
l hope and trust that the time which has
elapsed since the iata deed was committed.
has not been unproftaby spent by you, and
that efforts ollhe exemplary and pious men
who have endeavored TO rouse your con.
science and awaken you TO q sense OF your
situation. have not been wholly pro6tIess
that repentance has been the fruit of reflec.
lion, and that you see and feel how guilty. Won
have been. You will soon appear in the
presence OF that Omnicieut Being who feth.
oms all your secret thoughts and penetrutes
the recesses OF the heart From his Justice
you can expect nothing but condemnation
and an lnterminable existence of unu,,erable
anguish. In his wisdom he has provided n
way in which he can be merciful as well as
just. You will however. remember tina, III,
mercy can only be obtained by deep contri
lion, by unieigned and real penitence en-
treat you then, not 10 flauer yourself with
The hopethat you will escape the sentence TO
be declared and Tint your forfeited life will
be spared, but 10 spend the remaining days
allotted you here. in sorrow. repenta nee and
prayer. Though you are guilty, you nav
yet in humble hope, raise yours hands in
prayer to your Heavenly Father, and in the
i'zurid 70 winch you are shortly 10 70. you
may through the merits and intercession OF
your Redeomor obtain pardon for your ug-
graVated offences. Although you are 10 die
violent death. you will not like the unfor-
tunate victim, be cut off in moment when
you are wholly unsuspicious Of the CD.
proach Of death, and ;nsensible from The eff.
lect Of Indulgence but in the gloomy recess
sea oil the prison where you will remain, you
VIII still have time 10 mediate upon your
past lie, TO reflect upon your unwor;hiness,
10 remember your crimes and iransgressions,
and BY the exercise OF repentance, humble
suppicailon and prayer be fitted for the ey-
erlasling mercy of'your Redeemer and your
God.
The sentence which | am about to pro-
nounce, will fix The time of your departure
from this world. aad establish the lim
which will terminate your existence your
days on earth will be numbered Ard may
the Lord teach you so TO number your day.
that you may apply your heart unto wis
dom.
The sentence Of the court is. that you b,
taken from this bar TO the prison from whenc,
you came, and be there kept until Friday
Tho iwenty-frst day of February next, and o,
that day, between the hours OF ten in tht
forenoon, at place Of execution to be selec
ted by the Sheriff, you be hanged by tn,
neck until you are dead. And may Al
mighty God have mercy on your soul.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04

The time ofthe year has approached when
q change from the habiliments of those of
summer to those of the cooler months be-
comes necessary TO the public health. The
usual relief ofthe blood through perspiration
will now be checked by the brisker airs of
September; and yet the action of the sun
upon the human frame. with reference to
the blood. will be well nigh as potent as in
July or August. This induces feverous
internal feeling. very oppressive 10 the sys-
tenn, and rendering great care Indispensable,
both with regard 20 diet and 10 dress. Fruits
should now be sparingly par.aken of-those
especially which. from the rain and other
causes, may not as yet bo fully ripe. A con-
slderation relative TO dress may be properly
noticed Although, as we have before init
mated. the internal heat Of the human sys-
TEN is much the same ia September as in
the warmest summer months, YET the chilly
action Of the air preventing relief from per-
SEPARATION, creates a difference between ,be
surface OF the skin and the arterial system.
Hence, febrile complaints in many country
places especially. are very frequent in the
autumnal months. If the dress be adap,cd
more with reference to the briskness Of the
atmosphere. than the effect Of the sun, a cor
responding warmth will be kept up through
out the system, the surface included. and
the chances of feverish excitements be great
~ diminished. Many elemental indications
have appeared. which lead to the conclusion
that the coming autumn will demand moro
than the usual preeau,ion against sickness
and word flly spoken on the subject
that is. spoken in season-can do no injury,
and may do some good.
Philadelphia Gazette.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04
der UNKENNESS!

The following particulars respecting the
famous Croton acqueduct, are copied from
the Quincy Patriot;
This enterprise Of supplying the city Of
New York with wholesale water, is one Of
The most extensive local improvements ever
undertaken in this country II extends
forty-t,co miles through rough and rocky
couptry. The work has been divided into
ninety-six sections The receiving reservoir
covers thirty acres--one hundred streets be-
low which, is to be the distributing reservoir,
covering ten acres This reservoir is one
hundred and fourteen feet above tide water
and will carry water to the height of the
Cupola Of the City Hall. near the Park
The cost will not BIO far from twelve millions
of dollars before the work is all completed,
so that water can be received into the houses
of the citizens. Nearly FIVE millions have
already been expended upon this work.
About four thousand men are now employed
upon its construction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04

What is to be done p Done Why 90 TO
work, lay off your gloves plant and hoe po-
tatoes, weed the garden and spend less mon
ey The daughters Of Eve. too, must lay
aside their painting and tight lacing, quit
shopping, and take the old spinning wheel
their mothers used, and make their own
clothing, and the pressure will soon be over,
and we will be much wiser than we were
before, having learned by experience what
we could not learn by the Theory Of Frank
lin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04
NO. s..

II. q. OTis.--The venerable Harrison
Gray Otis was invited to the late icentenn;at
celebration Of the settlement of BarnstabIe
cape Cod. He is too far advanced in years
10 run over the country to'such merry max.
ings, but his letter declining attendance
shows that his heart is young yet. We
There can be in the course of nnture In,
lew persons present at your Jubilee. who re-.
tain the vivid and precious recollect;ons
which | do, OF what BarDstable was in ,hs
year l175 OF its scenery, its localities. its
people; and oftheir frmness, and patriot.
ism, during the terrible year.
Barnstable was not only the place of the
birth and residence of my immediute ances.
tors Tor four generations but it afforded. 10
my childhood, an asylum from the storms of
WAT and retreat for my peaceful studies,
curing the siege OF Boston had been there
out lew weeks, before the news arrived Of
the coniagration Of Charlestown. This
came TO us, not In the shape il has since as.
sumed, OF q real vi-tory. though nominal de-
ieati but with the unmi,ipaled horrors Of
condagraton, massacre, and as a specimen
ofthe mode in which our peaceful VILLAGES
were intended to be swept with the fire md
sword.
Never can / forget the sensation of the
people of Barnstable in that dismal hour.
sincerely. believe from impressions then
made, and constantly renewed since, that ey-
cry man, capable of bearing arms, was ready
to rush TO the death il revenge of his mar.
y teu u ssni cn uirss m VI ms evu1a
The minds ofthe public were eonvulsed 1T
all the violent passions Of our nature, except
lear, which seemed TO be unknown.
Barnstable was not only the scence OF nv
earliest friendship but of my first love. I
became enamoured Of very charming
young person, nearly Of my own age-but
The course of this love did not run smoothly.
IN an innocen, ramble over the fields and
hedges. with her and other young persons,
she had the misfortune to lose necklace of
genuine gold beads; the fault was neither
hers. nor mine, bot of the string on which
they were threaded; but still. as real mint
drops were in that day very valuable, and
Treasury notes greatly on the decline, the
circumstance brought me into some diseredt
with the family us accessory to loss, which
impaired the faculty Of resuming specie nav.
nenta when thotime should arrive, and re.
| suited in future non.insercouree.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04
VERMONT PHOENIX.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY
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TERMS OF ADvERTIsIrc.

Advertisements conspicuously inserted at
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Tor each subsequent insertion. Less than
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04
THE DRUNKARD's TREE.
The
sin Of
DRUNKENNESS

sin OF
DRUNKENNESS
ESpels Reason, browns
Memory, distempers the body,
defaces beauty, diminishes strength.
corrupts the Blood, inllames the Liver,
weakens the brain, turns men into walking
causes internal, external and incurabl
Wounds, is Witch TO the Senses, a Devil
TO the Soul, Thief to the Purse, the
Beggar's companion, Wife's woe,
and Cllldrens sorrow; makes
Man become Beast, and
self murderer, who
drinks to others
good health and
robs himselfof
his own nor
is this all
1t expos
es TO the
Divine
81
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HgH
HS@
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As@
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~
Such are
some Of the
evils springng
from the root of
DR UNKENNE SS!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04

An extensive traveller in Texas. says, that
the slow grounds produce 60 bushels Of
bull-frogs TO the acre, and alligators enough to
fence il inn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04

A man with pair of wooden legs is nomi-
mated for Congress in Illinois. The New Or
leans Picayune says he makes the best stamp
speeches Of any one out in ''them diggins."
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-02-19
REPUBLICAN AND FEDERAL.

Judge White the veteran Republican of Tennessee;
in his Knoxville Speech last August drew parallel
between Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Van Buren,, and showed his
preference, for Mr. Clay. Speaking Of MIR. Van Buren,
he said: ...
ale is against National Bank and so am i but
then he goes for Treasury Bank, which think much
worse rhan National Bank, by incorporating stock
holders.
I" He is for increasing Executive power and patronage
am for diminishing and limiting them.
"He is in favor Of the Federal Executive and officers
under him using their power to influence public opinion
in elections | am decidedly opposed to any such
practices.
"He is in the favor of the Chief Magistrate in office
selecting his SUCCESSOR and using all his influence &c
have hun elected. ... ..
al think such practice calculated to convert ou
Republic into Monarchy, and therefore believe nj
man ought TO be President who holds such doctrine
at is useless to pursue this contrast any further
You will readily perceive that it is an entire mistake
to suppose we ever belonged to The same party yet
is true we once nomnaly did. He came into 1t, ant
gave his support at rather late day, when possibly h
believed we would succeed whether he joined Us o
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LOVE AND SLICInE.

A melancholy occurrence has taken place in this city,
which has caused great sensation in the fashionable cir
dies Lieutenant Wallace young and gallant officer
n the Navy, became enamored Of young lady, whose
beauty and accomplishments had gained her many ad-
r1irers His attentions appeared to be received favora
lily by her. but her parents being averse to the alliance
fdbade him the house Notwithstanding this, they met
frequently at the house OF mutual friend, and his pas
son seemed /, be returned Last Sunday he disclosed
Il her his love, and asked her TO become bis She
fused him. How ardent his love must have been, and
hox keenly he felt the blow that had been given his
happiness by affections thus trlfed with and hopes
bls,ed may be Judged by his desperate act.
lie procured large quantity of corrosive snblimatc
anil swallowed it, This poison did its fatal work. and
he died on Sunday night in the most horrible fortunes
victim to unrequed love. The country has lost .
gallant officer, and his aged and respectable parent,
have been bereaved Of who was their PRIDE sho
hope -Bah sun FEB. 10
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-02-19

There is religion in every thing around
us-calm and holy religion in the unbreath-
ing things of nature, which man would do
well TO initiate. 1t is meek and blessed in
huence stealing, as it were, upon the heart.
1t comes quietly and without excitement. 1t
has no terror-no gloom in its approaches.
1t does not rouse up the passions, and 1t is I'M
trammeled by the crecds and unshadowed by
the superstitions of men. 1t is from the
hands of the author, and glowing from the
immediate presence Of the great spirit which
pervades and quickcns it. 1t is written in the
arched sky, 1t looks from every star. Il is
on the sailing clouds and in the invisible
wind tits among hills and valleys of the
earth--where the shrubless mountain pierces
the thin atmosphere Of the eternal winter
or where the mighty forest fluctuates before
the strong wind, with its dark waves Of green
foliage. 1t is spread out like legible Ian.
guage upon the broad face of the unslecping
ocean. 1t is the poetry of nature. 1t is that
which lifts the spirit within us until it is tall
enough to overlook the shadow of our place
of probation-which breaks, link after link
the chain which binds us to materiality, and
opens to our Imagination world Of spiritual
beauty. J. G. Whittier.
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