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Mrn( -No* 81, Market-st*(threedoonaSpVe Ae F^rt;Hfmfc,)*rS7-where Jo«s .a**AirMTlrtiitOTs. «..,.^-„-^-.-.r^V, ••■• Hig-rir-i’wy ...m. , .v . ,,,. j - •,.. -, ■ ,. ,, ■- . ^ -v-; », lt;-1* ■ , :.|.[ | „...... .ff^wgrr?pmthe complexion ; of tjve . (iisadyanta-it\ andtbe general.-iJucb-^fbrShe. wfflW tpted topalid coni---JT.: - , ■ 4.-/-,;. .4 ;. ,vty -willbe to; take arise .in my mind, mplexipn and per-erty to vary from ry to'the subject*’oung. females of (if expression) florid r adults, is: too ? Jook welf. our tp d fair corn? r rouge; to the for-Warmth, to the iat-.; hit le t■ tbebru nettJm nt:onedecked i nit.I bSay ;not be imiKe^a3.fb.;Coibur,I. ter pink—-not the or the ric.h?i. gleam leilowriess of twt* tered together the unk dress with a over \t has a very effect, and is the rink being wormt»n nnf hpfrtthp ff*.out coffin or shroud; The liddrqpr and is hermOtrilt;»nyvsealed; for thenar; that the effluvia mayjrot escape. One; of1 the pits was opened for our exami nation, ■•Sights were disclosedtoo howl for dftBCriplibrrf atid .from which the feelings recoil v^th . disgust. 8 warms of. cock roaches issued: out and covered the pavement*^ An EdgHshman assured pie -that; he saw in one of the pits a black dog, yvhich had leapt in after the body of hit master^.iand: that tb no purpose he? 'offered; a. handsome re w^rd to the sexton, if he would rescue the faithful animal.' .• * .; !No. 34..From the. Trtnion. Mmpormtri. •••..-■•:*: WIIAT'S HONESTY • :I;love a good^^ound’ heartedi^pnest man, said upcle 'Boleby^o my good ftheryas they werlt;ediscuss ing the- affairs -Of the/, height bpurh^iroverlt;a .ftkng :pipe,*;oh,e Rummer evening; No w- my fether waS: ar mail-iw ho thought very ahd'said very lltfte; He was a great Iiatid forpndorstanding the right meanCngVofterms; oftei^tfaid be tfco't;half the world was ?as ignorant-of etymology/as of any other *blbgy in the whole eifcy-cIopedia. ,SQ he put on alng face,,and with a grave. an,d digpimedpuff turhed:halff roUnd to.my uncle—Brother, said hei ’whaVs honesty? . Kr..New^EdhdOo, county '• of\Gfccstb.f, and the thexrprovlnce of rihn8ylvaDia;*--His father, Wilftam M%ea'h, was. a native of-Ireland, and wasjunitfed in marriage/ in this ctmhtry, to Lsctitia Finney, of the same nation* They had four children,—-Robert, Thomas, Doro-‘ thea.andWiiliarrti- .• lt;•’After the customary elementary education in refading, Writing and arithmetic, /thetwo * eldest sons were placed uhdeeth® tuition of the Rev* Francis Allison, D. D.,a man, who, for more than forty years, supported the ministerial ch aracterwith dig? nity and. reputation, arid to whorn America Is greatly indebted for that diffusion of light and knowledge; and: that spirit. of liberty and inquiry, which has placed many of her sons upon a level with those of the oldest na? tions of Europe. ; Thomas was, at this tfpe, nine years ot age. When he had completed the vegular course of instrnctiPrt'? adopted in the ceIebrated;in5titritidri;of Br, AlHsoo, and acquired a'sound knowledge of the languages, of tbe*4)radical branches.of the mathematics, rhetoric,' logic,- philosophy, hp went to New Castle Delaware, arid entered the office^f his relative, David Finney, csqnjre, as a student at la wV Some months afterwards, he engaged ai clerk to the- protbonotary of the court of commonvatjon, that^tfu a act Vsuld at least’ey ideiicffv •a reciprocfty of canfidence between them;—' ■ The,election resulted in the choice of the seven geritlemeh srHom he had th«i named; thelow estdnthehaltbtnbtwaiitiDg twbhuri-dred votes ofaU the eiectbra prescrit, Who a-.; mounted to more than eighteen huridred. v In 1764, he ivas appointed by an act ef the legislature, one of the three trustees of the . loan office for^NeW Castle boPhty; for fq'ur years; whicb^ trust was renewedTh the year 1768, and 1772. This spedibtVof ibah {Was one of the most happy expediehtS for thW'en-couragem eut of industrions settkrrfe a new: country/ and fpi* tbe improyement of lands, that was ever mvented. ’ •' t::S; The stamp act congiess; a* it waB caHed, .: ■bavrbg framed •: ai declaratioh^hfWfgbts and grfeYarices/tbgbtber with ah WddresWtb his 1:niajesty,andmemo^ cemmtms yrpi'ofOctoteri''i75;/:A':feW:merobers^',lt;ff^ body w«re either su Wjerted iff ^^giriiml-calto its desrgns, oracted.in'Wicfiva: trianhbr? as. Ifthey Were more desinms'ofirigtWt^tib^ themselves with the British miaisfry;tban serving their country' Whep/the bt^laesji; was concluded, ahff on tbe last day bf^* • session, the 'president; and:bom'e^mld-^%iai-t; ■' bers, refused to-Sign the proMedings^ VSifA s
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Wilmingtonian and Delaware Advertiser
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Thu, May 10, 1827
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