vol i the numb 28 ] wilmington centinel and general advertiser wednesday september 10 1788 miscellany charter of general washing ton * from a la'pe pubiiccii&n t h e general is ta'.l and well made ; his complexion istiir and is eyts r>t a fight blue but fotnewkrf fmallcr than alim proportion of features would re quire j hi lace tht:u^h dot llritfly hindfome is fl-c as itnprcif s upon the mind that idea wnic'i we nr.an f ccprws vrhrr we fay that fucli a j<erfon ha a good counte luice p ; ear his o\n n hair which is brown and is gene rally ir-0rd with all the fimplicity of a country gentleman • vrhen haw this dating uifh?d perfon v.-hefe tmin-iit fin/ices have br.kbg&t him in the rapw cou fa of a tew years from pri j ;"'"«• toatevtl with themoft ili'jitrious characters of ancient o *. d rn times convert d with unaffected mudefty and treat ir w.'ry one aroun him with that fort of care and politenefs v ich-cab ii flow from a fenfation of perfc«5l equality 1 wiv oor htlp cayktg t nyfdf that if rr.me w made for ci u thi»nr«!i at irart w.is made for america bf>ro of pa rc vh in^tfltcd but little pi t»crty general wafhiij))ton be g ijfc js a fta veyor .. tircumfunce which was douhtkis oj jn fir effrvice to imn daring the war as it enabled him to judge ofthihncts v ith accuracy and to choofs his ground withjudjr nv vt in tkc fimci war which commenced in 1755 he was foci l.rfm.ftitd aj an aftive aid rnterprifing officer and was with f ic?«v t kas a fup rnu.rerary aid in the fatal afiiun near fort : . die wvre hat unfortunate gentleman expiated wit his hit ihe rr^hnefs he had been ffuilry of during itie wa be%astaifed o the command of a itgiivcnr and maie i is fcrt';re'"y marryir-p the i'w of a mr ci-.flis by whom hs h»s i.^rtupattly no chimicn v:.en fhtf war was i^ver he *■--'-:•>-• pj a x-fe v~t •■ s.r r al *..,- »-^: r - nor than tht ne tn s cf hi tirtts ir lirifl attention wh eti he paid to the aft 4 c ils e'ftate ai d t r n aliroft ur.funr untahle de tee of ji!?.'>::ce,j,y!:ich net only prevented his fr kip in che airci'n hy,;'^urvery tel(l©:n allowed him to defivr tis i.tilnion in pri a ump nits as a r,.an of mild r.d ccr.tle paft.oiis he wa am tv t e la'irvho thought 01 indrpendencc but fi-j adhered • to * v i;en one a<f5af>ml »■ ith a degree if paicina attach ent wui ftems new io ! iv betn call down and never to have loft hi.hopo an.ihrt a:ithvcroflciw!ici k wfperie^tcd j nd in fpisrh'o t o.loca prefped ct diftiel and calamity wni.h ftrqutut hargover him ithasbeeii parted ha h s betters wcrr ccirpoiw by his aids de camp : this rr'oil necfltai iy have been u • 1 je in matters c trrui ' u where tht fat j e cl was of peat importance the cbaraatri^i ftyk of the g-ncri is vn / e-fily dicrrned j it is an n'y bovrin dyle which is idtfreffi " n tr to the heart nor the lij agination ut which got di-t '• ly f the und«rft3nfiirg a'u pxprercsewy idea in the deareft and t.oil unequivocal manner upon th whole he feems to have heen the only n.an in america perhaps intbe world wh coul reccncilotheja rin ioteivfti oi co many iff rent pro i as whvscculd k^pan ann toother from thj.r erk«alot twhraent to hinifelf at a t : me whrn they wer scarcely ted and te r clothed r.cr paid and who cou!d join the aflivity ot ft'arcellaste all the caution of the old didator and be at once the wod and the burkkrof his country lcl thole who are fond of tracing up events to their cauifes at rmrethe fingular difpenfations of pr.vidence which led con grtf to choore him as thei general who was alone able to car ry tnem thr ugh thv war the caufe of it was this the eaftern and nortljern intereft had at that period a great majority in coh grtls hut they gave up the fatisfaclion of appointing a country man of their own to con.mand and choofe'a virginian that y might tiring his countrymen heartily in the war by fuch a lacnfiee to the vanity of th tuclent dominion fore the bone is thrown at him j yet on the very fifht of it cries noto epifctpari which is being interpreted i am exceedingly glad to get at it a.zphyfuian too has his bene which is moft commonly a bone of confn.ion between him and \ he patient the latter wiftiing to be well and the former wifliing to prolong the diftemper 1 here are pretty pickings from medical bones . he mtrtumt hai an excellent bent in tim of war called a contrmff l here is a deal of meat in this icf and the juices and m.irrow a e rich and palatable but rhcy are very extravagant m-fttr wno throw fucli bones to their dog j they might ferve to feed many a povr family the radii g jujl-ce has many excellent j .• indeed every for or rich cltvil who c mts under his knowledge is a benc which he will not throw into newgate until he has picked it quite clean a new play is an excellent bone for a eritk , and although he be moft ignoramly toorhlcfs he keep mumbling and mumbling it in hi mouth until he has beflabbered hail the newfpaper with it this kind of cur bark loud n well as fowls the mana gets of the winter theatre promifc fever lenei for them to pick j indeed during th fummer which may be called the theatrical dog-days they almoft all go mad evtty man therefore ha his bone every man will pick his bine and keep it as ions as he can y from the new york daily advertiser mr c h i l d s at a public rejoicing in york-towrf rennfyiv.:nla i obi ferve among the tcarts c,;ven by the flag carriers of the jctpcctivc trades and clafles the joilowin article «• 2 flag of the flute of ter.nfyivania < the ftate of p:ni ivania may fie ho'id the federal balance and become the arbhrtfs of the continent \ am aftcnifhed i;r at the feennd claufc of this toaft « may ijmnjyl'vam hold the federal balance ivitt'vnks mr child mm .:> a very rftjtr*t « in u tne icnniylvaniars really be lieve that the ex cut the power the wealth and the vinu - of that ftate quality her to hold che balance between the other tates if they do let them be hap f y in the opinion-but j tamk the eld dominion « kali will difpute fome of thofe points witii hem . • isut the laft claufe is infulting the wilh is a fpecies of trea - fen asainft the federal government <• may pennfylvania be con.e the anitreftpi the continent 1 he arlltrefs that is thr overn«ngftatc tl.ediclator the arbitrary lord of the centi nent . is h poflible that luch a wife could ever have been en tertained ; much lefs publiihed and that too at an exhibition w ronour of the fderaiconflitttion which guarantees the equal y^uernyty of each ua:e ? cracious heaven ! it is true every aatehasin itsbrfom thde little infeft f:ul who hover abou a hand-breadth fpot and think it mil the m,irld nay what is worfe there are thofc who venture beyond the limits of their own doma n yet are at war with every thing they meet the climate abrvad is nctfo healthy as that they left the people are rot fo large fo well-bread fo liberal fo polite ib learned--thc hrrfes are not to liandfome and fo fleet the cows give lefc milk the markets are wretched and tiie vegetables are poor . hey find no good tl.inrs except at home grratnefs abilities wealth virtues every thing is meafuied by the extent f the hate or by the length of a navigable river mr chtlds there is yet in america great ( * lack o iederaiifm upon my honor fir i am acquainted itli«//the ftates ef ficiently to inform the inhabitants ef any tnefcu that they mif take e^gregjowfly when they fuppolc they poflefs all the nches the ftrength the wifdom ihe virtues the learning in the world or enough oi them to be the arbitreft of their neighbours ; but the teljtnemsi the proxineial bauuur of certain men is in tolerable 1 hat they ihoold be happier at home than any where elfe is not furpriflng a man who hid paffed his days in p.i fon was happy there and relufed to be releafod : but that fuch amanfhouw treat all others as inferior beings mere pigmies becaufe they could not relifli his cell is it not ftrange ? yet it is a time of wonders in baltimore it was a wonder why that town fhould not be the feat of governmenn in new york it was a wonder why the government fhould be removed the pennfylvaniani wonder that any city fhould be thought of for the feat ot government but philadelphia they wifh them felves the arbiters of the continent and wonder that every body does not wi/h fo too * • pvblificd in the ffilmin^ton cenfmel ef augufi j it will preferve the fhingleson the roofs of houfes as alfo gates pailings c it prevents the intenie heat cf the fua from fplitting and penetrating into the wood and hinders the rain from rotting the timbers and has by long experience been found to be the beft mixture for preferving the roofs and fides of the houfes gates railings c it is attefted that it will preferve plank boards joift c for ages and will prevent the rain from driving through brick and ftone work the materials are eafiiy to be obtained and the work may be done by a common labourer . the proportion of eath article are as joliows : to twelve ounces of rofin put three gallons of train oil and tour roils of brimftonc ; melt the rofin and brim tone in an iron pot and throw in the oil fining it all the time ; when the rofin brimftone and oil is proper ly mixed and become thin add as much spanilh brown or red or yellow oaker or any other colour you want ground as ufual in oil as will give the whole as deep a hade as you choofe then lay it on with a bruih as hot and as thin as you can four days after this tirft coat is dried give it a fecond and you ajre done with it the cover ing of very flat roofs are faid to have . been preferved upwards of fifty years it effectually preserves iron that is con ftantly expofed from rufting rum and sugar p o r sale on board the brigantine nancy capt b leach from martinico now lying at mr w campbell's wharf f excellent weft-india rum and sugar of the firfl quality which will be fold cheap for cafh wholcfaie and retail wanted on board faid veflcl a quantity of tar and pitctf and a number of white oak staves for which a generous price will be given s o n e s every man as shandy fays has his nobby-horfe—it is «""*'"' hcwcvcr ' that ail men hav e o in their bodies a jufficient number could they be content but they muft fcr w>t h a vsrther*eba 1 bone is a good place—look at him while he p:<*sit whatafnarlinghemakes it any one dares but ap proach it ; there he keeps gnawinp.and gnawing until a wronger cu r frarches it from him yet he never loofes fight of his fa vourite bone fr33e from the dominico gazette i two great dogs fnarled for many years about a bone and joft as they were about to divide it amicably in came a little pup py and thatching up the bone ran away with it , > he la-wytr has his bone a good fee—which he keeps mum r pimgat until he can get 60 more marrow then leaves off in hopes o f another ihefw/mhasan ecclefiafticauc-v a gocd living ; no cur t tarts more when he has got it but be is * fpaniel all over bc t v he following com pofition is not x only a cheap but mod excellent prefervative for all kinds of timber ex pofed to the weather of this climate