{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p3", "byline": ""}
er hmscir to the public BY inver,iag his
name. II e feels himself elevated above me-
diocrity, and with all the presumption of
pride deals his fulminations without discrm


ination on all beneath him. This monarch
of letters considers himself at liberty to give
his competitors such names as he thinks
fit, and perhaps fancies he has made the
"welkin ring" with the hearty laugh excl
ted by his wit. But whateverhe may think
Of the great raking he has given some of the
writer's for the Wilmingtonan, yet there are
but fen who think his production any thing
uncommon. He is in my humble opinion
better Poet than he is critic or satirist. !
like his poetry because it is hrehy. 1t has
nothing splendid in it, it is true, but thenit is
generally ingenious, smooth, and pleasing


Suppose Mr.. "Niwde" alias edwin" you


"stick" to Poetry and let criticism alone; for


you are not qualihedto decide on others pro-


ductions while you are striving for the same


palm. "Stick" to Poetry and you will soon


wear a chaplet of monthly roses, (for you
nav N"ihSa W. ouh IL you euih SiitiS you


will gain crown of lead Suppose then,


hereafter, you chang Zeno's maxim, as re-


ates to criticism and ritlicule, and in the place


of"Hear much and say little, you will "Hcar
+ more and say less" Change your manners


and theme and oblige yours, MARY.
. The naval discipline of England in the profit


gate reign Of Charles the second, was, for some
Offences duckng at the main yard This was
done by fastening rope round the middle and
. throwing the offender from that height into the


water. Second, by keel hauling; that is, the
offender was taken, a rope put around his body
S AMI passed alternately under the vessels keel
i from one side to the other. Third, by hanging


the offender by the heels at the side of the ship
y Fourth, hanging by the body at the bowsprit,
i when the criminal was graclo,sy allowed a
sharp knife, a can of beer and biscuit, and the


dclectabe choice whether he would hang and


starve, or cut the rope and so to the bottom.