The Wilmingtonian., 1823-12-11

ed no dangers but those OF war, and where ths
arts of cviised life hal not yet taught him the
use of the Intoxicating draught, and all its dread
lfnI consequences and where the small pox had |
not seized and carried off those whom intemp
r,nc. had left. Happy, child the forest, had
Ii been for thee had the Great Spirit swallowed
lup the first vessel that approached thy shores!
TIE SAND FLOODS OF ARABIA.
At one o'clock says MIR. Bruce. we
Ialighted among some acacia trees at WA.
Idcel iiaboub, having gone twenty-one
miles. We were here at once surprised
and terrified by sight, surely one of the
most magnificent in the world. In that
vast expansc of desert from west and 10
northwest us, we saw number of pro.
digious pillars Of sand at different dstau.
ces, at times moving with great celebrity
1t others stalking on with majestic slow.
ness at intervals we thought they were
coming in few minutes to overwhelm us;
and small quantities of sand did actually
more than once reach US. Again they
would retreat 80 as to be almost out Of
sight, their tops reaching to the very
clouds. There the tops often separated
lIfrom the main bodies, and these once dis.
-ljoined, dispersed in the air and appeared
no more. Sometimes they were broken
near the middle, as if struck by a large
5 cannon ball. About noon, they began to
=. advance with considerable swiftness upon
JUS, the wind being very strong at NORTH
5 Eleven ranged along side OF US about the
: distance of three miles. The greatest dia
a meter Of the largest appeared to me at
htthat distance, as if it would measure leo
i feet. They retired from US with wind at
= southeast, leaving an impression on my
!. mind to which | can give no name, though
:. surely one of the ingredients was fear,
C with a considerable degree of wonder and
!. astonishment. IL was in vain to think Of
''ss]nying; the swiltest horse or fastest sail.
cling ship could be of no service to carry US
10 out of danger; and the full persuasion Of
$ this, riveted me to the spot where stood,
~ during which the camels got SO mSch be-
: fore, that it was with difficulty overlook
II them. The moving pillars of sand present
" ed themselves again to US on the following
Sc day; but they seemed to be more in mum.
:, $ ber and less in size. They came several
= times in a direction close upon US, and
i had begun to rise soon after day break, like
J. a thick wood, almost darkening the SUM-
,' whose rays, now and then shining through
n hem, Occasioned them to look like pillars
I,,of fire. Our people now became desperate;
), the Greek shrieked out, and said it was
il the day Of Judgment. lsmael pronounced
ri IT to be the internal regions, and the Tus-
~ " lcarorics, the world on fire. l asked laris
,rlif he had ever before seen such a spacta'
n Icle. lie said he had often seen the pillars
o,Ias terrible, but never worse; but that
a which he feared most was an extreme red
=. a., nesss in the atmosphere, which was sure
h,lpresage of the coming ofthe Sinoom.
a. There at present resides near Versailles
~ retired subaltern officer, who accompa'
,lnied Napoleon in most of his wars, who Is
}. father of 9 children, and whose 9 children,
DIS born in different countries, speak near
nd ly as many different languages or idloms
he His wife was an Italian, whom he MARI
he h ed in Italy, on the hrst invasion of that
he country BY the French. His first child w''
eyIborn at Milan, and speaks Italian, the Ian
ndIguage of her mother. His second saw The
veIlight in Switzerland. His third, called
~, Ali, came into the world in Egypt, and
,e,Ispeaks, on occasion, kind Of Coptc. I'
en fourth child was born at Boulogne-sur-Mer
when Bonaparte threatened descent oI
e" England from that port. His fifth ch'ld
le, was born in Germany, and speaks German
of His sixth was Neapolitian, and is conss
len Quently called GrennarO (or Janarlus9-,
FRS His seventh is little SpaniarJ, called
Il, is Diego, who has not forgotten the languas'
Ike of his infancy. His eighth is little Prus
sian. of the name of Frederick and M'
'nr ninth, Madamoiselle Nichoma, saw tn
ciplight in the island of Elba. The eldest o.
~, ,vr these children is % years. the youngest
ws The mother is dead. These nine childrsi
un. still reside under the paternal roof.
'lI un, LIVERPOOL, Oct. a.
no Dreadful Firp.-About O'Clock Oh
'lso Wednesday morning, a dreadful fire oroN
.ct out in the warehouses, commonly know
are as Booths Warehouses, Mapping, the pro
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