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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-28
LONDON. September Is
Death Of Louis XVIII.

'ie oitciai announ, ement OF the death o
HIS Most Christian Majesty, which we re.
ceived Yesterday morning, by Express, waa
published by us as a Second Edition. ROY
the sake of those of cur readers who saw o''
~ the first impression, we now repeat u
/" CataiS, l6M 3cNtembcr, half past CEt
o'ciock IN the afternoon.
eve have just recciyed the following
Iclegraphic Despatch, announcing the
Kings death
!" The King died this morning 1T toit
o'clock.-king Charles <. Immediately SCI
out for St. Cloud with the Dauphin, the Da'-
phlness and the Duchess of Berry.
:, The people haze shown, during tho hlia
illness, the most affecting sorrow. Courier
are setting out at this moment in all direS-
tons with the news Signed at Paris, esc'
" yesterday afternoon at half past ioll
O'Clock, gentleman arrived at the foleis',.
o'1ice, Downing street, in :; post-chalsc a'.
and tour with an official account of the dean
OF the King Of France. The rout he came "
was l'oulogne''
Thirteen bullcntns were issued by tN8
Physicians
THIRTEENTH BULLETIN.
1T nine O'Clock in nc Epcniag.
u he access Of the Fever has been mort no,
violent this day than any previous one. ~
Rattle has become heard in breathing 'hc
pulse is extremely weak, and more and mort
Signed.
Portal, Distel,
Albert, Dupuytrep.
Montaign, Thevenol."
Their serene Highncss the Duke OF VI"
leans aud Bourbon came seyera, times IN ""
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The Alexandria Herald, Of tie twentieth
instant, states, as a remarkable fact, that,
Con the passage of Gen. La FAYETrE
to York, an EAGLE flew from the Bluff, about
two miles below that town, and lowered over
the steam boat Petersburgh, which the Gen
cral was OH board Of. Itfollowcd him to Mount
Nernon-and, we are told, continued .Huing'
oper thc tomb IF TtaShington, to which the
General was dcvoting his soul with the holy
feelings Of grief. 1t seemed to have an in
spiration in its actions. 1t would not quit
the scene. 1t displayed those feelings which
would seem to indicate that j. was "A special
messenger, sent to welcome our ilustrious
Guest on his visit to the sacred reposc of
the first ofmen--his friend and the friend of
mankind. After the General had fulfilled
his pious dcvotions, this bird, representing
the gratitude of the nation, and emblematic-
ally the spirit of Washington, took its final
departure from that spot which contains
the relics of La Fayettc's dear companion.
"Therc is TO doubt whatever of the fact
Which we communicate above. We could
give the testimony of hundreds of the most
respectable names of its correctness Be-
sides it would be too palpable a stery to in
vent almost in the very face of La Fayette
himself"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-28

Ey thc arrival Of the l,..ckct ship Colosslis'
Capt. NJ lrshall, at this port, in 54 days IRON
Liverpool, London r",:crs to the evening O.
the -. Q. September md Liverpool, to the
2Gth. layg j zen received
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NEW ORLEANS.

The Louisiana Advertiser ofthc Och, ul;. CON
tains the following remarks
The yellow Fever still RACES throughout oar
devoted city with more nlalgnancy than has ever
been Witnessed by the oldest inhabitants Ac-
tive manhood furnishes majority Of the victims,
vet neither age, sex nor color, arr exempt from
the attacks Of tlia fell DESTROYER. The commend
able prudence ofa portion ofl,e eunacclImatcl, who
were here 1t tic commencement Of this lflct-
ing visitation, induced them 70 leave the city, and
seek an exemption. from disease at the different
healthy retreats within fifty or .ixtv miles Of us;
but enough re'nan to swell the fdl, biil Of NOR
talitv, and give visible proofllow short the prep
ars;ion, how sure IS the journey 10 the grave.
We dobnt cycc,>te our duty IN warning strangers,
We III. AN those wiz can remove If small sacri-
fee, Of thc danger which they seem to court OF
lie anxiety aud pam which they mast awake in
their ir;ends, nero. Or n distance bv remaining
anlopGs. rs. 1t is the lot Of the writer OF this
paragraph, % hcar daily OF hourly, the icsts and
stotT5 of tho hcalt|; and athlciic-thc neat morn
ing's sun hrcah, On thcm 4 feycred mass Of dis
rasr--anothcr rts them much better, and to the
cnetir.rs os friends. the attendants reply. che is
nearly veil, more frightened than hurts" &c
the third dfN'S snn sets ona new made grave,
uiah upon olQitsl, we hea: contains the remains
Of ,hc scoh I, lie Mi!il tcnpter ofhis fate.
Our icycc aa! streets present cherries sight
the former has but (oir or I'VE square r.gged
scls al il, and hc sttcrarc deserted hy the brisk
bu3tlins ;nen ofbH;iac3s, who gave animation and
importance to tie cty, and have succeeded to
a few scattering s.,un,crcas, or slow gated mcr.
chants, or laWyc ycrs, Who have become inert from
the want of cmploj ojmciit
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During the reign Of Queen EilzAnErH
and JAMES l., ana even down to the ttie of
CHARLES, st. Paul's was the rendezvous of
al the idle and dissip ttcd persons Of the pc
riod, as we'll as of those whom serious
business, or a desire to learn the news Of the
day, led TO frequent as place of public re-
sort. Being place privileged from arrests,
it afforded considerable convenience to the
first OF these descriptions. One whole scene
of BEN. JoNsoN's Ercry Attn ar Of his
o7yn I'!mour, is laid among the loiterers
who frequcnted the western and middle aisle
Of ST. Paul's which Sir FastH,ioaa Brisk af-
fectcdly terms lfedutrrGneo. 1t cannot be
forgotten that there FailStaH' picked up his
trnsty follower BardeHh. OsBouRNE also
informs us, that it was the fashion from the
time Of JAMES lst down to that of the Com
monwcalth, "for the principal Gentry,
Lords Courticrs, and men Of all professions,
not merely mechanics, to meet in st. Paul's
Church, by eleven, and walk in the middle
aisle till twelve, and after dinner from three
to siy," and BY attending to the news which
were there daily current they picked up 4
reasonable mo4icuni Of political information.
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LAWSUIT.

An interesting lawsuit is now carrying on
at Paris. The city had sold house on con-
dition of its being pull down within certain
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-28

tmong the curia,itcs exhibiting at the fair
Of -. Lazarc, at Merscilcs,the Efoiic notices
a giant, named Martin Rubagga, who is z
feet 2 inches in height, with finely proper
toned chest, hands, and thighs. llisstrength
il appears, is prodigions, for he breaks slabs
Of marble into pieces by single blow with
his naked fist. He is All Italian by birth, and
the defendant Of tiigli, whom Button has
honoured with particular notice in his Nat
ural History.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-28

The Editor of the Democratic Press,
speaks in the most f1attcrinH terms Of the an
nual exhibition of American manufactures at
the Franklin Institute OF Philadelphia. "In
an especial Manner" he goes on, g We would
invite the attention of the ladies to some of
the finest, ncatcst and most beautiful manu-
facturcs OF straw--to the very elegant speci-
mems of cut Glassware from pittsburg and
Boston, and the rich and splendid Pitchers,
Vases and Salvers of Silver Plate made and
chased in this city. We do not rcmcmb3r
ever to have seen articles more or i'll better
taste. The Piano Forte Of the Messrs, Loud
cansat but command attention, as will also
the highly finished Crate and well polished
Marble Mantle at the East end of the room.
some OF the CarpetinE is of hrtncr texture
than any we have before seen, and some of
it deserves to be mentioned as very hand
some. The Cabinet Ware is Of the best kind,
and the Cutlery demands and will repay the
closest examination. Some of these instru-
mcnts are as good, as well finished and as
well tempered too, as any can be manufac-
turcd."
This shut specimen of what will hcrcaf-
ter be done. The eagle Of American indc-
pcndencc is now soaring in Il new region, and
finds an atmosphere congeniai to his wings.
htIc 10 itll alilhity pct"ccn Poiitleal liDerly
and independence, and Ill the other blessings
that comfort, decorate and adorn social inter-
course. Analogous to this intelligence, we
perceive by the n. Y. statesman, that a vol.
umc of South American poetry has been re-
Gently published, written at Bucnos Ayrps
during her late revolutionary struggc-it Is
devoted to the triumph Of liberty in that re.
gion, and the subjects are the victory of the
heroes of Bucnos Ayrcs, distinguished for
their actions, either civil or mil,tlry-the
soil Of freedom is the proper residence for
| the muses..
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The following extract from letter writ
ten by La Fayrtte to the late Coy. Reed Of
Pcnnsy lyania in the year 1880 now becomes
interesting. Speaking of the arrival of a
French army he remarks:
I" is from nc, on the moment of their ar
rival, that the French Generals except intel
ligcnce, and you may guess that pacqucts will
be by them immediately dispatched To Europe
An army that is reduced to nothing, that
wants provisions, that has not one Of the ne
ccssar3 means to make war, such is the sit
uation wherein have found our troops, and,
however prepared could have been for the
unhappy sight by our past distress, confess
had no idea of sach an extremity. Shall
bc obliged to cor.tcss our inability, and what
shall be my feelings on this occasion, not on
| ~ as ali American soldier, but one who has
highly boosted in Europe Of the spirit, the
virtue, the resources Of America? Though
| had been directed to Furnish the French
! Court and the French Generals, with carly
and minute Intelligence, confess pride has
stopped INV pen, and Notwithstanding past
/ promises, | have avoided entering into any
! details till our army is put i'll a better. a
! more decent situation. We have men my
dear sir, we have provisions, We have every
! thing that is wanted, provided the country
/ is awakened and Its resources are brought
forth; that, yo,i know can't be done by Com
grcss, aid unless thc States take the whole
matter upon themselves, We are lost. You
\ viii, both as a soldier and Il politician, easily
foresee that this crisis is one way or other a
decisive one, and that if proper cxertions
arc m;tee, We mag expect every thing that
is good"
i Lou Cochraae-Nhen Lord Cochranc
was deprived Of his rank in the British Ma
i W, ordered to be tlespoiled Of his honours,
his knishthood, banners Of the Bath, &c.
kicked ont Of Henry WIS chapel, after the
memorable verdict and sentence following
the Stock Exchange persecution, his Lord
ship, among other things, was required to
!, give up the medallion, &c of the Order Of
the Bath, possessed BY him as one of the
knishts.--This he declared he never
would do, except in the Kings own hands.
Those honours had resulted from Royal ia
YOUR, and the King only should peronally
take from him such customary peculiarities
OF the Order as were in his power. The
medal lie accordingly kept; but it is now un-
derstood he has, by the recent arrivals from
South America, returned the medal, with a
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-28

letter addressed to the King, to be forwarded
20 his Majesty. Lady Cochrane Is now i'll
this country. and Lord Cochrane is positive
lv coming home and it is inferred, from his
I.ortlship having SO sent the medal, as well
as from the speech made by Sir ]. Mackin-
tosh in the House of Commons as to the pro-
priety of restoring him, that Lord Cochrane
has some expectation, IN the event OF ms re-
turning to England, that he would be restor-
ed to his rank in the British Navy. Lord
Cochrane certainly returns home, and 1t is
added that he feels so little indebted to "pol-
itics," rs not to be likely to minglc III party
fcuds hereafter. The composition of the
letter accompanying the medal is spoken of
in the highest tcrnls.-E3gha haN.
TECUMSEIf-Col Johnson, of Kentuc-
XIV, has long enjoyed the honor Of having
slain this great Chief in battle; and has al
lowed the credit of the exploit to be given to
him, without contradiction, although he knew
it to be due to another. The Hon. Benjamin
Hardin has ut length undcceived the public
on the subject, without any desire to rob Col
I. Of any particle Of Just praise Gen. Blair
oi South Carolina, III a letter to the Editor
Of the Southern Chronicle, dated the 18th OF
Sept. 1924, has given information that when
in CONGRESS-, lie was informed by Mr.. Har-
din of Kentucky, that the slayer of the Hero
Tecnmsch was a poor widows son, OF the
name, it he forgcts not, OF ADAlR--a lad III
his teens; who seeing the danger OF his lea
der, Shot the chief dc I'd with his rifle. II
ought to be added, that Col. ]. never assert
ed that he killed 'rccumsch.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1824-05-01

the same spirit that decorated the boudor, and
erected the Theatre of the Garuo and is the MUM
fcent work of foreign lady, who, having retired
from persecution at home, sought, in occupations of
taste utility and benefcence abroad, to forget the
SANDER Of enemies and the desertion Of friends -
But the rocks of Garuo the shade of Como, afford
ed no asy lum to marked as the victim of that
secret llbunal-organzed and presided by minis
tiers OF state Against the fanhars of this lnquisi-
ton no place secure; they stole upon domes-
tic privacy, and obtruded upon public recreation,
unchecked by principle and uncontrolled b, OPT
nion,--
$40 stop the chariot, and to board the barge y
to make benevotncc the engine of It's own destruc-
ton, and to close the hand Of charity upon the sus-
pected objected Of its bounty; to convert gratitude
INTO treason, and tempt poverty to crime these
were probably the causes. or among the causes,
which drove this lady from a spot, where She did
much good aud acquired great popularity. On one
side of the noble road, which owes its existence to
her muniiicence, plain marble Slab informs the
passing stranger that this causeway raised by
Princess Of the House of D'Este, Caroline Of Bruins
wick. But generations yet unborn, destined to in
habit the districts Of Como, will learn with graft
tude that the first road opened the banks oftheir
beautiful lake. erected in the 10Th century, bv
Queen of England,
-" Back woundng caumny,
The whest virtue strikes''
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SELECTIONS.
FROM LADY MoRGAN's ITALY.

.HHS- poOF YtSth-----
VILLA GARro-This magnificent palace was once
inhabited by the most magnificent of church prin-
ces, the Cardinal Gallo, by whom it was built The
waters of the lake Como almost wash the marble
floor Of its.portco; and its open corridors and its
large windows admit views of the activities and
rocks which shelter its rear. Before the portico Of
this now deserted and silent palace the voyager of
the lake rarely fails to cast anchor, and the hand
some and open vesfibule, exhibiting a vista of OBJ.
posite suits Of apartments, usually excites request
to see the palace, which is always complied with
by the willing custode Tie range Of rooms to the
left, speaks far lady late residence-a little
library, boudor, bed room, and bath opening
INTO each other and presenting tasteful perspec.
TIVE, are decorated by the hand of the graces and
are painted by classic pencil, Chat of Naccani)
10 tie right, apartments more sumptuous, but not
less commodious, open upon terraces and gardens
A little theatre, all white and gold indicates that
this the residence Of taste and wealth In pas-
sing through the vestibule to the rear and the VII
la IS almost lantern, of far different cha
racttr presents itself Rocks levclled, and blocks
OF granite strewed over broad, rude half cleared
0F' 'f'i"S' gushing ifoln Ht'SiilS, ana taught 10
now through suhterranean channels and arches turn
ed IN solid masonry, terminate long line Of spa
elous and beautiful road, opened along the shore
OF the lake, sometimes walled, sometimes yaulted,
always banked in from the incursions of the waters,
and secured at vast expense and labor from the fall
ing in Of the heights impending over it. This no.
bic work has provided at end Of centuries, drive,
e.
part OF their LAKE (st'll the only part accessible to
carriage J andathough it has not ct reached its
intended extent, is still great public benefit, and
IS now the Corso Of the little capital
This imperial work, which, in its execution, has
gwen the means Of subsistence to numerous tsmi-
hes IN the neighborhood was not ma ), the late,
nor the present, government 1t Il planned by
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NO. Il.

| cepted, ratlhes and confirms the match. | saw at
this kraa several mothers who could not have been
more than ten twelve wears old
When it happens, which is not often the case,
that girl has grown up TO wor,anhood without
having previously been betrothed, her lover must
gain her own appreciation as well as that Of her pa
rents and on this occasion his attentions ATE re.
ceived with atlcctation of great alarm and disin-
chnaton on her part, and with some squa5brng on
the part of her parents.
Several of these girls might be said to be pretty,
more on account Of their youth and the pessingeN-
pressions of their countenances, than of any beauty
of features but it is doubted whether through the
whole nation, one could be found whom European
could deem handsome. When in the morning they
came to the general distribution of tobacco, they
had not yet performed the duties Of their toilet
but now had the pleasure of beholding them a,
fine and as captivating as baka and red ochre could
make them The former, as a green powder, was
sprnkled over their head and neck, and the latter
mixed with grease, was applied in daubs or streaks
or along the nose, and across the cheek bones,
and what thought by these simple Africans TO
be the graceful and fascinating sly lie of adorn
ing themselves was precisely the same as that which
the clowns and buioons at our fairs have adopted
in order 70 render their appearance absurd and RI
dculous.
With regard 70 P1legamY, told that
cond wife /, never taken nnu the first, as before
stated, has become old, not in wears bat in constitu-
ton and sometimes, though rarely, third sup
plies, in Ike manner, the place Of the second. This
was generally the greatest Ntcnt Of Their poly gamt
nor were the Old wives, that count, nc elected
or left unproyded for by their husbands; but con
before.
SONG men, passing by, seemed much amused At
my questions, and joined us on which inquired
Of the women It Their husbands ever beat them
well knowing that this ubject was one great i'm.
porance in their domestic arrangements. I he men
laughed, and quickly replied, "no, no." The wo-
men as loudly cned "fes yes; they beat us on
the head-,o." And sufficiently proved the truth
OF their assertion BY the ready and natural nanner
in which they initiated the act Of their conugal Dis
| ciphne,
Many Of the women were distinguished by hay
ing the hair Of their forehead bv constant accumu-
lAtion Of grease and red och.e, clotted INTO large
red Jumps IKE stone tins was not through neglect
OF cleaning it away, but from fancy that it added
greatly to their charms Some had the crown Of
their head shaved, or, rather, scraped bald and q
row OF buttons fastened round the remaining hair
which had been left in its natural state All of them
wore bracelets, either OF leather or of twisted snew
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1824-05-01
FROM BURcHELL's TRAVELS IN sourH-AFRIcA
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE HOTTENTOT
WOMEN

WOMEN
Their mothers allowed themselves more prvilc-
ges, and felt no hesitation in answering my aues-
tons relative to their marriage customs. Such cha
racters as men and women passing their lives in
state OF celbacy do not exist among tue wild ma
tons Of Southern Africa and in this particular. sa
wages hold superiority over the most polished ma
tons OF Europe The women informed me that
girls are commonly betrothed when not older than
child whom they pointed out to me, and whose.
age appeared to be about seven wears that is, the
husband early bespeaks her, in order to preclude
every other man, in the meanwhile, from all pre-
tensions and from all hope Of gaining her; and, as
these men generally take second wife as soon as
the first becomes somewhat advanced in wears, this
custom Of securing mother beforehand is perhaps
necessary, in order to avoid those contentious which
might otherwise arise in cases of this nature, and
where the girl herself has seldom voice in choos
ing her husband In two or three Years, or less,
according to circumstances, after being thus be-
trothed, the girl changes her abode from her mo-
TIERS hut to that of the bridegroom These bar
gains are made with her parents without ever con
sultlng'the wisdom (eyen if she had any Of the
dsu8h;er. They are made by offering them