The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register. (Wilmington, Del.) 1824-1825, 1825-01-27

..,'" e6ui", nc SAID, Andrews, Won b,s
better bot so; the halter will be your port; asa
ana asked me VIII | left my sword. eII. I, o1;
MN the Col did not want dead sold;e, WI. aua
proceeaea 10 accomplish my design. Wb ",a
! ! came withlh rod OF the sentinel, stonnsa
tnonght ne saw me, but determined 10 rp ~ai
I'll heard him cock his gun, when sba "%,;
have said, / wish to go into the citr. should n
was fortunately mistaken. He saw ~, 49,
and as he turned his back to me ; ivy no
upon him drew his bayonct from its sc .lllhpca
and told him if he uttered word I Ilt' "at,
bayonet, and would instantly pnt NV; NV MS
death. We went about a rod from Ii; s'a ~ y
when halted, and hallooed cali i ,l pvs,
three times, put him on quick time and c MI
ly had him before Colonel Arnold, w
! At half past one o'clock, the comn,nv
paired to the dining room, and partonl = !,
an excellent dinner. 'A W
After dinner, at the request of the co.,
pany, the Secretary returned their thani.
to the General for his kind and friendlv y,
tention, to which he made the FOLLOWING -
ply; 20 =
"Genfiemen; you have been madehann,
am amply rewarded--my wishes are CON- CON-
pleted. You may rest assured nv FEELINGS
on this occasion have been of no ordinaTn,
case. 10 meet, after a lapse of more than
forty years, SO many men with whom had
been acquainted in youth, must be very
pleasing occurrence. The situation in which
we were early placed, is calculated much !,
enhance the pleasure of this meeting. In.
gagged IN cause SO extensive in its influence
and SO glorious in its terminaton-no occur.
renee OF that day is without interest. yo
gentleman, have called up to nv mind
, many interesting circumstances, which. thru,
the mist OF time, appeared to me very dim
! and some which ! had entirely lost Sight 4;
We should be grateful to the Divine Beib,
that our lives have been preserved to hi,
: advanced age. In taking a Retrospective
! view OF the wonders Of the last half century
, we are, on all sides, struck with astoDsi.
ment. To see our beloved country 50 randi
ly increase in population; to see the progress,
OF the arts and sciences, of agriculture. o
! commerce, and manufactures, and, in fact,
: OF every thing calculated to advance the han
piness and prosperity of our countrymen must
be highly gratifying tous all We have liz
ed to sec the man who, in the vigor of youth,
5 we behcld active and vigilent in the defence
of liberty the hero who volunteered his per.
: son and his fortune to the service of our In
tant country, after an absence of more than
forty, return and receive those expressions
OF gratitude which this country was then un-
able to manifest. We have lived to see our
: sons, with one common country, perform
what their fathers had taught them, BY COM
peling the enemy to give ground at all points
and at the clearing up shower of the war, We
: have seen a mansuvres which eymced
! military skill that perhaps no other country
} can boast of. My friends, it is pleasant for
; US to converse together of these things; but
there is little probability that we shall ever
. SO many of us meet again. The season Of
: the year, in which we are assembled may
well remind us of the season Of our lives
our eyes are dimmed; ourlocks silvered; our
, cheeks furrowed; and our minds and bodies
enfeebed. If we have been active and faith
full in our public duties, let us not be ne
glccttul of those of a private and devotional
nature which we owe to the Father OF all
Good, so that like good and faithful soldiers
, to Him we may be prepared, at the first tap
of the shrowded drum, to join our beloved
WAsHINGToN, and the rest Of our com.
radcs, who fought and blcd by our sides
thank you all, gentlemen, for your kindness
in calling on me this day; and wish you IN
this life, all that age and infrmity can ENJOY,
and hereafter perpetual felicity
The company began to retire carly, asa
, had all left at four o'clock.
, *Dcsignates those who were in the Batue
of Bunker Hill.
The son of intempcrance will read tt'
subjoined extract from the New HampsHv
Patriot and tremble, VIC trust, III ever!
} nerve of his body Could the class OF sell
J murderers who fall the slaves of intempef'
ance, those who rush hcadlong into the en-
J brace of, or by slow but certain stages lEee''
] the King Of tcrrors halfway in their joufhe!
, to the tomb-could the victims OF volu''s1
! ry insanity with all their train OF near.
broken wives, children, parents and frieN,
arise from the dead, how numerous ana ny"
awful would be that resurrection =
From the .Nesv HAMPSHIRE Patriot, Jan' ~
Horrible effects Of htemheraace.-seta
Elliot of Knox, Hancock CO. Maine, was >, ar
raigned before the Supreme Court at oas,
tine, at the last October term. charged ,, WIN
the murder Of his ogcn son, John w. hilos
a child about two years old. After r,
tient investigation he was found gulily' S's
sentenced to be executed.
1t appears that Elliot was once respe's
I able citizen; that he was once the oWhcr y,
4 farm containing three hundred acres VI
land, we'll finished brick house and l'll.e
barns. But, alas he became intemperaso
in the use of ardent spirits, and, ike 700 ll'"
ny other deluded victims, buried all tha' wa
manly in the Intoxicating bowl. lie peca.'J
DaSsionatn and very abusive to his WIFE a."