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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
Fror. he Lond9a Literary Gazette.
LIFE OF AN EDITOR.
Then there is ano'

-Fhen there is another species OF
correspondents. who under the pretence OF
giving advice, are the most abomnable,
saucy, and impudcnt fellows in the world,
and who modcstly give their crude sngses-
tions as infalliblc maxims, which II you
do not obev, yon must lose their mualnabH
friendship and support. Thus. one will tell
you "your paper is insupportably dull ana
he cant read it unless it contains an account
of all the prize fights and other occurrences
in the sporting world" another declares
that IF you pollutc your columns with such
trash, he will cease to take your journal. =
One correspondent seems to think your pa
per of too literary cast, and wishes You to
give little more variety, and now and then
to pop in few remarkable and horrd acci-
nents-or a bloody murder; "thesc are the
things" says he, 'to make it SELL" a sec
ond says, that you "fll your paper with a
collection of stories only fit foF old women
and begs to have a luminous crltque on
the various works of taste and imagination
as they appear" Mr.. Dismal says, the
paper is 'ttoo dull;" whilst Miss Prude
thinks, "it has not sufficiently serious
turn" Miss Languish begs for ga little
more" and hopes whilst Farmer Giles
writes to You 'to leave out all that stuil OF
poetics, ant. put in more about the price OF
corn and such like" A sentimental young
lady, who signs herself Fnrtilla, begs that
yon "wil put in all love" whilst the maiden
aunt says "you ough. not to suffer the word
love to appear in print" Horace Gadabout
wishes YOU 40 be particular in giving spirit
cd and copious notices of the drama J"
whilst Mr. C4ntwcli desires, that his spa
per may be discontinued, unless you omit
all mcnton of such hcinous and abominable
proceedings" Thus every man wishes his
own particular taste to be gratified, without
any regard to his neighbours; and the on
ly way in which an editor can act, is to dis
regard all such partial solicitations, and tc
keep on the even tenor of his way; without
paying any respect 10 the confined views o
his correspondents.
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= Since It's said, and by some foolishly be-
,ieyed too, that uoune ladies are fond Of
praise, the young bustlng admirer most
commonly begins his suit, as his epistles, to
his "sweetheart,'' with something or hat
sort.-After studying hard (as the express
sion goes) until his very head aches, he
will, perhaps, produce four jingling lines not
unlike
Your sparkling eyes, and smiling micn
Pourtrav your teeling--tender heart;
ss'ro be lov'l, you need but to be SEEM
And once bcheld, tits death to part
Alas alas Il now, for the present, take
leave of my youngster. Wen let him enjoy
courtship, (perhaps the happicst in the
whole of mans life,) and pass on t'other side
OR advance a step.
See the married nan-he's quite as full
of business as the "care-worn" loUer he
dashes to and fro from morn till night, ever
restless
To increase his store
With morc--a little more;
until the prime of his life is spent in the get
ting. The frosts of winters age grow thick
upon him. Having hitherto had no time to
enjoy his life and his wealth he's determined
now to do SO; to live happy; love his dear
wife and lovely family; pay more attention
to them-and finally secure to himself and
his posterity name; one, that shall com
maud respect and vcneration. What shall
it bei Shall it be earned by acts of Charity,
heaven born Charity, and christian be-
nevolence? Must he acquire it by life OF
piety, walking daily in the path OF self-dcni-
al and christian humility, and going about
doing good Alas he has no time yet tor
Religion. He wants little more" OF the
world-FAME In the midst OF his visions,
worldly calculations and chimerictl projects,
he is, however, invited, Cor rather COM
manded) by Death, incxorable voracious
Death, to "go hence;
Who quickly cuts the vital chord,
Nor asks him if he's time to go
T. attend lifc's reck'ning, with his Lord'
And So ends life-man's life below.
r. M .1RRET
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knife and stabbed him in four or five places
and then hed. A third one attempted to cut
the throat of his employer with razor.
A letter from the Correspondent OF the
New York, Gazette, under date OF the 22d
III remarks" Cotton continues brisk, the
choice parcels are out of market, being held
from % to Is cents, which no one would be
iustihable in giving at the moment; the o.
pinion here is that further advance will
take place.
We gave the other day an account OF the
ocld mines of North Carolina, accompanied
with a statement that the precious metal
found at that place WAS sometimes pur'
chased in New York, and sometimes re-
ceivcd there in payment of debts. The
following articles from the New YORK Even
ing Post corroborates the statement:-
Goto.-Ths article has become SO plen-
tv since the discovery ofthc mines in North
Corolina, that it is sent in bulk, without be-
ing coined, in payment of goods received
from this city Yesterday a remittance
valued at one thousand dollars was sent to
one of our mcrcantS, who, this year, mas
received about six thousand dollars woitn
of the same article, which sold tor % cents
the penny weight.
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THE WILMIN CsTONIANr
AND
DELAWARE REGISTER,
Thursday, April ii, ls2 S.

CARpS.-We will inform such of our fe
low citizens Us are engaged in Mercantile, Manu-.
featuring and Mechanical pursuits, that we have
a variety of neat and wellfnshed type for Cards
and can execute any order for this article in a
STYLE and with beauty uncxcele,l We have
also a number of representations which can be
placed upon the card of those who may admire
them.
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New beginners in business, and those who have
lately removed from old stands, will find it much
to their advantage to have few cards to Inform
their friends and customers of the circumstance
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Horse Sagacity and Frmacss.-A Car
man WI. driving along Bcekman street few
days since, and suddenly his horse came to
dead stund-aW without any apparent cause.
He urged tho animal to proceed, by blows
as well as words, to 10 effect, and as he had
always been kind and true before his obsti-
macy was incxpiicahle. The passengers on
the street gathered round; the cart was
pushed and the horse severely isoggcd, all
to no purpose. A bystander who felt some
sympathy for the animal. observing that a
pump Was near, and that the horse kept his
eye upon it, observed that perhaps,the poor
fellow wanted his grog, and would not leave
the tavern till he had it. A bucket was ac-
ccrdingly brought, the Corhoration gin filled
into it, and the famishcd beast drank off three
bucket bumpers before his thirst was slakcd.
He Immediately turned from the pump, and
with his accustomed kindness went on with
his load, with no other fault finding, than
that which fell on the head of his improvi-
dent and cruel master. ~ Y. .4droeate.
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Poiar Regiors.--Capt. John Cleves Sym
mes has been invited by Count Romanzoff Of
Russia, to join Il North Pole expedition
which the Count is projecting; the captain
has accepted the invitation under certain
conditions, at present unknown.
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We have perused the debate Of the 18th
ult. in the British House of Commons, ON the
motion to hear the Irish Catholic Associa-
ton, by Couscl, at the bar. 1t was highly
animated, and turned uron nearly the same
topics as those which were used in the dis
cussion OF the bill against the Association.
Mr.. Brougham and MIR. Peel were the prin-
cipal speakers. The former, in the course
of one of his speeches on the occasion, OBJ
served: "1'he aggricved parties are now at
your bar-the negroes from Ireland are now
awaiting your dccision;" alluding to the po
litical slavery ofthc Catholics. He advert
cd to the rejection of American petitions be-
fore our Revolutionary struggle, and the
treatment Of DR.. Franklin in this strain:
"The prayer of the petition of America
was rejected, and an eminent man was mall
treated here. This, with other causes, had
led to the great struggle of that country witt,
this, and it was not until seven or eight years
! afterwards, and after thousands of lives had
/ been lost in the question, that the govern
ment ofthis country awoke to its right senses
and that America, as my honorable friend
the member for Westminster, (Sir +. Bur
dett,) had said, obtained it's brightest jewel
For my part, l cannot but rejoice that Sc
magnaminous spirit was then shewn t
the world en- the other side of the Atl intic
that millions of frecmen were found to b,
unanimously struggling for the glories of lib
crty; and that so noble an instance was thel
put forth of a great community governin!
themselves freely and economically, withou
tyranny, either in church or state--a peopl
uniting a degree of magnanimity with thci
acts of legislation, to be parallel by nothing
to be meet with in modern times, and whcl
went near to wipe off the stains that ha
, blemished the naa,e of Republic"
.A1. Sa-.
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Murder and robbery seem to be the order
of the day at New Orleans. Of the rob-
bcrs, there was a gang that infested every
part of the city. Two negroes had been
committed for trial, charged with assassina-
for misbeha,loar, from a white man drew a
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nance. She had been mere girl when her brother
went abroad, and though she remembered him we'll
and had loved him with all the tender enthusiasm
Of childhood, yet her growing thoughts and feel
ings towards thousand new objects, calculated by
their nature to interest and delight her heart, had
grown overthat early affection; and when she look
cd at her brothers picture on the wall of her bed
room, or the inscription on the marble slab in the
Kirk, it was with perfectly calm spirit, without
vain repinlng regret, and with pleasant revival
of old remembrances, otherwise half obliterated.-
When, therefore, she saw her mother once more
reconced to the presence of their guest, and will
ing that one mounfully connected with their fate
in life, and SO strangely brought to them, should
not wander off forever thus fororn and despairing,
her soul reioced within her, the former brightness
OF hervisage restored and once more the smile
wasseen that mantles from heart made happy with
out and almost against its WILL in the power of its
purity and innocence.
TO BE CONTINUED
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PROM THE NEw-YoRK MIRROR.
EUGENIA MORTON.

The moon beamed bright, except when light
cloud, waited by gentle western breeze, passed
over it, like some pure aerial spirit, playing in its
rays, and for moment dimmlng its mid, its holy
lustre. 1t was such an evening lover might de-
light to wander in, or poet love to muse upon
An evening, when the cold reality of existence
sumbers in spite of itself, and leaves young fancy
with her wing of gold, unshackled by the letters
with which it bound it. amid the broad light of
MONDAY sun, to soar to brighter worlds and peo-
pie the whole universe with beings of its own crea-
ton, more beautiful, more pure, than those which
the lovellest romance Of real life can present. The
bright waving green sward beneath, covering
spot which used by the inhabitants of the neigh
boring town as burial place, extending in de-
Hghful level to some distance, was bounded on the
side by broad blue stream, upon whose banks
populous and delightful village gazed for
moment upon the beauteous vet melancholy
scene around me, with almost an unheeding glance
No memorial of mortality, no beauty of slunberng
nature, could arrest my footsteps then. for the
voice of gayety and reverv rose upon mine ear and
invited me to leave her placid majesty, for the splcn
dor of art. strain of music, bursting forth from
large illuminated building near the outskirts of the
town, babe me hasten onward and the fullorbed
moon-the bright blue arch of heaven-the glitter
ing stars-the breeze from the mountain-and the
aerial spirits, fancy formed, "--were all neglected
to JOIN in the fantastic mirth the restless gaiety,
and excited spirits of ballroom
entered-Joy appeared smiling upon every lip
and the lip for the moment might have been
moulded by the feeling of the heart. The coquette,
the prude, the libertine, and the man of honor,
were seen there, almost without show of differ
ence all disguise beng thrown off, in the cxcita.
taton of the moment The laugh and the joke,
the tender word, and still more tende, glance, each
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own guilt. eco not away from us, till we have
both forgiven you-ycs-receive his mothers for
giveness and may your soul find rest from rcmorse,
as mine has found rest from grief
Three years had elapsed since the death of her
son abroad in that dul and the soul Of this excel
lent woman had reached the ultimate stage of
resignation When, therefore, she recovered from
that cold damp feeling of horror and aversion
breathed over her by the presence of one whom,
when the tidings of her sons death first came to
her, she had thought of almost murderer, she
began to reflect on the few words he had uttered,
and on the profound passion manifest in all his be-
haviour. In spite of her natural repugnance, she
coud not help feeling that he might have fallen in
that quarrel instead of her beloved son-that there
were no circumstances dishonourablc or cruel at
tending it-and that by his confession the day
before, when ignorant into whose house he had
wandered, he had for long time led life Of mel
ancholy and dependence, arising from the remem-
brance of that event-His mild and gentle manners
his intelligent and cultivated mind,--and the
equivocal symptoms ofsensibiGty and humane emo
tons which his whole looks, conversation and de-
pertinent had exhibited, pleaded not in vain and
when she looked upon him once more in the calm
ness of exhausted passion, the mother, who through
his means had been deprived of only son, felt
that she had wronged him by the violence of her
feelings, and that it would be right, generous for
giving, and pious,t raise him up from that fit of pas
sion, and to look on him erring brother, to
whom she knew her brave boy had been reconCil-
cd on his death-bed, and who had held his hand
when he breathed his last. There something,
too in the sacred influence of the Sabbath-day that
at once softened and conlforted her heart he had
walked with her and her daughter to worship God
in that little humble Kirk and ought she not
to practise those lessons of perfect forgiveness of all
injuries, be they what they might, EN- oined by that
religion which it her blessing to believe p
"Why should have looked" thought she, with
such adherence and creeping of the blood on this
Young man My boy is in his grave trust in
heaven-God has been merciful to me-and there
fore let now still my beating heart, and admin
lister comfort, since he needs it so much, to one
whom not chance, but Providence, has brought to
be my guest Such thoughts, when they had once
entered her heart, found permanent abode there
she was restored to tranquility wonderful even
to herself-and taking Edward Ashton by the hand,
she told him with a faint smile, that he must not 50
leave them, and plunge alone into the dreary soil
back to the house, and they had joined together
IN the public worship Of God SO would they that
night kncel down together before going to rest and
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happy; but it was all a feversh ecstacy, an arti-
fetal beatitude, that could not last
Yet among them beheld, thought beheld,
one that seemed not of earth, earthly "-one, who
smiled, yet smiled not, as if that smile could not be
as sweet elsewhere; who spoke, vet spoke not, as
it her word could not thrill as softly at all times
who seemed happy, yet not as if proceeded alone
from her present situation, but as if it proceeded
alone from her present situation, but as if it were
alike equablc in all paces-alke tender-alike hea-
venly. O! she was beautiful--as if the munifcent
hand that formed her, had shared among others an
equal proportion of various excellence, but had
stamped the brightest, the purest perfection of
each, upon her alone.
Yet she was gay. The smile that shone in her
eye, and played over her lip, seemed as bright and
as heartfelt, those of the more lovely and volatile
beings around her. She, like them trod the "mer-
ry maze" but there that in her step and her
air, that showed she danced not to be admired or
envied. Though exceng all around her, as the
penslve moon does the smallest STAR yet did that
very excellence beam more brightly, that she en-
deavored not to display it. call the gaze from
others to herself-while the spendor of her charms
by the very modesty which strove to hide it.
Such was Eugenia Mornton when first saw her
The artless play fulness of childhood Just contrast
ing yet mingling with the bloom of eighteen, while
the arch naivette of the youthful maiden was lust
tlnged with the pleasing seriousness of the afanced
bride. Her lover stood beside her, gazing with
intent, yet respectful fondness upon beng-such
as all might imagine spirit belonging to better,
brighter sphere. A being in which poet saight
trace all the projections of the ideal excellence of
his own creation being, which he himself tho't
far brighter, far more excellent than either
gazed upon this vision, as it were, almost invo
UNFAIRLY There seemed sort of fascination about
it, that rivetted mine eyes unconsciously upon it
but as gazed, feeling of unaccountable sadness
by degrees stole me, such that with which
gaze upon loved object, and Gas melancholy
foreboding whispered, } for the last time 1t was
IN vain strove o shake it off. 1t was in vain |
reused myself to enter into conversation. The more
strove the hrmer it chung to me. Her form still
gided before me, and the same unaccountable me.
anchoy still pervaded every fibre of my frame
The evening passed in this manner away. All
around me, laughed, whispered and were, for the
moment, happy She too was happy--I alone
seemed otherwise left the assembly, retired to
rest The fairy vision still present in my sum-
bers She danced, she spoke, she smiled, and the
scene of the preceding evening again existed in my
| iDocr b,,t no chi ool
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LATEST FROM MATANZAS.

Norfolk, Feb. 2l.-From capt. An
derson, of the schr Eolus, arrived here
on Saturday last, from Key West, we
learn that the U. S. schr. Shark, Lieut..
Comd't. Gallagher, with capt. War.
rineton on board, arrived at that naval
station about the LIST February, and that
Commodore Porter would sail for
Washington in the U. S ship John
Adams, as soon as her crew, distribu-
ted among the barges and boats then on
cruize after pirates, could be collect
ed. The Shark, and Sea Gull, Lieut..
Comdt. M'Keever, had been despatch
ed to the Coast of Cuba, with orders to
send the barges in Immediately with
the crew of the John Adams.
The mortality at Thompson's Island
had recently been very great.
The French ship Calypso, and her
cargo, (recenty recaptured from the
pirates, had been sold, and she would
sail for New Orleans in few days.
The Colombian schr Gen. Santander,
capt. Northrup, had arrived at Indian
Key, after cruize Of six weeks, during
which, capt. N. stated, he had taken a
prize valued at about $4,000.
The Colombian schr Colombiana,
capt. Johnson, last from Porto Cabello,
on cruize, put into knights Key a.
bout Goth January, in sinking condl-
ton, from having been ashore on =
reef on the coast Of Cuba, short time
previous. She reported that she had
been chased by seven piratical vessels,
and from the crippled state In which
she was, had been compelled to make
a harbour to get clear ofthem.
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gress to become binding. This will
be course of Legislation not tolerated
by the plain words and just meaning
of the constitution, and not consistent
with that care Congress is bound to
bestow on the affairs of the District.
There is substantial distinction be-
tween the power Of legislation and the
power of regulating the police of COM
munity. In support of this opinion, a
reference may be made to the debates
in the Virginia Convention on the con-
stitution, from page 800 to 3ll. In
the debate on the provision Of the con-
stitution giving power Of exclusive le-
gislation to Congress over the ten
miles square, Mr.. Geo. Mason, Mr..
Grayson, and Mr.. Henry, were for Civ
ing Congress the power to regulate tho
police of the District, but not the power
of egtslating in all cases for it. Mr.. Ma
olson admitted this distinction, and
contended for the power of legislating
in all cases. These fathers Of the con-
stitution, in their discussions on this
subject, never once limited at subtle
gislature for the District, under any Ii
mutations.
have hastily submitted the preced-
ing hints and remarks, as to the power
of Congress to establish a local legisla-
ture for the District l will, in my next
communication, proceed to examine
the principal features, and some OF the
details of the bill.
A CITIZEN OF ALEXANDRIA.
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LOCAL LEGISLATURE.
Communicated

The committee of the House of Re-
representatives. for the District of Co
lumbia, have reported bill for its go
vernment. In the fate of this bill, the
people of the county of Alexandra
have a deep interest; and it becomes
them to oppose, in becoming manner,
the passage of this or any other bill,
whose object is the same.
The bill which has been reported,
contemplates that, after the first Mon
day in May next, the District Of Colun-
bia shall be governed by Legislative
Council.
The I'd section of the bill declares,
that "the municipal and Legislative au-
thority of the Legislative Council, shall
extend to all such matters and things
as may be necessary and proper for the
municipal government of the said dis
trict, not inconsistent with the consti-
tuition of the United States" II is
provided, that the charters of incorpo-
ration granted to the city Of Washing
ton, Alexandria, and Georgetown, and
the charters of incorporation granted
to the several banking, road, bridge,
and canal companies, and other asso-
Citations within the district, shall re-
main valid and unaltered, for and du-
ring the terms respectively ''for which
they have been granted" &c. Bv the
preceding provisions, Congress is to
transfer all the power Of immediate le-
gislation, upon all subjects, to this LIE
gislative Council Of the District, sub
ject to the control of Congress in the
manner in the bill provided. The laws
of the Legislative Council are to have
effect if not sent back to the council,
and thus become valid and binding on
the people-not by the direct, but indi-
rect or implied assent of Congress.
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Communication.

The public are respectfully inform
ed that a CHARITY SERMON will
be preached on Sunday night, at halt
past six O'Clock at the Second Presby-
terrain Church by the rev. WELLS An
pREws for the benefit of the Dorcas
Society.
The claims that this institution have
upon the charitable feelings Of the COM
munity, are such as to render panegy-
ric useless; it has been in existence for
a number Of years, and during the
time of the exertions Of its members
has been productive of much good
They make no demand, for they have
no right to claim, but merely solicit by
this appeal to the kinder feelings Of
their fellow citizens, some little assist
ance by which they may be enabled to
administer to the wants OF the poor
and the friendless, humbly trusting that
their solicitations will not be made IN
vain.