The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-24
Foreign and Domestic GleaniDgs.


A new work, entitled Dialogues Of the Dead,
has been published in Paris, III which the char
acters are drawn from modern history, partic-
ularly in France; among these are Napoleon
Marshall Ney, Madame dc Stael, &c.
Weitigg, a comedian, at Munich, having been
inferred, a rlnour prevailed that he had been
heard to attempt to rise-the coffin was open
ed, his hands and face were much scratched, and
his body turned ON its side, proving that the un-
| fortunate man had been buried alive
| The Small Pox has recently made great rafa-
pcs in Geneva and other parts OF Switzerland.
Lord Cochranc has been hailed in Scotland as
the great champion of South American freedom
| In New South Wales, there are more than
twenty thousand convicts. The whole popula-
ton does not exceed fifty thousand souls.
Its mentioned in the London papers, that at
Salisbury, forty persons had lost their lives by
the Small Pox, quack having inoculatea them
| for that disease.
| A new Railway of 25 miles, from the Coleres
in Durham Co to London, was opened in the be-
pinn;p.r of October coach with the commit
tee, 81 wagons with passengers, and II wagons
with coal, weighing altogether about 80 tons,
were attached to !. locomotive engine, built by
Mr.. j. Stephenson, and the immense train trav-
elled at the rate of about eight miles an hour
! There were nearly 600passcngcrs.
Ann Parish, (wfe of Paul Parish labourer to
Mr.. Waternan) lately died in England aged o.
who for upwards of five years had been confined
to her bed bya paialytc affection, during which
! period she took more than 1860 ounces OF l,lda-
NUM-
Ii is said that at the late fancy ball at York. in
\ England, the Marchioncss Of Londonderry wore
4 Jewels and costly ornaments, Of the value OF E3D,
I 011-n1rc than slS5,0}0.
/ IL. 4. tg,. .ho lt.,s rT4p nj
BY cunt Moslowsk, MISTER OF the interior, i
is stated thar. 'sIroa ra roads have been con.
! structcd from Ntlish TO ilrezcsc, sixty German
miles i'll uninterrupted length."
Gen. bertrand 80 well Known for his attach
mcnt TO Napoleon, il now bailding very large
cotton spinning factory in the suburb Madelainc,
at Isle. 1t viii eos. 1.200,0U francs, (about
+ Gt ,000.)
/ 4 socictv has hceu formed in London, for the
purpose Of relieving prisoners confined in l'sil
for small debts and upwards of eleven hundred
have been this year lihcratcdby this society.
The following article from a London paper,
shcws how ,igi,lly the important distinction be-
tween man and gentleman is observed in the
british dominions. At the great sessions for
! Gal'aoyGunshrc, a poor man brought an action
against another for deprving him of an eye, anil
Was awarded 81 dalnngcs 4 gentleman brought
an action against another for shooting two dogs,
aal was awarded i5U ~!
j Nearly all the women of the Grerian Islands,
4 can SWIM. 4 ldc traveller says, "the aunt Of
+ Capt. Canaris a strong woman Of 50 wears OF age,
saved hcrstlfat The taking oflpsara, by swimming
4 three miles,
4 At l,ouognr, France, it + 10 uncommon thing
to sec women yoked like so many cattle, dragg
ing TO the c,lstom-housc sort Of cart, loaded
with luggage, Sc, belonging to the various for.
cign vessels that arrive at that harbor
Captain Russell, Of The schooner spy, at sa
lem, leports tr,, the inhabitants anil cattle al Ce-
a.a, (ir.uls, were dvng Of hunger, and there
was no money in .hc place 70 purchase proNi-
sions.
4 4 schisn, Of rather an extensive nature, has
,ss i Itiser 10 H. nrits'. and rpregu ,ific So
cicty, arising out of the question whether the
I Apocyphd Books Shall be distributed with the
copies Of the Bibles c'rculted on the Continent.
Or the versions issued by tlic Society should be
confined TO the Canonical Rocks The agita.
! ton Of this qlestionis chiefly confined % Scol-
land.
\ L4f,YciP.---l'hc Constitutional, in noticing
the arrival ofthc General 1t Hlvre. states, ,ha',
he was rcccivcd there with eatbus'asm. There
is nothing in the freneh papers winch lead, ~
to believe that the Government Of ,rlucc has u.
ken any measure to prevent the expression of
the sentiments ofthc people toward. or hs;ri-
Ous visitor.
4 Madrid Gazette Of la'e date declare tliqt
the conspiracy ipr which Bcssicrcs suffered
DEATH is in full activity; that tc rebel, still as
sumo the character of roytlist,, and keep up an
] extensive correspondence with traitors OF an old
stamp under y new name.
4 pocket book containing $500 in T. s.
Bank notes, was cut out Of the pocket ola Young
man, at the Philadelphia circus, on SATURDAY,
night. lie was from Tennessee, on first visit
10 that city.
A new coach, established between Elinbnrg
and Glasgow, travelled from one city to the other,
in three hours and 4 halt, the distance being A
/ miles.
The italian papers mention that the trials
! ofthe GYrhjnoti, in the province of Ravenna,
were concluded The accused were fJur hw,d-
rcd in number, and some we're condemned to
death, some TO the galleys for life, and the rest
to Imprisonment
! The SYNOD OF Ncw-Jersey, at their late meet
| ing in New brunswick, recommended to the
Churches under Their care, to observe Friday, the
ID day OF December next, as a day Of Fasting and
l PRAYER.
Within two or three weeks not less than $50
persons have passed through vandaa, Illinois,
to settle themselves in the upper parts of the
state chichyin sanganon county, and the militia
ry bounty lands. A very considerable tide of
emigration IS setting in upon the northern parts
ofthc state b. all the roads which lead from the
south and east, and some from Missouri
Within ~ days (prevous to Oct g. ) upwards
of 100 wagons, heavily loaded with emgrants
and their effects, with negroes, tlroves of cattle,