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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07
Get thee to Nunnery-Mahespsare.

a convent of the Ursulinc Nuns, has for
r1any years existed in Georgetown, District
of Columbia, and we well remember of hav-
ing in earlier days, "when life was young
and hope was new" fingered around its gates
and walls, in hopes Of cree more beholding
blue eyed Julift. who had bade the world
a short fareHGll, .e dwell within the gloomy
structure VII II daughters of St. Ursuline.
But it was IN galn that we wistfully gazed
upon the maEsion dedicated to God and
Relgi5a. tor she for on whom our young
eyes would have feasted. fell an untimely
victim 10 secluded life, and when she emer-
eed from the Convent, it was to go down to
the narrow house of clay--to slumbcr be-
meath the cold clod of the valley.
rAbout year ago, Miss Mary Jones,
daughter of Capt. Jacob Jones, of the Uni
ted States Navy, who had been a novice
a, this institution, became religious devo-
tee-resolved upon adopting monastic life,
and took the white veil. 1t is seldom that
this ceremony has been performed in this
country; it caused some little excitement,
and her friends and the public entertained
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07
GLEANTNGS.

Mr.. Henderson of New York, the maker
of the beautiful Lithographic Bank Bills.
which have been heretofore spoken OF, Offer
ed s $50 to any person who would success
fully counterfeit one within two months
That time has expired, and no imitation
has appeared ,-and he now contemplate
doubling the offer and extending the time
IF these bills are not introduced In America,
it is intended to offer them to be tested IN
England.
Among the yisiters at Saratoga is LADY
only ~ years old. who is accompanied by
her daug ughter, and grand daughter aged "
months She is probably the youngest grana
mother in the country, and the group atIrac'
much attention.
The Congress at Panama was organiaea
on the 22d of June and was addressed oy
Don Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaure, Plenlpo-
tentiary from the Republic Of Peru, as to the
subjects which should occupy the delibera
tions of the Congress.
De Witt Clinton, jun., and corps OF e'e'
ven engineers are surveying the Susquehah'
ma river from Cooperstown down to 0he-
mango point. 1t is supposed they VIII DC
employed 40 days. 49,.
BY the New Jersey game laws, sportl,E
4 iol tiooi iohh dHti sii'HAS SoshH'N n,
LIST of October, and ends lst February. ~
hurt or kill at any other time OF the year.
subjects the offender TO penalty OF olo io'
every offence.
a turnip weighing FIVE pounds, and meas, !, ..
uring "a inches in circumference, mas pee'
raised in Farquhar county, Va tins season,
Gales and Seaton, of the National fale,'
ligencer, state that their subscribers ana pa
~ IN
one hundred thousand dollars.
A large gun at Darien, Geo. was cal's, ~
Thomas Jefferson. 1t was brought out " y
the last fourth of July and 80 shots were u,
rcd with it, At the 83d it barst. Inns wsS
the age of Jefferson. and has been mea'lo''
ed as another coincidence.
The Secretary of the Navy left WashiDs'
ton City, on Saturday week, in comPan.
with Capt. Morris. Commissioners of the va va
Wy BOARD, on tour to the Mountains an
Springs, for the benefit of his health
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07
COMMODORE PORTER,--It

COMMODORE PORTER--It is stated
in the Raleigh Register Of the 2eth, ult. ON
the authority of correspondent, who has
seen copy of the Articles of Agreement
entered into between Com. Porter and the
Mexican Government, that the Government
have granted to the Commodore, the pay
;nent of claim on the old Mexican Govern
ment of so or 80. 900 dollars for destroying
Privateers. The Navy is placed under his
entire control--he selects all his officers-he
is to locate certain quantity of land where
he pleases, and he is to l,e created an Admi-
raj at the next Congpess. His salary is
$4,000 per annum-his pay continues in
all cases of sickness or necessary absence
or business in the United States. And what
is most liberal of all, in case of his death or
accident, pension is secured to his family
Commodore Porter arrived at Vera Cruz
on the % of. July, to assume the COM
mand Of the Mexican Navy,
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

lT-The masters of small craft and other
vessels navigating the Delaware below Phi
ladelphia, are informed that the Steamboat
Norfolk, will hereafter make her passage
by night, to and from Dover; and they arc
earnestly requested to use such precautions
as may prevent them from coming in con-
tact with the boat. The Norfolk will al
ways show brilliant light at the bow; and
it is hoped that other vessels will adopt the
same means of making known their situation
on che river.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

J. Fl. Z. Fudgef, Esq. American Consul
at Bogota, was basely murdered on the 18th
ultimo in that city. The assassin stole upon
him as he lay asleep in his bed, and with his
own sword,h he was run through the heart,
his throat was cut from ear to ear, and his
trunks rifed Of ther contents. Vigilant
measures were Immediately taken by the
government to discover the perpetrator OF
the act, but it was feared he would escape
through the ineaiciency of the police.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07
From the schuylkill Journal.
Recihe for the FeUer and .Aguc

RecIhe Tor The FeOer and agNc
The following simple remedy for the fever
and ague, has been tried by many persons of
troublesome disorder, and in no instance has
it failed to effect a complete cure in the
course Of few days.
One quart of whiskey, 2 table spoonsful Of
garhc, cut fine; and piece of asafetida, a.
bout as big as hickory nut, all to be well
shaken together-take from quarter to
a half gill every morning, or twice day,
until the fever has left you, and continue
to take a little occasionally for some time af-
ter.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

From paper written in u singular vein,
but not without force, in the last London
Magazine, we make the following extract,
which in its moral is applicable, wherever
huU'an passions prevail.
The paper is cailed "Aerostratical Spec
nlations over London"-and Asmodeus, from
his floating balloon, is supposed, as of yore,
20 unroef the houses of the dwellers below,
and expose their frailties.
"Turn your eyes now to the quarter of
st. James," said !Asmodeus. "SVhat black
legged devil is that" ask ed /, "who has lift
ed off the lid Of one of the club houses?"
Never mind, said my instructor. Observe
the players; corinthian and an ecclesiasti-
cal order distinguished two; a grand cross
the third; and the Jaeger is distinguished by
Fox's brush in his cap. The dice are hu
man skulls. One plays out of his family
sarcophagus; the other out of his pulpit; the
third out of his regimental big-tlrum, and
che fourth out of a huge racing cup. See,
what transfer there Is u manors, halls, liv-
ing, and com ca1dt res. They have come
TO paper raaer e.saady, leases, pedigrecs,
sermons, and commissions, all gone into the
devils exchequer; for you may see club
foot snatching up the stakes as fast as they
lav them down; but he has closed them in
again, and is going his rounds among his 9TH
er private banks. He has not far to 60.
You see, he lifts up another root, and peeps
in my hearts,. exclaimed l. but he must
be gratitied with what he sees there: those
must be gang of his undertakers and re-
surrection-meni' Those are our rouge ct
nor and ecartr Players observed the devil.
The card players cried l; why it is fiat
tomb-stones they hold in their claws. read
distinctly on one, here lies beloved mo-
ther.' On another, Beneath are deposited
the remains of wretched father On the
third see To the memory of broken.
hearted wife.'-There is not one of those
cards, as you call them, but records the mel
ancholy fate of some poor victim of affection
and despair Nay, see 'Su'cide' written
plainly on half the pack you are quite
right said my conductor; 'and if you look
at the players, you will find they are play
ing for ropes, daggers, walls, pistols, chains
and gibbets; and that they score with deaths
heads and bones.' Oh! what a scowlf,g Sc,
of visages we're there; what gnashing al
their teeth, and beating of their brows, along
with such horrid exultatien. Surely Dante
and Milton must have drawn their appalling
images of hell's inmates from some suci
scene as this. These sports Of old Club
FOOT continued Asmodeus, 'have become s.
fashionable among us high-born demons a
20 drive love, laughter and harmless gallan
try, to the vulgar, low-bred imps, who TO
frequently pervert them into lust and bra
aality; but our most potent, grave and rev
erend seniors, have no other excitement bv
cheese same games of skull and tomb stone
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

a hope that she would recede from her
and return to the world; to the
bosom of her parents, and the embraces
Of society. But these hopes have all van
ished: about a fortnight since she went
through the ceremony of taking the olack
veil, and has abjured the world, society,
and all the kindlier feelings Of our nature,
to seek within the solitary limits OF mo-
nastic cell, those devotional enjoyments
which society denied her.
1t was said that though it was her choice
to take an everlasting farewell OF the world,
yet she betrayed those feelings which rell-
gious zeal cannot suppress, and which vent
themselves, and relieve a bursting heart.
AS she gave the holy vow, her bosom was
convulsed with ten thousand thross, for her
heart yet fingered upon the world.
" Her hands were clasp'd her eyes upturn'd,
Dropping their tears like moonlight rain;
And though her lips, fond raver burnd
With words of passion words OF flame
Yet was there light around her brow,
A holiness in those dark eyes,
Which show'd though wandering earthuardnow,
Her spirits home was in the SKIES
There must be an alienation of mind, a
kind of religious madness, pervades the soul,
that can in the bloom of life-when SUR
rounded by the joys If the world, the love
of friends, and the idolatry Of society-tear
itself from the ties of nature, and give up all,
to worship the Creator Of Mankind. Yet
here we find young girl, used to the high
est circles of society-the daughter OF a man
who holds pre- e.eminent rank among the
nobest captains of the age-the daughter OF
man who had it in his power to secure to
| his offspring the most desirable situation in
Extraordinarily retiring to the clolster, to
offer unccasing orisons to the Lord of Hosts
| What motives, other than those purely
devotional, impelled her to this course, have
not yet been made known, and the world is
left to wonder, that one SO young, SO lovely
and SO good, should in moment of enthu-
siasm desert the world, and blast the hopes
of parents and friends, by retiring 10 the ST.
| lent cell of an anchorite.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

'Fhe Philadelphia and Norfolk transport
alton line has commenced operations The
steamboat Philadelphia, Capt. Crocker. left
Norfolk on Sunday evening week, with %
passengers, for Dover and Philadelphia, and
the steamboat Norfolk, Capt. Robinson, ar
rived at Philadelphia from Dover with so
passengers, twenty OF whom went all the
way through.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07
BATTLE OF MUTA.

ssIn the first battle of the troops OF Mahom-
med against the Greeks, in the seventh century,
three renowned leaders claimed the post OF hon
our. They were all slain in the engagement.
"Who leads the van % The words scarce
spoke,
Young Giaffer in the circle sprang--
Sudden as lightning rends the OAK
Back fell the tribes with iron cang;
ssWho leads the van while am here.
Lord of the Prophets sacred spesrf"
.sWho leads the vani" Abdallah rushd
Full speed among the warrior crowd;
His ch eek with naughty courage Aush'd,
His eye the star beneath its cloud,
"Behold the talisman of war;
Out blazed the Prophets scimetar.
"who leads the van'" With spring and yeil,
Fierce as the tigers on the fold,
Came giant zeid. Wars mighty spell
Above his emerald turban roll'd;
There, sweeping like fiery zonc,
Mahommed's jewell'd banner shone.
Spear, mace and fachlon ras'd for blood
In hands that gave no second wound
In ire the towering rivals stood
At once was heard trumpet sound,
And wrapp'd the tribes in dcath-like gloom,
Then spoke the voices from the tomb!
Sad, wild and deep, the voice thus spoke
"chieftains, We all shall lead the van!
Before to-morrow's dawn has broke,
Te shall be more and less than man,
Your glorious gore this sand must dyei
Your spirits fash in yonder sky"
They sprang to horse--the Grecian host
Were plough'd like waves beneath the kee
Like wrecks upon the shore were lost
Were flung like dust from hoof to keel,
Eut sorrow clouds the Moslem brow,
Lights Of the battle! ye are low.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

he was moved by wires, or propelled ny
steam. Attention should also be paid to the
season for dancing. The custom in some
places of appropriating summer to TINS a
musement. is highly commendable. II pro-
notes perspiration. aud gives melting aP-
pearancc to ladies' curls and tallow candles
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07
[BY REQUEST.]
Delegate Nomination.

Sctfem5er "a, Io70
According to notice given, nuh,'e' ..a.
persons atte ndcd at Mr. SCOTS Inn. TOT INV.
purpose of nominating ten suitable pe''.
a. Delegates, to be voted for at the EieoNs
to be held at the Buck Tavern ana l'"'
Hall, on the 9th instant:
Major C. r. Bennett was appoihteu
lien. of the Meeting, arri Isv<c Heroa'A''''
Sec--,sv
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

Letters have been received from Lima,
which announce that President Bolivar has
entered into marriage covenant with Miss
Hart, of Saybrook, Connecticut, sister of
the lady of commodore Hull of the frigate
United States Miss Hart accompanied her
sister, on the present cruise Of that frigate.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07
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The Subscriber asks for demonstra.''"
of the above method. ,,r
NATHAN BASSEl J.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

Capt. Humphreys, from St. Thomas, IN
forms that since the great fire, several other
had been made to burn the town !
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

CnMMUNIcATED.
Short Method Of Multiplying. ,oo7
Multiplicand 9S7ho4aooo 90
Multiplier 8374ooi-,
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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

It's stated in the Donaldson, Lou.) Ga
Zette, of the 29th ultmo. that Gen. Wade
Hampton died in Alabama short time since
while on his way from the former state to
his seat in South Carolina. We believe that
Gen. Hampton, in his life time, owned two
very large sugar plantations on the Misss-
sipp, in addition to several farms in S. Ca
rol;na. He is said to have ON his different
plantations, 1000 slaves.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

The letter of the French publisher, signed
'Walter Scott denying his being the author
of the Scotch Novels, must certainly be a
forgery We seally cannet comprehend the
use of the continuation of this silly coquetry,
We have ourselves seen the original manu-
scripts, in Censtable's hands, and Sc have
many others, and thence we know that the
novels are Sir Walter Scott 's.--Eny. ha.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

Lead on Me Miss,ssnhE-The quantity
Of lead made On the right hank of the Mis-
sissippi, between the mouths OF the Missou-
ri and Illinois, is very great.--There arrived
at New Orleans in the various forms Of pigs,
bars and shet, during the two years which
ended on the first day of October last, 7,5o0,-
GOO pound exclusive of the great amount
consumed in the states and territories boi-
derng on the Mississippi, Missouri and
Ohio.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

Political tHanders.-A lady who visited
Mr.. Jefferson in 1892, says that in his cabin
ct. a coarse locking volume attracted her
notice. On opening, she found it to consist
Of pieces cut out of newspapers and pasted
on the blank leaves of the book. The vol
ume was entitled I4ibels' and contains all that
has so avishly, during the war of politics,
been written against him.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

From paragraph in the Commercial OF
Monday, we learn that powerful army OF
A7usgmtoes. is now in full possession of the
CITY Of New York, and is actively engaged
in war upon the comfort of its good inlsa-
bitants.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

The leaves of the wild cherry tree have
caused the death of a number of cattle DUR
ing the present season. The Pittsburg Ca
zette states that they are said to contain
Prussic acid, one Of the strongest poisons
known, of which the smallest drop, put into
the eye Of dog, caused instant death.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

Letters from Rome received in Paris, state
that the Massacre at Mssolonghi made so
deep an impression on Leo X. that it was in
contemplation to address letter in favour
of the Greeks to all the Christian prores-
tants.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

The intelligence of the death of Adams
and Jefferson reached St. Thomas on the 4th
August. All the American and several Co
rombian vessels rhen in port, hoisted their
colors half-mast, and minute guns we're hred
at noon.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-07

A melancholy occurrence took place on
the 9th ultmo, on the south side of Fishing
Greek, Chester District, S. C.. Mr.. Pagan
and his whole family. consisting of seven
persons /; and three of Mr.. Abraham Gill's
children, in the same neighborhood, were
bitten by a dog belonging to Mr.. Pagan
Mrs. Pagan has already shown symptoms Of
this most terrible disease.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-18

and is so <rranged that the holder OF three tickets IA,
s Co. will be certain to get at least one rze, and
may obtain four! The Tickets lettered and num-
bered as follows, viz:
A. No. 1--B. No. &c. No. ga. No. 4--B. No.
&C No. GA. No 7-B. No. SC. No. "a No.
lob No 11-C. No. 12-And in this manner through
the whole.
MODE OF DRAWING:
On the day of the drawing, the three letters, A, B.,
and C, will be placed in wheel, and one OF them
drawn out, which will enttle all the tickets (being
having that letter them, to prize of 50 each
with an equal chance forthe CAPITAL, and intermediate
prizes. All the numbers (from to 1899 inclusive)
will then be deposited in wheel, and all the prizes
above the lowest denomination i'll another, and the
numbers and prizes drawn alternately against each
other until the prizes all out.
az ticket drawing superiorprze is not restricted
from drawing an inferior one also Many tickets must
therefore obtain 7'avo Prizes each!
Prizes payable by the Corporation fredericksburg
forty DAYS after the drawing, subject to the usual de-
duction of fifteenper cent.
Ipole Tickets So So lves 81 IS; Qusrtsrs 62A Cents
For sale in variety of numbers az
J. III. RUNNELLS'
LOTTERY and EXCHANGE OFFICE, King
street, Aleraadria.
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MO- AAAo
New and. Cheaa Goods.


]. 81. BRENT & 90.
OUNCE the recent fall in Dry Good, have received
y by the late arrivals from New-Yor,th following
articles, viz
Fine and super6ne blue and black c!ohs
Drab, brown, and mixd do
Blue, black and mix d cassmeres
Red, green and blue bookings
Blue and white plains, drab flushing
Cassinets of every descriptions
Plain and striped linsey
Red, white, green and black flannel
Worsted and lambs wool hosiery
Plain and figured black bombazetts
Tartan and Circassian plaids
8'4, "a, 10-4, Ia, 1874, and 1874 rose blankets
81, 8, 81, a, and A. 1-2 point do
Brown and bleached shirtings and sheetings
Plaid cottons and cotton checks
Stockings, burlaps, oznaburgs and ticklenburgs
Brown and bleached Russia sheetings
Irish sheetings, diapers and linens
Merino and cashmere shawls, cloth and cotton dc
Hearth rugs, bangup cords
Black and colored Nankin and Canton grapes
Black and white Italian do
Black Italian lustring of good quality
Plain and figured gros de naples
Black, white and green satin
Black, blue, and white florence
Black and pink levantines, black mode
Black, scarlet, and drab silk velvet
Black, scarlet. and drab tabby do
blue and black plush, long lawns, linen cambries
Scotch lawns, linen cambria handkerchiefs
OahcoeS and SinS Hairs, new style
Black and colored bombaznes
Bandanno and Madras hdkfs
Cotton cambrics, jackonet do
Plain and figured book muslins, Swissdo
Plain and figured real India do.
Gentlemen's beaver and dog skin gloves
Ladies beaver and kiddo
Bobbinett lace, thread edgngs
BObbins, tapes, cotton and silk cords
Colored sewing silks, cotton balls and spools
Black and colored sash ribbons
A oc IL,
variety Of other articles, which will be sold low for
CASH. now -
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ROBERT BARRY,
HAS just received his Fall and Winter assortment of
III British, French, German, Scotch, Irish, domestic
D1.1s GnunB.

R61% CS ~ wv
which he offers to his friends and the public at the most
reduced prices They consist in part of the following
articles:
Superfinc London blue and black cloths
Do do brown, green, claret, mixed & drab
Do do blue and black cassimeres ditto
Do do cinnamon, brown and mixed ditto
Do do blue & plumb colored pelisse cloth
beautiful assortment Of Winter vestings
Two cases of very superior Irish linens and lawns
Italian lustring and black mode
Low priced India black silks
Figured and striped silks for ladies' pelisses
Bolivar stripes, new and handsome article
Calicoes and gingnams
Plain and jaconet cambrics
Figured and plain book musfns
Do do Swiss ditto
White & scarlet merno shaws scarfs handkerchiefs
Cashmere shawls, plain and figured
Bandana and Spittlefed handkerchiefs
Ladies barrage figured silk shawls & handkerchiefs
Tartan and Crcassan plaids [bazetts
An elegant assortment of PLAIN black and figured bonn
Do do crimson, green and orange do do
White, green, red and yellow fannels
Rose and point blankets
Striped and plain linseys
Sykes best blue cassnet
Low priced cassinets of every description
Brown, bieached and colored domestic cottons
Blue and white kerseys
Burlaps and Scotch linens
Drab lushings and green baizes
Cotton and linen checks and bedticks
1900 ibS Of Po,chatan Cotton Yarn, 6es, quality.
All Of which, with many other articles too numerous to
mention, shall be sold cheap, and accommodating
terms oct -
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a. G.. Cazenove & Go.

Il. g. CazenOve & Go.
HAVE FOR SALE
Muscovado sugars of various qualities
Refined do do
Retailing molasses, chocolate,
Coarse SALT sack salt, N. E. and w. I. Rum
Holland and American sin, Cognac brandy
Madeira, Sicily Madeira, French NIadeir, tp;,,..
Port, Claret, and various other
Old Whiskey, salad oil
Almonds, raisins, flberts
Hyson, Young Hyson ana Imperial teas
Manufactured tobacco best brands
Rice citron, olives, winter and summer oil
Cut nails and brads all sizes
Swedes iron, hoop do nail and spike rods
Mess and cargo beef IN fine order
Baltimore window glass of all sizes
Russia hemp, soal leather
Sugar loaf and factory paper
Common writing paper, sperm and mould candles
Castle and yellow soap
German pipes and steel, etc. sept 10
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Is. HampsOn g Sor

B. Hampson e Son
Haze Just received and offer for sale,
MUSCOvADO sugars. lst. Cd and Sd qualities, in
NI hhds. and barrels; Refined do
w. /. and N. o. molasses in hhds and barrels
Prime green coffee in bags and barrels
Young Hyson, Gunpowder and Imperial teas
Holland gin and Cognac brandy
Old Jamaica and Antigua spirit, N. E. rum
Madeira, Lisbon and Malaga wine
Pepper, alspice, madden, Alum
Rice, G. A. and fine salt in bulk and sacks, &C. &C. &c.
sept %
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Notice.

HyHE Creditors Of BUsHRon WASHINGTON. Jr. ON :,
solvent debtor hereby notified to present to nv ~
their claims against the said insolyent proved - NV
form of law, within six months from the date ba.os
august 1-eoa ON N.S. WISE Trustee. =