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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-28
From the New- FORK .4dueytiser.
COMINGFRCM THE COUNTRY

Sated at home, of heat and business tired,
The restless soul is driven abroad to roami
Sated abroad, all seen, yet nought admired,
The restless soul is driven to ramble home.
Rejected addresses corrected.
"Oh my!" exclaimed Mrs. Artful, flushed
| with heat, and worn down with fatigue, as
she threw herself heedlessly upon the sofa;
l"Oh my goodness, how glad am to be at
home once more! l wonder how people can
be contented to spend weeks and months in
gadding about the country, when they can be
so much more pleasantly aud comfortably oft
at home. And them
"But, my DEAR" interrupted Mr.. Artful-
"we have had a very pleasant tour on the
whole--much more so than had anticipated
when we left town. To be sure, my pleasures
were much enhanced, by hearing soon after
we set out, that old Souchong's affairs did
not turn out so badly as we feared; and my
broker got rid of my '.bonds" at n. Orleans
before the life and fire had burnt out. Thank
Providence, my affairs are not SO bad as
feared they would be; and the accommoda-
tions for travelling the swiftness and elegance
of the steamboats'-
Mrs. A. DON'T name them. To be cram
med into steamboat with five hundred
passengers this weather-the cabins as hot
as stew pan, the births not wider than
shingle, the counterpanes as narrow as tape
the cries of children and the jarring OF the
engine all night-it's enough to drive one to
bedlam.
Mr.. A. Iperceive, my dear, that you have
found nothing to admire abroad, and OF course
you must like home the best OF all. Per-
haps, however, in reviewing our journey, l
have not touched upon the right points, and
YOU may have been better pleased with the
charming vale of the Mohawk, to say moth
ing of the rugged widness ofthe scenery at
the Little falls; or the rich, extensive, and
diversified country OF the west, stretching
| like continuous and beautiful garden from
Utica to the great lakes: or, perhaps, your
admiration and wonder have all been ex-
hausted upon that greatest and most stupen
dous of natures works, the awful cataract OF
Niagara?
Mrs. A. The country was all very hand
some, dare say: but l was disappointed
with the falls, they looked frightful enough,
nv dress by the spray; and didn't see one OF
the beautiful rainbows which they tell us OF
as being always dancing in the air, after all
my journey.
! Enter Serranf.
Servant. The cat is dead at the foot OF
| the stairs and
Mrs. A. Do tell but how could you have
been so careless. Eleanor? Poor thing !
told YOU to take her over to Mrs. Easy, to
keep until we returned
Servant. And she has overturned the
sweet. meats on the pantry floor.
Mrs. A. The sweet-meats Why did
YOU not throw the ugly creature in the
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Memoirs of a French SERGEANT by 4Jhoni
T. ord Nelson 1uaS shot.

In 1905, Robert Guillemare, then in his
2oth wear. was doomed by the impartiality
of the copscription 10 enter the French army,
but neither he nor the rest of the conscripts
left their homes with the slightest compla-
cency, for their new profession. His first des.
tination was to the French feet, commanded
by Admiral Villeneuve, and stationed in the
Bav of Cadiz: he was consequently at the bat
tie Of Trafalgar. The part which he as
cribes to himself on this occasion is too re
marlsable to be passed over slightly. He was
ON board the Admirai's ship the Redoubt-
able which it will be recollected. was immc.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-28
THE CHAMBER OF DEATH.

The following beautiful lines are sopied from
the Edinburgh Observer.
Leave me. Tonight 1'll watch the corpse
alone.
Set the lamp there that its faint light may rest
On this pale face Fold back the windng-sheet,
Lay the white arm above the sable pail.
lis cold and stiff Thou tremblest boy! Per-
chance
Thou never look'dst on death beforc' Away!
lit is no sight for thee. HE thee to bed,
| And LET me hear thy footsteps as they pass
3Alonr the corridor. So-hc is gone,
land thou and reman;--I as am'--
Thou in the stiff rigldity OF DEATH
thing of solemn and mysterious meaning.
6ilcnce is round us;-but it is not yet
khe appointed hour. At midnight thou wilt
come
10 animate again this inert clay;
And, if the laws that govern thee permit,
In art to me sign that may know
We vet shall meet hereafter. In this world
Fe grew together, like two trees that twine
heir branches into one, and it to die
but to pass away to other realms,
they of light or darkness, our twin souls
II there be found united.
God! 1t is fearful thing to see
strong man stretched upon the bed oideath,
thing in agony beneath the grasp
anscen power Even as its victim strives
bake the tiger from its throat, he strives
nst the shadowy tyrant. ndyet whyf
eth be but herald to state
kered being, why should nature shrink
horror from his touch' Alas look there
Sthou art answered. In those stiffenng
limbs
cold blank piece ofnothingness-a weight
ssvc matter destined for the worms
can we read of immortality!
hat twas but the caskct for the gem,-
1--WE not still to cherish what has held
kpfs so much price1 Is that black box,
$e damp earth fit receptaclef
bt the light of life been in those eyes,
3oquence of health upon those Cheeks
eace of action in those manly limbs
Enity of virtue on that brow
hts! Thoughts! ye madden me.
Mil is this lone hour! The lamp burn
Seebly,
Is Pickering shadow OH the dead.
ON a distant turret midnight sounds
Sft be firm! Pll gaze upon the corpse,
fe not-breathe not--till it look on me
is up and murmurs moanlngly
hthe corridor. Ha!-no!
Ind measured tread is something more
NJ the corpse! 1t is not where It lay
Opening. How those cycbals glare
2n and Earth! IT'S he as when h
jM sad, and changed--changed the
Ame.
Wires. His breath--his touch are b.
Sahim in the darkness still -
0Dt become invisible.
&S-stirs not,-but strange meaning
I'd countenance. And now
g-this is too horrible
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N
sPDzMzLlEssIs2Ys q q .
A WIZARD SONG.

~ w NlHthhl1 oNA'>i'
fhe shore of the sea, the wild shore of the
sea,
there, 'tis there love to be,
en- the storm hath past, with narrowing
blast,
the billowy wilderness dark and 9ast;
en the sea-sepulchrcs digorge
ir new dead to the foaming surge,
~ Aings its prey unto the land
"a smooths their biers OH the trackless sand;
Men the dismal wreck floats to the shore
JShcreon its crew shall tread no more,
And the mighty ocean heaves, as though
'Twere tired with the long, long work OF woe
when the low winds breathe the kncll OF the
drown'd
|th most bewailing sound
Gere let my gloomy pastime be,
one that fears not storm or sea.
hen new made widows, maids bcreft
Youths fond dream-and orphans left
bmeless on earth, and childless ED,
ave on the dreary beach, beheld
he ghastly change that death has wrought
)n each pale corse they tottcring sought.
br search, through many an hour, in VAN,
For the VANISHED that none shall see again.
Bhuddering at the sun that seems
ho mock them, with returning beams,
And at the seas, now waveless grown,
when all the grieyous scathe is done;-
FThen let me roam beside the deep,
with watchful eye that will not weep
Then let me human grief behold,
but not as one Of mortal mould
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IN, however little, makes figure in
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-28

dock as have told you hundred times?
But there is always something to pay
when I am from home.
IL
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-25

themselves, at no distant period, the victims OF
that very tyranny. 1t is, no doubt, from enlarged
considerations of this kind, that the State of New
York has acted, in the recent establishment OF the
district system. In that State, so rapid has been
the succession of political volutons, that almost
every party has been drawn up and down, at least
half dozen tunes. Each having, in its turn. been
in the minority all have learned that the wiscst poll
cy is to be just.
And here, sir. I will remark, that it is no small
objection TO the general tickle, system, that it ma
turaly tends, upon tire most obvious principles OF
reaction, 10 produce sudden and entire revolutions
in the power OF State. A very common state of
things in Al, the States, is division OF parties very
nearly equal. The obvious injustice OF suppressih.,
entirely the voice of the minority, is the i'r;ural
basis OF Reaction, by which that m;rority may
swell into majority. Let US SUPPOSE, for the
sake OF illustration, that the Sta,eoi virginia should
be divided into two poi;ic.i parties, one having
the ascendancy by n majority two or three thou
sand voters. a change of opinion, in this small
number, would produce entire revolution in the
whole vote os the S,at,. These sudden and sweep
Ing vibrations, depending npon such small and in
adequate causes, alone sufficient to demonstrate
the effectiveness OF the system that gives rise 10
them. That the state Of public opinion in relation
10 the general course OF this Government, must
from this cause, become capriciously mutable, i.
TOO obvious 10 require exploration. The change.
III popular opinion. which would hardly be Eel
u aunIiorm district system established, woul,
produce, perhaps, an entire revolution in tie al
,ninstration and measures of the General Govern
ment, under the other system,
(Speech TO be Continued
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-25
Congress proceedings of Uedncsdau

IN THE SENATE.-Mr. Chambers, the newly
elected Senator from Maryland, appeared aud
was qualified Mr.. Hsyne moved TO lake up the
bill making appropriations for the Naval service.
but IT was rejected with view of proceeding to
Ibe consideration Of Executive business.
In THE HeusE or REPREsENTATtvEs-
As soon as the House was called to order, Mr.
Mitchell of Tennessee, made motion TO- adjourn
ment, which was rejected by a large majority.
The journal was then cad and the House pro
ceeded TO receive reports from standing Commit
tees.
Mr.. Hamilton, from Committee on Military AT
fairs, TO whom was referred the message received
at the last session of Congress irom the Presi-
dent Of the United States, accompanied By the
report OF the Commissioners appointed under the
act Of The Sd March 1923, entitled " an &C, to.
establish National ArmoTy on the Western wa
tiers" together with sundTy other documents in
relation 10 the subject, reported bill to establish
an aTmory on the Western water. which bill wa,
twice read and committed. it sutborises The
board of Commissioners who have examined the
country and reported on the subject, TO selcc, one
Of three siies, yiz:-that al phlsburg, in Penn
sylysnia; tina, at Beaver, IL the same sfaie-or
that at Zanesyille, in Ohio and provides FOR The
erection Of the necessary buildings and machinery
as soon as the Commissioners shall have certified
their selection to the Secretary Of War.
Nj. IsinsN o. Georgia, from the same Commit
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-25
Hon. Jo1tN CocKE,
Chairman com. hdian .aGairs.

The letter and report were accompanied by bill
from the committee, entitled 4" a bill for the pre-
servaiion aud civilization Of the Indian tribes with
in the United States" This bill provides, that
~ order 10 secure permanent residence for the
Indians. the President Of The United States cause
The Indian title TO be exiioguished TO sufficient
exlea Of country, lying Wsst Of the Mississippi,
not included 10 any Safe or Territory, for their
accommodation; TO be exchanged for their lands
now occupied by them That their RICH; to the soil
s.s.. be gussngIsa 70 the la3iaHs crgsaiing, and
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-25

II is well understood that the Senate are yea
lousy engaged IN discussing the expediency of the
proposed Mission to the Congress a, Panama. I,
IS said tl!at the subject was taken up on MONDAY
On Tuesday il was before them ill very late
honr--and last evening at half past five O'Clock
they were still 10 session. Opinions are varian,
as 10 the probable issue, but we think we have
good authority for sdhering TO the one which we
have several times expressed, namcly-ths the
measure viii be sanctioned by a small majority
Phenfr Gas,
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-12-27
Bp the .Wails.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Paris dates to Nov. Is, have been re-
ceived since our last. Extracts follow /:
Accounts from the frontiers of Po-
land of the 26th Oct. state, that besides
the 10000 Cossacks and the division of
infantry which have proceeded 10 the
frontiers of Persia, many other corps
have received orders TO place them
selves under the command of Field Mar
shall Sacken. II is the intention Of the
Emperor of Russia TO settle matters
with the Persiaus in one battle but it
Is thought that il will take two cam
paigns, as these ason has so far advanced.
1t is also said that the Russian soldiers
have more TO struggle against, from the
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BOSTON, DEE %.
UNITED STATES, CIRCUIT COURT.

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.
The trial of WinsIow Curtis alas Col
son came on before Judges Story and
Davis, on Wednesday last, for The mur-
der ol Capt. Edward Selfridge, of the
schr. Fairy, on the high seas 10 August
last.
The indictment having be 10 read, the
case was opened for Government by the
District Attorney, Mr. Blake.
The Fairy was proved tohave been
an American vessel owned in Boston,
Edward Sellridge was master and Thorn
as +. jenkins mate-the prisoner, Mar
chant, Hughes and Murray, composed
the crew. She sailed 10 August for Got
tenburg. Selfridge was CITIZEN of the
United States, of a gentle temper and
disposition.
We extract the following from the
testimony of Murray -" Sunday night,
August eth, Captains watch below af-
ter twelve. After twelve, Curtis and
Hughes was entitled TO be below, wit
ness went TO bed-weut TO sleep-did
not hear Hughes or Curtis come below.
About four in the morning watch was
called-got up, found hatch of torecas-
tie down and fastened, CROPPED about and
found Curtis was not 10 his birth, bnt
Hughes was below-no one below but
Hughes and himself-after some time
hatchway was opened---unusual 70 have
it closed. Hughes went up and follow
ed; Curtis at helm Merchant sitting
on the rail. Hughes asked for male. -
Merchant replied, " We have killed Ca D
tain and mate, and thrown them over,
board" Curtis said, "yes, we have
killed the damned rascals, The devil has
got them, and they are in hell before
this time" Said the captain was a
E" damned whelp, or he would not have
thrown water on him-'' said he should
hail as captain, as he was an American
told witness not TO be scared-they bad
killed captain and mate, and were will
ling TO suffer for it, if they were caught.
Merchant ordered witness to get The
best breakfast in the vessel, and 10 have
in on the quarter deck; he and Curtis
began to cut away anchors, cables, SC.
and throw them oyerboard--stove in
wateT-casks, as Curtis said, TO tighten
her and make her sail fasier-Curti:
full as busy, if not buster, than Mer-
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This confined one foot while his
head and shoulders were dragging over
the hubs-ihe horse upon smart trot.
some persons, in attempting TO stop the
horse, frightened him into canter.-
One wheel passed over Mr.. FPS arm.
who soon after. fastened his hands around
the axeltree, and raised himself from
the ground, in which position he sus-
tanned himself for distance of more
than third of a mile, the horse running
at The top of his speed, nll be brought
NJ against bridge, and broke loose
from The sulky Mr.. Frazer's arm and
SIDE were badly bruised ana yorn ty rub
bling against The wheel, and lis clothes
were literally rent in ta:ters, but he was
not otherwise injured.
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Aatto,ral 1e9tslature.
Congress.............Se Second Session.
IN SENATE.

IN SENATE.
Friday, Dee. Is.
The resolution submitted by Mr.. johnson, OF
Kentucky, proposing an inquiry into the ex-
pedieDcy Of relieving Columbia College, by
the release Of debt of $4,000 due from the
college to the government. was agreed to.
.Mosday, Dec. 18.
A bill for the "relief of sufferers by earth
quakes in Missouri was ordered to be en-.
CROSSED and read third time.
Tuesday, Dec. 10.
In the Senate, Mr.. Hayne, from the select
Committee, 10 which was referred the bill,
10 establish an uniform system Of Bankrupt
cy throughout the United States," reported
the same without amendment. The bill was
made the order Of the day for Tuesday next.
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GREENFIELD, DEC. 10.

FIRE!-,On Saturday morning last, at
about 3 o'clock, the inhabitants Of this
village we're aroused. from their sum-
bers. by the appalling cry of fire. The
fire originated in the blacksmih's shop
of Messrs. Strickland & Long, and had
made such progress before it was dis
covered. that it was not subdued until
eight buildings we're entirely destroyed :
viz. the shop in which the fire commenc-
ed, the clearinghouse and barn, occupi-
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ed by Major Alanson Clark, The dwell.
ing house of widow Mary Mum. the
cabinet warehouse and shop, of Messrs.
Clay & Field, the store of Mr.. Oliver
Wilkinson, and the .blacksmith's shop
and one other building adjoining it, own
ed by Capt. Ambrose Ames. 1900 were
insured on the building occupied by Mai.
Clark, and $500 on his furniture. $500
we're also Insured on the store of Viii
kinson. On the remainder of the prop
erty burnt there was no insurance.
Some properly was saved from each of
the buildings. And notwithstanding the
amount OF property destroyed is great,
and The loss TO the sufferers seveIe--it
is wonderful that the fire did not extend
further. considering the place where it
ragged is closely surrounded by dwelling
houses, barns and. shops. Too much
praise cannot be bestowed upon the
hremen and citizens, and upon the fe-
males OF The village, most of whom
were present, and upon the ready a-sis-
lance OF our friends and neighbors in
the immediate vicinity and in Deer field.
Tor their prompt and unceasing exer,ions
10 save property and ia" extinguish the
hre. 1t is owing to these exertiOns, and
the uncommon stiffness of the morning,
under Providence, that the fairest Dor.
ton OF our village was not laid in ashes.
G17ette
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want of provisions, than fronlhe enc
my.
A courier despatched from SIENNA on
the Sd Nov. has brought TO frankfort
the important news that q Grand
SeIgnior has ratified the addiohal trea-
~ TO the late treaty Of BuchaH,. which
was signed at Ackernan on tH6lh Oct.
by the Turkish Commissioner,
An article from Constantine dated
Oct. Is, states, that the advto receiv-
ed by the Porte from Egypt ere very
unfavorable. The universal CONNER
cial crisis has extended evd to that
country, and the finances ofhe Vice
roy are so shaken, he has dedfed ii TO
be out of his power TO suppoNhls son,
lbrahim Pacha, as he has herebiore.-
At the same time, both the army and the
people manifest decided rebuglance
TO the European war; Some ay that
misunderstanding his brokenbut be-
tween the Sultan AMI the Vicepy. and
add that proofs of flare evidentin Ibra-
him's recent movements.
Letters from tie Coast of Galacia,
Spain, state that the Algerines lad land
ed in the neighbThood of MouIriIl, and
carried off 29l PERSONS of both sexes
Letters from Malaga, received at Cadiz
on the Goth Oct announce that strong
Algerine squadron was in sight Of that
port. They had effected a dlsembarka-
ton at Marnella
The Algerin@, at our last accounts,
continued its de predalions OF the coast
Of Grenada. A Spanish ship, on her
way from Almeia to Valencia, having
on board five stbents in medicine had
just been capturei, as well as a Spanish
felncca, which hal left Gibraltar with a
cargo of wheat fok Majorca-the crew
of the latter escaped. Even boats are
no longer safe; for Me pirates pursue
them to the very shore in the shallops,
which they have armed for the express
purpose. The Moors have al;o several
times landed, and made prisoners in the
villages.
The Spanish government has made
an unsuccessful attempt 10 rails 6,OO0,-
900 reals 10 Paris, to pay lis ribule to
the Algerines; they then sid to the
merchants at Gibraltar all tn. quicksil-
yer in the magazines of Seville aud Al
MAIDEN for four millions of rsls.
The revolt at Algarves, (lortugal,) is
entirely at an end, and the febels have
retreared into Spain, where TO The num-
Der of 700, they are 10 tbe most abjec!
distress. The Spanish Government gives
each one ration per day, If vegeta-
bles and bread.
The Stockholm Greek Committee
has just seut further sum of 10000
francs to The Paris Committed
The new order of things under the
Lady Government of Portugal was in
successful experiment. The Cortes
was opened on the 3Oh October, by a
fair speech from the Princess Regent
who announced that her brother Mi
chaet, VINO resIueS III AusTrIa, uuu rrrr1-r
this oath TO support the Charter with,
out reservation; and had applied TO the
Pope for dispensation TO betroh his
niece, the Infant Queen, who was born
in 1919! The Emperor of Brazil had
engaged 10 pay TO Portugal nearly nine
millions of dollars, in acqui;tal of all
claims on his American Empire and TO
assume the payment of the dGbt due BY
Portugal to England, as part of the en-
gagement.
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Singular Preservation of L1s.-Mr.
James Frazer, a merchant of Rochester,
went few miles east of tina; village,
in sulky, to meet some goods which
he feared would be frozen in the canal.
Returning, the road being very rough,
he was thrown from his seat bya sud.
den bound Of the vehicle. and 10 falling
upon the wheel, was drawn under the
sulky, with bis foot caught fast between
tive pieces which cross the sha;ts.--,
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HARTFORD, DEC. ~

pArOnDJ DEC 10.
We regret TO learn that the Small
Fox prevails 10 an alarming degree in
the town of Bolton. Within few DAYS.
five deaths have occurred IN that place,
and one in Manchester, a town coatgu-
Gus.
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INsTALLATToN.--On The Goth inst the Rev.
J. N. Brown was installed pastor of the Bap-
list Church 10 Maiden. Sermon by Rev.
Henry jackson. of Charlestown.
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James Swan, an American, formerly Of Lei
cester, who has been for 90 years close pris
ener Tor debt in Paris, has lately been released
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The steam,boa Barnet, after ascending the
Connecticut River as far as Bellows Falls.
without accident or any impeachment not antic-
iPated by the friends of the experiment, has
returned down the river. Her length would
not admit OF her passing the locks at the Falls,
but the experiment has fully equalled the ex-
pectatons of the most sanguine.