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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13

HAYTI.--The New-York Gazette has
been favored with letter from Port au
Prince which states that the Proclamation
of President Boyer refusing to ratity tn.
treaty with France, was received with gen.
eral Joy by the inhabitants, but excited quite
different feeling among the Frenchmen at
Port au Prince.
The French frigate Mcdee of 48; the soop
Hebe, of 2S, and the brigantine Fleche, Of Is
guns, were laying at Port au Prince, and the
Surprise of 16 guns was daily expected
The frigate Antigone Of 40 guns, sailed on
the 9th for Brest. She had been waiting
for some time for a large amount of specie,
which it was said she was to carry home,
but took as a substitute the Proclamation
Considerable anxiety existed at Port au
Prince for the arrival of the British Consul
Geneial, Mr.. Charles M'kenzie, "a man Of
color) who was to sail from Portsmouth on
the 18th of January. This appointment
which was considered in England master
stroke of policy, was viewed in quite dif
ferent light in Port an Prince. The Haytien
Government would, we learn, have been bet
ter pleased if the colored skin had been LEFT
out of the question, not from prejudice, but
from'an impression that the British Minis
try considered white man too good for
them.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13
Foreign and Domestic Gleaninys.

Aprivate letter from Madrid, dated Jan. 26.
says, that an order had been sent to the cen
sors OF all the towns where public shectacies
are exhioited,to suppress in every theatrical
piece the word liberty, wherever it NAV be
found, as well as every otherterm of alluson
to the state OF affairs in 1920. The censors
are made personally responsible for any allu-
sion OF that kind, and for all applause which
may be applied to it.
The Courier Francais gives report that
the Algerines had declared war against
Spain.
Great Britain.-The distress among the
laboring classes out of employ, it many Of the
manufacturing districts, was extreme.
Great discomfort begins to prevail; incend-
airy writings appear upon the walls, with the
most exciting inscriptions such as--"No
Trade, no Corn Laws"-"No Trade, no
King; '-"Bread or Blood" &c. &c. Serious
apprehensions prevail for the preservation Of
tranquility.
Mr.. Uriel Smith, while apparently in good
health, and attending town meeting at Fran
cistown, N. II. suddenly fell down dead in
the pew where he sat. The moderator was
just about to declare an unanimous vote for
him as town clerk.
Petitions are in circulation, addressed to
the governor of Kentucky, and proposed for
adoption in the various counties of the state.
urging an immediate call of the legislatures
for the purpose of organizing the judiciary
system. There are still two supreme courts
in the state; whose operation must increase
the confusion of affairs, and rcdouble the ex-
citement and bitterness of party spirit.
A stay has been put to the operations of
the "New-1ersey Delaware Oyster Compa-
n.y." about to be organized and the stock of
which was recently subscribed for at Bridge
ton, in consequence of informality and illegal
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13

lowest walks Of science, and are, therefore,
often viewed with njudicious disdain by as
piring genius; yet We should remember the
trite but Just maxim, "that Iron, although the
coarsest and least beautiful, is yet, by far the
most intrinsically valuable" Their substan-
tial plainness should teach him that OF them ne
must lay his foundation, and on them erect his su-
perstrucure. The graceful and elegant connth-
ian column is not beheld with less pleasure when
we know its beautiful proportions are reared on
the grey unchiselled rock: for there is nothing
in the association of strength and beauty incoh-
gruous OF incoherent. E.
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For the Wilmingtonian.
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Oh ask me not why DER my brow acloud hovers;
Or why on my lips such silence IS LAID;
Or why such depression my spirit discovers;
And why such deep tortures my bosom per-
wade.
Theresa pang in my soul that no words can e'er
tell;
There's a grief in my bosom no eye can e'er
see,
In the depths of my heart, there forever to dwell,
Aud its exquisite tortures are only for me.
My eye that once frightened with rapturous
glow,
In Desponaency's GOODNESS, lies heavy and
dead,
And those spiris which once used SO sprightly
to flow,
Have been changed for deep sorrow. and far
from nIe He'd.
The Spring with its odours once gladdened my
heart
The richness of Summer, my bosom could
The fulness of Autumn a JOY could impart-
And even chill Winter for me had a charm.
But oh! there's cloud, yes, dark, heavy
cloud,
That furnishes Natures resplendid array
IT'S the sorrows that closely my warm heart en-
shroud,
And on my blithe spirits remorseless prey.
Oh! once had friend, yes, dear female friend,
And whose presence my feelings, could al
ways elate,
Who could bid the bright incense of Friendship
ascend,
And the purest and warmest affection create.
At home, or abroad or where'er might live,
Still felt that she ever would be my true
friend,
Tho in joy might smile, or in deep sorrow
grieve,
On her love and her faithfulness could de-
pend.
When long on the worlds rudest tempest I've
tos',
And by sad disappointment been deeply de-
prest,
And my best and my warnest endeavours been
crossed
Yet smile of complaccnce from her made me
blest.
But have seen this warm Friendship decrease
and decay,
And chilling responsiveness rise in its stead;
Il has faded and gone like the rich tints of May,
And its fervour and life are now frozen and
dead.
Though with formal politeness, as chilling as
snow,
She my tribute of Friendship thus scornfully
treat,
Yet, for her in my heart, warm affection shall
glow,
As long as a pulse in my bosom shall beat.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13

might lead, the Duke Of Wellington is EN-
powered to offer our cooperation for erect
ing the immediate and complete independ-
ence Of Greece. Nothing but so important an
object could have induced his Grace to un-
dertake so fatlguing journey at the present
inclement season Of the year, and in his pre-,
sent delicate state of health. If Russia and
England join cordially in this object, and
France cooperate. as no doubt she will
they can encounter no opposition from Con-
stantinople or Vienna.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13

Rock Blasting.-A most remarkable ex-
hibition of the force of powder in rcnding
rocks recently occurred in Marbletowr, on
the line Of the Hudson and Delaware Canal.
1t the facts stated ill the Ulster Plebian are
we'll founded and we doubt not they are, it
was the greatest blast on record. The rock
was 40 feet high between 20 and 80 feet wide,
ana projected oyer the Rondout creek, clear
ing the ordinary surface of the water, about
5 teet. "An lrishman named Patten, hap
penng to be on the spot where it wa bedded,
as visitor, was offered IS by the contractor
OF that section to give it blast; under the ex-
pectation of being avaied, at least, to that
amount, by the fragments he calculated
might be blown from it. Patten having ac-
cepted the offer, bored hole in the rock, in
which he put 70 pounds OF powder, and then
applied to it the lighted torch, in the pres
ence OF numerous spectators; when behold
the rock was by the trcmedous explosion to-
tally disodged from its bed, overturned and
placed SO exactly on the bank of the canl, as
to prove substitute for the embankment.
equal to it's dimensions. SO that the blast
was worth to the contractor not less than
SlOo. 1t Is worthy of remark that a silver
OF TINS rock, OF the bulk of about feet square,
having been sent high in the air by the ex-
Plosion, descended in the earth within feet
OF the spot where one of the spectators stood.
(who was in manner petrihed by the
shock) and sunk SO deep in the frozen ground
that nothing of it could be seen. And we
nave been told that particles of that rock
mad been picked up at Rochester, several
miles from the seat of explosion"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13

pei the minlons of Ferdinand.
On Monday, the Court Of Quarter Sesxo,.
sentenced John Peiffer to six month. W
prisonment and fined him 100 dollars I'M '.'
circumstances attending this case were oss s
singular description, and excited no ,,na
interest. The defendant kept a sno, 's os
ground, in which he Inferred dead bodies sss
pay. Some time since he had inferred N.
body of child, two years and half oS
which he afterwards disinterred and sold y.
a physician. For this offence the indictmsne
was framed, to which he plead guilty. '"'
The amount of unclaimed dividends "a
naming in the US. Treasury is 1925, 1O7 NJ
which amount S45 900 are due to FOREIGNER,
and Sl73,107 to citizens of the U. States
The unmbcr of persons to whom the FORE
going amount is due exceeds 4OO0, Thu
largest Of theldiviiends due to foreignerss IL
S14, 100, and the smallest "a. Of sums dine
to citizens the largest is $4,000 and the
smallest 25 cents.
Extract of letter, dated New-lIarmony, (Ind,
Feb. 20.
"lhe Library is most costly one, select
ed with great taste and judgment BY Mr..
Mcclure while in France. This collection
of books, maps, philosophical and musical
instruments, cost 10000 francs. and is con.
tained in packages weighing upwards fifty
TONS Besides these, Mr.. Owen has Dur.
chased 1900 dollars worth OF books, and the
whole of these valuable articles have been
brought from NewOrleans. and are now at
Shawneetown, on their way to New -Harmo.
ny.-New- Harmony will have the best Ii.
brary, and the best school in the United
States"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13

Extract Of a letter from a first rate source,
to Merchant IN Baltimore, dQted
LONDON, 18th Feb. 1926.
Government has jast received despatch
from Russia, stating that they will be com
pelIed to declare war against Turkey to pre-
vent revolt Of the Army--it is hoped, hew-
ever, that through the mediation OF Great
Britain and France, the Porte will be induced
to acknowledge the independence of Greece,
and thus prevent war This is not general
ly yknown; be it as it may, things appear far
from settled.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13

LONDON, Feb. 17.-The Duke of We'll
lington set out OIL his mission to .Petersburph
on Wednesday night.-When we lately an
nounced that his Grace had been selected
tor this mission, we stated that he was UNDER
stood to have much more important object
to accomplish than to be the medium of con-
veying few Court compliments on the ac-
cesson OF the new Autocrat to the throne.
we can now confirm our original announce
ment, and state on authority on which we
ourselves place the greatest reliance. that
urgent political negotiation, and not Court
etiquette, is the chief object of his Crace's
tourney. The settlement of the affairs of
Ireece has been long an embarrassing oues-
ton between England and her continental
allies; and it is well known, that in comnl;-
ahce WIN the wishes of Austria, the untor-
tunate Ireeks were last year abandoned to
the chances OF another campaign, through
which they may be said to have struggled
successfully. The strong feeling of the Rus-
sian army in favor of their co-relipionists
which was restrained by the late Emperor'
cannot SO easily be repressed by his succes.
sor; and Nicholas, ascribing the late mut;nv
and bloodshed at Petersburgh to this feeling
has declaredto his allies, that the only means
OF escaping dangerto his person and govern
ment is to Interfere in favour of the Greeks
Unless he can act in concert with his allies.
he must act single-handed in this important
enterprise, and in that case ambition might
not stop when humanity was satisfied To
prevent, therefore, the general war to which
the March OF Russian troops against Turkey
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13
KIDNAPPING.

The Philadelphia Freeman's Journal gives
the particulars of case OF kidnapping,
which was perpetrated on Monday the goth
ult. and which is truly distressing. An in
hahitant Of Montgomery county, farmer.
residing about Is miles from Philadelphia,
was on that day visited by we'll dressed
stranger, who informed him that he had call
ed at the request of his, the farmers. broth
er,alving in Philadelphia, in order to car
ry the farmers son, a lad about thirteen
years of aye to the city The farmer at
first declined permitting his sons departure;
but after being urged by the stranger, who
stated, among other things, that the boys
uncle desired his presence for very particn-
lar reasons, he consented to the strangers
request, when the boy was given to the
charge of the latter and they rode in gig
towards the city. On the evening Of the
same day, during the severe storm which
prevailed, a tavernkeeper, about three miles
from Philadelphia, heard voice crying for
help near his door. He opened it, and boy
rushed in, drenched with rain, and followed
by two men. The boy claimed the protec-
ton OF the tavern keeper, and begged him
not to permit the men to carry him away ;
stated that he had been tax en- from his fa-
ther that morning on false pretences, that he
had been carried to kensington, and placed
in the cabin of a small sloop, aud that he had
succeeded in his escape; but that for the
last half mile he had seen that he was pursu-
ed.
One of them asserted that the boy was his
apprentice. The tavern keeper unable to
ascertain the facts from these contradictory
| stories, and considering that he had no right
to keep the boy, suffered the men to carry
him away. The next morning, by accident,
it would seem, the identical farmer, the fa.
ther of the boy, stopped at this same tavern,
and related the circumstance first mention
ed, expressing little uneasiness about his
son. When the tavernkeeper informed him
of the occurrences of the preceding night,
he became the more alarmed. Both went
Instantly to the city, and learned from the
boys uncle. that he had neither sent for nor
seen him. The child has no, since been
heard OF, although every exertion has been
made by the distressed father and friends to
find him, nor have any traces likely to his
restoration yet been discovered.
We trust that the savage perpetrators of
this crime, exceeded in turpitude but by few
in the whole catalogue Of human enormities,
will ere long be overtaken and visited with an
! adequate punishment and that the son may be
restored to the arms of his agonized parents
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13

a New-Orleans paper states, that BY the
last accounts from Campeachy, about 5000
Mexican troops had assembled at Yucatap.
and more were on the way, for the purpose
OF invading Cuba. 1t is believed that the
Colombian and Mexican governments are
acting IN concert. AS soon as seamen can
be procured to man the ships of war at Car
thagena, the Colombian army there will en-
bark. A few days sail will enable the fleet
to appear off Campeachy, where transports
are to be held ready to receive the Mexi-
can contingent-The combined forces, about
twenty thousand strong, are then to cross
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-13

We notice the following advertisement in
the National Intelligencer:
"Re-sale of Furniture, at the house of the
Russian Minister, [who is about to leave
the country.1 The terms of sale not hav-
ing been complied with. shall resell This
Day, (Monday,) and Sd April, at the risk
and expense of the Honorable John Ran
doph: mahogany Secretary, rose wood !,
and one mahogany Table; 1 time piece; 5
Alabaster Ornaments; Sofas; . Mirrors;
Toast Rack; 2 Table Cloths; doz. Scryi-
cites; Window Curtains. Terms cash.
p. MAURO, Auct'r."
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-28
Prices of Country Produce.
IPIL1tINGTUN, DEC. %, 1926.
FOR SALE.

a FARM, of about 65 acres, situated in Millcreek
Hundred, Newcastle county, Del, about three
miles from Staunton, and eight from Whining
ton, of which about ten acres are wood land, and
the residue arabic, well set with orchard grass
and clover The Buildings are, good stone
dwelling house, 34 by "a feet, wo stories high,
With three rooms on the first floor, and four on
the second, with good cellar under the whole
Ia frame Barn, cellared under, So by 80 feet
Stone Joncr's shop, and Corncrib, % by IL
feet, and stone Smoke-house, all of which are
nearly new and in good order. The quality Of
the land is we'll adapted for farming or grazing,
and has been we'll lined; it is in a good neigh
bourhood, near several places ofpublic worship,
is in good neighbourhood for Mills, and within
two miles offs good Limestone quarry. hers is
likewise, young thrifty Apple Orchard, and a
Peach Orchard, and the land is well watered
with good springs. For further particulars en-
quire of JosEpu BnINGHUasr, Wilmington, or on
the Farm, of JOHN FERRIS.
18th Mo. g, 1926. 15-4t
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No. 12-Ncw Series-DEc.
CONTENTS.
FOR RENT.

A Farm of about or 500 acres, principally
marsh on the Delaware, about miles below Port
Penn, known by the name of Long Island.
Another Farm of about 200 acres arabic land,
near the village ofSt. Georges, now occupied by
Andrew Price.
Another Farm, ofabout Is acres arabic land,
near the village ofSt. Georges, now occupied by
James Welde.
Another Farm, of about 80 acres arabic land,
near Mount Pleasant, now lnoccupie.l.
Another Farm, OF about $50 acres, on Christi
ana Creek, near Christiana Village.
Two Dwelling Houses, and about II OF Is a.
arcs in lots i'll the Village ofst Georges.
Apply to JOHN NlvlN,
ChriShann.
Dcc. Z. 1926. l1-t25m.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-28
For the IViln.iagtoniala.

Having some leisure time to read my BIZ
ole' | come othat part which treats OF the
escape of the Children of Israel from under
mey yoke Of fPharoah. The number of whom
Shen they left Egypt, was estimated at SIX
hundred thousand men, besides children !;
and computing the cattle which they drove
with them to amount to one hundred thou
sand, we have result off hundred thousand
oeSides the children. Now, let US suppose
'Ais company arranged in the best possible
V'uef tor travelling; say twenty walking a.
ofeast, and at the distance Of six feet asun-
aer IN the rear. Then, by calculation we
- mat they necessarily occupied, at one
N"a 'he same time, upwards Of thirty-four
a'''es In length. However. it appears that
'"e ABOVE statement respecting their number
s's lar below their maxium, agreeably to
,"e census taken in the second year after
.ssVlhs Egypt, which amounted to six hun
4iea Three thousand five hundred and fifty
,Ae,' over the age of twenty and able to go
.'''h to war. To which number, if we add
wv. We women and children, say three hundred
nihety-six thousand, we then have a
"pahy OF one million souls. Again, sup
Sss se'nls company in journeying forward,
w., sppehed to be impeded by some very mar
.l,;. pass which sometimes happens in trav-
mm oVer mountainous countries; say only
III rh''el''iy wide to admit of ten abreast
Ae Instance, they, in such case, would
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-28
GLEAWINGS.

Two ships of the line now building at
Charleston, M. are to be named Virginia and
N. Hampshire.
The Alexandria Gazette says-"We have
heard it hinted as highly probable, that jon
athan Roberts, esq. OF Pennsylvania, will re-
ceive the appointment of Collector of the
Port of Philadelphia, unless the Secretary
Of the Treasury may feel disposed to take
it himself"
The Manumission Society of n. Carolina,
embraces AZ branch Societies, and about
1000 members.
A few evenings since, the shop of Mr..
Garland, at Newark, n. ]. was entered, and
So watches stolen.
A meeting of the citizens of GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, was held on the 18th ult. and resoln-
tions approving of the plan and objects OF the
American Colonization Society, were adopt
ed-and an auxiliary society formed.
Sentence of death has been pronounced on
Hannah Davis, of Lancaster county, Va. for
the murder of her infant CHILD.
Mr.. Emmons, the great Boston Orator, is
an inmate of the Debtors Apartment of that
place. :,
The Ohio Grand Canal is to be 500 miles
in length--it passee through very fertile
country, and terminates at Cleaveland on
Lake Erie. During the present year, mer-
chandise to the value of about seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars has been landed
in that village.
The establishment of the Onondago Journal,
weekly paper printed in Onondago, N. Y. is
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-28

oceapy amounts to one hundred and thi-
teen miles or whereabouts.
Let us next make a calculation with re-
specttotheir mpment-Supposng them
to initiate city, in leaving open spaces,
such as streets, cross streets, &C., and al
lowing ten acres of ground to be occupied BY
four hundred tents, and each tent to hold
twenty as a family--the result will be--ffty
thousand tents, occupying one thousand
two hundred and fifty acres of ground. The
above statement supposcs the tents to have
been erected in fields or plains. where the
mama was usually found, and where pas.
lures grew for their il0ciis and herds--if they
had any remaining;-though it would APP
pear by their haskerins after the flesh-pots
Of Egypt, that their stock cattle had greatly
diminished, and in stead thereof they sub
sisted on quails, which, like the mama, was
sent them in great abundance. This we
cannot doubt OF as to the necessary for full
supply. Suppose we were to make some es-
innate of the number of quails sufficient to
satiate this whole people for the space OF
one day--might we not safely conclude that
four hundred thousand quails, would scarce
ly be too many. The only difficulty arising
in tho case, is, from whence did such nocks
of birds derive their subsistence, unless they
were supplied in miraculous manner.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-28
Meeting.

At an adjourned meeting of the Society for
the encouragement ofFree Labour, held at the
Town Hail. Dec. 81, 1926: THos. GARRETT
was called to the Chair, and E. w. GILBERT ap-
pointed Secretary. The constitution as amend
ed at previous meeting was read and adopted.
The Committee appointed at the last meeting to
nominate persons to fill the several offices Of
the society proposed the following:
Pyesident--LEA PUSEY.
pice President-JoHN REYNoLDs.
Secretuy.-WM. p. RICHARDS.
Treasurer. CANBY.
Standing Committee.-lsaac Pc irce, DIR. VIM.
Gibbons, Joseph G. Rowland, Eli IIilles, Benz
Webb, and E. w. Gilbert:
Who were duly elected.
A Aletter from Benjamin Lundy- was read to
the meeting; an extract from which Follows
Gree Cotton may now be had in considera-
Bile quantities, and spinner near Philadel-
phia, offers to spin that kind by ITSELF provided
enough should be furnished to make it worthy
his attention 1t can also be woven and prepar-
ed for sale, by free hands. in Pennsylvania and
elsewhere.
On motion, Resolred, That the Constitution
as well as the proceedings, of this meeting be
published in such papers of this Borough as are
willing to do it gratis.
Adjourned to meet in the S. w. room of the
Town Hall on the Goth instant, at half past six
O'Clock.
THOMAS GARRETT, Chr'n.
E. w. GILBERT Sec'ry