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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-07-26
CUB& TET 1897.
From the Neu- York Daily .7irertisef.
LETTER XIII.

With respect to the slave population, It
may be remarked that it has greatly chan
yed its character within few years, SO tar as
Havana and Matanzas are conccrned,and al
so in other places of any magnitude. On the
plantations there is nece ssarily, from the situ-
alton OF the slaves, but little improvement.
There is an air of independence, manliness,
and sclf-consequencc about the negroes
which have never seen in my own coun-
trv. At the same time the laws OF Havana
or. such. that if a negro raises his arm 60
strike n white, the latter may Kill! him with
;mnnnitv. In confirmation of this opinion
would remark. that the same opinion comes
almost irresjstablv on the mind OF every TO-
r.;rncr the moment he touches the mole at
Havana. | have frs iuently seen negro
stop gentleman in the street, ana request
ncrmi,sion to light a scgar by one winch the
gentleman was smoking; and what surprised
me more. was. that in all cases the request
was granted without the least hesitation.
have as often heard gentlemen make the
same request of the negroes. inquired oi
Young Cuban if such things were not OF re-
cent date, and how it came to pass re re-
plied that until within few years 1t was
not known; that it had become necessary %
he more civil to them than torhefiy; tnat
he himself possessed Al slaves, but thae ne
wished the island might be free notwith-
standing. and added with much emphasis,
"manana, manana," tomorrow, tomorrow.
The soldiers form part of thepopulation OF
Havana distinct in feeling from the others :
,,o,, occasion to converse with them on the out
nosts. in order to ascertain their feelings to-
wards the king, and the government OF the ISL
! and knowing that from the officers their true
onin;ons could not be learned. One young
soldier of % ears told me, that he had been
fnrced into the army when quite young, and
that subsequently he had been seht to Cuba
fo,, a term of six years, but added, "oix
means twenty; have but little hope OF re-
turning, and the greater part OF the oattaiion
are in the same condition" AS the news OF
tbe war between Spain and Portugal, had
arrived but short time previous. and Mr.
Canning's speech was published, inquired
,f him what he would do il the English
came to attack him in the Nero! "Would
that this might be SO. tor then should re-
,,,rn the sooner" Another soldier made the
s,m- remark. and used the same word i'll
reference to the English, (oxaia! oxalaD-
These small things, together with others o.
=, a kind, served to show the feelings OF the sol
diers. -, =,
1t may be remarked, with regard to tht
different classes, it is very difficult tor for
eipner to distinguish between the negro anI
! white population. Cubans in. general ar
darker than the Spaniards of the mothe
5 country. Indeed there is no standard; TO
: the grades exist from the light brown to th
Goa, black of Africa, and the extreme hea
/ Of Cuba giving the curl to this hair after
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CEREBRAL WASHINGTON,
His Life, Habits and manners-.7necdofes.

HIS LIFE, Ha6ifs and mdnhefS-.f"tcHOffS.
From the Gusts Ieecollections and Private Me-
mors of Washington.
The public day of the First President OF
the United States, were two in each week.
On Tuesday from three to four o'clock,
Ievee was held for Foreign Ministers, stran-
gers. and others, who could there be pre-
sented to the Chief Magistrate, without the
formaity Of letters Of introduction. 1t was,
indeed, more an arrangement oi mutual con
venierce to the parties, than an ALTAR OF
State; still 1t was objected to by some at that
day. as savoring rather of monarchai eti-
ouette, than OF the simple customs which
should distinguish Republic. Who thinks
so now? In truth, the First President was
so occupied with the multiplicity OF public
concerns, attendant on the outset OF a new
Government, that it became necessary to
limit the time of vsiters Of mere cermony,
as much as possible; and the levee enabled
all such personages to pay 't"ir respects
within the moderate compass OF an honr.-
The world is always governed in consider
able degree by form and usage, There ney.
er lived man more averse to SHOW and
nomp than Washington. PLAIN IN his hab-
its, there was none to whoa the details OF
official parade and ceremony could be less
leSlraDIe, Dul CCiISCS ~ an no f"'iNh
stations of life, the days Of the First Presi-
dency will ever appear as among the most
digniiied and imposing in our country's an
mails.
On Thursday the President gave his con-
gressional and Diplomatic dinners; and on
Friday night Mrs. Washington received
company at what was then, and is still, cal
led the Drawing Room.
The President attended Mrs. Washing
toms evening parties, and paid his compi-
ments to the circle Of ladies, with that ease
and elegance of manners for which he was
remarkable. Among the most polished and
we'll bred gentlemen of his time. he was al
ways particularly polite to ladies', even II,
the rugged scenes of war; and, in advanced
age, many were the youthful swains who
sighed for those gracious smiles with which
the Fair always received the attentions o.
this old beau of sixtyhve.
! An interesting class of persons were t'
be fount! at the side of the Chief, on both hi!
public and private days, who gave feeling
and character to every scene, and threw
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From the ' isitor aad Telegraph.
sr.ANzAS.

We are bos,ening on---we are fastening On,
ro tbc slcep of Tie years, that are vanished ana
gone,
~ ,h,. vo;c,less chambcrs that liz bcncath,-
TO the silent halls Of darkness anl dcatl'!
Jile Inc instant nashinr,--thc h''ul light,
OF the passing mrtcors in Their il'ht
Like thc sunset hucs. or the s''ulnet'H eve,
like the forms, that in fancy y loom we "eaVe'
Like the flowers that blush at ne opening "'s'
We arc blnshing and blooming ana ilfin' away
Through Hfc's chcckcrc'l macs o l"' ~ w,
Through the grief and lhe st'"'1 o" ''' '''e
below,
with the fir, and the brave, ard the proud and
the just,
We arc fastening TO dust W. are ha:tenlng To
dust!
=, beautiful Throne. Of the blirl.t and far,
WIN your locks of glossy and golden ha'r,
tu;tl, our sn,rl,ing ewes, and their rays divine,
-rb,t lonn,lishlv beam or brilliantly sh,ne'
with vour crimson lips aud them coral strali'
A. .,,,oot oe the wave uttered songs ofthe man;
win vour forms that before Us, and round us
sweep, =
like thc phantoms that float in the realms q
slecp,-
Midst hope, and Joy, and faith, and trust,
Yc are Fastening 10 dust We are has'eh'hs 10
dust
Ye pluincl band Oi the strong ahu '''t p''N',
With your FURNISHED swords, and pi'lmeS u'''
wave!
With your banners that stream OH their brcezes
unfurlcd, ,,.
And YOUR shouts that frightcn the trembling
world;
With ym,r battles that burst like flaming Hood,
And pour out their gathered tides oi blood;
with your rcd cannon wrath and warthat make
The mountains, the valleys the oceans quakci
With YOU, barred arms, and your lifted lance,
And vour blackcning brow, and Jour teartu
glance,
Midst the sabr's stroke, and the dagger's thurs
Ye are Fastening to dust! Ye are fastening e
dust!
yc scoffing tribe, Of the rich and proud,
With your necks unbcnt, and your knees IN
bowed
with vonr mnion train OF the mean and vie,
That crouch before yon, and fawn and smile,
With your spurning foot, and your threat ninI
eye,
That stagger the poor as they pass YOU by;
with your menancing tones of wrath and pride
That frighten the fearful who wait At Nor side
With vonr smiles Of scorn, AID Your irowns c
hate,
with your robes of gold. and Your halls OF state
With all your po,np, and power, and trust,
Ye are Fastening 10 Dust Yc are fastening I
dust!
Yc lovely train Of the humble and meek.
Who wipc the tear from the aged cheek
Whose voice the gathering cares hegu'ie.
And mnketh the hearts of the sad to smile,
With your tears that stream Ger the ch'iiih
bier
Of the pious that dwell no longer here
With your smiles that Dint up The broken heHF
And pour balm on the poisonous dart,
With your prayer, that rise to the throne apo.' ,,
And bring down the blessing OF peace ana ov'
With the fair and the brave, an'l the prouH III
the just, ,.....,.
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thee, without sigh or backward lock OF
sorrow:--Pleasantly on they pass, never de
laycd by doubt, emorse, or desperate fear
But in thy train, beauty and blooming JOY
pass, hand in hand, and young eyed hope,
whose glauce, not dimmet, yet sottened by
toHc h Of care. looks forward still; and SC.
r,ous happiness lie on thy heart safe and
shclterca guest.
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GA hair 'twixt south and southwest SID"
to divine to which class of the population
man belonged. 1t is SAID, however, that
many of the most respectable Spaniards are
as punctilious on this point as the most scru-
pulous Yankee could be,
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few generations, 1t would require more nice
ty of distinction than the knight Of old pos
sessed, who could
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From the Gusts Recollections and Private Me-
moirs of Washington.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-28
Dyspepsia.

nR. MEAD'S PILLS have been proved by that in.
IL faible test of truth, experience, the most ef
fectua medicine offered in any country for the
ofa those deranged states Of the digestive or
gans, denominated DYs PERSIA, or INDIGESTION.
which frequently makes its the most
pcated FORMS such loss ofappette sickness at the
stomach, and sometimes vomiting; belchng up of wa.
ter which is sometimes tasteiess, but most commonly
sour; knawing in the stomach heartburn costiyeness
paleness OF the countenance, languor owness of the
spirits, paptaton of the heart vertigo and disturbed
sleep. The number ofthese symp' oms variesin differ.
ent patients, by some being felt only in parts while
others, have additional ones, equally disaereeabie
such as severe pains in the head and breast, fa,nce
emaciation, or wasting ofthe whole body, with yrea
weakness particularly Of the legs. These pills will
most ehect,iaiy remove all sourness of the stomach
not merely by neurazng the acid, but by correcting
that morbid state ofthe secretons which give rise o
IT. and at the same time will restore to the ebilts,e
organs OF digestion that tone and vigor which IS ALSO
ueiy necessary to the well being Of the animal econ.
omy. The best proof Of their efficacy is. that they
are prescribed by many of the first physicians, and us.
ed by the most intelligent famikes throughout the u.
Mon. a'e "
The above valuable remedy issoIi BY 2. srABLER
SUN, Alexandra, who are agents for the Manufac.
.1rer; by NJ 5ewett, Washington City, and by most of
inc druggists throughout the United States sold aso
Wholesale BY g. w. Hull, Dugriss,, New Ysrk.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-28
Female EaucatiON.

7NHE subscriber with the assistance of his sister, pro
y poses opening FEMALE SCHOOL in Alexan
dria about lst Of October next, earlier if convene
ent, provided a sufficient number Of scholars can be
obtained. His plan contempates chiefly the instruc.
lion of young ladies in the
HIGHEST BRANCHES
of female education; the inferior branches, however
will also be taught to meet the minds Of all who
may be disposed to patronze his school, To be more
partcular:--attention will be paid to Needlework,
Spelling, Reading Writing, English Grammar. Arith
metic Geography to those who may desire it,
Rhetoric, History Euclid's Elements astronomy, Ma
tura Philosophy Chemistry, the Latin and Greek Ian.
guages. ALFRED ARMSTRONG
N b Those who may be disposed to encourage this
school will please to leave their with SIR JOHN
C. VOWEL or Mr.. JoHN DOUGLASS within two weeks.
At the request of MIR. Armstrong, and for the salts
faction of those who may feel interested in his School,
would state :hath has resided in my family nearly a
year, during part Of which time, he assisted in teach
ing the young men who were under my care pursuing
their studies with view to the Gospel Ministry II
may be proper further, to state that Mr. Armstrong
graduate of Dickinson College, and has since receiv
ed from that institution the honorary degree of A.
VIC. WALTON,
Pastor Of the I'd Presbyterian Church, Alexandria.
aug lS-t
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-28
$40 Reward.

EoR experimenting and securing in Jail, BILLY
a JoHNS0N.who murdered drayman in Frede-
ricksburg' Johnson is large light mulatto, about
five feette or eleven inches nigh, has bald head,
large beard aud whiskers, his upper lip, on
the left side, small piece off the lower part Of the
right ear; IS subject to breaking and infamma-
ton on his right ANGLE, little above the joint, if he
walks much n warm weather. which has left some
sears about 40 years of age, is slrewd fellow, can
readand write, and suspect wltry and rass afree
man: had on blue cloth coat, with metal buttons,
black homespun waistcoats and pantaoons. Twill give
the above reward if he is secured, and information
given to the Mayorof Fredericksburg, thathe gets
him. HENRY FITZHUGH.
King George cssnty, Va. ApillS-H T
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-28
A. G. CaZenove & Go.
H3VE FOR sale.

u. v. CaZenOVc 9 20.
HAZE FOR SaLE,
QO0 Casks cut nails and brads
O11U 50 bags green coffee
SIS bags Sumatra pepper
20 hhtk New Orleans sugar
so bblsre6ned sugars and boxes candy
SO boxes chocolate
1000 bushels ground alum salt
500 sacks fine salt
so bbls mackarel
30 half bbls do
40 hhds whiskcy
20 bbls do
200 boxes Baltimore window glass
40 do assorted snuils
IL do pipes
100 kegs manufactured tobacco, different brands,
9's, los, 1925 and pound rolls
IS boxes best lump tobacco
l6 do Genoa citrOn
$50 do bunch, muscatel and bloom raisins
so bags soft shelled almonds
IL boxes CASTLE soap
10 casks winter strained spesm oil
Is do summer strained do
Hyson and Gunpowder tea
Letterand writing, wrapping and sugar.loaf paper
5000 lbs. cotton yarn
$40 packages Of domestic, cotton & WOODEN goods
Wine bottles, demijohns
Hoop iron, German steel
18 bales German linens
100 pieces Russia sheetng
70 do ravens duck
100 do sail duck
18 cases mems black and drab hats
An invoice of Swiss goods, consisting of
Plain and figured muslins,
Caps and collarcts g,tnny bags, sc. june Is
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-28
Hardware Store,

Hardware Store,
Corner Of King and Royal streets.
John C, MANDELL has just received per ship
- Pioneer, from liverpool, general assortment of
hardware aud Cutlery,
which, with his former stock, makes his assortment
complete, consisting in part of
Ivory, stag, for buck and selftp handle knives and
forks
Rogers penknivesand razors, scissors, shears
Needles, shutters and trays, walters, bread trays
Spurs, whips, dressing cases, spttoons
Stair rods and eyes
Shoe, butcher, drawing, sadders and straw knives
Androns, shovels and tongs, Tenders
Commode and glass knobs, curtain pins
Candlesticks, lamps, hinges bolts latches, sprigs
Screws, brass case, iron wire
Stock, pad, till, trunk, cupboard and horse locks
Nails, augers, chzels, gouges, planes and irons
Files, axes, hatchets
PANEL, tenant, compass and wood saws
Cotton, wool and horse cards
Teaand bell metal kettles, sad grid and waffle irons
Britannia metal and iron spoons, trowells
Curry combs, trace, halter and backband chains
Shoemakers' tools, salilery and harness furniture
Coach laces, fringe and tassels
Waldron's grain and grass scythes, sickies. hoes
Shovels, spades, ploughs, castings, etc.
ALso-Gilt frame mantle and pier looking glasses
Maple do do do do
Britannia coffee, tea, sugar and cream pots
Plated table castors candestcks, shutters and trays
With a variety Of other articles which will be sold
on accommodating terms may 81
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-28
Fresh Goods.
GEORGE s. H0UGA

rs now opening q select assortment OF ~. .,a
BILE GOODS, from New-York' fh''Aoeip"'a' anu
which are:
Superfne mxd cloth, tor summer "e
DO single drab cashmere e
Black, mixed and drab lasting -.
Black and coiored Denmark satin LOT Pan'a'oo''
Super and common blue nankins
Mammu chop, super and common yellow DO.
Banlanno and flag handkerchiefs
Black circassians, some ga wide
Best blue seersuckers
Black Canton grapes and bombazine
Buff, white, and figured Marseliles
Striped and plain white drilling
DO do brown do
Women's cotton and silk hosiery
Mems unbleached, white and mlx'dd
Girls white cotton do
Women's horsekin & kid gloves
Long and short do. for children
5-4, 3-4, and SO black mode
Black and colored silks, silk and gauze haKfs
Irish linen and linen cambria, some low prceu
Ga and S-4 low priced cotton diaper for spreads
Domestic sheeting, shrting and colored goods
Common and super tickings
Oil cloth and green table covers
Domestic seersuckers and stripes tor boys
Merino shawls and scarfs
5-4 and A. swiss muslin cravats
Long black silk do
Best silk Aorentine vestng
Colored and black shoe ribbons
Do do corded galloons
CARPET binding, narrow & wide quality do ali co.'s
Rattinet and blue Aorentine for gig lining
Boss balls of different sizes and coiors
Sewing and floss cotton on spoos, knitting cotto'
White and brown Russia sheetings
Burlaps and osnaburgs
ga, 7.8, and 8-4 dsmask diaper
Pearlng, edging and laces, bobinet for wells
Green, pink and straw colOred grapes
White do. some superior
Braid. tape, bobbin, pins, cotton cords, etc
Silk umbrellas
Green and brown parasols, some large
All of which will be sold low for Cash. or to pune
tual customers.
400 hs. Bat Cotton,
for interlining qults-Leghorn and Sea Grass Hats
Painted, black and white feather fans.
6mo7
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-28
Groceries,.

Groceries.
T lindsay Hill. & co. offer the following articles
Ia for salc on accommodating terms, viz
New Orleans and st. Croix sugar in hlids and bbis
Jamaica, ST. Croix, and N. Z. rum, in do do
Holland and Country gin in pipes and bbls.
Cognac brandy in pipes
Madeira, Port, scotto Sherry, and sweet Malaga
wine, in quarter and half quarter casks
Old and common whskey in barrels
London porter, in casks Off dozen each
Claret in boxes Of one dozen each
N. Orleans and w India molasses, in hhds K bbls
Gunpowder, Imperial, and Y. Hyson tea, in chests
half chests, and Id. boxes
Rio, Porto Rico, and St. Domingo coffee, in bags
Ground alum and fine salt in bulk and sacks
Shad, gross and nett behring's
Mess and prime pork, NJ York city inspection
Rasins, in kegs, boxes and half boxes
Sweet oil in bottles and TASKS
New cheese in boxes, demjohn gals. each
Letter and low priced writing paper
Sperm. candles, pimento, pepper, nutmegs
Cloves, prunes, indigo, birthstone, copperas
Starch, pipes, powder and shot
Race ard ground ginger, tobacco, snuff, and Span.
ish segars
AIso-l ton bistered steel, and so kegs white lead in
kegs of Is lbs each
Alexandria, aug "a
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-28
New Goods.
JAMES g. WILLIAM SCOTT,

New Goods.
JAMES & WILLIAM SCOTT,
South Vest Corner Of King and Fanfar Streets
HAVE Just received from New York and Phadei'
Ill phia variety of cheap and seasonabls goods,
Anong them are,
Grecian stripes and plaids
Cambrics and iackonet musllns
Batteste for dresses, handsome style
Black bombazine and twilled bombazetts
Super and common calcoes
Ginghams
Silk and cotton hosiery
Silk and kid gloves
Steel MKT and drab cloths
White linen drilling
Plain and fignred black silks
Green and blue Aorences
Italian grapes
Green silk for covering umbrellas
Bobinet laces
Swiss muslin collars and bands, fine quality and
rich patterns
Muslin robes
Plaid and corded muslins
Leghorn hats and bovars at less prices than here.
tofore known
Campeschy grass hats for boys
Pearl and bone buttons
Cotton fringe and black and white cord
Bel ticking, super and common domes tic Piaids
Apron checks sheetings and shirtiDgs, sc &c.
These goods being almost entirely auction purchas-
es, will be soidat reduced prices. june 81
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-28
Mattawoman Fishery for Sale.

nv he subscriber for sale, that well known Fish
ery and the FIR VI attached to it, at the mouth of
Mastawoman Creek on the Potomac River, IN Charles
county, Maryland, of which he is the proprietor
This is the first Herring Fishery the river and Shad
are also taken at il in considerable quantities The
Land and water custom both very extensive and IN
crrasing annually. The improvements consist of q
large brick dwelling salt and store houses houses tor
the accommodation Of the hands, and sheds tor curing
Ash with and stands sufficient to contain at one
tae three thousand barrels There can be put up on
this shore with ease thousand barrels IN season
The apparatus consists of two large Seines, very
peror boat of the most improved kind, lamps
for fighting the shore and every other 20
be found the best establishments; all IN complete
ORDER The improvements have been made, and the
constructed within the last four years. and
every thing of the best materials The expenditure
on this shore, has been in that time, upwards OF
thousand dollars.
EIrhis Fishery has Produced elearof al current
Senses rs viii appear from his books, for the three
wears when shed by HMM person. interest per
mum on upwards of thirty thousand dollars.
The tract ofand adjoining, contains about 100 acres
all frs. river low grounds-more than half of it
has manured to produce ten barrels OF corn per
acre and every year. third part might be manured
from the ofall of the shoret lies beautifully level,
and there is about Of reclaimed marsh, ready
to put down in grassrhc farm goodfo 800 barrels
oscorn and from $40 1000 bushels Of wheat, or 50
hovsheads of tobacco per snnum
,v;ng re,noyed permanently, from that part of the
aoun,ry Il viii now be sold for LITTLE orethan The aetu-
al eo,tofthe inDroremsats. rhe most reasonable time
will be given on the payments, provided their punctu'
rlityis well secured u
RsShould it not oe disposed OF previously, ne t0a Ha
/. aoain in person, the coming season
letters. seeking any further information, directed to
hin At Port rooacco, Charles county, Maryland, until
N. LIST of Nay, and Afterwards to Williamsburg, Fr
rinia, viii meet promptattsnnsn'
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