The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-01-25

have VEN eyes'' says Mr.. X. II saw the bodies
ny nyfll as they we're centuries ago. ne en-
10 nv. iu,' are dried away, but the external parts
'Ia", ,'et complete; and even the caps with
arc a's:..t, thew were inferred 200 years ago, and
VII" VIZ. r.rts of the grave clothes, are IN
o1ne' nf nerfcct preservation" The bodies
s.a'u ~, mrmmies, but are preserved by the
a.nlar nature of the atmosphere.
psWr K. saws there is a wine cellar in bre- !
,,sn containing some wine that is several
centuries oiu'
w. M'Ilhenny has been elected Dele
rate to the Legislature OF Maryland, IRON
hErsderick county, in place OF Col. Cockey,
,'eeased: and Richard w. Ringgold, has
"Isn becn elected from Kent county, III place
Of Mai. Joseph Mann, dec
vrrv severe storm of wind, accompani-
.lhv a heavy fall Of snow, was experien-
ssd At Quebec OH the 31st day of December
- Grst of Ian. Several houses were un-
roofed The roof of one building was cover
sd. the sheet weighed $500 pounds, was
.ol,ed nm and carried into the street by the
,;olence of the wind. A man was frozen to
death near st. Rocks suburbs.
Cen Scott, ofthe U. 5. Army, arrived at
Norfolk on the l4th inst' III the ssea"'oo"'
from Richmond. ~,
Tbe ". S. sloop of war Lexington, w. b.
n sbubrick, Commander. dropped down from
New York on Monday, to depart for the W.
4 Indies as soon as possible. Captain +. 9.
4 Rdpe,ey. Commander of the West India
\ souadron. is on board as passenger.
The Eastport Revenue cutter was lost a
few days since, near that place, in ). r.
Gale, and all on board, twenty-five i'll num-
n ber, perished;
Il The following specimen of refined and lu-
dicrous humanity, is taken from Dr. hitch
ener's Cooks Oracle":-
"rhe true lover of an oyster, will have
some regard to the feelings of his little ia"
q yorite, and will never abandon it to the mer-
n oy of bungliDg operator-but Will open 1t
N himself, and contrive to detach the hsh from
the shell so dexterously, that the oyster is
hardly conscious he has been elected from
his lodgings, till he feels the teeth OF the
psciyorous gourmand tickling him to death
We learn that at late entertainment,
given by the officers of a French vessel OF
war at Cape Haytien-ana at another gwen
BY Madame Isidore-the citizens of the u
aited States at the Cape were not invited,
Boston Palladium.
Mr.. Abernethy, in his last letter, remark
cd
arhe nervous system sometimes is the primar5
cause, and will affect the digestive organs; but
often the primary disease is in the digestive or
rams themselves, and the mind will be dlsturbce
secondarily. If we eat and drink too much, We
become disordered in variety ofways Oh! i
there is disturbance in the kltchen, (said Mr. A
nnttnp his hand to his stomach there must bt
disturbance i'll the garret, (pointing to his head.
AFRICAN COAST.-On the 5th An
gust last, an action took place on the hfri
can coast between the British schoone
Hope and Brazilian slave brig called th
Prince OF Guinea. After two hours har'
fighting. the latter was carried by boarding
The Hope was a schooner of one huhdre
and forty tons, armed with long traversn
u FOUNDER and four IS Founders, and man
ned with 80 officers and men, includin
eight native Africans. The Prince OF Guin
ca was brig of two hundred and eighty
eight American tons, recently built at Phila
delphia, pierced for 16 guns, but having onl
nine mounted, viz a long traversing twenty
tour FOUNDER. four long Founders. tw
long six Founders, and two swivels, and man
ned with 70 men. The latter had on boar
five hundred and seventy eight slaves!
Tremendous Leberg.-T'he Orestes sloo
q war, Capt. w. Jones, while cruising o
the coast OF Labrador, suddenly in thic
log, fell aboard of an iceberg, and but for tn
fortunate circumstance that she had jul
hove to, to sonnd. every soul would hav
been lost, as she had just previously bee
running seven knots. The first intimate
the crew had of the ice, was by the gib-bool
and bowsprit being carried away, by stril
ing against it; the rebound happily proven
co her bows from touching the mighty mas
anu she dritted from it. 1t was considers
uY higher than the Orestes' masthead ar
appeared completely to overhang them;
Was drifting to the southwark.
:, A case Of hydrophoba occurred lately
hottoiI in lad of 14--seven weeks aft,
nc mad been bit by rabid dog. How irreI
uiar' as todime, is the operation of the CT
ame virus Has this irregularity ever bee
In me Union Canal of this state from the Schu,
, n W the Susquehannah, which was commen