The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-04-12

Inconvenience and severe illness, it was i'm
Dossible 10 be perfectly prepared for the
imDl essons which our Situation was so wei
calculated to excite; yet am sure they lost
for moment their poignancy, if they were
no. altogether forgotten, III the admiration
with which ! viewed so grand spectacle as
the one that this hour OF midnight present
ed. The caravan consisted OF more than hNe
thousand camcls, besides mules, asses,
wheeled carriages, &c. and the number OF
persons who accompanied 1t, mounted ana
ON foot, were certainly double.
The four points Of the hol'Hon we're inter-
ccpted bv the separate groups q! llbh'S tna,
acconnauied those respective DIVISIONS oi
our surrounding guards; although white the
waving movements Of the lights themselves
were distinctly marked, not AN 1hHlVlau'''
either OF the Arabs by whom they were
borne, or of the gnar,l whose path they we're
intended to Illuminate, could at all be seen.
Immediately around US. the crowded cara
van pursued its march in the most compact
and closest order, to the unbrokcn prcserya-
t;oD of which every Individual was induced
,c attend by regard 70 Ii, own personal
safety; when it was considered that We had
ent, red desert, before whose tribes, It they
attacked. fiirht would he incHrctual, and
upon whose naked plaigs, no refuge could be
\ found
The Arab drivers sung to their caniels
most appropriate songs; alternately encour-
airing them to continue with unsiackchea
I stems towards The fountain whose streams a
waited their arrival, ;,nd promising to leae
,hem to a SPOT where wells and hcihASe
wou,d reward them with a sweet rcpaSt
then irplorng Allah 10 give strrnhfA
and iirmncss to thtir limbs ana straoi-
ness to all their pacesi whit" the beasts
themselves seemed really consf i0us OF hp-
probation and encouragement GtlhE lntPnS"
Lin the sounds they heard, moSt PROBABLY
I from titir repetition, hare nevcr listen
ed 60 them n,vSelf without considerable
pleasure, lrom knowing how unaffected =
:he attachment which tie ARABS bear To-
wards their animals in general, ana It has II
WAYS fnrciblv recalled tn Wy u,@noty thg
general truth, rs well rs hran'v, OF that II
crcting address which liAssnu utaht to ms
c,uels white trtv,rejnr the desert ~ md
Iav. so uoetcal,v cNNrcssnd "a Eo|',ns n
lie sccanl Of his Orlrettl ftl18nes:--
..yc mute companion. oim, ,oi tha' hcat,
In AL ny grciS 4 muie tilsn el'll narc
Here, w,crc ii9 snf4Aci in narnu,e hr',k awal
Or moss crowned t5Gutnns m'!E&f'he Cay,
n vain yc hope thc green drsGIt' % LnoN,
Which plains more blest, or ycE!An' 'aIet be.
STOW,
Here rocks alone. anl tn,tcless sands arc iounl,
And tant anl sickly wiai5 forever how araGnd'
Tn short. all the varictir- of scenes rf cir
cumstanCeS, an.l ot rccul,rctians, arising oui
Of our immediate situation, contributed unly
10 hcghten thr interest ot i; while tn
slow and steady pace a: thr clmtls, the sona
of their drivers, tn c0uaticss n0mhcr n
torches that blazed through every pa't n
tie caravan, the t1yins sGp4drons u Horse
that gAlioDed thruu III our lines, ant Nkrt.
I'd their txtrtmes, tp preserve the Cohpacl
or!cr of OUR march, TIE scattered parties o
t.Ab musicians hO surrounded tle lltttr!
Oil pul ,nquias Of the hrcul, and the rcrcdt-
ed crie, Vi "lsh Allah" that were heard a
Interval, from cvtry quarter, being pro
HOqnctl in such tone of r",Cc As to rdis'
.cpriior IN the mingled tumut Of other
Sounds, altogether formed Scenc, whitl
for grlt.Jcur and impressive effect, ! have
seldom s.en cquallel, certainly never sur
passed, am, 1T which il woutd not bu easy
soon to l,su Jhe remembrance.
In thr ,iciaty Of philadelphia, on Fu' 5
daY, the 3 I inst, The corner stoac cfthc y
val As,ium WAS laid with due Ceremony, il
the prtsyucc of the Navy Commissioner
aud Il nnnAer Of citi2lns A.ter the ston,
had bccn propcAty Sccn 81, E"ao.or'
,, Bninbfiase, ?re.d, u q tac .Savy BoAid, d.
iivercd the following addrt> -
"'ihc expense ct the building which is a
: bout to commence uader circumstances s.
a,lspicons, is betrayed tut cf 4 iund raise
, by the monthly contributions OF TIE Officers
! 5ramen, md Marines in the National Ser
! vice. These contributions commenced il
!, TIE year 1796, ard oi course nearly to' ten
! poraucously with the origin ot our naN cs
tabiishmcnt By tl,e fostering carf ot gn,
etnmeui the fnnd 50 raised has accHmuiate'
, 20 a sun cxcctaing $40 ,oU0
. This joint STOCK !, nov about II he ap
y prGurinted uaGcr ne direction uf ~, yrn
mear, u the purposes ior which ii w,s oil
! ginaly mtendea.--A home w,l thps BE Is
t4biished 10y the faithful tar, who has bee
either worn ont or manned, in hshtin
D the battles cf his cou!try--a comfort
! able harbour will be secured, where h
u may safely mcor aud ride ort the ebb of iii
D from The cares ard storms BY which he ha
= been previously surrcuhded,- viii her
Q cheeltuiIy ara proudly live with his ow
), ncssmatea; With the companions OF ms tor
= !, mer sports, toiis, and dangers. md whtr
: they will animate ctch other, by rc-couat
! ing the pleasures which they cnjcycd, TIA
y perils which thcy escaped, and tay battle
u which they fought. \ picture Ct happincs
e VIII thus DC exhibited, net less gratifying
u the Patriot, than i, val he useful, i'll stunt