The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-03-29

re" rarr,cd to. Mr.. Morgan readily satished
70 ~ nacistrate that he was iion 'tne iaha
~ "fs,eaIy habits" and thrreupon obtained
p, n a,Icasc. returned to his couch, slept X
=, III morning, aud reached his family ana
'G ..onJs at Hartford. without further moies-
alton
. rio Nashville Gazette of the 2@th MI has the
wing paragraph; i,
,.a;.a1 states Bank reached this citya few days
,.o The object ofhis visit IS said to be 70 gatil.
o,ch information as may enable the Directors
f,,at Institution to determine on the apphca-
ION Cor the establishment of q Branch N tins
place
THE Rev. Thomas Howard, 81 the Mctho-
A., Episcopal Church. AID presiding Elder
A:,he Neuse District, North Carolina, was
.Ssnwn from his gig on Saturday (thc oath
IL after the adjournment of the Virginia
Contsrence. and so severely wounded, as to
',n.e his death on the Monday following.
The adventurous and intelligent Captain
Yyon, who lately published his Journal OF the
northern expedition while in command OF
one Of Capt. Parrv's ships, has met with sc.
yere rcverses Of fortune. Having received
an appointment in ono OF the Mexican min
mo companies, he left England, but was
,hipwrecked, and on sailing again hc was
obliged to leave his vie behind. lie return
edi the Panthea packet, and in her wreck
At Hovhcad, he lost his Journal, maps, and
every thing he had Soon after landing, he
was informed of the death OF his amiable and
accomplished wife.
Thirteen thousand. Epr hundred and eigh-
n sir shares If the Baltimore and OHIO Rail
Road Company were subscribed between
zen and two o'clock. on the first day OF the
opening Of the books.
rive have received, says the y. y. Gazette,
aletter from Havana. Of recent date, which
mentions that the Spaniards were verF
much exasperated at Commodore Porter,s
being allowed TO make a harbour at key
West. The letter also states that the Com
modorc had been sick but was then consa,
lescent.
On Wednesday week the Secretary o.
Of the Navy aud the Secretarv Of War let
for Norfolk, in their capacity Of Commis
s,oaers of .Napv HoShitaiS. for the purpose
of fixing the location,of IA Naval Hospital oil
a lot of ground purchased by them, neal
the present site Of Fort Nelson. They were
accompanied hv John Hav,and, Esq. ono o
the accomplished architects Of Philadelphia
under whose direction aud superinten
dence the building is to be commenced forth
with.
The Commissioners Of the Navy were al
50 of the party, on their annual tour OF i'll
spection and observation. rendered doubl,
interesting by the law passed at the late ses
sion of Congress. which provides for the G
rection Of Docks: one of which will. IN al
probability, be located at, or in the vlcinl
ty of, the Navy Yard at Gosport, Va.
The mail between Dover and London wa
recently robbed by party of deprcdatol
in london, who had becninformed by thel
friends in Paris that large quantity OF dla
monds might be expected. They secure
nearly all the inside and outside seats in tn
stage, and, during a stop at Canterbnr,
those who were outside carried off one of th
two mail bags which were on the top of ii
stage 1t proved to he the wrong one, an
the diamonds went safely to London.
Ostrich Hurting in .4rabia.-Ostrich hun
ing is curious amusement of the Arabs
Twenty mounted on the horses ofthe deser
which are as transcendent among horse
as the herice is among camels, proceed
The windward in quest of an ostrich trac
and when thev have found enc, follow
with the utmost rapiditv, keeping at the dl
tance Of half mile from one another. III
ostrich, fatigued with running against Il
wind, which beats against his wings, tur
about to the hunters and attempts to pen
trate their lines but thev surround him, al
all at once fire On the bird; when he fal
Without this address they could never tai
the ostrich, which, tho destitute of the po'
er ottlving, surpassess in running the swii
est animal
The brig Tontine, Captain Harris sailed
Friday morning last, from this port for Canat
with twenty-three hundred barrels of provlslo
ioF the relief of the suffering Greeks; the car
having been purchased by the charitable doi
IONS made in PENNSYLVANIA for that purpose.
she was sauted with acclamations of nulnbt
assembled on the wharf to witness her dep
ture-PouLSon'S Aner
he Echo du Mido" states, that ne
era is about to break out in Spain. The
facuafiOn of tJ,a ,l ky the G,uie aui