Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-09-11
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For the Delaware Journal.
KENTISH SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

About ten or tweves days ago, the weather wore
the appearance of storm. On the morning OF
Saturday the 25th ult. the clouds were lowering, |
portenlous and gloomy. few suen grows of
thunder varied the dull edium of the times ,and the
,dusky scenery was occasionally ilumined by
flash of lightning At length tempest came, and
the signs of the weather were not unlike those
.frghtful inlicia OF approaching i'll which preceded
the earthquake at Calabria Signs and wonders |
have since appeared in the heavens, and old folks
with many grave and dry hobs of the heads, have
told these were the harbngers of alarming events
However, the wind has blown over and it yet re- |
rnins to be seen whether all that wears windy
appearance will leave us with as little injury.
About the time of the storm the political atmos- !
iphere appeared to be surchargcd with electricity.
In the morning of the Goth utmo, few streaks of
Jacksonism couded the horizon, and in the after
noon of that day precisely at ?. NJ by the watch
of the discharged agent Of the Steamboat line,
few vivid flashes of the Jackson fluid, descended
on the village Of Gotham and struck the old.goal.
The smell was insupportable to common nose,
and the light emitted by the fluids exhibited the most
fantastic tricks and images. Its effects were dis.
cerned in the actions of molly group, called
jackson Caucus, among whom were conspicuous lit
tie Caleb Quotem the clerk and one whose wing bore
evident marks Of war; and about whom the scars
athwart his and around his throat indicated the
ready opinion that he had seen Jackson service and
probably had felt goodly portion of the jackson
energies" There little dappcr fellow too,
with Sinking face and Jackson swing Of the left
leg and the right arm. whose pocket seemed to be
full of wrts of venditioni exponas and Duff Greer
Telegraphs. My attention too much attracted
by these figures to nete much certain parsonage
who ought not IN any shape rGy' to have beer
seen in such company. Bat there was among then
another pretty piece Of Aesh,'' who shall BIZ
named when is necessary to describe him.
tThese meteors" moves about with portentou
looks, like spectres in a tragedy. But at length al
settled in close conclave; and when the ASSEMBLY
broke up, some of Martin Van Buren,s irrepressib
energies drove them off in different directions through
the wind and rain like fragments from an explode
lbomb-sheil. Two Of them stole down the Jones
road, as if ashamed of their business and went I
Sussex, by the way Of Little Creek I.andingl A,
other bounded off to Newcastle And then all
us were lost 10 amazement at the cause of the oh
uomena.
'sCould such things be,
And overcome US like summer cloud,
Without our special wcnder.''
The storm continued and the wonder lasted IN
Sunday evening. The Sabbath was spent by the
gentry in eleconeering; and at the clese of it I
people were again called to stare at their rctu,
He OF the sashed yisage brought bundle under
arm, Land some said he smelt SO strongly of the ia
con odour that he must have been about the oH
of the Delaware Gazette.
Nothing occurred to allay the fever Of cur;o
until Tuesday the 28th. On that day the proce
sings Of the Democratic, like those Of the Fed
Party, were repleat with public spirit, and mar
by a general adherence Of the cause of the u
s@erer and murderer. At the close of those
csadings, the same figures reappeared on the sc