Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-29


the idiot who mimicked, at the proper
intervals the audible measurement OF
time after the clock was removed,
which bad taught him tbs practice, my
inclination for drinking, which GAO
been converted by habh into az nm.
conquerable passion, returned at the
accustomed time of its Qualification
10 spite of surrounding circumstances,
/ fancied myself in the midst OF my
dissolute companions, 10 the scene Of
our coarse and vulgar revels; l drauk
without being filled: became drunken
with imagination; and the close and
poisonous atmosphere, which before
had been burthened with my groans,
now rang with songs aud laughter. and
imprecatIons. This stale OF unnatural
excitement passed away, but the re
action which took place exhibited all
the symptoms that attend the awaken
ing of the young and inexperienced
drunkard With head ache, sickness.
and fain,ness, fear, forebodiDg repen,
sncc,-I awoke in IAN horror OF great
darkness.o
Thenthe ideas, wholesome in them
selves; bu. which in such circumstances
are felt like daggers, crowded round
my burthened aud wearied heart. My
fa,her--my famlly-my arrogance
my ipgra.itude--my dishonesty--my
rnispent tlme-my forgotten duties
my bIasphemed and unregarded God!
l buried my face in my hands, but /
could not hide them from my soul -
Slowly and sternly they passed before
me; but the last idea swallowed up its
precursors; and with star, and shud
der, found myself trembling on the
verge OF eternity-on the very steps
of the judgment seat entering into
The presence Of Nm awfuiand eternal
judge.
Ii will be esteemed an example Of
the pathos when l mention next my
hunger and thirst, and say that these
passions of the perishing body almost
neutrsIized the above sentiments Of
my immortal soul Hunger, indeed,
NAV be borne at least to the extent il
was my lot to endure it; but thirst is
truly chasiisement of scorpions"
| have not described my feelings; |
have simply catalogned. and in a very
incomplete manner, their proxlmate
causes. l sank by degrees into sort
of s,upor, from which ! was awaked
by the light of heaven streaming full
in my face, through an aperture made
in the ruin, by my deiiverers. The
apparent apathy, or as some term it.
philosophy, which l displayed, has
been attributed TO wrong causes. The
truth is, that although my BODY wa
awake, my mind was wholly msensl
BILE; i. recovered its consciousness by
very slow DE- grees, and it was not un
I'll was left alone at night, that | be
came completely sensible OF my de-
liverance.
Turkey in Europe is bounded on the
north by the Russian and Austrian do
minions; by the Euxine. Bosphorus.
propontis, Hellespont, and the Archa-
pelaeo or Egean Sea, on the east; by
The Mediterranean on the south; and
on the west BY the Ionian Sea, which is
a part OF the Mediterranean, the Adri
attic, and the territories of Austria
Constantinople is the metropolis OF the
Ottoman Empire, situated on the Eu-
ropean side of the Bosphorus. and con-
tairs the seragiia, or Palace of the
Emperor. Its population 400, 600
100000, are Turks. 100000 Greeks,
the rest Armenians and Jews. The
governments despotic, and the Supreme
power is vested in the Sultan, but ne is
governed by the laws OF the Koran. Un
til recently be was supported by the
Janissaries, who were masters OF the
capital and of the person and power OF
the sovereign, who disposed OF exalted
the Sultan at their pleasure. The effeo
tive force of the Ottoman Empire is a.
bout I5o, 1000. Their navy (previous to
the affair at Navarin) consisted OF q.
bout 200 ships Of war, carrying about
So, 600 mer, of which the states OF Al.
giers. Tunis and Tripoli are obliged to
furnish ten sail of the line. The reven-
ue is about o,OoeI. sterling, arising
from land tax. customs and the capita