Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-10-21

flesh for thrty-two so!d: i pognd of flour for ten
or twelve lire eggs at fourteen lire the dozen
bran at thirty suldi the pound. Before all was
over Dean was sold inr two sol,li and biscuit Gf
three ounces weight for twelve francs. and none
were at last to be had. Neither Massena. nor the
other generals, would allow themselves greater
indGlsences than private Individuals the, Jared
like the ptbelans ga laudable instance of self
denial. and highly elicacion, in enabling others to
bear up against their ptivatiDns little cheese
aud few Vegetables wa, the ONLY Dourlsbment
given to the sick and wounded ~ the hosnit1l.
Wen and women, IN the last ag0nies Of starvation
aud despair. filled the air with their groan, and
shrleks. Sometimes. while ntterng these dread
iul cries. they strove with turions hands TO tear
out their agonzed intestines. AMI fell dead in the
streets No one relieved them. for no one thnuohf
but Of himself; noone needed them for the treauen.
cy OF the circumstance had made il cease to seem
horrible. Some III spastns and c0nl ulsions and
cont0rtions groaned out their last amidst crowds
Of the populace. Children. left b, the death mr.
despair Of their parents in utter desiituon, with
h0ufhlul -estures and tears. and heart broken &C.
cent, lmplnred the pit, of the passing stranger.
but none either pitied them. or aided them the
excess Of his own suIferinss extnguishn. in each
mans breast compasslnn for the misery of Others.
ihese innocent deserted beings eagerly searched
~ the gutter, OF the streets, in the common sewers
III the draining, OF the washing louses. for chance
mOrsel Of some dead animal or any remain. os
the food OF beasts. which when found, was ofeedi
y uevoired. MAN. who lay down alive in the
evening, were found dead in theil beds in the
morning, and children more frequently than adults:
fathers accused the hardness Of DEATH ana ,3ne
FASTENED its approach by the violence Of their own
nands--cltizeus and soldiers alike some nr tbe
french. preiering death to the anguish If nun
destroyed themselves; others disdainnt Hung
down those arms which they had lons n Strength
to carry: and Others, abandoning haDitafon -
despair, sought, IN the camp Of the enemy, English
Or Austria !, tAat innd and that pit, wlich we're no
lone ,r 70 be found amidst the French aud csennasa
but cruel and hor IDLE be sond all description was
the spectacle q csented b. the German prlsonsqs
uf war, confined IN certain aid harges anchore n
the port; Tor such was the dire necessity ~ I,.t
that Tor sumo days they were left without nntrt.
neht of any description. They eat their sl,,e.
they dcvouted the leather of their pouches. and
Sowing rkls on each other, their sinister eian
ce- betrayed the hDrtld fear of being at last .dn
ced to more fearful resource. In the end their
French guards we're removed, under the apnfehen-
sion that they msh be made the sacrifice q; raven.
ing hunger: great, at last, their desperation.
that they endeavonred to pierce holes in the bar
ges ~ order to sink them. preferiing to perisI,
thus rather than any longer endure the fortunes
Of hanger. a commonly happens, i mortal pe,ti-
lrnce was added to the horrors Of famine tho
worst kinds Of ieyer- carried off crowd, from the
pubnc hospitals, tile l0wly novels of the moor. anJ
The superb palace, Of the rich. Under the same
root, death might be seen in different sbanes one
died mad,lened by hunger, another stupfed By
lever; some pallid FROM extenuation. others liylj
with tebrile spots. Every thing brought grief
every thing fear; for he who was still living await
Ell etner his own death, or that of his nearest
friends such was the state OF the once rich and
Joyous Genoa and the btterest thought of ali was.
that her present sulierings could conduce nothing
to tnture good, either as to her bert, or her indie
pendence
lhl iortitude Of all was exhausted. Massena
alone retained his irmness. because his mind was
bent on aiding the enterprise OF the Consul, and
on preserving il tact his reputation as an uncon-
fuered commander but at last, when honorable
conditions were offered by Keith, he brought down
his spirit to composition, since even the Ioath-
some and poisonous food Genoa vas reduced to.
could not last Tor more than two days l0n.er. Yet
still. his tone rather that ct successful Than
Of defeated General: he insisted on the ces-irn
being called ntentlnn, not a capita anon.
winch the allies were forced to grant. Ma,.ena
and his troops about eight thousand in nunDer,
were to leave Genoa. unrestricted BY an, con.
ditions, either as to their persons their aiies-
ance. they were Tree to return to France oy
land and those who could not accomplish this
march, were to lie ca ried b. the English shin, 10
Antilles. or the Gull ofJuan rhe German prison.,
ers were si,enup No nqulsit!un was to be made
Il, to the past, and those VINO wished to abandon
Genoa were at liberty 50 to do; the allies were to
furnish provisions, and take of the sick and.
IN the 4h of June the city to be delivered up
10 the Austrian and English forces. On the sp-
tpnted day. accordingly, the FIRST took possession
Of the ate of the lantern; the seconduf the mouth
i the pot. Then Otto entered in triumph with
hi, army, Keith with his fleet; but the pllze thus
obtained by tedious war Of detail, was speedily
srested from them by brief and vigonu cam
i'm. The most ardent democrats went away
WITH the French amongst others, Morand, the
tbbate Cuneu the advocate lombard and the