Delaware journal., 1828-02-05
COM NIU NxCATlONs
CORRESPONDENCE.
Extract of Letter from Washingto

j
them IN squads, if a member receives IA letter o
OMNIBUS import from North Carolina. With laces
of men like those of soldiers marching out tocom
pose the iororn hope. Sometimes you will SEQ
fellow from Virginia draw letter out of his necEt
| and give il to read 10 his next ncigh hbor ana ia
you will see him OF koanoke march up whip and snrr
| to hear the news. Others standing round waI
watch the features Of the Knight Of the uelu cor.
terance Indeed the whole crew Of them locklke
parcel OF shining sailors about to sink ",en "A.
thoms deep" An ant-woo'ens man from Penus,I.
vanla-for, strange as it may appear to you. there
are some such here will cry out ecce Sigaum
His friend will stand sometimes hesltatng bvloteEe
will venture to unfold the communication, and wifi
look every now and anon to see whether it had not
been sealed with black wax. He summonses up
however, at last courage to read it-three or four
looking over his shoulder. | have really, from the
bottom Of my heart, pitied them, when have seen
in the countenances of such group, the heart rem
| ding agony which every line seemed to give them
These groups would draw oft, apart by themselves
and after having finished reading one of these death
warrants they would stand for a while, as it they
had looked upon the Gorgons head and been turned 4
into statues Of Stone. At last one would rive sim
of life by noddlns his head told YOU SOP |
Another would turn up the white Of his eyes and
exclaim "yerily, verify, it moveth me'--"Re.
1
never be here again. W ho would have believed
it ~ We were pack of fools 10 take him up-to
think that a set OF men with scalplng knives and
tonahawks in their hands too, could because merely
they had an epaulet, OH this Or that shoulder, and
stamped about IN iron sh0d boots, and their broad.
swords trailing and striking fire out Of the pave,
ment as they walked along could make our plan
farmers surrender at discretion have heaidlhcm
too often sent to place wont name,-n all kinds
Of lansuase-n high aud low Dutch, IN Scotch, IN
Irish and in every dialect spoken III Pennsy wanna
to expect that any good would come from the folly VI
such nomination. heard German there once
say :" but does he understand" Understand
what !'-Nhy the business Vi the State" lie
understands lighting" "Nhy that 1 understand
my elt2-whaL else does he understand beslde
that :" "Nhy, Frederick, tell you what, il he
was standing here, he would make you understand
something wnie you are asking these foolish ques.
tons--ycs would he.'' :" hy what would that be-
" He would teach you how to hear without your
ears" :. Make me hear without my eal s--AOw
would he do that r''-'. W by he would cut them
q Oil tor you and make you wear them in your shoes
:. Cut lay OIL anu make wear them IN my
shOes Here came out such oath as should to.
like to repeat. Our Germans, SAYS this Gentlenaa
-iiiake them fully mad, will swear harder aud Ion.
ger than any people ever knew. This honest ltl
low could hardl, keep his hands down IRON his ears
!, aud When he did, lie would double his fist, and
> stamp and grit his teeth and curse and sweat
lhis you call understanding to be President to
cut peoples ears otf - But the victory OF New
: Orleans-only think Of what he dlu at New Orleans
: =" tell you Whal-We have got IN Dutch a song
) You remember it, don't you r. At the srse OIL
: beIisle, was there all the wmle,l was there all
= the while, at the serge Of BeliseAt the seloe Of
{ Bellsle, At the serge OF Bellsle, AT the serge Of
Bellsle, At the siege Ut Bellse, was there all the
: while, at the siege vi Bellsle-a the siege OF Belse
. II was there an the while-'Ihus the song goes on
l. and there nothing else in it but the siege o Bel
isle, was there all the whlle'' Now this eternal
: recurrence Of the .ylctory Ut New Orleans" The
victory Of New Orlerns" which rung in our ears
i IN answer to our enquiries about the qualcaton0
d General Jackson for the Presdency--sounds to mea
i good deal like the selye of Besle'' ask ,ou
!; II the buat is tight and tit 90 fishing inyou an,
swer by telling me 1t will do TO go slelshlns III.
+ ask II he is good house dog, aud you tell Inc ne
y always every night hunting RacOons and Opposuh'
l. i ask you II he Is good tailor, and you say ne
i can lay plough better than amy smith III the
L country. ask you II he is good Doctor, and you
l. that hels Of the best preachers IN ls
4 world. lhls wont do for me, when buy thing
want it to be fit ior what buy it Tor. If buy
IS cheese, don't want it to turn to be grind sunt
l. III buy knife, don't want 1t to be par O
e scssprs-nor If buy watch do want 1t to turn
& out to be a pitch fork" Well-the fellow was
'r more than half right, says Of the squad" Ro
T. anoke,' says he-' think you will have to talk
e latin to then.' Yes says the knight of the inert
Al yissage-.. hac urget lupus, hae caris"-' Barney
k suppose you send your wonderful steed among them
he can 70 from door door by himself write upon
a. each skt Of the saddle victory Of New Orleans
--or let Chiffon, with the she'll not yet Oft ot hn
back, get up and ride him.
EXTRACT.
1t is wonderful how the despair which every ac
g count from Washington proves that the combination
n lists have sunk into, should SO have pervadt'
es the ranks of their marty In delaware II is VIII