Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-11-09

DANIEL WEBSTER MAKING CuOwDER
ne bingham Patriot of last week says: At Marsh
ned Close hy the shores, and bong distance from
any human hnhitatiun. stands a rude shaniy provi.
uod with cooking utensils and some rough sleeping
apparatus. for the accommodation of tho fishers and
io"iers who resort thiiher This Er~se.
Ihere. before the door of that hut. might have~eh
seen lew days ago, about the hour Of sunset n
STOUT looking. darkvisaged hard featured man, with
shaggy roundabout upon his back. and n coarse
iarPaulin hat that looked rather tho worse Tor wear
upon has head. squalicd upon a stone. and with
hst iuil OF sand. securing out an old chowder pot
Whlch the last user had been careless leave
litlle less cleanly than il should have been Short.
~ aiier the Saro hand was seen 10 be sprinkinr
pepper ahd salt upon the fruits that day expedition
as they simmored in the PIT over the aforesaid
'r'ekiin hre He was evidently the promincst man
OF The party; and aflcr the savory viands had been
despatched at the clOihless board. with the keen
appetite and smackng relish that hunters only cnn
appreciate his were the apt fingers that wiped IN
pauers fastest; and as they arDund the cnmGora-
Die blaze Of the snuppihg brushwood from hrs pro-
uhc mp lowed the countless stories at which they
stared hardest and laughed oudest Not about Nc. !
beod, and tariff. and banks and such matters of |
state, which ic these times Of political exciiemept
men are most apt 10 talk about, did our story-teer
paiiie' ms Anecdotes were Of matters Of less inpor-
lance perhaps, but infinitely more entertaining to the
Manifested, fun loving fisherman and farmers who
''S'e his CohnIahloils. And when natures sweet
resiorer called them their hunks he was the frst
IL not The loudest to Snore; and at day light he was
The foremost TO make ready the myreIng repast by
scrpping IN the sand. outside the hui the knives
which the evening past had .tnrnishSd His name
was Ddniet We6Ster.-hs staiInn Secretary of The
States Of America-his home wherever he chan
eed TO be, sn n fshernans hui or a kings palace
among his cattle. or at the Capitol"
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY-As some
men were employed in digging gault late w. in HID
dennam Fen, Isle Of Ely, (England.) and had cot
about Eve feet below the sHiace their spades came
In contact with a hard substance. which tbcv
imagined would prove to be an old oak tree many
d which ave boon frequently found in the fem. :
within few feet Of theis suraee bar To- their reat
on removing the soil around IT, they
discovered u 10 be an ancicnt canoe, bottom m
wards, m length tweny-six feet and IL breadth :
something above four feet, with ruwlosks for brec
nnirs of oars About five feet in length was broken
'i he canoe getting it ont II appear ID ON close
nSTec ion, 10 be followed ont Of The trunk Of sin
,le iroe. How long it may have remained embed. ,
led in the SOIL or whether it was used BY our Say :
IN ancesiors, or by the Romans when they con- !
luered this light little island" would puzzle the
brain o! Jonathan Oldbuck" TO iathom; but tba,
centuries have elapsed zee its formation there i
10 doubL-lCambrdge Chronicle. :