Delaware Weekly Advertiser And Farmers Journal, The (Newspaper) - April 4, 1828, Wilmington, Delaware The Delaware Weekly AND FARMER'S r. VOL. DEVOTED TO of i n to those pay and to those who? do or 50 if paid within the and if paid at the end of the J APRIL m C Advertisements will be conspicuously inserted at the liberal deduction will be made to subscribers Who may advertise by the quarter or PUBLISHED 81, Del. THE Fran the The morn was purple on the Tie birds boughs were In chrystal Sowed the A thousand sweets the were Yet still I a lovely dream Kept me still fettered in my In spite of or or That turned my curtains all to I saw a pray Heaven some Whose with gold and flowers is May see the vision fainter Thart when it stood before me that some whose lute is sweeter Than ever mine was may listen To those sweet by St. They'd make a hermit's Her form was yet not too Her face was beauty to Her half more Let age eyes and Let youth be and Who'd shiver up Take woman all and and She gave a swift sweet up of all her charms That all my recreant reason And nipt my soul the Saints know It was not it was not 'Twas By such has love been turned to By such have noble hearts been She the splendour of her eye Lay on my like a She her voice was melody That searched iny bosom's inmost Her words were Tike her angel Of that not even death could I and river I long to sleep and sleep From the Episcopal THE The ship's bell and slowly to the deck Came forth the summoned hardy Par from their native stood silent there With melancholy From the low That o'er the horizon came a sound Of distant muttered Broken waves Heaved up their sharp white helmets o'er the expanse Of which in brooding stillness lay Like some vindictive who meditates On hoarded and wakes the wrathful The ship's ball and a youthful form Which oft had dared the high and slippery At was as a burden laid Down at his comrades Mournful they Upon his noble some there were in that bitter hoar well The parting blessing of his hoary And the fond tears that o'er his mother's cheek Went coursing when her son's happy voice Bade them But one who nearest stood To that pale shrouded Of a white cottage with its shaven And and of a fair-haired girl Who at her porch of creeping woodbine His last far and then rushed back to And close that faithful comrade in his breast Hid a bright chesnut which the dead youth Had with a cold and trembling hand In life's and bade him bear Witli broken of love's last eloquence To sweet Now that chosen friend low his sunburnt and like a child Sobbed in his But there came tone Clear as the breaking moon o'er stormy am the Every heart Suppressed every eye was There stood the uncovered brow Pure from all earthly his voice Rich as the balm from plants of the message o'er the souls Of dying x It was a holy There lay of youthful mourning while supporting Faith Cast her strong anchor where no moaning surge Might and no mortal wo was a the parting sea com- Death from her briny bosom took his The troubled fountains of the deep bft up Their subterranean and he went Down to the floor of 'mid the beds Of brave Mid beautiful Yet ta my 'Mid all the funeral the measured And monumental with which earth her dead was nought or as the wild Opening her mouth to whelm that sailor the York DESULTORY lives like passing streams must That into one engulfing sea Are doomed to There are which though often Written and clothed in all the variety of coloring which the imaginations of different minds pre- will never be the less or their truth more or less and none is more so than the subject of We are but too well it is alsor which the natural heart revolts at contemplating mankind in their degenerate View with feelings of mingled and The in the dawning of its young shrinks appalled from the charnel and the the coffin and the The tion throws a shadow of gloom over the sunny of childhood and is a dark spot the unknown which appears in mel when the buoyancy of childhood thought of its solemn con- cerns to mingle with of future happi- the untold enjoyments which the coining years of life promise in such rich and But who hath not thought of the last of Who has been so fortunate as not to follow some friend to his not to have be- held the last sad rites of burial performed over some or who had gone the way of all the How many can iu the bitterness of their have been sweet singing voices In our which now are There are seats left void in our earthly Which none again may There is an idea of death associated with almost every event of Scarcely a week passes in which the scenes of the last are not in one way or another to our When we con over the pages of ancient monumental tones of departed genius it not occur to where are now their where the dreams of happi- ness in which they as they laid labors before the to bear the test of lic criticism and public We see by their possessed of the same of the same passions which influence us at die present they have long ago from the things that lamp of ex- istence has flickered out into the darkness of the even their fame will as new generations shall arise to succeed those who shall follow them in the chain of departing The scriptures abound with touching proofs of the and the unerring certainty of the approach of the of The wise and good of the olden time felt its awful no language can better ex- press momentous when ashes must be mingled with and dust to its original than does the man of when he is hope of a if it be cut that it will sprout and that the tender branches thereof wax old in the and the stock thereof die in the through the scent of water it will and bring fort i boughs like a Hut man dieth and wasteth man up the and where is We all feel the the solemn and in- tense which lingers around the scenes of this fleeting and transitory must be heart which does not at times that his perishable dust must turn to the earth that it and his spirit t God who gave must they who do not in their ing that they must lie down alik in the and the worms shall cover Yet how fleeting and with by far too are these monitory How tin gaieties and pleasures of this ing will drive the thoughts of death from the A a convulsive feeling o dread and will pervade us for a as we gaze upon the lifeless remains o a when we remember that are but the withering touch of the grim tyrant in some way in some manner unseen by mortal extend a like influence over when grave is when the feelings of earth again crowd upon the then the thoughts oi fades the of our own and the recollection of our perishable gay will solemn plod each as will chase his favorite We forget the eye is once it is sealed for ever spring may come with hei IMPRISONMENT FOR An excellent on for published in the Commercial gives the following as an tration of the effect of existing laws on that sub- and the who appears to be a ern affirms that there is not a ty in which does not furnish ex of tyranny of the rich creditor over the poor similar to that which was exercised towards Mr. very worthy who was much ed as a man of for one in the humblest walks of and of great who supported liis consisting of a wife and three on a piece of leased unfortunately became indebted to a merchant for five hundred The causes which led liim to become a debtor were His er the mate of u schooner about to sail some one of the West India purchased this amount of for vv hat is termed in order to procure he signed his notes as liis security The Vessel was Mr. for that man's the and he stated his disposition to liquidate this immense so unexpectedly devolving upon begged to show him every This was acceeded and he gave five notes for 100 dollars each to be paid during two A series of misfortunes resulting from ness in his the feeble state of his wife's and the loss of prevented j him from paying even the interest on these and the merchant had set them down as debts of j no present Mr. Coffin of- fended the great man of liU village by manly J and successful opposition of some measures which he had proposed in one of the town in the conducting of which he had long reigned without a shadow of ed tlut one so poor should have thwarted him in his favorite he determined on his The tiie next visit he made to the called on the merchant and to that as he had some dealings wilh Mr. he would purchase the notes in his and him for the five which was The squire felt that the enemy of his greatness was now in his He therefore commenced suits on his e and received judgment on each of Two executions were without delay on his which were instantly all of which did not more than pay for tbe interest and cost of the two Having his notwithstanding seventy of the it being on the third execution he sent him to which was some miles from his without the knowledge of his who on breaking up their hired herself to a fanner as a and instead of wages was permitted to keep her children with The of mind sustained him until he was shut up in the coM and dreary room assigned him in his As He paused a and then also know n joyful bosom left Baltimore to meet her at her in subsequent upon his confinement in the cold and his decline was very companied with very great bodily The minister of the parish at one of his last The intimate friend of my sister i urged him to prepare for the departure of his was often at my father's and for a which was near at to forgive his en- months all my dreams were and emies and be at peace with He 1 1 hours but now my are wish to but to forgive my for I have and my travail Her father Ion contemplated a voyage to Europe with Ins fa but I said the who prayed for his hath left us an example that we should follow bis His reply Jesus was Godt but I am oppressed and mined soft and balmy and all the garniture of reviving it is alike unfelt with the moaning winds of cold November Which calls not from the gloomy earth Departed ones although the heart may to Iwell upon the thoughts which appertain to the uncertainty of and the certainty of yet to all these thoughts will They steal ipon the mind of man with a powerful sensa- when he beholds A close along the of his existence grows dim and as his soul bursts its clayey cerement for the land of How should the pride of man be humbled should his after the applause of he the empty honors of be when they remember that levels poverty and That rich and poor sleep side by Within the death must be the lot of re- lection upon its awful importance should be in- by Although it will not render its approach the less it will render its lest Who would madly blind iia eyas and rush over a precipice into an un- and awful from which he can never Who would endeavor to force from his leart the thought of his own or of the unerring shaft of at last it must to the effect of which the power of man is impotent and the keys were passing the bolts of the outer he sat on a bench in all the depth of and mental He was conscious of ing committed no he had wronged no he had made no he no complaint when his property was taken from for this was of right his he stii possessed health and aud was as willing a he was able work as a the mainte nance of his wife and and tlie payment o all his and although divested of he retained his liberty and the power of retrieving former sources of comfort and independence sut now he was in the place of confine ment for those who warred against the laws o God and their but he felt that he hac deserved to be classed or treated as one o and full of these bitter he who fed never sworn now cursed the conn try that could legalise the tyranny now upon The gloom of his mind darkness as the night and the severity of the cold gave increased force to the fierce re and the keen sufferings which alter possessed his The B o that long night of misery was passed in meditat ing revenge at one then sickening to the very heart at the hapless state of his and the disgrace of being a Years could not have wrought such deep furrows iv From the New York THE 1 Nor was all love shut from though his days Of passion hid consumed themselves to It is in vain that we would coldly gaze On such as smile upon the heart must Leap kindly back to Hath weaned it from all thus he For there was soft and sweet trust In one fond breast to which his own would And in its tenderer hour on that his bosom Who can describe the e- motions which thrill the bosom of a young Often as I have revolved in my mind its so often have turned away from t in as something which cannot feirly analyzed or dream which s given to us in our a ray of gladness o- ver our which may never be recalled when once or forgotten sweet and intoxicating which we drink from the chalice of early before the clouds have darkened in the sky of our existence precept and example have corrupted the fountains of pure and holy and made them to flow with bitter we a- to the realities of when the vision has and the bubble hath faded in the il- limitable I shrill never forget the emotions I ced when 1 left the walls of St. where I had long trimmed tlie midnight lamp over the pages of Homer and to nw father on a long promised to Washington and It was a beautiful day in mellow rays of the tumn sun lingered upon the elevated an ant lands to the and east of the and lit the white sails which fluttered in the blue or were quietly stealing down the Wandered to the hotel in and took scats about ten in the be- fore I found myst If leaning out of the coach gazing upon the silver and the magnificent dome of the It was a happy my spirits were as presence of my every scene I had observed during the day had of her treacherous left the I called to bid her adieu and to spend a plea but yet sorrowful in anticipating thd long months which should intervene before might again be permitted to enjoy her When 1 ascended granite steps of her trier's 1 heard a light tap at the of her chamber white arm was ed and a letter was which fell among some beneath the No admittance was to be and after I picked up the billet and dc I hastened home to my struck a and opening a small sheet of coloured at nearly as I can as have but one to express to you before I bid you an eternal I am not ashamed to own that I loved neither do I hesitate to say that I re- regard you with affection But your marks to my cousin James last after my return from your and your cruel which I received this have dissipated the allusions which have yielded me and scattered the sunshine of my It no easy struggle to shut out from my memory scenes we have passed it is who have broken the chain of our and who shall recall the scattered and treasure up the delights of the ly as my heart has cherished your I now shall try to cast it by forever your fatal lines have commanded me to forget why should I have nursed an in my bower of to sting me to the But I forgive and may heaven forgive and bless giving you that happiness which I shall never more only continued my anguish of that A deep game of treachery had been played upon me. I ed to descend my but before I reached the bottom I was When 1 the possession of mv t found Central Wharf without a hair h fallen over my on my my hand to my my fingers were wef with blood A gentleman who knew me was holding me by the and humanely tendering his A carriage was a brief hour I was again in my with my temples and Mary by my A long sickness and my spirits have since sunk into that state of melancholy which nothing afforded me more or less and my heart bounded like the young prospect of spending a I had the few davs out of his high as appeared in the morning after that first night's imprisonment His wife on the next leaving her two youngest dren with the with her two reached the town in which the prison was but her presence did nothing towards ing the mind of Mr. and j et this ment on her part was what he certainly desired and Mrs. Coffin hired herself as a servant to a neighboring and with her made frequent visits to the where her attempts to relieve the misery of his aggravated the grief and suffering she would have perished to have He recovered the tone of feel ng natural to and at the end of thirty lie bad no doubt he should be as could take the oath of without from any His was far from the intention of the ded great man of the and the day of his release was the day of his confinement on the to make an end of this ale of Mr. Coffin's spirits sunk in prospect of a winter's confinement in a damp and cheerless His wife saddened at the tows of her and became one of children with her and the down with anxiety and soon owed her child to peaceful tomb where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at It was when the selectmen of the Parish found Mr. Coffin's three children in the hat they instituted an inquiry into the increase of pauperism and of town The quire was and fearing he had ried his resentments so far as to injure his affected great and with agreed to release Mr. Coffin and permit him to pay the amount of the ion he yet held in when he should be enabled so to One of the selectmen went lown to town with the good news of opening the prison he found the once hale and hearty a broken en hearted and so far from being able to his it was found necessary to lace him in the which held his He was confined with the walls of St. and of feeding that osity is always springing in the young and ardent A lovely evening succeeded a tranquil The moon rode serenely and brightly in the azure and I in extreme humour with m about tbe streets of the and retired early to my to dream of and the tion of our journey to At the close of the second day after our ture from we arrived in sight of the beautiful city of and after entered found selves comfortably situated at an elegant not far from the Here my father was to leave me for a few in company with some friends who had left Baltimore and were already located in the at which we at he intended a jaunt of a few ride in the For the first two or three days after mv father left I was exceedingly the exertions of my friends to render me I wandered about the strayed ihe or wilh a heavy on piazza of mine which com- manded an view of tins James and the lower part of the often wishing at home turning the leaves of my and drawling some recitation from the The fourth evening after my I visited the I as beguiling a few moments in looking at the curiosities which arc there totally inattentive to the many a the shoulder made me looked to clasp to my breast my old friend George and to ask hinr some ten thousand questions relative to and since he left St. about two Time had somewhat changed his but there was expression in his pensive ami dark gray eyes which was truly George was but he was taller and more pale than when we wandered together a- round the suburbs of on some still Sunday in after 1 entreated he would lodge with me while he tarried in and he He was pensive and re- and appeared to be the prey of some ong standing I rallied him on his ong but he answered with a languid hat us it was j et early in the if I would lo him the favor to walk with he would re- ate the circumstances of bis life which had sed since we The night was the harvest moon hone pure and like a bank of pearl in he unclouded We sallied forth from the and walked on until we came n front of the monumental Here my and seating ourselves on a he when I left Boston for that you were my confidential uch 1 found feeling all that pure sense of lonor which the should be- ore corrupt thoughts have sullied the healthful of the and mingled wilh them he gall and Ton surely cannot have forgotten tbe angelic uliet who visited my uncle in You know how 1 loved know I admitted his and he cannot know how much I loved said pressing his hand to his tie it wreath with love had enwreathed my brow has leaf by and I am alone in rhe city the next in a vessel bound for I have since heard It is now nearly two years since the family of the Campbells ed for and my hopes are daily growing My physician has recommended a idence in the country for my I am now on my way to the mansion of a relative in the where assured I shall lay down the burden of my life amidst the stillness and severity of I have tried to shake off tlie recollection of but in may be sinking into the grave in a foreign like the victim of a broken he raising his clenched me leave to punish her perfidious and I will die 'n It was late when we relumed to the and it was not until eight the next morning that we A servant informed us that breakfast would be delayed until as a coach liad just arrived from and the company which it brought were now awaiting When breakfast was we descended to the my friend and myself seated stives together near the head of the While George was receiving his coffee of the I cast a glance at the opposite side the and beheld a lovely young lady seated at the side of an aged apparently her I She was in appearance about with a sweet wreath of brown ringlets around her and a downcast blue I was struck with chaste and beautiful which seemed familiar to and I touched the arm of my He raised his eye to I glanced aslant to the lady I wished him to His eye followed and he had scarcely when he exclaimed is it She raised her thoughtful eyes at this and fixed them full upon a deep blush suffused her and with the deepest was succeeded by a deadly Shi leaned her head upon the bosom of her and sunk into state of J will not dwell on the subsequent It is perhaps enough to that George found in her his long-lost Juliet An nation and as was on a visit with lier father to her in ihe immediate whence my was they all journeyed thither I was pressed to accompany and as my father was not ex- to return in some I joyfully em- the It was late in the afternoon oft beautiful day that we arrived at the splendid seat of Colonel on the banks of the The louse was a noble structure of white a spacious esplanade was in beautifully with shrubbery and In the an elegant garden sloped even to the banks of filled with the prodigal treasures of autumn Two or three lung with bending with purple rave a pleasing variety to the Through loaded the silver James could be seen sparkling on through a beautiful plain to he until the blue distance hid it from he A short distance to the west of Col. 2ampnelPs, WHS the mansion of the relative of my Thither we and every e- fening found us opening the little gate ed into the lawn before Col. C's ng the moonlight night in his converse with hii lovely and her sin The latter had accompanied her ther to had visited in
