The Eastern Mail (Vol. 01, No. 14): October 28, 1847
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Colby College Digital Commons @ Colby The Eastern Mail (Waterville, Maine) Waterville Materials 10-28-1847 The Eastern Mail (Vol. 01, No. 14): October 28, 1847 Ephraim Maxham Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/eastern_mail Part of the Agriculture Commons, American Popular Culture Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Maxham, Ephraim, "The Eastern Mail (Vol. 01, No. 14): October 28, 1847" (1847). The Eastern Mail (Waterville, Maine). 14. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/eastern_mail/14 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Waterville Materials at Digital Commons @ Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Eastern Mail (Waterville, Maine) by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Colby. PUBLISHED UVkllY ThUhSDAY MORNING, IN ‘ As the raflers on this house are jined tor instantly with a-resolute air, and gave mo an few words in Arabic fro'ra oho of o.ur party, and coffee. Altor a few minutes spent in the pciagi), and with whoso researches and exploits - #ingat^^ gether, so I jine you-^you are man and wiirife, excellent shot, which I took vviili the second which I could not understand, made known our orange- gipvc, in front of the area, wo took in the seas and islands in that quarter, the pub- MAIN STBEET,.(Opposite.Dow & Co/» Store.) —kiss your bride. I don’t 'charge anything barrel'. lie sprang forward with a growl ; w'ishes, ivhcn the slave led us through the house leave of, Seliemuii ben Yussufi who accompa jic.fire somewhat acquainted, through the psib- for the operation. Whoa, haw, Buck, get up, and I ran to my horse, which, alarmed by «ny to tho rear, where sat our host smokingki his hau nied us .to the outer gate, moiqituil our ohnrg- liShcd accounts of Capt. Keppel, a fellow nav TBBMS. Bright’—and with an eloquent flourish of fhe gestures, took to flight. So, feeing mjr-enemy, kn, the smoke of which he Seethed, io be watch ors and were soon prancing away towards low igator. Mr. Brooke's enterprise has eonfribu,- If paid in advance, or Within ona month, 91,00 whip-he started fpr another load of wood, leav 1 expected his attack; hut my companions, ing as it curled itself and was lost in the clear er Mustaplia. Herb are ' extensive barracks ted largely to extend British supremacy over If paid witUiu six months, ... 1,75 ing the newly wedded pair among their young who, from the suddenness of the whole, hod no air around. Sulicman.roco from his mat, shook occupied by the French soldiers.-, .It .presents the island of Borneo, and to check the^ exclu If p^d within tlio ^ear, « • ‘ - 2,00 and.old friends, kissing each other with very time to assist, shouted out, ‘ He is dead,’ apd hand with Col. M. and tho other French olW- quite a military, appenranco.| The. olficSrs and sive system of the Netherlands authorities in Cli^Country Produce received in parent. distin’ef and evident-tokens of jintlsfaction. relieved my anxiety- The ball had pierced cers whom lie knew, when wo were introduced soldiers sainted us as wo passed, the people that portion, of the globe. He established ‘ This was a wedding -Worth having,’ said the leopaifi’s heart, and it lay rjuite dead.— to him as Indies from the new world—from gazed at us tyith apparent surprise and Imsten- hlinself and ciccteil the British flag at La- Mqjor Oudsley, ‘ I knew the couple afterward, Frolic'speedily divested him of his beautiful America. , He'expressed great suiprise'at so ed to get put of our way, as wo rode through buim, and received tho appointment, daring IPoctrp. and know them yet, for they are both living spotted and glossy coat, and secured it behind unexpected a visit, shook us cordially by the at rather a quick gallop. A few stops to look his re.sidence there, of Consul Gchefnl -and in a high state of prosperity. And I know my saddle. It ijs U'Cnmus fact, that in skin hand, and talked Very fast to us in Arabic, at public buildings and to enjoy some beautiful Commissioner from England to the Indepcbd- their children after them too, and mighty fine ning this animal, we.found several bits of por triiicK Col. Mi translated for us into .F.rgnch; prospects, os wo surmounted tho several hill ent Chiefs of Borneo. He has called the- at WmTTEN FOR TitB EA^ERN it AIL. children they are, for onof of them is at this cupine quills; upwatd of two inches long, im- this was again turned into English By' S., with tops and cminoncos in our way, and wc reach tention of tho British Government to the ’im THE MOtJRNER. ve^ time Governor of the State of Indiana.’-— beeded in the flesh, with much attendant sup the aid of one of our French companions. 'W’o ed in safety "tho same gale fromjtvhich wc liud portance of active measures to ‘ suppress 'the Citi, iNetu, puration.—Life in the Wilderness.' look scats on the balcony, which was paved emerged.. ' ' , system of Mnlnyim piracy, which endangers Oh, who can help the mourner's woe, widi while marble slabs, This was a kind of commerce with China and inflicts severe'suf When earth cannot afford relief, DUEL BETWEEN RANPOLPH AND LETTER FROM ALGIERS. gallery, consisting hf three sides, cncloshtg an FOREIGN EXTRACTS. ^ fering nunually upon thousands of mariners; When sad and Rudden is the blow, cEay. The following letter from Algiers, 'which we area, in the rentre of which was a basin of wa and by tho last nccounfs from Borneo we' per ter, walled around with ttlarblc. Pots of flow [FROM T.WRRS WECEIVED RT TllE STfAMKR.J ceive that he has himself had un cntlotratcr i0iid bowed is tlicir soul With gi'i cf ? The account of the duel, which we extract, copy from the Providence Journal, will be ers whose fragrance filled the enclosure with ---OO-------- with these atrocious and formidable sea-robbers. lias beeU given to the public in a letter of Ge.i. Or who shall wipe their falling tears,- found peculiarly iffteresling. the most -dclicioiis perfume, stood around the A suser’s end. The following interesting account of an engage James Hamilton, who accompanied Mr. Ran Whdt hand so gonilo as io try basin, wBile outside, Wefe clusters of orange, dolph to the field on this oocasion,- in conjunc When I wrote3’ou a few days since, I did Mdlle. R—. an old maiden lady, living near ment between the Bfi steamer Nemesis and To smooth tlio path of coh^ng years, trees and other tropical fruits with which-I a-as a fleet of Borneo pirates, wft copy from.a late tion with Col. Tattnall, then in Congress frdm not expect to write again from this place; but Ranibouiliet, died on Yircdnesday. week, under DJr pointing upward to tlio sky ? . not - familiar. Tlie- gallery Surrounding the London paper: Gcorgiia - having an opportunity to send a letter direct to somewhat curious circumstances. She was God will not alloys hide his face, Gibraltcr, adtli a probability that it may reach court wns supported by marble - columns, b^t noted for her extraonlinary avoricla. She lived ‘ At the end of Jllny Uie sioamer Nemesis, The night before- the duel,, hlr. Randolp]) . Nor Jet his frown your heart oppress ,* you before my'next from Marseilles or Baris, the ornamental parts within as .well os around in one of her oirn houses, with an old servant having on hoard Mr. Brooke, Captain .Grey, But give you fortitude, aud grace, sent for ine. I found him calm, biit in a sin I cannot resist the temptation to say a few more the doors and windows, were made of carved named Marguerite, who had been with her for of H. M. S. Columbine, and Lieut. Gordon, gularly confiditig mood, ifle told pie that he And joy, for air your deep distress. words-regarding onr movement in this strange wood. These ornaments were not in the elab nearly thirty years, allowed herself neither fire of II. M. S. Rdyoli-st, proceeded to Briinl 'to had something-on his mind to tell me. - orate Moorish style, such as I bod seen in a nor light, and never spent more than 200f. a obtain the ratification of the treaty with’ rae 60 after tempests, shines the sun, _He then remarked—‘ Hamilton, I am deter pity- " My English friends proposing a Ifttlo j'aunt few old houses in the City, nor were they at all year. She was howevci--, very wealthy,.rumor Bulton. On the 28th ofM.^^-the Sultan .rati So after showers, the rainbow's hues mined to receive without returning Clay’s fii'e; So hidden stars, cbrho one by ono| into the country, I was ghtilTJf'the opportunity tawdry, but rather of a sober kind of ofnament setting down her fortune at fiOO,QOOf., though fied tho treaty, which Mr, Brooke was to, con nothing shall induce me to harm a hair of his of so fine an - escort," Ynid' -readily- acceded to or style which has grown out of the old Sara that, it appears, -was an- exaggeration. On vey with him to Engiand by the'Ateainer, So cheerfal mom tlio night pursues.' head; .1 will not make his wife a widow, or his their request to join the. party. 'VV'e walked to cenic. In Portugal and Spain wC saw similar Sunday her old servant endeavored to make which left Singapore on foo 6th of August.