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Peninsula AtUertiser.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM A. MILLER, No. 9, HIGH Si REE I BETWEEN MARKET AND F^G STREETS.... WILMINGTON.
VOL. IV.
WEDNEDAY, MAY 1817.
V». 43.
Condition of litis Paper.
The DELAWARE GAZETTE is pud
LISHED TWICE! A WEEK, AT FIVE DOLLARS
A YEAR, rAYABLEJSIX MOUTHS IN ADVANCE.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted
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AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS FORJJEVERY SUC
Paymbnt to be
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CEEDING INSERTION.
MADE AT THE TIME WHEN THE ADVERTISE*
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LXCATION.
jCJ* No PAPER DISCONTINUED until
ALL ARREARAGES ARE PAID .
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The following gentlemen
are authorised to receive sub
scriptions and money for the
Delaware Gazette :
Dover — Mr. John Manlove.
Smyrna — Mr. Benjamin Coombc.
George Town , Dtl. — Mr. James An
derson.
CanitceU'sBridge- -Alt. David tVU.
son, Jun.
Klklon,Md.—Tobias Rudulpli, Esq.
Other appointments will speedily
be made. _
To Rent,
A handsome new two story Brick
House in French, between Queen and
Hanover streets. The situation is one
of the pleasantest in the Borough. For
further particulars inquire of
John Spotts.
May 10.
Iaw4t.
Notice is hereby given,
That the books for receiving subscriptions to
the Brick Meeting-House and Hock Hun Tur.i*
pike road, will be opened on the sixteenth day
of June next, at Rock-tun Brick Meeting House,
and Dizard's Inn.
By order oi ih& Commissioners.
May 17.-3t.
A CLERK WANTED.
A steady young man, well recom
mended, who writes a good hand, will
receive immediate employment, by
applying to
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J. P. Fairl ami»,
Surveyor and Conveyancer,
Wilmington.
May 21—3t
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Grand Lodge ol Delaware. I
A Grand Stated Communication of the Grand,
lo^enf Delaware will be held at the Toten Hall,
in the Borough of Wilmington, on Tuesday the ttuen
(V Jburth day oj June next at ten o'clock A. M.
hein s the Âmicenary af St. John the Baptiet. j
The subordinate Lodge, are requested to attend A/;
then-representatives. ^ I
.lames Booth! juin Crand'secVy. !
Neva Castle, May 16.' A. D. 1817. A. L. 5817.
340 ACHES
OF
Valuable Land for Sale.
The subscriber offers to sell at private
rale, his very valuable tract of Land, si
tuate in Pencader hundred, New Castle
County, Delaware, adjoining lands of
Abraham Short, Dr. John T. Kees, and
others, on the public road leading from
Newark to Middletown. This tract con
tains about 310 acres, about 80 of which
cleared, part being under clover and
are
a great deal of excellant meadow may
easily be made—there is a never failing
stream of water running through the
premises and near to the present im
provements which consist of a small log
house, kitchen, fkc. About 260 acres of
this tract are woodland, and from its
contiguity to Bohemia Manor, where
wood is scarce, and within a quarter of
p mile of a Saw Mill, renders it an ob
ject worthy attention. From the large
proportion of woodland, it might eligibly
be divided into three or more lots, so as
to accommodate purchasers—and from
the situation of the stream of water and
the surrounding neighborhood, it is con
sidered that it would be an excellent
place for either a Tannery or Distillery.
Application to be made either to Mr.
John Herdman, Newark, who will give
every further information, or to the suo
scriber in Mill Creek hundred, near Lon
don-Tract Meeting House.
Samuel Howell.
M»y 21—3t
Horse-bills neatly executed
AT THIS OFFICE.
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*100 UK l VALID.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, on Satur
day last, the 17th inst. two negro men.
PETER,
About 28 yearsof age, yellow complexion, about
5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, had on when he went
away an old fine blue doth coat, dark grey cloth
pantaloons, new furred hat, and took with him
sundry other clothes, such &s gingham out,side
jackets, and summer vests.
BR1STER,
About 23 years of age, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches
h gh, middling black, is a brother to Peter, had
on when he went away, an old brown broad
doth coat, brown velvet pantaloons, and old
drab broadcloth surtout, an old fine hat, & took
with him such clothes as Peters.
The above reward will be paid to any person
who brings them home, or secures them so that
Ï can get them again, or fifty dollars for either
of them.
TYilliam Burton,
Lewes Town.
May 24—3t
THE GAZETTE.
Extract of a letter, duiect,
Dover, May — JtSi7.
« It is with deep regret 1 say, that
in consequence of the ravages of the
Hessian Fly, and the extreme drouth,
there will be a very inconsiderable
crop of wheat, raised in these parts ;
and I can safely say without exagge
ration, that Farmers who three weeks
since fully calculated on a yield of
seven to eight hundred bushels, from
ffiy to seventy's sowing, will not from
present appearances reap one hundred
bushels.' What is to be the result, if
the failure of tiiis valuable article
should be entensive, lime aloue will
determine 2"
From the Boston Palladium.
Messrs. Editors,
It is witli the deepest regret, that I
communicate the late appearance ofa
small blaehisli won", which is de
stroying the grass. All the uplands
and pasture grounds, which, in North,
borough, Marlborough, Sudbury and
I vicinity, wore the most beautiful ver -
one week ago, are now assuming
I a more deadly appearance than when
tile snOVV first left, tile earth.
j )c ,. wou! ,l su81 , cet on t | ie first view
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of tile country, except, the trees and
j . ,,. , , « ; »liii.li sm iwnurl:
th,! " el,Js 01 fi pfk,n > Wlllc.ll ate rcmaik-j
I ably flourishing at present, that tiled
! grass had not begun to grow, or that i
A tra
a severe drought existed.
Neither the grass nor its roots ap
pear as yot to be eaten oil', but dead
as if killed by the severity of winter.
Thousands and thousands of acres are
seen from the heights in this deadly
state and rapidly becoming a melan
dioly waste. On investigation, small
blackish worms arc discovered, which
are now from one half to three fourths
of an inch in length, and about the
size round of a grain of rye. The
head is perfectly black. From a
slight view of them by the microscope.
Ï strongly suspect they are a species
of the GRYLLUS of Linuæus, or the
Migratory Locust*
Rosel, who was au eye witness, in
bis account of the Locusts, which
overran W alachia, Moldavia, Tran
sylvania, Hungary and Poland, in 1747
and '8, states, that in the spring of
17*8, certain little blackish worms
were seen in the fit Ids, sticking to
gether and in clusters. As nobody
knew what they were so there was
little or no notice taken of them, and
in May they were covered with the
shooting of the grain 90wn in winter.
Rut the subsequent June discovered
what these worms were ; for then
these creatures began to snread over
the fields, and became destructive to
vegetables of every kind. They, in
(he course of the season, became fly
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ing waste their native fields, they pro
ceeded elsewhere in large troops.
Wherever these bodies of Locusts
happened to pitch, they spared no sort
of vegetable, grain or grass : but noth
ing was more gloomy than to behold
the lands in which they were hatched :
for they so greedily devoured every
trace of herbage before they could
fly, that they left the ground quite
bare.
A. P.
From the Federal Republican and Baltimore
Telegraph.
The Cut Worm
Which is making sueli destruction
in the cornfields, is easily destroyed
an-! the crop of corn much benefited
In the following process ; put on each
hiM of corn a table spoonful of live
ashes, or double tnal qua... y oi «um.
or leached ashes, let it he spread well
over the hill so as to surround each
stalk of corn ; the best method of put
nog it on is to carry the ashes in a
bucket or basket, and with a shovel
made of the thin end of a shingle a
bout three inches wide, take the quan
tity above mentioned, and putting the
shovel near the ground, throw the
ashes in a horizontal direction, and it
will spread and light around the bot
tom of the stalks, the dew and rains
will produce a ley that will destroy
nr drive away the worms ; great care
should be taken (particularly with the
live ashes) that it does not light on the
blades of the stalks ; in which case it
is almost as destructive as tue worms ;
therefore I have been particular in
describing the best method of putting
the ashes on ; these observations are
the result of a successful experiment
for several years in fields where the
worms were abundant, several rows
that were not ashed were almost to
tally destroyed, hut where the ashes
were the corn flourished unmolested,
and produced abundantly—the pro
cess is not tedious, one hand can easi
ly ash three acres in a day, and do it
well. I would recommend to the gen
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itlcmeU VVllO proposes making holes
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tiled 01 ' worinB to fall into, to put a
i l,u| e ashes m each hofe, 111 ordep t0
kill them immediately, and not let the
poor devils lie there and starve to
death.
A FARMER.
It lias been well ascertained that
sowing the wheat after the first frost,
effectually prevents the fly. Farmers
are too apt to sow early. On the
Susquchnnnah in the state of Pennsyl
vania, the fly is uot known where the
grain is put into the ground after the
first frost, in September. The writer
froiii his own cxpcricnoe, can assert
this as a fact.
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We observe that much damage is
experienced at the South, from the
ravages of a worm called the CUT
WORM. If this is the name of the
worm which preys upon cabbage
plants, and other productions of the
garden, which is of a. brown color,
and is often called the cabbage-worm,
they can he destroyed with ease, by
pouring a small quantity of strong
soap-suds round the roots of a plant,
whore they are supposed to be, and if
the worms are concealed in the
ground, within the reach of the liquid,
it will force them to rise instantane
ously to the surface, wiiere they can
lie despatched with but little trouble*
The effect of the suds is perfectly
sure, and a garden, or any other en
closure, may be entirely rid of them
in this way.
N. V. Ad.
rUigmrer.
» • nir, tlu Boston fi
The Domestic Economist.
Of the Breeding up of House Lambs.
The price of house Lamb, at early
seasons, is so considerable, that it may
be well worth while for the husband
man who is situated near large towns,
to raise some for this purpose. To
this end three things are to be cousid
ered. First, to have a proper kind of
sheep ; secondly, to put the rams and
ewes together at a right season, and
lastly, to provide proper pens in an
house for receiving and nursing up
the young.—Lambs brought forth in
the dead of winter, may be reared at
home and will briog a price that will
answer the trouble. The farmer who
finds from his situation, that he may
have a demand for house lamb ; and
that he has conveniences for raising
' .,ke li«> opportu-'.'y ti im;
the best sheep for that purpose. Let
him not leave their time of breeding
to chance but keep them seperate til!
a proper season, ami then put them
together. The ewes are to feed in a
pasture; not too rich, for the great
est part of their time ; and three weeks
before their lambing, they are to be
brought into a richer ; and as the time
of their bringing forth is known, let
earc be taken of them, and of the
lambs as they fall, that they be not
hurt by the severity of the season.
The last care is the bringing them up
l'or purchase of the butcher. Many
arts were used in England, and differ
ent directions have been giveu about
it, but the whole may be delivered in
a few words: The fanner will linn,
upon the principles of good sense a
lone, that must of those cautions might
have been spared. The whole ear,'
consists in two articles, the keeping
the lambs warm, and the feeding the
sln-ep in such a manner, that they
may supply them with a rieh milk.
Let him look to the lambs with due
care, to see they are warm and clean ;
and feed their dams as he ought to ilo,
and he cannot fail. The severity of
(lie weather would destroy the lumhs,
if they were left to ramble about with
the ewes, and the scarcity of food,
would make them unable to fatten
I hem by their milk ; but good food
will make rich milk, and a due por
tion will yield, it in due quantity.
Sometime before the ewes are expect
ed to bring forth, let pens be built for
them, in a house that is warm, but
not shut up tdose.
As soon as the Iambs are brought
forth let them be put into those pens,
and from that, time watched and tend
ed, that they may be always warm,
dry and clean. The milk of the ewes
now they have lambed, is to be en
larged and enriched, by giving still
better food.
The best is turnips, but where they
are not in readiness, the ewe, beside
her rieli pasture, must have, at times
bay, bran and oats given to her.
These supplies do not enrich the milk
in the manner of turnips ; therefore
lie should not fail to have them fbr
the occasion. The ewes are to be
brought into the house three or four
times a day, to suckle the lambs ; and,
as those young creatures are kept
very clean and comfortably, and feed
to their dll upon rich milk and upon
nothing else ; they will fatten quiekly,
and their flesh will naturally he ex
oeedingly white and delicate. The
ewes thus fed, have plenty ot rich
milk, and the lambs sucking to their
till and being kept quiet fatten upon it
freely. As to the difference of sea
son, they feel nothing of it; for so
Ithey tie kcp' warm, it Inatters not
whether it come from the sun ». .ubm
their comfortable slicker.
The advantage land rereives from
the folding of sheep is very obvious }
but let the husbam! man take care he
does not lose more by the damage he
docs his sheep than he gets by enrich
ing so much of his land. Nothing
tends more to give sheep the rot, than
folding them, when due care is not
taken.
Sheep are to he put into these fold*
at night, in summer, hut let him take
earc only to do it hi good weather.
Let him see they are not turned out
in the morning, till the sun has been
some time up ; and let him take care
they are driven to a good feeding
place ; for otherwise, being hungry f
they eat any thing, and thus, between
cold nights and had food, they often
get the rot and perish.
AMANA.
THE LOCUST.
The periodical appearance of the
Looust, seems to have been with great
regularity, for the last three times,
from the latter part of May to the 8th
of June, in the years 1766—1783—
1800— Sc from the indications already
visible, they will visit us again this
year, 1817, about the latter part of
the present month. As this extraor
dinary insect, about which so little is
known, will no doubt at its visit at
tract the attention of naturalists, we
lay before our readers the following
account of it, given by a gentleman
who observed it during its last visit,
in 1800 :
" This remarkable insect, though
but tiivrnl ii.O'.n'.'iv ha* been given io
its history, appears ns an extraordin
ary phenomenon in the works of crea
tion. its periodical visit ; ils long
absence; the numbers which rise
from the earth, where they have, per
imps, undergone various transforma
tions, whilst, they have lain entombed
for the space of 15, or 16, or even 17
.years, (for they are not always regu
lar in their visits) certainly deserve
some inquiry.
We know not the progress of the
American locust, through its several
changes during its long confinement
in the earth. 1 have no doubt but it
often alters its appearance, and though
these changes remain as yet amongst,
(he aroana of nature, yet some inter
esting observations may result from a
pursuit of the enquiry, as their last
appearance, which was in the year
-, will admit of.
"Towards the latter end of May,
under such trees as had been planted
previous to their former visit, the
ground was perforated, so as in some
degree to resemble a honey-comb;
and from these perforations issued an
army of these insects ; which, if they
had been endued with the voracious
ness of the locust of thu east) must
have spread devastation and terror
throughout the country they fixed up
on for a visit. But happily the cicada
or locust, in this state, is not more in
jurious than the sportive summer
grasshopper.
" The appearance of the loeust
when first escaping from its earthly
mansion, is a large amber colored
grub worm, about one inch and a half
in circumference ; the feet are more
strongly formed than those of the
grasshopper, and considerably shorter;
the insect seldom leaping as has been
before observed ; in the outer cover
ing, or grub-ease, if the term may be
admitted, near the back of the neck,
begins an opening, which continues
down the body nearly half the length
of the insect ; through this opening
the locust protrudes itself, k appears,
at first, a white colored moth, nearly
resembling a silk-worm in its moth
state, tin ugh much larger. The
The wings in this tender state of the
insect, are wonderfully folded inclose
rolls near their basis, so exquisitely
compact, that it required several care
ful observations to comprehend the
possibility of the wings being formed
with the insect, as it really appeared
an almost instantaneous creation,
when they were expanded, which was
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