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GAZETTE AND Peninsula Advertiser. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED ÊY WILLIAM A. MILLER, No. 9, rflGH oTREEX. BETWEEN MARKET AND KING STREETS.... WILMINGTON. SATURDAY, JUJVE 7, 1817. VOL. IV. No. 46. Conditions of this Papeiv. The DELAWARE GAZETTE is pub- I.13HED TWICEf A WEEK, AT FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR, PAYABLEfSlX MONTHS IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted THREE TIMES, ATONE DOLLAR A SQUARE AND TWENTY FIVF CENTS FOR^EVERY SUC Payment to be CEEDING INSERTION. MADE AT THE TIME WÄEN THE ADVERTISE MENTS ARP LEFT AT THE OFFICE FOR PUB LIGATION. JCJ* A'o PAPER j DISCONTINUED UN fit ALL ARREARAGES ARE PAID, The following gentlemen are authorised to receive sub scriptions and money for the Delayvake Gazette : Dover — Mr. John Manlovc. Smyrna — Mr. Benjamin Coomlc. George Town, Del. — Mr. James An derson. CanlwelVs Bridge — Mr. David Wil son, Jim. Mw Castle—James Booth', Jr. Esq. Elk ton, Md.—Tobias Rudulph, Esq. Other appointments will speedily be made. THE GAZETTE. From a London Paper. Monsieur Champs de Spa. The Parisian Journals, with their ac customed misapprehension of Fng tish naines, have metamorphosed i he, Ëpafidds into a living rioter, and gr'avcly recorded the feats of Mon sieur Champs de Spa. This plea sant substitution of the actor per quern, lor the lupus in quo, gave oc casion to the following Ballad, which may he sung at any of the JAberty dinners, to the tune of Move Tong Paie. [It is attributed to Mr. Canning.] Cf Kong Tung Pavi you all have heard, By whom John Bull was finely queer'd : He jübher'd and he jaw'd at*John, And play'd him many a piece of fun. But t'other day to London came A Frenchman bent on higher game ; Then mark, while I the picture draw, Of famous Monsieur Champs dc Spa. Full in his harden'd front we trace The foreign features of his race ; Unlike a Briton, this Monsieur Displays an heart and brow sevue. An act of kindness you propose— His purse contracts, Iris fingers close, No beams of Charity can thaw The ice of M< Yet. if confusion you desire, His frost is changed to sudden fire , And joyfully he hastes to aid The murmurs, not the warns of traie . He loves to see the people poor, And rails at place and sinecure ; But poverty could never draw One sous front Monsieur Champs de Spa. For folks, he says, when cloth'd and fed, With politics n'er fill their head : Nor join in conjuring up the storm Of Revolution and Reform . Such vulgar thoughts of sleep and victual He leaves to Monsieur Champ de Spital ! On whose imprudent bounty—" pshaw," tries wiser Monsieur Cl.amps de Sjia ! rears the Weavers want No., no, he The zest of plunder's sauce piquant : And thinks, for rich confusion eager Subordination mere soup meagre. Uoast mutton he extracts from riot, And yearly votes are daily diet ; White general suffrage fiiis the maw Of hungry Monsieur Champs de Spa ! ■Vet often more substantial fare This epicure delights to share : With Hunt he'll swallow down a goblet ; With If'aithman dine, or snack with Cab bet t • Or daintily digest his rancour With Cartwright at th« Crown and Anchor, Or cram with Penny Lords his jaw — All one to Monsieur Chcrmps He Spa! of n, ot a , ., .. „ .. r . touud tojirevent the operation of both, 3d. The species or varieties of wheat, that have been found to resist the AGRICULTURAL. •• The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture ," desirous of ascertaining the cxteDt of the injury which the country is likely to sustain, from the destructive effects pf the in sect called the Ilessiun Fly —from the disease in wheat, called " Stunt," and the ravages of the Grub on Indi an Corn ; and also the remedies or preventives of those evils will be thankful to their fellow citizens in all parts of the United States, to favor them with communication* on the following points. 1st. The extent of the injury which the wheat is likely to sustain in their immediate vicinity, from the insect fit disease mentioned. 2d, The remedies that have been ravages of the insect called the Hes sian Fly, or not to be affected by the •* Stunt ''—does tho variety of wheat which originated in Chester County» Pennsylvania, called Jones Wheat," or do those varieties called the pur ple ami gulden slruw of Virginia (as lias been said) uniformly resist the attack of the insect. 4th. What art- t he circumstances of previous cultivation in tbe fields af fected by the Stunt 7 and are partic ular soils more linhle to it than others, and what means have been found • «»' prevent the attack of the disease or of the insert ? 5th. What modes of previous pré paration of the soil have been found (o prevent the Coro Grub, or Cut Worm, and what have been the ef eels of making a hide near the plant with an iron, or wooden peg. as re uetitly practised, in preventing tin progress of that, insect ? 6th. What are the changes which that insect undergoes? Any other facts connected with the foregoing subject will he acceptable. —('unimunieations to he addressed to the Secretary, &. whenever it is prac ticable, tobe sent fretof postage. The Society respecftilly recommend the cultivation of Potatoes in those districts, where the wheat, or corn, have failed. Published t>y direction of the Society. ROBERTS VAUX. Sec Vi/ Philadelphia, dlh mo. 30, 1817. {fj* Editors of Papers throughout the United States, are requested to insert the foregoing. From the Federal Republican and Baltimore Telegraph, June 4. The President of tiie United States was waited on, oil Monday evening last, by a number of citizens (togeth er with the officers of the 3d brigade,) without distinction of party, afternoon he was presented with an address from the Mayor and City Council, which together with his ans wer, arc now published. Ill the Baltimore, June 2. To the President of the U. Stales. Sir—Wo, the mayor and cifyooun oil of Baltimore, embrace with great pleasure this opportunity of personal ly congratulating the chief magistrate of the union on his arrival in this place. Your determination, in the com mencement of your administration, to visit several of the most important places in the union, is auspicious of happy consequences; not satisfied with previous knowledge, or second hand information, you are anxious that, ou your part, nothing shall be wanting to.promote the common weal. That a city which bore so conspi cuous a part in the national defence, F should first be honored with tbe pre sence ol the olrief. magistrate of the union, is as flattering us it is natural ; and we sincere!}' hope that your ob servation of our position, and means of defence, may enable us before a nother >var to bid defrauce to anycne- s n, y*„. . > . When,, sir, to review your long tried, faithful and able services ; 0 when we consider the increasing har mony and concord of the U. S. when almost universal peace reigns among the nations, we augur great and last ing happincs to the Lnitcd States, in giving full scope to the developeraent ot her faculties in the arts and sei- ç cncc9, in agncuUurc, manufactures and commerce ; and in the perma nent exhibition ot the advantages oft a form ol civil and political govern- f rnent, superior to any that 1ms hither to existed. • , , . To our fellow citizens it is a most interesting spectacle, to see the chief magistrate ol this great and powerful nation, makinçan official tourthrough their couutry in the style of a private citizen, guarded only by the respect paid to the nigh station lie oocupies, and the alTections of a virtuous people, We, sir, wish you, m the sincerity of our hearts a pleasant. tour thro' the states, a happy return to Wash ington, a reputation and -satisfaction in your presidency equal to any of your predecessors; and finally, the reward of a well spent life in an cter nal world. * " c are, sir, with sentiments of very great respect,your most ohcd'l servants,. ... ; • ' EEt). STILES, -Mayor of the City of Bedlrmere. «»' Tlie President' « Answer. To the Mayor and ' City Council if Baltimore. Fellow Citizens—The sentiments which you have coirmiuiiicafu, lm»r afforded me very great satisfaction, i'hey are just, as to the objects advert ■d lo. anil to me, they are generous mit kind. It was impossible for me to ap proach Baltimore, without recollect ing, with deep interest, the gallant conduct of lier citizens, in the late war, and the happy result attending their exertions, . The glorious victory which was achieved here, and in which her citizens bore so distinguish ed a part, at a very important epoch, not only protected this patriotic city, hut shed great lustre on the American name. Experience has shown our dangers, and admonished us as to the means of averting them, Congress lias appro priated large sums of money for the fortification of owl- coast, am! inland frontier, and for the establishments of naval dock yards, and building n navy. It is proper that these works should be executed with judgment, fidelity, ami economy ; much depends in the execution, on the Executive, to whom extensive power is given, as to the general arrangement ; and to whom tho superintcmlance exclusive ly belongs. You do me justice in believing, that it is to enable me to discharge these duties, with the best advantage to my country, that I have undertaken this tour. From the encreased harmony of public opinion founded on the suc cessful career of a government, which has never been equalled, and which promises by a further developement of its lacullics to augment, in an emi nent degree the blessings of this fa vored people, I unite with you in all the anticipations which you have so justly suggested. In performing services, honestly and zealously intended for the benefit of my fellow citizens. 1 shall never entertain a doubt of their generous and firm support. Incapable of any feelings distinct from those of a citi zen can assume no style in regard to them, different from that character ; and it is a source of peculiar delight to me, to know that while tlic chief magistrate of tile United States acts lully up to this principle, lie will re. quire no other guard than what may be derived from their confidence and «flection. Baltimore, June 2, 1817. ■ to of JAMES MONROE. The following article, from ft Pari s j an Journal, is a review of a book published at Paris, called « Six months in London, " being the sequel 0 {- a WO rk entitled " A Fortnight in London at the end of 1815 :» by the same author. 9 « The author of « Sis Months at London," is not a verv profound ob äe rver, hut he is faithful (Is he so ?) Ue lias thrown the glance of an ama ç enr upon the women. It is a subject on which he expatiates with compta ç( .„ cv , i w ill add, to make use of a romantic expression, that he is iaith f u i f 0 die worship of memory, and that lie prefers the graces of our Pa risian ladies, to all the charms of the most richly decked English. He has expressed this preference in terms rather too loftv, of which any one w j|i j, e convinced who reads the fol lowing passage_ ««Let us leave the handsomest of die Sirens of the Thames to deck herself in her most splendid attire, in which riches and elegance, art and nature combine to embellish her: s i, e will always neglect la nuptiale ro bc, without which she can never be admitted to the- banquet of the graces, diat charm which cannot he desoribed, which crowns all the rest, and which is the peculiar attraction of the nvmphs of the SeTue, la tournure." „The recollection of the nymphs of the Seine, and of thrir la tournure. does not prevent the author from eun- fussing that there' are many pretty and amiable women : but be wishes that they would take tli# trouble to walk with a lialo more grace, and to lidhf in a better style their arms, " which sêem" lie observes, *» as if they were two pendulums alternately set in motion. The English Ladies, iteviewed by a Frenchman. to ty From a late English Paper. "The English women paint red an d white ! This hist cosmetic is within the reach of every body. " It is with the powder with which they at other time adorn their hair,»' adds our tra vel'cr, " that the$ cover their faces, their necks, their breasts, and that part Of their amis which they ex pose ; so that they are powdered all over like the tarts that are sold at our confectioners. This kind of paint, they say, has the advantage of spoil ing the skin like various kinds of while that are used lor a similar pur pose. But it is not without its incon veniences, and here is a proof it. I found - myself in coining out of the t Ipera, near a Indy who had made use of this cosmetic, which could not have been discovered by any one not. previously informed of it. Unlucky it rained very smartly ; and it was necessary that she should cross the pavement to get to her carriage ; for in no part of London can that be done under cover. In spite of an umbrella with which her footman endeavored to protect her, several drops of rain fell on her figure and on her arms, and little rivulets of a whitish color furrowed the wrinkles, which changed the countenance of a Psyche into that of a Sibyl." (Will the English wo men say that this is faithful ?) « The English women love nice bits much more than French women do. Here is the proof of it. " Never (says our traveller) have I passed between noon and' feu^ o'clock, those shops of pastry and confectionary, of which the number in London is so considera ble (uniting the two descriptions of trade.) without seeing in them several handsome women regaiiing themselves with creams, jellies, comfits, custards, am! tarts, of which the variety, 1 fan cy, is still greater than at Paris. I have even seen fruits, which have been preserved in brandy, enter more Ibai! one pretty mouth.' «« There is one point on which our fair neighbors across the channel at least excel the French women. It is in education. ; «« Almost all the women (observe ; our author) know French and Italian ; and speak those languages infinitely better than their husbands ; to which some of them join Spanish and Por tuguese. They successfully cultivate agreeable talents. They have great Literary knowledge, and some of them cot strangers to sciences with are which tbe fail sex in other countries are unacquainted even in name. In short when yon have the good fortune to be admitted into the familiar socie- ty of an English woman, which is not very easy for a foreigner, you are quite surprised at the amiable and solid qualities that you discover in lier." . • Literary & Military Intelli ge.ice. We understand that, enpt. O'Con- - ncr, of the artillery, has for some time been engaged, by order of the War department, in translating from the French a celebrated Treatise on the Science of War and Fortification, originally eompowul by order of the emperor Napoleon for the use of tho srudents of the imperial polyteclmio and military schools of France. This work embraces the whole science of war, and field permanent fortification, With all the modern inventions and improvements in the latter branches ; and in France is universally used by tbe military, and in esteemed beyond «11 other productions on these subjects, being considered a masterpiece. Wo leant that, the translation is completed, and will shortly he publish ed for the. use of the cadets of the United States military academy. , " . '[.Vat. Intel. On the 25th of April Iasi the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, of the State of Ohio, was tkred one collar and lifly cents, for not attending i mil tia muster, as a private sentinel, in stri t eonliiemity to the laws of the Slate of Ohio!!! Extraordinary Pedestrianism James O'Neill, an Irish lai). About 18 years of age, who had several on board II. M. brig battle of Algiers. It day morning, with the subscription coach, anti ar rived in this town a quarter before 5 in the afternoon, distancing the coach and performing the journey (46 miles) In irefooted, in Ihe short space of 7 1 2 boors ;a pint of beer was the only refreshment he received ou the road, having returned to this town for the purpose of again entering his majesty's service. Recovering «lie Drowned, * The following directions have been published by the Dublin Humane Society :— Wlial thou does!, do quickly. 1. Convey the body carefully, with the bend a little raised, to the nearest convenient house. 2. Strip and dry Ihe body ; clean the mouth and nostrils. 8. An adult; lay the body on a bed or a blanket, near a lire or in a warm chamber, if in summer, expose it to the sun. 4. A child ; place it between two persons in a warm bed. 5. Huh the body gentle with flannel, sprinkled with spirits. 6. Restore breaf hing by introducing the pipe of bellows (where tbe appa ratus eannot.be immediately procured) into one nostril ; keeping the other fié the mouth closed, gently inflate the lungs, alternately compress the breast anil then let tiie mouth and nostrils free. . 7. Apply warm bricks to the sole* of the feet, and warm spirits to the palms of the hands, and the pit of the stomach. 8. Persist in these means for three hours at least, or until life be restor Mutine, in the IV Exeter yester quarter after 9 o'clock M *( cd. CAUTIONS. 4. Never to ho held up by the heels, 2. Not to he rolled on casks, or other rough usage. 3. Not to allow in the room more than six persons. 4 Not to rub the body with salt. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. On signs of returning life, and if swallowing be returned, a small quan tity, often repeated, of warm wine fic water, or diluted spirits, should ho given, the patient put into a warm bed, and if disposed, allowed to sleep. 2. Electricity and bleeding are ne ver to he employed, milcss by the di rection of a medical guutleman. ; ;