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^Matoarc <0a3tttf. WILM1NGTON : >VEDiï'E$D.Jir. AUGUST 20. MA.RRIED. On Monday evening last, by the Rev. William Pryoc, Mr, John Gor don to Miss Sarah JILChire. Federal Meeting. At a meeting of the Fedora isis of New Castle County, assembled, pur suant to public notice, at the house Of Charles Allen, at Christiana Bridge, on Saturday the lCili instant.— Mr. WILLIAM ARMOR was called to the chair, and John J. Manors, was appointed secretary. Or motion it was resolred, that there he chosen, in each hundred, at a meeting to be callwl for that pur pose, in the: hundreds respectively, on Saturday th« tith of September next, three Delegates, to convene at this place on Saturday the 13th of Sep tember, to form a County Ticket, am! report the same to the County Meet ing to assemble here at the satin time. On motion, Resolved, That there he appointed a committee of two persons in each hundred to call a meeting and superintend the election of the said Delegates in their respective him deeds at such place an,) at such hour on the said 6th of September as they may think proper. Whereupon the following persona Were appointed, to wit: Brandywine Hundred— Ehhu Tal ley, jr. sind Jacob Hutton. Christiana Hundred— James Brind ley,jr. and James Armor. Mill Creek Hundred— Joseph Gil the ft; , on , , pin, am! Holton Vavnall. White Clay Creek IIundred-George Russell, and Robert Ocheltrec. New-CastU: Hundred— Even Tho mas, ami George Tenrce. Ib-nnailer Hundred— Jesse Bouldin and Thomas Bradley. Bid I,ion Hundred— John Green, and Abner Allst on. St. George's Hundred— David Wit non, Jr. and John Wood. Appoquinniniink Hundred— Alex ander ALFaidan, and William Roth well On motion. Resolved, That these proceedings he pmdislied in the Dk kawakr Gazette, and that when this meeting adjourns, it do adjourn to meet at this place or. Saturday the 13th Septem her next, at 10 o'clock. A. M. Whereupon the. meeting adjourned accordingly, WILLIAM ARMOR. Chairman. John J. Mulligan, Secretary. A View oftlie Western Country. EMIGRANTS ! Extract from a letter written by a ci tizen of the District of Maine, who bad been induced by the flattering accounts given of the Western States, to make a pilgrimage into that section of the country. " After having examined the lands in the hack part of Pennsylvania, un til I arrived within twenty miles of Lake Eric, ami ,.ot finding any of a quality to make a farm, the price of which was within my means of pur chase, I set out on my return with an intention oflooking at a different sec tion of the country, determined if pos sible to he pleased, ns I did not wish to he disappointed. I returned in the direction of Baltimore ; the country through which I now passed was very similar to that which I had travelled over on my way to the interior ; the bottom lands good, but the price very high—the pine barren, rocky and mountainous lands low, but would starve the most industrious person that should he placed on them, " ) arrived at Baltimore on the 2d of June, from whence I obtained a passage to this place by water, and although I have travelled more tJmn ■ S miles by land, & much farther by wri ter. Jihayc spent a considerable sum nt money, move than I could well afford (o do, still I consider myself a con sul« rahle gainer, as the farm I now own at this place I consider to he worth so much more than I former ly did as will much exceed all ir.y ex penees. " I sincerely hope that those persons who contemplate removing to the ' Country, will hereafter take th precaution of visiting the country before they move their families, as it guard them against distress* which would be harrowing up mv feel ings anew to describe— as in the whole course of my travels through the western country 1 never saw a New England settler that did not regret ids situation—and in almost every in stance, ami with tears in their ey«s, declare their intention of returning, if they should ever find themselves able, so to do. Some account of the accomirwdntions in .that interior conn try may not he perhaps uninteresting. As soon as I got to the mountainous country, 1 found very few other than log houses—and these so bad, that were paupers of any of our towns in New-England kept in such places, the towns so keeping them would he execrated by all the people of this se«:tiou of the country—their halt clothed children could only he apolo gized for, as the people live beyom! the supply of European manufactures 1 and are so unfortunate as to lose near ly all the sheep they attempt raising, by (he wolves." of Of at on will he and Since our last, all the Southern tlm mails, fof w hich seven were due from the. south of Richmond, and fi.ur only I'rom that place) have been received. ' as well as the regular mail of yester duV. Their failure is hut too w«T accounted for by the information thev bring of the desolating effects of { the late deluge. We barn, by Jette s from North-Carolina, that the grem P rain of the 8lh and 9th. was as over 1 whelming ami as injurious to mills. I low-land crops. &c. in the Aiddle re gion ofthat state, a, it was north of ft; and It alipears-that the states for ther south, had also suffered conside rably bv previous excessive rains, Instead of being surprised at the ic lerrupfion of the mails, after leavng the general destruction of hridg. s. md the imindatious of the numerou large water-vo.irw» for live hun.lre, miles on the southern line, we shou'd , Other feel surprise that they were so soon restored to regularity, were w, not well acquainted with the. prompt activity of the Post Office Department on stud. occasions. .Vat. Ini. ^ From the Alb,my Gazette. _ The Editor of'the Salem Gazette humovuusiv remarks, that " the President's tour holds out like widow's cniist, much to the comfort and taste of all printers of newspapers. This seasonable event has been our only support fora long ..-foreign news uninteresting—no compensation |,,V—-no comets or clips,rs-no spots im the sun—hugs and cot worms all gene the wav of all flesh.-ourpigeon holes empty :-our only resource seemed tu he Riley's Travel«. War dun's letters. Kiddles, or Recipes for die cure of corn s, chilblains, and the , , . .. „ ''The tour of the President, lias in deed been a most fruitful theme for all of our newspaper editors, excepting hero and there one, who, like our elves so stubbornly republican, that , .C„ I*.; , 1 ... !u„ hie r" »ilerof eour iy pomp, and Sish «4travigai.ee. For'ourselves, heartily rejoice that the President has at kngtl . >- / where there arc ä ,1S h0 ' , h , V: km, he tm u ( ( 0i * J.jj • ' j • ' c | T T L vv lk d low 7 he went on foot over the hill-—hoi 1 the budge—-how Jirry Mac Ibyen .Hl. lUiulc-W«». ami how the children with clean faces through the streets-how the Presi «lent blessed them, and wished them to all grow up goo.l demoi rats-how he went to the sign ol the hull's head, where he found a fat-bellied Mayor, & a dozen hungry Aldermen, ready to eat or drink themselves to death in honor of his arrival—hew the yan ket-s threw away Choir ivesikn of a of an the the and 2d a and we n ■ and trenchers. and gave him his fried oysters on a glass platten —and then bow be got into his coach, gave his whip a crack, and went off hingbing heartily in bis sleeve at the folly of the gaping throne. We say we rejoice with excluding great joy, that the President has salbly arrived in a land where Aldermen and Editors are as scarce as honest men at Washington : tor we may now soon cole,ulate that we can open a newspaper without be ing set into a lit ot" the gaps at the sight of" the President" standing in an imposing attitude at the head of live or six solid columns of the pret tiest words that our <|uilldrivers can borrow from the dictionary. The e ditor of the Salem Gazette, however, seems to think this sort, or reading quite comfortable, especially in dog «lays. It is, says he, " perfectly salu tary and safe for all ages and sexes, for it excites no violent emotion, nei ther convulsions nor swoonings ; it is true it is sometimes " effecting," hut it is never distressing ; in its respect it is much superior to the fictions of Romances and Novels, for in the per siihI of these the eyesight will some rimes he clouded by tears, and the sobs and sighs of sympathy cannot always Im suppress« 1 «!." The President has probably by this arrived at Niagara, from whence, lie is <o proceed to Detroit, where we presume he will lie waited upon by those celebrated Chiefs, * Walk in-the miter,' ' Sptit-Log,' • One-who puts hisfoot in it,' ' Dig Elk .' and ' Thun der-Storm,' with an address forward cd to them from Boston. Whether there is to he a grand papoose review we havo not learned. 1 The Contrast. _ ,, , .. . „ It has frequently been a subject «.( remark, that v bile the tried patriots of the revolution, the founders ot our independence and of the const. tu lion, who filled the higueat ofneea in tlm gift of the nati«>n dijnng the ad- l mmistrationr of \\ ashington ami Adams, amassed no fortunes, or ac ' umulated no property while in office, successors irom comparative •"'>igi"ficanee, have arisen to the highest rank ut wealth and opulence, { *•" «rcamstaorc was brought lure. '»'y "> ° ur >T'' the oll, . eP b - v th " P elsUa °,. f - e, f < r ' P le<civ . t l a 1 ' "* >'» °' 'j 1 ' 8 ' '»J.' f, om . the honanAI. 1 I imotliy I lekertng ; in wliieh as an apology tor not writing more, he observes.—" tram the opening of spring, to the close of endnmn.l am laboriously emplmjcd m cultivating my little farm. W hat a striking contrast * " ve «*•»* betwe< ' n .. he s, tu , tom and circumstances oi venerable patriot, Ptikr.ung, 11,1 ,ll( ' th.msands ofuprtuits who mve succeeded by cunning and fraud. " obta.u.ng places ot honorant! proh. « our government. The veteran pa ^«riavG. I.as «le uU ? the ^t|*artoUl.feol . 2y t ar S . « " 1C '!? "««"try. Hr •» P«»;»«. , at t}* hi'giniRg of. the revolution, by the side w ''shingt...., who never «mec sus pffteri his patriotism, his fidelity, or M« courage. After the revolution, lie M the important offers ot Post the|-Master-Genera1, Secretary of War. seeretaw of State, in regular s.on. Since which time, lu- has "«tc-e S s.on. >«™ * S /'"'" tor »* C, ' n *"'> ••»«»»equi-ni'y * '| v<! for seier.il ycais. Ifc m il, 1 ihepuhlic service possessed ol a little am. ; and h H retired with no more, < <><' Gxall.itins, and a host ot ol.ers "'»t might be named, have enteren the service equally mi«,» »■ '* ,n 1 irK P ', IVG ',. Ml '. ;• a long life, lus country, has rrtiml, with lus own /igmis, to cultivate, for the remainder 1,18 .J v , ... 'f «® W , ,U ' h ! s \ No ! « And that since the dismissal of the pat.-urt. oi the revolution from office their successors, many of whom had neither talents or character to reemn »«nd them, have smldently arisen to prjncily wealth, . , pensive livery at their heels, and have beeome the lords of manors. While —mark t his, reader I'imothv PiCRKiUNG, who has devoted hail a eentary to the public employment in stations tho most elevated, the most conspicious, the most trying, the most J, lisi()ll ._ is . now , like a Cinch.m 'vïlfj'"!« '; uu,u a9 a T T| . aitor ' " 1 ™" a ISTHE lwKtsnM ; wymeu, & to in htiudajyestcr^y, we i his little farm." But is building houses— 1 his is the man who has -Say, my Coun In noticing the President's arrival at Concord, N. II. in our paper of forgot to mention ; b : following highly important eircum stance. given in the Concord Patriot. " A Living Eagle, a native of our own forests, and the symbol of our martial prowess, perched on the sum mit of the twentieth, arch, and under the canopy of stars by which it was surmounted,apparently watching with intense curiosity and curiosity and surprise, the concourse of people pas sing under him, heightened in the hosoin of every Beholder, the interest of this lively spectacle. It was a de light fui sight to behold this haughty monarch of the feathered tribes, tin pride of the forest, encircled by tile blaze of the stars he lores, stifling for a moment his untamed spirit of liber ty, and gratefully spreading his pin ions as the chief of the nation passed, which had chosen him from the whole range ot animated nature, as the em blem of its glory and strength. Mr. Monroe appears to he highly favored. He ran hardly venture out, hut some of the " haughty monarchs of the feathered tribe," arc seen flut tering over his head. When sworn into office at Washington, precisely at the time In: took the oath, an Eagle was seen to soar over the capital. This was considered an auspicious omen, and the joke would have gone off well, Iliad it not unfortunately been discov ered that the Italian sculptor, who, like every body else at Washington, wasalmost burning up w it h patriotism, had let loose the Eagle kept for a mo del, in honor of the dap ! Now as an inducement for the Pres'dent to pay us a visit, we will pledge ourselves that a « Living Eagle" [kept by a gentlemen in this city] shall soar over his head nt such time and place us shall he. named, and the circumstance shall he duly |rublishcd as being alto „ aether fortuitous. We will not pledge «.( wipw|vf| forthe „ ^tenseness" of the E , <( , g „ curiosity" or "surprise" ot (>n t | 10 ot . casion . But we will warrant tu- it t0 |)e „ tPU8 E , aml IMJ counter in ^ ° >* ^ N. B. Should arches he erected, the Engle shall perch upon the " summit" of one of them, either the tenth or twentieth, as shall he judged proper.— lb. From the Baltimore Federal Republican. Jf the sky falls, we may catch larks. W r observe some foreign papers employe'll in speculations on the. pro bable fate of France, in case of the demise of the present king. The ed itors have put all the members of the Bourbon dynasty at the bead of differ ent factious ail of whom, nut forget ting Maria Louisa, are to make a hold push for (lie throne. Whut may take place in a new order of tilings, it h impossible to say ; hut it is perfectly fair to oppose one conjecture to a no (lier. Is it not then very probable that France, after having suffer« 1 !' calamities almost unparalleled in the history of civilized nations, lias be i ome at last perfectly thought sick ol revolutions—nmt on the plain princi ple that a burnt child dreads the lire, the French will submit to (heir own monarc hy rather iban to attempt 6 disturb (he repose of Europe again Is it credible »fier the flames oi'Mos t.iiw, that any Fluropean power will become an ally offensive and défensive with France, to promote the ambition of this nation, wln-n those nations have suffered so riiui-li, not less by treaties than by wart Is there a sin glc. object tiiat any European power i an gain by the formation of snob an alliance, lo be compared with the dan gers to he apprehended ?—If the allies are indeed iucapabie of learning wis dom from experience,—if they belong ? T | lrtt t ^ e sovereigns of Europe are ail, what Burke denominate.) 1 dom from experience,—if they belong to that class of men whom their own sufferings will not convince, then they must ho not only idiots, hut one de gree worse than idiots—put the fin ger of a fool on a burning coal, ami lie has at least sense enough to take it away. We have hoard this stated as a fact, that by placing a glow ing coai before the mouth of a cat, and treading on her tail at. the same time, she may he compelled to chew the burning and savoury morsel : hut we do not believe that any of the ran narclis of Europe, legitimate nr ille gitimate, belong to this order of ani mals.—Let these editors make mil sprtng nailed, velvTt-puwed, long tailed ami green-eyed philosophers,"—in plainer English, eats,—and their arguments will apply.—Speculations of the east of char. toter above mentioned, are as eurrent as copper *:oin, and about as valuable. To supposeastate of things different from what exists and to argue from them as facts, is an old mode of argument adopted in courts, that brings to reeolleetion an The our anecdote of thief justice Jay counsel was supposing a statement of facts different from what appeared in evidence, when he was cheeked by the judge —suppose nothing, sir, said the of court; argue from the facts in eyi theldence. There is no end, said theohiel at an a us justice, to arguments of (his kind ; wjien a different state of facts is nu.«'c out by evidence, it will he time nougli then to consider of that chsi . The counsel promisrd eompliann , hut shortly afterwards trespassed gain—supposing, (said he) gentlemen of the jury, that the state ofia-ls was different—Tliis is the second lime said the chief justice, that I have eaution«'d the gentleman at the, bar against this mode of argument— There could he no law, said lie, no rule of action for any particular act, if a different act could invalidate that law—if another were admitted, it would he to invalidate not only every legal, hut every moral obligation also. Let me caution you, sir, to liewa'e how you offend the third time in this point; the counsel again promised compliance, and was again unmindful of his word. Suppose, genth-men of the jury, said the counsel, that the facts were different ^—suppose, said the chief justice, that you should sit down, sir. e a Albany, Aug. 11. Destructive Fires. The valuable buildings owned by Mr. Benäaelaer Schuyler, at Stillwat er, consisting of a gristmill, two saw mills a fulling mill and carding ma chine, wore distroyed by tire on Thursday night last. The loss, we are informed, cannot he less than from 12 to 15,000 dollars. The property had been insured, but the insurance policy expired some weeks since. The tiro caught in the fulling-mill, and was accidental. On Friday night the vnluahh 1 mil!» at Waterford, belonging to Archibald M'lntyre, Esq, of this city, were also destroyed by fire. 'I'lie fire was com municated to the mills, from a nuil ding adjoining, which hail been unin habited for some lime, and the deed is supposed to have been perpetrated by some villain. The amount of pro perty «li-stroyed is estimated at near 20.000 dollars. Flight thousand dol lars were insured. the the New Orleans, July 12. The U. S. Sehr. Firebrand. l.L Cunningham, lias arrived Irom 'S era Cruz, where Lt. C. had been sent on command ; we learn that, he was ve ry politely used tiy the Dons. h !' ol Looking Glasses, Hardware, Dry Goot 1 TT.irXE l? Phu-aor At I fie corner of Marke» lu Keep constantly lor sale an ele gant assortment of Glasses Looldii <»* s Plated, Brass and Japanned wares, \\ holesulc and Bclail; ALSO, Ihy Goods, by an ? By the piece, all of which (hey are willing to sell ut very reduced prices, and request their Wilmington friends to call. Aug. 20—3t $30 REWARD. Ranaway from the subscriber, on Mon day the 21st inst. a negro man named XATH.LV, XATH.LV, About 23 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, of a pleasar t countenance when spoken to. He had on when he went away a blue and white striped coatee, calico waistcoat, dark panlaloons, pieced in the seat, and fur hat, with crape, tol erably well worn ; also a pair ot shoes, with my name maiked on the lining, a pair of cotton striped stockings. He is very fond of playing on the violin. \\ hoever.takes up and brings home said negro, shall receive the above reward with all reasonable charges. Stephen liotighten, Neat- Christian» Bridge, L)eJ. Aug. 20—tf Look Here! Speculators. We, the subscribers, having purchased all the Real Estate of Daniel Coxe, late of Kent County, s'ate of Delaware, de ceased, offer the same tor sale, on the most reasonable terms. This property consists principally of timbered lands, situate in Murderkdl hundred and county aforesaid, and within 3 or 4 miles of the village of Camden, and the same distance front the town of Dover, the seat of gov eminent of the state of Delaware. Persons wishing to purchase, will • call on either of us, who will eben 1'uJly • shew the premises, and make known the ^ terms. i ft Aug. 16—tf John Reede, Sea. John Reede, Jan. Thomas Dehorty, Foster Price,