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lead, instead of east iron, into wheels,
at boxes : und I think lead bas been
tried under the gudgeons of mill
wheels. It would be well for some of
your eorresiiondenta, who have had
experience on the subject, to commu
nicate what they know. II the gud
geons of powder mill wheels ran on
lend ; and it should he found compe
tent to every purpose for which iron
has been Used, such misfortunes as
those stated in your papers, might he
hereafter avoided.
A. IS.
Richmond, Oct. 18.
A great man has fallen !
Washington. ( N. C.J Oct. 10. By
a gentleman direct from Nashville,
(Ten.) we have understood that a duel
was fought just before lie left there,
between Generals Adair and Jackson,
in which the latter was killed. The
particulars of this lamentable occur
retire will be given in detail, as soon
as received.— [Jm. Jtecorder.
Interesting Keport,
The above paragraph reaches us
through the American Recorder, of
'Washington, N. C. of October the
tenth. We are sit a loss what credit
to attach to it. We believe, Wash
ington is towards the sen-boaid, out
of the usual line of communication
from the West. Still the report in.. y
have accidentally reached us sooner in
that way than in any other. The last
western mail, which was due at this
office on Wednesday evening, did not
bring us papers Irani Tennessee. The
last we have from Nashville bears
thite on the 2Sfth ult. It isprofouodly
silent upon the report in question.
There was time enough, however, for
the melancholy event to happen, be
tween the date of that papei and the
arrival o( the intelligence at Wash
ington (N. C.) on the loth.
Wc state the paragraph as a reperl,
we hope it is, tlioogh w> have some
serious fears on the n.at'er—1st, Le
eause it conies direct to Washington,
and thence direct io os. And, idly,
because a rencontre between Jackson
and Adair had been so prepared, ami
almost rendered inevitable in minds
of their military ardor, by previous
transactions, as to bave been expected
transactions, as to bave been expected
by almost every person who had any
acquaintance with their transactions.
I
Fur several weeks past, a paye,
war has been earned on between
those gentlemen» originating,in events
ivbioii ou£ht long sinee to have been
buried in oblivion. The reader will
call to mind, (hat rfmontr the transite
.. ® ,r ,.
liuns which took place at New Or
leans on the memorable 8th January,
a few Kentucky troops, which were
stationed on the West of the Missis
sinni, from some cause or other gave
ground with some others. In the of
fieial despatch, Gen. Jackson spoke
with some slight of these troops—in a
way certainly not very well calculated
to please them or their friends. Ma
ny of the citizens of Kentucky were
dissatisfied with the terms of (lie ge
neral's letter, and some discussion en
sued in the public prints. It was
hoped, however, that the matter was
finally put to sleep ; when a few
months pust the controversy was re
vived, and uvaneed from slep to step
to iieat and to animosity, Gen. Jack
son, to rescue iiitnsclffrnin the impu
tation ol having recanted his decla
rations, went into ihe public prints;
brought out a variety of documents,
and discussed the matter very much
at large. He was answered by sever
al writers, and among others whose
testimony was relied o.i to rehut his
positions was that of General Adair,
who was with the Keutmky troops at
the Siege of Orleans. Gen. Jaekson
piqued by the conduct ol Adair, re
plied in terms of no measured mode
ration. He charged Adair with ut
tering false statements—be charged
him with impudence 'muttering (hem.
The character of Gen. Adair is well
known. His reply if he ever made
any, has not reached us—but it was
apprehended by every one, who knew
them both, that nothing hut a person
al rencontre could satisfy their scru
pulous feelings of military honor. We
are tlierefi re ready to lend a more
credulous ear to the rumor which
has reached us, than the course which
it haslaken would seem to warrant.
We are afraid that this rumor but
points tu the rieuounement of a trans
action which ought never to have oc
curred—a denoitncmenl in which one
brave man lias fallen by the hands of
another. We shall he delighted if
our forebodings should prove to he
false—and that Jaekson should still
he preserved for the beucfilaiid glory
of a grateful country.
New York. Oct. 18.
A Grant declared void.
It is - ' not without a share of min
gled astonishment and regret, that
we perceive the following article in
the New Orleans Gazette. Strange
Ideas, indeed, and crude conceptions
of elementary principles, must per
vade u legislature which can thus ex
croise its power. We know of no
way of uvoiding is grant but by vio
fence, united with fraud, as in tin
ease of the Georgia legislature, which
at the institution of an inceudiary.
burnt its records.
From the New Orleans Gazette.
Extract from the report of the house
of representatives of the silling o'
Saturday, Jan. 18,1817.
Mr. Junes introduced the following
resolution, to wit : •• Resolved that
tlie committee of commerce and ma
nufactures he instructed to enquire
into the expediency of repealing an
act of the legislature of the territory
of Oilcans, granting to Robert R.
Livingston und Robert Fulton, the
sole privilege of using steam boats
for a limited time."
« On motion, ordered that the n
hovo resolution he adopted.
ii
delate arc 6 alette.
WILMINGTON :
SJTCRUJV OCTOBER 25.
To the Humane.
It is requested that persons residing
near, and those coasting up and down
the Delnwàre, friendly to tiie cause of
Humanity, will use their exertions for
the recovery of Ihe body of tho Ian
Mrs. COX, who was unfortunately
drowned on Sunday morning the 12th
instant, while endeavoring to get on
hoard one of the steam boats in the
river Delaware, after the same had
left the wharf. The exertions of the
friends of the deceased in seareffing
for her body at the place and the vi
cinity where she was drowned, having
proved fruitless, it is supposed the
Loily has been swept down the river
by the current, and may probably he
Oct ween Philadelphia and Wilmiug
iOn.
The deceased when drowned had on
a while muslin dress,
I rimmed with white sattin ribands,
large merino shawl with wide border
and pluuih colored shoes, on one ol
„ s , ie has a plain gold ring.
. 1 ° .
^ eP ** a,r * s a ve, T dark brown, mulin.
ing much to black.—-Her family are
VPI .y anxious that the body should be
- .... , , ...
found, it is t>r mined that by the a
...
hove description it will he known to
lie the body of Mrs. ('ox. Inforiim
(ion | e ft at No. 114, South Eighth st.
... . , "... . .
ffl11 l,e K™»lfuily rece.ved by her
distressed relatives, and any expense
if
chip bonne!
will he cheerfully paid.
Philadelphia, Oct. 15.
The Governor 1 of the State of New
York has issued a Proclamation for the
observance of Thursday, the thirteenth
day of November next, as a day of Pray
er and 'thanksgiving, throughout the
State.
Washington, Oct. 23.
The President has returned to the
sent of government from a short visit
to his estate in Virginia.
A story is in circulation, which ' 1ms
given much uneasiness to our fellow
citizens, importing that General Jaek
son had fallen in a duel by llte hand
of Gen. Adair. W'e are warranted in
saying that this story is entirely with
out foundation. W e are not aware of
the difference which lias asisen be
tween these gentlemen, hut we hope
there is no reason to dread a catastro
phe so fatal.
It has been incorrectly reported
that Mr. Hrackenbritlgc, of Baltim- re,
was one ol' the passengers in the On
tario, lately sailed from New-York.
Mr. B. is now in this city. We sus
pect, moreover, that tho destination
of the Ontario ii not for any Atlantic
port, hut for a Jt 'ui*e on tiie Ameri
can coast of the F îeifie Ocean.
Wc have conversed with several
gentlemen from Amelia, who repre
sent the state of aff'.tilrs as being very
quiet. Nothing of importance had
oeeured sinee. the burlesque attack,
anil mock-valiant battle given by the
Spaniards on the 13t.h. This vigot
ous effort, so characteristic o1 Span
ish bravery, seems to have exhausted
the strength of the doughty combat
ants; and forced them iuto a calm, as
profound and death like, as that ob
,erved by nature, tiller the horrors of
some [dreadful storm ;
r Savannah Museum.
Information lias been received nt
Kingston, by the British frigate Lu
Pique, which arrived at that port from
La Vera Cruz, last from .Havana,
I liât Gen. Mins, hail intercepted two
courics on their way from Mexico to
La Vera, Cruz.and it was reported
that he hail obtained possession i f one
of the mines.— Gazette.
General St. Clair.
The following sketch of the milita
ry life and services of Genera! St.
Claie, one of the must patriotic, liravc
and skilful, and at the same time the
most unfortunate of our revoluliona
ary heroes, is extracted from Wilkin
son's Memoirs. The chilling and
studied neglect which this gallant ve
teran has experienced from the gene
ral government in his old age, cannot
have escaped the attention ol all those
who are capable of estimating the
services of the brave champion of his
cutmtry's rights, and who have hearts
to feel for his misfortunes. One act
of munificenei, and one only, lias
been performed towards General St.
Clair ; and that was recently done by
i.ho Legislature of Pennsylvania. He
now reside* in a small hut, in pover
fy, on a mountain in the interior of
Pennsylvania. Let those who have
Witnessed the prodigality with which
riches and honors have, been bestow
ed upon the officers who have been
fortuitously elevated during the late
war, read the following, and drop a
tear over the fate of St. Clair.
[Jib. Gas.
From Wilkinson's Memoirs.
" Ho had been introduced at an
early age into the RbyaJ American or
noth British regiment, and during the
seven years war, had scon a great
deal of active service under distin
guished commanders. lie served u!
the takjpgof Louishurgh, under Gen.
Amherst, and the next campaign cat
ried a pair of colours un tiie plaie s .
Abraham, the day General Wolf - a
tered his life for deathless rene w t.
I'hc native ingenuity, liberal ei'jc.i
iion, literary taste, and polished ad
dress of Ensign St. Clair could nol
escape the observation of the con
queror of Canada, and his able coad
jutors Monkton, Townshend, be Mur
ray ; and the circumstance of their
attentions enlarged his sphere of in
iulormation, and gave scope to his
genius and dispositions. After the
i>ea<ie of 1765, he sold out and enter
ed into trade, for which the geuerosi
ty of his nature utterly disqualified
him ; he of course soon became dis
gusted with a profitless pursuit, and
having married after several vicissi
tudes of fortune, he located himseli
in Ligonier Talley west of the Alle
ghany mountain, and near the ancient
route from Philadelphia to Pittsburg.
In this situatiou the American Revo
lution found him, surrounded by a ri
sing family, in the enjoyment of ease
and independence, with ttic fairest
prospects of affluent fortune, the lbun
dation uf which hail been already es
tablished by his intelligence, industry
and enterprise. From this peace
ful abode, these sweet domestic en
joyments and the ilattering prospects
which accompanied them, he \va*
drawn by the claims of a troubled coun
try. A man known to have been a mili
tary officer, & distinguished for know
ledge and integrity, could not, in those
times, he concealed even by his fa
vorite mountains, and therefore, with
out application or expectation on bin
part, he received tiie commission of
■a colonel in the mouth of December.
177 5, together with a letter from Pre
sident Hancock, pressing him to re
pair immediately to Philadelphia. lie
obeyed the summons, and took leave
not only ufiiis wife and children. Inn
in effect of his fortune, to cuibark in
the cause of liberty anil the unites,
colonies. In six weeks he completed
die levy of a regiment ol 7.-0 men .•
six companies of which marched in
season to join our troops liefere Que
liée ; he followed with the other inui
May, and after the unlucky affair
it Three Rivers, by his counsel to
General sullivan at borrel, he suveu
.
in
the army we liad in Canada. Subse
quently to these events be rose to tli
rank of Major General, and was hon
ored with the confidence A friendship
of General Washington to the day of
his death. At Trenton he saved the
army by the flunk movement to the
right, which he recommended in conn
cii on the night of the 2d Jan, 1777 ;
and at Tieonderoga, in the same year.
I beheld him rising superior to the
selfish obligations which fetter man
kind ; and by preferring the safely of
the army confided to bis charge, to
the bloody honors which were within
his reach, he voluntarily plunged
himself into the gulf of populur de
traction.—Well do I remember his
reply to me, when deploring the ne
cessity of our retreat :
.so my boy. .<< Tis not in mortals to
,command success, but we'll do more,
we'll deserve it.' I know l could save
my character by sacrificing the army;
but were I to du so, 1 should forfeit
that which the ivorld could not restore,
and which it cannot lake away, the
approbation of my own conscience."
What a noble sentiment ! Can suuh
services and sacrifices he balanced by
pelf} and is it meet that such a pa
triot should he suffered to drag'out a
tedious term of old age in indulgence,
and he buried in obscurity ? Do such
glaring neglects comport with the li
berality and beneficence of an enlight
ened and Christian people Î Are they
consistent with justice und sound po
licy ? Reason and humanity revolt
against these propositions ! and it is
hoped, that the virtue and good sense
uf the people, which when spontane
nisly exerted, seldom err, may he
•at > .y interposed to resetie the coun
try om the sin of ingratitude, and
the shame of neglecting those faithful
citions, whose whole time has been
devoted to the publie service. A con
trary course pursued by the agents of
the general government, lias already
tarnished the character of the repub
lie ; and if persisted in will sap the
foundation of patriotism, convert the
military into mercenaries, and the ci
vil functionaries into sordid specula
tors ; and instead of a magnanimous
policy, the views of our public council
will be contracted to the narrow cir
vie of selfish interest ; and then the
love of our country, ami our adminis
tration of its constitution, will yield
to avarii ions passions anil ambitious
projects, and like our primitive pa
rents, and every people who have gone,
before us, we shall forfeit for a shad
ow, tiie solid blessings prepared fur us
by our indulgent Creator."
It must be
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Portland Gazette.
We have already given some hints
on Cider-making; it is necessary we
should now attend to some directions
the management of tins article,
while it is fermenting Ac. After the
eider is made, it may be put in large
open vessels for the space of about
sixty hours : during this time the
heaviest of the pulp skins to the bot
tom, and the larger and lighter parts
rise to the surface where it remains
until the fermentation begins ; but as
the fermentation would involve greal
part of the pulp both from aliove am.
below# into the body of the liquor am.
increase the fermentation beyond oui
• ontrol-—It is best therefore, to I r
drawn off' into casks before this effect
tie produced, leaving the pulp behind
Cider requires a gentle fermentation
and ought to be confined to between
44 and * ( degrees of heat. If your
cellars he loo warm which is general
ly the ease when cider is malle, the
casks may he put in the shade on th
Nortli side of your buildings. In eiglii
nr ten days the liquor is to he racket,
oft'; at which time, there will be a
considerable quantity of lees fallen to
ihe bottom; Irom which tho eider
might to he removed. If the air in
î lie tellur he fallen to 46 degrees or
on
lielo r, you may pin- e vour eider in it
J • 1 ...
leaving tiie doors and windows Open
lor some time after. During the whole
time of fermentation the casks unis'
of
;
of
to
to
a
is
of
us
he kept so full that the yeast may bo
thrown out of the hung and not return
into the liquor as this will injure it.
(u ahmit live weeks after the first
racking it should be again racked, ta
king care to draw off none of the lees.
The bungs may now he left out a month
lunger without any ill consequences.
If the fermentation lias been coutluo
ted properly, it may now he bunged up
tight. I l eider is to he kept in cask
after May, early in the spring, otfver
tiie bungs vyilh rosin, or cement of
some kind ; to do this open r ju spile
while the cement is laid on, otherwise
no art can cover the hung effectually;
the air from within will force up the
cement through the smallest passag *
and disappoint a thousand attempts to
fill it up. When covered and the ce
ment cooled, make ti e cask tight by
driving an oaken spile into the hole.
Inferiour cider is kept by adding a
gallon of c.itler-braudy to a barrel.
The method as above directed is said
to produce sweet cider retaining the S
taste of the apple. '
More frequent rackings, weaken
the body and preserves the sweetness^
fewer raekings, and laying longer on
the lees, render it harsh and more V
heady. If cider he imperfectly fer
mented, the Spring produces the fer
mentation anew, and it will destroy
itself, unless preserved by distilled
spirits, or by brimstone, the last too
offensive to ho used.
Cider that is intended for use in
the winter or spring following, may
he made as late in the fall rs the
weather will permit and put immedi
ately into the cellear ; or if it is to he
used in the spring, it may he housed
and lay through the winter ; in either
case it makes a very pleasant drink.
Cider keeps much better in hogsheads
and other large vessels, than it does
in barrels.
be
Of the opperations of the patriots
in South America, we can give no
thing satisfactory. All the details re
ceived are so contradictory and con
fused, that we are certaiu of nothing
-except indeed it he of the prominent
facts, that their eliic ' •« u'dled
among themsel v
each other.—(i.
Penns}
Mr. Findlay, ,
tor governor, has at present, a majority
of 5737 over Gen. Hiester.
$B00 Reward ..
RUNAWAY from the subscriber,
living in Chester Town, Kent County,
Maryland, on Saturday the fourth of this
month, a negro man named
TOM,
Who » about thirty eight years of age,
five feet ten or eleven inches high, well
made, and likely, and is a very dark mul
latto. Had on when he went off, a great
coal, of drab colour, of filled Kersey, a
short coat and pantaloons of the same ;
he had a variety of other cloathing with
him, such as a blue superfine cloth long
coat, and black pantaloons, with a good
hat, shoes and stockings, &c. It is like
ly he went northward.
Whoever secures the said negro man
Tom, so that 1 get him again, shall be
entitled to two hundred dollars, or the
above reward if brought home to me,
living in ,'hester Town aforesaid.
W iliiam Han-oll.
Chester Town, Oct. 20. 25—2m
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SALE.
The subscriber will sell on the 24fv>
of November next, on the premises,
 Tract of Land ,
Called Forrest Lodge; containing eight
hundred and seventeen and one quarter
acres, lying mid being in Caroline coun
ty, adjoining llie lands of col. Keene.
And on the following day, on the premi
ses, two tracts ol land called Fart of
Wright's Hope, and Wright's Forrest,
containing one thousand and lorty lour
acres, lying and being in Queen Anne's
county, and about three miles tiom For
rest Lodge, late the property of Arthur
Bryan, Esqr. deceased- About five bun
dled and lilty acres of Forrest Lodge, Je
the whole of the last mentioned tracts,
The land will be divided
are in wood.
o as to suit purchasers, ard upon terms
which will be advantageous, which will
he made known on the day of sate. Any
communication relative to the said lands
ran be made to Robert Welch, of l'eu, of
it >»<= city of Annapolis who' is in posses
'''ion of ihe p ats and title papers, oale
commence at 11 o'clock,
John tihuatY Stychc tt
Oct. 25— *.24N