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TUESDAY, October 28, 1828.
Foi. II.
Notice.
A LT- persons having claims against the estate ol ,
the liev. John Burton, late ol bt. Georges IB" 1 ' FRY
dredi, dec'd. ; as also against the estate oiMilm loir- JL
(the younger) of the same place dec <1. are re
mieetpd to make them known to the Subscriber, pro- next,
poriy attested for settlement ; and those indebted j
to either of the above estates, will make payment j
without further notice, to
ton
I iTATjn Ai .vcEin n I
hlLliAKU MAiN.-i ii-ji- 1 » , are
f the Rev. John Burton, and ot
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Administrator ot
John Burton (the younger) der.'d.
Middletown, Del. Oct. 22, 1828.
Dy authority of the .Staleof Dilaum t. .
Î CH ARLES FOLK, Governor of the said State,
Tn all tn whom these presents shall come:
B Iwdnrrthi* OU
1 WHEREAS on the first Tuesday ot Octobci, being tue ^
seventh day ot that «onth, in the year o our one
thousand eight hundred and wen V B >. | ( j
cho.ee of a Represents we otandDor ththe >
twenty-first Congress ot the United state», «ere nein .u
cording to the laws of saiil State, in lie se' era coim^s
thereof: And whereas returns o been deliver-'
manner made out, signed e f t , s iatjt , te hy ,h e res-1
said returns, and enumerated and xSLUtdioei t»e "mu 'J
I Âi^îe^S^^Âof^râeS
_ s t ., u . j n -lie House of Representatives ot the United Slates,
I for .he twenty-first Congress of the L luted States.
8 I, the said Charles Folk, Governor atoresaid, do theie
i, fore, according to the form of an Act ot the General As
sembly of the said Stale in such case made anil pr
declare the said Kensey Johns, .Til nor, t he pi rsj.11 lug he. t
in vote at the election atoresaid. ami the Gore duly ch U
od the Representative ot and tor the sud State of Dela
ware, in the II .use of Representatives atoresaid, tor the
twenty-first Co,^ivssoftlmUmtcd, Slates. ^ ^ ^
Æfâfc. Of the said Slate, at D verlhe thirteenth day
WsBÄ of October, in the Year of Our Loan, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight,
and of tlie Independence of tile said Slate
tlie fifty-third.
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By the Governor,
John M. Clayton, Secretary ol Sta,e j 2 _ <t
CHARLES POLK.
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List of Letters remaining in the l'ost Office, at
Middletown. New Castle County and State
of Delaware, 1st Oct. 1828.
A
John C. Anderson,
Alexander Bias.
Mariah Colbert. William II. Crawford, Wm. II.
Cravvlurd Esq. Wm. B.Cochran Esq.
Outten Davis Esq.
Mary Ann Emerick, Mary Eastborn.
F
Charles Foster, John Frisby.
II
Peregrine Hendrickson.
M
Doctor Moor.
P
John Pitt, G. M. Price, Benjamin Peningten.
Laurence Simmons.
Elizabeth Vankeuren.
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Bv virtue of a writ of Ven'a Exponas, to me di
rectal, will be exposed to Public. Sale, at tlie House I
of Mrs. Bromnall, (Brandywine) in Brandywine ; m
Hundred, on Wednesday the 29th day of October the
it,st. at two o'clock : The following described pro !
pet ty, situate, lying and being in the Hundred of
Brandvwine, Counfy of New Castle, to wit : No. 1. of
A lot of ground in tlie Village of Brandywine, boun
tied by the Philadelphia Turnpike road, by lands
t of Wm. Stewart, John Hays, and others, with a
two story stone dwelling House, stone
kitchen and frame stable thereon erected,
| ! iContaining one fourth of an acre.be the same more or
J| less. No. 2. A lot of ground 20 feet front anil ex
J| tending 350 feet back, adjoining No. 1. lands of Wm.
Stewart, and John Hays. No. » A lot ol Marsh
Miu Cherry Island Marsh, adjoining Marsh late of
üff Andrew McKee, deceased, and Samuel File, con
acres more or less.
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Esther Woodruff.
ANDREW GARRITSON, P. M.
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49—5t.
Sheriff's Sale.
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No. 4. A life
B( taining
BT right in a certain tract of land in the Hundred
Hj aforesaid, bounded by the Philadelphia Turnpike
K road, by lands late of Thomas Robinson, deceased,
■ Henry Webster, and James Gardner, with a small
B Tenement and barn thereon erected, containing
H about 40 acres of upland, and 3 acres of Marsh in
B Cherry Island Marsh.
■ Seized and taken in Execution as the property of
K William Smith, ami to be sold bv
Subscriptions to the above, and also to the life of i
R Rev. JOSEPH KASTBURN, late of Philadelphia I
H received here---m ice 424 1 •
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WILLIAM HERDMAN, Sheriff.
New-Castle, Oct. 16, 182S.
51—ts.
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Henry's Commentaries.
A Cook Wanted,
! To wliom'liberal wages will be given, inquire at
I this Office. * 24-tf
Real Estate in Delaware,
,
FRY 1 Hi subscriber will utter for sale at public ven
JL flue, at the house of John M. Smith, in the bo
rough *»f YVilniiiij'i on, Del. on Wednesday, 26th November
next, the following Real Ls ate, viz :
j IN BRAND YWINE HUNDRED.
j
•fit JFMic Sale.
attonon tin main cost Hoad from Phila
deiphia to Wilmington, auout miles north east of the
I latter place, containing 80 acres. Lhe buildings thereon
are a two story stone nouse, spring house and log barn,
Also, a two story trame house, coach house and stable, with
I other improvements and conveniences. The above farm
l * susceptible 0 f a division into two small farms, having
improvements for both, and well located for that pur
pose.
No. 1 . A P.i
. ^A tract of Land about 6 miles from Wilmington
bounded by lands of S unuel M'Ciintock-Aldred and
David Fanny, cuiUuimng 29 acres, 72 perdu-s ; i\ acres
OU perclus whereof is well timbered—the residue cleared
^ |
^ lot of Meadow called Sand Run Meadow,
( j bounded by meadow of.Wm, Weldin, Jim. Allmond, Ilen
> Ï unJ lUc Marsll U oad, containing 7 acres ISO
a
4 and 5 AlotofMeadow in Cherry island Marsh,
divided .ut» two lots by a road opened ttirougn it, bound
res-1 ed in marsh »! J»lm Alimond, Henry Latimer, the Marsh
'J of Meadow in ditto, bounded by the Marsh
Wefdin. -Suarpfey and Island
IN THE BOROUGH OF WILMINGTON.
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No. 7. A lot corner ot High and Walnut streets, 118
feet 2 inches on High street, hy 76 feet, 8 inches on Wal
nut street. This lot will oc sold entire or divided into 6
budding lots, une of 18 K et 2 inches front on High street
and corner of Wa.nnt street, and 5 others of 20 feet front
euch on 11 gh street.
idea,
h uses and two frame stables erected there
a 111 he sud separately, to be removed oft* the premises
in one week after 25th March next.
No. 8. A lot <>m Trench street, between Broad and Kent
ts 60 feet front, and extending that width 264 feet 11
.s to No. 9, with the improvements thereon, consist
ing ot a d »unie two story brick house, brick coach house
amt stable, at present occupied by tlie Rev. Mr. Gilbert.
No. 9. A lot on Broad street, fronting 352 feet on said
street, by 288 teet G inches in depth to Kent street, not
yet opened, containing about 2$ acres, connected with,
and a suitable appendage as a pasture lot to No. 8.
No. 10. A lot comer of Market and Hanover streets,
fronting eOlcet on Market street, and continuing that width
to Shipley street ; 2 feet inches of the adjoining lot can
he added*to it if desiialbc to suit the purchaser, making
JJ teet / ^inches in tiont on Market street.
Possession will be given on 25th March next of all that
part of tlie above property now rented to that day and ol
me residue immediately after completing the title papers.
Persons wishing to view any part of die above, will
please apply to Mr. Morgan Jones or Mr. John Hedges, in
Wilmington
Sale m commence at 2 o o'clock, P. M when the condi
« ions will be made known bv
JAMES HEMPHILL ,
Two fias
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No. Ill, Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
5i— ts
October 20,1828.
Sale,
j For
K A ivvst ji&tc, StaWum,
VV Iiosd. pedigree places him in the first rank for
the turf ; being the sun of old Oscar, out of Poppet,
lie lias been pronounced by
stud ever raised in
W
both noted strains,
good judges to be equal to any
the peninsula,and his cults are excellent for saddle or
harness. .
For further particulars apply at this office.
October 17. 1S28. 52 tf.
Head Quarters —-1st. Brigade, Del. Militia.
October 14, 1828.
T HE Artilerv, Light Infantry and Rifle Men, be
longing io the first Brigade of Del. Militia, will
meet in Brigade at Clarke's Corner, in full uniform
with arms, tec. on Saturday the 1st day ot Novem
ber next, at 10 o'clock. A. M. Battalion Com
panys. wishing to join the drill of the day are
invited to attend-the line will be formed at 11
I o'clock, and Company s that are not on the ground
; m time to take their place, cannot be admitted after
the line is tormed-F.ehl officers of the thfferen
! Regiment,s forming the Brigade and their staff will
of report themselves by t() o clock, A. M. on the day
of parade, that their stations may be assigned them.
By order of the Bngadier Genera.
JAMES N - S0 r r0N '
a
or
of
■jrjrtrade in front of the Town Hall, in full uniform, I
JL with arms, &,c. in complete order, on Saturday |
The Company will march at 8 o'
Delaware ilillemeii l
the 1st of November, at J past 7 o'clock, A. M. be
ing a law day.
clock, to join the Brigade at Clarkes Corner.
A. HAMILTON, Cap't.
23d Oct. 1823.
Attention !
life
in
of
WASHINGTON GRAYS, will assemble parade
order, in front of the College, on Saturday Novem
ber 1st. at 7 o'clock, A. M. with arms and accoutre
ments, prepared for inspection according to law.
By order the Captain.
ROBERT RITCHIE, F. S.
Wilmington, Oct. 21st, 1828.
Ylkton Btmk. Kotes ïcccvvtitt
at ij}aTf.
The few remaining DRV GOODS, consisting of Calicoes,
ginghams, Marsailes and Valencia vesting, crape, Water
loo and other shawls, silks for dresses, cloaks, bombazetts,
of i Tartain and Carcassian plaids, Denmark satin, camblet.
I drilling, cambric, book and Jaconett muslins and hankor
chiefs, &c. &c. will be sold at what they cost, and the Elk
ton paper received in payment at par tor the same. Those
the paper for good money, in preftr
igBRgoods, can have it discounted by apply
^ EDWARD T. BA1LY,
No. 71,Market-Strcct, Wilmington, Del.
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From Little's Religious Magazine.
THE IKARCH AND END OF LIFE.
— we are hastening 1 on,
We are hastening
To the sleep ol* years that are vanished ami gone,
To the voiceless chambers that lie beneath,—
To the silent halls of darkness und death 1
Like the instant flashing—the fitful light,
Of the passing meteors in their flight ;
Like the sunset hues of the summer's eve,
Like the forms that in fancy's loom we weave,
Like the flowers that blush at the opening tla}%
We arc blushing, and blooming, and fading away !
Through life's chequered mazes of joy and wo.
Through die grief and the gloom of this vale below,
W ith the fair, and the brave, and the proud, and the just
We are hastening to dust ! we are hastening to dust.
Ye plumed bund of the strong and the brave,
Wiili your burnished swords, and plumes that wave ;
With your banners that stream on the breeze- unfurl'd,
And your shouts that frighten the trembling world;
With your battles that burst like a flaming flood,
And pour out their gathered tides of blood ;
With your red cannon's wrath and war, that make
The mountains, the valleys, the oceans quake ;
With your bared arms, and uplifted lance,
And your blacken'd brow, and your fearful glance,
'Midst tlie sab. e's stroke, and the dagger's thrust,
Ye are hastening to dust ! ye are hastening to dust!
Ye lovely train of the humble and meek,
Who wipe the tears from the aged cheek ;
Whose voice the gathering cares beguile,
And make the hear s ot the sad to s uilc ;
With your tears, that stream o'er the chilling bier
Of the pious, that dwell no longer here ;
With your smiles that bind up toe broken in heart,
And pour in a balm on the poison'd dart ;
With your prayers that rise to the throne above,
And bringdown tlie blessings of peace and love ;
With the fair, and the brave, and the proud and the just,
Ye arc hastening to dust ! Ye are hastening to dust.
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From the Masonic Mirror .
THE BIBLE.
There is a book to mortals givi-n
To guide ihcir fleeting souls to heaven,
To cheer the heart ia sorrow drear
To banish every anxious fear.
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There is a book to guide our life,
To keep us ever tree from strife,
To snow the way to heav
Thai place is an eternal love.
There is a book a holy book,
Thep eoep a pure, are which God spoke
To cheer the mourner's sinking heart,
And bid the rising tear depart.
There is a book, a book of joy,
That will the shades of fear destroy,
That guides us 'o a place of rest,
That place where righteous souls are blest.
above ;
There is a book whose power divine.
Does with a blessed radiance shine,
To cheer the heart i
And rob the tyrant of his power.
row's hour
From the New England Former.
Tho criterion of a beiuitilul cow, according to
W ilkinson, may be thus expressed.
She's long in tier face, she's fine i
She'll quickly get fat, without cake or corn,
She's clear in her jaws and full in her chine,
She's heavy in flank, and wide in her loin.
her horn;
She's hi'oad in her ribs, and long in her rump,
A strait and Hat hack, With never a hemp ;
She's wide in her hips, and calm in her eye«,
Sue's tine in her shoulders, and thin in lier thighs.
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She's light in her neck, and small in her tail,
Sue's wide in her breast, and good at the pail,
She's fine in her bone, and silky of skill,
She's a Grazier's without, and a Butcher's within.
From the Christian Mirror, Oct. 10.
Harpswell, Maine, Grand Naval Fishery .—On
Monday forenoon of this week a school or school
of large fish, some of them 20 and 30 feet in length
was discovered in Harpswell river, on the eastern
side ot Harpswell neck. A few hardy fishermen
ofthat town discovered them and engaged in the
chase, driving them up the river and firing at them
I with musket balls. The alarm was soon conumini
| cated along the shore ;—a whale! a whale! was
the cry , and the water was in a short time covered
o'- with boats, carrying 60 or 80 warriors to battle ;
armed with muskets, harpoons, broad axes, hatch
ets, and whatever deadly weapon could be seized
at the moment. Those who first dashed in amongst
the school, fired at them incesssantly, and killed
several, who sunk in the river, where they stili
The greater part were driven from the river,
into a cove, directly east ol Harpswell meeting
house, between Orr's Island and Great Island. The
water was here shallow ; and now commenced an
assault and a method of fishery never before wit
The fish were known to yield a valuable
The largest would yield from
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oil like the whale.
four to live barrels, worth 30 or 40 dollars,
eagerness of attack, therefore, on the part of the
fishermen, who were accustomed to draw up from
the depth of many fathoms the small and compara
tively worthless codfish, may be easily imagm
To catch fish worth 40 dollars was no trilling
Elk
Those
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affair.
First, ns became him, the Representative of the
town of Harpswell, Mr. Curtis, a very respectable
man, assaulted the largest of the school. Armed
with a broad nxe„ he threw himself from his boat,
astride, a monster of 22 feet in length, and rode him
number of rods, (all the while cutting him with
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the greales industry,) before he despatched him
Classic story tells ns of Ariern who was carried ashore
on the back of a porpoise ; butllarpswell—true
history will long boast of their reprentative, who
rode ashore on the back of a grampus.
Mr. Heed, another of the adventurers, was not:
so fortunate. Several had attacked in vain an un»
manageable fish ; when he, having previously land
ed, waded out to hitn, saying he could bring him
ashore, up to his mid-body in water, he ■accordingly
seized the animal by his head, as one would take a
dog by the ears, but the brave man soon found he
was not in his element,—for the fish with a swinging
or two of his head, tripped up his heels and made
him glad to retreat so as to keep his head above
water ! Young Mr. Dunning pursued two large fish
ashore, and slipping the painter from his boat, he
made a noose in it, and getting it over the head and
fins of the largest, he fastened him to a tree ; while
snatching another rope, he slipped it over the tail of
the other, and fastened him to a bush; and Ihen has
tened to make new conquests.for it was the law of the
case, that every one was to have what he could kill
or catch and secure. Oneol the school was struck
with a harpoon, and his fury was tremendous. A
sea of several feet was made along the shore. The
result of this adventure is, that 22 men, the suc
cessful part of the company, killed 71 fish, being
with those who sunk in the river, the whole school.
It is not known, that one escaped. The blubber
has been stripped off, and, it is expected, will yield
75 barels of oil, worth perhaps from 600 to 700
dollars.
Some of the Harpswell people call this fish Black
Fish, others Pot fish. Both names are very appro
priate,for the fish is black like a coal, and the head
is of the form of pot kettle. Dr. Mitchell, of New
York, and other "learned men would say. it is no
fish at all, for it has no gills, and like the whale, has
heart and lungs and warm blood, and is viviparous.
It spouts water through a large spiracle or hole in
the top of its head. One man thrust his fist as a
stopper in the spiracle of one of the monsters, in
the hope, that by confining the air,the animal Would
and thus be floated more readily in the
oiter ; hut he found himselt in danger of bp.
ing blown up into the air!'. The largest was 2$
loot in length, and eighteen feet in circumference ;
tlie pups still at the breast, were 7 or C feet id
length.
It is not certain, that this fish, if fish we inaÿ call
it, has been accurately described. It belongs how
ever, to the order of Mammalia, and the family of
Cetacea, and the genus Delphinus. It has teeth
and a dorsal fin, a fir. on each side, and a horizontal
tail. The spiracle has already been mentioned.—
This is neither the porpoise, nor the Delphin, two
of tho species of delphinus. Nor is it D. Leucap^
the forth species, which is white.and has no dorsal
tin. It has the nearest resemblance to the third
species D. Orcn. or Grampus, which is described as
having a dorsal fin, and being 25 feet in length, a*
being very fierce, feeding on sealr, porpoises and
dolphins, and often attacking even whales, Altho*
the snout and the teeth do not perfectly correspond
to this description ; yet we may consider this as Del
phi nits Orca, and they may call it die Harpswell
Grampus.
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It is remarkable, that amidst all the confusion and
peril of the battle, not a man should have been hurt
in the conquest of such a multitude, of fierce and
powerful animals. The protection, no less than
the bounty of Providence, calls for the grateful
acknowledgement of these bold and successful ad
venturers.
Infant Schools .—The following extract of a let
ter, from » gentleman now in Europe, dated at Liv
erpool in June last, gives some account of the man 4
agement of these institutions there :—
" We attended a few days since an infant school,
which has given me quite new views and feelings on
the subject. 1 have seldom been more effected—it
is not too strong a word—than in seeing, as we did
a hundred little creatures several of them not twd
years old, thus collected together. How many,
how varlousi, how deep associations are there with
such a group ; anti with the thought of that most:
Christian and most judicious charity, which is pre
paring them to act their parts in life long after wc!
may have passed away.
" 1 had had no conception of the possibility of pfe 4
serving so much order and stillness among suc.li
young children, (all under eight years of age) as no
found to exist, apparently without harshness or un
pleasant restraint. They were called upon to re<
peat the pence table, the multiplication table; to
tell the number of seconds ih a minute, of minute"»
in an hour, 4*c. with the names of the months, tu
answer in the catechism,and to repeat the command ■
ments abbreviated ; all which a majority of them
did, speaking together ; clapping their hands in uni -
son, in their secular exercises. Then they wer«
amused by following the motions of their principal
mistress, who imitated thoseiused in different em
ployments ; repeating the explanation of them, as
for instance :—•' This is the wayvve sow the corn,"
or " This is the way we wash the cloaths," and
" This is the way we wring the cloaths," &c. Af
ter this about halfthe school, lhe boys, went to play
in the yard ; and the girls went into another room,
where, on the system of mutual instruction, a num
ber of little monitors, five, six, and seven years ohij
were employed in instructing small groups of other
children, teaching some their letters ; and instruct»
ing others more advanced in reading.—The chil-'
dren too young to learn were put on a carpet to sleepl
or play, as they pleased. Connected with this school
was another for children more than 7 years of ago ,
containing somewhere about 200,
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