The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., November 03, 1825, Image 3

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,/ . _The Legislature of this state
.veiled V«t Montpelier on Thursday, the
The niiMiiesSrJf tllc weathrr {or
gfd very favourable
Indian
tli Inst
e l„.,t month bas P 1
tu .|,s, potatoes partir.ular.
t in this State exa< .its n favourable ap
L-anoe, and pumpki i abound, as they al
, iionld in a land where pumpkin pies
national, as well as delicious dish.
Mammoth Bones —In digging a well at
ville Ken. a few days since, a grind/ >,
Irhing more than six pounds, parts ot
b other ;, and r • iece of a tush, about three
mes in diameter, were discovered turfy
[t below the surface of the earth.
1 ' stute ot preservation, the
The
y !
jdevs were in
• partlv decomposed.
•he linen drapers, hosiers
ofhoiidonheid n me
iipou earlierlnurs lui
stoves than aye now observe.!,
; considerable discussion, agreed upon 9
September, und 8
with two
and habcvd.ish
,g last month to
dug their shops
:ct
and af
March t
ck m,m - , . ST . •
ck from S -1)101111101' to Man -
•slater on Saturday evenings.
I no Jersey .—The presbytery ot Newark
«commended the objects of the Amcii
•olonization to the churches under their
"and the Rev. Dr. M'Dowell, ot Kliza
5 ,town, has accepted a call to the 1st
Church iii the city of New
shjttrmn
•k.
Tile yearlv meeting of the Society of
ends', for the Western shore of Mury
d fite. commenced its session in Baltimore,
Monday morning last. Ministers from
gland and from tue neighbouring states
•'in attendance.
IsK/Vm ntylvuniu ,—~\t is estimated that there
HL 100,000 sheep in the single County ot
■Washington, and that they last year yielded
So ,000 lbs. of wool.
Milt is said there are two millions of sheep
the State.
■ (icn. Andrew Jackson lias resigned Ins
Hat ill the Senate of tue United States, for j
asons connected with Iris having been put
nomination hv the I,egisl dure ol 1 muni's.- !
e as a candidate for th Presidency, at the j
:xt election.
si certain cure for the Fever algae —
ie oz. et ginget , one oz. of barks, one qt. J
'an oz. of s .Its ol tartar, or one nv. of an oz. .
, . mixed together. Take one te s- |
. 'Ä; hi dS; e ^ n Ä^ j
Uflien your fever is not on you. This reine
Hy has never been known to fail.
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;
;
Take !
r,
The Pottstown, Penn. Times of
,'s, that on a visit of Vlr. Lilibridge,
in Touri st, to the Ringing ...
i from that plae
J} Curiosity
kget. 27.
Amei
fwtuated about tin
r Mountain
mil
Oil
■ks, < 11 :
cavity among the ringing r
ibnut 0 pounds weight, he
in k Whs
ssion 11 atil hi . return IVo.
■ n
- 1 K -•
taring a
Mr. L.
Hrolil" lik"
hi
s h ft it in their p>n
c western part oft!
state.
-Miss Perse a of Woos
unfortunately burnt to
. .g, by her clothes catcli
an intelligent joung lady ot
•, but ve-ry near-sighted, and
the fire,
Lamentable Accl
ler-st., New York,
4eatli on Saturday cv
lire.
nt.
of
to
She was
—
• 17 years of
(
• that a stump had fallen fr
ie was adjusting something on the nuuillcpiece,
hen she found tier clothes in flames; she fell,
mied almost to a cinder, and died in three hours
Ol St
Fut,
I The Harrisbitrgh t hrimlrle of Monday
[ 4 Tuesday niurning last exhibited the mountains
jgovered witli snow; ami brought us a piercing
(jpitliwester. The wcutlicr contimied very cold j
3h«l riiursiiay. Dwiitg «> the healthiness oi
îîivs:
•c enabled to get
•arlier than usual;
heat and rye are so forward that in ma- .
tirough with their seeilin
nil the
iv places the cattle are turned upo
ittimot keep them down,
vheat is abundant,
aloes will be gathered, but they grow too rapid
v to be good. Turnips of enormous size are
ironght to our market."
tlu-ni, bill 1
iif buck
The
trop
A tolerable crop oi late po
A man in Silesia was lately arraigned for tiie
Mkriinc of bigamy. On tiie trial it appeared tlnd
afßwic* bail successively married nine wives, all of
lllviliom were in court. The judges decreed that
^älie best punishment would lie, to mak
■Hive hereafter with the whole nine. The
Uaippv prisoner pleaded the capital punishment
• ir decision, but without effect —
Tiie Court was inexorable.
him
Km hearing t
A letter from St. Augustine, of the 3d tilt
I^Hsavs:—"I have just returned from town, where I i
■wilncssed the efiects of the lute Storni, which
ended on tiie 2 d. The streets wen literally til- ; •.
led with tiie ruins of houses and bu.lii'iiigs— ■ .
new market is a pile of ruins, and in t II ng, .
HBbailly wounded the Mayor ami two other persons.
The tide rose higher than ever before known,
•c than half the town. Four sc
hm,H
anil inundated
(vessels were driven ashore high and ill
passed through tiie streets, anil were serviceable
m saving tiie property, it rained incessantly to
appearance salt water, which has destroyed ai
most all Vegetation. The orange grev
much injured, and the oranges destroyed.
;ilL
Sian der . —The Lynchburg Virginian stutesthat
a case of slander was decided at the last supreme t
rüUrt ÏSSTÂÂS
the Jury gave a verdict ot'?500U for the plaintifls.
This we believe, is the largest verdict ever giv- ■
en in a similar case in Virginia; though it is said, i
the slander was of so aggravated anil malicious a
nature, that the Jury would have made the de
fendant pay still more, if lie had been worth it.
and
:
„ _ . , . „ „ , „„„
New-Orlcam .—A traveller throng.i tue wes
tern country, whose journal is published in the
Winchester Republican, thus describes a Sunday
in Ntvv-Orleans;
"The French population is, I suppose, three j
to one American, and with them Sunday is the !
greatest day in the week, Hie morning being de - 1
voted to husini'ss, andtiK* evening to pleasure. As
»specimen, 1 will give you the tollowmg promt-1
nent features of a Sunday in New-Orleans. You i
the markets much better attended; every j
branch of business moving oil w.lji a greater de- i
gree of spirit; all the uniform companies ot tile
city elegantly equipped, and on parade, morning |
and evening; every species ol gaming that hu
ff, congo dances,
■.(led to ovcriloiv
see
man invention has discove
and the French theatres cr
ing. Tlu Americans are gradually gaming
ground, and the old forms aiul customs arc giv
ing place to new ones. They now enjoy a well
regulated police. The city guards are
all parts of the city; and it perchance,^ there
happens to land from Old JCentuch " a halt horse,
half alligator, and a little touched with the snap
ping-turtle," he has to keep himself very cool, or
else he is very soon walked into the callibouce.
During a residence of eight days in that city, 1
never saw a fight or heard a quarrel, which a
few years ago would have been an hourly occur
ence
_
Lafayette —The U. S. frigate Brandy wine was
spoken on the 26th of September, in latitude 48,
tongitude 26, all w*Jl.
icen in
ISA WÏI.MIKGTOWIÂPÏ,
AXIJ
DELAWARE REGISTER.
Thursday, Nov. 3, 1825.
Another explosion occurred on Thursday
evening l ist, about six o'clock, at the Pow
der Mills of Mr. E. I. Dupont, on the Bran
dywine. We are pleased to state that no
i lives were lost or personal injury sustained
I bv the accident, as the workmen were fortu
nately absent at supper.
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Pennsylvania IZlccliun .—Official returns
It appears that
380 ; of this number d 1,133 were in fuvol ot,
aiKt 59,892 against a Convention.
■m
to
j of the number of votes given at the late
l election in Pennsylvania for and against a
Convention to revise the Constitution ol that
Statc, have hc-n received,
the whole number of votes given, were 104,
I
last
rived
left
Secret
is
The hurry aiul press of business, which is
the occupation of the farmer, is now pretty
much over.
The wheat and rye is in the
cuts a healthy and
being
j and anxiety. .
the ponderous oak," and the cheering blaze
! s ij ;i u si'nd out its congenial warmth to the
j
J happiest ci eatuie
. ;t newspaper!!
| of stn| .' ul , r his a , u j i,; s family's minds
j literary and scientific knowledge ; averse to
the harsh invectives of boisterous politicians,
| (though not neglectful of political events)
nut courts the mild and temperate tone ot
the impartial observer, and delights to un
bend his mind Dom his rural occupations,
and banquet on the agreeable and instruct
ing miscellany of a well conducted paper.
Here lie can inform himself ot the events
ground, and already pi
thriving appearance—the corn is ready tor
the husking-peg, and other grain lies ov er for
the leisure Hail or idle horse, and tiie farm
er, happy fellow, is int only enjoying the
prospect of a good market for his produce,
hut may wrap himself up in the comfortable h
reffe, tioo that lie can now sit down hy his
cheerful tire-side, and enjoy, in domestic
tranquility, the reward of a season ol labour
41 The willing axe shall bend
ment.
loots
and
Jurv,
art
(bid
thc
cost
St
vet
There
; happy circle that may surround it.
! is but one thing wanting to render him tllt '
in existence, and that is
He is, perhaps, a man tond
ith
to
to
which from dny to day occur in the busy
worid, both abroad and at home
i the rise and fall of empires and men ;
here he
tear
the advancement oi the arts and science
—our facilities in trade—our resources in war
■ increasing strength—and of the mines
of precious ores which are daily disclosed
to our enterprising and per
Canals and roads, and a thousand
of
to
tin
— oui
3UÎ1
vçnng
try men—
other interesting-subjects of intrinsic merit are
sented to his at once delighted andaston
If the mind is wearied with,
|.rc
j t ; s re ij CV ed in a ninilient by the eye glanc
oi o um)tllcl .. f,,,., j„ fact a paper may be
ished senses,
or has a distaste for any particular subject,
of
something which will please, let his taste foe I
eve xo capricious; and he is not only jire- j
sented with this broad scale ot events, out j ^
in addition receives regular prices current ;
of his produce, which enables him to carry j
this produce to market, wita a knowledge
of what it will bring him there. Now we j
ould ask, what will the means of acquiring !
justly compared to a vast storehouse, where
. ^ ie intellectual customer never tails to fiml
1
of
—
tliis fund of knowledge cost a man in a year.
—the paltry sum that it would take to buy 1 1
a dozen pounds of butter, nr four or five !
bushels of potatoes. Can any ...an of rcu
son then hesitate fora moment upon t " t ' '
tilt . of novtrty 0 r inability, to introduce a j
I i * , t,;„ f , n ,il v >
thing ot so much value int» Ins ta in 1 .
til- ; •. Farmers do their children a very essentia!
■ . . u , ( not introducing such reading into
ng, . . (yiiildren ntav learn more
1 ' ' . , •
from newspapers, sometimes, than in uuii
Four sc y 100 ls. They are inWct instructors ol j
hm,H various branches of knowledge; a lie .vspa
him
to peris likewise at cheap instructor, lot it mu)
ai
lie read by all the family for the same price."
;ilL The easiest ami most satisfactory mode of
taking a newspaper, is to pay in advance;
tills gives encouragement to tue publisher,
t | )C , )a p L . t . w pi cos t ] CS s, and tiie subscriber
enjoys a satisfaction which emanates from
a reflection that lie is not in the printers
giv- ■
: debt.
i
: debt.
The price of this paperis but two dollars a
year to distant subscribers who receive their
papers by mail, if paid in ad name ; or two
dollars and fifty cents if they pay but six
. . .
months m advance A wo ) a ^
very convenient sum to enclose by mail, p,
(postage paid.) Orders will be promptly at
j ti " ' .,
! tended to, and receipts i •
- 1 - ,
_ mercant |l e readers will peruse with
,, . ...
i interest the following article, being a ti îal ot ^
j a case j n one oftlie Irish Courts, involving (
i . V .,i;a; lv 0 f t j ie s t.ite insolvent laws of this
'
| country :
From tu Nue-York Mion.
.Rkuiihd Codiit, Jur.tr 27.
or
1
a
AXTRIM ASSIZ1
John 8. Ferguson & Co. vs. Alexander Cranston.
d at the last Summer As
This action was t
sizes, before the Hon. Justice Torrens, when
the Jury found a verdict for the defendants, on
the ground that the benefit of the Insolvency
\ct of the State of New-York had been taken by
them about the year 1817. Since last Summer
Assizes they, plaintiffs, employed James Steward
American Agent, to obtain for them acompaired
and attested* copy of the entire Constitution of j
the United States, the 10th section of the. first j
article of which declares, among other enact
ment», that no separate state shall pass any aw i
which shall render void the obligation of contracts, i
tfc. the uleadin'-», and!
Sie S !
I ouuu
in
James Steward, American Agent, sworn— Ex
amined by Counsellor TJlolmes. Was lately in !
America—'he lion. Henry Clay was then See-!
votary of State for the United States! witness ■
visited Washington city; had lettes of introduc- 1
tian to the Secretary of Slate; received a letter '•
Mr. Clay, the Secretary, to his chief cleric,
Daniel Brent; Mr. Brent read the letter in the
Secretary's office,and requested JosiasW. King,
Keeper of the Holla, or person having charge of I
the Constitution of the United States, to produce :
it; Mr King brought it forward; it was in writing; I
aiul on parchment; witness received in the Sec-j ed
relary's office, a printed copy of the constitution;
it was said to be printed under the direction of
the department of state; Mr. King read what he
called the original constitution of the United
States, while witness looked on the copy; the
•d with what Mr. King
O'
copy was word for
read; witness had to alter some oftlie stopsin the
copy to make them correspond witli the original;
might have been about an hour comparing the
document. [Witness then produced the copy.]
The initials on each page are his, and were made
by him; the document never was out of his pos
session; saw Mr. flay sign his name to the cer
title ,te of the copy now produced; lie is reputed
j an q considered to be the Secretary of State; wit
;ss procured the certificate öf the British Con
j nul to the copy.
I Cross examined by Counsellor Blacker—Wit
in Washington city before March
last : had not the honor, prior to that period, of
•rsonally acquainted with Mr. Elay; ar
rived in Washington on the 27th March last, and 1
left the city on the 29th; it was most certainly the
Secret avy of State's office he went into; Mr. King I
is considered the person having charge of the
Constitution; did not cross compare the docu
ever was
being
h
ment.
lis -examined by Counsellor Holmes—Reeol-j
loots seeing above the door oftlie office in which
entered, "Department of Stale—Secretary of |
ale's Office."
Counsellor Blacker ably ad liessed the Court
and Jury, at considerable length,
defendant, and argued a Tiohit ot law, which is j
argued in the Courts above.
His Lordship, Justice Jelili, thi
Jurv, and stated, that iftliev believed Mr. Stew-j
art acted faitlifiillv, ill procuring a copy of tile
constitution of the United States they ought to
(bid a verdict for the plaint HT. Ill a few minutes|
thc jury returned a verdict for the balance ol
account ductile plaintiff*, with interest at six per
cent, amounting in all, to i-i317 13s. Id. and 6 d.
St
charged the |
on behalf of
vet tob
tllt '
is
cost 5 .
19
20
21
22
2
21
25
26
sei for the plaintiffs—Messrs. Seri von,
, Hall, and Curry.—Agents, Thos. and A.
isrs. Blacker, Gli
nts, Crouston and
('<
Holme
•t.
nsel for defendant—Me!
more, Perrin, and Tomb.—Age
Hall.
C
f the operation of
•rr..— f \ briefstatement
lifi'crent Insolvent laws of the state of New-1
ral decisi
Ni
oftlie 1 28
York, as modified hv tli
supreme court of the United States, and ot th ,
state, cannot fail to interest such as may happen
to hold the relation of creditor or debtor. Insol
vent Laws, hy which debtors have been enable 1
to discharge the
specified majority of
• application of
computed according to the a
md on the bona fide sur
petition
their creditors,
mount of their credits,
render, hy the insolvent, of all his property to lus
creditors, have existed continuously in the sta es
•ear 1761. The consti
s from the period oftlie
788
of New-York from the j
titutionality oftheso law
adoption of the
to the year 1819, appe:
tin admitted, hy all cm
debtors who had availed the
visions, and who had subsequently gr
thy, were enjoying in fane I securilv, that
property which righteously In-longed to their
creditors. In the winter of 1319, the case ot
ps vs. Crowninshicld was decided bv the
une court of the l uited States, i
Federal con dilution i
s to have been *'th ntm
of
and multitud
reives of their pro
11 weal
Stun
liicli all
stipr
that das;
debtors to exempt ihcir properly from the chums
of their creditors, was declared unconstitutional
and void. I'lie 10 th section oftlie 1 st article
I the Constitution of the Cnited States
j in the case
j ^ .considered that the provisions of this class
; „j- sl , lU . insolvent I. uvs, were ijicnns,stent with
j afair
i,^^ tiie same court establishes
j ^] ie s:m , L . principle on a state of facts far more fa
! vouriible to the driitor, and for a tune the g<
•j"d impression ot the bar and of the community,
•ould exonerate the estate ot
\ nient of his debts, but
oluntary surrender of his
fthe creditor.
hieb enabled
f State Insolvent Lav
i
declare}
a law iniiiairing the ah v
■ited tin
nol i,; n!f
1 1 |, 0 'debtor from tiie
! actual payment,
thun brought before . Ik
' ' su i,r,i n e court of this State, in which several dis
a j th, étions were taken which exempted till this
> time from a total overthrow this class ot litsol
. time vom* ^ ^ ^ „,• Vl . w . Vork . That
decides, that when both the contracting par
t i cs reside within the slate at the making of the
contrart, tiie Insolvent I.aws existing at the
tim«.* the Law should Ik* cuns'dered a part ot tlu*
v .»» lin; i jt s provisions in such case should
j j )e a v a jiuls1c andtipefative between the parties,
the supreme court of tiie United State» not hav
ing derided the principle upon precisely such a
state of facts.
P
'I'lie case ol #
of
A case was then put in progress for tiie deci
sion oftlie S. C. oftlie United States upon pre
eiselv this last state of facts; tiie case has been
argu'eil, and tiie public are now waiti g anxious
ly to learn tiie result. The better opinion ap
pears to lie that the S. C. will overthrow in tola
this class of State Insolvent Laws, and that no
Stute will he permitted in any case hereafter to
annul the lights of creditors, or the obligations of
debtors.
If the S. c. oftlie United States decide tiie
i, c(m principle, it is difficult to conceive how
law can lie allowed to be operative on a mere
tu-i-hm, that the contracting parties make con
u ts witli reference to that law, unless they
Contracts are
.
tiu.meplvps so expressiv agree,
construed by wlut appears upon their
p, (C( . and not by facts and circumstances extrinsic,
»ml'when we consider how muelimoveimpor
tn •< eommunitv is a sound and healthy stale
of imldicand generid credit, than the comfort of
, t ( -t. w qishonest insolvents or tiie mere pride
öf state sovereignty, we cannot lmt entertain a
tint this class ol Insolvent Laws will be en
m over ti, ro ivn. In cases of honest misfortune
( |,0 persons of debtors ought doubtless to be lib
cvu ted; for this purpose, and for tins only, ought
the several states to pass Insolvent Laws.]
ir;
\ minister reading the fu st line or so of
a chapter in tiie bible, the clerk, by some
mistake or other, read it after him. 1 lie
clergyman read as follows; "Moses was an
austere man, and made atonement for the
sins of his people." The clerk, who could
exactly catch the sentence, repeated it
thus: "Moses was an oysterman, and made
ointment for the shins of his people. A
E ain "and tiie Lord smote Job with sore
boils." "The Lord shot Job with four
—
halls.
man ernp i ove cl to explain the contents
^ ^ muse ., m ' t pointing to a sword—there,
said he, ladies and gentlemen, there is the
sword with which Balaam killed h.s a. ». A
not
«
stander-by, to put htm right, observed that
Balaam had no sword and did not kill his
ass—that he only wished for one. Well,
resumed the explainer, without embarrass
ment, then that is the sword, ladies and gen
ticmen, which Balaam wished to havetyad.
tlemi , . , . „
low Bladensmirgh, being destined to that
place. Coming to the main road, he turn
ed to the right instead ot the left. Having
travelled about a mile, he overtook a black
man, and inquired if he was on the right
road to BJadensburgh. "Yes, Massa," w^s
the answer, "you are on the right road to
Bladensburgh, but you must turn your
horse's head t'other way, or you will never
get there."
I
By
IN
and
nagers
place
Under
ernor,
and
Negro Wit .—Some few years ago, a gen
crosscd the Potomac eastward, be
in
EPITAPH.
Beneath this stump and pile of stones,
Lies the wine-soaked, mellow bones
Of Joseph Gill;
If Satan by tile dint of right,
Has not laid clutches on the wight,
He lies here still.
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M ETERO LOGIC AL O BS E It V AT 1 Ö N S,
For the Month of Se/item&er , 1825.
Kept and Prepared for the Wilmingtonian.
'35
1 l
; j
o 55 State of Weather.
Of Wind.
o
8. H
N. W.
Fair and warm.
70
74
do.
61 70 68
66 70 64
64 66 63
60 66 68
2
a
^
| 3
j <j
i 2 ,;q f,g iff
h. c .|. yj 72
, 4 . (jj 7 «
j
ol
d.
W.
do.
E.
do.
N. W.
N. W
N. W.
do.
do.
63 72
64
6
64 7i 72
66 61, 66
69 64 60
10 51 69 62
| u 5Cl GO 58
do.
'J
Cloudy and Rain.
Fail* and
Fair and cool.
E.
8
S.
N. IV.
s. w.
N. W.
N. W.
do.
do.
be
do.
72 F. and W. Rain in even. N. E.
fair and w.
N. W.
65 76 72
16 72 74 70
17 68 72 68
18 66 72 68
19 62 72 72
20 66 72 74
21 66 64 76
22 64 74 72
2 5 70 76 74
21 70 76 72
25 60 6 ) 60
26 60 64 60
cloudy and rain.
S. IV.
N. E.
N. W.
N. W.
N. W.
N W.
N. E.
N. E.
S. E.
do.
fair and warm.
do.
do.
do.
A.
do.
cloudy and rain,
cloudy.
cloudy and rain,
cloudy and fair,
fair and cool.
N.
of
N. E.
S. W.
N. W.
N. W.
S. E.
17 62 62 62
1 28 5d 6 .
,
1
do.
29 53 6 ) 69
30 56 61 64
fair and warm.
Prices of Country Produce.
WILMIjyO Toy, NOV. 4, 1825.
is
Flu uit, superfine, per barrel
Middlings.
*2 5(J a ?
53 50
SI 03
SI 00
Rtf.,
WllK
white, per bushel or OOlbs
red,
Coun, per bushel or 57lhs.
1) >. Meal, per bushel.
IN MARKET.
do
do
Do
55
70
10 a 1 ?—Lard, 8 a 10
12—Potatoes, 50 a 60.
Butter, 18 , 20 cts.—Eg
Bacon, 6 a 10—Ham, 9
Uank t>i: IU'Vawayp.
THE President and Directors of the Bank of
Delaware, have this day declared a dividend often
dollars per share, oftlie capital stock, payable to
the Stockholders, or their legal representatives,
on or after the 10th Inst.
Bv order of the board,
hiKvaed WoiTeîI, Citsh'r.
6—4t.
ton, Nov. 1, 1S25.
Wilmii
CAUTION.
All persons are hereby cautioned against tak
ing by transfer or otherwise, a note of hand, dated
December 17, 1833, drawn by Mendenhall Si
Ilallcr.i, for 28 Dollars and made payable to
Hope & Co., or order, "ninety days afterdate
or ten days bi fore tiie drawing of the Delaware
Stale Lottery, 3d Class"; for said note was
lairlv obtained, and tiie drawers will not account
to any person or persons, but Hope & Co., to
whom said note was given.
WM. A. MENDENHALL,
Jli'prescntative if Mendenhall Zi Waiters.
Nor. 1, 1825.
New Publications.
ami fur .ale at J. SCOT I'S
Book and Store, No. 93 Market stieet,
Owen's New Views of society; Memoirs of the
Countess tie Genlis; Morse's American Revolu
tion; Scott's Lives of tiie Novelists; llltsbatni
Huiiting; Duke Christian; Christian InJian; Gos
lington Shadows; Gaities ami Gravities; A few
days in Athens; Trubailour; Hclan's Pilgramnge
tojjcrusaleni; Babylon the Great; Tales for Mo
thers; The Foresters—together witli other new
Also, a very general assort
Just rei eivi
and valuable works. .
ment of Blank books, School books and Sta
tiouary—all of which will be sold at reduced pn
CCS.
6 —
Wilmington , Nov. 4, 1825.
6 —
Wilmington , Nov. 4, 1825.
"busby fit BÄSSE TT,
No. 62, Market-st.,
ÏÎ ESPF.CTFULLY inform their friends and
Jtfti the public generally, that they have just re
ceived their assortment of
WINTER GOODS,
consisting of Superfine Blue, Black, Brmvn, Ol
ive and Drab Cloths and Cassimercs; Middling
and low priced ditto—Ladies Pelisse and llabit
cloths; super coatings for Women s cloaks; su
pér and low priced Satinetts; Red and Green
Baizes; Red, White, Green, Yellow and Swan
skin Flannels; Carolina amt Circassian plaids—
Tartan plaids and Camolets for Cloaks; Rose and
point Blankets; Lambs' wool, Worsted, Ger
mantown and knit Hosiery; Lmseys, I
eus, Russia Sheetings and 'I'ablmgs. Together
with a general assortment of Calicoes, liomba
zets Bombazines-, Norwich, Canton and Italian
Crapes; Figured Gross de Nap. ; Blk. Floren
tine, Mantua and Levantine Silks; Waterloo, An
gola, Crape and other shawls. With their usual
assortment of
Domestic Do mis',
All of which they offer at the lowest prices.
Wilmington, 10 mo. 27. 5 unop.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
THE copartnership heretofore existing be- ;
Mendenhall & Walters, is this day dis
;
,
tween
solved by mutual consent.
1 IVM. A. MENDENHALL.
WM. WALTERS.
September 22d, 1825. ... i
All persons indebted to the above firm will ;
please make payment to Win. A. Mendeniu ,
and those having accounts against it, must pre- :
sent them to the same without delay
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DRAWING AT HAND.
Washington Canal & St. Peter's
Church Lottery.
By authority of Congress, and Legislature of Bela
ware.
IN consequence of the increased popularity
and brisk sales of the preceding classes, the Ma
nagers have it in their power to state, that the
drawing of the following class will certainly take
place iii Wilmington, as early as
16th of next month, (November,)
Under the superintendence of the following gen
tlemen, Commissioners, appointed by the (gov
ernor, via; James Booth, Êsq., Ur. A. Naudain,
and Andrew Gray, Esq.
CAPITALS, $15,000, $10,000.
SCHEME.
1 Brize of $15,000 is $15,000
10,000 ~ 10,000
5.000 - 10,000
4,490 - 8,980
1.000 - 18,000
500 - 9,000
100 - 1,800
50 - 9,300
4,650
10 - 14,880
5 - 69,750
of
1
of
2
2
Ol
18
of
of
18
..I
18
of
186
of
25
186
of
1488
of
13,950
$171,360
Whole Ticket $5—Half, $2 50—Quarter $1 25.
Packages of 12 tickets certain of drawing $21
'35 nett (shares in proportion) with
l chances for Capitals, may be had at the follow
j ing—Whole Packages $60.—Half do. $30.—
Quarter do. $15.
If preferred, certificates of Packages will be
furnished at the following rates:—
Whole Package $38 75— Half do. $19 37—Quar
ter do. $9 69.
15,870 Prizes.
many
Tickets and Shares for sale at the MANA
GER'S OFFICE, No. 28 Market-st., Wilming
a few doors below the lower Market, where
ton,
the Cash will be advanced for Frizes as soon as
drawn.
Prizes i
any of the Lotteries of Connecticut,
New-York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Washington, Virginia, and North-Carolina, will
be received in payment.
(Tj^Ordcrs, enclosing the Cash or Prize Tick
ets, as above, free of expense, for Tickets and
Shares, will receive prompt attention if address
ed to
Yales & M'Intvre.
Wilmington, Del., or their Agents.
5.
October 27. 1 825.
NEW DRY GOODS STORE.
Samuel Sa\yçlngtoii,
Has opened a DRY GODDS STORE, at
N o. 103 Sliipley-strfcet four doors above
the Upper Market. Wilmington. Del.
Where may be had, wholesale and retail, an as
sortment of
Woollen. Cotton , Silk , and Fancy
Goods, at the most reduced prices.
He flatters himself that hi» goods will please his
friends and the public, who are respectfully invi
ted to call, and see for themselves.
July 21,1825.
50
03
00
43—3m.
GIIEAP WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Boot, Shoe and Trunk Stores,
© & ÛDD
J
Market Street, Wilmington.
A T either nt the above si amis, Hie public will
■lull times fiml a complete assorint nt of
! it'» Women's Misses', Buy's, and Children's
Leather and Morocco Bunts and Situes.
Ladies' Silk, Valencia, Kid, Everlasting and
Prunella S ippet's, made in the must iaaltiuitahle
-tyle, of the best materials, and by choice work
1909 pair- of Coarse Shoes, ami 500 pair of
Lice Boots, suitable for the country market;
e hi i'll will he sold remarkably low.
Ail assortment of Ladies' and Children's East
ern made Morocco and Kid Shoes, iront 50 to
90 rents per pair.
Orders supplied on the most liberal terms, for
c isli nr acceptances.
The subscribers have employed a person
■ell acquainted with cutting and fitting
hose who a e disposed to leave their measure;
men, women or children
V. M-Neal, & Son.
A general ass .rtinem of Travelling and
.vim is
N. B.
H ir Trunks.
Wilmington, May 19, 18.?5 34—if.
A good oppoi'lunily should not be no
g lee ted.
t>. CASS. Surgeon and Dentist.,
At his former stand, No, 8 , East High street,
Informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of W ilming
ton and its vicinity, that he has returned from a
short excursion from the Borough, and will wait
pon them at their own houses, for the space of
a few months, in the line of his profession. He
performs every necessary operation on the teeth
and gums; removing with care fixed tartar. He
cleans, separates and polishes teeth without in
juring the enamel. 11 is confidence in Ins unri
valled mode of extracting teeth, is undiminished,
and no one can want contid°nce, after once sub
mitting to atrial. .He extracts broken and de
caved teeth, roots and stumps, that have been
despaired of, without injury to the gums,- mend9
teeth with foil or gold, to be as lasting and use
ful as sound teeth, without pain in the operation;
inserts artificial teeth in a neat and durable man
ner; regulates children's teeth, and gives advice
on the teeth gratis, if applied to at his room.
N. B. He keeps powder for the teeth, which
whitens them and is very beneficial to the gums.
He requests those wishing any of his services, to
call in the course of the above mentioned time,
as he will leave town at the expiration of it.
Oct 27th.
u
5 —3 mo.
Oct 27th.
For Sale or Rent.
. QTpIIAT long established and very
H ^ convenient TAVERN and prem
ises, in the town of New Castle Del.
■ÆL situated nearly opposite the Court.
House, and which has been occupied as a pub
lic house for a number of years past, by Major
John Chow. The above property has lately
been considerably added to, and repaired,
will be soil on reasonable and accommodating
terms at private sale, if applied for previous to the
third day of November next; otherwise on
that day, it will be offered at puhe sale on the
prenvses. Should it not then be sold, it will be
for rent and possession given on the 25th of March
There are also two small houses,
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next (1826.)
situated near the water, on the same street,
-iii be offered in like manner. The a
; which .
i, ove property will be shown by Major John
; crow; and the terms made known by applying
, to the subscribers.
JOHN M. G. EMORY, Easton, Md.
JOHN BROWN, Benton, Md.
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October 0, 1825.
Cards, Handbills, and Blanks.
TNeatiy Executed:* this OIRee.