The Delaware gazette (Wilmington [Del.]), 1809-07-08 00:00:00

THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
VOL. I.]
WILMINGTON, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1809.
[NO. 1.]
Printed and Published On Wednesdays and Saturdays, BY JOSEPH JONES, In Market street, a few doors above the Bank of Delaware.
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LEE's Genuine, Patent and Family MEDICINES. PREPARED BY Richard Lee & Son, SOLE PROPRIETORS.
Observe—the following Medicines are sold By Mathew R. Lockerman Bookseller,
Next above the Bank of Delaware, Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware. Each article has on the outside wrapper the signature of
Richard Lee & Son.
Persons not attending to the above instructions, are liable to be imposed upon. The proprietors think it necessary to remind the public, that these medicines have been for several years prepared by them—the good effects of which are authenticated by some of our most respectable citizens; and without attending to the place of sale as above and our signature, the purchaser may be disappointed by receiving no benefit—not having the genuine medicines of Richard Lee & Son.
Lee's
Worm destroying Lozenges.
This medicine is superior to any ever offered to the public, being innocent and mild, certain and efficacious in its operations. Should no worms exist in the body, it will without pain or griping, cleanse the stomach and bowels of whatever is foul or offensive and thereby prevent the productions of worms and many fatal disorders.
In order that the heads of families may be able to judge of the complaints of children, whether they originate from worms or not, we will describe the symptoms by which means it will be easily known.
SYMPTOMS
Itching of the nose and anus; hunger with ravenous appetite; nausea; knowing pain in the stomach or intestines; fetid breath; grinding of the teeth and moaning in sleep; intermitting weak pulse, and hectic fever; fatness; wasting of the flesh; but there are several kinds of worms; itching about the anus with tenesmus are signs of ascarides, or small thread worms. Sudden gripings about the navil denote the common round worm. Gnawing pains in the stomach, and voraciousness, the maw worms. And a weight in the belly, like the rolling of a ball, the taenia, or tape worm.
For the prevention and cure of bilious and malignant fevers is recommended.
Lee's Anti-Bilious Pills.
Prepared by Richard Lee and Son Baltimore. Persons wishing to purchase this valuable medicine are requested to be particular in enquiring for Lee's Anti-Bilious Pills, put up in wooden boxes, having on the outside wrapper the signature of Richard Lee & Son—this is necessary as there are other pills of the same name.
The operation of these pills is perfectly mild so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age.
They have been found remarkably efficacious in preventing and curing disorders attendant on long voyages, and should be procured and carefully preserved for use by every seaman.
Lee's Elixir, A certain remedy for cold, coughs, asthma, and particularly the whooping cough, so destructive to children.
Lee's Essence of Mustard, So well known for the cure of rheumatism, gout, palsy, sprains, &c.
Lee's Grand Restorative, Proved by long experience to be unequalled in the cure of nervous disorder, consumptions, lowness of spirits, inward weaknesses, etc.
Lee's Sovereign Ointment for the Itch, Which is warranted an infallible remedy by one application.
Ague and Fever Drops, For the cure of Ague, remittent and intermitting fevers.
Persian Lotion, Celebrated for the Cure of Ring worms, Tetter, &c.
Lee's Genuine Eye-Water, An effectual remedy for all diseases of the eyes.
Tooth-Ache Drops, which give immediate relief.
Lee's Corn-Plaster, Damask Lip-Salve, Restorative Powder, For the teeth and gums.
The Anodyne Elixir, For the cure of every kind of Head-Ache
Indian Vedegetable Specific, For the cure of Veneral Complaints.
Lee's Laxative Pills. Each and every Medicine above enumerated have got their directions describing their mode of use in the most perfect manner. October 15.
James Gardner,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public that he has removed his store to the east side of Market-street, one door above Spackman & Grubb's, (nearly opposite the post-office) where he has opened a large assortment of elegant Dry Goods among which are.
 Blue, black, brown, drab, corbeau, bottle green, grey, and dark mixed superfine cloths  Cassimeres  Bennet's patent cord Coatings and flannels  Forest cloths  Velvets and constitution cords  Bevercus  7-8 and 4-4 Irish linens  blue & yellow nankeens  Wide and narrow cotton cassimeres  Chintzes and calicoes  Cambick and common dimities  Calimancoes  Durant and Jones' spinning  Cotton and worsted hosiery  Colored, chambray, cambric, jackanet, mull-mull, India, British, book, gurrah, bafia, & leno Muslins  Marseilles quiltings  Fustians and jeans  Line strings  Sinhaw and Mantua silks  Silk & york tan gloves  Bandanna and Madras handkerchiefs  Cammel's hair shawls  Checkered and striped linens  Damask shawls  Russia & towlas linens  Rutines & bombazetts  Red & green backing baize  Brown holland  Suspenders  Umrellas & parasols  Black satins and florintines  Scissors & pen-knives  Silk hose  Gift & plated buttons  Oil cloths  Trunks  Morocco & kid shoes, &c. &c. 
N. B. Country Store Keepers supplied on the lowest terms for cash or the usual credit.
James Gardner.
Wilmington, March 25, 1809. tf
Notice.
SUCH persons as are indebted to the estate of ESTHER YARNALL, deceased, either by bond, note, or book-debt, are requested to make immediate payment to John Warner and John Torbert, or either of them, who are legally authorised to receive the same. And those who have claims against said estate are requested to present them for settlement.
William Warner, Ex'r.
Feb. 11, 1809. tf
NOTICE.
ALL persons having any demands against the estate of John Garrett, late of Christiana Hundred, deceased, are requested to bring them forward, properly attested, for settlement; and those indebted are hereby required to make immediate payment, to
LEVI GARRETT, or HORATIO G. GARRETT, } Ex'rs. January 7, 1809. 6mo.
Patent Washing Machines.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has, some time ago, purchased an exclusive right of making and vending Patent Washing Machines throughout the hundreds of Brandywine and Christiana, in New-Castle county, a number of which machines he has already made, which have been tried by divers persons and highly approved of, as they save a great part of the labour of washing in the usual way, and are less injurious to clothes. He will continue to make and have a supply of them on hand, which he will sell on reasonable terms to such as favour him with their custom; and will also sell to any person a right to make and use them within the hundreds aforesaid.
ABRAM GEST. Wilmington, Jan. 21, 1809. tf
(BY AUTHORITY.)
Scheme of a Lottery,
For raising a sum of Money For discharging the Debts due from the Wilmington College, And for repairing the said College.
  1 Prize of 5000 dollars is 5000   1 ..... 3000 ..... 3000   2 ..... 500 ..... 1500   4 ..... 400 ..... 400   7 ..... 350 ..... 350   1 ..... 300 ..... 300   1 ..... 250 ..... 250   1 ..... 200 ..... 200   1 ..... 150 ..... 150   5 ..... 100 ..... 500   13 ..... 50 ..... 650   20 ..... 20 ..... 400   100 ..... 10 ..... 1000   2060 ..... 5 ..... 10300   2300 Prizes. $ 24000 
6000 Tickets at $4 each, 24000
Less than two blanks to a prize.
There will be twenty days drawing of 300 tickets each day, and part of the above prizes to be disposed of as follows, viz.
  The last drawn ticket on the 2nd day's drawing whether blank or prize, 50   The last ditto 5th ditto 100   The last ditto 7th ditto 150   The last ditto 9th ditto 200   The last ditto 11th ditto 250   The last ditto 13th ditto 300   The last ditto 15th ditto 350   The last ditto 17th ditto 400   The last ditto 19th ditto 500   The last ditto 20th ditto 5000 
Prizes paid thirty days after the drawing shall be completed, subject to a deduction of fifteen per centum; but if not demanded in twelve months after the said term, will be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the institution.
The following gentlemen are appointed managers.
 John Rumsey,  Dr. E. A. Smith,  Dr. Geo. Monroe,  Dr. John Brinkle,  Aaron Paulson,  William Hemphill,  Daniel Lowber,  Thomas Duff. 
It is believed that the above scheme presents to the adventurer as fair prospects for success as any heretofore offered the public.
When the trustees take into consideration the laudable object for which the benefit of this lottery is intended, they flatter themselves, with confidence, that a liberal public will enable them to effect the drawing in a very short time.
Tickets may be had of the trustees, and such persons as they may appoint. February 4, tf
NOTICE.
THAT the subscriber hath obtained from the orphan's court of Cecil county in Maryland, letters of administration on the personal estate of Abner Kirk, late of Cecil county, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, at or before the 19th day of the first month, 1810, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand.
WILLIAM KIRK, Adm'r. Wilmington, June 24, 1809.
A Miller Wanted.
A YOUNG MAN of steady habits, sober, attentive, honest, industrious and completely master of his business—To such a one a liberal salary will be given.—Apply to the editor. Wilmington, June 24, 1809.
For Sale
AT the Book-store of MATHEW R. LOCKERMAN, next above the Bank, Market-street, Wilmington.
Handsome family Bibles, of excellent paper and print, also Bible's with Cann's notes and references, and very small pocket bibles well bound and printed.
Guthrie's Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar, and present state of the several kingdoms of the world with all the latest alterations and improvements. Price $5 50
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language, by John Walker, author of Elements of Elocution, Rhyming Dictionary, &c. &c. Price $3 50.
Grace and Truth, or the Glory and Fullness of the Redeemer displayed by the Rev. William M'Ewen. Price $1
Sketches of the history, genius, disposition, accomplishments, employments, customs, virtues and vices of the fair sex in all parts of the world Price $1
The American Nepsos a collection of the most remarkable and the most eminent men who have contributed to the discovery, the settlement and the independence of America. Price $1
The Ladies Friend, being a treatise on the virtues and qualifications which are the brightest ornaments of the fair sex. Price 37 1/2 cents
Eugenio and Amena, or the vicissitudes of life, by the Rev. William Roberts. Price 62 1/2 cents
Poems, translated from the French of Madame de la Motte Guion, by the late William Cowper Esq. Author of the Task. Price 37 1/2 cents
Letters from the dead to the living, to which are added letters moral and entertaining, by Elizabeth Rowe. Price $1
A selection of Sermons from the works of the Rev. James Saurin, on the following subjects:
 1. The Omnipresence of God.  2. The Manner of praising God.  3. The Sovereignty of Jesus Christ in the Church.  4. The Equality of Mankind.  5. The Worth of the soul.  6. The Birth of Jesus Christ.  7. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  8. The Absurdity of libertinism and Infidelity  9. The Harmony of Religion and civil polity  10. Christian Heroism.  11. General Mistakes. Price $1 
Evans's Sketch of the denominations of the christian world, accompanied with a persuasive to religious moderation. To which is prefixed an account of atheists, deists, theophilanthropists, Judaism, Chinese religion, christianity, mohometanism.
Christian Sects.
Trinitarians, athanasians, sabellians, arians, neccessarians, materialists, socinians, calvinists, sublapsarians and supralapsarians, arminians, Baxterians, antinomians, papists, Greek, or Russian church, protestants, lutherans, hugonots, episcopulians, or church of England, dissenters, kirk of Scotland, seceders, English presbyterians, independents, brownists, padobaptists, 1st & 2nd general and particular.
Quakers, methodists, new methodists, jumpers, universalists, reilyan universalists, destructionists, sabbatarians, moravians, sandemanians, hutchinsonians, dunkers, shakers, new American sect, mystics, swedenborgians, millenarians, together with reflections on the whole, and a recapitulary table. Price $1
To the Public.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has purchased the whole stock and trade late of the firm of John & Wm Patterson, saddlers, and removed to the west side of Market street a few doors below Third street, where he continues to carry on the above mentioned business in all its various branches, and has constantly for sale a large and elegant assortment of articles in his line, which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms.
William Patterson.
Wanted, as apprentices to the above business, one or two active boys, of from 14 to 16 years of age. ap 22 3m
Matthew Kean
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he has opened a Dry Good Store on the west side of Market Street, next door below the corner of Second Street; where he offers for sale a handsome assortment of seasonable goods on moderate terms. Wilmington, June 17, 1809.
NOTICE.
STOCKHOLDERS in the Gap & New-Port Turnpike Company, will observe, that the President and Managers thereof, have directed a call of TEN DOLLARS, to be made on each share of the capital stock; and that the same be paid into the treasury, on or before the first day of August next.
By order of the Board. LEA PUSEY, Treasurer. London-Grove, June 24, 1809.

Agricultural.
From the Raleigh (N. C.) Star.
Extract of a letter from a friend and Correspondent at Tarborough.
"Your publication respecting the Benni has excited the attention of your subscribers in this quarter. — They are desirous of witnessing the reality of what is said about it, and have desired me to make application to you for some of the seed. I planted some of the seed last season (which were presented me by Gen. Blount, who procured them from Mr. Jefferson) but as I was from home at the proper season for sowing the seed, they were lost—I believe Gen. Blount has saved some. As the Benni promises to become an important article in husbandry, it is presumed that any information respecting its culture and use will be acceptable. I therefore present you with a copy of Governor Milledge's communication on this subject, which, if you think proper, you may give a place in your Star."
DIRECTIONS
Concerning the culture and use of Benni.
As soon as you suppose the frost is over, put the seed in the ground: it will grow in almost any soil, and requires little cultivation—a small furrow made with a plough or hoe, to the distance of three and a half feet to four—plant it as you would any small garden seed, and cover it about one inch deep. It has few side roots, and those short, and when the plant advances in growth the earth should be drawn to it. The leaves falling from the stalk is the sign of the seeds being ripe. Cut off the top which bears the pods, and tie them in small bundles, placing the bundles with pods up against a fence, or pole resting on crutches. The upper pods open first; when about half the pods are open, the bundle is held over a sheet or tight floor, and with a small stick the seed are easily threshed out. The bundles are then returned for the remaining pods to open, all of which will take place in the course of eight or ten days.
laws of the Union.
[By authority.]
AN ACT
To amend and continue in force certain parts of the act, entitled "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, seventeenth and eighteenth sections of the act, entitled "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," shall continue in force until the end of the next session of Congress; Provided That nothing therein contained shall be construed to prohibit any trade or commercial intercourse which has been or may be permitted in conformity with the provisions of the eleventh section of the said act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That all acts repealed, or mentioned or intended to be repealed by the said act to interdict commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies, shall be and remain repealed notwithstanding any part of the same act which has been or may hereafter be revoked or annulled, or which may expire by its own limitation: Provided , That all the penalties and forfeitures which may have been incurred, or shall hereafter be incurred on account of any infraction of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, or of any of the acts supplemental thereto, or of the act to enforce and make more effectual an act, entitled "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States," or of any of the provisions of the act to interdict the commercial intercourse
between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes, shall, after the expiration of any of the said acts or of any provision thereof, be recovered and distributed in like manner as if the said acts and every provision thereof had continued in full force and virtue.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That during the continuance of this act, no ship or vessel, except such as may be chartered or employed for the public service by the President of the United States, shall be permitted to depart for any foreign port or place with which commercial intercourse has not been or may not be permitted by virtue of this act, or of the act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States & Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes. And no ship or vessel bound to a foreign port or place with which commercial intercourse has been or may be thus permitted, except such as may be chartered or employed as aforesaid, shall be allowed to depart, unless the owner or owners, consignee or factor of such ship or vessel shall, with the master, have given bond with one or more sureties to the United States, in a sum double the value of the vessel and cargo, that the vessel shall not proceed to any port or place with which commercial intercourse is not thus permitted, nor be directly or indirectly engaged, during the voyage, in any trade with such port or place. And if any ship or vessel shall, contrary to the provisions of this section, depart from any port of the United States, without clearance, or with our having given bond in the manner above mentioned, such ship or vessel, together with her cargo, shall be wholly forfeited, and the owner or owners, agent, freighter or factors, master or commander of such ship or vessel, shall moreover severally forfeit and pay a sum equal to the value of the ship or vessel, and of the cargo put on board the same: Provided always , That the provisions of the eleventh section of the act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes, shall extend to the prohibitions imposed by this section; which prohibitions shall cease to operate in the manner and under the limitations prescribed by the eleventh section aforesaid, in relation to any nation with which commercial intercourse may hereafter be permitted, in conformity with the provisions of the eleventh section aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That all penalties and forfeitures arising under, or incurred by virtue of this act, shall, during the continuance and after the expiration thereof be recovered and distributed, and may be remitted or mitigated in the manner prescribed by the act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes, and the acts therein referred to.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That all vessels which may have arrived at any port or place within the United States from Great Britain, her colonies or dependencies, between the twentieth day of May and the eleventh of June, one thousand eight hundred and nine, shall be exempted from all the forfeitures and penalties incurred in consequence of any violation of any of the provisions of the said act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW GREGG,
President of the Senate pro tem.
June 28, 1809.
APPROVED, JAMES MADISON.
The Gazette.
Wilmington, July 8, 1809.
This number commences the establishment of the DELAWARE GAZETTE. In entering on the duties of his station, the Editor feels all the diffidence which conscious inability is capable of producing. The very lively interest that has been excited in behalf of the establishment, whilst it inspires the Editor with gratitude, admonishes him, at the same time, that much more is expected from him than he is capable of rendering. But tho' his defect of talent must be sensible, be obvious to all, yet his gratitude, and zeal in the cause espoused, he trusts, will not be less apparent. He has no hesitation in promising that the slender capacity with which it has pleased the Author of his being to endow him, shall be industriously and firmly applied to the advancement of the sound principles of civil and religious liberty—neither threats nor persuasion shall divert him from his purpose, and, like a faithful sentinel, he will be ever found at his post.—Circumstances, entirely beyond the control of the Editor, have delayed the publication of the first number. Future numbers will be issued early on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
FOURTH OF JULY.
This auspicious day, so dear to every real American, was observed by all descriptions of citizens with a patriotism, harmony and order becoming the occasion. The Wilmington Light Infantry Blues, in honor of the day, assembled at an early hour, and, after performing the evolutions adapted to the occasion, repaired to an elegant retreat in the vicinity of this town to join a large and respectable assemblage of their fellow-citizens, and with them partake of an elegant repast prepared for the occasion. The company was honored with the presence of a number of the veterans of our revolution, who, we are happy to state, had no cause to be ashamed of the conduct of the rising generation. Dr. James Tilton was chosen President, Captain Frederick Leonard, Vice-President, and Mr. Charles H. Haughey, Secretary.—At the request of the president, Mr. Haughey read the Declaration of Independence and delivered an Oration of which the following is a copy. Justice to Mr. Haughey obliges us to state that the oration was hastily prepared, and only suffered by him to be published in compliance with the wishes of the company present—that he was obliged to leave home the next day after it was delivered, and consequently prevented from paying that attention to correction which a little more time would have enabled to have done. After dinner the succeeding toasts were drunk, accompanied with the discharge of cannon from the Revenue Cutter, which lay within signal.
ORATION.
FELLOW CITIZENS,
THE present day, which we have assembled to celebrate, is a day ever to be respected by the American people.
On the 4th of July, 76, the people of America first took an honorable stand among the nations of the earth, and, ensured to themselves those liberties so peculiar to the western world. Destined by Providence to taste first of those blessings, 'tis still incumbent upon us to keep alive that day, which was one of the first towards our becoming a great and independent nation.
The patriot and sage, who penned the famous declaration of independence, and since, whose life has been that of a great and wise politician; has not long since retired from the busy hum of a capital. During the space of 33 years has our late president, devoted his sole attention to enseria and cement more firmly our infant republic. He has with the aid of men great and good, with minds expanded like his own, been still able to preserve from foreign and domestic foes, that government, which, he has had so great a part in placing in the hands of those who have the right.—
'Tis unnecessary on the present occasion, to dwell long on a subject, the merits of which are so well known to all.—
It may not be amiss on this occasion to express our feelings relative to the successor of our late beloved president. James Madison, a man distinguished from his early youth for virtue and talents, was hailed by his country to fill the presidential chair. Born in the land of liberty, reared under the banners of men equally famed for every thing that is great and distinguished, he is still beloved by the friends of freedom, notwithstanding all the artifice of base and designing politicians.
Fellow citizens, if we contrast the situation of our country when the famous articles of independence were made, with the present, we shall all agree, that the present is a time that requires the greatest exercise of the talents of our leaders, aided by the support of a great and magnanimous people. 'Tis for you, fellow citizens, to appreciate those rights so dearly but justly obtained. 'Tis for you to step forward at this time, in aid of your country's cause, when assailed by the tyrants of the world, and convince your enemies, both at home and abroad, that you are to be independent and free.
Enough at present our country is experiencing in a considerable degree, the baneful effects of the devastating wars of Europe, we have still those means left in our power, to ensure our present and future happiness, if properly appreciated by the citizens of our country.
Our republic is in its infancy, and I believe we can find few instances, if any, recorded in the annals of history, of one of its standing becoming a prey to foreign or domestic faction. Indeed, the wide spread of useful independent knowledge in every part of our country forbids the idea. If we advert to the astonishing changes made here, in every respect as it relates to the society of man, we must feel astonished, especially those who lived in the arduous times, as the patriots express it, that tried men's souls.
It seems a kind Providence has placed us in this remote part of the globe, for great and wise purposes. 'Tis here in this fertile part of America the standard of liberty was first raised, upon those pure and sound principles that never existed in any other. The arts and sciences have progressed among us beyond example. The flood of new inventions, exhibited daily to our view, would lead us to say with Virgil, "Jam redit et virgo, redeunt saturnia regna: Jam nova progenies celo demittitur alto." Indeed, if we recur to the gloomy and awful state of nearly all the world, we are led to believe that changes are taking place far beyond the conception of man.
Fellow citizens, to bring the matter home, would ask any one present, were he in the
† Now returns the Virgin Astrea, returns the reign of Saturn: Now a new progeny from high heaven descends."
act of supplication, what he could ask more of this world, than he was absolutely in his power. Do we not here enjoy political and civil liberty, in a greater degree than any other people on earth? Have we not a more extensive country, abounding in all the varieties of climate, to a greater degree than any other people? If this be the fact, what lengths ought we not to go, great and good, to preserve those inestimable blessings? We are so situated and secured by the laws so wisely adopted by the legislatures of our country, that, in scripture language, every one can sit secure under his own vine and fig tree, and none to make him afraid.
Citizens, enquire for yourselves, and consider your free and independent situation in its proper light, attended with thousands of blessings unknown to the people of other countries. In America no hereditary distinction is known—merit is here found in abundance, without which, a citizen can never rise in the estimation of the people.
It has been the opinion of a party long opposed to the present government, that, there is a want of virtue to ensure its safety; though we can venture to say upon the most approved authority, that there is no government so well calculated to ensure the liberties and happiness of a people as a federal representative republic, such as that under which we live.
It is a maxim of the celebrated Montesquieu, "that virtue is not the principle of a monarchical government;" though it is in some measure requisite in all governments not founded entirely in the halls of the people, yet it is absolutely in the nature of a representative republic. So it is evident, in our government virtue must exist in a very great degree, notwithstanding all the vice. Indeed, of this we need only recur to the case of Burr, who, with all his boasted talents, foreign and domestic aid, was unable to put in force his wicked and diabolical schemes. Notwithstanding the failure of all attempts made upon our rights, yet it is incumbent upon us to guard and protect our liberties with a greater diligence. Instead of a departure from those genuine principles so natural to the American people, we have the best grounds for believing, we shall with care and attention grow in all those essentials, necessary to ensure our growing empire.
In all governments, however well founded, there are times when the people will relax in a small degree from their usual energy. It unfortunately has been the case under the embargo laws, which, we have the best reason to believe, has preserved us from the tyrants of the ocean; at least for a while. We have reason to lament the late panic at Washington, which, no doubt, has been productive of evils, and left a stain that can never be washed away.
Citizens, it remains with you to correct all the vices existing among us. 'Tis not here as under monarchical despotic governments; there the people are deprived of what you have most completely in your power. Liberty is a property inherent in Americans: They are better fitted for its enjoyments than any other people. It is therefore highly necessary that you duly attend to those liberties so dearly bought by the worthies of vereny six. We, fellow citizens, now assembled in commemoration of the day that ranks us the first among nations, let it impress us with a true sense of the solemn obligations due to our God—the sages and heroes of our revolutionary war. Let it as deeply impress us with the importance of holding ever sacred the confederation, which, like the links of one great chain, can never be broken without destruction to the whole. Washington, the father of his country, has left us this as his most important legacy. Let it not only recall to our minds that glow of love, that burns in the bosom of every friend to liberty; but convince the world of our importance as a great and independent nation. We, as Americans, can say more for ourselves than any people on earth. It needs only a recurrence to our settlement, the trying scenes we have encountered, and, finally, the wise constitution adopted. With a proper attention to the cultivation of morals, we shall grow in all the blessings derived from so happy a constitution as that we enjoy, and leave a name behind us revered by ages yet to come.
Toasts drunk on the 4th of July, 1809, in Wilmington, Delaware.
1. The day we commemorate—may its annual return ever revive in our memories, the blessings produced by the famous articles of independence, and a due respect for their author.—1 gun. 9 cheers. 2. The present Congress of the U. States—may they profit by experience and learn the dangers of instability from the example of a past session.—1 gun. 3 cheers. 3. The President of the U. States—may his virtues be ever recorded by the American people.—1 gun. 9 cheers. 4. George Clinton, a patriot of seventy six, may his past services never be forgotten.—1 gun. 9 cheers. 5. Our heads of departments, as a national council, may they grow in the estimation of the people.—1 gun. 3 cheers. 6. The citizens of the U. States—may they wisely profit by the past and present convulsions of the world.—1 gun. 3 cheers. 7. Agriculture—may the virtues it imprints upon the mind, never be eradicated by the demagogues of faction.—1 gun. 9 cheers. 8. The manufactures of our country, reared by the patriotism of our citizens, may they be wisely fostered by the leaders of the nation.—1 gun. 9 cheers.

 9. Commerce—may its eagle wings be clipped when it tends to the reduction of our independence.—1 gun. 9 cheers.  10. The army of the U. States—may it continue till its reduction be required by the sovereigns of the land.—1 gun. 9 cheers.  11. The militia of the U. States—may they possess the bravery and patriotism of those times that produced the present blessings.—1 gun. 9 cheers.  12. May concord and unanimity ever exist among our citizens.—1 gun. 9 cheers.  13. George Washington, the father of his country.—1 gun. Solemn music.  14. May the services of our war-worn veterans never be forgotten.—1 gun. 9 cheers.  15. The State of Delaware—may the sun of republicanism arise with a tenfold refulgence, and flash conviction on the minds of her deluded citizens.—1 gun. 3 cheers.  16. The policy of Thomas Jefferson—may it be imitated by the present administration, as it will ever be revered by the great body of the people.—1 gun. 9 cheers.  17. The American fair—may they ever prefer the solid to the graceful.—1 gun. 9 cheers. 
VOLUNTEERS.
 By the President —May the protecting influence of Providence be extended to the U. States hereafter, as heretofore.—1 gun. 3 cheers.  By the Vice-President —The American people, may they wisely attend to the cultivation of morals.—1 gun. 3 cheers.  By Major J. Fuett —The eleventh Congress, may they evince in their deliberations more stability and firmness than their predecessors. 1 gun. 3 cheers.  By Mr. Charles H. Howden —Liberty, the infant of America, may it never cease to spread its benign influence, till every government is likened to its own.—1 gun. 3 cheers.  By Captain Mendenhall —The American eagle, may it ever beware of the crouching lion and the crowing cock.—1 gun. 3 cheers.  By Mr. J. Hall —Hamilton and Burr, Picking and Marshall, may their characters, buoyant by corruption, float down the stream of time, the objects of disgust and detestation to every American.—1 gun. 9 cheers.  By a Rope-Maker —May the Legislator who refuses to encourage the manufactures of his country be compelled to wear a home-spun neck-cloth. 
Summary of Foreign News. —By the arrival of the Fair American at Philadelphia, from Dunkirk, whence she sailed the 8th of May last, we are in possession of bulletins from the armies of France and the confederation under the command of Napoleon. These bulletins detail the operations in Germany to the 27th of April, and record a series of very important victories obtained over the Austrians. The Austrian army passed the Inn on the 9th of April, news of which reached Paris by telegraph on the evening of the 12th; on the 13th Bonaparte left Paris, and, with that rapidity which always characterises his movements, arrived at Donauwerth in Bavaria, a distance of more than 500 miles, in the night of the 16th. On the 19th several engagements took place between French and Austrian detachments, in which the latter suffered considerably. On the 20th Bonaparte, at the head of the Bavarians and Wirtembergers, attacked an Austrian division of 60,000, and defeated them with the loss of 13,000 men, eight pair of colors and twelve pieces of cannon. This victory was succeeded by another on the day following, in which the French took 30 pieces of cannon, 9000 prisoners, 3000 baggage waggons, and three superb sets of pontoon bridges, together with the hospitals and the magazines which the Austrian army had begun to form. The next day the main body of the Austrian army, consisting of 110,000 men, under the immediate command of the archduke Charles, was attacked and completely routed. Night put an end to the pursuit. The archduke Charles is said to have been indebted for his escape to the swiftness of his horse. The French pursued their advantages the next day, and succeeded in making a vast number of prisoners, &c. with little opposition and trifling loss on their part. The fate of Austria is unquestionably decided. The archduke Charles is supposed to have fled to the mountains of Bohemia. Bonaparte, in a proclamation to his soldiers, states "that he has taken in these several engagements 40 standards, 50,000 prisoners, 3 equipages, 3000 waggons, with baggage, and all their military chests." Before one month (says he) we shall be at Vienna.
FOR THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
Mr. Editor, Your establishment of a republican paper must give pleasure to every republican. The long period that has elapsed since the publication of a paper in this state, devoted to the advancement of pure republicanism, has, unquestionably, been the means of the great federal influence that at present exists. It is time that sound and pure principles be disseminated among the worthy and independent yeomen of Delaware; let us then hail the commencement
of your paper as the epoch of republican regeneration in this state—and convince our great sister states that we are not unworthy of a station in the ranks of democracy. No more will the calumnies with which the federal press have for years teemed, pass uncontradicted, unrefuted—let federalism bid adieu to the system of gulling and trapping which so successfully has been practised on the unsuspecting peasantry of the state. The tales of "French influence," "Two millions of dollars," &c. have passed by, and "all the talents of the country" appear to be employed, if we may judge by their silence, in the coinage of some new tale which in its turn is to run through the channels of filth 'till some other banality is produced by the "wise men of the East." Thus, Sir, passes their calumnies, generation on generation, each gradually rising, till by its accumulated weight, the "Babel" of federalism tumbles to the "Tomb of the Capulets" there to rest unlamented, whilst proud republicanism, towering like the eagle, spreads its doctrines over unhappy
EUROPE.
Red-Lion Meeting.
AT a large and respectable meeting of the citizens of New Castle county, convened pursuant to public notice at the Red Lion Tavern, on Saturday the 24th of June, 1809, to take into consideration the propriety of a removal of the seat of justice of New Castle county, from its present to a more central and suitable situation, and to concert measures to carry the same into effect—GEORGE CLARK, Esq. was appointed Chairman, and JEREMIAH LEW DEN, Secretary. The chairman having explained the object of the meeting, a committee of five persons were appointed to prepare and report resolutions to the meeting on the subject. The committee having retired and prepared, presented the following report:
That whereas it appears to your committee that very general complaints have been made by the citizens of New Castle county, of the secret as well as open attacks of the people of the town of New Castle on their property and interests under the delusive pretext of public improvements, while it is evident to every observer that these innovations are not intended to be a general benefit to the county, but on the contrary are calculated to enhance the value of the property of a few private individuals, and to shorten and improve the roads to the present seat of justice, situated at an extreme part of the county; justly dreading from the increasing population and spirit of public accommodation, that the citizens of this county will not long put up with the inconvenience of travelling many miles further than necessary to the present seat of justice without some extraordinary inducement, which the people of the town of New Castle hope to find in shortening and beautifying the roads from every part of the county, (which can only be done by deranging old establishments and ruining the principal part of the property through which they pass) and making new and unnecessary roads, for no other purpose than to facilitate the communication with that place, erecting elegant and expensive bridges, &c. &c. that the enormous expenses of these innovations are iniquitously and unjustly intended to be drawn from the funds of the county.
That secret and fraudulent measures have been taken to obtain orders of court for those roads, and petitions forwarded to the houses of assembly, praying the sanction of the legislature to measures of the greatest importance, without the knowledge of those most interested living in the vicinity, and signed by a few persons only, whom they are intended to benefit.
Be it therefore resolved , as the opinion of this meeting, that such conduct, with such means, must defy common vigilance, and hence it is reasonable to calculate that sooner or later they will succeed, unless the excuse and pretext for employing them be removed, and
Be it further resolved , that a memorial be presented to the legislature of the state of Delaware, at their next session, praying a removal of the seat of justice of New Castle county, from its present to a more central and suitable place.
Which report was unanimously adopted. On motion, Resolved , that a committee of six persons from Christiana hundred, and of three from each of the other hundreds be, and are hereby appointed to meet at the Red Lion Tavern, on the third Saturday in August next, (the 19th) to draught and publish a memorial to be presented to the state legislature, praying a removal of the seat of justice of New Castle county, from its present to a more central situation, to be designated in the said memorial, and that the said committee consist of the following persons, viz. John Elliot, Adam Williamson and John McClintock for B. H. John Way, James Robson, Daniel Lowber, Jacob Broom, Francis O'Daniel and Jacob Robinson for C. H. John Tweed, Jeremiah Springer and Andrew Reynolds for M. C. H. George Gillaspie, James Price and David Nivin for W. C. C. H. William Cooch, Morgan Jones and Oliver R. Howell for P. C. H. Jesse Devocou, Jeremiah Lewden and Abraham Short for N. C. H. Jesse Higgins, Alexander Jamison and James Miles for R. L. H. Enoch Thomas, John Merritt and William Frazier for St. George's H—and John Clark, Captain Richard McKee and Abraham Staats for Appk. H.
Resolved , that the said committee be, and they are hereby invested with such further power, as in their opinion and discretion may be necessary for carrying the same into effect.
And it was further Resolved , that the proceedings of this meeting signed by the Chairman and Secretary be published in the Delaware Ga-
zette, and 300 copies be printed in hand bills and distributed through the county. GEORGE CLARK, Chairman. Attest JEREMIAH LEW DEN, Sec'y.
The prince of Lichtenstein, who is stated to have been killed in Bavaria, at the late battle of Rohr, had just published, (prior to entering on the fatal campaign) by permission of the government, a new and comprehensive edition of the statistical tables of the Austrian empire. According to these tables the population amounts to 23,965,000 persons; the regular army comprises 390,000 men, of whom 271,800 are infantry, 50,800 cavalry, 14,840 artillery; the rest consists of guards, invalid corps, &c. There is besides an army of reserve of 45,530 men, independent of the Hungarian conscription. The empire comprises 11,328 square miles, 790 towns, 2046 fairs, 65,460 villages and hamlets, and 3,573,610 dwelling houses. The revenue is now 146 florins, 28 of which for the support of the court, and 18 millions for that of the army. Vienna contains 6935 houses, and a population, exclusive of strangers, of 222,808 persons.
This vast empire is now in the grasp of the Bonaparte dynasty. From the breach of the treaty of Antwerp, until the period when the Austrian monarch did homage for his crown at Austerlitz; the imperial nation had been warned, repeatedly and without effect, in the destruction of surrounding nations, of the fate which awaited the pernicious adherence to the court of St. James, at once the cause and the curse of the world. That such a man as the archduke Charles, should be selected, and placed at the head of this last desperate game of hazard; is among the many unaccountable occurrences, of which the corrupt courts of Europe, have afforded so many mysterious and memorable examples. Since the first junction, general, and unanimous coalition was formed, for the dismemberment and the "booty of France from the map of Europe," we do not remember a more pitiable and contemptible effort against the arms and resources of the French nation. The thing has turned out as it was expected. One of the Bonapartes will soon on the banks of the Danube. The family of Lorraine, is destined, like the Bourbons, to become wretched outcasts and miserable dependants, on the king of boors of Europe. Public Advertiser.
FEDERAL CLAIMS
To the merit of the arrangement with Britain. Extract from a speech of Mr Fisk in the House of Representatives May 31
But there was one other remark, and the gentleman urged it as though he was really serious. Although among the last he made, it was not the least extraordinary. I had heard it made before I came to this House, but thought it was intended merely to answer electioneering purposes, and not believed by those who made it. It was to this effect: that the present prospect, so fair, was the result of the exertions of the minority in this country and particularly in Congress. I never did believe that gentlemen who claimed this as due to the exertions of the minority were or could be serious; and when I heard it thrown out on the floor since, it could not but remind me of the fly placed on the chariot wheel, exclaiming, "Lo! what a dust we flies make!" It is really surprising to me, and I am willing to confess it, though it may not be novel to those, (and there are many) who have more experience in legislation than I have, how a minority can control the majority. It is the first time that I ever heard a minority in a representative government claim the merit of a system which the minority, call them federalists, "ultra or citra " "federalists" protestors or what not, opposed, to the extent of their ability. It is repugnant to the very meaning of the term ( minority ) in the English language. For a moment let me ask you, sir, what system did they advise? Even the last measure adopted on the subject of our foreign relations, viz. the non-Intercourse law, was opposed by them; and really, among the comparisons with which the gentleman from Virginia enlightens the members of this House, I recollect one in relation to that bill, in which he said that it reminded him of the man who had invented a mode of "letting off his gun by degrees." He not only disapproved the measure but ridiculed it. "Who adopted the measure, sir? Who, had it proved disastrous, would have been called to account for it? The Minority? No sir; the majority. In all popular governments and assemblies there will be minorities. There were minorities in our revolution; but after our independence was achieved, we did not hear them claim the honor of it. There was a minority in the convention of the United States, but we have not heard this minority say that it was owing to their exertions that this charter of our liberties was adopted. Really, sir, as it strikes my mind, an argument of this kind, scarcely merits an attempt at serious refutation. Let me ask, sir, did the minority elect Mr Jefferson?
Did they or the protestants elect Mr Madison? The gentleman said, I recollect, that he does not consider the President as the administration.—Do the minority constitute it then? With whom are treaties formed? With the majority or minority? with the administration or with individuals? It really appears to me that the gentleman cannot urge this claim again; and I should not have made these remarks, if it had not been one of the most extraordinary assertions which I ever recollect to have been made on the floor of this House.
GRAND LODGE OF DELAWARE.
At an election, held on the 24th day of June last, the following Grand Officers for the present year, were duly elected. Jesse Green, Esq. Right Worshipful Grand Master. The Hon. James Booth, Esq. Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master. John Patterson, Right Worshipful S. G. Warden. Willard Hall, Esq. Right Worshipful J. G. Warden. Edward Roche, Esq. Right Worshipful Grand Secretary. Isaac Stevenson, Esq. Right Worshipful Grand Treasurer. John Sellars, Right Worshipful Grand Marshal. David Robnet, Grand Tyler. Published by order of the Grand Lodge. EDW ROCHE G. Sec'y Wilmington, July 8, 1809.
JOHN DIXON
HAVING succeeded Warner & Tertbert in the grocery business, in the stores lately occupied by them on Market street wharf; offers for sale at the most moderate terms, for cash or the usual credit. A General Assortment of Goods. And hopes by a strict attention to business, to merit a share of the public patronage.
The Packet, Sloop HOPE, Capt. MILNER, with good accommodations for passengers, will ply between this Town & Philadelphia as usual—all freight sent by said packet will be carefully attended to. Wilmington, July 8, 1809
Two Dollars,
WITH a reasonable allowance for necessary expenses, will be paid for the apprehension and delivery to the subscriber of KITTY HYMEN, a light mulatto servant girl of about thirteen years of age, who absconded on the evening of the 2d instant.
John Reynolds.
Wilmington, July 8, 1809.
Farmer's Bank
Of the State of Delaware, July 4, 1809.
THE Directors have this day declared a dividend for the last six months, at the rate of six per centum per annum on the capital stock of this Bank, which will be paid to the stockholders or their legal representatives, at the principal Bank and the Branches, at any time after the 15th instant.
PETER CAVERLY, Cash'r.
Wilmington, July 8, 1809.
Just Published,
By C. & A. CONRAD & Co. Philadelphia, (& subscriptions received by PETER BRYNBERG, Wilmington.)
The American Register,
Or General Repository of History, Politics and Science—1st second for 1808. V. I. IV. (Price Three Dollars Twenty Five Cents.) The volume contains a general history of the state of Europe, during the interval between the peace of Tilsit and the attack of the French emperor on Spain—Official papers relative to the evacuation of Portugal by the French army—Foreign and American state papers—An account of the Red River and country adjacent—An account of Louisiana at the time of its transfer to the United States—Census of Louisiana—Census of West Florida—Census of Upper Louisiana—Census of New Orleans—Catalogue of publications for 1808. Account of the proceedings of the society of Friends, for promoting the improvement and gradual civilization of the Indians—Letters concerning the fortification-erecting at New York, &c. &c. &c.
The American Register is published half-yearly, was commenced in 1807, and the demand having been so great for it, that a but few complete sets to be had, the publisher would therefore prefer new subscribers commencing with this 4th vol. (as they are now striking off an additional number) which would be no disadvantage, each volume being complete in itself. The price of each volume will be demanded on delivery; and the subscribers are at liberty to decline at any time.

POETRY.
POOR MARY.
POOR Mary was lovely, and over her head, But eighteen green summers had glided away; Young Edwin (just twenty) besought her to wed. And fair was the promise of their bridal day.
Not a nymph in the village but envy'd the maid— So graceful, so modest, so winning her air; Not a swain, but for Mary would sigh in the shade. And carrol his peans in praise of the fair.
But, Edwin, 'twas thine, thine the blessing-fragrant lot, To call this perfection of beauty thy own; To hail her the mistress of thee and thy cot, And leave other shepherds their fortune to moan.
And well did thy merits, most ill-fated youth, Deserve this lov'd maiden, for thee set apart, Whose bosom, like her's, was all fondness and truth; Whose passion, like Mary's, arose from the heart.
But war—curse on war, wheresoever it be! 'Twas this tore the youth from her tender embrace, 'Twas this forc'd her Edwin afar o'er the sea, And left the tear trickling down her sweet face!
But short was her anguish and heart-rending strife: The tidings reach'd Mary, her love was no more! She heard it, and death broke the fetters of life! She heard it, she sigh'd, and her sorrows were o'er!
And now, by the willow that waves o'er the stream, Lies Mary, poor Mary, the villagers tell; And often they make her sad story their theme, And moisten her grave with the tear of—Farewell!
Miscellaneous.
MONITORY.
Happy is that man who is free from envy, who wishes and rejoices in his neighbours prosperity, being content with his own condition and delighted at the good fortune of those around him; his eyes moisten at the tale of sorrow, his sympathetic breast beats in unison with the sufferer, and from his little store bestows a generous mile to the children of poverty. Employment attend him through the various walks of life, and the ills of misfortune rests lightly on his head; the morsel that he eats is sweet and nourishing; the water which he drinks is cool and refreshing; and the straw which supports his weary limbs, smells them in soft forgetfulness. When he visits his neighbour in trouble, such benignity appears in his countenance that the eye of sorrow wears a smile, and the distressed breast ceases to heave a sigh: Like a minister of peace, he is received among them, and his words prove the oil of consolation. How large and how extensive must be his felicity! Surely he above the rest of his fellow mortals partakes of heaven here below, or bliss which none but the virtuous ever claim.
SAGACITY OF A DOG.
A young man going into a place of public entertainment at Paris, was told that his dog could not be permitted to enter, and he was accordingly left with the guard at the door. The young man had scarcely entered the lobby, when his watch was stolen. He returned to the guard and prayed that his dog might be admitted, as, through this means he might discover the thief. The dog was suffered to accompany his master, who intimated to the animal that he had lost something. The dog set out immediately in quest of the stolen article, and fastened upon the thief, whose guilt, on searching him, was made apparent, he having no less than six watches in his pocket, which being laid before the dog, he distinguished his master's, took it up by the string, and bore it to him in safety.
Light Articles.
A duel was lately fought near Dublin, by two Attornies . An Irishman describing it, says one of the parties was slightly wounded in the HAT .
George Pennel (an honest Hibernian,) hearing that his mother was
married again, said in a great perturbation, "I hope she wont have a son older than me ; for, by J—s if she has, I shall be cut out of the estate."
An unprincipled debtor being informed by his friend, that one of his creditors wished to receive the interest , as he could not obtain the principal ; he replied with more wit than honesty, "that it was not his interest to pay the principal , nor his principal to pay the interest ."
Wilmington College Lottery.
Fifth day's Drawing.
No. 374—100 dollars, stationary prize.
Prizes of 20 dollars.
Nos. 440 5432
Prizes of 10 dollars.
Nos. 2122 2146 2151 2352 3025 3684 4031 4288 4331 4728
Prizes of 5 dollars.
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One fourth of the above lottery is now completed in the drawing. The gain of the wheel for the last three days has exceeded the expectations of the warmest friends of the institution. As the trustees are desirous to expedite the completion as soon as possible, they offer the remaining tickets at 5 dollars, 25 cts. till the next day's drawing. The same justice due to those gentlemen mentioned in a former advertisement, who have honourably and extensively embarked in promoting the laudable object, induces the trustees, to postpone the next day's drawing till the 6th day of September next. June 17, 1809.
A Valuable Farm
FOR PRIVATE SALE, situated eight miles north west of Wilmington, in Kent township, Chester county, formerly the property of Caleb Hoops, deceased; containing about 150 acres of excellent land, under good rearing. Payments will be made easy to the purchaser. For further particulars, apply to the subscriber in Wilmington.
Wm. Gibbons.
Wilmington, June 3, 1809.
Wilmington & Philadelphia Coachees,
LEAVE the subscriber's, Swan Tavern Wilmington, and the widow Davis's Tavern, Bank street, Philadelphia, at eight o'clock every day, (Sundays excepted) and arrive at one.
Fare one Dollar.
The carriages are constructed on the most approved plan for ease and convenience, are in excellent order, and have careful drivers. The greatest care will be taken of baggage, and the strictest attention paid to passengers, who, for their convenience, will be taken up or set down in any part of the city.
Isaac Anderson.
April 22, 1809.
VIRGINIA.
General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the second day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the Commonwealth, the thirtieth.
AN ACT giving further time to the proprietors of certain lands, forfeited for the non-payment of taxes, to redeem the same.
[Passed February 1st, 1806.]
BE it enacted by the General assembly, That the proprietors of lands forfeited to, and vested in the commonwealth, by the non-payment of taxes, agreeably to the act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this commonwealth," may redeem the same by paying into the treasury of this commonwealth, on or before the first day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and seven, all arrears of taxes due thereon. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof.
A copy from the Roll—Tese, J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the Commonwealth the thirty-first.
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this commonwealth."
[Passed 20th January, 1807.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That, when the taxes on any tract or parcel of land shall have heretofore remained, or shall hereafter remain unpaid for the space of two years, such tract or parcel of land shall be forfeited to the commonwealth, and shall not be subject to location. Provided Nevertheless, That, the tract or parcel of land so as aforesaid forfeited, shall be subject to the redemption of the former rightful and proper owner at any time within three years after such forfeiture shall have accrued, upon payment of the taxes due thereon, according to the following rules, to wit: That if the said taxes shall have accrued, there shall be paid all interest of twenty five per centum per annum on the amount of the said taxes from the time they became due, till paid: If the said taxes shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of fifty per centum per annum on the amount of taxes due as aforesaid; if the said taxes shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of one hundred per centum per annum, as aforesaid; Provided also, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the rights of infants, femes covert, or persons of unsound mind, until one year after the disabilities shall have ceased, on their paying all taxes due, with an interest thereon at the rate of ten per centum per annum on the amount due as aforesaid.
All acts and parts of acts coming within the purview of this act, are hereby repealed.
This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of March next.
A copy from the Roll—Tese, J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the Commonwealth the thirty third.
AN ACT providing for the redemption of certain lands forfeited by the non-payment of taxes thereon.
[Passed February 6th 1809.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That all lands hereafter forfeited or hereafter to be forfeited to the commonwealth for the non-payment of taxes, by virtue of the laws now in force, shall be redeemable at any time within three years from the time when such forfeiture hath heretofore accrued, or shall hereafter accrue, and until the first day of March next succeeding the expiration of the said term of three years, on payment of the taxes due thereon, with an interest of ten per centum per annum on each year's tax, from the time when the same became or shall become due, until the time of such redemption. Provided nevertheless, That all lands heretofore forfeited, shall be redeemable in like manner, and on payment of the like interest, on or before the first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten.
Be it further enacted, That the Auditor of public accounts shall, on or before the first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and on or before the first day of March in every year thereafter, deliver to the collector of the taxes of each county, a list of all such forfeited lands therein, as on the first day of March preceding, had become irredeemable, which list shall be forthwith posted or hung up in the most public place in the court-house of the county.
Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and on the first Monday of August in every year thereafter, the collectors shall proceed, by public auction, at the door of the court-house of each county, to sell to the highest bidders each tract of land contained within the list of such forfeited lands, as were irredeemable on the first day of March in the preceding year for ready money.
Be it further enacted, That if at any such sale, the former owner or owners of any forfeited tract of land so about to be sold, or any person for him, her or them, or in his, her or their behalf, with or without any authority or direction for that purpose, shall appear and pay the taxes due thereon, with interests as aforesaid, until the time of such sale, such tract shall not be sold, but an entry of such payment shall be made by the collector on the list aforesaid, and a receipt for such payment given to the person making the same in the name of the former owner or owners, and thereupon such land shall be taken to be redeemed, and the forfeiture accrued thereon, shall be, and the same is hereby fully waived and remitted.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioner or commissioners of the revenue, annually, on the first Monday in August, to attend at the court-house of their respective counties, and to take and make out a list of the sales to be sold by the collector, specifying the name or names of the former owner or owners, the sums paid and to whom sold; which list the commissioner or commissioners shall forthwith transmit to the Auditor of public accounts, who shall charge the collector with the amount of sales appearing thereon.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every collector to pay annually into the public Treasury, all such sum or sums of money as he shall receive by virtue of this act, deducting a commission of five per centum thereon, which payment shall annually be made on the same day on which the taxes collected in the same year shall be payable.
Be it further enacted, That the lists of sale so certified and taken by the commissioners, or either of them, shall be sufficient to charge the collector or his security or securities, his, her or their heirs, executors or administrators therewith, on any motion to be made to recover the same by the auditor of public accounts. And if any collector shall make default in the payment of any monies by him received, by virtue of this act, at the time hereby required, such collector, and his security or securities, his, her or their heirs, executors or administrators, shall be liable to all such fines, interests, damages and costs, and be recovered in the same manner as in case of a default in the payment of the commonwealth's revenue.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every collector making a sale by virtue of this act, to make and execute to the purchaser a deed in fee simple for the lands purchased, reciting the cause of sale, and in every action or suit at law or in equity, in which a former owner or owners of any tract of land so sold and conveyed, his, her, or their heirs, devisees, or other person or persons claiming, under him, her or them, shall contest the validity of the sale so made, the said probandi shall lie on the party so contesting.
Be it further enacted, That the commissioner or commissioners for discharging the duties required on them by this act, shall be entitled to receive from the public treasury a commission of one and an half per centum on the amount of sales, on a warrant from the auditor of public accounts.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the auditor of public accounts, at the public expense, to cause a copy of this act, and of an act passed the first day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and six, entitled "An act giving further time to the proprietors of certain lands forfeited for the non-payment of taxes, to redeem the same, and also of an act passed on the twentieth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this commonwealth," to be published for three months successively preceding the first Monday in August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, to be published in some newspaper, of general circulation, edited in each of the United States, if any such there be.
And be it further enacted, That the duties enjoined in this act to be performed by the collectors, shall where the sheriff is collector, be performed by the high sheriff in person, and every purchase made, wholly or in part, by the sheriff or his deputy, or by any other person being a collector, or by any other person, wholly or in part, for the use of such sheriff, deputy sheriff or other person being a collector or shall be void; and every sheriff, deputy sheriff or other person being a collector, making any purchase, either wholly or in part, for himself, or procuring any other person to make such purchase, wholly or in part for the use aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $500, to the use of the public, to be recovered by bill, plaint or information, in any court of record having jurisdiction therein.
This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
A copy from the Roll—Tese, J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
April 22—lawgm
A VALUABLE Tract of Land for sale, At Private Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale the tract of Land on which he at present resides, situated in Mill-Creek hundred in the county of New-Castle and state of Delaware, containing two hundred and fifty acres more or less, with a comfortable dwelling house and kitchen, a cellar, barn, and a good stone spring-house thereon erected, a young apple orchard, and a variety of other fruit trees of the best quality; it is well watered by a number of excellent springs; on said tract there is near twenty acres of good timothy meadow land, about forty acres now in clover, a large proportion of woodland—and the residue good arable land capable of improvement to a high state of cultivation, being within one mile of limestone where it can be had on reasonable terms eight miles from Wilmington and six from New-Port on the main road leading from thence to Lancaster. As it is presumed any person inclining to purchase will view the premises, it is thought unnecessary to give a further description—it will bear a division into three parts, and will be sold either the whole together or in parts as may best suit the purchaser. If it is not sold at private sale on or before the 28th day of September next, it will be sold at public sale on the premises on said day, and a liberal credit given for a considerable part of the purchase money, at which time attendance will be given and the terms made known, by
JAMES OCHELTREE.
Wilmington, June 24, 1809.