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THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
VOL. I.]
WILMINGTON, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1809.
[NO. 5.]
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Just Published,
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The American Register,
Or General Repository of History, Politics and Science—Part second for 1808, Vol. IV.
(Price Three Dollars Twenty Five Cents.)
THIS 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 fortifications 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 are but few complete sets to be had, the publishers 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.
Also, for sale by P. B. the works of Fisher Ames, compiled by a number of his friends, to which are prefixed notices of his life and character. Published at Boston.
Wilmington, July 8, 1809.
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
John Dixon
HAVING succeeded Warners & Torbert in the grocery business, at the stores lately occupied by them on Market-street wharf; offers for sale on the most moderate terms, for cash or the usual credit, A General Assortment of Groceries.
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.
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.
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.
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 & Grubbs, (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  Cassimerees  Bennet's patent cord  Coatings and flannels  Forest cloths  Velvets and constitution cords  Beverenees  7-8 and 4-4 Irish linens  blue & yellow nankeens  Wide and narrow cotton cassimerees  Cintzees and callicoes  Cambric and common dimities  Calimancoes  Durant and Jones' spinning  Cotton and worsted hosiery  Colored, chambray, cambric, jackanet, mull-mull, India, British, book, gurrah, bafta, & Jeno Muslins  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  3 ..... 500 ..... 1500  1 ..... 400 ..... 400  1 ..... 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 
2209 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
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—nor 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; gnawing pain in the stomach or intestines; fetid breath; grinding of the teeth and moaning in sleep; intermittent weak pulse, and hectic fever; faintings; and sometimes convulsion fits; paleness; 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 navel 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 disorders, consumptions, jowness 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 Agues, remittent and intermitent Fevers.
Persian Lotion,
Celebrated for the Cure of Ring worms, Tettars, &c.
Lees Genuine Eye-Water,
An effectual remedy for all diseases of the eyes.
Tooth-Ache Drops,
which give immediate relief.
Lees 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 Vegetable 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.
A Valuable Farm
FOR PRIVATE SALE, situated eight miles north west of Wilmington, in Kent township, Chester county, formerly the property of Calb Hoops, deceased; containing about 150 acres of excellent land, under good repair. Payments will be made easy to the purchaser. For further particulars, apply to the subscriber in Wilmington.
Wm. Gibbons.
Wilmington, June 3, 1809.

Laws of the Union.
[By Authority.]
An act authorizing the accounting officers of the Treasury Department to give credit to certain Collectors of the Customs for allowances paid by them to the owners and crews of fishing vessels.
BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby authorized, in settling the accounts of the Collectors of the Customs, to give them credit for the respective sums which have been or may be paid for allowances to the owners and crews of fishing vessels, in lieu of drawback of the duties paid on the salt used by the same, to the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW GREGG, President of the senate pro tempore. June 28, 1809. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
Making appropriations for defraying the expence of Stationary, Printing, and all other contingent expences of the Senate and House of Representatives, during the present session of Congress.
BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expence of stationary, printing, and all other contingent expences of the Senate and House of Representatives, during the present session of Congress, the sum of nine thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is appropriated, payable out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW GREGG, President of the senate pro tempore. June 28, 1809. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
Concerning the Naval establishment.
BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States, in the event of a favourable change in our foreign relations, be and he is hereby authorised to cause to be discharged from actual service and laid up in ordinary, such of the frigates and public armed vessels, as in his judgment, a due regard to the public security and interest will permit.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the first section of an act, entitled "An act to authorise the employment of an additional naval force," passed at the last session of Congress, as requires the public armed vessels to be stationed at such ports and places on the sea coast, or cruise on the sea coast of the United States and territories thereof, be and the same is hereby repealed.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW GREGG, President of the senate pro tempore. June 28, 1809. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
Freeing from postage all letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson.
BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson, late President of the United States, during his life, shall be received and conveyed by post, free of postage.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW GREGG, President of the senate pro tempore. June 28, 1809. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Between the ministers of France and Austria, prior to the commencement of hostilities.—(Continued.)
No. III.
Note from count de Metternich to count de Champagny.
PARIS, July 22, 1808.
"The undersigned has received the note, which his excellency the minister for foreign affairs, did him the honor to address to him, and which was dated the 16th July.
"He hastened to transmit to his court, the demand, in favor of Mr. Young, lieutenant of the 2d regiment of Polish infantry. The fact, that (notwithstanding the regularity of the passports with which that officer was furnished, and which obtained for him admission into Galicia without any difficulty) he was placed under arrest, unfortunately proves to the undersigned that it must have been his personal conduct, which provoked the interference of the police against him. What that conduct was, the undersigned will without doubt hasten to get information of in order that he may be able to furnish to his excellency M. de Champagny every explanation relative to that affair. The interest which the court
of France takes in the case of this individual, is sufficient in every respect to excite that of his imperial royal, and apostolic majesty.
"The complaints, which appear to have been made in the duchy of Warsaw, respecting the great difficulty attending different exportations from the Austrian monarchy, can, if really some privations have been experienced, only relate to administrative measures, which the undersigned does not hesitate to declare to be general, and to apply to all the country bordering on the province where such measures may have been put into execution. He knows too well the tenor of the instructions given to all the chiefs of the provinces, to admit for a moment the possibility of partial prohibitions or obstacles, being exercised against no other country but that occupied by the French troops. The government of Galicia, besides has been for too long a time tested, to be suspected in a moment of peace, of a partiality, that never could be imputed to it, even when the flames of war raged on the great part of our frontiers, and since the proofs of this fact have been pronounced by the emperor Napoleon himself.
"The court of Vienna is far from forgetting the measures taken by France, in the duchy of Warsaw, for establishing tranquillity and harmony with its neighbors; and it were desirable without doubt, that the same views and sentiments were those, exclusively, which influenced all the authorities and people of that new state. But without attributing more to those last than they deserve, his imperial, royal and apostolic majesty will not cease to instruct the administrations of his provinces, to behave to all his neighbors with the most exact impartiality: and there is no person employed, who ought not on his side to take care to enter completely into the views of his court, in interpreting its orders in a sense the most strict in favor of places occupied by French troops.
"The undersigned, being equally eager to call the attention of his court to this subject, embraces the occasion to tender the assurances, &c."
No. V.
Special letter from count de Metternich to count de Champagny.
PARIS, July 22, 1808.
"Your excellency has done perfect justice to my intentions and principles: of this your last letter has afforded me a flattering proof, how can I better repay your confidence than by completely gratifying the wishes you have expressed?
"You require explanations relative to the warlike preparations that are announced, not only in the newspapers, but in the correspondence from all the courts of Germany; respecting the noise of war originating in Vienna and resounding throughout the provinces; in short, respecting the measures which have been for some time past developed in the interior of the Austrian monarchy.—There is but one of those points, on which I am well informed, or on which I would not willingly express myself: I will not, however, separate them: our measures of interior administration have no connection with the rumors of war which circulate in Germany and France.
"The Austrian monarchy finds itself in a position entirely different from that, in which those administrative principles are established, according to which it is partly governed. The social institutions have been changed within the last twenty years, in the greater part of Europe. All the states on this side of the Ysonzo, the Inn and Bohemia, have become eminently military; all of them have adopted the principles of a conscription, which embraces the whole of the population. The French system of conscription, that institution by which the French empire has been furnished with so many resources, and which the genius of the Emperor has developed and applied, is not only put into execution in two thirds of the continent, but forms one of the principal foundations of the social compact in the constitutions of several new states, particularly the kingdom of Westphalia. It is also introducing into the duchy of Warsaw, Bavaria has established a constitution; and the conscription is there extended, contrary to the ideas, which to this day govern the old state of Germany, to the whole people.—All Italy recruits its armies by conscription.
"Austria is one of the first of the states which has determined to complete its armies by conscription: other countries, such as Hungary, &c. were, and yet are, exempt from it; but it was not, nor is it extended at this time to even the privileged class of the German provinces. Those exemptions do not form the only point in which consists the great inferiority of our institution compared with that of France: ours is attended with imperfections, that there is no
remedy for, since above an eighth part of our army returns every year to their homes, as the terms for which they serve expire. Our army was filled in a great part by men who joined it from the old German states of the empire; that source is cut off: and the evil is felt more sensibly in proportion as the new institutions are adopted in the rest of Europe.
"The perfect state of quiet, the tranquil and satisfactory relations existing between Austria and all the powers of the continent, pointed out to her the moment when, after fifteen years of war and agitation, she might at last put into execution, the plans conceived and immediately adopted after the peace of Presburg. She began by a reform the most essential for her internal welfare and the most urgent because she did not anticipate any results until, after a lapse of several years, she could operate upon the great mass of her subjects. She wished to be able to replace the troops leaving her armies, by soldiers better prepared for service and more accustomed to the use of arms and the words of command, so incomprehensible to the greater part of the recruits raised among ten different people. She determined upon the formation of reserves, according to the institutions, organizing them according to the inferiority of our conscription, which she did not wish to abandon entirely. The establishment of reserves was besides recommended from financial considerations; adding to the numbers of such corps, as had already attained their military compliment, withdrew the people from agriculture and preyed upon the treasury of the state.
"But all the citizens of France and of its confederated states, are liable to be called to arms, without any distinction or exception.—The inhabitants of the cities or of the country are bound to defend their homes. We also wished to permit the proprietors of the soil and the privileged classes of the nation, to exercise that respectable duty; and we have established in the German provinces a sort of stationary national guard. The constitution of Hungary called, at all times all classes of society to the defence of the country.
"This is what has been done, and the ordinances published in the months of May and June will explain the whole object of my court. No new corps has been raised; no assemblage of troops has taken place, except on the frontiers of Turkey, which the war between two neighboring powers calls for it as a measure of security. There is no one of the Austrian monarchy, who mistakes either the spirit which actuates the government those measures, or their object. They have the public approbation, because the whole nation regards them as necessary to insure to the country respectable means of defence: and they would accuse the court of an unparadoned neglect, if in the steps it had taken, it had remained behind those neighbors, who though, to day in a state of peace, might the next day become its enemies. If some amongst them have been disposed to see, in the reform of ancient institutions, and in measures purely organized, offensive indications, they may be tranquil, for in those measures themselves they will find the certainty of the preservation of peace. No permanent institutions can be considered to possess an offensive character: that state must from its very nature be confined to temporary efforts: it has no existence whatever with us. The formation of a reserve, to replace soldiers quitting the army, cannot be considered an offensive measure by you, any more than the introduction of a military conscription into the duchy of Warsaw, into Bavaria, and the confederation of the Rhine, can be so regarded by us. The friendship and interest which attach Austria to France, the imperious necessity we have for peace, and the known character of our emperor, insure, its duration.
"Your excellency has spoken of reports of war, originating in Vienna, and giving uneasiness to a part of Germany. You relieve me from a heavy burden that my mode of thinking (which only attends the reports of this kind, when I am positively compelled to it) enable me to sustain for a long time. No, they do not originate in Vienna, but reports of war have arrived at that place, which agitate as well the public, as the court, which, until now, attached but little credit to them.
"These are—the French corps who begin to re-assemble in Prussia, and who, in part, have re-assembled in Silesia where all the generals, officers and soldiers, without exception, announce an intended entry into Bohemia; the military of the duchy of Warsaw, who speak of what they wish to be believed, their anticipated entry into Galicia, the German newspapers, under the controul of the confederate states, who do not cease to mention cessions which we are said to demand from France, and of negotiations equally destitute of any foundation of truth.
All the reports which his imperial majesty might receive from Paris, would inform him that an early attack upon Austria was spoken of among all classes of the public, spoken of for so long a time, and so directly interrupting the pacific relations between the two courts that they could not have escaped the vigilance of the government; they would also prove to him my constant anxiety to contradict those false reports. I might furnish proofs of the first of those assertions, from the reports of our military commanders in Bohemia, from those of our civil agents employed on all points of our frontiers, and by letters which I received or which I have seen, from all parts of Germany, all of which have the appearance of correctness respecting the reports circulated by the French and confederate military. The public newspapers above mentioned, and our own, are in the hands of every body.
"It is several months since I contradicted those rumors, since I pledged myself directly to my court for their falsity, and for the pacific views of the emperor Napoleon, an assurance that cannot have been received with incredulity. If a different interpretation had been given to those reports, the measures which we took would have been those of resistance; but they have been confined to an instruction not to be disturbed by the declarations coming from the French army, and to the preservation of the most perfect tranquillity in the interior of the monarchy.
"It was at the period when those alarms, the first authors of which were entirely unknown to me because generally prevalent, that deprived of all confidential communication with the court by which I was accredited, I expressed to the minister of general police my expectation that some encouraging articles relative to the relations between France and Austria, would arrive to strengthen the arguments of my court and my own—a step, which, to the great satisfaction of the former, had all the success which I had a right to expect from a French minister. I notice this fact because it brings to recollection a circumstance, the object of which was to tranquillize the Austrian people, respecting the alarms excited from abroad.
"Your excellency does justice to my court in mentioning its efforts to persuade the whole of Europe, that it is in a state of profound peace, and in perfect harmony with its neighbors—that France in particular demands nothing from it, nor pretends to any thing belonging to it, and that it has no view present or remote, that should give it the least inquietude. Such is really our state of security—such is the conviction that has so long induced us to disregard, what stock-jobbing furnishes to the injury of the state, the rumors generally circulated in places occupied by French troops, and in the states of the confederation of the Rhine. Otherwise I would not have taken a step, which, if your excellency had been at Paris would have afforded me a new opportunity to prove to you, that the only desire which animates is that of maintaining the most perfect harmony between our two governments.
"I presume that my note, of this day, relative to the American vessels, will have given all the information that his imperial and royal majesty desired. I shall hasten to communicate to him the result of the new enquiry, which the emperor has directed, and for which the documents have been forwarded from Trieste to Vienna.
"Your excellency will receive without doubt, a new denunciation respecting a direct intercourse between Austria and England. An English flag of truce, is arrived at Trieste—this is a fact, upon which the consul will not be mistaken. Far from hesitating I am eager to remove confidentially and before hand, the reports which will be forwarded to Bayonne on this subject. The flag of truce was dispatched by admiral Collingwood, in consequence of advices received by the commandant of the British forces in the Mediterranean, of the insurrection in Arragon, and of the proclamation of Palafou: it was charged with a single letter, from the admiral to the Archduke Charles—which, referring to what it was supposed his royal highness already knew respecting that proclamation, offered him a frigate to convey him to Spain. The whole of that mission did not merit answer—the commander of the flag of truce, was told there was no answer for him and that he must depart without one.
"Proud of the union, which your excellency has proposed, to me, of our efforts to maintain harmony between our courts, that proposition as well as the importance of the subject itself, must be my excuse for the length of this letter. I will never vary or deviate from my principles—nor change my measures. If the former perfectly accord with those of your excellency with regard to the benefit that would result from a state of peace, towards which all my views extend, I have no merit for the latter. Convinced that my sentiments would be the better understood, if fully explained, I have been anxious to say too much rather than too little.
"I embrace this opportunity, with pleasure, to renew, &c."
(Signed)
METTERNICH.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
DEFENCE
Of Mr. Jefferson's administration.—No. I.

Among the leading characteristics of the times is the clamorous abuse heaped upon Mr. Jefferson. It would seem as if the spirit of faction must have some victim to mangle, and disappointed in finding any vulnerable points in those now at the head of affairs, had determined to revive every stale calumny which ignorance or malice has fabricated during the past eight years to obscure the fame of this distinguished citizen. Professed an unbounded respect for the present Chief Magistrate, it daringly carries the dagger to the heart of his best friend, and denounces a career in which he sustained himself a part only secondary; exhibiting as extraordinary a proof of consistency, as of respect for Mr. Madison. Be it so. Soothing as it might have been to the sage of Monticello to close his last days amidst the accents of universal praise, the syren sounds might have exposed the solidity of his fame to some question. It is not in the nature of ignorance and depravity sincerely to praise what they do not understand or hate; and applause from such a source might have been justly considered as hypocritical or selfish. The character, which the whole world applauds, is rarely understood, or is extolled more for its negative than positive traits. There is an inflexible sternness in virtue, that disdains and repels the adulation of the vicious, that shrinks from their approaches and friendship, and considers itself most endangered when made the subject of their encomiums. What, in fact, can be more equivocal than such praise? Can it spring from the love of virtue or the honest admiration of profound talents? This would imply an integrity altogether wanting in those who offer it. No. It can only flow from selfish considerations; from the desire to retrieve a character bankrupt in the public esteem, or from a wish to accomplish certain ends of which this is made the means. Away, then, with all such hollow homage. It can be the pedestal of no true greatness. It may undermine, but it can never rear true glory. Mr. Jefferson's fame requires no such trophy. The applause of the enlightened, the esteem of the good, these are the imperishable shields that defend it.
Does a name, thus severed, require a defence against the unjust reproaches lavished against it? Perhaps it does not. The blaze of light which has accompanied all the great measures of Mr. Jefferson, and above all the fruits of those measures gathered by a grateful nation, are conclusive answers to the ceaseless attempts to impair his character. But safe as his fame is, firmly as it may be fixed in the hearts of his countrymen, silence might be construed into insensibility, and might expose his republican friends to the charge of ingratitude, so effectually and falsely ascribed to republicans. If, moreover, the defence of his measures may not be requisite to the preservation of his fame, they may not be unimportant to ourselves. We have certainly reached a point of view, more commanding than any which could heretofore be occupied by the observer; events are now seen in their effects as well as causes; the connection of one measure with that of another is more distinctly perceived; and the general effect of the whole is felt. The Chief Magistrate has also retired from his political eminence. The lustre of high station, the cupidity for place, the thirst for power, no longer dazzle and seduce. The medium through which every thing is seen is unclouded, and the award now pronounced may be viewed, in some measure, as the award of history. It ought not, therefore, to be considered as a superfluous or useless task to pass in review the measures of Mr. Jefferson's administration, however amply they may heretofore have been scrutinized.
In performing this task, it will only be requisite to take large and general views. It will not be so necessary to scrutinize into the solidity of every individual link, as to examine the general character of the chain itself, whose soundness and competency will abundantly appear from the results from the several operations in which it has been used. We shall, in the first instance, take a view of our domestic concerns, then offer a view of our foreign affairs, and close the enquiry with contrasting the situation of the United States at the time of Mr. Jefferson's accession with that of his retirement from office.
The leading measures of Mr. Jefferson's administration respecting our internal concerns may be enumerated as follows.
The abolition of the internal taxes. The abolition of what has been denominated the mid-night judiciary.
Provision for the rapid discharge of the public debt.
Reduction of useless expenses. Appointments to office. Suppression of Burr's conspiracy. Pacification of the Indians.
General expenditure of the public money.
Throughout the whole of this enquiry in examining the measures pursued during Mr. Jefferson's administration we shall be in danger of imputing to him opinions and acts, strictly speaking, not his own. According to the theory of our government he is the sole Executive, and directly, or by subordinate agents, wields the whole executive power, for the exercise of which he is considered as responsible. But although this be the theory, it is most obvious that, in the discharge of duties so complicated, multifarious, and remotely located, as those which embrace the interests of such an extensive territory, he must inevitably in many instances, bestow a confidence almost unlimited, and extremely liable to abuse; that, consequently, for the attainment of particular ends means will sometimes be used, which he, if similarly situated with his agent, would have been the last man in the world to have adopted.
The same remark will apply, though with less strength, to the measures of his cabinet, in which it is perfectly understood that a degree of
respect, accommodation, and even concession prevailed, that very frequently prompted the Chief Magistrate, on points which did not implicate principle, to forego his own opinion for that of his council. Few men that have ever lived knew, in this respect, human nature better than Mr. Jefferson. He knew that distinguished talents united with integrity are unbinding, and disdain on any occasion, to act the part of a mere drudge. He, therefore, wisely determined to surround himself with able counsellors, and divide his power with them; so far at least as often to yield his own opinions to theirs. By setting this example a spirit of mutual confidence and concession was inspired, and, its valuable fruit, a harmony of co-operation insured. Although, then, Mr. Jefferson, be constitutionally answerable for all the measures of his cabinet, yet it would be unjust not to make an equitable allowance for the difference of opinion which always will more or less characterize independent minds.
If these considerations ought to influence our judgement in apportioning our praise or censure to the Executive acts of Mr. Jefferson's administration, how much more ought they to influence that apportionment with regard to the legislative acts of the government? Although it be the duty of the President "from time to time to give to Congress information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient," it is no less the right of Congress, in the exercise of an independent judgement, to adopt or reject the measures thus recommended, or pursue such other measures as they may see fit. And, although it be admitted that there was great and unusual harmony between Mr. Jefferson and Congress during the whole course of his administration, yet, there is no doubt but that they in some cases rejected his advice, and adopted measures which he would never have suggested.
Keeping these circumstances in view let us proceed to a consideration of the leading measures adopted during his administration.
(To be Continued.)
The Gazette.
Wilmington, July 22, 1809.
An arrival at Boston from Halifax brings London papers to the 25th of May, which contain intelligence of the utmost importance to this country. The correspondence between Mr. Erskine and the Secretary of State had reached London, and on the 24th of May Mr. Canning declared in the British House of Commons that the agreement purporting to be entered into between their minister and our government, was not made in conformity with the wishes of his majesty, nor such as his majesty could approve of. Thus has the confidence of our government been abused, and the property of our citizens exposed to lawless depredation by the wicked machinations of a corrupt ministry. It is true that Mr. Canning, by way of smoothing off the matter, has said that the British government would respect the settlement that has been made until its explanations reach America. But who will believe him? Will not even some of his good friends in this country tremble for the fate of their property? Can any one suppose that Mr. Erskine would have been so fool-hardy as to make the proposals he did without full instructions from his government? We have had sufficient proof of Mr. Canning's talent for quibbling and sophistry to suppose he may succeed in blasting the reputation of Mr. Erskine, as he has endeavored to do that of Mr. Pinckney, but we are certain that the disposition of the British ministry towards this country, will be now properly appreciated. Whatever evils may result from the misplaced confidence of our government, it must be apparent to all that a sincere desire to reconcile the existing differences has been manifested on our part, honest men of all parties will now rally round the government, and the small, contemptible British faction in this country will be fain to hide its diminished head.
Summary of Foreign News. —London papers state that the king of Sweden has been formally deposed, and the government placed in the hands of the prince regent, until a new constitution should be finally settled.
That the emperor of Russia had declared war against Austria, and marched his armies into Galicia and defeated them.
That Bonaparte has advanced to Vienna without any additional battle, leaving the Austrian army under the Archduke Charles in Bohemia, and an Austrian force on the Tyrol. It was presumed that French troops would proceed immediately for Hungary, in order to anticipate an insurrection there.
The emperor of Austria is said to have written a letter to the emperor Napoleon, imploring an armistice and peace of his majesty in the most humble expressions. It is not known what answer was returned, but conjectured to have been an unfavourable one.
A French squadron is said to have escaped from Toulon, and thrown itself into Barcelona. This is probably the squadron reported by captain Dashiell to have been captured by Lord Collingwood. The account is probably incorrect.
Rear admiral Harvey has been dismissed from the British service, for using "vehement and insulting language" to admiral Gambier.
Capture of the Toulon Fleet. —Captain Dashiell of the sloop Henry in 3 days from Ber-
muda, informs us that he sailed from Martinique on the 27th of June, and on that day, advices were received there of the capture of the Toulon fleet, by Lord Collingwood, consisting of 5 sail of the line, 6 or 7 frigates, and 30 transports, having on board the French garrison of Barcelona. Capt. D. further states that a vessel had arrived at Martinique having spoken an American ship, from Gibraltar, and was informed by the American captain, that Lord Collingwood had arrived at Gibraltar previous to his sailing, with the whole French fleet his prizes.
The above account is confirmed by a letter from St. Croix, of the 2d July, received by the Richard. N. Y. Gaz.
Confederation of the Rhine.
This confederation has been recently formed by several German States; and as it has now become very important in the scale of affairs on the Continent, and will probably become more so from the large acquisition of strength it will receive in the present war, we lay a short account of it before our readers.
Several German States situated between the Rhine and the Mayne, separated themselves from the Germanic body, and associated as confederate states of the Rhine, under the protection of the French empire, in the year 1806. The instrument of confederation was signed at Paris on the 12th July, the same year. The contracting parties were the Emperor of the French on the one part, and on the other the Kings of Bavaria and Wirtemberg (made kings by Bonaparte the year before) the Archduke of Ratisbon as Prince primate, the Grand Dukes of Baden, Berg, Hesse-Barmstadt, Nassau-Weilburg, and Nassau-Usingen, the Princes of Hohenzollern Hichingen, and Seigmaringen, Salm-Salm, Salm-Kyrburg, Isenburg, Birstein and Litchenstein, the Duke of Ahrenberg, and the Prince of Leyen. They declared that they would admit other German Princes and States in all cases where their union with the Confederation might be found consistent with the general interest; and thus virtually annihilated the inconsiderable part that was left of the German empire. This induced Francis II, last Emperor of Germany, and I of Austria, formally to abdicate the German empire by his proclamation of the 6th of August 1806. It was then expected that a similar Confederation would be formed north of the Mayne, under the protection of either Prussia or Russia; but the King of Prussia having declared war against France in October 1806, and having been struck nerveless at the battle of Jena, 14th of the same month, several other German States hastened to join the Confederation of the Rhine, as Lieppz, Detmold, Schaumburg-Bukeburg, Saxe-Weimar, Saxe Gotha, Saxe Cobourg, and the newly created kingdom of Saxony (formed out of the electorate of Saxony, duchy of Warsaw, and some other acquisitions) the King of which is the late Elector of Saxony. By the peace of Tilsit in 1807, which erects the Prussian provinces on the right bank of the Elbe and the possessions of Hesse-Cassel, Orange-Fulda, and other petty German states into a new kingdom called Westphalia, (over which is placed Jerome Bonaparte of Baltimore memory) the Confederation of the Rhine is extended to the bank of the Elbe; and Prussia has since (in 1808) joined the Confederation. By this Federal compact an union of several sovereign states has taken place, embracing a population double that of the U. S. of America, forming a complete barrier to France on the German side, and ripping up completely the Germanic Empire, leaving Francis nothing but the hereditary states.—It is a stupendous fabric erected by the mighty genius of Napoleon, and will do more to subserve his purposes in subjugating Europe, than an alliance with the most powerful kingdom on the continent.
It may be said with certainty, to this Confederation the house of Austria owes its downfall. In a little time Francis will be dethroned and drove from his hereditary possessions; every thing which will be left to him he will hold by the precarious tenure of Napoleon's bounty; and willingly would he then accept of a life-estate in the small possessions which the house of Hapsburg once possessed in the Canton of Bern. But the fatal decree has been proclaimed: Napoleon has said he should cease to reign; and with his reign ends a resting place for him on the continent.
Centinel of Freedom.
The Republicans in '98 and '99 unequivocally disapproved of the measures of Mr. Adams' administration; and they now as freely commend him for bringing to light the midnight iniquity which then prevailed with the "Essex Junto."—For this they are represented in the federal papers as acting an inconsistent part; and the question is exultingly asked—how can you now approve of the man you then so loudly condemned.—An answer is ready: Mr. Adams was a better man than his measures bespoke—and being at the helm of state he had to father the misconduct of others. But since the truth has come out, it plainly appears that the most obnoxious measures of his administration are to be traced to the contaminating influence of Hamilton and Pickering, and not to Mr. Adams. Now, who is most inconsistent, the Republicans in commending an honest development of infamy and intrigue; or the Federalists in blunting the effect of their exposures by reproaching their old friend and advocate. Ibid.
FOR THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
To the Democratic Citizens of New-Castle County.
New-Castle county is undoubtedly the stronghold of democracy in Delaware. It is the Mount Ararat on which the ark of our safety found a resting place, when the deluge of Federalism overwhelmed the state. It is your highest praise not to have been overcome—for without union, without design, without leaders, torn by petty jealousies and conflicting animosities, you have kept the field in the face of obedient partisans, headed by a bold and artful aristocracy—but there is another, and a serious view of this subject, a view which flattery might conceal, or good nature soften. You will not always be so fortunate. It is the wise order of nature, that success shall crown exertion—active vices will prevail over inactive virtue. Learn from our opponents, their discipline and conduct, and your cause will give you the victory. If your political opponents, are fixed in their purpose, enlightened as to the means, determined as to the end, it becomes you, to be circumspect and vigilant in no ordinary degree. If they move in a body of which their party interest is the soul, it becomes you to connect yourselves, by that individuality of principle, which I know you feel.
It has ever been your error, and your punishment, to be deficient in union and perseverance. Contemptible local interests have overbalanced great political motives, and you have bowed the neck to an imperious aristocracy, rather than refrain from taking part in town and borough animosities.
I have seen and lamented these degrading scenes. When the Wilmington bridge was erected, I had hoped, that the curtain had fallen on them for ever. But it again rises—rises to exhibit for the entertainment of our enemies, another act of petty rivalry, of contemptible folly. Under the garb of general utility, under the broad mantle of the people's good, self interest and envy, have undertaken to remove the seat of justice in New-Castle county!—The faith of the county is to be violated, and their pockets emptied; the democratic party once more to be shewn to its very centre, if indeed it survive the shock—for what? What is this political sin which is to bring the fire and brimstone of the county upon the devoted Sodom?—a road, a turnpike road from New-Castle to French Town, to facilitate the communication from Philadelphia to Baltimore!—"Parturient Montes, nascetur ridiculus mus!" Besotted must have been the intellect, despicable the understanding, worse than nothing the judgement, which could have assigned such a motive as the red one for moving the court-house. Such conduct was only equalled in its cowardice, by the shallowness of mind which prompted the pretext. Is then the prosperity, the public spirit of a town to become the signal for its ruin?—Is the reward for a steady adherence to democracy, to be found in a proscription by those whom New-Castle has never deserted? Is this the means of making democracy flourish? Persecution may be carried too far—the sense of injury will nerve the hand of resentment. Your wisdom, your impartiality, fellow citizens, alone can repress these angry effervescences, by frowning into silence these non descript disturbers of the public peace—like a gloomy tyrant of antiquity they cannot bear that any town should raise its head above the insipid level of its fellows. Concluding the court-house to be the source of the prosperity of New-Castle, each individual declaims on the disadvantages of its present situation, and proposes as his interest prompts, Christiana-Briggs, the Red Lion, Staunton or the Bear. What noble counsellors! grave advisers! Take them to your bosom, and if anarchy be not the result, let folly in future usurp with impunity the seat of wisdom!
(To be Continued.)
Ann Cannon,
RESPECTFULLY informs her friends and the public in general, that she has opened
A Millinery & Fancy Store, next door to Mrs. Huggins's Tavern, Market street, Wilmington (Del.)
July 22.
WILMINGTON COLLEGE.
THE Trustees of Wilmington College take pleasure in being able to announce to the public the revival of the Latin school in this institution, under the immediate care of Mr. Bigelow and general superintendence of the Rev. Dr. Read. The healthy situation of Wilmington, its character for morality, the goodness of its market and choice of best boarding houses, joined to the evidence of Mr. Bigelow's capacity as a teacher, and the long and justly established reputation of Dr. Read as a successful preceptor, all concur to recommend this seminary to the attention of Parents and Guardians, anxious to promote the education and improvement of the youth intrusted to their care, especially when they are further assured that the other departments of the College are provided with tutors fully adequate to their appointments, and of unexceptionable moral characters.
By order of the Board,
ROBERT HAMILTON, EBENEZER A. SMITH, JOHN RUMSEY, WILLIAM PRYCE,
July 22, 1809.

Poetry.
THE TEMPEST.
The tempest has darkened the face of the skies, The winds whistle wildly across the waste plain, The fiends of the whirlwind terrific arise, And mingle the clouds with the white foaming wave.  All dark is the night, and all gloomy the shore, Save when the red lightnings the ether divide; Then follows the thunder, with loud-sounding roar, And echoes in concert, the billowy tide.  But tho' all is murky and shaded with gloom, Hope, the soother, soft whispers, the tempest shall cease; Then nature again in her beauty shall bloom, And enamour'd embrace the fair sweet-smiling peace.  For the bright-blushing morning, all rosy with light, Shall convey on her wings the Creator of day; He shall drive all the tempests and terrors of night— And nature, enlivened, again shall be gay.  Then the warblers of spring shall attune the soft lay, And again the bright flower shall blush in the vale— On the breast of the ocean the zephyr shall play, And the sun-beam shall sleep on the hill, and the dale.  If the tempests of nature so soon sink to rest, If her once faded beauties so soon glow again, Shall man be forever by tempests oppress'd, By the tempests of passion, of sorrow, and pain?  Ah no! for his passions and sorrows shall cease, When the troublesome fever of life shall be o'er; In the night of the grave he shall slumber in peace, And passion and sorrow shall vex him no more.  And shall not this night and its long dismal gloom, Like the night of the tempest again pass away? Yes! the dust of the earth in bright beauty shall bloom, And rise to the morning of heavenly day!
Miscellany.
ADDRESS TO THE OCEAN.
Hail, thou inexhaustible source of wonder and contemplation! Hail, thou multitudinous ocean! whose waves chase one another down like the generations of men, and, after a momentary space, are immersed forever in oblivion! Thy fluctuating waters wash the varied shores of the world, and while they disjoin nations whom a nearer connection would involve, in eternal war, they circulate their arts and labours, to give health and plenty to mankind.
How glorious, how awful are the scenes thou displayest! Whether we view thee when every wind is hushed, when the morning silvers the level line of the horizon, or when the ebbing tract is marked with flaming gold, and thy unripled bosom reflects the radiance of the overarching heavens! Or whether we behold thee in thy terrors; when the black tempest sweeps thy swelling billows, and the boiling surge mixes with the clouds; when death rides the storm, and humanity drops a fruitless tear for the toiling mariner, whose heart is sinking with dismay.
And yet, mighty deep! 'tis thy surface alone we view. Who can penetrate the secrets of thy wide domain? What eye can visit thy immense rocks and caverns, that teem with life and vegetation? Or search out the myriads of objects, whose beauties lie scattered over thy dread abyss?
The mind staggers with the immensity of its own conceptions: and when it contemplates the flux and reflux of thy tides, which, from the beginning of the world, were never known to err, how does it shrink at the idea of that Divine Power which originally laid thy foundations so sure, and whose omnipotent voice hath fixed the limits where thy proud waves shall be stayed!
EXTRACT.
Passion is a fever of the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us. It is the threshold of mad-
ness and insanity, and indeed they are so much alike, that they sometimes cannot be distinguished; and their effects are often equally fatal.
The first step to moderation is to perceive that we are falling into a passion. It is much easier wholly to prevent ourselves from falling into a passion, than to keep it within just bounds; that which few can moderate, almost any body may prevent.
A passionate temper renders a man unfit for advice, deprives him of reason, robs him of all that is great or noble in his nature, destroys friendship, changes justice into cruelty, and turns all order into confusion.
Augustus, who was prone to anger, got the following lesson from Athenodorus the philosopher. That so soon as he should feel the first emotions towards anger, he should repeat deliberately the whole letters of the alphabet; for that anger was easily prevented, but not easily subdued. To repress anger, it is a good method to turn the injury into a jest. Socrates having received a blow on the head, observed, that it would be well if people knew when it were necessary to put on a helmet. Being kicked by a boisterous fellow, and his friends wondering at his patience, "What (said he) if an ass should kick me, must I call him before a judge?" Being attacked with opprobrious language, he calmly observed, that the man was not yet taught to speak respectfully.
HEROISM OF A PEASANT.
The following generous action has always struck me extremely; there is somewhat even of sublime in it.
A great inundation having taken place in the north of Italy, owing to an excessive fall of snow in the Alps, followed by a speedy thaw, the river Adige carried off a bridge near Verona, except the middle part, on which was the house of toll-gatherer, or porter, I forget which; and who with his whole family, thus remained imprisoned by the waves, and in momentary danger of destruction. They were discovered from the banks, stretching forth their hands screaming, and imploring succour, while fragments of this remaining arch were continually dropping into the water.
In this extreme danger, a nobleman, who was present, a count of Pulverni, I think, held out a purse of one hundred sequins, as a reward to any adventurer who would take a boat, and deliver this unhappy family.—But the risk was so great of being borne down by the rapidity of the stream, of being dashed against the fragments of the bridge, or of being crushed by the falling stones, that not one, in the vast number of spectators, had courage enough to attempt such an exploit.
A peasant, passing along, was informed of the proposed reward. Immediately jumping into a boat, he, by the strength of oars, gained the middle of the river, brought his boat under the pile; and the whole family safely descended by means of a rope. "Courage!" cried he—"now you are safe." By a still more strenuous effort, and great strength of arm, he brought the boat, and family to shore. "Brave fellow," exclaimed the count, handing the purse to him, "here is the promised recompence." "I shall never expose my life for money, answered the peasant, "My labour is a sufficient livelihood for myself, my wife, and children. Give the purse to this poor family, which has lost all."
ON A TRANQUIL LIFE.
A calm and tranquil life renders the indulgence of sensual pleasures
less dangerous. The theatre of sensuality exhibits scenes of waste and brutality, of noisy mirth and tumultuous riot; presents to observation pernicious goblets, overloaded tables, lascivious dancing, receptacles for disease, tombs with faded roses, and all the dismal human haunts of pain. But to him who retires with destestiation from such gross delights, the joys of sense are of a more elevated kind—soft, sublime, pure, permanent and tranquil.
Light Articles.
A Parish Clerk in a country village, who united in his own person as many various qualifications as the celebrated Caleb Quatem himself, was particularly distinguished for the two occupations of Taylor and Sexton . This important personage was one morning required to dig a grave for a Mr. Button . Having concluded his work as merrily as the Sexton in Hamlet , he was met on his return by his friend, who remarked that he looked warm. "Why, yes," replied the joint professor of the Spade and needle "I've had a tight job. You must know, that I have just finished the manufacture of a Button-hole !"
The following Advertisement is copied from a late Alexandria Paper.
Those persons who have been in the habit of stealing my FENCE for a considerable time past, are respectfully informed, if equally agreeable to them, it would be more convenient to me, if they will steal my WOOD , and leave the fence for the present—as it may be attended with some little inconvenience getting over the palings, the gate is left unfastened for their accommodation.
J. SWIFT.
For Sale.
(New-Castle County in the State of Delaware, ss.) BY Virtue of an Order of the Orphan's Court for the said County of New-Castle, will be exposed to sale, at Public Vendue, on Monday, the 7th day of August next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Mrs. Dianna Biddle, in the village of St. George, and the county aforesaid, a certain Plantation or Tract of Land situate in St. George's hundred, in the said county, on the main road leading from the Trap to the village of St. George, with sundry valuable improvements, containing two hundred acres of arable land and fifty of woodland (except five acres of woodland on the north side of said plantation and immediately adjoining a farm devised to Thomas McDonough by John Laroux, deceased) being a part of the real estate of Patrick McDonough, deceased, and to be sold for the payment of his debts. Attendance will be given, and the terms of sale made known, at the time and place as aforesaid, by Sarah McDonough and Leonard Vandegrift, Administrators of the said deceased, or their Attorney.
By order of the Orphans Court, JOHN WILEY, CLERK New-Castle, July 15, 1809.
[N. B. The above Plantation contains a large brick dwelling house, a barn, and other out-houses. A part of the improved land is enclosed with a hedge fence, and the woodland well timbered.]
SARAH MCDONOUGH.
To the Electors of New-Castle County.
Fellow-Citizens, HAVING been selected by the Republican interest of this County for the office of Sheriff, permit me respectfully to solicit your support for that office at the General Election in October next.
TH: PERKINS. Naaman's-Creek, June 3. 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.
Notice
IS hereby given, that in pursuance of a private Act of the General Assembly of the state of Delaware passed at their last session, application will be made to the next Orphan's Court, to be held at New-Castle on the 17th day of next month, for an order to sell the real estate of James Marshall, late of the borough of Wilmington, deceased, for the benefit of the devisees named in his will.
SAMUEL CANBY,  Acting Executor. Brandywine Mills, 7th mo. 12, 1809.
Two Dollars,
WITH a reasonable allowance for necessary expences, will be paid for the apprehension and delivery to the subscriber of KITTY HYNSON, a light mulatto servant girl of about thirteen years of age, who absconded on the evening of the 2d instant.
John Reynolds. Wilmington, 7 mo. 8, 1809.
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.
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, situate 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.
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.
To Brewers.
TO be rented, and possession given the first of tenth mo. (October) next, a large and convenient Brewery, with every necessary apparatus in complete order, situate in the borough of Wilmington. This Brewery is well supplied with good water, and convenient to a good barley country. As it is presumed that any person inclining to rent would first desire to view the premises, a further description is deemed unnecessary. The terms will be reasonable: for particulars apply on the premises, or to the subscriber at Abbotts and Sheward's brewery, Philadelphia.
Caleb Sheward. 7th mo. 19th, 1809. A quantity of good malt and casks may be had of the present tenants.—A lot of marsh, about two acres and a half, to let, with or without the Brewery.