The Delaware gazette (Wilmington [Del.]), 1809-09-23 00:00:00

THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
VOL. I.]
WILMINGTON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1809.
NO. 99.
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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. up 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.
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 OCHETREE. Wilmington, June 24, 1809.
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
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 Shewards's brewery, Philadelphia.
Caleb Sheward. 7th mo. 19th, 1809. tf
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.
DR. DODDRIDGE'S RISE AND PROGRESS Of Religion in the Soul.
MR. ROBERT PORTER, of this town, has issued proposals for publishing the above excellent Book, by subscription, on good paper, and with a plain common sized type, at the very low price of fifty cents.
Perhaps, next to the Bible, this is the best book extant for private and family use....No one is better calculated to awaken, convince and convert sinners, and to conduct them in the straight and narrow path to Heaven; as doubtless the experience of many can witness....No one is more highly esteemed by pious people of all denominations, as is abundantly evident from the numerous editions it has passed through both in this country and Europe.
As the proposed price is only half the sum it is now selling for in most of our Book-stores, it will be seen, that neither the Printer, nor any persons who promote the work, have any object in view, but the good of souls, and the glory of God.
It is presumed that every one who wishes for the spiritual rise and progress of religion in his own soul, or his family, will subscribe, and that all friends of religion will encourage the work.
Recommendation by New-Castle Presbytery. Whereas ROBERT PORTER, has issued proposals for printing Dr. Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, at a very low price.
Resolved, That the Presbytery do recommend so the people under their care, to subscribe for said excellent Book. September 9, 1809.
For the prevention and cure of bilious and malingnant 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 highly esteemed pills is perfectly mild, and the experience of thousands has proved, they may be used in every situation in life without the least inconvenience or damage.
They are admirably adapted to carry off superfluous bile, and prevents its morbid secretions—to restore the appetite, produce a regular habit of the body, promote free perspiration, and thereby prevent colds, so often attended with fatal consequences to the lives of thousands—and feldom, if ever, fail to remove a cold, if taken on its first appearance. Habitual costiveness, and its opposite, are removed by their wholesome influence, as also those diseases arising from them, head aches and sickness at the stomach.
It is almost unnecessary to state, that on the regular habit of the system, the health of mankind depends. To conduce to this all-important object, perhaps no medicine was ever more generally successful than these pills—they never do harm, and at least nine times out of ten afford relief to those who use them for the purposes for which they are intended.
With the most perfect confidence we recommend these pills to the public, and will only further add, that their operation is always pleasant, and that they leave nothing of that coddiness behind them too often attending medicines designed for similar purposes.
Ten years have justified us in stating these facts, during which we have had a very extensive and constantly increasing sale for this truly valuable medicine.
Sold by Matthew R. Lockerman, Bookseller, Next above the Bank of Delaware, Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware. Aug. 23, 1809.
TO THE LADIES
of faces and complexion are injured with Freckles, Pimples, Black worms, Tan or Ayburn, Ring worms, Prickly heat, &c.
To those persons is recommended,
Lee's Persian Lotion,
A certain remedy for removing those disagreeable barriers to beauty, the proprietors with the most sacred regard to truth, and the credit of these medicines assure the afflicted, that all the different appearances above enumerated, are in a short time subdued by wetting the parts affected, with this pleasant fluid, according to the directions on each bottle.
Persons therefore who regard, either what is due to themselves, or the favour and opinion of the world, who can distinguish between the comeliness of health, and the deformity of disease, and who can weigh the advantages which belong to, and are inseparable from an engaging appearance, to which perhaps, they themselves, have by nature, the strongest claims are seriously assured, that these advantages, so far as being to a good skin, are to be obtained by the use of his Lotion, however violently they may happen to be afflicted.
Instead of the studious, and debilitating composes of medicines, which patients went through formerly, and which, perhaps, they are still too frequently obliged to undergo, it is now found, that the greatest number of these complaints, are more certainly, and speedily removed by the use of local remedies merely, than they ever were by a contrary course.
LEE'S LOTION.
Is celebrated among the fashionable throughout Europe, as an invaluable cosmetic, perfectly innocent and safe, free from corrosive and repellant minerals (the basis of other lotions) and of unparalleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes in the face and skin, of every kind, it operates mildly, without impeding that natural, intangible perspiration, which is so essential to health, yet its effects are speedy and permanent, rendering the skin delicately soft and clear, improving the complexion and restoring the bloom of youth. Sold at the Bookstore of Matthew Lockerman.
Aug. 23, 1809.
Each article has on the outside wrapper the signature of RICHARD LEE & SON. Persons not attending to the above, are liable to be imposed upon.
Notice
IS hereby given, to all whom it may concern, that application will be made to the General Assembly of the state of Delaware at their next session at Dover, for an act authorizing them to bank off, stop and drain the waters, marsh, low lands and cripples of the North-West Branch of Duck Creek, at or near Mr. Edward Roberts's farm, in Thoroughfare Neck, Appoquimsink hundred, New-Castle county and state of Delaware.
John Fennemore, John Taylor, Thomas Emory.
Aug. 12. 3m
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 marker 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 entrusted 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 FRYCE,
July 22, 1809.
NOTICE
IS hereby given to the Electors of New-Castle County, who are qualified to vote for Members of the General Assembly, that an Election will be held at the Court house in the Town of New-Castle, at the same time and in the same manner as Senators and Representatives for the said County are elected, to choose as Commissioners of the Levy Court and Court of Appeal for said County, one good and substantial Freeholder in the Hundred of Christiana, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the removal of John Warner, one good and substantial Freeholder in the Hundred of Whiteclay creek, one good and substantial Freeholder in the Hundred of Pencader, one good and substantial Freeholder in the Hundred of Red-Lion, and one good and substantial Freeholder in the Hundred of St. George's—to supply the places of Thomas Phillips, Morgan Jones, Anthony Higgins and David Stewart, whose seats have become vacant by the expiration of terms.
HUGH W. RITCHIE, C. P. August 30, 1809. 10r
For Sale,
At the Book-Store of M. R. LOCKERMAN, Weems' Life of Washington, containing a fund of information and amusement.
An interesting history of the Knight's Templars, their origin, character and persecution.
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon; containing memoirs of his life and writings.
Patriotic sketches of Ireland, written in Connaut, by Miss Owenson.
Peculiar Trifles, by John Henry Mills, comedian.
The Wild Irish Girl, by Miss Owenson.
Montalbert a novel; Armenian or Ghost Seer; Joseph Andrews; Roderick Random; Charlotte Temple; the Drown'd Wife; the Vicar of Wakefield; Blair's Lectures; Goldsmith's Rome; Jess's Surveying; Jackson's Book-keeping; the Clerk's Magazine; and a great variety of histories, voyages and travels, day-books, journals and ledgers, and writing-books or every description; writing paper, slates, scales and dividers, quills, inkstands, wafers, &c. &c.
* That scientific author speaking of the French and Indian wars about the time of Braddock's defeat describes the effect the news had in England thus:—Swift as the broad-winged packets could fly across the deep, the news was carried to England—Its effects there was like that of a stone rudely hurled against a nest of hornets. Instantly, from centre to circumference, all is rage and bustle....The hive resounds with the maddening insects; dark tumbling from their cells they spread the hasty wing, and shrill whizzing through the air, they rush to find the foe. Just so in the sea-rolling island, from queen-house to ale-house, from king to cockney, all were fierce for fight. Even the red-nosed porters, where they met, bending under their burdens, would stop, full-but, in the streets, to talk of ENGLAND'S wrongs; and, as they talked, their fiery snouts were seen to grow more fiery still, and more deform. Then throwing their packs to the ground, and leaping into the attitude of boxers, with sturdy arms across and rough black jaws stretched out, they bend forward to the fancied fight! The frog-eating toe, in shirtless ruffes and long lank cue, seems to give ground! Then rising in their might, with fire striking eyes they press hard upon him, and coming in, hand and foot, with kick and cuff and many a hearty curse, they shew the goggling crowd, how damn 'em! they would thump the French." September 6, 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  Marseilles quiltings    Cassimeres  Fustians and jeans    Bennet's patent cord  Lute strings    Coatings and flannels  Sinshaw and Mantua silks    Forest cloths  Silk & york tan gloves    Velvets and constitution cords  Bandanna and Madras handkerchiefs    Bevereens  Cammel's hair shawls    7-8 and 4-4 Irish linens  Checkered and striped linens    blue & yellow nankenees  Damask shawls    Wide and narrow cotton cassimeres  Russia & dowlas linens    Chintzes and calicoes  Rattinees & bombazetts    Cambick and common dimities  Red & green bucking barze    Calimancoes  Brown holland    Durant and Jones' spinning  Suspenders    Cotton and worsted hosiery  Umrellas & parasols    Colored, chambray, cambric, jackanet, mill-mull, India, British, book, gurrah, bafta, & leno Muslins  Black satins and floraines     Scissors & pen-knives     Silk hose     Gilt & 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.

Agricultural.
TO CIDER MAKERS.
Directions for Gathering Apples and Making Cider.
Gather the apples dry; house them in an airy apartment; spread them not more than two feet thick: If the weather prove warm, turn them once or twice: If they begin to rot, grind them in a cool day. But the longer apples are kept in a sound state of health before grinding, the greater certainty of having good cider. Put the liquor from the press into vats containing at least three or four barrels, with a tap fixed near the bottom. Clover it close, and let it remain till the first fermentation is over, which is known by a white froth coming up through the scum on the top. Then draw off the liquor into casks perfectly sweet, and stumped with matches of brimstone:—and put two gills of brandy in each barrel. Stop the barrel so tightly that no air can get in. In March draw off the cider again into stumped casks, with brandy as before.
To refine, and give it a deep amber colour, take the white of six eggs, with a handful of fine beach sand washed clean; stir them well together.—Take one quart of molasses, boiled down to a candy. Cool it by pouring in cider, and put this together with the eggs, and sand into a barrel of cider. When cider is thus managed, it will keep good for years.
New England Farmer.
We have already had several slight frosts. In some places the corn has been injured; and a single sharp frost would be highly destructive. As this is to be feared, our main object should be to dry and ripen the corn with all expedition, by cutting off the tops and exposing the ears to the sun and air, by which they will harden in a few days, and be safe from injury.
Lan. Jour.
EXTRACT.
The tops and blades of corn make the best of fodder for cattle, and particularly for horses. They purify the blood, prevent humours of the eyes, are a sovereign antidote against the heaves, and a preventative of yellow water. If carefully dried and packed in sheaves, and a very little salt scattered among them, may be preserved a whole year.
In these hard times, a prudent farmer should let nothing be wasted, more particularly so valuable a fodder as corn blades and tops.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Defence of Mr. Jefferson's Administration. No. VII.
Suppression of Burr's Conspiracy. —The annals of nations do not furnish a more irrefragable evidence of talent than is exhibited in the progress and issue of the treasonable schemes of Aaron Burr. Cicero has received the mead of immortality for crushing the conspiracy of Catiline, and saving his country from the machinations of that unprincipled man. The same sentiment of gratitude which has embalmed the memory of Cicero, will retain in the breasts of Americans, so long as liberty shall be dear to them, an affectionate remembrance of the distinguished services of Jefferson on this memorable occasion. In some respects the cases are analogous, while in others they present a marked difference. In courage, in vigor of character, in secrecy, in a determination of moral principle, and an insatiable ambition, Catiline and Aaron Burr were alike; but in talent and in reputation Burr greatly surpassed Catiline. Catiline had never risen to the first honors of the state; Burr had actually attained them. History does not furnish us with an instance, unless in the person of Bonaparte, of a man so admirably fitted to conduct treason to a successful issue. Cool, courageous, secret in his counsels, possessed of great talents, and with the reputation of greater powers than he really possessed, personally acquainted with every political character of distinction, and recently occupying the second station in the country, from which he had retired with uncommon eclat, courteous in his manners without meanness, he had every characteristic for the leader of disaffection and treason. That he failed in his enterprise can only be ascribed to two causes; the virtue of the great body of the American people, and the wisdom and energy of their government. The first cause indispensably presented the great-
est obstacle to his success, and, in this respect, it will be admitted that Catiline had the advantage over him. The liberties of Rome were then tottering, and incapable, perhaps, of being saved by any exertions. The career of conquest had spread a general corruption, and almost every man had his price. While here our state of society exhibited the strongest contrast. Almost all our citizens, accustomed by their own labors to acquire the means of a comfortable subsistence, and eventually of a handsome independence, felt no inducement to subvert the regular order of things, but, on the contrary, were impelled by the strongest motives to preserve their government and laws, to whose beneficent influence they justly ascribed a large share of their prosperity. Had Aaron Burr possessed an unerring wisdom he would never have planned his nefarious scheme; but it is the characteristic of profligate ambition always to appreciate the tools with which it is to work, and rashly to overlook obstacles to the attainment of its wishes. Fixing its eye on supreme power, it is so dazzled by its splendor as to overlook all the difficulties that intervene. An intoxication of the brain is produced that riots entirely on hope, that rejects the calculations of sober sense, and infers that the wheel of fortune, dexterously managed, will turn out nothing but prizes. Such is the infatuated, and perhaps fortunate, inebriation invariably attendant on the indulgence of those violent passions that prey on the felicity of others. Here then was the strong rock on which this man's schemes were founded.
But, although every man possessed of a sound mind knew that the treasonable schemes of Aaron Burr must eventually fail, yet much doubt hung over the period of their entire abortion, and the events that might previously intervene. Conducting a systematic plan of the deepest deception, veiling his objects under the most plausible disguises, holding forth the strongest temptation to two of the most inordinate passions of man, the love of riches and of power, attempting to enlist under his banner the dissatisfaction scattered through the country, many of our best patriots trembled for the consequences. Burr had manifestly calculated upon gaining the army, and upon bribing them as well as the western people with the immense millions of lands owned by the government of the United States; and with the riches of the Mexican mines. These were known to be tempting, eminently fitted to secure and consolidate the whole unsound part of the union, which once embodied would have required a resort to force, and have produced collisions that would only have ended after the prodigal effusion of human blood. It was to avert these dreadful evils that Mr. Jefferson took his measures, which we all know, were conducted with a prudence, a vigor and secrecy, that equalled, if they did not surpass, the best wishes of the patriot. So happily were the means adapted to the end, that without noise or tumult, and with very inconsiderable expense, the head of the conspiracy and most of his subordinate instruments, were brought to the bar of justice, where they received the conclusive award of justice from their country, however, from the most unaccountable causes, they were screened from the penalty of the laws.
Thus gloriously did Mr. Jefferson display at the same time the powers of his own mind, and the capacity of a republican government honestly administered to guard itself against the most dangerous machinations. From these happy results the republican system has acquired, in the minds of all reflecting men, show reputation and strength; it has shown itself perfectly competent to crush the ablest concerted plans of treason, formed under auspices probably more propitious than will ever hereafter occur. Who will in future attempt to subvert the liberties of his country, after this awful failure? Who, on beholding the fate of Aaron Burr, a vagrant and an outcast roving the earth in search of an asylum, will dare to tread in his footsteps, with the hope of a better fate? The failure of his nefarious schemes has in fact given new life blood to republicanism. It has added an additional rock to its foundation. It has illustriously proved that a government seated in the affections of a free and happy people has as little to fear from corruption within as from violence without.
Freedom of the seas.
It has been the business of the tory prints in this country to impress the public mind with an opinion, that the doctrine of the freedom of the seas, in a chimerical project, the offspring of Bonaparte's brain. Tory writers and tory talkers, are not altogether so ignorant; and it is not to be imagined that the true sons of America are to be duped with such bold faced and false assertions. The proposition for an union of nations for the maintenance of maritime rights was originally made by Catharine the Great empress of Russia, to the several leading powers of Europe, and was by them acceded to with the exception of Great Britain. This occurred thirty years ago. France, Spain, Denmark and Sweden, were members of the league which has been long known by the name of the army of neutrality. The principles of this enlightened coalition were comprised by Catharine in the five following articles.
1. That all neutral ships may freely navigate from port to port, and on the coasts of nations at war. 2. That the effects belonging to the subjects of warring powers, shall be free in all neutral vessels, except contraband merchandise. 3. That as to what shall constitute contraband merchandise, the articles shall be regulated and defined by treaty. 4. That to determine what is meant by a blocked up port, it is only to be understood of one which is so completely guarded by the
ships of the power that attacks it and which are stationed there, that it is dangerous for any vessel to enter it.
5. That these principles shall serve as a rule for proceedings and judgments upon the legality of prizes.
These doctrines were boldly asserted by the members of the armed neutrality in the year 1780, a period at which the U. States of America had not been fairly enrolled on the list of nations. It cannot, therefore, be pretended that our government, when it has insisted upon rights far less imposing than these, has set up pretensions to new fangled notions of the law of nations. In 1780, G. Britain was somewhat meeker than at present; she replied in a very respectful tone to the empress Catharine; and far from claiming the absolute dominion of the seas, she "gave the most precise orders respecting the flag of her imperial majesty, and the commerce of her subjects, agreeable to the law of nations. Denmark, Sweden and Russia, at that time were neutral; and England had behaved to them very much in the same manner that she has since done to America.—This it was that induced them to combine, and to arm for the protection of their neutral rights. Great Britain not having yet destroyed the fleets of Holland, France, and Spain; nor having then stolen the fleet of the Danes; became alarmed at this maritime coalition, and was compelled to conduct herself with the greatest address to prevent the total destruction of her piratical system, whilst yet in an infantile state: Time was what the cabinet of London wanted to gain, and time relieved it from the then pressure of the embarrassment. Frederick the great left the theatre of life; Catharine sunk into the grave before her favorite project of the freedom of the seas was consummated; and, after her, until the time of Napoleon Bonaparte, Europe has been governed by a race of kings whose imbecility has become proverbial, who were the mere creatures of English guineas, and who have not had virtue nor energy enough to save their thrones from being overturned by the valor and the enterprise of one man. Bonaparte, in fact, has done nothing more than revive the maritime principles of Catharine II.—Principles which, as the empress of Russia very forcibly and justly remarks in the declaration, "are coincident with the primitive rights of nations, to which every people may appeal, and which the belligerent powers cannot invalidate without violating the laws of neutrality, and without disavowing the maxims they have adopted in their several treaties and public engagements."
As Russia still strictly adheres, under the reign of the wise and benevolent Alexander, to the maxims of Catharine, and as all continental Europe may be said now to be compressed between France and Russia, we may very reasonably anticipate the approach of the period when the commerce of nations will be restored to its pristine liberty by the introduction of a code of public laws consonant to the basis of the armed neutrality. In this point of view, both Mr. Madison and Mr. Jefferson have evinced a very accurate knowledge of the true interests of their country in their resolute adherence to the policy of sending an ambassador to St. Petersburg. In a national point of view the cost is a mere cypher; but the advantage—who can calculate it! If by cultivating the friendship of the great European powers, who will naturally become the guarantors for the freedom of commerce, we are, on the occurrence of a general peace, to come in for a portion of the commercial benefits thence resulting it will secure to the U. S. advantages which they could not obtain with the aid of two hundred sail of the line and five hundred millions of dollars. And yet, we find the tories willing to sacrifice these vast acquisitions, by refusing to entertain friendly relations with Russia because Timothy Pickering happens to hate the late president Adams and his son.
* See the answer from the court of G. Britain to the declaration of the Empress of Russia, April 30, 1780.
It is pleasing to reflect that the honest part of the federalists are shaking off their prejudices against their own government, and uniting with the republicans in support of the present administration: and indeed, how can it be otherwise? If they ever mean to escape from federal deception and delusion, they will escape now. There is no other alternative.—They must either relinquish all claims to the name of Americans, to justify the British, join the Essex Juno, and openly declare that "Great Britain has done us no essential injury"—notwithstanding she has impressed our seamen, violated our maritime jurisdiction, murdered our citizens in time of peace, insulted our government, and perfidiously disavowed the act of her authorised minister. It is not possible for a man to be a real American, and justify such accumulated wrongs. If Americans can ever be roused, they will be roused now. The British faction who cried down the embargo, non-intercourse, and every measure that could protect the nation against British outrage, will soon become as obnoxious to the people, as were the old tories and refugees of '75.
Bost. Chron.
We are happy to find that the delusion and infatuation which existed among the federal citizens of the New England States in consequence of the pressure of the embargo, &c. which the enemies of our government took infinite pains to represent as an oppressive and unconstitutional measure, is fast passing away. The late elections in Rhode Island and Vermont fully demonstrate the fact. We congratulate our republican fellow citizens on the probable glorious result of these elections, as well as on the great change
which has taken place in the minds of the people of this state in consequence of the perfidy of the British government; so that we can calculate, almost with certainty, that the next spring elections will give a large majority of votes for the Patriotic Farmer, LEVI LINCOLN, Esq. for Governor—who the last spring received the free, unbiased suffrages of Forty Five Thousand FREEMEN, notwithstanding the then federal song of Gore & Free Trade!—Gore and no Embargo!—which has now lost its charm.
16.
Many strange Lights are now-a-days to be seen in this country—among which are:—
Federalists , endeavouring to destroy the federal government!—
Republicans , revoluting from the first rule of a republic, that a majority shall govern!—
Americans , siding in all points with the British government against our own!—
Whigs , who refused to pay a tax to Britain while her colonies, who are willing to pay her a tribute now we are an independent nation!—
Merchants , forsaking their own interests, to follow "the British party!"—
Disciples of Washington , departing entirely from his precepts and example!—
Friends of Madison , at variance with his principles, measures, and supporters!—
Lovers of Order , fomenting disunion, discord and confusion!—
Patriots , ready to sacrifice the rights, interests and honor of their own country, to the ambition, avarice, and insolence of its worst enemy!—
Professors of the Christian Religion , praying for success to the arms and arts of Anti-Christ, or Popery and its adherents—panting for a war of extermination against France, the instrument of God in punishing the sins of Popish nations, and for an alliance with Britain, the most corrupt, corrupting, and bloody government in Europe—and reviling and speaking evil of the rulers of their own people, who are cherishing "Peace on earth and good will to men!"—
These and many other such strange spectacles, may be seen every day, any where in this country, among what is absurdly denominated the federal party! Tru. T. Amer.
THE STATE ELECTIONS
Go well in New-England. Our southern brethren are assured we shall speedily obtain all our demands with interest. Rhode-Island has set the first good example, in the late semi-annual election for state representatives, by reducing the federal majority from 22 to 4; but Vermont has exceeded her, by paying the whole at one draft! The triumph in the latter state is complete—A Governor, Lieut. Governor and 12 Councillors, (which constitute the whole executive) and from 35 to 40 majority in the legislature, are the glorious fruits of this political victory!! Connecticut holds an election for state representatives on Monday the 18th instant—From that quarter we can only be agreeably disappointed; we make no calculations upon success. The other two states which make up the N. E. constellation (Massachusetts and New-Hampshire) follow next in order, and are determined not to suffer by competition. "Finis coronat opus." Bost. Pat.
From the BOSTON PATRIOT.
British Politics; or, the Echoes Col. Pickering's Letter.
"The American newspapers, of which I have some now before me, inform me, that if they attempt to hold out for the whole year [i. e. to keep the embargo on a year] their federal government will be overturned—in the New England states, the newspapers very coolly propose a separation of these states—and, unless Jefferson and his Party be ousted at the next election, the separation which has been talked of for years, will most assuredly take place—"
"How often have I said that the Federal government could not exist for a year under the effect of prohibiting a trade to England and her territories?—The law (embargo) is nearly a dead letter—it must be so, or the government will fall. I told the Americans a thousand times, that if ever they should be fools enough to try their strength against England, their weakness would be exposed to the world—The way the Americans will get out of their embarrassments, in respect to us, will be this—Mr. Thomas Jefferson and his party will be ousted, and then the new President will disclaim their HOSTILE acts. Should this be the case, we should go on harmoniously for the future; and I think that the Americans will not be long before they join us against France. That this may be the case, I heartily wish; but I am sure it never will be if we make the first movements towards it." Cobbett's Register.
A singular and unfortunate accident occurred in the city of Natches a few weeks ago. A Mr. Wilks, sometime after sunset, was examining some empty wine casks, which lay in the yard, and observing an unusual smell to issue from one of them, applied a lighted candle which he had in his hand to its bung. It instantly burst with a loud explosion. A piece of the heading struck Mrs. W. who was unfortunately in its way, knocked her down, cut her lips and

nose almost entirely off, done considerable injury to her teeth and other parts of her body. She received the blow obliquely, otherwise the consequences had probably been fatal. So violent was the explosion that a piece of the heading which struck a water barrel standing at some distance, fractured several of its staves.
The cause of this explosion, which has excited considerable speculation and surprise, could be no other than inflammable air, (hydrogenous gas) which had accumulated in the cask. The properties of this gas are well known to chymists. It smells like putrid fish, and cannot be very safely breathed even when largely diluted with vital air. Pilatre du Rozier, a French chemist, however, mixed a ninth part of vital air with pure hydrogenous gas, filled his lungs with it, and set it on fire during the expiration—which produced an explosion so dreadful that the philosopher had like to have lost all of his teeth by the experiment.
Poulsen.
Aaron Burr. it appears is in Sweden—probably in the employ of the British government, whose sending him out of the country was intended to conceal his mission. As the Swedes are capturing our vessels, it is suspected that A. Burr was sent there to prick them on to these depredations.
Trenton American.
St. Louis, Louisiana, August 16.
Having heard of the execution of several Delawareans and Shawan's, at their towns near Cape Girardeau, we had the curiosity to enquire of Rogers, the Shawan chief, as to the truth of the report.
Mr. Rogers says that Waabelettheth, a Delaware; and Thathaway, a Shawan chief, summoned him to attend a solemn council at their towns, that on his arrival there he found that a great revolution was about to take place, they had interdicted the use of intoxicating liquors and determined to abandon the chase, to raise stock and corn for food, and teach their women to spin and weave their cloths. They had established a court to try criminals, four persons were tried, three men were found guilty, and one woman acquitted. The condemned were led out of town to a thick woods and tomahawk'd, they were then placed on an immense pile of wood and burnt to ashes; upwards of 100 men assisted at the execution.
The enquiry is going about as to what we are to do in the present emergency. On this point common sense would say, let the legislatures of the different states conciliate parties; let the real interests of the country be calmly considered; let us discountenance local distinctions; let us become more constitutional, and consequently more national, by becoming more united; let it no longer be Massachusians and Virginians, New-Yorkers and Pennsylvanians, but Americans : then shall we become more respected and formidable abroad, more collected and happy at home; let us also instead of talking, act: for foreign nations will not believe that we are in earnest until we make a display of something more than mere words. V. Arg.
The Gazette.
Wilmington, September 2. 1809.
The Democratic Republicans of the Borough and its vicinity, are requested to attend a meeting to be held at ANDERSON'S TAVERN, on TUESDAY Evening next, at seven o'clock, in order to make some arrangements relative to the approaching general election.
Latest Foreign News. —An arrival at N. York brings London dates to the 6th of August, and Greenock papers to the 10th; but their contents are not of much importance to the American reader. It was reported that the English Grand Expedition had taken possession of Walcheren.
It was also reported that a rupture of the Armistice had taken place, and that another battle ensued in which the French lost 14,000 men.—This report is not entitled to credit.
A gallant attack was made by some British armed boats on the Russian flotilla in the Baltic, in which they succeeded in sinking one gun-boat and bringing off six, together with twelve vessels under the protection of the flotilla, laden with powder and provisions for the Russian army.
The latest accounts from Germany state, that the Emperor of Austria was at Olmutz, and the Archduke Charles's head-quarters at Eylau; and that a congress of peace was to be held in Moravia or Vienna.
That an accommodation was about to take place between Russia and Sweden, the conditions of which was—the surrender of Finland and the shutting of the Swedish ports against the British.
The following article is extracted from a London paper of the 4th of August:—
"Private letters from Holland state that the official account of the preliminaries having been signed between Austria & France has been received—the following has been given as the substance of them with what
truth we have not yet been able to ascertain. Bonaparte, during the progress of the war, declared that he would place the kingdom of Bavaria in such a situation as not to have any thing to fear in future from the power of the Court of Vienna. Upon that declaration he has acted. He is said to have wrested from Austria all her territories on the right bank of the Danube; and to have extended the Bavarian territory to Vienna on the East, and following a line along the frontiers of Hungary to the Drau, to have ascended to the source of that river. A line is then described to Inspruck and Bregenz and this new accession of territory is given to Bavaria. All the territories to the South of the Drau, including part of Carinthia, Carniola, Istria, Trieste, and Fiume is added to the kingdom of Italy. The Tyrol is ceded by Bavaria to France. Wirtemberg and Baden are to get some accession of Territory in Franconia. Bohemia and Maria are to be retained by the House of Austria, as well as Hungary—Russia is to obtain an increase of Territory in Austrian Poland—Saxony is also to have an increase. This is reported to be the substance of the Preliminaries—We do not believe that any copy of them has been received, and indeed the intelligence of their having been signed rests solely upon the authority of private letters from Holland. We should have expected that an event of such importance would have been announced to us by rejoicings upon the French coast, and by some bulletin conveyed to us in the usual way. But for our own parts we are not very anxious for the arrival of the Preliminaries. The whole business of humiliation and destruction was done by the armistice—the rest is mere matter of course—Znaim, Presburg and Graz would not have been given up—the Tyrol would not have been abandoned to the vengeance of the conqueror, had not Austria been prepared to make almost any sacrifices that were demanded of her.
Hail Storm. —On the 21st August a thunder gust, accompanied with hail, did much damage in West-haven, Vermont.—The hail stones were of the size and shape of dried figs, and fell with such a force, as to break all the glass in a house fronting the cloud; to split and tear off shingles; to strip off the branches of apple trees of one years growth and bruise the bark from storm side of the trunks. Cattle in the fields had small swellings raised by the hail, and some hundreds of larks, quails, blackbirds, robins, &c. were found dead in the fields, victims to the tempests; oats, peas, &c. were cut off by the roots; and on the day after the storm the hail in many places upon the level ground was four inches in depth.
For the G. & G.
To the Delegates.
You are to consider well your duty and to do it, if you desire to receive the approbation of the county. It is your duty to seek and bring into nomination virtue and talents—But you ought not to indulge your individual whims at public expence or sacrifice. You ought not to turn the measure you are the means of executing, to local purposes.
As many of you contributed to carry this measure when agreed on at Red-Lion, you are bound in honor not to abuse a measure of your own; and to employ the power you possess, as delegates, to effect a local purpose will be an abuse. The arguments for the mode of selection by delegates were, to "secure to the county virtue and talents, and guard against thoughtless indiscretion"—No man ventured to assign for a reason that "it would enable the county to exclude New-Castle, Pencader or any other hundred from being represented in the Legislature by men who were opposed to removing the Court house." For certainly had such reason been assigned, a contrary decision would have been taken place; and whatever was unfit to be avowed then, must be unfit for you to execute.
In order to elucidate this point let us suppose that Wilmington, New-Castle and other portions of the county should lay their heads together to remove the funds of New-Castle academy to one of their colleges, and besides petitioning the Legislature, should carry a plan of selection and election to exclude New-Castle and its friends from a Representative. Is there any of you would think this right? So of every local question; justice and fair play require they should be heard and defended by their friends, and every plan to rob them is dishonorable and unjust.
Perhaps it may be said the Bridge question was so disposed of: yes it was, but that was because New-Castle and the opposing Hundreds refused the other disposition by election, after the general election was over. The proposed disposition of that question was, that each hundred should
send Delegates and the general ticket be formed in the usual manner, and the question of bridge and no bridge, referred to the people by elections to be held in their respective hundreds in November. But this proposition was rejected, and its friends denounced by the opposers of the bridge, and as the friends were determined to have the question tried in some shape, none was left them but by the general election. So far as precedent goes, therefore, the bridge case is against exclusion of opposers, and as the removal of the court house has been referred to the people on petition, and the opposition to removal have co-operated in the measure of selection and nomination, it would be illiberal in the highest degree, as well as useless in its effects, to exclude them of their share of representation.
It is not in the nature of things, that any plan of nominating candidates to be recommended for future approbation can be approved, which is employed to mischievous purposes—nominations originated in a desire to harmonise a party, liable to divide and weaken itself without. The same purpose must be preserved, otherwise co-operation of all the parts cannot be expected.—The plan by hundred elections would secure this point, and will become necessary if ever that by Delegates is abused to local purposes. The writer of this is a friend to the Delegate plan and presumes the Delegates are so, and it is from a solicitude to preserve the plan by an honorable and dignified execution of it, induces him to make this address, fearful that want of considering the subject might lead to what the opposition apprehends. H.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
To the Republicans of Pencader Hundred.
I was extremely sorry to find so much disunion among my political brethren, as I witnessed at the Red-Lion meeting of the 9th instant, and most sincerely regretted to find that the intrigue of the New-Castle leaders had insinuated itself into Pencader hundred. Through the influence of a certain gentleman, whose business naturally gives him some influence, a considerable portion of the citizens of that hundred became violently opposed to a certain local measure, now in agitation, contrary to their own interests and a majority of the people of the hundred. The gentleman from Pencader who was so loquacious in opposition to the old and true method of forming the county ticket, was a few weeks ago, as is very well known, an active advocate for the removal of the seat of justice, and is now as active in opposition:—the reason of this sudden change deserves an explanation.—By some accident he was prevented from attending the Red-Lion meeting of the 24th of June, and did not happen to be placed on the committee appointed at that meeting, for to meet on a subsequent day, to draft a petition for the removal of the seat of justice, &c. &c. Immediately, upon hearing that he was not one of that committee, he changed sides, and went riding about thro' his neighborhood, telling the ridiculous story that a new court house would cost the county 60,000 dollars—that their taxes would be doubled and trebled to pay this, and asserted the same in a small meeting of his own hundred, held for the purpose of consulting upon the measure. Now, what are the people of Pencader hundred to think of the weak, puerile and fickle creature, who would let the disappointment of being a member of a committee, influence him in a matter of so much consequence to a majority of the inhabitants of New-Castle county? I should not be disappointed to see this gentleman, in case he should lose his election, (as it is said he is now intriguing for a seat in the assembly), change politics altogether. I hope the citizens of Pencader hundred will be more circumspect in their choice, and not elect for their representative a mere weather-cock, who will change sides with every wind. The station of representative requires more firmness, than perhaps any other; and a degenerate politician is, of all others, the most unfit for that station. G.
For Sale, or Rent,
A FARM within two miles of Port-Penn, on the main road leading to that place: it contains seventy or eighty acres of woodland, forty-two acres of marsh, in the Augustine Marsh Company, the residue plough-land of a good quality. There is two tenement houses and a new frame barn on the premises. The mansion house will want some repairs to make it comfortable. Should the property not be sold by the 1st of November next, it will then be rented for a term of years. Also, for sale, or rent, Eleven acres in prafs lots adjoining the town of New-Castle. For terms, apply to JOHN STOCKTON in Wilmington.
August 20, 1809. 1 p. w. till 1 Nov.
Take Notice.
THE subscriber, Executor of Sara Owen , late of the county of Sussex and state of Delaware, deceased, being authorised to make sale of the real estate of said deceased, situate in the county of Sussex, doth hereby give notice that he will dispose of the same, at public vendue, on Wednesday the eighth day of November next, at Johnstown, in the county aforesaid, between the hours of 10 o'clock, A. M. and 3 in the afternoon. The terms of purchase can be known by applying to the subscriber near Johnstown.
William Carlisle.
September 20, 1809. 41.
District Court.
Delaware District, ss.
WHEREAS a libel hath been filed in the District Court of the United States, by GEORGE READ, Esq. attorney for the said district, against 9 bags coffee, 1 barrel coffee, 1 barrel sugar, 2 pots sweet meats, 1 keg raisins, 100 oranges, and 12 pine apples, of the value of $150 lawful money of the U. States, seized for violating the revenue laws.
And whereas the honorable GUNNING BEDFORD, Esq. Judge of the said District Court, hath ordered the 4th day of October 1809, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for holding a special District Court at the Town-Hall in the borough of Wilmington, for the said trial, agreeably to the prayer of the said Attorney: Notice is hereby given, That a special District Court will be then and there held for the trial of the premises, and the owner or owners, and all persons who may have or claim any right, interest or concern therein, are hereby cited and admonished to be and appear at the time and place aforesaid, to show cause if any they have, why a final decree should not pass, pursuant to the prayer of the said bill.
THOMAS WITHERSPOON,
Clerk of the District Court.
Wilmington, September 20, 1809. 42.
District Court.
Delaware District, ss.
WHEREAS a libel hath been filed in the District Court of the United States, by GEORGE READ, Esq. attorney for the said district, against the schooner JAMES, her tackle, apparel and furniture and the cargo found on board, seized for violating the act of Congress entitled, "An act to amend and continue a 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."
And whereas the honorable GUNNING BEDFORD, Esq. Judge of the said District Court, hath ordered the 4th day of October 1809, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for holding a special District Court at the Town-Hall in the borough of Wilmington, for the said trial, agreeably to the prayer of the said Attorney: Notice is hereby given, That a special District Court will be then and there held for the trial of the premises, and the owner or owners, and all persons who may have or claim any right, interest or concern therein, are hereby cited and admonished to be and appear at the time and place aforesaid, to show cause if any they have, why a final decree should not pass, pursuant to the prayer of the said bill.
THOMAS WITHERSPOON,
Clerk of the District Court.
Wilmington, September 20, 1809. 43.
District Court.
Delaware District, ss.
WHEREAS a libel hath been filed in the District Court of the United States, by GEORGE READ, Esq. attorney for the said district, against the schooner EMMA, her tackle, apparel and furniture, of the value of $150 lawful money of the United States, and now lying in the Delaware district, the said vessel being seized as forfeited by the collector of the said district for violating the act of Congress entitled, "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies and for other purposes."
And whereas the honorable GUNNING BEDFORD, Esq. Judge of the said District Court, hath ordered the 4th day of October 1809, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for holding a special District Court at the Town-Hall, in the borough of Wilmington, for the said trial, agreeably to the prayer of the said Attorney: Notice is hereby given, That a special District Court will be then and there held for the trial of the premises, and the owner or owners, and all persons who may have or claim any right, interest or concern therein, are hereby cited and admonished to be and appear at the time and place aforesaid, to show cause if any they have, why a final decree should not pass, pursuant to the prayer of the said bill.
THOMAS WITHERSPOON,
Clerk of the District Court.
Wilmington, September 20, 1809. 44.
Domestic Manufactures.
THE Patriotic citizens of Delaware, who are disposed to encourage American Manufactures, and thereby promote the interests of our country, are informed that the subscriber has now on hand and for sale, at the premises of Staunton, (New-Castle county) a good lot of Cassameres, Drab and Mix'd—also, a few pieces of coarse Cloths, and Felt for Paper—these will all be sold low for Cash, either by the piece or smaller quantity.
Nordecai McKim
Newport, (Del.) 16th Sept. 1809.

Poetry.
From the Chester & Delaware Federalist.
MARIA.
Maria, fond maid, in the cold grave now sleeping, Soft, soft blews the gales, and the moon beams at night, Gleam light o'er thy tomb, where the wild flowers creeping On a once beating heart, ah! lie gentle and light.  For Maria was gay when she hail'd the fair morning Of childhood, and heedless of sorrow to come; The bright glow of health her young cheeks were adorning, A stranger to care, she would cheerfully roam.  But many a rose has been nipt in the blossom, And wither'd alas! ere its leaves could expand, Poor Maria, the canker worm entered her bosom, And on her, cruel death laid his cold wither'd hand.  In the grave, ah! she feels not the faithless affection Of him who once promis'd a friendship sincere, No longer distracted by mournful reflection Of him who once lov'd her and who was still dear.  Ah! why fickle man—as the ocean unstable, Think, think on the victim who languish'd for thee; Reflect for a moment, to think thou wert able, From pain and from sorrow that victim to free.  Go visit her grave, while the ling'ring moon light Gleams light o'er a breast thou hast render'd forlorn; Low, low in the tomb lies the once lov'd Maria, Ah, weep faithless man, that she ever was born.  On the green flowry turf where her beauties now moulder, Shed the tear of soft pity that once was deny'd, Let memory now soften a heart that was colder, Than the clay-cold remains of thy once promis'd bride.
Miscellany.
A SERMON.
"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing"
So said Solomon the prince of galantry; and Solomon ought to know. The soft moments spent by the Jewish Monarch in conjugal endearments and sweetest dalliance with the enchanting fair, bore testimony, no doubt to the truth to his assertion; and when surrounded with his numerous wives, he had good right to conclude, that he was in possession not only of one good thing but of three hundred .
The age of polygamy is happily past; and on the threshold of domestic felicity, rendered doubly pleasing by the fascinating smile of her we love have the deep drawn prejudices and superficial maxims, of barbarous oriental nations been sacrificed, and the shrine of exclusive individual affection, erected on the ruins of divided friendship. For myself I have no hesitation in declaring, that in my opinion one wife, particularly a modern one, is amply sufficient for one husband; or in other words one good thing at a time is enough to answer all the purposes of human life.
In discussing my subject, I shall divide it into two general heads, and proceed, by way of inquiry, to ascertain—First, what is a wife?—Secondly, in what sense she can be considered a good thing ?—And lastly, shall wind up the interesting subject, by a brief improvement of the whole.
First—What is a wife? and here to prevent the cavils of a sensorious and malignant world, it may be necessary for the preacher to hint a truth, which the midnight curtain lectures of many a hopeless Benedict, if they could be obtained, would confirm beyond the possibility of doubt, viz—that wives, as well as other sublunary things very naturally divide themselves into two permanent classes—the good and the bad—or the fretful and unfrictal. But as Solomon meant to include only the better class, I shall take it for granted there was, a slight omission in my text, and presume that the idea which he intended to communicate was, that a good WIFE , was a good thing in the family, and treat the matter accordingly.
A good wife is a being selected by benign providence, to scatter the
roses of contentment and strew the dark and serpentine paths of life, with the choicest, the most fadeless flowers; and is truly the "last best gift of God to man." Formed to charm, to allure and fascinate the whole soul of an affectionate husband, she can, at any time, profuse a portion of her own spirit into his, and by the powerful magic of a smile, change in a moment the bitter draught of his existence, to streams of the most delicious nectar. Is it a selfish race, unkind—and does the fickle goddess Fortune, frown disdainfully on his wretched prospects! he retires serenely from the empty bustle of mankind, and fondly pillowing his aching head on her snowy bosom, he applies his fervid lips to hers, generously glowing with hope and love, and drinks a long oblivion to his wrongs and injuries. This brings me to my second proposition, viz.—In what sense she can be considered a good thing ?
I have, already, in some measure, anticipated an answer to this question, in the preceding section of my sermon, because the two points were very nearly, not to say inseparably connected together.
A good wife may be considered a good thing ; nay, the very best of things, when she fills up the measure of her domestic duties, and presides with pleasure over the concerns of a thriving family. She is the centre of that powerful attractive system, in which revolve, with uniform motion, all the bewitching graces, all the homeborn delights of refined and tranquil love. She gives a new charm, and adds an exquisite delight to all the blandishments of social life. Solitude is a stranger where she dwells; and melancholy pausing over his mournful story, dares not approach her consecrated mansion, here is the silver wand which chases away the demon of sorrow, and restores the sunshine of her soul. In her right hand she holds health, happiness, and dawning honors; and in her left an inverted mirror, reflecting the loveliest objects in creation. I come now to the
IMPROVEMENT.
Stranger! whoever thou art, who standest alone amid the storms of the world, labor incessantly and with all thy might, to obtain that good thing mentioned in my text. A little wooing will answer the purpose, and procure thee a jewel of inestimable value. Does thy heart pant for glory, and thy brow stern with the victories of battle, or desire the bloodstained laurels of the conqueror? Banish the peurile dream, and let sober reason chase the delusive vision from thy soul. A wife will soften the asperity of thy temper, and smooth thy brow clouded with sadness. —She will kindly watch over thy bed of sickness, and whisper in softest accents, the language of consolation to thy drooping heart. She will form thy mind to generous exertions, and make the nobly emulous of real greatness; and when the last, faint flashes of life's expiring lamp, have quivered out their little moment, her tears will moisten thy clay-cold form; and her prayers, ascending for thy final happiness, will gently waft thy disembodied spirit to the gardens of the Paradise of God.
Origin of confining jurors from meat & drink.
The Gothic nations were famous of old in Europe, for the quantities of food and drink which they consumed. The ancient Germans, and their Saxon descendants in England, were remarkable for their hearty meals. Gluttony and drunkenness were so common that these vices were not thought disgraceful; and Tacitus represents the former as being capable of being as easily overcome by strong drink as by arms. Intemperance was
so general and habitual, that nobody was thought fit for serious business after dinner. And under this persuasion it was enacted in the laws of the Lombards that Judges should hear and determine causes fasting, and not after dinner. Muratori, in his Italian antiquities, plainly affirms that this regulation was framed for the purpose of avoiding the unsound decrees consequent upon intoxication. And Dr. Gilbert Stuart very patiently and ingeniously observes in his historical dissertation concerning the antiquity of the British Constitution , p. 238, that from this propensity of the older Britons to indulge excessively in eating and drinking, has proceeded the restriction upon jurors and jurymen to refrain from meat and drink and even to be held in custody , until they had agreed upon their verdict.
The descendants of those nations, who form the greater part of the population of the United States, may feel a gratification in knowing the origin of this restraint upon juries.
A NEW REPUBLICAN PAPER, Political, Commercial, and Historical, To be published Daily for the City, and twice a week for the Country, WILL BE COMMENCED On the first day of November next, under the title of The Columbian , And delivered at the yearly price of Eight Dollars for the City, and Four for the Country paper—payable in all cases half in advance.
THE OBJECTS OF THE COLUMBIAN WILL BE, To maintain and vindicate the rights and immunities of the United States, as a free, sovereign and independent nation, against the pretensions, the violations, and the aggressions of any and every foreign power. To support the constitution and government of the United States, and of the individual states, in their several and distinct provinces; and to sustain and uphold the liberties of the people. To defend the privileges and measures of the general government, as administered under Mr. Jefferson, and continued by Mr. Madison, and of the present administration of this state under Mr. Tompkins. To disseminate correct and useful American sentiments, and to subserve and cherish the republican systems and institutions of the United States. To cultivate and promote the union, the harmony, and the prosperity of the republican party in this country, and to discountenance and oppose whatever local particularities and personal collisions may threaten to impair or jeopardize its interests. AND FINALLY, To contain such mercantile, historical, and agricultural information, occasionally variegated with literary and miscellaneous pieces as shall best fulfil the usual purposes of a newspaper, and gratify the hopes and expectations of its patrons.
The foregoing outlines, it is presumed, are sufficiently distinct and expressive of the purposes for which the COLUMBIAN is to be established, to enable every reader to decide on the degree of encouragement to which the attempt is entitled. Subscriptions will be received by post-masters and other holders of proposals in the different parts of the state.
The names of the subscribers are requested to be returned previous to the day of publication, directed to the Editor, at Hudson, or at the Post-Office, New York; and the papers will be regularly forwarded, by mail or other conveyance, agreeable to direction.
Charles Holt.
New-York, September 5, 1809. 22-6t
** Subscriptions to the COLUMBIAN received at the Office of the Delaware Gazette.
To the Electors of New-Castle County.
Fellow-Citizens, I hereby tender you my sincere acknowledgements for the favour conferred on me by nominating me as the candidate for the office of Coroner, and beg the favor of your votes and interest in my behalf for that office at the ensuing General Election; the duties of which, should your suffrages place me therein, shall be faithfully performed by your obliged friend and fellow-citizen,
Alexander Porter.
Wilmington, Aug. 30, 1809. tf
WANTED,
As an apprentice to the blacksmithing business, a lad of from fourteen to fifteen years of age. For particulars enquire of the subscriber, at Brandywine Mills.
CHARLES TATEM.
September 16, 1809. law4t.
One Hundred and Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber, living in Somerset county, state of Maryland, a negro fellow named PHILIP BROWN, about five feet eight or nine inches high; a little knock kneed, a blacksmith by trade, has a yellowish complexion, and is a handy sensible fellow at any business; had on when he went away a country made over jacket, striped with red and black; a pair of country made long trowsers, dyed a dark colour, old hat, shoes, and tow linen shirt. Whoever takes up the said negro and brings him to me shall have the above reward if taken out of the state of Maryland.
LAMBERT HYLAND.
September 9, 1809. law 4w.
50 Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the Camp Meeting, in Worcester County, on Monday the twenty-eighth of August last, a NEGRO MAN named ISRAEL, upwards of thirty years of age, about six feet high, with a very bright yellow complexion, the property of Miss Polly Elzey of Somerset county, and hired the present year by the subscriber to James Turnip, of Somerset. Any person who will take up said Negro and secure him so that the owner gets him again, shall, if taken out of the state, receive the above reward, and if taken in the state, and out of the county, Twenty-Five dollars—and if taken in the county, Fifteen dollars, to be paid by
Robert Elzey.
Somerset County, Princess Ann, } September 12, 1809. 9t.
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.
PERSONS desirous of becoming members of the Wilmington Light-Infantry Blues, are respectfully informed that the subscribers, appointed by the company as a committee to receive and report applications for membership, will meet for the said purpose at the house of Alexander Porter, on Saturday evening the 23d instant.
Joseph Newlin, Robert Stewart, George Jones.
September 16, 1809. 3t.
Notice
IS hereby given to all persons indebted to the late John Baldwin deceased, that they are required to make immediate payment of the several sums due from them—And all persons having any demands against the same are requested to present their accounts properly attested for payment to the subscriber, the executor of the last will and testament of the said John Baldwin.
John Baldwin.
Wilmington, Sept. 13, 1809.
NOTICE.
The Commissioners of Tax for the County of New-Castle, are requested to be punctual in their attendance at the Court House in the Town of New-Castle, on Tuesday the twenty-sixth day of September next, at which time and place the assessors of the several Hundreds are to appear before the Commissioners, to be advised in what manner to make their assessments, in what form to return the certificates thereof, and how to perform the several duties required of them by law.
HUGH W. RITCHIE, Clerk of the Peace. 3t
August 30, 1809.
WILMINGTON COLLEGE.
THE Trustees are requested to take notice, that a semi-annual meeting of the Board, will be held at the college, on Thursday the 28th day of September, at 10 o'clock A. M.
An examination of the students in the different schools will take place on that day, to which the parents & guardians of the pupils are respectfully invited. It is hoped the trustees will be punctual in their attendance, as business of importance to the institution will demand their attention.
By order, A. HAMILTON, Sec'y. tm
Sept. 16, 1809.
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 8, 1809. 11