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THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
VOL. I.]
WILMINGTON, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1809.
[NO. 7.]
Printed and Published On Wednesdays and Saturdays, BY JOSEPH JONES, In Market street, a few doors above the Bank of Delaware.
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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.
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, Fustians and jeans  coir-beau, bottle green, Lute strings  grey, and dark mixed Sinslaw and Mantau  superfine cloths silks  Cassimeres Silk & york tan gloves  Bennet's patent cord Bandanna and Madras  Coatings and flannels handkerchiefs  Forest cloths Cammel's hair shawls  Velvets and constitution Checkered and striped  cord linens  Bevereens Damask shawls  7-8 and 4-4 Irish linens Russia & dowlas linens  blue & yellow nankens Rattines & bombazets  Wide and narrow cotton Red & greenocking  cassimeres baize  Chintzes and calicoes Brown holland  Cambric and common Suspenfers  dimities Um'rellas & parasols  Calimancoes Black satins and flo-  Durant and Jones' spinning rentines  Cotton and worsted ho- Scissors & pen-knives  siery Silk hose  Colored, chambray, cam- Gilt & plated buttons  brick, jackanet, mull- Oil cloths  mull, India, British, Trunks  book, gurrah, bafta, & Morocco & kid shoes,  Jeno Muslins &c. &c.  N. B. Country Store Keepers supplied on the lowest terms for cash or the usual credit.
James Gardner. Wilmington, March 25, 1809. tf
Notice.
SUCH persons as are indebted to the estate of ESTHER YARNALL, deceased, either by bond, note, or book-debt, are requested to make immediate payment to John Warner and John Torbert, or either of them, who are legally authorised to receive the same. And those who have claims against said estate are requested to present them for settlement.
William Warner, Ex'r. Feb. 11, 1809. tf
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. Diannah Bidle, 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 M c Donough by John Laroux, deceased) being a part of the real estate of Patrick M c Donough, 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 M c Donough 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 M c DONOUGH.
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
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, arket 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—or having the genuine medicines of Richard Lee & Son.
Lee's
Worm destroying Lozenges.
This medicine is superior to any ever offered to the public, being innocent and mild, certain and efficacious in its operations. Should no worms exist in the body, it will without pain or griping, cleanse the stomach and bowels of whatever is foul or offensive and thereby prevent the productions of worms and many fatal disorders.
In order that the heads of families may be able to judge of the complaints of children, whether they originate from worms or not, we will describe the symptoms by which means it will be easily known.
SYMPTOMS
Itching of the nose and anus; hunger with ravenous appetite; nausea; knowing pain in the stomach or intestines; fætid 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 Brittinore. 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, palfey, sprains, &c.
Lee's Grand Restorative,
Proved by long experience to be unequalled in the cure of nervous disorders, consumption, lowness of spirits, inward weakness, 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 intermittent 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 Caleb 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.
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. Gmo.
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.
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 O'CHELTREE.
Wilmington, June 24, 1809.

Intelligence.
Tenth Bulletin.
Ebensdorff, May 23.
After describing the form of the Danube at Ebensdorff, the Bulletin states that on the night of the 20th, the Emperor crossed the Danube, accompanied by Berthier, Massena, and Lasnes. They took a position on the 21st on the left bank, the right wing was at the village Essling, and the left at Grossaspren—Both these villages were taken. At four in the afternoon on the 21st the enemy shewed themselves, and attempted to drive our advanced guard into the river—Vain attempt!
The duke of Rivoli was first attacked at Grossaspren, by Bellegarde. He manoeuvred with Molitor's and Legrand's divisions and rendered all their attacks abortive.—The duke of Montebello defended Essling—the duke of Istria covered the flank with cavalry. The action was severe—the enemy having 200 cannon and 90,000 men, being the remains of their arms.
Gen. D'Espagne divided his corps into squares, but he was killed with a musket ball at the head of his troops, and General Poulers was also killed. Gen. Nansouy arrived in the evening on the field of battle, and distinguished himself highly. At eight in the evening the battle ended and we remained masters of the field. During the night Oudinot's corps, Hillaire's division, and two brigades of cavalry crossed from the right bank to the left. On the 21st at 4 P. M. the duke of Rivoli was engaged with the enemy who made several successive attacks on the village; but Rivoli at last completely defeated them. The enemy occupying a large space between the right and left wings we took the resolution of penetrating their centre. The duke of Montebello headed the charge. Oudinot was on the left, St. Hillaire in the centre, and Boudet on the right. The centre of the enemy could not withstand us; in a moment all was overthrown.
The duke of Istria made several fine charges. It seemed all over with the Austrian army, when at 7 in the morning, an aid-de-camp of the emperor came to inform him that the rising of the Danube had drifted a great number of trees and booms, which in consequence of the events at Vienna, had been cut down and laid on the bank, and that they had broken down the bridges which communicated from the right bank and with the little island, and with the island of Der Lobau.
All the reserve corps which were advancing, were upon the right bank, as also part of our heavy cavalry, and all Auerstadt's corps. In consequence of this shocking accident the emperor resolved to stop the troops from advancing. He ordered the duke of Montebello to stop on the field of battle, and take his position with the left wing against a cut in which the duke of Rivoli covered, and his right wing at Essling. The cannons, infantry, and cartridges which belonged to our parks could not be brought over. The enemy was in the greatest disorder just at the moment when he learnt that our bridges had been broken down—the slackening of our fire and the concentrating of our army, left him no doubt concerning the unforeseen accident that had happened.
All his cannon and artillery equipage were again brought in line, and from 9 A. M. till 7 P. M. he made the greatest efforts, supported by 200 cannon to overthrow the French army—but all his efforts tended only to his own discomfiture. Three times he attacked the village, and three times he filled them with his dead. The enemy resumed the position which they had left before the attack began, and we remained masters of the field of battle. Their loss has been great—prisoners who have been taken, say that they lost 23 generals and 60 superior officers. Marshal Webber and 1300 prisoners are in our hands. Our loss has also been very considerable,—1100 killed, and 3000 wounded. The duke of Montebello (Lasnes) was wounded by a cannon ball in the thigh on the 22d, in the evening. General Hillaire is also wounded. Gen. Durosnel was killed. The waters of the Danube did not permit the bridges to be built during the night, and the emperor ordered the army to pass the little arm from the left bank, and to take a position on the island of Inder Lobau. We are laboring to replace the bridges and nothing will be undertaken until they are replaced.
[In addition to these particulars, a great part of the bulletin consists of a sentimental description of the interview between Lasnes and Bonaparte, at a time when the marshal's wound was thought to be mortal, in which, of course, the duke of Montebello manifested all possible heroism, and evinced the greatest readiness to die for his
Emperor; and that the emperor was melted into tears.
The Bulletin has, however, other passages from which some inference may be drawn, as to the extent of the loss sustained by the French. Bonaparte it is said, boasts that the retreat was well conducted, though 200 pieces of cannon were playing upon them, which they could not answer, during which forty thousand rounds of shot were fired amongst them. Bonaparte, promises to repair his loss, and declares his intention not to renew the attack till his force is concentrated, and better prepared. He allows the Austrian army to have been well furnished and equipped on the occasion.]
Eleventh Bulletin.
This Bulletin is dated Ebensdorff, 24th May, and relates entirely to the operations in the Tyrol. The Duke of Dantzic is stated to have entered Innsbruck on the 19th.
Twelfth Bulletin.
The twelfth Bulletin is important only for enabling us to state, that on the 26th, Bonaparte himself was at Ebensdorff, about two miles below Vienna, on the southern bank of the Danube; but his army we suppose, remained in the Isle of Inn-dorf-Lobau, for nothing is said to the contrary. He is measuring the height of the Danube with the immense chain, which the Austrians took from the Turks, after the siege of Vienna! He speaks of the arrival of troops, and of every thing except of operations against the Austrians.
The Danube, he says, will continue to rise till the 15th of June.
Austrian Official Bulletin, of the defeat of the French.
Published by order of his Imperial Highness the Archduke CHARLES.
In pursuance of the command of his Imperial Highness the Generalissimo the following preliminary report of the brilliant victory obtained the 21st and 22d of May, is issued on the 23d, from the Head Quarters at Brentenle:
On the 19th and 20th, the Emperor Napoleon passed the greater arm of the Danube, with the whole of his army, to which he had drawn all the reinforcements of his powerful allies. He established his main body on the island Lobau, whence the second passage over the less arm, and his further offensive dispositions, were necessarily to be directed. His imperial Highness resolved to advance with his arms to meet the enemy, and not to obstruct his passage, but to attack him after he had reached the left bank, and thus to defeat the object of his intended enterprize. This determination excited throughout the whole army the highest enthusiasm! Animated by all the feelings of the purest patriotism, and of the most loyal attachment to their sovereign, every man became a hero and the smoking ruins—the scenes of desolation which marked the track of the enemy in his progress through Austria, had inflamed them with a just desire of vengeance.—With joyful acclamations, with the cry, a thousand times repeated, of—“Live our good Emperor,” and with victory in their hearts, our columns at noon on the 21st, proceeded onward to meet the reciprocal attack of the advancing enemy; and soon after 3 o'clock the battle commenced. The Emperor Napoleon in person directed the movement of his troops, and endeavored to break through our centre with the whole of his cavalry; that vast body of horse he had supported by 60,000 infantry, his guards, and by 100 pieces of artillery. His wings rested on Aspern and Esslingen, places to the strengthening of which, the resources of nature and art had, as far as was possible, contributed. He was unable, however, to penetrate the compact mass which our battalions presented, and every where our cavalry shewed their backs, while our cuirassiers unhorsed his armour equip cavaliers, and our light horse carried death into his flanks. It was a gigantic combat, and is scarce capable of description. The battles with the infantry became immediately general. More than 200 pieces of cannon exhibited on the opposite sides a rivalry in the work of destruction. Aspern was ten times taken, lost, and again conquered. Esslingen, after repeated attacks, could not be maintained. At 11 at night the villages were in flames, and we remained masters of the field of battle. The enemy was driven up in a corner, with the island of Lobau and the Danube in his rear. Night had put an end to the carnage.
Meanwhile fire-boats which were floated down the Danube, destroyed the bridge which the enemy had thrown over the principal branch of the river.—The enemy,
however, conveyed over during the night by continued embarkations, all the disposable troops which he had in Vienna and on the Upper Danube, made every possible effort for the reconstruction of his great bridge and attacked us at four in the morning with a furious cannonade from the whole of his artillery, immediately after which the action extended along the whole of the line. Until seven in the evening every attack was repelled.
The perseverance of the enemy was then compelled to yield to the heroism of our troops, and the most complete victory crowned the efforts of an army, which, in the French Proclamations, was declared to be dispersed, and represented as annihilated by the mere idea of the invincibility of their adversaries. The loss of the enemy has been immense—the field of battle is covered with dead bodies, from among which we have already picked up 6000 wounded, and removed them to our hospitals.
When the French could no longer maintain themselves in Aspern, the brave Hessians were obliged to make a last attempt and were sacrificed.
At the departure of the courier the Emperor Napoleon was in full retreat to the other side of the Danube, covering his retreat by the possession of the large island Lobau. Our army is still engaged in close pursuit. The more particular details of this memorable day shall be made known as soon as they are collected. Among the prisoners are the French Gen. Durosnel, gen. of division, and Foule, Roer, first Chamberlain to the Empress; also the Wurtemberg Gen. Rhodes, who was made prisoner at Nusdorff, by the second battalion of the Vienna Landwehr.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
The late conduct of the British ministry has capped the climax of atrocity towards this country. Their first act, the outrage on the Chesapeake, was an injury of the deepest die. It was declared to be unauthorised , but the only unequivocal evidence of its being so, a prompt and full atonement, withheld. Instead of making a just reparation, a mission was instituted whose termination added insult to injury. Close upon the heels of this mission followed the celebrated orders of November the 11th, which produced, with no other causes, the embargo and non-intercourse with England.—These, co-operating with the disasters of her arms, produced the arrangements made by Mr. Erskine with our government. Every commercial restriction was taken off by us, the door to commercial intercourse with her was widely opened, in consequence of the slighted removal of her orders, and the interdiction to her armed ships to enter our waters withdrawn in consequence of her solemn promise to make a reparation for the outrage on the Chesapeake designated by herself. Our Executive, without hesitation, accepts the proffered terms of amity; the nation applauds it; the legislature sanctions it, in a manner that proves the most unsuspicious confidence, by opening the intercourse without limitation, and without the least reservation of Executive discretion to suspend it on a contingency; our property, to an immense amount, is instantly embarked on the ocean; Congress adjourns in security; when to the astonishment of every honest man these engagements, as solemnly adopted as any engagements made by man, are disavowed and annulled, not in part but altogether, as well those relative to the Chesapeake as those relative to the orders in Council, in the language of Lord Bathurst “ as wholly unauthorised .” How can this be? Is Mr. Erskine a traitor to his government, a fool, or a madman, thus to commit himself, “ not only to have acted in a way ,” in the language of Lord Liverpool, “ unauthorised by his instructions, but in direct opposition to them ?” What those instructions were we cannot tell. But we all recollect the language of Mr. Erskine, and if we believe him a man of common honesty and of the meanest understanding, we must conclude that he was authorised to make the overtures he proposed. They were not extorted from him, he was the first to propose them, and as proposed, verbatim et litteratim , they were adopted by our government.
Mr. Oakeley arrives in this country in a British sloop of war, and forthwith Mr. Erskine commences a correspondence with the secretary of state with the following letter, dated April 17th.
“I have the honor to inform you, that I have received his majesty's commands, to represent to the government of the United States, that his majesty is animated by the most sincere desire for an adjustment of the differences, which have unhappily so long prevailed between the two countries, the recapitulation of which might have a tendency to impede, if not prevent an amicable understanding.”
“It having been represented to his majesty's government, that the Congress of the United States, in their proceedings at the opening of the last session, had evinced an intention of passing certain laws, which would place the relations of Great Britain with the United States upon an equal footing, in all respects, with the other belligerent powers, I have accordingly received his majesty's commands, in the event of such laws taking place, to offer, on the part of his majesty, an honorable reparation for the
aggression, committed by a British naval officer, in the attack on the United States' frigate Chesapeake.”
“Considering the act, passed by the Congress of the United States on the 1st of March, (usually termed the non-intercourse act) as having produced a state of equality, in the relations of the two belligerent powers, with respect to the United States, I have to submit, conformably to instructions, for the consideration of the American government, such terms of satisfaction and reparation, as his majesty is induced to believe, will be accepted, in the same spirit of conciliation, with which they are proposed.”
“In addition to the prompt disavowal made by his majesty, on being apprized of the unauthorised act, committed by his naval officer, whose recall, as a mark of the king's displeasure, from an highly important and honorable command, immediately ensued, his majesty is willing to restore the men forcibly taken out of the Chesapeake, and, if acceptable to the American government, to make a suitable provision for the unfortunate sufferers on that occasion.”
Nothing can be more precise or explicit.—Every stipulation offered is in obedience to the command of his majesty. The terms are unhesitatingly acceded to.
The next day the following letter is received from Mr. Erskine:—
“I have the honor of informing you, that his majesty, having been persuaded that the honorable reparation which he had caused to be tendered for the unauthorised attack upon the American frigate Chesapeake would be accepted by the government of the United States in the same spirit of conciliation, with which it was proposed, has instructed me to express his satisfaction, should such a happy termination of that affair take place—not only as having removed a painful cause of difference, but as affording a fair prospect of a complete and cordial understanding being re-established between the two countries.”
“The favorable change in the relations of his majesty with the United States, which has been produced by the act (usually termed the non-intercourse act) passed in the last session of Congress, was also anticipated by his majesty, and has encouraged a further hope, that a reconsideration of the existing differences might lead to their satisfactory adjustment.”
“On these grounds and expectations, I am instructed to communicate to the American government, his majesty's determination of sending to the United States, an envoy extraordinary invested with full powers to conclude a treaty on all the points of the relations between the two countries.”
“In the mean time, with a view to contribute to the attainment of so desirable an object; his majesty would be willing to withdraw his orders in Council of January and November 1807, so far as respects the United States, in the persuasion that the President would issue a proclamation for the renewal of the intercourse with Great Britain, and that whatever difference of opinion should arise in the interpretation of the terms of such an agreement will be removed in the proposed negotiation.”
We have here the same clear unambiguous language. The proposition is accepted; and Mr. Erskine couches his last letter in the following terms, declaring that he is authorised by his majesty to take this final step.
“In consequence of the acceptance, by the President, as stated in your letter dated the 18th inst. of the proposals made by me on the part of his majesty, in my letter of the same day, for the renewal of the intercourse between the respective countries, I am authorised to declare that his majesty's orders in council of January and November 1807, will have been withdrawn as respects the U. States on the 10th day of June next.”
Let the impartial world pronounce, on this data, whether the arrangements thus offered by Mr. Erskine, were, or were not authorised.—The fact is that Mr. Erskine's instructions were penned while the embargo was in force, and under strong evidence that it was intended to continue and enforce it. Such a continuance and enforcement threatened the trade and manufactures and navigation of England with vital injury. The disavowal is made, after its removal, and when there was superadded moral certainty that the whole restrictions attending the non-intercourse were also removed. Then she was suffering for the want of our raw materials, our provisions and naval stores; now her market is abundantly supplied, and the disavowal of the arrangements made with Mr. Erskine is batted by the instantaneous and enormous prostration of the price of American produce in her ports thirty per cent below the prices at which it previously stood.
But to close every avenue to doubt with regard to the authority of Mr. Erskine to make these arrangements, on the 15th of June ensuing, in enclosing the British order of the 26th of April, Mr. Erskine addresses the secretary of state as follows:
“In consequence of official communications sent to me from his majesty's government, since the adoption of that measure, I am enabled to assure you that it has no connection whatever with the overtures, which I have been authorised to make to the government of the U. States, and that I am persuaded that the terms of the agreement, so happily concluded by the recent negotiation, will be strictly fulfilled on the part of his majesty.”
A ministry, that thus sports with the plighted faith of the nation it represents, to subserve a fugitive interest, will have a dreadful account to render. If that nation can be roused to a

sense of its real interests, to the glory it boasts, with what a tremendous vengeance may it not overwhelm the authors of this unparalleled atrocity! If it be alive to the honor it certainly once possessed, and which we hope it yet retains, it will at least consign them to the harmless walk of private life.
We rejoice to perceive that as yet, on this head, but one feeling animates our countrymen, and that federalists as well as republicans, Eastern as well as Southern men, denounce the conduct of the British government with equal spirit. This proves, that, notwithstanding the collisions of party, the great body on each side is at heart sound—Hence, amidst the evils which this conduct will produce, it will bring with it, perhaps the greatest blessing that could be conferred, union. Honorable men of all classes will unite, and rally round their own laws, government and rights.
There are some individuals, who embrace this occasion, to condemn the credibility, as they are pleased to style it, of their own government. But, on deliberation, we are satisfied they will pronounce a different judgment.—Our government had no reason to question the authority of Mr. Erskine to offer the terms of accommodation agreed upon. They were such, as we had expected would result from our measures; they were such indeed, as were dictated by the true interests of Great Britain herself. They were proposed by an agent of the highest rank, were explicitly declared to emanate directly from his government, and were ratified with the utmost solemnity. For the breach of a contract, thus spontaneously and formally made, the annals of civilized communities did not furnish a precedent. The personal character, moreover, of Mr. Erskine for intelligence and probity stood fair and even high, so fair and so high that Mr. Canning, though a political enemy, in Parliament represented him as distinguished for his fidelity and talents. Under such circumstances to have refused to accede to the terms submitted, would have rendered the Executive obnoxious to the imputation of an indisposition to restore the amicable relations of the two nations, and have given a handle to faction to further its worst views. The wisdom of the act has been attested by the almost universal approbation, not to say joy, with which it was received by the people. It has afforded them too the occasion of proving to the blindest hostility abroad the sincerity of their wishes to be on good terms with England. And finally, the approbation of Congress, it is believed without a dissentient, has fixed a seal upon it. It has, consequently, served more effectually to unite the people of all parties and the several branches of the government, than any other course which could have been pursued. This, then, is an inappreciable blessing, for which we ought to be grateful. We may entertain a rational, a confident hope that the nation will rally its whole strength round its government, and that the government, in all its departments, will possess an indissoluble unity in the enactment and execution of its measures.
What these measures will be it may be premature to decide, and useless to conjecture.—The powers applicable to this case possessed by the Executive are very limited. The measures taken by Congress remove every restriction to a free intercourse with Britain, without vesting the President with any authority to suspend it. Should, therefore, any immediate legal suspension be considered requisite, Congress must be specially convened. Beside this step, there are two others within the pale of Executive power, the recall of Mr. Pinkney, and the refusal to receive Mr. Jackson, the new minister. These, we believe, are the only powers the President possesses, and whether they, or either of them, will be exercised time will disclose.
In the mean time the principal risk of our merchants has been already and irretrievably run. Their property to an immense amount is either in British ports, or will soon be there, ready to await the tender mercies of the tyrant of the seas; to be sacrificed under the beneficent order of council just issued, or under some more favorable dispensation of justice. We presume that so long as these dark, impenetrable clouds hang over us, our merchants will listen to the precepts of prudence, and consulting their own interests, embargo their vessels, and thus save their country from any considerable loss that might otherwise arise from the freedom of the intercourse permitted by the laws. During this stagnation of commerce, let internal enterprise and improvement move on an elastic wing, and expose to foreign nations the inexhaustible mines of wealth and happiness which their injustices teaches us to open and work.
One circumstance, though somewhat out of place, ought not to go unnoticed. Mr. Jackson, the new minister, is the individual, who pronounced the memorable prologue, that preceded the tragedy of Copenhagen.
The Gazette.
Wilmington, July 29, 1809.
A number of communications are received, which shall be duly attended to.
Since our last, French papers have been received to the 11th of June, and London papers to the 12th, two days later than by the June packet. A pressure of local matter prevents us from giving a summary of their contents. They do not, however, contain much matter of importance. The French had rebuilt the bridges on the Danube, and were making important
preparations in that quarter. The death of Montebello (Marshal Lasnes) had died of his wounds.
We shall in future devote a portion of each paper to marine intelligence. The entries and clearances of this port will be regularly published; together with the names of all vessels boarded by the Revenue Cutter of this district. The following vessels have been spoken since our last publication, viz.
On the 25th, off Reedy Island, the sloop Favorite of Philadelphia, David Willington, master, from Savannah.—26th, off Christiana creek, ship Jenny , of Charleston, S. C. Rubin Jones, master, from New Orleans, cargo cotton and tobacco.—27th, off do. brig Nanina of Philadelphia, Vincent Ducomb, jr. from Havana, cargo, Sugars &c. off do. brig Louise of Philadelphia, John McFarlin, from St. Jago de Cuba, cargo, sugars; off do. schooner Adventurer of Philadelphia, J. Grant, from St. Juan, Porto Rico.—Capt. Grant left the following vessels at Porto Rico on the 12th inst. brig Nancy Bingham, Philadelphia, uncertain when to sail; Schooner Jones , Sutton, of Portsmouth, N. H. bound to leeward; brig George , Smith, of Philadelphia, uncertain; schooner Ranger , Wilson, of do. to sail in 3 days; schooner Hannah , do. sailed in co.; schooner Sea-Flower of Wilmington, Del.
FOR THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
AN ENQUIRY
Into the political injustice of the leaders of the people of New-Castle, to the people of the county of New-Castle.
No. II.
To the Citizens of New-Castle County.
That principle in ethics, to which an enlightened world has long since bowed its assent,—that individual and public good are the same—applies with more aptitude to a republican government than to any other. Whatever politician acts contrary to this axiom, is a traitor to the public, and deserves more the reprobation of an indignant people than an open, an avowed enemy to his country.
Whether the New-Castle leaders have studied the interest of the FEW or the MANY, in their late numerous innovations, shall be the subject of this number.
It requires no pains to prove, to a well informed community, that the agricultural interests of the United States are paramount to all others. Reason and experience both demonstrate, that nothing so effectually promotes a spirit of agriculture as the neighbourhood of a market town; and in proportion as the town is large, and the market good, that spirit is increased. Having premised these facts, we will, with that calmness and candour which is due to so interesting a subject, enquire—
1st. What are the pretensions of the borough of Wilmington to be the emporium of the state of Delaware? and,
2dly. What has been the uniform tenor of the behaviour of the people of the town of New-Castle towards that borough, and to the interest of the county in respect to it?
Geographers have stated that no town in the United States, of the same size, exports to so great an amount as that of Wilmington. If a healthy situation, and the best on the Atlantic for the manufacture of grain—a population more than ten times greater than any other in the state, and of a magnitude in proportion, with an excellent harbour for vessels, constitute a sufficiency of advantages to recommend the promotion of the borough of Wilmington to the particular attention of the people of this state, she possesses them, with many more which have not been here enumerated. Nothing can more plainly shew the flourishing prosperity of the town of Wilmington, and consequently the propriety of making it the virtual capital of the state, than the rapidity with which it has arisen to its present prosperity. The first houses in this town were begun in the year 1737, and, according to the third edition of Dr. Morse's Geography, published in 1802, then possessed 500 houses and 3000 inhabitants; while the town of New-Castle, which was founded more than 100 years sooner, (in the year 1627) and is the oldest settlement on the Delaware, possessed, according to the same author, at the same time, only 60 houses, and of course about 360 inhabitants.
Notwithstanding the above recited advantages of the borough of Wilmington, it is a fact, which perhaps will not gain credit fifty years hence, that the leaders of the town of New-Castle have not only had the presumptuous vanity to aspire to a competitorship, but, by endeavoring to effect their object, have created a spirit of discord in the county, and thereby given a deadly blow to the democratic interest of the state. The people of Wilmington had the power of making their own town regulations, through the medium of proper officers, by authority of a charter from the crown of Great Britain, yet, notwithstanding the notoriety of this fact, the people of the town of New-Castle, a few years ago, had the officious insolence to send a committee gravely to consult with the people of Wilmington, whether certain spring water should be brought into the streets for the use of the town, or suffered to pursue its natural course.
The New-Castle people have reason to reflect with shame and contrition on their behaviour in the year 180—, when the subject of a bridge over Christiana creek opposite Wilmington was under consideration. The contemptible bridge, while it promised, and has since realised, the greatest advantages to the borough of Wilmington, could not in any way affect the interests of the town of New-Castle; yet the opposition made by the political leaders of that town out-
ragged every principle of political justice, common sense and common honesty. The villages of Newport, Stanton and Christiana had some shadow of interest in opposing the bridge, as it was expected to have made an impediment to the navigation of the Christiana. The jealousy of the people of New-Castle induced them to inflame the minds of the inhabitants of these villages to the highest pitch. They were told that if the bridge was erected the carrying trade to Philadelphia would be at an end. Many of the landholders near these villages were made to believe that they would be as far from a market for their grain as if no tide water was near them—that the value of real property would decrease one half. Public meetings were held and inflammatory handbills were circulated, to fire the minds of the people—so far they effected their object, and the failure of the democratic party in the succeeding state election was the consequence. In the contention about the bridge the villages above mentioned, and the interests attached to them, became connected with the people of New-Castle in opposition, and notwithstanding the promises that were made to stand by each other to the last, after leaving no measure unaffected which envy or jealousy could suggest...after saying every thing in opposition which folly and falsehood could dictate...after creating the most ruinous discord and animosity in the county, and trampling the interests of the democratic party under foot, the New-Castle leaders made secret offers to withdraw their opposition to the bridge, provided certain privileges would be allowed them, and to leave the villages and their interests to stand by themselves. It was not enough to blow the county into a flame, and inflict a deep wound into the vitals of a party, which after actual victory was still in the high road of further prosperity, but to basely desert their confederates in opposition.
When good sense and good policy prevailed over the mischievous machinations of jealousy and ignorance, the bridge was erected—its impediments to the navigation were found to be trifling, and all men were convinced of its public utility; the New-Castle leaders were left to suffer the contempt of their betrayed confederates, and, like debauched gamblers, already ruined at play, instead of turning their attention to industry and economy, to plunge madly into new excesses, to divert the attention of the public from their past enormities, and drown the recollection of lost confidence.
MARCUS.
FOR THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
To the Democratic Citizens of New-Castle County.
Number 2.
It has often been said, and as often been laughed at for its absurdity, that there exists a necessary connection between any two ideas, which ingenuity can bring together. I wish I understood more of this doctrine of connection, that I might more successfully develope the intractable chain, which linked the ideas, of moving the Court House, and the New-Castle and French-Town turnpike road. Let us see how it stands by way of proposition—"There is a road proposed from New-Castle to French-Town,—therefore the Court House ought to be moved!" which was to be demonstrated. Most admirable logic! the proposition only wants form and substance, to make the conclusion quite evident! I can think of but one solution to save the credit of these gentlemen; they intend, literally, to move the Court House:—the circuitry and bad state of the present road is the most serious obstacle to this project: the turnpike road proposed cuts up this difficulty by the roots.* Surely this road will "facilitate the communication," with the Red Lion, as well as French-Town. But how do the illuminati of Christeen propose to convey the unwieldy mass of brick and mortar thence to the site they have fixed upon? or how is it to mount the hills to Staunton? Hoc opus, hic labor est! Our Wilmington friends have an answer in readiness for this anticipated difficulty—they order these things admirably in Wilmington! It being once settled by the wise men of Red-Lion, of Staunton, and Christeen, the inhabitants of the borough will kindly save them all the trouble and expence, and generously ask nothing in return but the—benefit! They will offer their Town-Hall—an act of the General Assembly, without aid of magick, will easily change its name—and those that set the stone rolling will wonder at their infatuated folly in supposing they could stop it. No one doubts that, in such an event, the Town-Hall will receive its original destination—it stands an eternal memento, of the plans and intentions of its founders—and happily forms a mean of defeating the very design it was built to effect. It was built for a Court House fellow citizens—and thither if moved at all, the seat of Justice will be moved, to render the situation more central! It was built for a court house, fellow citizens—tho' the child was bastardized at its birth, and disowned at its baptism, to conceal the iniquity of its father!
In every question of general interest next to an inquiry into the merit of the measure itself, we ought to ask who are the men with whom it originated and what are these motives—a correct conclusion can only be formed by giving both measures and men a proper weight in the scale of our judgment. I propose to direct your attention to these enquiries—I address myself to you as impartial and unbiased, as alive only to the general and permanent interest of our common cause, and such I believe to be the charac-
*It is proposed to the young Lawyers who are about to take offices in the christeen &c. to amuse themselves in the interior, with the enquiry, how far the Court House as public property, will be subject to toll!—Nide Bac, ab. tet. tolli, &c.
ter of the great body of the democratic interest in this county who must ultimately decide the question of removal.
Let us then enquire what are the disadvantages of the present seat of Justice, what its advantages, and what the benefits proposed by a removal.—I will not forget the men who have originated this business, nor shall the flimsy veil of general good prevent me from exposing in their naked deformity the motives which they have so assiduously labored to conceal.
It is far, very far from being evident, that the proximity of the court house is any advantage except to two very small, however important, classes of our citizens—the Lawyers and Innkeepers!—A doubt cannot exist but that its vicinity is a source of additional litigiousness—that spirit which often hurries a man unnecessarily to law, has time to subside in the moments devoted to a contemplation of a ride to New-Castle.—It was well observed, not long since, in reference to this subject, by a very respectable inhabitant of Appoquinimink hundred, a hundred whose situation is, in this respect so sympathetically deplorable, that so far from coveting the court house he was very sorry when an additional magistrate was appointed in his hundred, for he found it increased greatly disputes in the neighborhood. This the Lawyers will tell you is because the people do not know how to use a good thing. Be it so, such is the fact—the inference is plain.
(To be Continued.)
FOR THE GAZETTE.
A HINT TO MARCUS.
MR. EDITOR,
In your paper of the 26th inst. I observed a piece under the signature of Marcus, portentous of conflicting storms. The paragraphist appears to be a member of that horde, who look on New-Castle and its citizens with an eye beaming with a malignant and jealous enmity. Actuated by this spirit, he comes forward with declamatory invective, promising the public, not an investigation of facts that will reform the politics of the state, but a reiteration of old tales, genial to the interests of Federalism, alias Toryism, that will renew the schisms scarcely healed up. Such lucubratory exercises will to every reflective mind be
Confirmation,
Strong as proof from Holy Writ."
that the spirit of '76 does not flourish in his bosom with its pristine purity. If one single spark remains, let it, combined with my entreaty, induce him to lay aside his pen, cease in the commencement of his career to disturb republicans with baneful discord, nor give to the vigilant emissaries of Federalism an opportunity to display their disuniting talents. If the itching passion for literary fame prompts the self-called Marcus to exhibit himself to the public, permit me to inform him that on the promised subject the harvest of laurels has been already reaped by an honorable Senator,—the gleanings left are extremely worthless: nor has his appearance been sufficiently prepossessing to excite a single wish in the public mind to see him again upon the stage.
A DEMOCRAT.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
A Word to the Wise is sufficient.
'Tis pleasing to go to meeting, let folks say what they will to the contrary. How agreeably can a young gentleman pass the moments of divine service with a—segar! Who could help being gratified, on Sunday afternoon last, at a numerous meeting in Wilmington, with the sight of twelve or twenty young gentlemen, engaged round the house among old, middled aged, and young men, women and children, whiffling away in clouds of smoke, all remembrance of former sorrow?
'Tis notorious and lamentable that there is an abundance of mischief done in the world, but how condescending and humane must those gentlemen be to take upon themselves the punishment of "SMOKING FOR IT!"
I have often been in Wilmington before, and often in Philadelphia, therefore can with pleasure say, I believe the practice to be confined to only few. The genteel class of young gentlemen, if I mistake not, have degrees of criminality observed in smoking.
Pos. Case.—To smoke in the streets is BAD. Comparative.—To smoke in the company of ladies, &c. is worse. Superlative.—To smoke in places of divine worship is WORST.
A SMOKER.
War Department, July 8, 1809.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
THAT separate proposals will be received at the Office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until 12 o'clock, at noon of Wednesday the 25th of October next, for the supply of all rations that may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of June 1810 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1811, within the states, territories and districts following, viz.
1st. At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago and in their immediate vicinities, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the territory of Michigan.
2nd. At any place or places where troops are
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may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.
3d. At Belle Fontaine, Fort Osage and Belle Vue and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Ohio and the Illinois and Louisiana territories, except Fort Wayne and Chicago and their immediate vicinities.
4th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the Mississippi and Orleans territories.
5th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the district of Maine, and state of New Hampshire.
6th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Vermont.
7th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield excepted.
8th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
9th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of New York, Niagara and its dependencies excepted.
10th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of New Jersey.
11th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Pennsylvania.
12th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Maryland and Delaware.
13th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Virginia.
14th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of North Carolina.
15th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of South Carolina.
16th. At Ocmulgee Old Fields, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the limits of the state of Georgia.
17th. Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations which may be required by the United States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts; and for the armorers and other persons employed in the United States' Armory at that place, from the 1st day of June 1810 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1811.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit and Chicago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places or posts, to call for at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States, of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea-board, or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
W. EUSTIS, Secretary for the Department of War.
July 29—taw4w
DISTRICT COURT.
District of Delaware, 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 Resource her tackle, apparel and furniture, and the to low ng goods wares and merchandise found on board to wit: 414 bags of Coffee, 91 bags of Coffee 21 bags Coffee 4 bags of Coca, 2 jars Casteroil, 1 barrel small Limes and 1 case sweet meats being seized by the Collector of the district for a violation of the act of Congress, in such case made and provided, and also for the violation of the acts, supplementary to the act of Congress laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States." And whereas the Honorable Gunning Bedford, Esq. Judge of the said District Court, hath or-
dered the twelfth day of August 1809, at ten o'clock A. M. for holding a special District Court at the Town-Hall in the borough of Wilmington for the trial, agreeable 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 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.
Thos. Witherspoon,
Clerk of the District Court.
Wilmington, July 27, 1809. 3t
For Sale,
THAT elegant Farm known by the name of Spring Garden. It is situated on the river Delaware, within one mile and an half of the town of New-Castle, and contains about 300 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation. The buildings are complete, and command an extensive view of the Delaware and the surrounding country. The land abounds with good water, and contains a plentiful variety of the choicest fruit; and the farm is considered, by competent judges, as complete, in every respect, as any situation on the river Delaware. As it is presumed that any person inclining to purchase will first desire to view the premises, a lengthy description is deemed unnecessary. For further particulars apply to Riddle & Bird, New Castle, or to the subscriber on the premises.
July 26, 1809.
JOHN E. SWORD. 1 m
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.
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.
Ann Cannon,
RESPECTFULLY informs her friends and the public in general, that she has opened
A Millinary & Fancy Store, next door to Mrs. Huggins's Tavern, Market street, Wilmington (Del.)
July 22.
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. tf
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.
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. tf
Two Dollars,
WITH a reasonable allowance for necessary expenses, 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.
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 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 PRICE,
Committee
July 22, 1809. tf
POETRY.
A dying mother's farewell to her twin infants.
Come, sweetest pair, receive my last embrace, Here for a moment on my bosom lie, And catch the tears that trickle down my face, E'er my pulse ceases and my eyes be dry.
Come, let me feel you e'er sensation goes, Come let me kiss you while I pant for breath, Soon putrid, loathsome, cold as wintry snows, Your mother slumbers in the house of death.
Once more my dearest babes my arms infold, Once more I clasp them to my fond, fond heart. O death! compel me not to quit my hold, Say not the fatal sentence "you must part."
Alas! my bosom can no longer heave, The vital fluid can no longer flow, You, my sweet babes, I am compell'd to leave, In this sad world, a wilderness of woe.
No mother now can yield the nectar'd breast, No mother shield you from the noxious air, No mother sooth your griefs to balmy rest, No mother watch you with officious care.
No mother now can guard your infant days, Nor cautious guide your inexperienced youth, Nor save from vicious and bewildering ways, Nor teach the love of virtue and of truth.
O God of orphans! hear a mother's prayer— Look down with pity from thy throne above, Make these two babes the object of thy care, Receive in mercy, and protect in love.
Be thou their guardian, keep them in thy fear, Guide and direct them in the heavenly road, Be thou their portion while they wander here, Be thou their friend and everlasting God.
I go dear orphans! where there's no return, But if benignant heaven your lives shall save, Hereafter view my monumental urn, And drop a tear upon your mother's grave.
Discellany.
EXTRACT From a late publication, entitled, An Academy for grown horsemen, by Geoffrey Gambado, Esq. Riding-master and Grand Equerry to the Duke of Venice.
Directions for choosing a Horse.
"The height of a horse is perfectly immaterial, provided he is higher behind than before. Nothing is more pleasing to a traveller than the sensation of continually getting forward; whereas the riding a horse of a contrary make is like swarming the bannisters of a staircase, when though perhaps you really advance, you feel as if you were going backwards. "Let him carry his head low, that he may have an eye to the ground, and see the better where he steps.
"The less he lifts his fore legs, the easier he will move for the rider; and he will likewise brush all the stones out of his way, which might otherwise throw him down. If he turns out his toes as well as he should do, he will then disperse them to the right and the left, and have not the trouble of kicking the same stone a second time.
"A bald face, wall eyes, and white
legs (If your horse is not a grey one) is to be preferred; as, in the night, although you may ride against what you please yourself, no one will ride against you.
"His nose cannot project too much from his neck; for, by keeping a constant tight reign on him, you will then sit as firm as if you were held on.
"A horse's ears cannot well be too long; a judicious rider steers his course by fixing his eyes between them. Were he cropt and that as close as we sometimes see them nowadays, in a dusky evening the rider might wander the Lord knows where.
"I have found many persons who have purchased horses of me, very inquisitive and troublesome about their eyes: indeed as much so as if their eyes were any way concerned in the action of the animal. As I know they have not, I give myself but little trouble about them. If a rider is in full possession of his own, what his horse has is perfectly immaterial; having probably a bridle in his mouth to direct him where to go, and to lift him up with again if he tumbles down. Any gentleman, choosing, indeed, to ride without a bridle, should look pretty sharp at a horse's eyes before he buys him; be well satisfied with his method of going; be very certain that he is docile, and will stop short at a "wohey;" and, after all be rather scrupulous where he rides him. Let no man tell me that a blind horse is not a match for one with the best of eyes when it is so dark that he cannot see: and when he can it is to be supposed that the gentleman upon his back can see as well as he; and then, if he rides with a bridle, what has he to fear? I flatter myself I have proved, as clear as day, that eyes are of little consequence; and as I am, no doubt, the first author, that has made it known, my readers, if they loose no time, may mount themselves at Aldridges or the Rhedarium, as well, and for half the money that they would have done before I let them into this secret.
"Be sure to buy a broken-kneed horse whenever he falls in your way; the best bit of flesh that ever was crossed will certainly come down some day or another: whereas one that has fallen (and scarified himself pretty much) never will fall again, if he can help it.
Spavins, splints, corns, mallenders, sallenders, &c. &c. being all curable, are beneath your notice. A few of these little infirmities in your stable is always a subject of conversation, and you may, perhaps, now and then want one, it will likewise justify you to your lady in embellishing your book case with Bracken, Gibson, Bartlett, and Griffith: excellent authors in their way, and extremely useful! for you will have no occasion to be sending for an apothecary upon every trifling ailment in your family, but will know yourself how to make up a good stout and effectual dose of physic for your wife and servants, in the gooseberry season, and at the fall of the leaf.
"I would recommend a long tail, if it is to be had for love or money; if that is not to be got, buy a horse with a rat tail, if possible; though inferior in point of convenience to the former, there is a je ne scai quoi of comicality about it that inclines to merriment whenever it makes its appearance.—There is one inconvenience attending long tails in the summer (when the poor animals have most need of them;) and that is, horses full of grass are very subject to scourings; in this case ride your horse with his tail in a bag, or else he may annoy you".