Mirror of the times & general advertiser (Wilmington, Del.), 1804-02-29 00:00:00

Mirror of the Times, & General Advertiser.
No. 443.
'With friendly hand we hold the glass, To all, promiscuous as they pass;
Should folly here her likeness view, We fret not that the MIRROR's true;
If the fantastic form offend, We make it not, but would amend.'
VOL. 5.
Printed, at the Franklin Press, Wednesdays & Saturdays, by JAMES WILSON. Sign of Shakespeare, Market-Street, WILMINGTON, Delaware. Intelligence, Essays, Communications, &c. (POST-PAYD) will be gratefully received, and promptly attended to.—Advertisements inserted on the most moderate terms.
[FOUR DOLLARS A-YEAR.]
WEDNESDAY, 29th FEBRUARY, 1804.
[TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.]
THE subscriber feels grateful for the encouragement he has received in the line of his business, since he established his Stage between Wilmington and Newcastle. While he thus makes this acknowledgment for favors received, he informs his friends and the public, that hereafter the fare of passengers must be paid at the place of starting. The trouble and inconvenience, of opening small accounts, as well as the losses he has sustained, has obliged him to establish the foregoing as a general rule, at which he hopes no reasonable person will be offended.
ISRAEL PUSEY.
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17th Feb.
Extract from the Minutes Of the Agricultural Association, held agreeably to public notice, at Mrs. Huggins' Tavern, Wilmington, Del. Feb. 8, 1804.
A Number of gentlemen having met, Henry Latimer, was chosen Chairman, and William Young, Secretary:
It was then unanimously agreed, to enter into an Agricultural Association. Dr. James Tilton, Jacob Broom and William Young, were appointed a Committee to prepare a draft of a constitution to be laid before the next meeting.
The Secretary was appointed to continue the invitation, to all persons disposed to unite with and to promote the objects of the Association.
Adjourned, to meet again at Mrs. Huggins' on the 2d Wednesday of March, at 2 o'clock P. M.
Published by order of the Association. 440 8tf
WILLIAM YOUNG, Sec.
THE subscribers intending to decline the GROCERY business, offer for sale their present stock of Goods, comprising a general assortment. A considerable part of those goods were purchased for cash and will be sold on the most reasonable terms.
They will also dispose of the lease of the Still-House at their present occupy, together with all the apparatus necessary for the distillation of Rum or Whisky. Apply to
VANDEVER & TEST.
Wilmington, 18th Feb.
440 4
To Let, for one or more years, A Three Story Brick HOUSE, WELL calculated for a Store, the room being large will answer any kind of business. There are good accommodations for a family, being five rooms and a good kitchen, with a cellar under the whole. The situation is very pleasant and healthy, the stand for business is one of the first in the Borough, being on High street, 4 doors from the Bank of Delaware, and opposite the old upper market house. For further information enquire of
FRANCIS O'DANIEL.
Wilmington, Feb. 18.
440 9
For sale, at Public sale, ON fifth day (Thursday) the first day of the third month (March) next if not previously sold at private sale, at the Queen of Orange tavern, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the following described houses and lots situated in the Borough of Wilmington, viz:—
No. 1. A red frame house and lot fronting on King street, between Hanover and Queen streets.
No. 2. A vacant lot fronting on King street, adjoining No. 1.
3. A frame house and lot on King street, adjoining No. 2.
4. Two frame houses, and lots on French street, in the same square with the above.
5. A lot with a frame building, suitable for a Chair house.
All the above property is delightfully situated and will be sold together or separate, to suit purchasers, and the terms made easy.
For further information apply to
JAMES BRIAN.
Wilmington, 2d mo. 4th
436 8
TO BE SOLD, THE Valuable FARM adjoining Christia Ferry, formerly the property of Capt. P. Jaquet. For terms enquire of the subscriber in the town of Newcastle.
THOMAS MAGENS.
Oct. 10.
404 ew tf 3p
TO BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE, A Valuable team of Horses, a Wagon, with gears, and all implements suitable for business, by
THOMAS MATEER & SONS.
Milford Paper Mill,
January 23.
435 ew 8
For Sale, A quantity of Peach & Apple BRANDY, ACCOMACK PARTICULAR, A few barrels first quality CHERRY RUM, Jersey cured HAMS, Green COFFEE, West India RUM of different qualities, A quantity of Cayenne PEPPER of superior quality, in large and small bottles, American, Holland & English battle POWDER, a general assortment of SHOT, Powder horns, shot belts & bird bags, with a general supply of GROCERIES, by
THOMAS CRYER.
Wilmington, July 23.
380
This day is Published And for sale at the Mirror Printing-office and Book Store, BLOOMFIELD'S POEMS, Comprising THE FARMER'S BOY, and RURAL TALES &c. &c. price 69 cems.
Nov. 26,
TAKE NOTICE. All persons having any demands against the estate of WILLIAM WHANN, late of Pencader hundred, deceased, are hereby requested to bring in their accounts properly attested for settlement to the subscribers on or before the first day of May next, and all those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, otherwise legal methods will be taken to recover the same, by
SAMUEL WHANN, } Ex'rs. JAMES STUART, jun. }
Feb. 23.
442 4p
PLAISTER OF PARIS.
ANY quantity of this article, so successfully used as a manure, may be had ready ground to suit farmers, and put up in casks if desired, on application to Samuel Thomas, Cantwells Bridge; Kennard & Cummins, Duckcreek; John & William Torbert, Camden, or the subscribers at Brandywine Mills.
TATNALI & LEA.
2 Mo. 22d.
442 10
NOTICE. All persons indebted to the estate of DAVID WEST, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and those who have demands against said estate, are desired to produce their accounts legally attested for settlement, to
ANN WEST, Ex'rs.
Who offers for Sale A Small Tract of Woodland, CONTAINING about 45 Acres, in Appoquinimink hundred, 3 miles from Duck creek landing, of whom particulars and terms of sale may be known.
Wilmington, 2d Mo. 23.
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JOSHUA PIERCE & Co. continue the NAILING business at the Factory formerly occupied by DAVID WEST. They manufacture all kinds of Cut Nails and Brads, and have now on hand a quantity of each kind.
AN APPRENTICE
To the Printing Business will be taken if immediate application is made at JAMES WILSON's Printing-office.
TEMPLE OF APOLLO.
"Hang with the choicest laurels of the Muse And studded with the brightest gems."
[We have rarely been more delighted, than with the subsequent charming little allegory. In comparing the beauty of the thoughts, with the sweetness of the numbers, it may well be doubted, whether it reflects most credit on the Author or the Translator. It has reached us through the medium of the "Salem Register," a paper particularly happy in the selection of poetry.] Legis.
THE NURSING OF LOVE.
A TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH—ATTRIBUTED TO MR. FOX.
Quand l'Amour naquit Cythere, &c.
LAP'D on Cythere's golden sands, When first True-Love was born on earth, Long was the doubt what fostering hands Should tend and rear the glorious birth.
Fair Hebe claim'd the sweet employ, Her cup, her thornless flowers, she said, Would feed him best with health and joy, And cradle best his cherub head.
But anxious Venus fear'd The tricks and changeful mind of youth; Too mild the seraph Peace appear'd, Too stern, too cold, the matron Truth.
Next Fancy claim'd him for her own, But Prudence disallow'd her right, She deem'd her Iris pinions shone, Too dazzling for his infant sight.
To Hope awhile the charge was given, And well with her the cherub throve, Till Innocence came down from Heaven, Sole guardian, friend, and nurse of Love!
Pleasure grew mad with envious spite, When ALL prefer'd to HER she found, She vow'd full vengeance for the slight, And soon success her purpose crown'd.
The traitor watch'd a sultry hour, When pillow'd on her blush-rose bed, Tir'd Innocence to slumber's power One moment bow'd her virgin head;
Then pleasure on the thoughtless child Her toys and sugard poisons prest, Drunk with new joy, he heav'd, he smil'd, Reel'd—sunk—and died upon her breast!
Mirth that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Judge Burnet. Being once applied to by an old farmer in his neighborhood for his advice in a law suit, he heard his case with great patience, and then asked him, whether he ever put into a lottery?
"No, Sir," says the farmer, "I hope I have too much prudence to run such risks." "Why then take my advice, my good friend, and suffer an inconvenience sooner than go to law, as the chances are more against you there than in any lottery."
VARIETY.
The following Advertisement is copied from the New-Jersey Journal:
"To be sold, on the 8th of July, 131 Suits in Law, the property of an eminent Attorney, about to retire from Business."
Note. "The Clients are rich and obstinate!"
WAX TREE. We have read an interesting memoir on the Wax Tree of Louisiana, by Charles Louis Cadet, of the college of Pharmacy, at Paris. The following are his observations on the utility of the wax which the tree affords.
The wax, says he, is sufficiently abundant to compensate the care and expense of cultivating it; for a bush in full bearing yields from six to seven pounds of kernels, one fourth of which may be obtained in wax. It is superior in quality to beeswax.
The astringent principal of the myrica extracted in the large way, may be very useful in medicine, and in the arts, it may to a certain extent be substituted instead of gall nuts in dying, hat making, and probably in certain processes of tanning. The coloring principle appears sufficiently to deserve some attention; and if it be true that some fine cakes have been obtained from it in Louisiana, why may we not expect to find advantages from it in painting.
When this wax shall have become plentiful and cheap in the market, it promises great advantages in the fabrication of soap.
The traveller Thalm, says, that the soap of it washes linen perfectly white.
Candles made of it afford a white flame, a good light, without smoke, and do not gutter; they emit when quite fresh a balsamic odor, which the inhabitants of Louisiana consider as extremely wholesome for persons in ill health.
Mr. Alexander, surgeon, says, that the liquor in which the grain has been boiled, and from whence the wax is procured, having been poured out and evaporated to the consistence of an extract, checks the most obstinate dyentaries.
There exists at Orleans and at Rambouillet, two orchards of the wax tree, which contain more than four hundred shrubs.
The Louisiana wax tree, Mr. Cadet observes, is not the same species that grows in Pennsylvania, Carolina and Virginia. It rises higher, and its grains are smaller.
In some places it is as large as a cherry, and its grains of the size of coriander. Its botanical name is myrica, cerifera, angustifolia . That which grows in Pennsylvania, &c. is called myrica cerifera latifolia—Plebeian .
An account of the extent, population, commerce and military force of the Austrian Monarchy, lately published, presents the following result: the surface of the States of Austria is estimated at 1200 geographical miles, there are 1200 cities, 2000 boroughs, and more than 60,000 villages. The population amounts to 25,800,000 inhabitants. Of that number 6,360,000 are Germans; 12,300,000 belong to the Ercalvonia nations (inhabitants of Bohemia, Poland, &c.) Hungary furnishes 3,340,000; the others are Italians, Valagues, Croats, &c. The army on the peace establishment is composed of 300,000 men. All that constitutes the military state, including women and children, is computed at 800,000 individuals.—250,000 marcs of silver are raised annually from Hungary; from different provinces 60,000 quintals of copper; from Idria, 5000 quintals of quick-silver. The value of metals and other unwrought minerals is 47,000,000 florins, from which,
however, must be deducted the expenses attending these works, which does not amount to two-thirds of that sum. The yearly exportation of merchandise is about 21,000,000 florins, and the importation amounts to 22,500,000.—14,000 vessels of all sizes enter the ports of the House of Austria annually; 1200 of them are national. The journal from which we extract these, particularly add, that the Austrian Monarchy can boast of possessing 900 authors, of whom 720 are Germans.
Inventions, Discoveries, and Improvements.
Professor ZIMMERMAN, of Brunswick, in a late letter to Dr. BARTON, communicates some account of a very curious discovery which has been made by Mr. Lichtenstein, Professor of Divinity at Helmstadt, in Germany. This gentleman has found, "that the Fungi * and other Cryptogamia are Zoophyta ." "I can (says Mr. Zimmerman) attest that I myself have seen these new Polypi , more than twenty times, moving after sunset and before the rising of the Sun, their brachia , exactly like the Hydra † of Linnæus, or the Brachionus ‡. The specimens of his new Air-Polypi , or rather Terrestrial Polypi which I saw, all required a simple magnifying glass (un loupe.) It is a most surprising spectacle to behold them sailing in the air, exactly like the fresh water Polypi in the water; and I venture to say, that they catch some small animals, invisible to us, that float in the air, as the other Polypi hunt after their prey in the water. But you must not undertake the observation except when the dew falls. How far this new discovery will advance us in the Physiology of animals and plants, time must decide. I saw these Polypi in only three different species of Cryptogamia , not of the great Fungous plants ."
* Plants of the Mushroom kind, &c.
† A genus of Polypus of which there are several species, one of which is the Animal Flower ( Hydra Calendula ) described by Hughes in his History of Barbadoes.
‡ A genus comprehending a number of small aquatic animals, or "Infusory animals," as they are sometimes named.
FARMER. No. 69.
A NEW WHEAT.
The original Seed, imported by a servant of the late T. WHALEY, Esq. on that Gentleman's Jerusalem expedition, was at first taken notice of by a Mr. Doran, of Francis-street, London, an eminent experimental Farmer and Distiller. That gentleman's account of the various branches of an experiment, as communicated to the numerous crowds of admiring spectators of the sample he produced at the exhibition at the Duke of Leinster's, stands critical as follows:—He sowed about two stone and a half of what he calls Jerusalem Wheat, in a space of an Haggard, about August last, after a previous crop of Vetches; this seed he had dibbled by two men and four children, the whole expense of labour amounting to no more than 7s. British; in the last reaping season it exhibited stalks of seven feet in length bent considerably at top by the weight—a bunch of ears, on an average from 42 to 45 in number to each stalk, and each ear containing generally from 150 to 190 large round grains of wheat, almost transparent through a film, resembling a skin or husk; its color only approached the lands wheat, so well known in this country. The stalk, formed into reeds filled with a white pulp, from their strength towards the root, were forced to have been cut about two feet from the surface of the soil.—The straw, or rather reed, Mr. Doran got cut with a machine, and served to horses as a substitute for oats, on which they greedily fed, and seemed to thrive on it as well as on their usual food. The general produce of the Wheat, respecting the Seed, was ten barrels wanting six pounds; on grinding the proportion of Bran, respecting the flour, was three pounds of the former, to one barrel of the latter.
BLANK BONDS —For sale at the Mirror Printing office and Book store.

L I T E R A R Y. The First, or Introductory Volume of the Life of the late General GEORGE WASHINGTON, edited by General Marshall, is now in the press, in Philadelphia, and will be published on as early a day as its nature and extent will admit.
House of Representatives U. S. Debate on the Amendment of the Constitution. December 6.
Mr. RODNEY. —Notwithstanding the respect I entertain for the opinion of the gentlemen who support this construction of the constitution, it seems to me to be utterly without foundation. The ideas of the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Campbell) are I think, conclusive—That gentleman has asked by what authority we enquire into the proceedings of the Senate, of which they are exclusively the constitutional judges. It is replied that they are obliged to keep a public journal, and that it appears therefrom that this amendment has not received the votes of a constitutional majority. Is this a fair answer? By the constitution each House may determine the rules of its own proceeding. If the Senate then have a right to decide on their own rules, they are the only competent judges whether the amendment has been approved by the number which the constitution requires. On what foundation is this objection taken? Do we know the proceedings of the Senate but through the medium which the constitution has provided? We have received then this amendment to the constitution through their legitimate organ, the Clerk. He has in due form notified us of its passage. And to day we are told, on the evidence of his certificate that the Senate has not passed it at all, or what is the same thing, that they have not passed it by a constitutional majority. Now, are we to believe the information we have received from the Senate in the regular and established way, or are we to take their proceedings on a certificate given to a member of this House? Are we to take this information from them, or are we to send a committee to watch their proceedings, and are they to send a committee to watch ours. Surely there is a respect due to the Senate when they transmit to us a resolution declared to be adopted by them, by which we are bound to give credit to it. If this is not the case, all intercourse between the two Houses must be stopped. For if the Senate are to watch us to determine by what majority and in what manner our acts are passed, and we do the same in relation to their proceedings, we may consume the whole time of the session in discussing these previous questions, without reaching the merits of the measures proposed. These ideas appear to me conclusive. The Constitution is predicated on the existence of a principle of moral integrity in the two Houses, and without such confidence in them it cannot exist for a day.
But taking the fact as the gentleman from Connecticut has stated it, I think this resolution has passed the Senate by a constitutional majority. The gentleman contends that it has not, because it has not received the assent of two thirds of all the Senators elected; he says that when the Constitution requires the assent of two thirds only of the members present, we always find it expressly so stated, whereas when it requires two thirds of either House, it merely calls for two thirds of the members; and he contends that there is here a wide distinction and essential difference in the meaning. But all this arises from a mere play upon the term House . That term, according to the gentleman, is of wonderful import! He has now discovered that at the first organisation of the government, when every sentiment that gave it birth was fresh on the recollection, when we find among others two venerable members from the state of Delaware, members of the Senate and likewise members of the federal Convention, giving their assent to amendments to the constitution, all these proceedings were unconstitutional. How was the assent of the two Houses to these amendments given? Was it by two thirds of all the members of each House? The Journal proves the reverse to have been the fact. It expressly says they were adopted by two thirds of the Senators present concurring. It is said however that this is only the record of the Clerk, and that it shews no more than his opinion. But this is not so. For it is the practice of each House on the next day, to read the Journal of the proceedings of the antecedent day, and if there be errors to correct them. Now, if we look to this record, at a period immediately after the adoption of the Constitution, we shall find that in September 1789, it is declared on the Journal of the Senate that amendments
passed, and which are now part of the constitution, were ratified by two thirds of the members present.
I have ever understood it to be a sound rule of construction, because a sound rule of reason, that a construction of an instrument once received shall not be changed, even if the construction be not so proper as might be given. As then it appears that such was the construction given to the constitution by many of the members whose labors contributed to its formation, and who may, therefore, be considered as the most perfect masters of its true meaning, shall we at this distant day undertake to give a different construction? Shall we say that we are wiser than all who have gone before us, and expunge from the Constitution those amendments, which have been proposed by two thirds of the members present of each House, and have been afterwards ratified by three fourths of the states?
I believe this construction to be the true one. In the constitution the term House means merely a majority of all the members; and an examination of that instrument will shew them that House and Quorum are convertible terms. "Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorised to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide." According to the distinction of gentlemen a majority shall be a quorum. Thus a majority, being assembled, may proceed to business—Now let us see how we are to separate. We must, according to the arguments of gentlemen, work night & day until we get the whole members present. We have, therefore, been transgressing the Constitution every day we have met. We have, made rules—by a great quorum, it is true, but every member was not present—and if every member were not present it was not a House, and therefore we had no right to form rules? And yet every gentleman knows that some rules are indispensably necessary. "The Yeas and Nays of the members of either House on any question, shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal." Therefore, we cannot have the Yeas and Nays entered unless every member be present!—"Neither House shall without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days."—In every clause of this particular section the term House is made use of. The House is to determine its rules, and to keep a journal. Gentlemen then must admit, if they are right in their construction, that, without the presence of every member there can be no rules and no journal, and that though we are obliged to keep working without rule or record, yet we cannot adjourn. Is this, Mr. Speaker, possible! Do gentlemen seriously contend for such an absurdity?
Gentlemen have referred to a section of the Constitution where two thirds of the members present are required, and to other sections, where a different language is used; and have thence inferred that a different meaning was intended. But I believe we may use different terms and yet mean the same thing. In the case of treaties and impeachments different language is used to convey the same meaning. If then in these cases different language is used to mean the same thing, will not the like liberty be allowed in other cases? I do not know that the framers of an instrument are bound to use on all occasions the same words to convey the same idea, more than the members of this House are.
From the Aurora.
TO THE EDITOR.
SIR.
THERE has been among European manufacturers, for a great number of years, an uncertainty, which has arisen, sometimes to altercation and dispute, respecting the Chinese Nankeen color; one party affirming that it is a dye, and the other that it is the natural color of the cotton.
Until within a few years, I do not recollect any testimony having been produced on either side, worthy the attention of a mind capable of investigating into the nature of evidence. Holding my mind, therefore, in suspense on the subject; and finding that the European dyers were attempting a close imitation of that color, which has continued to please and be fashionable, longer, perhaps, than any other color that ever was presented to the eye; and although the English have approached so closely to the original, that nothing but a comparison will undeceive the beholder; yet it is cer-
tainly true, that no dye however pleasing in its tint, has ever been produced in Europe, that could deceive, even a careless observer, by comparison.
In 1794, a chinese drug fell in my way, which seemed to indicate, that it might be useful in dying. I therefore begin to make my experiments. First, I boiled it in pure water; it produced on cotton, well washed and without any mordant, a good red. A small portion of alkali made the red deeper, and greatly like the small streaks of red which are to be seen in every piece of genuine nankeen. I then took another portion of my dying drug and made an infusion; the water not boiling, but simmered over a slow fire, and without alkali: it then produced, on wool and silk, a beautiful buff color; and on cotton also a buff of inferior lustre. Neither of these colors were altered by an alkaline lixivium, but on immersing my samples in a diluted solution of tin, they immediately changed into the perfect nankeen color, as well the red as the buff. From that time I have inclined to believe that the nankeen is a dye, and not the natural color of the cotton.
At that period I forbore to communicate my discovery, or to avail myself of its advantages; because I had made up my mind to emigrate to America, and to bring with me all my observations and experience, which I did not doubt would be highly acceptable to an infant nation. When I arrived, however, in 1794, I found that the arts occupied no part of the attention of the American government. A few individuals indeed both foreigners and natives entertained the absurd idea, that by their own exertions without the assistance or attention of government, they would be able, in a little time, to complete with, and even excel foreign nations in the clothing manufacture and its dependent arts. This was never my opinion and for that reason, the nankeen dye has remained in my own breast from that time to the present; and would probably never have been mentioned, if I had not since seen, in Staunton's Embassy to China, and in the "View of South Carolina," the following extracts, which seem to confirm the opinion that the nankeen color is a natural production.
In Staunton's embassy, is said, page 172. Am. Edit.—"The land in the neighborhood was chiefly cultivated with that particular species or variety of cotton shrub that produces the cloth usually called nankeen in Europe. The down is of a white color in the common plant, but in that growing in the province of Kiang-nan, of which the city of Nankeen is the capital, the down is of the same yellow tinge which it preserves when spun and woven into cloth. The color, as well as the superior quality of this substance, was supposed to be owing to the particular nature of the soil; and it is asserted that the seeds of nankeen cotton degenerate, in both particulars, when transplanted to another province, however little different in its climate."
In Drayton's "View of South Carolina" we meet with the following passage—"Nankeen cotton is principally grown, in the middle and upper country for family use. It is so called from the wool resembling the color of Nankeen cloth. It is not in much demand, the white cotton having engrossed the public attention. Were it encouraged however, cloths might be manufactured from it, perhaps not inferior to those imported from the East Indies, it being probable the cotton is of the same kind."
Notwithstanding these authorities, I am inclined to believe, that the color is an artificial dye, and am happy to find that the time has arrived when the matter may be put beyond dispute; and if it be true that cotton of the true nankeen color is to be found in South Carolina it is hoped the planters will avail themselves of the discovery; for there can be no doubt that the English would be willing to pay more for that cotton than the white, every other quality being equal. It would save to England, and gain to America an immense sum annually, if the nankeens worn in England could be made from American cotton which would certainly be the case if they could be supplied with the article.
Notwithstanding my scepticism, it is certainly a matter worthy of investigation; for if it be true that the nankeen cotton is found in South Carolina, men of science engaged in the arts will have no occasion to look out for a colour as a substitute; and if it be not so I shall then communicate all that I know on the subject to the British manufacturers, seeing from a recent report of the committee of commerce and manufactures, that no en-
couragement is likely to be given to the clothing business in the United States. It is true I have seen cotton wool of various shades from a white to a colour approaching to that of tanned leather; but none that would bear a comparison with the nankeen color. CATO.
EDITORIAL NOTE. —Communications on the subject treated of in the foregoing essay will be cheerfully inserted in the Aurora , and it is respectfully suggested that such as possess information, wherever they may reside, should communicate it for the public welfare generally and for our manufacturing interests in particular.
From the Aurora.
The ratification of the amendment, on the part of N. Jersey, is a circumstance of considerable moment; we know that hopes were entertained of the negative of this state, and that no inconsiderable efforts were employed by federal influential characters for the accomplishment of this favorite object—like exertions were made in Vermont, but their failure in both instances affords encouragement to rely on the issue of the vote in those states which have not yet decided. At present the votes stand thus:
IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. North Carolina, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts 2 Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New York, New Jersey....9
The states, which are yet to determine are:
New Hampshire, South Carolina, Connecticut, Georgia, Rhode Island, Tennessee....6
Of these six states four must ratify the amendment before it can become a part of the constitution. New-Hampshire and Connecticut, it has uniformly been admitted, will oppose the amendment: the legislature of the former state will not decide before October, and although no favorable issue has been looked for we may nevertheless be disappointed, as it is well known the republican interest never maintained such an erect attitude as it does at the present moment. To Connecticut we look for no change within the present year—the able exposition, of Mr. Tracy's politics and those of his friends, which has lately been made in that state, though it may not have an immediate effect will be gradual yet sure progress tend greatly to the dispersion of the astonishing cloud of ignorance of the real views of the federal leaders of that state, in which its citizens are obscured: that Connecticut would ratify the amendment has never been imagined, it is fortunate the issue does not depend on her vote.
The four remaining states, we have no hesitation in saying will ratify the amendment—Georgia and Tennessee are beyond question in favor of it. Doubts have been suggested by the federal prints respecting the votes of Rhode Island and South Carolina, similar doubts were raised with respect to those of Vermont and New Jersey, the result is well known. Rhode Island has a larger majority in its legislature than New-Jersey, the politics of its senators and representatives in congress, the vote of the state at the last presidential election, all these facts oppose the insinuations of the federalists that its sentiments are equivocal. With respect to South Carolina the facts are, its governor is a firm republican, there is very little, if any, federal opposition in the legislature, both its U. S. senators are republican and we firmly believe elected by the legislature under an expectation that neither of them would have opposed the amendment, a majority of its representatives decidedly republican—every circumstance, from which it is possible to draw a conclusion, warrants the assertion that South Carolina will follow the example of her sister states.
Notwithstanding the clamor about small states, of the eleven which have already decided but one small state has opposed the amendment, and five have determined in favor of its adoption—this is certainly the best argument against all the declamations in and out of congress on this fruitful topic, and the best data on which to form an opinion respecting the final issue.
It has been repeatedly insinuated that the object of the republican party, in being desirous of the adoption of the amendment, is to secure the re-election of Mr. Jefferson—let any man review the state of the republican and federal parties in this country at the present moment, let him reflect on the majorities in congress and the majorities in the state legislatures, and answer is there a single reason why the federalists should hope to dis-

Since Mr. Jefferson, by a fair and honorably conducted election—no one can say there is; he only hope then for success is by a similar course of intrigue and corruption which the federalists know they pursued at the last election; they cannot elect one of their own party, their only means of defeating Mr. Jefferson could be by destroying the just weight of the majority of the people—the solicitude, then, on the part of the republicans, respecting the amendment of the constitution, does not proceed from a doubt of Mr. Jefferson's re-election of a fair and full expression of public sentiment shall be made, but from an honest and patriotic desire of preventing the exhibition at future elections of such a scene of iniquity as disgraced those who originated it, and exposed the country to the dangers of intestine commotion—their desire that the amendment should be adopted is increased from the knowledge that, as foreign powers have perceived, by the circumstances of the last election, that young as America is there were men elected by the people who could consent to be bought and others ready to purchase, there might be an interference by the agents of those powers in order to rally to the first office of government a man partial to the interests of one or the other. Awful indeed is the lesson which the proceedings of the last presidential election should teach the people of this country, strong must be the guards against the attempts to destroy the will expressed by the majority; and we venture to say; if European courts witness any apathy on the part of the people of this country on the question of correcting a part of our constitution which has been proved defective and liable to be made the instrument for subverting the rights and privileges of a free people, that the time will not be distant when our councils, like those of unfortunate Poland, will be divided into factions led on by the agents of powers interested in making this country the friend of the one or the other. Let there be a correction, and we tell the corrupt courts of the old world you perceive we can guard against the miseries which have befallen the republics of Europe, you have legislated for the destruction of every form of government, the happiness resulting from which pointed out to the people under yours their degraded state—you have accomplished their wishes there by your proximity, here you can hope for no such success, our distance shall be the weakest barrier to your approaches, we will so establish our constitution, so strenuously oppose every effort to corrupt and so carefully close every avenue through which corruption may approach that, we will destroy your intrigues as we are already above your power. That European powers have a disposition to interfere in our concerns, who will deny; that corruption has been employed, and some found capable of being corrupted, is a fact afflicting to be told, but which must be in order to admonish every citizen to exertion: the intrigues and differences amongst ourselves are to be lamented, but let foreign powers have an opportunity to promote them and the hour of affliction will then indeed have arrived. Of our constitution we should be very careful, it is the world's best hope, and the oppressors of mankind elsewhere would gladly destroy it: the evil which has been experienced from the present mode of electing our chief magistrate should be speedily corrected—domestic ambition took advantage of our situation under its last election, let us be attentive to amendment lest domestic ambition be joined the aid of foreign corrupt influence.  As it is as yet uncertain who will be the candidate for the vice presidency, our remarks cannot be considered as resulting from any doubt of the man, we believe the true object of every individual advocating the amendment is to guard against the future use which may be made of the constitution as it at present stands, and not because there exists any apprehension of the election of Mr. Jefferson—he has placed our country in such an exalted situation by his determined and yet conciliating policy, the happiness resulting from his pacific and economical measures is so universally felt, that a competition with him would be as fruitless as insulting to the discernment of his countrymen. The amendment is advocated from principle and even a limiting that it was proposed in order to secure the election of Mr. Jefferson, it would still have no other opposers than such as wished to intrigue to keep him out.  We with pleasure perceive the speedy adoption of the amendment by nine of the most respectable states in the union, we regret that it is opposed even by two others—and we anticipate its final adoption by at least the constitutional majority.
NEW-ORLEANS, Jan. 9 On Wednesday last the volunteer companies of militia from the Mississippi territory were discharged by Gen. Wilkinson, commander of the American troops. It is with peculiar pleasure we add that the greatest satisfaction prevailed among them. These worthy citizens who have patriotically left their homes, and their pursuits, and submitted to the fatigues of this expedition, deserve and will receive the grateful plaudits of their countrymen: the pecuniary allowance of the public to them is of no consideration; many of the privates are men of the first respectability & property.
NATCHEZ, Jan. 14. Extract of a letter from New-Orleans, dated January 16. “A transport having on board upwards of 200 of Rochambeau's troops escaped from Cape Francois, put into the Balize a few days since in distress, on short allowance of provision—Steps have been taken to supply their wants—and at the same time it has been intimated to them that they cannot be permitted to land in this Province.”
The jail of this City was discovered to be on fire between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday morning.—It was totally consumed in a short time—We have not learned to what cause this accident is attributed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. Monday, Feb. 20.
A bill for erecting Louisiana into two territories, and making provision for the temporary government thereof, was received from the senate, and referred to a committee of the whole on Wednesday. Mr. Latimore presented a memorial from the merchants of New-Orleans, expressive of their attachment to the United States, and disposition to support the constitution thereof, and representing the grievances under which they labor from the payment of export duties, &c.
Referred to the committee of the whole on the bill relating to the registering of vessels in the district of New Orleans.
The House went into committee of the whole—Mr. VARNUM in the chair—on the report of a select committee on the bill from the Senate, to divide the Indiana territory into two separate governments. The report, for reasons assigned, recommends a rejection of the bill.
The report was supported by Messrs. Gregg, and Lyon, principally on the ground that the population around Detroit was too small to justify the expenses attending a separate territorial government, and on the ground that if the advantages derivable from a separate government were conferred on them, they might and would be claimed, with equal justice, by several detached settlements in the Mississippi and Louisiana territories.
The report was opposed by Messrs. Lucas, Jackson, Sloan, and Morrow on a variety of grounds. They contended that equal justice was due to every member of the American community, and that of course, however small the population, it was entitled to the same protection with a community composed of a larger number; that the distance of this population from St. Vincennes was so great as to deprive them of benefits resulting from the administration of justice; that Michilimackinac, which exported produce valued at above 200,000 dollars, and from whole imports the United States derived a revenue of 17,000 dollars was more than 800 miles from the present seat of government.
The question being put on agreeing to the report, it passed in the negative—Yeas 34.
When the bill, from the senate, was read, and so amended as to designate the new territory by the name of Michigan, instead of north Western Territory: and the committee rose and reported the bill, which was ordered by the House to a third reading to-morrow.
Mr. Thomas, from the joint committee of the two Houses, made a report, specifying the business, in their opinion, necessary to be transacted the present session, and concluding with a resolution that it be closed the 12th of March.
Messrs. Hugar and Varnum advocated an immediate agreement to the report; and Messrs. Nicholson, Leib, Smith, Findley, and S. L. Mitchell supported a postponement.
The motion to postpone its consideration to Friday was agreed to—Ayes 56—Nones 49.
THURSDAY, Feb. 21. A bill to divide the Indiana territory into two separate governments was read the third time.
Mr. Holland moved to postpone its further consideration until the first Monday in November next.
This motion was supported by Messrs. Holland, Sandford and L. S. Mitchell, and opposed by Messrs. Morrow, and Sloan; and was disagreed to—Yeas 56 Nays 63.
The question was then taken on the passage of the bill, and passed in the negative—Ayes 58—Nays 59.
FRIDAY, Feb. 17.
On the passage of the bill from addition to “An act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the revolutionary war.”
Mr. Elliot moved the following amendment, which was adopted without a division:
“And also all those persons, who, in consequence of known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the revolutionary war, have, at any period since, become disabled in such manner as to render them unable to procure a subsistence by manual labor.”
Wednesday, Feb. 23. The House went into a committee of the whole, Mr. J. C. Smith in the chair—on the bill from the Senate, providing for the recording, registering and enrolling ships or vessels in the district of Orleans.
The bill authorises the inhabitants of Louisiana on the 30th of April, and the citizens of the United States residing therein to register their vessels.
THE MIRROR, &c.
Not too RASH—yet not FEARFUL, —We aim to be JUST.
WILMINGTON, 29th FEBRUARY.
The BRETHREN of LODGE No. 14, are requested to meet at the TOWN-HALL to-morrow Evening at 6 o'clock. BENJAMIN MASDEN, Sec'ry. Feb. 29.
Republican Nomination. —At a meeting of the republican members of the Legislature of the State of New-York, at the state house in Albany, the 15th inst. it was unanimously resolved, that the hon. JOHN LANSING, esq. the present chancellor of the state, be supported as candidate for the office of Governor, and the hon. JOHN BROOME, esq. senator from the southern district be nominated for Lieutenant Governor, at the ensuing election.
It appears by a letter from the Post Master at Fayetteville, N. C. to the editor of the Raleigh and North Carolina Gazette, that the United States mail was robbed on the 21st ult. of a part of its contents, near the state of South Carolina.
The bill granting a charter for the Philadelphia Bank finally passed the Senate of Pennsylvania, the 24th inst.—Yeas 13—Nays 10.
On the 14th inst. at 6 o'clock in the morning, a fire broke out at Augusta, (Ken.) in a large three story building, occupied by Mr. Peter Edes, printer of the Kennebec Gazette, as a dwelling house and office. The building was entirely consumed, together with chief part of the printing materials. We are pleased to learn that the citizens of Augusta contribute generously to the relief of their industrious and worthy printer.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in England to his friend in Phila. dated 11th Nov. 1803.
“Recent reports from Constantinople (for which Dr. Jenner has publicly avowed his belief there is some foundation) announce the efficacy of Vaccine inoculation in protecting its objects from the contagion of the Plague. When these reach your medical people, they will doubtless excite enquiry and experiment how far, from the supposed affinity of your scourge (the Yellow Fever) with that which desolates the Levant, you may not experience the same happy result. It could, at occasion more surprise than we have recently witnessed at the success of Jenner's discovery of the wonderful property of Vaccine inoculation in resisting the infection of the Small Pox. The very idea, I understand, has inspired its patrons in zealous endeavors to ascertain the facts on which such hopes are founded; and on which some fondly anticipate a happy application to other diseases.”
The Senate of the United States, on the 18th inst. passed the bill entitled, “An act erecting Louisiana into two territories, and making provision for the temporary government thereof.”
The yeas and nays on the passage of the bill were as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Bradley, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Candler, Easley, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, Maclay, Nicholas, Porter, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Sumpter, Venable and Wright—20. Nays—Messrs. Adams, Hillhouse, Olcott, Plumer and Stone—5.
IN SENATE —On motion of Dr. Logan. Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to the Senate the measures which have been taken by the Executive, and the conduct of the commanders of the public armed vessels of the United States, in the execution of those measures, in pursuance of an act for the protection of the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Tripolitan cruisers, passed Feb. 6, 1802; the expenses attending the same, and if any, what further provision may be necessary on the part of congress to bring the existing war with Tripoli to a speedy and honorable termination.
The following law was passed at the late session of the Legislature of the state of Maryland. An act authorizing any person prosecuted for a libel to give the truth in evidence.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in case any person or persons shall be prosecuted, by indictment, or by any criminal prosecution, for a libel, the party so prosecuted shall be entitled to give the truth of the matter charged in the said indictment, or other prosecution, in evidence, under the general issue, by way of justification, any law, usage or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
The following is a statement of the Marine Hospital Money, as collected and expended in each State respectively; and of the balance now in the fund.
   COLLECTED. EXPENDED.   Dolls. Cts. Dolls. Cts.     New-Hampshire, 3,014 70   Massachusetts, 61,842 33 32,112 38   Rhode-Island, 9,077 67 7,905 24   Connecticut, 9,299 52 2,912 42   New-York, 49,175 4 32,064 69   New-Jersey, 4,711 34   Pennsylvania, 24,929 30 7,331 45   Delaware, 3,384 6   Maryland, 25,299 86 21,960 6   Virginia, 14,466 39 37,241 64   North Carolina, 6,425 48 3,698 69   South Carolina, 17,070 6 26,964 38   Georgia, 2,607 11 2,270 23   Tennessee, 139 37   Mississippi Territory, 108 29   Indiana Territory, 50 46   New-Orleans, 2,169 22   Collected from the seamen in the U. States service, 22,067 81   Balance now in the fund, 243,809 78 176,631 10   67,178 67   243,809 78  
Upwards of 100 persons were found in different prisons in New-Orleans; some of whom have been confined as long as 13 years—some upon mere
suspicion of others for very trivial crimes. It is expected that the whole will be set at large with the consent of the Spanish government.
The Baltimore American says, a bill has been brought into the Pennsylvania Legislature for incorporating a company to make a turnpike road from the Susquehanna, at or near Wright's ferry, to the borough of York, in the county of York. And another bill we understand, has been passed for making a similar road from Peach Bottom ferry to Newport, in the state of Delaware.
We understand that the hon. Judge Moore, of North Carolina, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, has resigned his seat. We have not heard who is to be his successor.
At a meeting of the Medical Students in the University of Pennsylvania, on the 18th inst. Professor Woodhouse was unanimously appointed to deliver an oration on the death of the illustrious Dr. Joseph Priestley.
Resolved, That every person present wear crape for the space of one month, as a tribute of respect justly due to the memory of that truly great man. JOHN HOSKINS, Chairman.
Abolition of Slavery. —We last week mentioned that the bill for the gradual Abolition of Slavery had passed the House of Assembly of this state.—Since that time this bill has passed Council with but one dissenting voice—We now present it to our readers, copied correctly from the original. Trenton True American.
State of New-Jersey.
An act for the gradual abolition of slavery.
Sect. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and General Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That every child born of a slave within this state, after the fourth day of July next, shall be free; but shall remain the servant of the owner of his or her mother, and the executors, administrators or assigns of such owner, in the same manner as if such child had been bound to service by the trustees or overseers of the poor, and shall continue in such service, if a male, until the age of twenty five years, and if a female until the age of twenty one years.
2. And be it enacted, That every person being an inhabitant of this state, who shall be entitled to the service of a child born as aforesaid, after the said fourth day of July next, shall within nine months after the birth of such child, cause to be delivered to the clerk of the county whereof such person shall be an inhabitant, a certificate in writing, containing the name and addition of such person, and the name, age, and sex of the child so born; which certificate, whether the same be delivered before or after the said nine months, shall be by the said clerk recorded in a book to be by him provided for that purpose; and such record thereof shall be good evidence of the age of such child; and the clerk of such county shall receive from said person twelve cents for every child so registered: and if any person shall neglect to deliver such certificate to the said clerk within the said nine months, such person shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, five dollars, and the further sum of one dollar for every month such person shall neglect to deliver the same, to be sued for and recovered by any person who will sue for the same, the one half to the use of such prosecutor, and the residue to the use of the poor of the township in which such delinquent shall reside.
3. And be it enacted, That the person entitled to the service of any child born as aforesaid, may, nevertheless within one year after the birth of such child, elect to abandon such right; in which case a notification of such abandonment, under the hand of such person, shall be filed with the clerk of the township, or where there may be a county poor house established, then with the clerk of the board of trustees of said poor house of the county in which such person shall reside; but every child so abandoned shall be maintained by such person until such child arrives to the age of one year, and thereafter shall be considered as a pauper of such township or county, and liable to be bound out by the trustees or overseers of the poor in the same manner as other poor children are directed to be bound out, until, if a male, the age of twenty five, and if a female, the age of twenty one; and such child, while such pauper, until it shall be bound out, shall be maintained by the trustees or overseers of the poor of such county or township, as the case may be, at the expense of this state; and for that purpose the director of the board of chosen freeholders of the county is hereby required, from time to time, to draw his warrant on the treasurer in favor of such trustees or overseers for the amount of such expense, not exceeding the rate of three dollars per month: provided the accounts for the same be first certified and approved by such board of trustees, or the town committee of such township; and every person who shall omit to notify such abandonment as aforesaid, shall be considered as having elected to retain the service of such child, and be liable for its maintenance until the period to which its servitude is limited as aforesaid.
House of Assembly, Feb. 11, 1804. This bill having been three times read in this House,
Resolved, That the same do pass. By order of the house,
JAMES COX, Speaker.
Council Chamber, Feb. 15, 1804. This bill having been three times read in this House,
Resolved, That the same do pass. By order of the House, JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, President.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman, now in Europe, to his friend in the city of Charleston, S. C.
“It is with great satisfaction I can tell you, that our commerce is now very much respected; the wisdom and prudence of our excellent government will insure to us the blessings of neutrality and I am confident the commercial and agricultural interests of our country will rise in proportion as those of wretched Europe declines. Swarms of wealthy emigrants will go to our peaceful shores, where alone, they are now convinced they can find lasting tranquility and safety. I have good reason to believe, that our flag will be respected by all parties. Thus happy in our distance and neutrality, I trust we will make such a use of our situation, as to prove to Europe that their opinion of the good sense and prudence of our executive, and his attention to our solid interests is not erroneous, and that it is a valuable thing for every nation to be on good terms with us.”

WAR DEPARTMENT, Feb. 8th, 1804.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until the eighteenth day of May next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October, 1804, until the 30th day of September, 1805, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz.
First. At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Chicago, Fort Wayne, the post on the Miami of the Lakes, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Ohio, and at any place or places within the Indian territory north of the 41st degree of north latitude.
Second. At South West Point, Tellico, Knoxville, Nashville, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia, and on the Tennessee river, and on the road between said river and Nashville, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Tennessee and Kentucky.
Third. At the garrison near Vincennes, on the river Wabash.
Fourth. At Fort Mafiac, near the mouth of the Ohio, Kaskaskia, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the Indiana territory, south of the 41st degree of north latitude, (Vincennes excepted.)
Fifth. At St. Louis, New Madrid, and any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited in Louisiana, north of the settlements on the river Arkansas.
Sixth. At Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Natchez, Fort Adams, Fort Stoddart on the Mobile and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the Mississippi territory, and on the road between Natchez and the Tennessee river, (the post on said river excepted.)
Seventh. At New Orleans, and any place or places on the Mississippi river, below Fort Adams, and at Opelousas, Natchitoches, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited in Louisiana, not before mentioned, or provided for.
Separate proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of January, 1805, until the 31st day of December of the same year, both days inclusive, within the several places herein after mentioned, viz.
Eighth. At Fort Wilkinson, Cockspur Island, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Georgia, and on the Indian boundary between Georgia & the Creek nation.
Ninth. At Charleston, Rocky Mountain, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of South and North Carolina.
Tenth. At Norfolk, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Virginia.
Eleventh. At Fort M'Henry, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Maryland & the district of Columbia.
Twelfth. At Fort Mifflin, Pittsburgh, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
Thirteenth. At Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Schenectady, & at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New York, (Niagara excepted.)
Fourteenth. At Fort Trumbull, Fort Wolcott, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Fifteenth. At Fort Independence, (Boston harbor) and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Massachusetts, (the district of Maine excepted.)
Sixteenth. At Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New Hampshire and the district of Maine.
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, whisky or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and one half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration should 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 for 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, Niagara 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 the case of urgency such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the Commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is to be 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 depredation 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 frontiers, not exceeding three months.
H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War. 440 2aw May 18.
TO BE SOLD,
And Possession given at the 25th of March next,
ALL that Brick three story corner HOUSE, fronting David Brinton's tavern, Market street, and the upper market house, in the Borough of Wilmington, with the lot and back buildings, belonging to and in possession of the subscriber, together with all his STOCK in trade, consisting of a neat and general
ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS.
The buildings are pleasantly situated in a healthy part of the town, and are large and commodious.
Any person wishing to purchase may view the House and Goods and know the terms, which will be made easy.
BENJAMIN MASDEN. 437 14
Farmers Attend!
TO BE SOLD at private sale, at the subscriber's in the Town of New Castle,
A Valuable Tract of Land,
in the hundred of New Castle, within one mile and a quarter of the aforesaid town, and three of Wilmington. The aforesaid tract is divided into two farms and contains about two hundred and fifty acres of land, about eighty acres of the same are in wood, there are on the premises, two farm houses, two barns, two wells of good water, and a good apple orchard.
The whole of this land is inclosed with a good cedar fence, is a high and healthy situation, and commands a handsome view of the town of New Castle and river Delaware. The improving state of the town aforesaid, and the proposed canal which, if brought into Christiana creek, will be within half a mile of the said farm, will render it well worthy the attention of any person who may be desirous of attending market, and having a pleasant country seat.
N. B. If not sold before the 17th of March next, it will be offered at public sale at the subscribers on that day.
JAMES M'CULLOUGH. 438 11t
NOTICE.
All persons having demands against the estate of John Lea, Esq. deceased, are desired to present their accounts, legally attested for payment—and those indebted to the estate, by bond, note or book debt, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers.
JOHN WARNER, } Exr's JAMES LEA, } Wilmington, July 28. 382
For Private Sale,
AT the Wilmington Vendue Store, on low terms for cash or short credit,
Cloths, Silk, Hosiery Cashmeres, Cotton, & Worsted Velvets, striped & plain, Holland linens, Bandana, Flag, Sister- Bed Ticks, soy, China and French, silk handkerchiefs, With a variety of other seasonable dry goods.
IRONMONGERY and CUTLERY.
West India Rum, French Brandy, Rye and Apple whisky, Cherry Rum, about 1500 bushels Lisbon Salt, &c. &c.
Also a few American manufactured cotton counterpans and blankets.
GEORGE SUTTON. 422
14th Dec.
Wholesale and Retail Ironmongery Store.
SPACKMAN & GRUBB, 5 doors below the sign of the Indian King, Market street, have Imported in the late arrivals from London and Liverpool, a large and extensive assortment of IRONMONGERY, CUTLERY, and BRASSWARES, amongst which are Anvils, Vices, Mill-Saws, Cross-Cut do. T. Crowly Steel, Waggon-Boxes, and Sad Irons, which they will dispose of by wholesale and retail, on the most reasonable terms for cash or the usual credit. They also keep on hand a general assortment of Paints, Oil, Glass, Castings, Country and English blistered Steel.—Berd Grass, Timothy and Clover Seeds. Wilmington, 11 Mo. 19th. 414
LUMBER.—The subscriber continues to keep an extensive and regular supply of Boards, Shingles, Scantling, Lathes and every other article in his line of business, at his LUMBER-YARD, on Hemphill's wharf.—Best Carolina Shingles by the cargo, or any quantity. JOHN DONALDSON. January 1. 179
PRINTING of BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, HAND-BILLS, and all kinds of BLANKS will be executed with neatness and dispatch at the MIRROR Office.
At a respectable Democratic Republican meeting of the state of Delaware, held at Dover on the 20th of January 1804, pursuant to public notice, the following gentlemen selected as Confeerees by the people from the several counties of this state for the purpose of selecting and recommending suitable persons to be supported as candidates at the ensuing general election for the offices of Governor, and Representative to Congress for the state of Delaware:—when Thomas Perkins, Esq. being unanimously appointed Chairman, and Risdon Bishop, Secretary—the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to:—
Resolved, That the Confeerees do nominate, select and recommend to their fellow citizens of the several counties in this state, JOSEPH HASLETT, Esq. for the office of Governor, and CESAR A. RODNEY, Esq. as Representative to Congress, to be voted for at the ensuing general election, being persons of acknowledged talents and unquestionable integrity, and in all respects worthy of the high trusts reposed in them.
Resolved, That the Confeerees will support the said Joseph Haslett, Esq. as Governor, and Cesar A. Rodney, Esq. as Representative to Congress—at the ensuing general election by all honorable and proper exertions, and they do recommend them to their fellow citizens as worthy to be supported for those high and important offices.
Resolved further, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Mirror, and that eight hundred copies of the same be published in bills to be distributed equally in the several counties as aforesaid for the information of the people.
THOMAS PERKINS, Chairman. RISDON BISHOP, Secretary.
Dover, Jan. 20.
Newcastle Confeerees.
George Read, Esq. Thomas Perkins, Esq. William Herdman, John Warner, Esq. John R. Phillips, John M'Beath, Richard Foard, John James, Thos. Fitzgerald, Esq. Abraham Staats, Esq.
Kent Confeerees.
Abraham Pearce, Esq. Risdon Bishop, John Faris, Andrew Gray, John Fisher, Esq. Dr. John Adams, Ferdinand Casson, Esq.
Sussex Confeerees.
William Waples, Peter Hall, Joseph Collins, Esq. John Collins, Nich. G. Williamson, Esq. Dr. John White, James Miller, Manaan Bull, William Vaughan.
10,000 DOLLARS THE HIGHEST PRIZE. GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
LOTTERY,
In the City of Philadelphia.
  1 Prize of Ten Thousand Dollars, 10,000   1 Six Thousand 6,000   1 Three Thousand 3,000   1 Two Thousand 2,000   5 One Thousand 5,000   10 Five Hundred 5,000   10 Three Hundred 3,000   20 Two Hundred 4,000   35 One Hundred 3,500   90 Fifty 4,500   100 Twenty 2,000   6000 Seven 42,000 
6,374 Prizes 11,726 Blanks,—less than two to a prize.
13,000 90,000 The prizes will be paid thirty days after the conclusion of the drawing, subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
The first drawn number on the 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th and 35th days of drawing, will be entitled to a prize of Five Hundred Dollars each.
The first drawn number on the 40th, 45th, 50th and 55th, will be entitled to a prize of One Thousand Dollars each.
The first drawn number on the last day of drawing, when only 600 tickets shall be in the wheel, will be entitled to the prize of Six Thousand Dollars.
From the extraordinary demand for these tickets from every quarter of the union, it is expected that the drawing will commence at a much earlier day than was at first contemplated, and that the tickets will be raised considerably before that period.
They may now be had at SIX DOLLARS of GEORGE TAYLOR, jun. No. 673 Chestnut M. M'CONNELL, No. 823 Street. Whole Tickets, $6 Quarter Tickets, $1 75 Half, 3 25 Eighth, 93
Letters post paid, inclosing the cash, shall be duly attended to, and St. Augustine and N. York lottery prizes received in payment. July 7. 393 ew 1m
Tickets may also be had of THOMAS M'CONNELL, next door above the Bank, Market street, Wilmington, Del.
To be Sold at Private Sale,
AGREEABLY to the last will and testament of ROBERT BRYAN, deceased, that Valuable FARM, his late residence, containing about 233 Acres, 163 arable, 40 woodland, and 30 of marsh meadow in good order, adjoining lands of Kenley Johns and Isaac Grantham, esqrs. The mail is well banked and fields enclosed with good fences. This farm is natural to clover and not inferior to any in the neighborhood for the production of grain &c. The situation is pleasant and agreeable, nearly equidistant from Newcastle and Christiana Bridge, about 3 miles from each, being on the road leading from the first mentioned place to the Red Lion tavern, and convenient to grist and merchant mills. The improvements are a two story brick dwelling House and Kitchen, with three rooms on each floor, carriage House, Granaries, Barn and Crib to contain one thousand bushels of Indian corn, all in good repair; a well of excellent water, apple and peach orchards of the best fruit. From the dwelling house there is a beautiful prospect of the Delaware for a considerable distance up and down the river. It is needless to be more particular, as those who incline to purchase, will no doubt first view the premises.
INGEBUR BRYAN, Ex'rx. JOHN BRYAN, Ex'r. Newcastle Hun. dred, 5th January. 428 28
WHOLESALE GROCERY STORE. JOHN WARNER & Co. have now on hand at their store, Market street wharf, Wilmington, a fresh supply of goods, consisting of the following articles, viz.
  25 Hhds. prime Port-au- Green Coffee,   Prince Molasses, Raisins in kegs,   Muscovado Sugars by the Soap and Candles,   hhd. and barrel, Pepper,   Lump and Loaf Sugar, Alspice,   Bohea, Ginger,   Hyson, Madder,   Young Hyson, Allum and Indigo.   Hyson Skin, & Saltpetre,   Suchong Powder and Shot,   4th proof Jamaica Spirits, Hamilton's Scotch Snuff,   2d. 3d. & 4th. proof Rum, in kegs and bottles,   New-England do.   4th proof Cognia Brandy Coarse and fine Salt,   of an excellent quality, Spanish Segars by the box,   Sherry, Plug Tobacco,   Lisbon, Red Laces,   Malaga, and Traces and Plowlines,   Port Wrapping Paper,   &c. &c. 
They also advise their friends that WILLIAM WARNER & Co. No. 45 S. Water street, a few doors below Chesnut street, Philadelphia, continue to keep a regular supply of Groceries by Wholesale. Orders to either store will be promptly attended to. Their packets with Samuel Bush's continue to ply as usual between this and Philadelphia, one leaving the next wharf below Chesnut street, Philadelphia, every day, or their wharves, Wilmington.
JOHN WARNER & Co. 370
OTAHEITE TAVERN.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends, and the public in general, that he has taken that noted tavern, The Queen of Otaheite, in Market-Street, where every possible attention on his part shall be exerted to support the credit of the house. His larder shall always be well supplied—his wines, spirits, &c. of the best quality, and every accommodation provided suitable for the comfort of travellers, and the enjoyment of select companies, or others, who may please to favor him with their company.
CHARLES HAMILTON.
Horses taken at livery by the week, month, or year. Wilmington, March 30. 347
  LUMBER-YARD. Clark & Simmons,   keep constantly for sale at their Lumber Yard on Market-Street Wharf, a large assortment   of articles in their line of business, among which are Pannel White Pine   Common do. do. Carolina & Cypress shingles, from 18 inches to 3 feet.   Inch & quarter heart do. 2 inch heart & sap Plank   Inch do. do. 2 do. white pine do.   Square edge & half price Plastering Lathes,   Sap do. do. Oak Scantling & Lathes,   Inch & half-inch Cedar. &c. &c.   Heart Scantling.   Sap do. 
NOTICE. The subscribers, to whom an assignment has been made of the effects of Hugh Lindsay, late of the Borough of Wilmington, Grocer, in trust for his Creditors, do hereby give notice, that a dividend will be made on the 19th day of March next at the house of David Brinton, of the money arising from the sale of the effects (so far as they have come to the hands of the subscribers) amongst the creditors of the said Hugh Lindsay, according to the terms and conditions of the said assignment. All the creditors of the said Hugh Lindsay will please also to take notice to produce their claims for settlement before the said day to either of the subscribers, otherwise they may be excluded from the benefit of the said dividend.
JOHN REYNOLDS, } Assignees. JOHN WARNER, } CROPLEY ROSE, }
Wilmington, 8th Feb. 437 12 p
NOTICE.—All persons indebted to the estate of JOSEPH THOMAS, late of the village of Stanton, in the county of Newcastle, deceased, are required to make immediate payment, and all those who have demands against the said estate, are requested to present them for settlement.
JOSEPH CHAMBERS, } Exr's THOMAS STAPLER, } ISAAC H. STARR, }
2d Mo. 27th. 440 4
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. ORDER FOR A THIRD PAYMENT.
AT a Meeting of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, held at Wilmington on Wednesday the 23d day of November 1803. Ordered,
That the proprietors advance and pay the sum of FIFTEEN DOLLARS upon each share, respectively, on or before the first day of April next.
JOSEPH TATNAL, President. JAMES C. FISHER, JOHN ADLUM, KENSEY JOHNS, WILLIAM TILGHMAN, SAMUEL CHEW, GEORGE GALE, JOSHUA GILPIN.
To be paid to either of the following named persons:
JOSHUA GILPIN, Philadelphia; JOSEPH TATNAL, Wilmington; KENSEY JOHNS, Newcastle; GEORGE GALE, Cecil county, Md. SAMUEL CHEW, Chestertown, do.
Published by order of the President and Directors. Edw. ROCHE, Sec'y. Dec. 26. 426 ct 14
For Sale a Lot of Land,
CONTAINING about 25 Acres, with an old log house thereon, in the county of Newcastle, about four miles from Newcastle, bounded by lands of Kenley Johns, esq. Mr. Foreman and others: for further particulars and terms of sale apply to
GEORGE SUTTON, Aufr. Wilmington, 6th Jan. 428 tf
LOG-BOOK PAPER for Sale at the BOOK-STORE of the Editor.