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Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-12
4 Sc BSCRIHER,
" the tomb Of Washington
.frons The Journal Of an Eli.
giish I'ravctler.

All the interest Of Mount Vernon, is
derived from the imposing melBory Of
Its Warrior Lord.---l'he house and gar.
den ale no ohIects u. cul .osity 10 the
traveller he has often seen better;
but he has nos often felt that sacred awe
land high association which impress up-
ION ms soul, a stamp OF wild emotion
Beneath that lofty oak he has often te.
posed upon that sluping bank he med-
lated schemes of hlghes, import along
that winding path he breaihed the gray
freshness Of morning; from yonder
mound he often surveyed the wide ex-
panse of the Potomac That oak, that
bank, The winding path & verdant mound
are common objects. Why then 90 we
feel GREATNESS emotion In listening to
the description of them from the ariess
tongue of a slave? Why do they stamp
memory oil themselves upon our heart S?
1t is their moral cololing which casts a
magic over the scene. 1t is the mark
OF mind, the Impress of the soul; it is
the Chief the Warrior, the Patriot it is
the bloods field ; the martial council
the civil contest it is ustlce, valor.
wisdom, patriotism and liberty, that twine
themselves III fond association with these
lhallowed sceues, and givea cast OF tnons hi
ia lIsht imagining, even to the colIesl
heart, when PatlSing to survey the last re.
treat of Washington.
These are the feelings of an English
man.-W What should feel were an H.
merican! Would not my bosom burs,
with emotion? Could endure the inten.
silly OF feeling reused by the memory Of
this glorious being Gould | while q
Iray OF feeling beamed on my soul, for
get the spot where the long line of light
which marked his great career, burst In
a moment on my heart aud raised my
fancy to her loftier height! Should moi
ask with eager curiosity where repost
he awful remains Of departed greatness
where is the Tomb raised to his memo,
Try oy nations gratitude "A low, OBJ
scure, ice housekeeping brick vault ties,
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-12

Whatever may be the result Of the Sheriff.
election however, it cannot fail TO uroluoo
very large poll in New Castle County, ard Tho,
rom the causes already noticed, the den,oc,,,,,
parry may be.divAed as to the Sheriff thev
WILDE united in the support of their Conp,es.
aional ticket, and thus they may be expected "a
have much larger majority in this county
than they Could otherwise have calculated uuon
Hence, there arises anecesshy for activity, unlon
and vigilance amcng the fedcralis.s .hrouyhor.
t''e state. The counterpoise for an u,u sua,
democratic majority in New Castle county 10 ~
be looked for in Kent and Sussex-The contest
for Sheriff, will doubtless ensure a full exer,;or
of the personal strength here, and on ordinary
occasions this would be sufficient, but on tho
present, hent and Sussex must DO their share.
Some calculations Of success, have been ,n,ls
10y the democratic party, because of the unna,
tableness OF one of the federal candidates IN
we believe they are without foundation hnw-
lever, many may disapprove Of this nomination. .
1--WE have no doubt the ticket will receive The
support OF the party.--lhe fedcralists of New
Castle county, are too much devoted 10 tbsir
principles, and know too well the importance oe
junior, to endanger them by qualification of
minor feelings ;--they will NOT initiate an ex.
lampe, they have SO recently geproba,cd We
believe the real danger, if any, is in the ana,by
land supineness in Kent and Sussex--f these ii,
not exist, the day cannot be doubtful in K-ns
jtoo, we think there is peculiar obligation 10 he
tvlgiiant, the Objectionable nomination is made
for her qualification, and she has something to
recover from 1916. The democrats have ncs
more certainly the preponderance in New Castle
county, than the federalists have il in The safe
and we repeat it therefore, that much will he
Expected of, and depend upon the exer,iops Of
our friends in the lower couniies. and IN.
cannot learn too soon the extent of the Influence
ithej will have to tountervai Instead ,beref,,e
Oh experimenting opposition here, they should
look to the real source Of danger, snp,nere.q.
there and let about correcting 1.-THE time is
short, and nulh is to be done
we cannot, at til is time of day, deem il ne.
lcessary to say much of the federal Candidates.
l'hey are .nown to the citizens generally az
well as TO ms, and for the same reason. we ab.
STAN IRON a"y remarks upon our opponents
we content ourselves with reminding the feder-
'l's, that their exertons are required 10 preserve
the power and ascendancy IN The state, and
enerai gov rnment, and we invite them to
hook upon tbs democratic ticket, esreca in
NV Cassie county, to see, how many men are
pow hgnring there, who lately played their pagr
IN us own ranks, ard are vet raw recruits ia
L ranks OF our opponents. Ii would seem IN.
ldeea' as II the contest now was, ,enc! party
Should place the greaicr number of Fedefas.s
N office, with this difference, that wa we
elect our FederaIis's from principle, our oppo-
nen's prefer the inongrels.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-12
From tie Union.
WFsspS EnITons,

HFSSRs LnI1ons,
In reading. over an old manuscript
which lately fell INTO my hands a, an
found the enclos, observations
on Mount NernUn.--. Their singularity
and then point excited my curiosity, and
i began u ccpvs them for your paper,
before discovered that they had been
irt' unfinished BY hc aulhor,t TO show y II
the mode in which ii was written-blank
of two folio pages is let. by the autnor 10
finish the observations, but which he
seems never 10 have accomplished.
The next written page contains des-
,criplion Of Alexandria, &c.
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,oint is well attested by Humphrey Davy

point is we'll attested by Humphrey Davy
and other distirs uished agriculturalisls.
The Farmer whsse lands are 100 sandy,
may give them righteousness by spread.
ing on clay and iloughing 1t in with his
poor ground and so, also, the other,
wi ose lands are stiff clay, can have it
loosened by Incorporating hne river sand
Tor, if that cannot be had, other sand will
do much service in keeping his ground
Sufficiently free. This, it is trte requires
some labor but it will compensate the
ifarmcr as it need not be done every year,
when the field is in good working order.
In Prussia, agree2ble TO the life OF Fred
1erick the Great, written by himself, vast
tracts of sand were very much improved
10y sowing rurnips, and ploughing them
in these gave those sand vegetable
manure in a short time. Every iarsner
the poorest not excepted, whose land
may be light and sandy, can render his
fields fruilfuI-not indeed lounging IN
Iyiliage taverns-gaping al Court times
at the loquacity Of lawyers or being at
horse races. No, these places all mort.
lsase, even good farms and they never
lyet made a poor one frgiltul; and may
we not say, that West India Rum is as
Igreat an enemy to a;rlcuiture, as 1t is 10
lsood morals
"rhe Practical Farmer" declares every
lagricuituraist onghi to study and know
Iali the qualities OF different spills, as well
1 as manures, that they be properly applIet
ito each other This science deem TO
be one of The most useful OF all human
ats it is similar to payician's know
inc the causes Of diseases, the properlie:
OF medicines, and their most siYectua
applications. Sea and is good man
8 ure for all lands and soils, particularly
ligh sandy lands When Carried i'm
imediately from such parts of the shore:
as are daily overilowed by the tides, i
is saturated with strong salts of an alkaline
mature, ana pu,rid matters whicnthc sea
+, at, ~ gcontains it adds te'hac''r tn snci
high suiis, py me putrid SALINE particle:
|attractin, and retaining moisture, whlcl
havinp unders one no opperation OF tht
lire. CONVEYS its original properties ii
their natural state.--Hence it differs
materially froru common salt"
+ Not only, light, heat, air, winds, rain
land dews contribute to the farmers la.
lbours, but The ocean, nike mighty
Laboratory, sends TO the shores immenst
; luanlities Of lertiiizIng manures, differing
risomew hat from the commti1 manure,--
u is Ola volatile nature, compound o
loil salt and earth, and no doubt oil i'm
l.nense value to those who viii procure
land apply il To their tields. Some atten
; nonis requisite to under stand how, an,
ION what lands it answers est.--T!us VIZ
SIZE the bounty of Heaven 1t is every
where; and seems to court our notice
That We might delight ourselves in album
dance --Rehab. Chron.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-12
Rich Freight.

ON the 'oth ult. squadron Of three
sioops OF war and two armed scllooners,
arrived at Havana, from Campeachy,
with the cargo of the Spanish freate
tphigenia, consisting of ,l94,9l2 Mex,.
can dollars; | bars of silver weighing
1870 marks l58 seroons of cochineal'
and quantity of briliants,
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titles how well Nations Gratitude re
pays the soldiers tolls, the statesman 81
labors, the PARROTS virtue, and the Ia
,hcr's cares. He beeueathed to them
an immortal blessing-He gave them lib
erty.-He made them nation. WHAT
has he received in return Neglect ).
Here he lies ina mean and obscure grave
with noes sn.@@line to tell his resting
place. NJ one slt.gie object to arrest the
careless oasser9orGto stop the needless
footslep, it pe:ases on the aallowed
earth. %sThfe is more in this than PM
losophy Gar account for.' The selfish
gebias Disqualification turns enyiousiy
away fronl Tie glory OF the departed hero.
lis ular.s, 3 painful, for it obscurf%a fee
Bier ligjnss its memory is hateful, for ii
eclipses I fame of the present day to
rivalry, $fesivy, to avaric oil glory may
be traced this shameful ingra!itude. In "a
we'll balanced monarchy like ours, the
king is never the rival of his predeces'
sors; if they have been honorable, they
will be honored. They are his kinsmen;
their glory sheds brighter beam on his
glory, their virtue OH his virtue but
| in elective. governments each successive
ruler is compai ed with his precursors &
according 10 his own excellence, takes
his station In the memory OF the nation,
The glory Of his predecessors therefore
is in opposition to his the brighter they
are the less distinguished will he be.
Had the virtue and glory of Washing
ton been less pree nent, had he lett be-
hind him less luminous character, he
would have been more highly honored
but alas for his claims to monument
he is beyond competition. The present
rulers Of This republic can only rival it,
illustrous founder by casting his virtue:
into the shade, by etfacing his memory
and leayng him "to dumb forgetfulnes'
a prey" Al their efforts have beer
directed to this object, and they have
succeed. s;s, ~, ,'7's s'.s oilers of tina
s.,,a,cflas. .aSy never can destroy
All that nerd OF men who are mere crea
lures of memory and imitation, who
Incapable of thinking for themselves. are
eohst'diiCd w auopt tne sentiments o
others, world set Jefferson in competi
lion with Washington, and claim for hin
at least ali equal honor out posterit,
will be just. he time will arrive whei
the rulers OF this people will look at The
| :. Tory of their foretahers through the
mlsts oil ages and bow before the awfu
shade Of WASHINGTON with respect ant
reverence. Then will this neglected
spot be adorned with many tribute IL
the virtues OF him, from whom personal
enmlly and jealous emulation withhold
hi well earned hunors. Then will tha
self deneanlng spirit, whose conscious
ness ofinferiority and rage for reputation
inslia aled for destruction, find on tLis
very spot, the wreck of ali its homer
the grave Of all its hopes OF deathies.
fame. The stranger who wonders why
ia tomb 50 rev epcloses one SO Iong de
parted, viii be toid, that while the mer
survived with " HON the 81.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-12
Copenhagen, July 10

On the 5th We had the pleasure. to see
q hne new irigate launched-she receiv.
ed the name Of Diana. 1t is suppos
she VIII be one OF our best sailrrs, bel
built with all the new improvement
introduced into naval architecture by the
Of tte americans.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-12
Federal Ticket.

KENT COUNTY.
Representatives, to Congress
THOMAS CLAYTON,
LOUIS M'LANE.
SENATOR
Jacob Stout.
Representatives.
John Cummins,
Joshua g.. Brinckle,
MtaS.in w. Bates,
lasaathan Jenkins,
Jacob Boone,
JoAn Mitchell,
4, john Bo,tir
Levy Court Commissioners.
JOIN Raymond, D. {. II.
Rooer, Register l.. {. II.
Jacob Furbee, Muir. Fl.
Robel Wilson, in lieu Of
B. Coombe, u. Z. ii.
C0rOners.
James Stewart,
Matthew Niaploye.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-12


The London Courier has violently at
tackled the character Of Gen Jackson
I" the dought, occupier of Pensacola a.
ne IS sneerlngly called. t'hc morning
Chronicle. the most respectable of tn,
opposition pap rs, had published a bio
IgfaphIca sk,tch Of the general, which
did not quite suit she Courier. Jack sol
is accused OF having rendered himself
famous by the number of duels he hac
iougat. Among other THINGS. it's sta.
ted OF him by the Chronicle, "tlat he
was formerly a Judge and when he .as
Once presiding IN that capacity, crimi
nal on his circuit had escaped the officers
Ioi Justice. Judge jackson ordered the
sheriff % raise the posse to pursue The
offe nder and advised him TO summon him
(Jackson) among others. The jude {
Ioccora1nSly 7ocnt at III, head Of the hoss1
and shit Me c6radrr (who resisted) zwtl
M ?7ra ho"I. He then returned TO the
judgement scat, received the report oi
The resistance and 1eath Of the individual
and gave an order Cor his burial IN dine
torm. The Courier, however, remarks
we can hardly believe thai any thing SC
offensive to public decorum could be
committed, even IN Amrrifa { Very fine
indeed. We can assure the Couriei
that these sneers aud supercllous airs are
Justly appreciated in this country. And
we can also assure the Chronicle, tina,
II he Is. as he processes to be, frienly to
the American character, he had better
avail himself OF some other way of evi.
denclng his good opinions of US. than &c
veid such foul and groundless SANDERS
we venture to Say that The above anecdott
was never before heard of in America
h"uSh an attempt is made 10 draw
ihv'dious comparisons between American
Judges and Lord Peterborough, these
diters are informed that our iuridica
benches are adorned with Judges. VIII,
Tor talent and legal requirements, woul,
not suffer by comparison with any j,
the world. ~. York En-. Posi-.
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7yylIL!M|l1s!lI@pONgso
Saturday, Sept. IL, 1918.
FEDERAL TICKET.

New Castle county.
Representatives, to Congress
LOUIS MLANE.
THOMAS CLAYTON.
Senator.
Samuel Thomas.
Representatives,.
James Prize,
James Candy,
Archibald Hamilton,
Isaac Gibbs,
Edward Armstrong;
James Booth, jun.
Gideon Emory.
Sheriff.
JOHN ELLIOTT.
C0rOnerS.
James Hamilton,
Abner Aston.
Levy Court Commissioners.
George Plat. W. c. C. IL.
Wipgate Pretty man, r.. L. IL.
y..s. Bo.i,.On, n. IL.
Phillip Reading, ST. G. II.
CO anss.---
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-12
Another Revolutionary Hero
Gone.

Died, at his Farm on Laurel Hill, Somerset
county, Ia. ON Monday 3lst nit. Major Gen.
ARTHUR ST. CLAIR. His remains were
iaterred on Wednesday. The few last years Of
th's venerable patnot were spent in journeymg
10 and from ths seat of government, in enJea-
Vol ing to claim i,om the Congress OF tile L s.
What was justly due HIM. Often have we seen
'his war wGrn veteran, whose wasted frame,
And palsied limbs, would have elected compass
SION nom stcic, endeavorng to convince tie
House OF the justice OF h claim, while the tear
ri wounded honor fell fast on his aged breast.
Uae'es entreaty--his clam was barred By The
statute of limitation, and his grey HAIRS suffered
TO sink in penury to The grave. 1t oulu be an
act Of retr.bulive justice, il those who doomed
hiiii TO pass the remnant of his days in wretch.
ed hovel, surrounded with the horrors of lidi-
gence, should die as he has done--in AFFECT
povERrY!-BaA Tel
The crops of corn and cotton in Georgia are
The backward state OF the sprmge
and the lale distressing drought, may he atnT'
ou,ed this disaster. On many plantations rain
has nor fallen since the latter part OF May-on
others, it is presumed that suthciency OF corn
VIII DC raisee, for home consuinP, on. Although
there was an increased quantity of cotton plaried
It is thought there would he liile raised fer eX-
portation To add to the disues seS OF the
planters, the cae,pllars from an inch 10 an inch
and half long, made their appearance. nd
literally covered the plantations 1t is stated
says the Georgia Journai, Oh the authority OF y
respectable gentleman, that there were no. less
than 900 bushels in his fields. Corn has suffered
severely by lhem--the cot on had escaped IheIs
ravaSes, bu wasattacked with the yot. On the
23th uit at thar place, Com was S 10 and ilonf
S IS per Dbl Id
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-04

would be employed IN attacking certain
enemies of the state, which were NOT
named; they we're desired IN keep those
orders a perfect secret, ard were tol'
that upon Their fidelity and secresy, their
future fortunes depended. Those men
did not know Of each other, and had 10
suspicion that it was not lawful enter
prize for which they were thus engaged !;
they were therefore set at liberty; bit
all the chiefs Of the plot gave the Jules
evide-c against the doge. 1t was pro
we'd that the whole scheme had been
formed BY his direction, and supporte,
BY his influence. After the. principal
conspirators we're tried and executed, the
council o. ten, next proceeded to thu
trial Of the doge himself. They desired
that twenty senators, Of the highest rePu-
ta,ion might assist upon this solemn &C.
casion, and that two relations Of the faI.
Hero family, one Of whom was membe
of the council of ten, and the other an
avogad r, might withdraw from the court
The doge who had hitherto remained
under guard in bis own apartments IN
the palace, was now brought before THU
tribunal of his own subjects. He was
dressed in the robes OF his office. II is
thought that he intended to have denied
the charge, and attempted defence but
when he perceived the number and tie
nature Of the proofs against him, over
whelmed with their force, he sckho~ :
lodged his guilt, with many truitless anu
abject intreatiss for mercy.
That man Of eighty years Of age
should lose all frmness on such All occa-
sion is not to be wondered at. Tha he
should have been melted by a trfling Of
fence t. such an inhuman and such de-
Iiberate plan of wickedness, is with"u
example. lie was sentenced to lose hl,
head aud the sentence was executed in
the pace where the doges are generally
crowned.
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COMMUNICATED.

Abstract from tn journal OF the brig Viii
son Of Salem, bound for Norfolk.
.At4P. NJ. Cape Henry bearing '"
distant 4 leagues. pleasant weath.., tut
,Inall sail in sight; supposing them to b.
Pilot Boats. showed a signal from mast
head being in want of pilot, hove t.
for the same to come down. number q
sail in sight. During the interInissIon OF
the boats coming down. discovered some
thing ahead supposed to be wreck, sent
my chief mate with four tands, who re-
turned and reported il to be the Sea Ser
pent-I then went and examined it, an
such scene never witnessed-Ib elie'e
it 10 be at least $50 feet in length, its
mouth and head of an enormous size -
After returning to the ship bore of, in
consequence Of its enormous size, fear
ing the consequences that might result
from its coming in contact with the YES
SELL
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sxE Exchange Coffee House IN
WMARINE JOURNAL. -
PORT OF ALExhEDRIA."5UEE s.
CLEARED,
Schr. Ann, Smith. Salem.


CLEARED,
Schr. Ann, Smith. Salem.
ARRIVED,
The fast sailing schr. Luminary, Ba.
ker, s days from Baltimore, with a full
freight to merchants of the District
Passed last night of Maryland Point, two
ships aud brig at anchor, bound down ;
one Of the ships large and light, the other
two deep loaded.-saw nothing bound
up.
Ship Potomac, Bradford, hence, for Ii.
verpool, went to sea 26th ult.
- Wilhelmina, Baxter, hence, for
Lisbon, went to sea Goth ult.
Brig Panopea, Crabtree, hence, for o.
porto, went to sea Goth ult.
Hunter, Grinnalds. hence, for N
Orleans. al Viewpoint Comfort, ed ult.
Sloop Phoebe, Potter, hence arrived Al
Providence 29th ult.
Schr. Sally, Sheldon, at Providence
29th uIt. up for this port.
Slip General Linghan, Weston, al
HAVE ut, April. discharging.
Sloop susaa, BAsdiess, at New York
Isl inst. up fos this port-and schr. Reso.
lutiop, Allen, ditto.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-04
Alexandria Library.
June 4--5t.

1 S the Library rs about To I've remoy-
n ed tn the North Room over the New
Market House, no books can be deliver
ed cut until Wednesday the 10th inst.
they will then be delivered out from the
New Library Room.
Books that are now out, must be re-
turned to the present library until the
new room is opened.
The library within future be kept open
from 10 o'clock until land from 8 to $
Of each day.
June 4-dt10i
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-04
Watch Stolen.

WAS stolen from the subscriber
w few days since, Silver Wate[
London made, No. SIT, capped and
jewelled Watchmskers and Others are
requested to stop it il offered for sale or
for any other purpose. A liberal reward
will be paid for the watch and tLirl If
sufficient testimony can be produced to
convict the thief or in proportion for The
watch alone.
MOSES,
Living ,rith Mr.. C. Bennett.
June 4. q.
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Millinery.

ID JACKSON, begs leave to inform
H. the ladies Of Alexandria and ia
mcihity, that she has commenced the
millinery, dress, pelisse. and cor set bust.
ress-Alsc, chip and straw bonnets.
made and altered to the most fashionable
shape.
King street, near the
June 4 diagonal pump.
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One Dollar Reward.

ID AN AW ~ from tn subscriber on
II or about the LIST inst. negro wo-
man named LIDDY, who was hired by
me from Mr. William Il. Fitzhugh. The
above reward will be given Tor appreheud-
ing and returning said negro.
JAMES VANSANT.
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