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W.4,N'T'ED.

comfortable house. il easan neghborhood, suitable
of small family Inquire at the Office Of the Watchman
April 2, 24-tf
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TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
Coach and Harness Making.

The Subscriber informs his Friends and the Public that
he s carries on the ABOVE business in its various branch
es at ms shop, corner of King and Hanover streets NO.
TO- wilmington; where all orders in his line will be exc
cuted with dispatch He thanks the public tor
past favos and hopes to be able give general salis
Iinues to keep hand general assortment of new Car
rages, made ofguod Materials also second hand carriages
together with all kinds of Harness--likewise Patent
Springs for CARRIAGES all which he will dispose Of on mod
crate terms Itr cash. TUOjL4S MOORE
March 5, 1922 16-3m
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Tickets will be sold tor few day FOUR Dollars EACH
but will shortly advance in price.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21
II true coty Of an order FLIED with me
for collections.

JOf cott6ciON.
"Mr. John Howard Sir pleas to pay John
F Eberman s. ) cents that is dew to Me And
In so Doing you VIII ObIdge Yours
WILLIAM WILSON,"
On presentment OF this order, said Howard
paid up Is cents Of it, and suffered suit to be
brought before me for the balance due. My
Judgment was, that he ought to pay up the
balance of the order. Mr., Howard applied for
a copy Of my Judgment. He took it, but did
not file it with the Clerk. I,e came and paid
up the debt and costs of suit; but said that he
would return me to the grand jury, and that
he would do all he could do, if would not
destroy my Judgment 1 told him that would
not do it, that asked no kind of favor in the
case. a. .rt
| Mr John Howard and myself were on the
grand jury, superintendent, 1922. My watch
was made the criterion to meet on a certain
hour the next day. Mr.. Howard failed, with
some others, to get there in time to save the
fine OF IS cents which was inflicted on every
man. Mr. Howard got up and said that the
watch was altered, alludingto deception,
say on my oath that she was not, save winding
up. JOSHUA ARNS FfoNH.
! Sworn to before me, this 18th day Of Decera.
! Der, 1922. HAIL MASON, S.P,
/ Dec. l4--1t
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21
TH0.MaSs BoND-(so cALnnD.)


In introducing The following insfru-
rnent OF writing, We deem it proper to
state the circumstances under which il
was produced, as we have heard them
related by val ious persons, some of whom
were eye-winesses to the transactions.
Previous to the year 1909, the coun,rs
now forming the states Of Indiana and
Illinois was consolidated under one CO.
government, by the name OF the indiana
Territory. A division of the territory,
according to the present state line, was
made the test in the election OF the cand-
dates for the legislature during the pre-
ceding year-the people on the Illinois
side for, and those Of Indiana against it.
Mr.. Thomas resided in Indiana, and was
elected a member under a pledge that
he would use his utmos, influence against
division. Another gentleman on that
side, by the name Of Beggs, If we recol-
lect rightly, was not only elected under
the same pledge, but with the additional
one, tina, he would vote for Mr.. Thomas
as delegate to Congressional Office then
being elective by the members Of the
legislature. The late Col. Nj. Jones,
OF Kaskaskia, then residing in Indiana,
was elected TO the legislature, and, with
another gentleman, whose name we do
not recoilec,, was also, candidate for
delegate to Congress.
The Legislature being assembled at
Vincennes, il was found that the party
opposed 70 division had bare majority
and the question depending upon the cleo
ton Of the delegate, an union was necss-
sary to ensure success against the Illinois
members. Accordingly, it was propos.
ed that caucus should be held, to de-
eide which Of the candidates should re-
ceive their united support; and Mr.
Thomas, with the other two candidates.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21
From the Star of the West.


+" Claudite jam riyos, pueri; sat prata lberunt."
Contending heroes check your tide
The meadow grounds are satisfied"
When the generality OF men fall out
and take each other by the ears, they
have The opportunity of doing it al their
own cost: but when typographical bre-
'hreA begin to smear each other with ink,
their subscribers feel the baneful effect
without being able TO arrest lis mad ca
recr. Printers, where they fa'6l their
duty, may Justly be called the Argi of
public officers, ana, as such, it bchooves
them to act with vigilance, and report
the truth, not being prepondcrated by
political weights Of any description
whatsoever And it is equally necessa-
ry where one devstes from the line of
rectitude, that another, being well aware
of the depression, should check his flow
ing rein, and bring him again to the
path.
There are two characters belonging
to man, destitute of which 10 copions
abundance, no individual should presume
to take upon himself the business Of a
press. He should possess candor
enough freely to confess his sins when
fairly convicted of error; and frmness
enough to maintain with A hiliean force,
his position until thus convicted.
Nothing can be more pleasing to an
honest community, than to see guils
stripped of her dcceitiul plumes; and
snov-garbed innocence projected againsi
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21
From the Illinois Intelligencer.

No definite measures have vet been
taken Tor the future disposition of our
currency. From the opportunities we
nave OF forming opinions from outdoor
conversations, we are disposed TO believe
mat the remaining two hundred thou.
sand dollars will moi be issued dnrins
tbs session. How the concerns of HE
bank VIII be managed hereafter is moi
yet decided.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21
the NEST of his new ones. He wen, on

the NEST of his new ones. He wen. on
to Washington, and, complying with tie
conditions Of his bond, procured the di-
vision OF the territory, and the establish
ment OF the territorial government of
Illinois; 10 which he got himself ap-
pointed, and came on, JUDGEi And
hence he acquired the appellation of
" Judge Thomas" =!
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21
On motion of Mr.. Turner,


mi'see of the whole upon the contested
election oil MIR. Pell, Mr.. Widen in the
chair, and after some time spent therein,
The Chairman reported the following re-
solution, which was adopted by the
House:
Resotued, That Gilbert T. Pell is en-
llled to a seat in this House.
Saturday, December IA.
The engrossed bin incorporating the
Agricultural and Manufacturing Socie-
y OF Shoal creek, Bond county, was read
the third time and passed.
On motion Of Mr.. F;st9,
The following resolutions were read
and ordered TO be laid on the table:
Re$olUed, That 4 committee be APP
pointed on the part Of the House, to act
in conjunction with such committee as
may be appointed on the part Of the Sc
nae, 10 inquire into tic situation OF the
State Bank OF Illinois and its Branches
and that said committee be authorized to
appoint an agent at each branch, whose
duty IT shall be to examine into and re-
port to said committee, as soon as pos
sible, the exact situation of such branch
ResokUed, That the standing com
millce on finance be instructed 10 in
qnlre into the expediency Of partially
ah9lish'ng the Branches OF the State
Bank Of Illinois, by making tho Dtaee-
tors OF them, respec lively, county agents
of the principal bank +; who, before they
enter upon the duties oftheir office, shall
give bond and security TO the principal
hank for the faithful performance N Of
fee; and should any director who is
now acting as such refuse to serve, he
shall be terwith required to pay into
said bank any moneys tha. he may have
received, free of interes, as q compen-
salion for his services! which money or
note, more than seven hundred and ii y
dollars thereof, be loaned to his success
sor, free OF interest, as a compensation
COR his services as agent for said bank
And the said directors CT agents shall
have full power to call on all persons
who have borrowed money at their re-
spectlve branches, to give additional Sc
curly and that said agents be required
to repor, to the principal bank annually
ResotUed, That the same committee
inquire into the expectancy OF requiring
the respective banks TO withdrew from
circulation all money that has or may
be paid by the borrower.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21

the gybing assaults Of deadly malice.
But when this has been done In man.
ner sufficiently explicit TO satisfy every
candid mind, ii is equally as pleasing TO
newspaper subscribers to see the columns
OF their paper filled with something Of
greater importance than the long spun
snarlings OF editors. MEMO,
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21
From The .Waf@osGl Mtelfgeacer.
ROADS AND CANALS,
AN AMERICAN FlBLI


Some ages since. mo matter w;ere
There was laReStbe fake Of RAJ.
(But lazy bears, stipine and ride.
industrious beavers soon suh,ued,
And beavers round it built their nest
Far distant from the Ocean west
Here, plesse,lto multiply in peace.
They fed upon the frv's increase.
But in some centuries beavers grew
SO numerous that those fish were few.
Year after year each beaver-nurse
Found matters growing worse and worse.
was time tor connseito devise
10 Danish want where danger lies;
For rumiaators can foresee
That urgent want is misery:
Plan tee to such, this truth appears,
hat fdmiSh'a StomachS Lare no ears.
Three leading beavers, far more shrewd
AndNlse than the multitude,
Had Travelled from their native dams
Gulte to the Main in search Of clans.
They noticed Oh that lonely coast
Pike, Sturgeon, Shad, full many a host;
And OF fat Salmon, such sight,
As wet their wi;skers with delight.
Instinct, Tor want OF human thought,
Insn,rrd thnsr hr,tes 70 ,'lan S,i,
10 Llre ,he nregn.nt r.ce 'of p,Is
And other frv ,I,,e.o h:,la,,,,
10 oni, the sen and ha,nt he 49,
INT when smell, nro;nct H., -.
Al, bnudr-d brutes t,,,, az, ,i.;.r ,,,',
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21
solemnly PLEDGED HIS WORD and

HONOR, that he would abide by the
decision of the caucus, BY Withdrawing
bis claims and supporting the candidate
agreed upon, should he not be selected.
The caucus was held inihe evening before
the day on which the delegate was to be
elected; and the choice fell uhon Col.
Jones--in which MIR. Thomas appeared
to acquiesce, coniormably to his previous
pledge.
The Illinois members were also as
cmG,ed in caucus, at the same time, fer
the purpose of designating a candidate,
but they had no hope of succeeding in
opposition TO the united voices Of the
members en- The other side. Although
they were assembled in a private room,
Mr.. Thomas found means to learn the
place, and succeede d in getting into The
room through back door of tie house
HIS appearance among them, as il might
be supposed, produced some surprize
but he soon explained the cause ofh in
terrupiing them, in substance as follows:
" Gentlemen, | have come to propose a
plan by which you cansucceed in Hecting
tivlsion OF theterritory. have Jus, been
thrown out OF the nomination by the mem
bers on our side; and if you will take
me up, will do as you wish, and be
bound By your Instructions. Mr.. Begss
was elected through my Influence, and
pledged himself to vote fer me on the
first ballot. If You all unite in support
Ing me, with his vote, and by voting for
myself, I shall lave majority of one );
bat nlind, gentlemen, Beggs must not be
lei into the secret, or he viii. considcr his
pledge TO oppose a division param count
10 his obligation to vote for me" A
disposition prevailing to accede to Mr..
Fnomas' proposition, Mr.. John Z. Jones,
the present chief Justice OF Missouri, IL
seems, having some previous knowledge
OF Cir. I. proposed to take bis bond, or
written obligation, Tor the fu l.iIment of
MIS- promise; TO which Mr.. Thomas as
scented. Il being abou; the break of day.
Mr. John Messenger, a rncabcr from
81. Clair county, was appointed to tar,
and take the bond, and the members dis
persed. Mr., Thomas then sat down,
wrote the s,silowing, and delivered il in
to tie hands Il Mr. Messenger:
Elm consideration &c Me
MEMBERS from tne 2iainois
Ceuntiss, otins Ger ME
In the joint neetins of
both EoUsss OF the i.asis-
nature, 20 represent the An
diana Territory as dele
gate to Congress, \ Go
heYehy pledge nly honor
TO use iny k.NAeavovs both
IN and 0ut OF the House OF
Representatives OF TIE ..
States TO obtain a Civ fsion
OF the Indiana Territory
so as 20 forM y new Ter
ritery 10 the west CO Nae
w abash, ana also to use
lny Enaeavogs to further
ia aAi respects the inter-
ests and wishes OF the IN
hahitants Of the Illinois
Country, Conformabiy 10
the Instructions that may
be given Ne by the naem-
beers FROM those Counties.
"Witness Wy Hand this
22A day Of OctobeY AS0S.
$. Signed,
s! JESSE u. THOMAS"
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21

English Emigration.--Several Eng
lish families, in wagons, consisting q
thirty persons, passed through this place
few days since, destined for Green,
county in this state. They landed at
New York on the first of September.
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IS sas;5.'
EDWARDsyiLLg, DEcE qeER p, IS
ill., No eastern mail this seek.
Saturday, December IA.

Our thanks are due to the editors oil
the Illinois In,elligencer for the receipt
OF their paper, in advance ofihe mail, b}
private conveyance, since The commence
ment OF the session To their attention
we arc indebted for most Of the legisla-
tive proceedings in our paper of to-day
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21
vANDALIA, DEC. 10. 1922.

GENTLEMEN. Our State Consilius
tion gives o the person exercising the
functions a ihe Executive the sppella-
ton OF GoyERNoR--a title which IS spe-
citic, inteInslble, aud republican, and
amply sufficient to denote the dignity Of
the Office. In your last paper you have
noticed me by the addition of II" His Er-
ceAency," an aristocratlcal and high
sounding adjunct, which am sorry to
say has become too common among US,
not only in newspaper annunclations,
but in The addressing OF letters, and even
in familiar discourse. L is a practice
disagreeable TO ny feelings, and neon
sistenl, as | think, with the dign,6ed
simplicity of freemen, and TO The nature
of the vocation Of these TO whom il is
applied And having made it a rule
through lie TO address no one as His
Excellency, or The Honorable, or by
any such unmeanins title, | trust I
shall be pardoned for asking II as ia
vor OF you, end my fellow-eitzens gene
rally, not to apply them to me.
am, &c. SC.
EDW tPD COLES.
| Messfs BRowN & BERRY
EditorS oftde Il'nois M.ciigence~.
We are extremely sorry our new
Governor IS so modest thai he will not
receive the civilities Of his friends and
admirers in the common way. The dis
agreeableness to bis fe> lings, of which
he speaks, on being called His Ew-
ce'lency," we sYapose arises from its
seeming so very odd, in comparison with
his former situation at Washington.
Boz time and practice will soon make it
IS familiar to him, as " Coming Madam"
vas then. He IS certainly mistaken when
he says he has made a rule 10 address
no one by "snch unmeaning titles !"
Tor whenever We have had the honor to
receive letter from him, the adiunct's
of 4" Esq" has been sure to follow our
name--a title as unmeahing" as any
other that can b. named .--Edr Shfc.1
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On the succeeding day, both branch
es of the legislature went into joint
meeting for the election Ola delegate !;
and, upon counting the ballots, to the
utmost astonishmept Of the Indiana dele
CATION, it was found that Mr.. Thomas
had majority of one vote! When the
means by which this extraordinary re.
suit was effected, were developed, Mr.
Thomas received the pointed execrations
of his former friends, and he was burnt
in effigy by them, at which the late Gov.
Bond assisted.
Having forfeited the confidence OF his
cid friends, it was his interest to make
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80 Dollars H.ewarA.

Dec ID. 1892 CT
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NOTICE.

The amount Of seven and six per cent stocks authorz-
ed TO be subscribed by the first section of the passed
the goth April, 1892, entitled An authorize the
Secretary Of the Treasury 10 exchange stock bearing
interest OF hive per cent? for certain stocks bearing an
eres OF SIX and seven per cent? having been sub
scrhed the proprctos of six per cent stocks of 1872
1873 1884, and 1875 and of per stock of 1916
VINO may WISH to avail themselves of the provisions of the
third section Of the act hereby informed that books
have been opened at the Treasury for receiving sbscrp-
tons pursuant thereto, and will continue open until the
first of October next.
The subscriptions may be made by the proprietors of
the stocks specified either person, by their Attorneys
duly authorized to make the subscriptions and transfer the
stocks to the United States the certificates of which are
be surrendered ct the Treasury the time of making the
subscriptions. August 1911, 1892. 64-l9t
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FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.

Were stolen or lost out Of package Of goods belong
ing to the subscriber, living in Cecil county, Maryland
which shipped board packet in Philadelphia, be-
longing to John Staplcr of Wilmington Del the 9th
day Of October last the following articles vizOne Can
ton Grape robe four piecas of plain and figured book
musn seven pieces calico nine yards yesing in three
pieces piece Of buff Bandana hankerchiefs; four
pieces Chntz sawls; doz pair cotton suspenders
doz pair ladies' black worsted hose do do mems
do do. half piece super white anneI and six yds
fine yellow flannel
Mr. Staper states that the night of the 9th October
last his store house broken open, the above package
opened and the goods above mentioned taken therefrom
Whoever will secure the thief and the goods, either
shall have the above reward, by applying to
GEORGE KIDD.
p s Econsider it duty TO the public to state
hat John Saper does not hold himself responsible tor ali
goods lost in this way. OK.
June II, 1922 44-5mp
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lB!IDU0A5plOGyo

inhabitants of Wilmington and its vicinity that he has re.
moved his School from Oxford to this Borough; he has
oened at No. 10l, MarkeStreet, where gentlemen can
have favorable opportunity ofbeing taught the Classics
only.
" b. lie viii teach class Of English Grammarians on
that celebrated plan of Mr. rceneaf for the term of five
weeks Saturdays eNceped) at S200per said term Hours
oftuiiion from O'Clock till half past p. NJ He is per-
sradedhat he make good Grammarians of the dgent
il said term. Tuition will commence at his school room
las above, on July LIST, 1922. June 49, 49-tf
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Valuable Property FOR SALE.

VIII be exposed to Public Sale, at the house Of John M.
Smith in the Borough of Wilmington, Saturday the 2lst
day of September Next fnot previously disposed Of large
and conmodious three story brick dwelling house, kitchen
and lot q ground situate the of Market and
high Streets, in the borough Of Wilmington, now in the
tenure Of the Rev MIR GRETS. The above property has
long been occuped& well established dry goods store
it being in very public and central part of the town. rem
ders it desirable situation for that business Aso-a lot
in Deer Creek Marsh bounded by lands of Robert Porter
Ann Slidham, and Mil Creek DAM containing about two
acres be the same orless Said lot is of thefrst quail
ity of marsh and under good fence It's quality and oonye
nient situation make it biect persons living in the
Borough An indisputabe title will be given and possess
of the house ard lot may be had the 18th day of
March next and OF the lot Of marsh soon as the cond
tons Of sale are complied with. Any person wishing to
view the property Will please to apply to the Rev Mr.
reen on the premises, 10 either Of the sbsclbers-
sale 10 commence at two o'clock r. NJ on said day when
the conditions OF sale will be be made known by
JONAS STIDfIAM and
DAVID S'IIDnAM
Attorneys in fact for William Stidham.
August IS, 1922. 65--9t
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