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American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-12-31
Baltimore, December eS.
DEFEAT OF .WOR.4LES.

Capt. Mason OF the schr. Cherub, who arrived
al this port yesterday from Curacao states that the
day previous to sailing schooner arrived in two
Gays from Coro, by which letters were received Fl ON
Governor lorrels at that place, giving information
OF Two battles having been fought on the 22d and
24th OF Nov at and near Saiina RIGA, betwee Gen
erals Montllla and Morales, in both of which the
Colombian forces proved victorious. The Royal
troops III consequence were obliged to evacuate
Maracaybo on the Goth, and that Place was taken
possession OF the same day by General MontiIla
L he Spansrds 1t is stated suffered severely in the
last action, having lost the entire battalion of Varnas
and many officers On the 9th Morales with the
remnant OF The army, in all about GOO men, landed
at Alta Gracla, and reached Mitari on the 29th-
General TORCHES was making every preparation to
receive the beaten forces Of the Spaniads, and no
doubt would be able to keep them in check until
assistance could be procured from Barquislmeo
II he Spanish frIgae Lgera, brig Hercules and schr
Constitution, that sailed from Curacao on the Oath
Nov anchored at Las Jacques on the 25th, and
were still lying thele the 27th Commodores
Daniels and Beiuch were cruizing in the Gulph OF
Maracaybo with view of intercepting the Spanish
fleet. The following vessels compose the Colon
Il<..
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COMMUNICATED.

Mr.. misunderstanding, as do, the amenity and
sauvlly OF manners which distinguish the depo tmeu
OF the Editor OF the Delaware Gazette in his social
intercourse, have been more than once surprised
at The vilulent temper exhibited in his editorial ca
pacy.-FoI instance, in his paper of Tuesday, Dec.
"a, he speaks very unceremonously of Gov. Has
let's Pot Companions "-Now stranger could
draw but one inference from this; and yet he would
infer what is the very reverse of the Imagine
a man in the very maturity of manhood, Just lar
Iennush advanced 10 have acquired sufficient expe-
Renee tor public or private purposes; man stored
With classical education, residing in one oil the most
retired and unsocial districts in the State of Dele
ware, at least FIVE miles from any place of public
resort; the respectable resident and proprietor of
neat though not splendid mansion, the doors OF
which are eve' accessible TO the decent stranger,
who ieeis himself at home he moment he has pas
sed the Threshold; who finds all his wants antici
'sted and who, it his department and mind are al
equae to elicit the gradual developeuent of una
dorned talent and good sense, finds the hours have
passed almost lmperceptibly :-imagne such a
man, and you have correct idea OF Gov Haslett.
low can MIR. Harker, without blush, associate
such man with Pot Compartment
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-12-31
For SALE.

4 FARM in APpoqunimink hundred, Newcastle county,
N known by the name fCamden Farm, containing about
$50 of land, with good proportion Of marh and
marsh meadow already embanked and more may be made
lat reasonable expense. 1t is within of Can't
wells Bridge, where there always ready market for all
kinds grain. rendered the eligible from its
situation on the sate Road and the naega able Of
Appoqnnimnk, which facilitates the conveyance Of its
produce to the Philadelphia and other markets.
The improvements commodious dwelling house,
with well of good the door, and large barn,
&C. The situation is of the highest and heahest i'm
the neighborhood
ANY person wishing view this property will please to
apply to Daniel Cor6et or Thomas BeNille, Cantwe's
Bridge.
Terms of sale, which will be accommodating, may be
made known on application to JAMES COCHRAN, Will
ming,on or in Jenkintow Montgomery county, Pennsyl.
vania, to JOHN MANN, or
JOEL X. MANN,
Administrators of the Estate Of Jinrs NJ MASs, decd.
December 81, 1872. 1oS-tf
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controversy should ever have arisen, have only to
find consolation in the reflection, that, from the seed
time OF 1914 to the harvest OF 1899, the contest
was never OF my seeking, and that, since ! have
been drawn into it, whatever have said, written, or
done in it, has been in the face of day, and under
the responsibility Of my name
Had Mr. Clay thought it advisable now 10 specify
any Of fact Of imputed opinion hich he thinks
contained in the appendix to my pamphlet. in
any other part OF my share in the publication, il
would have given me great pleasure 10 rectIiy, by
candid acknowledgement, any sue error, Of which,
by the light that he would have shed on the subject,
should have been convinced. At whatever period
here after he shall deem, the accepted time has come
TO publish his promised narrative, shall if yet Ii
wing, be ready with equal cbeerfulness, TO acknow-
edge indicated error, and to yindIcate contested
truth.
But as, by the adjournment of that publication to-
a period "more proptious than the present to calm
''and dspassionate consideration, aud rhen there
scan be no misrepresentation If m0tires, il may
chance to be postponed until both of US shall have
been summoned to account for all our errors beiore
la higher tribunal than that of our country, eel my
self now called upon say, that let the appropriate
dispositions, when and how they will expose the
lopen day and secret night OF the transactions at
Client, tie statements, both of fact and opinion in
the papers which have written and published in
relation TO this controversy, will, IN every partIcu
ar essential or important 10 the interest OF the
ton, or to the character of Mr.. Clay, be found to-
abide mistaken the OF human scrutiny, of lsiensy
and OF time. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Washington 18th Dec. 1922.
Moses Levy, ESQ. has been appointed by the
Governor cf Pennsylvania to be the President Judge
Of the District Court of Philadelphia In place Of
Jared Ingersoll, Esq deceased.
In the House of Representatives, MIR Dwight
presented memorial signed by William Thornton,
Walter Jone,, and l56 other citizens Of George
town and Washington, praying Congress to app
propriate two three millions in provisions, and
whatever may be necessary to the Greeks, as an
easy and honorable mode Of acknowledging The aid,
bounty, and obligation received from France in like
circumstances"
A motion to refer the memorial to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations was Withdrawn, and the
memorial ordered to lie on the able The speak
ers expressed great sympathy for the Greeks but
doubted the expediency OF interfering in any man
ner in the contest II Union.
1t was rumored in England hat Mr.. Peel s Mr..
Canning have already differed several subjects OF
political importance.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-12-31
Notice is hereby given.

FEsIIAT application will be made to the General AS
scmbly Of the State of Delaware, at the next session
thereof by the Directors cftie Vlmington Bridge Comba
n.y. for authority to extngush two of the lamps here ofe
required by law, and for preventing persons from rid
driving carriages out Of walk the Bridge and al
to obge those to pay the customary toll, who leave
their horses and carriages the South side Of the Bridge
in order TO aviod the payment thereof
BY order Of the BOlrd, EDWARD GILPIN, Sec'y.
Wilmington, 10 NJ. so, 1922. 102-4t
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JOHN SEBO.
CABLN,ET .aJND COUCH .E9NER

U.1D1JV Fl ,IJFD CUUJH UH1NEN,
MO 154, corner of Market and Broad Streets Whining
~ ton, respectfully Informs his friends and the public
that he carries the above businesses in all their various
branches As he is determined to employ only the first
workmen, and make of the best materials, he has
doubt of giving satisfaction to those who may him
with their custom.
lie intends keeping stock ofready made FURNITURE
on hand so that persons wishing articles in his line, may
be supplied on the shortest notice.
~ y. j. s. proposes keeping for SALE supply
of LIVE FEATHERS. Dec. 81, 1929. 102-4t
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PUBLIC SALE.

VavHE Vendue Of the Store Goods and household Frni-
u re advertised to have been the store of sub
scriber IN Ne port, Del Friday the 9th inst has BEEN
postponed until Saturday. 18th January next when the
following articles will be sold :Clohs Casnelts, Nusns,
Calicoes Vest patterns, &c-Ironmongery, China and
Crockery ware, Spirits, Rum, Gin, Peach Brandy, Sc
Empty hogsheads a9l ba rcls 3LSO many valuable ar
ticles of Household and Kitchen Furniture. Sale to COM
mence at 10 O'Clock, NJ ELIZA l.. RORESON.
Newport Dec. 80, 1922 102-4t
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FAR.NS TO LET.

GEyERAL Farms let and possession given on March
y 25h, 1928. They are all in Newcastle hundred, and
convenient to the markets of Wilmington and Newcastle
Also large two story brick dwelling house. in The village
of Newport with every suitable building; and ei-
g1be stand for country store For terms apply to
ELIZA l. robson, Newport, or
JOHN L. NORRIS, Lewden's Island.
Dec. 81, 1899. le2-tf
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NOTICE.

A Meeting of the Nonsch Marsh Company will be held
IA at the house of William Herdman Newport Del. ON
Friday, 10th January next, at O'Clock p. NJ when two
managers and treasurer viii be elected for said company
for the ensuing year. BY order of
JOHN BARR, & DAVID sEyILL, Managers.
Dec 80, 1922 102-4t
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Total


Dutch convoy arrived at Curacao on the goth
Nov. from La Guayra, brought intelligence Of the
U. S. ship Cyane, Capt. Spence, having arrived
there in three days from Curracoa.-M very
dull at La Guyra, and no produce-hides selling at
Ssh each-no cocoa or coffee to be had
Curacao was well supplied with all kinds oil
American produce--aour nomnally worth 81 II per
Dbl. currency-EXchange on the u. S. rs per cent.
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APPRENTICES
To learn either the Printing or Bookbindng business
Wanted a, this Office.
ACCOMPANYING the Annual Report Of the Trea


sury published in this days paper, are numerous
Explanatory statements and Notes. which friend
at Washington has sent
They are too long for insertion in the Watch
man. Our readers may examine them al this Office.
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The Legislature of South Carolina have given to
Purcell the free man Of colour, who gave iniorma-
lion Of the late intended nsurrecton IN that state,
100 dollars year for life, and exempting himself
and family from taxation,
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-12-31
Nmerltan n0attbtnan.
MIAMINGTON, 81 DECENRER. 1922
Treasury Department,
December 20, 1899.

Frown Indignantly upon dawning attempt ALLEVIATE
ono portion u the Union from another" WASHINGTON.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-05-28

gram, Bonaparte gave the order that the sol
diers were not to quit the ranks during the
action, even to remove the wounded into places
Of safety; but Bernadotte did not insert this
prohibition in his orders. During the battle his
division suffered much, and many wounded lay
on the plain. Bernsdotte consequently ordered
some horses to be detached from the artillery,
IN order to bring up the carriages in which the
wounded were to be removed; and when it was
observed to him that this step might expose the
artillery to be taken, What does that signify ~
said he, it is but brass; the blood of the SOL
der is more precious The Emperor's order.
however, had been executed throughout the ar
nv with the greatest strictncss; insomuch that
Marshal of France, seeing some grenadiers
carrying their Colonel, whose thigh had been
shot off by cannon-ball, made them lay him
down, and said to the dying Colonel, with an
air of reprimand, Sir soldier should know how
to die on the spot where he is struck" Col.
Lebrun was near this Marshal, and shuddered.
/" Our trade is not carried on with rose-water,"
said the ferocious warrior: =" il is not the day
of battle that we are to think of philanthropy"
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particulars the Hottentot-Farmer" may have
been too modest for him-his bold and Ingenious
erPsanatioa, in avoidance of impending chastise-
ment, on particular occasion, touching his har-
rangue, upon the call for the purloned g Elliot
potes," prove him to possess u'roavering Cour
age" And his elegant poetic efusion, entitled
" Kennebunk Caucus" his famous Orations at
Peter Carries and, above all, his splendid dis
play Of chaste eloquence, his Development of
noUeI doctrines, in the occult parts of legal sci
ence, and his profound application Of irresistible
logic, exhibited in his celebrated argument of
certain " College cause" all combine to prove,
that none but enuioas slanderers would pronounce
this modest C Farmer" Ounce in talents %
again, we feicitate the good people of Maine,
net only for the sel-respeet they have evinced to
their fellow citizens'o of the other United States
and TO the world, by their preference of this dis
tingushed "Fdrner"t to represent their sovereign
~, and the exalted rank they have thus fortunate
ly acquired, by their honorable Representative.
And in the galaxy Of glorious distinctions, which
may be proudly anticipated for the people of this
rising State, and solely in consequence of their
lucky employment of this most respectable oftheir
fellow citizens, we deem it not the least brilliant,
that President Crawford, celebrated for his pro
ject of crossing The breed, will prefer our Far
mer" to be minister resident, at the Cape of
Good Hope, that he may demonstrate, to the
incredulous world, the sound philosophy of bis
cross neutrality-suspicious., by the unequivocal test
of fur experiment.
RETORT COURTEOUS.
Mushroom Capitol May 18Th, 1922.
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V kIE'FY.



From .4,t in Ireland to her Nepheic In america
Dear Nephew,
have not written you since my last before now be-
cause as we moved from former place of living did
not know where letter would find you but now with
pleasure take my pen inform you of the melancholy
news OF the death OF your only living uncle Fitzpatrick
He poor man, was in violent commissions the whole
time OF his sickness. laying perfectly quiet and
speeches., all the time calling for water | had no
opportunity Of informing you Of mis- death sooner ex
cept had wrote you by last post which went off two
days before he died. and then you would have rad most
age 70 pay am at loss 10 tell what his death was
occasioned by, bun fear twas by bis last sickness. and
believe his sickness occasioned by eating TOO
much rabbits stuffed with peas,-I cannot tell which
but De that as II may as he beathed his last
the doctor gave over all hopes Of his recovery.
need not tell you any thing about his age for yeu
well Know that IN December he would have been
twenty hss years old lacking ten months,-and had ne
lived I'LL then he would then have been Just six months
dead his property devolvcs 10 the next Of kin
who all ded some time ago that expect il viii be
divided between us and you knox his property was
Something very considerable. for he had fine estate
which sold to pay his debts and the remainder he
lost az horse but it the opinion Of every
body the time, that he would have won The race If
The horse be ran against had been too fast for him
never saw man, the doctors al saw So that Oh
served dlse.ions and rog medicine lot.eT than he I'D
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-05-28
INDIAN CHARACTER.

A striking display Of Indian character oc-
Cured some years since 10 town in Maine.
An Indian of the Kennebeck tribe, remark able
for bis good conduct, received grant of land
from the state, and fixed himself n a new
township, where number of families settled.
Though not i'll treated, yet The common pre-
JUDGE against Indians. prevented any sympa-
thy with him. This was shewn at the dsa III
Of his only child, when none of the people
came near him. Shortly afterwards he went
70 some Of the inhabitants and said to them,
Wien oohie mars cki'd die-Indiaa man be
sorry-he help bury him-1ghen my child die
-no.oae speak 20 mel make has grace atone
II cdn no ii0e here-He gave up the farm,
dug up The body ofhis child and carried j, with
him two hundred miles through the forest, to
jim the Canada indians. What energy and
depth of feeling does this specimen OF Indian
character exhibit! N. Y. Advertiser.
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PQ[as.PE'RYa

Fsom Happiness; Tale for the Craze and he Gay
SWEET HOPE whose beauteous ray
Iumes the mourner's way
And shines amidst tine gloom of saddest night;
Thy cheering beams impar,
To this desponding heart,
Which darkness shrouds, and boding fears alright.
The richest boon of heaven
In mercy thou vert given
To gid the future with thy glorious dreams
The magic of thy smiles,
OF present beguiles,
And gives bewitching life 10 airy schemes
In days Of early youth.
Condding in thy truth,
Enchantment threw her spells around my feet;
Til grave experience came
With reason awful name
And banished from my heart the fond deceit
They told me. Hope is vain,
The sure presage of pain.
W hch yields not homage TO their wise behost;
They child my follies past.
And babe me seek at last,
Their sober guidance to the port Of rest. #
Thus chastened, obey,
Yet Hope must guide my way
Not The Elusive form which Fancy drew;
But her Experience loves,
And Reason best approves
Whose charms are real, and her promise true.
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DEFERRED ARTICLES.


The following appointments have been re-
Gently made BY the President of the United
States, with the advice and consent Of the SEN
ate.
John Branch. to be Judge in West Florida.
Joseph l.. Smith, to be Judge in East Florida.
George Walton, to be Secretary to the ter
ritory of Florida.
Alexander Hamilton, to be Attorney for East
Florida.
Tipson B. Harrison, to be Attorney for West
Florida.
Joshua Barton, to be Attorney of the United
States for the District of Missouri
Henry Dodge, to be Marshal for the same
John HolIingsworth, to be Consul of the Uni
ted States at ST. Eustatia.
Henry Dearborn, of Massachusetts, to be
Envoy Extr ordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the kingdom ofPortugal.
Thomas L. Brent, to be Secretary of Lega-
ton at the Court of Lisbon.
John A. Appleton, to be Secretary of Lera-
ton at the Court Of Madrid.
James L. Preston, Samuel r. Overton, and
Nathaniel A Ware, to be Commissioners for
deciding upon land claims, In the Territory OF
Florida.
J. G. Bronaugh, Henry M. Breckenridge,
Richard Call, Edger Macon, Edmund Law, VIM.
NJ. Gibson, Joseph III. Hernandez, John Miller,
WIN. Reynolds, Thomas Lytle, Bernardo Signi
James Is. Hanham, and Joseph Nj. White to be
Members of the Legislative Council in the Ter
ritory ofFlorida.
Benjamin Robertson. of North Carolina, TO be
Marshal for West Florida.
Cad Humphreys, to be agent for the Indian
tribes within the territory Of Florida.
Lewis Mark, of New York, to be Consul at
Ostend, in the Netherlands.
Joseph Edgar, 70 be Commissioner of the pub
lie Buildings at Washington.
CAPTAIN Porter one of the Navy Commission
ers, has received severe wound in the hand
from the accidental explosion of quantity of
Illuminating powder, which had been prepared
in patent machine for printing cannon. The
inventor was exhibiting his invention to the
Navy Board, and was in the act of showing with
what perfect safety the operation was perform
ed, when the whole quantity exploded, TO the
imnent danger of every person present.
The frigate Potomac (says the National Intel
ligencer of May 10) was yesterday hauled up to
her destined site, on the new plan invented by
Commodore Rodgers. The success of the ex-
pertinent has been complete.
1t is generally believed that Com. Rodgers
invented machine, by which large men Of
war may be drawn from the water and again
placed on the stocks, for the purpose of repair
Professor Silliman, in his Journal of Travels in
England, Holland and Scotland, says such an
operation was performed in LiverpooI-and lie
was there about the year 1906, believe. Per-
baPs Com. Rodgers never heard of this circum-
stance.
The U. s. frigate Macedonian, Capt. Biddle,
arrived at Havana on the s8th ult from Boston,
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-05-28
AGRICULTURAL.

FOR TIE GAZETTE.
Mn. EDIroR-For the sake Of bono pubiico"
| wish 10 communicate TO agrCuturaists, thro'
your paper, the important and novel fact that
slips Of any shrubs viii come to maturity and
take root much sooner, if when We cut il, we
insert an oat, or any other grain into the pune
turc made in that end we intend 10 put into the
earth. Slips Of goosberry and currant bushes,
10 say nothing of rose bushes, geranums. sc.
may be propagated in this way much easier, and
their lives are not so precarious, as when put
into the earth in tie usual rranncr The cat
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-05-28
A TURKISH MASTER.

lis in 1898, bought diamond Of a ieweller
in that city. While the bargain was oonclud-
ing. one Of bis people stole ring. A htle
cb'ld saw it, and told his father after the Turk
was gone. The jeweler Immediately wrote
10 the Ambassador, who sent him word tia:
be should wait twenty four hours All The ex
piration Of this time The jeweler received
box directed TO him, which be opened, and
found 10 It Inc head Of the thief, with The ring
between his teeth .-Lond nap
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DhiHy HAdJ
a sure method TO desfr0u Cro,rs.

BATH, May 3.
A sure method to destroy Cro,os.
A correspondent informs us, that to soak a
few grains of corn till they become soft, then
with needle run long horse hair through each
grain, and strew them about your field, will in
short time RI You of the Crows aselodious
notes, together with their depredations. They
swallow the grains; but one hair being long,
one end remains in the throat and mouth, which
causes such atitilaton that they actually scratch
out their olon eyes, in the exerton to extricate it.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-05-28

Absurd Origin of Vars Without consid
ering the complication Of misery which has at
tended wars, we are tempted occasionally no
smile al The extreme obsurdity Of their origin.
Philip the First Of France. speaking 10 enc of
his ccurtiers OF William the First Of England
said, . When will the fat mon.ie, gel out Of
bed y This was reported to William, who
was so incessed al the speech, that be order
ed his ambassador to tell lie King Of France
that when the fat monster should be up, he
would 90 and be churched al Gene~eye's in
Paris, with ten thousand lances instead of wax
tapers. lie kept his word" says the French
historian, +" entered French Nexin, where he
committed thouj and rasages, and would
have done greater evils, had rot Death Carl
ed him OF in this expedition. Behold war
that was occasioned by mere joke One
of the most bloody wars in Switzerland is SAID
TO have arisen from an equivocaI expression
which was Inexperienced by Duke Of
Burgundy.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-05-28

sprouts soon, and the grain ITSELF not being able
TO rise from the earth, communicates the sap
which It receives from the sprout, or root, to the
slip.-This discovery was made by Mrs. NJ,
Of this town, short time since.
AN AGRICULTURALST