American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-06-11

clothes. His remains were inferred on Sunday in
spring Garden church burying ground.
DEM Press.
LOUISVILLE paper states, that materials of good
color and quality for making queens are found
in abundance in that neighborhood, and that work.
men only are wanting In order TO carry the manu-
featuring on to great amount. The same paper
also mentions that materials for china ware have
been found on the bank of the Ohio.
As good Clay as that of which the Paris and China ware
are made abounds in the immediate egborleod this city,
We know this to be correct because have the
Philadelphia Cay in its burnt and unburnt state, and
pared with specimens Of the French and China clay and
have doubt that is fine in the grain, easily
worked and of as good colour. Dem Press.
AT the opening of the Circuit Court yesterday
Judge Story gave his opinion in the case of the
United States the Schr. Elizabeth & Jane in
favor of the United States. The princiPl involved
in this decision is, that specie dollars included
in the expression goods, and merchandizes'
as contained in the revenue law, and cannot there
fore be landed without permit and the other usual
custom house formates-Bossan Patriot.
Ere--On the Goth of May the Office of Mr..
Fuller of Sullivan, District Alto ney of Madison
County, N. Y was burnt to the ground together
with his library, clothes, money, &c. and the public
records and indictments. Circumstances render II
probable that the FIRE was the work ola ncendiary
| Fire al Sandy Hu.-The Academy at Sandy Hill
was destroyed by fire on Saturday the 18th Of May.
1t is supposed to have originated from the snuff Of
a candle or some other combustible which had been
| lett the preceding evening, at chemical lecture,
| held by DR.. Pitcher, in the academy. The Doctors
apparatus was all lost 1t is said the ed6ce was
worth about $1,000.
| Suicide-The wife of Thomas Bassbinder of o.
wego village, IN W is stated TO nave committed
/ suicide, by hanging, on the 18th Of MAY She was
the mother of large family of children, member
OF the church, and cause was known for the step
she had taken.
1 Hail Storm The village Of Oxford, Chenango
leo. IN. ~ was visited by storm of hail.
ATTENDED with rain, on the 18th of May. Although
the duration of the storm did not exceed two min
Iutes, 1000 panes of glass stated to have been
destroyed by the hail stones some of which mea-
Il sured three inches in circumference.
Il Rgeons.--Tn the village, for several weeks
past, innumerable Aocks OF Pigeons had filled the
air in all directions. In the woods, about miles
VI west they had occupied space for nesting naary
el width. sAl things above, beneath alound,' seemed
: alive with these light winged tenants every tree
: was covered with their nests; frequently twenty
e five or thirty upon one. So thick were they that
: twenty thirty had in many instances been killed
at single shot. 1t is supposed that in one day more
THAN five thousand had been killed.
Al We yesterday saw an East India parrot (says the
u Nantucket Equire) of the species called Cockatoo,
which was given in Batavia, in the year 1896, to
= gentleman oil this town, in whose possession it
Ais. 1t is probably over thirty years old but exhi-
bits appearance Of age that tuit of feathers
on his head which originally oil bright yellow,
has faded to a whitish brown Its values it,
i, nsomuch as it is probably his only surviving shit
}, mate.
el DARING ouTRAGE.-On Sunday last as two
ID young ladies were passing through piece OF woods
on their return home from visit to friends they
y were met by negro whose rude behavior eyinced
A. the most brutal intentions. AS if determined ON
accomplishing his purpose, he severely beat them,
is tied them TO tree and compelled them to endure
10 his loathsome caresses. After much struggling one
of the ladies freed herself and flew homewards. She
y was Immediately overtalen. struck to the ground
;. with club, and dragged again to her companion.
ION recovering from the blow she succeeded in un--
tieing the other, who also made an attempt to es--
cape but was in like manner brought back Find
ing himself unable to succeed in his designs, the
villain at length desisted and made off horse
: being stolen the same night, few miles from
&c where the outrage committed, it is supposed
he may have been guilty of this act also. All en-
n beavers to apprehend him have proved truitless =
!. Winchester Republican.
e The arrivals at this port, from Foreign ports in
the month of May. were one hundred and fifty four,
lyi1 CHI fix hriue crhooperS and cinanS.