American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1822, 1822-02-01

,oeslngng master was ostentatlously displaying his
knowledge of the world and recountng the various
surprising curiosies which lie had seen; among
other extraordinary tales he observed tia, near his
place of residence in Chester county, turnips
raised which measured sir eef in circumference -
An Irish shoemaker who had listened attentivelyto
all his stories, observed that he once in little
town in the West of Ireland, where he saw thirty
sic c9tt1er smiths working at one keffte Ho? says
the singing man, how could so many work at one
kettle, without incommoding each other! Och says
the irishman, they were so far apart they did not
hear each other hsmmerng!t Pray them says the
singing man, what was the kettle intended for p
4 do not know says the Irishmsn, unless II was to
boil your big turnths !!--Lancaster Free Press.
Catherine de 11cdicis--One day overheard some
of the soldiers abusing her extremely; the Card-
nal de Lorraine said he would order them irnme+
dately to be hung 9 BY no means exclaimed the
princes; 81 wish posterity TO know that womsDs
IA queen and an Italian has once in her life got the
ibetter of anger"
Infemterance-Itis calculated that the number OF
deaths in the United States, produced directly by
,intemperance, auount to about 10000 annually (;
but the number whom it destroys indirectly, is
much greater.
LEGAL WIT.
-AZacbeth-- What s't you do?
WitcheS--A deed without name.
(which is not worth farthing" exclaimed o
lawyer in the pit.
| n modern .Amazon.---We have been informed on
good authority that robbery of novel character
was committed not long since, in the county OF
Emanuel. A certain physician, whose name do
not recolect, and who is nrm and old had been at
tending on the daughter o! Mr.. and Mrs Gregory
After the recovery of the patient, her father paid
the doctor for his professional services, the of
forty FIVE dollars; which, with other collections he
had made about the same time, amounted TO seyea-
lty or eighty dollars.
While on his way home and passing by a swamp
this infrm and aged son Of Esculapius was accos;
ed by foe clad in no ordinary terror.
i Ii was no less than Mrs. Gregory, the mother ct
This late patient, as the doctor has since declared
under the soennity of anoatt before civil tribu
mall habited in the attire of warrior, her face well
BACKED, mrsket upon her shoulder, and two CT
three pieces of pipe stem thrust out of her mouth.
She advanced with the intrepitty OF son Of Arc,
seized his bride rein with one hand and wifi tke
other laid hold Of the pocket which contained the
] money, and never relaxed her grasp till she tore
away the pocket and secured its contents. Mrs G.
lis now in Emanuel Jail waiting the return of the
superior court, for trial. Georgia haheT
THE FLOWERS.
i (Transated from the French)
With each expanding Flower we find
/ Some pleasing sentiment combined
i Love in the MyrtIe's bloom is seen;
Il Remembrance to the Violet clings,;
4 Peace brghtens in the Olives green
Hone from the half closed Iris springs,
And Victory on the Laurel CLOVIS
And Woman bushes on the Rose
Munifcent fatronage-The revenue Of the Ligsa
rary Fund of Virginia for the year 1922, is estima
ted at S62,987 So
Columbia College-The officers OF this institution
; were formally inaugurated at Washington on the
9th inst. Report speaks in high terms Of the me-
rits of President Staughton's address on the ecca.
IF sion.
I'll rise of the waters of the Ohio about the last
c Of December, together with an immense quantity
of drift ice, had carried down the river many load.
ed flat boats, RATS, &C. which had passed the falls
lat Louisville, deserted of their crews, and in a
;. wrecked condition The loss of property from this
i unexpected rise will be great, much produce was
OH the river, destined for the New Orleans market.
E We have mentioned the fact Of the Small pox
q having taken root in Tarbough, in North Carolina
i. from an error in the Vaccine Agent, DR.. James
Smith, of Baltimore. Subsequent information, by
private letters, says that continues to spread and
that several have died of the disease. The Balti-
more American, received yesterday, contains a
long letter from DIR. Smith on the subject. which
is really of an alarming import. 1t has served to
AT dssipate at Cnce the confidence which we have
ever entertained in the efficacy and certainty OF
Vaccination The Smallpox, it seems, RACES In
Baltimore, sixteen persons having died In that city
&c of the disease in the second week of this month
: And what is worse, the disease appears under
notifications differing from the old Small pox, to
which the name of the variotoid disease has been
given. No subject can be of greater Importance
Ito us ALL in our domestic relations.-.Nas Intel
The Philadelphia papers have from time to time
IN given US information of a schsm which has taken
IpIace in the respectable Catholic Congregation of
ST. Mary's, and has produced much heart-burning
2. and even violence among them We do not exactly
understand the merits of the controversy, hut we