American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-07-02

Of5fTeSSIhg LdfdnHU.-- ne mouse dDu nOoscHOl
goods Of Elias Parshall, in the neighborhood o
Union, Penn we're recently destroyed by the ex
posion Of % lbs Of gunpowder, which was set oil
FIRE by child not quite years old, whose mansle'
parts were found in different directions The re
mainder Of the family being on the porch, escaped
unhurt, except two children, slightly wounded.
The Canada papers assert that Quebec will Ger
tainly be made Free Port, for the admission Q
vessels OF all nations.
Edward Livingston, Of New Orleans, and Henri.
Clay, are candidates for Congress.
A villain, travelling through Chenango county
came across several young cattle feeding in tn
highway, and drove them past the door OF their ow
ner short distance and sold them, put the none
in his pocket and made off --Duf Observer.
| About Q o'clock on the morning Of the 9Th ult
after the Steam Boat Swiitsure had left Quebec TO
Montreal, she was discovered to be on fire, whic
proceeded from under the main deck. over the boi
lers. and communicated with the starbourd side
There were on board at the time $50 settlers, ant
66 cabin passengers, besides the hands belonging
the boat Prompt assistance was rendered by tn
captans aud crews Of number Of ships in the harbo
| OF Quebec and an engine, which was taken alonl
side in boat, was worked with such success as Il
lextinguish the FIRE before much damage was done
Notwithstanding the crowd, only one child wa
drowned
Ridnohhing.-WILLIAMH UMBERE, free mai
of color. working at Catoctin Furnace, Frederick
county, Md. advertises that child OF his, boy q
years OF age, was stolen, when at play near hi
home. on the Goth Of May, as is supposed by on,
John Welford, who is described as feet | 0 inche
high, stout and well made, pock-marked, part o
his nose bitten of, about 40 years of age, grea
tighter, much inclined to stealing, and formerly il
he Baltimore Penitentiay. The father offers 81
dollars reward for his child, and fifty dollars for hi
child and the kidnapper
Negro Sfeaing.--Two men by the names of NIL
iams and Jones, have been recently unprecedented al
Savannah, upon charge Of negro stealing They
were examined before magistrate on the 9th inst
and their guilt iuliy established.-They were :e-
manded to prison, to be taken to the Stale OF South
Carolina for trial, where the offence was committed
The punishment is death.
SMITH and BOLTON of indianapolis, adver.
Use len Dollars Reward for "a superfne scoundrel
who calls himself Mathew Patrick, printer and
whom they describe 'as about feet or inches
nigh, an acknl sledged liar, a proven villain, a
red faced, blue.eyed long -nosed stoop
galows looking, pretendingly-learned
stultlhed, woman-hated, blue coated, black vested
gray pantaooned. dandy-dressed, decelver--one oil
those pestiferous insects that often make their flight
INTO the western country, destroying they go the
heritage OF honesty, and poisoning the foliage oil
The innocent and unsuspecting, and then take their
light
The U. S. Sloop Of War Hornet, Capt. Robert
Henley was at ST. Thomas. LIST of June
Weather at Charleston The greatest degree of
leat experienced at Cha lesion this season, up to
he 10th inst. was 95 de 5rees, at which the Their
nometer stood at o'clock in the afternoon of 9th
nst. in cool exposure. 1t was at 80 on the morn.
ng OF 10th inst. at o'clock
Elijus Fromentin, Esq has resumed the prac-
ice OF the Law at New orleans.
SIEGULAR.->A few weeks since, a vounp man.
While poughing In heid belonging to Noah Wad.
lams esq In Plymouth, Lucerne county, struck
lpon stone; and from the fact that the same field
lad been titled near forty years, and like occur.
ence never experienced before, he had the curiosi
to dig up the stone. While attempting to do this
was found to be part Of the enclosure Of grave.
Which, was opened and found to contain the skeleton
It what is supposed TO have been an Indian. The
zones are large, and those of the cheek and under
aw' remarkably prominent. A string of beads was
ound the neck, and stone Jug placed by the side
II the neck, partly filled with oil which was SUNNI.
ID to be bears oil. The Jug is perfectly sound and
right, and the oil clear The Oldest inhabitants ne.
er heard OF Indians OF Whites being buried in tina,
eIghborhood; and it is their opinion that This bu-
ial must have been made seventy five or hundred
ears ago. The grave was walled round with thin
iver stone.--Susqnehanna Democraf.
MIR Nicol OF Orange county, New York, (says
ne Statesman) has a farm Of about 700 acres, stock
ID with live hundred full blooded Merinos. We are
old this number is small. compared with some 9th.
;rs in the state. Mr. Davis OF Duchess has three
housand' Judge Smith of the same county, four
thousand, anc general Wadsworth Of Ontario, al
greater number than either. Mr. Nico by way of
experiment, begins with few.
William Shaler. E.qr. Consul at Algiers, is a
passenger in the brig Active, which sailed from N
ORR Oh the Esd June, for Gibraltar and Malaga.
Return Of the prisoners now confined in the Mary.
land Penitentiary, and their employment.