American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-12-03
FROM MONTEytpFo

BY the arrival of the ship VIRGINIA c..,
in 81 days from Montevideo, wo are ;nrprr nsese
The Portuguese forces at that place had .s mat
from the King and joined the Patriots uns s.Snea
Prince Regent--taking the most of the oro,r .no
ton with them. The troops under the primo. w"
about or 1000 strong, and we're encsmnsd ,,;,..
80 miles OF the cty.-Ihere were but few ,roon, :,
MonteVidso. and an attack from the Primo. wa, NV
lpected.--.N 4. Com. .4dv. was SIX
The Longitade.-A very ineeaiou, ;,,,,,, +.
has been invented by Mr. Harley, of the cb,io a;
at Trinity, for ascertsnng the longitude !, h'
been submitted, we understand to six psy,I "aS
who concur in opinion that it will completed,
s intended purpose on land, or at sea In calm v.,,t
ler ou1 they are decided In opinion Of the imDrac-
lcao,'y Q, using u al sea In stormy weather, ovino
to the violent motion TO which it will be ,uh,o'.as
this objection, however, If it cannot he ob,;s,',
must apply to all other Instruments of similar w.
scrlption. Mr.. Harley has taken hi. n,,rpns,, W.
London, tobe there Inspected. The reward ofT,r.S
Tor the discovery OF complete instrument far a.
pertaining the longitude is, We believe, 20.0OoI
Edin. advertiser.
| In the year 1875 Bill was introduced into Il.
British Houss OF Commons, for the better watcb;no
OF the Metropolis, IN order to effect which obi,n
one Of the clauses went to propose, thar watchm.n
should De competed to sleep by day. Lord Nup.n,
with admirable humor, got UP, and desired ths, h.
might be personally included in the provisions 30
the Bill, being frequently so tormented with The
govt as to be unable TO sleep BY day or by night.
HydroPhobia Died 90 the 17th OF Novemb,r
SARAH CAPEHART, daughter of John CaD.
hart, OF Byberry township, Penn. aged about I,
Vearq. aftsr an 'ilneaa re IA lat
symptoms of Hydrophobia. About six weeks be-
fore, dog, supposed to be mad, had bitten a doc
belonging to the family, sheep and q cat: these
were all shortly after affected with canine mad
ness, and the dog, We understand, after biting III,
little girl slightly Oh the ankle, ran off.
the mail, near Greensburgh in this state, when n,
driver fired and wounded the person who oauoh,
hold OF the head of one of the horses. He himself
was, IN return, hred at by of the assalant. bu
fortunately escaped injury from having been thrown
back on his seat when the horses started al the re-,
lport OF his own pistol Considerable blood was ds
covered on the turnpike and traced to some ds,aps.
in the woods Phil Union.
A fire broke ont at Wilmington, N. C. on tn,
9Th ut. by which twelve houses on Vinegar Hill
NSS'SyNN3 ieo'ihk ohiJ uFc houses standing
I'm that part Of the town. 1t is believed to have
been The work Of an incendiary.
Another fire broke out the next morning. hva,
distinguished after it had destroyed the stable in
which it originated.
On the eighteenth ultimo, vile incendary cat
hre to number OF stacks Of hay and fodder, on
Rosslin's plantation, near Petersburgh.
Since the first Of January, sirty-seuen OF the off.
GERS Of The United States Navy have died.
Libel snit-Mr. Hall, printer of the Castigator
at Boston, has been sentenced TO months mpr
sonment for publishing libel on Mr.. Binney, tn:
navy agent.
A Machine for the dressing of Cloth has recent.
y been erected in Leeds, which does as much in
forty i've minutea as two men could do in two days.
The Pittsburgh Statesman mentions four cases
OF death which have occurred 10 that city withnbe
last TWO years, from eating the blossoms and seeds
OF the jamestown weed. All the sufferers were
children.
The Uniyersalist Chapel at Providence, was
dedicated on Wednesday last. The whole cost Of
the building was 10000 dollars part of the pews
sold Tor 10 900 dollars.
the expense OF Transporting the produce OF Nor
rfs Essex, Sussex and Bergen, and par, OF Hunter
don and Somerset counties, New Jersey, is said to
be increased annually l62, 462, for want Of canal
intsrsecting that part of the country. If we sup-
pose this sum to be equally divided between the
producers and consumers, it will readily be seen,
how much both parties arc interested in effecting
water communication between the Delaware and
the Passaic.
Morris county alone produces annually abou, 1000
tons OF bar iron, besides castings, the cost Of which
oy reason OF carriage, is increased about $4,000
Sussex produces nearly one third as much as Morr
RS Increase of cost. proportional
The apple cropof Morris, averages 500. 600 BUSH