American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1822, 1822-02-15

las. Freight we believe is always as low from here
TO the alls Of Ohio, as from any other point one
hundred miles lower down.-Hestern merchants
will tooh 10 This.
The Legislature OF the state Of Louisiana was &c
convene at n. Orleans on the 9TH inst.
| A reward of One Hundred Dollars is offered by
the Governor Of Georgia for the apprehension o.
James Allen, of Jones County, for the murder oil
Bailey Harris.
A neighboring lawyer, Boosting that he was as
true as scalebeam, countryman coolly observed
that il was probable, for said he) lawyer always
preponderates in favour Of the man that has the
heaviest purse"
THE JEWS.
There are, it is said, six million FIVE hundred
and ninety eight thousand Jews in the world 5000
of whom live in the United States one million in
Poland half million in Germany, and fifty thou
sand in England the remainder are scattered over
the whole civilized world In the days OF Solomon
the number Of Jews did not exceed seven million,
SO that they have not much decreased in number
during the long lapse OF twenty-four centuries
Ingenious Anogram The following Anagram on
the well known photographer, William Oldys may
claim place among the irst productions Of this
class. 1t was written by Oldys himself and was
found by his executors in one Of his manuscripts
w o.
In the word and WILL l AM friend to you,
And one friend OLD is worth an hundred new.
Two Horses were lost on Sunday last in the act
of crossing the Delaware, by the ice giving way.
Fortunately there were no passengers in the sleigh
PauiSon.
The officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, on
the Boston station, on Thursday last, gave dinner
to Com. William cambridge, prior to his leaving
he nv todo CO.. ornie For
ter, and all the army officers on the station.
Extract Of a letter from Batavia, Aug. 12:-"The
great and astonishing mortality, which has, until
these few days, attended the inhabitants Of this island
natives as veil as foreigners, and which ragged more
Violently at the eastern parts than al Batavia, is
calculated to have carried off 100000 persons and
in such numbers daily that they sTere obliged to-
tumble the bodies, by cart loads, into large holes,
and cover them indiscriminaely but it has now
entirely subsidized "-London hater.
Two men, apprehended in Manchester last week
for passing forged notes, have been discharged on
account of the refusal Of the Bank OF England to
prosecute than. The Bank directors state vrtu.
ally, and indeed almost in positive terms, that they
do not wish any person to receive their small notes
in payment; therefore, if the public will maintain
them in circulation, they must themselves take the
expense Of prosecuting forgers. We hope that the
knowledge of this determination on the part of the
Bank, will speedily cause small notes to be entirely
Withdrawn, and the place supplied by sterling me-
tallc currency London haher
Baltimore, February 9.
On Wednesday last as the stage from Washing.
ton to Annapolis was crossing ferry, high wind
frightened the horses-they all four went overheard
and we're drowned. The passengers were not in
jured.
Extract VI letter from Cant Romage,o The United
States' schooner Portoise. "Of Tie North Coast
Of Cuba" January 25th 1929.
Il have just time to tell YOU | shall be at Charles
ton in two or three weeks. have taken and de-
stToyed six piratcs vessel burnt two of their esa.
blishmens, killed some OF their people, and have
now some prisoners on board ! also re-captured
from them an American vessel, which had been in
their possession three days have one of the
schooners taken acting as TENDER and find her of
great service
The Minister Of SPAN arrived in this City or
Friday last. The Representatives of all the Euro
pean Powers to the United States, are now present
with the exception of Denmark whose Repre-
sentative resides at Philadephia.) There are now
represented here
FRANCE SPAIN
RUSSIA SWEDEN
GREAT BRITAIu
Besides several Consuls- General and Consuls from
these and other powers.
One hundred and sixteen ladies in Washington,
Pennsylvania have publicly resolved to clothe them.
selves and families exclusively in articles ofdomes-
NC manufacture, and 20 employ no person to spin,
sew, knit, or weave, who will not follow their exam
pie, and appropriate part Of their earnings to the
education of their children and other relatives.
Punishment BY IPhthhing. On Saturday last boy
was publicly whipped at New London, for stealing a
dirk. Our federation friends as they call them
Iseves, in Connecticut, ought not to tolerate punish
ment Of this kind.-.N York Spectator