American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-04-02


these he gsired ~ circulating 0nhia SaUiom.'
+. Bookseller Of the name Of Dolby, was lately
before Il. court Of kings bench, for publishing
tain libes the raonalc Oh, The judges, and the
parilament:--The following are some OF the passa-
ges selected for prosecution:
"Consnsut;on ia church and stae;) religion with.
out reason representation without constituents
aristocracy withot talent; king without auhoriyi
and people without subsistence"
Kings Syiecrh a lew nsipd ungrammaticAi
sen encea, recited By Hum 10 his parliament. and
for which Hum receives million year ; Usually
announcing Just and necessary wars, the improve
ment OF the revenue, the tlourishng state OF COM
merce and agriculture, sed;tious and bl4sphemous
ipeoFe-all which IS seldom perceived by any body
but Hum and his ministers. Mem. AS the royal
speech grows every year short and insane, r
may be presumed that in time it will go entirely
out OF fashion, and parliament be- assembled and
prorogued without such an unmeaning tormalty.
The people would not regret the loss OF Hums
Speech provided the million, year remained in
| their pockets +"
| "Neetiag Of Parliament. "A sign Of most onlln-.
Gus import, porending famine, dungeons, banish-
ment, and slavery In other words, assembling one
thousand individuals from all parts of the empire
under the prete%t Of devsing measures for the ma
tional benefit, but in reality, to augment public
lmiseries, or procure Tor themselves or relatives
larger share Of the public spoil"
Parliament An empty sound, hoax, an imposs
tu'e. Formerly the word implied wisdom, integrity,
and liberty check upon aebitary power. the bull
wark Unpopular Freedom now it mean, the
tuary of error, prejudice and venaliiy; cloak for
ministerial turpude-a passive INSTRUMENT oil royal
|canrce ana official imbsoility.n
IS! Stet1he2'a Chapel Said 10 be house OF i'll
j. s in Westminster, frequented chiefly by night
bra ers, quacks, and other suspicious and disrepu-
au,e characters" i-ond5a Rafler.
II Seal found in Tree.-The English Journals
Isiate, that a abourer in he county Of Warwick, in
lcutting ain Old ash tree which he had iced, found
in the heart Of the log the cranium Of an unknown
lanima The wood that surrounded 1t was perfectly
Sound as well as the bark and nothing apparent
could lead to the conjecture how the skull could
have been introduced. The cavity occupied by the
skull was about four inches in diameter.
Counterfeit IS 8As.-The public ought to be
apprized that counterfeit bills III imitation Of certain
FIVE dollar bills Of the Mechanics Bank OF New
York, are in Giro ulatoh and they bear close a
resemblance to the genuine bills, as to have mpo-
Ised persons, who are considered competent
Judges.
On Friday morning last at No 292, Greenwich
fstreet, New York. Mrs. Scott wife of James Scott,
lStone Gutter was atey delivered OF three healthy
Ichildren, boy aad two girls and according 10 the
Iopinion Of d.. P. Donaldson, the Physician, in at.
tendance they are all likely to do well. The same
Ievening, an adjoining nei4 hbor had twlna
A duel was fought near London on B4gshot
Heath between q gentleman cooler and q Journey
man taylor Shudde;ng at the idea of powder and
ball, they both agreed to fight with the implements
Iof their trade. The contest was ohstnateiy main.
ltained on both sides. The taylor succeeded in clip.
Iping the OF the cobier with his shcars but the
cob!er finally pinned him to The ground with his
lpcgging avn --London Paher, Dec. 96
EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION OF WOUND
lED RUSSIAN soLDIER-yn the disastrous retreat of
1.-THE French army, after the conhagraon Of Mos
lcow. following melancholy history OF poor
Russian is given by Surgeon Begin, OF the rench
laImy; and is thus translated by DR. James Johnson
lin the MeoIco- Chrurgical Review for this mouth.
| 8 After leaving Moscow says NJ Begin, we
found all the villages IN ashes and dead silence
leigniag every where around US Having wandeie ed
little from the main route OF the army was rous-
ed from melancholy reverie on the misforiunes Of
our army, by the groans of human being, VIII APP
: peared by the sound to be close TO me | started
and looked about but could see nothing except scat
: tered ard hat purified corpses. The groans con-
y tnued and ] allghted from my horse to make
= m ere careful examination OF the place. After se~
II vera minutes search discovered i'll the ditch Of a
IS edoubt and LOGGED in the dsemboweied carCase OF
5 horse, wretched Russian soldier, whose right
lleg had been carried off by shot, and who
IS had existed in that hortd ASYLUM for six weeks
e nan ely, from the battle oil Moscow During this
time he had lived on the carCase OF the animal
= whose bones and skin served him 70 habitation
l. Almost every particle OF flesh was clean scraped
from the carcase of the animal, the ,ho,ax and ab-
domen OF which protected the wounded soldier from
: the peltng storm
u The stump was nearly healed by the effects of
. nature alone and the Russian. though pale, squat
! id and haggard was apparently firm in strenp III aud
by nu means i'll in health All VI Begin could ,lo