American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-03-26


Prime Minister Of England and he as modesy
assigns the situation of door keeper to Mr. Vansit
tart
There are now confined in the Maryland penen.
tiary SOC prisoners OF these 249 are males, OF
whom 81 are employed in weaving. warping spool /
ing. &C.. "A in cordwaning, So in hating, 90 in
stone saving, 8 as runners, and the rest in various
other kinds of labor There are 81 females, who
are employed in spinning sewing, knitting binding
hats and shoes, washing, making soap, and house
work
INSANE Observation-Disclosures are on foot in
Connecticut for raising fund to build an Insane
Hospital. The subscriptions already amount tol
about $4,000.
CANTON GOODS BEWARE!
People have been astonshed at the low price for
which some OF the goods sold lately at auction, in
New York But understand this is now fully ac-
lcounted Tor, as those goods found to be of ne-
ror quality, short measure and partly made OF ma
teria!s other than silk. On claim for allowance
none granted this being precIuded bv the con-
iditions Of the sale, as printed in the catalogue
Boston Sale Report
PRIcEs CURRENT AT Aux CAVES, March L.
Butter 10 s cts ; beei mess, SIT a | |. prime, 81
Ia 9, cargo, { al -four, s 8 so, very dull w
?. boards and plank, S % per M p. P. do, 80;
mackarel, No |, 50a6; pork, mess, Is, prime,
10, cargo, IA rice 5, NJ deiLand; shoes, perfect
drug; shingles northern, per M so; cypress,
5 so 6; slaves AID shoots, no demand.
EXports,--C Office S23 So on board; 10 !;
cotton Is logwood. % so turtle shell 8.
Spanish dollars 10 per cent toubloons TO Z pr.
cent. very scarce and IN great demand.
The BaIti ore papers state on respectable author
ty, that William VIM, esq, the attorney general
OF the United States is about to that city
Tor the purpose Of practising law in the courts Of
Baltimore and the court OF appeals OF Maryland
E.rtraef qf a tentr from c genfh man in Ri Amond.
Va. 10 N" d"o+s.
81 lately saw public ctice Of yours ouncine
to the Resoluit naty re- ,iupers that no app opra-
ton had yet be- made tn the pay neil of the sums
respe tivt'y due them, and WISH II had received
/ the cilcuatnn It merrited II would have shielded
\ many poor wiett b non the shais Of disappolni
mcu' Fiap, why IS II that Con ress do not pass
the appropriation law at early part of the session.
or at least provide funds for the payment OF the pen
sorers as their stipend b, comes Que? Did The
members Of ongres, know the inconvenience to
which thty expose these unhappy oenehca les OF
their country, by this neglect, they would as men
OF feeling and Gumanny have great cause to be
dissatisfied with their conduct 1t is an Attic
tug scene TO see these hoary veterans, arriving
IRON dllereul directions, end from great distances,
and ON loot too TO receive their hall yearly allow
apce, nrd, haVlH' exhau tel all Their Inn ted means
yet been made by ConEiess. Many Of these p
pie are Obliged to make thousand hits aud SAT ri
hoes TO gel home again Some cannot even do
thls but obliged TO remain here at TO them very
great expen {, and finally TO return very little the
better tor the pension These facts which are
known to many, call for preventive from those
whose d4'y ii IS TO pro, Ide it, The whole system
as far as the payment OF the pensioners is concern.
ed wants rtorm Ga Id not some means be de-
vIsed o. PAWN. theSt people nearer their respective
homes Is II lndlspeuSanly nece ssary that worn.
out de- repid men, whose greatest nhrmIies are
the result o the best services man can render his
country shall have 1t imposed on them to perform
JCurnies twice ycar tal would be formidable {, en-
to the mo, youthful and hale | cannot help
thinking that SOM attention bestowed on these and
Other d-tail> ,,rtelte" vita the subject, would az
ford as patriotic occasion for ARCH in great
house, in your neighporhooi. as many of the ques-
Tons that have lately been agitated there
Nat Intel.
The editor Of the Evening Star, London anti.
ministerial paper, introduces compliment to The
American Navy, III his comments ON the Report of
the Secretary al the Treasury Of the United States
on the Public Finances. In giving the navy est
mate, he observes, that "this change includes not
merely the vessels bnding, formidable Tor their
size and iorce' but the oq,Adrons which keep the
, sea in all parts OF the I'D, and which maintain
with 50 much vigor and efficiency The commercial
rights of American citizens and the honor Of the
natio al flag" ID
Frederichtovn March Is.
SPONTANEOUS coMBus1IoN.--A most singular
instance oil Spontaneous combustion occurred a few
days since on the turnpike road from Baltimore to
Gettysburg. wagon loaded with dry goods and
groceries, going to the westward took fire. and be.
fore it could be distinguished, consumed the wa ron
bed, one Of the wheels several bags contain ny cof
t fee, aud quantity OF dry goods. The combustion
: is supposed to have originated In the domestic cot
ton goods, OF which there was considerable anount