American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-06-04

between the Presbyterian and Associate Reformed
Churches.
The village of Brooklyn opposite New York, contains
according TO the late census, Z, 10y inhabitants.
storm Of rain and hail. accompanied by violent wind
has done considerable damage in the neighborood OF
Hudson, N Y. Many barns were prostrated-many
rooted and otherwise injured.
is said that the keel of vessel ofwar to mount
14O guns will be soon put down at the Navy Yard
at Philadelphia.
The Louisville Morning Posi- says that materials
of good color and quality for making Queensware
can be procured in the greatest abundance in the vi
cinity of that place.
There arrived the port Of Philadelphia, from the
22d March to the 14th May, 1921 sixty six vessels,
and in the period in 1922, ninety two vessels,
being an increase of nearly one third.
Judge JOHNSON of the circuit court of the United
States has decided that the importer of goods is not
liable to be sued by the United States for the duties
upon them where those duties have been secured by
the bonds of third persons. 1t appears that he diff
fers in opinion from Judge STORY, who has deter
mined the contrary.
The Frigate now on the Stocks at our Navy Yard
will not be launched for some time. When launch
ed we are informed she is to be named The Su8que-
hanna. Arrangements are making at our Navy Yard
to lay the keel OF a 0ery large ship of War.
Dem. Press.
Percival, the Poet, many of whose productions
have been published in the Watchman and other
papers, under the signature of P has fixed his res
idence near New Haven, Com where he is engaged
in writing an Epic Poem.
The increase Of books in the Royal Library Of
Paris, from 1871 to 1922, was three hundred thou
sand in port folios filled with drawings, the accu-
mutation has been from two thousand seven humid
red in 1885, to five thousand seven hundred at the
present time the average annual acquisition Of
umes is six thousand in French and about half that
number in foreign literature
The valuable Library of George III. late king of
the British, comprising nearly 10000 vols in gcog-
raphy history. divinity and classical literature, is
about to be sold to the Emperor of Russia
| Quick Work.-Forty six barrels, from the rough
materials, stated to have been lately made, in
workman like manner, in one day, by four men, at
Boston. One finished IA, one IL. one II, and the
other 9by half past o'clock in the evening. Three
barrels is usually considered days work.
| Two females are stated to have fought pitched
battle in St. Georges Fields, London They had
their hair cut for the occasion, and fought 90 despe
rate rounds.
Il A gentleman Of Edinburgh being pressed to sub
scribe to the national monument to be erected in that
city to commemorate the events of the late war,
Iplied" I'll do nae sic thing the National Debt, i
my opinion, is monument enough"
u Something curious The Belle Air (Md.) paper
states that Seat weighing 1868 pounds, and feet
lin length, caught in Gunpowder Falls, Hartford
county, the head of tide water, on the 18th inst
II Beautyiu tears-Burton remarks, rather ilnatu-
redy, that, AS much pity is to be taken of wo-
man weeping, as Of goose going barefoot" Query
u what kind of wife had he?
Al In recent duel between two barristers, one oil
Them shot away the skirf of the others coat. His
second observing the truth of his am declared that
had his friend been engaged with client, he would
very probably have hit his hOcket.
u MIR George Tucker, member of the House OF
d Representatives, has published at Washington, a
u volume entitled Essays various subjects Of taste,
morals, and national policy"