American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-06-21

has been found both preventative and cure.
Bali Pas.
The worms are represented as covering the Frui.
trees and destroying all promise OF fruit in the int
rior of New York. The cstrrpillars and grasshop
pers destroying every description Of vegetation
IL the neighborhood Of Montreal.
The Free School Society Of New York report
2589 children IN their different schools-760 under
the care Of the schools of the Female Association
and geo colored children under the superintendent
OF the Manumisslon Society.
We cannot youch for the authenticity of the fol-
lowing statement. Indeed we verify suspect it
must have been meant as satire some of the
late feats Of gormandzing which have ornsmen,ed
columns we'll as those of our brother editors
The story 'tvants caafrmation' but we give il lin
editorial phra,e) 'as received TO-, literally from an
unknown correspondent.-Ban Par.
A gentleman well known 10 the editor, but who,
from motives OF deheacy does not wish his name
mentioned, has assured US. on the word OF another
gentleman, that lew mornings past, friend OF his
ate for wager, at single meal, fourteen pounds
OF rosn soap, three pair OF wooden stockings, fried
in drippings and as much raw trlpe as would make
him pair OF leather breaches, eight dozen of lam
prey cells, fortyfour leather winged bats, thirty two
pounds Of tallov candies three pump bolts, ring.
tailed monkey, two cart wheels, live lackass, d
burs besides bread, butter, &c. in proportion.
"A he7v ohero, called The Ensertrize. or Love
and Pteasure,' by an American, has recently been
performed at the Baltimore Theatre, and received
with very great applause.
Lightning On the End inst. five valuable cows
and yoke Of oxen were instantly killed by light
ming, al Westport, Mass.
Erecntion. VIM. Porter was hung at Wilmington,
\. Z. on the 3lst ult. for Burglary.
In answer TO an inquiry from the Berks ano
Schuylkill Journal, we state that the Kew Of the
Basttle is in the United States. Ii is al Mount
Vernon, and is the property Of Judge Washington.
Dem PreSs.
A very extraordinary hail storm is recorded IL
the last Philosophical Magazine, 10 have happened
III Russia; the stones so large and hard, tina
they killed flock Of two hundred sheep and severe
" manned the shepherd that attended them.
Since the union Of Norway and Sweden, The DO
pulailon OF the former kingdom has increased one
hundred and forty thousand persons and that Of the
latter six hundred thousand persons. This aug.
inentatlon is In consequence OF the very extensive
emigration from Denmark.
SEDucTIoN-William ] Cilchrist has been sui.
jected, at the Circuit Court ia Saratoga county.
York, in three hundred dollars damages for srduc-
ing young girl named Mary McWiiam.
Jude Mars mnlato girl was sentenced in the same
court TO the state prison, al hard labor for wears
convicted Of setting fire to an uninhabited dwelling
house.
ACCIDENTAL boat lately upset at Quebec with
nine persons on board, all oil whom were drown.d
Betwlxt the 29th oil May and 4th Of June, seven
~ eight vessels arrived at Quebec from Europe.-
conveying i,262 passengers.
SHocKIEG MURDER.-A man named R.iIirr D j.
has been committed for trial at Augusta. charcoal
with numbering his mother in law, by shoo,,ng 6e,
through the neck.
a GOOD HAuL.-One hundred and eph,v two
sturgeon were alely taken at one tide al Ouebec-
the smallest OF them were 50lbs. and one a ,beu
weighed 2l3lbs' French weight.
A child about two years old was lately drowned
at Auburn New York, by walking off the Dank in
to The Canal.
ANOTHER PRosPEcr.- grain harvest in N :.
Jersey IS represented to be highly promising and
Inc irult trees uncommonly abundant.
ACCIDENTAL man was drowned at P,terson
New Jersey, on Sunday morning the 9Th inst whe
bathing in the lower basin al tile Falls.
FIRE.-Colonel Wights Hotel at Shawnee town
Illinois, was lately burnt to the ground and five hor.
sea persisted In the fames
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FOREIGN Iaox.--We are indebted 10 nm oblio;ng
commercial correspondent for the EoIo,pn,, av,.a.,