American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-10-24

Aatnfo4S EOy1As.--ffhe halic!pp s,,sg. .
accompanied the productions Of the ,sghor rs 81 1ael
doubt VIII encourage him TO continue bis ahn, we sE
fishing " The Pilot" work which IS lnoto1 'eFp
considerable impatience by the admirers of ,i h.
llterattIe-MF Cooper has shown us What L. y 'nN
OF achieving the tales which he has nnlgl % Gapa
added considerably 20 our literary ciaascterf' ,a
tlpn Of Europe, and by continuing 10 write ,"s e'n
disposition 10 become novelist il ,herrGs,' ics
solely with the public, 70 decide whether O. n ,en
ny Snssi boast OF having produced SERIES OF llcs @
ohy IN point OK minute delineation Of claracIo' s
unrivailed productions of the mysterious VIZ "
North -Can an enlightened community hesiia,e S W
mont 10 decide 2-Surey not we tl>ercfnrs t NJ
every one, who feels that the talents of Mr. ral
added something TO our national character Mil ~
ululns acknowledgement OF respect, by Qrongiug Il.
bors, and enable him to continue in his la,,l,lsS "s
taking. "4'0e u''
We have other novcllsts deserving Of PATRONAGE.
these may be mentioned the authors Of seysr,. V
and the Wilderness" The latter of which csr;!'a
no reason to complain of the reception he has r,.,
rom a uscernng pnhlic-Ihe whole edition Of liz
work was disposed of within short period oI.. H.;
location, which encouraged him to Compose A soc
The Spectre OF the Forest" work spoken # IN r
tiattering terms, even than its predecessor lerG
800 copies OF this work were sold, within ,wo nv nv
days after was issued from the pees-Success atn
'''''" ""N '"' '"'o''' .lVwc
" The Pitot."-- Many inquiries have been M,
Of US lately, whether ii be not time for The n.
work, promised by the author ofthe Spy last .p,in
to make Its appearance, and why il has so Ionphy
delayed We regret TO be obliged to state in lru
that the work has been procrastnated by Dao
circumstances altogether beyond the cootrOIoa
author. In the early par, OF the summer The e.
volume OF the Pilot and near hundred PAGES Of,
second, was completed; when the work was I'M,
ruped by sickness in the family Of Mr.. Coon.
which, in ore Instance, terminated fatally. N
Cooper was soon afterwards taken in himself a
confined to his ronm by fever, for several week
About ten days ago, he was so much yecoyere.
to venture our, and begin to think of using h,m
when sudden relapse once more confined bin /
his bed. We are happy to state, however, that
Is again IN lair way OF recoyery.-CoM alg.
Mr.. CRAwroRD.--We have received from an anthem
source, accounts Of the state of Mir. Crawf,rs l.a
more particular probably than his family has receive
1t is more than three weeks since he was taken il 60
ernor Bar5om's hospitsbe mansion, Of an inRaansu
rheumatic fever, complicated with sligiI bilious mpo
Alter few days, he w:s thought to be rsco,eGlg as
symptoms were modera,nG. They afterwards bvc.
worse, however, ard his illness assumed dangerous /
pcarance about the OH inst BY The eSeltinnS Vi the
cal faculty. however, the danger was ayerci and On
WAS every reason to hope and believe he would be m
" Out Of danger. He has, however suffered HGc-
had dangerous tack, and it will be suue tine,
the most favorable progress, before he can remec IL
his present situation, except III broken marches, az
great care and precautiOl.
Mr., JeFe7son has determined, understand, % irdl
his feelings of humanity in visiting Mr. Crawford, HGEi
standing the nvidisus publications in the newspaper
Sr, and Mrs lLlis0n have shewn great kindness TO VI
Crawford, and every comfort thai his sAiFerngs alm.ie
Of have hcen afforded him in the amabe family # ",
Barbour. Nat. ht9. |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. |
Mr.. CRAwFoRD.-Lellers were yesteTdayIertI
we'd from the friends oil Mr. Secretary CAAvyoR1
al Barboursvile. He continued seriously ndipI
sed, but was able al times 10 sill up. Mr. lEfSLR
SON arrived al Mr.. BAEBoUR's, on visit 10 NJ
CRAWFORD, on Tuesday last .hGt, l9is
--'.-.
Arrived at Boston, from Fort au Prince, ihetr |
Bud. Abbot; was boarded on the outward paS'g1
on the 9Th of August, by boat from The EngH
cutter Rainbow, % days from Charleston, Tor lug
Island. Captain Ahbo, gives the following PaFi''
lars The Captain came inthe boat ard r'p'la1
that they were furnishing for want OF wafer, tfs'
had Col. Dow Of the British army, lady ard aH
ly, and several other passengers on board. lie III
it was really distressing to hear the complains |
the young children, aud to witness the an$ety a1
distress of the mother, and The others rsa's
their situation. Two or three days before h' ss
me, he thought that he had goud supply og"s
when TO his establishment and sufpr'sr' he 'oI1
that the rats had eaten through the ea'ss' anu u'
they were almost entirely empty. SuPPNeaVN1
with as much water aud other necessaIIss d wv
spare. A black boy who came in The uoa' ~
came upon deck, flew to the water cask' eSC'|
ing, 80 nassa . God How hungry me- ""1
water"
In our paper some time since, we noticed .n1'
man calling himself John johnson, Tor Cal iIST
derbolt,) who had established himself 10 FO'''D
as hair dresser, had run away with ho'MsJ
gig-that he had been pursuedo Canada uIU 'a,
back, and confined in Portland. We have 'e''S
received intelligence from Montreal, slaeuS %,l
the manner in which Johnson was taken nUu' W.
place, caused considerable excitement, ana us ~
sons who assisted in experimenting Johnson Nv. i'
been indicted by the Grand Jury. A petition, ~
ed by the Grand Jury, Magistrates, an1 '"-",
theirs, has been presented to the Earl oil pa" pr,,
praying his Excelency to demand iron .n T.tosoO
dent of The United States the restoration OF jun"