The Wilmingtonian., 1823-10-16

decree. In
Interesting GAeanings.
Mr.. T r. S. Boyce, who resides at Ellicott'sI {
Mills, trotted his mare Hornet on the 25tf inst
fourteen miles in .3l minutes. She is FIVE years
old, and carried MIR. Boyce, who weighs l42 lbs.
Erie Canal.-The elegant packet boat
Chief Engineer arrived at Waterford from
Utica, being the first boat that has passed
through the Eastern section OF that village
from the Erie Canal.
A daily Mail is now carried between Utica and
Rochester in the packet boats of the Erie Canal
Navigation Company, which greatly facilitates
1.-THE communication with the western parts OF thel
state. When the Canal is not navigable, the con-
tractors are to carry the mail by land on the
same route.
Victlms of the Inquisition-This infa-
nous tribunal is said to have caused, be-
tween the years l48l and 1850, 54658|
persons to be burnt alive; and betweenI
Ii 5sl and 1908, to have sentenced 2SS, Al
to the galleys or to be imprisoned.
There are persons in this city, says New York
paper, who make it their business to plug and|
them again in circulation. II is difficult now to
obtain shilling two shilling piece that has not
q hole in it, or otherwise mutilated. We recon
mend the subject TO the prompt notice Of the
police.
| Major General Jacob Brown has return
led to the city of Washington from his visit
!, Ito the North, with improved health.
III A MpsIcAL sEwspApER.-Thc Franklin Herald
published at Greenfield, Mass. contains the notes
lof the favourite air of "Scots wha' ha' wi Wal
. lace bled," properly drawn out with quavers
|crotchets and semibreves In these dull and An
Igry times, says the n Y. Statesman, little mu
n Isic is quite cheering; and many OF our newspa
Ipers would he better employed in singing ia, so
= la, than in writing about the Presidency.
: AFRICAN CoLoNY.-A free coloured man wht
left Petersburg, Va. some time since, has latel,
u returned, and brings the most Astterng accounts
e of the state of the colony. He is possessed o
l. considerable property, and the representation
l. he gives, and the anxiety he manifests to return
:. to Africa, with his family. will have powerful
influence on his coloured brethren to accompall,
him.
John j. Jones, Esq. who came passenger in tin
l-|brig Catharine Rogers, arrived at n York, from
Gibraltar, is bearer Of dispatches to our govern
ment, from Mr.. Nelson, our minister in SPAN.
An uncommon instance of spontaneous combus
n ton occurred in this town on Friday last. Smok
ri was seen to proceed from a building occupie,
by MIR. Joel Bowker, in which quantity OF sal
'e and mineral coal was deposited, and on openln
,dthe door, the interior of the coal heap was foun
:, Ito be on fire, aud it had communicated to pai
|of the building. BY this timely discovery, tn
or| fire was extingnshed without much damage.
TSaem Gazette.
FEEs.-Notwithstrnding that fees ar
purely honorary, yet it is almost proven
bial that lawyer never does any thin
'r- we'll for which he is not feed.-Lord Mans
m field told a story of himself, that feelin
he this influence, he once, when about to al
cd tend to some professional business OF hi
~ - own, took several guineas out of his purse
q and put them in his waistcoat pocket, a
a fee for his labour.
"' The Rev. Mr.. Hopkins, late Curate 8
en- Byford, Eng. was lately about to marry
nd widow woman at Hereford, and just I
he the moment when the bride was extendin
|a- her hand to receive the ring, the reveren
re gentleman fell dead at the feet of his il
tended. The late husband of the intens
ed bride also dropped down dead.
90 1t is mentioned in Boston paper, as
" y proof of the active commerce which Gel
!. nc tres in that bay, that on Sunday mornin
mel two weeks, there were counted two hui
re, dred and nine sail Of vessels in sight
one time, without including sail boats.
~. Michigan Eiection.-At the late ele
ria tion in the territory Of Michigan, for choo
ing delegate to represent it in Congress
,rv Mr.. Gabriel Richand, Roman CathOi
- priest, was elected. This is probably tt
only instance of the kind which has ey'
~ occurred in the United States.
The state Of N. Hampshire, with p
pulation Of something less than $4,000
ct' souls, according to the last census, pays q
an annual tax Of ninety thousand dollars II
the support Of common free schools.