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

,nsd: in getting out the boat she was stove and
.nJrred understanding shipssevcra times, but
onll mt fetch him, when Mr.. John ). Hobart, ST.
,oI officer Of The ship, jumped into the sea, and
Son with line to the assistance of the drowning
nsn--hs succeeded in reaching him, with rope
III. fast 10 his own body, but unfortunately the
0or narted from the ship, and distressing to re 1
!. beth we're drowned Mr.. Hobart was the son
Mr.. Noah Hobart, of Salem. He was IS years
,re. and most worthy and promising young
E,an--Joseph Hammers was 18 years of age, and
[slou,ed to Beverly. NJ. z. COM .adr.
II is mentioned in the Black Rock Beacon, that
)auiel Pentield, Esq. of Monroe, and Judge Ed
ards of N. York, have purchased Squaw Island,
[rrosi,e that place, with view TO the immediate
enlistment OF Hydraulic works. The Beacon
dis" should we be correctly informed in the last
Mentioned particular, it will prove of immediate and
immense advantage to cur fellow citizens 10 Ohio &
Michigan, whose grain may then be brought in YES
Ills from their farms on Lake Erie and the Detroit,
,rec,ly TO the mills at Black Rock, and converted
D,o -four and meal, cheaper than they could carry
ten miles BY land to their mills to be Toured, be-
DIES being 8 or 400 miles nearer the NewYork
market and at the head Of the. Great Canal.'
milne AlI,os.op paper mentions that a
anal is about to be opened in Maine, and will be
ompleed in June nexts connecting the waters Of
pusbaw Lake with Penobscot River, by uniting
vhh The Kenduskeag, 6 miles above its confluence
1th the Penobscot, at Bangor, affordiDg several
Ialuable mill privileges and through which the
own Of Bangor will receive an immense quantity
lumber and other property, which heretofore, mi
consequence of the difficulty in gettlngtto market,
as been Of little value.
Ohio Grand CandL:-Thc Cincinnati (Qhio)
E.mbiican says" 1t is with unteigned regret we
Farm that the collected waters of the Czeat Miami
had Scoto rivers, which were intended to be con
Seyed 10 the summit Of the middle route, will nol}
lBord sufficient supply in dry season.
1 The Commissioners have therefore suspended,
Hm the present, any further surveys and estimates
<pn this route"
The Mddletown (Con.) Sentinel mentions he
#eeath Of Hon. Zephaniah Swift, formerly Chie
Elus,ce Of Connecticut. He died in Ohio while on
"a visit 10 his children.
The New-Jeizsy General Election tuok place on
#ruesday last. Tf.e contest was chiefly between
ose who are in favour of continuing Seren per cent
hs the LEGAL rate Of aerest in that state, and those
Who are Tor lowerngAit to Si.r per cent. AS far as
he returns have conisin il is believed tina. the Si1
Yer Cent. Party has Egained the victory. Here is
new distinction OF parties.
.vec Jersey Election. From the Trenton True
american we learn that there will be 8 Democrats
hnd Federals,s in the Council, and 90 Democrats
bad Is Federalists in the Assembly. Democratic
najorty in joint meeting IS,
From the Charleston Patrtot Of October Z.
Joe KILLED.
Ertract ola letter from PiaeriHe, dated 9th INST
"Our neighborhood has been relieved oy the
success Of an expedition consisting OF party oil gen
&smen from the neiehborhood Of Staesborough and
columbia, Of the notorious bandit and Chief OF rum
Eways (JoE. homurdercd Capt. FoRD' last sum
n.r. He vas killed with three Of his party on the
b inst upon the river near the Sanee Canal. His
fncampment was immediately across the river
He has been lately audacously presumlng In his
lists 10 the ieighboring plantations. a party from
Hhls place had been out,several nights, who secured
hhe whole extent Of the Swamp In their progress,
put was unsuccessful" -
A White Frost occurred at Cheraw, S. c. on the
inst the first that has appeared so early,t is said
~ years.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
James Wright, of New York, to be Consular
Commercial Agent Of the United States at ot-Jago
be Cuba.
FRANCIS w. ARMSTRONG, OF Alabama TO De
#AlagshaI for the District OF Alabama.
The Hamburg, s. c. Gazette of the LIST inst.
says that the new crop Of cotton was pouring IN from
pl quarters, which was selling readily at from II TO
l6ceDts.
Singular circumstance.-At the last distribution
the academical prizes by the University Of
France, which took place at the Sarboone PARIS, the
first prize for French composition was adJudeed 10
Charles Ncate IAN English student from Oxford'
The Dlke and Duchess Of Orleans were present,
End one Of the Dukes sons was candidate. 1t
must have been sef ,mortiyng to witness the prize
carried offby foreigner.
ANDREw JAcxsoN has been elected Senator o.
the,Unued States Fl ON the State OF Tennessee g
succeed JoHN WILLiAs;s, whose term oil service
Expired on the Sd day of March last.