American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-11-07


large quantity of chocolate and other property were
DESTROYED BY fire on Tuesday week. Loss esli-
mated at $4,000 The FIRE caused by the friction
of spi1dle in new machine for grinding Dark.
| We are informed, says the Salem, Washington
County Gazette ofthe 22d inst. that the snow is now
eighteen inches deep on the Green Mountains
SPAIN.
| Trocadero, Spanish fortress taken possession oil
by the French. was captured after three days hard
| fghting and after the sacrifice oil three thousand
men on the part Of the besiegers. A gentleman,
recently arrived from the theatre OF war, represents
this fortress as so poorly furnished with the means
of defence, that he expresses his surprise, that
the Spaniards should maintain theIcontest so long,
| And after all il is situated between five and six
miles from Cadiz too remote to be used Tor place
of bombardment, or for any other mode OF annoy
ance excepting for more rigorous enforcement
of the blockade, and cutting of provisions and mill
tary supplies Bonapare pushed his. works one
mile and half nearer to the city, and threw his
bombs from Matagordo and yet Cadlz suffered no
material damage from his bombardmeni But why
do we indulge in speculations when facts are pre-
sented TO our hands. Intelligence has reached US
en- days later than the fall Of Trocadero, and yet
| the Constiluohasts were 10 possession OF Cadiz,
nor does it appear that the French have made any
further advances. 10 what then are we TO impuie
such tradiness, and procrasnalion! The besiegers
in possession ofhe sea, and of the and and they
have recently been joined by The kingdom of Portu
gal. The Spanish King is prisoner in Cadlz,
whose liberation was the very object of the cam
paign, and he is surrounded by whom the French
declare are ready 10 surrender him up without oppo
lsilion--men who await the first moment TO revolt,
and to Join their invaders Then the question may
be asked with singular emphasis, why do not these
heroes, in the presence OF so many suspicious cir
lcumsances, go forward Are they resolved to hus
band their glory Are they apprehensive this cam
naign will terminate too suddenly: There is tale,
luntold-here is secret yer behind the curtain,
naming to be developed. One thing is perfectly
plain the French do not believe one word of their
owE accounts their words and actions, are directly
and irreconcileabIy at variance. Even though they
contemplate the approach of The rainy season,so ia
tai to foreign constitutions, yet they have not had
the courage 10 make an assault upon Cadiz. We
infer, therefore, from these circumstances the very
reverse Of dependency. We entertain hopes, and
strong hopes, for the OF the suffering Spaniards
from the perusal of therench accounts themselves.
We place very little, or rather no confidence at all
IN accounts said TO have been received from indi-
vduals in Cadiz, that the fall of that city is inevta
bic. Such accounts may never have been received,
or ifthey have been, What do they amount to They
have formed their standard of action, whose inte
rests may be TO dishaertcn and to deceive. When
Fort McIienry was bombarded, letter was rcceiv-
ed in Philadelphia representing our prospects sol
hopeless, that the 10 whom il was adressed, didI
not hesitate publicly to declare it his opinion,
that Baltimore was at the time of his speaking, no
thing more than pile of bricks. AT the very time i
while these expressions were warm upon his lips,
Gen. Ross was hurried prematurely to his grave,
and our in adr had aha al he
cline to the opinion decidedly that the downfall of
Cadiz, will be that of Ferdinand Chron.
A. Charleston. IS. CO. paper says,-'We have
commenced doing the good thing for our distressed
brethren in Maine, before we began to talk about
it. A bas oil blankets, is passing down to the yes
sci, with several hundred bushels of corn already
on board, 10 the INDECENT sufferers, says, Be vel
clothed, and be ye fed in the act, instead OF the
world
Our Yankee squirrel-hunts (says the Troy Sen |
tlneh) appear insignificant in comparison with the |
East India pa.time. At hunting match |
near Fyzabad, city of Hindostan, in March last,
which lasted Is days, besides deer, hogs and par.
trdges without number, there were killed. land bag
ged) butfaioes, 10 bears, and IL tigers. The
Unadllla hunt is tame sport to this
The Newark Eagle states that a female, of Eliza
oethown, In perfect health, was employed the other
day to make shroud for The corpse of deceased
neighbor; she expired directly after 1t was finished.
and was clothed with the shroud of her own make. 4
At the last superior court Tor Henderson county, I
Virginia, came on the case of MARY PATro.
against ELKRIDGE HALL for SANDER. The wit
nesses were examined and the Jury, after a shou
returned verdict OF fire thousand
dollars damages.
The Apothecaries' Company Of London have re-
Gently experienced the yicssiudes of trade, hayinr
been deprived OF the supply of medicines 10 his Mai
esty Navy, likewise efihe East India Company
he supply to his Majesty's Navy amounted to l2,
OO0l per annnm and to The East India nmnann G,ll