American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-10-01

lpare and deliver an address to General LAFYETTI
on his arrival at the Commonwealth has tendere
Ito the Committee the use of apartments in the &C
lvernment House, for the accommodation of tn
General, d ring his visit there; and the Commit
lee have invited the venerable Elk Presidents JET
tcrsOn and Madison to meet the General at Rich
mond. They have also been invited to honor tn
celebration at Yorktown with their presence.
] The public sale of Wooden goods which tool
Iplace on Thursday last at the warehouse of tn
manufacturer, Mr. JAMES SYKES, attracted a nu
merous company of dealers and citizens. The un
Iqualihed admiration Of every person present wa
excied by The novel and extensive display, and tht
superior style in which the goods finished ano
put up. We are grali6ed to add that at no previous
occasion the dealers more spirited in bidding
and that every yard of the whole stock, amountlnf
to upwards oil tco hundred and forty pieces of cloth
and cassmeres, was disposed OF 10 very short pc
rod, at prices which, although they did not in som,
instances reaze the expectations of the manufactu
rcr, WILL il is believed. produce satisfactory esul
in the general average.
Some of the purchases were made with view t,
deportation, the rest for home consumption-- and ,
was very easy TO perceive that this single sale diC
much to establish the character of, aud remove tht
Preludices entertained against, American wooler
goods. Bait. Nm
The last Lynchburg Herald states the death o
Nc. John Camson of Patrick county supposed tt
| be the oldest man in that section of Virginia. II
has oulved every relative, and has at last died ate
living 30 years"
According to reports made 10 the British Para
ment the number OF merchant vessels belonging Il
That count is 24542 amounting to 2,606 go tons
AID employing l65, 474 sailors The military force
N the empire, in time OF peace. amount to 5Z0OO(
r of
Transports, and $4,000 sailors. The revenue ir
lime OF peace. is 90 millions sterling and the
lexpenses II millions The exports are about s.
millions and the imports A millions.
Gralm Church. I he Corner Stone of new
Church has been laid Monlresl, under salutes OF
arery This Church will be the most splendid
Office for public Worship in the world Tie
,tylc is Gothic The length OF the Chu,c CHI 25j
tet; breadth 1874. Ii is to have SIX towers 2GL
| &c, in height; twelve entrances; seven affairs; !
-hl}.e oil bslis--a grand terrace and promenade
Enc eastern window is be 50 eet BY 68--the SIDE
windows 10 ny So. The Church viii oniain 10,
lOU0 persons, who il is said dispense III minutes
LOttGR.-We continue to receive the most dis.
couragng accounts respecting the havoc made bs
thl RI, III he Cotton OF this state. Fears are Ell
ettalned that from loutih 10 half Of the CROP
VIII be destroyed. Raleigh ". G. Star.
Gen. La Fayettp visited the asylum for the Dea
and Dumb at Hartford where in The principal teach
er he recognised lie CIerc, the pupil OF the Able
Sicard The pupils, to he number OF fifty or sixty
were drawn UP in two ranks and the General passed
between them. They all al once, made The most
impressive sign OF Gratitude, and pressing THEN
hands their hearts exhibited Legend with these
words, "What The Nation SPEAKS-we FEEL .
Western Fashions neighboring county, at
late parade, the Prothonotary beat the drum--the
Post NJ ster played the hle-the head Tavern keep
pei formed on The Ciaronet, and the only Silve'
Smith in the place the bass drum. ans is as it
should be. fraternity Equality, and rirat Re
publican. allegheny Democrat.
The following is remarkable instance demon
straling the great advances which have, within re-
cent period, been made not only in the rapidly OF
communication between distant places. but also in
d he prompness of commercial enterprise and me-
chanlCa execution
Redwood, a novel in two volumes, was sent b,
the publishers, from the city of New York to Lon
don, by way OF Liverpool in the packet which sailed
from New York on the 18th June last 1t was pub
shed by the London book sellers, not 10 cOmpl
ance with any previous order or arrangement, but
on their own account, in three volumes in style OF
unusual elegance. A copy transmitted 20 Ii
verpool, thence shipped for New York, in the Pa
ciic, which sailed on the st of August arrived on
the 10 Sept and the books were received early on
the morning OF the 18th, being considerably less
than three months from the time oil the publication
in New York. This fact only illustrates The
great facility of communication between this and
Great Britain, but also shows the increasing eStima-
ton in which American literature is held in that
country, and is complete answer to the scorntul
sneer of the Edinburgh Reviews. "who reads an
American book - .Ne0 Fork american.
Mr.. Clusley Jones OF New Kent, Virginia arriy-
ed in New York few days since, in company with
two of his sons, with cargo OF wheat and having
received the avas, amounting TO about one thousand