American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-07-13

81 expect the pleasure 10 write you again before
long, and the still greater pleasure to take you by
the hand as 1t is possible Tor me cross the
Atlantic"
La Fayette-The Corporation of Washington
City have passed resolution to receive the veneer
able patriot La Fayeue, with all due respect and
attention.
RoBBERY-rhe Baltimore Patriot says intelligence is
received that robbers had introduced themselves in the
night between Sunday and Monday, the 5h and 9th June,
the of the Cashier of the Bank of Baton Rouge
whilst that gentleman absent, and stole therefrom
box containing $4,000 in bank notes
Professor NJ Cletla nd, of Dickinson College, Car.
Isle, has declined accepting the station oil President
Iof that Institution.
Gaseous baths adopted by the French and Ger
man Physicians i'll all OF disease Of the skim and in
lal chronic affections Baths of similar have
been established in London. is said that chlorine mer-
curry, sulphur and opium, can be administered with more
safety and expedition through the pores Of the skim ta
through the medium of the stomach
Diridends.-The following dividends have been
declared in N. York for the last six months
The National Insurance Company, per cent
New York 5-Paci6c 5-Dutchess 4-Ocean 6.
! The Edwardsville Spectator mentions the fact Of
three families. with slaves, having passed through
that place, from Missouri, on their way tn Ken.
lucky or Tennessee. This circumstance is said
not to be novel, but to have frequently occurred
within year or two past. The reason assigned
is, that the climate of Missouri is too cold for the
profitable employment of slaves.
| .Nev kind Of acheat. A new kind of wheat has
lately been brought from Araba, called the eshbon
wheat The ears are twice large as those Of the
common kinds OF wheat, more taperDg and beard
ed. The plumber of grains in is ga, ami
the length of the stalk, five feet one inch
i WhHe Flint Whedt.-A new species OF wheat
-. -.
County IN. ~ with success for some years past.
Its excellent properties are, is secure against tie
] Hessian Fly, the straw being solid or inches
above the ground, where the fly lodges in other
wheat, it grows rank, ripens requires bur 8
pecks of seed, and yields from 25 to 40 bushels an
acre, Weighing from 60 to "a lbs. busLsl.
The N. Y. Evening Post states that Lady Mary
Rose, OF Theton Hail. near Wolvcrhampon, in
Ireland, has presented Bishop Chase, ia addition
a former donation of two hundred pounds sterling
for the Theological Seminary OF Ohio, with
hundred pounds ior his own personal use. which he
has declined accepting, and has requested of her
Ladyship that it might be appropriated for the erec-
ton OF chapel for the use of the Seminary.
4 The Richmond Compiler states that the half
ticket of No. 9O2S which drew the capital prize Of
lS20000 in the Maryland State Lottery was presen-
ted at Cohen's office in that city on Tuesday last,
when the fortunate holder Immediately received
1.-The cash. The owner of the above mentioned prize,
lis Mr.. james Craacder, of Spring Forest, North
hampton County, North Carolina.
a The Philadelphia National Gazette states that be-
sides the dividend of two and half per cent which
has been declared the business oil the Bank OF the
. United States for The last six months, 4" surplus is
4 retained, of upwards Of S200,o00-the dividend
!. might therefore have been extended to three per
cent leaving excess ofnear $4,000; but the mod
crate and cautious policy of the board will doubt
less be approved by the great body of the Stockhold
b ers The operation OF the late loan to the Cove
ment, ard other profitable dependencies, may fairly
lead TO encouraging expectations among those who
are interested in the condition Of this Institution
t, Premature PqGng.-A London morning paper,
q some time ago, pronounced high euiogum upon
e la piece which represented as performed at one
of the Theatres Royal the evening previous but 1t
h turned out that no such play had been acted.