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American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-09-14

table could tempt her 10 eat, or even TO raise he
hand to her lips "She sat like patience on monu
ment," and never moved her elbows till half past
twelve at night.
But the dinner Mr.. Prnter--I despair of do
ing it justice. My wife is an excellent cook, ant
set at fault the most discriminating palate. The
soup was excellent and as well as | can learn, wa.
composed of sorrel, burdock, egg Shells and chick
ems feet-seasoned with mint and garlick from the
garden. | verify believe the whole cost of two
tureens of it, exclusive of fuel did not exceed
cent and half. But will not attempt to descr ibe
the paric uars of the feast There are mysteries
in cookery, which like those of the Roman Bona
Dea, none but females are permitted to know.
shrewdly suspect however all the wild meats were
hunted on our own territory. We had raccoon
pye, which my wife and daughters commended with
great zeal 10 The company, but did not taste them
selves. have not seen our yellow cat these three
days. And then the pasy of gray squrrels-I
caught two large wharf rats in trap last Thursday,
and Heaven knows they were gray enough.
felt most anxious about my wine | had no de
canters and therefore covered my table with black
hotties But took to envelope the bottles with
a little SCOT and cobweb which passed very well Tor
the collection oil twenty years; and had sfed the
sweepngs OF all the Grocer's shops for decayed
corks, which corroborated the story well enough.
AS TO the liquor ITSELF not one of the company pro-
lessed to know precisely of what vineyard vintage
it the product; but as | assured them it was
very old they agreed pretty unanimously that was
rare wine but had lost little of its flavor.
have no time for further particulars at present,
or 10 give you an account Of the evening party. But
the grand fact which wish to communicate is this
that have given sumptuous dinner to twenty
gentlemen, and my wife has had splendid party to
one hundred ladies', all which, through our good
cost only three dollars ttcenty- Seven
cents and a haf
Yours, JOSIAH FROGNALT.
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HORRID PIRACJFS.

NEW YoRK, SEPT. 8.-Capt. Wolf, of the brig
FRANCES, who arrived yesterday in days from Ha,
vana has furnished with the following interesting
intelligence
On the 10th Of August, Capt. GRAHAM, of the
BRUSH sloop OF war Icarus, hired launch from
some spanish merchants at Havana, which with two
OF his own boats, he armed and manned with nearly
ms whole crew. leaving only ten on board his
SUPP hese were out with such expedition, that
'hey passed the Moro the same day at sunset and
proceeded westward in search OF a pirsical vessel
winch capt. q had obtained slight information Of
On the 2lst at day light, the boats arrived at the
PIratlcal rendezvous, (Key Blanco,) in the Bay Of
i1ohda, where they saw schooner and sloop, the
former with so, the latter with 90 men. AS the
ooats pulled direct for them, they perceived the ri
ia'es take 10 their boats, and several of them iump
Gu overheard, and made for the shore. The British
ooats followed and killed six of them, whom they
shot as they landed. The seamen were anxious to
pursue the remainder into the woods but the officers
DID not deem it prudent The boats then pulled
ior the schr and soop, and also went on board the
orig HENRY, OF Hartford, where they found Captain
1"eodeS ana crew, consisting Of men, in such
state OF debility, from hunger, thirst and their cru
ety. as not to be able to articulate word. They
also iouhd w ELY vessels burnt to the waters
eoge and ascertaned that the free5ooters hal mar
fifty persons. - N''''
On the Goth, the boats returned to Havana. low
ing IN their prizes, the schr. and sloop. Some pa
pers were found on board the Henry, which, il was
expected, would lead TO some valuable discoveries
On the 2Ith, 1t was said that Capt. Graham had
made application to the Governor 10 search a Sna
nsh vessel then in the harbor of Havana, but il was
not known at p M. (when the Frances saiedl
whether permission had been granted.
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JOSIAH FROGNALT.
N 1JJJJ10
United States Ship Franklin,
New York, Sept. [, 1924. (

10 the Editors Of the .Np,c York American.
! GENTLEMEN-I observed in your paper of yester
day, some remarks the arrival OF the United State.
Ship Franklin. under my command
| The estimation in which you profess to hold me
as there declared, entles you to my acknowedg
menls and thanks also that you are among those
editors who have abstaned from assisting in the cr
culation OF those discreditabe tumors'' to which
you alIude. However much may lament the pub
lie and private circulation OF such reports on my own
account through malevolence. envy or ignorance
during an absence of three years, distant from The
point of circulation four five Thousand niles both
as II respects my personal and official reputation a,
established through a course of arduous service IN
Ia period OF twenty six Yeas, through three wars,
and fifteen battles, | cannot but regret still more as
a native patriot Of these United States the iniuio us
effect OF those reports abroad, our national and
naval character, as well as the exhibit it will make
OF the want OF common justice and candor IN GU
fellow citizens, (the editors) in thus representing
national officer in highly responsible command, on
difficult and delicate foreign service
The rumors to which you al ude have never be
lore reached me; but they are, | understand oil
SUCH nature, that II only one half Of what is chare
ed had been committed by me, | assure you this
country would never again have borne my footsteps
or you have been troubled with these remarks
Should however, there appear any Just grounds oil
complaint against my official duties or conduct du
rng my command in the Pacific they ought to be
exhibited to the executive branch ofthe government.
who has the power. and knows too well how much
II comports with the interest of the nation and the
honor OF the government, not TO institute such in
qulrles, or require such explanations as shall satisfy
themselves and the country OF the justice Of the al.
legations, or the Innocence OF the officer.
o me 1t belongs to furnish, when called on, (GI
not done sufficiently already such explanations and
evidences as the nature of the cause may REQUIRE
have the honor to be, respectfully, your obedI-
snt servant, CHS. STEWART. |
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FOR THE WA7cRM1y.
No. III.
MR.. ADAMS md MR.. H9RKrP

| "We have always been opposed 10 the eIec,;o r. -,
cabinet candidate, Mr. Adams) but seriously ami m
nesty declare that the more examine his characer
conduct, the thoroughly are we convinced 81 anu
would be improper and dangerous to invest Inn i
executive power of the nation" ~" ''c
Del. Gazette Sep. 8, 1924
In my last essay made some remarks upon tho IA,
arising from prevalence of the caucus syete o e',
at tins me although it is somewhat unconnected win NV
former observations TO spend moment in the consi'
ton OF the opinion expressed in the last number but %
OF the Delaware Gazette, by the erudite editor of that n.y.
per- Although have no personal acquaintance with I'
gentleman, am told he isgenealy Considerable sbre"S
fellow" and am convinced that whatever his natural ~
Tents may be that he has acquired tie arr of maxine &
TvorSe appear the better reason e
1t is not my wish to question the right of any man ~
press his opinion on the important question before G
American people, but conceive that when any such nv
inon is expressed and particularly when il is done XXI;
the view OF influencing the minds of other indivl"'
that it is the privilege Of any and every man to EXAMINE
the premises upon which such opinion may predcaeI
This shall take the liberty Of doing and if / can sb
that would not be "mproper and dangerous to nye,
Mr. Adams with the executive power of the nation then
suppose that the opinion Of the Gazette editor will be rem
dered ct none effect.
In order to prove that such a course would ho " ~
per and dangerous" it becomes in my opinion the t
OF the opponents of Mr. Adams, show that he is inca
PIC OF holding the rens of government If they refer to
his former conduct, where is the instance which will poy
that he was Incompetent to the performance of the yarm
duties that were assigned him. Where is the instance
whch shows that he was acuated by principle derogao
y 10 the character OF an honest man. or hostile TO the IN
erests OF his country On the contrary through lone
course oil public services which proclaim an admilg
ahd grateful nation his eminent Abilities he has shown
ha' ne IS dlpomast and statesman, and that cor,ur
oh and intrigue can have effect upon his strong mind
his solid Judgment, his nflexble integrity let rn
oPPoehs O Mr. Adams examine every action of his life
LEI them slit his motives TO the botton-and the conse
qence will be, conviction that lie is every wav cacun
ed 10 fill with honor to his country and credit TO himself
the high and important Office in which ms triens oe;
tosee him placed
1t appears however that Mr. IIaker IS n ov
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COL. ETHAN ALLEN.

Courage and generosity acting together, are two
very pleasant qualifications in men, and often pro-
duce something of particular notice. This is
clearly illustrated in the following anecdote of col.
Ethan Allen.
When he was taken prisoner at Montreal, in the
American Revolutionary War, he had twelve Ca.
nadians with MIN, whom when the British Colonel
saw, he ordered to be paraded and shot, as rebels,
without further ceremony. Upon hearing this,
Allen slept up to him, and opening his breast SAID
F" am the cause OF these fellows taking up arms
against the King, and now, here is my heart, and
let these men live" Upon hearing this appeal, the
colonel hestated moment. and then said will not
XIII you now but you shall grace halter al Tybun
IN England, Dbl you - and as to the twelve
men, their lives were spared, and the colonel sent
them home to their families.-AlIen was taken 10
England, and afterwards back to New York, where
he was exchanged. While he was at New York
the British officers offered him large tract of land
IN America if he would desert the American cause
and join them He told them, that they put him
10 mind OF story he had read in an old fashioned
book he bad at home, where ii says the devil took
Christ up to the top Of high mountain, and shew.
ed him all the kingdoms of the earth, saying "sll
these will give you, if you will fall down and
worship me- when, at the same time, the poor
aeris had not foot Of tand in the ,corid.
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John Randolph is in Paris, and il is said that his
strange costume attracted as much attention in that
city, as Sandwich Islander would.
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a Rat Trap.-A Trap that is much recon-.
mended for catching Rats, is made as follows:
take barrel, or keg with one head out put in il
water enough to cover the bottom about two inches
deep; in the middle Of this set piece of brick or
stone; cover the head of the cask with piece Of
smooth parchment; or, perhaps, smooth stiff paper
VIII answer; IN the centre of this, cut two sits
about SIX inches long, right angles, so as 10 form
cross Immediately over this suspend the best
kind OF bait Tor rats placed sufficiently high.
when the rat comes to take the bait, in reaching
up to it, he slips into the hole, by the four corners
OF the parchment or paper giving way. He then
gets upon the brick in the middle of the water, and
begins to utter cries of distress. This brings 9th
ers to him, who fall in in the same manner. Pres
emily they begin to fight for the possession of the
brick, and the noise Of this brings others, who fall
IN like manner and thus all within hearing of this
scene OF confusion follow on and share the same
fate.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GEN. In m YETYfG'

Il
~ meeting of ihc people Of Che.,a,Geid co,,..,
on The 9th dy OF November, 1924 l,cino o., con-,
da, Al the court house, NJ Afrli,i,,lJ lh.as -
slsfi address, Submitted fa the crnsd.ra,;on ~ a.
mecf"g, 'be eSpeb'eney or sop n,p ras,l,t,ou. .v
p'css'vf oi their sense, IN relation IN the h;ab cha
rsrier AMI pre-oninenf s~,,ices of General Ia F,y
cue, fhe las surviving VI jr General Of lie rer.l.
t'on"iN af"y OF ne y. Statcs. Col La~sos Bar.
tort was appointed 10 nsc SIDE and AIs rrets,,, a
Clarke 10 act as 5rcr-sary.
on TIE motion Of Mir. Invent II WAC rcsolyed
flai aeomiwuee Of r., he ci,...n 10 ,,,,,,,. .,.L
fr@"uiipns as f''r occasinH ssenp,Io ,r.,rs ,fe,.
"pV" we 'o"p"'pg crizens were due aupniueJ (,
F,nD"uiee w: Mr.. A. ThweHI. Dacfor .nsss
Henderson, Captain Edn,und I,ocke,, C.,,,o n, nj
Stave', and Doctor j. X Walker, who alter = .ho.
isuremeni, departed the foIowing preambe and tes
lU"o's WHICH !be CHARM Of the meeting sutities
90 their confederation
Oar fellow -ctzsn General La r,.e,,. L.,l, .;s;,
eu our country Ivy invitation proceeding from, nm
unanimous vote of The Congress Of the Uni,e, Sa,es
"ho tendefed 10 him public ship Of war, tor de
purpose o' conveying him the ,oo- honoratla ma,.
neT, rom ffsnre 10 the American shores iii. y;,
uo"s m'esy ,ndrced hin 20 take is passage la the
ship c"dmus, Capn'n Alien, q private vessel
We All acknowledge the dis,Isgnis sery;css nj
ms bius'rous MN. lie came froma fu,egn Ind
ava ~ az sH'iy 1ns "ost gloomy period of DOR tevo.
'v'io"Hfy war eniereh mo Amy, a,rrnpiscd a.
nc use OF our oppres GDnairy, iaree orono, ,e
oi his private fortune spsm The a.~er a s;o,'
~ nanhcol, sud freely shed his blood IN the cause nj
american InJereHdenre
~ the days which tried mems souls sud who,
fatn'H was exposed ~ great trals ard prr,ls b,
'he INVASION oil numerous, well dfscipliard foro,i.
liable, hostile army, aided by The enea,y's s,irs o.
vac, which block .dsd MI ou poris and ns,iysb,.
s''e's' s % 'se ~-Hs'H iis-' acs 20 Dor fe;sl .a
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HAMPDEN SIDNEY COLLEGE.'


Asedsny attached to Conese-AAms's Latin Grammar
Goerius; Epssme Hsori saerr, Latin Tutors Casars
roS orations ' ,f WV
.e,Ss Jse Gree. GRAMMAR Goodrich
ca Mn".a, and Greek Prosody; Nesons Greek E1erci1
Lemprere Classical Dictionary rookes Pa n,beon and
Aaams's Roman Antiquities to be consulted and studied
Murray,s English Gran,nar, Wehsrr's Arni.%e,e; Ele>
msnts OF geography and AMBIENT History -
The stnders are 10 perform exercises in eiocu,iu
anu composaion as the Precept'r may direct.
COLLEGE.
Each class has studies, and a daily reci,aon 81
each study, except the Senior Glass.
FRESHMAN CLASS-winter Session.
ms;ic EI ocar'e OF LacroiA's AritsI
al Uee,os 0raiions reviewed; Li.y Grea Msjora,
Co'arosision aud p-e,a .naiion..
ss1". *. ss,,ie a. lsgsna.s completed
races Odes, asd Greek and Latin Presrdy.
uTe, C On sso Sm nm. Murray sSe s" Dla Leo
Latin aud Greek Exercises aud Rou,an Anlu,ies con-
Decnmntion Compositions every four weeks throuph
SOPHOMORE cLAss-win.er Session.
\. Hedges Logic, Morse, Biography svo vol; Tyer,.
Eiehienis OF History aud Chronology. 1850
Defamation and composition.
Sainltr Sessioa-4. Algebra.
ry eomneneed; Plane ana Spherical Tr,gonoe,ry, and
Exrerp,a Latpa-ouinlilian a ad Cicero Graz. M,
D,cnys'us Longsus and Aristotle. :
| the year. ~ '"'o"sn
JUNIOR cLASs-winter Session.
Onemisiry win experiments
Aristotle, Sophocles aud Eurpides Iinfac&
z Algebra applied Comic Sections; Topoyrnnhy ~
aensuaton OF Heights and Distances; Navigation Na,
u.ai astronomy Snrve,ing Levelling, Sc; F!uxions.
con'Csition and Defamation. '''
D. Sulintr Stssion-Enleid's Natural phltosopbv
and Uptirs e'' A-'e@''e"y
2. Ciceros Philosophical Works; Gruca hIajora-xe
hoph"h's nienisraiiiia Plato aud Aristotle.
S"hiiosuohs Latin and Greek.
PROCLAMATION Competitions in English every ,hr.~
weeks through tue year. ,'iee
SENIOR oLAss-winrsr Session.
ph;, ra,sony OIL Rhetoric faeys Moral and po!iacai
Classics. ~ A-""" ""o wreck
Sun'ner Ses'i'n-Stewari's Phioshy of the lind %
so Snenstry and It's applications; Minera lopy Seoo
ey' Laws OF Nature aud Nations, by Va,tei. %
GGIheviews-Naturai Philosophy sudA Astronomy
IaIey Evfi-Lc-s once a week ougb the wear
- "' '"'3eceS VI the
dissertations every two weeks Orations every r.els
ana Forensics ev.ry eight weeks through the year
ne members OF each class reque ed Ia d,ri.;,~ Il,
Puoc once IN our weeks tue senior class TO
orations q their own composition. fso
Instruction will be given in the Oriental and Mo-
dern Languages. ~"' gu" NV
The first session the College commences -, A. e.
tse second session commences the frs doy Jvns a
CLOSES on the fourth "Wednesday in September.
Each Student required report i,ns III he {, ,o,k
Oh Tue hrst DAY Of the session. -S :
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COE1EH'S

L9s,efy ExehangeOdic-. ia Market street Baltimore
mere 10TH the Capital Prizes Of 10000 DOLLARS ana
r 1o poLbARS, drawn in the Monument Lottery ON.
,uursuay last. were sold and where the Great Capital
~ OF Ons Hundred Thossand Dsars, and the two
S|vvs-Oo0os-s0oo DC &c. sold In the two iass
Loueries and the CASii for the Instantly pa
on presentation OF the Tickets, as usual
from any part oi the United S,nes, either by mai
posi- PAID or by private conveyance enclosing The cash or
prizes in Of the Baltimore will meet the
pIpnp' and unetual attention per
s".Ies 's ,o j. /. COHEN, Jr Baltimore.
~; CohEN'Sa Lottery Gazette e Rsr,sfer" will con-.
nn the Official Lists Of the and III he for ward
nout the Lottery grafis all who their
I,ckets a COHEN'S OFkiCE--Those who " ish 10 re-
the draw ings will when they send ON their
De MN q "a
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6l79 2I49 9O88
IIxnvYIcIaY

GFs From 10 counties in our last, from
whn n the Official returns have not been yet
receiyed.-As fast as they come 10 hand, the
counties returned are transferred to the :" oili-
ciai" cuumns--t8 Of this description have
han o., transf.rrr,i since nur last
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Returns (official and i,VEiciaI from n
counties and boroughs-27 counties only to
be heard from.
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CASH SALE or NEGROES.

- CASH SALE OF NEGROES
f'HihTEEN NEGROES. Of them Suuny a.d liz eIO
"t he sold to the highest bidder Tor ,sh AZ Inc low,
residence OF Alex1p0er Anderson cout, 81
on Thursday the 18th inst. II ar, Sc tue n fair
And NJ the same iinIe ami place We snid On n cryd
of 81 months for al sguis eedog duars tie er,p
etoorn rodder shucks and hoy good work forsvs
I'VE y0ke OF O1en, i've Porn, Plantation Cfens kc "a.
a a. THOMAS 0AND NER. Ex',r
wv u " Of dsxsrder AJerson.
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6oHENss oFrICE-g-ir,u.,..

coHENS oFFICE-S-h,msse,
4. Nopenibe~ =, 1894. Z
49, on Losing the Monument Lo',ery, which
f 1900 ON nnrsday last we beg have our
TO our friends and pus,i- their very
ys.in ana continued patronage in return We ei
eI,5 ~ 10 having distributed amongst from
~ IS ,oe /" WHOLE OF THE GREAT CAPT FAILS sold in
No VI the GRAND STATE LOr RID OF Mary
hd, oeing the most brilliant in the United States the
nGnnns OF Mhch viii take place in the Ci,y of BALTI-
S .L, on wednesday, the i7th OF THIS MONTH, (No-
vefoer under Le Of ihe
'Ppo'n'ed oy the Governor and Council
GRAND STATE LOTTERY
OF MARYLAND, No. 3-fijrb~,, prize soon, p,,rt
80 SPLENDID SCHEME.
I prize of 40 600 t.sI!ars
! prize Of 10000 dollars
prize of 10000 dollars
prizes Of 5000 dollars
so prizes of 1000 dollars
90 prizes of 500 doih,rs
so prizes of 100 dollars
..1 100 prizes of SO dollars
5000 prizes of 10 dnllar.
The whole 10 be FLOATING and all ,...,J. A., 4. .cu
which he usual at Cohen, ~ s,. n..
they drawn 0D~>' N-S 'NoA'e"s
Whole Tickets $40 Quarters F, "A
Halves Giwhi. ~
To be had in the greates' variety Of Nos NJ
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LII persons are warned against purchasing note for
MY dollars, executed b' Milton Robertson on
me 1oth or 10th day OF December f82ns cousider
by GEoHl;f xni, I'm S S II"
November ~.
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wv dhfHhgm Sthrns, q
IlLEASE 10 take notice thst shall on hiondsv tte ,,
teeaih day Of December neHf the Office ~ Phj =
Peter Mayo In The city Of Richmond beN ee m bo rr ~
nine u the morning and four O'Clock In the afternoon ~
the Satire day. 90 be coniieUed from day to s,v n ,
geied proceed 70 take the dispositions Of Cant Tb"mas
Bell and others TO be rend as evidence D m now eprnd
Ing N the Superior court Of Cbsucery for The Rleb,nd
District wherein am complainant ard AMI bs
are defendants, when and here you may afend II YOU
'",DA Pr,pe''a fpsFs, &c. JACOBsLYOS
.Nosrniptt -
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a. WI 'TETrTsYREs'.
DISSOLUTION.
GLOW ERDALE.. = n

FsHiS noted stand Tor Tavern the post read lendipr
fron' StsuntoB 10 all The watering places Westward,
nov for rent IN term from Eve 10 years. be house
very pleasantly situated and cprvenieu has been
repaired the IN fm Is IN ooSapleie repair consdera
bic part OF the aDd in high STATE OF cultivation pre-
pHFaI'on for spying pOsessi, val he given -,
first Of Jaauary AID if desirable, part Of the nyw
bnpro' emens will he added TO The old o mutual
Accommodation. s. BIApKRURN.
Bath county, November n Sc,
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nS The Ioh inst between ibis place Major Gcodss
~ Tavern, Red Morocco pocket Book containing 80
drsfts Of the date the United states Bank Fhi'a-
dephia Tor SOD dollars, and - payable M fe
hank also some Tennessee money, recslected.
reward OF 20 dollars viii be paid delivering the said
poctet BOOB With all the papers Nc John n Gordon,
Hicbmcud, 70 Mr. JOHN r. Thornton GordonsyIe Or
anee county. FOUNTAIN &. BOSTON.
ftov - t.
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RICHMOND. NOVEMBER Is, 1924
ELECTION OF ELECTORS. y

OFFICIAL REruREs.-( Continued
From S. counties and 8 noroughs, in our
lacf viv
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NOTICE

- ~ "Ro me" is in typr-but avoid bly, ex,ludes
>. shall esrf"iaiy appear ON Tuesday.