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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09
From the Richmond Compiler.

The following is an extract of a letter to 4
gentleman in this city, from an Englishman
now TRAVELLING in the United States. 1t was
not written for publication but the senti
ments which it breaths are solibcral; it shows
so distinctly that there are English travel
lers among us, who will not misrepresent us,
as Faux, Fearon and others have done, chat
it is at your ser ice, to use it, it you think
proper. ] do it with the more pleasure,
because | am persuaded the sentiments
which are here expressed in private letter
are likely to be ushered forth in more pub
lie form and because, the writer who is the
admirer of our institutions has already been
publicly and absurdly denounced as their re
viler and calumnator. 1t is perhaps JUS
tice due him, as we'll as ourselves, to lay this
extract before your readers. | ought to add,
that although the extract is principally con
fined to Mr. Jefferson, yet the same iberalty
Of sentiment runs through all his correspond
ence, and all his conversations
Ertract Of a letter from an English gentle
man no7o in the United States:
1--WE arrived at Charlottesville on the
evening of the 18th, and were greeted inn
rnediately ON our arrival with q mountain
thunder storm.-The next day we visited
Monticello. We spent abont an hour with
tHS NCHeIdOle DldLcSmdH, anu lnei IIlttlnE
that he had an engagement. took our leave
The next morning we had the plcasuert
of receiving an invitation to dinner, which
you may suppose we did not declne--I wa.
highly delighted with Mr.. Jefferson, as ever,
man who loves science must be, whatever
be his political sentiments. But to one like
myself, who considers Mr.. Jefferson as til,
Apostle of those doctrines, and the autho
ofthose practices, which have tended to dem
onstrate the fact, that "man can govern him
SELF" because he has governed hiaaseLE-tha
State religion is useless because there ar
States 7ohere its abolition froducea no bat
conseqaenccs--to one, who looks upon hin
as one of the main pillars of that sacred ed
ihce erected on the Western Continent t.
equal rights, soci1l liberty, and christian
principles; to one, who admires him as til,
opponent of tyranny in the old world, and
the successful combattant of its germs from
the old roots in the new; to a man VIII
has all these principles in common with MI
jefferson, and who considers that in futur
times his name will be pronounced secon
only among the glorious founders of fire
states, populous beyond all present concep
tion; to me, he must appear as truly gres
man. 1 was highly delighted to see the Pre-
found and perfect acquaintance which
had with every science; and how he coul
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09

an LuecniouS Escahe.-4A few days since
a convict in the Massachusetts state prison,
was directed to make large sofa. He made
it with false bottom and stuffed it with
some light materials In the space formed
between the top and the lower bottom, he
contrived to introduce his body, at the time
when the waggoner came to take away the
l,iccc of furniture. He was a small man and
his weight was not sufficient to produce any
suspicion in the mind of the driver. The So
ia thus loaded, was accordingly slowed away
in the baggage Wagon, and our hero effect
ed his escape in manner that for some time
cludcd the detection of the officers.
Sahhosed Afurder.-Adoniah Bailey aged
rs years, was committed to prison in Brook
lvn, Connecticut, few days since, charged
with the murdei of Abraham w. Pollock, of
Sterling, aged S. 1t is supposed the act
was committed with an axe. which was
found, bloody, near the spot where Pollock
was found buried, much lacerated. The
two men had been at work together in the
woods, but few rods from the place where
Pollock was discovered. 1t is said that Pol
lock had considerable sum of money found
in Bailey's cellar The bloody axe was re-
cognizcd as the property of Bailey.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09
Millinery and Fancy Stores

Mary and Rebecca White, Ito market q
Elizabeth Murphy & Mary sitley, 1o4 ma,
ket street.
Ann Bailey, market st, near Kennel road
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09
THOMAS VIRDEN

Respectfully returns his thanks TO ms 'rle'ne he
and the public for the very liberal a.rons ,"Ii st
has received and assures them tiat ne ~ ,no,e
continue to execute. work, in the nea'e'''
fashionable and most durable manner. .,d,ces
He offers Ladies yaleulia shoes as re'','S'
prices.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09
GENERAL REGISERT
Dry Good Merchants

w. B. Tomlinson, No. 81, Market stroo.
John r. Brinckic, corner of Market = eg'' a..
streets. Vueel
William M'Caulley, Brandywine, north \,
of the Bridge. - - s's,
John M'Clung & Co. IS market St
John M'Lcar, SO market st.
Joseph Pogue, 1o1 market st.
Allan Thomson, 43 market st.
John w. Tatum, 80 market st.
Chalklcy Somers, 48 market st.
in PHILADELPHIA.
P. Mendenhall, 201, market st.
Richardson & Bonsall, 101 market St
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09
zE q q ytn.fHf g sh91 h9 as 4 sslsf!ED DTre ..
JOSEPH SCOTT

invites the attention Of those who may wish al
article IN which beauty, durability, and chcapnes'
are combined, to call III his
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09
WAX TREE OF CHINA.

The following account of this singular
plant is extracted from GemeW C0reu =
As for the wax, il is the finest and whitest that
may be had, though Offices, and there,is such
plenty as serves the whole empire. Sever
Il provinces produces it, but that of Huquam
exceeds all the others as we'll in quantity as
whiteness. 1t is gathered in the pro,incc of
Nantung, upon little trees; but iii that of
Huqnam, upon large ones, as big as those
of the Indian pagotls, orchestnut-trees Of Eu-
rope, The way nature has found to produce
it, to us appears strange enough. There is
in this province creature or insect, of the
bigncss of flea, so sharp at singing, that it
not only picrces the skin of men and beasts,
but the bodies and boughs of trees.-Those
OF the province OF Aantung are much valued,
where the inhabitangs gather their eggs from
the trees, and carry them to sell in the pro-
vince of fIuquam. In the spring, there come
from these eggs, certain worms, which about
the beginning of the summer, they place at
the foot Of the tree, whence they creep up,
spreading themselves wonderfully over the
branches. Having placed themselves there,
they gnaw, pierce, and bore to the very pith,
their nourishment they convert into wax, and
as white as snow. which they drive out to the
mouth OF the hole they have made, where it
remains congealed in drops by the wind and
cold Here the owners Of the trees gather
| it, add make it into cakes as we do, which
are sold about ChiEa.--Du Halde SAYS, how
ever, that the worms fasten on the leaves oil
the tree, and in short time forms combs OF
wax, much smaller than the honey-comb.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09
Grocery Stores.

James G. Allen, corner King & Third SIS
Joseph Z. Gilpin, 46, market st.
James & Samuel Brown, High st.
Clement * Gordon, corner Of Market ma
Kennel.
James Brown, corner Shipley & Cd SITS.
Josiah IL. Gilpin, corner market & Sd sic
Peter Horn, corner king and front SITS,
Moses Morrison, market It. cor. front
Arthur Murphy, 16 West front st.
John Rice, Brandywine, south of bridge.
Samuel Sappington & Co. west front st
Samuel Stroud, corner of front and orany4
George Williamson, 10, high st.
Richard Williams, corner king < queen SIS
George Winslow, 179 market st,
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15

was issued on royal sheet, it was dis
continued last week, and the Public
LpSer established, of which this is he
first number.
The society of Friends hold their
yearly meeting and have lately cree.
ted handsome and comTodious NEE
ting house, 60 Ivy 100 fl 2 stories high
the meeting is held in October, it
was estimated that upwards of 5000
persons attended the meeting last year.
There are also Z blacksmiths, 4 hat.
lers, 4 cabinet makers, 6 shoe makers,
8 tailors, 3 coopers, 3 pottcrs, gun
smith, saddler,l pump maker, l bake
shop aud a steam distillery, besides a
large number Of carpenters, brick and
stone masons, plasieres, &c.--ot pro
lessional men there are but two-phy.
siclans; lawyers we have not one, al
though every other town in the state a
bounds with them.
Within two miles Of the town there
are s saw mills, 3 grist mills, 2 full
ing mills, A wool carding machens, 2
oil mills, and 1 extensive woollen man
ulactory, and were the fostering hand
ofthe general government extended 10
wards American industry, the banks
of our river would, in a few years, be
lined with every variety of nanulacto.
ries."
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15
COMBINATION OF INDIANS.

The Missouri Intelligencer of the
9TH instant, printed at Franklih,) con-
tains the following information:
Owe are indebted to the politeness OF
friend at Fort Usage, for the following
information, direct from Arkansas,
which is from an authentic source:-
"Major Cummings, the commandant
at Fort Smith, has demanded of the
Usage chiefs those who committed the
late murders in that quarter. The chiefs
ere willing to surrender them, but can
not enforce obedience, as the murder
ers refuse to be given up, and are pro-
tected by a majority of the nation. The
commandant has given them until the
10th Of Jan. to consider it; at the expira-
ton of which time, unless. they should
be given up, an attempt win be made
to take them by force. They threaten
resistance. and say that if such an at
tempt should be made, they will COM
pei the mission families to supply. them
with provisions, and the traders to fur
nish them all their guns and ammunition.
The Osages are divided into several
bands, one of which, the Chienias, did
the mischief. The others did not hold
themselves in any manner accountable
for the depredations of that band, and
will in all probability, in case of necessi-
ty, assist the traders of their vicinity.
"A letter OF later date, from respec-
table source, on the Arkansas, states that
the Osages, Cherokees, Kickapoos,
and Delawares. met at at Chouteau's
trading house, and joined in a. great
dance Mr.. Augusta Chouteau stated
that this savoured very much of com
bination Of those NATIONS against the
whites. Such thing would be very
dangerous to the frontier settlements OF
Arkansas and Missouri, and require a
considerable force to quel It.. The
Union Mission family are much alarm
ed, and the Harmony family do not
consider themselves free from danger.
-''The settlers upon the Arkansas are
raising volunteers, and have already
organized one company. II it should be
necessary, we have no doubt that Booa's
Lick could furnish a few riflemen OF
bold heart ai.n.''
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15
NEW YoRK, April 5.
Prom our Correspondent.

Prom our Correspondent
.1lbanb Saturday sse-ning, april s.
have barely time before The depart
,ire of the steam boat, to inform you of
The result of the grand caucus, which
was held last evening. One hundred
and six members we're present, and Col.
Young received the nomination for go-
vernon. hy "A vote Of 60 to 4j--there be-
ing one blank. Governor Yates has
thus been Frustrated at a single blow,
for opposing the passage of the peoples
rbill-and the Crawford junto are COM
pIetely and finally overthovn in this
state. The state of the ballot having
been declared, vote was passed unanl-
,nously, declaring Col. Young to be the
legitimate candidate. Col. Young Is
really a gentleman of talents and res
bectabiIity, but it is to be lamented
That the caucus have encumbered him
with Root-for the people will not be
sufficiently Intoxicated To vote Tor hun
again; and the consequence will pro ba-
bly, be, that both will be.tefeated. The
Crawford men made hard struggle, in
the caucus, and out of it, and deserve
credit for contes ting the ground inch by
inch The iunto rallied every thing,
and the sum total was "torty trUe."--
Messrs. Livingston, Sudan, Wright. and
Flagg, spoke in favour of re-nomlnatlng
gov. Yates. Mr.. Flagg was as warm
and as ardent as when he plunged INTO
the "crimsoned Saranac," at he head OF
his company on his retreat from before
struggling patrol of the British ar
my. lie frankly declared as am lnior-
med. that if GOV. Yates had become UNI
popular, it was in consequence OF tie
course he had take to save the fepub-
lican party II was course, he sad,
which they, (mcaning the Junto) had de-
termined upon, and induced him to make
and he sad they should sink or swim
together. Igov Yates was to 90 down,
he was ready to 60 down with him
But, Mr., i. continued, if the meeting
was resolved upon sacrificing governor
Yates, he admonished them not To select
a candidate for his successor, who was
a bitter personal aud political enemy
Colonel Young was nominated to the
meeting by Mr.. Baldwin, of lioga,
who spoke in IS favor. During the
debate twas asserted that col. Young
was in favor of Mr.. Clay TO, the presi-
dency; and as a still more heinous and
unpardonable sin may, an overt act Of
treason against his majesty king Caucus
it was stated that the friends of col.
Young had determined to put him in no.
,nination, even tho he should fail of OBJ
tanning the decree Of the caucus in his |
favor. The proofs Of the determination
were demanded by Mr.. Wheeler, but
not produced The result you have
above; and the news of it must have fall !
len like clap of thunder upon the ear
of the governor To be thus deserte d
il. the time of his utmost need, By those
who had given him SO many solemn pied
ees, was really an evidence of Punic
faith without a modern parallel. 1t has
taught the governor, however, useful
lesson. Had his excellency, at the
commencement of the session, come
forward boldly, and identified himself
with the cause OF the people, he might
have been governor as long as he pleas
ed. But it is now too late.
Com. .4dr.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15

The adjustment Of Imprisonment
of Dobt-This great principal trlum-
phed in the Senate yesterday q the day
will be remembered as one OF the
brightest in its history. That cnllght-
ened body yesterday gave its final sane
ton to an act, WHICH we venture to
say, will command the applause OF the
ecu niiy, and aequile e. of the body, 1t
self durable renown.' .Ope branch
of The National Legislature has, at
length, said, that Debt shall no longer
be considered criminal-that the dun
geon shall no longer be the por',,
ton of the honest debtor. The bill
which has passed is necessarily quail
fed and guarded-it gives no immunity
to fraud, and it contains the rfqn ste
checks to shield its benefits from abuse;
but the Senate has, substantially and
formally, declared against the P1anci,
pie of Imprisonment for debt; 1t has
trodden down and trarnpled under
foot one of the last remnants OF Ecu
da! and Roman barbarism, which. the
force of education and habit nave been
able 81 ccesstulIy to uphold now against
the spirit Of the age. We cannot doubt
that the concurrence Of the other branch
W i'll render the overthrow of this ano
maly in our system complete end per-
petual. ~.
Our pleasure, we confess, would
have been greater, bad this philanihro-
pic measure received more rnanl-
NOUS consent. We have, however,
the satisfaction TO know that its oppo
nents, generally, were not averse to
the bill on principle, but because they
thought the scheme imperfect; and
many of them, we further know, are
SO far from approving of imprIson-
ment for debt, that they are the warm
advocates of The still higher measure
of relief, general system OF Bank
ruptcy. OF this, as well as the object
of the bill which passed the Senate
yesterday, we have been The humble
but constant supporters. On the sub,
! .iect of the expediency Of a system OF
; Bankruptcy, we have differed from
many for whose opinions we entertain
habiiual respect; but in our attachment
to it we are incorrigible. 1t rcjoices
us TO see this henefcent measure even
in part accomplished, Should the
Congress in its wisdom ever compile
the other with it, in the laws OF the
Republic, then, indeed, should we
expect the nation to rise up ami call
them blessed. - Nat INT. 10Th anst
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15

AS an expedient to avoid any difficult
ty in selecting a president, it has been
proposed that some person who has not
hitherto been considered candidate,
be supported by all parties. A large
meeting in Kenawha co. Original has
opened the way for such selection,
and after expressing their confidence
IN the b;lities, as statesman, phiIoso-
pher, and explorer, nominated
JOHN CLEvEs SYMNEs, As a suita-
bic person! Would not be a.pity to
run him and Jackson One should be
started for vice president.
.Vsrrh Egg ls.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15

Mr.. GaHatin Nothing could have
been planned more unfortunate to the
cause of Crawford, than placing Mr..
Gallatin upon his ticket. In this part
of the country, we think we are safe IN
saying that the feeling is strong upoa
this subject. The friends of Mr.. Craw-
ford himself are mortified and .chagrned,
thev considered Mr. Gallatin as dead
weight sus pend to their candidate. lie
is indeed so. The people will not muir
muir whether Mr. Adams, MIR. Crawford,
Mr.. Ciav. or Gen. Jackson should be
promoted to the presidency: they arc
American our countryman educated
in the principal Of our republican lnstl-
tuition, AMI rocked in the cradle OF Il
berry. Not so Mr.. Gallatn. When he
came to this codntry arrival at boston
his first essay was as an assistant IN IL
terary institution. from which, by NAL
conduct. he was diSgraced and cashlered'
His whole lift is markell as a malcon-
tent. The whisley rebellion, stimula-
ted by his spirit, can never be forgotten
On the current Of party feeling and an
imosity he floated into public life, s was
crowned with public, .honors. Bat this
made no patriot Of him: for his expo
sure of the decayed state OF our iinan-
ces, when he was sent es our minister to
France, was as much treason in feeling,
as the other was treason III fact HE
and his friends have been challenged to
deny this charge upon him: they have
not doae so. If he possessed the talents
of angle, he ought not, from respect
10 ourown cearacter, to hold the lowest
post of honor or trust under this COVER
me nj IIim Dan
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15

The question, SIS ducl'ing. under
any circumstances, j1stidlble:' was
llcly discussed in debAteing socieiy
in e luburg;and after keen and sc
nv animated deblte, wa, carried in
the affirmative. Two Ithe members
espou,ed tn, arg1n>nt 50 2tAiou>ly,
that th.y Infinitely retired and carried
their tn orr into pra;'ice One OF The
Aparties was severely 'lrois1 no: dn.
geroasly wounded.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15

The eccentric capt. Cochrane, who
had undertaken the arduous task OF
pedestrian tour through Russia and
Siberia, for the purpose OF minuteiy
exploring that inhospitable region, and
also for aascertaining the dispntediact
of the separation Of the continents OF
Asia and America, has, after two years
survey. decided the question in the ai-
firmaliye, there being a contiguous
channel between the continents, though
frequently blocked up with. ice duraS
great part Of the Winter.-I9
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15

An American revolutionary officer,
Major Swan, Il said to be in the prison,
St. Pelagic, in France, for debt, and
has been there Is years. A New York
paper proposes, in this age ofliberah'y,
TO raise subscription, and procure
the discharge of this compatriot in arms
of La Fayette and Washington that ne
may return to his country-Io'
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-09-21
Ten Dollars Reward.
RUNAWAY from the su.scr:her G,i

RONAW WA from the subscriber, living
IN pntsyivania county, Virginia, on Mon,
gay me "a INST. negro boy named JORDAN.
W ys'io" complexion, Is years old, feet 10
bad 'nches n'SH, quite smart spoken boy,
had on when he lett home, pair of blv.''
checked pantaloons, oarse cotton sbir. bad
no nat nor shoes, no particular mark recoll,.,..
.ed.-He was seen on "Wednesday n;gb, n.
IN inst at Mr.. Swinney's, near IvucbIuro
ana an. do expect he is lurking aboot toun g.
whoever may apprehend the said how ANA
aehver him to me, or lodge him in iail So tha,
gel him again, halreceive tire above 'r ra'
August p, w hE,
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-09-21
Nilsson County,, july Court, 1924


Robert Rives aud Alexander Brown, sursis
ing partaers of Robert Rives, james Murphy,
and Alexander Brown, late merchants and
partners, trading under the firm Of Rises,
Murphy and Brown, compl nts.
against
Dandrdge CLASSIFY, Mary CLASSIFY, widow Of
William CIasby, dec d, " illiam CLASSIFY, John
Spencer aud Nancy his wife, formerly Nancy
Clasby, .tohn Staples and Anne his miie, for
Polly his wife, formerly Polly Ciasby, Dabney
p Bryant aud Elizabeth his wife, formerly
Elizabeth CLASSIFY, Snsannah Hales, formerly
S5usa nnal, Clasby, Greed &. Garter and Polly
his vile, formerly Polly Clasby, and Martha
Clasby, william CLASSIFY, John CLASSIFY, Virginia
aud Elizabeth CLASSIFY, james CLASSIFY and Ro-
bert Clasby, infants and heirs of Thomas
Clasby, decd, by Creed c. Carter, specially
assigned their guardian, dctts
IN H.iNCERY
'Onthe motionof the complainants, by their
counsel who filed their bill, and il apIearing
10 the satisfaction of the court, that tue de-
PENDANT cambridge CLASSIFY is not an inhabi-
tant of this commonwealth, and without the
jurisdiction of this court !; il is ordered and
decreed, thai the defendants in fiiis country
be restrained frompsying away, secreting, or
otherwise disposing of, any money, properly,
or other effects, which they may have in their
fhsnds, or which may hereafter come To their
hands, belongingHo the absent defendant, 10
the amount OF seventy dollars, subject TO the
further order and decree of this court, con
corning the same and il is further ordered
that the said absent defendant Dandridge
CLASSIFY do appear here on the fourth Mon
day in November next, and answer the
bin of the compliments and that n copy OF
this order he forthwith inserted in :. the Viz
ginian, published in the town OF Lynchburg,
once a.week for eight weeks, excessively,
previousdo the said day, and that another
COPY thereof be posted up atthe front door
Of the courthouse of this county on some
court day. A copy-Teste,
9 SPOTSWOO GARLAND, Clerk.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-09-21
Mr.. EAMueA ~. Sale.

GIR-you are hereby notified, that on the
~ 18th and 10th of October next, at Robert
MorrissS tavern, in Lynchburg, ! shall pro-
coed TO take the dispositions of John Hoilins
and others, to he read on the trial of my suit
now depending against you aud lucas p
Thompson, in Amherst county court, when
and where you may attend
Your obedient servant,
+. II. MURRELL.
September "a. rtm4w