The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-11-03
Foreign and Domestic Gleanings.

son VS.. William Bingham, (of Philadelphia) was
tried. The action was for SANDER, in stating that
''Mr. Johnson had been guilty of forgery" The
Jury after retiring for half an hour, returned
vrdict of one thousand dollars damages for Ii.
plaintiff
Rev Mr.. Greene preached charity sermona at
Park st. Church, Boston on Sunday evening, Oct
10. for the benefit of the Fathcrless and Wldos's
Society after which 1856 30 cents, and three geh
rings, were collected for the benefit Of the fund,
NJ. PEDEnsES, the Danish Minister, has arrived
at Washington, and has taken lodgings at the
Franklin louise.
We understand that the operation of I.thoto
my, the cutting for the stone in the bladder
was performed in Plymouth Penn. On MONDAY
the 10Th ut. by pr. Atkins, of Kingston, in pres
ence of most of the Physicians of the county
The child was only three years old, and the stone
measured inch in length, and ! of an inch in
width The child is recovering fast.
gentleman lately arrived at the city of New
York in sic days and ten hours from Detroit
This journey may be made in fire days and tuehs
hOurs, and by regular lines of steam boats and
stages. If any man had suggested the possibility
of this, twenty years ago, he would have been
regarded candidate for some hospital for the in
sane.
Gorge Broton, Of Plumstcad township, wa;
committed to the jail of Doylcstown, (Penn)
on Friday evening last, on the charge ofmirder.
ing his wife. 1t seems that while both were in.
toxicated, quarrel arose between them. Brown
seized stick that was in use for some purpose
about the fire place, and beat her so severely
that she died in about two hours. He was com.
mi'ted to jail the same evening.
| ItaI R0ads.-The citizens of Ohio are about to
introduce rail roads INTO that state. In a Colum.
bus paper, notice is given of an application to
i the next eneral Assembly, praying that a rail
road may be constructed to commence at the
head of the Columbus feeder, and to pass thro'
the counties of Delaware, Marion, Crawford, Sen.
| cca and Sandusky, TO the Sandusky Bay.
We understand that the estate known by the
name Of the old Bulls Head, in the Bowcry, was
sold one day last week for Sl05,O00, There
are sixteen lots, eight fronting on the Bowery and
eight on Elizabeth street, each IS by 100. It
was purchased, it is said, by a company of gentle
) men, for the purpose of erecting splendid The.
atie thereon with an entrance from each street
A. \. Patriot.
MDre .fw III. curious t. In telling a tree near
I.ockpor village, on Friday last, the workmeh
discovered buhei closely embedded in the wood,
eight or nine inches from the outside. The nun.
ber of grains between the bark and where the
bullet lay was l97 Particular care was taken
to find traces Of its entrance, but none were dis
coveted. The wood around it was perfectly
sound.
Mr.. James Corsc Of Kent County Md. was un.
fortunately thrown from his sulkey on Saturday
? last. near Chestcrtown, and killed As the veh
Gle wac going very rapidly, ono of the wheels
, struck gate.post, which precptated him on
, his breast IN the ground.
= The trial of Elisha Sharpe, (who was some
: months ago committed to jail in Georgetown
i Delaware, for the murder Of his wife and childl
5 terminated on the lth ult The jury brought in
! verdict of guiHy.
The Schenectady Cabinet says, that last Mon
I day night passenger on board one of the line
boats accidentally fell intot the canal about miles
from that city; the captain jumped into the canal
: to his assistance and both were unfortunately
Y drowned. The captain beongcdto Montgomery
) county, and has left large family.
$ fet IF Puccination. When person has been
vaccinated on one arm, the Surgeon should vac
e cinate the other arm, with matter taken from
the first. If the first vaccination has been per
4 tect, the pustues on both arms will grow to .
head at precisely the same time; and it this does
not take place, the system has not been prop
erly affected, and the vaccination ought to be re-
peated. This simple test, first brought into no
tice by DR. Truce, Of Edinburgh, ought nevefto
| be neglected.
. The Washington papers state that the sloop o
war lately launched at Charestown Massachu
sets, was not built after either a French or Eng
llsh model, as stated on the authority Of Bos
ton paper, but is exclusively of American origin
We are informed by the Pendleton, S. c
Messenger. that the Pice Presidenf of the United
States had lcf, that place for his plantation in Alb
$ beville District, on the 9th ult. and that he
would remain at the latter place until he shoull
proceed to Washington, which would be about
the middle fthe present month.
II is stated in the National Gazette, that tie
debt Of five ofthc mercantile houses winch has c
recently failed in Ncw-York; were estimated at
two million and a half of dollars, and that the a
vailablc finds would not exceed seven hundred
and fifty thousand.
Greut Trott;ng.-The Worcester Spy states
that young horse belonging to A. Willard of
: that town, trottcd eight miles, by measure, in
80 nutes and Is seconds, with apparent ease,
showing no indications of fatigue when she came
in.
On the fvorte horse Cleawlind, which was
rn at the last Doncas in England, bets to the
amount of one million sterling were dcpcndinr.
New York has not yet overtakcn the English split
of wager.
Preparations arc making to despatch vessel
F from Boston, for the American colony in Afr'ca.
1t is proposed to carry farmers, africans, me-
chancs and teachers.
Cannk-There are 103 canals in Great Brit
ain: the total extent of them 2692l miles; thirty
millions sterling is the valuation of the cost. In
the various canals there forty eight s,lbterrn-
neous passages, forty of which have an extent
OF tirty-two miles. None of these works, i'm