The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-17

I'm of I,enin. Both will reach the points from
hcnce they commence their researches regard
,m the middle course and termination OF that
aIebrated stream at the close Of the rainy sea
an. and Major Laing, in particular, will reach
cimbuctoo at period Of the year when, al
,winga few weeks for .reircshment and iepose
liter the fatigues undergone in The passage OF
he great desert, he will be able to start WIN
,c commencement of the dry season, to 1oaoW
nut the ultcrior object Of his journey.
10 OVERS. --I}arwood, the most valuable OF
the known dyes producing red, appears Tut
ttle known in this country. The color II nm
|knrts is highly permanent, much more SO thah
eE*her red diving wood. Beautiful clarets are
IlMagc on wool with this wood, and a small por-
Man of cppperas. 1t is used III all shades OF
lbrown, and inthe making ofdalk bottle green's
INtl alum, ii gives yellowish brown reds to wool,
tn durability. This color may be saddened and
kSsa,ied by employing solutions Of iron or copper
INN il. either alone or conjontly with alum.
Mn darl. red, which is commonly seen upon
IN Drtish imitation Of Bandanno, or East-india
{s1l handlscrchiefs, is commonly produced by the
%1nlo,iulr matter of bar.wood, saddened by sui
'#Ef3hate Of IRON II is much employed for giving
lsa dark ground for blues, dyed with indigo, but,
y 1,ore generally for blues intended for mixtures,
Whereby much indigo is saved This color 's
Nus on the wool or cloth prior to dipping in the
#bluc vat From to pounds of barWood IS
,s5Shscd for twenty pounds Of wool, i'll which the
99S& 9S& ool is boiled the usual time, and saddcned
SES nth four ounces Of copperas 10 twenty pounds
#f barwood. Those who object to coppcras,
4 bay tarken the wool with small quantity OF
v Scarlash, which may be put in with the wool
aat efore bollinSit.
HI It would seem that the small pox has made
@zrcat ravages this year in the Fren'h capital.
$sH If 1000 deaths there, in the month OF August,
4M or 800 at least were produced BY that disease
9SA report on the jcct was made to the acale-
HIN Of Medicine on the goth uit. and fully dis
SSl IN seed All thc facts advanced tend to confirm
y %fhc Importance Of fraeciaafim. The prevalence
Sdsf the small pox was ascribcl to the immense
humber of worklnen and others of the poorer
Masses, who rema' ned without TINT benefit IRON
vprc ince or want of opportunity; and to the iin-
a ckilfl use OF the vaccine matter Such was the
y antpathy ofthc people, that the Protect OF Niei
resorted to the expedient Of causing man.
n Whom the Small iox mad deprived ots:Tat, and
4 Otherwise injured, to be led though all the
u arccts, By crier, who proclaimed The reason Of
ms Affections, In several of the departments
4ssor provinces, premium has been assinged for
aaaeach fifty successful cases Of vaccinations
a'N Tn the London Police Reports, we lind it lnen-
4 tioned that on the 18th Sept ctiM just turned
q of fine Years of age was put to the bar charged
with circulating counterfeit coin! she was enl-
#ploved in this way by young woman 10 years
MOI age, who used to send her to pastry cooks,
"a Rtobacconsts, frutcrcrs, &c. where she purchas.
A ed trHcs with counterfeit shilngs, and received
#Eeool money in change. The reporter. after CIV
the evidence in detail, graycy adds, 'sthat
285toM the prisoners (thc young woman and the
S4Sx.hilJN were fully committed for trial.
#S rThc parents Of the child are honest hare
ID &working people, and their feelings on hearing
tilut their child had been seduced into the com
81 mission of such crime can be more easily con
81 gceived than described. The mother on seeing
51I her tender infant committed 10 prison, became
Nj quite frantic, and wept historically, and had !
st not been for the gcalcr, she would have inflicted
sM some violence on the woman Smith, Tor scducaI
SS% her infant
#1 In the code of criminal law prepared by MI
I'M Livingston for thc state of Louisiana, provision
zS is made for juvenile lclinlucnts: but the muc
a1s audcd laws Ct England, consign child that car
ssa not know right from wrong, to common prison
& Some workmcn who were employed at Mil
lM& near Bristol, in Bucks county, Pa lately save
H off (a to an inch,) the only board laid across III
a forcbay of the mill, where the water was 10 fc'
'## deep, in order that an old man, who was e
n "a pccted to cross it might fall i'll and be duclic,
SSa they warned several persons not to go over
53% but the old man in passing over as expected
|sSM broke the board, fc! through, splinter ran Il
sM to his bowels, notification cnsucd, of whlc
& he died in two weeks after; previous to his deaf
I3E he forgave the perpetrators Of this wicked ac
sN& and expressed his wish that they might not
Will prosecuted.
N% Alta session of the American convention Il
a. promoting the abolition of slavery, held
# Philadelphia, resolutions were passed rs fl
48@ lows:-
M That in the opinion of this convention, 4
aM most practicable means Of etfecting the COZ
N plctc extinction of slavery in the United State
MA is by the passage of laws, II the several state
2@ fixing day, after which all persons Of colo,
$ born in the respective states, shall be free at
s# certain age.
# 9 That this convention recommend to T
III different abolition societies in the United Stat
|aaM and to all individuals who are friendly to the
sg# trpation of slavery from the United States,
sN use their endeavors to procure the passage
s| such law in the state in which they reside.
we copy the following from snuff box, ma
4# from part Of one of the beams OF the Glasg'
lid Cathedral, the only building that was saved tra
Y destruction at the Refornatlon:-" Respect I
for what have been. Once was yonng a
# hopeful plant of nature; in the course of years
ss@ became tall, the birds Of the mir were happy
fs& ,tar nv sbaJn,y md RIO tbeir