The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-08-11

chinery will cost about one million of a0s
lars. large manufacturing house in Man
chester, England, is said to be dceplv n.
terested in this establishment.
Goblet, IN recent publication Of his. cal.
culates that there are two hundred thons.nI
Catholics in England worth twenty pounIs
ready money each, which would make fm,r
millions OF pounds. He advises all these to
demand payment of the bank on paticu-
lar day, which he SAYS would be an infalli.
BILE way to restore the gold and silver chr.
rency. In Ireland, he says, there are s;,
million of Catholics, all of whom might sheu,
to his Grace of York their attachment to n,
family now upon the throne by similar line
of conduct.
Uf one hundred and forty-onc patients ad.
mitted into the Friends Asylum for the in
sane, near Frankford, from the time it w,s
opened in May 1915, down to the month of
March, 1924, only eighteen remained in tbe
house without much sensible improvement
IT appears by the New Brunswick papers
that an intense feeling exists among the Der,
sons Immediately Interested in the two routec
proposed for the Delaware and Rariton a.
nal. Most OF the landholders on one of the
routes are said to have offered their lands
lOT llJiIIlHS, anu SOtlC ol tnttn COnSlQer9blp
sums of money besides to obtain the prefer.
cnce.-The locating of the Canal is entirely
left to the Commissioners, Messrs. White
and Beach, who are expected to commence
their surveys the beginning of the next
month.
Completion ofthe .fe7y York Canal The
ceremony OF laying the cap-stone of the
double combined locks at I4ockport. and the
accompanying ceremonies, have been descrb-
ed as highly interesting and imposing II
could scarcely have been otherwise, sur
rounded as the assembled multitude were bv
the most stupendous exhibitions of human
power and labour. On the slabs of polished
marble which have been laid in the ends Of
the middle wall of this noble flight of locks
are appropriate inscriptions furnished we I'M
derstand, by the canal commissioners They
are quite unlike some that have proceeded
from other sources, avoiding tho language Of
individual and invidous eu,ogy, and ascrii3inp
to a whole people the merit Of the accom-
plshment Of these great works of art and en-
tcrpIlsc. On the slab at the lower end are
the following words.--"Erie Canal. Let
posterity be excited to perpetuate our free
institutions, and to make still greater efforts
than their ancestors, to promote public pos
terity, by the recollection that these works
of internal Improvement were achieved bu
he &hirH and perseverance, ofREpuBLIcAs
FREEMEN." On the slab, at the upper end
-"The Erie Canal, 362 miles in length, was
commenced the 4th of July, 1917, and COM
pleted in the year 1926 at an expense of a.
bout 100000 dollars and was constructed
exclusively ny THE CITIZENS offhe STATE Of
.Nag9 York"
Cant A dams nF tha crbr Sprcacc
at N. Y. III 25days from Carthagena, informs,
that there was a report in circulation, though
not generally believed that Bolivar, from re-
peated affectionatc and friendly solicitations
from the Pcruvians to remain among them,
had determined to crafty their desires, pro-
vidcd he could obtain permission from Ills
Government, in which event Gen. St. Ander
would succeed him in the Presidency, and
General Montillo would probably be the
Vice President.
The brave Admiral Padilla, who so nobly
slSnalzed himself at the capture of Mara
cuybo, it was rnmourcd was about fitting out
all expedition to aid the Mcxicans in the cap
ture of the Castle of St. Juan dc Ulloa The
squadron Of the late Com. Courts, consisting
of briss and schrs. have been purchased
by the government, and would be of the ex
pediton. The cutter Leon had just arrived
from England, with $500, 900 for the govern
ment, and another a short time previous,
with million. These supplies were very
acceptable, and were the cause of much joy
and satisfaction to the Columbians. Mark
cts rather dull excepting of some few arti-
cles OF provisions, aud produce Of the coun-
try very scarce and high.
Washington, August, 3.
In the morning Of yesterday, General La
faycHe, in company with the President OF
the United States, and the Secretary of the
Navy, visited the United States Snip Bran
dywine, now fitting out at this Navy Yard.
in which the General is to take passage for
France. Afterwards, the good General re
ccivcd many vsltcrs at the Mansion OF the
President
In the evening, there was crowded par
ty at Major General Browns, given in hon
our of the Naval officers of whom the pend
ing trials of two high officers have brought
many together. There were present, 1t is
believed nearly sixty officers of whom about
twenty were of the highest grade of com
mission. The party was honored BY the
presence of our beloved Guest, who found
himself the most gallant among the sons OF
his early friends, i'll the crowd OF Military
and naval gentlemen who surrounded HIN.
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