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

shoes and stockings Immediately on retlrainv
home.-Aed. .qdpiSer.
Master Hubbard is now in Boston dispayingh,
skill in Cutting Profiles. The Panharmonicu
forms part of the exhibition.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Gazetts
states that shngle shavings will drive away
Cockroaches. This power is attributed to the
essential oil contained in the shingles; it there
fore follows that the greener the wood which
they are made, the more effectual Will be the
remedy.
There was fair and cattle show at the vii.
lage of Rochester,, N. Y. on the Goth ult. when
premiums to the amount Of near $500 were dis.
tributed among the farmers, &c. An oratoa
was delivered by the President of the Socety T
and the attendance was numerous
A child died in Baltimore, on the I'd ult in |
consequence of burns received by its clothes TAX '
ing fire.
in the Legislature of Vermont, on the Goth ut +
q Mr.. Keyes rose and said, "Mr. Speaker, hold
in my hand the petition of Elias Reyes, which
Elias am"
A number of literary gentlemen in Boston,
are about to form society to be styled the finer.
ican Biographical Society, forthe purpose Of col.
lecting the materials, and extending the know.
edge of American Biography
AS an evidence ofthe growing prosperity and
nourishing condition of our manufactures, We can
state on authority which we deem perfectly cor
rect, that, in two Factories at Amesbury Mills
n. II. 10000 pieces Of flannels arc to be manu-.
featured the ensuing year. 1t IS needless to
add, that the hannes from those Factories have
Justly acquired ahgh reputation in the United
States.
On Tuesday, the 1st inst. q number ofgentle
men from stratford and Milford, (Conn.) pro.
ceeded in boats to the mouth of the Ousatonc
River, for the purpose of shooting aspecies Of
duck called Coots; and the sport commenced at
y-brcak and ceased at noon, when the whole
party returned with one thousand and SeUenty.
three.
cargo of30lO bushels of Potatoes was late
" shipped at Quebec for l'oston The price Of
potatoes in the Quebec market is one shllinga
bushel, and they probably have been shipped as
low as ten pence.
An exposition of the affairs of the Eagle Bank
of New Haven (Which failed short time since)
is now published by the Directors, from which
il appears that there are due to the bank ''debts
considered doultful'' to the amount of 81, Il,
lSgi-The capital Of the bank was only 100000
dollars.
Rosseau, in his Emile, endcavors to persuade
mothers Of the expcdlcncy of sucking their own
children \ treatise has lately been published
| in Paris by a NJ Bernard, i'll which the physical
dangers which they encounter when they de-
cline the performance of SO cndearlng u duty,
are forcibly and aarmngly described.
A meeting was held in Lancaster county on
the 21st ult. to consider the expcdlency of erect.
ing new county out of parts Of Lancaster and
Chester.
II is estimated that there were $4,000 strangers
/ in New-York to witness the celebration OF the
completion of the Great Canal
The Nashville papers state that Hugh l..
White has consented to serve, if elected, as Sen.
ator Of the United States from Tennessee, vice
General Jackson, resigned.
A letter from Buenos Ayres, dated last sum-
mer, states that there were then, i'll the city, up
wards of five thousand English and Scottish pco-
pie.
Weundcrstand says the N. Y. Mercantile Ad
vertiser, that the different Banks in the city,
! have come to the determination to refuse re.
cciying the bills of the country banks for the pres
| ent.
It's said an unfortunate affray took place on
! Wednesday afternoon, between two men EN-
pIoyed as runners for the different steamboat
lines, at the foot of Courtland street, Ncw-York.
which resulted in the death of one of the parties.
The Medical School of the University Of Penn
sylv.nia is likely to be more numerous this year
than at any former cession.
A Ghurch bell of steel has been made in Cncin
~
the mouth being = triangular; it is supposed to
be an improvement on common bells, both IN
shape and material.
Three houses lately failed:at Manchester, ono for
e O,0JU, another for .c25, 200, and the third for
l50,00J.
TIE AMERICAN SQUADR0N.-A letter
from Smyrna, dated 18th of August last, TO a
merchant in Baltimore, says, "The United States
ships North Carolina, Constitution, Cyane, and
Ontario, came to anchor at the Castle yesterday,
and sent boatup to know ift would dbc agreeable
TO the Pacha for them to come up to the town
His reply was, come and welcome, and that he
would be glad to see the Commodore--tlicy arc
all under way, coming up."-Pat.
A Adistrcssing accident occurred in Exeter, K j,
on the Sd ut. in the family of itlissei Joslill,
Esd The fire having gone out III the holsc'
Almra, his eldest daughter OF Ii years OF age
being unable TO strike light from tinder which
was damp, her younger brother brought paper
containing ofa pound ofgun powder, request
inc his mother to put some of it on the tndcr to
produce fire. Mrs. Jcsln accordingly took the
powder and sprnkled some on the tinder--the
daugh,cr not observing her mother, who stood
near holding the paper of powder in her hand.
Upon her striking the steel, the fire was COM
municated TO the paper of powder, which eN-
nloded altogether. The consequence was, that
/ Mrs. ,Joslin's hands were most severely burnt,
and her daughters hand and clothes we're set on
Gre but were Immediately eXtinplisho od.--The