American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-06-03

TO Correspondents. THE MoUNTAIN RE.
'cLusE" shall appear on Tuesday.
"A. b." is not fit for the public eye.
"SHIpLEY STREET. is too personal for our col.
Iumns. Moreover, the cowardice Of the writer
would prohibit its admittance. He must entertain
"a miserable opinion of us, if he expected we would
insert his anonymous communication
The attack on Elias Hicks, by !" LUTHER can
not appear in the Watchnan. We should be sor
Try to degrade ourselves by publishing such string
of abuse, against any man who only takes the ber-
ty to express his opinions on religious subjects,
with freedom. How would Luther" like to be
deprived Of the same kind Of liberty? Besides, his
essay is of nature that we do not wish to NEEDLE
with, and which shall be excluded entirely from
the columns Of the Waterman. See what kind of
customers editors have to deal with. 81 u.
ther has several times, for very good reasons been
refused place in our columns. He has threatened
to throw up his subscription il his essay in ques
tion is not published. Very we'll, Mr.. Luther !"
we cannot purchase your patronage at the price
you demand. We are determined to lire indepen.
dent, if we die Of starvation.
Cotton Seed We learn from the Cheraw, S. c.
Intelligsncer, that since the late rise of Cotton, the
desire Of the Planters has been great to extend
the cultivation OF that article, that Cotton Seed has
become extremely scarce ; so much SO, that 1t IS
selling in that neighborhood at IS per bushel
The rise in cotton has caused an advance Of 100
per cent. in the price of Corn in Cheraw. short
time ago any quantity could be had there at so cents
Ia bushcl it now readily commands one dollar.
This is owing to the planters having in many in.
stances ploughed up their corn and replanted with
cotton-and their determination to keep all thei
present stock of corn for their own consumption.
The American Sunday School Union celebrated
their first Anniversary, in Philadelphia, on Tuesday
evening the 24h ult. This society has under its
care, $4,000 children Of whom $4,000 belong to
Pennsylvania. There about 120 600 Sunday
School scholars in the United States. In Great
Britain there are upwards of 100000.
Mr. Francis S. Virgins, of Trenton, N. ]. has
issued proposals for publishing by subscription a
history Of The " Rise and Progress Of Methodism
in North America" by the Rev. JOHN PORTS,
Pastor of the Methods, Episcopal Church in Tren-
ton The work will contain about 500 pages neat
y printed on good paper will be full bound in
sheep, and delivered to subscribers at one dollar a
copy.
The notifications of general Convention OF
Peace, Amy, Navigation, and Commences between
the United States Of America and the Republic OF
Colombia concluded and signed at Bogota on the
sd day OF October last, by Mr.. Richard G. ander-
son, Minister Pienipotentary of the United States
in that Capital, and Don Pedro Gnut Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs. were exchanged in
Washington City on the 28th ult., by MIR. Daniel
brent, Chief Clerk Of the Department OF State, on
the part of the United States, and Don Jose Maria
SainSar, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenl-
- rIcC,
ment.