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sTRIcTURE-No. I,

H.. ~ Practical English Grammar &c, EyJames
Broun."
autobiography teaches the nature of letters,
,e;r constructive influence upon each other"
&C. page o
rhe iucomcctncss Of this sentence is too evil
.cut no, to be perceived by every person The
,,ord "lc,tcrs" Is markcdi in the posscssivc case
hy an apostrophc, and has also the proposition OF
,vernn,r il, in violation Of all the rules OF gram
mar; except, perhaps, some OF Mr. Browns Ana
,be word .othcrs," is also marked with an apos-
,ro,he. for what reason know MOTT is not III
,bc posscs i've ca.c, nor any case, unless MI
rrown has found out some new case.
The vowels are 4, 81, 0, u, ", y.--The conso-
eut3 arc b, c, d, fg h, k, IN, n, p, q, s. w
II appears from this, that Mr.. b. does not con
.,.r that 10 and , arc very often consonants.
po, that they are always consonants when they
,.nn \ word or syllable is too well known to need
proof.
:. !, cons0nant is letter that has sound less DIS
,,ot than that of avowcl; as, J. m, p,"
lfthis is not an erroneous assertion, appeal to
~, one who has his hearing. If Mr.. B. had let
M, own car sit in judgment, he would have per-
,eiyed that lhas sound no less distinct than ~,
and that n. has a sound altogether as distinct as
i. which he makes invariably a vowel-Blush
w. b. If gou are capaile Of Jiashing, at such as
,,rtions as these. defy you to prove what you
aye asserted, and here throw the gauntlet.
"a tripthong is the union Of three vowels' as
IN in Jeeafg"
Now appeal to any person who understands
creek, il the term tripthong is not derived from
s9.rs qg.12a triple soundI but there is no trip
lie sound ii tie English Language occasoned
by the union Of three vowcls in one syllable.
There arc. such sounds in the Greek admit, but
uol in the English: they are at most, only dip
thongs. (Scc Walker ondpthongs. Die, page 32.)
Perhaps Mr. b. will plead that he has erred III this
Justification rs did many ofhs predecessors.
l!mit il, but an Author who claims perfection ia
sch am extent as he does, should not she led by
Ne nose" into so great errors. If MIR. b. hac
rycrrcad word of Greek in his life time c woull
.Ayc perceived that the term trlpthong IS not ap
ricable in the English Language
MONONGOHANKAuO
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Joaathans Visit to Phiindeiphid.


asst Monday arrived at the city,
With Potatoes and Onions to sell,
And what blamed sight Of houses
You wouldn't believe it'd tell.
Last night went up to the Playhouse
To see all the wonderments there;
Some were playing the foolanl the fiddle,
And some only went there TO stare.
AT length they began for to quarrel
And murder each other in fun;
The Ladies laughca-lucc take 'em
10 see how complete it was done
This morning went to the Museum
And what do you think saw there
Why I'll tell yotl--a darn'd sight Of notions
A Cow with five legs, and Bear.
Of Birds, guess more than a thousand;
And Snakes in bottle of rum
And o, my stars, what Goldfish
'Twould make a peck of good chowder Tvum
From nook popd horrible Indian
| But wether in earnest orfun
made bold spring through the window
And took to my scrapcrs and run.
| came up full but 'gainst amp-post,
And thought to be sure was slain;
/ am now safe on board the old schooncr--
III be swamp'd if leave her again.
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most scrutnizing, Rhetorician the most
elegant When my soliloquy was compile
ted, | again perused it attentively, hoping
to learn something from this glorious pro-
duction of so bright a genius; but before
had proceeded far in my rhapsody, l was
sadly disappointed, and finding Mr.. Brown
SO great critic, wish to be informed by
him, respecting the grammatical propriety
of the following passages which find in his
last essay.
LIST. "This aside, and your confession, re-
ally Sho7cs radical change of heart"
Here verb of the singular number has
two subjects connected by and y!
I'd. 1.-The other is the sure emanation Of
a pure heart
Now, if nouns require the same preposi-
sition after them as the verbs from which
they are derived, this should read, "emana-
ton from" &c. &c. not emanated Of pure
heart Y
Sd. And whether You become no man, :"
&c. sis OPTIONAL with YOURSELF
Here it appears that cur learned author
has taken the liberty of adding word to
the English language, for / find the word
ottionQi neither in Walkers, Johnson's nor
Baily's Dictionary neither do ] suppose
that he has extracted it from the Bible.
With respect to the affected style of MIR.
Brown, would merely call his attention to
short extract from Irping on the English
language, hoping that he may profit by it.
ii. G..
1--WE must beware of taking pomp of ex-
preston for luxuriance of imagination. Fol
it is in the power of every one to load his
style with high sounding words and phrases
Nothing can be more contemplate than that
tinscl splcndour OF language winch some wri'
tiers continually affect. 1t were well if this
could be ascribed to the overlooking OF q
rich imagination. But it is luxuriancy o.
words, not of thought, that is exhibited by
these frothy writer's"
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MARRIED.

At circleville Ohio, Jpjhiam B. Thrill, Editor
of the Olive Branch, to Miss Maria Rock DeH, Of
that place.
The edition oflife, may they work eG complete
On the press of affection and love;
May picks, monks and friarS, be free from each
sheet
And the points of esteem never move
When death at the last shall throw into pi,
Or distribute their forms in his case,
May they be again set in the office on high,
And imposed on the stone of free grace.
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The following very curious and ingenious pc.
EN- was published at Dublin, at that time, when ii
was death to write any thing pointedy against the
government. leave it, as the author did, to the
ingenuity of the reader, to find out the manner o
reading it, that will express the meaning which he
intended to convey.
The pomp of courts and power of kings,
prize above all earthly things;
love my country but my king
Above all men his praise I'll sing.
The royal banner be disylay'd,
And may success the standard aid.
/ wish to Danish far from hence,
The Rights of man, and Common sense
Destruction to his odious reign,
That plague of princes, Thomas Paine
Defeat and ruin brand the cause,
Of France, her liberty, and laws
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thoc,fuS inter caecos est.
hel one eyed man among the blind"
'iessrs Editors:
In Your last number, met with an article
vi heology, which bore the signature of
u Brown" After reading it for the first
""e' rejoiced that our quarter OF the world
saS able to produce man of such abilities,
:" iheolosian SO profound, a Critic the
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e.w ;nadyertent remarks on the comma,
-. 49, enable people to punctuate with grammatical
passing over the photography and perspicuity
e,,o nrcface, and over his elegant "kcy to gram
or which is able to turn the bolt OF very small
,acp shall commence my structures on "Part J.
IL. n.n.l,AhN "
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General Lafayette arrived at Raleigh, the
seat of Government of North Carolina, on
Wednesday last, a day earlier than he was
expected. He was received with most re-
spectful greetings by the authorities of the
State, and with open arms by the People.
He was welcomed by the Governor of the
State in a neat Address, and in another by
Colonel William Polk, a compatriot of the
Revolutionary War. The Students of the
University of the state, distant thirty miles
from the spot, repaired in body to meet him,
and with him viewed Canova's Statute OF
Washington. He partook of a Public Din
ner and Ball on the day and evening OF his
arrival, received visits on the following
morning, and on the afternoon of Thursday
resumed his route to the South.
In consequence of the late sudden changes of
the weather, from the mildness Of Spring to snow
and storms, catarrhs and colds are prevalent to an
uncommon degree. Philadelphia, New-York and
Boston are peculiarly afflicted. Too much eau
ton cannot be shown to these trivial complaints,
which, neglected, settle into fatal pulmonary dis
cases. AS many as 118 deaths have occurred at
New York in one week; an unusual proportion
arose from common colds.
Not long since, a wood.choppcr in Utica N. Y.
had the fortune to find % guineas in the trunk OF
a tree, which he had fclled in a piece of woods
near this village. Anaugcr hole had been bored
into the tree, the gold put in, and a plug driven
after it. 1t must have been placed there many
years since, as the outside of the tree exhibited
no marks ofthc process by which the singular
deposit had been made.
A Spanish squadron consisting of two newfrg
ates, sloop of war and two briggs, with five trans
ports, having on board eighteen hundred men, ar.
rived at Porto Rico about the Goth Of January, anc
were shortly to proceed TO Havana. Another cx
petition was shortly expected at Porto Rico, from
the Canary Islands, with additional troops
The late Samuel Spraguc, of Massachnsettswa
representative in the Legislature of that prov
ince and state, sixty one years
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Balances against the county.

I
COUNTY set
the statement main
in
..**." New Castle March Sd, A. D. 1925
! DAVID PAINTER, P,
MrchS--S
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The late Samuel Spraguc, of Observation-Disclosures
representative in the Legislature OF that prov
ince and state, sixty one years!
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*Coun levied for 1928 100 for 1924 so for 1925 so cents
Poor 100 Dollars
sheung balances due and from e Castle County
March,
TO THE COUNTY,
Balance in Treasury settlement per No. l.
From VIM Vandegrif in Shifts hands ball. tax 1920
Oge DO
of Joseph Jones, do 1921
William Thomson 90 1872
Nehemiah rDelaplain 40 1898
VIM Anderson do do -
statement No paid by the differ
entC Collectors
DUE FROM THE COUNTY.
Balances down to list January, 1925. So4l 70
allowances and made by court from
list an March, 1926 remaining unpaid. oI24 o.
Bank of Delaware Sooo w
William Seal 1oou w
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29

except in few instances are under three feet in
such vast weight, as the accompanying waggo rs
have wheels Of from % to 56 inches diameter only.
1t also seems that those engines had fly wheels
to steady the motion--whch it is conceived will
De found very advantageous-as well as the giving
both the engines and Wagons, wheels Of double The
diameter.
Iredgold gives also table to show the differ
ence between canals and railroads, from which it
appears that at velocity of 2 1-2 miles per hour
the canal is superior to The rail road in 'useu effect"
but IN any increase of motion, the railroad be
comes superior 10 the canal so much SO, that at
live miles per hour it exceeds in that useful ef-
fect,'' 10000 pounds moved on the rail road,
is TO $3.50 on a canal But when we arrive at
speed equal to 10 miles hour, the useful effect is
on the canal, but 2,462 pounds, whereas the rail
road remains the same as before-that is, at l0,-
500 pounds. So far, Tredgold-and this is the case
u nder the disadvantage Of small wheels and en-
gincs supposed to be of not the best construction
When the velocity is raised to IL Q miles per
hour, the canal has sunk to 1850 pounds Of useful
effect the railroad remains as before, at
10000 pounds. This fact, though at first view il
appears improbable, is readily understood, when the
nature Of the moring porer is taken into view
and the vast increased resistance in the oil the
canal while the friction remains the same on the
rail road. MENTOR.
should have mentioned that the above calculation of
the difference of effect railroads and canals, is founded
upon the employment of moving p1wer equal to 100
pounds.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
COMMUNICATED.

DIED-In this Borough, the morning of the 25th
inst, in the 33d year Of his age EVAN THOMAS, Esq
Cashier of the Bank of Wilmington & Brandywine.
The character given TO a man by obituary notice. be
ing most generally portrayed by the partial hand Of friend
ship cannot be considered correct criterion Of his
al orh, in the estimation of strangers. To those only,
therefore, who of the circle OF the acquaintance Of
the deceased, appeal for the truth Of the observation
that, while he constantly adding the number of his
friends, he created not single enemy to ebter his
cia intercourse in his domestic relations mpeach the
integrity of his conduct in his connections with general
ciey Correct and jealous in the performance of the du
ties of his public VOCATION his suavy of manners, and
edanmi,y of temper caused him to become, without ef
fort general favorte and endeared him all by ties OF
ordinary durability. His friends, therefore, mourn
will scarce be filled, even by the lapse of time.
Near Camden, Del, the 18Th, Mrs SALLY
LOCKWOOD, wife of MIR. William Lockwood; and daugh
ter Of the late Judge Barratt.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
GIANT.
PATRICK MAGEE.

Just arrived from ireland, to be seen at PLUM
LEY'S T4TER.N, Indian Queen,) Wilming.
ton, achere he riN remain THIS DAY and ITO.
.MORROW.
MAGEE, in England allowed to be the most extra
ordinary man as GIANT, in the United Kingdoms, or,
probably the world, being not remarkable for his
extraordinary height than for the elegant symmetry of his
form, matchless strength and surprising activity
He was born in Ireland, and has been honoured by the
distinguished appreciation Of his Majesty the greater par,
Foreign Ambassadors all of whom expressed the high
qualification they experienced in witnessing supendous
a Phenomenon.
Magee offers striking contrast to every other Exhibi
ton Of of extraordinary stature, he is equally
spcuous for the Masculine beauty of his orm and his
surprising strength, and for his superior stature In all
other instances, astonishing height has been accompanied
with weakness and deformity.
.ge is unquestionaby the finest and most extraordi-
nary man which The present age has witnessed.
Doors open from in the morning till l, from till in
the afternoon, and from till 10 in the evening.
Admittance, 25 cents--Children half price.
Nov, %. o.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
From the Freeman's Journal.

Earth's highest station ends in " here he les,
md " dust to DUST concludes her nobes song.
ON THE DEATH OF McDoNOUGH,
The Hero Of Champ'an.
(Br S. OsnonN.)
Brilliant as brief thy mortal journey sped;
A PATRIOTS life fuflPd in bright day!
1t is enough the voice of Heaven said
And call'd thy soul (mature for bliss) away.
When in thy suffering countr, 5 drest need,
Thy banner wav'd victorious in the air,
Thou didst impue to Heaven the glorious deed
That glory, multiplied, awaits thee there.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
CONINE'S
FORTUNES HOME,

No. 80, Market Street, nearest office 10 the Genre Market
or al his agency No. 2l7, Market street, door 6eoo Liberty
street. Lasn,ore and his etfce No. s. South Iird Street,
Philadelphia; 7shere the cash. usuo mil be paid for Prise
tickets presentation.
- The LOTTERY Integencer issued at Conines 0Gce
Baltimore which will the drawing of the above Lot
terry at large will be forwarded to all those gratis,
who make their investments at Coninc's Offices, and by
which the fate of Tickets be easily ascerlaned,
on application at Lottery Office.
Orders from all parts of the United States, conveying
Cash or Prize Tickets either by mail ost pad) private
conveyance will meet with the same prompt and careful
tenton as heretofore. Address to w. c. CONNIE,
Baltimore or philsderhia
Ral.irnorc Ncv Il. 1929.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
PROPOSALS
For publishing By Subscription,
a NEW POEM,
ENTITLED
"a Peep at the Peninsula -

A POETIC.aL JOURNAL,
In which the Personal Pronoun curiousy declined
through various cases of Fun, Folly and Egotism and
in which many admirable touches of the true Bahos
BIZ CORPORAL PRONOUN.
"Ha Plural Unit who wouldst be
Junto o'er my Muse and me,
With Dogmas to control us;
Hail, mystic WE! grand Nsrt-to-.None!
Large Body Corporate of one
Important OMNES, Sous %
TIME Work will contain nine Canos, each Cano consist
l. ing Of from eighty TO hundred lines
1t will be embeIshed with several fine engrayngs,
ted by some of our best American artists.
The work shall be put press sufficient
ber of Subscribers can be obtained.
Pn1cE to Subscribers 81 cents Non-Su5scri5ns 81 cts
The subscription paper is left at the Wachman Office
where the patrons Of the work will please to call.
Nov. 90, 1925. 3-4tp
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
AT PHILADELPHIA, on Saturday.

Cotton, new crop, Is cents; Flour, sup. 500 ;
Rye, 8,2s; Corn Meal, 3,25 do. in hid 1900 ;
Corn, up CO. 81 64 lower do. SO a So; Wheat,
90 a95 Rye. SIS G2; Oats, 81 81; Barley, 80
a a5 Hops, %.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.
AT baltimore, on Friday.

Cotton, Lou. sc 1s 20; Georgia Upland Is a
l6 Flour, sup. 500 $50; Flaxseed. rough,
no 1,l2 Corn, So 81; Wheat, LOS lilo i;
Barley, 90 95; Oats, s. SO; Hops, 2sa 80.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
" Fortunes Homes Forever 7
No. 80, & 217, Market Street, Baltimor

No 80, & 217, Market Street, Baltimore.
or w. c. Conine does himself the pleasure of present
ing his kind friends and patrons the scheme
OF the first Lottery to be drawn in this city, which is the
Grand Consolidated State Lottery
Of Maryland, No. 9 wherein he anticipates, with liberal
USUAL to have the satisfaction OF dlstrbu
ling among adventures, large proportion OF the capital
BRILLIANT AND MAGNIFICENT SCHEME.
1prlze of 100000; Of 80 o00 of 10000; Of 0oo
of 000 Is OF O00 10 of 500; 50 OF 100; 100 OF So
100 OF 20, 500 of Ii; 105O0 of 10.
1890 Prizes, 23,72o Blanks, IS. 900 Tickets,
Amounting in all to the splendid sum OF
100000.
The whole to be finished drawing only, which will
positively take place WEDNESDAY the 18th February
1926, under the superintendent of the commissioners ap
pointed by the Governor and Council.
MODE OF DRAWING-The numbers will be put into
wheel usua-and in another wheel will be put the
Prizes above the denomination of 10 Dollars and the draw
ing to progress The usual The 0500 Prizes of
SIO will be awarded to the Tickets, the Numbers of which
end with the terminating figure of either Of the Three first
drawn Numbers from the wheel of different ermnaons
TO ILLUSTRATE WHICH
We will suppose Number 101o1 be the first drawn No.
Then every Ticket in the Lottery, ending with the figure
) will be entitled 10 prize of $40; then suppose No.
14610 to be the second drawn number then every number
ending with COY will also be entitled to prize of sl0-and
in like MANNER suppose that No be the hid drawn
number from the Wheel then each Of the tickets the
scheme ending with figure S) will also be entitled
prize of S0 in addition to any other prize they may have
drawn!
This mode of Drawing will permit the whole Lottery
be completed at ONE DRAWING ONLY-and Ticket
Drawing superior Prize 4A be restricted from drawing
an inferior also Many tickets will therefore necessarily
obtain two prizes each y!
PRIZES payable in cash so days after the drawing, sub
iect 10 the usual deduction of Is per cent.
The Tickets in this Brilliant and Splendid Scheme are
going off rapidly at the following rates, viz:
Ticket, Sl0--Half S5-Quarter S2.50-Eighth SIPS.
Tickets and shares sale the greatest variety of for
tunate numbers at
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
pnLCE 0F sT0CKs LN PHILaDELPHLa

We have this day to perform the melancholy duty
Of announcing the death Of the gallant Commodore
MDONOUGH. who expired on the 10Th instant,
on board Of the brig Edwin, which arrived at Phila
delphia, on Saturday, in 80 days from Gibraltar.
The iemains Of the Commodore have been taken to
Middleiown, Conn to be Inferred by the side OF his
vile, who died few months since. They have
lett four sons and daughter.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29

An application is to be made to the Legislature oil
he state of New York at the ensuing session, lor
an act of incorporation for the New York South
American Steam Boat Association, with capital
Of one hundred thousand dollars, TO be employed
solely in the building, equpping and navigating OF
vessels by the agency OF steam in other than the
waters Of the United States.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29
PRICES CURRENT AT BRASnYwIsE Mills, Nov. 49,

PRICES CURRENT At BHANDYWINE MILLS, NOY.Z6.
FLouR, superfne, per Dbl. IS 90 to
Mdilings, DO w ~
WHEAT, white, per 60 h. ! OF os
IN rcd do. 90
Cons, per 81 lb. SIS GO
Kiln-dricd Corn Meal, per hhi. Ii 50 is 90
Do do. per bbl. 90 3 Is
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29


LETT four sons and daughter.
Com. W Donough died Of pulmonary disease.
The National Advocate states that +" he literally
wasted to the bone. not weighing, when he died,
more than sirty pounds"
The Legislature of New Jersey has annued the Charter
Of the New Jersey Lombard and Protection Bank and a
pointed Commissioners 10 settle its concerns.
LITERARY
unr readers will perceive in to-day's paper proposals
for publishing a New Poem, entitled "a PEEP AT THE
PENINSULA &C. Several parts, what The author IN
his all, ersemen has termed Cano have already appear.
ed in co,umnsand from the very great ayldy WIN
which they we're read, wherever our paper circulated we
have no doubt thai tile work its finished state, will meet
with very great success
The object of the author throughout this whole perfor-
NANCE is very apparent 1t is evidently his intention to
bn,esaue prose production of certain consequential
little Corporal of Borough who, in the course OF
ride lie took through this Sate during the past summer,
Kent journal of his travels which he noticed every tri
fling occurrence he met with and which he has since
been SO sy as to present the Public, under the name
ef peeb at fhs Peninsula" Such tissue OF inflated
commonplace folly and extreme setcomplacency we may
safely affirm has been equaled bcfore-most asst
redy, ii has never been surpassed
Tie importance lie has given to things of no moment
his empty and miserable concets-and the constant en-
pnymen of the personal pronoun in its nomnatlye and
possessve pralare happily hit off in this satire poem
The cuts or engavngs, feel well assured VIII be hgh
ly amusinglake for instance, the corporafs interview
with Gen Fisher (he Sheriff Of Kent) and the affair Of
the Ba-hs visit to that Unsuitable scribber the Milford
Bard and his ride wit. the Sussex County Belle Upon
the whole we entertain doubt that the Poet'cdi feeI
win be well receved-and sincerely hope that he enc
which the author had view, may be completely accom-
pshed-though, speak canddy, we are AFRAID thae e
sensb,ies Of the little Corporal SO morbid and thai
he SO sorely afflicted with what Horace calls the "oacG
hes scribendi" that he will never be induced TO thro"
aside his quill.
Tredrod in his Treatise on Railroads and Carriages
Of rail XaY will consist IN M
American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-29

Tredgold in his Treatise Railroads and Carriages,
says The great advantage of railway will consist in its
aorng the of transporting heavy goods with speed
and tany fit be only far as to double the speed OF
The iyheats it must be material benefit And recollect-
ing that railroads yet in imperfect state, while the
united talents of our civil engineers have been chiefly de-
voted to canals for about century, we may conhdehy
hope that there is yet scope for improvement ana we
may fairly infer that for works. railroads will IN nne
ten be better adapted for public beneht than
canals.