The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-24
are educated in that county at the public ex-

The Trenton True American, mentions that
the public Fund in New Jersey, tor the establish
ment of free schools for the instruction OF the
poor, has grown to the sum OF s1oV,9o9i anu
that there is reason to expect an immediate ad-
dtion to it of100,000 dollars, the balance IN the
State Treasury.
The Sheet Iron steamboat built at York, Pa.
and intended to ply between Columbia and Nor
cumberland, on the Sisquehanna river, has been
launched. She draws only eight inches water.
The expectations of the proprietors have been
realized.
Mai. Gen. Winfield Scott, it is said, is to ex-
change commands with Gen. Gaines on the fiist
of Dec. for the next two years, and is to be sta
toned at n. York.
Alexander Caldwell, of Virginia has been ap-
pointed Judge of the U. States Court for the
Western District Of virg MIA. in the place of
Daniel Smith declined.
A few days past, says the New-Orleans Mer-
camille Advertiser, there was a drove of Mules
brought to this city, from the province OF Ia
maulcpas or Nueva San Anler, and sold at auc-
ton, averaging s55 each; the highest prcc pad
was 156 dollars.
Total quantity Of Irish linen exported from
Great Briion TO all pars of the world, in the year
ending January 5, 1925. was ,,174, 392 yards.
A vessel has been chartered at Quebec, to
sail with supplies for the sufferers by the late fire
at Mirimachi. The Quebec papers state, that
she will have on board clothing to the amount Of
$4,000
Sixteen sheep, 10 Lincolnshire Rams and
Ewes, and 6 Sohth Downs, have been received
at Boston from London. They were selected
from the best focks in the counties of Lincoln
and Surv; are Of superior qualit;, and believed
10 be the first Of the Lincolnshire Long Wool
breed ever imported
Al. rs fb,a
r-nited States, thcre are fifteen conferences, and
more than 1889 local preachers, besides those
who ne constantly travelling. The increase in
the Methodist Churches, last year, was 1862
members, and ~ travelling preachers.
At New-Yorfi in the canal procession, lame
man was knocked down, and the car Of the
Printers ran over one of his legs. Yet h. groan-
ed nor screamed not. Su-c he must be dead,
said ffty voices He hasa wooden lcg, replied
the man who picked him up.
An Elm in Hatfield, Mass. is supposed the
largest tree in New England 1t measures in
circumference 81 feet at two feet from thc
ground; at the height of five fett, the smallest
place in the trunk, the circumference is 2i feet
6 inches. There is a cut in the tree four feet
from the ground. which tradition says was made
by the Indians, for the highest rise of water in
the Connecticut river.
the stocks at the Cincinnati boat Yards, which
together, will measure about $500 tons There
were also twelve boats in that port undergoing
repairs, which will measure about 900 tons.
Aggregate tonnage Of boats building and repair
ing at Cincinnati, 5000 tons.
There arc now two canals constructing in Ohio
ono from the mouth of the sclota river to
the mouth Of the caylhaga River, at Clcave-
land, on Lake Eric, extending 306 miles. The
other from GincinrAtti to Dayton, on the Miami
River, SO miles il length.
Five pcr5nn, have been tried AMI found guilty
at the recent ccsiion Of York County, (Pa.) J
court, for causing rot At camp meeting for
religious worship. The Turv found them guilty.
arl the Court fnrd them twenty dollars, each,
tor the use OF the county, in addition n tho costs
OF prosecution. One ftlte persons who were IN
| chiaed IN the indictment, did not appear and
forfeited his rccognizancc
The b11k mHaia ha, founl It's wav into the le-
s,sAturc ofNcrnont; four NV banks have been
area y chartered, and ii j. probable that one or
tso more VIII be added to the list.
Messr,. Yates and Mlntyrc Of Ncw.York have
proposed 70 TIE lc,r ,ilttrc Of Vermont to pur
chase the exclusive right Of selling lottery tick
e's IN that s'aie--for the privilege, they have
offered tous thousand dollar, per annum, for ten
years.
A }adish was aiken out OF tn, garden of Mr.
lnp4 On'ety, Head Sasslfras, NIL, which meas
~ ffe,f39ie lanfs long, and Mirty:Gre inches
IN crenHtrrance-weioat Mirty,saeaQ,,da Aalf
pO'atd
Christian layer, Esq. was officially rccogniz.
cd by the President ofthe United States ON the
9TH instant as Consul General of his Maies
y the King of Wlrtemburg, to reside at Balti-
more.
On authority Of the Boston Palladium, it IS
stated that "thc British government is supposed
to have changed its opinion and impressions in
regard to the N f. boundary Of the United
States, and to have conforncd to those of the
American government. The territory in dis
pnte, IS sad to have cqualied one third of
Maine''
Ihe editor of the Rutland vt Herald, saws,
he has been presented with potatoe this season.
measuring - inches i'll circumference
A man who had committed "u crime pjtbaa q
nanae, was lined BY the Circuit Court at CaIaw-
ba, Alabama, on the 18th ult. tuentyfre Noasuad
doiarSt
.7oterican Iea.--spccnens Of tea, raised and
manufactured in Franklin county, Pa have been
exhibited at Chambersburg. The tea was raised
from seed found in box ofimpored tea.
Twcnty-onc Indian children from the Choc-
taw nation, have been received into the house of
Col. X, NJ. johnson Of Kentucky, for the put-
pose OF being educated as christians
1t IS supposed that the tolls Of the New-York
Canals for the present year will amount to about
$4,000. The estimate of the commissioners
was 100000.
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