The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-07

duces drnking- drinking induces intoyjc,,ior-
IintoXicaion induces the bile--bile induces ,h,.
iaundice-j aundicc leads 10 dropsy--and dro,'',.
terminates death" Put that in your pipe AK
smoke it.
The quantity Of rain which fell in London II
the year 1924 was 1914 inches, being ncar,,
half as much again the average of the seven
preceding years, which was only % &c inches
A chemical process has lately been discover.
ed by which hogs lard can be converted into m
article for dipping and moulding Candles srpe.
rior to Russian tallow. When prepared ACCORD.
ing to this plan it is white like wax or spurnicc,i
The candles made oft burn with superior lipb,
resembling flame Of the purcst gas. They are
altogether void of the offensive smell and grc,s,
touch OF candles, and when burning in the clos.
est apartment, have no smell and emit no smoke
[Ra!eigh Register.
| Prophecy fCoiumbns.-In one of the let.
tiers which Columbus wrote to the king Of
Spain from the feet, then lying before Ja
maica, he has the following remarkable pas.
! sage: "Ihc wealth that have discovered
win rouse mankind to pillaee, violence, and
will revenge the wrong that have suffered
The Spanish nation itself will. perhaps, suf,
fer one DAY from the crimes that its malign.
ty, its ingatitude and its envy are now com
hitting"
The kentuck Reporter says "'rhe ON
nipotent Majority of the last LcrslatG We has
been presented by grand jury IN Mont.
gomery county, for violating the constitution.
/ 'Fhe intelligent people of Montgomery have
given many proofs of their disapprobaton
of the high handed measures of the legisla-
ture They submitted patiently to divers
cncroachments on their rights; they surren-
dered their money and their property, and
forgave their debtors all for the hu5Hc road.
the Empiricks told them; but they are not
willing to give up their constitution, and
snrrcnder their liberties To hmg Legislature,
This is asking of them rather too much.
TRCUMSEH.--A gentleman Of high
standing in Virginia, gave me the following.
as related to him by the officer who was the
subject of it. This officer, in skrmish with
a party of British and Indians, in the late
war, was severely wounded and unable to
rise. Two Indians rushed towards him to
secure his scalp as their prey.-Onc appear
ed to be a chief warrio,, and was clad in a
British uniform. The Ratchet was uplifted
to give the fatal blow.-The thought passed
his mind that some of the chiefs were Ma
sons, and members of travelling Lodges, in
the British army. He gave the masonic
sign. 1t stayed the arm of the savage war.
ror. The Ratchet fell harmless to the ground
the Indian sprang forward, caught him in
his arms-and the endearing title of BRO
4 THEIR fell from his lips. 1t was Tccun-
| sch.
Mrs. Coutts, of London, the widow Of the
Banker, gave a Concert on the first night
that Madame Catalan appeared after her
return to Englad, which was followed by d
supper, the cost of which was estimated at
t7po thousand haunds sterling.
ms VS.. NJ Coy-An action for SANDER
and malicious prosecution was tried on Sat
urday in the Circuit Court of New York,
The suit was brought by the father of Miss
Mills, girl under age, who had been char
gcd by a Mrs. Mccoy, in whose service she
had been employed, with theft, and as pos
scssing otherwise a bad character. The de-
PENDANT failed to sustain either count in the
indictment, and the Jury, after retiring for
about ten or fifteen minutes, brought in q
verdict of 500 dollars, i'll favor OF the plaintiff
The following is an extract from the in
structioas under which Commodore Porter
made his recent excursion to Faxardo Tor
WnlCn ne is OTucTtu lOlil' " cC tiSb--
ain the case of bclligerents, where the ar
my of one party enters the territory OF a ncu-
trial power, the army the other has right
to follow i: there. In the case of pirates,
the right of the armed force of one power TO
follow them into the territory of another, is
more complete. In regard to pirates, there
is no neutral party, they being the enemies
of the'human race; all nations are parties a
gainst them, aud may be considered as allies.
Original Sin.
overheard discourse something like alter
cation between Il deacon, his son, and scrv-
ants. Some one had informed him that the
cattle had broken into the corn-feld, and
were making great ravages. Ibis servants
were ordered to make haste and turn them
out and repair the breach. "How came they
therc," says one:--" Which way did they
get inS' cries another. 1T is impossible,
the fences are good" says a third. Don't
stand here talking tono purpose" crise the
deacon, with increasing earnestncss $3.50
They are i'll the field destroying the corn.
see them with my own eyes. Out vita
them speedily. and put up the fence"
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