The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register. (Wilmington, Del.) 1824-1825, 1825-02-03

note. The plate is one that has not been IN
use now for nearly year. The enc now
used by the bank embraces all the new inn
provcments of Fairman Draper and Co. and,
when first issued, was deemed highly hnlsh-
ed specimen Of that style of engraving. 1t
has very fine heads of PENN and FRANKLIN
on the margins.
CHESTER, Penn. Jan. Is.
On Wednesday morning last, the trial OF
Washington Liable, came on before the Hon.
Isaac Darlington, Esq. and Hugh Lloyd, and
John PIERCE, Esqrs. Associate Judges. The
investigation continued until late on Sunday
evcning;--thc Jury retired after being ably
addressed by Edward Darlington, and Ar
chibald T. Dick, Esq. oil behalf of the Com
monwealth, and Benjamin Tilghman, Esq. of
Philadelphia for the prisoncr---and a charge
from the President Judge. Yesterday NOR
ming they returned with a virdict Of Guilty
Of murder in tie second degree.-The Court
sentenced the prisoner to eight years con-
iincment in the Pentcntlary OF Philadelphia,
and eight months of that time to be solitary
confinement in the Cells.
Remarkable Fact-Ihe Richmond En-
quirer states that there is now living iii the
country of stafford, Virginia, gentleman,
who has in forty-four years, raised family
Of forty-hve persons, without death, or an
occasion for medical advice.
Changing ofnamea.-ln the New York
Legislature bill was introduced changing
the name of Harriet Jane Perkins to Harriet
Jane Winter, and concluded with resolu-
ton that "from and after the passing OF the
act the said Harriet Jane Perkins should
take the name of Harriet Jane Winter, and
no other" The New York American Informs
us that
"Mr. Hayden, Of Oswego, who by the bye
bears a strong resemblance in person and in
his mode of speaking to our junior senator in
Congress, moved to strike out the words
.'and no other" on the ground that if the la
DIV should happen hereafter to be married,
the affirmative and peremtory terms of the
statute might place her and her husband rel
ativcly in a rather awkward predlcament.
The motion prevailed; but the Speaker sug-
gestcd another difiiculty--that if she should
happen to marry a man by the name OF Vim
Ter, her condition would not be relieved by
the bill. Mr.. Goodell, the, ex-speakcr, re-
marked that such was the usual phraseoogy
in like cases, whcreupon Mr.. CroliGs no fur
ther pressed his suggestion. The bill passed
rs amended, and poor Miss Harriet was LETT
to an intcrminablc endurance Of all the ri
gours of IHintrr."
English papers, state that man by
the name Of Samuel Burt, lately convicted
and sentenced to die for forgery, twice re-
fused to receive the royal pardon, intimating
the Justice of his condemnation, and his de-
termination to die by his own hands, if he
could not be made the public victim of his
crimes. On the third time, however, Of his
being brought up, he expressed his wishes
not only to be partloncd, but also to be mar
ried. He stated, that his despair of this al
lance had induced him to perpetrate the Of
fence. The young woman agreed to the
marriage, but died before it could take place.
iesty to revoke his pardon again, we are not
informed.
Burial bcf5re dcath.-In'thc year 1742, two
cases of premature burial occurred. The one
happened in the city of Florence, and the 9TH
er i'll Oveido. The first case was that of a
man who was inteaed in the vault of a
church belonging to nunnery. In the course
of the night, the body having been buried
the same morning, several of the nuns heard
voice crying. as if in deep distress from the
chancel; but they being seized with fear flew
from the spot, sdpposing it was owing to
some supernatural influence, and left the
poor wretch to perish The following morn
ing some persons who possessed more cour-
age than the nuns, having heard of the
shrieks, went and broke open the tomb, in
which they found the man indeed dead, but it
was quite evident that he had accelerated
his death after being Inferred, for his hands
were greatly lacerated and swollen, and his
head was much bruised by his endeavors to
liberate himself The second case was not
very dissimlar.
In Oveido, boy having fallen from back
building, was supposed to have been killed
by the fall. and was accordingly buried. Or
the day subsequent to his interment, the
grave was opened in consequence of some
noise being accidently heard by person
who was just passing, and it was manifest
from the appearance his body presented that
he had died after he had been put into the
ground. What rendered the friends of the
body more inexcusable in thus Fastening hi
burial was, that his countenance had not I'M
dergone any alteration; but he looked a
4 blooming and healthy as he did before thu
accident.
Liberal. REQUESTS.
, Mr.. WILLS, who lately died in Philad' a
) has bequeathed the whole of his large estat
to charitable purposes. We understand tina
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