American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-06-17

Battle of Trenton.--Some romance writer has
lately undertaken TO give the good people of this
country, fresh and interesting accounts OF the bat
ties of the reyolution-That respecting the capture
of the Hessians at Trenton, don't accord very we'll
with the recollection of of our old Inhabitants
who lived here at the time-l9 was the number OF
the Hessians left dead within the precincts of the
town. The Hesslans made no stand against the
Americans, but broke and ran before them like
sheep, and there was very little firing
on either side.-The present generation much
Imposed upon by Munchauseh tales respecting The
affairs of the revolutionary war.
Trenton FederaIist.
Raymondps Political Economy, AMERICAN work, has
been adopted in the University of Virginia, the standard
work on that subject, in that institution
The present price for passage from Philadelphia
to New York, is only Itco Dollars and Fifty cents
Websiers Spelling Book.-snce the first publication Of
Noah Webster's Spelling Book, it is said five millions Of
copies have been sold I'VE have understood from good
authority, that Messrs Richardson and Lord of Boston,
pay the author for the right of publishing this book, near
lily go dollars month. l-Ltncoi Intel
Shad were lately SO plenty at Quebec that they
were sold at penny piece, each hsh weighing
from four to six and seven pounds.
The commanding naval officer, at the Eric station, has
given notice. that the United States Briggs laurence, s,Tag
ara Queen Charlotte and Detroit, will be sold, they now
ie in the bay of Presque Isle, on the 18th of July
Spontaneous Combustion.-On the st inst. at
Jamestown, N. Y. fire was discovered in store,
and on being traced to its source was found to pro-
coed from barrel OF paper rags principally cotton,
some of which had been saturated with oil, from
having been used in cleaning lamps The situation
Of the rags left no doubt of the origin of the
bustion.
The government Of the Netherlands has lately cast al
1.-The ironworks of Srang, the head OF the immense hon
that is ornament the grand national monument on the
plains Of Waterloo The weight ofhe head alone is 000b,
or nearly 81 ons the weight OF the entire non VIII DC
60 00Ob., or nearly 80 tons English.
The township granted to Gen. La Fayette, BY
4 Congress, has been located near Tallahassee, the
seat of government of Florida and is body oil
very rich and fertile land. COL M'Kee, of Ala
llama, the agent Of Gen. La Fayette, selected the
township He is authorized by the General TO dis
pose of every square of the land but one--thc
balance the General retains as an inheritance Tor
Ibis children. 1t was his intention to have kept the
whole but was advised 10 sell, on the ground that
lit would retard the settlement in that quarter, by
holding such large quantity OF soil uncuisated
The General, therefore, consented 10 SELL to Dement,
1.-The territory and enhance the value OF the govern
lment land.
/ MANcHEsTER.-There are about thirty thousand
power looms 10 the district Immediately surround
ling Manchester, England, which give employment
and subsistence to more than tco hundred thousand
persons and these 100000, on account Of materials
fused, and food, SC. consumed, directly employ
least as many persons more.
ii The exports of British manufactures in 1922
amounted 10 As, 7S7 ,sS9l-in 1885, to 46,S6l,5llt
: and in 1894 to 50,T5s $685.
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