American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-01-14

Ine nsv Library Room at the Capitot.-The
In oom for the permanent accommodation OF the
Library of Congress, has been completed 10 style
lof great beauty and elegance. which entilie IL 20
particular commentator. II occupies nearly the
whole west front of the centre bullding-is w iee
lin length, 80 in width, and about 50 in height. II
lis divided into twelve nrched alcoves, ornamented
with fluted pilasers, copied from the pillars IN the
celebrated Ocagon Tower at Athens. Al the
entrance, in the centre oil the room which IS ap-
preached from the great central rotunao' are TWO
columns Of stone, with capitals corresponding WIN
those Of The pilasters; and Immediately opposite
and fronting the window which leads into the west
lern coonnade, stand two similar columns OF stone.
Those pillars with the alcoves, support TWO gale
ries extending nearly the whole length OF the room,
on both sides, and divided into the same number
Of shelved recesses as the lower apartment. FROM
these rccesscs springs the arch which forms the
ceiling, elegantly ornamented with rich stucco
borders, pannels, and wreaihs OF flowers. On the
roof which is about ten feet above the ceiling, are
three sky.ligh,s the wells Of which are also beau-
fully decorated with stucco ornaments Through
these, and the windows on the west, the light IS
admitted into the room and can be lexsened or in.
creased at pleasure, by means Of Ventian blinds.
The principal apartment, as we'll as the reading
rooms on the north, attached to it is handsomely
furnished with sophas, mahogany tables, desks,
Brussels carpeting, sc. AT each corner oil this
Ispcndid apartment, is a staircase leading to the
lgalleries above, which are calculated TO contain
several thousand volumes, and which are so arrang
| ed as to enable any one to read or write 10 them
with perfect convenience. This room opens INTO a
magnificent colonpade, or logia, formed by ten pll
lars of the Corinthian order; between which runs
Ian iron railing to protect as we'll as ornament this
fine promenade.
The new Library Room is admitted, by all who
see it, to be, whole, the most beautiful apart.
ment in the building Its decorations are remark
ably chastr and elegant, and the architecture OF the
whole displays great deal OF ,aste.--.Nat. Intel.
Steubenville Cloth.-We have had an opportun-
l,y of examining piece of domestic broad cloth,
made at the factory Of Mcssrs. Wells and Co., OF
lSteubenvie, Ohio, and now at the shop OF Nlessrs
Trucker & Thompson OF Washington city. which
surpasses any American cloth we have seen, not
only in the softness OF its texture but IN the rich
ness and elegance OF Its finish. II Is an additional
merit in the manufacturers, that this cloth Is made
entirely of American wool, and can DC supplied to
purchasers at tho price with foreign cloth OF
the same qualify. Nat. Journal
The journeymen tailors at Buffalo have been tried
for a conspiracy 10 turning ont for higher wages
The Jury to whom the case was first committed,
after being out twelve hours, returned into court
and said they could not agree. They were accor
dinghy discharged and new jury impannelled who
after hearing the case, and receiving an appropriate
charge from the court retired and in few minutes
returned verdict against the defendants, on whom
the court imposed fine Of So each, being the
first case Of the kind that had occurred in this
lpart of the country.
PHILADELPHIA, January
On Monday last, Judge Duncan, in the Supreme
Court of this State, reversed the sentence OF the
Court of Common Pleas in the case Of the Com
monwcath versus Nancy James, which doomed her
as a Common Scold, TO the ducking stool. The
Judge took the ground that the Common Law
punishment did not apply here, and observed, that
lin cases OF such bsrbarous retrbution, he twas moi
disposed attach his chain to the dung OF the
lcommon- law"
: The Philadelphia Gazette says-that Messrs
Fletcher and Gardiner have finished one Of the two
vases which the merchants of Pearl street, New
York, intend to present to De Witt Clinton. 1t il
a massive and most superb article, and excellen
lis the workmanship, that the best judges agree il
opinion that it would be difficult if not impossbl,
to surpass it. The chasings very rich. and tn,
ornaments very appropriate, consisting principally o
!, canal sccnes. The inscription is simple and peril
lnent.
/. Nes- Orleans, Dec. 16.
TEA PLANT OF LOUISIANA.
The tea shrub Of Louisiana, has attracted thu
notice Of our fellow citizens in different sections
the United States. We have been informed b.
MIR. VIM. Lewis who first made its discovery