The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-28
in the hands of our agents. For such ,,,
ness, they shall have our thanks; yea, 'ou. wv,
best wishes. '0ar

The Editor cfthe Delaware Gozehe ou,
the Post OGce.-The Editor Of the C,,...N
with his usual modesty, has stepned sss
ward as the champion and defender os ~.
delinquent postmaster of whom we had =.
casion to speak. in our paper Of the ,a,h
instant. Of Mr.. Harkcr's oficious mo,
ding disposition, and the zeal he has a,w.u.
displayed for creating brawls and scurr;,o',.
controversies, we have had toe many nro,s.
to doubt; (witness, Gazette VS., s.,Watchmao
and we feel no disposition to come in con
tact with thing, which defends itself. uo.
by the power of its physical or ment.,
strength, but which, like another certain an.
imal, remarkable for its offensive qualities
attacks its adversary by the aid of noxious
fluid emitted from its tail, which seldom f,as
to compel the opposing party to withdraw
and leave it in full possession Of the point !,
dispute. The scurrilous language of the
Editor of the Gazette, particularly when di.
rected to us, is always highly tinctured with
malice, and with it, not few grains of envy
may be found. Falsehood and misrepre.
sentatioa, invectives and abuse, are his gen.
eral weapons, and he plies them with skill
only to be acquired by excessive practice in
such 4 science. We have more than ouce
witnessed his exploits whilst the unluckv
object of his resentment; but why we should
become the mark of such passion, we are
quite at loss to account in any other wav
than that at which we have Just hinted.
Mr.. Harker is jealous, extremely Jealous,
of the growing patronage of this establish.
ment, and he leaves nothing undone that
would have the least tendency to retard its
progress or weaken its permanency. This
is fact which he knows to be as plainas the
nose upon his face. We have never harm
ed him nor done him injury in any way, and
the dastardly conduct which has marked his
bearing towards us for more than two years,
can only be attributed to this cause.
| When we made our remarks respecting
the miscarriage Of our papers. which re-
marks were elected by confirmed delin-
quency in the post office department, we did
not consider that it was the business Of any
one but the postmaster to whom the allusion
was made, to reply to it. How is it, we
would ask, that complaints of this kind have
become SO interesting to our neighbor? This
is a question of seeming importance. Is it
his meddling propensity that has led him to
interferes-has interest had any weight9-or
has he been requested to take up the cudgel
in defence of delinquency The two first,
we believe, have no small influence, but the
last, we strongly suspect was the moUing
cause in this affair; and upon this presump-
tion we shall couple them.
Mr. IIarker, in the very able article which
may be found in the Gazette of the 22d inst
beaded "Biustcrmg," has attempted to in
form his readers of the number of papers that
are sent from this Office. In allusion to the
complaint that our papers have miscarricd,
and after acquiting the post master OF any
"want of attention to his business, or general
! dICOlhlloudtlOns &c says. II Hluol, ho"
ever, be observed, that the Editor who
makes the complaint, and who by the bye,
is one of Mr.. Clay's transfcrces, [!!!] having
the enormous number of four tahers, AND
NO MORE. to send by the northern mail, and
the same quantity by the southern, in conse-
quence of which they are said to be marx
that said TO be! frequently forwarded to
the Office, quite damp" &c. Now, we would
again ask. upon what authority is this asser-
tion--which is as false as it is bold-ad-
yanccd9 "Said 10 6e"!--who said it?--the
postmaster, So it would seem: Well, how
did he get this iniormations Onr papers,
when sent to the post-office, are envelopca
in strong wrapper, which is seaien' anu
no one can tell the number containeu
within it, unless they break tie seal ME-
iarker may have been tampering with the
sub-agent at the window or perhaps has haa
the honor of having being inducted into tha'
frizate place, to procure for himself the III
formation which he would fain have the crc-
dulous believe, Rely ON it,
"rhcre is something rotten in the State Oh
Denmark