The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-08-17

So serious arc the indications OF failure OF '
the grain crop of the middle region of the East e
ern part of the state of North Carolina, that IN
one of the most productive and substantially :,
wealthy counties (Wawen) we perceive pub y
lie meeting has been held, at which the very i
respectable Judge Hall presided, and other gen
tlemen of the first character were present, the j
object of which was to take into consideration
the alarming and distressing situation to which
many of the citizens of the county are in danger
Of being reduced by the calamity OF tamtne, ap- t
parenty impending. A subscription was OPEN
cd for the relief Of those entirely dependent on
the crop for bread, and committee was ap-
pointed to report further measures, to be acted
upon at future general county meeting
Nat Intel
! we have good cause to rejoice that the
prospect Of abundent crops has been 50 hat
tering with our farmers, and that not only a
| sufficiency will be obtained for our own use,
but large surplus may be exported Inc
season, which in its early stage, threaten
ed the fearful consequences of long and pro-
tracted drought, has been propitious. AND
when we look abroad at the distress which
exists, and is alarmingy increasing, in many
parts of the globe. we feel gratitude and
thankfulness towards the Supreme Ruler OF
events, that our lot has been cast among the
favoured. In Europe, and particularly III
J England, the greatest distress has existed,
and continues to exist, Throughout tue poor
and abouriug class of people, tor want OF
f provisions. Not that droughts or tamineS
have blasted the prospects OF the agrlcul-
turst, but being thrown out OF their usual
r employment, the poor cannot Obtain FUNDS
: sufficient to buy their bread The sun OF
prosperity had withdrawn its cheering rays
: from the efforts of the manufacturers, who
4 are unable any longer to give support to the
t many thousands who are depending upon
q them for their subsistence. This is not, mel
ther will it ever be, we trust, the case IN
{ this country. Being in the enjoyment OF
a free and liberal institutions, founded by our
illustrious forefathers, and sanctioned and
l. supported by succeeding generations-and
" in the possession of wide expansc OF coun-
try, rich in minerals and fertile in soil, we
'e need not apprehend the visitation OF any such
- calamties; vet there is one which. 1t snot III
the power ofman to avert, and which some sec
10 ton of the country is, we may say, every sea-
Is son doomed to feel A drought never fails to
I, !; destroy the flirest prospects of the farmer
vegetation is sapped, the ground become!
lie parched, and Nature becoming sick OF a tc-
yer, sinks into decay. Such dlstrcsse'
ns ns arc too often experienced by the farmer, ant
. the case above rccitcd, is melancholy in
" stance of the fact.
ee A short time ago, says the Montreal Ga
to zette, a man named Corney Redney, wen
es into the house of William Breen, in Ononda
ga county, r. York, in the absence OF Mr.. Il
d in search of money not finding any, he pu
80 the griddle over the fire, and placed Mrs
B. upon it, with view of extortng from he
x confession where the money was secreted
n, and burnt her in such shocking manner
es TO cause her death on the following day 4
neirhbor having heard Of the outrage by
a child who had escaped from the house, wa
at goinp to her rescue, when he received
III blow upon the head with spade, which
IS caused his immediate death. The murder
". er was arrested and is now in prison.
rk More than c5C0 Indians have arrived a
re Maiden. in Upper Canada, to receive thei
annuities from the British government. A
"a mong them are 600 Sacs, and others from
N the Mississippi region. The usual irregula
rites from such an assemblage have take
ne place, in which one Of them shot anothc
'e- near Detroit, but no depredatlons had bee'
committed on our citizens.
no The following very singular account, say
nd the Clarksburgh (Na.) lntcllgencer, wa
he copied from the papers filed in one Of III
county courts west of the mountains in thi
zee state, and not hundred miles from this tows
'ed 1t appears that this account was filed by
md tavern keeper, as his defence in a suit,
) Is To Whiskey at sundry times, 1000
half pints, S125 0
On Brandy, do 40 y
The Divers Slinps so 0
ito Cuts. Is 0
15oz Phlegm Cutters. so Q
AZ 500 Fogmaticks o.
in -
for S4S7 5
The above is true copy from the recor'
Vn- and who will venture or even dare say, til;
esy' he was a zyet soul.
ia All this was the proceeds of one calandt
month--a wet month--say March.
yet