The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-27
Foreign and Domestic Glcanings

FOfc,en ana Donestic bicanlnSS
The legislature of Maine, ut its last ses-
sion passed law, exemptipg from attach
mcnt, execution and distress, all produce of
farms While standing and growing, and un-
til the same shall have been harvested: and
all the interest any debtor may have in one
pew in any meeting house where he and his
family do stately worship.
A late clerk in the Registers Office in Ham
cock county, at the late term OF the court of
common pleas ut Castine, Me. was convict
ed of breaking into the same office in the
day time and stealing piece of India Rub
Der of the value of two cents, and sentenced
to suffer fifteen days solitary confinement,
and siX months hard labor in the state pris-
OIL.
1t lis mentioned in the Auburn Free Press
OF the Cpd ultimo, that there have been in
stances of late of making the convicts in the
prison of that place fog each other.
All the professors in the Medical College
of Ncw-York have resigned their chairs, and
it is supposed it ill lead to the dissolution
nf the institution.
A child aged years, daughter of Robert
Lennon, of Butler township, Pa. ws killed
by the breaking of a board OH which she
was amusing herself with companion-
She fell against fence. her neck coming in
contact with the rail, and was almost imme-
dately deprived of life.
The Poughkcepsie Journal estimates that
more than one hundred sheep have been de-
stroyed within few days, by dogs in that
nciehborhood.
The Medical Society of the state of New
York have awarded to Daniel l.. M. Feixot-
to, NJ. ID. of the city of New York, premi-
n, nFE ar "a len II al Of
quail value, for his dissertation on Hopping
Cough.
The sheep advertised by Mr. Skinner, of
Baltimore, have been purchased by Mr.
Barney, of this State, for one hundred dol
lars, a head. They were OF the full bloodcd
Leicester or Bskewcll breed
The Bosom Bard has given notice that he
shall in few days issue proposals for pub
fishing volume of his Poetry, under the IT,
tie of the ''Oriental Harp" to be embellsh-
ed with likeness of the author One dollar
and twenty-five cents is to be the price of
the work, printed upon good paper.
Recent letters from Buenos Ayres state
that the Bank there, had suspended specie
payment.
A man named Lassiter was lately tried in
lrates cod'ity, N. G. for the murder of Mr..
koundtree, found guilty of manslaughter and
according to the law IN such case, branded in
the hand.
Master Dixon, lad from the south, has
been arrested and is to be put on trial in
Connecticut, for giving readings and re-
citations" Had he stolen hat and a pair
of boots, they could have done no worse
Mr.. Ovens establishment at New-Har-
mony has received library and philosoph-
ical apparatus worth $4,000. The New
Harmony Gazette of the 22tl ult. says: "rhe
town now presents a scene of active and stea-
dy industry; each is busily engaged in the
occupation he has chosen lor his employ
mcnt.
The U. S. frigate Brandywine, Capt Reed,
has arrived at Ncw-York in 40 DAYS from
Gioraltar.-She experienced vej-y heavy
weather on the passage. The North Caro-
Ina "a, Constitution irigate, sloops of war
Erie and Ontario, and schr. Porpose, were
at Port Mahon on the Goth February---all
we'll.
A man who was brought up to give bail
tor friend for some trifling matter. ON he !
ing asked the ordinary question by the Ma
glstrate, Are you man of a famlyt" he |
replied-'1 guess you'd think so if vou'd 20
home with me. ! am living with nv second
wife and have nineteen Children
.riiity Thousand pair of Boots and Shoes
VIII be sold at auction in Boston, on the 95th
inst. by John Fairfield.
The prize of $4,000, in the Grand State
Lottery OF Rhode Island. last class, was own
ed oy shoemaker (Mr Sweetzer) in South
Reading, Boston.
a variety dealer in New-York advertises.
among his toys and keep-sakes, gold snuft'
ooxes; at the moderate price of five hun
FIVE hundred Bibles have been sold in Tn.
eH,can nae nea, market at wholesale for S25. 5.oo-t
,s .Uo nioies sold readily at profit of more
tied demand for more! 1'''''"
The walnut tree ;f nsaf.al