American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-02-10

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register Of wills for Frederick, Charles Ca, olIns
and Kent counties; and we have now TO add that
intor mation is Just received Of the ceah OF vii.
liam Smith. Esq register OF wills for Calvert coun-
~, and of Richard Sherwood, Esq. register OF the
land Office Of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Bait. Nm.
The Gazette says that gentleman of this city
lately received from the Post Office, after paying
s,1teen dollars postage, large package neatly fold
ed and sealed, postmsrked Philadelphia" which,
on Being opened, was found to contain dead mon
Key We are not informed, but we presume thas
the amount paid for postage was promptly returned
more silly, and at the same time. pitifnl contr:
vance, could hardly have been devised. The idle
and impudent puppy who played off the trick de-
serves thirty nine lashes, TO be inflicted BY stout
black chimney sweep. ". i. Statesman.
The state OF North Carolina has adopted the only
child "a daugher) of the gallant Blskely citizen
of that state, whose bravery added to the honor OBJ
tanned by our naval commanders in the late war;
and the legislature has directed the expenses of her
maintenance and education to be betrayed from the
treasury The young lady resides in Massachu
sets, under the of the relatives of her mother
AND six hundred dollars per annum are paid Tor her
support.
The legislature Of The same state had sppropria
Ntu tMo HuHufeu 0OilafS per HDnUrn LOT the
education and support Of the son of Colonel Forsyth,
who fell on The Canada frontier in the late war Col.
f. was native OF North Carolina, and was dis
tinguished officer OF the rife corps. The son was
placed at West Point, where he is now
supported and educated at the expense of The gene.
raj government =; but the state, however unwilling
TO recall its bounty, has ordered the sum OF $3.50
to be invested in stock and the principal and inter
est to be paid Mr.. Forsyth at his arriving a, age.
I0TTERIES.-The law prohibiting the sale of lottery
tickets in Connecticut, has been repealed and substitute
provided by which sell tickets without paving
into The public treasury 100 dollars for license
On the evening Of The Goth ult fire broke out on the
eastern side Of the Old County Wharf, in Newbern North
Ca oina, which consumed nine stores with the principal
part of their contents The property destroyed Of
very considerable value.
Captain Jesse Wilkinson has been appointed to the com
mand Of the corvette John Adams, repairing at the
Navy Yard a. Norfolk, Virginia.
IEsPTC rloNs-There has been inspected in the nors
Of Philadelphia during the year ending the 3Ist Dece.
Der las-,-wheat -four in bb's 27s5s7-lo in half bills
l9s3-TotaI, 373472.
Loade Dec "a The King has been pleased TO sppoins
the Right Honorable John Lord Ponsonby 10 be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Penpotenary to the United
Provinces OF the Rio de la Plata and Alexander Cockburn
Esq TO he Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Penipoen
iiary TO the Republic Of Colombia.
.uahing Pins BY Steam.--An immense structure
is now building near London, by Messrs Taylor s.
Wright, for the manufacture Of pins. The bull.
ding is 1876 feet long, 40 feet wide and so feet high
1t contains 100 windows besides loop holes The
pins are to be made entire by one blow OF the ma.
chnery, at the of 10000 per minute; they are
for export trade. The steam engine chimney is lie
feet high