The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-01-26

as an encouragement TO Wftc tue histoiy Va
the state. =, n,.,,
mia in the state Of Ohio according to his
sentence on the 3oth ult. he confessed MS
yuilt before his execution. His crime was
murder, committed by shooting mall
An unfortunate accident took place lately
neo,. Georgetown Cross Roads, III Maryland
a bov in the act Of shooting a RABBIT, ac-
c;dputly shot four boys who were seated on
-,he ground at some distance from and un-
perccivcd by him. Among the number
were two black boys, one OF whom died soon
after having received thirty shot in his per-
,on. One Of the white boys is also very
much injured.
Notes of the Camden Bank altered from
one to fuc dollars, are in circulation.
Salt beef is retailing in New.Orlcans, at
the enormous prce OF p hts per toihd'
Other articles of necessity in like proper
tons, and yet morey was never before so
scarce--not even when the city was Desleg-
ed by General Packcnham.
Small matferS.-AIarilei in Milot. (Me.)
Master Winslow Small, aged Il years, and
webbing SO pounds, to Miss Polly Small.
aged 20, and weighing so pounds.
Iifcruture.--A grand discovery has lately
been made in French Literature. The man
nscripts of the celebrated Huet, Bishop of
Ayanchcs, have been found at Caen. There
1 is an immense correspondence, amounting to
more than 10000 letters, and carried Oh by
him for nearly sixty years, with the greatest
literary characters Of his day, male and fe-
mait, such IS Moutausier. Bossuet, Fenelon,
Flechier, Bnchart, Lemoyne, Mesdames De
Scudery, Dacicr, Lambert. Queen Christina,
of Sweden &c. besides his Latin letters to
Grevius, Nossius Leibnitz, &c.
The Paris paper which is deened the or
gan of the Minister of Foreign Aft irs, has
stated that the South A nericau republics So
licited the cabinet of Greet Britain to lend
the aid Ell its counsel in the Congress of Pa
mama.
Oiden Tme-Thc first European settle
ment in North Caroline wi, ma lie at Roam
oak Island, in the summer # 1855, 240years
since. In 1880, 145, We H. suose lucnt, and
96 wears ago, DR.. Brickell %ro published a
Natural History of the then Colony, made
an excursion towards the mountains, and
says ''he travelled fifteen days without meet
ing with a human )ting." Fhe population
of the state may now be computed at $50, 900
Hnecdotc.--Francis L. hav!ng sEed Cas-
selan, Bishop Of Orleans, whether he was o
noble extraction; "Sire," replied he, No
ah had three sous with him in the ark.
ed"
The imports INTO the U. S. in the yeal
ending Sept. 80, 1925, hne exceeded Se1,-
900 The exports, 81, 100000. Of the
exports upwards of $1,000, ,00o were of do
mestic productions. Of the imports up
wards of sc, 900, 600 were in An vessels, o
the exports upwards of 81,00o,000. Fiv,
OF millions of the exports were of domestic
manufactures. All the exports and import
have Increased greatly. The tariff mas no
diminished the foreign trn'e.
The names of the two ships of the I've ol
the stocks at the Navy Yard, Charlestown
Mass. are Yirginia and Yermont, anA th
frisate recently commenced, Cum6e, land
The ship of the line at Portsmouth is nam
Z ed the alabama, and the frF I, the Santet
A letter from New York sU,, "One Q
the best results of the late earthquake report
has been to make many persons 4cquainte
with the inside of churches, of winch the
might otherwise have died in total gnor
N ance."
a serious affray, says the Malone, Frank
lin county Telegraph, took place a few day
ago, between the ST Regis Indians and tn
inn lbtants at Hogansburgh. We have nc
n learned the particulars OF the affair; but ur
der,tand 1t originated in trespass on thei
q lands.
Catching q Sna&e.--In the recent travel
Of Mr.. Waterton, of Walton Hall, nea
n Wakefield, who perambulated the thorn
q Forests of South America, without eithe
shoes or stockings, a mode of travellin
II which he earnestly recommends to tutur
81 travellers, there is the following relation :
81 observed young couacanara, about te
feet long, slowly moving onwards. l saw h
was not thick enough to break my arm
case he twisted round it. There was M
"A moment to be lost. / laid hold of his ia
d with my left hand, one knee being on til
4 ground, and with my right took off my ha
W and held it as you would shield for defenc
Isl The snake instantly turned round and cam
81 at me, with his head about yard from tn
M ground as if to ask me what business | liza
M with his tail. | let him come Kissing and opei
N mouthed within two feet of my face ,and thel
IA with all the force was master of, | droy
81 my fist, shielded with my hat, full in his jaw
* He was first stunned and confounded by tt
n blow, and ere he could recover himself,
~ had seized him by the throat with BOT
IA hands, in such a position that he could NJ
\, bite me. then allowed him to coil hmse
III around my body, and marched off with hi
as my lawful prize