The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-23
srFxf. WILMIN CT0N1AN,
DELAWARE ADVERTISER.
Thursday, March %, 1895.

the bitterness OF MS teeiiHSs az having oee"
superceded in the favour of Mr.. Clay, by
which he has lost the printing of the Laws,
is increasingly barking at the Secretary for
his ingratitude and this gentleman is not
the only one who must bear the anathmas Of
Mr.. Harker.-He deals his blows at us
with as much wrath, as Don Quixote attack
ed the windmill. Mr.. Harker has certainly
surfeited his readers with his complaints
and vauntings upon this subject, and if he
would shew his wisdom, by taking the adj
vice of persons OF sense, and cease his wall
ipes, it would be infinitely more to his cred
il. You have ceased to publish the Laws
by .Authority, Mr.. Harker-at least for a
term; and when you advance the accusa-
tions with which your "Gazette" continu-
ally teens, against the gentleman who has
oower to select such papers to publish them
as he may think proper, you only "gnaw
the rasp".
The Secretary of State was not, we feel
warranted in saying, influenced by any po-
litical motive, when he made the transfer
of authority to print the laws, to this paper.
In eur application for them, we gave him no
reason to expect favour from us, Gas Mr..
II. ungenerously insinuates,) for this could
only be looked upon by an honest and hon
durable man as an insult, and unworthy of
attention.
Mr. Harker need no longer wrack his su-
perfcial brain to find out the politics of this
paper-We do not carry motto on our
head and reverse it in our heart--all our acts
are supported, as far as possible, by justice,
and freedom from hypocrisy-we do not
condemn man only because he differs in
politics from, us, neither do we ascend the
ladder of scandal to defamc the characters of
the best men in the nation. Mr.. Harker's
attempts to refute the truths of the remarks
of writer in the National Journal, in an
swer to piece signed "Sydney." is but a.
mother exhibition of sophistry. Words,
words, words, with but little or no meaning,
fill tot the depth of column; but they are en-
blazoned with all the assurance Of a political
demagougc.
"rll speak,
Tho hell itself should bid me hold my peace"
This is the character of the subject before
US, and if he cannot speak with clean mouth,
he will with foul one. We have offended
this gentleman by accepting the appointment
as one of the printers Of the acts of Congress,
for this State, which he has been deprived
of, and this is sufficient grounds for him to
display his vindctive and spiteful disposition
and use his best efforts to excite the dis
pleasure of his Subscribers in Susaer against
US.
MR.. JEFFERSON.--The following is an
extract from letter received by gentle
man in Petersburg, in answerto one address
ed to Mr. Jefferson, upon the subject of
his late application to the Virginia Lcgisla-
ture:
MONTICELLO, March I'd, 1926.
al thank you, kind sir, for your very
friendly letter of Feb 22-it supposes in me
claims ON the attention OF my country to which
have no pretensions. I happened to be
born in times which required from all its
citizens every aid they could render, and
gave full value to even the smallest which
any could render. Those within the reach
of my faculties have been fully remunerated
by the honours and compensations which
my fellow citizens have bestowed upon me.
A refusal of my late request would have been
that of a favour only, not of a debt and so
| should have viewed it. The granting it
has conferred OIL me benefit which l shall
ever be bound to acknowledge with graft
tude.''
We are sorry to state that melancholy
accident betel Lieut.. James M'Gowan. oftbe
United States Navy, while descending the
Ohio river on Tuesday, the 14th ult. By a
letter before us, we are informed that this
officer and his wife were on board steam
boat, and few miles below Fredonia, in the
state OF Indiana, by some means, his arm
was caught by the gig wheel of the engine,
and severed from his body, at the shoulder.
he was Immediately landed, with his wife,
al Mr.. Perkenpaugh's, miles below FIRE.
coma, where medical assistance was immedi-
aeiy procured but, in spite of every atten-
ZION which hospitality could afford, and
every effort which skill could make, the un-
fortunate sufferer expired on the following
sunday The letter which conveyed the di-
saster states that Lieut.. M'Gowan was OIL
MS way to join one of the United States YES