American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-08
FOR THE wATcHMAN.
STEAM BO.4T e TFIL.MI.NG TO.Na po1,

y AG"o" DOt11 y ~ ALVnASf " Wv PDIJrr
That the Police of the Borough of W;lm;,s.
is NOT sufficiently siganl powerful, 10 sOn
requisite order, has long been matter of obss,r"
tion and regret land this evil, if not speedIy !.
tended to, will increase with the Increasing ~,
prosperity of the town. other wise ds,inpshssa aa0
every desirable object of comfort. 'o'
There is, however, one point which ra.,.;.
more particularly an immediate attention i o.,'
not only to preserve the rights of the citiz.n wv
the character Of the Town. n the opinion of ,tsu
persons who have daily intercourse wuh !, ''s'r
mean to refer TO the scene which takes place a, -
arrival OF The Steam Boat. Having oeca.;eaa"s s"c
visited the town for many years, and been ! .;,n'Y
of the evil complain Of. am induced IN csl, n.
the citizens, or the Borough officers for the sv.'
else OF the proper authority. and when il becom.s.
u after oi attention TO them, am sure i, will aTors
much regret to have been SO long unreme. led I'''u
AT the arriva! OF the Sleam Boa,, the u,,so,.
who are interested in il. naturally assenbls ~
naturally expect 10 nave the opportunity Of bro
per intercourse, Tree from interruption, ior ,h H.
purposes OF bu,inrss or the landing or receiyno -
their friends. )"
Al this instant, however, the wharf and p,sso..
arc taken up by set Of mpudent. ob,rusv, ,rs
idle boys and negroes, who totally without manns,
and under no government at their own nlac. -
abode, think they have the right to crowd ey,r,
passage, under an idea OF waiting upon the nass4n.
gers and act in so offensive a manner. Tho, ~,
not only Interfere with the proper operstions =
securing the vessel, but for some time a,,ervars,
prevent the passengers (parlicuary timid person,l
from any communication.
u is not TO the proper porters, or respcctabe
~ofkmen OF color, or others, to whom aIIuje
hut TO number OF those of worthless line Of cop.
duct, and OF boys who having no emplo, n,ent a.
home YesDrt to IN. Strarn Rnat a. o,or ~. !.
solely from novelty, curiosity and idleness these
must be graihed in running in the way OF apy
person they meet, and can scarcely tell aterwards
whether they have had any motive for comi,p
at all
am more particularly led 10 make these re.
marks, IRON having seen on Saturday evening last
an additional instance OF misc onduct, in a nepro
man forcing his way down the plank into the Steam
Boat, agains. gentleman and his wife (not resi-.
dents IN WilmiDgton,) as they came up it-afer
having been desired TO withdraw, when any respsc-
Table person OF laborer would have Withdrawn lrem
lear OF throwing them into the creek, the asc,p,
bepg so steep as TO threaten it.
make, on this occasion, no alluson TO the con.
duct OF the captain or owners OF the boat which has
always teen OF the best and most accommodating
char acler, in every respect whatever But the evil
IS one arising from The want Of attention, or Of f.
hcirDt laws, or officers of the Borough; and The
want OF these has been subiec, ot remark al dis
tance, as well as here Ought therefore to be The
only resource OF strangers to force their way through
a libe tine mob, whenever they come to Whining
ton; ar be under the necessity OF performing The
part ot peace officers, whilst this should have been
The duty Of the pollcea
will therefore lake the liberty to sugges; to the
respectable owners Of the Steam Boat, that they
should apply to the Burgesses for the appointment
't constable TO be present at the landing Of the
passengers from the Boat, and that his duty be to
preserve order generally ON The wharf and to n.
ure respect to the passengers in such way, as the
:aptain or they themselves should point out; and
hat 1t should not be a tespass on line time Of one
u the officers, i, may be regulated by alternate
weeks or 10 some other manner among themselves.
G. T.
Wilmington. Sept. A, 1896.