The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-05-18
Foreign and Domestic Gleanings.

II is stated in the London Globe, tnat d
Young gentleman, William Johnston, Esq.
nearly allied to noble family, has invented
and perfected carriage, which VIII move
at the rate of from 10 to ~ miles an hour,
without horse or stream. tis SO construct
ed as to be able to carry six persons, ana 20
ascend steep hills with ease and expedltioh.
The rail road ceach between Darlington
and Stocton- n-1'ces in England, carries
twenty passengers, is drawn by one horse
only> and performs the distance eleven mi'es
in an hour
A vessel from London lately at Dominica,
threw her sand ballast on Trotts wharf
Soon afterwards number OF slaves were
seen dancing on it. On enquirns the cause
ofthcir joy, exclaimed, "Massa, we tree now
dis Inghs' groun."
1'bc Jews in Rome, who are confined by
law to a particular part of the city, have
opened two streets there which are said to
surpass in elegance even the Corso. They
are filed with stores, where the most valu-
able cotton and silk goods are exposed tor
sale.
An Iroouois chief, who was in Paris, at
tended party where an abbe preached
sermon on the Jubilee, supposing it a kind Of
council, he presented himself as the orator
lasted half an hour.
Numerous applications have already been
made for stores, in the Arcade, building in
Chesnut street, and a negotiation, is carrying
on with the pruprctors of the Philadelphia
Museum to rent them a part of the I'd story
and the whole of the third, for the exhibition
of their fine collection Of natural and other
curiosites.
Capt. Charles Morris has been appointed
one Of the Board of Navy Commissioners.
Upwards Of 1000 Irish were sent to Cana
da from Ireland last year, at the expense of
the British Government.
MIR. p. Canficld, manager of the Univers-
ty Lottery, eighth class, has given notice
that he will appropriate one half of the prof
it's on the sales Of Tickets in said lottery, to
the heirs Of the late Robert Fulton. The
whole amount OF the profits, it is anticipated,
will amount to from $40 to $4,000.
Some kidney Beans found in Herculaneum,
have been planted and grew. They have
remained in state of preservation, it would
seem nearly eighteen hundred years, having
lost none of their vegitative powers in that
time.
A gentleman of Providence, Rhode Island,
has invented a new mode of ascending and
descending hills with Railway, which bids
fair to render that cheap mode of transport
alton perfect.
In 1900, Ohio had about 5000 inhabitants;
in 1920, upwards Of SOC, ,U00-now probably
| 10000
The Maryland Cattle Show will be held at
the Maryland Tavern, four miles from Bal
tmorc, ON Thursday and Friday, the FIRST
and second days of June. On this occasion,
premiums amounting in yalue to upwards Of
| $500, will l,e distributed.
| 4 boat was upset of Point Shirley in Bos-
ton har5or on Saturday afternoon week, by
sudden gust of wind, and David patten.
James ellison, William Story and Charles
James, in the employment of the Boston soap
stone manufacturing company, were drown.
ed.
The Miltonian, paper published in Nor
thumberand county, mentions that clergy
man Of that place, lodged information before
n justice of the peace, against the captain of
the steam boat Pioneer, for breach of the
Sabbath "in landing the boat OH Sabbath
day."
From the proceedings in Congress, it will
be seen that no report respecting the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal will be received dur
ing the present session. 1t is calculated that
the report Of the Board of Engineers will be
completed during next month.
4 The U. S. fligate United States and sloop
of war Peacock, we're at Lima on the 1st
February. The Dolphin was daily expected
from the Marquis Islands, where she had
been i'll search of niutineers.
In one year from July next, the u. States
will pay twenty-five millions Of dollars of the
J public debt.
4 Rhode Island paper asserts, that Kean,
i, the tragcdan, has been converted, and in
tends to renounce the stage, and enter the
Andover theological seminary This would
he very good news, il true: but it wants con-
frmation. The Rev. Spencer Gone, one o
the most eloquent preachers, lin the Baptis
conncctionl abandoned the playhou for the
: church.
There has been an astonishing revival o
!, religion among the students of Dartsmoutl
College, n. H. Twenty students had becom,
converts at one meeting, and upwards of 3;
other persons at place called the Plain.
The number of Methodists in the Unitet
States in 1925 was 34l Ia; i'll 1903 the mum
$ ber was IA $50.
in one week after the Cumberland rive
had begun to decline in height, it fell go fee
pcrpendicularly.
A Jews-harp has recently been presente
e to society in Worcester, Mass. mcasurin
:, 3 feet in length, and IS inches in breadth
h and weighing l05 pounds. No mouth ha
II yet been found large enough to test its quail
ty.