The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-30


New York for the relief of persons who
have impediments in their speech. Perfect
cures have been made in cases of suffering
and stammering, and the superintendent OF
one of them, Mr.. Chapman, states that in
ten years practice he has never found an in
curable case.
The postmaster at Atlas, Indiana, has re-
Gently been indicted for OBTAINING and Sc
creting letter, found guilty and fined $50
with costs.
Dr. Barber and Thomas Mitchell, Esq. of
Milledgeville, (Geo.) fought duel with
short rifles at fifteen PAGES at Cambelltown,
Is. CO on the 9th inst. The latter was kill
ed on the secnod fire.
Thirteen hundred packages Of American
goods have been lately sold at auction in Bos-
ton.
Noah Webster has completed his new
Dictionary, which is shortly to be published.
Some of the Florida Indians have died of
starvation-and some have had most mis-
cradle sustenance on the roots of the sweet
briar.
1t is said that the Chilian squadron, con-
sisting of seven sail ofvessels of war, with
number of transports, carrying $500 troops,
under the command of the Supreme Direct
tor, sailed from Valparaiso Nov. 25th, to
make an attack upon the Spanish establish
ment at Chloe.
! A young man named Shaw, fell into the
Gennessee river at Rochester, and went
over the falls, 973 feet perpendicular. He
was found the next day.
| At Fort Covington, February /, man had
to eat his whiskey-the severity of the wea-
ther having made ice of it We presume
he took it to warm him.
The quantity of -four received in Balti-
more from the Susquehanna, during the
last week, amounted to upwards Of ten thou
sand barrels. The quantity Of whskey re-
ceived from the Susquehanna during the
week amounted to one hundred and thirteen
said to be as low as SO 70 per barrel.
The $4,000 Prize in the Dismal Swamp
Canal Lottery, was sold to MIR Selden Bray
nard OF Boston.
An OK was lately slaughtered in Glouces-
ter county, N. j., which weighed when alive
2770 pounds, dead 22lo. He was six years
old and fed two years.
The Rochester IN. w Telegraph, states
that "deer and swine have been driven into
the current above the falls of the Gennessee
river at that place, and precipitated into the
abyss below, without loss of life. This seems
what extraordinary, when we consider
that the falls are 973 feet perpendicular"
Under the reign of the late Emperor A.
lexander, which wasncarly 25 years dura-
ton, the following acquisitions of territory
were made to the Russian empire, either
through treaty or conquest |. The Pro-
vince of Dyalisteck. 9. The Grand Duchy of
Finland, 8. Bessarabia 4. The Persian Prov
inces to the Araxis and tie Kur. 5. The
kingdom Of Poland.
horrid murder was perpetrated near Wood
vile, Virginia, on the night of the Sd inst by an
African negro, upon Mrs Cason, the wife of his
| master. The deed was committed while she
was asleep in bed. The negro had abscondcd.
and attempted the life of his master who went in
pursuit of him by striking him with an axe, a few
hours before he wrcaked his vengeance upon
his innocent mistress. The slave having escaped
after the murder, was shot in the head before he
could be apprehcnded.
A violent outrage committed lately at
| Townsend Middlesex county, Mass on boy
named James Baldwin, by one of his unclcs-a
| man of ungovernablc temper. The boy lived
with his grandmother. he uncle told him " if
the gray jacket went through the entry again,
he would put ball through it," and he fulfilled
his threat, he fortunately missed the boy. As
the boy was going to bed, between s and g
/ O'Clock, being near the room door where bis un-
Gle was, the humane relative fired his gun a Sc
cond time, the ball of which entered the leg of
his victim and shattered the bones, The lad
exclaimed s'yon have broke my leg" and the un-
Gle replied, SIS it no worse" The unfortunate
child is considered as dangerously wounded
The perpetrator of the offence is in jail
Err President 1lonroe.-We persume
there is not one of our readers who will not
be gratifed on observing, in the Congression-
al record, that the select committee to whom
had been referred the accounts of the late
President Monroe, have reported bill in his
faver. The principal and interest Of the sum
reported win amount 10 about $4,000.
j Letters from Fayetteville, n. C.. of the
l4th inst state that the Northern Mail due
that morning had been lost, and it was feared
would not be recovered. While the driver
had stopped to water the horses, at place
about 2a mile from Fayetteville, they ran a.
way with the stage, plunged into the river.
which being much swollen, carried them
down rapidly, and they soon Disappeared
The mail has since been found
The Cincinnati Gazette of March 9TH contains
the following notice of the state of the weather
and the river:
awe have had ncessant rains for several days