The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-05-11

THAT ilallOU ITOI1 lNeW-OTiGaTS.
At the date of the last advices from New
Orleans, April, 10, a report was in circula-
ton in New-Orleans. that the smallpox
slaves in the valley of the Mississippi.
Elegant specimens of American Leghorn
Bonnets have been exhibited at Philadelphia,
which have commanded the admiration Of
all who have examined them.
Extraordinary SuicMe-A young lad but
twelve years old, son of Mr.. John Steel, of
Hartford, Conn. committed suicide last week
by hanging himself in the garnet of his fa-
theirs house.
A gang of countc.tciters has been arrested
in New Orleans, in whose possession were
found a number OF spurious toubloons and
dollars, bearing the cfEigy of Fcdnand VII.
Charles ~. and the Mexican coat of arms.
They are said to be so well made as to have
deceived the dealers in money,
1t is stated in the Mii}lin Pennsylvania
Eagle Of the 29th ultimo, that the crops of
wheat and rye, in that neishbourhood, have
not looked so promising for number of years
as they do this spring, although vegetation,
in general, is unusually backward.
Margaret Glass, the girl who was COM
mitted at Burlington county Jail, II short
time since, charged with numbering her mo-
ther. has died in prison.
| w. & ]. Frazec are engaged by the Cadets
at West t-point, to build for them, on that
elevated situation, monument to the mem
ory of the gallant and patriotic, but unfortu-
nate, Kosciusko. 1t is estimated at $4,000.
This does honor to the Cadets, and to the
school where such generous and liberal feel
ings are cultivated.
| 1t is said that motion has been made in
I the Legislature of Louisiana to loan Mr..
| Jefferson $4,000 during his life, without IN
terest; and that it is expected to pass both
houses.
A pelican, having emierated far from its
native land, fell into the hands of the ma
tivcs OF Maine, by whom it has been sent a
prisoner to Boston-attcr having been exhb-
tied to the gaze of the public in Kenne-
beck. The bird is about the size OF wild
goose.
400 chests and boxes of tea, are to be sold
at Quebec on the 9th inst; and on the 18th,
26oO chests and boxes will sold at Montrc-
al.
Among the wonders of the west, may now
be reckoned child born with teeth, as stat
cd in western paper. They appear natu-
raj, except the cye-teeth, which project like
the tushcs of hog.
/ An experiment has Been tried upon toad
! by immuring it in a small flower pot, sunk
deep into the earth, to ascertain the fact oil
the animals living without food. When the
| light was let into his cell, after years con-
/ fnement, it hopped out upon the earth quite
cheerful. The prisoner was re-cummitted
| for further trial.
The number of Cadets at Captain Par
tridge's Academy, at Middletown, CT, we
understand to be about three hundred, and
number more are expected to enter the
present spring. The May examination COM
mences in about one week.
William r. Giles has been elected a mem
ber of the general assembly of Virginia, from
the county OF Amelia
A man by the name of Timothy kenan,
has been found murderedin a cellar under
a stable in Dover-st. New-York.
The lottery venders of the city of New
York have resolved that they will sell with
out pay or reward, the tickets of the Jt6er-
son Lottery
Some idea of the extent of business on
the Fri Canal may be formed from the fact,
that seventy boats arrived at Albany last
| Monday, and this, too, when the Canal is not
yet used west of Lockport.
The President Of the "Marble Company
of New York, (thcinsttution which recently
forced a large amount of paper into circula-
tion and then closed its doors) has absconded
i leaving his bail in the lurch.-f1is trial was
fixed for Wedne sday.
/ Mr. Roosevelt Saltonstall has given q
lecture in New-York on Self Moving Power
! in Wheel, which will generate its own
4 power, and revolve, for the purposes of the
mechanic world, the simplicity of which is
easy to the smallest capacity. Mr. $. is con-
tident that he will be more successful IN his
project, than Mr.. Rcdheifcr was.
i The Wheeling Gazette of the 29th ult
mentions that the Ohio is feet below low
water mark 1t states also that the steam
boat Magnet is aground between Wheeling
and Pittsburgh, and that the Commerce was
not able to proceed up to Pittsburgh for want
of water.
The British transport ship Shipley, from
Portsmouth, Eng. bound to Barbados, with
troops, was lost on the Southeast coast of the
island of Barbadoes, on the night of the 18th
of April. All on board were saved.
4 7ohas.--- This valuable mineral is said to
be found in the town of Monroe, Fairfield
county, Connecticut, equal in beauty and val
ne to the topas of Saxony
There are in Germany 10000 robbers, ol
whom no less than 10000 are Jews; driven
to that course probably, by their persecu-
tions.
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