American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-12-05


A. ditor OF the Treasury, received the appointment
r. Auditor on the 29th of November, 1891; and THO
MAS uDoR TUCKER was appointed Treasurer OF
me goth OF January, 1909. These Offices had been
It previously held by Mr.. Wolcott and Mr. Meredith
y the fsmer Auditor and the latter Treasurer.
Nat. journal.
From Tie Norfolk Herald Of Vednesday
The U s. schr. Shark, IT, Com Nonp1s ect nnae,
way on Tuesday and dropped down TO Cranev Island.
whence she will proceed to with the first fair wind
ne shark bound for the Coast of Africa it'll munitions
OF war; &c for the Colony at Measurable
COobeH.-Ihis political whirligig has taken IN
the deiente Of king Ferdinand of Spain, and the
euiogy OF ms subjects. Among other ridiculous as
sertions, he says that the OF the people Of Spain
are better led and better clothed, than the people
OF any other country in Europe, and much better
than the people Of England are. He saws, 81 an.
Plaud the king Of Spain do not much like weas-
els. but haze rats, and therefore say success TO
the Weasels" and concludes his essay with an ana.
thema upon Quakers, whom he ACCUSES OF de(raud4
ing the British people by nonopolizng all the tea
that is imported by the Fast India Company.
~. T.. Times.
norahy, Paris From the annual report of the Minis
ter of the Interior the state Of the city OF Paris we learn
some facts which might have hecn thought incredible but
ior the authority of such In the years between
1919 ana loZf (DOn ncuded,) the number children
born m Paris was 225259, Of whom So, 49, were eqa
mate One third and more of the annual popula-
non OF Paris was born out of wedleck Ficm 1878 1924
loo 10y were born, OF whom "a, $50 climate and
95Oo zsere deserted 6y their currents What friphtfu pic
ure' painted BY minister Of state, Of Partisan Morals
~. /. Eng.
The Troy Sentinel states that al the Circuit Court
in Rensselaer, county, Hannah c. Atkinson obtained
verdict Of $4,000 against Lewis Store, for having
slandered her character i is mentioned that this
lady is young, and an orphan, who has nothing bus
her reputation to sustain her in the world Her
whole life was proved 10 have been without re.
proach, and not single witness was called on The
part OF the defendant. The jury were absent but
few minutes before they returned with he verdict of
$4,000 the whole amount laid in the declaration 1t
Is well added, that more contemplate beller does
not exist upon The face o! The EARTH
". L. Times.
The British are bestowing great expense their Royal
Palaces The contemplated repairs Of Windsor Castle
will cost $50, 900 pounds sterling. The building Of B,ck
ngam Psace, and the improvement Of the or unds viii
cost $4,000 pounds The alterations and additions to the
ihng Palace in St Jamess Park, viii. cost $4,000 pounds
Quebec, NoU. H. Yesterday morning at ten
O'Clock, the awful sentence OF the law was executed
on the new drop in front OF the Jail, upon John Hart
who convicted the last criminal term for this
district, OF sacrilege, in committing robbery in the
Roman catholic church OF this city.
The punishment Of hanging was for the first time in
rodnced into Russia in the of the late conspiracy
But twas done clumsiy. Five were 10 be executed
~ three instances the ropes broke, and ten minutes
before the tortured cuprts suspended again. After
heir execution, the scafold was broken TO pieces and
auFn on the spot.
Lotteries IN England. The last lottery autborig.
ID by the British Government was to be drawn in
London on the 18th of October last In that Iotte.
y were six prizes of S0,00Ot each The most DO
tye assurances were given tina. 1t had been abso.
uiey determined BY the government, that this lass
u lotteries should be closed that day The
chancellor oil the Exchequer has fepeatedy declar.
ID in The House OF Commons his desire to put an
md to lotteries, the most mpolitic mode OF rails.
ng revenue, but that the accomplishment of the
bIcct had been delayed, in opposition 10 his efforts,
n consequences OF engagements long ago entered
nto by the government.
Description Of Lime Tree Hedge from Duans's 7ra4p
South .21efica.-In the morning before we reached
iuacara, we saw beautiful cipt hedge in front of
ourishing plantation; it resembled in form those view
pt quicksets which in tile State of Delaware
ut neither yew hawthorn could rival for beaniy il
composed OF lime trees and the fruit in every stage Of
rowh, abundant, pale and deep green p.le and
ron yellow civil domestic, who as curious in his
lIniraon of us, Of the hedge, ingenuouSy
tucked couple Of dozen and handed them to U.s. highly
ratified, as il seemed, that they were ptable.
The Young Mems Missionary Society of the
Iethodist Episcopal Church in the city OF New
ork, have erected beautiful cenolaph to the me.
DRY OF their late President, the lamented Sum
erfeld Il is placed in the front OF the Church in
I'm street near The western corner. The tablet is
black MARBLE finely polished. in the shape Of a
ne, and inserted in the wall OF the Church. Up.
and near the base of this, an is affixed stand
& upon pedestal, with lew volumes Of books