The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-08-17
TILE MILITIA.

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The Secretary of War has submitted the /
following queries to the Goverors OF the dit ,
ferent states:- ,,,...
LIST. What is the number OF your Militia
od Are they organized in strict conform
ity to the law Of Congress? ltthcy differ
in WHAT ,,,...
Sd. Are the regular or volunteer Militia
most efficient!
4th. Is there preference given for enter
ing volunteer corps?
9Th. Does the establishment OF the volun-
teer Militia operate injnriously on the regu-
lar militia.
9th. What proportion do the Volunteers
bear to the Regular Mitiaa
7, Would it promote the efficiency OF vol
unteer corps if they had the power by law
Of making bylaws for their own govern
lnent? -
\ 8th Would classification Of the Militia
he an Improvement, one to be called the act
,ye, the other to be called the sedentary2
9th. In making the classification, should
age or the single or married state form the
distinction9
10th. If age, what the proper periods
llth. Would it be an improvement to is
sue commissions only to inferior grades, III
time Of peacca ifso, what should be the high
estl
10th Is not the period Of service for three
months only, on one tour, attended with
great sacrifice of life and ON treasure, and
productive of inefticiencv!
18th. II so, to what period might it be
properly cxtended?
l4th. What are the regulations OF your
state as to training the Miitias
18th From your experience are frequent
musters advantageous to the great body OF
the Militia
10th. Would it be an improvement to
confine the instruction to the officers exclu-
sively.
l7ih. Is the system of Infantry tactics,
as directed by law, universally pursued
18th. What system Of exercise and in
struction Of artillery have YOU practlsPd or
followed? what are its defects and rene
dies?
10Th. What system OF cavalry tactics have
you adopteds what are. its defects and rene
dies?
Shocking effects Of htcmkerence.-in in
stance of the horrid effects OF this beastly
sin, has recently occurred in this county. We
are informed that on Thursday last, mai
named Walter Downs, an habitual drunkard
residing in Petcrboro, went to his house IN ;
state of partial inebrlation. a little chilt
whose breath he had already poisoned by ire
quenty feeding it with the Intoxicating II
quor, approached him crying for whskey
The monster, under pretence OF caring al
appetite his inhuman hand had created AM
cherished, administered nearly pint OF tn
LIQUOR, from the effects of which the child di
ed in the course of the following day, and e
ven before the father was sufficiently recov
cred from intoxication, to realize the fata
effets of his crime. A coroner's jury report
ed that the death of the child was occaslone
by whiskey administered by its father.
Je6i.v and 11oore-It is we'll known ths
the celebrated Reviewer. Jeifry, and the {
uually distinguished Poet Moore, once mt
to settle point of honor. We believe it we
in the summer of 1906. The combatents mi
on the ground; and when about to take the
stations, were arrested by police officer
The civil authority, however, had no occ;
sion to have ntcrfered, as their seconds wei
SO friendly as to load their pistols with me.
curial nils Instead Of haden balls. To tn
circumstance Lord Byron alludes in the 70
lowing humorous lines:
Health to great Jeiiry! Heaven preserves j
life,
To flourish on the fertile shores Of Fife,
And guard il sacred in his future wars,
Since Authors sometimes seek the field OF Mar
Can none remember that eventlul day,
That ever glorious, almost fatal fray,
When I.ttle's eadeSs pistol met his eye,
And Birdstreet myrmidons stood laughing by!
Hot, hot, hihing hot!-A most surprisi
exhibition OF the ability of the hurNan fran
10 resist the effects of the operation of pc
sons and the fiery element was lately exhil
ted at London. on the person of a Monsie
Chabert,a professed Salamander, lately fro
the continent. He advertised to exhibit |
astonishing powers on certain day, and {
tracted large collection of people, and
mong the number many scientific gentleme
he commenced with hearty meal of pho
phorGs, which he washed down with sol
tions of arsenic and of oxalic acid-neXt
swallowed with great goM several spoor
ful of boiling oil, and by way of desert to
d repast, helped himself, with his naked har
to quantity of molten lead-and offered
swallow any quantity of prussic acid, kno
as the most deadly poison, if any one wo,
furnish him with it. During this time an
s ven, feet by Z, was heated. "For an he
and quarter,'' says the London edit
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