The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-27

Miss Andrews, OF Chilicothe, Ohio, is the
fortunate holdcro of the Is, 900 dollar prize
in the last New-York Literature Lottery
class No. 2, drawn on the 5th inst in New.
York.
'Iis an liz gyind that biozu$ nobody GOOD
This is very true proverb and very hot to
the following advertisements, which a late
National lntelligenccr contains. Mr.. Heron
and Mr. Poor are very accommodating men.
and appear to let no opportunity escape of
sending their pigs to the best market.
DueiLng Pistois.-The subscriber re-
spectfully informs such gentlemen as are dis
posed to conclude their arguments in the
field of honor, that he is prepared to manu-.
facture DuelliHg Pistols, Of various qualities,
at from so to $50 dollars per pair. He will
likewise furnish Quartering Bullet Mords.
giving four to one.
JAMES HERON, Gun Maker,
rs South street, Baltimore.
II RqHe.-There is left at the auction
rooms of Mr.. Poor, to be raffled tor, very
fine pair of Pistols, in a mahogany case, with
every necessary apparatus.
A woman considerably advanced in years,
IdtUCu JldS5, NAtu III LdulOCTtOH, NcW
Jersey, on the 18th inst. in consequence Of
blows inflced upon her head and body by
her own daughter. They kept dissderly
house, and on the 9th inst. the daughter,
named Margaret, commenced beating her
mother with rod of iron, which endangered
her life, and in the interim in conversing
with other persons, threatened her mother
with death, which threat she put into ex-
ecution OH the Tuesday following, when she
again beat her with the iron rod to such
degree, that she soon after died. The girl
is full grown, and was supposed to be intoxi-
Gated at the times when the violence was
committed. She is now in prison.
A letter from Washington of March 30,
says Last Friday Mr.. Randolph came into
the Senate Chamber with red flannel hunt
ing shirt on his arm. He made motion to
adjourn on occount of its being. gnd Friday.
while the motion was underetbnsidera-
tion, "well, (said he,) Lbelieve will put on
my Shirt" and he did put it on and wore it
as long as lie continued in the Chamber"
His attachment to this garment proceeds,
suppose, from the fact, to which he often al
ludes in his speeches, that his father raised
a hunting shirt company" at the commence
ment of the revolution airy war"
The steam boat Codorous, when last heard
from, says the Harrisburgh Chronicle, was
at Owego, upwards of 240mies above Har-
risburg. is now no difficulty in the
way of this boats passage into Otsego lake.
gentleman residing OIL the North Branch
informs, that 100000 bushels of wheat came
out of the Chemung, a tributary of that
branch, the present spring, and descended
Ia MAIN 'hs.N N-
pens INTO the prime of the wheat country OF
the state of New-York.
From the Trenton True American, we
learn, that the commencement of the Della.
ware and Raritan Canal is supposed to be
little nearer at hand than it was before the
Company for that purpose was formed. 1t
is said indeed, that majority of the Board
of Directors are opposed altogether to going
on with the undertaking. An application has
been made to Congress for aid, by subscrp-
tion of stock, which, ifgranted, may possibly
change the aspect ofthings.
Cure for the Polypus in the Nose.-In conver.
sation with friend ofthe western country, have
been informed of a fact, too important, as it ap.
pears to me, to be withheld from the public.
HIS daughter was troubled with polypus in
VIC HOSt, WHICH WAS cSlTaCleu DV surgeon, Dut
soon grew again to its former size. He heard Of
the bloodroot as a cure, and it was tried with such
efficacy that the polypus shrivelIcd away in about
ten days, and was entirely gone.
Another young woman in the same neghborhood
had onc,so large to spread her nostrils consdera'
bly,, and affect her speech After using the blood
root short time, the polypus dropped out entire
and she was soon well. .sts
Receipt.-Take hafan ounce of blood root (san-
guinarla Canadensis) finely puvcrized, and silt
it, and one drachm of Calomel. Mix them TO-
gether with a sternutatory. A small pinch OF this
powder is to be snufIcd up the nostril three times
day; and syringe Of the following wash is to
be thrown up the nostril twice day.
Dissolve half an ounce of powdered alum IN
gill ofbrandy; shake the phial until it is dssoR
ed.
forMe Uilmmgtonian.