American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-04-21
From the Wew York National ADVOCATE.
ORIENTAL HARP

Mr.. Editor-I wish through the medium Of the
National Advocate to inform my friends that it is
my intention to publish soon as practicable sc
lect and revised volume of my best poems, under
The title of the "ORIENTAL HARP" to be embel
lished with neat vignette of the BosToN BARD.
taken from painting executed in Philadelphia, in
The year 1921, at the age of % years. A private
subscription paper will be handed to my friends,
in due season, bearing the following conditions sc.
OF he work, viz:
1t shall contain, OF least, two hundred and fifty
duodecmo pages, printed with new type. on good
and white paper worth, at least 81 per ream; BE-
both neatly and substantially bound, and delivered
to subscribers at one dollar and twenty five cents
per copy Gentlemen who shall subscribe to this
volume of my poems may rest assured, that every
thing herein promised, shall be strictly fulfilled.
The expenses Of this edi'ion will be great; bu, |
never walked my song unon foreign shore. ! am
an american, what have to fear?
BOSTON BARD.
.New Fork aprii 10, 1896.
p S wish it TO be understood, that the book
called +" THE Life Of the Boston Bard" has been
so wretchedly printed, that the sales have never
been, nor will they be Of any sort of benefit TO
me whatever. Publishers OF newspapers arc re
quesled to extract his communication, and give
the same insertion in their respective journals.
Interesting Lao Case : In the Circuit Court Of
the United States held in this city on Saturday last
before his honor Smith Thompson, seven seamen
were tried who had been previously indicted under
an act OF Congress "of endeauoring to make a
reuott" The facts as charged were, refusal TO
do duty seamen, or go on the voyage out OF this
port on board the ship William. owned by John B.
Murray & Son, after having signed the shipping
articles, received the advance wages and entered on
e. he r
Emmett and Nven, Esqs admitted the facts as sta
ted by Tille,son, Esq District Attorney IN
behalf Of The United Ststes but conended that they
sufficient in law to sustain this indictment )
that the whole case, as presented, shows mere
naked refusal to do duty; that the offence contem
plated by the act of Congress is when such acts &C
company show an intent TO deprive the captain
of his command, with uiey either to take the
command of the vessel or confer 1t on another.
Several cases were cited to the point OF con-
struction of the act but the prisoners counsel
relied principally the case Of Kelly and Others
decided in the Supreme Court of the United States
at Washington at the last term, which fully sups
ported the construction they commended for. The
prisoners we're acquitted and discharged.
Shoulders ". z. .aduocate.
British Weights and Measures BY late act
of Parliament, an improved and uniform standard
of weights and measures went into operation In
Great Britain and all the colonies the first day
of the present year. called the imperial standard
The imperial yard, loot and inch remain the
same as the old standard. The imperial troy and
avoirdupois weights are also the same as the old
weights.
The imperial bushel is one quart larger than the
old busheI, and contains 30 lbs ayoirdupos Of dis
titled water.
The imperial gallon is one pint and one gill and
half larger than the old wine gallon. and half
gill less than the old ale gallon.
All bargains must have reference to the imperial
weights and measures, or they will not be legal.
Mr.. Chopper, Of Liverpool, recently stated be-
fore committee Of the House of Commons, that
America now manufactures as much as England
did &c years ago. and that France is only Is years
behind England.