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The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-12-05

with grease, NUN things, or japan. sono
favorito bean equally squalid and coeg..
meets q lass perhaps, and . DISCUS
rude saintation takes place. OccAsionlya
couple Of girls will square odin boxing att
titude, and skeD fght in the true style Of
the game. I have Witnessed bIoys given
and received in this way which would not
be very pleasant to any one TO bear. l
have seen some right down battles fought
by these female combatants, in which bon
nets. cnps and gowns few into strings like
canvass before tempest. Educated, as |
have been. in the strict school of Connect
icut. and accustomed to look upon females
as beings of refinement and virtue, to whom
the. highest Difference and respect were due,
you may well suppose that at first looked
upon these, screw-making specimens of
the sex, with ineffable disgust. Custom
has now rendered the spectacle familiar.
AS the natural effect Of this state of things
you will not need be told, that the popu-
lous manufacturing towns are thronged with
class Of females which cannot name.
One half at least of adult females that work
in shops, have no doubt are creatures OF
this revolving character.
Few of the workmen can ever become
master manufacturers. They are taught
but one branch of an art and through
their ignorance and stupidity, are never a
BILE to obtain sufficient insight into the
other branches to be competent - take
charge of an establishment. A man who
makes lock, cannot make key; and the
man who fabricates the knot to afock il
! ignorant of the other branches and thus
it is with most other art;cals. On this ac-
count they are fit only to be jonrneymen
and are obliged to live on wages. If theiI
wages are increased they perform less la.
bour, and their surplus. time is spentat ale
houses, or in barbarous amusements
They toll on year after year, perhaps
under hard master, earn a scanty sabsis-
tence, and at last die and leave family to
inherit their poverty and ignorance, and to
tread in the same steps.
The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-12-05

I.it4Fatue. The life Of Napoleon, by
the author Of Waverly. (says tho Scots
fines, is certainly in progress, but the
story of four volumes being already prin.
tedis not quite correct. Nearly three vo-l
Tunes, however are completed and.if the
report Of a friend Of our own may be trus4l
ted, there are many passages ip the work
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
WITCHCRAFT.

When Lord Chief Justice Holt presided
in the Court of Kings Bench, poor decrep-
it old creature, equally bowed down with
age, poverty, and inhrmity, was brought be-
fore him, charged as a criminal, on whom
the fnll severity of the law ought to be visit
ed with exemplary effect. The terrors OF
impartiality never sat on any judges brow
with more impressive dignity or threatening
aspect than on that ofjudge Holt The trem-
bling culprit was overwhelmed with her
fears. The charges were opened.-"What
is her crime" asked his lordship. "Witch-
aft."-"How is it proved - ''She has a
powerful spell."-"Let me see it." The
spell was handed to the bench; it appeared
a small ball Of variously- y-coloured rags of
silk, bound with threads of as many different
hues; these were unwounded and unfooed.
until there appeared a scrap of parchment.
on which were written certain characters
now nearly illegible from much use. Is
this the spell!"-The prosecutors answered
that it was. The Judge, after looking
at this potent charm few moments address
cd himself to the terrified prisoner. "Pris-
oner, how came you by thisr-aA young
gentleman, my lord, gave it to me, to cure
my child sguc."-"How long since?"-
"Thirty years, my lord" 'And did it cure
ner! On, yes, and many Others"
am glad of it," The Judge paused few
moments, and then addressed himself to the
Jury:
"Gentlemen Of the jury--thnty wears a.
20, and some companions as thoushtless as
myself, went to this woman's dwelling. then
public house, and after enjoying surs.1ves.
found we had no means OF discharging tl..
reckoning. had recourse to stratagem
Observing child ill of an ague, pretended
had spell to cure her. wrote the clas
sic line you see On a scrap of parchment
and was discharged of the demand on me b,
the gratitude of the poor woman before us
for the supposed benefit nature doubtles
did much for the patient, the force of imagi
nation the rest This incident but i'll suit
my present character, and the station i
which sit; but to conceal it would be t
aggravate the folly for which it becomes IN
TO atone.'
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
TO RENT,

THAT large and convenient three story OY'ch
TAVERN House, in the town of Smyrna, Ken,
County, and State of Delaware: nov occupied
BY Charles Hamm, and recently by Mrs. Com
fort Lockwood, and long known to be one Of the
best stands for Public house between Dover
and Philadelphia. Attached to it is an exceilen.
brick stable and carriage house, Granary' ano
lot of ground containing sixteen and quarter Y
acres, in a good state Of cultivation, one nan OF
which is titled every year.
Possession can be had on the first day OF jan
uary next.--For terms, apply to
GEORGE T. FISHER,
Near Canterbury, Deia7uare.
Aug. IA, 1926. 4f--1n
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
New Publications.

Just received and for sale at j. SCO...,e
Book and Hut Store, No. 95 Market street,
WOODSTOCK, BY the author of Waverly.--2
Vols.
Moore's Life of Sheridan.
"The Last of the Mohicans," "a novel in
volumes, by the author of .The Pioneers" &c.
&C.; "Jack Halyard, the Sailor Boy, or the Vir.
tucus Fa1nily."-This little volume is particularly
adapted to the use of children, and is, perhaps
one of the best of the kind that has ever been Of
fered to the public.
Hslmington, FEB. %, 1926. 22--
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
SCHEME.
$3.50 Prizes.
1560O Blanks.

This is a Lottery formed by the ternary per.
mutation of so numbers To determine the
prizes therein, the 80 numbers, from to so in
elusive, will be placed in wheel on the day of
drawing, and four of them drawn out; and that
ticket having on it for its Formulation numbers,
the LIST, I'd, and Sd drawn from the wheel, in the
order in which drawn, shall be entitled to the
prize of $4,000
And those other tickets which shall have on
them the same numbers, in the following orders,
shall be entitled to the prizes affixed to themre-
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
SCHEME.
11,4so Tickets.

This is Lottery formed by the ternary COM
bination Of AZ numbers, producing ll,4oo tck-
cts. TO determine the Prizes, the numbers
from to AZ inclusive, will be seyerally placed
in wheel on the day Of drawing, and OF them
be drawn out; and that ticket having on it, tor
its combination numbers, the 1st, I'd and3d drawn
from the wheel, will be entitled to the Grand
the interesting prize of the MONTICELLO Es-
TATE; that having on it for its combination num-
bers the 4th, 5th and 9th, will be entitled to the
prize of the Shadwell Mills; and that having on
il. the 9TH, 9Th and 9Th will be entitled to the
prize ofthc AlbeInarle Estate.
The prizes win be conveyed TO the fortunate
holders Of tickets drawing them, subject only to
the condition mentioned in the subjoined Certifi.
cate of valuation,
1t is contemplated that the Lottery will be
drawn the latter end of October, and it is hoped
that in the mean time all the tickets will be Pur
chased up,
Richmond, July 81 1926.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
NOTICE.

ALE persons indebted to the Estate of JOHN
KINSEY, late of N. Castle county, deceased, are
requested to make payment; and those having
claims to present the same, legally authent,cat-
ed, for settlement, to
~ NATHANIEL KINSEY,
JOHN HARLAN,
JOHN KINSEY, Ja.,
Executors Of the last will and testament of John
Kinsey, deceased,
8mo. 1st, 1871
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
.-Lunar Observations.
Henry Hea1d,

Proposes to open SCHOOL for teachlngthe
practical Mathmatcs, with the adjustment and
uses Of the instruments used in Surveying and
Navigation at seuen dollars per Quarter; and
Algebra, and common Arithmetic, at fre dollars
Students from distance will be accommodated
with boarding at 50 per week. For further par
ticulars apply to JOHN REYNOLDS, corner OF 3t
and Market streets. 48-4m.
Wilmington, mo. "a, 1926.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
NOTICE.

Allpcrsons indebted to the Estate OF CHARLES
BouosoS, (colored man. late of the Borough OF
Wilmington, County of Newcastle, and state OF
Delaware, deceased, are requestedt to make pay
ment, and those who have demands against the
Estate are requested to present them duly attest
ed without unnecessary delay.
THOMAS GARRETT, Jr.
administrator.
omo 1Atb 1906 47-4t.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
,Ju{U Ia, 1926,

To obviate the rlk and delay, incident to the
return of Bank Notes from this Department, not
receivable at the Treasury of the United States,
in payment for patent rights, all persons dcsr-
GUS of taking out Patents arc requested to trans
init with their applications, such notes or drafts
as they may know, on be advised, viii be availa-
BILE at the Treasury.
A0-1ot
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
DEPARTMENT OF SzLrE,
8th June, 1896. )

To enable this Department TO comply with
the subjoined Resolution Of the House Of Re-
p,esenta,iyes, the several Claimants to whom it
refers are requested to send hither, by mail, as
soon as practicable, Schedules oftheir respective
Claims, exhibiting the particulars required by
the Resolution, as nearly as may be, according to
the following plan:
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21

Those other tickets which shall have 3 of the
drawn numbers on them, and those 8, the I'd, Sd
and 4th, in either Formulation, will each be en-
titled to prize of 1000
All others, being II, having of the drawn
numbers on them, will each be entitled to prize
OF 200
THOSE leS tickets, having two of the drawn
numbers on th>'p, and those two the Sd and 4th,
IN any order, will ,ach be entitled to a prize of
20
All others, being 7So, 18th two of the drawn
numbers on them, will each q entitled to !, nr;ze
of 6
All those /, 300 tickets, having ~ ono of III,
| drawn numbers on them, will each be nt;tIed n
prize of q
No ticket which shall have drawn prize 9
superior denomination, can be entitled to an Ill
ferior prize.
Prizes payable 40 days after the drawing, ant
subject to the usual deduction Of Is per cent.
Tickets and shares in great variety of numbers
for sale at the Office of
YATES & MCINTYRE,
| MANAGERS,
No %, Market-st., Wilmington, a few doors be
ow the lower Market.
ROBERTSON & LITTLE, Agents.
TICKETS and Shares, in the above Class, wi
be sold at retail, at the
MANAGERS OFFICE,
s No. %, Market-st. Wilmington,
Az Scheme price, So IS, until the Goth instan
after which they will be advanced to s..
Bank Checks,
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
Coarse Water Proof Boots,

.Mocs and Lace Boots, suitable for the coun-
try market, will be furnished
remarkably low.
large assortment of Ladies', Mems and Chill
dren's Eastern and Philadelphia made Morocco
and Kid Shoes.
Orders supplied on the most lberable terms,
for cash or acceptances
NIB. An assortment Of Travelling and Hail
Trunks.
" M'NEAI. s. SON take this opportunity te
request all persons who have been indebted tc
them, on note or bouk account for more than one
gear, to make immediate payment, as no further
indulgence will be given.
Wilmington, Aug II. AZ
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
Dissolution of Co Partnership

OISSUIutIUII OI t-U-I dT IIItT5IIID.
vTVHE Co-Partnership subssting between John
Il Parkin, Christopher Bainton, and John Ban
croft, Jr, under the firm of Buiaton s. Bancroft,
as Soap and Candle Manufacturers, was dissolved
on the 18th OF April, by the death Of the said
John Parkin.
The business will be continued by Christie.
pher Baintor and John Bancroft, Jr., who, CRATE.
full for the encouragement hitherto received, re.
Isectfully solicit continuance ofpublic patron.
CHRIS. BAINTON.
Wilmington, JOHN BANCROFT, Jr.
80 me 90, 1896. 4O-4tp.
FOR SALE, az ae-,.------- -.
mingtonian, No. 81, Na Office of the VIII
Vol l., bound in boards, st, THE BEREAN
cents per single copy, or dolnlete. Price z!
The subscription p.ice Of this @er dozen.
ume unbosnA s. vol
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
The Museum
Foreign Literature and Science,
Is JUST PUBLISHED ny
E. LTTTELL,

No. 88, CHEsNUT-ST., PHILADELPHIA.
The subscription is Sc a year, payable in adj
vance. 1t viii be sent to any part OF the United
States, by mail, upon apayment OF five dollars,
on account being received by the publisher
No. 9-New Series-SErT.
CONTENTS.
Portrait Of George Clinton.
Pontopiddan's natural history of Norway.
Sketches of Portuguese life, sc. Beckford's
thoughts on Hunting. Scientific Institutions
The traveller at the source of the Nile. MIR NJ.
Culloch's essay on the rate of wages, and condi
ion ofthe labouring classes A dirgc. Captain
..,,a..1and's narrative of the surrender of Bona
pa'15 radd;n The vaudois valleys. The theatre. A
h;stOrv Of tller ground. The owl. The true
b obseryat;ons o9pn oo9n mask. La Rellc Bordelaise
in swtse GuIa pioprnhc. q, s,h A"ai nat;ee ."
Won Weber. The boz . .naJa 'p''o>' ''o''eo
Miscellaneous iSelectionaaa
Literary Intelligence.
New British Publications.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21

N No. 81, .NdrKef- oIrfeE,
('The stand recently occupied BY VIM. b; ION,
linson, three doors aJoue the Farmers Banh, i
and have now on hand general assortment OF
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
laid in at the present auction rates, which VIII
admit of their selling them at the most reduced
prices.
hmm their stock 0re:
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21

IMPROVED CHECKS
On the Wilmington < Brandywihss
ware, and Farmers' Banks for SAFE 'a}
fYEra
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
New Dry Goods Store.

THE Subscribers respectfully inform then
friends and the public that they have commenc'
ed business under the firm OF
w d RICHARDS & CO..
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
Boot and Shoe Manufactures

John Matthews, Markets., opposite
Market house, N. Castle.
Theophilus Jones, 81 market st.
Val. M'Neal & son, o8 and 100 market $,
William M'Neal, ITO king st.
James Simpson, 10 west front st.
William White, 30 market st.
Thomas Virden, French st.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21
GENERAL REGISTER
Dry Good Merrhants

Noou AAclCnantS.
Samuel Sappington No. n, Markets.
Buzby u Bassett, 50, market st.
John Patterson, 80 market Street
w. B. Tomlinson, No. 86, arket Stres.
John X. Brinckle, corner of arket r. Ovo
streets. ~seen
William M'Caulley, Brandywine, north sis.
of the Bridge. Que
John M'Clung SIS market st,
John M'Lear, So market st.
Allan Thomson, 43 market st.
John w. Tatum, 80 market st.
Grocery Stores.
Joseph Mendenhall & Co. corner Of R,.,
and Second streets. "S
Joseph G. Gilpin, 46, market st.
James & Samuel Brown, 8 High st.
Clement * Gordon, corner Of Market ana
Kennel. a
Peter Horn, corner king and front SITS.
John Rice, Brandywine, south of bridge
Samuel Stroud, corner Of front and orange
George Williamson, 70, high st. oe'
George Winslow, 179 market st.
John Wright, corner of Front and Marie
Perry Steward, Market st. opp. Academy.
Hardware, Oil T. Paint Stores.
Joseph Grubb, No. 70, Market Street.
China, glass & queensware stores,
David Smyth, So market st.
Apothecaries and Druggists.
Joseph Bringhurst, IS market st.
DIR. John Johnson, Sign of the Morta,
and Pestle, 44 Market st.
Boot and Shoe Manufactures.
| Inhn Matthew'S Mark et.ct nnnna;ta Al =.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-21

No. %, Market-st. wilmington,
At Scheme price, So IS, until the 10th instant
after which they will be advanced to IS.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-12-08
Dtr0tmla Nrgf0Iature,
HOUSE or DELEG4TES,

,r tuesday,, DC, 8, 1926.
he Chair announced TIC Standing Committees Of
Tie House, 20 consist Of fhc following members
committee for Courts OF Justice-Alessrs. Gorjoa
watkins Of z. T., Upshur Mason Of Southampton
Ithoson, May, Winston, Briggs Bryce, kimbrougb
Ioode OF MecklenlHrg, ViIson, Page. 4}asfe Davis
Of Hanover, Christian OF Charles y Miller of Bot
eioere' Macrae, DoJthat, Epes, Taylor, Craig, JEFF
IeF' wash, Edgngton, Rives Of Nelson, Mason Of
eredeuck, Williams, Colston, Wallace, Clarke Of
chesterfield, Tapp, Payne Of Buck'm, Voolfolk, IT.
VINE Sjrattcn Of Northampton Meas r. le-. clarke
Of AIgUs-2, and Ta,7'c-
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-12-08
2stgaeeesnegu gga1ssg.


PrcsdeRrS UIesSggc.-- The second Message of Pre-
s;dent Adams is spread before our readers to-day II
has been read far we believe with high approba-
ton by many and without horror or alarm by any, 1t
Is such document State paper Of the kind ought
TO be--Inodest plain and Neutrality-suspicious. in
style. and nnobtrusirc III sentiment. II has scuced
the voice OF inve:erae and h:5ituaI fault Trading and
gagged predetermined opposition. Confinng itself TO
ire business of the nation, its order lucid its cxpos
;ion of the state OF public affairs, luminous and salts,
factory The results ii discloses, flatcrng 10 the
state of the nation, and complimentary to the ability OF
t!ie administration. 1t compares with the best Mesa
ges of our best Presidents we refrain from ex
pressing the opinion that bad the last Message been
Pruncd down TO the standard of unadorned com
POSITION the vindicye opposition which has assailed
ihe persons rather than the of iIc admins
ration, would have persisted in the caterpillar state,
tor lack OF mutriment rs ii is, sanguine in the
belief that the Of that opposition will rccede be-
fore this temperate calm, and satisfactory exposition or
public affairs. That panic pretended the part of the
leaders of the o?poson that institutions were in
danger from the present Administrations must nccossar-
y yield TO trut--he people must be satisfied the
danger is not to be found in those who are administer
ing the government it has always been administered
walking in the footsteps Of their predecessors but that
temperate ZEAL and ungroundcd and ,easurcless abuse
with which the constitutional government has been
sssaed in all its parts and measures. That this govern
pent holds doctrines at variance with opinions in Vr-
gua, is TO be amented, while il is canddly confessed
But it is equally tue. that those doctrines have been
hcid and practised by all antecedent administrations
land that in the of 40 years, they have received
the sanction of large majorties in the o. States. Time
cannot Legitimate error but we have yet been
able to discover by what rule of moral principle one
man can be outrageously abused and denounced, and
another appaujed for Tie act. Let The people
look the history Of JcfTeFson's and Aadison times,
and they will find their conduct exceptionabe touch
ing these same disputed doctrines, the opinions of
those whom they called upon to expel from the
administration of the government.
We cannot conclude without ra.u!atug the Pre-
siicut, that he has struck the Enquirer duubpalsied
!n by his judicious Message Some few have damned
t.e Message because ii furnished nothing find fault
wti-here is disappointment, but ii is the disappoint
ment CT en,ni!y.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-12-08
WEDNESDAY,, Dgc. C.


on motion Of 3ir. Gordon
Resolved That tie House will proceed Oh to rnorr,q.
by Joint ballot with fhe Senate To lie election al ,
Public Printer for months.
Mr.. Wallace offered The following resolution wiiicl,
he rrtiaced With some general remarks on the relation
Of he General aud state Governments
Resolved, That tie Committee Of Roads &C. lie
instructed TO enquire into e expedcpcy Of increasing
The sum OF money now authorised B., law to be raised
by lottery for lhe purpose opening road from War
Tenlon 10 ibornton's Gap 80 DE Blue Ridge.
RIT May believing that ile inns Of Tie louise would
be saved thereby, moved 10 repeal the rule dis.
pensIng with the reading a. petitions their pre-
seniatiOn and referring them matters course
lie thought that The rule had operated pciudcislr-
that many petitions referred under it, AID which assn
mel The shape Of bills would be rejected an earlier
sageand that by IL. the reading Of petitions Instead
OF taking place when presented when the House lad
little TO DO. was deferred % ale sad ,ors z9r;snt
sess0a O. ~ s,st'oa.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-12-08

r.
,.I.t 80: 'hS Of ~ = CoNSFirtFioNAT' WING.
49,, communicate" was addressed to the
,I; : u''cr an '"'2feseio'i' produced by
, ~ - "1" ~ ui "sH'ra"'y IN tie contest be-
- , - I'M '' ''ieS' a''i OF Willingness to open
,h " '. ''s"'' "' oo'ul mat II would mect
.,t ~ " i've " '. "',s'.A impression was iuiti'er
.;., - IL! "0'' Va '''e NV" HIS' parts OF the
X>:, 49, s 80 N1NS'FC'
ma, J 49, -, . ,. i'p'sn''s we Su'yoihed, viii
;,fi ,;I ''H " O"yectue' ou submit To the more
cor, go i ; r F'''' 'r'"'''' "HS'hef any luai Ted-
" " " So
sheSSfS f1dFoTSf-i wii thank You 10 publish in your
columns piece signed North Carolina" addressed 10
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-12-08

- ~ " have issued 10 The Sierns of the SenaiorI
ic' {" Frince George, utiIanpton &c for Mold
cancy oecasiored By tie resignation Of FIn,n|I
Euiin, Ed u i-''''u""
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-12-08

On Saturday, the General Assembly wall be engaged
IN the amusing duty of scratching two Councillors.