American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-12-01

sceDs Than ore which occurred few ishts etnee
In this city. physician was called late Ia the
evening To visit patient in the upper part Of tIuda
ct, end Left his no aud gig tied to post
at the door. After concluding his call, as he passed
out OF The house to his carriage, he observed thar
TWO men wee preparing for an I" abduction.' One
held the Teins IN his hand ready TO ascend, and the
other had just finished untyin the horse and arra!s.
j ing the bride. The night was dark, and the ply.
stefan approached them unseen, when, sezing tho
relns, he tiipped up the man who held them, shd
l sPrang into the gig. At the same moment the
comrade OF the man III the gutter Jumped in the
opposite side, and supposing that he was safely seat
ed by his fellow, advised The doctor drive down
Hudson street, which was done at round trot.
Before reaching Broom street, he remarked i" Let
us turn up Btoome street to the Bowery, and then
clear out on the Harlem road.' The doctor re-
Piled negatively In monosyllable, and his compan-
Ion not yet discovering his mistake demonstrated
out they passed Brooms street q consider able dis
lance, when the fellow said. "whai the d. do
you mean by going down tov n-wherc the - are
you drlvlngs" =" am driving you TO Bridewell as
last as can co." replied the doctor. The dnucky
wight thought that French leare was the best which
he could take, and IN his rapid gh, Tor terra firma,
struck his head against the top OF the gig and fell
at full length under the wheel which passed directly
over him. Here he was left to the mercy OF the
first good Samaritan who nigh, pass That way.
". r Times.
New York, Nov. 90.
Fire at Utica The fire at Utica on Monday morning.
of which had report yesterday extensive, ard
destroyed eight stores on Genesee street, of them
large story brick buildings together with of the
merchandise they Contained.
Persons in this city acquainted with the above propsry.
are OF opinion the amount OF loss from 80 600 dol
lars.
From the Whesling Gazette.
.Nsw application Of Steam. .-Mr. VIM. Har.
klns, halter, OF this place, has invented method of
kett nsn6 m
ment with steam. In the lower apartment of his
shop he has small steam boiler which cost about
S4O, and contains 65 g3oDs-irom this the steam
is conveyed in tubes The different parts OF the shop
where the ha's hardened, boiled, planked and
colored enc fire thus answering for The whole, and
wooden vessels are substituted instead of iron aud
copper ones 1t has long been known that water.
when confined, can be raised to very high tenn
perature but we have seen it SO satisfactorily
aud usctully demonstrated 10 Mr.. Harsins' hat
ter shop. Mr.. Fl assures Us, that with his small
boiler, more than four hundred gallons of water and
dye liquor can BIT sustained st the boiling point, We
cannot pretend TO point on. all the advantages resul
ting from this mprovement--some oil Them are very
apparent In the first place, copper kettles are no
longer requireu and there is great saving in fuel
and water. On the old plan The workman at the
planks have to stand round hot furnace, which
must be very oppressive IN warm weather. and there
Is some difficulty in regulating the FIRE and filing
BY means of sop cock inserted into the tube con-
yeying the steam. the workmen regulate the
temperature OF the water q! pleasure, and as the
densaIon oil the steam on entering The tub or kettle
as is yet called. is about equal to evaporallon ii is
kept constantly full, and in little time, full Of dis
ued water, which is best for the purpose. MIR,
darkins has applied for patent.
PHRENOLOGY.-A gentleman arrived in this civ
rom JaInaca, his Scotland and among bag
gage deposited at the public stores, parcel endorsed
Lgnum fossil, intended for a medical museum The ap-
looked il, Clipped and scraped it, but il still had
he appearance OF lump % pitch asphaies; fna ",
hey reported 10 the collector article dutabe
md not namcabe. The collector who is very rqsIive
these matters ordered the aforesaid article brought
his presence and after viewing it'll pecacies after
III the deputies, clerks tide waters, &c &c. had long
Peep he commenced making missions rather deep, when.
aging bare part at the covering, the article turned
negroes head, preserved in pitch, and 10 be
glasgow curiosity OF course, the article not being
intable, the gentleman walked oH with his head under
lis arm. NJ + Eng.
From Portugal Capt. Low, at Boston, from ST.
Jbes was over to Lisbon on the 18th October. At
which time an in.urrsction against the Constitution
lad broke in the Province OF Algarve, and about
AGO troops had marched from Lisbon TO suppress
,.-PalLad.
The Legislature of Vermont have passed law. requr-
ng the vendors of lottery tickets in that State to nav for
lice nse to sell tickets the OF $500 per They
also passed raising the salaries of the judges Of
he Supreme Court from 900 to 1850 dollars year They
ave also rejected unanimously, the several resolutions
eceived from the executives Of other States proposing an
mendmcnt to the Constitution Of the United States
We understand, by letter from ST. Salvador,
hat the slave brig called the Prince of Guinea,
which was built at Philadelphia, not great while
ince and sold to The Brazilians ha, been CAPTURED
y the Tender Of an English Fr;gate, while on her
assage from the coast to ST. Salvador. The Ten.
or had guns and 30 men, and the brig 10 guns
nd 20 men. All the men ran below but the boat
vain. She had 600 slaves on board - Boston Pal.
The Grand Jury for the Boston City Court have, among