The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-07-19
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GLEAIJINGss.
The body of female, holding all infant child
in her arms was found in the Delaware on Satur
day. They were, it is presumed, lost from one
of tho boats on the afternoon Of the 4th instant
The body ola man, name unknown, was oh the
same day found in the river, near the Point
house.
In the city ofNew-York there are at this time
pending before the four court no less than one
thousand and sixty cases. There must have been
some obstruction in the course OF lazy to cause
such an accumulation of troubles
On Monday the ID inst a fire broke out at An
gustA Geo. which consumed seventeen houses in
the very centre of the city. All the merchants
and shop keepers suffered more or less though
most of them were insured. This is the most
destructive fire that ever occurred in Augusta.
A letter writer in the National lntelligencer,
nvcighting against celebacy, says bachelors, |
wonder any man should long be bachelor -
Widowcrs have better excuses for not marry
ing"
A fellow by the name Of James Low, notorious
in NcwYork as rec liver Of stolen goods, has
lately been convicted of the offence He had
frequently been indicted beture but always Con.
trivcd to escape.
| In 1921, iielginm had ninety-six cirH prisons,
and .twenty-onc Mhtary: aud the NUMBER OF pris
oncrs amounted 10 TO-, ,55I, u ratio Of one prison.
cr for every $40 inhabitants.
J Severe irosts were experienced in the district
Of Quebec, on the night Of the 2tth and 25th d
June. The tender vegetables sustained consd
cradle injury, and the leaves Of the forest trees
bore testimony to the severity OF the cold
The present Attorney General Of England, in
n speech relative to the Chanceiy Court, deliver
ed on the 22l Of May last, observed that there
were then six Thousand certiiicated Attorneys in
the country, each making, on an average, thou
sand pounds sterling year by his profession.
The auction duties paid into the state treasury
BY the Auctioneers OF Philadelphia for the last
quarter, ending May, ii, amounted to S56,039
81 cents
II is said there are more than 400 billiard Ia.
bles in Philadelphia, ami 500 in New-York.
A machine has been invented for making brick
with great facility. One horse, by turning .
wheel, makes or strikes bricks as fast as three or
four persons can remove and place them. Two
persons supply the clay, one washes the iuoulds.
The Roman Catholic Priests, and the lnylncn,
Of twelve towns, in Silcsia, have pettionei for
leave TO use bibles, and to say their prayers and
sing their hymns in the German language, and
also that the Priests may be permitted 10 marry.
Mr. CL,Y reached his home near Lexington
public dinner is announced TO be given him ON
the 18th July
According to the official register Of the u. s.
Navy, there are 73l officers in that service, VIZ;
81 Captains, % Masters Commandanis, 22S
Iieutcnants, ~ Surgeons, 40 Surgeons mates,
IS Pursels, Chaplains, and ga Milshpmen.
The Ohio River at Wheeling was four and a
half feet above low water mark on Saturday
week.
The Boston Palladium, rcmarking upon the
sale Of Teas at Halifax, as reported IN the Pltri-
ot yesterday, says-"the prces are lower than
those in the United States--it follows that to
preserve our commerce, our duties on Teas
ought to be reduced"
NoLrA, one of the most celebrated phlloso-
pliers of the age died lately, in ltai, at the age
of eighty-two. lie was at the head Of the Uni
vcrsity of pavia.
Philadelphia has population of $50, 900; N.
York l70,0o0 and Baltimore 10000 inhabitants.
NJ. Onis, formerly minister of Spain to the
u. States, and ambassador of Naples under
the Constitutional Government, had died at
Madrid.
The steamboat Chippewa, which plies
between Black Rock and Chippewa, caught
fire on the 2Sth ult. two miles above the falls
Of Niagara. The flames were extinguishcd
with difficulty.
A Kentucky paper in speaking of isaac
B. DeSha, say:-"lsaac looks as well as he
did before he cut his throat, though not quite
so flcshy. He breathes through tube in
which he makes considerable wheezng."
Erhenees Of Delegates 10 Harris6urg.-
In Vermont. money for the above object is
raised by contributions, and the Clerks OF
the Court receive it.
John M'Lean, now Postmaster General, is
nominated for the Vice Presidency In the
Cincinnati Gazette.
1t is stated that President Ho,ley, late Of
Trannsylyanii University, has abandoned
his contemplated tour to Europe, and is a
bout 10 take charge of "a seminary in New
Orleans.
JOIN BucKrEp, NJ d. adjunct Professor OF A.
natomy in the University OF Maryland, has been
elected to the profcssorship of Sar-
gerry in that Institution, vacated BY the reslgna-
ton of Granville Sharpe Pattison, ESD.
The committee Of the Royal Academy of Sci
cnces at Paris, appointed to allot certain premi-
ums for improvements in the medical art, have
assigned one Of ten thousand francs to Acssrs,
Peletirc and Caventon for their important la
bours relative to the sulphat of Quininc.
The prize of ~urgery, Of ten thousan francs,
has been bestowed on DR.. CIyIALE for his new
mode of operating for the stone.