The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-04-26

CHcsghc0ie and D-ia7raSc CaH0A--I her
are now more than three thousand men r
work on the osscut Canal. Two Of tic
wbaryes at Delaware City, on the DcawTc
Bay are completed. each 200 feet long :hnd
great excrtions are using to increase the
number Of work men on the whole line
Doctor politz, celebrated Germah poll
ical economist, calculates that within tnty
wears, one hundred and thirteen coneitu-
tions have been adopted and published N
Europe and America. Ofthis nunSer, 81
are extinct, and go are MAINTAINED ana Sc
cure ii ,hts more or less extensiv' 10 pnP
ulatoA Of more than one hundred miilions OF
souls.
A son Of Mr Samuel Phillips, aged about 10,
while engaged in fishing in the Delaware near
the CITY of Trenton, on the 18th INST tell from
the rock whereon he was sitting INTO the water
and was drowned. lis body was soon after re-
covered.
Mr.. George Jackson, late Commissioner ot
his brtanuic Majesty under the st. Petersburg
convention. on Friday last, took leave OF the
President of the United States. at Special Au-
d;cnce. He was presented upon that occasion
10 the President by the Secretary OF State.
Jpu. u.s. .Surweru.--Some wags OF neigh
herring town returning a few nights since
from convival meeting, stole from Aier-
GERS shop a sign hoard, on which were IN
scrihed the words "Funerals furnished on
thc most reasonable terms" and athXed It
Immediately under the door plate OF sur
geon, who had recently met with several un-
fortunate Sits.
n Fovai Poaa;fo t1e Eur The NcRor-
ob1e .Aierandtr Smgti Of apocaiyptc mem
ory. advrrtises that he instructs gentlemen
in the science Of law. ut his residence,
Wythe Court House, Virginia Hear nm!
ssSix mosths dilisent application, Hnaer
The instructor ofkhe subscriber. WIZ proDa-
bly, qualify the student TO obtain license.--
A gentleman from Mississippi. who did not
confine himself to the study of the Law on
", passed an examination in five months and
week Grn1emcn from nc Io7p CoNi-
trv and The South, may become ta7oye'"
yhPe thea scitkdra-o 10 h@re Gir, erccHcnt
7yQter, and a cool climate, during nc S.cEiy
season"
The General might, we should think
throw in occasionally, little instruction
RAND .Tust,ce.-Among facts undeniable,
NAV be classed' the celerity will, which
criminal affairs are despatched in Turkey
The citation, the defence, the receivai OF teS-
timony and argument, the sentence and the
application of punishment pass in fright
fully laconc manner. IN the recent distur-
Dances at Constantinoplc, three Janssary
leaders were arrested and carried before the
Grand Vizier who thus questioned them
"Have YOU any complaint to make against
your SOVEREIGN, Are YOU not paid, ted, and
clothetl?'' ayes. our Sovereign has paid us.
fed us. clothed u.s." "What has urged you
then to revolt" IT. is hrs wishing to break
the Janssaries." 81 sentence YOU to be
strangled." They were strangled.
Claiborne, (Alab.( March 23.
A Precious .7nimal-A few days ago a re-
markahle circumstance took place in this coun-
w. As three women belonging TO Mr.. J. +.
Lovett, were ascending the hill on the south side
Of Rig Greek, one with child about months
old in her arms they attacked by a large
he wildcat t--the animal made at the woman with
the child, canght the child bv the leg and Bit it,
tore the woman badly with his claws, and threw
her down; the child having handkerchief on its
head the animal in second attempt at the
child, tore the handkerchief in pieces that was
on It's head.--Thc mother of the child who was
present, saw its danger, and made violent ef-
fort to save it. and in the struggle seized the cat
BY the neck fen on it, and held fast her grip m
I'll the other two women despatched him with
rocks. The mother ofthe child was very much
injured by the animal, and the child was nearly
killed Apprchensions are entertained that the
atmrst have labored under the influence of hy-
drophobia informant adds, that the cat
was extraordinary large.
It is a remarkable fact that myrlads of those
troublesome insects, the Moschetoes, have alrea-
dymodc their appearance in Boston. For several
d1vs past the atmosphere has been literally fill
ed with them. They appear to be unusually
!irTe, but incapable of fimparting any disagreea-
aIc sensation the flesh.
SINGULAR.
Colonel William Frost, of Gennessee, New
York, while cutting and packing the pork of
hor, few davs since, discovered. conn
pctev enclosed in the flesh near the fore
shoulder, large Jack knife, the blade ex-
'en9ed. The Hcsh about the knife was g
inches, and its weight 2 Ia ounces 1t must
nave been swallowed. perhaps, in an attempt
',oequal the feats Of some modern English
knte-eatcrs, considerable time previons
dhd the blade heinp sharD and pointed, found