The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-04-19

large spots.
AS Mr.. Thomas Lewis and his apprentice.
with three other persons, named Couts,
Manly, and Swords, were descending the
river near Steubenvclle, Ohio, the boat in
which they were, was capsized, and having
been loaded with sand, It Immediately sunk,
and all hands, with the exception of Mr..
Swords, was drowned.
Mr.. Robert Watson of Montreal, was shot
on the evening of the .51th ult. while sitting
at home, in conversation with friend, aud |
in presence Of his wife. A part of the win
dow blind had been rc'uovcd short time
previously, and gun was fired through the !
window, which wounded him with about l59
small shot. He died in about 2l hours. a
man named Cameron has been arrested for
trial
Hiram W. Liu,lscy, a convict, recently ct- |
fcctcd his escape from the pcnitcntlary.
near Pittsburgh, BY converting a pewter
spoon into kcy, With which lie unlocked
his prison doors. and thcn walked Of leaving
his key, aud the following note to the keep
crs.
"lliram ". Lindsey. compliments TO the
first and second keepers OF the Pententaiy,
informs them that he has proceeded to
Washington city, ~ order to obtain a patent
for an old Yankee trick"
A little girl, daugh,cr Of Sarah Brooks.
near Nashville, Tenn. aged about Yeats,
was. a few days ago burnt to death, by the
accidental communication Of fire to her
clothes. Having taken fire the Field where
a young man was at work sll: in apurt gath
cred some dry grass, and tet in ilancs fnr
amusement; the blaze Selling on her cloth
ing, she was so dreadfuily burnt before as,
sistance could be given that she survived
but few hours.
! A friend Of the United States Gazette
! from ST. Domingo, states. that the poiIt-
lea concerns of the country, wear rather a
| more favorable aspect than formerly. he
export duty Of $50 per thousand pounds OF
Coffee. has been taken OIL This is dcpriv-
ing the French Of any advantages which
! they formerly POSSESSED over others in eH-
porting ter half duties.
The amount Of appropriations made by
| Congress at the last session was : ll,3l5, ,ooy.
Ofthis amount S2,97l, ,36l were tor the mil
itary service for the curreEt year, ~
7l3 for the support Of The navy; o5o0'oo9
for the gradual Improvement q the navy
II S1,572.2lu ior pension; Sl,T lS,e@f ior the
expense Of Congress, OF the cHccutive ae-
partmcnts, the judiciary, the diplomatic m
tcrcoursc, &c; Sj05,000 for tortlications'
Sl74, ,04T for the Indian department; $780,
363 for carrying into effect Indian treaties
William Morgan, about whom 50 much
fuss has been made, is stated, by the Greens
burgh Republican, TO have been engaged We
ry recently as sub-contractor on the Penn
sylvaria Canal, near Logan's ferry. Ihe
: information was derived from gentleman
: of integrity, who has contract on the canal
and who was we'll acquainted with Morgan
in the state Of NcwYork.
The Lafourchc Gazette states, that upoi
three sugar plantations Of Genera! Wade
Hampton, on the Mississippi, there IS about
three hundred effective hands employed
S the quantity of sugar made tho present yea
# is one thousand hogsheads, weighing eaci
!. 1880 pounds, worth, in New Orleans, at tht
r ordinary price Off cents per pound, S9o,0O'
;. dollars. The General however, shippln;
his own sugar TO the northern market
where it bears high price, estimates hi
l. nett revenue this year, from his Louisiana
plantations at 100000 dollars.
i
:. Some time since, MIR. Lundy, the editor 0
i the Genius of Universal Emancipation, ;
= weekly paper published in Baltimore, usct
, some very severe terms in relation to mai
! by the name of Voolfolk, a notorious slav'
dealer, who tool. it SO much III anger, tina
g, he violently assaulted the editor; the latter
5. gentleman being a 'fricnd" had recourse II
the law for redress. We copy from tn
Genius of Universal Emancipation, the iol
lowing as part of the Judges charge t
the Jury:
# "Chicf Justice Price, in pronouncing sen
e tencc, took occasion to observe that he hat
:. never seen case i'll which provocation tor
: battery was greater than the present-tha
: if abusiye language could ever be a aJustitca
II tion for battery, this was the case-tha
$. the traverser was engaged in trade sane
a toned by the laws of Maryland, and tina
IF Lundy had no right to reproach him in sucl
abusive language for carrying on iawfu
trade that the trade itself was beneficial t
J. the state, as it removed a great many rogue
II and vagabonds who were a nuisance in th
:. state-that Lundy had received no NOR
than merited chastisement tor his abuse G
the trayerscr. and but for the strict letter o