American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-04-17

character 10 the brazian arms. The Emperor en-
deavorng to raise additional body of troops be
to Rio Grande.
The U. s Ship Crane was at Santos, undergoing some
repairs previous to her sailing for the United States
Site
From tire elections in V1ne1NrA, we learn that
John Randolph will have been chosen without any
opposition that we can discover, TO be Repre-
sentative in Congress from the State Of Virginia
that John Floyd, though opposed, will have been
liaferro will have been chosen without any serious
opposition. In some counties of the latter Dis
trct, there is no opposition to him. We use the
expression triH hare been. because, by mode of
election peculiar to Virginia, the elections take
place in the several counties in each district, on
the several Mondays in the month Of April.
Nat. Intel.
The Creas National Road }he Wen-This great avenue
through the western states, which is continuation of the
Cumberland Road, is constructing the MADAM plan.
We are glad to find by the following report the War
Department from the superintendent Of the road, says the
National Inelgencer that this system of roadmakng,
highly recommended, stands the test of experiment.
"Perm me 10 say that the work under my superinten.
dency progresses as rapidly As could have been expected
under new system. That part Of the road upon which
the travel has been during the winter has stood better
than its most sanguine friends could have expected when
the fact that the travel admitted at the beginning of
the winter, before the had acquired the requisite
compactness is taken into vie* Indeed has stood adj
mirab and the effect has been to dsspate the preudces
| almost universal against the system"
.alabama.-The Legislature Of Alabama, at its
last session. passed an act to prohibit the mporta-
ton OF Slaves into that State for sale hire. The
act provides that any person carrying negroes into
the State, after the first day of August next, for
sale or hire, shall be liable to fine of one thousand
dollars for each negro so carried into the State,
and Imprisonment. 1t further provides, that per-
sons who carry Slaves into the State for their own
II ot mr. fharr, fxya
after their arrival
New York. .9prii 70.
Much ado for nothing 1T will be recolected that
Grand Jury has recently been sitting in Philadelphia for
the space of four months, during which period about six
hundred bills of indictments found for transactions
atve to the teas Of Edward Thompson And It will also
be recoeced that two or three Of citizens in
cluded among the indictments letter now before us
from member Of the Philadelphia bar, Of last evening,
from which we learn that the u Attorney yesterday aT
peared in the Circuit Court, Judge Washington prcsdng)
to be entered in each 1t is understood that this
was taken in pursuance of the opinion of the Attorney
General of the United States, in consequence of tile late
decision of the Supreme Court. "Greaf cry and ine
eol as old Mr. Beelzebub said when he sheared the hog
Com .1dy
A Letter received from London by an Anne
rican gentleman in Washington City, dated Feb
ruary 22d, says that " Samuel Williams, the great
American Merchant, No. IS, Finsbury Square.
London, is in first credit. and will, in few years,
be enabled to crafty the first wish of his heart.
pay every one who lost by his bankruptcy. He
lost a superior fortune by i'll luck-but never his
good name."
Cargo purchased by the Philadelphia Greek Committee.
which sailed for Greece the Esd March, per the brig
Tonne.
1888 barrels -four,
154 half barrels do.
800 barrels meal,
722 barrels navy bread,
40 erces of rice,
80 barrels beef,
half barrel do
s barrels pork
Q boxes domestic goods.
100 dozen shirts,
4 boxes Vermicelli
barrels tapioca,
barrel salts,
barrel assorted medicines,
2 kegs glanber salts:
box surgical instruments,
100 barrels mackercl,
Amounting, with freight, insurance, &c. to l4,060 doll
lars rs cents.
Cargo purchased by the Greek Committee Of New York.
ship Chancellor.
154 casks of rice,
1856 barrels of corn meal
938 barrels Of -four
205 half barrels of do.
40 barrels of bread,
SIS hall barrels do.
% barrels salted provisions,
casks hams,
% casks and bales dry goods and ready made cloth.
ing.
The cargo with the freight and insurance, cost about
16, 900 dollars.
DIED-on the 2oth Of January, at St. Petersburg.
ELEANOR ISABELLA, second daughter of Henry Mid |
deton, Esq Envoy Extraordinary from the United States
OF America. at the court of ST. Petersburg after long
illness, which she bore with resignation and fortude
She was most accomplished and amable lady, deeply
amened by her family and friends Her funeral spon
aneously attended from the English Chapel by all the
Foreign Ministers.
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