American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-09

Total, 2.l39 298 f35O74
In all 800 an8arie q 20 schools n 298 cachers and
To organize and aid his extensive sstcm Of education
IS the object for which the society exists and thus i ia
efficiency has been cyIen y great for during the Yea,
previous 70 the last report there added it OOS
teachers and $3.50 scholars The successful Operations
OF The American Sunday School Union, chiefly TO be
attributed to Tie they have furnished in the ahnn
tan and cheap supply Of books and other requisites fr
the Of schools Each school left its own selection
o. books and the management Of its concerns and ali
.ithelt distinction Of sect or party enjoy the rights
and privileges These are msnifesy great, that there
good reason TO presume that every Sunday School in he
Cnon will Parake of them for with the possession Of an
lie privileges there is restrictions and no other reou;si
ton han the payment, once Of three dollars and an an
nlA report q The sa'e Of the schools.
g supply all these ,choars with books Of character
ssd y Their comprehension, and at The lowest prices Is
US bs aess Of The SOC ely This work has hitherto be en-
accomplished snder some dic1lti- ard BY the assiduos
fen9n q We Managers, With scarcely any demands upon
thc tubla but he- good VII rs h Is tue has been
NOS abuliatY manifesto the II ospetity If The nst,
.uton 80
One grea dieuy "a, been Ne "a. II al III incor
porston 9hei eoui rn4.te H. soeety tonduc, its
oAsnes %l'the benet u egsl clam agent, and
bb"kseilers u dsant places, and BY which, also i NIGH,
enly sueA ae4 fss as 'fe benevolent dspo,el 10
sran' e 50 efficient chary
llere engaged ii HE sertfoe of lie .dti.ty 81
misaeipfa, tte printers, one scfestypt fo1nler ih,r
tceh boo6pndcrs, one copperple printer, and one e.
g1avef employing alleeehl-, about sixty persons 10
whom wages % considerable amount arc annually nad
besides large sums 70 paqernakers To ell iarcs q
matter uf moment, that the society should enjoy cs oastf
privileges aud these Hoped, Wit not be withheld +,
he saic Which enjoys HE advantages Of rs caton ma
70 winch there than 10000 children receiyinp
directly the benefits which II 50 freely ,lltfises
ALEXANDER HENRY presjd-.,
fnrnKt1ek ". PoRrkR, Corresponding Secru
Philadea ahla, January ), 1927.
ihe particulars Obtained, but the number exceed
that stated
Chests,to1eu, IMd.1 Jan. 26 --Shockinr Occur.
rehce.--On the night Of the 23d inst about seyrr
O'Clock, Mr James Burden, Of this county, and hi,
WIFE, went 10 neighbours house, distant between
Two and three hundred yards. leaving a, home ;
nephew about lo years old, daughter S, and a sor
o' 10 less than - minutes, We are informed, the
were alarmed by FIRE, which was discovered 10 nro
eeed from the habation OF Burden. and SO rapi,
were the flames tina, the two smallest children wsr
consumed, with the whole Of Burdens effects be
fore relief could reach them.
There is a law in Maryland, that requires IN,
officers Of one Of their state banks 10 swear tn al hr,
sili not directly indirectly use money for th
purpose oil usuty, AND that they will not, il in the;
power to prevent il, suffer any person to obtain dis
counts al that bank, whom they know or believe /,
DC IN the practice Of discounting at unlawful inter
est.
The amount Of Auction Duties paid into the treasury
he state OF New York, during the past year. was
A few days since, S S. Howard ESQ and Col
Watson, OF Port Kent, crossed on the ice from Bur
llington VI. to Port Kent measuring the distanc
from one wharf to the other. which they ascertsine
to be nine miles and one hundrsd and forty. .fy
rods