Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1828-07-08

up 10 Gle present time, seven huni Cd s':d th'r'y-
three arrivals. by seventy-tye ",'ats OF when
there were, from Pittsburgh, Gel Beaver,
Wheeling, AZ; Welisburg, 3 Marietta, nanes
Vile, ; kenhawa, 5 Portsmouth, Maysvlne'
10 Louisville, 35i Terre Hare Ind Up
pecanoe, Ind. /; Nashville, a. florence o.
Louis, 8 =; Fever River, / New Orleans, -.
Canal Produce.--The two first days of this week
the following amount of produce arrived in this e.
}ty, by the Canal Two hundred and seventy-siS
barrels of whisky. five hundred and thrty-one par
lres of flour one hundred barrels OF corn ; one
hundred barrels corn NEAL There were, besides,
considerable quantities of bacon, butter, lard, pork
oil. feathers, lime, cotton, yarn, bricks, &c Inc
amount of freight is stated by the Collector at one
hundred and twenty TONS This furnishes indupita-
BILE evidence, we think, ofthe advantages TO be de-
rived from the canal. When completed 10 Day
ton it will embrace most of the rich and hourshIng
country on which Cincinnati mainly depends for her
support. We shall then have more ample proofs
Of its utility. Gin. paper
ANOTHER ISLANDER PuT TO REsT.-A great cry
| has been made, because Mr. Clay transmitted 10
the Executive of the several States the laws OF me
United States by special messengers. The coun-
try has been filled with the clainor about travel
ling agents" :. electloneerlng spies, and :" apus-
ed patronage Now, thanks to the Retrenchmenl
Committee it seems that this very course was tax
en- at the special instance and request OF Mr.. NC
Lean, the Post Master General, decided Jackson
ian. If blame should attach any where, most GER
, tainly Mr. Clay is exonerated. head "ha' MI
Mclean says. .
81 informed the Secretary of state that the mail
had increased so much, in bulk and weight, ana for
several months would be so much crowded with the
documents which have been ordered to be pub
shed that TO distribute the laws through it, as had
,Ibeen the practice some years past, would De
Extremely announcement, and injurious to the pup,
lie and suggested the proprety OF h's adopting
some other piua to distribute them. On the South
L ern and Western routes, the mail, at that time,
weighing often from two to three thousand pounds.
and | was apprehensive that, if the laws were adj
lded to the documents which would be IN the course
of distribution during the Summer that the trans
Iportaon of ii would not only be retarded on some
Important routes but that letters would be liable
to injury by its great weight and consequent tic
ton.
1.-THE Secretary afterwards informed ME, that,
in consequence Of my suggestion, he should ior-
: ward in the mail only few copies, to the United
S States officers in each State, and should make ar
ranuements TO distribute the balance Of them thro
his own Department.
Goth March, 1897.
ssHad the Southron stopped at this point, its po-
Iitica foolery and egotism would have been over
looked; 4 like the Kings fool it might have waved
Its cap, and jinged its bells in undisturbed lmpunt
1ty. But, when proceeding little further hear
the Editors of that paper. not only seriously urge
r the PUBLIC BURNING of THE NORTHERN
e AND EASTERN CITIES AND MANUFAC
: TORIES. but also the SMEMBERNl.N
n OF OUR FREE and FLOURISHING UNION
the pity which was extended to their folly is met
red into contempt and indignation for the moral trea
son which they have dared to utter"
: AS idle and ridiculous as the language and pro
ceedings of the south are, there is one consideration
/ connected with their rash and reasonable design
! that should not be lost upon the rest OF the unoT
and particularly the north Is it Safe is it just t.
: ourselves to aid in giving them man Tor President
all whose previous life shows him fit nstrumen
! for their lawless and violent purposes? How alb
surd that there should be found northern man aid
: inc and abettng in eevating to the Presidency sucl
J. man as General Jackson at such crisis as this
n Nat .4dUocate.
During the last few days, the heat in this city has
! been very oppressive. In situations the most Sc
cluded from ,the sum- the thermometer has risen L
o. while in other shady places it has risen we be
lieve, to 95. During the night it has seldom fall
en-. below 80. On Sunday and yesterday, we were
: visited with some refreshing showers, which have
: produced temporary abatement of the heat.-A
this season it is the duty of every one to avoid an,
unnecessary exposure to the between the hour
j of and and, with equal care, to shun whate
! yer has tendency to check the freedom of persp'
: ration. Among the practices which are most lnju
y rous, we would only specify the habit of THROWN!
off the coat and sitting where there is thorough cur
rent of air, while in state of extraordinary heat
+ and of underwriting to alay the thirst then produ
l. ced by agreeable, but most perncious, draushts
e. cod water. National Journal
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