Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1828-05-23
FRIDAY, eNay 2ss, 1928.


must by the course of the common law, be heirs
TO the father whenever he happens to die. Heirs
presulptIVe are SUCH who, If the ancestor should
die immediately, would in the present circumstan-
ces OF things be his heirs, but whose right of inheri
lance may be defeated by the contingency of some
nearer heir being born brother, OF nephew,
whose presumphve succession may be destroyed by
the birth of a child daughter, whose present
hopes may be hereafter cut off by the birth of
son. Nay, even if the estate hath descended, by
the death of the owner, to such brother, OF nep-
hew, OF daughter; in the former cases, the estate
shall be devested and taken away by the birth of
posthumous child; and, in the latter, it shall be to-
tally devested by the birth Of posthumous son.
A School Fmad.-The Governor of Connecticut,
in his Message to the Legislature states
The School fund now amounts to more than mil
lion eight hundred and seventy thousand dollars Il
and the income being distributed according to the
population between the ages Of and Is years, is
sufficient, with the addition of little money, rails
ed by very light tax, to furnish the benefits of
common education to every individual. Defects in
the system, however, are sensiby felt, and the Gov
| Ell nor recommends that annual reports be made by
the visitors in every society, concerning the con-
dton Of the schools, the books in use, the qualiH-
| cations Of the teachers, &c.
| Origin Of scater spouts.-Considerab difference
of opinion exists to the theory of water spouts,
su,ne being Of opinion that the water is drawn up
ward by sort oil spiral whirwind or tornado, which
is very common in tropical ATTITUDES while others
ascribe the phenomenon to the sudden discharge of
the contents of cloud by electric agency. A gen
teman, who witnessed several water spouts in the
Indian ocean last year, remarks, in the Philosoph
Cal Magazine, that the first appearance of this phe
nomenon is in the lower end of the column mpend
ing from the base OF dark cloud in the shape of an
inverted cone, in somewhat wavy direction de-
scendlng gradually to the sea or the earth When
1t happens to descend on the former it is plainly
observable t'at considerable body of air, below
and around the spout, partakes of its dnetica mo-
ton because the water is violently aoitated there
with, for considerable time before the point of the
cone reaches the surface, and during its approach
cylindrical body of the thick spray, of much greater
diameter than the spout, is seen raised from the
waves, and appears to meet it in its decent, and
when in collision the agitation is extreme. The con-
tact continues for ten or twenty minutes according
to the size of the spout and when exhausted, the
lower end becomes broken. and shrinking as it were
upwards, gradually disappears.
From the Indiana Western Eompoyianp
The friends of the Hero say, that the Generals
letter is candid and many exposition of his sent
ments. Let US see how far this declaration holds
good with the facts in the case In illustration Of
this part of the subject, will avail oursef of the
remarks Of the editor of the ''Western Emporium
published at Centreville, Indiana, by which it il
made manifest, that the General has lodged every
! material question, MARYLANDER.
90 Do you believe that Congress has power tt
= appropriate money from the common treasury of thu
u Union, to make Roads and Canals and do you be
/ lleve that it is expedent fer them to do SO
= A. 81 have had the honor to receive your Excel
II ency's letter of the 3oth ultimo enclosing resou
tons fthe Senate of Indiana, adopted, as it appears
with view of ascertaining my opinions on certain
political topics,'' and for full and candid answe
ii to this nterrogatory, refer you my answer to tn
!; etter of Dir. Coleman, published in 1924.
to Q. Is it your opinion that Congress has power
!. make internal improvements in and through state
ii sovereignties, without the consent of the states
h it your opinion, that that body only appropr
70 ate money from the treasury, and put it under tn
it agency of the states for application and is it expo
a. dent for them to do so?
ri A. Although in the correspondence between Doc
Of tor Coleman and myself, there is not the slishes
allusion to the subject of Internal improvements
yet under existing circumstances, can only refe
!, you to my answer to his letter. for full deyelor
=, ment of my opinions ON this subject.
nf 2. What are your present opinions on Tari
y laws
:. A. The same as they were in 1894.
Nc Y. How lar are you willing to go in mposin
:. duties to protect American manufactures
=. A. The occasion out of which it 1.-THE letter t
y Doctor Coeman) arose, was embraced with hop
81 of preventing any doubt, misconstruction or neces
- sy for further inquiry respecting opinion on tn
subjects to which you refer, particularly in thos
states which you have designated as chershing pol
- icy at variance with your own.
e. Q. Are you in favor of the Woollens Bill whic
g. g. was before the last Congress- 1897
+,nE L.. Al.
rogatory by referring to his letter to Doctor Cole
man. which was written in 1894, we are at los
n to determine yet such is evidently the fact
lis Q. Are you willing to impose such dut
lis upon all articles imported in the United State