Delaware journal., 1828-01-25
F,om the Connecticut Chronicle.

Border Jurispyudeace. The following extract IA
from letter addressed few days snQe to gentIe-
man of this city, by respectable meinber If the
bar resident in OF our upper counties. 1t is not
inserted as political 'ssign of the times. We
have long since eschewed all such matters bu, be-
cause 1t affords vlvd and doubtless correct pic
turc of frontier manners and border jurisprudence !
Those who are familiar with the pioneers to the .-new
settlements and the organization of their Countless
will appreciate the faithfulness of the picture, and
in contrasting the scene with Of similar char
acter at the elmer Temple" at Washington Ci-
ty, they cannot fail TO be assumed.
There is however, muct qualification in observing
the extension OF the laws even to the cabins Of bs
hunters. and their supremacy over those portions of
our country, but just reclaimed from the dominion
of the bear aud the Indian.
ssWe have recently held court, ''says the wri-
ter, 9 at St. Mary's, in the loft Of os~cabin -;
the natives looked at the court g. bar as many
wills sent amongst them to open the box of Pandora.
The whole male population of the county MT lis
there and as usual, was told, got drunk. and
talked largely of race horses and good rifles, and
--, who they considered the best man !.
indeed saw but one--. who, as it happeBed,,
was made foreman Of the grand jury and thereupons
got drunk, and upon complaint the court forthwith.
| discharged him. The petit jury having no room to
90 to, were taken to the woods, where they built
ire and then made up their verdict"
En- passant, we cannot but remark the saperiority
of our citizens over those of Indiana, in point Of do
cility and civilization In his state, the jury quiet
ly seated themselves by bush fire in the woods, and
there made up their verdict but in our sister state,
according to late reporter the ermined Judges
dressed in coon skins, we suppose.) was told by
the Sheriff. that he had caught eleven Jurors who
were then tied in corner Of the cabin, aud thai the
pannel would soon be hed-hsdeputi- being en-
gagged in running down the twelfth julyman"
4 Dreadful Shipwrcck The Wanderer. Waygood,
master, of Plymouth, on her return voyage from
Quebec, heavily laden with timber, was struck by
a tremendous sea the 28th Oct. in rat 45 80. N.
long AZ so, w. when she fell on her beam ends,
and the master and seven of the crew were washed
overheard and drowned. The remainder Of thd
crew, consisting of eleven men, with Lieutenanl
Thomas Hasweil of the Royal Navy, passenger
who was on his return to England from taking ou
the Oswell merchant vessel, sold at Quebec, lashed
after rghted but the sea continued to run noun
tans high and in this perilous situation they rel
NAMED two days and nights. having only barrel d
raw potatoes for food. On the third day, to theL
inexpressible joy, they were rescued by the shir
\ Great Britain, OF New York, E. Mr. French master
bound to Havre te Grace They received every
possible attention that humanity could dictate
Lieut.. Has,vell and three of the crew were put OF
board a pilot boat in the Channel, which landed
thcm at Salcombe. The remainder were larfded a,
lIavre de Grace. Bait. Pat.