Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1851-10-03


" papers, in relation 10 Capt. Windsor.
STATE Asylum, UTlcA, n. Y.
September Is, 1851.
Dear Sir-Yours Of The 4lh inst, addressed
TO my predecessor, bv accident came to my no.
tice al late hour. Though my opinion may
not reach you before the day Of execution,
cannot reirain from doing all in my power, to
save the State Of Della ware from staining her
proud esculcheon with the blood of lunatic.
| have read the evidence in the case OF Capt.
! Windsor for the lnur.er of his wife, and sup
posing the facts and circumstances testified 10
are true, have no doubt that he was lunatic
at the time Of the commission Of the act, and
that his delusion was such as compelled him
10 commit the awful deed
| Very truly yours,
N. d. BENEDICT.
ALI. P. CRIMSON.
Georgetown, Del.
| lMr. Benedict is Superiniendent.s
business for the Soufh,-On Monday las,
hessrs. Harlan IL llOllingswofh shipped 1--WE
sieamengines from this city for Savannah, Ga
The citizens OF Georgia are erecting large
} number of factories and machine shops, ant
appear determined to become a manufacturing
State. Several cilizens of that State have sen
their sons on here to learn their trades in ou
ehSHof 30 " 'hhft
Hooped Boais.-Mr Richard d. Gilpn lie a
bout launching one of the largest and fines
hooped steamboats, ever built at his yard He
engines are being placed in her by The firm o
Belts, Pussy, ones, g. Co. She is called tn
Gilpin. When she is finished Mr.. Gipiu in
tends leaving Wilmington tor Piitsburg, wher
he intends engaging in the building of ihes
steamboats, far more extensively. He has al
ready received contract TO build Two on ihi
pr inciple, to run on the western waters.
County impropemenfs.-Mr. Isaac Registe
intends fitting up his bar and hoiel al New
Castle, in splendid manner. He intends hay
ing marble floor. No man better deserves
patronage than Mr.. Regster-as Landlord he
cannot be beat.
The barber shop opposite, is abou, TO be fl
ted up as refeciory.
4 Firss.-'rhe Poor House came near being oil
FIRE on Monday last. crazy negro got som'
! matches and set FIRE TO his bed. TWAS put gu
without much damsge.
7 The alarm of fire on Tuesday morning last
between II and l o'clock, was productivity III
burning Of some oat and hay stacks, belonging
TO MIR. liewes, in lot back Of Washington an
Fourth streets. 1t was no doubt the work {
an incendiary.
and Knoxville, has greatly increased. Nv
stages are now constantly employed, when
: short time since only one was employed.
new one has lately been placed on which col
, $500.
IN .7rgument against Plank RoGd.-A II
: spectacle and universally esteemed old Chin
= merchant in Market street, IN this city, is niue
! opposed 10 the construction Of a plank roa
al = - a..
following 10 show why such a read Should ~
be made. He said;
i He once sold seventy dollars worth Of chin
e to 90 to one Of The lower counties. There be
| ing no other means ef conveyance, the Graf
was hauled to the wharf in Wilmington, shin
ped up,odrds IF thirty miles 10 Philddeiphyl
Q where II was landed on tina wharf, nsaled u
. store house, with orders to ship it on s0ineNes
d sci bound below. The china however did NO
i reach the gentleman who purchased il, accol
8 dinghy he wrote 10 the china merchant, 10 tina
effect; an answer was returned that il had bee
}. sent. A letter was also written to the owne
Of the warehouse in relation to the missing mel
: chandize and information was returned that
IN had been shipped below. Still it did not di
rive. Alter number more Letters had bee
'e written, and answers received, in relation I
the matter, the merchant sent one Of his clerk
HItO W tAdillint iDtO lie AlltT
il dious and careful search and inquiry, the cmt
q was discovered nicely slowed away in the bac
= part OF the warehouse, having never been sell
, al ALL IL was lnen hauled to whafin Phi.a
# delphia, shipped on board lower county shal
! lop or steamboat, and finally reached lis desi
|. nation in safety
/. There are some Of our citizens so dull as nc
to see in the above Circumstance the force o
re- the argument against a plank road. They al
l lpear TO think that all this warehousinI, haul
ID ing, together with sending il double the di
IN lance out Of its way / efore il could reach il
he destination, with the consequent delay, was II
III Recommendation TO those who would desire
a. lpurchase their china in Wilmington, and "
ne have heard inquiries as to whether the party
parties alluded to above, ever purchased a s.
cond sereniy dollars worth of that article in o,
n. lefty, As We are DESTROYS of giving all SHES
n. la question, we have given the above as oue
4. The Argument against the construction oil plan
;" road from this city TO the Delaware.
te While we are about il, we will give anothi
al instance similar TO the one mentioned abov
m which as iha. was considered an argument
-, gainst plank road, we suppose this must als
IN be considered one against il too. The partit
u mentioned, must excuse rs for the liberty "
at have taken in using their names-and cousi ID.
ne any ann vance they might receive from ii,
II, their portion OF suffering for the general veal
III Mr.. Buckmaster, Of Fr1derica, then Sta
Q. Treasurer, while in our city few years sine
d, passed the marble yard of Mr.. Nelson Cleau
N and observing some fine tombslones, declare
OF his intention, could he only see how he coui
W get them home, ofpurchasng two Of them. =.
gentleman with him suggested the idea Of I
IN Ring them to Philadelphia MI. But kmul
is ter thought il it would hardly pay to haul tho.
IN lombsiones to the wharf, pay freight to Phil
er dephia, then drayage TO the Frederick shallip-
- thus going roundabout way of about Il
lie lmiles to reach a town 81 miles from Wimin!
y ton. He concluded to purchase in Phiade
l. lphia, and thus save all this trouble and expens
y For the truth OF the above we will refer Of
m readers to Mr.. Abraham Stalls, Deputy Collie
lie Tor Of ihis port.
" Notwithstanding the above argument again
e. ths road, we are not confined lat " IS NJ
e. needed, but are as much in favor Of il as eve
'ir God Almighty has given us noble river on
p bay, connecting US with all the principal towr
a. and villages in cur Stale, and we willuly n!
in gecl his precious gifts, through sheer laznel
m and stinginess, just because we have to make
les road through mile or so Of marsh.
he Cioihing.-We call aiten ion to the ldver,is
20. ment of Mr. W G. Lowe inahoiher column, he h
ri laid in splendid assortment Of goods, I'D tho
le,rh.. haze .ln, .r;,,a