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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1820, no. 109: Hagerstown, Sept. 19. 7 1 7,843 and the compensation to Murdcr.A coroner's inquest was Postmasters 375,964. Aar.

Intel. summoned, on batu relay last, at JLei- ing in the garden of Thomas Everit, on Brooklyn Heights, a Grape Vine, which sustains at this time, 'one hundred and sixty-seven large and beautiful clusters of delicious grapes. The vine was planted in April' 1819, Bank of the United States. Infor tersburg, to examine the body of John oariigan, an Irishman who worked in the neighborhood. From the verdict of inquisition, it appears, he came and of course this is the first year of mation from the Western country gives us reason to believe, that the United States Bank will recover the hundred thousand dollars laken froni it by the Treasurer of the State of Ohio, under color of' a law of the its bearing.

The same garden at- to his death, in a rencontre, with Hugh O'Donel, a shoemaker of Lei- fords specimens ot grapes, both lor- tersburg, who stabbed him in the ab eign and native, the product of Avhich is very great. They were planted State. ib. allowed to be forgotten one after another, as the living dispositories of these secrets pass away We arc particularly anxious that transaction like that of the destruction of the tea, should receive every possible illustration for independent of the political importance of that affair, it is such things as these which are to furnish materials, if any thing is to furnish them, for our future Waver-leya and Hearts of Mid Lothian. Col.

Tel. Florence, (Alab) Aug. 29. The Military Road is now completed from this place to New Orleans, and is probably one of the finest roads in the Union. It has been opened under the immediate direction of General Jackson, to whom great credit is due for the strict attention he has paid to the faithful performance of the work, completing so Kentuckv Election.

The following by, and have been under the particular management of Mr. John Hastings, of this village, whose practical is an official Statement of the whbl (Pcnn.) LEFEVER. 3LICATION. willbe delivered i the borough on and forwarded by the first op-llars per volume Payable half ken for less than re to notify a disconsidered as a nd no paper dis-the option of the arages are paid, tot exceeding a ed three times for led till forbid, at square for every i. Larger ones iy, Esq.

of New-iunty, is authorise receipts for, i Editor. domen with a shoemaker kmie from which wound he expired almost instantly. O'Donnel was apprehended and committed to jail, to await his trial, at our next county court, which commences on the third Monaay of November next. Torch Light. skill in gardening is manifested by the success with which it is attended.

In the same garden are now growing rifle 9 tram berries. i The water in the Ohio river has seldom been known lower than at There is an old lady now living in this place, who was born in Michad-baugh Germany, in the year 1712. She is now one 'hundred and nine number of votes giVen in' the state foif Governor and Lieutenant Governor: For Governor. Adair, 1 20,493 Logan, 19947 Deshai 12,419 1 Butler, For Lieut. Governor.

Barry, 33,022 Blackburn, 22,722 A plurality elects) so that John A-dair is now the Governdr of the Statfe of Kentucky, the 7th day of last-month being' the commencement of his official term, and William T. Barry, Lieutenant Governor thereof. ib. In the year 1800', while on a tour to Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes, the late Governor Morris wrote thu years old, has never used spectacles; and her eyesight is unimpaired. ib.

Igreat an undertaking. Houses of this time owing to which, and the dullness of the times, there are eighteen steam boats lying at Shipping-port and Portland. David Holmes is appointed by the governor of the State of Mississippi, to be a senator in congress from that i Genernl Jackson. On inforriiation which appeared correct, we intimated State, vice Walter Leake, resigned. It is officially announced, that Wil a new town, intended to have been called Jackson, had been named jRoyalport, by the legislature of Tennessee, on account of a late memori- liam Eustis is elected a representative in Congress from Massachusetts, vice Edward Bowse, resigned.

al, signed by the general and others. Kichard bkmner, hsq. is elected It is true tne name was changed, but to a friend in Germany Hundreds governor, and Wm. Cahoon, Esq. lieut.

governor of the state of as a token ot respect to the general, that a place of more probable importance might be called after him and it was called Royalport, because the iand belonged to Messrs. Joseph and Richard Royal. Here is the differ- The census of Washington City is completed and shews the following statement of its population. entertainment have been erected at short stages to render every comfort to the traveller. This road, runs through a delightful and romantic country, and must eventually become the great thoroughfare to the southern states.

In travelling the road, the man of pleasure will find a (rich repast served up for contemplation, and the man of business every facility to expedite his journey. The 'day is not far distant wnen a line of 'stages will be established from Nash-'ville to New-Orleans, which must necessarily render the Military road the most important of any on the continent. Independent of.the great advantages this road possesses over the old trace," (as it is called) it lessens distance to New-Orleans more than three hundred miles. By an act of Congress the Postmaster General is instructed to run the Southern mail through this route instead of sending it via Natchez and as this regulation when put in operation will furnish us Orleans dates several days earlier than usual, we hope that it will take effect without further delay. Gazette.

icnce between telling the truth, and First Ward, 2,833 Second, 2,467 Third, 2,550 Fourth, Fifth, 1,453 Sixth, 2,359 Total July last, there )f Peter Snook, rederick County, about 34 years erself Susannah, destitute of eve- her comfort or very bad health, imiiy paid -very 1 the 26th day of ie she died She mnerly lived in some relatives rg, in Pennsyl-th bed she re-to publish an ac-i the Baltimore ers for the Bait. Amer. ding to the of-ty, published in ilican of the 16th the 1st to the deaths, tighty-ir. 30 of these 4 non-residents. of letting us know the whole truth.

Mies' Weekly Reg. 'The line of battle ship on the stocks, at the navy yard, Norfolk, will 322. The population of the cen sus of 1810, was 8,308. Increase in ten years 5,1 14. be launched on Saturday the 21st of Being an increase in tne ratio ot more than sixty per cent, in ten October.

The name has not yet been decided on. As soon as she is launched the frame of another line of battle years, or six per cent, per annum: of large ships will, no'distant periodBound oh the billows of these inland seas. Shall I lead your astonishf ment up to the verge of incredulity? Know, then, that one-tenth part of the expense borne by Britain, in the last campaign, would enable ships tO" sail from London, through' the 'Hudson river, into Lake Erie. As yet we only crawl along, the outer shell of our country. The mtefior'excels the part we inhabit in soilj'in climate, in everything.

The proudest 'empire of Europe is but a bauble to what America may be The Census of Providence, P. I. gives a population of 1 1,700, bein an increase of about 1 700 since the last enumeration. In Salem: the increase for the laat 10 years" is but about 400 soiils. Census of Fredericktozun, Md.

Free white inhabitants 2936; slaves 437, free colored persons 264 total Warning to husbands. A farmer in the village of Gene-- infat: ated by a woman of. abandoned character lately turned an amiable wifeanc chil iship, now on the spot, and in every The Washington City Gazette states that by information, direct way prepared vfiil be set up. Jv. Int.

A Pensioner 134 years old. Salem, N. Y. Sept. 14.

On Friday last, the court of common pleas of this county closed an'ar- from an officer in the service of the South American Patriots, under Bolivar, lately arrived at Baltimore, from the Spanish Maine, it appears that Mr. Thomas Montgomery, formerly of Dumfries, Va. was inhumanly Silver Mine. To those who are anxiously watching the result of the duous session of nearly two weeks. number of pensioners appeared to the necessary oaths and invent 13.

silver mine, we can only say that the company have, by dint of persever Sept, IN murdered by the Royal Spaniards, ance, proceeded Arith tne shaft to tne ories to procure a of while on his way trom the Meet, with dispatches for the Columbian Government, in Venezuela." has recently vis-ts of this state, wine: cornmuni- pensions; they were principally 'decrepid, poor and desolate old men. 'Henry Francisco excited universal present state of dren out of doors, to give rocm to a wretch who had, seduced him b. nef allurements. Information was to the Magistrates, that he had absent ed himselt tiom his wire and the eby violated the law, and directed the O-verseers of the poor to enlorce the 22d section of the act for the iviief and almost im-s literally in ru-n to be seen, ex-. The walls are those facing the are cut down for itches are filled the fort facing even with the houses, barracks, nvever, in good r.

A handsome Great Blasting. In working the canal through the rocks at the Little Falls, they have discovered a new method of blasting them. It appears, that there are fissures or clefts in these rockb, and instead of boring in the ordinary way, they clear out these fissures, pour in fine dry sand to make an even surface at the bottom, thea pour in the powder; they next insert some rye straws at convenient distances to serve as tubes to be filled with priming powder, and the residue of the fissure is then filled up with sand, which completes the preparation for the blast. And interest. Kis health is good, his hair is firm on his head; he walked to the court-house, and came above 30 miles to attend court, and yet he is, according to his own oath and sufficient testimony besides to induce belief, 1 34 years of age.

He was a soldier in the English service, and heat the drum at the coronation of Queen Ann. He served many years under the great Duke ofj Marlborough; he was at the battles of Blenheim and Ramifies, battles! whose very names excite the liveliest emotions of the human heart. What and settlement of the poor' bv taking and seizing the goods and.cnat-tels, and to let'out and receive the annual rents and profits of the lanes and tenements of this unfaithful hust and for the benefit of the wife an children. This was duly performed, nod forming but depth of about 100 feet. The stratum in which they are now at work, is a species of flinty slate there is very little watr to trouble them, and they are rapidly approaching the precious metal.

Zanesvule Ohio Exfiress. Circlevicle, (Ohic) Sept. 15, Bank Question. The Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ohio closed its session, at Columbus, on Tuesday last. Among other business transacted at this term, we have verbal information that a writ of attachment was granted, to issue against Ralph Oborn, Esq.

Auditor of State, for acting in contempt of Court in executing an act of the Legislature of Ohio, levying a tax on the Branches of the Bank of the United States in this state. Red River Copper 1 Wc learn from Alexandria, Louisiana, that a company, under tic direction of a distinguished retired orficer of the United States' amy, has been formed, for opening and working copper mines on the led River, a few miles beyond the boundary of the United State's. -Yat. Intel. in this way they blow up fiLy tons a world this man has seen! He has survived the three long reigns of the there are none, are stationed at TRAST.

side, and ncarly the woman who had gained no residence in town was brought beloie the weight at a time. Alo. Argus. House ot Brunswick, and bids lair to justices as to her last place oi outlive the fourth. the Duke ot xgara, is a very-fort, in the high- residence, bhe remsed to magistrates any satisfaction.

S.u vas convicted as a person c.r,G committed to jail for 60 dah at hard nd garrisoned by iritish troops. Marlborough, under whom he so long served, died in old age, and Francisco has survived him a whole century. A St. Johns paper of the 12th ult. informs us that Bercah Wait, the master of an American vessel lying labor.

This is as itshouiu be. the secretary at visited Niagara, arn, ere long, the Foreign Article, The ministers of the Geat Fc ng its present in the harbor, was convicted the last week, of seditious and contemptuous ns, August words in tJ Damning the King" and sentenced to pay a fine of 25. are now preparing a deciaratic the Holy Alliance on the the late events in Spain ana ia which will be published -3 1 have passed a appropriation of Annapolis, Sept. 23. Arrival of the British Minister.

ohars, to defray greatest solemnity. The Censure have prevented the Paris Jour, mg an equestrian from giving this news. PlATTSBUHGH, Aug, 12. Two persons have lecn com rutted in this town under the vagrant act, calling themselves Bartholmevj Muchio and Donunici Ban. They hari two sets of papers one of which nurnorted to be a i-ttcr fiom the On Tuesday morning arrived here H.

B- M. Frigate Spartan, of 46 A private letter Irom Vjcfu.a- guns jmrnnded by W. F. Wie, July 27th states that the negotiauo witn Russia are going on, anj t-jerc- esq. trom Portsmouth via haing onboard S'rafjrd Canning, is a frequent interchange corners.

cctcd to An interview Charles F- Wilmot, hib Secreta-y. place between the Emperors of Rus- -1 sia and Germany, ana -1'. Governor of Lavinia, whic'i town, they say, is on Mount Appcnine. The other purported to a letter from the Governor of Legos, in Portugal; both, however, rc'atmT different tales of distress, and describing dif- fercnt persons. In one set they were 1 described by the rames of Francis Dubois and Lo.ns Dubois, and ap-, pcarcd to have imposed u7)on the 1 cbanged between the fiigatc and Fort Severn.

Mr. Canning landed at 2 o'clock under a salute from the Prussia. The news of the approaching death of the Pope was conhrm-ed, it was reported u.e Austrian would, on his demise, occupy iho 1 oi the I rrn. General Pest Office. The number The Rev.

Mr. Gillespie, minister of Post OiTiccs in the United States ofXcns, Jiv ccrn an-aii3 mr pray- is four thousand eight hundred and ing for the on. He aoed as chip- thirtv, and the length of post roads is lai i to the yeoman, and 71.62: miles. The amount of post- in his p.ayer. aft many petitions community under both characters.

If every part of the country is infested with impostors of this description as much as they arc 0 to ning numerous indeed aid the community should be upon their guard. a- forth. var 18)9 vas DCPifi ui umjs.v, hc aaucu the cost of transportation oi the mail woras mess aiso tne NfwotattoBRCHIVE.

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