{"newspaper_name": "American watchman and Delaware advertiser.", "edition": "01", "page": "p3", "byline": ""}
We have frequently turned the attention of readers
towards Florida, hitherto inconsderahe portion of
national territory as 10 be WORTHY of regard
At the time o its cession it hardly contained fifteen o
sand nhabtanst contains upward of fifty thousand,
and will at the very session Of Congress- apply for adj
mission a distinct and independent state Thus does
the work Of civilization law, liberty, and science,


Bat -asgeidcaa.
Az meeting of the stockholders of the State
Bank at Trenton, it appeared, upon examination,
that after deductng the bad debts due to il, includ
ing the over drafts " hich never be paid, the
whole capital stock is sunk, and Is 600 dollars more
will be wanting TO meet the notes in circulation
Truly is the bank in " very crippled condition.
A committee OF five stockholders was appointed 10
make further investigation of its affairs.


Ii is stated by writer in Southern paper, that
the ship of the line. the North Carolina, throws
heavier broadsde than any ship IN the ,oorld, with
out her gang. way guns, by S04 pounds The Span
sh ship Aslraella Trinidad, sunk off Trafalgar, was
the largest vessel known, yet her broadsidcs were
not so heavy as those of the North Carolina. AS
soon as the ship at The Navy Yard, in this port, is
completed, she will he the largest in existence and
specimen of excellence in naval architecture.


Philadelphia Journal
The Upland Union newspaper states, that there
are one hundred manufactures wooen, cotton,
-four, sc now in operation III The small county Of
Delaware, Pennsylvania; and that Tor The space OF
three months lhers tas not been an advertisement
os sheriff. sals.