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VOUAIIYIE~8 Q%~. . 22
PUBI~ED.EVRYWEDNESDAY.
,BY W1U. F. T0 .OE
E.D.ITOR & PRO.PRIETO .
NEW TERMS..
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'months from the date of subsciiption, and
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'ear. All subscriptions will lie continued,
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first inaeetion. and 374 1er eaci -oiitinuance.
Thise pablished monthly or quarterly, will
be charge I $1 er-qtiare.> .Adveirtisements
not having the numbet of insertIOns marked
on them, will-bigentinUed nutil oidered out
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ly andstricty attended to
COMPARIUON OF TARIFFS OF 1842
AND 1846.
Co Go-a, &c. 18421846 Riff.
Wh:e hoinespflLs. sheetings - -- -
and shirtigs, costing4 ets 6 1 5
do 5 do 6 14 44
Do.. do 6 do 6 14 44
Do d. 8 do 6. 2 4
Do do 10 do- 6" 24 34
.;a do 12: do 6 3 3
Do, do .35. do. 6 33. 24
Do. do 20 do. 6 5 1
"All canbrics & colored intus-.
lini which cost 4 cts pr yd. 9 1 8
Do do 5 do. 0 14 74
Do do 8 do 9 2 7
Do do 12 do 9 3 6
Do do 15 do 9 34 54
Do do 20 do 9 5 4
Do do 30 do 9 74 14
.Mnel de laino costing 20 cts. 6 5 . 1
All co'tnu flaneis, velvets,fus.
tiana, cords, or goods, man
nfactured by napping or
raising, which cost 10 cis. 10 24 8
-per yard.
Do do 12 do 104 3 64.
Do - do 15 do -10 33 61
Du do. 15 do. 104 5 54
Do 'do 30 do. 104 7 34
Flannels of wool which cost
20 cents. 14 5
Do do do 25 14 .64 7
Do do do 30 14 74 64
Do do do 40 '14 10- 4
Do do do 45 14 114 23
-Do. do -do 50 14 124: J4
Do do do 60 4 35 e
puccts' harentes, alzorvnes 1
&c. which cost 25c pri4. 74 64 14
Do do 3 -6do 9 7. 14
Do 110 50 do 15 124 24
Worsted goods costing 7bcts.
Peryard 25833
Do do. $ do 30 5
Do ' do $13 do. 374 314 64
'Do 'do'$14 i o. 45 374 74.
CpttdurB'a'ging. old dut4'4
dents per square yat 48
Bale Rope coating 5 peir 44 14 3t
Do do 7 do 44 14 2$
Dar- do . 10 .o.o .4 24 2
BarTrnnicoting $50 per ton. 25 15 10
d oo.' . do 6 25 18 7
4i1do! $70 d'do: : 25 214
. ;t4-do, $75' ido 25 22.4.24
Nils, wrought, -r. 4 24 14
Spikes, - do 3 4 24.
Ovens, pots, &c. do 14 I 14
Iron wire, de 85 2 54
Coal per ton, ,. 75 00 75
Sal per bushel, 23 54
Molas.4es per gate. 5 31 1
Brown sugar costing $4 pet 2
100lbs. - 2 4U 1 20 1 30
Do do $5 do 2 60 1 5o l 00
Do do $6 do 2 50 1 80 70
Do' do $7 do -.5002 10 40
sugars advanced beyond the
raw state; claying or cinni
'' and not yet refined.
~o~ng $6perl100lbs. 4 0011 80 2 20
Do do $7pr U~bs 4 0012 10 190
Do dJo $8 do -4 0012401I60
Refined sugars at-$8 tier' 10016 0012 40 3 60
Do.. do ..-9 do 6'00270d 30
po , l d a6 003 00 300
MS0EA.11E9054.
Fnrmh Clke~rao' Ga:euie.
SOLIX.~
Under the be4ad of ''Bargain and Sala,
the New York Sun, publishes an, account
ofra man, (whose name s flnt given,) in
thie toiwn of Cohocton, Steubena county,
who "sold out his entire stoek in trade,
consisting of his wife, a daughter ten years
old, household turniture' and other appur
tenances, for the sum'of troenty jbr cents!
Waasthe tua desirous of getting rid of all
tie poisessed i and was he williige to dis
pose of' ware, child, uad all his .goods acd
thiatdlei,''t any price, dediingt~ them. ari
inuniGrance insle'ad of a' 'blessi'n? We
give the diatsint for what it is worth,
and leave our read'ers to fdrm their owr1
conclusions abiout it;- renfaikinst,.however,
that the papertupon whood authority we
havegiven it, introduces it by remarking
ewe are endeavoring to -estab1r~h fome ol
thald and almost exploded practicel it
England,' thus leaving us to draw the ini
ference that .the correctn~ess -o> th'e state
ment mighihbe relied upon. f.ihere is at
trth in such statements thpy ought not te
be inade, for ahfey are well calculatedgte
cst'additional blemish ion human .de
pavity, wdhich is already suaiieently. bad,
witot'aving any 'false coloriug addedie
t:. eWhile upon this subjit,: it may -nol
b.liogether out of place to introduce the
rwingtemarks ofthe New York- Con
*to Jraiity .of the Pres'." 0
a t f .~ ilp~cte oJustly cen
aTi"Jonii ohagftALh I.ssf ther
bo obl4aoritSn ndale than ani
other, it is that of systematic falsehood on
the part of,a.conductor of a public press.
In every condition of life, the person who
will deliberately utter falsehoods, is very
properly, considered worthless. Lying is
a vice, so utterly degrading, that' in, all
ages aid in allstates of society. universal
contempt and odium has been the portion
of him: whb.practices it-not only because
of the, miehief and injury resulting from
its practice, but because it is the meanest
and most cowardly of all the vices to which
poor: human nature. is subject. Truth,
consequently, has ever been considered
the first.-requisite in the character of a
gentleman ; and there is no instance on
record of an officer of the Army or Nary
being convicted of falsehood, who was
permitted to remain in service. - :The law
of the land declares., that an officer guilty
of conduct unbecoming a gentleman, shall
be cashiered ; and by universal consent, a
falsehood is considered a erime within the
meaning of the.law, and punished. both in
the British and American service, by deg
radation. So utterly disgraceful has false
hood 'been considered in all ages, that
since the introduction of duelling, the
charge of falsehood has ever been deemed
abundaat cause for a resort to an appeal
to arms, because if true, the party accused
ceases to be considered worthy the asso
eiation . of gentlemen. And the same
spirit is apparent in the fact that, among
boys of every class, and rowdies of every
color, the lie is- always considered good
cause for a fight.
"If, then, by universal consent, false
hood in a private individual is considered
so disgraceful and degrading,-how much
more unpardonable is it in the conductor
of a public press-who not only disgraces
himself, but seeks, by falsehood, to do in
jury to a third party and mislead the pub
lic ?"
- From the Boston Star.
"COURrING" vs. -ATTENTION."
This subject which, always important,
is daily becoming peculiarly so, and we
design to call the attention of the young
people occasionally, in the hope of arrest
ing the progress of an alarming and de
structive evil.
Young ladies are bound to fall in love as
soon as possible, and bound to be bound to
a.partner for life, as soon as the necessary
preliminaries can bo made-such as get
tingea lover, -fascinatig hiti thoroughly.
being courted, having the question p.tpped,
sin; :the- woddia : *riiients io=irray.
iarried ' Thie youffg man '1s hound to be
aallant and police. and to admire withont
stint, all 'the pretty gifts known and un
knownto'cdoff the beaver, offer the arm,
invite to the ride, the theatre.' and the
pleasant saunter-ill short, to do all the
subdres deded to. bow his deotion anl
glWttiut oWrd t.: sex unt" sonie en
chaffto hrow.her spellgroupil him,
anvi"--h$inks"iibilued; into a' common
placeindilerent, careless Bealict.
Now. out of these things' grow diflicul
ties. A. young man admires a pretty girl
and'iust manifest it ; he can't help doing
so'fdr the life of him. The young Ildy
has 'a tender heart, reaching out like vein
tendrils for something to cling to, she sees
the admiration; is flattered, begins soon to
love, expects some tender avowal. and gets
so far as -to decide'she will choose a white
satin under, a thin gause, &c., at the very
moment that the gallant she half loves, is
popping the question to another damsel
ten miles off. Now tie difficulty lies iii
not precisely understanding the difference
between polite attention and the tender
manifestations of sighing love. Admiring
a beautiful girl, and wishing to make a
wife of her are not the sama thing, and
therefore it is necessary that a datnsel
should be upon The alert to discover to
which class the attentions paid her by
handsome and fashionable young gentle
men belong. It is hard to drawv the exact
line of separation, between polile atten
tions and downwvright courting, hut our
great age and extensive experience havo
enabled us to observe enough to aid the
young and artless maiden, in deciding upon
tis matter.
Firut, t tin-if al young fellow greets you
in a loud, free and hearty tone-if he
knows precisely where to put his hat or
is hands.'-if he stares you straight in the
eye with his own wide open-if he turni
is back te'you to speak to another-if he
tells yt'who made his coat-if he' squee
ze your hand-if he eats heat tly in yout
presenc-if he fails to talk kindly to your
mother-if hie sneezes when you are sing
ing, criticises your curls, or fails to be very
foolish in fifty ways every .hourg then don't
fall itiilo~e shilhilt'in fol~'h'e'$#def, dbli
a~ie'ou'.let' hini do or' say what he
rna4 But if he be merry wviih every' one,
but quiet'withi von-if he be anxious to see
*that your'tda is sufficiently sweeten'ed and
yor dear perioif well wra'pied up whten
you go' out~ in the& cold'-if he talks very
low and never looks you'steadily in the
eye-if this cheeks are red-or if he be
ple and his o but blush, it is enough
if he romps with your sister ; .sighs like a
pair of old' bfellows; looks solcmn when
you are addressed' by another, geatleman,
and in fact is the must stili awk ward, sin
pid, yet anxious of all your miale friends,
you may go ahead and invoke the shaft
of Cupid- with perfect safety, and make
Ithe-poor fellow too happy for his skin to
hold'hm
fThere are also 'a thousand -other minor
mpartidliIfe whiclr a lady's' wit will neec
oto it;upo, blt the foregoing are
sure a.so teAGF~There' is so much
...,,ble m a'ii b awrl for. wan; 'of un.
unteered our advice in-the matter, all
which we respectfully submit,- % ith -the
admonition to young ladies to keep their i
hearts in a case of good leather or other I
tough substance, until the "right one" is i
fdund, beyond doubt-after which they..
can go on and love, court, be married and
happy, without the least bit of trouble. .l
HARPER'S 'FERRY.
The scenery around the village of Har- i
per's Ferry ; on the Virginia Shore of 1
the Potomac River, is among the most <
wild and grand we have- ever seen ; not t
excepting the Niagara Falls. The great i
cataract is not there, but all; the other ele- s
ments of stupendous and terrific grandeur i
present themselves on every- baud. Mr. t
Jefferson thought it was worth a voyage e
from Europe to view this scenery. Geol- I
ogists number this place among the many c
in our country where an -immense lake t
has broken through its mountain barrier, I
and found an outlet to the ocean.. The
great Blue Ridge, in which the gap has
been made for the passage of the waters. t
corresponds in its geolgical formation on (
the opposite shores 4Whe Potomac. The t
rock is the same, and the jagget projee.
tions, from the base to the summit, indi
cate the violence of the disruption by c
which they have been separated. The
altitude of the peaks also correspond, t
though the ascent is more precipitous on t
the Virginia than the Maryland side. <
The actual height of the mountain, met
sured from the river, we do iot know;
but it makes one's head dizzy to look up
to the top of its brow on the Virginia side, I
from the "p.oint of rocks" on the other I
side of the Potomac ; through which a t
passage has been cut, or rather blown, for i
the 'Baltimore and Ohio Railroad," and I
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which c
run side by side at this place, until they
reach a point nearly opposite the village
of Harper's Ferry, where the railway I
crosses the river, and pursues its tray
through Virginia until within a few mdtes I
of Cumberland. its present eastern termi
nus, it crosses the stream again, into Ma
ryland,
Hlarper's Ferry is a thriving place. not
only from its situation on the canal and
railway, but from the immense armory
which the General -Government hajIes
tablished there long bfore'either of tlicse
great enterprises had been thought of.
The watei power is-immense' and unfail
ing, and the manufacturing of arms-is:
car oa'o
in at ai y'extent ed. a are not'
aware that any cannon are cast at,tbis
filice; tlidgh our stay was too short to
allow ainy particular obscrvations. On
one occsion 'we were kindly conducted
throigh ibe various an I mig'ity esta'ilisht
ments. but rer'ollect no foundery for cas
ting those engines of slaughter, which
have become, in modern tunes, the prin
cipal reliance of armies.
The Shenandoah River, having erle:
ted irs tribute from the innumerable
streamis by which the pine country on the
western side of the Ilte Ridge, In Virgin
ia, is drained, disembogues its waters into
the Potomac at Harper's Frry ; but
neit her the principal nor tributary stream
is navigable, except for rafts in time of
freshets. Both rivers have a rapid decent
from their sources in the mountains, and
moreover flow over rocky beds. But a
fine canal, from tidewater at Georgetown,
and Alexandria in 'ie District of olum
bin, has nearly reached Cuntirland, at
the foot ofthe Alleghany Mountains, and
will soon be completed to that place ; to
which town the railway has already
reached, and has also .a stem stretching
away to the town of Winchester in Wes
tern-Virginia. and another to Frederick
City in Maryland. Both canal au-I rail
way are designed ultimately to connect
the A tlantic Ocean with the waters of the
"Greast West."
The great Cumberland Valley. .vhich
stretches itself out from the~ Potomac
Rivetr, northward throuigh tihe states of
Maryland and Pennsylvania, and south
ward through the state or Virginia. and
lying between :he Blue Ridge and the
Alleghany Mountains, commences at the
junction of the Shenandoah anid the Poto
mac. It abounds with. limestone, and
fortms one of the most fertile regiouts of our
country. It is, undoubtedly, exceeded in
depth of soilyby some districts west of the
Alleghanies, but no part of the United
States produces larger crop. of wheat, or,
in aomne part of it. of Indian corn, and
grass. Wheat, however, is the great sta
ple, and the average product, per acre, is
not, perhaps, equaled in any potion of
t. Western States. ..The great labor and'
apense of traindiforfation to .rn'ariet fot;
merly lessoned the value of fands in the
Virginian portion ofthis-valley, but now a
branch of the B'altimo're and Ohio Rilly
way o'ere a ready conveyance ror: aif its
ich' productions to the MonumentaT Oiij,
or. to the canal,- by which it .issent to
Georgtowvn and Alexandris ; while the
immense mines' of iron a'n~I eal in the'
mouniain's near Cumberlaind already be
gin to pour their treasures into these cities
by the same conveyances. The o-e is rich,
and the bituminous coai is saidl to eqfial
the finest specimeus in Eogland.
.From gae .New Orleans Picayane.
SN'A1(E JOHNSONi
Whether the. subject of this story a
quired the appellation of '.Snakef' by-Ih~e
good offices of the clerggma'n wv'lijoiia
ted at his baptism, or whethier it was given
him by his a'dinirin friedqwhether is
was given- hit' fo'r 'angjefinai igualiiies
b e possessedo'ri haitse Ii is 1'irii
errss ; additit-a matter' of little moment.
snake boson is a mn of considerable
t'ori' S Port Lavacca, Texas, where
tei . -store with a email asdrtmisilit
if d' oohds and'.groceries, principally
f y;and, to use his own words,
nilz ecent and respectable living.
Susir mai of small pretensions. and
tones avows that- "he was'ait brought
Ip no ys superior to' most folks, and
tin'tf ecountst algeiray, but knows as
well pat folks that -when ihe gives ten
loll r? a berrill of' whiskey, and re
ails t% for eighty; he can't be a losin'
nucb There' is' nothing remarkable
ihodt appearance of Mr. Johnson.. He
a tall 'hd-shouldered, powerfully built:
las go long, sharp-nose, piercing gray
ryes, hard mou:h. and a good many
ines ' -sface that indicate courage and
runnin In his district he is looked up
o is etty sharp sort of a chap, and has
felal l e of sheriff.
WIlI it ting on the head of an empty
hiske "arrel a short time. since in his
hop atfs Port, surrounded by a number
f neihirs,steatmboatsmen, recruits. &c.,
he subit of his having been sheriff of
he counr was brought up. -
Sna ook out his plug of tobacco, cut
If as 'piece, put it into his mouth,
hutai sjack-kuife, said, "Did 1 ever
elI gentlemen, about my actin' in
ny oall 1 capacity as sheriff of this ere
ounty n after I was elected ?"
"No o !" exclaimed a dozen voices,
'let's halte it."
Wel ectlemen,' said-Suake, 'I won't
te ugly n' as I don't think any on ye
ev hell it afore, I don't mind relatin'
he caireumstance ! You all on you know,
in thos that don't will know it now, that
tallers " right up to the mark and don't
lo uotbit contrary to law, to say nuthin'
I' gar pn "
Oli vo know ! we know !' was the:
;eneral emlamation.
"We then, that's pint's settled, ait' I'm
;la'd d. 'coz 1 shouldn't like to hey bed
a fight- 'the first start, an' I should hey
artiiit'j ked the first feller that sed he
ills'td '. it. Well, to continnu, soon
artery -''en 'lectied sherif, I was sittin'
itiha to the door step, a tbinkin' it
was a C time .to hey a job, when two
.has e d ridin' down the road as ef
ahull t e of Injtins was a rearin' and
pitchitii' "er 'em. They charged right up
tdLi a 4 aed me if I knowed the
d 'em I bed seen him onele't
they (t' oirdhi. n' I tohem I reek.
ened h *nf a sittiu' on his dor etep.
'OkL !'"d they, -be won Snake Johnson?
I told 'em 1 reeker.uel I was the only mnpn
u' hat name in these parts, nail was shir
it of the codnty to boot. Well, they got
nl an' passed a sinall sample of old bald
face behind their shirt rollais, no' sed
they'dl come to get me to execute the sen
tence of the law. Well, gentlemen, ses I.
I'mi prfectly agreeable! I'm oilers on
hand, at' as sheriff' of this county I will
see that bis majesty the law shall be obey
ed accofdin' to Hoyle !'
e We'll jest trouble you to mount your
horse and come up to --,' sed they,
a small town about six miles hack here,
gentlemen ! Well I was a little kind o'
cur'us to kuow what I was expected to do,
so just axed 'ctn. Seys they, 'We've
got a feller up there :oat's been convicted
of horse stealin' an' is sentenced to be
hung. and we want you to execute hint
necordiu'te, law.. We could hey hung
hi'm ourselves, but we didn't want to hev
o lytchin' about it, and determined to
hey the sheriff, who is duly authorized to
hang folks, to choke him ofT.
Well, gentlemen, .1 saddled up old San
ta Anna, au' we started off When I got
to the place thar was about a hundred
folks thar a wvaitin' for me. some grey.
headed old chaps, an' some red-heatled
oung one's, an' thar wvas the culprit, too,
about as tiet a lookin' while man as 1.
ever did see; he was a reg'lar built cus,
an' wvhen he was pinted out I did'nt feel
very bad at the idea of hangin' of him.'
'Good !' exclaimed one of hi. auditors.
'Good!l' said the narrator.' May be you
wouldn't think it good, if you hed your
teck as clos't to attoose as his was ! W~ell,
as .1 was sayin' thar they were. An old
feller come up to mie, shuk hands, an' ses
he, 'Mister Sheriff, you've been called as
the leg'l reprisentativui of the law to hang
that miserable ces :thar who has been
convicted of horse stentlin', so do your duty
an' put him out of hisi misery as soon as
poetble.'
'Certainly, sir,93ays .I,ktadu' stiff an'
digified, 'where's the documenit I'
-Fetch the document !' says the old fel
ler, it'in about, half a -nilnute another
chap took a long coil o' ipedmp rope out of
his saddle bags, and handed -it to' meg
This is..the rope,' spS ,!. 'Yes, air !'. ss
he., 'lut I watit th'e order of the court for
his'execution.'.ses-I. 'Order h-Il!' ses
the old feller,.kinid o' rifled; 'he aint had
no court trial ! .
Wht'ses L*'tint ha' Ito cotirt- trial
an' you want mns to hanjhin tt! I 'aint
agoin' to hang no iwn.wiihoutffair trial.
T hat 'ain't no way to do things.'
'You -wont hag' him ??' ses the ofd .fel
-Nt i bad ho'a fair irial !'seal.s
- Now look a hiere, .Sheriff,' ss a tall feb.
ler itho was, leanin/ on -his rifle. .This 'ore
feller was' seen about. my house .last night.
an' 1k s iiiabfnin' my horse and:.JTake
Freach's wasf gtijWe got off' on the
trail early: and ketched this cuss;,wittt glk
three on 'em.n .We 'rested,hi iited .a
codritioand told fem tlh, hull-sipry.
Tey'coavicted iuo and sordered hangtq
%e'attn y'heebriff. N~oiv if you won't
3ang him,* why, 'Il--'an .he.,riz. his, rifle
an pinted ii at the thief,..wbo:.squatted
fight down, in a butch,.tremblin' like a
lull's liver-I'll.slooi, sea he.. .'Hold on,
tea "I, 'hold on.. we'll try and .cofiprotnise
he matter.' I crossed, over to the feller,
mn' ses I, 'my friend, you're in a mighty,
ight snap, .but I don't want to hang you
ntil you've been tried.' He begged like
akunk an' ,hungged m yk s an' made
ne feel as mean. as pizen- wanted to
tick him'right' aver.' I.'. ses 1, 'gen.
lemen,' obe thing is.sartin, I most know
he feelings of all on you, an' the feller
tball-hev hisctbance. Now, all on you as
a in favor of hangin' this chap, cross over
:o-t'otherside o' the road.' . Vell,.they all
valked over but a small ugly lookin' yal
er dog who was a lyin' down, hut finally
se got up an' crossed over too. *it seems
o be putty nigh unanimous,' ses I. an' I
urns to the feller an 'ses, I'm afraid you'll
iev to swing, but I'll try agin,' for I .was
leterniined not to go agin the, law. All
you aq is in favor o' hangin' this man sing
out ave, ses I, an' they all burst into one
ipootaneous cry, an' even the dog oset up
a bark, 'All of you as is'agin bandin', sing
uit, ses 1; but ~no body didn't say no ex
iept the prisoner, an' he hadn't no right to
vote according' to Jefferson's Manual.'
'What did you do then 2' inquired one
if Johnson's.auditors. .
I'm a comin' to that sir. Iteiched .the
culprit on the. shoulder, an' he kind ..o
ruivered.all ove. wlier I did it. Ses-l,
'Mv friend, I expect it's all over, but we'll
just walk down here a- piece, under-'the
live oak, an' settle the . matter. So w4
walked along and the hull crowd: follered
on 'till we got under the tree. Some fel:
ler had made a slipper noose .in one end a
the rope, and I put it round the cuss's
neck an' hove the, other eend over a 'bij
limb. I see'd I was in a tight snap. foi
I know'd if I refused to hang him the
would 3ang him an'. te too, perhaps, so I
determined to got out on it the best wa3
I dould. Every thin' was-still as a grave
yard. nobody said a word, an' you.cQuidni
hear a breath of noiso.'
'Well, what did you do ?' asked a lis
tener. -
-WVhat !' said Johison, 'Why Ijast rm
hin up and let him swing.'
'What, you.hung him then ?'- .
Of course I did ! an' resigned my offil
the next day.'
Bealing ?'anaiicuui out o'q Ma .F h
G ftWi1' 'Vbnriet, an announcing a
death, at Leyden,.Aug. 30, ofMr. Wim
Dorrill. agel 94, relates an interesting ac
count of the manner in which, many year
since, a strange fansticis;n with which It
was infed~ted was beaten out of him b
main force.
Mr. Dorrill was a refugeefrom.. th
British army, under Gen. Burgoise, an
was, 1797, the leader of a ffnatical sect
who pretended to. be possessed :of.super
natural powers and armedjwith the power
of the Deity, and that it was not in th,
power of man to hurt them. Dorrill ani
his followers abstained from., eating. Ies)
made use,of neither foud nor clothing tha
was procured at the expense of life. Any
Dorrill assured his followers iftney hai
full faith in him they would never die
They put of their leather shoes and hay
others made of cloth or wood, and lives
upon milk and vegetables. One was
blacksmith, ant! he procured and used a pai
of cloth bellows
They discarded. all revelations, excep
what Dorrill received, set at dofan:e 'all th
laws of man. and were governed in all thei
conduct, as he expressed it, -by the light c
nature.' Meetings were held once a weel
at which their worship principally cousiste
in eating, drinking, singing, Fiddling an
dancing and hearing lectures from Dorril
who was well qualified for that purpost
They had a covenant, by which they place
a farge share of tlieir,property itt -commo
stock, and thme .blacksmith became thei
treasurer. Ini a short time Dor rill collecte
a large society, amotng whom' mere sgm
very respectable families in the iowns<
Leyden and Bernardstnn, Massaphtusetti
people went from all the neighborintg towm
to hear and see all the mnarvellous doings<
.Dorr'ill and his associ~ttes.
At length, at one of the meetings. goodl
number having assembled, Dorrill- opene
with music, andi begatn to deliver his lec
turea. At- that meeting, one- Ezekit
Foster, of Leyden attended, as specta'ol
He was a manof good senpe, of a gisr
frame, and ha'd acoutatellan'ce that bespok
authority. When Dorrill camne to his doc
trine of' mysterious powers, he had
sooner uttered the words 'no arm eau hui
iny flesh,' than- Fosterarose, indignant
his blasphemy, and knocked Dorrill dows
with his fst. .Dorrill, aff'righted,and almot
senseless, attempted to rise, when he 're
dived a second' blow, at which he' e-ie
for mercy. Foster promised to forbear o
conditiot.thbit h' would renounce his doc
tripes, yet continued beating him. Soc
.i short parley ensued, when Dorrill' coi
sentled, and did renoun::e his doctrinesi
the hearing of' all his astonished foliow~er
1-is followers, chagrined and ashamedi
being matde the dupes ofsutch' abase' felloy
departed in peace to their homes' lit'rfi
promised his adversary, .ugon' the penalt
of hislife, .neverv agai& to tmphiei upon' ti
'&nsfaiB&hklor. Thbe contraits)
the mdrried andesingle' state are tiiusbeal
tifully decie~yilo af'
'"Singlertifeis like a fly lii th# licarth
an..apple !h 'dwefls in' sweetis"6
lives aloab, anid 'is yendd dah
f t,1hr builrds nna ns. an thers swed
ness-from every flower, and en putotco
otiesand foedsethe world, andibs3* ~iBs,
and ibeir -order, and exercises,; toy,.7Ar
tues, and promotes the.,interest of man
kind, and is that state of.thing :to which'
God hath designed the present condition f
*lie ,word.'*. -; .i
, Bachelor's profit by the Bishbj~'t4 d
vice.
NEWSPAPR ADERS
. He who has not tried the experiment can
form no just idea of the difticulties: and
perplexities.of ao editor, although to all
outward appearance'evey' thing goes. on
smootbly. The criticisms on his articles,
whether original or.selecrad, are ai varied
as the genius, capacity and information of
critics. We have been so netinies amused
at their profundity,.and-sometimnes vexed
at their shallowness. If an .,editor-bad to
please all, he would eaterr.pona a-bope
less task. There are many: readerswho
are but little entertained' with -:literary of
scientific articles ; they: can teed nio meri
in them, however :elotteut may- be' th
one,-or whatever amount ,of linformaion
may be contsiued.iuidthe other, theycan
not bear to encoudteer an~artiple .ato*rethan
ten orfifteen lines in leogtb,.ot.may,. hap.
some tale of love and murder, which.if-it
have.any poiat qr. moral, it is dificplto.
find it-out. .;'he -minds -of such ..readers,
will never be- eilarged, jheir , ideas cau
neve; reacn peyoid.;the .grovelling things.
of earth. . There. are othersIso deeply
1. steeped iin. politics Tbey can.,relish nothing,
that does unt-partakeof his mud jistreams.
. Political discuisions, when properly. co
1. ducted are useful in their way, as.tbey
tend- to keep alive the spirit of Liberty, buts
as they are generally conducted, they tend.
to. excite. the*..stormy: passions..,of our
nature b, the manner in which they; in-.
dulge in personal and politcal ivectiv.
.Were it possible to."make up a papes'.
acaurdingsto the -vipwe 'ad -siiggesuons of
t those whukindly advise howfi bopld be
conducted, it would be ce of.t e.strangest .
nedlies3.f er, concocedA One day,, it,
would be crammed with y oleatisind.bn.
sive.articles on politics-another With an,
ecdotes..or.iales at tit.po aonomtl with.,
i. romantic stories.of love ,nd murder, thai
peaer -had any. eisteao.Sexcept in hey
" Imaginations of She quthors-another wJh
- artieles called idetfr withwbichi evryc
editor is deluged, sad aisberi o
e tiu n : repg ie &
conduct ,a enoospapet -l ii grt
. it and they willad'temsves mi sait ",
.-Antelfon Gazette.
T HE NEW SEATE 9WA AND WIS
The Nihkarticle ot-the relativpo
di *(oin andsxtaj of. the w e tates Io wf "
, undWi in,--fore adm oission
into. th niot, ac ngere passedt da
session :ofC.ongress,-eia from 4te, pen og
a Mr.. Darby,.ttie gpographer, audwill be..
I read with intrest - -
The great rrgiQn of . .States territor
to the northwestw.arid of Iliiois and h is.
souri, westward of Ljakes Michigar ands
d Superior,.naod:eastward of Missouri river,
comprises, .in round numbers, 267,000
d square statute miles. -: , ..
Of this large space, about.2O,000.squar
miles between Lakes Michigan and Super.
r rior. from , the northwestern part. of the.
State of Michigan. Exclusive of tbis.fr ac,
t tion extending from the northern boundary
e of Illinois, in a northwesterly direction. of
r nearly six hundred. milesapreads eastrofi,
i thp. Iississilspi river a., space of f6,00(
squares miles, and from the southeastern
part of fthigh,,-pse beer formed.ih.enew.
State of.Wigonais. .,The whole extent,,
includin~g: the prt.~ apIded t:o 1liebegan~
.comprisin'g.106,00O.aquare miles, aa (o -
dmarly; spoken -of .ungler thie general-name
or Wisconsin, and. gas i~he extreme aor~lir
wriestern section of tne original Litrtoy~ -
the United States; according to thq it enty
eof 1783. u ~iJ .isasptsd
B leiween~h~vr~isasip nsofr
snuri, and nthwesterly from Ilitaois,,err:
Steuding.'1J(0 u~iles, with a. mean iJraof
S230. .itd emnoraceng an area. of ,U,000
square miile,.spreads the regiofrwabfe.
southeastern part. t-f (b h -has .beep form
ded the State qi ow,a,,v hoe pwe.npro
eeed to' delineata separatey and specifical
.Wisconsio, as limited hjaet~of~ongress,
extends frons 421 degs. t'e47jdegs north.
elatitude, audioj longitudefrom 10,-dege..to
15degs. 50 mitn. .west. of Washington.
STpe extreme diagonal length fromy the
Ssoutheastern angle, Qon Lake. Michigan, to
the northwestern, wess of Laks. Superior,
Sbeing .sh out .370 tmilps,.-and, ths area so
near 48,000 ,.quare miles that,wojnay..?r
sme that amount, .8 te man.gtid'th ilt
dhe one hundred; and. t,birty .mnies. This
State. has a very estended outlineoin. pro~
portion to territorial aurfaoe,- Measured
nby general..Alistances.o of ify:anles,.the
frnnLatte .Michiga .and.Necun ay
iern extremnitiof Lake Super.ogro.anz~~
dred miles,' and .two...utndred.alogifp.
;. Mississipp'i rieiwolefo,
j.by thstgperal methodonebosn
- A dire'ct ait hoe froJn gtytti. t
the's eouasj angi9 opi p
g7 (xejgt .P9SigerF ungge gedj1uIl -.
Sryhee e. Ior58~ofc~
S0 miai., andtgInt
10 min.., to 19 degs. 20 min-, w *