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An
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-COMPARISON OF TARIFFS OF 1842
AND 1846.
Co-r-os Go m , &c. 18421846 Ulif.
Wh-b: hotnespuns. sheetings - - --
and sirtrngs, costing 4cts. 6 1 5
pDo do 5 do 6 11 4j
Do do 6 do 6 - 14 44
Do do 8 do 6 2 4
Do do 10 do - i 24 34
-Do do 12 eo '6 3 3.
Do do 15 do 6 3$ 2j
Do do 20. do.. 6 5 1
,Allcambrics & colored inns.
lins which cot 4 cts pr yd. 9 1 8
Do do 5 do- 9 11 71
Do do 8 do 9 2 7
Do do 12 do 9 3 6
Do do 15 do 9 31 5.
Do . do 20 do 9 5 4
Do do 30 do 9' 74 114
3ous. de laine costing 20 cts. 6 5 1
All co'ton finuels, velvets,fus
tian+, cords, or goods, man
ufactured by napping dr
raising, which cost 10 cts.
'per yard. 104 24 8
DO do 12 do 104 3 64
Do do 15 do' 104 3j 61
Do do 15 do 104 5 54
Do do 30 do. 1041 7 31
Flannels of wool which cost 1
20 cents: 519
Do do do 25 - 14 6 s
Do: do do 30 14 7.
Do do do 40 -14 10 4
Do do do 45 14 lil '21
Do do do 50 . 14 124 14.
Do do do 60 14 15. .I.
ban
pances ii mreges~baizonnes.
&c. which cost 25c pr y.1 74 64 l
Do do 310 ' do' '9 74 14
Do d0 511 do 15 1211 24
Worsted goods costing 7bcts. -
per yard 224 181 3.
Do do $1 do 30 25 5
Do do $13 do. -374 311 6&
'Do do $14 'do 45 37J.. 7j
Cptton'B'a'gging. old duty4
tcents per square yard;-M 4..88 3 I
Bale Rope costing 5 c peilbi ,.44 'Al 31',
Do do 7 do 44 1$ 2"
Dr- do 10 . do 44 24 2
Bar'roneosting $5 per ton. 25 15 10
Do. do . $6 do .25 18 7
to...do- $70do 25 21 4
' u do $75 do 25 22 .j 21
giis, w'rought, per~lbZ 4 24 1
Spikes, do 3 g 2
Ovens, pots, &c. do ls i f
Iron wire, 1.1 85 1 755
Coal per ton, 1 75 1 00 75
Salt per bushel, . 2. 5$
Riolasses per gal'.6h, .5 311 I
Brown sugar costing $4 pet 2 2
3001bs. . 2 4012C 130
Do do $5 do 2 l 150 1 00
Do do $G do 250l 80 70
Do ' do $7 do 1 50 2 10 40
augars advanced beyond dhe1
raw state; elaying or o-ariI
fying and not yet :rofinod .
costing $6 per 100lbs. j4 0011 80 2 20
Do do $7 pr llils 1400 2 10 1 90
*Do dJo $8 do [400 240 160
Refined-sugars at 38 ler l0 02 4013 60
Do. do .; -do de (02 703d30
Do'. do $10 de J 00j3 0013 00
MUIELAIEOUU.
Frora the Curato Gaieuec.
SOLD..
Under the head of 'Bar'gain and Sale,'
the Newv York Sun. publishes's'n, account
ora men, (wh~ose name as not given,) in
(htiaoa/ of Cohocton, Steuben county,
who "sold out his entire stock in trade,'
conising of his wife, a daughter ten years
old,-household furniture and other appur
teqaocsJor-the sum' of twoenty jive cents!'
Wast th'e ma desirous of getting rid of all
toe posessot4? and was he willing. Io di.
pos'Filfe, child, and. all hiis agoods acd
ths(t~isa, s any rie, doenmn'g them. an
indumlirmude inslee'd of a bldssi'ng? We
give the duketat for. what it is .worh,
and leave otisaters' to lfarn .their own
conclusions atloui: itrrserkinA,, however,
that the paierupan whoae" nuthority we
hanveigiven it iotroiduceu'f by remarking
owe- are endeavoring to ~eila1iMis'me of
thaald and almost- exploded practreelin
England,'.thus~ leaving ato~draw the In
ference, that .the corrcn..ot t he state
meni might be relied updiio nIthereris no
Irath in inch statemtDls tb y; geght~Oot tot
be smalle, for tliey are well chalctulated,to
caidiiti0Ail blemish tlpon. buman do.
pradlty,wahleh Is alrealdtfufciently, lbad,
withdat'baviog any fasecolorjng added to
et..tybile upon this subjeiskitgnmay-uot
bae ltogether out of place tointroduce'the
follprisgefhlrkatOfahe New York. Con.
rier~, i~~jT~rfty.f .the Pres,." .;O
course.to ok p yA931/:1i- WhoS
are ji pat~ce stsly con
"fft "fo' *"oZL/1f, ther
be onte i id enujripabgotha aji
other, it is that ofi 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 slid iis all, states of society. universal
contenipt and odium has been the portion
of him whb. practices it-not only because
of theumibchief 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 Navy
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
ciation . 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 :hird party and mislead the pub
lic?"
From the Boston Star.
COURTrING" 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 be madte-such as get
tinga lover, fascinating hi thoroughly.
being courted, having the question p.ipped,
eitting the weddiu garmients: ioiarrY..
married: '!hEe youtrg ma to sHound toi' be
gallant and polite. and to adnmire' withoutr
stint, allthe pretty girls known and un
knon-tordoff the beaver, offer t he arm;
invite to the ride, the theatre. and the
pleasant saunter-in short, to do all the
sundriese@ded to,how his detotion andf
gallattyr.IwartltO sex unlit some en
chgtress hrow ;hPr spell'drounl him,
and 'b hiks,ridbdued into a common
placelindifterent, careless Benedict.
Now. out of these things' grow dificul
ties. A young man admires a pretty girl
and'snust manifest it ; he can't help doing
soffdr the, life of him. The young lady
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 anotier damsel
ten miles off. Now the difficulty lies iii
not precisely understanding the difference
between polite attention and the tender
manifestations of sighing love. Admiring
a beantiful girl, and wishing to make a
wife of her are not the sama thing, and
therefore it is necessary that a datmsel
should be upon 'the alert to discover to,
which class the attenttons paid her by
handsome and fashionable' young gentle.
men belong. It is hard to draw the exact
liteof separation, between polite atten
tions and downwright. courting, but ojur
great age and extensive expierience have
tnabled us to observe enough to aid thme
young and artless tnaideu, in deciding uton
this matter.
First, theti-if a young fellow greets you
in a loud, free and hearty tone-tf he
knows precisely wvhere to put his hat or
his hands, if he stares you straight in the
eye with his own wide open-if he turns
his back to' you to speak to another-if he
tells you' who made his coat-if he squee
zes yo'ur hand--if he eats heasttiy in your
preenc-if he fails to talk kindly to your
mother-if lie sneezes when you are sang
ing, criticises your curls, or fails to be very
foolish in fifty ways every .hourgthea don't
fall in love wilihiurf'or (leorf, he' rinily
asiief ou, let' hun do or say what lie
eny liut if h'e be merry wvith every one,
butt quiet with von-if he be anxious to see
that your tea is sufficiently sweetened anid
yor dear peraoir fell wrapped up when
you go' out in the cold-if he talks very
low anid never looks you' steadily in the
eye-if this cheeks are r-ed-or if he be'
ple and bie n'sa but blush, it is enough
'if he romps with your sister ; .sighs like a
pair of old' b2elows, looks s'olemo whben
you are addressed' ihy another genleiman,.
and in fact is themrost' siil awk war4, stu
pid, yet anxious of 611 your mate friends,
Nou may go ahead and invoke the' shafts
of Oupid with perfect safety, and make
the poor fello'w too happy for his skim to
holdhdin.
There arealso.'s'thiousand other minor
pirianth vic's'rady's'.wit wilf. neead
nopi itld the foregoing are
ure .5 ~ lV this'T Th~ere is so inuch
trouble* * 'drd 're. wan;.4um;
d.,.s s tu M n ufqL.na
unteered our advice in the matter, all
which we respectfully' submit, with the
admonition to young ladiets to keep their
beaste in a case of good leather or other
tougb substance, until the "right one" is
found, beyond doubt-after which they;
can -go on and love, court, be married and
happy, without the least bit of trouble.
HARPER'S FERRY.
The scenery around rhe village of Har
per's Ferry ; on the Virginia Shore of
the Potomac River, is among the most
wild and grand we have ever seen ; not
excepting the Niagara Falls.. The great
eataract is not there, but all the other ele
ments of stupendous and terrific grandenr
present themselves on every hand. Mr.
Jefferson thought it was worth a voyage
lotn Europe to view this scenery. Geol
ogists number this place among the many
in our country where an -immense lake
has broken through its mountain barrier,
and found an outlet to the ocean. The
great Blue Ridge, in which the gap has
been made for the passage of the waters.
corresponds in its geolgical formation on
the opposite shores a4the Potomac. The
rock is the same, and the jagget projec
tions, from the base to the summit, indi
ate the violence of the disruption by
which they have been separated. The
altitude of the peaks also correspond,
though the ascent is more precipitous on
the Virginia than the Maryland side.:
The actual height of the mountain, men
cured from the river, we do not know ;
but it makes one's head dizzy to look up
to the top of its brow on the Virginia side,
from the 'point of rocks" on the other
ide of the Potomac ; through which a
passage has been cut, or rather blown, for
ho 'Baltimore and Ohio Railroad," and
he Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which
run side by side at this place, until they
reach a point nearly opposite the village
)f Harper's Ferry, where the railway
erosses the river, and pursues its way
through Virginia until within a (ow miles
af Cumberland, its present eastern termi
nus, it crosses the stream again, into Ma
rylatd,
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 haji es
tablished there long before'either of thcse
great enterprises had been thought of.
The water power is-immense and unfailr
ing nud the manufacturing- of arms-is
ar -O tip 6A
mest to a ~nt eyeae di e'are not
aware that ar,y -cannon 'are cast at ithis
ildee; thoifgh our stay wa., too short to
allow any particular absorvntionts. On
one occasion we were kinilly conducted
through (be various on I nig'tty esta'lish
meats, but recollect no foundery for can
tin those engines of slaughter. which
have become, in modern times, the prin
cipal reliance of armies.
The Shenandoah River, having colle
ted its tribute from the innumerable
streanis by which tle pine country on the
western side of the blue Ridge, in Virgin
ia, is drained, disembogues its waters into
the Potomac at .Harper's rlry ; but
neither the principal nor tributary stream
is navigable, except fur rafts in time of
freshets. Both rivers have a rapid decent
from their sources in the mountaini, and
moreover flow over rocky heds. But a
fine canal, from tidewater at Georgetown,
and Alexandria in she District of ' olum
bin, has nearly reached Cuniperland, at
the foot ofthe Alleghany Mouttain., 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 itt Wes
terrn'Virginia, and another to Frederick
City in Maryland. Both canal aurd rail
way are designed ultimately to contnect
the A tlantic Ocean with the waters of the
"Greast West."
The great Cumberland Valley, .whicht
stretches itself out fronm the Potomac
River, northward throughi the states df
Maryland atnd Pennsylvania, and south
ward throtugh the state of Virginia, and
lying between :he Blue Ridge atnd the
Alleghany Mountains, comtmences at the
junctiotn of the Shenandoah attd thme Poto
mac. It abounds with. limestonte, and
frmns one of the most fertile regiouts of our,
country. It is, undoubiedly, exceeded in
depth of soilyby some districts west of the
Alleghanies, but no part of the United
States produces larger crops or wheat, or,
in some 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 portion of
the Western States.., The great labor andf
epense of' trainsporfation to .rii'atlet fot:
merly lessoned the val'u( of rand4 In life
Virginian portion ofthis-valley, but~nla
branch of the B'altitmore and Ohio Kdi
way offers a ready convegance foir allgtd
rich productions to the -Monumentattity,
or to the~ canal, by which it is'sent to
Georgetowvn and Alettandris; while the
iiniimen'se mines' of iron anil doal in the
monnain's near Cumberland already be
gin to pour their treasures into these cities
by the same conveyances. The or-e is richt,
and the bituminous coai is said to et al
th finest specimens in England..
- Fom gas Neto Orleans Piraysane
SNA1CE JOHNSON:
Whether the subject of thfisto atn- C
qired the frellation of *.59ake" by-the
good offices of -the cergyman w'hd oiia
ted at his baptism, ot whether it was given
him by his a'dmiring frisod-w'iether it
was given- him'rfor en mhigl~ ijuahites
e 'possessed, br-bias i a itiih~~
.eti edbteimlh M&~
'cerii ud'it 's matter 't little moment
Snak olison isa' tnan of'considerable
ndori at Port Lavacca, Texas, where
he k - store with di small assdrtmiet
or b"ds and groceries, principally
of ii 'y; and, to use his own words,
.malt ecent ad respectable living.
Sstlk' .?a'. n of enall pretensions, and
honest avows that "he was'ot brought
up no e supericir to' most folks, and
sin't ' "count at algtibrny, but knows as
well-a "st folks that when he gives ten
dollai r a berrill of whiskey, and re
tails it. for eighty, he can't be a. losin'
mucb There is' nothing remarkable
d~eonti appearance of Mr. Johnson.. He
is tall, hd-shouldered, powerfully built
has ga long, sharp-nose, piercing gray
eyes, ard diouth, and a good many
lines a face that indicate courage and
cunnin In his district he is looked up
to as etty sharp sort of a chap, and has
hela tb of sheriff.
Whi sitting 'm the head of an empty
whiske tiarrel a short time since in his
shopat it Port, surroun~led by a number
ofnei g s;aseamboatsinen. recruits. &c.,
the subr, of his having been sheriff of
the co'n y was brought up.
Snia . ook out his plug of tobacco, cut
off a s l'piece, put it into his mouth,
shut a yis ja'ck-knife, said, "Did I ever
tell ;yd gentlemen, about my actin'. in
myao tlcapacity as sheriff of this ere
county n after I was elected ?"
"Nottpo !" exclaimed a dozen voices,
"let'6 rb it."
'Wel etlemen,' said-Suake, 'I won't
be- ugly n' as I don't think any on ye
hev lh l it afore, I don't mind relatin'
the citrc' stance ! You all on you know,
at'tb that don't will know it now, that
I aller"t right up to the mark and don't
dc uot' contrary to 'law, to say nuthin'
o' gos
' Olt, know! we know !' was the
general clamation.
eV -then,.that's pint's settled, sit' I'm
glaaedo *coz I shouldn't like to hey bed
a'fighit: the first start, an' I should hey
sartiSil ked the first feller that sed he
didn't .v it. .Well, to continnu, soon
artie(' 'en 'lected, sheriff, I was sittin'
out tha nto the door stop, a tbinkin' it
wasa t. time to hey a job, when two
chaps. d ridin' down the road as cf
a hulft e of lnjuins was a rearin' and
pitchith er 'em. They charged right up
toithj a di axedmaif. Iknowed the
lher '. 'einy bed seen him. onne't
they ci ljfuildhian. an' I toden [reck
ened h tans a sittin' on his door step.
'OhL !'sed they, -be you Snake Johnson?
I tedt 'em I reekerd I was the only mpn
o' that name i) these parts, anal was shir
itror the codnty 'o boot. Well, they got
off an' pasied a small sample of old bald
face behind their vhirt tollats, nu' sed
they'd come to get me to execute the sen
tence of the law. Well, gentlemen, sea I,
I'ni iertfectly igreeable! I'n illers on
hand, an' as sheriff of this county I will
see thatjiis majesty the law shall be obey
ed accordin' to Hoyle !'
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 know what I was expected to do,
so I just axed 'm. Seys they, 'We've
got a feller up there :sat's been convicted
of horse stealin' an' is sentenced to be
hung, and we want you to execute hint
accordin' t4 law.. We could tev hung
higm ourselves, but we didn't want to hev
no lyitchin' about it, and determined to
hev the sheriff, who is duly authorized ta
hang folks, to choke him off'
'Well, gentleinct, [ saddled up old San
ta Anna, an' we started uf. we-n I got
to the place thar was' about a hundred
folks thar a waitin' for me. some gray
headed old chaps, an' some red-headed
young one's, an' thar was ahe culprit, too,
about as tienti a lookin' white moan as I
ever did see; he was a reg'iar built cus,
an' wvhen he was plated out I did'nt feel
very bad at the idea of hangin' of him.'
'Good !' exclaimied one of his auditors.
'Good!' maid the tnarrator.* Maybe you
wrouldn't tik it good, if you hied youu
neck as clos't to ainoose as his was ! Well,
as .1 was sayin' thar they wvere. An old
feller come up to me, shuk hands. an' set
he, 'Mister Sheriff, you've been called at
the'Ieg'l reprisentativs of the law to hang
that miserable cuss Gthar who has heeti
convicted of horse'stealin','so doi your duty
an' put him out of his misery as soon s
possible.'
'Certainly, sir,' gays .I',: kt'd ci' stiff' an:
dignified, 'where's the documet?'
'Fetch the document !' says the old fol
ler, an' in about . half a -minte anothet
shdp took' t long coil a'. l(eip rope out 01
hils saddle bags, anti handed .it to -me;
'This is .the rope,' see . 'Yes, sir !'. set
he. 'ut I watt thie o6rder of the court fot
his execution,'. seal1. 'Order h-Il!' set
the old feller,.kid' o' rifled ; 'he. aint had
'no cash trif! . '
'hit !' -se" "mt i h .to court tria
an' you want tme -to hrnj han! I 'aini
agoin' to hang no tnan wi:'iout aTair trial
1'Tat 'aint no way to do tliings.'
'You wont heg him ?1' ei the old el
1er. -
'Not till lie's ind a fuir.irisli!'ses J.
-New look s Iieroe Sheriff, ses a tall fe~
fr, tho was leanit' on 'his rifle. This 'or
feller was seen abput my house last night
an' Is~ ifiinnij shorses'nd Jak
Freneh'saris' .go'a We got of on thi
trail 'early and~ kisched this eussowittiel
three on. 'Q .. We ri-sted.ttii,'iated'd
cod i - ~ toi1.'eni h&,ull story.~
ne *tf erf i'vr if you Won'
hang him, why, I'll-'an neh.,rz.his rifle
'an pinted it at the thief,..who:.squatted
fight down in a bunch. tremblin' like . a
bull's liver-I'll shoot, see he. ,.-'Hold on,
ses-i, 'hold on., we'll .try and .compromise
the matter.' I crossed. over to the feller,
an' ses I, 'my friend, you're in a mighty
tight snap,, but I don't want to hang you.
until you've been tried.' He begged like
a skunk an' hugged my, kneps an' made
mefeel a s -mean, as pizen-I wanted to
kick him'right'-ever.-' 'Wel.':ses I, 'gen
tlemen,' doe thing is.sartin, I must know
the feelings of all on you, an' the feller
shall hey hisehance. Now, all on.youas
is in favor of hangin' this chap, cross over
to't'other side o' the road.' " Well -they all
walked over but a small ugly look in' yal.
ler dog who was a lyin' down, but finally
he got up an' crossed over too. 'it scents
to be putty nigh unanimous,' ses I. an' I
turns to the feller an 'sea, I'm afraid you'll
hev to swing. but I'll try agin,' for I was
deterniined not to go agin the law. All
you a4 is in favor o' hangin' this man sing
out eve, ses I, an' they all burst into one
spootaneous cry, au' even- the do -set up
a bark, 'All of you as is'agin hangin', sing
out, ses I; but no body didn't say no ex
cept the prisoner, an' lie hadn't no. rightgto
vote according' to Jefferson's Manuttl.'
'Vhat did you do then ?' inquired une
of Johnson's.auditors. -
I'm a comin' to that sir. IFteiched -the
culprit on the. shoulder., an' he kind o'
quivered.all over w'en 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 we
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 o'
the rope, and I put - it round the cuss's
neck an' hove the other: eend over a big
limb. I. see'd I was in a tight snap,.for
I know'd if I refused to hang hin- they
would inoig him an'p. te too, perhaps-, s I
determined to get out on it the best way'
I could: - Every thin' was-still as a gave
yard, nobody said a word, an' yon-c4uldnt.
hear a breath of noise.' ,
'Well, What did you do ?' asked a lis
tener.
-What!' said Johnson, 'Why- I fast rtai
him up and let him swing.'.
'What, you hung him then?' e
'Of course I did ! an' resigned my o ce
the next day.'. . . 4.
- ealig anaisanO oto $a.-l t.-T h
' tdiffitti8' diiufer', .t announmemg:.die
death, at Leyden, .Aug. 30, of .Mr. -Wm.
Dorrill. agedl 94. relates an interesting ac.
count of the manner in which, many years
since, a strange fanaticism with which he
was infecied was beaten out of him by
main force. .
Mr. Dorrill was a refugee*from. the
British armny, under Gen. Burgofse, and
was, 1797, the leader of a fhnatical sect.
who pretended to- be possessed :of.super
natural powers and armedjwith thie lowerd
of the Deity, and that it was not in the
-power of man to hurt them. Dorrill and
his followers abstained from-.eating fiesnl
made useaof neithe- food nor cloihing that
was procured at the expense of life. And
Dorrill assured his. followers if tocy had
full faith in him they would never die.
They put ol their leather shoes and had
others made of cloth or wood, and lived
upon milk and vegetables. One was a
blacksmith, and he procured and used a pair
of cloth bellows
They discarded. all revelations, except
what Dorrill received, set at defian:e all the
laws of man, and were governed in all their
conduct, as he expressed it, 'by the light of
nature.' Meetings were held once a week
at which their worship principally consisted
in eating, drinking, singing, Fiddling and
dancing-and hearing lectures from Dorrill,
who was well qualified for that purpose.
They had a covenant, by wvhich they placed
a farge share of thieir,property in -common
stock, and thme .blacksmith became their
treasurer. In a short time Dor rill collected
a large society. among wvhom w ere ~sgme
very respectable families int the togns of
-Leyden and Bernardston, Massiphneectts,
people went from all the neighboring towns
to hear and see all the maarvellous'doings of
-Dorrill and his associates.
-At length, at one of the meetings, goodly
-number having assembled, Dorrill: oplened
with music. andt begana to -deliver his lee:
tures, A t that . meeting, one- Ezekiel
Foster, of Leyden attended, as spiectamor.
He was a an of good senpe, of a giant
frame, and ha'd acoutlted'ance that bespoke
authority. When Dorrill camne to his doe
trine of- mysterious powers, he had tna
sooner uttered the words 'no arm coghtr
mny flesh,' than Foster. arose, indignant at
his blasphemy,: and knocked Dorrill down
with his fist. ,Dorrill, af'iglited~and almosi
senseless, attempted to -rise, when he re
deived a second blow, at which he c:teil
for mercy.- Fostor promised to forbear at
conditiodnthat h'e would renounce his doe
trittee, yet continued beating him. . Soot
at short parley ensued, when Dorrill con
sented, and did renounce his doctrines it
th6 hearing of all his astonished followlersi
His followers, chagrined and ashamed al
being made the dtnpes of suella-base'.fello:)
departed in peace to their homes, 'pbyill
promised his adversary,.upon the paltj
of his-life, .nevet againtto tu pose upon' the
peopleu. - .'. -.
-..H&nhsfatnB k~torR..The contrtis
t the mdrried andasingle statE avis thasu bei r.
*Single~lifeis like a fly1 idtsh, ti'n
an. apple L-el d well in 'sweet 46i
.lives lonb, andis sconfltiidtdis'M
teisngulari. huVuta arti~kilihe'
intb bean bnuidsa boknead gAetars sweet
ness from every lower, d.sd s uint.o.
ddoieband feeds he world, anchobe kiggs,
and their .order, and exeresses,td s ian r
tues, and promotes the iInterest of man
kind, and is that stateof tbijga ,to whibh'
God bath designed the jresent coidition
the word.'" xxA
Bachelor's profit by the Bisho iu.
vice.
He who has not tried the experiment ati
form no just idea.of." the.diffculties: and
perplexities.of atieditor, 'although .to all
out ward appearance'every thing goes: oil
srmotbly.: The criticiiins on, his grticles,
whether originil or selecred, re'as varied
as the genius, capacity and inforiation of
critics. We.have been so netimesaiused
at their profundity,;and:sometimes vexed
at their shallowness, If an ,editorJiad to
please all, he would enter. oupoa'a hope'
less task. There are many: readers-who
are bot little entertained' with i-litdrary u
scientific articles ; they can tee'no men
in them, however eloqdent; may betl
one, or whatever amount .of information
may be contaiued.itigthe other;they, ea
uot bear to encounter anartiple uhore than
ten or~fifteed lnes in .length,.otmay.hap,.
some tleof loye and murder; which tf.i
have.any pdi.tt 4tr moral, it is dilficlste;
find it out; ; he minds of stich readers,
will never be. etilarged, *heir ideas cad
neve; reacn beyond.;the g ovelhiog thtngs
of earth.. There are dthers- so deeply
steeped ini.politics They can relish nothing.
that does ut-partake of his mudiljIstreamsg
Political discu4sions, when properly coo.
ducted are useful in their wayas .thef
tend to keep, alive the spirit of liberty, biqi
as they are generally conducted, they tend.
to.. excite.,the -.stormy, passions .,of .our
nature by the manner in :which. they in
dulge in personal and .political mvecuve,
..Were it possible to."make up a papea'.
accurdingsto the-,vipweand -sggestonspot
those whokindly. advise.bow ito~ia
conducted, it would bee o thestrangest.
medlieseler. concocted. .no.:, ity
wuuld be crammed witb;p ogep' n. ,o
sive articles on politics-aotater wi. n
ecdotes..ortales ofXhitynopr-a.t ioer4sndt,,
romantic stories~of.iove.anmuraer; thait
oeser .bad any eseea .,oxceptin, hey
lmaginations of shb.guthdor4-nother wjhba
nrtles calledlidef irise hrich e..t t
editoris delue ~a ato I eir hot -
ihiirata fo 0t " :.
codduct .a genspaper tut lt'h
it anid they wtliI fnd-toemselves ma ted .
-.AnQ on. Gaztte.; , "
THE NEW STATES- I WA AND WIS.
CONipfN.
The.; 'bgartiele oa.the elativepo
tion ad x tof.tne t9h Stater Io
7aqd-W fo e ada ission ..I..ic6
into.ih ni@h, ac rq passedai .a
session~of,9.ongress. is fromgie,pen of
Mir.. Darby,..Ith geographer, and will be...
read with iutiresta. . . - - .
. The great region of U.. States..territos .4
to the northwestw.ard of illiqois and Mis ;
souri, westwardof fakes Mihijarr.au
Superior,-aod. east ward of Missouri river,
comprises, .in round . numbers, 267,000
square statute miles. :. ...
. Of this large space, aboutc.0,000square
milesibetween Lakes Michigan and. Supe.
rir. from . the uorthwestern part. of the.
State of Michigan. Exclusive of this.fuase
tion extending from the northern boundary
of Illinois, in a northwesterly direction.of
nearly six huncdred, miles,.epreads eastiofi
thp. Mississilpi river Ot, space ,of 86,00Q
square> miles, and from the southeastern- -
part of. hbs. been; ormed.henew
State Af.Wisconsii. .Tha whole exten,
including. the, part. added ,Mffiebigaop
comnprisinig 106,000.aquarec.miles, gaafoi
merly, spoken of .undie; t):e~geerlnparn
of Wisconsin, and. was .ihie etremei orth
western section of toe original. ieritokyo
thet Unoited States, acecording to ittt~ea
of 1783.., - . ,, s.,.
*Bet ween the, rjver~s Mississippi and. ist
souri, and northwesterly from Illinois,, p,r
tendinig 700 ia.iles, with a mean. wi~h,iof
- 30. titd emoracing ana area .of 19't,0O0
squaro miles, spreads the regionsfroz~ the
Southeasternf pary ah p.has heoq firm
ed the State of.Ilow,a,,hih we popo
eed to' deliueate separate ends pecical
ly. .. ..
.Wisconsin, aslimite.. jactpf:Oiflgress,
extends fronm 42A dogs. t 47%.degs~ north.
latitude, and in longitude. from. 0.dege. to
15 degs.. .50 mitn. west..of; Washing'ton..
Tpe extremte diagonal .length frog. the
southeastern angle, on. Lake. Michigan, to
the.northwestern, wesiofLaks uperit
being about .370 miles,- and, the aria s:
ner4e0 ur miles titatgre ny y
sume that amount, .tle mean .cltith wJ:
be ones hiunched. anNl shirty .ies.
State has a very, extended ouilim inpro
portion 'to territorial. aurface.- Mesue
by.. general .4jismaancs.of. Ofly. 'les, tee
fronto d'.I~ .:Lfcitigpo..and e3,i
eiceedes three h'decdie
tern exrgifo aeS
dred mites,. and .two :.
Misagassppi riWerkewd O~~i1
bygiigeperal mpthodp, IousadqJe,
* A direct air! iane~rn
ry beJ1ypePeails5P pri, WJjh rsup~
10- min.., to 19~ degs. 30 mini.. w