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Persons sending in advertisements are requested to specify the number of times they are to he inserted; otherwise they will be continued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. XT The Postage must be paid on ail communications scot by mail. KtRAL EtONOnV. From the Cultiv nr. CATTLE AM) SHEET HUSBANDRY. Opinions of eminent Breeders, Graziers, d-c., rul/ectcd and con lensed for the Cultivator. " Fattening rattle for beef, is well know n to be performed, by jjrazintr tbcm at iii>ertv in tiie pastures, and siali-foeding them at home. Th latter is most commonly practised, in the wititer se son, but it is equally practicable and b nebcin! in summer: and the universal n elect of so certain a mean for the acquisition of so great and uncommon profit, must go to the account of our indolence, or our unaccountable prejudices. The success of fattening oxen by mow ing the green meat (grass) of whatever kind, during the summer, has been often and fuily ascertained. The meadows and pastures are thus pros rvod, and may be manured to infinite y grcib r k.. <<>\t'?i\ir ?))'?/!-. /? <l??tur um! purpose, U> 111'.' sating IIIUU' ??? "mi.. (UIU urin \ and ilicir sup rior condition and quality ; and tin hrbnjje its df. secured Iron llie tread of cat tie, will co t.eariv twice as far, and (:h so impmtaut hints cannot be too often repeated,) the cat lie may be kept secure and quie: i:< tlie shade, free from every annoyance. I'pon farms destitute of the erea' cotiVi'tiience of o.\ houses or yards, |j?? r s eds run up in temporary enclosures, near to the L'rass intended to he cut, will prove entirely sufficient. The cattle will fill t eins< Ives, lie down quietly to ruminate, and under i ;e same circumstances, will improve much more quickly titan if they had the liberty to <rraze. Nor does here lie anv objection w ' as in the case of milch cows. 1; u ill ; j,pcar in experim^n'ai calculation, that ; e extra expense of rutting, carryin : nd ;iftendanc , is most amply repaid : in fact, that a very consi lerahle additional profit I * ? - T +?> ?> /?/? {\ r> / '//"//? IS rtMli/a'u. ?jjkk /uim ?',i v iiinvi Feeding. All c :;li' should ho maintained in a progressive suite of i.nprovenient; for if litey r 'main stationary, there is a loss of interest ot money and ul timo ; if they go backward, there is a positive loss of prop rty, with the additional pros pective disadvantage o? in.i;r\ to die ;ii.i tnals, of delay, and of difliciil;\ in regaining their form r plight. Siiunld liiis irrogularitv be repeated, it is probable, the fatgreater share of the e\t clod profit of grazing, will ho fonnd, on a fair calculation to be sunk. Duly apportioning tho stuck to the quantity of food, and ivy.iinr feeding, are tbo life and soul of cattle k .:>!.nr. Oftlimes you wiil see store pigs nuniing about ;i maids yard, which are alternately in Irish condition, and .in li-in as w-. \ hounds. II. o :g t to rei uiiect, tuat whenever ho suffers them to lose flesh, he has thrown away tho greater part id'that provision which was the rauso ot :!;eir improvemont. The sol.'en rule respecting Quantity, is as much as a least c m cat with i vr-iornus appetite; all bevond dint important criie | .1 i rion, IS so iiiuvu lost 111 ,111; |7Iu I 1-11*1, iiiiu not improbably an impediment t-? thrift in an animal, Hero is the foundation of a good ar^mi 'iit in favor of tin- removal < f that which the animal leaves, that it nnv not remain to be contaminated hv his breath, to disgust h.m, and to pall his appetite.?7'. 4k Cattle w II summered ar1 half wintered." So savs Lisle. And Lawrence adds, 4t cattle well wintered arc half summered." Cattle lelt out late in the fall, should he foddered early in the morning, and i:ot ho comp iled to cat gr.ss with the hoar frost upon it, whicii indeed lhe\ dislike.?Lisle. This caution is of particular importance in the north, where vast numbers of cattle and sheep peris!) annually from disorders occasioned by receiving concealed water into their stomachs.?Lute mice. When a beast is lat, he will show himself so to the eve, by a roll ot let as big as one's fist, which, when ho walks, moves itself forward, before his shoulder: such a roll of fat may likewise he seen in his flanks.? Virgil. Cow to be dried within two months of her calving, as, to milk her longer, most certainly impoverishes both cow and calf, to a far greater amount than the value of the milk. All young animals, well kept, arc the better for it ever alter; heifers come to the pail earlier lor it, and bullocks fa tie n earlier.?Lisle. The first calf of an heifer best for rearing; the reason alleged, that the cowcould not be reduced by milk during gestation. Late fallen calves, in May and June, never so ha.dv when grown up, or bear the winters so w ell, as those dropped in March; the chief reason ot this is, because late fallen calves must be weaned late, and as thev a'wavs pitch. eMail away a htile on weaning, the approach ofw'inter prevents their recovery; and nothing aiter, wards makes amends.?Lisle. Fir branches. " 1 was so pinched last spring for provender to cattle, that I had not a stone of straw orhav from the middled March; nothing but whins and oats for horses, and lir tops (that is, lender shoots of lirs) for cattle; and i had IU0 horned cattle, and about 120 horses, small and great, of which 1 lost but four <>r live ; but there were numbers of cattle that died in tins country for want. Some lost one . half, nd *omo almost the whole. As many branches were lopped olTus wool 1 sutiice ' for a. day. Lord Townshend applied plantation th.nnings (houghs and leaves of trees) to like purpose, and with equal sue- i I ccss. Some of the sheep which scoured, ! were recovered by the use ot the trimj mings and the bark. Sheep, cows, and 1 i bollocks eat the leaves and small twigs. J I r . . J The}- prefer the fees in the folio,wine <>rj Jviiv,?ash, Scotch lir, oak."?Annals o! Ag. v. v. '1 hero is no doubt hot cattle J will subsist upon browse, and 'hat evergreens are particularly congenial to the j wants of sheep in the winter. Stall feeding Cows in summer. John 1 Collet, in a communication to the IVitish , J Board of Agriculture, states that !to stall < fed t?0 rows, 1 bull, 4 calves and 5 horses, in the summer, from ] "> acres of clover 1 sown the preceding year. Two men and ; I two maids sufficed to tend thorn. The j nett produce of tiit? season, in butter, from , j June to October, was ?19 10s. each cow | ' (nearly 90dollars.) , i Tables of experiments made at the Earl of j Chesterfield's Dairy. 1 TAP.nn:. j Shewing the produce of three milkings froin one cow of each of the stated breeds 1 and crosses. 1 IVtwiucc ot'tiir v milkings. BREEDS l r. | s | c:Z t A-. ~ ? c 5 Z CliOSSKS. : = I 3 j q?. I j ! nt. | oz. | 1!>. oz ' Holvme-, 2'H ~j~2 I 0? I 38$ 8~ .r) ? ! !/;? ?: I.oni, If* j ? | 2 I I 26 7 3? , 1) consltirc, 1 *? 1 I 1 1 I 28 ;> 9$ I AM m y. 19!"$ 1 I I 23 8 l)pvon ?!fc IIol. dcrnpss cross 25 2 ( ? I 32 8. 3$ ! D'-von & Long i Iiorn cross 28 2 1 ;>9 | 9 Pv von & Altlcr! tkv cross. 12 I 1 21$ I ) TAI5L-: 11. I Slu'win*: tii*> produce of five quarts 01 niiik, taken fmin the milking* <>1 five diticrent 1 1. mil I I rows Ul V<U !l Ul I'it." Sltiu u uii v,uo crosses. v-CA jnniMt'rTMnimL ? JIIWJWp?u?? ' IJuttor | l'rs'd C.C. ' BREEDS OF COWS. ] I OL. | U.S. | 07.. , ! iioid'rnos, 7 2 4 ] j Long horn, Gi 2 G , ( 1). voieliiiv, 2 9$ | Ai.U r;; y, ?>i 2 4 ! D'jvon .fx !! jiilornrss cross, 2 10 ' Devon \ i..>ri?!:orn cross, S 2 9$ ( D> von A: A! Ji-rnt v cross. 9 2 4 j ; The breeds and crosses placed in roialion ' I ' according to the quantity of food '.key cat:? 1. Hold*mess; '2. Devon and lloldcrnoss ^ cross; o. Lon*: horns; 4. Devon and j Long horns; 5. Devonshire; 6. Devon and ALiernrv r oss; 7. Alderney. The Devon and ilalJesness crossed. ( produce a vain ble stock, (verv much re- j s mbliug tiie Herefordshire cattle) of a , j ' irge M/.p, hardy, kind feed rs, and the j meat of :t;i ?\\c?4!ent (tu ditv. 1 i The Devon and Long horn cross are ( not s : large as tiie former, but very iiardv, ] I are iJ.nd feeders, and the meat of a good ( I T,:,KV- , ( Toe D -von and All rney crossed, pro| en?e% a \e y valuable stock, of a moderate i s , much improved in symmelrv, hardy,. J have a great prop nsitv to fatten at an s | early age, even upon indifferent food, and < j the meat very rich. < ! Lor i Sotnerville remaiks on the above i i experiments, ?*4By this it appears,that the ? ! D von and Al iernev cross maintain the ( | hi d: reputa ion, for butter and good food- i ' ia;r. wiiieli it has long had. Lite Devon 1 j brce iNelf stands next in rank."--Latej r. ncc on cuttle. I Warranty. Salisbury assizes, Julv | 1 GOf). S. v. D. 81 owes were sold, war- 1 i ranted- sound. Proved by ill" plaintiff, that defendant had water-meadow, which was accustomed to rot sheen, and that his | own grounds were sound. Plain!iff rcco1 vored S()7 lis. 8!. loss sustained by tlie * ! sheep.?lb. Cattle medicine. I b ven cattle pcrfura- | J ted with the irocharand canulu, in use for < the dropsy, introduced by Mr. Mason. 1 (iunpowaer in gin, or milk, succcssfullv ] ; given in the case, also tether. One ounce < I of gunpowder to a pint of milk. An i s!ic ll full of tar U an old remedy.?lb. ; i Heifers are superior to oxen in early ri- ; ! pening. i.e. in becoming fit for the butcher. 1 i Spayed heifers are known to fatten more ' speedily than are oxen of the same breed, 1 but do not attain an equal weight; they 1 are a!*o considered as of so much liner ' quality that, although lour or five stone ' lighter than steers, they have fetched a ! higher price. On the continent they are ' often spayed, and afterwaids worked as ( ' oxen, in which case they .are said to be pe- ( - culiarly apt to fatten, and to produce beef ( ! of a very superior quality.? I'M Timer, ' i tVc. | " If you drink water only," said Dr. John! son, "then you are sure not to <sct drunk, ? whereas if vou drink wine. vou are never \ sure." ERROR OF OVER-TASKINGTHF. INTELLECTUAL POWERS OF CHILDREN. ' The provalen' and pernicious custom of tasking the minds and confining l!ic bodies of children for hours in succession at homo and in schools, at a time of life when the growth of the body and the welfare of the system require cons'an! and playful exercise in the open air, and perfect freedom from rare and excitement of mind, is the fruitful source of much future bad health, and is eminently calculated to defeat die object aimed at by paroirs, namely,the mental excellence of the child. The premature cxer ion of intellect Jo which it is stimulated by the cons'ant excitement ofemulation and vani:v, far from strong heninjx, tends to impair the health and tone of :ho brain, and of nil the organs depending on it; and hence we rarely perceive the genius of the school manifesting in future years anv of the superiori y which a traded attention in early life; hut we find him on the contrary, either sunk hc'ow mediocrity, or dragging out a painful exis ence, the vie im of indigestion and mc'ancholy. On he o'her iiand, some of the mosl distinguished men who ever lived were in childhood remarkable only for Ileal h, idleness, and apparent stupidity. The illustrious Newton was, by his own account, an idle and inattentive boy, and "verv low in the school." till he readied 12 years of ago; and the young Napoleon him. self is described as "having good health, an 1 b' ing in other respec'slike other boys." Adam Clarke was considered "a grievous iunc " when a boy. ai d was seldom praised ; by his father except for his ability in rolling htrgc stones; which his robust frame and good health enabled him to do. Sliakspeare, ' r?-?, n c?. I I f I DOOM* usmil* uru.l, clliu U??>^ nnu III | ike ir.anm r undistinguished for precocious ignius. and were fortunately allowed to inJulge freely in those wholesome bodily exreuses. & that freedom of mind, which conrihu;cd so much to their future excellence. Flic mo horof Sheridan, too. Ion? regarded him as "the dullest and most hopeless of her >ons. Anion?the many who give great promse in early life, nnd whose talen s are then forced by ill judged cultivation into precocious ma uri y. how few live to manhood to reap the reward of their exertions, and how few of hose who survive preserve their su- ] perioritv unimpaired! Tasso was early j listinguished, and wro'c his immortal epic it twenty-two years of age; bir his life was mis? rahle, and his reason disordered, and lie di"d at fhirtv-two. Pascal is another .........il,. /-?f* *K/? oriivn mat,It ind T\ ir]?P \iiIIi.?iv; ur 411ix.- j *.r? 141(9 iuiu 1&.11 1 White and many otIters might be named, went it necessary. Experience, indeed, amply demonstrates,1 that precocious and excessive activity of intellect and vivacity of feclingare most powerful impedimcn's to healthy and vigorous j liges'ion, and consequently 4o a sufficient j nu rition. In earlv lite, therefore, when not i only health, but future usefulness, depends 1 mainly on die completeness and vigor; ivi'h which the system shall proceed to- i wards its full developenicnt. the prcserva- ; :ion of the digestive organs by suitable diet, I \xcrcise, and regimen, ought to be a prima- j ry object of atention with every sensible! wont, liven as regards superiority of | mind, the healthy developcment of the body j s of essential importance, as the only sure : otindadon on which mon'al excellence can 1 ae built; because, so long as mind and body | ire intimately connected with each other, lie former must continue to be affected by i ?very change in the condition of the organ- i zation 011 which it depends. We enjoy j idleness of vision by preserving the eye i 11 high health, and exercising i* regularly ' md moderately; and, in like manner, we can >b ain and preserve intellectual power only | nv preserving the health or the brain, and xorcising it in conformity with its natural :onstitution.?Combe. PARENTAL EXAMPLE. }>u: all endeavors to make right impressions on the mind of a child will verv genm 1 rally be found inefTectunl, if the character ;>f the narent does not correspond with his Instructions, and inspire his child with his j steem and affection. It is surprising how liod honors his own image among men. ' Paint as it is, even in the best, still its prox- 1 mity gives it effect, and it exercises a per. ; ion of his own sovereign power ever the hearts of his creatures. Tnis has been found to be the case in a remarkable man- i rtcr among savage and idolatrous nations, j when holy men have lived for a length of i imc among ihem as Missionaries. Every j ?voiot Krfc cf??u/*L' irith t!*o oO!nrnr]nr?n/l su\# IIUK^I on uva u mi MM v ii^wt j/i vjuv^'.t j bv living examples of the Christian graecs, i 3ii reading the accounts of the Moravian j Missions; and still more, perhaps, when in ! [he history of India h" finds what a wonder-1 fill ascendancy -he holy Swartz obtained ! aver the Hindus of all ranks, from ihc j highest to the lowest. But it is unnecessa- ! ry to look so far from home, to he convin- ; :ed of 'his truth. We every dav see it ex-1 mplificd among ourselves in the respect j md affec'ion whicli good men generally J acquire, when their bght has long shone before the same neighborhood. If the heau- : ies of the Christian character thus rccom* ! inend themselves to persons of ma'uro age, i ivhose evil habits are often so confirmed,! md whose tastes are so vitiated, it will not be mat er of wonder that they should have i peculiar charms for the minds of children, i Let a parent exhibit this character with ! consistency and prudence, and he will scliom fail to be loved and revered by his I children. And when this is the case, what in hority will belong to his example ! what weight to all his admonitions ! what ready 'tteirion will be paid to his verv wishes ! ; The difficulties of education will be won-j lerfuily smoothed. Ill-humor, distaste to ; particular studies, impatience under re- ; -traints. 'we.service and 'Cci*. a dis;?r>si lion to look on a parent as a hard master, not to mention other evils, will be in a very greaf decree avoided. If it may be allow| able to use the Prophet's language,4> crooked places will be made straight, and rough places plain." Put in proportion as a : parent tails to resemble in character that Divine Being who appoints him. as it were, his vicegerent in his family, this picture will fail to be realized : and in the worst cases ' it will he reversed. I CHRIST AN EXAMPLE FOR CHILDREN*. A parent inus- take special care always 1 to give the example of Jesus Christ a most dc- ( cidcd practical pre-eminence above allothers. ( It is ;iiis to which the child's attention mus he continually turned : it is this which he : must he taught equally to love and to re. ( vere : it is this alone on which he should 1 learn to rely, with unvarying confidence, as : always pur? nofb-perfect. In addiootT to 1 lite more direct and immediate benefits he 1 will dcri.e from thus flying to the example of his Saviour for guidance in his Christian 1 ^ ? , i |?at?i, no will, by the Pivine blessing, be ' powerfully led u> love Him, whose blessed image is so fr quently before his eyes.? : i He will obtain that near acquaintance with : his perfections,?that frequent intercourse, as it were with Himself,?which will call forth increasing admiration, and reverence, and regard. Thus will commence a trans- 1 formation into a similitude of that excellence 1 which has found a way to his heart: and, ''beholding as in a glass the glory of the 1 Lord," lie will be "changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the i Spirit of the Lord." I From the Sunday School Journal. AARON BURK. The biographer of the late Colonel Durr. does not hesitate to rank him among the most unprincipled and heartless of libertines. x\oi satisfied with a licentious career of more than half a century, he carefully pre. t J I ' "t i SLTYCU IU ll!S iUfc? *iU> UYUl V I'CtUJU Ui 1113 V ' crimes, and never spoke of them but with exultation. When it is known tiiat such a man had pious paren;s, it is natural to inquire what facts his life furnishes in corroboration of, or as exceptions to, the principles ol education, and the promises of the Bible '! We regard the case, as far as the only volume of his yet published carries his history, (the forty-fourth year of his age,) as a striking instance of the power of religious instruction in infancy, requiring many years of hold opposition to the force of conscience wholly to overcome if. It is a case of fearful warning to the children of I O pious parents. The lather of Aaron Burr was a dis inguished clergyman, and the first President of lite College of New Jersey, at Princeton. i y His mother was the daughter of the cele1 brated Jonathan Edwards, the second President of the same College. Both his pai - i- i i r I _ 1.?! .U:_J renis uieu oeiore iie reacneu mu uiiru wai of I lis age; yet the piety of his mother, and iter prayers on his behalf, were frequently brought to his mind by the letters in which she mentioned him whilst in his infancy. His biographer inserts a letter written by [ his mother to her father, a few months after her husband's death, which letter w;is enclosed to Col. Burr, by a pious ladv, with the following among other remarks :? O ^ Here in the wilds of , I have found an extract of a letter, written by your inestimable mother, nearly sixty years ago, of which you are the principal subject, and a transcript of which I shall enclose for your ; perusal. * * * The enclosed is calculated to excite mingled sensation, and of a melancholy and pleasing nature. The hand that penned it is now among "die just made perfect." Your mother had given ! you up by faith. * * * The great Augustine, in his early years, was an infidel in his principles, and a libertine in his conduc , which his pious mother deplored with bitter weeping. But she was told by her friends that "ihc child of so many prayers 1 and tears could not be lost;"and it was veri| ficd. to her happy experience, for he after! wards became one of the grand luminaries i of the church of Christ. This remark has 1 often been applied to you; and I trust you I will yet have the happiness to find that "die I prayers ol the righteous" have "availed much." Some expressions in the le ter of the widowed mother may serve to remind parents how well it is to bo resigned to the will of God in removing their children; on this ground, among others, of the uncertainty of what i heir future characters may be. My little son has been sick with the slow fever ever since my lather left us, -and has been brought to the brink of the grave. But I "nope, in mercy, God is bringing him up again. I was enabled to resign the child (after a severe struggle with nature) with the greatest freedom. God showed me that the child was not my own, but his, and that lie had a right to recall what he had lent, whenever he thought fit; and 1 had no reason to complain, or say God dealt hard 1 with me. This silenced me ! But how goo-1 is Uo(]! lit? hath not only kept ine < from complaining, hut comforted me by i enabling me to after up the child by faith. * * * Afb-r much self-examination and prayer I did give up myself and chil- i dren to God with my whole heart. * * * i O, to be delivered from the power of Satan l as well as sin ! 1 cannot help hoping the < time is near. God is certainly r ting me for himself; and when I think it will be soon that 1 shall be called hence, the thought is 1 transporting. i Ih.tr, made an orphan at so early an age the l influence of his parents had scarcely any ! time to make an impression upon his mind; and it is stated that when he was about four j' years old, having been offended by some j i one who bad charge of him, he ran from home and was not \ >'*nd for thwe or four11 clays. At the age often, he escaped from J the family of his uncle, in Elizabcthtown, < New Jersey, and engaged to go our as a < cabin-boy in a vessel at New York, hut ? was discovered and brought back before it < sailed. Such v. us the childhood of his way- t ward career. ? A short time before Burr graduated at c Princeton College, (which he did at the \ early age of sixteen,) many conversions i took place among the students, llis hiog- ( rapher observes tiiat from his infancy strong impressions had been made upon his mind i of the'existence of a Deity, and tiie ae- t countabdi'V of man;" but he was not picas- c ml with sumeof the circumstances of this c ' awakening." Yet beseems to have been s somewhat influenced bv the prevalent state c of feeling, for it is said that he sought "a I free and full conversation with Dr. Wither spoon, then the President of the College, oa t ilu? ynfrnve " tlio rtfcnl; nf u*Mrh. as the an- ' thor status, was that his mind was some- r what tranquilizer! hy the belief that it was the spirit of fanaticism and not of religion i by which liis companions were excited, c I fo wrote as a College exercise, an Essnv on < O ' ^ ^ k ho passions, which now stands in his life f is a striking rebuke upon his own course, which had already begun to be licentious, i Here is one paragraph: t Do we not frequently behold men of 5 the most sprightly genius, by giving the I reins to their passions, lost to society, and ] reduced to the lowest ebb of misery and despair ? Do we not frequently beho:J per- i sons of the most penetradng discernment i and happy turn for polite literature, by min- < gling with the sons of sensuality and riot, < blasted in the bloom ofiile 7 Such was the i fate of the late celebrated Duke of Whnr- ! ton?Wijmot, Earl of Rochester?and vil- ( licrs, Duke of Buckingham?three noble- ; men as eminently distinguished by their t wit, taste, and knowledge, us tor tiicir ex- { truvaganco, revelry, and lawless passions. ( In such cases, the most charming elevation, < the finest fancy, the brightest blaze of gen- < ius, and the noblest busrt of thought, call for i louder vengeance, and damn them to last- | ing infamy and shame. I There were some other incidents showing i < that, no withstanding the vicious course he j was pursuing, there was still a secret unea- I siness in his mind that he had to dispel before he could enter upon his unbridled liber- < tinism. One of his correspondent, in . 1772, afterwards the Rev. Dr. S. Spring, < reminded him of the desire of hi* parents that lie should follow bis father and grand- < father in the Ministry, and calling upon him I to improve his present opportunities of turn- i ing to God. In the next year, we find him I i : A. i. _ 1 ... A . resolving 1101 iu euier upon uuv perujuueui i employment in life until his religious unea- i sin ess was in some manner composed. ; With this object lie visited the Itev. Dr. i Bellamy, in Connecticut, who kindly re. i ceived him, and whose library supplied him with religious books that occupied iiitn for a j whole winter from sixteen to eighteen hours < daily. The result of his reading, and free t conversations with Dr. Bellamy, are stated < in this indelini'e manner :? j Here he remained until the spring of 1771, < when to use his own language, ne "came \ to the conclusion that the road to heaven was open to all alike." lie, however, from i that time forward, avoided most studiously ? aii disputation on the subject of religion. j Judging from the records and correspon- i dence of the remainder of the volume, we I understand this assertion to mean that he < from that time made no farther inquiry or i reference to tiie subject of religion. Tiiis i was at the age of seventeen, up to which < time at least, be seems to have been obliged s to maintain a conflict with the feelings that t had their origin in the associations of his j infancy, and the prayers of his dying mother, t Military ambition soon afterwards inflamed ( him, and we read 110 more of any anxiety i rp?rwinfr thr? enndifinn fit' his soul. t mob and riot in new york. ] A few agrarian jacobins in the Citv of i New York posted up at the public corners ' anu published in the infidel and agrarian pa- 1 pers of the city a hand bill, of which the following is a copy. , BREAD, 31 EAT, RENT, FCEf. ! I Their Prices must Come Down! j C^The Voice of the i>eo[>le shall be Heard, < and Will prevail! 1 O^rThc People wilimeet at the Park. Rain 1 or Shine, at 4 o'clock, on Monday Af- c ternoon ? To inquire into the Cause of the present 1 unexampled Distress, and to devise a suita- ( ble Remedy. Ail Friends of Humanity, ' determined to resist .Monopolists and Extortioners, are invited to attend. MOSES JAQUES, P. GORIIAM, ' PAULUS HKPL. JOHN WINDT, I). A. ROBERTSON, ALEX'R MING. Jun. 1 \V. IIAVWARD, ELIJAH l\ CRANE, t New York, iebruary It), 1837. ^ Tiic result is detailed by tiie Journal of r Commerce as follows : i The character of a meeting to be conven- 1 ed under such a uotice, at a period when < there is much suffering among the poor, and 1 under the auspices of such men, could nor J hut be foreseen. The notice itself was in- I (lammatory. But even had it been ever so f temperately worded, the very proclamation 1 for a meeting to act upon such topics, was ofiiseifcalculated to arouse into burning t fury the viic passions which the degraded * portion of the press has been so earnestly 5 laboring, for 2 or three years past, to kindle in the bosoms of the laboring classes, by r their war-cry of the poor against the rich. > Still, from the uncommon severity of the i weather, yesterday, we indulged a hope that 1 the meeting would be thinly attended, and i its spirits chilled into inaction. Such, however, was not the case. At 4 nY!'*"k, a eoncmir*0 of several dien?ands < \ had convened in front of the City Hull? ;om(K)Sed, as we arc assured, of the very :anailL' of the city, arid ooinbiding within itself*ail the elements ofouragc, r:ot and rev>fu*ions. Moses J a q ties was selected as he fitting chairman of such a meeting. But >rd:-r was not the presiding genius en the jccasion. and the mee ing was divided into rarious groups, each of which was ha rangted hy sonic chosen demagogue, after his ivvn fashion, and on Iiis own consent. Conspicuous among the orators was Mow. Ming, jr., a patriot who has several imes been honored as one of the Jackson :andida:es for the office of Register of the ii v.?His discourse, on the present occa;ion, is represented as having bqp n less exiting and inflammatory than were those of lis fellow orators, as he confined himself to he currency ques*ion?enforcing the docrines of hi^grea^ colleague of reform, Col. - *j Jciion, anuadvising people to discard bank lotes, and jeccive nothing hut the precious At tlin pln?.? nf ilns hnrtmnrur. Ming introduced a set of resolutions, of the rharncler of vvliicli wo are no fuither itiform d, than thai one of them proposed a memorial to the Legislature, praying tKe prolibi'ion of a!l bank notes under the der.omnation of one hundred dollars.?The illusrious patriot was then uplifted upon the.boulders of the sovereign mob, and borne >roudly aloft to Tammary Hall, the proper )!acc for all patriots of bis own complexion. There were other speakers, however, ,v!io came directly to the business of the meeting; and in the most exciting manner, Jenounced the landlords, and the holders * if flour, for the prices of rents and provisoes. One of these orators, in the course of lis address, after working upon the passions if his audience, until tliey were fitted for Ik; work of spoil and outrage, is reported o have expressly directed the jiopular vengeance against Mr. Eli Hart, who is one if our most cxtensi e flour dealers, on mmmissior. "Fellow citizens!" he exclaimed," Mr. Ilart has now 53,000 barrels of flour iu his store: let us go and offer lim 8 dollars a barrel, and if he does not iL-p it"?}ipr? some nersoti touched the >rator on the shoulder, and he suddenly owe red his voice, and fin ished* the sentence jy saying, "we will depart in peace." .? The hint was sufficient, and having ?arricd Ming in triumph to the temple of Anarchy, a large hody of the meeting moved >ff iu the direction of Mr. Hart's store, in Washington, between Dey and Courtlaml streets. The store is a very large brick building, having three wide but strong iron doors upon the street. Being apprised of the approach of the mob, the clerks secured the doers & windows, but not until the middie door had been forced, and some twenty cr thirty barrels of /lour or more, rolled into the street, and the heads staved in. At this point of time Mr. Hart arrived himself on the ground, with a posse of officers from the police. The officers were assail:d by a portion of the mob, in Dey street, hi*ir ?tnvrs wrested from them, and shiv cred to pieces. The numbers of the mob lot being large at this time, the officers succeeded in entering the store, and for a short ime interrupted the work of des:ruction. The mayor next arrived at the scene of waste and riot, and attempted to remonstrate with the infatuated multitude on the ollv of their conduct?but to no purpose: heir numbers were rapidly increasing, and tis honor was assailed with missiles of all sorts at hand, and widi such fury that he va> compelled to retire. Large reinforcrnents of the rioters having arrived, tlte offi-' ;ers were driven from the held, and the >tore carried by assault?the first iron rloor orn from its hinges, being used as a battering am agahist the others. The Destructivet it. once rushed in, and the windows and Joots of the lofts were broken open. And 1-1 1- -tj . low aga>n commenced me worn uiuesiruo ion. Barrels of flour, by dozens, fifties and hundreds, were tumbled inio the street from the doors, and thrown in rapid succession from the windows, and the heads of those that did not break in failing were instantly staved in. Intermingled with the flour, were sacks of wheat by the hundred, which were cast into the streets und their contents hrown upon the pavement. About one liousand bushels gof wheat, and four or ir five hundred barrels of flour were thus wantonly and foolishly as well as ivull wick, idly destroyed. The mijst.active of .the iestmctioaisfs were foreigners?indeed the greater part of the assemblage was of exotic irigin: but there were probably five hurired or a thousand others, standing by and ibetting their incendiary labors. Amidst the falling nd bursting of the larrels and sacks of wheat, numbers of wo. nen were engaged, like the crones who striphe dead in battle, filling lite boxes and bos. vets with which they were provided, and - * heir aprons, with flour, and making oit vith it. One of the destructives, a boy, mined James Roach, was seen upon one of he upper window sills, throwing barrel afer barrel into the street, and cryingouf with ?very throw?"here goes flour at eight debars a barrel!"' Early in 'heassault, Mr.' .'Iarfs counting room was eotered,. his )ooks and papers seized aod scattered to lie winds, And herein, .probably, consists lis great loss. .%* Night has now closed upon tlie scene; but he work of destruction did out cease until :?rong bodies of police arrived, followed, ;oon afterward, by detachments of troops. The store was cleared, by Jus ice Lownda ind Bioodgood, and several of the rioters' vcre arres'ed, and despatched :o Brklewolt;. jndor charge of Bowver, of the polieej ?)n lis way to the prison, he ami h's assistants vere assailed, his coat torn from bis back,' i rid several of the prisoners were rescued. Several more, however, mere afterwards 'nn'orcd and secured. . - - Hid