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For example, the fruit I see tempts me with the taste of U that I love, but if it endanger my health, I part .with a constant and lasting for a very short And'transient pleasure, and so foolishly make Myself unhappy, and am not crua to my own interest. Huntinv. nlavs. and other innocent di versions, delight roe'; ff I make use of them to refresh myself after study and business, they preserve my health, restore the vigor of my mind, and increase my pleasure; but if I spend all, or the greatest part of my time in them, they hinder my improvement in knowledge and useful arts, they blast my credit, and-give me up to the uneasy state of shame, 1gno* ranee, and contempt, In which I eatriot but be very unhappy. Drinking, gaming, and vicious delights, will do nie this mischief, - not only by wasting my time hut by a positive efficacy endanger my healih, impair my parts, imprint ill habits, lessen my esteem, and leave a constant lasting torment on my conscience; therefore all vicious and unlawful pleasures I will always avoid, because such a mastery of my passions will afford me a constant pleasure greater than any such enjoyments; and also deliver me from the certain evil of several kinds, that bv indulging my self in a present temptation 1 shall certainly afterwards suffer. All innocent diversions and delights, as far as they will contriLute to my health, i and consist With my improvement, condi- < lion, and my other more solid pleasures 1 of knowledge and reputation, I will enjoy, I but no farther, and this I will carefullj' < Avatch and examine, that I may not he | deceived by the flattery of a present plea- i sure to loso a greater. ' Miscellaneous. ' A grand Balloon.?The new balloon intended by Mr. Green for an excursion C3 if 1 1 1 C^I.I 1 A .. 13 to ocuuuii'j, hub ut'cu uuisiieti. alii u?iiglish paper gives a description of the enormous machine, a trial of which was recently made at the Salford gas-works: "The balloon is 170 feet in circumfer- | encc, 80 feet high when inflated, contains , 2000 yards of silk, holds 70,000 cnbic | feet of gas, and whfllt inflated with pure, | hydrogen, would ascend with 28 persons j of the average weight of 103 lbs each; it is calculated that with common coal gas, it would ascend with 8 or 10 persons, hesides ballast and apparatus. Mr. Qreen and Mr. Taylor had got into the car, and the balloon, which was then held by a s'.nglc rope, was allowed to ascend a foot or two. Carpenter was holding on the rope, with several soldiers, when the bolloon began to rise; the soldiers let go too soon, and carpenter was taken up with the balloon to the height of two hundred ( feet from the ground. The intrepid fellow, however, got up the rope and scaled the side of the car with great dexterity. The aeronauts descended safely near the farm-house of Mr. Job Brownhill, close to the Disley and Macclesfield canal, at a quarter before six o'clock, after a delightful voyage of forty-five minutes." Effects of the Air.?Mr. Roberts, an ' Engineer on the Liverpool and Munchester Rail Road, relates a curious incident , which occurred to him, not Jong since, illustrative of the force which the wind exerts upon locomotive carriages, ft was blowing a hurircane, and the wind was almost parallel with the Rail Road in the direction of Manchester. He was directed to take an engine and follow the train, ' which it was feared might not he able to contend with the wind that was blowing. He did so, and on his return he found that the wind which was blowing about 80 miles an hour, was sufficient to carry them along without the smallest assistance from steam. In this manner they went at such a speed, as completely to neutralize the effect of the hurricane. Sometimes they had a puff of ahr in their faces, and sometimes they felt a slight effect from the wind at their backs, but generally the effect was that of a calm still air. Civility is the consequence of a good educetion, and the true mark of polite parentage, it has the property of at trading the good opinion of people at a little expense, and even brutality yields - to its power. It is certain that civility has extraordinary effects; for it ,forces men to bo honest, makes avarice ashamed of itself, softens the savage heart, and keeps the clown at a distance. To a great prince it is an invaluable diamond in bis crown; among the vulgar it is a wonder if aver found. It i? a great recommendation to a literary man, and often Procurer more ho;n>r theroby than fur his literary abilities, ' ^ ' f 1 ' t in one continued line* allowing tbies feet for the nridtK ofeach "^rave, end three ' feet between them* the line of mvet would extend 3,409 miles. 'Were they to be bariedh) one jemta yard, they would cover en eree offiSp qpree* end m fence to enclose it would be more then four miles in clreufL Wet hes Its horror*; famine has its horrors; pestilence has it# horrors; but the horrors of ihteraperance concentrated end exceed them nil. In ten years time the* whole procession will here passed, end the grave yard will be filled.? How long shall it be so t Will an end never come! ^ MYe?.M When Gabriel shall sound his Trumpet. Society*?When neighbors dwell tomlh?r in n*iM St in f.lonftaklr* .?? 0 V w mm* |? vwwf v <Vl?WSII?|/f W??rerse for usoful improvement, or harmeless amusement, take part In eact other's prosperity and adversity, concur iti the, government of their families, are candid to excuse and careful to conceal each other's tririal or accidental failings, studious to reform real and dangerous faults; when all abide in their calling and quietly perform their own business, and meddle not with the temporal concerns of others,- a blessing will attend their labors, and success will smile upon -their designs. Their intercourse will be easy, pleasant and virtuous, and a foundation will be laid for the happiness ol succeeding generations. But if each is bound up within himself, and looks with indifference on all around hifo, or ^beholds his inferir with contempt, and his superior with envy; if every meeting is filled with impertinent and angry Controversy, and every visit employed in tattling and backbiting; if neighbor defames neighbor, and each watches for advantage against the other? if an acquaintance receives you with feigned smiles of pleasure and friendly greelhigs, but debase your character when your bick is turned-1?if every brother 1 will endeavor "to supplant, and fivery neighbor to walk in slanders, One had better flee to the solitary mountains* ahd dwell alone in the earth. The Dea*> SeA.?Mr. Buckingham in his interesting lectures supports the opinion that the dead sea, is called by that name, because no living thing is to be found in it or around it. The Dead Sea, or rather the Lake known by that name, was, no doubt, formed by the burning of Sodom and Gomornh, and the doomed , rities which were built on that bituminous ~ nineral known as asphaltes, which soon guiles and burns with great quickness. \lelt some asphaltes and pour it into a tumbler" of water, and after it remains some time the water has all the bitterness of the Dead Sea; hence the impossibility . of fish of any kind living in it, but birds and living animals are not effected by ? being near it.- Mr. Stephens, in his in- < teresting incidents of travels, is clear on * this point. He saj s,? j " Almost at the moment of my turning ^ from the Jordan to the Dead Sea, notwith- c standing the Jong credited account account that 110 bird could fly over it without drop- j ping dead on its surface, I saw a flock of guils floating quietly on its bosom, and . when I roused them with a stone, they J flew down the lake, skimming its surface!. until they were out of sight." Romantic and pious imaginations are apt to attribute Tacts to other causes "than their natural ones. We have always been of opinion that the great mass of the Naptha, Petrolium and Asphaltes run 1 throughout Palestine, and from internal , ttes and volcanic eruptions, produce so! many fatal earthquakes.?N. Y Star. Agricultural. j! ITALIAN SPRltSG WML AT. * 0_J ^ 1^44~*. - ! CV__ r?x/1aci j wy u mjiici jusiii t rur \jurr CNjH/JlUlJlg OCC- i retary of the New Castle Agricultural Society of I Delaware, to thk Editor of the Baltimore Far. J ?u?r 4* Oardner. \ "Knowing the interest you tuke in ? every thing that appertains to the. agri- t rullut il advancement and prosperity of | r>tir country, and how acceptable facts ? end practical experiments are to the con-) iluctor of the Fairnec dt Gardner, 1 send)] you a loaf of bread., made from the J t Italian Spring Wheat, raised on the farm | of my enterprising friend, Philip Reynold, I Rsqr. who is known to man) of yonrji readers, as the President of the Agricui-M tural Society* and one of the most prominent farmers of Delaware, and who stated I to the members of the late quarterly I meeting of the Society held at Newark, i his experience and confidence in the sue- i cess of the Italian Spring Wheat, so < highly spoken of lately to the North and i commented on in different publications. From eight bushels of the seed procured i bv him Irom Mr. Hatheway of Rome, i N. Y., he has raised, about one hundred j and twenty bushels, and had heard and I believed, from its purity, that it w. uld i make good bread. Some of our old and respectable farmers present expressed doubts about Spring Wheat, the same grain they thought had been tried in this) State many years ago, and that the flour from it was considered little better than rve flour?that it was dark and heavy.? ft occurred to us, to suggest.* trial of the bread made from this wheat, and that a lot of it might be sent to a disinterested committee of two members of the society. The proposition was immediately acceded to by Mr. Reybold, and the wheat was liberally furnished by him. It was taken to mill by one of the committee, unmixed with any -other wheat, ground and bolted in his presence, and baked by hie cook in ? the usual orfwner. At Uia Agricultural i Jinner, I need MttMljr add* thai ll |?V9 < Universal satisfaction to the large and *? > tclli(eBt company present, (among whom 1 word *%ederaT ^tVhfated miliar*, hereto(V*e rather skeptical, bat who ware convinced, is well is gratified, as soon as they saw of the bread made from Wlfgat wwa p? tne t7in or u?i mwnj.?-:io Iho wheat-growers of Maryland and Virfrinia; and Indeed our whole Middle Mtatee, n pari of the country, we think thia grain ie destined to become of vital inAportrnce, and that it will, succeed hi those States, av we have ascertained It will (to in Delawaie, I have not the least doubt.. Here tie yield bars beon about 90 bushels to the acre without manure, and on tolerable. soil only?whilst the Winter Wheat in adjoining fields cultivated in the beat manner, and by good fnrmers, has not given half that crop, in consequence of the ohange in our winters, and the ravages of the Hessian fiy. The loaf I send you is the best essay thai can be given on the subject, as at settles and establishes the fact, that good fiour, and white and light bread, have been made, exhibited and eaten, for the first time in this State from SpYing Wheat. This test has made many converts to it.with us, aud although our farmers should not abandon winter grain altogether, it is a most happy refleotion for them to know that thev have a second resource in the Italian Spring Wheat, should their first crop fiail. Yours, most Respectfully, J AS. W. THOMSON. Wilmington, 5th Oct., 1837. Extract vf a letter from the Hon. Williafn H. Tilghman, late a Senator in Congress from Mary, land, dated ' Talbot County, Mil. Nov. II. "Coming near home I saw Mr. Reybold, or rather the result of a committee of the Kent County, Delaware, Agricultural Society, who have had the flour made of some of his Spring Wheat, and bread of the flour, which gave universal satisfaction to a large and intelligent company , present, at a meeting among whom were ' several celebrated millers." The above wheat, purchased of Mr. [lutheway, direct from Rome, N. Y., on ipplication to John L. Pierce, Bull's lead. North 3d street, Philadelphia?who J las mad" arrangements to forward it to ( Baltimore after the closing of the Dela- j vare river?Price in Philadclnhia. ftI5l >er barrel. Congressional. i ?????? ?? ? w WASHINGTON, ) ,, Dec. 23. $ p Mr Calhoun's Resolutions^ Mexico. | Q In the {Senate, to-day, Mr. Calhoun tal- | j. ed up his Resolutions relative to aggfres- a lion of Hlates, and of combinations ofl g heir citizens upon the 81avcholding \ Btate? of ihc South and West,?an ab-L >tract of which I sent you in my last. x [fe moved that they be postponed to L Wednesday next, and be made the order >f the day fur that dy. Some discussion g irose on this motion, in which Mr. Callounexpressed the opinion that something c nust be done by the South on this sub- j ect; that it was idle to expect any efficient iction on the p?rt of the Non-Slavehold ng |Rc presentaiives?they being cnibar-1 * rased by political considerations; that [his was the great disease of the country; md thai it would be better to attempt to arrest the disorder to-day* than to-morrow, and to-morrow, thun next day. Mr. r-tr-inge was willing to vote for the * Resolutions. He tpproved of their prin ciples, but Ire was opposed to the introluctioh of any proposition, on the part of the South, which was calculated to increase and continue agitation on the J uibjcn. Sir. Preston spoke ih opposition to the' Resolutions, as too abstract in their charlCter, and as inefficient for any particular purpose. He assented to all-the propo- . unions of his colleague, hut to arrest them is abstractions, wi'hout carrying out their principles by legislation, would, lie argued. bo of no avail. I Thou shalt do no murder," was a pro* position to which all agreed in the ab- * i tract, hut it would he useless, without 1 practical legislation. He also stated, that I rhe Southern members weTe now engaged I n considering what general measure on < this subject should be brought forward. < Mr. Calhoun was willing and anxioufe. ' fie said, to unite in any measure, having I in view the protection of the rights and j interests of the South, and he thought I the adoption of these Resolutions would' strengthen any action which might hereafter be resolved on by Southern members. The chief object of his proposition was, to present the Southern view of the question, and, st the same time, to offer a ground upon which all Anti-Abolition Senators could unite. Mr. Calhoun's motion finally prevailed. Mr. Norvell, of Michigan, offered a series of Resolutions on the subject of Abolition memorials* providing that they should not hereafter be received. It is not at all probable that the R< solutions would obtain the vote of many Northern | Senators. It would break them at home.J t In the House, to-day, a further deba^ ' \ of considerable interest took p ace on the i motion to refer the New York Peace So- i ciety memorial; (which prays Congress 1 to accede to the proposition alk-dged to i have bcton made by the Mexican Congress, i for the ^adjustment rtfc the difficulties, be- j tween the two countries,) to the Commit- I tee on Foreign Affair*. Mr Howard sta 11 ted that the proposition referred to in the/1 J ' ' % memorial, wii received by OA SeereU# of State, ia anotejUfed on |he Wd inat. He sakV however?!* wa?^og>f*pied by a SW Decree, directing ibe porta of Mexico to be closed ijfrtast th* United States, and their manufactures prohibited, dee. in case the United States shall delay satiffeetiea for the aggressions by thero committed on the^ rights of Mexico. He regretted "to any Chat be did not see in the Deerer itself nor io -the mode and time Of its communication, the evidence, of a more friendly disposition on the part of the Mexican Ott^rnment iowards' tiiia couh- i try. Moreover, he insisted that the pfo-'1 position was not, in facusraade by the Mexican Government. It was only a Decree of the mexican Congress. Tim memorial was refer&ed to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The lette)- oT our correspondent, to which he makes reference to-day, as containing an abstract of these important Resolutions, has not reached its. We are indebted to the courtesy of the Editor of the Fatrio'f, for a copy of them, which we now lay before our readers. Resolved, That in the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the States adopting the same, acted severally, as free, independent, and sovereign States* and that each, for itself, by its own voluntary assent, entered the union with the view to its increased security against all dangers, domestic as well as foreign, and the more perfect andlsecur'e enjoyment of its advantages, natural, political and social. Resolved, That in delegating a portion of their powers, to be exercised by the Federal Government, the States retained, severally, the exclusive and sole rijthti over their own domestic institutions and police, and are alone responsible for them, and that any intermeddling of any one or more Stales, or a combination oT their citizens, with the domestic institutions and police of the others, oh any ground, or under any pretext whatever, political, moral, or religious, with the view to their alterat on, or subversion, is an assumption of superiority not warranted by the Constitution, insulliug to the States interfered with, tending to endanger their domestic peace and tranquility; subversive of the objects for which the Constitution was formed, and by necessary consequence, tending to weaken and desHroy the Union tscIT. Resolved, That this Government was ostituted and adopted by the several Slates of this Union as a common agent, n order to carry into effect the powers . hich they had delegated by the Constiution for their mutual security and | ros>erity; and that, in fulfilment of this high nd sacred trust, this Government is >ound so to exercise its nowp.ran? in .riv<. - ? i? ; "" to" ' i8 far as may be practicable* increased liability and security to ibe domestic inititutions of the States that compose the' Jnion; and that it is the solemn duty o( | he Government to resist at all attempts >y one portion of the Union, to use it as in instrument to attack the domestic inlitutions of another, or to weaken or detroy such institutions, instead of strengthning and upholding them, as It in duty >ound to do. Resolved, That domestic slavery, as it exists in the Southern and Western States )f this Union, compose an important part *f their domestic institutions, inherited from their ancestors, and existing at the idopliou of the Constitution, by which it is recognised as constituting an essential element in the distribution of its powers imong the States, and that no change of opinion, or feeling, on the part of the sther States of the Union in relation to i!, can justify them or their citizens in open and systematic attacks thereon, with the view to its overthrow; #n(l nil such attacks are in manifest violation oi the mutual and solemn pledge to protect and defend each other, given by the States respectively, on entering into the Constitutional compact, which formed the Union, ind as such is a manifest breach of faith, ind a violation oi the most solemn obligations, moral and religious. Resolved, That the intermeddling of iny State or States, or their citizens, to ibolish slavery in this District, or any of he Territories, on the ground, or under he pretext, that it is immoral or "sinful, >r the passage of any act or measure of Dongress, with that view, would be a direct and dangerous attack on the institutions of all the Slave-holding States. Resolved, That the Union of these i States rests on an equality of rights and i advantages among its members; and that whatever destroys that equality, tends to lestroy the Union itself; and that it is the < solemn duty of all, and more especially i >f this body* which represents the States in their corporate capacity, to resist all i attempts to discriminate between the States i in extending the benefits of the Govern- ! ment to the several portions of the Union; ind that to refuse to extend to the Southern and Western States any advantage < which would tend to strengthen* or ren-| Jer them more secure, or increase their ;i limits of population by the annexation of j lew territory or States, oh the assump- I lion or under the pretext that the institu- ' lion of slavery, as it exists atnong them, 1 is immoral or sinful, or otherwise nlmnv. < ? ? I ? iuui, would be contrary to that equality of 1 rights and advantages which the Con-It ititution was intended to secure alike toll nil the members of the Union, and would, in effect, disfranchise, the slaveholding States, withholding from them the advftn-1 rages, while it subjected them to thai burthorns of the Government. | ^msmmammmsaBsamsBssmsBam a'i ' ' OrncE or theJi! Y. Oaxktm, J . Deo'r. 38,1837. J The pacet ship, St. James, from Portsmouth England, arrived last night* The news she brings is very unimportant.? The London money market was still. The capitalists were waiting to learn the eoittdnts of the <2ueen*s speech,rbefore they veqturpd on active operations.? Very large exports of specie have taken .pjiace* 1,010 ounces of gold and 6,766 'ounces of silver from the port of London alone. Large shipments haffe also been made from Liverpool. This is accounted for by British finances, in this way.? They stale that our markers are already glutted with.English goods, and the de * * ? - / A A Atll.. ? . mana ana mgn price 01 cuuun lumimmig unabated, these exports are to cover the American importations. I believe myself ihe Bri.ish specie exports to be in a great measure owing to this cause. There is, perhaps, another which has had no little influence. It is now the almost ascertaiu ed fact, that the crops of Fgyph owing to the non-rising of the Nile, will produce little or nothing. Minor occurrences have also helped to bring about this effect, of which one perhaps is. that spccio can be imported here at a profit. The wisdom of our Government in its opposition to the paper money system is becoming every day wore apparent, and before long, the American people will hail its destruction as secondary only in its happy results tp the war Of independence, From all parts ofthe world, the precious metals are pouring in upon us. The ship John IW. Cator arrived yesterday from Kings ton, Jamaica, ?he brought tfou,wu in specie, "consigned to the Merchants bank here. She brought also other consignments of gold and silver to a considerable amount. If Providence only favors .* us during the next two months-, the opening spring will commence with considerable commercial action. Our mechanics and laborers will find ready employment, and the delusions of Federal sophistry, . aided by distress, will be listened to no more. I told you not to expect much during the holidays; wc are dull?\cry dull here, (I speak commercially,) and little or nothing can be said to be done. From Canada-, intelligence comes yet "in such unquestionable shape," that I am fearful of relating any thing as positively true. The newest tale is, that the British authorities have employed the Canadian Indians against the insurgents, that numbers of them have been tomahawked and scalped! and that these ruthless barbarians are spreading desolation and despair, wherever they appear. I hope for the sake of humanity?for the honor of the British name?that this horrible relation is a falsehood. Numbers ol volunteers are daily joining the en, campmcnt at Nuvy Island. The dislodging the forces collected there, will, I am certain, be no easy accomplishment.? Til 1. t O 1 I C fiwo cni/l 4 /"* l\/> a a1Im/iIi*\iw yv - .. w OJUII913 UIC DUIU IU UU LUIIfl llllg Ull the Canada sidr, (earful of an inroad being attempted from the island. A light is inevitable. To-night there is to be a meeting for the relief of the distressed Canadian insurgents at Vauxhall garden, in our city. A number of highly respectable and substantial citizens have appended their names in favor of it. The proceedings will be interesting. I shall attend, and relate them in my next letter. The "private executions," &.c, turn out to be fables. The Montreal Courier of the 20th inst. exprcfcsly declares, "There has not been, to ibis day, a single prisoner executed, or condemned by martial law or any oiher law The burning of St. Benoit it admits as true* Stocks of ull kinds, produce' &<\ remain unchanged. Specie has declined from 1-2 to 1 per cent. A lot of American gold was otiered to-day at 104. The bid obtained, was only 103 1-2. INT A TPTirTAMirti T r? 1 *?? v?i?4 i uvni?9) J ill* f Dec. 20, 1837. $ To the Editor of the Commercial Bulletin. Dear Sir?I have recently travelled entirely through Texas, and as I find your paper has an extensive circulation in that country, I suppose a few items of newg from that country would not be unacceptable to you. The country is in a very prosprrous condition. The Indians on its borders are entirely peaceable. Provisions are plenty and comparatively cheap. All the different departments of government are quietly performing their several duties. Several candidates are spoken of for the next nrpfii>lpn/?v ?????? , j t umuiig Will/Ill IIIU IIIUBI prominent aro Lamar and Rnsk. Emi grants continue to pour into the county in immense numbers from all parts cr the world. In travelling from Games' Ferry on the Sabine River, to this place, I met at least one hundred persons. The Steamboat Black Hawk which landed at this place this morning, brought at least fitly passengers bound for Texas?many of them men of t\nn1tl? infolllirnnro Lands ore rapidly rising in value and immense speculations ore being made.? Bui the quickest and surest speculations take place in some of the new towns.? riie town of Aurora on the Sabine Bay, fias not been known to the world three months, and already the proprietors have, sold fifty thousand dollars worth of lots there, and yet the most valuable part of the property is unsold. This town is all the rage in eastern Texas. It has entirely cast all the small towns into the shade. In a company ofemignnts, I saw a wagon marked in large letters, Aurora, and found that its owner was wending his way