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V .r r ' ,xrj) z2J si .7 i ) UNION, THE CONSTITUTION., AND TUB LAWS-THE fJUlRDflNS OP OUR MBERTlT V.I. XVIII. FRIDAY IirXCJilXEU 2'2, 127. " .. 1.1..... 11,0 901; rstM(Ur! B'trfwJ) '.V ', Mrt eegt-r. 4 . rrff WORDS TO YOUNG MEN'. ' .! i .: f .1.:. L.,kl- iflia which we live. that the L. mvH ff the humbb-st and poorest ltt become useful and respec. UV is ' Tl PTf ro,v om pt-sai w11 y obtain . - .lupatim m tar ill fit idem for wwes nu cnnsequeni rctiw p.lk". I "'m , ss apprenticed meeha'tie. but what r!f-nprovcmeni and applies (tore his mind by useful reading to VfM Mh useful and respectable in w j jynit. une wui in uy cupiojeu reslng. will, io the coon of few tear. tnble hint to stud side by side ft a oiu hill f hi fellow men who have jv .pporiu liues of receiwng rj rJ , r. . if am I. octal education. Itu w B, ,v mi ig 'c of good natural talent! ja.r ti i i neglected by their parr nu or t,4rf.jni regard to their education! hive sercly had ilic rudiments if iirif m uher tongue, but might, by a V,JiMiin, iiffliiin all these ad wr. nrcumiU'icr, and become orna- , i t it ui r the church. I wa i- - i.- - .1.- ti 'M'-e jrm f o rearing ui uiv ,i: , u.'jnit f uiif of out mtet i umcnt al ill Mir i ri Hiiu. irew c wa .1.1 I .. .1 - tH .x'i. II - m iJ lu linujj y hard jj.iv Iii r. At t!iit pcrioa l iu e I A Ik 4 It. cu.i.n'inni icirning iiiv a u . u ,ni !.. 'if.H'ured a few book, ami in a y ut ii 141 a litlk library ! Iio ikn. lie ir Ih-ti a weui'ier l I otigrt I r jn..nri'fyfar. and filleJth.il sUii.ni c.ih h .Mtur and credit; a J lan a k Ii wu GovfMor of a wettern aiate. Nor Lj ne b tfi mi wonhy of auch a tmi, I i. iW'jueiiHj cafe, out tin mc cu trt lie t rininei.ily qualified for il, and t 114 1 ian!i'i in the lull of tt-giftja-u in unvrr bfcn queaiioufd. hniini; Wq une of t n jai eloquent and cf&cient Ii 11 true, that not every one will b4 aSie hi become eminent, but every one it. bv imnrovinjj his uletiu, do uurli toward hn owa advancement in inte'.lnr tol imprdveruenL If youn oitn can or.W He inlvired t spend their eniig4 a? 4 w. ii ofuI readia. no iDatter l it boi bt-.-n their oppurtuniue fren.nnly, thek m.iv yrt becime whU ttiey ate no' n) 'ikei Wi be inlelligeti:, wet'fi.i BtDia of .iei-i; and whe.her tin v mi time IiiIk mechanic ur farnifrs r 19, 'W ili ad irn their atatinn, and ad I an i".ctiu!abl a naunt to their petviid t....Sri ni! hup,iine, by o.-siii ojrceioi'iijoym'nt withui theitiKelvev. f' m t'i! (I -rt T-!g-in . ADVANTAGES OF PARING A NEWSPAPER. W ate not ij'ti njj t write you a lio n ly m tliii woriHiut anWect. We kmw T'iii w ildVi rea l it if we did. H it we vim to tell you a little ciriiflnne tint occurred a iliort time since in tin neih V'tlhioJ, which will Dot occupy much Bore space than yon have already gone r. It is thio: A suhcnSer f our, hi like tno many other w!n don't their own interests, got the lool.sii uln into hi head that he rnuldii't aflord ti ukf the papr any lonijer, aa the tiinea 111 viime to dreadfully hard although Le1) a farmar. a mkirxr more ni ¬ ne- Oinu ever he did and so he dion tinml it. We struck his name out reluc taiJy, a we do all good subscribers, and i'cirJing to hi ordets, sent him no more papers. 11 isn't long however, say two weeks. ftfure we had another visit from him. It an iercd tliat he couldn't nfTor.l I tn tike so piper any longer; and he forth j "'ti hail Ins name re-eniered on onr kt. "I ai the rune tune, suitm? the action 10 t'1" word, hf rerhod m a $3 birk note nine of Dyott's and we imttaiith' re- 0 afd turn a good three dollar corp ira- U olaster. and 9 rrpinlf,.r the h..laiu-p: lie being one of those kind, hospitable own, who f4 into the good practice of psyms tlieir subsonotions in advance. Bui l l us have the litile ciictimsUnee.' think we hear some ol our readers SuV. 11 1. K.ir. n,p.!iinMtnii fthalt h-iVI. It -. fe j ...... .. " trice. After handing bun the three "I'll'.rs and lhr ri.einl.iai nlwsvs (rise x ;-n rP'' litis', lie said-hiit no matter what I ml down before us three two dollar cwi'iterfrit notes of the Sprinir Garden 'V rition, which he had taken in mar- J ''iriliiwh icrnnranrp nf their existence. br " - "t which (ho vetv nnrt nsnr after he -lein(mued, would have told him all bout. I pon makinff inauirv of his neighbors. "'0 of Caurso Ku.k th Tplpjranh ho . - ra - - m - - j - - cs Jf,5rnt that they too had been offered them, but having opportunely been apprised of ! yieir character, they were promptly re jected. This is the Itttle circiinsiaiice. (enile reader; and as our friend rote to , depart, lie fate na an eipresie sail as 1 ho said we shoald row continue the Te legraph until invited to bis funeial; and we, not to be outdone in cowrie, made mm of the moat fractful eorporal inrlioa lioos yon ever saw, hoping, ia true Turk ib (rsadiloquence, that he might live a thousand years..' deacon smw. 1 Deacon Slow had three sons (it is on aereaaary to mention hi daughter,) who were, as descon'e sons arc apt 10 be, ih deuce only can toll why, aery rn?uih. They were ia the habit of poking fun at an old ram, who endeavoured hi take hi share of the sport by butting them over, n kind of fun which he often msnifeaied aa inclination to play off upon the Dea con as he marched down to valt the flock for thee were detic to which he paid strict attention, as he wa extremely hu mane, eieept when he was made very wrnil.. on which occaM-m fits anger would burn like a fura.tee seven times het-d. Nor the Deacon's sheep pasture waa on the Shawnee river. whtHi ia nirrow but deep; and the pa-ture teriiinatc in a pre cipice which rose fifteen feet ahove the water and shelved over it, a a beetle browed h.me hangs over a narrow street; and the boys, who had exhausted all oth er fun iiHn the ram, were in the habit, now and then, of squatting on the edge of the precipice, and darting a hal at him. at which he wmld come nh blind fury there. The hoy who' held the hi could e inly Jenp itsidc, and the exasperated ram wa n'lickly cooled by a plunge headlong down the pr-'eipire im the Mream. .It thm r.ck tfcev wr one ditr ci: t'ht bv the Dine,ii t!.,ir i; :nr, who took tt.em into 1 ihiekr : che hy and anointed their ba-k thom ,-hly wiih the oil lurch an excellent ,i;i,?!ic u 1 twh eiaes mih- and provided. I a not slwy ef feci iaf, howerer, and to ihi e ti i- die eie was not enrl, .n the hoys were a few diys af;er waiting round Hie place in or1er to re.eat ti.e joke on the itnupci ing smt innocent tarn; but on behold. ng their fath.-r at a distsne?, con.ing wiili his hikrt of stlt tl v hid in the hiekrt which they had so good occasion to re member. Slowly came Daon Solomon Slow, and aftr he scant red his salt, he etood upright, and thought wi'hin liinsif that it would he tinn-i'ig to i-e the run hull over thf precipice nun the riier. lie ,w no one nigh how hould I.e. wt.ro the b )s were hid in rtie butlienf ami tk. tug off Ins broid h-i.n.od h i, Io- uu'le i1eii'ntra.oti!i lnch at oitci- atire'ird the lorit it iii tlock. who sm out as nu al in f-ill sjo ed. The lea-iiu h,d s-piat :ed eoe t IV e.l" and, as he .ii the r;ii hounding along, he pictured out to his fancy the rui rulo;i figure the nilly Vep woild imke, hounJo.g with a . i-li into the water hf beg tu to tniile the run at lat cune close, (Wee 011 the charge, mure enraged us ihn hat was tar ftr ?!ian common the ! fon grinned ou'rtght. but in the m:!-t l his delight at the ram's ridiculon a;.ii;-irance, he forjot to jump anlr, tr. l!w berun bin ted him "Vff and :i r.p!ah I tto iut w i tr where he i t ended ii"' siilv sheep should h.ve gone. The h"s rn out clapping tl.rir h ods mid shoutinv "jou'tc got it. d id." in all !heectiicy ( revenue. lie , aferward failed Dea con Sol-jmon by liis tieihoiMifs, among whom he lived and died at a venerable old age. CIHCUMSTAN IIAI. I'VIDI'.NCE. The Boston Merc.inule Jourii.i gies the following remarkaMe ca-e of murder, nnd conviction of an innocent person, as illustrating the uncertainty of ctrcumstaif ti d evidence. The Journal also employs it as an argument against capit d punish ment. A negro who had run away from his master in South Carolina, arrived in l.on hn in an Auiericao ship. Soon ali r h I inilfil, he got acquainted with a poor ho ni'Kt hmndress in Wapping. who washed hi linen. 'I hi poor .woman .usually uri.re irold fines 00 one of her differs: and il was said that she had sued a liuh money, which inJucea tins wretcn to conceive the tleinn of murdering her, and taking her property. She was a widow, and lived in an humble dwelling with her nephew. One night her nephew came home mii'-h intoxicated, and was put to bed. The negro, who was aware of the circorasUnce, thought this would be a fa. vorable opportunity for executing his bloody design. Accordingly, he clim' ed to the top of the house, striped him self naked, and descended through the chimney to the apartment uf the laundress, whom he murdered not until after a se vere struggle, the noise of which awoke her drunken nephew, in the adjoining room who got up and hastened to the rescue of his aunt. In the meantime the villain had cut off thn finger with the ring but before he could escape, he was grappled wita by the nephew, who being a very powerful t ':.,.--; t , 1 .. ..... V ; 1 wan. though nwrh iatoxieated, very Mar ly overp-twerr.! hiss, whew by the lirhi ui th wvmmi. whteh shona through the window, be discovered the eootpleiioa of the villain, whom., waving dd.Mw seen a negro. . took (ur ike 6-d! The ur-d-ref the disengaged himself from the grasp of the nephew and aoeceeded iu making his escape through the chimney, lint the nephew believed, a-ol ever after' wards declared, that it waa tlie devil w.th wh im he had atioggled. and who bad suddenly flow into the air and disa peered. I he negro, in il.e course 4 the straggle, had besmeared the your. f man shirt in many daee, with the blood f bis victim and this joined w nlnnher eir cwmstance. induced his neighUirs torim aider the nephew a the murderer of his sunt. II waa wrested, eiamined, and commit:! to prison -though he permu ted 4n aerung his innocense, and told his etory of t!ie oidniglit visiter, whicu apearHl rot only inprbihle, but ridi culous in the eatreme. He was UumI, eonvKMed and trrruleJ protesting to the l..i to toi I ignorance of the marder. and thMwiiigit wtniliy on hi Mack antago nist, t hum he believed to b; uo other than Satan. The real murderer was not suspected, and returned l America with his little booty but after a wretched existence of ten t ears no Ins death-bed cmfeed the murder, and related the particulars atu nd tug tu . , , , , I'wiw Wooden rf Nature asd Tmiltne. AN AWFL'L PROVIDENCE. , fi'l II i'tl'y in b l"rtd in tut . hi j f li s a nis. ftw'sju. At Amsterdam, Holland, occurred the following remarkalile event: Aa Mr lie- , iiitnif. a pious an I godly niiuisu-r, was prcachiug on a Lord's day to hi eoiigre- t ..! . . t : gaiion, tin re was observed amiJst the a gnnl 'piece ( bxnev loaf at home in fi juullilule three young mcu, whose be- rush with. How I .rg to he at it," liaiotir during ditiiu- service. w j.a so ! A noise in the heilge now attracted his indecorous and infunious, that it not only ! no' ice.- He spWI s squniel nimblv run attracted the notice of the people, but 1- ! ning ronml a tree, ..id popping into a o exeitej the attention of tlie minister, ! hole between the bram lies. Ha! though! who, after a lil'Ie time, rcprovesi them in public, desiring at h ast that thev would be' ave decently while under l:e ncred r-Hf. this gentle admonition ecmd r-thrr to incr. ase tlian cht ck their mis- iM'hiviour; and Uiey mott 'faringly off!r- ed grcau-r contempt to the preaching of the word, which they signified by peal 111; orsngrs, era. "king nuu, and makiug rv mouths at tuc minister. The se t Otis preacher w as moved a second time to admonish them, at w uicti ttn apiie ar- ed still more enrag d ih.i . U-fore, jier .isUu in their shameful a; il j r ifiiie pneuces. He was tlien so impressed nd shocked at their h r:lened beha iur. thut inllic midst of his I'.iacoj. sc he iuaie a mdemn pause, tiirne.! and looked Uiera full in the l'ce for some time, eppareiidy with m-icli ablution in hia countenance, and then, spoke to li e thtec young men in the foil ning awful and solemn man ner: I am a..rr to be the r.tithor of such a dicadful, atu u; m s,.r to you, and t Inn; beegeif 'i' the lr. to excuse toe from il, but In- will not; therefor I must not shrink fro-ii th p .infnl duty of dp cltring the awf.d and o ifirmed impres sion of my mind. I n w tell you that you have not a vwk bmger t lie in thi.s world!" '1 hie iir..-ulful sentouce, procceJiii? from the . mouth of a man, somewhat exci'xd the d-vibiful apprehen sions of the . ij.Ygai "in. w'to thought it priK'ceded fr nn precipilsmcy nnd rish nesi; .ml s un" of bis intitmtc fncuds were o opinion tht religion would suf fer riyKUch from t, espocially if it should not pr ve tn c, f ho minister said, lei the event prove the truth of it, for i am persuaded I was nio'.n l by lliopirit of (ioil tn say what I did, as.proplietic ff their awful end., Monday passed, nnd nothing occurred; hut on Tuenday om of the young men "vent n heard a vessel to prosecuto an intended voyage, (as had been fixed previous to the alTair,) but in consequence of a violent storm which arose, the ship was driven on shore, whereby this poor unhappy wretch was launched into eternity. On Wednesday another f the young men w as concerned in a quarrel with some person, the. issue of. which was, fighting a duel with swords, wherin this unhappy victim fell. On Thursday the only surviving one was ta ken suddenly ill, at which he began to be terrified, as two of his sinful companions were already cut off. He then sent for the same minister whom he had ridiculed the preceding Sabbath. V hen Mr. Fle ming arrived at tlie house, he asked the young man what he wanUjd hnn for. The voting man begged he would pray with him. When the minister requested to know what he would have him peti tion for, the young man told him fur his life. " That is not in my pow er to do," said the minister, " for I am sure you will die." " Then," said the young nftn, beg or pray for the life of my eoul." Tlie minister so far consented as to kneel dona by his bedside, ia which porture he continued for a considerable t,mc, and then ar.e without speaking a word.' Ue 'hett s.U to the young mm fiat he fouud his lips so dosed that he mill an oiier ai ir able on his behalf, and so t .' k hi lea. e of him; when soon after i'.1 yo-jsj man "oVd in horror ami despur. which ed t'-e sad and awful catastrophe. . V ,.-. The Mi th.xl.s's. a weeks since, held a c r.ijvuiretinj ii Ptkeeountf MU sonri, at j.Hi a lar,;e ronrune att-nd-ed.( A few'tlrutiic i wretches aiteinled for the p'irpose'l f disturbing those en gaged i;i rd-giot- exK"ses. They had been rer-mud sefr-l time, puhliely, from lfT stand.' On Sundij eveninf, the ringicidcr among them, with sever I of his'co-adjmors; retired a few hundred yards, to a zructry, and replenish their tnntttnt. Wbilf there, a gentkma, who was pinVsly disposed, happened to pass by, and aitemtiud M dissuade these fellow from furifierloterropungihewor.l . a a - a. I snipping asseuoiy. 1 ne ringieaoar swore I he would do as he pleased, that he had money trough to btiy. ae. With this ! expression on his lip, he nxum-i-d his f horse, awssnng that he would goto IZII ! and buy H out. fcllt horse totdt fright. ran a few steji and dashed the fellow with such force against a tree, as to burst opeo his head. - .'-. ; Ifait to make ht 'esf 01. Rohinet, a peasant ol frraine, after a hard day's work at thw t.ext maikei town, wss run ning houm wnli h basket in hnd. " Vh b'SieiiMi up;.er I shall have,' eaid he to hn. If. TJ.Ik piece of kid well sieved d n. with mums abod, thii kened Wtt'i !i.esl, uud seasoned with ! salt and pe;.'r will make a do-b fit fr ! L. t.:t a J j the bishop of ihw dmress. Thn I have J he, what a nico present nesi of young sqmrrei. will tie to mv master. Ill 'ry if I esn get tu L't -n tl.; I e act down hi basket in the r.. id. smt begn to Comb up the tree. He had bs'f cended. when easting a look ai his hatket, ha ssw a dug with his nose in 1.. ferreting u:t a piece of kid'a (leh. He made all possible speed down, but the dug was too quirk fur him, and ro off nh the meat in hi mouth. Rohinet looked after him; Well then," said he, must bo eon Mil with soup Mien g re; and no bad thing neither." He travelled on and eame to a little public house by the mad side, where an aequaintance n Ins was sitting on a bench drinking. He invited Rohinet to take a drsught. Robinet seated himself by his friend, and set his basket on a bench close by him K tsme raven which was k pt in the hiue, came slowly behind him and stole away the bag in which hia meal was tied up, and hopped off with it to his hol. Rohinet did not perceive the theft until he had got on his way a gun lie returned to search for bag. but he could hear no tidings of it. Well," ays hev "my soiij will be thinner, but I will hod a slice of bread in it, and that will do Some good at least." He went on agmn, and arrived at a lite tic brook over w hnh was laid a narrow pl-iek. A young woman coming to pass at the sihii" tune, Robinet gallantly offer ed her his hand. As soon as she got to the middle, either through fear or sport, he shrieked out and cried that aha waa falling. Ifobinel hastening to suppor her with his other hand, let his basket j drop into the stream. Aa soon ss aha was safe over, he jumped in and recov ered it, but when he took it out he per ceived that the salt was melted and hia pepper was washed away. Nothing was 00 w ten nut tne onions. wen, ssvs Rohinet, then 1 must sup to night on roasted onions and barley bread. 'Last uighrl had the bread alone. , To-morrow morning it will not signify what I had." So saying, he trudged on, singing as be fore. , PENITENTIARIES. j The'Governor of Alabama, in his Mes sage to the Legislature, strongly recom mends the establishment of a Penitentia ry. He successfully meets several ob jections which are urged against them. aud in reply to the ttatement that Crimi nals are too well treated in the Penitentia ry, he says " I am lor my own part, inclined to think that hard labor coarse food and clothing absolute silence during the day, and solitary confinement during the night, are as much as human nature can well en dure; especially when continued for months or years together. These, added to the ignominy of the punishment, make Penitentiaries, as 1 conceive, the most ef fectual terror to evil doeri that the wit of maa has ever yd devised. I hav,Mjij nothing of 'the sahusry infiuence wi this mode of punishment ia calculated u. exert apoa the offen ler himself, as com. pared with the contrary injenre which V our present system is known to have of 1 the exrrewo of body b enjoyaMhe ii cans of moral irrprovemer.t thrown ia his way and the trade Le"scqu:re: aa contrasted wi h the enervation ef bod, sud enrruf lion of mind which ihn inacti vity and vici.mi associations of our com. mm' jails must ever j niduce As it bu " been my purpose to glance but slightly at U e prominent fraitires of the ioiporunt sitject in Land, I will simj ?y remark ia cimriu-iot. .f this subject, that ia my b'imhi jia!gn:mt. iKi'.hing which tte pre sent General Assembly rtnild do. would so mnch redound to the welfare of the siate, and their own honor, ss the estab lishment of a Penitentiary, and with thrse" imprr-ss'ons, I again cordially recumtnead to them that mtttt.H "' ' ' " ." 1 "A ' WARNING VOICE. 1 . - ' In notir.irg the result 'of the recent Election it .V'Tki'the litniing ChrtnUh (Pennsylvania.) a firm ii7 pier of Pr-tideni Vo Itursn's Adni- nitratic,,,ibus raises us wsrr.in-vcico sga'asi the jvolit f lurh is so fa-rf con signing its authors a.lel skettois tu rktiti ear 'death! ; ' --. We have only met with a reverse, and, it viewed m the proper light, with a deervtJ rebuke. It is a warning that the democrs'tt piny ahoffld vergi to its ancient laml.i -r'. and refudi e llvse violent aud OI--I ml v docirons. fit unltr t . i. ? - a ior a srnerpin 1 n;SP or a ie$ inno cent schemer. 'Pia demoeratie party ia stilt strong and wttl at tit;s tfinmph, but tt most abandon thec,-igeroia ground it ha in some trainees only pretended to assume, and it must atjdr' s it sftiments and measure to the irdutiii us, il.e ac. , , live, and Uie pubne spirited porti n of the coiumunily. ai'dlnor the tV anj riotous. We have b'.-n plasty kdd through the ballot bujtr- hrt He people will no longer perni a wi,r 1.1 he waged against their imeiests that eery proper tv holder, whether he be worth five or five thousand dollars and whether hit capital consist of e.h or credit, will de- maud that h he protected in ad hia rights ' of eitiren-btp, and not interfered with di reedy or indireedy,' 10 his lawful pur suits." ' . The fidlowing judieioos and well-timed admonition Irom the Richmond Whig meets with our cordial approbation. We hope it wilt be well considered and ob aerved by every thinking patriot: ' We wish to impress the Whigs with the importance of not only indulging cha rity and forbearance among themselves, but to avoid thst prescriptive violence and partisan bigotry (the distingnishmg traits of-Jaeksonism) which their brilliant tri umph! tended so strongly to engender. We desire to see the Whigs victorious, and to carry out their principles, but, tn. doing ao, to act the parts of liberal and ' enlightened patriots and statesmen. We are not auch partisans as to desire a change of rulers, mere'y' to get another et aa violent, proscriptive. and rabid. We wish for the change, for the peace and welfare, and the happiness ami ilory I the country. If success were unfor tunately to render the Whigs frantic and furious, or, to express the whole in one word. Jacktonim in their fce'ings and policy. We should cease to exult, in their triumphs, because they would then seats to be Wbigt." On one occasion. John, of England, ia said to have demanded money from a Jew, as a commutation of the puniehmen tor an otlence he. had committed agaisit the laws of the realm, and to have order ed one tf the Jew's teeth td be extracted every day until he complied with the requisition. The Jew lost seven teeth and then paid the sum demanded.- How like the Jew is Martin Van Buren! He has committed gross outrages upon the laws and best interests of his country, and the people have commenced extract ing his political teeth." He has just lost an eye tooth; (New York,) and we should like to know how many more" the Whigs roust extract, before the little gentleman is brought to his senses? ' ; - , Louisville Gazette. Curioui Experi7ntnt.U is stated that an ingenious chemist in France, having foand, after Ifnahy' experiments, that a void produced by electricity in a glasa vessel, became' luminous, has at last succeeded in forming a' long bottle, of three inches by thirty, from which, naving; exhausted the air, and otherwise acted upon it. by a galvanic battery, a light ia now emitted, being hung up in his apart ment, equally clear, hut not ao oppressive io tne eye, as mat 01 tne sun. A voung man idle, au old mail need;'. i 1 . I V A i . , ' f f. m 1 It f- f aT 'f V . , - t
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