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v V- t ! I in f It r V?. it ' it i4 . IF 14. if 1 ttAaMui'wJuaH 41 V - ; 1 it:::..::: " t.d , Ian mi wknu cinotmiii. ' to. II. ' ' - : The ways in which intemperate habits re formed . . . .' . Parents, Hot unfrequenily, are the cause if thrirchildreo becoming drunk ardt. Children- et a very early ,'age, t venl'n iiifanryere treated from the en chanting bowl, by those, too, wt0 are In the eourte of nature placed ' over them the guirdlans of tclr bait intercut. " !r . It. ot,iuiioo8cdahaL.iuc.bi)reni Hthout feeling and anxiety for the wel ZHMXtrtot their c Wild ren but Jhrouir U an uoJ hter lo them thjt wbkb aerulbiouU to perdition. Tntmsvery wayliabirrOT - i n mpepaH t e-f rme4 - m-chUdren. the lamp of. lifs before it rie to its meridian. Sjiriiom uiuori aro Ire quendy prepare 1 with uar and other pUijble ingredients, that children may loe them the more. fet every parent remember, tht the child wlmae tate he a grifying, may and probably will, one day bring down hit grey hiirt witbaorro xto the grc. In auch a cte, who will the parent have to blame? Are there notmioy, whose old age it deprived of puce and filled "with bitterness, through thit uowite conduct toward their chil dren I AUo, parents, by permitting their chil dren to frequent lUose placet where they liny have accus, surrou 'drd by the a'r-.ni; 'temptatiun of rf,nfpny, to the fltfwiog bol, mr find c-uae to reprnt, when r( pent nce will avail nothing. I urge this p'ms not invidiously, but to aiwaken rflco'ion i and 1 hope H whom it concerns will U(ar before it it too lite. But while parnnrt are in the habitual ute of d'iriKing the-nelvet, it will be very : J'$r'ly'nt'hV'utc. ' ' ' . ....... ... The hiihitudl ute of ardent apirits very frequently lewdt to the iniemperwte ute ol them. Manv facta tettify to thit truth : . ,.arjd .fucti are aiub'iora ihingt. There- re few, if any, who are in the habit of taking their dram at stated time, once or twice in the dayr but will find their thirst increasing, and will be anxiously Waiting for the time to arrive. The hours will appear to roll tediously aw.iv. So soon as a person find himself in thU case, he should take warning lie is on very djwerTitit ground Hit feet are be ginning to iliJe ; and unless he speedily nies tlirm on firm ground, he will slide down to perdition. Why ' ihaf o !?2j..wb.jjLV(lisvj5 r.Al.ivay.s, bvA.eaitcjtted. aobee men, become lu'.emperalts about : Ihe meridian.: oI:lifa 1 "The atiawer Ui; ,.. that having r habitual drinkers,' and -nominal(y-temtete,-4i that-period -of life their ttrenth declining, they are ble to beat lest, tn.d it requires more to pro duce the tarn degree of excitement. For these reasons, with the increasing . thirst... ey 4 :y libitui d,ritlier it in danger, I in me u.inne oi me, oi oecotnutg iittera pera'e. A morning d'm is utterly r.oo traryio n .v'utt. ; After the systern-Jftat tee;i refresncd snd invigorated by repose ihdfileTpTffiefferieM re"aidn"f ir tisvT ing it bv stTmulMting liquoVa, than at any other time of the d y. Many are unwil ling to be convinced that the habitual use of pirituus liquors, is at all dangerous, and. indeed, seem to think them useful And necessary ; that they are unnccas sary, Lett and the opinion of those best acquainted wiih the hum in y stern, abun - dsrrly tettify; tbat they are d.ngarous, nv pet son may know, by oOierriug the families itrwhkh they have been to Uvd. It is a rare case, if such funilic do no'produce on or niure d uak ,rd. Let every nun vtdin ind make out ihe cal culition imprtiillv f om the f imiliet of hit arquaint.tnce. If parents wmh to raise tip temperate sons, let tnem bunisb from iheir noose 'he hAoitual uae of sptr itnut liquors. Were there no habitual use of i dent splits, there would be very little infemparaie use of them. No rnan beromex a dmnkard at once- In the large rnajoruy of aaes, it is believed that the thirst whit h leads to this miserable end. S:cri4Hmirieb (J ardrn' bpinia. 3. By using apirits as a medicine. It is nt d as 4 breventive to disease, and in chronic complaints. Instead of being a p-.veotive, it is the 'opinion,' imd touuu a on lacts coming unaer tnetr ou obscivation, that it is calculated to nro- kion, at preventive to diseatt, is found to be worst, than useless. Thit-is 'the opinion of eminent physician, who have practised to the'f ldieiiJelt)In!n jon of .evary pbyftiiiau, cinal virtues, is not to be relied upon. On (his -subject we should lake the ad vice wise and temperate physicians. It is not to be expected that a physician who is very fnnd of i, wouitl advise against its' use. They may lso be mis twkeir in their judgment. A. correct medical opinion on thin point is to b obtained as, on other subject by observa tion on matters cf fact. 1 was once advised by two physician to use the strongest kind offpirifs freely,, for certain com plaint.J)oe of them I csteemednot anly rs a man of medical skill, but also of ex- cellent moril character. ! f dHwe u their adrice at soma extent, end am now lauy convinced that It was much to my injury. Keaaoniq on this subject pet lectiy agrees with mattera of fact. Though there ex Lra much diversity of Opinion, amOOtJ medical men, a to the definition ot le , ... ver t it it entirely obviout, that whatever excites the system, hav tendency o ft.r . It it recom'nenuea, out 1 tor co'd and not weamer i . . i I. .ma a id vert absurd to thiafc-the jmo mruicine I , n.i.rr iK ftvktem tiratntt two .i ,.p 1 1 ia tint aUn. II'UB'S'I to in' . .... .. . ..... r .i i.Aik tn.l IAr.lt I rJ.; .if-.ih-f :it it, A person &MM'A 7 , . . ' . . . .1.1 "..Trttfttta-iifwora are easorUiaUy ire-' xemry -for ,,thiiiUbb(e..?JWxxc JXa' Xbe yefduaamounti to no required to Utor with their fee. .iJ legs tHin'jit is neither for the defendant nor in water; thit also is a mitiate. v'i:ice arises the danger of aiokneit to tnose who are thus expoied I Fro-n 'oi gteat a tlw of blood to tne bed, wmle the cir culation to the extremes it muoh' impe dcd. Will the free use of spirhqu li- iiu r nrwnnt or Ja4en tha fl W of 'A'Vii . a 1 ' ll.'l. . to die hi" ad, nod cause it to circulate to . ihf ti emu ? Nu : it will increase the circulation to the head, but not to the ex tremes j hence, instead of lessening, it increases the liability to disease in such cases. In chronic complaints, it it a prrriicbu t to use it for a proven. ive of rliseits. Fot dropsic,, rheumilismi, compUints irt the s'o n ichand liver, ar dent spi its-are- frcq tft ly recommended and used i they mivaCTord a temporaty relief, but in the end, ther will provr. to be .rhk poiso.i . Such conilai.its . are usuatiy generrfed" Sy-4h9 ime rwison that is used to heal tlirtn. The reason why it is so much ucd and recommen ded insusJcjes srpjjiil hold .ft(a.p.fe- to graiify ihoir tli"?, wiiife they pcrsusde themselves to believe that ;hey Use it lor meJicine; and with this plea lo Uy con science asleep, mny become confirmed Writ 'ii arils ; . gni., before . itiafitUxiau Cwotel ikml they -abwild their eyes, they are too far gone to extri cate thenitolvos from the snare. In temporary and occasional maladies, it nmy be useful as a medicine ; but even in such cases as these, soim as dis anguished physicians as any in out coon try, say thit other medicines miv ujn!y - iiple. - SuppottngiVio pirsses mint ' ineticinl virtues, would it not be better to forego even these, than run the. risk of inheriting all its evils ; or if used, thai it be used only on the recommendation of a wise atrdnempiifat cao where it restore .health, it.etier aie M e hundred -caves f disease ? for one instance in which it saves lifej it des troys a thousand. 4. The intoxicating bowl is frequently, retorted lo as an alleviation of trouble. When persons are distressed by the loss of friends, perplexed with a muhiplttiiy of care's, or harassed by the wreclt ot pTr p.rty, lo relieve the distresses of their mind, they bstake themselves to the ex-hilaJ;mg-dtaui?hU'2 yreTcbluffemy again L auch-e viltr" I , it placii'r tne climtx upon all the reit. The intoxicating bowl will not re n friend-. ; it will not give energy and clrr nets of vision to a distracted mind: biu nirny friends hat it torn awav ; ms iy for lurics has it ruioed ; msnv mm ! .tat it wrecked. It is of allcxptdun 1 1 le verw worst Would it not be better lor sun, to w cas" trtrirtres upjn Hie L.ord, sno took to him wht is ih strength of Jtroh, to help them? Whom be blmscs is bVes ted; whom he curses is turscd: and he is sure to curs? rhe Jrunkard, and send him to that uurniog'lakfl where he will not have even a drop of water to cool his tongue. V. D. M. Pennsylvania CintU.. . ...It it known that tht C-ml CammisMoners of Penn sylvAnia failed to get a loan of 'money, to carry on their wQrki The PnilaOel phia (jarette, in reference to this su'.)j-:ct says-: shaken theconfidence of iaj)iuirstgIVe frsrdtYMjare lo descend to narticn jr. i can mention in general ler.mi, that the:e jon the criminal the privilege of being was a want of filar. In commencing ,i,ej common scold forever afterwards with work, a want of method in carrying it on. inPUi'T. To MrS- Royall one ducking 4 wat skHH"-dr'yitro . r . i .,i . sary ways and want. For the blunders the rani' active politicians of bwh parties ar Kiapiib!e. IInce Iheir anxiety to screen t ieir past conduct, and, when this is not practicable, to throw on each other however, be rrqrmtd in spite of them. The Philadelphia Gazette of the 4th inst. says i A very large Stage Coach was.drawoFihrough the streets yesterday forenoon, .by. three horses abreast. It was calculated to carry between 20 and 30 inside passengers, three on a seat over the driver, and three aft over the bagga go. The wheels wert like those of the Chariot of Juggernaut. The body of the vehicle was handsomely painted and bore upon the panntl, the word " Ficto- Thi fieiYaldef of the government, and peculator of the people' money, nas finally been tried, oeiure a pew jury. After a long and tedious trial, tbo ciae wj- committed to the Jury, end they re lired. ; lti atyut two houri thev came inte Court, a J the Foreman -ti the follewing as tUr verdict i Trie Jurors In thii caie lad him guilty of obtaining 7i0 dollars io'hw official capacity, and of applying thtirnt-to: hie own-private use." .j ! i . ,; Air. .Swai. object to the verdict. Such.: s j verdict cannot, be . i-eceiyedit B.MI.( Jdli4 ntf jejjal effect if mteyer i .'. . - i:aw-'lm,iia mn u e.lflW? ihed tf.erwardsXi.: alTilOtl mm. n is iiottiT iu i;m ver.tlC on ine iujic ineni , auu, ij is njtsuch a -one, it cannot be received. Cisiderable discussion followed, and auirpri'iet were cited by the counsel on hott. aides, to sustain tneir respective vie vs.' Judge Thruston inclined to the .. .i i i . . i ... .1.:. .iiiion tlu: the verdict should be receiv ed ! tts effect settled alterwarda. - Jutr- Mirnell dissented from this "ourse if the Jury do not find a general . 1 C.J . a ICrillCt, inn mean unu juoui whw, Ihey must find it in the cpmmon form .he one they had Drought in was oi net Iher character. Chief Jus'ice Cranch Informed the jury that Oieir verdict was not sufficiently de finite, anJ that they had better retire and consider again on the subject t the jury then retired and in about IS minutes re. turned rind banded whrTolIowing'ver diet : " The jurors In the case of the United S a.es against Tobiai Watkina, find im,,e,ujjyw f obtaining 750 dollars c,iacity,.ari(Lof uppljfi.nj trie jtame. to liia own private use; which verdict was re ctive l nd recorded. Tnr Counsel lot the defendant appriz rto tire jui-mcntot acquittal, no pro cerding however, was now moved, and nothing futther in the case was done to day. MKS. KU 1 AL I hit notonout wo- mnn hat been tried before a jury at Wash ington, on the indictment against her a a xomman tcold and publicn ujsance On the pari of the prosecution ten witnesses were called, and tight io behalf of the womm. Tne examination and cross ex aminition of these numerous witnesses occupied nearly fiye- hours. Beinjj t length finished, Mrs. Royall rose and made a ahbrs.but.pji!benc.ddrcss tcuhe fury, ti'ginjg them to defend her against opprestton,io prove tncmsrivet rnr pro tectors of personal rights and liberty warning them against sanctioning a sya tern of clerical domination, and persecu lion, whim if not checked by the free dom of speech and of the press, and these defended "by independent juries' would produce a state of things which would endanger thjeqJ5iip-.4hbencitraiii eveu th i reswnt- hiraselt jdeclanng hat th'.s system and this persecution were part of a general scheme, of which the attempt to sto;i the mails on the Sab bath w ih another feature, Sec. etc. Trie Counsel onbo'h sides submitted the argu nen', and the jury having retired a few minutes, returned with a verdict of guilty at indicted' Mr. Coxe, for the defendant, moved an arrest of judgement. Tne defendant then gave security in glOO to appear to answer the judgement ; and the Court adjourned at 5 o clock. The National Journal, in speaking on this trial, remark : .."The fiunithment of the culprit is a perplexing subject, for the lawyers seem to have ransacked the Maryland rode in, vain, to find some pre cedent, and among the negligences of Congress, may b enumerated the omis sion to enact some befitting penalty for a common scold. I: is true, that the duck ing stool in England has been the stool of repentance to many a scold, but there eenv- be an awful consequence result K ...r om . mat punisnmcnr, 5incc.porasi authority haS laid ll dawn thai It cbhfers woukl b aeheap- consideration for this inestimable puvilege. Minvofthe respectable citizens who reside on' Capitol Hill, appear to have heeir pfodtgloustf irirsoy etf bf thir jgiftetf lin whom Petruchio woufd have found harder to tame than Kate the Curst, and such v among th boys, fnfett that'whole re gtonv that mm and woman, priest and layman, would rather make a circuit of a mile, than venture beneath her eastern window, which overlooks Jersey Avenue, and from which she edifies herself, pro bably with a view to the future edifica tion of the world, by studying the weak nesses, and practising upon the fears of tne neignoorhood. 1 bis is a pretty country to live in, said the indignant per secuted, as she heard the mandate for her incarceration in jail. July 21. After the preliminary busl ness before the Court yesterday disDo&ed of Mr. Swann rose to express his deaire to bring the mattera connected" with Dr. Watkina to acloae, a rapidly at possible. He wished to know what could be done In reference to tha verdict of Saturday, and whether the Court had come to a de cision aa to their judgement f Judge Cranch aaid the verdict hii not been considered br the Court as commit ted to them, until the Counsel ahould have decided what course to take rtlative to it. He asked Mr. Swann, If be Inten dd to move aa-'armt ef judgement, or ta ask for judgement. Mr. S. laid he . was . not in situation to take either course I but hia only mode for a venire facia$ drrtov, and take anew trUI. i -Mr.-Sranrrsaidthe'terdict'.vfhich'-bad Court ahould bo xf opinion- that 4he-r ... f."'-'-:in''i.jrrrr dict includes every tning, it wouia oe uo necessary to appljf for a venire. Judge Cranch quoted from L bstrange to show that a venire bad nevef issued in a criminal case. Mr. Key said this applied to capital ca sefonly. Judge .Morsel said there was no doubt that the verdict was insufficient, and the only question was if a ventre ahould is sue. After a little further conversation, it was agreed that the argument on the mo lion of Mr, Swann should be postponed until thit morning, when the'Counsel on both aides would be expected to be pre pared. -- Internal Imhrovtmentt. On Tuesday last, the Bqard for Internal improvements met at Wilmington, according to appoint ment when " thetJredging Machine, Steam Engine, and all their appendages ith th hands lately "ivi.,u wr - a a the. riM- of subsistence on nanu, were irausicrrcu to vapi. vco Blaney, of the Uv States Engineer Corp who is ordered by Col- Gratiot, the Chie of the Corps, to attend to the removal o the remaining obstructions below i rnlnponrandtd'reh de'nKFnVvrgatioiro the River good to the Inlet for vesse drawing U feet water. Raleigh Register, 27A ull It is stated in the Philadelphia Press that the celebrated Rowland Slffibait&n the swindler from England has beco ior .so.ine -lime. residing in bxiaioi ( ra It it rumored th.tt he hat completed tb purchase of Dr. Shippen's very handsome establishment and farm in the vicinity of that borough. f . A Natchee paper tf June luh says '' Business is worse than dull. - The merchants are " not al ho.mc?St lawq yers, as they say in Kentucky, have gone into a state of retiracy. The doctors wear the face of solemnity, and are shaved by the square foot. In fact, we shall short ly require a pack of hounds lo keep the rabbits and, foxe from burrowing up Mainstreet." hit, who shot Mr. lienning, editor of the Kentucky Gazette, was concluded on the 4th inst., after occupying the Court four and a holf days. The jury, afier re tiring about fifteen minutes, brought in a verdict of not guilty. A gentleman writes to hit friend " Alas, my uu'icipa tions have been more than realized the murderer was cleared with shouting and clapping of hands!! I was credibly in formed that a poor Irishman was sent to the Penitentiary for two years, from Ntl son county, lust winter, for little more than drawing blood with a knife in a fray. Now this 1 do not find fault with I ap prove of the verdict which sent him there for such it the law and a good law; hut shall a rich man son for let provoking circumstances,' a worthy fellow citizen and escape punishment altogether." Chcrokets. It was stated some time since by the Millcdgeville Journal, that the Cherokees were making prfpjratons fot emigrating,-and' that the whole of the Hicks . Jamily were , going. lhe .la&t Phoenix contains a communication ro m Wm. Hicks, sen'r. the brother of tb e late Head Chief, denying the statement in no very set terras. The Providence American says "'T he Legislature of Rhode Island adjourned on the -87lherftertsioirfotjr worluogdAyv,six.Wuts.Mch,j4.Puio. that time they have passed about 50 acts of a public and private nature, tried se- ral private petitions, investigated the civil and military officers, refused to re form the militia and the laws of suffrage, and left undone quite as much business as they have dune. We should like to see any legislature .in the country put against this for apeex!, to say nothing of bottom." . A whirlwind took up a stack of hay re cently cut in one of the squares of Phila delphia, and scattered it about in the up per regions to the infinite alarm of the ray makers, who had no idea of the bu siness being carried on, on su elevated a scale- AUGUST 4, 1829, oa MB wastaaa ciauuaua. FOURTH f JULY In JlSftEVUlE. The anniversary of American Indeneri. dence was celebrated in this place, in a spirit and manner worthy of the memora ble occasion, i he usual military exercises-were performed In the 'morningr under- inecommana ot wapt. J arret. At twelve o'clock, a procession was formed in front of Mr. Smith's tavern, under ih . dirertiorj i of hptyUmtih4 MariKaf where prayers were offered up, and an Iiev. Doct. Chapman. jeconcljjoa of.Ih;ieIigu:eiraa iion of Independence was read, by Js, Cook, Esq. and a neat and pertinent On- tinn. impressively delivered, by Richaid t.. r ortune, r.sq. At 3 o clock, one hundred gentlemen sat down to an excellent barbaeue, fur nishe'd by Mr. Smith ; at which David L. Swain, Esq. assisted by Col. John Patton. presiueu. i iio loiiowtog were tho stan ding toasts : ' . The day we celebrate : the proudest epoch in the history of time. 2. I he memory of Georgo Washing ton ; 1 he first in war, the first in peace, the first in the hearts of hia countrymen. 3. i nc union oi tne states. 4. The heroes of the revolution j Their bodies and their tomhs may be crumbled into dutt, but their memories are recor ded upon the last and the brightest tablet oftime, and with time only can fade away. JTeCatntOiclrtland t-Tbo glory of Wellington i - nc icu fltcm to victory ; a ttates- mao, bo crowned them with freedom. 6. The State of North Carolina Breathes there a aoiil so dead", Who never to himself h;ith ssid, Thla is my own, my native land. 7. The University ; Intelligence Is the lift ol liberty. 8. Party spirit, and sectional prejudices may they be interred in the same grave, and none mourn over them but dema: gotues and fools. 9. The national debt; The long con liriuance of the. Jilessingt '.Jias. rendered- it burihensome ; its erly extinction will . t b e mostjde sir abj o :ix efor m.'l 10 I he Army of the United States. 10. The Navy of the United States. 12. The memories Of Thomas JetTer son and John Adams ; A prodigy more signal than Is recorded irr Grecian or" Ro idjii fable, has identified their glory with . .. (hat. of tfie country, and rendered both' -eternjl. -13. -The fiir ex : Our arms their Dro lection.,' their arms our reward.. Many volunteer sentiments were offer ed ; which, tj far as recollected, are given helow : By Mr. Graham, of Rutlierfordton; The Buncombe Turnpike ' Hoad;"a sithfa'C-"" " tory evidence of the value of Internal 4 ffHMPwenwtt. : : -Rf'-MrSwf.Kolte'rl-IVOT'teT.hel-last man. who ver -forgot his friend ; there are those here who can never forget him. -By the Vice President ; The President of the United States. By Mr. flail, of Rutherfordton ; John Randolph, the watchful cenlinel of his country's rights; . He can'on!y be lorgot ten when Roanoke shall cc. ntinglo her waters witn the mctn. By Mr. Dew, of Rutherfordton; The county of Macon, the second and fairest daughter of the county of Ionconibe ; a third still prettier awaits htr christening by the next Legislature. By Mr. Bennett ; Ciurles Carroll of CatrnSlton. By Mr. Fortune ; William Gsston, tbo accomplished scrtolar, the ublo and distin guished jurist ; North Carolina would be proud to see her native son elevated to the Prrsidrrtiti.il r.hn'tr. Br.MtP.anoj the hcrces nf thjr res olution. By Mr. Poor; short shpes pnd lonj; , . , - .. - tha fllaai nilfaV tLtfat-CuOfl By Mfj' Swain -'The Ofatof aod Ueader- of the day. By Mr. Cook ; John Marsha!!, preset Chief Justice of . the United States; the friebd awl 4io(piuALhin(;tna.U)P. unrivaled jurist, the honest man. Folk cotrnty crmrr, tate of -New A'arb, A impiT,. lata ease was tried. The cause ; jof the.imng ftver In' old 'siierp-, with a- wagon. s ?tieh :ed rt dethi' It aa prae - uc trial, that the running over was a pure accident that the ahcep was too jor ami weak to frt out of the way j that the nlalntifT rated the ani mal 50 per cent, too high, asking one dollar, when the best judges valued it at only fifty cents. Th farce ended in one of the partie (no mr.fter which) paying the cost of court, ihe othVf getting the mutton, and the lawyers (aieJ ef sbuls) putting up with Xhefeece f Well, the simpletons who will go to law for nothing, de serve to be Jteec'd. It it not in New-York alone, that te find the County Caitrts wholly taken up by contemptible, petty suits : the county court iyetem in North. C.srrofat 3' iSllIfr !e lis"' merj .falae.,'""""' J 7- iaaiMwiaiigjMhliMaaMtwto J
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