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,., ,. .!) at e f I t a f- I. ! I' " .. I ri .r mm) 1 41 fun ei ri lt.il il a 1 I, r J I rt,U 1 J 'I I 1 )( !..!. i y t!i4.. .! g , k t'.a r- ' H A ' mi I i mi t. t-iy!,l M- ti t ,-urf, (ln-to are ! h i I be ( m I I l r',1 fc.l.j lej (a nu .1 lti f l'.i. IUr.lt 1m, t-l t.-p, .rhard ft, a4 tail infill" f a.-l.a lu f.rf nrr ( f Wrt awl h U'-t, Il.a 4 Ullrf C-t ht Pd dry !'r b te'ale aooaiuos latvery Nwrtti C'r tiii farm MOIIAL DCPAUTMENT. jVji tr inn folly or Tama to pi1 MJ f.V iv toby. Tbr U luippf iwedtant Ulaiil lU beertkea sttapoettto la fU te.Uttl, Srd ik elewrd ii P 4M very body! ad fwflil r lb wb find Ibl auwJJk ItM, id keep I tl PI kMy ft P I du to r in ll tltreM SSlllf Sid. It k P good p o p tfrrwt Milk rp(4 lo what lb world Ibittk MHtiiif aa, stne il vwUj r;p tiW fak prris or total kck of sen. s.ul.ty. Tto would U Ida character f urh In iidrar, wr rt resl p, m truth, il k rear f rclaltai of MtUac. If rp iUl ir I Ipt rj UjHim araU of kma bff tn4 rMttf ft n f"fMf lata ) f iKrm, il may U faiHy emcliij thai n mu vr oimm, k alto tbr iAdilLrcnl aUrt Ik yonal r Ul ttjuiMKl ol trlli" atii. Ha far fmm irj ih P- U Uy Clam In lh4 aimaU Jintoa), ka Prit fjOml, (otrall vpoakinf, peculiar) rafjcjro ami tin deii4 lovard rk lud n)fl annkni 4krpprt fully pf lkir lakuic. Nu auibr, C aiampU, U vriiHH nh Ririf Mrvkf lb miiiri lab pf tritteiam, ft n mm jatoa 4 irwlM lina, than pm pf 04 Uo prrtK4 la luk iom with coU ccvra upu llm bk fratermiy of criik. ; . Social qntillr fkl fclin tr amnnf lU Bfinv iii ingrvdnHMa n our rtatira, aJ to dial iMr aim pf lk wovUJ ka lo dial earwlfna of kxi- mamij ilael& TWy era rmlkar lo backrriab and c uliitaipl, ry way, and by all wM rrx-toa. . k no! oolt righl ImK lauJatk, io aitk lt ! rwr ally alPJoed and bvlutadV cliial frkolaliia lo avoid f iIm tutMoraaary wU-iica ami Incuo lorm lo ll rVolinfa and rupwiM of tbM at ml ur, ao far a way U dvnowtlh a cmI comcif oce, and conaklaatly wilbono'aMriutMlrircuittaiaorva. Il k P4 only right ImI kudabk, lo tak M a pari of par wa oloaaurt la lrai Mheta and man e aro roin(olkd lo didr viik I Kern, lo do it, if pop pbk, wNhOMt raoruur or kUarneaa. , Tkert k auck a Ihinf aa a mmm pf eonnWrnatoo and Crmmw t and nappy ikinf it k. To ennck areod in lb thinga inditf'rifal, in llirr.fi trivial, in thing that touek not tb eonacirnr, nor aorioualy barm of tidaagr on a oartblf jnlemt and wal a i and moaovhil to gi r4 ft Pep fih-r fr aay prratiaato vbaievar no, noilo lra on' mrN frm.da -that ia lb gotdeir ntaan. Aa annt orclKod locar fof rvn ihera ar thnae to onllta Mlirr band. try to pbaa all, by Uwwi.inf ntA m iiakwt aenvv Mal thiripa lo all tiKft Hui dt not from aHtiah oVaign allngMlier and , oihcra from ft bo ytrMint l-ritT. - Twi kai tauonl bear, in aay raar, to I opnnrd or In no puM t and an ihvy rraJily Cttl iu otik ilia aomiruniK a id of ikir preaoiit rompany, and ink piih very man lky ntrrt. OlWa Iht pliability f mind r trmpnr k naing to trt if ainiabk weakin aa, . bttt it I d'lalrucliva of all nplabliiy f charaf tar. - I know nnl now la il!uitnila lliia piinl brllT titan by lh Al lowing iiory, Inch aa lo auUlaiictf and nilh, may ba regiruVd aa nndnuhrplly Irw. , - 8mt vt-rv nn time line. Pawn M , nf Maaoackuarittfiheaa DriiiahfM'mVt) bring at Itoa tun, kiughl liim f ttn, and reluming htm, wore it S! church tho nl aabhaih. Aa ig of aurk ait and rmi-wasf nml nnvrliy in that otrar pi ce, it gov oOnc lo.ftlmuai tb mhc craigregaiinn, whn, both mak and f Trwle, repairad lb next day lo Ikeir miniaW houac, anl eiatod their complaint, I be hurdtn of which waa, that lh wig waa one ot lb lt.w'on oimu, and had trra tnnk of fahion bikI end. Tb good na In red miiiiatrr. there upon, brought it krih,and bad them fahiHi it to their own liking. Thk'aak thev ael about in gtmdearoeat, and with lb help of eriaaora, er pped off lock after Wk, till at Uat I hey all declared IhemerWe aatiafkd one, who alleged, lhat . wearing any wig at all, waa in hi opinion, a breach of the cummandmenl, which aniih, " Thou ahalt nut make unto the any craven imaire, or likelineaa of any thing lhat k in heaven above, or thai k iu lb earth beneath. I In a kat objector r M kneed, by convincing bun that lh wig, in the eon' dilion it then waa, did not reaembto any thinjp either above or below. F.ren an (area it with lh ch.iractera thai make it their aim In please every body, v 8laahed onlhia aide and on that, aud twkted into every aha pa and wit of all ahape, ihey nnally com lo lua eondmon of bia reverence wig. . BETTING ON ELECTIONS ' If there i a danger to our liberties againxt the inai'JiKKta approach of which we ahnuld guard, lhat tinnier is the corruption of the elective fronchiao. and nothing mora potent to produce lhat corrup tion (lion I lie peruirion cuxlom of Ix-iling on elrc tioni. Thi cu?tom ap thi very f junJalion of liberty. . It convert clcrfiona into mere gambling inachinci, by w hich money ia to be loat or won, end MtrLojiOTbaatBaljnariJUy nficed at the shrine of ft ruinous and degrading vice. I he present political fonteet in l'ennsvlva nia shows this evil in a most alarming form. Hall , n million (f money is staked in Phikdelphi.i alone upon the contest, and the gulx rmiorial candidates are regarded, nol in the light nf men lo be chosen to the highest station of I he (juiternment,and to govern ft tree people but in the light of rnco hor a -son a course, vho, by reaching the gMl or by bring dixtanced, are to win or loan fr their sup. porters a fortune.. , When gamblinusurpa Ihe !ljce of rejard f ir pul.lic wral there must be po iticat jickeving and itotilical fraud.. The inn n who h n staked bis all upon the result of an elec I tion will not be very nice a tothu means by which 1 thrit election is iraiiicd. and briherv. inlimidotion or rami in voting, are no longot viewed with the hnr- a d:ite to it was - Tm rsAtTttft' published at rtr i Bey should be bioked upon by every man who Mentz, 1437. The first reguhir ind pernlnent t;iima a lie an American ciiiz'-n, and regards the Newspaper in England was established in 1622. riht of voting as his most aacred and inestimable The first ori this Omtinent Waa the JWo Alnr right. , The'eviOs growing ; it is a canker that if letter the publication of which was begun by D. wot checked in the first outbreak will soon corrode Green, Esq., ia 1704. Microcom, (he vary heart of or libaitica and couvurt uifro.n 1 " ' , . . f S . If If ' , ? , a 1 1 i i tl ii il 1 '.' I 1 1." ltt . t - ! i! - Uil ... I .1 1 ( .- bri i 'it ia n ' ry ti-. if -4lM l ( I'l- !, I I lw li a a !' r u.. liix rr, Coe ! f H:fllf4 n. li tii.ltlf at.'fi.' y rd r ttr ?4 iUfJi! rl fi k, !.try day t.iift u J-; li I.kN are d.j U)4 lo L ii'-n Bvra lha tn"frtvw ial I i (U rr J tm pi fatonia rare tmf f an! roran, Sftd ! kd la r1l l d.aarmitMla lh ! r, and I ha f!ll(f k drgrad'd iMo a alalia kihtcl I ll diarlaima all j-arlwijw'i'Ki id lh Ul, b! up La lutrfta in h'j trttt Ij-tiMl I .1 ..I JLm . M i. I. . b.ik.f Ira li a a li U-t taken and yt bia iynrm as rrsM-s if '"7 rira js lo l!, Il lata !! pm lh prraaj hball ibey wbo ara le aoU- iw lif liljrrtv Mvn tit calr la hr t ? Miall lb furiiy if lit elrciit frsorhi b Ihns endan frrd by lh wha fff la h il gxsrdian f I mUd il boMiy I l'..rUd il Ut Furkd ii leven lItallimirt ft. MI3CELLANX0U8 INTELUOENCn. VEttT UTJ! WOSI fX'ROIT. Tb packet ship ibfmf at New York, bring Liverpool paprlo lh .tib.aitd Looibst I lM 7lh ttrnteatbar.kolk inflow. Tp JiMrnal of CMNMprc, Ouwriar, ami Cap-it faruiak lb tA In Hi l0t I Tb cbtrf lotoe i4 tolertet in mailers of trad rcki to lit gram market, concerning hn h prt ly full ercftjnia will km (mnd k-kw, Tk wlhr bad cmtfUNSffd no) fof harveating, and lit crop would b arcured in tic'lkm cwidilion f yt nt iiltatanding this, pior bad advanced, and steu klors w-r shaping lb ir calralalMMi fur farther Tli alias pb giaw bad advanced la 2s. and rid. per ej'iarter, and war Vrv snoi et peeled to b up to 10. nd. and 4 W. pr lol. nnflajr. Gral cm4ainl waa making agatnal lh cora kw. Th accounkfrooi Ikoiuc and emu other parts of rop art lea kvorabk lo krg auppli from I hence, than had been anticipated. Cation Nmained about as W-iof. A considera ble Bwvmot had taken place i tobacco. ' rSA.VCE AND MEXICO. 1 It k afftrmad ihafl an ordrr has been iwnx-J from Franc la lb eAWl that, in lh event of a war be. Iween Franc and Msiica, all ves-e'. sailing uraler Mciican ktier n marqu, willb treated aa pi rales, unless their crews art composed of at leaat iwn-ihird Meiican. Tb Lirpool Chronkk of 9)th 8-p. saya, that regular Meant navigation, by meana of (air vee sels nf 100 loos burden each, k about lo ba asab liahed between Havre and New York. Th new eteam ship Liverpool, which know fit ling out in tli Trafalgar l.-k, is advertised lo sail on her first vovag In Nw York on Saturday, the ItOih of October. She is a splendid vessel, and is aipecled lo atrem and sail fast. London, Wplneaday evening, Sept. 26. Money k rather more plentiful than it has been, and Ibe rate nf discount ar lower being 2 J to 3 per rent. on bankers bill. The Engliah lunds continue very steady, at high prices, and seem unaflicted by lb now snore clearly oVroonatrated scarcity of what, and us neeeaaary results in I he employment f immena rspitsl in the purchase nf foreign whea'. Today tVtnartls have been 01 money, and 94 1 ae count. The grain trade conlinuea very firm, and M-cesMrily, under preaenl rircumstsnces, occupies much alienlKst. ' I ba duty on foreign wheat to morrow morning is expected to be iu. e i. per quarter. Thie mailer, however, does 14 create much interest. Prices of Ilriliah w heat are confi dently espected to be higher. . Vest Ik I.irrponl CkronMt, Stpt. 2a Tie arecaf. The splendid weather of I he Inst fortnight bis saved the harvest in the norih of Ivig knd and 8cm land. Fnwty nights and drying winds have done even mora than lh Pin-hins lo ripen the corn and we may now say lhat through nut lorksMre, even in the more ekvaied pans, with very fow exceptions, cvery.specic otcorn k roily ripe, ami th Urmere are busily engaged in cutting il and clearing it away. A grl quantity ofem n has been bawled during ihe present week, but ri tt by far lb -largest proportion is, in lh field, moat of it, however, rut and in shocks, and beauli fying th face of lite country. Another week, with proper exertion oa the par, of the iubandiiian, will bouse the precious iruitsof the earth, or, at least, very krga proportion of them. The crops nf oats and barley are, we believe, rather over limn under an average, and Ihey will be reaped in good condition. The wheat, though in many place abundant, and perhaps in moat uninjured, has yet euuWed ereaigh lo reJuc th crop below an ave rage, Uf this, from all the accounts, we canrnit have any doubt. LrcJ Narturj. There ere ihrea places which claim the honor of having oncinnlly invented the art of printing, ! arlam, Mtntt, and Stnliburg. Venice has i stronger claim than any other plnce to the is prirrrmrnt which has been made. It haa long been ft subject nf controversy between the advocates of these several places, and though it is a contest which will hardly be the cause of any great ad vantage to the world, still it tends to throw light oh Ihe dawning of that art which ia acknnwledgcd to be the lever by which Ihe morn I and political world is directed. From what we are able lo gather from the aru .... i i t r .i " i -1 mi'iils adsans'pl in ilnO'iir of the claims uf the three places, we have mentioned tho truly ori final inventor seems to have tieen a resident of IItiarfam-mt LarttcXTics. lie was man of great wealth and ingenuity." Proceeding alen by- step, he finally brought Ihe art tn the perfection which it now has, an fir as Ihe type ia concerned. He first had bttrken letters, which he changed tub acqticnfly for leaden ones' He' ultimately made them of ft mixture of lead and tin, as a less flexible nnd much more durable suhsfan:e. His first works were published with separate wooden types tied owth!r with thrends. Wooden cuts were Intro- duced into them. He died about the Year 1440. Printing is said to have been introduced into Eng. 11""1 "hmit 1401 by one William Cation a citizen f London. The first work that is known lo have i,t, fcXIK M'UMXABY f.i'T OF rANATICM IN l.trt tinf I baS brro in !'!, S I kVS h-'J of a d tlumtlitittw, Hi d4-i4ee 4 a arc! or ..,!. by aaiM Miaikk Kudt. wWt, in nrdrr I prvaa l,a titiljrliavcrs with ! liaik of lh fdaKt. ma faith, iit-panH to Ins fulUtwcr lit po of bliingixg saotda ad dur k'a tltir bolt, rgtiing sT Ihnr l, fiyii'g it sod putimg it ta liUr sgaio, culling -fl t kd and lnb, ar'ixptoi out Ik eye, and iilruib, dng wiiblkctr W-hra kaivr il pkaard lUm la di all twVk Cj.Uu- t; , in emnpaay w,ik rk-rgyma, a Mr. U , bad aeen eh Ihe klter grew prk aitd ra out of lha rdre, fWkring it was lh po. tr f 8 .tan, which la this day h kliave, snd lh (.Horl, that It k dune thr oi.k lh Prr U lit art magic, at wIih k, I, of roar, Uulfd, end tk. rlinJ il.al an auri aa a maa il tli reirlmnl fbv lb nam i Phaikk Kureen, on of I - RuOai) sIksiJJ raiurn froan frluak, WtwUI wilnsa lb aikiUtioa. A krg lent was arc of J.nyly pitched, and ftfly Ufp ftirmafted, and aJsir fall arerttir, and aoaotilte if a of lit cselus IriU. ftlled Willi milky Juice drop nf which if itfatl on your akin, Uiaters it, and vaat qoanliiy of lb common glaa bangk or brartuVt, w.irn bf lb women, and daggers and aworda, and things lik thick steel skewer, and other horrid ba-king wspio lika butt her Perl, only with band la covered with rhaio, and about 20 RufTak la heal all manner of drum, and en, when all waa ready about five of the officer left the rorse Isbk wilk an) p-lf, and alueg with us about a hundred spoj S rrnwdd fhlo l ha lent. When w wer seated and silenc oblsinel, lh work eommenced, pirt of chant front their aacred Uka, th drum beaters i sning in and hoping tim lh chant Increased at length bulk in note and vidorily. until, having worked them. svlve into an ecalacv, they e ird lvIJ of the in. atrumenta, I It body ke4 in a sort of swinging mo. Iim, plunged list skeeer otrumenl, on lliruuf h each cheek, anotliei through lh tongue, a (bird through lh throat, and then commenced atablsiig ihemaelvM with swords and daggers, and all sorts tfnaaly inatrumenla. Other eotoulhetr longu, and, having rested it in lb fire, put it tn their mouth again, when it immediately united, they eal tli a ramie and Ihe Wiatering milk plant, whilat olhera munched the glsss bangk aa though Ihey wer the greatest ttrlieacke This waa all d me within ft half yard of my knees, for ihey ram up cloas to m with many lamps in onkr lhat I might ar I he re was no deception and I do ftasure you that it made me feel sick, and produced any thing but a aireeahl senaati m on my mind, it lo this moment I know not what In think of it. I am not aiiprratiliiwjs I and ah hough th Colonel and mi nrous mnat respoctable nativea had declared lo me thai Ihey did actually do Iheae things, and lhat if sen were lo be in any manner trualed, they had seen il all done, I would, nereri hckas, not be lieva it. I waa told beforehand, lhat it required faith and purity on Ibe part of Ihe performer, and lhat not ft drop of blood would follow, but that olh erwiae, a fi'W drop of bhmd would pimetiines fol low the instruments, and the performer would re reive some slight ii jury. On taking mv departure from the tent, I hap pened to aay lhat I should, at all events, ihiok more honorably of their pmea if I ssw them exhibit io the open fare of dsv, and diveaied of nnae, motion, parupltcmalia,' A.C. On lit following day, while reclining on my couch, at aV ul Iwoo'chrk. read, ing an Irxigliah newapeper, without a servant or a s tol near me, in mahed their Zjxee, (pricat or his hand full of instruments, which throw ing upoi the ground, he seized one, ptunged il through his cheek cn ihe kit side, another on the right, a third through his tongue upwsrda, en lhat it stuck into bis nose, another through his throat ; he then slabbed himeelf with a brijht aharp creese, which entered his bialv about three inches ; no', a drop of blood fell. II waa going to cut off his tongue, when I beegod him to deaiat. I was, in . ..... ... M.. rruuirajterieciiy naneeaien at lh Right. I he man was in a stale of frenzy, and renlly looked fri.hu ful, nil lace stuck full of inatrumeuts and stubbing and cutting bimself wuh all his might. I sang out lor some people and turned htm out. I have now told you what I have seen, and yet I will not ask you lo believe it, for I know nol my self what to think. Titer are many persons of very strong' mind in other respects, who Grmlv believe, and who do not hesitate to declare their belief,-thaCalthiiugh driven out of Christendom, dcowwtolngv, witchcraft, necromancy, and Ihe en tire lint of hWh and forbidden arts and powers are abroad and in full exigence in India. And I muat doclare that I will never again trust my sense if I did not seo all thai have told you, I examined tho instruments; I saw ihm drawn out of the fleah, and nn scar or blood or mark left. I also saw man eat and swallow three ounces of arse. nie, and crunch and a wallow g!aa bangles hiiiu merable a no yet, althouzh " seeing is believing I - I . .a V a a a m t ran ararceiy say mai I neiieve what Dulure a court of justice I would swear I have seen. 71 Biter Bitten. A mnn in the drnni of a workman, was lately walking in the streets of Bert lin with a packet in Ins hand, aeakd with five seal. and inscribed with an address, and a note that II contained 100 lhalera in treasury bills. As Ihe bearer appeared In be at a loss, he was acemted by a passenger, who naked him whnm he waa btokiug for. The eiinple countryman placed ihe packet in Ihe inquirer's hands and requested lhat he would I rend thrrddress. The reply was made as with an agreeable surprise" X hv, this letterisfor me I nave tieen expecting it for a long while P The niettseiiger uimn this demarled ten lhalera fof the carriage of the packet, which was readily paid, with a liberal addition to Ihe porter. The new possessor of the picket hastenod to an obscure corner to examine his prize but. on his breaking the seals, f Mind nothing but few sheets of blank paper, on which waa written " Done P - A Bloody Afroy. We kirn from the Alesan- drU (La.) Inlelligeneer of lh 12th inMnut, that a f:w dnys previously ft fatnl rccontie tsik place in the Parish at Catahoubi, between Henry Umble, John Divis, and a man by the name of Ross, and two brothers hy the name of Jonathan and Absalom Haggerty. Th elder Higgertv beina- severelv W Hinded by a shot received in the thigh, handed his brother, ouite a youth, a double barrel shot sun. and directed him to kill their assailants, whereupon voung Hagerty immediately shot dead Umble and km, am? wa tumseii sunnily wounded. The woundofthe.ldcrHa Tl,..nff uflketJovrrWof l,...i. k I.,- "P ' -lrrTlt.4 MO. bflUlU,,JN.. York l . t" tl ! i and il ... 4 t.! a. I kJ , van. 4CXK1 Mmmm, hwtia. lj P -lU fi. lh fl k at f...l aj- J, ao. . t...-, 4 , d,. 'l ?. t,"f Vir(o..a. .f ii'U 3.1HMJ. n.i a, that tU t. ke !,t r ,t k,..( , Miri'laod, 3 ttCrt, of M.aapH and Kta k y, fc-4s at Ihe k .f h,. a . h i4 1 , , 9ftiNi.a,hi ..VtJl, NonhC-ar., Ala M.iofiUhl. D.-alo IU r , , knoasalTrixWt-e-.S.f 'J Main Sod M.a. Pir.IAWarl. IU.ar, l.nilj Ohio, Mj fiowttrMSand New Urep.l.ire, I ,l0 ep l.j ly ,.na and l!I.OM.a,tWfcbarroMl iii Rw-ulo Maud, 4 HO, RMM IaJui.K tourist in Oerwiany gives lb. tJloWIO oWrirtMKt of th PS in) Mr 140 ar model itodaatry wlnHher at nm or abrtaail, kuillmg and neplk work no interrupt urn. A kvlv fan to rout woull Ihink bllMol loegei. tin her fan. but f mtbl nol wwod half n boul wilbmrl br impkmeoisaf Motry. A man wotnn p qon pardombk fT dUtng, on entering Park ft draw, tn ruom. whnher he had nk strayed into a whd w - . ' . .as . . of Industry, and whether b wss nut xperled I cheapen ta-hirtgs, Mkflead i4 oalin M small laia. At Drssden N M estfi4 n far that ven tn ine' tr knot protseied aginl storking war, I ha awn a kdr aravrlv kv dwn hrr wor k, wii away th para which tb orrar4'Tbeckk, ift Walkrav teta's rkatb. bad Uoushl inl her eye, and imm; dtaiely raum her koiiiing-,uaaM Aieertimr. Th King of Dsvari k shout Id erect a trmj Is in honor M I lis area! man of tJarrnany. T h vdi 6c k la b built of gray mar Lie, and will il k said in Hs t lienor, reaembk in soma degree the .iiue line at Park. Thr will be 51 pillars, of tit asm color as lh b-dv uf lh kiildm. Th enlrance k la la tweeoly-riur kel la beiabl, eod will open in lo gslkry on hundred and fuly fret baig, fitly broad, and akajl lb aaine number of fret ia height. Th apartment k lo be divided into three sec Ik ma by pr)eciing plasters, each section to be lighted by sekvliaht. On tach aid above tit cornice, wilt b panncls red Ntarbk, in which will ba inacribcd, in letters of gull, lh name of the great men wboe rtraits may not ba been obtained, lb boats will b ranged around lh room, and, together with lh ornamemal portkm of the interior, prorfoe a nag ni Actent efFt. Buc h temple aa I b one prop a-d will be a fitting memorial of ih superiority of tal nl ( and win do honor to a monarch who know so well bow to appmcial intelkciual grealne. Wealth and power should thus always own the su premacy. Ib. A meeting of aieamuoal owasrs, oflicers, &.C, was held in Cincinneti kst week, at which il was rewdved nol to regard th law pasard by Congreaa at lb ksl eeei, entitled "an act lo provide tor lh bettor security of lb live of passenger on board of veek propelled in whol or io part by eteam. Wttttrard A fleet of some nine sleaoj boats left our harbor this morning ami in th course nf the day f tribe far west, bearing from Ihe wharves at kat nlioen hundred passengers, la the apace of one day has a population sofTKienl to create a reapeciabk iz.-d village, been reiptved from among us, and yet w d not rma them. Thy come a mong ue, stay per hip- a week, and depart, without in creasing or diiuiiiiahiug our ptHNilstiiai perceptibly. II wimjKI seem that ihe hole world is mi Ihe move and pawing and repsning through our cily. II the wiy, our harbour ia tun smaH-by one half f-r the intrvaaing commerce i4 Ibe laki s especially at such a time as this, when the wind down Ihe kke has prevented departure for aome days, and at the same tune been filling il with arrivals. The cuar dianaof Ruflaloand its interests n uk become active in an enterprise so desirable, and in fact so eeaen tkl to its future proaperity. Bufuh Com. Ait, MASON'S AND DIXO.VS LINE. This line is frequently alluded to in public dip cuspons, and yet many rcaikrs are unable lo define lis true character and meamng. - To such Ihe t J lowing explanation from th Salem CasiUo will be read with inten-st t "This kmndsry is so termed from the nameaof Charles Mssm an J Jeremiah Dixon ihe two en tlemen who were appointed to run unfimahed line in 1 1 01, between PeunsWvania and Maryland, on the terrtnrica auhjected" to Ihe bcir of Penn and Lord Baltimore.- A temporary line bad been run iu 173a ,bul bad oot given saiisfdctinn lu the disputing parties, although it resulted from an agrvement in 1739 between themtvlte. A decree had been made in 1818 by King Jaime, dolinealin Ihe boon dories between the kuds given by charter to the first Lord Baltimore, and these adjudged lo his majesty (afterwards to Willian Penn) which divided the tract of land between Delaware Iky and the Eastern sea on one side, and Ihe Chesapeake Bay oj the other, oy a nne equally intersecting it, drawn from Cupe llenlopen, to the 4th degree of North latitude. A decree in chancery rendered the King's decree im perative. But the situation of llenloptn became long a auhject of serious, protracted and expensive litigation, particularly after Ihe death of FJtin, 1718, ana oi irn u iiiiinore in 1714, till John and Rich ard and Thomas Penn, (who had kome the sole proprietors of the American noeeiion.jril,rir f-v Iher William,) and Cilioa, lmrd Baltimore, grand eon of Charles and great (irandsonof Ceciliu,tbe nriginall patentee, entered into an agreement on the loin oi way, tr,'.., Jo. this agreement a chart was appended, which auriai.Uk. tjw q,.. IIoiikteii, and dolincatcd a division by an east and west Irue, running westward from that enpe to the exact middle of the eiiinsula.4n.rd.JJ iliimore be came diaHalisbod with this agreement, and endeav oured to invalidate it. Chancer suits, kiiii.lv rl. creea, and proprietory arrangements followed which eventually produced the appointment of commission er to run the temporary line. This was effected in u JS. lint the cause in chancery being decided in 179, new commissioners were annointed. hn..M not however agree, and the question remained open till 1761, when tl.e lino was run hv Mm m.L- and -Dixon "' -. South A mertcan Horsemen. V an i Immense herd of wild horses, and Candioli, jr. saic, Now, Senor Don Jann, I must show y.m now we tame. n colt." So saving, the word was given for persuii of ihe herd, and nil lib. i;..i....s .r. usucno horsemen, Uamlioti and mvself arpiog up w.in luem. Tho herd consisted of au.Hji iwo thousand horses, neighing and snorting, with ears er.t A (!.:. ,. i. .? ' tljMI'jl Pmn-iai-ia, ram la ,;,,, , herd rootinurd lla tieail.i.g fl.gM, U-4t,r ltir tea prorfrsi otfs . . l'Pm , , whok band of tao ran k lata . lo li Im ir bga east ma betj j m rsrh horae, sod an.sUr lh kind aal ( wiift ptigi.lar rajxuiiy o-l ori-ii!y, u, , Uaocho put ll oa hlks and hrwUU mi iUm IremUing, arW aimoat iranial.ticiiM, j-m iwU ntPk a aaraultarw.m aitd fmmX fcJ tsulll I lie reared, plunged, and kikd j a , stsnttd ,sf st full gallop, aad apt Poj.jeJ tt their raref r, With I heir heads brtwaea tVw L enlevtf nig to Ikruw their rider. Vsl ,t cktdl ImmovaU. Ikey -e-d atlk mv em! of lh lerbukwl aad owtrapawi I ham sod k) kw ikan a kor ft m , lirn of Iheir nywritinf, it was ry vhS , were to U lh maater. KerUon$ fortf eat fis 4 sgsat ( ) tonlimtt, lv . WN.NEtt TO THE CttSTLITlO.T. atoriAi toasts. " t . . . i ' - i 1. teiir wwniri i w iuv r Pru. i Home Ml il our put s iar. . UsilCoUU t. Politicit irtd Commert iI Iudepe1lWt t, father owgaf fof the , lot I hair twm sM, lit other. Wftaliingtnsj'i urC 8. Tb Norther Btstesi Piwr k as1 prize moat hooored w wa boat Imualed. IaiikfiXjt4 4. Tennessee I Making per first iimnm our M tniri a$temUg bk ma idea Iron W. th mouotsins It k her privilrgat . ML After lh applause which wt drawa Let t this settlinpot bad auhaided, C4. Jrnerm,f 1 gale front Tenrieseee, rose and responded la i, very kandsom manner, and concluded kyS 1 a seotioer4 highly appropriate to th crtaa 1 r . -P. . T L. i. . t O.. Virginia I I ie cujf tm wr yuaw m at- ha bo la fill lht of her poperitj. t. North Carolina I Mud4 and aaasuevat, J pur aa her own gold. . I 7. Sooth Carolina t The flvmesof bercoaar1 cial emporium have but brightened tbesatkbt' hishrJectiny. ' I Th Hon, n.' F. Dunlin, of Cliarletoa.ra ' ed to tbk sentiment in a moot hap7 and aks, manner, lo th great delight of in cowipaay; r eluding bk respt) with the relatioa of saw' Vti illuatrative of the character of Georgia,!-' was amnajng in lit highest degree, . ft. Alabama Rking IVorn her "UtaoVpm, like giant from bk wine," Mr. Ceene wa called up by Ihis seotiort honor nf his Ftste, and in ft abort but tape, speech pledged the cordial ro operation of Akkl in the treat enterprise nf Hoot hern tmpoctabn 0. Mkaiaainni t The lertik vallev el ker fep " - - - " i tie riser invile ber lo agricultural iodaary-tj deep perennial currenl beciona br lo CoaaasKi Let not her people bedrsi "ppW Col. John Tl. Milkft. of Mipatsippi.an' Ihr Deleifatea front lhat 8late, waa uMij wt, and responded to it ia a very W J this toftat manner. -J 10. Flnridi t Msy lh. prodoetiv VihiS fruila, equal the beaiite f her nawrrs. "V- .1 . n. i f I .fB T Hits aenliment Col fi adden,of rTori.', dent of the Convention, reapnoded in t le kf ive remarks, characteristic of the maa and h ank alike to himself and the Territory ht w eenled. . . 1 1. Seorgia t Her natural position aoinUbV hif h deatiny. 8h will not b skiw k furmn j l. Vt. Crawford. Epj. being loudly eattel, the applause fir this sentiment had suha'uH eremrkd In il In I veiy eloquent and veritsWr which waa listened lo with great attentios kj A company, A. larg number of volunteer toasts wars i fiven and number of speeclie were "ukM, festivitie of J he nceaiou being continued w late hour at nF rhl kit a wa have been aWc !. kin hut very few of them we have dcetnei I necessary to publish thenn. . The Steubenville Herald (Whig) thus uumwK .1- -L- J 1- .- .. . ' . . I ore nig uciesi in umoi i Well, here we are the election ever skin Whigs mwed up salt river yes, to its eitmrj head waters. We have been routed, r.H and dragoons our camp laid waste, hsyetej sj ken, and the right and kft wings, msin b.Jy.r' ral and all, telotally used up. We h-s aiet enemy, and we are t heir's every molhrrsWj us.. The result in Ihia countv. and. indeed, tk K ult throughout Ihe whole Slate, haaaatonisW1! amazed our pde and their'e too. W t wrong anap, we muat confess, in getting into t hand of .the' L-co Fcos this heat. ' Bu we were driven into them, kicked into them,srM went into them, is our own business. '. Su'hciM any, Ihttt we did get into them, were jwwlled rH' enough, and capaized in all Quarters, frfo "i great baillu" was f .usht.rur cry wss s . rescue" egad, bud it not been for U lha day W t huve been ours. We made il our biwinewtoif- Fvery voter to turn out but. alna't m i wretchedly mimnderatood the Whis,onlr,f turned out. The only licking the Locot ! n received, is the county of l.ickiutf. and lh;il 1 have by about a cool thousand. . We ,,Tf' i vernor. Congressmen, Assenibly-nien, i H nothing else to losse. : I Xoieta CWafi'on. On Monday Istt vention of the dnipeof lle Lidielis systfrs"' , hiladelphia. It consisted of deb-sate f cj various Thomsisiisn Societies in the Uotten met according lo sppTtihtroeui; the majontt k1 lhormgh diciples uf Dr. Thomson, and s pj dilTering with him on wme points. The wra j lusing to recognise the taller as I homsow 'TV! he Constitution nol providing for their ej" t he convention was dissolved bv ft maiority t Afser this, Dr. Thomson invited hi dtcip!ee,lf new Constitution, at the Hall of Ibe rnn"' Witutfe, in Seventh jitreet. ; Those wbodiaerc , Dr. Thomson afterwards met at Washingto" - i ikewise lo form a new Conatilution. Butl,crr Ikns were still sitting oo Tuesday evemng' oa. '
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
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