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. I s 1 ' y-7r- ; s re---. 7 1 s .'. . . THOlASJ.lMll.Mlw SORTS tlEOUU "Pfrful it iittllcttnal. moral 11s ihyiirul muartn, lb Uti ( car lirrt tad kom a! tir IttrtlioB.' VOL. XL1T. WEDNESDAY 3IORNIXG, JULY 9, 1851. ygalM. W tpll strietlT i adTUMt, (2 aw ! 5" f4 HSi-ii"mMitJii sail IJ t tk lh.jrr. ." ' "r- ADVKBTISIKtiv! Ihm 0 Urn,) tnttaMrtk i, nt ! "l',l,, is"" THE CROPS rfriTfiN'-r CORNTO-jnexlt!a UAfC0 " llfcA - ( We nndcrstsiid the erop are uaeoinniriBly prumising throughout thi? county. ' n,icr jMnji,,, while jn rtpr-nuiort in the rut- T.iltuble by the farjiity with which it may the new atiomlo impwted -to AcwM.wr"-- j unft fct , siHnjsof two, tbroe, for ftsr. 1 b applied in a eonflagration. The within the lat few yan -Edjeromue ( N j ur il;c.s j dc-ptU- Tl.ia coiiln.1 or the I first exhthiuoii wi in a woo.l fiain npidly riaint lh position she ' lel u,m necemwiy, M it must be evident ed house, fielld with ptankin? and ahav- iti no great while, to allaiti, that of the Jrtt ,.3rtlul j,ofiini f iIm land, requiring lojinijs saturated with lurprniine and t:ir ; wlirn in rnr improved system of farming is risible every where. Emigration has ahmwl wholly ceas ed and lands hare appreciated in taluc. The eoltoii crop, we learn, was scare lv cer better. The stands are good and the recent hot and dry atmosphere, though deletcrions to oilier field products, has been the natural aliment of tho cotton crop 'I he rmptoo is nnusiMtW btrfe probably a lourlh l irifer than ever planted before. The census of 180 gives aa the product ' Edgecombe two millions four hundred and forty five il..,ml. i2.443.(K)0 , of seed cotton. This according 10 the usual r.i n"i tents establi'licd lor it extiniishment, involve ! affair, and the more particutaily interesting I fiTenco with l.aspsr I srr and I'hilltp Kca- make one thoiissjiid five htitidied an- Iwenlv aoual, . sumn of I((ner rUe uwU'. to us. aa it is to the shipping 'interest that J n, Ksq.. (ol this neighborhood.) whose re ewht ( t Sit) bab-s weighing lour Ditmireo 1 .. I we would earneslly commend the invention. eoUeelious aided me considerably in some of (4110) . pounds each. In 1840 .lidgcomw stood fifth in the calendar of cotton rroduciiig ' 'en'unties Anson, Jiorthampton, Columbus and lllifi.x (in the order of their n -mcs) rankinc above her. The census nCiO. w e learn, shows a' production of thuty tlir Uuodred-WauOV -bales, .ow-juott. unel hundred per cent. With favorable seasons from this time forward believe the crop will reach four lliousad (4000 ) hale. Corn look well (especially in Coneto) ' The quanuty P!.nM it iWgn.e.u of the receipt of a deed from the lal season and wdl continue to bear a good , o 1 price throughout the year. We believe 1 1-oivdon f ire AnniluUtor Company, assign Edgecombe will make little or hope f.f cx-! ,ng ty,m that portion of the pateul secured portalion. . , , for t'ieir machine in the L'nited Stales which Tobaett is a new cron in this county tho planted heretofiire intlmiled qnanfties. Two j wntrol. ihe State of Mnn. aud .that he enterprising gentlemen in Coneto (lbs Messrs. , hopes in a few Weeks to be able to dcnion llowell) have' begufrth w-wk in -earnest "f eir;iip tbe W'briderfut effiraTy of the invention. We understand the experiment promises wen. .- . , , .. 1 ' 1 r. ....... ... ; (Should It aucceen it may ttrroaiior -.- mm 1 an important element in the aggreeale ol our products. I Wheat lliougli nof'a llnpte, is plant ed in eonsiderthir'q' thtoughout. We are in the middle of the erop, several weeks ago proruifed well, the 1 rain haa lieen greatly injured by the recent dry weallier. We were shown yesterday a 1 Kuland. So ntirely has it answered the very fine apeeimen of wheat, grown at j exp ctations of its inieiitors, thai it has al Strabane," by WmrF. Bancy, Esif. 4l i -f t ready ben itilrmlunedintii thorotiiderMaiauf the the variety known as the ''Long Inland hong j f 1 lie uohility, from the Queen down and Head, and in point of whiteness and s ze j sso into the Crvslal Palace. lrd Hriiio- urain we have seen none to compare with it. A specimen of this wheat (both sheaf and grain) may be seen at our omceT" Tatboro Press. aowATi'LiTrlnj. trices. . Ttla' ah"oircc"a1ite' K ever sn ihrHty and of whatever kind, lo which cattle gain if Cess,, and nnder which they "become habituated to etartd, wiH ery soon die. Ill the ease of a solitary shade Irec in a pasture, or bv the road aide, this is f common occur-. rence. . The query may have been suggested to what is this owing. In the first place tub- mmlmt)mmm.i4lm fiemictoua, and if persisted in it will common y destroy liicm sooner oe. Jalerf but if the body of the tree be cased so that their necks caiinof touch it, rtrath will ensue just ss eer about it. liul liy should tiampuig uie earth about it, destroy the true 1 The reason is one of wije Bud important ' application lo the law of vegetable growth. The rools of pl int anted air, if not much; yet just as tru ly, as the leave and branches,.,- Ths ease , analogous to that of fulies which though Utey must have water must have air also, viz. just about as much aa permits the water. If it be ahut olTau that' hone which ' is frijch fiffl gt-f to them, they will exhaust the supply on hand, and then die for want of more. 8a ih root of trees and vegctaMce want air. When the earth is in a normal or nat- ural condition it is full of instetstices and eh m- ncisny writnr - lir g" 10 iiirm. rjui 11 14c cattle are allowed t tramp down the earth, nd the un aid their work by baking it est the same time, a crust like 1 brick is formed, wholly impervious to the atmosphere and the tree yields to its fate. 80 a tree cannot live if ils roots are covered wilh a close pavement. I hey will struggle for life by creeping to thefjournals. The London Times in giving surface aud hoisting out a brick here and -a stone thererar fin a track where there: nnx. s ran snufT a little breath I but if fought down and cavered over will finally give it up. So if tree be thrust into close clay or its roots are kept under water, it refuses either to be an aquatic of to put np with its olrcnitnons pois on. It will grow a little as possihle and die Ute first opportunity. Pfatrit Ihrnm A NEW PRAISIXa PLOW. find tlie following account in an r.ng- hsh paper of a new draining plow. We know nothing of it merit oilier than what we see Staled t but iu construction strike us favors - bly, and should the following description do xl,in. 1 V - notning more than incite our liHrcmous me k.-; , ', . r. "J",u " rnanie to get up something similar, our ob- jectincopyVg L article lill be efleced. - W e presume this plow will be exhibited a, the World's Fair in l-ndon, , J . Mr r'..o,rn.n'. 1. ' .2" r plsne; in fact it is Nothing mor Tl, nan hnd plant t and when Seen, tWry tme must wondeiwhvll-e nria.-iU J,. hLt must wonder why tlie principle now bionglit hu operation jia no ueesi tpplirtl vrars ago. -W rm thretccprton Of the irii iin 7TramCa Hie work, even to tlie obtaining die perteui level of the draiu, is performed hy the plane pluwt Mr. CotcreSve has id adamed' bis , W.ifclirtirJMc WMftthravrs'r'tli' .: : 1 , . . r. . . time m a miner material .-object, 4'-bj work j " ,,a " recurfru sawirwHiir, -vjue aucn by thit pmecst is Imoal incr.-dibly expeili-' machine is abundantly sttUicient (nt the pra lion, tad ery Uule damage it dost to tlie I lection of toy ordinary dwelling-house or surface ; indeed, in grass lands, a heavy roi-1 sorri Larucf machine . to run on wheel, ler will repair all lUniajjes, The cost of work- j l'ich bos can be attached and snsetl mahship is half the price of manual lobor, on forUrg fire, coat from Iwu to three hundred iCT,-iii .mem ; onu me lime oecunicd bne 'the1 wurklA "Urt, rlri.- letol it, a efficiently nnd durably perform ed. 1 ,i; We now proceed tir the detail of the plow. . XL- Ji .u.m .m h. . . . .y .trx "c- uie nrrsTwiry-nnrrr 01 men tl lJS w ''' . ' '14"'' ' - and of hunt' (bar ; Mi wilh this at command, U. Corpave tU be eaaUrd, without dis tressing either florae men, to Wmmenr itwotiaUite acre iu ilia morning, nd finally compli-le. thai is, cut jIh drams, (including Uip uum iluin.) lay llin pip , till in ami owke l!e Htrii:c.fif ima tame imp, nJ hif iriarp Uie Mrond lo i reaOjr for wort the next t!ay, 'l'he plow, a e hv alrf uly e tilaiiicd, is on ill, plan (.riiiriiiie, anil, by The iilow, as e bsv. already itli.fuut - im mm lh fluu r.riiwinio: iiniL ttv ! I iiii'nn of tcrewa, at: be adapted nreaaion iMxiuifM, t tu wliilp in nprratMw in the rtp ,,, r memva. eai: be artnotet) m-easion ho trnrnr.l. Irci iifii' v hayf uiHlul:itinns 1 nil if there n ."r;- U1 rejrulntiitsf principle, it is ! unite rnrlain no water level could lie obtained i lv a plow. Tins point, we iirticnUrl v im-1 -I on t!ie :iIiciiiumi ot our readers ; iK'cause j every praclical man, at first, would enquire i I t.:. .I:l...l... : . . 1... how ibis diiliculty is lo bo overcome. .Im. .1". FIKE ANMUU.Tttt. Tho tlnglish inreiition under t is i attracting much attention in this name is country, where tlie losses by fin , and the costly ?'-1 turns estab! rr.. eiueienc, .,,n, u. , , v rsptu , in the and rrrtaiiirxtiiiginslimtnl ot the devastating etlemeul by the simplest means and at a trilling i com. is well calculated w gain for it universal j nU ?"' "I1"1 w,,h ''"""P "hM. lur ...... pentmc and rosin was plenlifullv sprinkled : luv.ir. and tlierelore it cannot be lone helore I - ;rrTinnHtdstm' - wrtt - bprtr - rlrT L'lnte.t Su.les. Indeed, it is already stated, in a can! in the St. Louis Republican, that Mr. Thohas PAVEjiroRT hr.s recuived from .., - hall watch caiuestlv for the St. Louis dentcnstration. and in tjje meantime we jive an iutensting arti' le e.i the subject, furnish ed to the iSew York. Cuuricr. by a correspon dent. The writer any it is known as"7ii7)' Jut Jlnnihilalor" and' is now in sucees"ful operation and use in M ah recently f :a ted in Parliament that he in tntiiUil soon to ti.ibuiit' a proposition that no vessel bi' allowed to go lo kci without a sup ply of these Auiiihilator 011 bocrd. 1 mmi; iun "fliesi' 1 facia i"U sli'inv ilin'. T am not tnlkir.g abuul a ...tliiug. -iit'. poasibiluy, and - pn-babib rry, but bf acnial, pertnaiicnl, practical exie icrjce. ''Pliillips' Fire Auiiihilator" extinguishes fire without use of water. The machines are of vatious sizes, depending' upon the use to whteil ihcy ere required to be applied. 'I'hose ordinarily ilsed for theprotcetion of dwelling and ttorcs are about the' aize of a each. They are made of strung sheet iron, somewhat in die form of a pail, with a strong cover, aud with various compartment inside. Wiiliin these several ditision are placed a t iie i4WHsfttt ptsp brought into contact hy a simple mechanical contrivance, produce an immeusc volume of gatcotis rapor or steam, which rushes out from an aperture m die cover, and tills die room. This vapor, coming 111 eontaet with flume, inslttmly qtiugnisUes it, although it can I he breathed with perlcet impunity. A romn that IS hllei) with llaine and smoke, so as to inareessible under ordinary circumstances, eth W tCadfh' eaff'rWi wt h woe of lhe iiia eliinis in operation. The Amiihil.tlor instantly envelope itself, and the person holding it, in un aim sphere wbiehcan ue broathrd, ami at the same time j krep, at hay . and exiiiiCaisles all flame in the apartment. I have not examined the chemi cal preparations, or tbe results of their com bination, so :.s lo slate the precise chemical rfleet upon the flame in extinguishing it. Juu that sura is the ellect, no one can eWbt" who ha paid any at tention to the account given in the Knglish report nt some experiments witnessed, svs: Before this experiment was shown, Mr. iPniti.irsjfafe' a ort of explanatory lecture, illustrated on a. sandier scale. lie slated that the grent advantage possessed by the gaa em ployed Iiy him over water were a follows; The gas Was evolved at a temperature of a- Bout 100 degrees rahrenheit, and came in contact with fir.roe having a temperature of a bout 300 degrees, and under which tempera ture it could not exist. The gas absorbed part of I ll, i. I.nat. anil lint onlv in nmoohiw tn iu nr. j igi,,ai volume, but expanded aa much a a j hundred lime more, each p-art rill retaining 1 highly absorbent powers, " . , ., ,- 1 ' t Now water thrown into a bruly of flame t , , - - ,- , , only sciej on the part unmet lately in contact f . , , . u l j gJl tahic much ,ht t h?htJ,, hn the gas, yet it was found that a very small pari assumed the form P"W. "'".. fir quantity fell Xl . ' it T 1 a ' ' Wr fhilltp beii.owed an expenment to p ro this. -. He lighted coal gat in the hold nf a aiodel-oLajthip. and pouted jug after jut; nf water oi it without any efl'ocl, but immedi ately the vnpir was hroiinht in eoniam with it the; flame was extinguished." V . ' 'i vVe ewssvW soeh iMbfiits I bate weftc I . . , t 1 ..1 .1 11. . .t 1 eat it, , 1 . . . The following description of aerie of striking expemiienl with the Annilnhilator, 1 by Mr. Pbillim wdl be read with intcresi. It w taken from the London BAiimUlg Om- I. " V , - 7" ' " ' jiarfTKrr - ..;.'' . "Via attended another demonstration oftha power and applicability of thia wonderful intention at Milbank rm Tuetday lart, the spot chosen (Meir; Johnsnn's stone vlrd) beinj rsperialiy for the eonrenlenee of mem bers of the fgisUtnre and oihrr piiblie men. Our business in atterlin these eiperiment" iMwiiinllir im in finit m,t raiw (if fnilnrf. e-ihold surh occur but the more we see of iIih nnntifn. tUm mfkrm m mrm invinrfl nf ils nnetrinir eertaintv. rendered alsomora hprrp v iirniieil. llie ll:iiir nounnff nut nt i he wiuduu s and througli the ronf the application j of two hand machines quenched the tire nmi- j pletely in three minutes. - . I he second trim ;is on a tank, twentv-: leet long and nine lect wide, constructed of I I I M-.J ...:.!. . .1 .- . u . I 1 wood, and tilled Willi gas tar; lias, the most ; inflammable material know 11, was yet fire lo, , and alllovved to attain the greatest possible a Tniiihait,. .Iriwiiflr th.i ii.lnirm In n i i,ln nii" i a stream of vopoi directed from one machine j i chased away the flame; and this experiment, i,... ..u,,.i., ., ' .-..i I line imu w ut. .m,i,,. iv 1 , .iu. 1 elm. 'Diei tliinl, however, was n more important I Th(, h&( of a , of aI)OU. , -() mo))r. , r) oATlhe wlmrf, was filled with sugar hrgs- heads, turpentine bariels, rosin barrels, ic, ,i.i , i;i,i i r. ,.- n,l tbe-bateii-refied -to-git--he-4We firmer play. W Hen the cnnihustton was complete and the names ascended nign above the necks j nn cn;ire wilderness, covered hy a heavy two men each bearing a P o. 3 machine, hygniwth of timber. Ths settlement pro simply directing the nozzle of the apparatus , pressed and improved till the year W ih aoeruue, ucc1m1 iu 4ispcUig-tii ry. J. f f)r wwmi- ilf-.oluiioaj-y . jkac-...Jwoka trace of burning in far less time than it takes.! nuit which continued till tlie'yes; 178:1. to record the faett snd as the vapor in this case descended to do its extraordinary work of annihilating the tbe mighty antagonistic ele ment, it was indubitably manifeslto every be holder, that it might with ease and eerta fl y he applied -under every possible, contingency on aliipboard .both life and property being res cued from tin awful, danger all but instante ously on the application." A similar description of of the above ex periments is given in the Irfmdon Times, Herald," Chronicle. Post, Advertiser, Journal, tc U expressing cutuu aatifaction with the. result w itnessed. In conclusion, I ill glance at a few of the advantages nf ibis invention over water inex tinguishing fire. 1'ir t. It is directly at nand, and ran he applied at once, without giving au alarm. In nine cases - out of ten, fire, when first discovered, are eon lined to one room; and, although the room may so be filled with smoke and flame as to be entirely inaecesihle with the ordinary apparatus nf water, yet wilh one of there fire annihilators in hand, tho rorin can be entered w ilh safety. ,jlAihlIaui..nv.ertig;iiihel, -Tbe- gaa thrown out, envelope the .person .holding the hiachine nt aj" sapor,- 'wjiiuli is breathed readily, and at the same tin.e drive' tlie the flume away a.td extinguishes iherii. W lib tlie present tartly arrangcinrul. an a farm i given, and before water from the en gine can be brought 10 bear upon the fire, the whole house may be 111 llames. Seronl. Thegasor lapor w hen thrown iu- to a room, permeates every part and performs Tl drtice, vt'ttftotif ,:.mmiit-W'v!fr-particular point. Water will only extin guish lire by being 'thrown directly u on the ignited mass from which the flame springs. 1 iils cannni always oe accompiiMi-1 eieniem wiurii iijirrausanu rommuoicaies uie fire. Firemen know very well it is useless lo plsy upon a flame. third.. A child of ten year ran operate the Anuihilalnr, far he ha only 10 turn a plug, give a rap with his fist, then throw it into the room on fire, and the work is done. Water is not always at-hand, and if it were, the room cannni prohubly tie entered so as to throw it upon Uie bumiug,pait,.,Tbc r.cwlt larm must be given. Fourth. The gas from the Aonihilator is perfectly harmless to goods, dresses Or J'rteiTi ture, that may be in the room. It is well known that water iv abnnt-a- injurious irt fire. It may well be asked, why it is that an in. vention of such practical importnnce should he in (uccessful operation a whole year in England, before it is introduced into this country? Tbe only answer I can fmffginris. that the Fnjdiah patentee and monopolists, have hoped to advance iu value and prie In thi country, by it increasing European re putation. If this be tni3. - they have ex hibited a very selfish and il'ibera! spirit to wards us.-' According to the Albany Atlas. Phillips' Fire Auiiihilator "seems lo bn the same s one mentioned many years since by Southey, tn tsprella hatters which was never got in to use, because nf the firemen, who, in Lon don, are a hired and exclusive class." Vuicilfe of a Young ImiIxj. A LoweH (Miss.,) letter of die 3 1 si say : latst evening, aliout tl o'clock, a young girt jumped into the Hamilton Canal, near Central street, and wa drowned. Her nam was Hutch ins, and she had relative res'ding 111 Lyndon, .Vu She left a awe at, her boarding-bouse, requesting that some money she had in the Pavings' Bank,, and her clothing, might be forward ' to her relatives. Thorn who, were acquainted with her. stale that she was very handsome, quiet in her ma u nor, and making more than a good living by hr industry in the Mill, and they are .entirely at a . l'tQ -acjauatiur. Jhe-tah Don't live in hope with yonr arm folded. Nril mltte-4r'-lhl8 pelt tliein on to wealth and happinessv Cut thi out aud carry it in your reel ' pocket, ye who idle in bar-room of at the corner of fit etreelsv Sun. . s- ' " J , ' Tanlet JjodVe. Ta a etrriou tjoofe on iht iroodtowrsof WedvbwfigifirHi term Yankee doodle wss traced to 'the Persian phme ,,Ynkt doouih,'ir lnabitantof the New WorW Liyard, in hi book on "Nine- Teh and ft Remain." Iso mention Yanghii t ,hft nnn, f.rc r -4 . . ', (';;-; : iV; '' e'" s : s . Km the Pittpbar IhspsUh. ( T1IK WHISKT IVsrRRECTKtt OF 1794. ! ' Thef' follow hi( addnws on the subject of' the Whiskf Insurrection was delivered in' Monnt Pteasanp Westuioreland Oo., Pa.. k 1 the Hon. John Lobingier. We hat no dotil.t it will be acceptable to many 'if our readers.' aa furnishing them with some facts and inci dents by a person who was an eye Tritness, and, ii. some dewiee, an actor in one of those J scenes of madness nnd misrule that sometimes take possession of wholo communities as well as individuals. Jiuljjp l.oliiutfier, though ninety years of nre, is still, ue are happy to learn, a hair, ae! live m-.'n, venendile for his ai;c, and esteemed ami beloved bv all ho know him, for tbe ur- lianiiy nf hts manners nnd tin- infirrity of dii lif (Jaspnr Tarr and I'hilip Ueasan, 'i., mentioned in the narrative. Jiave bntli died smre tfielejj ertnj of liie ai'ilrrss I arr i jihout the sevctf -filih ear of bis ajre. and . .r - I I ..r I Kcatran at ifii-JtiYy adtanced of one nun dred and seven.'. I rise to i(he voti itt? recollertions of the Western, or what is called the Whiskv'ln mirrnetion, in the year I7UI. In doing so, have to depend almost euliiely on mv 1. - : i.:.k own lllt'uiorv , iia illR ou o.ivinitvn.B wi n men j,, refer. I bate, however, l.ilrlv had a con- (c ,.,.,.,,.. ,,,fre ( prM.(.p( wilh 1V narrative, I will Rive you a short a .-count of the first settlement of tins part of l'ennsylva. ma, with the manners, customs and nanus which the settlers acquired under the peculiar circumstances in which they w ere placed. The settlement- ewmmeneetr-iibrmr-the ' yearf !7i9. 'I he whole country nt that time was During the period many of the frontier inhab- itonts were (hiven from their dwellings by the hostile Indians. Some lost ttieir lives, and oiiia returned to the other ride of the moun; tains from whence they had come. Other, uot wdling W give up their settlements, erec ted temporary forts and blockhouses, into w hich they occasionally fled, w hen apprehen sicuf danger, 'l'he men vent out in com panies to work their little fields of corn wilh their guns on their shoulders placing part of themselves ns sentinels round the beldls, while tbe.odier pari ere al wort, for fear of an at tack from Uie Indians. In this perilous ilu ation ihcy suffered many privations, until pence was restored in 1783. fter that peri od many of the old inhabitants returned, wilh increased numbers of immigrants, and the ermntry improved ' so rapidly as oon to sup ply the inhabitant Willi sbutidance ol every kind of provision. I.'nfortunately, about ibis lime, or a little before, they began ! convert their surplus gnin into w hisky : this a - the more au evil ns they used tbe w hisky principally, nninnga! tbem)elvei". Frdin "the great deiniiiid for it, it wns the nrincinal rifliclc of Iridc, mil became kind of standard of value for oilier articles; and the man who bad pfeniy i f wb'tsky- in those times was regarded by his fellow citi run nearly in the same light as a man is now who ha more money than his neighbors. 1 am astonished when I look back, and reflect nnon the quantities of it that were used. It was the medicine for almost every disease, ,,a,.y-,;.a,,a, met together, whether to assist each other in labor.gr amusement. At military trainings, elections, funerals and weddings ; at raisings, log rollings, grubbing frolics, chopping frolics, . i.nrvf s, f hftus and nt corn iiusiiing; in icrever the people met, and whatever they met In do, they must have whiskv. Owing to the perilous limes through which they had passed, anil from the very nature ml the employments in a new country, the peo ple lis I gl into the habit of doing almost all their ordinary labor in companies, and these were a kind of convivial meeting that greatly fostered whisky drinking; in short, the cus tom had become so universal, that n man was 4rwnMthreu euuiltth nr mean, thit did not treat his neighbors to a dram whenever an oppor tunity offered. The coun ry remained in ibis state till about the year .1791, when Congress laid a duty or excise of fnnr police per gallon on all distiltett Spl fit."- The lnhg war with ;,. England had greatly exhausted the public treasury, anu litis was thought to he a lax that would assist the rev enue w ith a litlle in- jnry to the citizen as any oilier that could m devised. I lie people, however, would (rot submit to it. They considered it a great op pression, and tyrannical beyond end'trance. WltatL'! laid' lliry. taslialf wr. who. within twenty years have sucrssfully contended wt'h Great Britain on account of a tax on lea. now. submit to be taxed for whisky t" When the excise olhcrrs came round tn col lect the duty, they were everywhere hissed at and insulted, and threatened to be tarred and leathered if they persisted in executing their nlTif ft. Other officers vvern snnt ami uppn treated 111 ttie same manner. Mome few re commended submission to the laws, and that they should petition Congress for a redress ol grievances, but they were disregarded. The popular frmzy was such that a man who talked either of submission or moderation, wa in great danger of. getting his person - bused or hi Mouse burned. I'uhlic meetings were ricid in aillerent sections 01 the country, pd inflammatory speeches made, and liberty rtole raised, wilh such device on a these: Liberty and no excise t "United we siand. dividrd we fall j" "No asvluiu for cowards or traitor. Thn a very great excitement wa raised. aa a large majority were willing to go tny length in opposing Ihe collection of tbe tax; I While affairs remained in this situation, gov trrniiititt mvtii uui n.riw: miiumiiui mmmisallin- era, lo tlie several disaffected coumies, in or der lo persuade, the citixn to (tibmit to the that Ihcy vroidd not Hoar the commissioners. I hey were plainly inlnrmet! hy tlie eommts liooer that the hw neither' could be nor would he repealed, so lung a Ihe citizen resitted it, and lliat the dignity "and ttability of the gov terreent required that it (hould enforce obedi. encelo the law bv the stronff arm. if nodiinv He re-jr dot'The effcet ptrTtiiie tneitaetv, wa. (bat a general convention of the citizens wa called, in consider whether they would submit to the law r reit it, The delegate assembled at fakmson f lrrjr. Inow Monon ' f ,hi citJ!' r 'b P v( tha tommet j the best of in j rteollectwu, aomt lima in 6e- ':'-''' -:'i'--;?' .-t'cji ' 'r'-i-iii n, r-tffiiks ,1 ti V' 'j.ri'r'"- "vV'i -' '.-vr-'V' of I7W. Tfcr majority of the convention passed resolutions tluH the several excise ofli- j eera shoidd immediately be brought iu by a strong force, and that their commissions should, be taken from them, and promise extorted from thpin, that they would not again act la that eaparity, and that if any resistance was made by them, they should he burned out of house ami home. Thus this affair was fast drawing to a rrisi. The insurgents, by a numerous body of armed men, made their first attack on the dwelling house of General .Neville, the excixe nllicer in tt ashington comity. Neville waa aware of their coining, and had prepared an armed fojee to defend himself. He warned them to deset-nr he would lire on litem. They advanced, however, and eaptain M'Far land was shot dead. The assailants retir ed, and a dav or two afterwaad, returned ( to remime the attack. Neville, in the mean- lime, had abandoned' the house, and the as- anilnnta niAplinir with nn rpaiatanee. ant fir to I sailants meeting wilh no resistance, set firs toj it and burned it down. I he next movemert 1 was made against Philip Keagan, the deputy !' excise officer in Wctmoretaud county. The attack wa made 111 the night by a numenni body of men ; Reagan expeeied to be attrct- ed, ard bad prepared himself wilh a number nf guns and one or two men. The firing commenced from the house and the assailants fired at it for some time without effect nn eith er side. The insurgents then set fire to Kea gan's barn, which they burned down, and re tired for that time. In the course of day or two after, the assailant, with a force of one hundred and fifty men, returned 10 renew the attack. After some parleying, Keagan, rather than shed blood, proposed lo eapitulate with tbem,-iHH4dl they-wwW-do rt-eicm ble term, and g'ne him assurance that they would neither abuse his person or deetroy hi , property, and would flares on hi part to give I up his commission, ami never again 10 act a IM .,eiS!SSm.?!U..0".5s ... Pi:i " t, gret d to. reduced to writing, and ngned by the parties. Rer gan then opened hi door, and came out with a keg of whisky, and trea ted them all. In a abort time, however, after the wbitky was drank, some of them began to murmur, and to say that lh old meal wa let off too eatey, ana that ha ought lo be tot np a a target to be shot at ; tome were for tarring and feathering him, but others took hi part, and said that be had acted manfully, and alter capitulating wilh him they were bound by everything sarrcd to treat him honorably. At length they got lo fighting among them selves.. After this it, wa proposed nd car ried that Reagan should be court marlialed, and that they would march off, right away, to Ben Wells', of Fayette county, the excise officer there, snd catch him and try him and Keagan both together. They set out accor dingly, taking Itcagan along, but when they i arrived at W elk' house,, he was not there, so they eel fire lo it and burned it down, wilh .11 it content. . They left an ambush near the ruins in order, if they could, to triza Well. Next morning he wa taken, but liengau had escaped during the night, and a Well-, was- very submissive wilh them, they let him off without further ti'olciiation. The Wxt attack wa made, on Captain VeliJei:,.uf SloyiUjw a, ,ili excise officer for Somerset county, by a company u about one hundred and fifty meu from Weatmorelaud. They took bis commission from him, and made him promise never again to act at col lector of excise. An attempt was made by some of the party lo fire hi hay stacks, but .IM.MUWI any injury was done. J bey marched off homewards, taking. Webster a few miles along with them, and seeing him very (ubmissive, they ordered him to mount the (lump, and re peat his promise, nerer (gain to aet a a col tectdrTir cisrsnf Hurrah three Ultte Tot Tom the Tinker, after which they diamiued him. This Tom the Tinker w a new god added tn Mythology at this time, and waajiup posed to preside over whisky atill and still houses. Whoever hurrahed ttoullv fur Tom the Tinker, was . of unquestionable loyalty wilh the whisky boys ; whilst those who would not were branded as traitor to thi uew deity, and In their country. . Affair now arrived at such crisis that eith er ihegovernmentor ihe people must submit. nd foi the government to liar doie so, nn der the circumauncre, would have been an endof ihe government. Nothing now could restore order but the strong arm of the na tion. Tho President called out the militia. from ihe eastern part of -Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. Upward of five thousand men, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and a few companies of artillery. promptly obeyed the rail ol the President The. Pennsylvania and New Jersey troop enmo through Somsrsel, tn halted in three divisions nn this side of the Chestnut Ridge. I he ailvance division esrae on to where thi town now-stand 1 trie second division re mained at Lobingier Mill. ITier remain ed in their encampment for the ipace of eight days,; during which time the cavalry, conducted by the excis officers, were out scouring the country in search of whisky boy. Biit chiefly all those who had taken an active part in the rate insurrectionary movements had either fled or secreted themselves, o that few could be found i 1 believe not more dun one or two. l'he part of the army in Uii neigh, borhood, Uicn (truck their teal ami marched to the fork of the Ymigh, in Washington county , where they were met by the Maryland and Virginia troops, w ho had come up through Cumberlanu and Uniontown. Whilsllhere a few more of the insurgents were taken, -. The pre else number I do not remember, but I thick a bout fifteen.,, . ,.: i'.-: ; A proclamition wa tlien iud railing on .all peratm (t few name only exeepted.) to come forward at a certain lime and place, sad accept of a general amnesty for aU past offw iees-3'bi wa generally acceded 4c. by thuae Who had taken aa active part in Iht lata ille gal movements. The, commanding officers having aw full assuranca .thai. JhlUMM would aubmit'tb Uie; collectors., proposed to llie eit.xenf mat if one or more militi em panie in each cutinty would pledge them selves ta the govermsent tnppon tha eoa ttitutioa aud law, when called upon, thef woald remove Uie army froa amonget them. This proposiiion wss gladly acceded to, fix tbe citizen were heartily tired of them, and the officer and men were . very anxiou 10 fresura hsittiw s-da wet wmssabsr hw many Kompame pledged them sel ret to sup port Iht laws, but one of the. Westmoreland 00m panics that did to 1 had tharfnonor of com 1 minding my tell,., 1 he army, earn :.,ertj, . to hober 1794, and left' about the Janet end il' November. ' . . The excis ollieers , resumed their duties, and met with n furtiier opposi- uon. i or pnaunera were lasen to (rnnaaii phiii, whk-h was then the seat of the general government, under the administration of Pre sident Washington, and there, in order lo ex pose them and ntonifving their feelings, they1 were msrrhrd through some of the principal streets, with while pspcr stuck upon tbeir hats. They ' were, afterwards tried in the Fet'eral Court: two only were convicted and senten ced to be hanged, tho one fur Inat.m, nnd the other for intercepting and breaking opbn ht V. H. Mail, for tha purpose pf ascertaining what steps the government were about to lake relative tit the laws. The o b t were ae- quitted, and those com icled were pardoned; and t'ischarged. Thus ended this f.dly and 1 madness, into which the ritixens had been led by a few hot headed, aspiring political dema- gogues, who had raised their spirits bt such a lniut)l mm ml ml mtnm li,n ... iIih..!,., ruin in tUm height is at at one lime to threaten ruin to the eeuulry. Now, fellow citizen I presume thai many of you may wih 10 know what part I took in (he unhappy affair. I eonfcijs, frankly, that it was with reluctimce I remained a neutral spei- tator. Had it not been for the good advice of my venerable father, whose eouneel 1 follow ed, raUicr than my own inclination, I ahuuld most likely have taken an active part wilh those that were outraging the law of their country. Through iu instrumentality I wa fortunately laved from course of conduct that must, on reflection, forever after hate gien me uneasiness, It wa shortly before this time that the Jacobin spirit had ovcr- thrown the French government, aiiddrenchrdf fleeting men began to fear that undei the sou riou name of democracy and liberty, Uie same evil spirit was about to lake possession ol our people Cure ro in Bowu CnstriAtXT Take a pint of lining cider vinegar, I large tahle ipoonful of fine 1 alt, 1 do. of fine black pepper thoroughly mix, and drink tbe same during tlie day. Thi is ,aid to be a turt cure. A gentleman whom wa know assure u that be lias used the above remedy fisr the bowel complaint, for the last ix year, and ha nevet known it to fail curing iu any one instance. He ha a large number of negroes, and he keep them all supplied with a bottle of the mixture. , v ' irUminglon Journal. Ciiaa roit Cholera" 'uoami, DvixSi'kitV; Ac There are a great many cae of cholera morbus dysentery and imt!ar diseases in Ibis part of the conntr?, and the cholera still lln- ?;er on the banksof the western water, there ore we copy the following simple recipe from the Charleston (9L Ci4 Mercury, .ai'i worthy of confidence. It i always well to take such prescriptions under the direction of the family physician. The sweet gum tree i plenty in out State, and a large one nf thi specie Is growing by the aide of the Lower Can urn House, the ' pr-vprietnr pf which kfofma os tie lias almost instantly cured a number of violent cases of dysentery, by making a tea of tbe leave of tlie gum tree, whici ne aayar equally" as good a the bntk. j . Pect'jtlt fat ChoUra. Tlie worst esse of cholera morbna, dysentery, and flux, thai ever I saw I have repeatedly cu,-ed in a few minutea, by a atrong tea made of the bark of the Sweet Gum, taken green from the tree i best deep , , . - . . .,.,... it with loaf sugar, or add a' wine glass of good brandy if the shoe 1 is evere. ' Ifnot infallible, it is remarkable in it effects, and well worth, being known and tried in every family.. ws U-ttoMNr- Rom wirsrc We ran add our own tetimouy to the ta'ue of the Sweet (Sum tea, having experienced amazing and speedy relief fiom ils) use in a violent ease of dysentery, which rjfusod m the usual re,ndies; we have also een fn lh last five year, its wonderful benefit in many, other rases; we litre used decoction made from the bark both green and dried, and have discovered (to material difference in the rll'ect, both being efficaciou. ranklin fur. t I met wilh the foregoing valuable receipt several yeara ince,. and 1 iiate ouly to add, what haa already been aid by the "Franklin Farmer' that i hive witnessed Ipeedy relief in siolent.ejstf of Jy.xttery...w)iicb.rjfuf.ed to the usual remedies, by the use of ths sweet Gum; having U at eoinmand. I have used the fresh or green bark, and I e m with much con fidence recommend its use from my own ex perience. -A GcoH.au PwKTitt.? f.: GO AHEAD AND NEVER MIND. Under ihi motto, ihe correspondent of the "Il'utr3uon,"r remark upon, the Industrial movement, commercial in , marilimu of the United States. The following is an exlrart from. the article, which i highly complimenta ry to our people. The "Illustration, i re published in Sew York With , an American sheet added to it, . under th direet'oi of Messr. Chevalier and Marcon. It l a very agreeable journal, filled wilh well executed and pirlWid illustration.. j ; - "The American nation i ineonlrover.ibly tha boldest tad most enterpriing - of any people on the earth. ' Under whatever point of view it is examined and studied, we find ii always in , advaue and ' running a Tier the trangeitdream, which it has tha aserel gif I, when it once reaches them, and. they . rarely escape it, of materializing anil rendering; the moM palpable in the world. There w ao danger that thee people will leave any idea behind them, for they pick up evety tlung, they Icivt nothing -in; a pfohlematical or an anfiuitbed ttaia & much so, tliat at tht first gbmee they litre, tha appearanea of ahintort hunter aud txker alter no on know what philosopher' atone, which- they alway and i Hf findingv Tha firtt 'lmpression on receives. bawtver, m toon modiflsd and tha idea that remain is, thai they are men never aatisfied witv4sT'4aaal iha 'iitiipwimtttit' ttofi discoveries they have made; who never believe tlwt ltter-Vi wh on th contrary never undertake tiling taeept on condition . ( pushinj it -to the vpentnvt degree;- - . ;.-.- . i- Oathawhuia industrial ' tede, from tht highest to Iha lowest grade, from; ti (im aimple to tha most important work. i the oaeiul at well aa the srretable. if wa may to apeak, that iaal wayaiha taur imvUiUft-he' tame preseverance, uit same rcsolulios) to n h beet, to enlarge tht idea, to gjir- r mm la America, inferiority vretwea aa. aaualitv MimuUMvarMior4t epi!isvill.-lhi j than it a perpi .", i perpetual agHatioo, and -tneessswl movement ofiha hamU and tlie licad-. .Aid to lli is mat lite wants of the .roassfS., th .'are eery important jiiiere., become mfauj wore exacttug at every step (if pmgreoa. U Is juil allowable U corre , o a stand. . must always go on lwaj s' run. The r ralahift patient, slow, scrupulous, prudently reaching out the foot to make sure if the solidity of the standing placet n which, one n venturing. Ilia snmeibing without jan example leap frwward from the, nudsl pf nnt's nc'urhbarrt bctweeq rit-4) iudustric a stand V'kou . to stilTer no one to go before, scarcely to liberate companioiis aide by side.j ,t - ;'. , Kf,., It is useful to rsmar dial there ta betwi'rrl our'Tivalry and that of the Aemr'cana thia difli'rence. that not likin? anv moru than their do, that others shonld go be'f.ir ns. We are well cnotiph disposed 10 not dtwn mie rirale beneath u. while m iht tinned - Slater, nieit attempt h elevate themselves and pes by iheir competitors, alway .roieunr the place beyond. , - ;,, A I tha spirit, all tbe heart, all the ol of the Awerii.Sj 1. are , t'ero'.e 1 to indtiatry . l eomne?e, -nd; ttietr prdirtest IviWlutitM admirably favor tlur development, 1 In 3 ex change fortius, Uiese inlituitonare prottctrd from coinmoiiou by having ail those ambitious desire and dial cupidity diverted from them, w hich, attrac le J by n iiom: n e industiial riralship, threw itself from preference in 0 those luing hy which it it wcdl known moo' fortune are made." . ... , Thi is all (ufliciently laudatory, , 'e : t home can judge how far "disiitiHie lend enchantment to the view,", ; ; '; . , :,", President FiHlnore returned to Washington on Satunlay nighl 881I1 ulu, from hi irirl to Old Point. Hi rereptton at Richmond wa cordial and tnthosiattic. After sp rlJirg -or-thrvh!u-rt4)fi 4?H trday momiiiffi'r" company with 1 few friends, in viewing the city nd tema of it menufactoriei, h wa eteorted, at eleven o'clock, to th "South Pofch" of the Cupuol, which wat crowded wilii ipentaipri, many of them , being ladia. Htrt h wat introdueed and walcomtd it foU bwt, by H. McrrlaBd, Eq.f "5r . . Mr, Prssidanl: I have tha honor, in the nsine of the fititeu of Richaimd, to greet you wilh a cordial, sincere tnd happy wel come. . Your arrival among u is in oces- aion of criugratuUrjoa w.uh .oiiejandall. W ire happy of die opportunity lo maiiift enr respect for the President of the Vniled States; and we embrace it more , gladly.- in Ihi in stance, because sve kaaw ibal tout tide to ihe esteem of your ecuiilry men re , not alonw upon yuur . position . ..Younuiav indaadu high office high for it dignity and honor - but higher yet for the fearlul influence whiali it doe and must exert . upon the destinies f die Republic. In best and truest qualifica-li-m, that without which ill othertndowmenu r worthies, if they b not dangerous, i an wrrietp'sTi1ifu''m union of Uie Sutra a devotion, to aidedt and unfaltering, to be inaccessible to sec tional tppcala, come they from tU North u the South, the Westof . ths East, rlsiinitig anything at ihe expense of iht harmony and integrity of the Union.. It is tucli t senti ment and habit of devotion to the L'oum which consututc Uie crowning vinu of an American statesman; nid without it publM Wrvic4 and'taTeiiu'iitt- Sir, wt believe that you posses ihi virtue, your noble aet have, evinced it, and we are confident that your administration will be con spicuous for MeaaUad, energetic, and, we trust, perpetuus tilt I n ion. - Again air, I bid yod; and tht distinguished gentlemen who aacoa pany yon, a heartfelt welcome to ihenaijv Stale of Washington, and 10 iu metropolis, To thi address Presided Fillmore reepond ded at (allows I - v- - 1-' , 'H ' Mr. Chairman! 1 hi very flattering trttfo lion from Ihe Capitol of the Oltl Dominion. leave me no language adequ tte loexrrjs the grateful emotion of my heart. Thai 1 should have received jnoh a welcome from any pari of ihe Old Dominion, would have been gravi ty ing to me, but tn hare H from It eapitot, and from ila citizens at large, cause m ti ma of gratitude ileal are. otr helming. ' Thi U the first lime I ever had ihe pleamra nf see ing Virjrima ned Virginia life. - Sir, I fisfe passed through the lower part of your State. I wassnxiou not only to visit your cities and your noble rivers, hut your hnspitahla inhabi tants. I wished In look at some of those noble1 rdantaions for which Virginis, a Virginia, hat been celebrated,-'- It - wit granted to met and I must ssr, tir. I have witnessed ihoao' secnet which luve Impressed lipon my mind that ft la um possihle I houht have teen any thing hut tlie farry land of Virginia. I ran-" not conceive it possible that a State to targe' and extensive aa thia can -exhibit many tuch beautiful plantation, ta highly cultivated. I had the nlensttre of witnessing ves'erdsv. I tailed up your ' noMe- riv er, that lead to' thia beantifiit eiTy.' I walched witk inxioae nlicitud Iht first appearance nf Ihe spfre hat regret t sir that they were barely i isibl when the bade uf night closed freer tfaa and I wat compelled inland npofi roar thom amidtt the va.t maHiiude which thronged th streets, whose faces 1 eoaht enly tee by tha flickering light of ihe lamp, the flash of 1114 camion and tha Ughinmy of hrfi.' I srf ewirte saw bat few facet, a I pasted through ytur treet. , t am tiappy thi morning to meat face to (see in thit fatt multitude that r tNmhad here, the intelligence of th Old uomintn' Yrta hirst been nlnae. miri ta TliU Aj th hamble iierri3a which n hat been my f5rtrtl to 1 render to Ihf f onnlrjf .lri lb stotiv. tionisj a nirn t am nnw plsev-u. t oclievf ess) -nyi-ftviih' Aill tineerity of hearth thai' whaleref )ixx),,mr,,mf.ntin,i gooil ir for eyB, 'whatever have been tha t al t I position t nosr oectipt', if it one to whieH f-vrrVsr rjnred',-'M y triretm'THimT itat oeea. tine Mm resrnmsihility hat been cast upon me hf ihe aW-wiaw Prneidenee, ait to dia- eharge mote dajie, tr possible, at fit eemeaf -the nnib of 'our '-ruitlrf, hj la 1 perpelu, aw "Mr ' glodoua 'eonttitatlon. fOrrat ap plause J J."'-' ie. "'! . --' .-' " When, tirV neerlt If fear tmee K a hrriiv labia -flwivf Ttsatwn wf-Dtiivit1 laid tn th utr, 1 rmifcM. -ic. I fatti mt t'1". M,um.''p ' . v'(K0 ."!! 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