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1- ' I 1 ! A 1 1 i r 11 i. K .7 ) ; J i From the Ensltrnjlrgus Revived ) , liVTEftESTING . HISTORY. I SIR tftibERr WALPOLE'S SUB-f REA- i SURY. i ' It is good occasions lly to look ioto history, to find whai precept teaehi garnered; upj tjiere, History is phil ophy teaching by, example." In the limebf Sir Robert WolpoleVmjfllry, corruption wal the order of the day, ia matters of government. And welt might it be suppos ed, wben it is recollected that he always; pro ceeded unon the principle that every map could he bought at some price to do the biddiogofj Ex 1 ecu tie power! He scoffed at the idea of patri- otism la one of hit parliamentary speeches ho thus spoke of its creation :v-- ..: . , : - f!j- -"Gentlemen have talked a great deal of jm triottsm, a venerable virtue, when doly prac tised! Bat I am sorry to observe, that toil late it has been so loach hackneyed; that it isp dan ger of falling into disgrace; the very -idea of ,. true patriotism is lost, and the term bfsjjbeen prostituted to jhe -worst of purposes. A alot I vV hy patriots spring up like mushroons J I could raise fifty of them op in iwenty-foar boursy I have raised many of them in a night. - It Is bat refusing to gratify an unreasonable or insoientde mand. and up starts a patriot. I have long heard of this patriotic motion, he I added, "-ntJ! let gentlemen conirauici roe n mey can, tv sen i mm f ..1 J mfmm m a.m m... t mA it ' It. . . I. , Lm! m J.M . " the I leave the housi tdjudgt." Such was the insolence of corruption J in presence of the nation, in the days of the Brit ish premier, Walpule. But insolent ss he was corrupt as ibe was corruptible as her found politicians to he, and although be had," by:what means." we need not say. a parliament of which the majority was subservient to his purposes, he dared not to force the Tobacco Sab treasury sys tern which he projected and had the power to carry in Parliament, upon the British 'nation, contrary to their avowed judgments and wishes. It is a cartons portion of English history! that treats of this attempt of the sell-aggrandising British .premier. It is, moreover, a moel fit ind destructive portion cf the history of oor father land, to be cobsnlted.by Americans, and .especial ly by American statesmen at this particular i juncture. It was in 1732 that the idea orfgina if d, of putting double lock and keys, and under the checks cf different persons, the fOblic kevenub. It was then repudiatedutterly ; re pudiated, bjr f he' popular, judgment, although the inert ministry, as we have already said, had the power of enacting it into law by Parliament. One hundred and fifty years subsequently, the same Walpole-Sub-treasuryism Is renewed, to put the people's revenue under double locks, and duplicate keys. And as then, so at this; day, the popular voice denounces it denounces it .now because, as then, it will operate as a! peed- It'ss oppression upon commerce, and especially because its una voidable consequences will be -now, as it was foreseen to be then, JCT' an 'additional swarm of excise officers and ware house keepers appointed and paid by ffe ptyeo-' sitry. so as to multiply dependents up the 'crown, and enable it stiufurUur to influence the freedom of elections 'Dl III How exactly the arguments pro and con are like those of the present day! The denuncia tion of the merchants then, by the VYalpole par tvis inexact keeping With that of them iy tbe Wn Bnren party of thisday. ! j . tint, mow, contrary to wha: was done n the days of even the corrupt Walpole, because j the people and the representatives of the peopejre pudiate and denounce the Sub treasury system of doable keys, it is not abandoned by the Minis try projecting it. Such deference is not! now, as then, paid to the popular will. A Republi can government now stands less in awe off pop ular opinion, than a monarchical government did then one hundred years since ! Truly!, here v ia food fir rtfltfctum by and among the people. .From Smollett's History of England, vol; 11, I London edition, 1825, p. 7. .J .' j ! I " The session was frtqnent and full ; and both i sides appeared ready and eager for the contest, I iyhen Sir Robert Walpole broached his design. He to. k notice of the arts which had been ued j to pn j'ulice thu people against luU plan hrfure f it was known. He affirmed,iliat the clamors oc c.isiiti(d by tlfese prejudices had originally; risen ,'fmm smuo-glers and fraudulent dealers, who had enriched thetnselvfs by cheating the public; and -ttluit ihse had been strenuously assisted anil sup !poitol by atHither set of men, fond of erefy op 'winniiy to stir up the people of Great Britain jlti mu'iny and sedition. He expatiated on the frauds that were commuted in that branch f the jevt-nne arising from the duties of tobacco ; up fin 'the hardsfiips to which the American planters tvere subjected by the heavy ' duties payable on importation, as well as by the ill usage they bad met wiih from their factors and correspondents in England, who, from being their servants, were now become their masters ; upon tbq inju ry dono to the fair trader ; and the loss sustain ed by the public with Tespect to the revenue. He asserted that the scheme he was about to propose would remove all these inconveniences, prevent numberless frauds, prejudices, and false entries, and add 3 to -300,000 per annum! to the public revenue: He entered into a long ! detail of frauds practised by the knavish dealers in ' those commodities ; he recited the several acts :'f paifiaroent that related to the duties of ! wine i'nd tobacco; he dt dared he bad no intention to promote a general excise ; he endeavored to 'ob svi4te some objections that might be made to his plan, the nature of which he at length explain ed, lie proposed to join the laws of excise to those of the customs ; that the farther Subsidy f three farthings per pound charged upon im ported tobacco should be still levied at thej custom-bouse, and payable to his majesty's civil list ss heretofore : That then the tobacco should be lodged in warehouses, to be appointed for, that , purpose by the commissioners of the excise : (hut the keeper of each warehouse, appointed likewise by the commissioners, should have one bick and key, and the merchant importer anoth-i rr ; and that ihn tobacco should be thus secured until the viercfiant tkouldjind vent for it, either . by exportation or home consumption : that it he part designed for exportation should be weighed at tbe custom house, discharged of the jtbree farthings per piund which tad been paid at it first importation and then exported without far ther trouble that the portion designed lor jborae misummba should, in presence of the i ware house keeper, be delivered to the purchaser, op . on his paying the inland duty of four-pence per . jtoutid weight, to the proper officer appointed to receive it ; by which means the merchant would be eased of the inconvenience of plying the do ijlH the importation, or of granting bonds and finding sureties for the payment, before he bad ound a market for commodity; that all enal ties and forfeitures, so far as they former y be- longed to the crown should, for the foture e ap plied to the use of the public; that appeals io this, as well as in all other cases relating jto tbe excise, should be heard and determined bjf two yiiX three of the judges, to be named by his ma jesty ; and in the country,' by the judge of assize Opon the next circuit, who should hear and de . tcrmine such appeals in the most summary man ner, without the formality of proceedings in ronris ol taw or equity. 11 Surh wis tn sabtunce of the farntJtisf xeise scheme. In favor of whic Sir Robert Walpole moved that the duties and subsidies on tobacco should, from and after the 24th; day of Jane, cease and determine. fTlU debate which ensued was managed and; rninipned by all the able, speakers on both sides f the question. Sir Ro bert Walpole was answered by Mr. Perry, mem ber for tbe city FliorfbbV Sir Paul Methoen joioed injh opposhior JSirJohri Barnard, an- otber represenutive of londonf ataungutsnea himself in the same cause. He was supported by Mr. Polteaef , Sir William Wyndham and other patriots. The scheme was espoQsed by Mr rhtlip Yorke, appointed lord cbiet-justice oi mo King's rjeocD, anajennoQiea in ins course ui the ensuinff Year. I Sir Joseph ! Jekt II approved of the project, which was like wise, strenuously defended by Lata tterrey, Mr Thomas uodio son, Sir WHHato Yne; Mri Pelham, Mr. wioniogton, woicn list excelled an nts cmem poraries of the ainistry in ulents and address. Those who argued agiiasi the; scheme accused the minister of baying misrepresented the tranus, and made false calculations. With respect to the supposed hardships under which the planters were saia to tsoor, tnty amrmea mat no piauioi had ever dreamed of complaining, no til instiga ted by letters and applications from London $ mai iota scneme, tar irom relieving iue puuwn, would expose the (aetorsj to such gtievoos op preasioo, that tbey wboldj not be able to contin oe the trade, consequently the planters would be entirely rained i and; after alt, it would not pre vent those frauds against which it was said to be provided : that from the examination of the com missioners of tbe customs, it appeared that those frauds did not exceed 40,000 per annum, anc might in a great measure be abolished by a doe eteoution of the Haws ia being : consequently ibis scheme was unnecessary, would be ineffec tual in angmen ting the revenue, destructive to trade, ahd dangerous to the liberties of the sub ject, as it tended to promote Ja general excise, which was in all countries considered as a griev ous oppression, j Thty suggested that it would produce an addUiottid warm .of excise officers and Uforeiiouse-keepers, appointed and paid by the treasury, so as to multiply the dependents on if ' '. n . t;T lr . a n we crown, ana enaoie u suujuriner to influence the freedom of elections; thai the traders would become slaves to the excisemen and ware-house keepers, as they would be debarred all access to their commodities, except at certain hoofs, when attended by those officers j ih&t the merchant; for every quantity of t6b3ccohecoold sell, Would be obliged to make a Journey or send a messen ger to the office for a permit w hick could not be obtaioed without irouble, expense, and delay, and that should a law be enacted in consequence of this motion, it would in all probability be some time or other used as a precedent for introducing excise laws into every branch of the revenue ; in which case the liberty of Ureal Britain would be no more. . j ill- ; . I ";'' - In the course of this debate. Sir Robert Wal pole took notice of the multitudes which had be set all the approaches to the bouse, He said it would be an easy task for designing sedicioas per son to raise a tamu II and disorder among them ; that gentlemen might give them what name they should think fi and affirm they were come as humble suppliants 5 but he knew whom the law called sturdy beggars t and those who bro't them to that place coord not be certain but that tbey might behave fn the same manner. This insinuation was resented by Sir John Barnard, who, observed, that merchants of character had a right to come down to the court of requests, and lobby of the house of commons, in order to solicit their friends (and acquaintances against any scheme or project which tbey might think prejudicial to their commerce ; that when he came into the house, he saw; none bnt such as deserved the appellation of sturdy beggars as little as the honorable gentleman himself ,or any gentle man whatever. After a warm dispute, tbe motion was carried by a majority of sixty-one votes. Sev eral resolutions were founded on the proposal ; and to these the bouse agreed, though not without another violent contest. The! resolutions pro duced a bill, against' which petitions were pre fered by the lordmayor, aldermen, and common council of London, Ibe cities of Coventry and Nottingham. A motion was made that counsel should be beard for the city of London, but it was rejected by the majority, ahd the petitions were ordered to lie on the table. Had the min ister encountered no'opposition but that which appeared within doofs, his project - would have certainly been carried into execution ; but the whole nation was alarmed, and clamored loudly against the excise bill. The populace still crow ded round Westminster Hall, blocking up all the avenues to the House of Commons. They even insulted the persons of those members who had voted for the ministry on this occasion ; and Sir Robert WaIpole began to be in fear of his life. He therefore thought proper to drop the design, by moving; tat the second reading of tbe bill might be pratpoaed till the 12tb day of June. Then, complaint being made of tbe insolence of the populace, who had maltreated several mem bers, divers resolutions were taken against those tumultuous crowd! and their abetters ; these re solves were communicated to the Lord Mayor of London, tbe sheriff of Middlesex, and the high bailiff nf Westminster. Some, individuals were apprehended in the oort of requests, as having fomented the disturbances ; but they were soon released. The miscarriage of the bill was cele brated with public! rejoicings 1 10 London and Westminster; anil the minister was burned in effigy by tbe populace. After i the miscarriage of ihe excise scheme, the house unanimously re solved to inquire into the caoses and abuses in the. customs; and ef committee cf twenty-one persons was chosen fey ballot .for this purpose Thb True Spirit" The Good Old Cause." The annexed ariicle fromljthej Richmond Whig, while it rationally accounts for there- cent successes of the Administration rarfy, breathes a spirit of endurance and perseverance in the ' good old cause" which cannot be too highly commended.! It is indeed the " good old cause.' Itss the cause in which men have fought and bled from the earliest ages of the world unto Ihe present day the cause" of right against might-t-porily against corruption liberty against oppression the people against their selfish and snptincipled rulers. This " good old cause " has inspired tbe sons of lib erty io every age and every clime. Brutus served this " good old cause "j when he freed Rome from her 6pprpsor. The sturdy Barons who wrung from j Kirig John the great charter of English liberty,; were urged on by this "good old cause. This good old cause n brought Charles the First tp the block, and sent James ths Second into banishment. This good old cause urged our ancestors to leave the homes of their fathers aodseek an asylum of liberty amidst the wilds of tbe Western world ; and above all, this f good old cause ' inspired the hearts and nerved the arms of their descendants, to free their coojotry from the yoke of colonial vassalage, and claim for it a place! among tbe nations of the eartbf. This "good old cause " is again in danger, fits Tery existence i? threat ened; and shall I we, who are 8 worn to cherish and defend it, desert it in its greatest need and peril ? No; we will rally around it again and again, and never cease to strike in its behalf, until it is once triors) victorious and triumphant : ret. weiugenctt. ! j The Good bid Cmr-Tbc cess of the Administration, io demonslratirg the overshadowing influence of the Executive, are well calculated to excite the fears of trrf patriot ic; and reflting portion of lije count rj; "J'bose successes Lave confessedly Resulted, : not from populir spprohatibn of the measures of the Uor ernment nut frdm economy bonety, and effi ciency in theipubftc administration but from patty trammels and Executive patronage, and in spite of popular clamor againit the! mea sures of iroverbnient, and against the prodigali- iv ana corruption waica ucitbuc m ihiuvun me poottc service, j e ui? bwu puuimwii public men and influential poiblio prints, inveigh m most bitterly against the leading policy of the Federal Executive; suddenly, and without any apparent cause, abandon their opposition and f - - - " . . . i 1 . k . . t m I : ' ' oecome toe most poisterous acvocaies 01 tne men, whose fneastiresithey 'condemned. We have seen an unprecedented waste of the public mo ney, a lavish distribution of it among partizans and favorites a'n4 an open and .shameless colli sion betrreen the patronage of the Government and. the freedom of elections.' And we have sieeti as tbe result of this system of operations, a measnre loathed and execrated by at least two thirds of, the Ajmerican people, come to be view ed with indifference, if not favor, by the Tory individuals who were loudest in their denuncia tion. The inference is unavoidable. The Ex ecutive patronage has been corruptly used. The Executive power is too great for a Republic it can prevail against the boniest convictions and deeprooted hostility of the people. I In this view, what does it behoove every Re publican to do ? sTo fold his arms in calm indif ference, and witness, without a struggle, the Republic engulfed in a despotism ? That were to act the part of one who deserved the chains imposed opoo him. Rather let him pattern by the example of the founders of the Republic, and determine to deserve success, if be cannot command it. The greater tbe danger to the public liberty, thej greater the exertions demand ed in its behalf from every patriot. The Repub licans of Virginia and Kentucky in '98, when deserted by every other Stale, undismayed by the Power of the Federal Executive, manfully ind triumphantly battled for the rights of the People, They dreamed not of fear or surrender, although every branch of the. Federal Govern ment was arrayed against them, and etery State in the Confederacy seconded the usurpations of the Federal Head. Tbey knew their duty when the public liberty was in jeopardy; and they shrunk riot from tbe performance. When other States fell off from them and went to swell the seemingly irreiistable torrent which threatened the common caQse, they were not reduced to de spair by the desertion they only felt that in creased daties had devolved upon them, j The Republicans of the present day are some what in the same! predicament with the Virgin ia and Kentucky Republicans' of '98. They (have vast odds to contend against. The Fed-! eral Executive has gone oni usurping the rights of tbe people and of Congress, nntil it has be come almost supreme and absolute State after State, under influence cf its stupendous patron age, corruptly used, has fallen away from the principles of the Constitution, sod given in its acquiescence to the domination of one man. But the Republicans: now, though they have a great er power (0 resist; than their prototypes of '98, bave also greater means at their command. They have now the popular branch of Congress an engine, which If properly employed, is jomnipotent for fioblic good, i It never has been successfully resisted by the Executive, and, re presenting the People, the fountain of all right ful power in this country. It cannot be, if wis dom, patriotism and love of liberty guide its councils. Th j f ; 1" ').'?.' j To the rescue then, once more, Republicans land a united and vigorous rally for the "good old cause." 1 I i i 1 1 recent soc- j AN ELECTIONEERING PRESIDENT. j The royal pageant is over The Argus, which j while it lasted,! i the "hope of decoying some an wary Whig into the train of man-worship-pers, touched jvry gently upon unfortunate ! differences of opinion in matters merely politi cal,' oow flings around, with its wonted profuse jness, its stock epithets of 'corr option, ' batik bought,' federal' jWhigs. fThe gunsand trum pets are silent the ' blue satin scarfs' folded a way and the body guard dismissed. The of ficeholders have gone home to gird op their loins and to try to hold over fat another year. Tbe city into whichlhs was ushered with cannon, shoutings and a! water sput, he has quitted privately and in ilencc unnoticed and ancheer ed without commotion in the heavens, or stir upon earth. His unmolested departure for Kin derhook is, a typs ;of the manner in Which .' he will be permitted in 1841 to seek the same re tirement. . i j ' j And so has ended the first visit ever made by a President of the j United States with the de clared purpose of promoting his own re-election. It is not without: its lesson.! It illustrates moat opportunely and strikingly the importance of one great measure of reform for which the Whigs are contending -the limitation of the presiden tial office io a single term. Nothing bat each a restriction can secure the country against a re petition of the disgraceful mummeries it has re cently witnessed ill j Thus, we repeat, ends the first avowed elec tioneering tour of a Chief Magistrate of the Un ion as a political partizan among bis political re tainers. It was commenced in this State with an insulting defiance of tbe repeatedly express ed will of the people.. It was continued through 'the interior with empty show snd hollow, heartless parade, which all finally dwindled away here to the termination in obscurity and disap pointment j for it is impossible, but that an ob server, shrewd as Mr. Vani Buren, mast know that he has not, wilh all his, processions and pro fessions, added one grain to his political capital, or reaped a single; advantage more permanent than the smoke of the powder burnt for his re ception. ! i The truth is, the spell j of the Magician here is bioken. l The art and cunning which caused one, who jknew him well, to describe him as a ' political grimalkin, mousing over petty intrigues,' have now lost their effect. In tact, New xotk never was firmly devoted to him. The fabric of. Van Bareoism in this State never bad in its elements of! strength. The ce ment which united it here,! as it now unites it elsewhere, was the; power of reward in the lea derthe hope of; spoils io the followers. The mass of the people have ever looked on him with mistrust and suspicion. He never had their full confidence. Their electoral vote was cast more from regard to the wishes of Jackson ban the deserts of j Van Buren. The only time when he has been fairly before them, 'on his own hook,' and was a candidate for Governor in 1828, when a majority of ihe people voted for the other candidates, and he came into office a minority Governor of the Stale of which be has arrogantly assumed to be the 'favorite son'' Ana wnateveroi confidence and favor then ex isted towards him, has since been rapidh disap pearing before the destractrf e and disastrous po licy of his Adminis; ration. Whatever defections then may take place ele4 where whatever Ireverses! ttiav befall in other quarters, the IVhig f JSeut York will remain firm, nndauntcd ard unbroken. They will man- i t fully maintain every ificb of ground they hare taken. The Arjjus may eat its words, and b.ow hot where it blew cold, and laud to the skies the Sub-treasury whick it denounced jfcx Jt ternor Mircy maylncbr the rnaltyie invoked Ipon himself for endorsingiit ;-he defaccrRe lency may scribble Ieidenj art tefes in iU praise and wUilSawsy their limejio fond hopes of re ioratioh4.but their labors and tlfeir dreams will prove alihje rain. There fwill be I no retarn to their political; Heigtrar Ths empire State L.n aW4tn hA HttarhAd to ihe fallinsr for- lanes of Martin Van Bbien4-5Zi. Evening; From the TUonthfy Gtkncsu Farmer. EDUCATION OF FARMERS NO. 6 - . Facilities for- Knowledge. -; Mr. Tucker I haio already hazarded the opinion, that farmers, even in their pre sent neglected state, possessed a greater a mount of useful knowledge, than any other class of the community. 1 I also believe that their knowledge is very limited, compared Witt faat it might be, if they understood and appreciated what they already possess, and their facilities for acquiring more, j It must be entirely evident, if their amount of I knowledge is large and valuable without cf- forls to acqntre it, or eveu ueiug wc imi they possess it, that a! slight attention td the means of improtemerit they posse'ss, Would greatly enlarge their storey of science, and enable them to apply! it to greater benefit, both of themselret and of thecommuniQr. Neither farmers, nor any other class of the community can perhaps be too strongly impressed witb;the fact, that useful knowl edge consists principally in an acquaintance with men and things witn tne various pio- T I BEFAl!cA!riOlS. Nakes.,SutM ani i)afe, We repub lish from the BaltiBiore'ChrnicIethe fol (owing statistics of the Sub-'freasnry. awin- i I pLAirf FACTf Defalcations &f i4oic( Officers. j elie?ing,;as 1 do, that the great body pf the people of this country are iionest, Inzioiia (to promote jtbe best interests of the nation, and 10 gaia all ihe (nfbrmafion in regard to nnblic men and pnSlie affairs that i 1. -i m ml . - . I L I t i a. necessary to enable tbe m to form correct 1 jucuons 0t the three great Kingdoms ui oa opinions, and to act as becoming good citi zens, I hold it to be the duty of the press and of individuals, to give the people facts rather than ; assertbn4--csrecially when these facts cm be presented In such a shape that they can neither be doubted nor deni edas, for instance, vrhen J they can be gatheredjrora official documents. Now in the reports sent tof congress last winter, from the Secretary of (the yteuuTy, and 41so, in that made fby jthe. committee ap pointed by the House of Representatives to investigate certain defalcations of public Officers, there may be found some astonish ing factsV which I avejnevef seen repub lished bv the newsoaDer press, and which think ongbt to be! laid before the people. I have, therefore, compiled the following table, from public documentl, and would earnestly call the attention of every unpre- man to it. : ! I 1 Statement of some of the Defaulters to I the Government, whose defalcations haws j occured since the first of January, 1830 : III 1 I l"- 1 jj IJI" If II I I ' f JVames. , Residence. I Amount. When due. S. Swartwoat New York $(,225,705 W. M.Price do ' 1 75,000 A. S. Thurston Key Wett, Fa 2,822 Geo. W.. Owen Mobile . 41,173 I T. Canby Crawfordville la. 39,013 A. McCarty Indianapolis : U33 W.LiDfEwingVaridalkllI. ! 16J54 John Hajs 1 Jackson Miss, i .186 W. M. Green Palmy ria Miss. B. S. Chambers, Little Rock Ark D.L.Todd : Opeloosas La. j B. R. Rogersj do 1 ! . ' l M Cannon if New Orleans I 2310 2,142 27530 6J624 1559 A: W. McDaoiel Washington Mi. 6,000 John H. Owen G. B. Crctcher G. B. Bameron S. W. Dickson W. P. Harris Wm. Taylor U. G. Mitchell J W. Stevenson Galena II. Ik Hawkins I Helena, Ark. St. Stephens A3. 56,611 Shoctaw Mi. I 6,061 1 do t 39,059 f do ! ' , 1229 Columbus Mi. 109,178 CahwbaAl. uo Jo. Friend Wm. H. Allen Gl D. Boydil R. H. Sterling Fi Cbildera 1! Wm.Lirn f SJ T. Scott W J. L. Daniel i JJT.PoilocM 'M. Nebille i M. J Allen !! BjT.Br(wii! 2J.U6 I d4J62b 43J294 100,000 Green Bay 10,610 Washita La. 1 2,551 St. Augustine 1 97 Columbus Mi. 5037 CoehumaMi. 10733 Greensbory La. 12,449 Vandalia ii. t 55,962 Jackson Mi S 12,550 Opllousas La. 780 Crawfordvillela. 14,890 Cincinnati: I 13.781 Tallahassee X 26,691 Springfield, U. 3,600 1838 1833 1838 1838 1836 1830 1834 1835 1836 1832 1837 1836 1830 1836 1832 1834 1839 1836 1636 1837 1337 18S$ 1837 1835 1836 1837 1837 1838 do do do do do do do Making an amount of upwards of two millions and sixty thousand dollars, . Well may these men advocate the doctrine that 14 to the victors belong the spoils of office I" Sihce the report wss made from which the above table was compiled, several ether large defalcations have come to light, or taken pjace, which will probably swell the amount to full three millions a pretty little sum, truly, for the" people to be rob bed of by dishonest office holders. Bat can tbey any longer wonder that these should support the present administration sol warmly ?i Shotfld thfre bef a majority of Whigs ahd Conservatives in the next House ol Representatives, so that an! honest, faith- IU1 u.m. e 'I ,:i ,. j v 1 "" piovvuia auy tariucr, ur any W beinj . mmber of . .oc.,7l pointed to look into the War and Post Of- flee Departments, and the Indian Bureau at Washington, there will probably be some dcvelopements that will astonish the people snd show trie rottenness that exists in these offices. The people should demand this iivestigatioii ; if tbeir servants are honest, triey- will have no feasor; to (er it : if not, it is time their afialrs were lopker into, j .;) S I j ' Mijbisojr. The column containing the months when due, is isit out ior want 01 room. t gtnia mark The Destructives Of Rockbridge count j, Vir , uyo ifuueicu uui. osaiua a omner, as a : of their respect for his public services aod private virtues." Madieonitin. ' I All of Col. Benton's rirtoes are ' private ! ones so jvery private that thei worldHrnows nothing aboo tbem-Prenfice; 1 j jfitmldj A littlef fellow thel other day io cfowd cried foot, fHorra for llarrisonl' at Which a iiVan Buren man excllimed angrily, Hurra for ja Jack Ass I" "fThai's right," said the boy, yoojhoiraf for ybur candidate, and I'll horraf for mine." I i Musical Taste A clerer caricature has ap peared, respecting a jyoungl lady fat her piano forte) and her Cockney beau, bet weem whom the following dialogue takes place : . I Lady PJ Mr. Jenkins, are! yon musical? I GentUrnan.--Vy j no, Miss ; j am not musi cal, myself, bat I hale a werry bexcellent snuff box vot'lS. Vs( . t ' j 1 '-f. - s j DeconMafvin, of JLymeJ Conrl , a large land holder, and exemplary mza was extremely ec centric in some of his notions his courtship, it is said, is as followsj Having one day mount ed his horse, with onl a sheep skin for a sad. die, he rWe in front of the house w here Betty Lee lived, aad without dismooofingi requested Betty to com 10 feitn j on her coming, be told her that the Lord had sent him jtheie to marry Betty, i wit hoot roucb hesitation, replied HmLbriViwmbi date" 1 v lure, animals, vegetable and minerals the laws which govern them, and the relations Which they, sustain to each other; For any man to be acquainted with his own species, and especially with himself, implies a gteat amount and a vast extent of knowledge. To know the eye we must understand op tics1. An acquaintance with our lungs re quires a, knowledge of tbe atmosphere and of many of tbe principles of chemical set ence. A knowledge of the laws of health implies an intimate acquaintance itn our own anatomy and physiology, as it does with the numerous substances used for food and for medicine. An acquaintance with our social and moral conditions and rela tions, as connected with the great human family, and especially with our Creator, im plies knowledge still more deep and exten sive. - And how is an intimate and extensive knowledge of men and things to be acquir ed ; by a direct and daily intercourse with them, by shutting one's self tip in a closet and imagining what they are, or by procur ing books the imaginations of others on the aubiect i Until witbm a few4 years past, almost the only mode in which the science of Geolo gy, or a knowledge of the structure or tbe earth, was acquired, was for various classes of J philosophers to enter into speculations arid imagine what 1t was. The practice now adopted is to examine it, and find what l is. The lesult is, such as might be ex erted, viz. a vast amount of knowledge, and equ illy curious and wonderful, and no less useful for the farmer and mechanic, than entertaining to the speculative philoso pher. ; j - ,....'-V';.'!! If an intimate and an extensive acquain lance with men and things constitutes use ful knowledge, and that acquaintance is to be formed by actual examination and obser vation, who has a better school than tho far mer ? . Who is more constantly or jmore in timately engaged in the various departments of animate and inanimate creation ? - Who has a better opportunity or stronger induce ments to study himself ? To examine calm ly land dispassionately his own moral, char acter and relations, and the duties arising from that character and those relations to bis fellow man and .his Creator ? ;Wbo is more favorably situated for gathering daily rich treasures from the inexhaustible mine of knowledge contained in the Bible ? The facilities which all farmers possess for acquiring knowledge, may be greatly increas ed by some very convenient arrangements for improving each other. The first Lyce um that was formed Cp the American system of Lyceums, consisted of a few farmers and mechanics Their efforts, unpretending and bumble as tbey were, have already been felt over tbe whole globe. Lyceums consisting of j farmers ahd others in tbe pursuits of bu siness, have uniformly been better and long ger sustained, than those composed of , tbe literary classes. They do more for them selves and more for others. Experience fully proves that they can do more in aid of the literary classes than the literary classes can in aid of them. s 1 And what prevents any farmer, or any or a more general Lyceum 2 The?, and in fact all other classes, have their Lyceums of some kind. It may be a tattling, a petty scandal or tippling Lyceum. It may be a gambling, swearing, horse-racing or shoot ing match Lyceum. (And why not one for botany geology, chemistry, or some other department of science t Why not neigh bors meet for aiding each other in the best mode of raising or preserving fruit, roots or other vegetables; or' for raising beef, pork, poultry, silkworms and other animals ? Why not! hold their social meetings for uniting their efforts in diffusing the light of science nd of the gospel to some daik corner of the earth where it has not penetrated? What plan could be adopted to acquire a more extensive or a more intimate knowl edge of the earth and its inhabitants, than a direct intercourse with various paiti of it, in a system of kind reciprocations in the common bounties of our Creator i Can any amusement be found which will afford rich er or higher delight to the yonnger members of farmer's families ? As thousands have already tried it, and always with the same results, why should any farmer, prevent bis children, why should he not aid them, in directing- their efforts, in the pursuits of sci ence, for the double! purpose of improving themselves, and aiding in the diffusion of knowledge over the globe ? I can add no thing more, or propose nothing better, for those who have doulits, or for them who nave none, than to TOY. i 1 iemain always yours, , J. Holbrook. f I - fifa5r:V FRIDAY, CC: FEMALE The Salisbury Fe ed on last Monday, Emma J. Baeeu, a ; ary attainments zv.l nor order. Mi I have tbe chargo cf til tbe Trustees 1. employ a suitable r she will devote , he: sical Department, in distinguished. The Trustees crc power, to render (!. worthy the patrcnr cannot but believe t' appreciated. For particulars, . advertisement und:: bury Female Serr.l:. Boarding msy I pectable families c : The Secretary of War returned to the sea of Government on Saturday evening l3St, in improved health, from his excur aion 1 to the Northernf frontier, " co;;v. Of the People f -. into consideration t sent Administrat'u adopting .caessurcr Presidency, have ! of this, and oth:r variably been ccr. ' liberate manner, : tbey have prcrrj! with great forbczr: tive, yet, at tho r:: mioation to sub::!, putable tnal-ad:;:! the Government, concurred as to i ous and damnir 1 tion ; which is i: . wisdom for the r and. saving por.cr, ed or neglectc J, vain, and the p: move at the icip : ; arch, instead cf f al and popular c to move at all, L .:t : fixed order. IfcJ We hcp3 t not forget that nc appointed as tho in this county fcr ; delegates to tho I object of which C proper person as 1 to run for Govern, permit matters cf der them from r.n Fire. A fue Wharves betwe streets Philadsl; !.! inst. . A great r.i: stroyed ; and the . estimated at ate sons were killed : mg in of huildir -Another Fire. . Yoik on tbe mcr. stroyed upwards c! first discovered i:. S. D. Halsey & C The Herald says : ' bave not to rccc: .1 nomber of lives. ever, that could L: believe that only t jured. Doubtless this c disastrous, that th: with, since the pre Besides this f:rc ! several others that before, and since th The Whigs of V,- the 5th inst., and c;. Convention to L2 h : 12th of next month, tend a District C0.1t the following spirit; : ted : Resolved, That if s good government tc crushed bv the train I least, die nobly in tS . MARYLAND The Members cL as follows: . Vans. James Carroll, Solomon Hillen, Jr. J.T. H. Worthing ion, Francis Thomas! PhiirpF.Tbmis. h V 1 - i -
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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