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c ' Shaja' Rebelttun. "
A parallel lias frequently been drawn of late,
between the recent suffrage movements in Rhode
Island and th. se instigated by the notorious Dan
iel Shsyi of Massachusetts, shortly fler the close
of the Amvicaii Revolution. No; just compari
son can be made between the two events, but as
such an one has been instituted, and as the facts
of the Massachusetts rebellion are but little known
and are passing away from memories of those
who wiinesseJ the outbreak, a brief notice of an
event which has been thought to- have influenced
the formation of a National Government, may
not be uninteresting or unimportant. A late
number of the Salem Gazette, contains a long and
lucid review of the prrncipal occurrences of the
insurrection, and to tlits article wo are indebted
for some particulars i
Daniel Shays an illiterate and low inmdeJ man,
put possessed of a ph) sical courage, served m
our revolution with tne rank ol Captain. Some
idea may be loruied of Ins -eliuracter from t. e
circumstance that he $olJ the sword and other
tniliury equiptnents, presented .to him by the
Marquis du Lafayette, as a mark of honor. The
clo--e of the Revolutionary war left the public and
private finances of Massachusetts in a state of
deplorable confusiou. The public debt being
5,OW),0U0, it was of course necessary to resort
li heavy taxation to meet the demands upon the
Treasury In 1783, lit conseque.xe of tue num
ber of de: Mrs, the Legislature passed. Relief
Act, 'requiring creditors to receive in payment
for their debts, cattle and other specific articles of
properly tendered by the debtors." This act
was inelfeciual, people wereexaeperaled and har
assed, the relief net was suspended, and the
debtors united for ihe purpose of pro.-cribing le
gal ollieers and breaking down the power o the
law. They excluded lawyers from a seat in the
General Court, bui Gliding themselves harrassed,
and laying all the blame on the Government and
Judiciary, in 17t6, they assembled in arms in
various shire towns, and prevented the sitting of
Courts.
SI); ys marched upon Springfield at tho head
of 2000 men to prevent the silling of the Su
preme Court but finding the court house occupied
by Gen. Win. Sheppard and 600 men, reined
with I its troops. , Under provision, en act passed
by the Legislature to suspend the writ of Habeas
Corpus, tiud author sing Gov. Dowdoin to seize
and impribun any rebel; several insurgents were
arrest d and confined in Uosbm jail.
Hampshire County was ihe stronghold of the
rebels, and there Shays rallied his troops. He
succeeded filially in obtaining posees&ioti of (he
Court House at Springfield, and holding it with
300 men. ?
The Governor then authorized the raising of a
body of 440U hieli, faak and file, which were
placed under the command of General Lineoln,
and a body of them arrived at Worcester to pro
tect the Court on ihe 2"id of Jauua y, 187-
Meanwhile, Gen. Sheppard was posted at the ar
senal in Springfield with a -body of about 1 100
militia. Against ill's force, Shays,' with Luke
Day and Eli Parsons anoilur insurgent' chief,
marched at the head of nearly 2000 men,- mid
halting in the vicinity of the post sent the follow
ing message to Gen. Sheppard.
Hkad Quarters, ) -fFett
Springfield, Jan. 25 A, 1787. J
" The body of the people assembled in arms,
adhering to ilia first principles in natural self
piesurvatiun, ito, in the mon piremplury manner
de-iimnd
1. "That the troops in Springfield7 lay down
their arms. "
2. That (heir arms be deposited in the pub
lic stores, under the7 care of the7 proper officers,
to be relumed to the owners at t lie termination of
ihe present contest.
3 I hat the troops return to their homes up
on parole.
- k'u the Commanding Officer at
Up?(ngjitia, Jan. 'Zblh, 177.
Luke Day, Captain Commandant of this di
vision.". .. .-..,:
On ihe back "By Col. Eli Parsons.''
Gen. Slteppard, on seeing the advance of ihe
insiirgeni force, sent an aid lo demand an expla
nation of ihe movement. andvtO warn Shays of
the cotisequeucis of persisting. The insurgent
I cailer replied he would have possession of the
barracks. Gen. Sheppard indicated a certain line
ami told Shays that if he passed it, he should fire
on him, and the guns were accordingly depressed
towards ihe centre of the advancing coiumn.
The rebels continued lo advance, and Gen. Sliep
pard's pieces were ditcharged.
This put to flight 'he tmtire rebel force.
They fled, leaving three deatt and one wounded,
for a distance of ten miles. The men under
Shays were brave and fearless, and many of them
had stood up against the honest of an. enemy's
fire, they were daunted not by the force of their
opponents, but by the weakness of their cause.
The following Idler despatched by Shays to Gen.
Sheppard, affords a pretty fair specimen ot the
literary abilities of the rebel leader; '
To Gen. Sheppard ot the Commanding Officer
in Springfield Sir I Desire you To Send My
Dead & Wound men by My f lagg So that I can
Bnrye My Dead - Men & Take Care of my
Wounded if not my Wounded the Dead Si the
Names of the Wounded by Lt, . Williams Who
is the Bearer of this Flagg.
( - . 1 am youre
. . v. (. . Daniel Shays Capt.
The rebel forces, though dispersed at first, re
assembled at I'elliurn, where General Lincoln
sent a letter to Shays, warfiing him of the conse
quences of persisting in his course and of the
total annihilation of his men. in case of .collision.
Shays in answer, stated that his men were wil
ling to lay 'down their arms on condition of a free-
pardon and guarantee, I rum molestation. until
this. , was granted he proposed that each army
should remain inactive, 1 he next day, the 80th,
Stone, Shays, and Wheeler, on behalf of the in
surgents, sent a letter to Geri; LincolaV staling
lhailhey had sent a petition to the Legislature,
and requesting armistice till they received art an
swer. This request Gen. Lincoln dented, as in
admissible and once mora gave the insnrgents
,.v A' " ' ' - :
solemn warning. The latter on the 3d of Feb
ruary," marched towards Petersham, and Gen.
Lincoln commenced the pursuit at 8 o'clock the
same evening. By a forced march of thirty miles
through a deep snow, suffering from intense cold
and a -violent storm he reached Petersham at 9
o'clock the following day, and taking tlte-rebels
by surprise," completely routed them, without
any loss on either side, making one hundred and
filly prisoners. Shays, and oiher prominent
leaden, fled from place to place an J succeeded
in baffling pursuit.
Their followers were U ultimately pardoned
on making submission, and taking the oath of
allegiance.
In 1788 Shays and Parsons presented a humble
and penitent petition to the Legislature, acknowl
edged all their errors and asking for pardon. For
soma years siihswqnent jn the insurrection, Dan-
iel Shays Was a wanderer, and almost a mendi
cant, lie finally emigrated to the Stale nf New
York, but in the evening of his years, he receiv
ed the means nf a co fortable support, in the
shape of the pension of" twenty dollars a month,
which was due himon account nf his services
during the revolutionary war. Up to the time
of his death, he had received 2000 dollars from
this source, . As he had lived wilhout chnractet
and without respect, so he died friendless and
alone, though surrounded by the physical coin
forts, with which the bounty of the Government
had supplied him. - ' r
The Mammolh Cave? la, Kentucky.
A correspondent of the New York Journal of
Commerce furnishes some particulars of jhis
great curiosity which have not before been pub
lished: The Mammouth Cave or Great 'American
Grotto is at) immense subterranean Territory in
the Southern section of the State of Kentucky,
I have heretofore given descriptions of many por
tions of this Cave in the Journal ol Commerce,
and this is an addition to those before published.
In speaking of this Cave I may here remark,
ihat 1 have myself been much at the Cave,
and traversed it a great number . of limes. . 1
therefor speak front personal knowledge. The
account which 1 now give is from the pen of a
scientific gentleman of thu highest respectability,
who has recently been slaying some time at the
Cave.
" Tho Cave has been explored, according to
the estimation of the gude, thirteen miles in a di
rect line, which is the limit lo iheir explorations
in a Cave or Avenue beyond the "Rocky Moun
tains." How much farther they could have gone
I know not. From Ihe mouth of the Cave lolhe
Ri.er is three miles from thence by the pass of
el glwr to Ch aveland Avenue, four miles. From
die ladder, you ascend lo gel to Cleaveland Ave
nue, to Croglian Hall, two miles. The Cave to
which I allude as a limit to the guide's discove
ries, in this quarter, is to the right of Cleaveland
Avenue, (if I am rightly informed and is half a
mile from Croglian Hall only a part of ibis
distance has been measured, the remaining por
tion beirfg computed from the time occupied in
leaching particular points; and judging according
lo this. rule, 1 think the distance not much exag
gerated. In going to Cleaveland Avenue you
pass the mouths of a number of Caves, one of
whit e is named Sillunan, in honor of the distin
guished professor of Geology in Yale College.
I he ancient mouth of the Mammoth Cave is a
quarter of a mile from its present one, the month
of Dixon's Cave being originally the mouth of
the Mammoth Cave. Dixon's Cave is of vast
size. Laborers digging for Saltpetre earth at its
extremities, have been heat d wiihin ten feet of
the mouth of the Mammoth. The river within
the cave rises to the height of from 30 to 40
feet perpendicular.. The river within the cave
has not been explored,, as it is influenced by
Green River when the latter is very high ; the
river within the cave rising occasionally when
Green River does not. Mr. Ciaig of PhiladeJ.
phia, and Mr. Patten of Louisville, (the discove
rt s of Cleaveland Avenue,) ascertained that Ste
phenson labored undpr a mistake in supposing
that the water terminated in a lake. The suppos
ed lake is only an expansion of the river. There
are but few varieties of fish in the cave; the cat
fish is the most abundant, anil is, as I remarked
in a former communication, per, ctly while and
desli ute of eyes. One of the laws of sensa'inn
is verified as it respects the fish, viz: that the
loss of one sense increases the vigor and acute
nens of the others. These fish are regardless of
the greatest degree of light; but the least agita
tion of the water alarms them. Hence the diffi
culty of cab lung them. A small fish denominat
ed the sun-fish, and a species of perch are found
in the river, but principally and (if 1 mistake not)
only during the stimmer.months.
One of the rivers, and the third and largest, is
called Echo River, from the extraordinary echoes
heard on its waters. It is literally deafening.
Messrs. Craig and Fallen took soundings in the
river, and ascertained the average depth to be
eight feel. Sulphate of litnc is found in the main
cave, two miles liom its mouth. It is also to be
seen in some of the other branches. Glauber
sails is found in that portion of the cave called
" Salts Room," Epsom Salts is found in large
quantities in the cave, and in different parts of it.
Large piles of it are seen in Cleat elands Avenue,
and here also you sec it beautifully chrysialieed.
Durinjf the month of August 1811, Messrs.
Craig and Patten spent two weeks at tho cave
during a preater part of which time they were
makitig explorations beyond the river. .The most
iiileresting discovery which ihey made was Clese
land's Avenue, named in hdhor of Professor
Cleveland ofgj?owdoin College. It averages 70
feet in width, and 12 to 15 feet in height, and
two miles in length. The ground on which you
walk, as well as the tides and ceiling of this ave
nue are incrusted with every variety or forma
tion, and generally perfectly white It is truly a
beautiful, gorgeous spectacle. Visiters, who
have but a half dozen lamps can form but ari im
perfect idea of this plendid avenue ey see
it only in detacho;l parts, and can onfy admire
this singularly handsome formntions'pendanl from
the ceiling, , Js only when illuminated at dif
ferent poinis witli the Bengal lights, by means of
which yon can have an extensive survey of the
entire scene, that you can properly appreciate the
splendor of this avenue. - When thus illuminated
a spectacle is Exhibited to your view which for
brilliancy hat perhaps no parallel, sod which it Is
impossible for language to describe.
Since the exploration of Messrs. Craig it Pat
ton, two of the Professors of Bardstown College
have visited the Cave and made tome discoveries)
in the transfusion (if ! may be allowed the ex
pression) section of the cave. I am told they
are exceedingly interesting. One is a small but
beautifully arched avenue leading to what they
have called St. Mary's Chapef, perfecdy white
room about 20 feet in diameter.
The mammoth cava in about 128 mile from
Lexington, 99 ham Louisville, and 04 from Nash
ville. It is 9 miles from the Dripping Springs,
8 miles from Fruit's Knob, IS miles from the
Bear Wallow and 12 miles from. the Horse
Well."
I hare thus copied from my valued correspon
dent's letter, and will add that the entrance of
thie nether territory is among the Knobs, and
about four hundred yards fmm the Green River.
The Knobs are a rsnge of hill which border the
extensive country called "thfl Barrens," sort of
highland prairies, which When I was there in
1813 and 1814 were destitute of limber. Since
the country ha become thickly setded and the
fires prevented from burning over the grass annu-,
ally, the Oak, Hickory snd Chesnut, have sprung
up in abundance, and it has now become a young
limbered country. That this cave has been in
habited at an early period, there is roost conclu
sive evidence, but by a people, probably,, who
have new no blood running In human veins. -1
saw and examined a hdaian body in that cave In
1813, and an extensive wardrobe which was de
posited with it, and have now an inventory taken
on the spot. The body wss that of a female,
height allowed to be 9 feet 10 inches.
li was found in a sitting position in' the short
cave, in a hole about tluee feet square in the
earth which overlaid its bottom. Over this hole
was laid a flat rock. . The wrists had a cord lied
around them, and were folded over the breasts;
the knees were tied up 19 the wrists. Atound
the body," were wrapped two Jtalf dressed deer
skins, shaved, aiid on these were drawn in white,
Vines and leaves. . Outside ot these skins was a
sheet nest two yards square, and beside it at the
feet lay pair of Moccasins, and handsome
knapsack well filled. Its content were as fol
lows: viz seven headdresses, made of ihe feath
ers or quijls of Rooks and Eagles, put together
in the way f-atlier fans are made ; these being
placed on the head, were fastened by the cords
lied back of the head, presenting a front of erect
feathers, extending from ear to ear a head dress
truly elegant the jaV of a bear, with a siring
cord through it to wear pendant from the neck
the claw of an eagle in the same style, several
fawns' red hoofs strung on cords like beads lo
wear round the neck, about two hondred strings
of beads, of seed which grows in the bottom
lands in Chat' country, and rather smaller thau
hemp seed, two whistles, tied together, about
six inches long, made of cine, with a joint about
one-third the length, with an opening of three
fourths of an inch extending on eaeh side of the
joint, in which was a split reed, two large rat
tlesnakes' skins, one having on it fourtoen rallies,
six needles, some of horn and others of bono;
they were smooth, showing that ihey had been
much used.
The needles were from 5 to 7 inches long, and
had heads, some of which were scalloped; others
were crooked like a sail needle,' and without eyes,
and had a thumb piece of dressed deerskin to wear
on the hand. I presume from an examination of
this with the needles that it was used in needle
work to protect ihe hand in the same way that
thimbles are now used to protect the finger, A
roll of vegetable paints of colors in leaves, a hank
of deers sinews for sewing like catgut, a small
parcel of two corded thread, resembling seine
twine, a reticule in the shape of a horseman's
valice. nwde to open at the top lengthwise, with
loops on each side and two cords fastened at one
end run through these loops, and laced it up very
nicely, lt was a handsome pattern, and I thought
a very ingenious piebe of work. The article I
have here enumerated constituted the entire ward
robe. The sheet, moccasins, knapsack, reticule,
cords, thread and twine, were made of wrought
hark, and the m inner of putting together looked
like being wove and knit. The knapsack had a
double border worked to the depth of three inch,
es, which gave it additional strength. I do not
think (hat the workmanship of these articles
surpassed what I have met with in various Indi
an tribes, but of the styles ( these articles every,
thing bore the stamp of peculiarity, which 1 h.ivc
never met wiitt anywhere else.
The body of this female was preserved by the
flesh drying to the bones, being placed fn a cave
where the atmosphere is dry and unchangeable,
and where animal decomposition cannot go on,
The hair war of a radish cast and not more than
a quarter of an inch in length. The teeth was
sound and much worn, the features regular and
well proportioned. Near the backbone and be
tween the rihs there had been a wound. At the
time this body remained at the cave, the cave was
owned by flyman Gralz, Esq., ol Philadelphia,
and Charles Wilkin, Esq., of Lexington, Ky.,
brother to the. bite Minister to Russia of that
name. Mr.- Wilkins presented to r. Mr. W aril,
of Massachusetts, tor the .use I believe ,of the
Historical Society of that State, tne body and
ihe wardrobe.
How long this body remained there, those who
read this account of it can judge as well as I who
saw it, " - -
One of the fish without eyes was dissected at
the Sommerville Institute, and it was ascertained
that no such organ existed in, or belonged to its
heath"' ":"". ""'.'""' . "'
The equal and unchanging temperature of the
cave is a matter of great interest. Hundreds
find in its atmosphere great benefit. The Green
River is now navigable for steam boats from its
mouth to the cave and the cave can be visited as
a tour of pleasureinsiend oHabor. '
Sinetdar..'The Boston Transcript teflr a sto
ry about a parly of merry men where Ore told a
tale of the battle of Lnndy's Lane. I le said lie
took a shot at a huge fellow, and as he thought
clipped off one of his e:.rs, A Scotchman' pre
sent said the etorv was true, and that he was" the
very mail hfmseK and sure enough the tar was
shown, not all off, but rather shortened. The
two then drank and all the rest drank, and In the
nd the whole party got drtmki. . " ; , ;
Process or teircucatioo.
iLiuv cbutt.
The following extract from t private letter,
written with no view to publication, from the
learned Blacksmith." shews the manner in which
he made hie remarkable attaimBerMs, and may be
of service to other mind ia bumble ciroamstaa
ccs : ; ;
" I was the youngest of many brethren, and
my psrrnta were poor. My mean of education
were li'iriiedloihe advantages of a district school;
and those again were circumscribed by my father's
death, which deprived me, at the sge of fifteen, of
those scanty opportunities which I had previously
enjoyed. A few month after his decease I sp-
Eirenticed myself to' blacksmith in my native vd
ag. Thither I carried an indomnibible last for
reading, which I previously acquired through the
mi dium of the Society library ell lb histori
cal Works in whii h I had at the time perused. At
the expiration of little more than half my appren
ticeship, t suddenly conceived the idea of study
ing Latin. Through the assistance of my elder
brother, who had himself acquired a collegiate
education, I completed my Virgil during the eve
nings of one winter. After some time devoted lo
Cicero and a few other Latin authors, I commenc
ed the Greek. At this time it was necessary that
I slto.ild devote every hour of daylight snd a part
of the evening to the duties of my appremtt tship.
Still carried my Greek Grammar in my hat, and
often found a moment, when I was heating some
large iron when I. could place my book opea be
fore me against the chimney of ray forge, and go
through witlt tupto, tuj.ttis, tupltt, un perceived
by my fellow apprentices, and to my confusion of
face, with a detrimental effect to my charge in the
fire. At evening I sal djwrr, unassisted and alone,
to the Iliad of Homar, twenty book of which
measured my progress in that language during
the evenings of another winter. , I next turned to
ihe modern language, and was much gratifisj to
learn that my knowledge of the Latin furnished
me with a key to the literature of most of tho mo
dern languages of Europe.
" This circumstance gave a new impulse to
the desire of acquainting myself with 'he philoso
phy, derivation and affinity of the different Euro
pean tongues. I could not be reconciled lo limit
myself in these investigations to a few hours, af
ter the arduous labouis of the day. I therefore
laid down my hammer, and went to New Haven,
where I recited to native teachers in French,
Spanish, German and Italian. I returned at the
expiration of two years to the forge, bringing with
me such books in tlrose languages as I could pro
cure. When I read these books throigh Y com
menced the Hebrew, with an ardent desire for ex
amining another field i and by assiduous applies
cation I was enabled in a few weeks to read this
language with such facility that I allotted to my
self as a task two chapters in the Hebrew Bible
before breakfast every morning this, and an
hour at noon, being the only time that I could de
vote myself during the day. After becoming
somewhat familiar with thia language, 1 looked
around me for the mean of Initiating myself into
the field of oriental literature, and to my deep re
gret and concern' I found my progress in this di
rection hedged urfby the want of requisite book.
" I immediately began to -levise means of 'ob
viating this obstacle; and after many plan I con
cluded to seek a plane a some sailor bound to
Europe, thinking in this way to have an oppor
tunity of collecting at the different port Such
works in the modern and oriental language a I
found necessary for this object. - I left the ferge
and my native place, lo carry litis plan inte exe
cution. 1 travelled on foo lo Boston, a distance
of more than a hundred miles, to fmd a vessel
bound to Europe, 1 In this I was disappointed ;
and while revolving in my mind what step to lake,
accidentally heard of the American Antiquarian
Society, and found here, to my infinite gratifica
tion, such a collection of ancient, modern and ori
ental languages, as I never conceived to be collect
ed in oue place; and, sir, yoo may imagine with
what sentiments of gratitude I was affected, when,
upon evincing a desire lo examine some of these
rich and rare works, 1 was kindly invited to an
unlimited participation in all the benefits of this
noble institution. Availing myself of the kmd
ness of ihe Directors, I spent about three hours a
day in the hall, which, with an hour at noon, and
about three in the evening, make up the, portion
of the' day which I appropriate to my studies, the
rest being : occupied in . arduous manual labor.
Through the facilities afforded by this limita
tion, I have been, able to add so much lo my pre
vious acquaintance with the ancient, modern, and
oriental language,, ue to be able to read upwards
of Jifly of them with more of tee facility.
An Appdrition.-TUe Concord N. H. Statesman
publishes a singular story, related by two persons
under oath, of a confession recently made by a
person named Samuel Mann, of Denton. N. II.,
while on his dealh bed, of having aided 40 years
ago in the commission of murder. The two per
sons Who relate the story were watching with the
deceased on the night of his death, and the most
remarkable part of their story is, that before the
confession, a strange looking man suddenly ap
peared in the chamber, standing between them
and the bed, the room being at once lighted up
with "an unearthly crimsoned colored light, and
looking at tne wo man, tne sick man was
dreadfully (righteiied.and agitated, made the con
fession above' mentioned, describing 'the place.
but not the name of parties, and immediately
died. The stranger disappeared and the witness
es were tremendously Jrightened. In conse
quence of tbii" story, an old rumor has been ra-
vived of the murder of a carpenter naraeUTIodg
donrby a man named Noyes, who i since de
ceased, to which murder it is conjectured that
man was an accessory. Boston Daily Adc,
U ' -,
"JrtoaRcnutrkabU Discovery. -n Africa a
discovery has been mane, not far from Boussissi,
of an aneieat bridge, spanning by a single arch
the stream-of the Oncd Berbibe, which has given
rise to many peculations. It is in perfect pre
servation a and comparison of the eoment us
ed in hi construction wiih that found in the ru
in ofHippona, is said w suggest an aniiqulty of
not less than ihirteen or fourteen centuries.
' It is not the plenty of meat that nourishes, but
the good of digestion ; neither ia it in the abund
ance of wealth that makes ua happy, but tho dis
creet using it. . ,
Ftom tkt FeyetttmlU Cbstmt.
171m if le) Gastef
The following Circular1 were addressed lo ft
Bank ia the varies State, after tie nc rsl of
the Deposit ia U33. Caa it be ntotitatthit
the country wa flooded with Bank paper, gci
that new beoxraprung up like mushroom, tnicr
ueh argent appeal from aa apowcrfi4 AJaa-
letraiios, wWcfl wielded thirty crlbrty milliorf" '
of dollar a year! Tel alflhe bfsae is fok'..i
oa the Whig I -
TaCY DmtTXXXT, StfU 25, l&i J.
" Six : The Girard Bank ha Imma !--1
bv thi Demrtment aa tha TJfWiaifmi a i v
public money collected ia Philadelphia tai U
" Thi inotUts of ikt siAumam tmtn MM J. '
Ut you to nffoti wcitma rAcnrriu
merce, and to kxpkko voce AoooMMOoi-riove ta
individual: and. as the duties ku4 m n.f -
to the Government arise front the taiiuM uf
enterprise of Ihe merchum engaged in' roTOou
tm, it ie but reasonable Mot they stoaU 6 , .
prtjerrtd in. the additional aewnmodtrtioB, -
wuuin we poena twposiies wiu cnaoie your ta
tjtution to give, whenever it can be done without .
injustice to ihe claim of othar lastt of d
community- i ; ' v ,
-;!: I am, tve. ' 1 . . .
i -T jl 8; Taney's'
atiMivitf -
To III Pre! ot tbe Girard Bank, Philad."
TritAscB Dxwmseirr, Oet, f, IO. .
"Si : Thi DcDartmeat ha saWisat
institution as one of the dpoitorie of the pV
lie mony ol the Vd Slate.
"Th dVpoeite of public- money will tBabla
you to afford iscuins ractutrta to that smi. -
mercial and ortier classes of the Mnuoiiruty erj
the Department anticipate from yon ih fop- - '
lion of UCh a COUne. rcsDectinr tronr suMmau.
dstions, ss will prove acceptable W the teoDkr.
ami a-,C Ia - '
It TANEY
To the Pres'l of the Maine Bank. PorUineL Ua. " ;
Free Tirade. hi a vere eantimin Mi Ji
the advocates of pretended Free Trad, thai 'et
ry man should buy where be can boy chwpew. ,
We deny the truth of the oroDoaiiian. Aa mtuiimA
to the whole nation, or to ihe many small eomaoi
nines oi wnicn tne nation is composed, the doe
trine is suicidal. .
There is no euestion but that mmo'L m..w
kinds of manufactured good in Europe cheaper.
' " " "I inaao IIieiB in Ull COpB
trv : -because labour and livin M la' iw
tlian here. Bat it ie. vastly better that the farm '
er of North Carolina should txcAangs hi V
iur American gooa si me iMgrstf pnev, t. esT
to pay rash for theEngliabaf the lower. Tbe s "
gluh will not take hia produce.,They forbid bia .
. ..II I .1. ... - ....
iu sou or icnnge n mere, xv oar aupposicg tnere
were no patriotism to eraltfv. it kunrhuiht)! m.
sier and eheaper, undur this slate of thinge, to pew ,
nish a market for the agricultoral productiona tf
iud ouuui, mai coum no wnere eue Mhad. -Illustrate
the matter bv anr eommnnii mw
own town for example, W have hen a great,
manv mechani ahoo and Ivtnt mlmnt
carriage maker, cabinet makers, printer, ate.
We say it i the direct interest of very fbdivido
al in thi common jpf to euctaia, even $ a higher
price, our own mechanic, than to bdy wbere we
can ouy cneapeeu". from greater skill and eeoo
omy in manufaetwe, moie extemiVe operatiooBV .
or some othei cause, every man know thai be
can boy s coat, or a "pair ef IxxiU, or rtrrig, "
cheaper it (he North, than in thi towa, atx yet
no man wiu oeny, mat wnat be pay to a beeha
aie here js a measure returned to, hittr inin.
whilst tho profit on similar purchsae to Near
York goee to build op that city aotf impeerieb
our own. As befwseu this eommunitv and New
York, so between this country and. foreign aay
tinns. The cases are exacilv nanlUI ' iha tnl
difference being that one is on a larger aeale than "
th other. " n . - -v - . .
W tsk the Favstleville medhsnLs wbatW Mm
thinks that he ahould buv whm w h -
cheapest". For one, we reply in the nega&ve
Newspapers may be boufrht, and printing execut
ed eheaper at tlie North than we cairsfiord them "
But we thitlk U the interest, lint ta ase i&a iTnte.
of the itieahanie from whom we bey, to buy from
us, arm net versa, ru preference to baying tTem -one
who will not take in return iti nrvwhu of
hi labor. FoyttttviUe Observer. .
Tbe emrpet mills ta LosveQ beve been eedeteet
to cease work. Tbe lunula emniovMl bsM tm
ceived notice to that effect, and the mill we en-
Ucrstand will atop in about fortnight frenr tf.ie
itme. J no stopping oi iw .eat pet miill' Wi ...
throw a large number tkf people oat oflvOik,
wnicn in ine present state or depression, w&ea.
employment i difSeul to be obtained.' wilt be
sorely Cclu 'lire mUIs have been kept rnnttitry
until so large an amount of manufactureil
rials has accumulated that the director bar
thought it irapradeni to run them kjnget. '
' , LsotU CMtr. , .
Between 3 nd 300 girl have, beetf t'.rbwa
out of employment by the raspensitdf ef ether
mills in 1o welfk. i The cotton and woo' "ja nana
facturer of Massachnsetui have bad? ameetinjin
Boetou, and appointed a (ar7; committf tote", .
port on iheir future action, . The 'result will no
doubt be the suspension ef much mscbiaery, lite -entire
stoppage of ''some' articled of manufacture. ,
dismission of large number of laborers, and
a great reducjjoa in the, wagesgof any that may
be retained. Such are some of the fruits of the
time. " Tne lahorinir latM mutt tiff! wnk
Jy unless something is dofte to revive trade and
yet the extraordinary course taken by tbe Ttaai-
.--a- - d m .t ml
ueni lomios tne nope or aid from me oovejraR
monl. It hchooresi th nmnle. mmfbie. iav ad-
just their want to their circumstance. jrapedk
" "-"', -. - -
The manners of a roan are the mirror which '
reflects hi disposition and the feeling of his mind.
Suavity of manners always gain friends mo .
rose n ess engender enmity I An affable address
of course always pleases ; but a arly response ' '
creates a prejudice and dislike which Tear ci -
Hiot dissipate, .
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