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r'GAZBTTB; RAGE, TO LIVE LIKE BROTHERS. is 1 5S TElJRSDA'Sr, DECBJ2SSR 23; 1830. NO. d " ; ' .. . ' ! ' ' i . ' T -.- ' ' "" ' ' h j " - : " -j nil " - ., x - , 1 ' , . - , 1 "' , ' ;;. " 1 ' , 1 - ..." 'M ' ;,U'- ; y . . : ;jf- r ji J OURS. ARE THE PLANS OF AtR DELIGHTFUL PEACE, UNTARP),-BY, ARTY i jjifi m-jjL -yu q-, , , M 4 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, m aiostpij :Kauflf sou RaltigK . A art" Carolina. . ' v.. n miriiim- rtu h&lfln advance .1 iiitEK uu.t. ..-..., - I iK.A An not ' cither at the time ot suo-it' tiantlv. a-iv nrvtice ot xneir 1 th Paner discontinued at the ex- siring its continuance until countermanded. pirauan o. - - "T: Sot exceeding itn tM, will fee inserted Aree times lor1 Dollar ; and twenty -five cents ( .arh snhsehiient 'Dublication : those 'ol in: the same proportioo. if greater: length, .i ' l r f - . I them, they will be continued until ordered out, and charged accordingly. INTERESTING LAW CASE. The Cincinnati American contains the 'follow ing account of an interesting lawr case jtst deci- decHn that city the more, interesting, because the defendant recently resided in this place. State of Ohio, "V vs. Trial for Perjury, John L. Chapman, 3 ; Richard S. Wheatly, Prosecutor. This was an indictment against John L Thapman, for Perjury, tried last week at the Court of Cuinumn rleas and Genera fipssions for Hamilton County, now in .fbia ritv. Th eirrumst.nnr.es of the case were as follows : In, August last, Chapman made wnat is termeaj runaway match" with the daughter of iWheatly. ivvneauy is a memoer oi .me Bar, ami resiues in juouisvuic, rweiuucKy. His daughter was on a visit to ai friend in Kentucky, aboutuve miles from this city where Chapman visited her, and induced her to come to this city and get married. rWanman was a student of medicine. The statute; of this State requires, (where tlip consent! Of the parents is not given) that the young lady must be 18 years oil atrp before she can marry. It is also ne-1 cessary to o'et a license fromthe Clerk of the Court. In obtaining marriage license I fhanman swore to the best of his know- hJo-e and 6eiV"that his intended wife was nne 18 vears of ciseand a resident of Ham-1 ilion r.ountv. On this affidavit, Wheatly, I rUAa. nf tha vniinir larlv. rnmmpnrpil I juijc laiiict w vl. j 'vi - ---- i a ftrnPcution asramst Chapman tor per- J .. '.t 4 e i r.i : .'i!lu llll'V. X ni9 eXirtlUI Ulllal y auu Utlliavui at r proceeding, tnai oi a lamer prosecuungi h s own sonrin-iaw lor perjury j excueu i great interest in the public mind,; and nrfwWPii vprv eenerai lnaifrnaiion asainstt the Prosecutor. The daughter, who is nnitc nrettv & ensaeingr in her manners, exhibited the deepest distress at this un - looked-for event ana at ! the examination hpfore the Mayor, clung, with streaming pvps &all the fondness ot a devoted Cfc fectionate wife to the neck of her. Kan nmfpRtin?? his innocence and the shameless cruelty of her father., The rnp was enough to have; melted any heart but that of the relentless father. ru ffirUv;KhpfrP sunken of. nurnort- 1 to have been made before the Clerk M 1 1 G IX vi -7 - - - r - - of the Court and signed by him, whereas it was in truth made before the --Deputy The deouty Clerk had legal authority to administer the oath, nutit was contended bv the Defendant' Counsel that the de- J . it. i i l : i v puty7 name nouiu nave apji-tteu. L.i i ,K;oo;n Wprp kfm npfta. Counsehto the indictment, which were ? . . . reserved by the Court for consideration- n nLitivpIv nrovpd nn th nart nf the Statef ttiat the young lady was but 17 years of age, had resided in Kentucky J w UICI1UU3I? k .- v" r ...... i ...... :..olr t ip , 9V lit Pr msrr : m: nni 4l. -a krl -i cnili nrnnprtv n hur nivn proved that she had stated in presence of Defendant that she was hut 17 years ol flht the conversation was of ainkins character among some young tvere '.talking of uld maids." ladies who It was proved, ,oh the part of the I . 1 i t . -. I pouani,iniu.B ;Ji ,Q ,-in presence of Defendant she was over 181 ears 01 age, ami inai ueu uiumuci ihnf ivhpti thp riTTir.ppl Went to arrest Defendant (a few hoursaf- ter the marriage) she exclaimed (so soon as the cause was made known) it was not - . - . tau t. DUt ners. ic was also nroveu least 18 or 19 years of age. It waar ful hat hr appearance indicated her tabeatLj J , toir form of civil pol. ji 1 iL.ii . n..r..i I-. - l . , .1 .1 ill '1 c vity C erk that the young lady had former- j.es.uyu u. u.-.,, j-s men anveu m tne ciiy. ii. wa .u. i.ici ; fc . l.l ' 4 I' I 'J trniril h r. t tho FriVsorn mr Itt.l ir.ar1i si proposition to Defendant, that if he would :VnaKe over . ein.y., "y" V heaiiv 1 the prosecution Knouiu oe xiis- L. , -v. i J - i Rnssed. It also came outin Evidence, il 1 Vi . I , . . I mat Wheatly had said, on being urged i ... r, i ' t . j, 4l0 -ul uy-ine vouri noi 10 proceew in me casr, because if successful, it would only des- 'jj' oy the happiness of his daughter, send pis own son-in-law Jo the Penitentiary, where she would undoubtedly follow him, fcc that on this, vvheatly remarked, he Mid not care if 6he went to Hell, so that could punish Chapman." It was allAcrftVl hir Wlinf!r ihnf hit - was to send Chapuian to the Peni- tner proven in i. e uuaut, V .5 auention the subject of our intemalcon tnneof taking the oath, stated to the Dep- ...... r-Yuii. tent iary and then get him divorced from his daughter, its that puld furnisli ja leral cause for a 'divorce Wheat- I y alleged 1 also tha CKarfman'a cha racter was all appear bad, but this did not. at on the trial, from any o Chapman is a handsome ther source genteel looking nan, and belongs to a res ; i i i r '! .... j in Virginia. I he trial . uc,c,,uaTll s c ,u,lse' PfWeu u ment. This was declined bv th counsel lor the State, sv id Mr. Starr addressed i . . ... . i :. J . s . . the Jury. The. Defendant's counsel then submitted the case The J&ry retired, and in five minutes brought in a verdict of 'NOT GUILTY. Counsel for the State, Van Matre, (Prosecuting Attor- n.i l ' raM oml l-C r r Wo rv I ' n n n o Ji I tux Defendant, Eite, W right & Hotlges, Sto- The above remarks! have been very has tily thrown together, and all the minuter particulars of the trial omitted lhe vihdictiveness with which the Prosecutor .appeared to pursue the Defendant, we have never seen equalled, under the cir cumstances. 1 he result ot the trial, so, far as we have heard, has given universal satisfaction to this. ! community. How any man, calling himself a father, could act. as the Prosecutor in this case has done, especially from the same motives, is to us -wholly inexplicable. VIRGINf A LEGISLATURE. M? Kf 'h," h"Z?Z ,ht 6th instant, the old Speakers and Clerk-; of j both Houses iere elected. The communica tion of the Governor (which is of; moderate length--not exceeding three newspaper col umns) is an interesting State paper. Its pro minent'topic is Internal Imnrovements. For the information of our readers, we publish from it the following extracts : in me can of a convention, its pro ii ii r gress and the ratifications of the amend- led Constitution by the people, Virginia has exhibited to the world, another si-and spectacle, of a nation's changing its fund- lamental law, without discord or uiiitctil- ty, uirecteu alone Dy reason, ami making manifest to the universe the great truth, that man is capable of self government. We lived it is true for more than half a centurv under the former Constitution, and pniovPil tranrinilit V. and a c.onsidp. i rabie snare ot prosperity. mat many auuu lu-uaw t n tici i cm 11 n a,J mavvuuiM suusuiuicu, isuiiiauiaun suipnse, - . ..u'i!tt..i i. L..'- ... w.uen we consmer now iiiinnaieij i was blended with all the past in our history. "en mai insirumeui was it.incu me population of Virginia hardly extended Ibeyond the great valley since that peri od, large counties haive been created in ine west, wun a ricn numerous ana m- creasing populationinhabiting a step, at-luiincuit mountainous country far re - nus-lmovea Irom the beat ot Government, and destitute of commercial facilities it should afTid as little matter of surprise, that the people of that region, should de (sire a change in the anticipation of much benetit. In the change which has been , .. t. i i . i.i mae 18 pernaps, on y wnat m.gnt nave Pe.e .in" s.ues fc. ouiti l!,,n Vie flceive Ulssa I t!,an was hoped, the other, in having gain- r "7 I 1 i i r 1 e w F' llie'r u nP" of victorv. and the bitterness of defeat. - r" . .. . . . r he forgotten in an united effort to benefit an m fl All tl T T Onil II I I ! A 1 IT 1 II t ""', ,',",M,,iYwT 1L wmis me ouiei oi .me nepuuuc. o this we are encouraged, not less by the memory of the past, than the promise of ,elIulu t, . f f , 1 A r.-k , twin 9 rvf Kam m a ar o v r Mliriao f h ac . - . . , -T . . . At e uiwnxat utuci im mm .mi uu", u.M.nc vi i c-ui r.an.....u v.jv. . . ... ... modifications as may tend to the cheap 'V , 7 " , ' : " . J Wl ceinami your most: anxious ai- tention. - . i The various and somewhat-conflicting opinions which are believed to prevail on l 13 I I this interesting subject,wnl be reconciled hyyour wisdom, and a full and perfect om . nnt it 5e ;unnp,i into hnrmnni- v ' ru J " - - . . f vour nrudence I .r , . 'i r " r - ntwUtnnihn t1l, nrfiaous service, VaK tu in 111 r niirfArm n ton ity, I cannot fail to recommend to your I iiiuuii ill iriciKiivc lunit iiiciuia.ui, iiin-t - , cornmunicatiorI betwe.n distant parts of the Commonwealth. By the bountiful (j- niinllt' n r prnv:,in. " f bf hA.uti. I "l7UMItt(l"H V V...tV-, lilt. WV v 1 . . r . . .. . . . Jfajjg Qf fill and extensive region lyin belowrthe our rivers, has afforded to. it, all those facilities which onen everv market ti. . . . i Zc to the industry and enterprise of it& w- ...... ou r habitants. This unfortunate condition is . .t wi . i i T denied to the inhabitants above tide -wa- ter, and presses with unsneak ible weight upon our-citizen9 residing beyond the mountains. . it -- While this state of things is suffered'to continue, the resources of tlje,$tate ad mit of but partial dveloperncnt--laads of inexhaustible fertil it v, remain unre claimed, and the country is deprived of i ti it Ii af 1 f d rvITi ri av xr L ft f i r K rv in Imi UWI1 VI ll.l CUJlCHt y liat 19 Vise III" .ducement tp reclaim tlje forest or culti- vate the earth, if the means of obtaining remuneration for onefs labor is denied? That argument, which in opposition to a Judicious system of improvement is niade to rest upon the inequality of contribu tion, either real or supposed, to be made by the different port ions of the State, ap pears to me, to fail utterly in its object.! It opposes the only means which can rVer bring about that equality of contribution to the public cheats which it seeks so earnestly to establish Let markets be opened for the agricultural products ol any country, and instantly the subjects of taxation will become common to it, and all other countries similarly circum stanced, -j-But when in connection with this, the improvement of the State is re garded as the sure means of producing unity of feeling aud harmonious action between all parts of the community, its importance cannot be questioned, or its benefits be matter of speculation. In this government there is no want of constitutional power over this subject against a similar exercise of power, .0:1 the part of the Federal Government, Vir ginia' has uniformly protested & wisely. The exercise of such power by that gov ernment, has been regarded, not only as unconstitutional, but as deleterious in the highest degree and an attentive ob servation of its effects, has been attended with a thorough conviction of its disas-trou-. tendency. It is a caiie of sincere c on gratu latio 1 1 , th a t t h e P res d e n t sh ou I d have done much in the exert ise-ot his constitutional vote towards arresting this unfot tunate system. We may certain ly hope, th .t impelled by a dv;ted re gard to the iuterests of the United States, manif sted by him ' upon repeated occa sions, he will persevere in tliis course, until every vestige of this usurpation will be obliterated from the legislation f Con gress. The States are competent to the improvement of their own domestic coa ditions, and the obligation whic'u rest upon them to do so, is high and imperi ous. From the numerous works which have been brought to public view those in which the State has become interested in part, or undertaken to construct at her own expense justifies the public expecta tion that they will be resumed and prose cuted to their final completion. Although many works have been 1 eject ed, highly beneficial to large neighbor hoods and even the counties in which they may be situated, yet there are few of mag 11 it in! e or importance sufficient to entitle them to the character of State improve ments. The Governor then enumerates the se veral Rivers and Roads in the State to which it will be necessary to pay early at tention, adding that, to expedite the plana of improvement which the wisdom of the General Assembly may think expedient to resume or adopt it is respectfully suggest ed that the State might be bencritted by undertaking them exclusively upon their own resources rendering it the dutv of the Principal Engineer otten to in,r.-ct , ii- ,1 t ... i - a- them and placing the same under hi di- 1 j recnon anti control. , 1 .1 The following is the notice which his Excellency takes of die all-absorbing sub ject of the Tariff: The amelioration in the condition of things by the reduction afforded, at the last session of Congress in the taxes on certain articles of prime necessity, and general, if not universal consumption, has undoubtedly presented a subject 'of mutu al congratulation to all the inhabitants of the Union. Our sufferings under the misnamed "A merican System" have been great, & have been borne with signal patience. It has called forth much 'discussion amongst the people, which in South-Carolina has assu med a degree of; freedom only known to Republics. Slight, however, as is the al leviation of our burdens afforded by the measures referred to, yet, it will furnish matter of sincere i gratulatioa to all true friends of their country. They would fain recognise in it, the indication of a purpose on the part of the General Government, to listen .again to the voice of justice, to revert to the sound maxims of national policy, and vindicate the long violated principles' of the coustU tution. They hail in it, atlast,a disposition in Congress, to show some regard at lepgth, to the just and earnest complaints urged long in vain, by the people of the South ern States, and to relax somewhat of the rigor., of a policy, unsanctioned by the constitution, prejudicial to the interests of thxr Union, and in a peculiar degree burthensome to the South. Pernicious at least,: all will admit, in this, (fatal it may become) in sovying discontent throughout the country, and thus weakening that af fection for the government, which consti tutes the only sure foundation of a struc ture, which when it shall fall,, will bury in its ruins the happiness of a whole peo ple the hopes of a world. Protesting, a3 Virgi nia', has al ways don e, in common with a large part of the Union, against this most noxious system of policy; foremost, as she has ever been, to point out and condemn, as well its unconstituti onality as its impolicy convinced as she is, of its unjust and injurious influence upon her own peculiar interests, yet, has she evinced. a patience and. forbearance, which, one which locked to the magnitude of the evil, and the spirit of her people, would not have expecied ': but, in those who knew her ardent devotion to the U nion, excites no surprize." But true and warm, as in her patriotic attachments to the Union, still long : disregarded com plaints and aggravated burdens, hail, if was manifest, much increased her dissa tisfaction, whilst elsewhere, opposition was assuming a tone of more determined, hostility. To see Congress, under such circum stances, introduce modifications, though slight, in the system of duties, authorizes the hope to be indulged, that, not weigh ing (with a wise patriotism) the supposed advantages of the Tariff, against the evils of a wide spread discontent, or possible disunion, that body will retrace Us steps, and relieve us from its pressure and from the burden imposed j thus, again to bring back to our country, that usual harmorfy and good feeling, which has been too long disturbed, and which at last, as it is the greatest of political blessings, so it should be the chief aim of all governments to promote and perpetuate. PENNSYLVANIA, Sen-timents iv Pknn'sylvavia.- The Society for commemorating the landing of W illiam Pf.xn-, com mem orated the 43th Anniversary of that Memorable e vent, by a public dinner in Washington Hall Philadelphia. ():i this occasion, Mr. Citkw, a distinguished member of the Jackson Party, previously to toasting the Pennsylvania Delegation in Congress, ad dressed the meeting at some length. ' Our S iators and Ri)r'?.-atativ"S m Con yresi (s:iu' h-.) have nv ripy desev.--t w !l f 'lieir country upon ail occasions, and up'- noiv more emin.-. nuy than on the erne'gency which has of !te too much atjituted our p -iilirs. Tlifir patriotic adherence to the Union, nrx at he same time their rlec-ule;! and fi-m .support of thetw vital interns nl'our countn Domestic Industry aii'3. InK-rca; Im Tovement, are s ictioi td by tht- almost unanimous a-. p-ob:tio.i of t ei r constituents. r a distinct and plain avowal ot the inficxi Me resolution of Pt-iu'sylvania -n theae siilijec:';, no more fittin, occasion! is Hkey to occur thiAii tlie pteent, when we have an op portunity to express a wtli merited comn!imett t.- the Deh: d on, and when a Society is as semblcd to commemorate the pacific founder in the' midst of 'he city of brotherly love. The people of riiis State are warmly and devotedly attached to the Union ; tiny will maintain it at every hazard. Hut they are so immovably re solved 10 maintain, at ail mil every cos?, the system of encouragement ami "protection of do i.pstic industry, ny which prosperity . in peace itnd force in war are to be secured to us ; and of applying the funds a'-d power of the Union to I sternal Improvements, by which the advan tages of every part of the confederacy are to ne participated by all the other sections, and the force of the whole to be intmediatclv conveyed to the relief of any portion that may be assailed bv danger. ' 1 specie knowinrrly in respect to the senti-ment- of the people of the Stite hnvin.g" been in ' close Con'act with them, durinir the pa&t seasin. in twenty one counties ; not merely in their h'jjh places and assembl ies, but in tlieir home steads and at their firesUes. j Vne,lT, p, nl? OT Ke T1 svlvania ounht to be known to the rest of the r. . t , . t them . v -p . ... . " . 1 Mm l :)!in P; nnsylvania win. sor, Mr. President, iive up the protective system, nor that of Internal im provement. She cannot be moved bv argu ment or remonstiance, because she is conscien tiously convinced, after deep and serious reflec tion,of the correctness of the measures she sup pons. And, sir, storm who may, Pennsylvania comrot be driven from her position by menace or bv force. We are devoted to the Union, sir, unci will not submit to its dissolution withvut contest for its preservation Nor will this Stale patientlv see the pledged faith of the nation vi olated, mr the execution resisted of laws so lemnly. en xted by succ' ssive Legislatures of the Union, in accordance with a policy and system resolved upon even before the Revolution, by the wisest men of the psst and of the present generation, and continually approved by alurge majority of the citizens and of the States of the Union. " The system of policy advocated by Pennsyl vania has been generally adopted by the East, the middle and the West. The prodigious in. crease of their wealth, plenty, comfort, and education within a few years, nay, the very complaints of those States which have not a dopted it, are convincing- proofs of -the wisdom of that policy. The immense works underta ken of late by many States attest their convic tion of the wis !n of opening new, or improving old channels and routes for transportation, even unassisted by the General Government. New York has married the ocean and the likes. Ne,w-Jersey has begun to mingle the waters of the Hudson and the Delaware. Pennsylvania is rapidly completing facilities for transportation through every part of her beautiful territory, and for uniting the vast and prolific west, with the commercial east. The State of Delaware is insulated by a magnificent work. Maryland is paving the mountains with iron. The solid rocks at Lonisville are yielding to the efforts of Kentucky, and her own rtver is about to become an esy and safe avenue for her rich commerce. Tennessee is at length improving her river, and the young giantess Ohio is coupling the enor. rribus Mississippi with the American Mediterra nean. , 4 The Pennsylvania Delegation in Congress of different periods has largely contributed to the general welfare. The dist.nguished gentle man who has shared our fes i vity , and who was the author of the. first well digested system of internal communications, was member of the Pennsylvania Delegation, before me is another member of our Delegation, whose talents now adorn the bench of the Sifpr.eme Court, ;& who was the efficient champion of Domestic Industry. Others ar at our board who have been distin guished in that eminent trust. The Delegation has almost to man invariably and firmly upheld thosetwo great interests and wmteyer.else tend ed to advance the prosperity of the country. I offer you, therefore, Sir, as my toat " The Penr.?vlyan:n Delegation In Congress ''I MARSELLOIS HYMN. Our attention has been directed to the following notice of the performance of the Ma rsetlFes hymn at the Theatre in Paris, in February, ,! 796- It is-copied from a Journal of Theobald Wolf Tone, founder of the United Irish Society, and Adjutant General in the service of the French and Batavian Republics. The efr'act is pe culiarly interesting at this time, when that celebrated hymn is brought again be fore the public, and is sung iwitlj enthusi asm by the friends of French; liberty in ajmost every' part of the world : The Marseillois hymn was next sung, and produced still greater enthusiasm. -r-At the words, Auj armes, cifoyms ." all the performers drew their' swords, arid the females turned to them as encourage inu; them. Before the last verse, there was u short pause, the time of the music was changed to a very slow movement, and 9u ported only by the flutes & oboes a Drautitu! procession entered ; first lik'p little children cherubs, with baskets of flowers ; these were followed by boys, a little more -advanced,, with white jave Iius (the ha&ta-vura of the ancients, in their hands.) Then came two beautiful fe male figures, moving like the Graces themselves, with. - torches blazing ; these were followed by four negroes, character istically dressed, and carrying two tri pods between them, which they placed respectfully on each side of the altar : next came as manv Americans, in ihe picturesque dresH of Mexico, and these were followed by an immense crowd of other performers, variously habited, who ran$red themselvps on both sides of the s:e. The little children then approach "(I the altar with their ba-kets of flowers, vhich they laid before the rodde- ; the esf i . h-ir turn cucceeded, and hang' the altar and the be of the statue with r'irlands anduvreafhs of rones ; the two females with the torches approached the fripods, and having touched them with the fire, they kindled into a blaze. The whole knelt down, and all of this was ex ecuted in cadence to the music and with a grace beyond description. The first part of the last verse, Amour sacer de la pafrie9 was sirng slowly a d solemnly, and the words Libert ef .Liberte, chericj with an emphasis which 'affected .me most powerfully. All this was at once pathe tic and sublime, beyond what I had ever seen or couidvalmost imagine ; but it was followed by an incident which crowned th whole, and rendered it indeed a spec tacle worthy of a 'ree republic. At the words ' Jlux armes, citoyensP the music changed again to a martial style, the performers sprang on their feet, and in an instant the stage was filled with National Guards, who rushed in with biyonets fixed, their sabres drawn, and their tri-colored flags flying. It would be impossible to describe the effect of this I never knew what enthusiasm was before. & what heightened it beyond all conception was, that the men I saw before me were not hirelings, acting a part, they were what they seemed, French citizens flying to arras, to rescue their country from slavery. They were the men who had precipitated Cobourg into the Sambre, and driven Clairfait over-the Rhine, and were, at this , very moment, O'; the eve of -igain hurrying to the fron tiers, to encounter fresh dangers and gain fresh glory. This vas what made the spectacle interesting beyond all de scription. I would willingly sail again from New Yorklto enjoy again what I felt at that moment." EX-PRESIDENT ADAMS. Ex-President Adams having been ad dresed by the American Resident in Lower Canada on the occasion of his re tirement from the Presidency, made to them the annexed reply : 1 Stephen C. BtrTHK, M. D. Montreal, qiuney, Sep. 8. 1830. Sir T have received your It tier dated lite 4th of . iniy last, signed by yourself and Mr. A.v. Robinson, for other American Residents in Low er Canada. Considering the estimate" which you have been pleased to make of my public charac ter and services, as a token of your regard, it could not but be highly gratifying. Aware how' far it transcends any pretensions of mine to the approbation of my felknv-cilizen, or of my fellow-men, I perceive in it motives of grntitude in those from whom it comes ; and of rejrret that the reality should so far have fallen short of lhe representation. At the close of a life, chiefly occupied in the discharge of public trusts, I am conscious of no claim to approbation other tl. an that of invariable good intentions ; a Claim which I have no right to deny to others, whether my predecessors or successors The share thai 1 have occasionally had in the government of. .my country, while on the one hand it convinced me How small of all that human hearts endure That part, which Laws or Kings can cause or cure.. On the other, it taught me that the best inten tions, av..il as little to their possessor, without the benefit of candid construction, as to those whom he serves, without that of friendly c -oue. ration. But wherever the favorer the confidence of the Jeople may be bestowed, yoa will heart ify join me in the hope that it may result in their own wtlfa're and prosperity. I am, with high consideration, JOHN QUINCY 'ADA 45. PENITENTIARY DISCIPINR. isMr. Robert Vaux, of Philadelphia, has addressed a letter to Bishop White, Tho. Vis$ar, and Zria)i Prison, ou the az4 Isubier.t of rhf nffivrt nf sntirnrv Vnn'finirC! tnent with labour. These venerable goi tjemen are the; only survivors of thirty-"' seven individuals, wh associated, almost half a century ago, for the benefjeeni and wise purpose of softening the needles ri , goujs ofjmprisonment, i : - '"; Mr, Vaux says, that-, with a single ception, eve? sanguinary penalty and .al' the less cruel but degrading iftictiphs ofc tire ancient criminal law have been aoN ; ished inlPennsyivania, chiefly through th$ exertions of that society, t my bo fe membered that there was some corrspon- dence between Mr. lloscoe and Mr.Vaut on the subject ot solitary conunemonv vvith labour. The latter re marks, that none of its predicted consequences, nsi ther melancholy, nor madness, n rsuicide,v nor refined. malignity, nor n'nyieAing ob stinacy, have appeared atnjng th.e piis oners, nor has any epidemic disee as sailed them. Opposite dispositions to those are manifested, nor hag any disease incident to their mode ot treatment, snown itself in the prison. The letter of Me... Vaux is introductory to anoter from Dri. Franklm Bache,..the learpe, skilfnl artl conscientious physician of'tho VcaitenUa-- ries Dr. Bach e states, on his part, that tho gloom v forebodings of General Lafayette and Mr. Roscoe have not been realised. Their severe criticisms, however, aem . ed tobe levelled agatftst trict solitary connnement Avitliout labour, which is so-; jitary, so far only as to prevent all asoci lations hefu-ppn ther criminals themselveSv iations between the criminals themselves but not solitarv with reference to a ,limi- ted intercourse with moral and raligioui persons." Dr. B. proceeds to say that the number of prisoners sent to the,. East ern Penitentiary, (where the new plan H in operation,) lias gradually increased front the 26th of Octob.v, 1839vtill ithas rip en to 44. The average for the last si months may be stated at 33. During this time no use has been made of tb inflrraa ry, so slight have been the cases of in disposition. No insanity has resulted . from the experiment, and though confine ment cannot be, and certainly is not vourable to health, yet that of tho pt isorr-; ers generally has been better than whou they were received. They are comfortable in their condittont and their employment beguiles tedium w hile it gives them a hanit of industry, The system of classification, and the pre vention of all communication between them, can never be perfectly attained ; apd, on the other hand, the writer is sat' isfied that the entire seclusion of criminate from all association with their fellow crim? viais, is aiiQvemtr cjmpanoie wun emr profitable employment ai useful tradei qfol ivith the preservation of Afir health, GOV. C3.VTFB ON EDUCATION. The following i3 an extract from tha message of Governor Crafts to the Legis lature of Vermont- , - The education of our youth, is & fit;h ject a1, ways deserving, the attention of tfiflt Legislature. In the communities wheris people- elect their rulers, and in effect, dictate and control the general policy the measures, and the laws that shall ex ist in such communities, a more general diffusion of information, a rnoe correct knowledge af their rights and their duties is required than under any other furm of government. No person who dooa not" understand the nature and genius of, OSf institutions, nor duly appreciates the in estimable value of our ciyil and religion privileges, the necessity of good ordr and due subordination to the law Hi' qualified for self-govenment. Such inen ofte:i are, and always may be, the instru ments, in the hands, of aspiring TOOn, of acquiring powerorof accomplishing soine? favorite measurei.Qr their own advantage. If our liberties subverted, it will be effected through lhe agency of the un informed and unreflecting portion of our population, guided and directed by un principled and designing men. Such hafe been the fate of most of the republic which have preceded our ; and nothing will prevent our own from a similar fate, but a general diffusion of intelligence anil virtue among our citizens. The raodeoC instruction adopted in our common schools and, in some degree, in those of a higher, order, is directed more to the improve ment of the faculties, than to form and fix the character, of our youth. To qualify them to perform the liigK and rasponsib) duties oi freemen, cur youth, in additiot-.jr5t to the usual course of instruction, shoujij be instructed, also, in the principle! o our free institutions, in the social relation and duties, in a love of country, of ordarf morality, and religion, aud in whatev&r shall tend to establish correct habits! iw4 principle?, With a population thui &du cated, the liberties ot our country will b safe, and will be transmitted to succeed ing generations in all their purity. If such important reults. depend upon cduca t;on, it becomes our imperious duty, not only to provide the meaas, but to direct tne appitcauou oi mem in sucn a manner as will tend to render our youth virtuous useful, and happy.; j PRINTING.; :;.':S 1 4, ' I 5 i: A V ' 1 IV j 11 1.a i v if, M 1 . ' I " 1 H -v f 2 -4 mm It 1 - ' "
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 23, 1830, edition 1
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