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qualities oi his neuri ,• ■ * \vhither he i vi< .ved as ad mi god or a . pu Ivon. ( /'; rtsmouth Orth le.) WISDOM IN GOVERNMENT. “As t be twig is bent the tree inclines.’ •Nay, a worse prejudice than this, if exclusion from the rest of the world ; any man because his purse is empty- stt ange actions, and above all iiu p s ible, has been imbibed, and that submission to this, or war to prote. “ 3. I will advise no man beyond pale ickly looks, nia le me thought- from an impression endeavored to it are the only alternatives we hav» my comprehension of his cause. ful and extremely melancholy. A'.- be stamped upon us in our early day left ; and our submission, be the rea- “ 4. I will bring none into law wh though they had neither praying or of childhood and oppression, thatson true Or false, is the one assigned my conscience tells me should be preaching (I am told they sometimes mechanics and fabricants were not,by the other nations of Europe for kept out ol it. (have an exhortation) their worship honorable, that penury and depen-interdicting us from their ports “ “" n ’* 1 ~ c 1 ’ der.ee were more honorable with the - * 5. Thus we see England pursuing the cause of humanity ; and this com- the same course of policy towards usjprchends the fatherless, widows and ... . . name of planters, or merchants, or ... In the neighboring British provin-ij., wvcrs< crjurse morc desirable at this day which she adopted more bondage, es ot Canada, lew, perhaps not one jthan ease and independence in thelthan a century ago. Happily for us, u 6. I will be faithfv Abovc !:ne of mamifuctuier or inachanic.—jwhere she then most severely oppres- Mav we not then exclaim, accursedised us, we are now beyond her reach, be prejudice. She cannot shut Boston harbor by a Let us notice another ill that arises proclamation, though she can find ar- lii 500, can read or write, one half of their legislature is said to be equally enlightened.-—It is so in opaiu and Portugal. The effect of education is acknow ledged to influence the mind and in so very powerful a degice as to go vern our conduct thro’ life. If the effect is thus powerful on the indi- vidual,it surely will not lie thought -strange when a whole community should receive a similar education, that th^. same habits, the same man ner of thinking, nay, that the sunn prejudices should pervade the whole. The Canadians have had no educa tion, but ihcv have habits, stead) habits, m v hich no alteration has ta ken place for hall a century ; igno rance is here ditary : and it ignorance •is bliss, said the baker, tis folly to be wise. The effect of the early habits of life on society in general, in the United States, is fell in a powerful degree even at this late day ; a se ven wars war, and nearly five times as many ol peace and sovereign inde- pemhnee, has not been able to fix a national character to warm the hearts from absurd, nay, more than absurd prejudice ; it u as common an opi nion as any on common subjects, that education is not thought ner.es- sary for a mechanic—if a boy should De intended for a manufacturer or mechanic, and taught to read and write a hand scarcelv intelligible, and got as far as the rule of three in a- rnhmetic, it is the opinion of steady h..bits that it is quite sufficient, even lor a millwright, a lock-smith a ship I will never be unmindful of was solemn and impressive. Their singing is something similar to the ancient mode of counting the notes by 1,2, 3, and 4, and although , Jr,- D cess to her legislature with her gold ; she can make no municipal regulati ons now as she did then. We have the power to establish manufactures, when and where we please, notwithstanding her long suc cessful influence upon the ignorance and blindness which is found in con gress. We abound in raw materials, it wants but encouragement from the people, and the fostering power ol 1 to my cli ent; but never so unfaithful to my self as to become a party in his crime. “ 7. In criminal cases I will not underrate my own abilities ; for if mv client proves a villain, his money isjanil carpenter, or any other, for we mean public sentiment.—In fact, the very not to be particular, yet it is a fact, efforts of Great Britain to ruin our commerce, will prove a blessing to the country unless we should be mad enough to engage in war to procure an article abroad which we can make at home, and which we ought to do, wild and something like- that of cur American savages, is not disagieea- ble. They begin their dancing with one step, then turn with four ; tin n twel\ t‘, jand turn ; then twenty eight, and better in my pocket; and if not I holdjtarn again ! the longest without turn-' he option. ling was forty eight, which finishes “ 8. I will never acknowledge the the tune. These kind of motions omnipotence ot legislation, or consi-jquire strict attention, so as Co prest that a thorough knowledge of practi cal mathematics is absolutely neces- arv to become master of many trades the very principles of which cannot be comprehended without. Nor can the dyer of cloth ever be a perfect >»nd at the same time tax our exports, master of his business without a and then open our ports to all the knowledge or chymistry. world. For so necessary are our ex- This neglect of education is a se- ports to the European world and their rious ill; that ignorance and preju- colonies, that they can scarcely, exist . .diet should grow up together is not without them ; that they will come oi thousands, with the amor patri®,Extraordinary—it is to be expected, for them there can be no doubt, and nor to emancipate our minds or dcs-hj at to sc . c ( h; s p T ejmlico nursed as the prices will be in our power to u'nv the (fleets ol early education^ j s j n a rc p u blic lilce ours, without any efforts to correct it, that deserve der any acts to be law beyond the spi rit of the constitution. 9. No man’s greatness shall ele vate him above the justice due to mv client. 10. I will not consent to a com promise, where I conceive a verdict necessary to my client’s future repu tation or protection, for of this he cannot be a complete judge. ‘*11. I will advise the turbulent with candour; and if they will go to law against my advice, they must re- r\ e regularity. They seldom look at t a h other, but keep their eyes fixed ei her on the ceiling or floor. After cl: nc- ing about two hours they came out as they entered, and retire to their dif ferent houses, the men to oik* a| art- ment and the women to another for they neither talk, walk, nor sleep to gether. (Doubtful.) Their gardens are kept in the nea test and best manner; weeds I saw none. This is emblematic of then- religion, lor they say 14 weeds ancl lore they “ refuse all intercourse with the world*” Their vegetables exceed any in this part of the coun- w Inch taught us as coloniststhe habit of abject submission, and made blind obedience a duty. Submission to the will and regulations of what was ridiculously but artiully called the parent state, was enjoined and en forced in a manner the most pos live, .and at the same time the* most degrading to the people, and yet was :t submitted to, and possibly would s ill have been, had not the greed) avaricious stepmother over stepped ail bounds, and attempted impositi ons beyond the power ol the people to bear. No sooner had our forefathers cleared a spot to raise bread lor their sup|>ort, than a jealousy took place, least their industry should procure them wealth and that wealth make them feel their own weight and con sequence ; to check this as far as pos sible, some restrictions were thought necessary, very early adopted and daily augmented, such as the prohi biting them the interchange of com modities from one province or place to another; for instance, a hat could the name, eveu where most boasted ol, is something so absurd as must .trike every thinking man with won- icr and surprize. It is a prejudice which every wise man and every lo ver ol his country should endeavor to destroy. Perhaps there may be, and indeed I believe there is a fault m the constitution of the United States that tends much to depress the establishment of manufactures or give respectability to our manufac turer, by encouraging in a particular manner the merchant, and which, while it deceives the agriculturalist, is drawing the wealth from his pock et imperceptibly—we here allude to that article ol it which forbids all or any revenue to be raised on the ex ports of the United Stales. 1 liis clause naturally compels the legislature, rather than lay a direct ces for us. Those who wish to keep up the present pernicious system will say, that this course would destroy our carrying trade. We do not think so, because by our countervailing du ties alone we could meet them there. But for argument sake let us sup- pardon me for volunteering it against fruit cannot flourish together,” there them. l '— ’ “ 12. I will acknowledge every man’s right to manage his own cause il he pleases.”—(Connecticut Cour.jjtry. Their property is in common ; | tb * 8 it might lie supposed, would tend D< .-aii Swift having preached ani*° make them lazy....but it is not the assize Sermon in Ireland, was after- case * 1 hey manufacture all their wards invited to dine with the jurlg-! wea, ? n S apparel, and deserve much make, at present they make the pri-ies ; and having in his discourse con- crecbt i° r ' ts solidity and neatness. sidered the iweand abuse of the law, fhey ai so make whips, wheels &c. he had homo a little hard upon those,lo -'- - ' with the garden seeds counsellors who plead causes which' 1 * 01 * vcjJtMbh-s, they offer for sale at they knew in their consciences to bei tbe different neighboring towns, and wrong. When dinner was over, and generally find a good market, the glass began to go round, a young! These Shakers are a sober, honest barrister who happened to be present, oru * industrious people ; but I dont pose it wouUl—we are of opinion took occasion to retort upon the, Iik v their religion. “ Increase and tKut .1 1 ... 4 1.' t i . that il the hands and capital employ ed in foreign trade were employed in agriculture and manufactures, the net profit at the end of the year would be equal if not greater than it is at present. In the course of the last dozen years several merchants, no doubt, have made large fortunes, if you please. But look at the many, who, in the course of the last dozen years, in Boston, New-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, See. &c. have been ruined by foreign commerce, the one we fear will more than balance the other : tax lor the support of government, nonr * ook at our farmers, mechanics, to lay a heavy import duty on every article of import, by which, while the consumer of goods imported ap parently pays nothing to the support not be made in Pennsylvania and of government ; he actually pays on ttansporled across the Delaware in to Jersey without being subject to seizure, as well as the boat which transported it, or the waggon and horses which should carry it across the line to Maryland or Delaware. Mills for slitting iron were forbid to . be erected, so that we might be more dependent upon this greedy and un natural parent ; and manufactures were effectually checked : but while We were forbid to work up our raw materials, our iron and our flax, we were kindly indulged with the permission to send those producti ons to this benevolent mother coun try, to be manufactured into such ar ticles as our necessity required, and at triple the price wc could obtain the like elsewhere ; but we were taught to believe it was all in the fa mily, and our population increased owing to the healthiness of our cli mate. the simplicity of our lives, and the productions of our soil; the in crease ol products which we could not consume and dared not to ma- an average one fourth more for eve ry article he or his family consumes. A man who purchases of imported articles for 100 dollars, actually pays 25 dollars in duty and charges—two thirds of which are in fact tribute to a foreign country. Alter this arti cle in our constitution, so that Con gress may raise a revenue on all ex ports anil the greater part of the sum now paid by the American consumer ol imported goods, will be raised out of and paid by the foreign con sumer of our produce. The farmer will not find his prices reduced, nor the merchant be burdened with the payment ot duty in advance ; the A- merican exporter may be permitted to bond as in the case of imports, and wc shall then collect from the fo reign consumer ; foreign ships to pay duties on shipping the commo ilities, while countervailing duties on and manufacturers, and see how many of them have failed ; if they have not grown suddenly and enormously rich ; they have supported them selves and families, and encreased their capitals and their country has been improved by them. There are some merchants among us whose fortunate voyages have made them rich, but set these apart, and which of the classes—merchants or manufac turers, possess the most real and sub stantial wealth ? Every man who is well acquainted with fhe state of so ciety, knows that the real wealth is with the latter. Away with prejudice then—and let us learn to respect ourselves— and cease to give preference to fo reign commerce, to the prejudice of domestic.—Aurora. Colonel William Fatham, an Ame rican officer of merit in our revoluti on, was afterwards a Lawyer in one of the Southern States, and lately a resident of London, laid down * for himself the following rules of profes sional practice, which are recommen Dean; and after some altercation on multiply” they set their ‘ices &- both sides, the counsellor at last ask- ,£ J a ' nst * They say “ have faith and eel him, “ If the devil were to die, believe as we do until the spirit re- whether a parson might not be found vea * tbe truth ; don’t speak to or for money to preach his funeral ser-! think °* tbe women, but give up the mon ?”—“ Yes,” said Swift, “ and I world and have faith.” would gladly be the man ; for I then! a would give the deed his due, as I have Bishop Taylor once told a lady of this day his children. his acquaintance, who was neglectful ' of her son’s education, “ Madam, if In the immediate vicinity ot Wil- you do not choose to fill your bov’s mington, (Del ) on a space of groundjhead with something, believe me the about three miles long, and from two devil will.” The Spanish proverb to three miles broad, there are now 1 " r "’ ' ” more thanfifteen hundred sheep, near ly one halt of which are different grades of the merino breed—by the next spring, it is said, there will be c,:_ T , , . twice the ntt m „er. Mr. has it—“ The devil tempts every man, but an idle man positively tempts the devil.” who owns a flock of six hundred sheep, has obtained a shepherd from France, and some of the noted shep herd-dogs from Spain. A r . K Evening Post, Aug. 16. (From the New-Tork Columbian.) SHAKERS. I have been to see the Shakers, a new and curious sect who worship God by dancing. I went early on Sunday morning, and fou id them! picture, having found by experience, that whenever he did so, his pencil took a tint from it. Ap ply this to had books and bad compa ny. FOREIGN. ly would remain in order to support and encourage our own manufac-lded to the serious perusal of those i°res. [particularly who are entering upon If we examine the conduct of Greatjtlie practice of law ;—after premising milacture, naturally led many to bendjBritain, we shall find this object de-that these rules are said to have been mauds our most serious attention :!established by him in conformity to [prior to our revolution, when our General Washington’s parting injuuc- commercc was almost entirely confi- tion to the officers of his army that ned to her pon*, and no fabricated those who had beer, useful in a mi irticlc, however necessary to our useJlitary lite should endeavour to be their mind to foreign commerce and the spirit of commerce become a habit, it naturally grew out of this ..rtificial condition which was encou raged by the power that profited by us, it facilitated their supplies of raw materials, an. her, and as was i (ouicts of men lor their navy From our earliest infancy then if provisions and lum imposed, provided luive ) ears ai.tl i tores U , all ev our comfort, or our profits, was al lowed to enter our ports, except Brit ish manufactures, our commerce, thus confined to Britain, was encour aged. But now, that we by our in dependence have acquired a right ot commerce and interchange of articles with all the world ; jealousy of tha il* kind—and so very inve-jintcrcourse leads her to acts of ag this power of habit or early gression, the most hostile to our we cannot persuadcjrights, both of sovereignty and inde we been instructed, and for lorced to attend to commerce " despise and neglect manulac- •n, ih. Oi l M ts in luvor of il genus pir to relinquish any part ol impendence ; the interception of all our saG, advanta commerce with other nations, with manufactures, the clear and avowed intention to qually useful in the civil functions of society. “ Fiat Justitia !” “ Having adopted the above max im (says Colonel Fatham) as early as I had the honour ofadmission to the bar, I have convenanted with inyselllalt the that I will never London futie 30.—A circumstance of a singular kind occurred at Liver pool on Saturday last. A man be- longing to an American vessel in the . _ harbor having been impressed on the collecting for public worship in a neat ground of his being an Englishman and large room, with two doors, one under an American protections body for the men to pass through, the other ~ c A ! " ’ 3 for the women. I observed as they came to the door, that they made a short pause, and then entered with great regularity : a profound silence was observed till they got all collected, then they began to arrange themselves for their devotion ; the men throwing off their coats, and the women their shoes, that “ the dust of the world might not defile the floor,” which they call holy. i hey stood up in rows across the room, about two feet from each other, ancl leit a space down through the middle of about five feet The old est ones ot each sex (keeping on the same side of the house they came in at) were in the first rows, and the of American seamen taking the op portunity afforded bv the people about* the docks being absent at dinner, proceeded to the rendezvous house, and being refused admittance by one ot the press gang, the only one then in the house, they broke open the door, and, seizing him by the collar, dragged him on board an American vessel in die dock, they then pro-B ceeded to inflict on him the American punishment of tarring and feathering; and accordingly stripped him naked, and rolled him on the deck of the ves- sel, on which a quantity of tar had been previously poured. Feathers, however, not being at hand, they sub stituted the more convenient article of cotton, and having shaken a cotton youngest ones and people of colour bag over him, turned him loose into in the last. Alter making this ar-the town, driving him by blows along rangement, three men and three wo-*' • *» men left the others and went to the space in the middle of the room, where they* began to hum a kind of wild plaintive tune, then one a little more lively, at the begining of which the docks, and through Hanover street. 1 he poor fellow in most pite ous plight, at length found shelter in some ot the neighboring streets. 1 his outrage has been very properly noticed by the magistrates, and one faction “ 1. I will practice law, because offers me opportunities of being [began and continued as long as bc-|and were & bv lUore. JVly feelings by this time were men of war. 9 n,l gh convinced that Me th and in !nonopoii/e the whole to herself, and! more useful member ol societv. eleptiulciice would be the reward. V.o subject us to her old tyranny and l will not turn a deaf ear to one of of war, and carried into the quite different from what they were [Downs to the Admiral, who sent d e rV’iTC? °. t,)C CCr " mon >; : th “ n to Dover to our agents for pn •jtheir doLt.d melodies, superstmously soners. The General is at present