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(except rnow’ng,) as fast ami as well
with lti feet as others ran do with
tithes and fotks. He goes to the
field and catches his horse; he sad*
dies ard bridles him with iiis teeth
ami im % If he has a sheep among
hit flock that ails any thi g, he ean
separate it from the rest, and drive
it into a corner, when n body else
can; he then examines it, and ap
plies a remedy to it. He is so strong
in Iris feeili, that he can lift let?
pe.-kt of beans with them. He can
throw a great sledge hammer as far
with his feet as others can do with
their hands. In a word, he can
do as much without, as others can
do with their arms. He began the
wot Id with a hen and chi kens* with
the profit on them he purchased a
ragged colt (as he termed it ) and a
sheep; and he now occupies a small
farm.
There is at present (Dee. 1822,)
in Belfast, Ireland, an ingenious
young nAn named Roger Branagh,
who was born without aims, and is,
cf course, devoid of hands, which
may be justly classed am ugst the
most useful members of the human
frame. Mis feet, however, sene
him in their place, and enable him
to perform various operations, for
which, at first view, he would ap
pear wholly incapacitated. He has
hern seen opening ou l , with his tors,
a petknile, with which he trimmed
a quilt, and made an excellent pen,
in a very short space of tune. He
can write rapidly and distim ly, his
small letU ra being well formed, a* and
his capitals cut with taste and ense.
It is surprising with what expedi
tioti he can thread (edits, and e
▼*r tie a knot at the end of the
thread, with nearly as much facili
ty a* the most practised seamstress,
lie can darn his own sloe kings, and
twists the worsted line which hr
uses for that put pose, to the prop
er degree of thickness. Branagh
ean row in a boat with singular en
ergy, though it must be eonlessed,
his attitudes must he more unique
than grac* ful. On such occasions,
he leans his hack against the stern,
and one foot mi one of the scats, so
at to keep the oar, whi h he pro
pels with the other, in due position. I
With hoys he can play at mat hies,
a and clear the ting with remarkable
skill, his big toe bulking, as the
phrase is. his taw to the mark, with
the precision of an air-gun He
eao convey his food to his m with
w< U his te*, and is by no means
del’ int as a carver. Neither ts he
a timid equestrian, but oao eve >
drive a cart or a carriage. The
reins on such occasions are placed
round his body, and by moving to
and fro, to the right or to the left,
he so varies their position as to es
elf < t the horse's mouth, an! direct
his motions. Thi9 ingenious poor
iiiun mokes his livelihood by ruuuing
erraj tls.
The resolutioo testifying the af
fectionate regard of this country
for Lafayette, her early defender,
has become a law of the land. It
is a circumstance worthy of remark,
and we should think would be grati
fying even to the ohjei t of this tes
timonial, to this venerable Captain
in our volutionary Armies, that it
was conceived and moved by Col,
CiEoKGR E. Mitchml, one of those
men of the second generation of
t -ited Americans, who distinguish
ed himself by his gallant conduct in
the second war with Great-Britain.
Nat. Intelligencer .
The discussion of the bill for a
revision of the Tariff of Duties on
Import*, has fairly set in in the
llou eof Representatives. Without
attemptiog to give, in e.vtenso 9 the
iSpcei lies on the details of the bill,
ve shail endeavour to keep up with
the discussion of them in such a
iimnoer as to enable our readers to
comprehend clearly what is going on
in repeet to it.
‘I he subject has produced great
excitement in various and opposite
j..ants of the circle of which the
City of Washington is the political
centre, and may he regarded as the
great question of the present session
t Congress. Nat. lnt.
THE TARIFF,
Is at last ft:ken up in Congress—.
Sled we shall have a loig war of
Words, upon the plain questiou,
whether a man is the best judge of
h?s own interest—nr a set of men,
called the government. For, afer
nil, the interest of the whole is made
tip of the interest of all its parts.
‘I he ter.ff has strong friends—hut a
hpsi of enemies to eucountcr; iho
cotton planters of S. Carolina, the
tobacco planters of Virginia, the
ship builders of Massachusetts, and
the merchants every where—besides
that portion of the Manufacturing
interest which is already thriving
upon the present rates of imposts.
A storm of opposition is gathering
against it—but the plainest and
strongest tone is used by the Com
njitteeof Charleston who hint in no
very ambiguous terms Jhat the Con
stitutiou was intended for no such
purposes, nnd that the people will
scarce quietly submit to any such
exa* lions.
The folly of the tariff people as
regards their own favorite object*,
is manifest. For example, the ar
ti< le of wool. There is not m>w
enough of this raw material, and
they project prohibitory duties upon
it.
T he following U a just sketch of
the exactions contemplated by the
tar ff. It is copied from a letter
addressed to Mr Bvown, late Sen
ator from Louisiana, •• Ry an In
habitant of the South. 9 *
Thcie is oo question of the effect
of the proposed Tariff on the cotton
and tuba co growing s ates, and no
attempt to disguise it. It is open,
undisguised war upon Maryland,
Virginia, North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and
half ..f Tennessee ‘They are to he
sacrifi ed without measure or mer
cy ; oo compromise ,to comfort
them; no diplomacy, no tempori
sing, no promises v f Admission into
the copartnership v>f robbing—but
open, n.'kcd, and undisguised force.
They are to he passed under tiie
yoke ; to he ome lire vassals of the
cotton spinners; the slaves of the
Woollen weavers Every owner of
a tuanul'to.tu’ing establishment will
have a many cities for his tributa
ries, as the barbarian king gave so
Themis oefes ; and from his clat
tering castle of looms and spinning
jennies, Bill levy his exac.fi *ns upon
as wide a territory, create as mu h
dismay, and perpetuate as much y
ranoy, as ever did the m;*s: dcicr
mi ed Irfter of hia *k mail They
soy to the ‘South. •-Von shall nm
buy your supplies where you can get
them cheapest, or sell your products
where y;u can get the best pn-e
\ m *hali sell to u, and buy from
us, at our own price; and you shall
have tin other market.” Thus are
the Sou'hem Stages to he subjected
to the double loss of a diminished
price for their produce, and an en
ha need price upon their purchase*.
If we had a prospect of an uninter
rupted dt maod fur our products in
England, the profit of such a trade
w- uid enable us. in some degree, to
pay the enhanced oriee of maculae
tut*‘ s purchased from the Northern
SUfdr: Bo? while we are driven to
purchase a* higher pr ices, we are to
he deprived of our ordinary means
of procuring money : for even the
most extravagant anii restriction,
ists ii England, where the anti-res
trictive policy is urged at this mo
ment with an emulation of excess,
admit the policy and necessity of
countervailing duties in commercial
diplomacy. Foreign countries will
protect themselves against us. The
whole intercourse of commerce is
one of mutual advantage. It pro
ceeds entirely, exclusively upon this
principle; and, it is >mp s ible in
its nature, that it can he prosecuted
for any length of time, when the ad
vantage ceases to be mutual Lis
ch ar, then, that, when we prohibit
(he introduction of British goods.
Great Britain will prohibit \ merman
products. If we indulge the idle
hope that the English merchants or
the E glish Parliament will he eu
trapped by so palpable a snare, we
are not less ignorant of the spirit
ard intelligence of the age, than the
whole- pro posed system supposes us
—of the science of Political Econ
omy. Whatever may be the extent
of Mr. Baldwin’s or Mr, Tod's rea
dirg on this subject, you, sir are
aware how <he demonstrated princi
ples of politi- a) science square with
restrictive systems.
Richmond. Enquirer.
We do not agree in all things,
just at this moment, whh the Edi
tor of the Maryland Republican;
tut we are happy to he in full ac
cord with him on the subject of re
ligious freedom. Considering his
piisiiio}), and the peculiarity ol his
political relations, the spirit of the
following extract from ao article in
that paper cannot be too much ap
plauded :— Nat. Intel.
“We would have believed that the
Le i gUiature cfMassachuseusahould,
in 1824, have restored the age of i
religious intolerance, and denied 1
the people of a whole religious de
nomination ihe conscientious exer
cise of their opinions* in relation to
what they have always maintained
as a matter of obetfcenee to God, by
enacting that no Quaker's affirma
tion should, herea'ter, be taken as
evidence io oourt? Who would have
expected to find the state of New
York, in 4823, passing laws, the
operation of which went to infliet
penalties, imprisonments, and for
feitures, on the same and other re
ligious seet9, whereby some of them
are even now langnishing in loath
some prisons, because they adhere
to what they believe to be the com
mandments ol G>d to them? Who
would have expected Maryland, in
4821. in solemn vote, to he again
ratifying the provision of her l on
stituiion which recognizes a church
establishment, and a distinct con
nection between church and state,
as the supreme law of the land?
W ho would have expected the Le
gislature of Maryland, in 1821 b, to
abandon the policy maintained for
the last forty years, of prohibiting
the increase, by import lion, of a
slave pnpolation into the state, a
baudonhtg it. as they have, by the
repeal of prohibitory laws on the sub
ject? Yet such things are 99
Ftfom the Annual Statements of
the Commerce and Navigation of
the Untied States, which have been
recently transmitted by the Secre
tary of the Treasury to Congress,
it appears, that “the Imports during
the year ending on the noth of Sep
temper, 4823. have amounted to
§77.579 267, of winch amount §71,-
511,341, were imported in Ameri
can vessels, and §6,067,726, in fo
reign vessels; that the exports have,
dori g the same period, amounted
to s7+$ 7 + 699.030, of which §47,135,-
408, were domestic, and §27.543,-
622, were foreign arti Irs; that of
the domestic articles, §39.074.562,
w*re exported in American vessels,
a *d gx.oso B|6, in foreign vessels;
and u\ the foreign ar ii les, § 26,-
241,004* were exported in Ameri
can ve-scU, and §t 302,618. io fo
t'eign vessels; thai 775,271 tons of
American shipping entered, & 810.-
76t, cleaned, from the ports ol the
United Sutes; aol that 1 9 468
to ss of foreign sfiippi g entered,
and 119 740 cleared t'r m the ports
of the United States, during the
same period.”— NM. Intel.
Mr Jefferson's Opinion.
Ihe Philadelphia Democratic
Press, not long ago, mentioned a let
ter which hal been received by a
gentleman from Mr. Jefferson,
whe.ein that illustrious man gave
hiii opinion in favor of Me. Craw
ford, as the Republican Candidate
for the Presidency. We have ta
ken some pains to ascertain the ex
istence and contents of this letter,
and have been enabled to verify that
such a communication of sentiment
has passed fr. m the Patriarch of
Democracy to one of his friends.
The purport of it we uaderstand to
he this :
That, as to the qualifications of
one of the candidates (meaning Mr,
Adams) he had never had an oppor
tunity of judging, from the circum
stance of the Secretary of State's po
litical principles having been in uni
form opposition to his own. But
that, as to the qualificotions of Mr.
Crawford, whose principles and
view s (Mr. Jefferson say*) had been
uniformly congenial with those en
tertained by himself . lie was more
competent io de idc, &c. With res
pect to some others, we understand
he added, they were so little kn<<wn
to him that he could say nothing
concerning them at all.
Wash C, “ axette .
A VIFW OF DETROIT.
1 his city, (he capital of Michi
gan. (including all the North west
territory.) and es the county of
T Vayne, occupies a beautifnl situa
tion or. ihe west hank of the river
that hears its name—6 miles below
lake St, Clair. 20 unlcs above lake
Erie, and i 4 1 deg, 4 8 min. north
lat. and about 6 deg. west longitude,
from Washington.
At the early period of 1620. it
was known to the Jesuit JLissiona
* ies and Coureurs de Bois, (rang
ers of the woodsi) though no regu
lar settlement commenced til! some
time after. As far as our enquiries
extend, howeve', with the early
history of this pare, i; is certain,
that Detroit can boast of being the
oldest inland tovfc in NorUi-Aineii
oa; having been permanently settled
bv the French, under Louis XIV.
1667; fifteen years previous to that
of Philadelphia. It remained in
their hands till the war of 1756 dis
possessed them of all the Canadas;
and by the treaty of Paris, of 1763,
these imme tie regions, including
our territory, were annexed to the
British crown.
The old town of Detroit was built
after the French style; very com
pact, with narrow and irregular
streets; but the fire of the llfh of
June, 1805, reduced nearly every
building to a heap of ruins.
Anew plan wai then projected
and drawn by Judge Woodward;
which forms ao equilateral triangle,
whose basis are,respectively 4000 ft.
At each corner, anil in the centre,
is a reservation for public use. The
mo9t extensive of these are the
Grand Circus, at the westerly an
gle, and the Martius Campus, in the
centre. This square is reserved for
militia parades, and is crossed by
six converging avenues, drawn from
each angle, falling perpendicularly
on the opposite side. These aven
ues are intersected at proper distan
ces by lanes, walks, and streets,
from one to two hundred feet in
width.
Agreeably to the census, already
taken, Detroit contains a popula
tion of 1325 souls, exclusive of the
garrison. Os these 220 ace heads
of families, 72i miles, and 549 fe
males. Os the males 416 are over,
and 305 under twenty one; and of
the females, 229 >ver, and 320 un
der i wenty one years of age —a id 55
pevsoos of color If, to the above,
we add 501, the number of inhabi
lams isvi <g directly in the vicinity,
and 81 Untied States’ troops in the
Cantonment, with their families,
we have a gross population of 2000
aouls.
Detroit River.—* A connecting link
in the great chain of American
lakes, ru uti tg at the mean velocity
of two knots per hour, having a
depth of 5 fathoms, and a bread*b
of 1000 yards, formed b> 100 rivers
—no les than the astonishing quan
tity of 174,680,243 barrels of water
pass our ci*y every hour Unlike
the Southern streams, this noble
r>ver preserves a constant uniformi
ty, never rising ad failing but a
few inches, oct*asioned only by
strong east or west winds. Flic
White Fish , or Lake shad, taken
here, form ao important article ol
commerce, and are esteemed tor
their rich flavor throughout ihe U
nion, In common seasons about
4000 barrels are usually caught.
t he soil in and about Detroit is of
a deep black alluvion of the richest
kiod. Those a< quainfed in the Mi
ami country, and with the Ohio bot
toms can readily form an estimate
of its fertility Lots are now sell
ing at the low rate of gioo each
near the Capitol; but in all pioba
biiity there will be an advance of
more than a hundred per cent, in
the course of next season, While
* many of our neighboring towns are
afflicted with fatal diseases, thi*
pla< e enjo s a most perfect state of
health; and when we lake into con
> sideraiion its advantageous situation
lor commercial enterprise—the im
mediate completion of the Grad
Canal, at once opening an uninter
rupted navigation to the city of N.
York—the extensive and fertile
country in the rear, rapidly filling
up with a wealthy and industrious
farming population—Letrort seems
dcstiocd at no distant period, to be
come one of the greatest inland cit
ies in Nprth America.— Detroit Ga.
The Reward of Editors.
There is, perhaps, no class of
persons from whom so much is ex
peeted, and to whom so little liber
ality or generosity is exte>ded as
Editors of newspapers. They are
expected to feel for every one hut
themselves, to correct public alius
es and private ones also, without
giving private offence; to sustain
the diffi* ulties of others, without re
gaid to their ow ; to condemn the
improper measures and pra tires
of eve'.'y one , and no one , at the
same time; they are expected to no
tice every thing that is important
or extraordinary, and not withstan
ding the diversity of men’s opinions,
their notice must be in terms cal
euled to please every one, to offend <
every one / and at the same lime no I
one: and tney are expected to regard <
and promote the interests cf every I
one hut themselves; and to Jive i
themselves upon air. They are ex- 1
peeled to labor day and night for l
the promotion of the public interest,
and while they areoru with others
in opinion, a naked expression of
approbation mny be bestowed upon
them; and even that poor consola
tion is frequently withheld front
them; they are expected lobe i(/e
----pendentt and at the same time (he
servile tools of every man thy meet;
they are expected to be honest aud
open in the expression of their o
picious of public measures, ami at
the same lime to condemn every
thing, and approve of every thing.
If they are industrious tn their vo
cation, they are dangerous Jire
brands; if they write nothing tney
are stupid drones who are unwor
thy of support, and should betake
themselves to the shovel or hoe for
a living. But should they be act
ive and industrous-—should their la
bors he approved of, and should
they succeed in the ptonio.'iou ol a
parti uiar object, those who hare
been interested in the success of
that object, may rejoice in (hat
success, hut they must not reap tiny
advantages from it. The h mfits
are all reserved for other hands,
and others too, who, if they have
nor, at one time or other, been en
, gaged in doing every thing in their
power to oppose or ret rd the ac
complishment of (hat object, have,
at least, done nothing to promote
it!
And after years of unabated toil,
i and unceasing difficulty, if an Edi
tor should chance to err in judg
ment, in Ihe judgment of otliersAho
* meets with uo indulgence. Hi/m
----nocent expressions are carefully col
lected, and after having been me
tamorphosed and transformed into a
thousand shapes and figures, which
he never dreamed of, are
thrown into mountain clouds, to
threaten him with a temper; aod
that too by men who wear* towards
him laces beaming with kindness,
hooey and oil up n iheir longues,
and ivih lips apparently too soft it
smooth for butter to melt upon
them ! Like Juab, they inquire,
♦*at t thou in health, my brother*
while a deadly dagger concealed
beneath the clunk'—l)cl. Gaz.
Frinnthe f hernw Intelligencer.
T'lK BURSTING OF THE BOli Eli.
Disastrous and fatal consequen
ces result almost universally lV<n
inattention, misapprehension, mis
management, & carelessness. T his
is *lear!y exemplified in the fre
quent occurrence of a** id*nfs to
w< rks of intricate machinery, es
pecially ih*se that aro operated by
steam.
We frt quently see, for instance,
a Steam B>at, however much site
may excel in model, elegance and
value, almost instantaneously ruin
ed by the carelessness of the ( ap
tain, or mismanagement of the = n
gineer. She may Ini st her b<nle\
Thus in a moment, may the labor f
, the ardiiteet, the embeltishmoi! of
the painter, the ingenuity of the
mechanist, and the ai” built castles
of fortune to the owners, “vanish
like the baseless fabric of a vision 99
, >\egle#t of duty will alwavs entail
innumerable evils upon all closes
of society. y
When I see a merchant deeply
involved in Banks; selling his goods
for less than cost o sustain his cre
dit; rushing into unwarrantable spe
culations iu the purchase of cotton,
or indulging in large bets at horse
racing, ar:d dissipating his time at
taverr.s—let him beware, say f, op
he will burst his boiler.
When I see a Lawyer, every
where but at his study; rioting in
sensual pleasure**; neglecting his
client’s business, and fnquenti g
gaming-houses ; or making lo g
speeches, which evaporate in grn ks
—he assured he will inevitably burst
his boilei .
When I see a Doctor commence
the distribution of his nostrums;ere
he knows their effi ary; when I be
hold him making experiments upon
his respectable patients; or giving
his mind to fashion and dress, rath
er than books; and enveloping his
skill in mystery and bombastic epi
thets; you may rely upon it, he will
shortly burst his boiler.
When 1 see a l J i\ aclier denounc
ing with fire and brimstone every
little innocent amusement; always
harping up the wickedness of the
world and himself not an example
oi irreproachable goodness; or when
I see him refusing to unite in wor
ship with any others, than those
believing in his own dogmas; and
railing against all denominations but
his owo—my word for it, he will
burst his boiler.
WJieu 1 see a mechanic setting