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pule ilian ordinary. it her lips tremble
when she speaks. to you, it is because she
is just come I’rom ft visit, where Lupus
irmwipolins nil the fortune, hint the younger
brnucnct ivnnderubout like our Bohemian*. The
women lisve no society hut their own, end the
men no feeling for the softer sex !’’ It is but fftir
to ssy, this misinformed lady bud never visited
Knplnnd! and, perhaps. got this account from the
Prince V—lk—risky, "who had travelled through
this country w tnc time
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took no notice tit all oi her, but talked all
the lime to. Lucinda, who lift# not hull her
^ _ fortune. When crust accidents have so , Ills country
►X H disordered her Spirits*tfint alto is forced to .(ted it. The Prince, at a large dinner party, u-
£ n solid for the doctor to make her able to moved the comimny, nl the expense of the English
1 Bt "« *”* *P® ° c .’ .) I nation, In the following scientific and oliscrvnnt
cut; she tens him, in great anger at i ro j Imuincr .—They are, said he, “u rough un-
vidciice that sdic never was well since eiie | potisiicd people, generally boil-ting of freedom
was born, and that she envies every beggar j ii, t y know not how to enjoy ; »nd l never could
ilmt she secs in health.
“ This is the disquiet life of Coffin, who
hns nothing to torment her, but her own
spirit.
30 31
If you would inspire her with a Chris*
tinh humility, you need do no more to
make her as Imppy as any person in the
world. This virtue would make her thank
ful to God for half so much health ns she
has had, and help her to enjoy more for
the time in come. This virtue would keep
oil' tremblings of the spirits, mid loss ot
appetite, und her blood would need no-
| thing else to sweetcii it.”
—uiotiu:—
A PETTICOAT BANNER.
! The following article n I hides to facts
; winch wo presume are familiar to most ol
■ nnr renders, and we douht not its perusal
| at the present time will give them a keener
i mid pleasanter relish than ever. The lie-
j roine of the story we have the honor to I hi
| well acquainted with, and common justice
! requires us to say, that such another
j' Daughter of ’70’ cannot he found in ‘sto-
| ten cities’—they being in the present ef-
| lVminntR age, ‘ like angels’ visits, few nnd
j far between.’—Hartford Times.
FEMALE PATRIOTISM.
Tu the speech of Mr. Pearce, on the hill
| for the p lief of Penelope Dontiy, ho nten-
| tinned tliu under petticoat of Mrs. Bailey
of Stoniiig tori, instead of Groton, the scene
of her patriotic heroism, (Mr. Barber, her
next door neighbor, might have corrected
Mr. P.) The introduction of so singular
nn article in a congressional debate, might
excite a smile, unless accompanied by nil
explanation. In 1814, when commodore
Decatur’s squadron was blockaded by
commodore Hardy, Stoniiigton was at
tacked by the enemy, and gained immor
tal honor by repulsing them. Attacks
were also threatened on New London, and
Decatur daily, nightly and hourly, either
in earnest or by way of Imrrassitig diver
sion. On one occasion, the hostile ships
were within half an hour’s sail of New
London. The forts nnd lines were man
ned there and at Groton, half a mile dis
tant on the opposite side of the river. In
the urgency of the case, two I8or*24 poun
ders which were unoccupied, were taken
by the citizens not on duty, nnd mounted
on a breast-work, & measures taken to fur
nish iimimmition for them. In the constant
state of alarm that existed, the dry goo s
had been removed from the stores and the
clothing from the houses in the village, for
fenr of u repetition of its fate in 1781,
when it xvns burnt and plundered. Paper
being found insufficient for cartridges,
flannel was sought for and very little found.
Jii this critical emergency, with the enemy
almost within gun-shot, Mrs. Bailey,wife
j find in what it consisted ; their houses are cold A
uncomfortable: the walls are very thin, nod the
wind whistles through the rooms as it docs through
a hedge; they Imvc no stoves, nu double windows,
and few. servants ; in short, the only tiling worth
seeing in La gland is “ Harlequin!'’ and what 1
most admired w as a " mince pie. ’ My friend the
Prince had profited little by his truicls.—New
Monthly Magazine.
We have rarely seen a juster estimate,
more briefly and luippily expressed, of n-
uy literary work, than is given in the Lon-
L>n Monthly Repository, of Basil Hull’s
Travels in North America:—N. V. Amcr.
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4'HC OLDEST REPUBLIC ON EARTH.
Tlio hist American Quarterly Review
contains a letter from G. W. Erving, Esq.
giving a sketch of his visit to San Mari
no, a small republic in Italy, between the
Appcniues, the Po, und the Adriatic.—
The territory of this State is only 40 miles
{n circumference and its population about
7000. The republic was founded 'more
than 1400 years ago, on moral principles,
Industry and equality, nnd has preserved
U* liberty and independence amidst all
the wars nnd discords which have raged „... „ ,
•round it. Bonaparte respected it, mid oflL U" 1 ' P~t.nn.ler, a gena
tent an embassy to express bis sentiments <Iai.«U*er oi so, who bad rename,
of friendship and fraternity. It is g „. *nn at her post, loosened and kicked ofl
Verncd by a Captain Regent, chosen every I '*? r 1 flan,,ol » I,kW,,, 8 1,0 “ tnk * “ dcft ‘ n ' e
•tx months by the representatives of the of u,, . d I “
P , • •- . , i would he of service, they might liave
conic, six in number, who ure chosen c- ... ’ {
1 -> eop | e . The tax- ( a,so - T,,c |»' !t, coitt, however, was not
very six months by the People,
es are light, the farm houses neat, the
fields well cultivated, mid on all sides arc
■ecu comfort and peace, the happy effect.'-
of morality, simplicity, liberty and justice.
Mr. Erving ivns received by some intelli
gent citizens in the most hospitable nnd
affectionate manner; they wore delighted
with him because he wns-nn American.—
They professed a profound attachment to
our country, and looked to it as the pre
server of tlwir own pure principles ; they
were intimately acquainted with V>ur in
stitutions and affairs, and had a library
well furnished with hooks and pamphlets
Stinting to America.
Cupt. Hall sojourned in America, with
his eyes right, lus hrnd wrong, and his
bauds faithfully recording the sights pre
sented to the one, nnd tlie blunders com
mit ted by the other. He is one of the
most shallow logicians and of the most
trusty of reporters. His reasoning nnd
his facts make a fair fight of it, and they
must be very inattentive rentiers with whom
the facts nre not completely victorious.—
The Captain is most firmly persuaded
that hereditary monarchy, personal loyal
ty to a sovereign, a wealthy and power
fill nristocracy, a richly endowed church
in alliance with the State, and judges'
ivigs (the absence of which was the first
circumstance that convinced him liotv to
tally the Americans wanted wisdom,) nre
absolutely essential to the well being, if not
to the permanent existence, of a com mu
nify: of which he has recorded quite c
noiigli, and that most curiously intermin
gird with disquisitions on these favorite
topics, to show that the Americans are
well educated, a well governed, a rapidly
improving, a moral and religious, and nl
together a very comfortable people-. The
combination is very amusing.
—<ji3©
INTERESTING TO DRUNKARDS
Perhaps it is not genertdly known that
the Revised Statutes, of N. A’or It, wliicl
go into operation on the 1st of January!
impose severer penalties than our present
laws upon drunkards, tiplers, nnd all dis
irderly persons. The ijcw law proyidci
that, upon complaint being made to any
justice of the pence against tiny drunk
aril or tipler, he shall issue Lis warrni
for the apprehension of the offender, and
ii|ion the record of the conviction of such
drunkard before a Jury, sufficient sureties
may be required for good behaviour for
the space of one year; and, in default of
such sureties, he may be committed to
the common jail. The jail keeper is di
rcctcd to exhibit a list of such inmates to
every Court of General Sessions of the
peace, who arc enjoined to inquire into the
circumstances of each case, and if mi
nors, are empowered to hind them out, or
in their discretion in every case, may ol
der them to he kept in the common ja
for the term of 6 months at hard labor
on bread an water only. And if any pc
sou be designated by the overseers of the
poor as nu habitual drunkard, all persons
iro prohibited selling him spirituous li
quors, under penalty of ten dollars for
uch oft’cuce.—A". 1. Jour, oj Com,
made into cartridges by the gallant volun
teers, who made n -tandard of it, declar
ing they would fight under it to the last
drop of their blood, rather than strike it
to the enemy. President Monroe, on his
tour thro’ Connecticut, was introduced to
Mrs. Bailey, ami told the story, which was
repeated to Lafayette on his visit to that
place and seeing the heroine of the antc-
dote.
FROM THE JOURNAL CF UP. ALT IT.
A NERVOUS LADY.
The necessary connexion bet weed n
Well regulated mind, nnd perfect bodily
health, is well enforced in the following
passage from “ Law’s Serious Cull, ifcc.”
in which he shows how the want of the
former is attended by the loss of the lut-
tcr. Of Mr. Law, Gibbon the historian,
not at nil prone to give any credit to
Christian professor?, is compelled to ad
mit that he left behind him the reputation
of a worthy and eminently pious man,
who believed all that lie professed and
practiced all that he enjoined. Wc shall
perhaps be found more than once borrow
ing from the nbovo mentiond work, in re
gard to which, Gibbon says, that ‘ his pre
cepts arc rigid, but they are formed and
derived from the Gospel; his satire is
sharp, butjiis wisdom is from tlio know
ledge of human life; and many of Ins
portraits arc not unworthy of the pen of
La Bruyerq.’ Wc give without further
preface tlio promised extract:
Caclia is always telling you how pro
voked she is, what intolerably shocking
things-happen to her; vvlint monstrous
usage she suffers, and what vexatious she
meets w th every where. She tells you
that her patience is quite worn out, and
there is no bearing the behaviour of
people. Every assembly thut she is at,
fends her home provoked ; something or
other hits been said or done, that no rea-
wonable, well-bred person ought to bear.
Poor people that want her charity, nre
sent away with busty answers, not because
She lias not a heart to part with any mo
ney, but because she is too full of some
trouble of her own, to uttend Lf the com
plaints of others. Cielia has uo business
upon her hands, but to receive the in
come ot a plentiful fortune; hat yet by
th>‘ doleful tuoe of her mind, you wouhl
^ *.»t to think that she had neither food
aor lodging. If you sec her look more
FROM THE HARTFORD TIMES.
TO TI1B UNMARRIED. •
> (IVriltcn, no iloubt, by a happy Husband.)
Of all the gratifications human nature
can enjoy, and of all the delight it is form
ed to impart, none is equal to that which
springs from a long tried nnd niutural affec-
tion. The happiness which arises from
conjugal felicity is capable of withstand
ing tlio attacks of time, grows vigorous in
age, nnd animates the heart with pleasure
and delight, u hen the vital fluid can
scarcely force a passage through it.
No man ever prospered in the world
without the consent and co-'operatioii of
his wife, let him be ever so frugal, indus
trious, or successful; and it avails nothing
if she is unfaithful to this trust, or profuse
ly squanders in pleasure or dissipation,
those sums which toil and application
gained ; but if she unites in mutual en
deavors, or rewards lus labor with nn en
dearing smile, with what confidence will
lie resort either to his merchandize
farm \ fly over lands T sail upon the sea?
meet difficulty and encounter dangers—
if lie knows that it is not spending his
strength in vain, but that his labor will be
rewarded by the sweats of home ? IIow
delightful is it tu have a friend to cheer and
a companion to sooth the solitary house of
grief and pain! Solitude and disappoint
ment enter into the history of any man’s
life, and he is but half provided for his voy
age who finds but an associate for happy
iiours while lor mouths of darkness no
sympathising partner is prepared !
Prudence nnd foresight can neither
ward off the stroke of disease, nor prevent
the calamities which nre ordained hy Ilea
veil. Affluence cannot purchase release
from pain, uor tenderness cool n fever in
the blood ; a heart ready to sympathise
with tender drops of compassion; and a
life that is absolutely bound up in his; nnd
as enjoyiueut derives additional relish from
anticipation, so misery loses the pojgnnn
cy of its bard in the bosom formed for
sympathetic kiudness.
RUSSIAN NOTIONS OP ENGLAND.
“The men," says a Russian lady. “ go early to
hunt, afterwards to Parliament, and then sit down
nnd get drmik until midnight. The elde.sf son*
A new mode of punishing Drunkenness
rire Glasgow police Imvc lately adopted
the plan of shaving the heads of topers
when found in the streets in a senseless
tate. Nothing could exceed the nston
nnent and horror of n man who was
rated upon Saturday night, when he put
liis hand on his bend in the morning, and
found it shorn.
How to discomfit a Tiger and gain a Title.—The
Yoik (Canada) Observer relates the following
anecdote of a Canadian prelate :
Dr. Dunlop, whilst in the East Indies, obtained
tills title (“Tyger Dunlop") in consequence
having vanquished a royal Tiger with n bladder
Scotch smilf. The Doctor having crossed I
Gunges with ft quarterly Allowance (7 lbs.) obsc
ed a Tiger si some distance. Being without fire
urms, lie ordered ids men to use their onrs as 11-
pons of defence. They formed into close column
with their Imcks to the windward, whilst the Doc
tor emptied the contents of the bladder into
piece of canvass, and danced upon it until it
cuidc as fine hs dust. The Tiger continued wind
ng, nnd occasionally couching. When h
approached within twenty yards of ihe party, the
Doctor discharged about half a pound of the
ammunition, part of which was carried by the
strong wind into the face of royalty. The Tiger
rroivfed, shook his head furiously, nnd retreated.
In o few minutes he returned to tlie clinige, ap
proaching the party cautiously, and rubbing bis
eyes occasionally with ids fore-legs. \Y lien with
in about 15 yurds of the party be ngein couched,
and, as lie was preparing to make n murder
ous spring, the Doctor and five of his party let fiy
ut him about two pounds of siiuH', which told well
—for the Tigercommenced roaring and sprang in
to the Ganges, and fled to the opposite shore.—
For this achievement, the Doctor received ‘2000
rupees, a silver snuff box, aiid the title of Tiger,
from a native Prince.
DOKXilSiVXC.
INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUI .ClARY.
Extract from the Speech of Judge Marshall, fn te
t irgiiiia Convention, in reply to Gor. Giles.
The question constantly recurs—do you mean
that (he Judges shall be removable Ht the will ol
e Legislature ? The gentleman talks of respon-
ility. Responsibility to wliatt to the w ill of
the Legislature f can there be no responsibility,
unless your Judges sludl lie removable at pleasure I
will nothing short ot this satisfy gentlemen 1—
Then, indeed, there is ail end to independence.
The tenure during good behavior is n mere impo
sition on the public belief, a sound tliut is kept to
the rur, mid nothing else. The consequences
must present themselves to every mind. There
can be uo memberof this body who does not feel
them. If your Judges nre to ire removable at the
ill of (lie Legislature, all that you look for from
fidelity, from knowledge, from capacity, is gone,
ami gone forever. All chance of bringing men
upon the bench, who know ns much us lawyers at
tlie bar must l>c given up i there is nil end to it.
No respectable lawyer will come to the bench, if,
for tlie. slightest ennso, so soon as lie lias separated
himself from tlie bar—so soon as he has incapaci
tated himself to earn a comfortable support for bis
family there, lie may be thrown out of an office lie
Imd been told ivus to be permanent, und driven u-
uy to poverty, and all tlie humiliating conse
quences that must ensue-.
Mr 31. .-aid, lie w as well assured this was not
ivliat the Convention wished to do. Blit will it
not, usked lie, produce this state of tilings, if by
any change or modification of the court, tlie Judge
maybe put out of office I JVluit necessity can
there be for this / do gentlemen believe thnt the
duties of the Inferior courts will diminish 1 that
there will not ulways he ns much Judicial duty as
you will have Judges to perforin it. If this is the
fact, nnd surely it is, if w e may reason from past
ex|>ei'iencc, why make a mere tiansfer of duties to
work a removal from otlice ?
(bin any gentleman say that the Legislature
will never act ill this manner ? Look lit w hat we
are doing. This Convention Is removing every
Judge from office ut ono sweep. Are gentlemen
sure the Legislature will never do the same thing !
Is there any call directed to us. which will not
sound ns loud in tlio cars of tlie Legislature ? Can
we, w hile at one blow ivenre dashing every Judge
iu tlio State from office, say that tlie Legislature
will never remove them in like manner hereafter.
Sir, we sliould soon sue realized the fears which
arc entertained hy some amongst us.
I cannot sit down without noticing the morality
of the course recommended hy this ineusure.—
Gentlemen talk of sinecures, and privileged or
ders, with h view, as it would seem, to cast odium
on those w ho are in office. You seduce u lawyer
from his practice, by which lie is parning a com
fortable independence, by promising him a certain
support for life, unless lie shall be guilty of iniscou
duct in hij office. And after thus seducing him,
when bis independence is gone, & the meacsof sup
porting his family relinquished, you will suffer him
io be displaced and turned loose on tlie world
with tlie odious brand of sinecure—pensioner—
privileged order—put upon him, as ft lazy drone
who seeks to live upon the labor of others. This
is the course you are asked to pursue.
Some allusion has been made to the tenure of
office during good behavior in England -, and to
the power of Parliament. In England they have
no written Constitution ,- am) yet the Judges con
sider themselves quite ns secure as they are here,
where we have one. Parliament will always
maintain their independence, in order to save the
jeople from the power of the crown. The crown
s tlie source of apprehension ; and tlie Legislature
w ill never unite with it in removing the Judges
from their olficc.
sortie rtf tlicit* volte*, hud they contincfl
to respond to eucli oilier hy loud hallooing,
during tlie time lie remained on the wreck,
though the roar of the sea was too great
to admit of being understood.
Hr remained in this situation from
Thursday night at one o’clock, till Sa
Hint is not-founded on strict and equal i,«*
t.ce, impartiality, and entegrity : n nd r
it is so, whether in the management of f
mily, or of n nation. Imbued with the
principles, relying on them ns u le , )0 r' ;
star of your future course, and carrvu,
them fearlessly into all your investigation^
turday noon, !?6 Iiours, when he swum to^you nmv become legislators with Q p •’
the boat, which Imd also becu upset—sue-1 prospect also of becoming a liming to
institu.
c ceded in righting her und getting her free (your country, and an honor to tin- i
from water, lie found the ensign and
pell mint in tlio boat, which lie supposes
must have floated out of ,thc cabin win
dow. Of the former lie made a sail and
ledge that tlic'uscent to eminence is tliffi.
cult, for it is not unattainable. Go, W ii|"
all our good wishes for your welfare;’ Chn !
success, hy laboring steadily to deserve j*
Chief Cities in tub Woki.d.—A very
ingenious calculation is given in a late Ger
man publication of the hundred most po
pulous cities in the world. These are
Jeddo, in Japan; 1,680,OOOinlmhitunts, Re
kin 1,500,000, London, 1,000,000, Hans
Ischen 1,100,000, Calcutta 900,000, Ma
dras 817,000, Munkin 800,000, Congo Is
chen 800,000, Paris 717,000, AV’erst Cha
im (500,000, Constantinople- 597,000, Be
nares 530,000, Kio 520,000, 8a Ischen
500.000, Homig Ischen 500,000, &c.—
The fortieth iu tlie list is Berlin, contain
ing 198,000; and the last Bristol, 87,000.
Among the hundred cities, two contain
1.500.000, two upwards of 1000,000, nine
from 1500,000, to 1,000,000, twenty-three
from 200,000, to 500,000, fifty-six from
100.000, to 200,000, and six from 87,000,
to 100,000. Of these one hundred cities,
fifty-eight nre in Asia, and thirty-two in
Europe, of which four are in Germany,
four in France, five in Italy, eight in Eng
land, and three in Spain; the remaining
ten are divided between Africa and Ame
rica.
—.-00.70.-~
Omo.—Governor Trimble, of Obio,inhis3Ies-
age to tlie Legislature, Imnsmilti-il on the 3th unit,
gives the following information on the subjects of
Education, Internul Improvement, and Finance,
in thnt State:
It is not known what numbers are taught in
these Common Schools. In the Universities of
Athens and Oxford, and iu Kenyon College, there
lire about 4U0 taught annually With ft small ad
ditional expense, double the number might be in
structed. The Medical College of Ohio, at which
tiiere are 115 students, is flourishing. Tlie build
ings are large enough to accommodate 300 stu
dents. The Asylum for tlio Deaf und Dumb nt
Columbus, bns commenced u course of instructi
on. There are nt present but few pupils; but
there is reason to hope tt will flourish.
Tlie great work of Internal communication ill
the State “ advances towards completion with a
firmness commensurate with its grandeur, and tlie
interests it is intended to promote. The residue
of the entire line of Canal is now under cautruct
to be completed in lb3l. As the work Inis pro
grossed towards its southern termination, the be
nefits of navigation from tlie Lake have been ex
tended into Ihe interior, and sensibly felt. It has
now advanced neur to Newark, a distance of 180
miles; it muy be expected toapproncli Cliilicotbe
in 1830, nnd in the following years to the Ohio ri
ver; making with the Miami Canal, now com
pleled, 375 miles of artificial Canal navigation in
the State,”
“ Tiiere remained in the Treasury of Ohio, on
the 15th of November lust, $ 150,250—$ 90,000
thereof being School Funds, is drawing six per
cent, interest. This Fund, the interest upon
which is guaranteed hy the State, is daily h.crens-
ing; and, by the 1st of January next, will proba
bly nmount to $ 150,000. The Sinking Fund
$ (i0,000. remains unimpaired; to winch may be
ndded the surplus revenue of 1820 and 3 >, say
$30,000; making a total of $210,000, thul will
remain in the Treasury."
—ftOt"'
We have been favored with the perusal
of a letter addressed to his father in this
town, by Mr. Andrew (Junningimm, who
so providentially escaped from the wreck
of the schooner Magnolia, giving nil ac
count of his deplorable situation while on
the. wreck, and almost miraculous escape.
[Florida paper.
When the ves-f l upset, there wore tinii
persons besides himself on deck. On re
covering Ins recollection, after the shock
of upsetting, he funnel hirrtself hurried in
the water under the vessel. He succeed
ed in swimming to the lee side, nnd was
so fortunate ns to get hold of the main
chains. In this sitnntion he soon found it
impossible to maintain himself—desirable
as it oppeared nt first to he. Tlie sea
was running tremendously, and every
wave buried him several feet under wnter,
and threatened to d.-ish him again into the
He pulled off his shoes, and by dint
of cautious und vigorous exertion, crawl
ed upon the bottom of the vessel und
clung to the keel.
Ills companions ylio had been witli him
on deck, hud ull disappeared—the night
was dark nnd cold, and his present situa
tion seemed but a momentary reprieve
from tlie fate licfhad so narrowly escaped.
No means of relief presented—scarce a
ray of hope coal I be found amid the dis
mal scene—the tempest roaring around
him, and lie alone of all the souls on board,
the solitary tenant of the wreck—the hor
ror of bis situation cun scarcely be fully
imagined. In the midst of this situation
lie heard, in the intervals of the abatement
of the roar of the sea, a noise and knock
ing in the cabin under him. He nnswer-
cd them hy knocking with his knife on the
cabin. Tlie joy of those who were in that
hopeless condition lie says caunot be im
agined on knowing that some one was
near them, Hecquld hear and distinguish
lion w here these precepts liavo beenst tl ,*
dily inculcated and enforced. '*
Go then: cherishing I hope, feeling
kindness nrtd respect for the placenfy 01l ‘
reached 'hoshore in safety, though laeern-1 education. Go: undaunted by the | u ', (w lr
ted, bruised and exhausted, almost beyond ' , — *’
human endurance.
—toooo:—
Address of Dr. Cooper io tlie. Students. ,
of South-Carolina College,, delivered l' urewcll
at the last Commencement.
Gentlemen—You are about to quit this
institution, and I liave « few parting xvords
to sav before our final separation. You
arc now about to enter tlio field of com
petition with your fellow-men: and what
ever be the object of your pursuit, you will
have to consider your studies nud exerti
ons not ns ended, blit as in their com
mencement, if von hope for success u-
mong your fellows in the race you have
to run. If yon mean to sit quietly down
content with mediocrity of success, no
great exertions nre required for the pur
pose; but if you pursue tlio path that
leads to eminence, remember I pray you,
whut 1 have often told you and now repeat
for the last time, the race is not to the
swift nor the battle to the strong: it is not
genius that is to stand you in stead ; it is
continued acquirement, unceasing, perse
vering, patient industry. It is to this qua
lity that success in life, uniformly uttucli-
cs itself, whatever be the pursuit.
During your intercourse with your
teachers 'here, you have had it impressed
upon your conviction, thnt whether in the
daily commerce of tlie world—in the usu
al incessant reciprocation of business and
social intercourse—whether in the decis
ions of tlio bench, tlie enactments of the
legislature, iu our political transactions
with foreigners, or in our party squabbles
a( home, the one thing needful on your
part, will be an undeviating, and a prac
tical appeal to the precepts of moral rec-
titnde, and an unbending, uncompromis
ing adherence to what is just and right;
with a full conviction that in every trans
action of life, great or small, public or pri
vate, the only 6afe rule of conduct is the
old and homely proverb “Honesty is the
best policy.” This is not a precept of e-
legant diction, it has a far higher value;
it is the brief result, the practical conclu
sion from the concurrent testimony of nil
civilized communities; it has forced its
way, as an ethical inaxint dictated hy the
experience of all ages, of all nations, of
all classes of men.
Mankind do not feel sufficiently, that
what is morally wrong can never be expe
dient ; that no political sophistry can
make that right in politics that is wrong
in ethics. Some, probably many of yon,
are destined nt some future day to be le
gislators. When you are, pray let your
consciences bear witness how often, how
repeatedly, how earnestly, how anxiously
wc have endeavoured to impress upon you
the oftsaid old fashioned, common place
notions, that no law can bo just that is
not strictly honest, that no law can be ex-
pedientthnt is not necessary, thnt uo le
gislation can lie honest or wise if its mo
tives be sectional and its operation par
tial ; that no legislature possesses the right
of conferring exclusive privileges though
every legislature claims and exercises it;
thut the mere vote of a majority will ne
ver justify partial or dishonest legislation;
that no government is so bad, us tlie gov
ernment of those w ho have the propensity
to govern too much; &thnt theonly legiti
mate object of all government, is to promote
hy those means and with those limitations
which experience has shewn to he neces
sary cheeks on entrusted power, the great-
est good of the greatest number. All this
it will be said, is the language of theorists,
radicals, utilitarians and reformers. I am
aware of the obliquy attached to these
names, for appellations of ridicule and re
proach are among the modern instruments
of party warfare and of great use where
arguments is wanting, but I must confess
the charge. I have no other reply, than
that it is the language of truth also. As
ducfttion becomes extended, and know
ledge diffused, these wholesome maxims 1
be gradually understood, and their
opposing errors will pass mvuy; but we
shall look in vain to any other cure for the
evil than art improved system of educati
on pervading the whole community. All
these ure indeed common place notions,
that many are good enough to allow in
theory without much hesitation ; hut which
I regret to say, have not their due influ
ence on the practice of the world. These
ure not the pervading principles of our
law, of our politics, or even of our sec
tarian theology, Morality, seems to hold
not the highest which it ought to do, hut
a second and iiiferior rank in public esti
mation ; nnd it is compelled to yield pre
cedence to mystery in religion, to manage
ment in |iolitie.s, and to convenience nnd
expediency iu the main conduct of hu
man life. I hope the opposite precepts &
doctrines of this sohnol will not prove e-
vanescent. Wise and admirable are the
true, the genuine principles of politics and
of political economy. Properly under
stood, they are tho harbingers of peace
and good will towards men. They are
the parents of kind nnd cheering feelings
& associations toward all nur fellow travel
lers on the road of life; they shew beyond
a doubt thnt we cannot lie unjust to others,
without sooner or later, injuring ourselves;
they prove thnt we are alwuys gainers by
the prosperity of our neighbors; that wis
dom, morality, prudence, benevolence and
expediency ure not merely connected but
coincident; that no mode of arriving at
prosperity, can bep ermnuently successful
NEW-YORK.
. A writer in the Philadelphia Aurora
speaking of education, says—“ The Si
of Ndw-York, acting in belief that knrt«|.
edge is power, takes the lead in the grout
and important concern of educating | le i
immense population.
“In 1816 she had but forty thousand
but in 1828 no less than 468,205 of |, t .j
children attended her common schools
which were under tint supervision of |' or ^
ty-iiine thousand school officers, ami f„f
the support of which the sum of 568,«)sg
dollars was expended ; all which is md,.
pendant of her Colleges, Academies and
numerous private Schools, und it is no ex
aggeration to say, that within thnt State
six hundred thousand children from 4 to
10 years of age, nre noiv receiving ini
struction nt nu annual expense of out
million of dollars, nnd I will venture to
assert, that no stock in that State will ft.
nolly produce a more certain or greater in*
terest than this sum iu knowledge and
virtue.
“Hercanals arc great; very produiy
e, hut her excellent extensive pulik
schools are infinitely greater, nnd nmthc
brightest diamonds in her escutcheon.”
The New-York papers of the 24tl; and
25th ultimo, contain the following notice-:
“On Saturday evening, the 12th, iiigt,
Chancellor Lansing, of Albany, arrived
in this city, and put up nt the City Hotel:
he breakfasted, and dined tiiere. Shortly
after dinner he retired to his room-nnd
wrote for a short time, and about the hour
thnt the persons intending to go to Albiny
usually leave the Hotel, lie was observed
to leave his room. He Inis not been seen
or heard of since thut time. He left |ii;i
trunk, cane, Ac. in lus room. Ilis friends
in this city have heard this morning from
Albany thnt be bus not returned home.
It is supposed that he hud written a 1 ot
ter to Albany, and thnt lie intended to put
it on board the steamboat that left here tut
that place at 5 o’clock that afternoon.—
He had innde nn engagement to take ten
at 6 o’clock thnt evening with Mr. Rote
Kay, of this city, who resides at No,‘39,
Mnrketfield street.
He was dressed in black, and wore pon
der in his hair, lie was a man of a iorpi
and muscular frame of body and nheot
five feet nine inches in height. He was
upwards of seventy-six years of age. He
was in good health, and lias never been
known to have been affected hy anv men
tal liberation. Any intelligence concern
ing him will be most gratefully acknowl
edged hy his afflicted friends and futility
if left for them ot the bar of the City ll ,r
tel.
Hxlbicii, Dec. 31.
TRAGICAL AFFAIR.
A ccrtaiu Capt. Thonms Thompson, o
Elizabeth City, two or three years ngo
ajuoceeded iu obtaining the hand of an a
unable and respectable young lady o
Beaufort, Carteret county. In n shot
time after their marriage, his conduct to
wards her became so brutal tlmt her friends
separated her from him. He has profes
sed to feel extremely unhappy iu cense
qtience, and lias endeavoured to preva
upon her to reiiirn to hint, but without el
feet. For nearly, or quite two years tli
has been his course, until within tbo l«
few months, when he has been less I*®
of. It seems Im.ivever, that he was on
slumbering tu make a more deadly span
On Saturday the 10th inst. he arrived
Beaufort, armed with pistols nnd n dir
and entered the dwelling of his upBtrt
uatc wife, caught her ill his arms and •'
deuvoured to peraude her to go with hi
Tlie family became alarmed, and d
patched u messenger for the brother
the wife, who was at Fort Macon (-
miles off.) On his arrival ho detrain
his sister. Thompson refused, nud the
ened any man with instant death ''
should touch cither him or his wife-
brother, however, ngrceiugto leave '•*
the lady to choose, and she preferrwtf
remain, Thompson snapped one
the young man, and stabbed hip w ife J 1
in her breast & twice in her arm—®
wise, a Justice of the pence wlm nttei
ed to stop liirn. He then made l) |S
cape, and though vigilant measures *
adopted, the Police liovc not succeed®
yet, iu tuking him.—Register.
Wn-MINOTON, Die- -
HORRID ACCIDENT-
A negro woman, the property c
Auii Smith of this place, was burnt
death, on Friday night I 11 **'
cumstanceof tho case arte such a®
some of our Physicians 1(1 ‘ (
thnt this was a case of Bpoutnite 0 * 1 ®
bastion, the woman bavins for # *
time becu in tlio habit of intent pc
She was in her senses when 6'®
was called in, nod persisted in J‘- l > ,
was not on fire, but thnt she <
ful burning at the bottom of her»
and begged lor something ” ff|
pain. \Vo undersfand l,mt , ,i 0l
badly burnt that fipr iniantmus
fore alio died.