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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 i the Allied Sovereigns vi- JANUARY - 1 a 3 4 6 6 7 8 0 10 It 12 13 It 15 io 17 18 19 an 21 22 25 21 2 r » 2(5 27 28 29 50 31 FEBRUARY i 2 3 4 6 8 <J It) 11 12 13 M 15 1(5 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2ti 27 28 MARCH 1 2 3 4 5 fl 7 8 9 10 41 12 13 14 15 Iti 17 18 19 20 SI 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 23 39 31 APRIL - - - • . • - • . i 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 Hi 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 It) J!) 21 22 23 24 25 'J<> 27 28 29 30 may - - • 1 2 ti 4 ti V t* 10 It 12 13 14 13 18 IT 19 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘J5 20 *-/’ 28 JJ 30 31 JUNE - -1 2 5 4 5 ti 7 8 9 to li 12 13 14 15 lo 17 13 19 20 21 22 28 21 'Jo 20 27 28 29 30 JULY • 1 3 4 5 ti 7 8 9 10 1) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 20 21 5J'J 23 21 25 26 27 29 J'J ‘ 50 31 AUGUST i 2 3 4 f> ij 7 . 8 !) 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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. . I. ■ •:ooouoooo: - -- 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.