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Dr*- <sl* i‘’ ‘’ ” J ’ * “* ‘ ■ A.-- 1
In tomp! ‘,i,h you ex-
f take thpMbi ffJW* M,
TO format ion M)jo|
r;s Sr bool. I vvk\ift, have
9Sf»fw effect of eadiijg to the form a: >n
iff ovhezf, on a similar pi |n,jfyn fli ffer-i
cnua.fmßs.otHit; union. You are,
therefore, at lpeliser | i.,ake 5 u elf
ms of thi tjSrpfc in yoi)* Judgment’
inav ro uluce, to so desirable an end.
this S hook w|iich Was - esteb!ish*fc
n link .more i h months ago,
ard ntendedfat that time to lie exciu
liv* lv aii a ult-school. was, owing to the
t e*gerf*esy. of adjjftjtach
l)o h se>fes from ten years am! upwards
tWbco* boy’s
srimoKiid ease (f to
o and the labours of the; teachers *wtre
alrundantly rewarded ,* but when
sp r t for encoura Sunday Schools
burst forth i<f resistless power, throwing
optfl the doors of ttlmosi every place of
pubfic for tpat object, andtous
inte prreatimiTriberfrof pious vou .gSheraj
and uomen tU ® t^J?«rk)^i^
w 1 di-einct! . civ siblei
h&-W* 10 l ‘ ie ; Wmcii
were p^pa red tt> rtre ve tbeai, and
fciutreli to edUc|Ulbnf dff
’1 hi, was acco'iblingiyMunc. ani
“duU c holAVi\ fPelMom m fat 4
* tending. Hipce Lite commence ment of
k s Ilian fiftyadults, male and female,
Who have had .aUH Cos rejoice to beurg
brought by -is instrumeuiaHiy Iron
I'm* depths of ignorance, to read
ucies oj d:vme tr.utio and soirtei* wii .
would hope, savingly to understand
-sstn. %. . to* W * * •*’ #
Asian inducement to th*h‘ f making
great exertions to learn to read, they
wee#* promised that as they had
; made a tolerable proficiency in that
b ru-i»c h, tlley shiou 1 and be . taffeh t to
* \v.;te. Accordingly, about six-months
ogo, e>gbt or ten who had merited tire
t*e ,'a cl, b/ t.iei : liys&jC4 lid M
pid progress, were commuted to the
able direction of Messrs. it-- .
Who kindly tendered their services gra
tuitously- Hue pci sons, ( some of
whom are .from fdHy to fifty yeais of
age,) whose copy-books accompany tins
communication, have progressed art he
ElUate ori mpf'bvement, evr| tnced by Ibe .
**pycmiins, since November last, ihe
nm; tot them began at that ngrtod, tor*
live lirumne, to attempt to write $ and
1 ttedgtMn^]eiu or qo hope*
<oi success yyt, by pet severing one hoot
every Buuday ni >rmng to, exert the n- *
iuch exie• kit iftstr
and on tne new plan devi e i oy vl ’V
Ranch tney nave arrived to a state of
that wbuid warrant a be--
liet of their becoming cxceiient penmen
in a hs more.
’ ‘i ditficulty we experience
EilTTpithf^inducing persons bfvadvan
ced age, to matte an attempt to learn.
v Many, with whom 1 have c v, versed, atWg
who are not acquainted with a,
aiphaoet, nave reMghed :
IhemSefvet to aosolute despair, and caii- i
not E>y,prevailed upon, by an')wmsider- \
at*oil, to matte a trial- - *t JJo you ihimA
it possible for a person of frty age to j
teurri. l luis been the almost uniform
question oi’every who Mi ad
up courage enough to run
the risk of being aughed at by hll.i
neighbours for attempting-' 4 io \earn Jus
ict:er& t , *(ds it is sarrasffcally termed J
in his old age. of onr sciyolars,
wnose dfcterminattiSn ovqycahiib t<tk&
obstacles now relate with joy tnetr tn
-Ib«i| over tno e who formerly ndicu
leu them % and ihucb cau ie for rejoic
ing they truly have, i mey* are enabled
to read the Word of God to their larm-g
lie oy w bile heir .gtVorant'neighbors, wno‘
Oi cc sneered ut cofbw^te/cT T 'lQ^
lis.en. and go away, wondering 4 * /io?J
such sifc’ huwev^
ns l am mionned, most of these scof
fers utmbuie ttk success
inuusiry or talents in our scholars, ami
wilt not be persuaded } .they artrArapabifer
■•-fel 7he same- tl.-^
“ P t e^ 0 ». a^ov^
forty years at age cannot oe tuti£*|t> top
‘ feid. -which i find very .gvda^i^yre-^
fitectiwU-v beltu-e tlivy will ’
induced 10 .
i of ciucucu,
tn g.tUfjroue., irom lusur mimfs, m^r«
tiled adui.s, u abl \o read, engaged j
xv itb an irnsv; m l wn«
te-j ihcMt to a...vud-oii t.!? a.st <ay. of I
| thw%CQt jmntaftcSe abotlt -
could ng£*Jk|rih •«*J^N r
causes Operated, but I am well can
j )n tesS ffotn
* ‘Horning, it will lie in rrfr o nv-i*r to give
vou t more satisfactory Vie w of the sub
ject, than I have done In this hasty
letter*
1> V Fmclo^ou
I lately rece.veH* L h signedby sever
?al of the «r\\.! ,15, who 3ip/NjDvembc;r
, lasts fpr rbp ftr-i iime??ftbeytfte» mail?
1 wi m
? Copy of the rtfkf& *>’ \ /
a. Philadelphia MarchV 3 sot 1516 £j
It is Ilf) V between six aird nine Mon:h
J si nee most j>f us dhiered Jt iy; Musm£;
Sunday tint time we knew
not etiheflr to WH or wire, but nave
tlirmuf* the bleVsingo q(jU >d ai>d
* LhttyfyufJnßot’ teachers j
a pro g r iffs m both ‘ b >sg funcUnen .fs
L*bf “to^.ouj'&fy^^ l
rjf.d 4nSe
nt Wntt(Hie US-(«>yt.Vr |RaEn p•■'%f
; acq.fi.-e.bve-, the ft, f t elem rati of. ? |a?»
Kfvfot? ', aid b.ji ;’ n* tbc excHem/bU apd
‘ hop s neki out Ivy lbe JjpAQßKjcnp- over
! Wliich yda preside, we might pave gone
ijbut .of , his world, \Vunqu* having been
[St* r « fM 7 w T?%
l Its sacred .treasures are now open to
not byyfh
l>le advantage we now possess.^
able to rend it tor the benefit ol our
selves and our families, tile fault iV.ir’be
oh'our own
*y brit Mr. our principal object in now
you, t . to Tequesft that yap
will
for the bqok.li.;gtrn; shed us, and
tenable us i > show our hav
„ jpg our names add-d to the Bible Asso
ciation ol this di»u* st.#e
The wondei iul iiook winch we have
lately aingiigto ricad, we desire to
be iis st: u liie hi Ml in sending others
who are abie and desirous to puruse it,
buf’Verhaps uo able to pin iu^ * % *
** With re3pdc.it wfe are your much ob
liged* amt g rat tfulTr nurds* &cß|
; *■•’ • ‘■ j-pjg
h \ . . i* F A.LO, Adjust 6.
ffiewsfrom the —Taedier inap .1 ro
dite brig Urn TANARUS, James Tidarjd.
|left Detroit on 4he 2id. uli and ground
ed near the be aT of UrbsTsUn b about
eight m<k s bciow Detroit ;, her own
boat b'eitig too s nail, boUmed
from United Su ed Dro.-
I.sland tor the of .getting ner
of the 24th. l'he iv%d betUtf sue
beat down the river neariy dS/read. ot jU%-
garrison, men were'sent:
to return tbwboai being 111 signt of
AAiih<»rsU)urg, a boat w is aten to
the fatter place at the wm.te time ou.’s
left the .br ; g,'and m the
d:rec ion till our ouat came near tne
rison : >botu tor t ie**Ui
.'i°'.*f «. an officer m i
uniform, and six men,
whq iir mediately came on ueck. ihe ;
officer inqmrjjd for t)f,; fpSV
bug* & told h,m ne to ocMjgh
his for deserters; Mr beardipb
ofKcey tl>en ordered his men into., uie
hold abd»re- £#& 1J to * smirch. ;Mr.
iitai-tl ,-emonbUtsd unffA
a-asuatne p, uccedutga, niiU loi'.nu u. t iie |
tn eartjJ peactabiy if ne could, ,f
1101 t 0 ‘•'your govern#
ment allow, 11 it way snoUtU it A you ?’
At thu time lucre were two pieces 01
- more
than one nuudred yards from he.On.on
,Mr. Beard > old uie bruim om Ar laa.
Xi he would selrtiy the, hSut* a lie must?,
take ciirffgc ol Her ; when he d.d, oy
«myjjg£j, ufc»
to take m iwl-Uo#W, %Wi» auciKjrV
yvluch
««#
m *. t « , * r • t . •.
r&*3k%P mWWPw } w ° : l »r abov e trtns
- , *1 ~
jwe pfopcr r department at Washing
ton* - r -/ > •-♦t s 4
..~vf ■ ■■ w ' ‘■'**-' i 3j|^E33Hl®
*V§ l tf>T EM* E R
‘‘incfacf i&tfytor, doled , *
Si- •,f •|i*w ;)RL# < iji» vtK;- 1 4, 1816
The daglft'igt mtfagtdfc: repvu
gotten *«wu6. circulation*’ counteracting *
>epor s, to sst them ttei lights, ‘fn# not
meet them in the same* pfhces and
tllffiefiip thgtdltos^AT with impunity*
have Iffeen written
from the state of Louisiana, and |rart%
>om lha City ) rife an*. j
e^Q imda ion or crevuss as
it is cadfedfjyhich here Utely
,—-»aad%fece lies came *b:tclt"-'iyakm
and naighfd'ti uici a
mapner, diroaa* as to leave. scei cely a
vestige .of truth sn the beta tpii A era*
vass did happen/anti it did great tern*
opcy&’y y f neVer, *
wdh truth-, can it he said to Wave injured .
the; general reputatiotfoffhe City U
on th s pnu t, ane in fact upon*ag! 5* nt«r : |
re!me to the crava-.es wnd tiie
f ininfmAonsbl 1 me M ses-ipx,
seen ablt procWictr-His of in Lor. aed ?3®||-b
fcl i&alVc Ady, ami pile »nfjsrt;clkar irtrmp
#f of ttaii.-
n»° l fr j|hO *ol*le»i 1 m%Au>y,e spenw stv
eVal years irt Loumaanap and who.e -on/
I myself,
fixe others gpoivtlie *p4p was alia < loss
* :[)/hytkt tp the delete*
would 1 i
the 1 my
to my correspondent^'and Ihose’ feari#
were common to Nay, ,my
npgfct far the ;,
. alion of wlrat fs said to’’me ;fn«. sjcluy
season/ is the. only time to. proyt? ihjfefij
Wpe, and that sei|4»oh h#smiOt yet Coal
men* ect. Bu| the waters h rye been
tomforva Iwgfii ipe, the is, dry,
theH> are voikfhg ItliAr
grounds at<d liieir the vapours
might arise» and yet but parti diy up
on the lace . of tins glebe fa|e,
more heuitby than that ot New Orleans
and its environs af* 0 ffe -fs J
thought that the disaster Had been an f
‘advantage rather than pfherwi.e, for ?
ti a 1 it w it,teach the Guv.rnnic .t aha?
the inhabitant of the Jliosis .ppl pr'e- \
caution, and that the uutTuljtifoii \vasf
little metre tium an irrigation of whole,. “
some wader, it is an error’ then lor
foreigners to suppose th t
re put tiohlof New-Orlea‘hs is
or and they be of that opinion, H is.our 1
; errors which have
i|em into thiors, and they piusL make
allowances tor fruit ujeas here al vfeii as
eke whore, me tact i> tu (? t our f
ing inlmbitants themselves would *cry
out against the assertions and si«r that
hacf suffered privately, the
phbitp repuiauon||jf the t:iiy was as
per manent and as di^tjnflushed as ever.’
In a year or two it w I noi be knowp that *
a., ii.jury .
earth, the genial sun, ,the industry of
.and j
thevpo^^weiitfimgaffurry W rigifr in -
a sboft time-- 1 .'■ 1 •
S;.£J , $ ‘>“»
s State Banks, —* lne convention of del
egatc^Ne-.-y.rlgj
PnilatleJpn?a and Baltimore,.
latc-y me: im io
the i4sumf tfon of Specie- p'*y,-‘
menu, u fid, at the Ist of
Jl lic decis on wtisTcomifd-^
’ CO thfe !^e c|*etary oi/nel^eas\iiy
that,
lr|id iVo^s^ggesupg
that UT the discharge of ins .p Hie ml da?
ties, he couid proposed
i cpiUjshe jfea^i f. foe
legislature 4 for tire Bank of
the U idte<l Sta for the c6f|6ctibn
of the rev||fUeJpip.he
aud[ iie w of us'eifecre
he collected >rom the a’|
.leytW xWnich ite has addressed to the
Le^rrtycrtnnhejfcuci^y
lVc iiUT l) W ncat,- I S A . S V:t. .
f G PfJTLttffnfbrlKation^cet**
I tf*i* cF partr&eTtt r#w*e||Jt|
Fprohibit- >bat in. thirijbarsfc of a
stWfcn of 8 400 000 dr Han* m
<^ )i n *h*r pwaHa
* ?I l vvecl,
on account of t£e AiW-tlrflftons to flic
1 of the Bank of the United St trs
{ cxcUis4*elv of the** pul*c *u
rWJWi"ft*
a time and plicr tvtl!fln
PhiladelpbfeVfSi’ the |lecsjr>n of the
Rectors, awm are-to he thi
*siofrf holders. As ‘ncidi/tf; r Jn the
performjfhdp of tfris duty, it i* pre v .*b
ed thj|t you wiUMegnfSt proper to
vide a suitableUttiidiag for co
iag the busings of the «■* .e
place jlej
‘ tion ; tmß db^Tortiiin^/to nve {p*hrnvd
r nature of JiDurArbst you Will ftQ (lottjJtj
gbe dispensed to -feake. p;\,p*r<
Story as - wtif fae ‘.tite
and arxjnferhtf- the.- op> rafipm* JiT #hc
ft is, inrfc &t>f
tance to§he people; as’ well
govern banks of Un-.i
slypuldbe *n o ■gaW. 1
*and active state nefore the 20i i oi Fif>
ruary next, when the papiiv oL-the ne
banks whidfHuive nbt
tallic payments, nwjst be/ej<*§pse Itijfa
col*s|ionLOf‘ d®foes .
when snch%ank‘; wdl, dmuvatlahLv
:o be t HhejjftA o»9E
.yentte«gif^.||*fr-. \, >1 pßfeio ‘ThL
In tilts ig|w of ihp
thonsrd by tte preai itpl o re- ‘ .ue 1
. .luu you cau ‘Pf 1 JWMI»’ M J
engravings, 4! ».i *SW|
deemihecessiijw for tftsf c,)’itpneiicc ! n-‘ , i|
cjJ the hUs in els of the b,t&jefes i#o i S
Up directors sludf hejS^ffosep 4 by roe
stock holders. Ii |iu%pjp6rtuH
nity occurs, it will 1* P r *>ljfs&* to Anj
suft the directors syiJflr fray®’ be<Jn 3fw
jH>intt*i by the
not members of your u.fbn •.%
measuCes ;n
this yrpomnltndation. I
Wifli the advantage of the prop
anticipation, it is believed iW oVu fl
of ttie United States inay be in
tion'before’ the \ t of Japuafy nfextA
and a hope is still mdokytl that the state
banks either doto ,tevent
or ado|#the pet by titg
legislature ( t|£jjpth of FebuA-y ) -for a
genblkl of specio pay'-
I' 6 " 16 ’ I have the honor ,to bcJ^!
a n: Dallas.
Messrs; Jones
Wil^l,e,pep;vana?r omm^^^
:" Jv wn : arfe ■ Jj,
. Fro# the
August 53^.
HIGH’ Y iWEREU’imttM
We stop the'pEeastto iJ|M
fore our *‘i extt .e’ i t
letter received by colonel'Win
ston.ffem fcaptain lames
son ;,we; regrefethat we have nor
an opportunity of giving at in dc*»’
| tail, she howivkf
is, that jie, Burleson arid oiliers, |
So had settled £sar Melrou’s
iff on the south side of fin
irttsee river to.the number*o{'a,;
utacked by k
bt Cherdfeees, armed with
gunsland war clubs, the rifiKibefr
not k .own on the Mt\
llthinst. Resis'.anfce was made,;
when sad to relate, there were
left three Indians dead'on the
ground, and badly
wounded. The le ter describes
?tfee white inhabitants of that part
to^ n W iiiuation
from the menacing attitude oi
th- Indians— aliwho hlSe'not
the resolution ofv defence, arc
moving away, -and thfeir 3
promifi%cropf at,thif particular;
season, to be destroyed by the 3
Cherokees. We are verb dly!
informed that Bfiftdsson and*j
Kutas«as”d£’
tor their insolence.
hvery thinktrg noiad must re, :