OCT
two pom. a ns rm annum.?
HAl-r-YEAKLV IN ADVANCE. 5
AND FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' REGISTER.
if not paid within ti?c yeac,
$2 50 WILL IiU CHARGED.
HUNTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY JONATHAN ROW, SOMERSET, SOMERSET COUNTY, PA.
Icw Series.
TUESDAST, DECEEIBSR 29, 1346,
Vol. 5.No. 7.
E "b. I ft I C J L 1 t r 1 all- a
THERE XEVR WAS AX EARTHLY
DREAM.
There never was an earthly dream
Of beauty r.nd delight,
That inhaled not too soon with clouds,
As sun-rays with the night;
That f;:ded not from that fund heart
Where once it loved to stay,
And left that heart more desolate
For having kit its sway.
Th?rc never was a glad bright eye,
D r.t it was dimmed by tears,
Called by such griefs as ever dull
The sunshine of our years,
We look upon the sweetest fiowcr.
Tis withered soon, and gone;
We gaze upon a star, to find
But darkness where it shown.
There never was a noble heart,
A mind of worth and power,
That had not in this changing world
Plain misery for its dower;
The laurel on the brow hath hid
From main a careless eye,
The secret of the soul within,
Its blight and agony.
There never was there cannot be
On earth a precious spring,
Whose waters to the fevered lip
Unfailing we may bring.
All changeth on this troubled shore.
Or passelh from the sight.
0, for that world where joy and peace
Reign as eternal light.
Santa Fc InicIIiscncc.
The last number of the St. Louis P
publican has the following:
The Editors of the Independence
Expositor say, that there has been anoth
er loss of provisions wagons and teams
on the 'oute to Santa Fe. The Indians
surrounded the train and drove off a large
number of mules with perfect impunity
the men not having ammunition enough
to protect themselves from the attack.
' All the papers from the upper part of
this State contain letters from Santa Fc
of iate date, and all of them refer with
much solicitude to the prospect of a scar
city of provisions. A letter to the Palmyra
Courier, written on the 11th October,
says that Col. Domhuv is unable to get
off on his route south for the want of
money to purchase provisions, and the
provisions or means of transportation for
a regiment :
It will lake almost all the means of
the different departments here to fit out
the Mormon battallion for California, and
should the regmient of infantry ordered
here arrive, there will be serious appre
hensions of suffering for want of provis
ions this winter, as the country can fur
nih but little, and that in cattle. The
soldiers arc now upon part rations, ex
pecting supplies daily from Bent's Fort."
' The paymaster has no money to pay the
troops, having been disappointed in his
expectations of selling drafts to the tra
ilers to meet the claims of the soldiers."
' A short residence here satisfies the
most curious who visit this far-famed
town of mud-houses, filthy streets, and
still more fdthy people. The Mexicans
show hi:t little disposition to mix with
the Americans, and arc cvedenily not
satisfied with ihcpowers'that be. Many of
them, and among them the most wealthy,
hnc left and are leaving. The inter
course is confined to the lower class, who
fnd ready sale r.nd good prices for what
hide corn and meat they have to sell.
The fmdangoes the only public amuse
ments herc.and generally free to all aica
promiscuous assembly of whites, blacks,
and copper-colored, and but a grade
higher than a negro dance in Missouri,
and not as amusing. The dreams of rich
signors, with beautiful, languishing sig
norettas, hrunctts with black eyes, &c.
vanish into dried up half-breed Indians
and Spaniards in blankets, and swarthy,
mulatto, f-lip-hhod wenches, without mod
esty or regard to common decency. If
we remain here, we will have a dreary
time this winter; but we hope for better
luck, and, having come this far, think we
deserve it."
" W. C. Remington wri'es to the Edi
tor of ihc Platte Argus, under date of the
I2:h October. ' that 'there is no money
here to pay off the troops, except cheeks,
: nd they are worse than nothing, as there
rppears to be no silver in the coun'ry.
The paymasters brought name money
with them, but they retain it for the use
f she officers to buy them provisions.'
The apprehended scarcity of provisions
i :dso noticed. Mr. Remington says that
the Mexican population are leaving Santa
IV daily, for what reason no one l:nows,
b"t itis suppesed that they have sold all
thuir provisions to the Americans, and
?ree.-Mri polled to leave or starve. 'To
say the ben of them, they are a misera
ble race of beings, and the volunteers con
sider themselves disgraced by coming so
f-r to fiVu such a de graded set of men.
A.WT.IL KRPOIIT OF Til C
SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY.
This document occupies nearly six
columns of the Union, and believing that
an abstract of its contents will be more
satisfactory to the great majority of our
readers, wc have prepared the following:
The receipts and expenditures for the fis
cal year ending the 30th of June, 181 G,
were as follows.
Receipts and Means.
From customs, S26,712,GG7 37
From sales of public
lands, 2,691,452 48
From miscellaneous sour
ces, 92,120 71
Total rccepis, 29,199,247 OG
Add balance in treasury,
1st July, 1845, 7,G5S,30G 22
Total Means, 27,157,554 28
The expenditures during
the same fiscal year a-
mountingto the "sum of 28,021,114 20
Leaving a balance in the
Treasury on the 1st Ju
ly, 1816, of 9,127,43S 08
The estimated receipts and expenditures
for the fiscal year ending 30th June,
7837, are as follows :
Total receipts exclusive of
Treasury notes and
loans, 31,3S5,731 00
From Treas
ury notes un
der the act of
22d July,
181G 5,000,000 00
Fromloan'un-
der the same
act 5,000,000 00
10,000,000 00
Add balance in the Treas
ury, 1st July, 184G 9,125,430 08
Total means as estimated, 50,4G2.178 00
Total expenditures, 55,241,212 09
Excess of expenditures
over means 1st July,
1847, " 4.789,042 01
The estimated receipts, means, and cx
peuditures for the fiscal year commencing
the 1st day July, 1S47, and ending 30th
June, 1818, are as follows, viz :
From customs from the
four quarters, 28,000,000 00
From sales of public lands 3,900,000 CO
From miscellaneous sour
ces, 100,000 00
Total revenue, 32,000,000 00 j
Deduct deficilon 1st July,
1817, " 4,779,072 01
Total means for service
of the fiscal year end
ing June 30th 1818, 27,220,957 99
Expenditures.
The expenditures during the same pe
riod, as estimated by the several Depart
ments of State, Treasury, War, Navy,
and Postmaster General, viz :
The balances of former ap
propriations which will
be required to be ex
pended in this year,
$721,284 31
3,310,144 72
41,717,355 44
Permanent and indefinite
appropriations,
Specifh' appropriations
asked for this year,
Total estimated expendi
ture, 45,731,781 51
Deduct total means for the
service of the fiscal vear
ending June 30, 1848, 27,220,957 98
Excess of expenditures
over means 1st Julv,
1848,
18,500,826 52
The actual deficiency in the Treasury
on the 30ih June, 184G, will not exceed
$19,000,000, but to keep a surplus of
$4,000,000 on hand, will require a loan
of $23,000,000. If Congress would lay
a duty of 25 per cent on tea and coffee, a
loan of only $19,000,000 will be re
quired. The imports of tea, being 10891,020
pounds, consumed in the United States
for the last fiscal vear amounted to the t
value of 63,983,337, and of coffee being
121,336,054 pounds, being cf the value
! oi $7,802,894, making an aggregate of
S11.7S6.231, a duty oi 25 percent, on
which would yield an annual revenue of
$2,910,557.75. After making a full al
lowance for decreased consumption on
account of the duties, the additional annu
al revenue from this source might be
safely estimated at $2,500,000.
The duty, if laid, should go info oper
ation as early as the 1st of January, en
suing, as from that time till the spring,
the importations, particularly of lea, are
large. 1 he report says :
If this is not done, and the duty is to
go into operation at a much later period,
I the tax will operate as an enhanced price
to the consumer, without prodncin a
correspondent revenue. The stock ncKv
on nana, ami that would be important
forthwith, namely, of coffee from Cuba
and St. Domingo, and'some other ports,
and of tea in part from the bonded ware
houses of Europe, coming in free of duty
in anticipation of the law, would contrib
ute nothing to the country, whilst the
price of the stock on hand here, as well
as that thus brought in free of duty, would
bc augmented nearly in he same propor-
tioa cs if the duty had actually gone at
once into effect. A delay, then, in im-
posing ths duty on tea and coffee, whilst
it would tax the consumer for several
years as much as if the duty were im-
posed at ouce, would, during that whole
period, bring very little revenue into the
Treasury. Such a delay, then, would on
ly enable a few individuals to amass large
fortunes at the expense of the people.
It is believed that the loan required
should be for a period of 20 years, rcserv
ingthe power to purchase the slock at
any previous date, at the market price. Agricultural labor, can be contradicted bv
Half of the loan should be negotiated ear- every wool grower, every machinist, eve
ly in the spring, and the remainder in the rv tailor and house carpenter in the land,
summer or fall, payments being required Abundant and unquestionable statistics
only as the money may be needed. hae demonstrated beyond cavil that
The amount of Treasury notes paid up wJiile the glass-blower, for example, has
to Istinst. under act of August 10' 1812, had more work and higher wages under
amount to 5-17,440.31. ; ihe Tariff of 1812, the prices of glass-
Amount oi principal ot ptiMic ueot
paid since March 4, 1845, is S1,G05,02.
and of interest paid SL528,012,G1. Un
der act -of 22d July last, $3,823,100 in
Iresury notes have been paid on account ; gainsayed shall they be put down by
of the five million loan, negotiated at Gper j ihcer impudence and pertinacity of false'
ccnt. j hood ! Shall exalted station shield the
The public debt of every description, ; wilful calumniator of the acts and the mo
principal and interest, due by the United ; fives of a majority of his fellow citizens
States, including loans.treasury notes, fc., ; fr0m the rebuke " and the ignominy he
amounting, on the 1st December last, to j merits I These questions have 'been
21.259,494,00; of which S17,7S8,799,- j
hi was contracted oclore the 4tli ol
March, IS 15; leaving the whole debt in
curred since that date$G,4G7,G91,93; em
bracing S320.000 of the debt assumed by
congress under thcMcxiean treaty.
The receipts under the tarifl of 1842
into the treasury were less by the sum of
$815,444 S3 during the fiscal year, ter
minating on the 30th June, 184G, than
the receipts during fiscal year ending on
the 30th June 1 8 T5. For the fiscal year
ending 30th June, 1844, the excess of
revenue produced by specific over ad
valorem duties, was S?81,8G0 71; where
as, during the fiscal year ending 30th
June, 1845. the ad valorem exceeded the
specific : duties $1,537,57, and during the
last fiscal vear the ad valorem exceeded
the specific duties $2,G53,534.91.
The duties collected at ihe ports of
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York,
during the first five days of December,
184G, under ihe new tariff, amount to
$416,802 97;ard during the first five days
cf December, 1842, under the old tariff, to
$208,374 50. This rate of augmenta
tion, it is not supposed, will continue; but
that the revenue from duties this year
will reach the amount estimated now,
and in my report to the Senate of the
lG:h of July last. $27,885,031, is, for the
reasons therein stated, fully believed.
The report recommends several a
mendments to the su!-trcasury, not af
fecting the leading principles of the act,
however. A branch mint at New York
is strongly urged, in order to convert for-
eign into American com.
The new tariff is eulogized by the
Secretary, and bright anticipations of the
future indulged in.
The reduction and graduation of the
price of the public lands is urged, which,
if adopted will increase the revenue
therefrom, nearly a million per annum.
If Congress, at an early period of the
present session, savs the report, would
impose the proposed duty on ica anu
i
coffee, reduce and graduate the price of
tb.e public lands in favor of settlers and j
cultivators, extend the preemption system
to unsurveyed lands to which the Indian
title has been extinguished, and author
ized the sale of that portion of the public
lands containing copper and other valua
ble ores, the loan might safely be reduced
from twenlv-three to seventeen millions
of dollars.
The warehouse .bill answers its pur
pose well, and no amendment is suggest
ed. It is urged, that the revenue laws be
extended over Oregon, and donations of
tracts of land be made to settlers.
The report closes with a reference to
the light-bouse system, and the survey of
the coast of the Udited States The lat
ter has made great progress during the
past vear. In this connection,! the disas
ter to the surveying brig Washington, is
mentioned, and a high tribute paid to the
conduct of Lt. George M. Bache who,
with ten others, found a watery grave.
A strong approval is also expressed of the
conduct of the surviving officers and crew
of that unfortunate vessel.
Irom the iV. Y. Tribune.
The Message.
In the first paragraph of Mr. Polk's
Message wc are told that "there has
been no period in our pasthistory when
all the elements of national prosperity
have been so fully developed," as at this
time, and that Labor, in all its branches
is receiving an ample reward," &c. &c.
Before he gets through, however, he tells
m that tha Tariff of 1842; which has
been steadilv in force un to last week,)
"imposing taxes not for the legitimate
purpose of raising Revenue, but to r.f-
ford advantages to favored classes, at the
expense of a large majority of their fel-
low citizens. Those employed in Ag
' riculture, were compelled to contribute
from their substance to swell the profits
and overgrown wealth of the compara-
lively few who had invested their capi-
tal in Manufactures," &c.&e.&c. Now
without here disputing that the -'labor"
on Mr. Polk's Tennessee & Alabama
plantations has' been "receiving an am-
pe reward." wc should like 'to know
how he makes his "preliminary flourishes
consistent with the narrow-souled fabriea-
tions by which, near the close of the mcs-
sage, he attempts to excite jealously and
hostilities between our Manufacturing and
other departments of Industry ? The
point blank untruth of the assertion that
the Tariff of 1812 fostered Manufactures
only.as distinguished fromMcchanical and
ware have been greatly reduced. So
most of the articles and the products of ar
ticles protected bv the Tariff of 1842.
The facts are on record, and cannot be
forciby answered by the People in the
recent elections.
better from tlie Elon. Andrew
Stewart.
The following patriotic letter from the
Hon. Andrew Stewart, declining to be
candidate for the Whig nomination for
Governor, will arrest attention. It is just
what might have been expected from a
self-sacrificing and noble Whig like "Ta
riff Andy." With him on this momen
tous question, as wi:h all other good and
true Whis, "the cause is everything
men nothing."
Correspondence of the Intelligencer.
Washington, December 14,1840.
Sir: I have lately seen my name
mentioned in ihe public press in connec
tion with the office of Governor of Penn
sylvania. This is an honor to which I
have never aspired, and I wish it distinct
ly understood that I have at no time con
sented, nor can I consent that my name
shnll be added to the lir of candidates
for that distinguished station. Union and
Harmony are at this time all important
to the success of the Whig cause. With
Jit we MrsT triumph; without it may tail,
At such a crisis personal considerations
must yield to the public good. The
cause should be everything men noth-
ing.
Pennsylvania holds a high and com
manding position in the Union. The in
fluence of her decisions next fall may set
tle the Presidential question, and the fute
of the country for years to come. The
party in power found the country in full
enjoyment of peace and prosperity;
They have destroyed both. The people
at the recent elections have demanded
their restoration. But the President has
1 spurned these demands, and denouncing
national protection and national is:
j provements, as rlike unconstitutional, has
openly declared his determination to ad
here to the policy of War his war
and "free trade," with all their disas
trous consequences.
The remedy is in the hands of the
people and they will apply it. Thou
sands of honest men who have been de
ceived and betrayed, have magnanimous
ly resolved to abandon the Administra
tion, with its portizans. State and Na
tional and thousands more now stand
ready to follow their noble and patriotic
example, Wtih these men patriotism
has triumphed over party, and they
should be received and cherished as bro
thers. To them we have been and mi st
be indebted for victory, and they should
share freely and largely in its benefits.
These changes must be permanent and
progressive. They are the unsolicited
promptings of Patriotism, the result of
deliberate and sober conviction, furnish
ing the cheering evidence that with the
great mass of the people the love of
country is paramount to the love of tar
ty; thus affording the strongest, if not
the only, gua rantec that our free institu
tions and constitutional liberties are still
safe in their hands.
With the best wishes for the success
of the Whig cause, and with it the res
toration of peace and prosperity to our
beloved country,
I remain, very respectfully,
Your ob'l serv't.
A. STEWART.
C. M'Cciot, Esc
fcsf from the Gulf Squadron.
The United States revenue cutter For
ward, Capt. Nones, from Tabasco, via
Alvarado and Tainpico, having sailed
frcin the latter place on the 4;h instant,
arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi
on the evening of the 7th. She brings
despatches from Com. Conner for the
Government. We extract the following
report of her cruise homeward from the
"Delta:"
The Forward left Tabasco river on the
21st November; ail quiet. Left at that
place United States revenue steamer Mc-
Lane, Capt. Howard, for the purpose of
blockading said port; officers and crew
well.
Left Anton L'.zardo on the 20th No
vember; on the 25th experienced a vio
lent norther, which has done consider.!
ble d a mage. The wind blew violently
r. 1 I I - .1
ior iwemv nours, anu eirove irom meir
-, r ,. ' . , .
liivvi ino un. iwiiu o c- ' I iio j
nut ilk i itu.:?iu ?n.nuvi a umtiaiivj, !
schooner Tabasquena, brig Desceada.
The schooner was seen on shore about
fifteen miles to the westward of Alvarado
supposed the men were saved from
her, having on board three. The brig
and stpamer have not been seen. On
board the brig were six men, no officers.
Brig Somers and schooner Morris, (late
Laura Virginia.) frigate Cumberland, and
prize steamer Petrita, rode out the gale
with the Forward, and all are sale offi
cers and crew well.
On the night of the 26th November,
about midnight, the United States brig
Somers, then lying at Green Island, feur
r five miles distance from Vera Cruz,
sent a bout with Lieut. Parker, Passed
Midshipman Robert Clay Rogers, Passed
Midshipman J. R. Ilynson, with five
men, and burnt the Mexican brig Creole
lying moored to the Castle of St. Juan.
The following is a list of officers of the
United States brig Somers : Raphael
Semrncs, Lieut. Commander; M. G. L.
Claiborne, 1st Lieut.; James L. Parker,
2d Lieut.; Jno. II. Wright, Passed As
sistant Surgeon; John F. Steel, Purser;
Henry A. Clemson, Acting Master; Robt.
('lav Rogers, John R. Ilvnson, Passed i
Midshipmen; Francis G. Clarke, ?Jid
shipman. The officers who distinguished them
selves on the night of the 2Gth Novem
ber, by burning the Creole, also succeed
ed in capturing seven prisoners no one
injured except Passed Midshipman Ilyn
son, who was burnt by firing his pistol
into some powder to set the brig on fire;
he is doing well.
On the morning of the 2d December
Com. Perry sailed from Tampico on an
expedition not known, with the following
vesse-ls of war: steamers Mississippi and
Vixen, s'ocp John Adams, and schooners
Bonita and Petrel. Com. Conner, with
the remainder of his force, will, in all
probability. rem;:i:i at Tainpico until a
sufilcicnt number of trcops arrive to war
rant his leaving. Tb.e health of the Com
modore, the officers, and crews good.
Off the bar of Tampico. on the 3d, were
tb.e frigate Potomac, Capt. Aulick, and
Princeton. Capt. Engle.
Left the following vessels at Tampico:
U. S. steamer Spitfire, Capt. Tatnall;
schooners Reefer, Lieut. Commanding
Sterrett; Nonat3, Lieut. Roan; Elizabeth,
Lieut. R. Root; Unicorn, Lieut. Win
slow; Virginia, M. C. Perry, jr.
Com. Conner Im? hoisted his pennant
on board the schr. Mahcne. The stea
mers Undine and Mary Summers have
arrived with troops, and expect to leave
soon
for more. The army, with the
marines, are in a perfect state of disci
pline, and arc preparing to hold out a-g-dest
a surprise. All seems quiet. The
oflicers of the army are enjoying good
health, as also the troops. The citizens
begin to feel themselves secure since their
arrival. The frigate Raritan, Capt. Gre
gory, was spoken near Vera Cruz on the
27th November, from Tampico, to relieve
the frigate Cumberland, which returns to
the United Slates.
The "Mercury" states, on the authori
ty of a correspondent, that the object in
moving the fleet to the South is to attack,
and, if practicable, take possession of the
ports of Tabasco, Sisal, and Laguna. '
The capture of Alvarado, it is stated, will j
not be attempted again until the attack
can lie made both bv land and sea. For
this purpose a land force of 1,5C0 to2,C09 j urges the Legislature of that State, now in
men is deemed necessary, as the garrison j session, to adopt the little 'orphan and cd
has been strongly reinforced since the last t;ratc it as its child. The idea if pretty
demonstration by the fleet upon the place j and a generous one, and we trust the as
Campeachy, it is supposed, will remain j sembicd wisdom of the "Old North"
unmolested, in consequence of the friend- j will properly entertain :t.
ly disposition manifested by the people
towards the United States, and their re
pugnar.ccc to a re-union with Mexico.
A letter to a commercial house of New
Orleans, dated at Tampico, December 3,
says :
"The city is now well garrisoned by
our troops under Col. Gates, and that
gentleman is delighted with his new quar
ters. The greatest acu ity has been car
ried on here by the officers of the army
and navv for several days, in fortifying
all the assailable points, and we - are now
ready to meet nil the force that Mexico
can send rgaini us.
"The occupation of this place by our
navy and army has caused the greatest
alarm in Santa Anna's army at San Luis
Potosi, and his troops are daily deserting.
Burning of llic Mexican Schoo
ner Creole.
The subjoined account of the burning1
of the Mexican schooner Creole, under
j ll,e of San Juan dc Ulloa, is from
! an officer of the Somers. There was a
j touch of downright devil-may-care"
courage about the transaction, which is 33
refreshing as the adventures whereof we
find mention in novels and songs of
knightly minstrelsy. It was bchilv and
J valiantly done, and evinces the ripeness
I
r ,, r i r . .
t eu our navy for deeds of utmost daring.
i rrL.
arrative does not in the least detract
from the merit of the exploit. The mat
ter and manner are germane. Picayune.
C. S. iriz Somers, ( Blockading')
vjj Vera CuzJ Aor. 27, 1840. 5
The squadron have not yet returned
from Tampico, but we had heard that the
place had surrendered without any resist
ance. While the rest cf the fleet have
been thus engaged, we have ftlt that our
lot was indeed unfortunate to be left to
blockade the port cf Vera Ciuz inglori
ously alone. We have, however, not
been altogether idle; for last night some
of our officers projected and executed
quite a brilliant affair, which, if not so
important in a military point of view, hail
a spice of bravado which was certainly
creditable. It was the burning of a Mex
ican schooner, moored within pistol shot
of the castle. She was the Creole, well
known at New Orleans as a packet, and
I believe somewhat notorious for her con
nexion with a certain slave question
which was a subject of diplomacy some
years ago. She was about four miles
from our anchorage, and had been an eye
sore to us whenever we were in sight cf
the town. The feasibi'ity of burning
her at her moorings had been for some
time discussed, and last night she was set
on fire and destroyed by three of ouroffi
cers, with five men, in a single boat.
The oilieers engaged were Lieut. J. L.
Parker and Passed Midshipmen J. R.
Ilvnson and Robert C. Rogers. The af
fair was finally started on the impulse of
the moment, without the cognizance of
the captain or the first lieutenant. Sever
al of the officers of the vessel, who wcrs
knowing to the plot, were extremely anx
ious to participate in its execution, but
the limited accommodations of the boat,
united with the probability of having
prisoners to bring back beaides her own
crew, precluded more than three officers
o-oing consistently with prudence. W c
were all sanguine of success, and as it
proved wc were in the right.
The boat started at 1 1 o'clock at night,
and at half after 1 the schooner was fired.
The affair was not altogether wanting in
adventure, which I have not time to de
tail in full, were it worth your while ta
read my account.
On ncaring the schooner, the boat was
discovered by her crew, and the alarm
was given by hailing the castle. The
bells of the castle were rung and the
lights of the town displayed. This did
not, however, deter our brave fellows from
boarding the schooner and setting her on
fire. Seven Mexicans were found on
board, and forced into our boat as prison-
, Crs, and landed at Sacrificios. Insetting
fire lo the train, the first attempt l.iiicd
the light was then accidentally extin
guished every thing looked ominous of
j failure. The use of lire-arms would have
j provoked ihe fire of the castle. One ol
I the Mexicans was forced to fin.! fire, with
a pistol at his head. It was a single
coal, and it was on the point of going
out. To save the last chance, Mr. Ilvn
son then poured powder froin his hand
upon the coal, and succeeded. He was,
however, considerably burnt. After go
ing into ihe boat, in order to make sure,
the officers returned and made a second
fire in the hold.
Child of the State. Lieut. Hos
kins who fell at Monterey, was a native
of North Carolina, and left an only chili?,
an infant. The Favetteviile Observer
A company cf llcrmsy'.variians, belong
ing to the Society of Friends, have pur
chased the Wood-Lawn estate, compri
sing 2,C00 acres, in Fairfax county, Va.,
and will settle on the land, and proceed tr
its cuitiviitien by forming nurseries, gar
dens, &C.
Popular Delusion To believe tint
because a dandy's strap nre drawn tight
upon his trow? crs. that thry are going to
' lift him into repccLiMe society.
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