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SAYCURDAY, rE2RUARY 17,
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For the Patriot, ©
. Brindle,
The report lately presented to
the legisiature of Pemisylvauia, Dy tire
commit on internal improvement, hes
drawn the attenidon of the Represcntauves
of the people, as well as that of the citizens
generally, 10 (hat ali hinpottant subject.
Ao correct Politician can doubt, ofr deny,
tie os that flow fromthe suc-
cessful pursuit of Foreign Commerce ; 13
vast uy alildg
Infdence on civilization, and the €xXiension
> 1% 3 3 mrt YY "t he anv
of literature, ought, if mupsupported by an
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othe beuellty, 10 C 3 > gil
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cite our reverence : itmay in Ppericc
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o it} scptineiit
Tes in abject 6f greater importance a
thw the’ careful attention of the iaw-
‘a erveat’ and’ rising empire, the
aomesiic trade of a ‘country stands pie-
enmently distinpuished, and is an object
1 ons should be steadily pur-
such and kept in view; it may be assumed)
as 2’ correct maxim, thatthe civilization ot
a country depends less on its commercial
transactions with Foreigners, thana con-
gion’ and close communication of its ‘own
citizens, Such an intercourse tends to the
growth of confidence atid sympathy ameng
its vatinus members, and supplys the com:
munity with permanent means of self pro-
tection and subsistence. The best means
of improving and extending the internal
trade of our State should employ the atien-
tin of its rulers. Among the most Dow-
ei: ful means ceded to promote this lmport.
ant object, we may rank the increase oi in.
Jad navigation, and’ the improvement of
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lalfnonr grange and vx )
; vi tons! And scencs of vice decoy;
be assorted,
nwa | Perhaps the youth sinks to the tomb,
‘Should av’rice vile possess his breast;
| Or dreams of wealth disturb his rest,
i Wid aid its transient charins,
{No happiness docs he obtain,
Content of miod or pleasure gain,
But poverty’s alarms.
[While blest with ‘beanty and with youth,
Should he with candor and with truth,
To sunie enchanting fair :
In strains of love make kpown his pain
Perhaps Lie’s treated with disdain, |
Or a repulsive air. Ay
4 «RY
Should some fond child of genius rare
And noble mind, engross his care
And all his time engage
To store his mind with virtue pare, '. ©
And teach him how he may endure
The infirmities of age: |
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| Perhaps the passions of his youth,
|isutice im from the paths ol trath,
Where gull or lolly seals his doom
And docs his hopes destroy.
Should he on Jriendshif’s power rely,
‘I'o soothe with sympathetic sigh,
When troubles do beset,
Perchance the friend on whom he trusts,
From his protection rudely thrusts,
And does his cries neglects
When sorrows do surround his home,
Should he through distant countries roam
In search of happiness,
No stranger will partake his géick
No band is near to give rehef,
None pity his distress.
Then where, O ! where, can mortals find
Relief for an unhappy mind,
Or refuge from despair,
When all that’s earthly but deceives,
And sweet contentment never gives
Or shiclds the breast from care.
reads by Turnpiking. Wiien practicable,
from the nature of the country, and 1s in-
the vast importance
of infand navigation cannot be too strongly|
asserted. The observations of a writer]
who sands deservedly high for his labo i-,
researches on this subject, are worthy
of »reat consideration, and are at this crisis
sbmiitied to the opinion of my fellow citi-|
zens. Hao thus observes on the utility of]
canals: « All canals miy be considered]
us roads of a certain kind, oa which one]
} gaa will draw as much as thirty horses
do on the ordinary Turnpike roads, or ob
which ne man willtransport as many goods.
as threr men and eighteen horses usually!
do on comoman roads, ‘The public would
be grear gainers were they to lay out on the
making of every mile ofa canal twenty
times as much as they expend in making
onc male of Turnpike road; buta mile vf
canal can be often made at a less expeoce!
than a mile of Turnpike, consequently there!
is a great inducement to multiply the,
number of canals.” — Phillips Hist. of in- |
land Nov,
The present state of the inland paviga-
ennsylvania forcibly illustrates the,
tion of L¢
as yet, little has been dene to pro-
a
fact, th:
mote the facility of her internal trade, or to}
protect. its growth, notwithstanding a great
inercase of hotne trade, the example ofthe]
s adopted by other countrics to facili!
tate internal commerce, and the aid that!
nature has rendered by the magnificence)
of her rivers and the abundance of her
stveams. The Union canal, her first at-!
tempt, has been suffered to languish for
years, for want of the ald and protection
oi government.
This stigma should be removed {rom
Pennsylvania, and she assume her station
among her sisier states as the first not on-
lv $n the mild benificence of her k ba!
in the magnificence and liberality of he
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For the Patriot.
ON HUMAN FRAILTY.
natl
Adil
is man, how weak his powers,
Quick waste his years, swift fly his hours,
Parsuing empty dreams;
Prospects vefore his anxious ¢yes,
Deiusive do suce rise,
Presenting various, scenes,
How
Live
SSive
ambitious fire his soul,
And lead his mind without control
Where greatness seems lo reign,
Should views
AL
Some unknown causes there combine,
That soon to infamy consisn
His honors axud his name,
If tit1’d honors he pursues,
Reclasive lite disdaintul views,
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the humble mind 3
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« ills he’s not exempt,
ide wi, surely meet contemply
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ain his titles End.
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ie falls, ar blceds atone,
to Dly=--D0DC 3 tong
REriciox calls— On me depend, :
I'li be thy champion and thy friend, &
And lead you to that place
By Curis prepar’d above the skies,
Where endless joys successive rise,
Enrich’d by love and grace,’
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Appointment by the Covernor. ,
Dr. & A. hiublenburg to the Prothono-
tary oi Lancaster county, in the place of G-
Porier.
—r fr ire
Legislative ~The bills—1 A act organ-
1zing Clearfield county for judicial purpo.
ses—2 A supplement to the act incorpo-
rating the German Lutheran congregation
of Lancaster-~were read a third time “and
pas-ed.
Me, Breck had leave to present two bills :
1. An act appointing commissioners to
construct a road in Clearfield county from
the seat of Justice in said county to Mush.
annon creek—2. An act appointing com-
missioners (0 open and cohstruct a road iu
Lycoming county, trom Carpenter’s mill
in Loyalsock township, to Hog-land’s
mill in Eikland township.
Mr, Coulter presented a petition for the
adoption of measures to call a convention
for the amendment of the constitution, and
to suggest in what parts of the constitution
the amendments are to be made.
Mr, Reed reported on the complaint
against William Tate, a justice of the
Peace of Clearfield county, tavorably to the
justice. The report was laid on the table.
———
By the English papers, just received, it
appears, that a trade between Sante Fe and
Jamaica had been opened, and that a large
quantity of specie had arrived at Savannilia,
to be shipped for that island. The dollais
were all of new manufacture and stamped
with the name of Bolivar, N. Y. Nat, Adv.
————
Alderman Wood bas received offers
from several private individuals, for the
purpose of erecting a palace for the queen.
An old }ady had sent him 100 guincus as
her quota of the expense; and a genuema
50 gulneas-
—tld PD Qe
The state of Indiana at its late session,
directed the issue of treasury notes to the
amount ol ten thousand dollars, fo supply
an apprehended deficiency in the state rey.
ae.
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In 1815, Gommodore Porter ina letter
to President Madison, prepesed “to un
dertake a voyage of discoyery to the North
and South Pacific Oceans;” and * the fri-
gates Guerriere and Java, to be-placed un-
der the command of the Commodore, were
selected to explore the north-western quar-
cer of our country.” The National Intelli-
gencer publishes the memoir of commodore
Porter to the President upon the subject,
and adds, « that the plan has been acted on
as far as the public interest would seem io
require.” W. D. Robinson, in a recen:
memoir, reiterates a suggestion of the ex
ilar description, and the formation of an
American commercial and military estab-
tragic end s’r¢ tell.
lishment on the Pacific. These docu-
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pediency of a voyage of discovery of a sim
ments appear to have been brought fo Jight
in consequence of the bill introdaced by
Mr. Fliyd into congress, authorising the
President to occupy a district of territory
on the Columbia river, to establish a port
of entry, and fo form an establishment in
that quarter.
Sear nlD Cn ww
Dispatch —This legislature of Rhode
Island asscmblisd at Providencs on the 9th
instant. and proceeded to the business at
3 o'clock, P.M, The two houses were
organized—the governor's message pres.
ented and $i with accompanying docu-
ments~ the two branches met in conven-
tion,yand chose a senator to congress—alter-
wards transacted some other business, and
adjurned at half past 4 o'clock the samc
doy—alfter a session of only one hour and a
aelf! N. H. Patriot
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New York, Feb. 3.
Novel Exhibition. The exhib tion of
the Esquimaux Indian in his Seal skin ca-
noe, took place this forenoon 'in the North
river, opposite the Bauery. The novel
of the scene brought together an immniens.
concourse of spectators to witness his man
ceyres, nor was their cuvinsity disappointed
Aboac 12 o'clock he pushed off from the
Battery bridgé and with an ear which he
held in the middie with a blade at each
end, he propelied his boat through the va.
ter with astonishing rapidity. running by
and beating several four cared boats wiih
case. I'v show the Indian method of strik-
ing fish or defending themselves on the
watery o target was set afloat, and when he
approached within about 20 yards of it he
threw a dart several times into it with great
exactness. It was judged there” was up
wards of ten thousand people to witness his
extraordinary feats, Even, Post.
An affidavit and some certificates: have
been published In the New York papers
produced by governor Clinton, m suport of
the charges brought by him against the
United States officers in tha state.
Of tke credibility of the witnesses on ei-
ther side, we, of course, are unable to
judge. It is stafed, that none of the testi
mony was in the possession of governor
Clinton at the time when he made the char-
ges—that the certificates « have been prin-
cipally obtained from men without ‘charac-
tery and arc but fabrications to give a color-
ing” to them.—If these assertions be cor-
rect, and this can, and no doubt will, soon
be asertained, Mr. Clinton’s attempt to
excite sympathy, by representing himseld
as persecuted by the general government,
will produce the contrary affect, and siak,
bim lower than he has ever been in the es-
timation of the people. Ame... Sen.
Pr——tD @ E—
The bill, to incorporate and endow the
Pennsylvania Iostitution of the deaf and
dumb, has passed both Houses, and only
wants the signature of the Goyernor to be-
come a law. Chronicle.
Yaluable Real Estate for
Sale,
By order of the Orphans’
Court of Centre county,
WILL BE SOLD,
AT public vendue, at the house of Evan
Miles, in the borough of Bellefonte, on
Monday the 26th day of March next, the
following described property, being part of
the real estate that was of John Dunlop,
late of Spring township, in said county,
deceased :
Two tracts of land adjoining each other,
containing about six hundred acres, miore
or less, situate in Spring township, in the
«aid county, adjoining the berough of Bel.
lefonte, lands of James Harris, and Philip
Benner; being the residuary parts of two
racts surveyed in pursuance of warrants
granted to William Moore and Thomas|'
Bull.
Two other small tracts, adjoining the
first stated lands, containing together a-
bout seventy nine acres, more or less (as
purchased from James Harris by the said
John Dunlop, in his life time, by agreement
1a Writing bearing date the 5th day of May
A. D. 1808,) On the first mentioned lands
is erected a
FORGE
a IHR 49 ;
which IS now in operation—also dwelling
houses, stables and other improvements.
Three other tracts, or parts of tracts, of
Land, adjoining each other situated in
spring township, containing together about
six hundred and fourteen acres more or
directly contradicting a part of the evidence|
veyed in pursuance of warrants oranted te
Uriah Woolman, and Lindsay Coats, and
part thereof (about 14 acres) being part of
a‘larger tract surveyed in pursuance of a
warrant granted to George Evans. Op
these lands are erected a
FURNACE,
dwelling houses, and other valuable ime
provements. }
A certain body of land containing about
eleven hundred acres more or less, situated
in Spring and Walker townships, surveyed
‘nD pursuance of warrants granted to James
Harris, Samuel Milliken, Samuel Miles
and John Dunlep. On these lauds is an
Ure Bank,
commonly called « Gatesburg Ore Bank.»
One other tract of land containing abou
four hundred and seven acres more or less
surveyed igpursuance of a warrant granted
to Ann Patton, situated in Spring township,
adjoining lands of Thomas M’Clelland,
Philip Benaer, and others,
: One other tract, adjoining the last'men.
toned tract, containing about one hundred
and forty acres more or less ; being part of
a larger tract surveyed in pursyance of a
rarrant granted to Joseph Evans,
One
One other tract of Jand containing aboug
three hundred acres more or less, suryeyed
in pursuance of a warran :
warrant granted to He n-
joining, Nittany motintain, and lands of
George Meiss and others.
One other traci of land containing aboug
two hundred and fifty five acres more op
less, surveyed in pursuance of & warrang
granted to Jolin Moore, adjoining Nittany
mountain, lands of Robert Gorden and oth.
others: | |
Also three adjoining tracts of land, each
of them containing about four hundred and
thirty acres and allowance, surveyed in pure
suance of warrants granted to James Lind.
sey, James Ferguson, and John Johns
situated in Spring township, on the we
side of Spring creck, adjoining lands of t
heirs of Thomas Billington, the heirs of C
Samuel Miles and others.
TERMS OF SALE—One third part
purchase money to be paid when the sal
is confirmed and the deed or deeds execute
cd, and the residue in two equal yearly payy
ments. Due attendonce will be given by
John G. Lowrey, and Charles Huston, ade
minigrrators. !
By the Court.
Certified by
Vm. PETRIKIN, Cit. 0.C.
Bellefonte Feb, 18, 1821,
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Administration Accounts.
Take Notice—That the following ad-
ministration accounts have been examined
and passed by me, and remain filed in
my office for the inspection of heirs. legaa
tees, creditors, and all others concerned :
and will be presented to the next Orphans
Court, to be held at Bellefonte in and fo,
the county of Centre, on Monday the 284
day of Aptil next, for allowance and cops
firmation.
Ist. The administration account of
Peter Gray, acting administrator of all and
singular the
goods and chattles, &c. of
George Gray, late of Patton township
leceased.
2nd. The supplementary administra,
tion account of John F. W. Schnars, acta
ing admintstrator of all and singular the
¢00ds and chattles, &c. of Otto Frederick
Herman Junge, late of Covington township
in the county of Clearficld, deceased.
Wa. PETRIKIN, Register,
Register’s Office, Pernt
February 10, 1821,
WILL BE SOLD #®
CHEAP, FOR CASH,”
Onandago Salt,
By the barrel or bushel. Apply to
WM. L. PACKER, j
less; two tracts; part thereof, being sur- Clearfield county, Feb, 14, 1821.
ry Miller, sRuated-ip Spring township, ad- |
as