§ ot
- Ad fv iF,
/7 ; o |
wm od? ryt
Birr rrr TAREE DT SITES | duce such 2 fallacious hope eveniin this} hos time for forecast and ref ction)
ES os feng - er - - aE Wor 1 Fah iio} ey Fog Yor J : . n i
iF 13 ARB YACTUR AHO Hy id. However much men may volunteeriir, oon at will, select the materials of)
1 LI RT wd dae Na? wd flO stand between you and public opinion, » AF
a - his discourse ; an arrange and classi.
i
lit iatiers not. However much self-confi
dence may induce you to think you have;
not erred, when in fict yon have, let not it!
carry vou into that Kind of sccurity, which! making an
endeth in ruin. I speak especially to those}... . od
of my own years, who are, as it we re, al- of his hearers.
most Tipe for eternity. The obstinacy of force the value and importance of our
old age, is the worst kind of obstinacy.|
Time and circumstances, in most instances,
softens it into repentence, in those who
Lave a life before them, bat, alas ! these are,
refused to those who are blossoming for the’ defend and preserve them inviolate
(tomb. os : : i
Ihe strictest unity, with regard to
fy them in the manner most proper tor
impression upon the minds
Iris his duty to en.
4
% oo
Rr
od a
i -
i
Wr Re
-
rights ; the sacred nature of their de-
posit with us ; and our cbligation te
pbs
TE AA Bat
a Ea
his country.
BEN ot fur Bimsall out for i
== bse oe -
3
: ett orm eee Thomas Hastings, Ji need not think to]
f these objects, should be maintained
SUT ORDA juny 31. |exciic my wratli, by saying that 1 am ©
mime rr i a ener | $F HORE deformity?” My bible has taught] xi :
Rear re 15 SR time that by nature © all men are wounds & throughout his discourse. He should
o
J
{bruises & puteifying sores, from the crow! never permit inferior or extrinsic cir
lof the head to thegsole of the foot.” And, :
we have the knowledge that when cumstances to usurp the place of more
2 {sinners ¢ are born again,” they are no lon- i 3 . . : .
is | a. M- appropriate or important subjects | as
15{zor the * children of wrath” but ‘¢ heirs, pprop i ’ 2
lof Christs kingdom,” yet I have not the, they utterly destroy the salutary effect
k 4 tpresumption to say that I am one of the, i - Tor = vi} roduce.
ugh of Bellefonte, 00 number, although I may have the hope. h Cp might otherwise p 4
"he foregoing remarks have been
| : b
{It is not becoming any mere man to say so,
| " ; 1 Thi
will 1 sav tha wove the hope. This} ,. . .
11 sav that 1 have tie hop elicited by the perusal of an oration,
upon the!
r aris 1 gL £13 O°
Democratic Meeting,
EA meeting of the Democratic Re-| although
F nilii can citizoas of Centre county
held at the Court
quested to be
Livuse 1g the Boro
: of / 2
the Tuesday evening ot the next Au-
> ; nor 3 A
xt court, for the purpose of making much I confess, that the best of our actions)
in the sight of Deity, and delivered in Potter township,
are filthiness
ang ements for fornimg a ticket for, ti le Jonv ol 2) @DE4
ge e {that it ts unbecoming, 1 a high degree,| ; . B
pty Olicers to be supported bY in any man to extenuate those, which, to,0ccasion of the late anniversary. LY
{whom délivered, I know not, as to me
At this eventful period, when the spirit], i
ofenquiry is abroad in the woild, 1t 1s the 08 15 a stranger, but the pernicious
duty of every friend of religion, truth, and’ tendency of his production, it is the
. : ial eve, borders on profanity.
at (he ensning general election. mortal eye, bordes P J
MANY DEMOCRATS.
rT ithe Redeemer’s Kingdom, to lend his aid: £ i .
' CHESAPEAKE & DELAWARE Jin the Mrcury work now going on. He duty of every citizen to polnt out and
CANAI ought not merely to contribute towards: reprehend Charity, at first, induced
ah A those societies, whose immediate & pro-! .
me to suppose that the magnificence
fessed object is the advancement of re-
ligious knowledge, but he ought to exert'or convenience of the, ¥ STUPENDOUS
F ]
Limselfin the sphere in which he himself
z BRICK MANSION,” had fascinated the
| The Chesapeake and Delaware Ca-|
11s - “a !
‘pal, which will open an easy commu-
FROM THE FRANKLIN
surveys, plans and estimates lor reads
, IMPROVEMENT. Ly the President \that every exertion
would be made, wbich the situation
of the engivecr corps would permit, yo
acccmplish the ohjrct of cur wishes;
tLat measures had been taken, imme.
diately after the passagg of the daw, tg
employ such of the abicat of that corps
as could be spared from §iher service
and canals, will po doubt form an im-!2nd to torm a beard of \civil engine
portant €ra in the history of the coun-jeers, by the employment §f the most
Although it docs not authorise |skillu) men in that ait, in Xr honeion
INTERNA
| PHIL | GAZETTE
JULY 1.
Great Spring, June 25, 1824,
Mr NorveLL : The act f con.
Mr NoRVELL: cf con
gress of the late session, authorising
uy. ad
the actual undertaking of any specificiwith United States: cfficets, for the
improvement, yet it 1s the €DlETIng purpose of reconnoitering and Survey
ing the most impertapt 1e¥tes, and
Reve & Na
where lound practicable, to oem plans
and estimates {or WOlLK . but 8
votk 5 but
wedge which must cleave asunder the
rock of prejudice that has hitherto so
ffectually resisted the efforts of the]
most patriotic and enlightened men of ithe session of congress was at 2 elese
; “ b Cy
k
a
ne
as
. - at Es) 2. 1? iho ae ‘ . .
the pation to appropriate a portion ofjand the Pennsyivania Celegation liad
‘he national funds to mprove thejbecome dispersed, he Seeieiary of
sources of wealth strength and power, War addressed his answer to the Gov-
crnor of the cammenwealiy, of which
having been furnished wilh copy, L
enclose it {ur publication. Tw ¢
are proper for the public eye, and
of much importance that the
stiould know what is doing
¢-al povernment on this very inteiest
which are to be found in rapid and
cheap conveyance from one part of the
anion to another. While the bill was
on its passage through the senalCy it
was represented by a sagacious
member of that body, as being to the
opponents of the system of internal 1m:
a
DLGHLS
tas
ublic
:
ge
8) the Zeit
provement what the « waoodboise offing and important subject,
the Greeks was to the foolish Tro-{ It may be obsciyed that the rous
jans.” There was some aptitude in{from Lake Eaie to the Allegheny wilt
be so lar common to the Susqyuebunna
the simile, but with this difference,
that the bill did not pass with the con-land Potomac rouies, as will tend m0
sent of any of the encmics of thesys. small degree to unite these rival in-
tem, nor was its true character at all|terzsts, which it may be reasonably
disguised by its form, whatever re. cxpectod will thus be actuated by a
presentation may have been made by liberality that will secure the cemple-
any one of its friends. tion of both. Nether sound policy
No sooner was the bill approved byinor attention to local interests ougl
the President than the attention of thelto induce us to regard the Potomac
irected canal as a rival injurious to the intce-
nication with Philadelphia, and which
1
if, consequently, be of vast advan-
ge to those of our enterprising citi-
2 ns who reside on the west and
Iporth beanches of the Susquehanna,
9 d their tributary streams, is 10 rapid
| progress and will be completed short
Jy. Fourteen miles have been exca-
¥ ted during the present summer,
By the politeness of a gentleman of
Hefonte we are furnished with the
5th general report of the President and
Directors of the company which we
will gladly commence publishing in
pur next number. Weare persuaded
our readers, of this county especially,
sel a more than ordinary intevest 10
is great and important public work,
RR
FOR THE PATRIOT.
me editor of the Bellefonte Patriot twill
phlige lis friend, by giving the following
Seervations, in answer to the uncharita-
Phle attack upon me, by Thomas Hastings,
Nr, Egery man’s motives, however pure,
far liable to be misrepresented ; and if it
vere not that some nnputations have been
cast upon me, revolting to the feelings of a
Iprofessor of religion, 1 would not enter
fhe arena to contend with any BULL of
Pp asHAN. Disputes of this Kind, may ex-
ite enquiry in the minds of some religious
moves, in promoting gocCliness, by re-
proving those who seem to err from won-'genses of our worthy Boniface, and
converted all the effusions of his pat-
tonness, or otherwise, and by encouraging
others in undertakings similarto those in
riotism into fulsome eulogics upon the
Buta closer
which he himself is embarked, Of what
consequence is it that we send pious mis-
sio naries abroad to convert the heathen,
if those in our own neighborhood pass un-
noticed? Itis allright that'we persist in
our endeavors to enlighten: the nations
who “¢sit in darkness,” but at the same
time, we ought not, & I for one will not,
refrain from reproving those who I be-
lieve offend against Deity, from the can.
didate for Governor, including the Regis-
ter and Recorder, down {0 every petty
candidate for Sheriff in the county The
mere circumstance of their being candi-
dates for office, or in office, shall not pre-
vent me from my duty, or drive me from 8
my purpose. 1t only serves to me as an uselt are forgotten, in the eagerness o!
additional incentive to the discharge of my gup orator, to land the descendants of
duty, for the influence of example does A : x
immense mischief. To the professor of the «« GENERAL,” for their disinter-
religion I would say, in the language of ested exertions in making the « Cex
scripture, ** go thou and do likewise.”
TRE & KisuacoquILLAS TURNPIKE
Roan!!!” What a theme for an
Oratory, upon an occasion so solemn and
virtues of its frossesgors.
scrutiny led me to deplore the perver-
sity ot feeling, di on such an
ocgasion, dictate an address, sO inter.
ested and palpable in its views, from a
Tenant to his Landlord. The talents
and virtues of our Statesmen—thte
bravery and patriotism of our warriors
—nay, even the blessings of Heaven
tb p—
FOR THE PATRIOT,
The custom of celebrating the an-
niversary of our birth as a nation, and pave breathed none but sentiments of
of rendering our annual tribute of re- the purest patriotism-—when his yoice
spect to the heroes who achieved our ghoqld have swelled to its loudest
independence, justly claims the hearty pote, in praise of departed greatness—
commendations of every enlightened hen his thanks should have ascended
It has its origin in the best {5 Heaven, for the many blessings
feclings of our ature ; and surely the showered upon our land-—alas ! his
citizen.
Rlaracters, and induce them to refrain
m a practice, of so pernicious a tenden-
, that has slowly crept upon them, under
e specious guise of patriotism. But us
is also calculated to excite irritable feel-
Sines, I gladly assure Thomas Hastings, Jv
as well as your readers, that this may be
the last time they will hear {rom
3 A FARMER
+h that Thomas Hastings, Jr.
Peet appeare
Lis much disple
brespecting the p
EL sumptuously oficred at the
e4th July.
Leandidate for Sheri
bject was to injure 1
disclaim any such gr
“and it ill-becomes {
me as he doth.
neighbors say that
ed to be Sheriff, I :
fwas' totelly mistaken in the
thought it was Thomas Hastings who
Lmerly kept a tavern
Y Srst came to this country, ahd 3
linguished that employment shortly ai
ithe decease of his wife. S
fe rue that I wich to injure his e
Thomas says thatl ought to ha
Hed firet upon him, and reproved him
f his profanity.
Bb Answer. Il :
Jess task. Ihave known some well inten
Lfioned men who pursued that mode, but 1
s productive of
f these worthy men told me, t
ance the person he reproved, commenc
either a ju
ment with him,
o wonld acknowledge an offence. The
fling tenor of my Own eXperience, is i
ict accordance with that of my friend
y one occasion I
fane swearing.
celebration of
f' «
iy @
hear one of my
1did
man.
-
and
lection.
have cal
save found that a very use
oo aetna dental "oo ar
atification, a denial, or an ar
He immediately replied
Baht he was not the only person w ho swo
FE arafanely that be could name sever
ER dawvere and doctors of Bellefonte, who pre
vied ov beg { who swore
Bbanbe did. A
od . to
a instance out of ten 18
lie argument of exai
assistance of culj
f meaning people receive for
entienien
’
nd thus it 1s.
weir labo
Thomas Hastings, Jr. is willing to stan
tween the OFFICERS CF THE DAY wh
wsided over the feast ut which he sat, an
il danger This is guile v liant in th
1 } re man, but it is a poor compliment {
the persons whom he gratuitously wishes t
shield. His prot ction may possibly avail i
his world, but wl
‘all the earth collee
were an offence m the
i silence, and hear the. MLL
id
"
“
Leth nis Jewels, if
se persons (o sit b
sale
flesh, 1 will re
ar can be atforde
Jet, tO Ans
Protection
let nothing it
*haly things at\afeast of 1
quire more prutectior tO
3 £ ) ”»
by poor frail worms of Ue
theme any goetl purnoOse.
deed! Ah, my dear friends,
ased with my observatious,
ofane toast which he pre-
It secmeth alse, that he isa
nd thinks that myland w
{im in his election.
ossness of feeling :
his young man to berate
} J
Thomas Hastings wants |
Jut it happeneth that Ilcause to mourn the approaching
for. of his country.
in Bellefonte, when
who re-
pn
ea
So that it is not
for heart, expands every bosom, and in a less important,” ’—id est, from the plea
; Continent, peace and good will and tp the discussion of the principles of
no good effects. One| freedom to man.
that ineveryl,. vq: 3 $40 i : : : :
s that ineveryly hic mind, it is amusing to observe our national rights ; manifestly rank.
and he rarely found any
reproved a person for
LXE
"a
worse|
Reproof in
of little avail iber garb, and steady pace 1 i i i
aple istalways brought Tne yr of. frase munity, will appreciate such patriot
ulprits. and all that
won the GREAT JUDGE off crease the reputation of American
Yori F
1tion 0
cation gf
wel ada
1n-
animated expression of those feelings, tongue is employed in the venal cele-
(cannot but elicit the warm approba- bration of his patron’s disintereszed ex-
ion of every lover of his country, ertions in making the & Centre J Kish-
| We rejoice at the blessings which acoquillas Zurnfiike Roed !!! What
|Heayen has poured upon our Land, a melancholy field is here presented
and we feel grateful to the men who for the contemplation of the patriot !
'so nobly fought to procure the reli- He bebolds the orations, which are
gious and political freedom we now wont to be delivered on our national
A ¢tree is known by its fruit,” festival, perverted from their original
ere a cold ingratitude, a listless design, aud instead of enforcing the
indifference, to usurp the place of that maxims of virtbe and freedom, they
ardor of feeling, which has bitherto are prostituted to the praises of cer.
prevailed, the patriot would soon have tain individuals ; whose claims to pub.
ruin lic gratitude, are as chimerical as the
No man then, but existence of the TIGERS and im.
nust rejoice at the tide of patriotic en- arcvements, located by our worthy
(husiasm which sweeps across our Boniface zfion Tussey mountain !!!
urrence of this But says our orator—¢ Wg will
It fills every now turn from this subject, to one not
enjoy.
|
ry
L
(land, upon every rec
. joyous anniversary.
| iy . : J p 4 - .
[mighty voice, proclaims across the sing theme of his patron’s encomiums,
|
In this state of the our government, ard the exposition ol
lthe individual expression of these feel- ing as arterior in point of importance,
ings. Some, whose untutored mirth the panegyrics of his patron, to that
(knows no restraint, break forth into which alone ought to constitute the es-
>
Pennsylvania delegation was d
to improving the adva
position of this stale
ing a water communication wi
western states, This is a subject ofj state,
the deepest interest to the fu
petity of Pennsylyania, and not 1¢ss 50,
1s respects the advancement of the
opening of a channel of communica:
interesting ! When his lips should)
ntages which the
offered for epen-|
h the
(ure pros- |
whole system of improvement. Pub-
lic attent'on has been directed to the
ion through the waters of the Poto-
mac and Monongahela, which, it com-
pleted, in addition to the grand capal
of New York, will pass the whole
transportation between the Atlantic
and western states through channels
chiefly without the boundaries of Penn-
sylvania : and when these works are
completed, if we reason from experi:
ence and the nature of things, rather
than from a blind faith in the constant
operation of magnanimity in the gov
ernment of human actions, we must
conclude that the whole numerical
force of New York and Virginia, and
even a part of our own sue, would}
ests of Pennsylvania ; for independent-
ly of the sdvaniages which it would
give to the south western part of the
sentiments of magnapimtiy in re-
Jation to the interests of others are
most apt to beget similar sentiments
in relation to those cf curselyes © All
we have to do, is to take care that the
Susquehanba route shall pot, for the
want of exertion on the pat of the
people of Pennsylvania, be for a wo-
ment neglected, or lost sight of, or
postponed, until these feelings of re-
ciprocity among neiglbolng states
shall have yielded to stronger motives:
Io a word, Pennsylvania ought to take
care that her canal shall progress by
equal pace with that of the Potomec.
A due attention to this particular wil
secure all we ought to desire; but if
neglected, we as certainly lose ail di-
rect and immediate benefits to Penn-
sylvania from the future progress of
the system of internal improvement by
the general government.
I am, very respectfully, yours,
<
soon be found, in obedience to their
immediate interest, opposed to the
opening of any rival communication
through the interior of Pennsylvania.
Now, therefore, is the time for Penn
sylvania to make a strong demonstra
tion in support of her improvement.
The states of Maryland and Delaware
have a common interest with us in
the improvement of the Susquehanna
and the western ‘communication with
the waters of that river, We may
therefore rely upon their interested aig
which, added to the general liberality
which at present prevails among en-
lightened men in the Atlantic states,
and the common sentiment of attach-
ment to the policy of internal improve
ment in the whole west, we cannot fail
to succeed if we rightly apply our
shoulders to the work ; but if we suf
fer the present opportunity to pass uo.
til the channels on the north and south
of us are opened, and the whole inter-
course and transportation shall have
taken those directions, our channel
may then be regarded as a rival route,
and the west, being satisfied with the
exisdng facilities, would rather extend
the connecting links ofthese improve:
ments than spare any portion of the
public funds, applicable to this system,
to promote a work which will then
have become dormant, and consequent-
y of doubtful expediency. It should
never be lost sight of, that works of
this nature must be put in motion by
those most immedistely interested.
We are not to expect those who havc
a remote or indirect interest, or at
distance from the scene of operations.
to act any other part than that of aux
iliaries in works of this nature. It is
loud huzza’s, expressive of their joy, sence of an anniversary oration. The
and fearless determination—others intreduction of eur Orator’s address
| with more tempered grace, constrain was admirsbly adapted to prepossess,
their thoughts to move In measured ip his favor, a few of his audience : but
’ L
harmony-—while some prefer the so- the good sense of an enlightened Com
1
‘
n1307 J . : 4 :
Orations. Now, although I am not ism, and indignantly frown upon at ‘at.
r pofriendly to the wardling of the Muse, tempt to corrupt the sources of our
a provided she sings in proper cadence, national prosperity.
yet 1 think with’you, Mr. Editor, that AGRICOLA,
di . . 4
o the late effusions of some moon-struck OF POTTER TOWNSHIP,
————
o wights, are neither very creditable to
of
The law of the temritory of Arkan.
therefore for us to do whatever 1s with-
10 our power ; and to press the subject
upon the early attention of the gencral
government, Qur success will, as in
all such cases, depend upon the prop-
er combination of mind 4nd movey ;
the first to determine positions ard di-
gest plans for the proper application
of the last.
But I find that T am writine an es-
say, instead of simply informing you,if you should think it proper
as I intended when I took up my pen,
that after varions personal communi
cations with the President 2nd Secre.
tary of War, the delegation of Penn-
their own capacities, nor tend to in- S38 on the subject of duelling is ver
strong and clear. P o
2 dae is declared to be murder in the
irst degree on the part of the princi
Sion) ) Celiye ¢ prioci-
set-orations upon this occasion, is; I pals and seconds, subjecting all inten
dl think, singularly felicitous,
n
it] . .
geniuse The custom of delivering
V
i " 3 1
pted to preserve the spirit of free-! fer ey Sonpion » chal
€nge is 1000 dollars and disqualifica-
iy dom in its pristine purity. The orator] tion for hol ding any office of tra
Killing a person in
and well © the punishment of death, The pen- |
sylvania united with that of Maryland
and Delaware in a direct application
to the President to cause a survey to
be made of the waters of the Susque.
baooa, and the connecting points with
with a view to a route for a canal.
|
|
those of the Alleghany and Lake Erie,
S.D. INGHAM
NAS
DerARTMENT oF WaR, June 8, 1822,
70 his Excellency Governor Snuizz,
of the State of Pennsylvania.
Sir: The Pennsylvania delegation
in congress, previous to the termina-
tiop of the session, addressed a letter
to the President of the United States,
requesting that a survey of the Sus.
quebanna river might be made, in or-
der to improve its pavigation ; and a'-
so enclosed an act of the legislature
of Pennsylvania, which authorises the
Governor of the state to appoint thres
commissioners to explore the route cf
burg, and that between the Schuylkill
and Susquehanna ; and requesting (he
Uoited States’ engineers might a'd
the state commissioners in exploring
hese routes. The act of congress ithe
theorizing the President to make cor-
view (o internal improvement, havinzg
passed just before the close of the ses-
sion, no answer covid be given to th
request of the delegation before
adjournment ; and dispersed as tl
delegation now is, I have taken
liberty of communicating to you the
direction of the President on these
subjects, so interesting to the state of
Pennsylvania.
The route between Pittsburg and
the Susquehanna and Schuylkill is
deemed of Importance, not only fo
Pennsylvania, but to a large portion of
the community. Thus viewed, the
President has directed the be of ena
gineers for internal improvem:nt 10
co-operate with the state commission-
crs, if it shali be found to be piactica-
hle. The board has received ipstrocs
tions to make a reconpoisance, in the
first instance, of the country between
the navirable waters of the Potomac
and the Ohio, and between the latter
and Lake Lrie; the performance of
{which duty will probably require x
lor eight weeks, at the end of which
time they will be prepared fo meet
the state commissioners at Pittsbore.
»
“
Be
tT
Lue
+!
sare
yard
SH
: -
to give
{orders for their co-cperation With t!
‘board. It would facilitate the
ition of this duty if the commissioners
lof the siate should first explore the
‘route fromthe Schuylkill 2nd Susquc-
‘hanna to Pittsburg, and return over
'the route in conjunction with the
board of engineers. If your excelien
\cy approves of the arrangement, 0¢
will apprise this department of your
10
% " Len
approval, measures will be taken
Fre mast satishiatoty assurances were [produce the co-operation on the part
rr on the Secretary of Wer, {of the general government and
om this subject was committediwilt be apprised, at the earlies
yor
t perice
a canal between Harrisburg and Piite-
e =
4
-~
tain surveys of the country with a’