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t.(111 L ,
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11410/441D'PAIPHIN"Pfilthid ,113
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t o t tigT RAID 1511T1111.141ND - MORiljt3., , 411.
LF NOT PAID vanlN TWELVi MONTHS. 800
rporghe above terms aro at liberal at these of any othor
pi:Tr trtu:?titate, O r r x acted.
flodisoontina ' anoe botlloWerl unlit all afro araitor havs
vita paid. t
; tY 0 Witt' L Oli PtiSTMAS:TERS.
t ' i bt'jt l Pittet e l o dimi t er ,
itlAftWie3trkl'Letitatioigil AU' Ong bi tire
irsurgeisireiringorvt'O I h ieti.• or to' titHo
loarclublo;eirto;flPd)llrlllPt!t'l 9 0 1 PIP?! 5' R l 'lo P .
pritripper affll't 1 , 04100 pr mall h#lgalipnt t 43oultt,
fri 4 6'
7."PkinhYAN4 phOltri'lB3 TO 4791
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A,II6rfER TIP*,E/ITCF,'Y'Piq°nY,--:2.0•1,
e AV liingtit, . in ether , year ‘1700; It roops . be.
gat i ite,tirrivo. , frorin the Boat by way of
pddford: and leumborland, and to concen-'
mite ent Fort Pittieds a general rendezvous
and &pat forritilitaiy stores Jut& muni
tions oflwart: rirepdratory to an..invadion
of the Indian country west of the Ohio. It
va ot-lhis.tirno that, the town of, Pittsburg
began to assunio,,ea ilogreo„ef importance,
burotofore nnknOWn. , ,, It I)MP - rig the gen
oralistore-housefor aft ; the Western posts;
aut l,tho groat, Ilepet,for the Western army,
It was also,; the point ear which, military .
supplies.; wore ,roeured, and where the
principal disbursements of public moneys
woo Matlefor I the use of tho army, as well
as:the diatribution of annuities rind sppplics '
fon Ow lfrlendly, Indian tribes. . , • ,
e.e1,011791,, the Allegheny river was ,the
timntn,,frontier limits of the Pennsylyzi,
pi= settlements, and, rill its' northwcsiern
tributaries, worn wholly . within the Indian
co uttry,., A few settlements had , been
madeencar the river for, forty miles above
Pittsburg by the moro fearless and incon
sidoraPe. , ; But they paid with their lives
ttliftlfeit of their temerity. The whole
0 0 ese se.ftlements were broken up about
the,Oth of February, 1791, soon after the
(111 1 b re
a k Pi
the Indian war. On that day
the prittlernonts , were simultaneously at ,
inked ,and exterminated by ono hundred
andtity warriors, distributed in bands asee
gigged, for •the ravaging of the respective
ueighborhoods. The settlements in this
quarter Were entirely broken up; some
were killed, some were taken prisoners,
and others escaped with their lives.
~Notwithstanding all the , difficulties en
coanteAc.,i in thp West, in 1792, the settle
ments.:in the Youth and Monongahela,
comprised in the Western portions of Penn.
aylvanin.Prid Virginia, had become pros.
i perous and enterprising. They had ex.
tended arts,and manufactpres, :and were
- rapidly increasing in numbers. The man
: grooming of iron had become extensive;
' eineiting,furnaces, forges, and foundries
glisted. in ,every improved settlement, and
4ae,hills yeilded abundance of ore. Agri
caltitie had increased, until scarcity and
vont liad been driven from the i
settlents,
gaLlAmagnificent' Ohio formed a outlet
...fRr their surplus products of all kinds to
tligt,new, settlements, which wore rapidly
' ' d'
elten mg into Kentucky and the North
-1,• western, Territories. Such was the alien
; ilpcq Of the agricultural products'and of
aomulactures, that the now settlements on
the lower tributaries of the Ohio failed to
afford an adequate market, and the morc ,
entffprising extended their trading voyagei ,
to; the .rich settlements of Spain on the
loprer,AliSsisSippi. Thus a cominerce,which
had spruno . up in 1786 in five years had
tigenan important item in the prosperity
of Western' PermsYlvanie. To diminish
the, proportionate cost of' transportation for
corn, rye, and other grains and products,
these articles were converted into whiskey,
which could be sent to all parts of the
world through the great avenue of the Ohio
and Mississippi. Thus the value of thous-
ands of bushels of these grains were con
. tained in the small bulk of a few barrels
of whiskey, and an equal quantity was
}withdrawn from the grain market. The
tnne of their favorite drink "old Monon
gohela," extended not only to the whole of
filo Western settlements, but'also to New
'. Prleari p _ the Atlantic States, and to Eu
rope:;;Horses, cattle, and blooded stock
fp the Atlantic seaboard had been intro.
tpced upoh the Monongahela, and had al-,
tip i iliecorne an important item of Western',
!fe for the simply of the new settlements
'war down on the Ohio,' the North- 1
weSteia Territory', and those in Louisiana.'
i Ilydr4Eistirg:3',or, all ,descriptions, cutlery,
"every VarieW,' adapted to the • usO' of
pm Settlerii nte; such as ates,' hoes, d raw
i 10g4iirei,, car'penter's tools: knives and
iirks, p scytho-blade.4, reat#ll4;liooks, and
• ilietilLp," weremade' in _pleat 'abundance
V tile siipplYpf the extending s ettlements f
Ni t 'vOtiiirk, on thebhio k assumed an fin=
tifinpo littieite' iinknoWn.' Besides',4l6
LOss :,ifiriety'' of small ''c ra ft, and' :il)'
("19 1 1iik, ot "K l 'eritticky flats," ritirnarous
; P., 14Ittke91,beats, barges,and Some sea
vado3','werl carrying the produce of this
Kextprilciitprqq,'pertion of the Ohio 'coun;
Di nild'in retuoixlfrOin Loujstand, supply:.
And the cbri,'Lhiefeial Posta with, the products
.?' i r i t,T Wetsilinclids'4iid tbd eels or Moe
n() Olib Wr,t,,y 61 New OrfeenS. L '"
'-. ' '
win,in did yea r 1702, that tho Spanish
trig i, ell •, ;e .
f o al ofdleS began to f nalottritis'a this trado
lily' he iinipsitiOnloit a'nsit'a'nd putt &hid.%
Ihich" greatly feddde,Cl'6o,lproftid„,', ali,d
'vollllloo' ieStiltOd *Oho ' entir!i l ies's tit .
440" tend 'o6o:lbk 6unfi.seutihti'' ThO
',' i , , esterii nOtilla, 'eondkdobLi'' that' the • tree
',, v i igatieti 'Of pd'MildsisAnfi,winald greatly
, pieta Aeic:itidieiierii,t iid' 'Otte nd,,.1 1 “)
. e4t theli'dnt&titiso; !lila' tiallily Waled
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~,A WEEICIN:PAITA: ,DEirtiTED-TO AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENC.
I VOtitt flue 'ld
seitleritente tipon the:gretieseutherti trihu) :
taries or thti:oilits•.• • • • r: • .• ~•
&al 111:13 3 'tlio premoters of:Eastern,itiftG
•ence.in reengrciss . ;.nnd in. the Cabinet'of
•thelJnite&States . , Wee strong, andiswayed •
'the national policy :ns to' measures affect , '
•ing the Western` people, and these -meas.
urns 'operated': the no less perniciously
upon them than if it had•heen prompted
by,nn, interested jecklopsy jn.tlo Atlantic
Steles. • I.lle Spanish authorities of Louis ; .
Tana had been permitted for years.to ob
struct and embarrass the river trade,
which fell heavy,upon the people of West.i
ern Pennsylvania, as well as,upon those
of. Kentucky. and
.Ctnbcrland, while the
commerce of the , Atlantic ports was favor
ed with a more liberal' policy; and, as 11 to
increase their burdens, Congress, in X 790,
had passed a 'my. imposing excise duties
upon all spiritous liquors distilled in the
United , Btutes i when it was well known,
that the most extensive and most import
, ant distilleries were those on the waters
of the' Monongahela, where the, surplus
grain 'was worthless 'unless it could be
converted into whiskey and other distilled
spirits.
Beside these disadvantages, the whole
burden of the Indian war, which had been
improvidently planned and injudiciously
conducted, for more than three years, had
fallen chiefly upon the Western settle
ments. 'While these things were opera.
ting to weaken the ties which bound the
WeStern people to those of the East of the
mountains, the Spanish authorities of Lou.
isiana sagaciously perceiving the error of I
the Federal government, lost no opportii- I
nity to augment the embarrassments and
stimulate the discoetent,while they held in
prospect ultimate relief from the Spanish I
crown, by 'a separation frOm the Federal
Union, and an alliance with Louisana.--;
Congress beheld the cloud in the West ; '
the loud murmurs from the commercial
classes, the open denunciations from the
exposed frontiers, the spirit of insurrection
in the grain districts against what they
conceived the iniquitous excise, convinced
the Federal government ' that they were
daily loosing the confidence of the West
lern people, and absolving them from their
allegiance.
The Indian war , ha'd been waged with I
but little success for some time, and at
great expense to tho General Govern
ment. 'lhe war was for the protection of,
the Western people especially, and more'.
particularly for those of Western Pennsyl
vania and •Virginia. These ,petiplo were
the principal sufferers from the Indian
barbarities and outrages. They, too, were
called on chiefly to fill , the ranks of the
armies which had been sent against the
savages, until they began loudly to com
plain of the - burdens which were thrown
upon them, while the East reaped the ad
vantages of their labors. The Western
people, although ardent friends of the,
Federal Union, could not submit to oppres
sion, by an unjust exercise of Federal
power, and tho attempt to enforce it roused
`them to resistance.
The impost upon whiskey, distilled from
grain in a country where grain was a
surplus article, was tantamount to a tax
upon grain itself, and operated oppressive
ly upon the West. In the Eastern coun
ties and Atlantic States grain was not a
surplus product ; of course, but little of it I
could be distilled into spirits; consequently,l
the tax fell entirely upon the- Western,
people, who were otherwise embarrassed
in their commerce. The enforcement of
the law for collecting the revenue was con
sidered as indicative of a disposition in the
Federal Government to usurp the powers
of the States towards the formation of a
consolidated government, whose controll
joy, power should be east of the moun
tains.
, . The Western people hatl i bectune preju
diced . •against. , the Federal Government.
net only because. the,frontier settlemeots
had been for years exposed to Indian:hos,-
tilitios, almost unprotected by the "natiopal
power from .1787 to 179 Q, but Vice nse the
protection extended subsequently: had been
inefeenials, and had resulted ,in two die
graceful defeats, with the loss,. of.'many 1
jiAro and ::greatWipeiltifbi N"ithOUt 'Ally
equivalent advantage, .chiefly for want Kif l
i ft - liberal. appropation :by.
,congroM 4 77 - 1
• Anotber, eatiso ;of/ discontent, closely e9l l -
• .nected -with, Indian ,depredations, was .ihe 1
temporising , policTof the Federal Govera-
Bient with, the eourt of . St. "fatties, in per r
!flitting the ,continued . oceupancy of ;4
Y,PPI.te IP. I.pbrts fou,t,mnre.,ttlan ten : years
after the time stipulated for their leaving,
agreeably to tha treaty:of : Up& The whole
iiidian war had, been ,the rpoft of. intrigue
betweep: agents apkenaprparies ro9n tip
134ilat,posts ; OlCoOtt, the , C, o tin,atla ,frontier,
'whose avowed' , object, was, le, Oecli. tie
advance population , of ,pnlation, northwest to., the
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'''-'linother' O . :mainAi e4isd'Of, diisatidfae - 7
liiiri'lti:Vite4torn, .110;ndeylvania:;,‘Os 'WO
hillidciid'iicilleY' dr the lacOiJ6.l . 'govOn'44it
in submitting,to. Spripleti . ',Ve i ttiNti'et l 'l?t, ‘ l ll6,
Ili§)'iiiiii; the:intent 'Oli.-whiCh Was
, to
Wialbki i liiii 'thik Wesern Obpie: - tNTOt' 4V
iitiii' icitiiiiiad i the o ialusivii ' '4410-
Oti l ii 4 iit e'ltiY,siAiiiiii ', O iiv`eii l `tblit ihti, flel4
liiiiii.Vd.4id.ii'dilti 6 thitin' t r nlitt3'6fitlialilt;
tib l ittilatiliiiii ( thd ChieltriiiiiVPllltiO,neq .:
ly five hundred miles by the riveiiutibol4
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,H lea Po., September 30, .t/552.
tho'botiiidtirY . established by the treaty of
1 1 783; •
.To enceurage ,the dissatisfactiOn!of the.
Western people, op, this point, French em
issaries, under thentithority,of the French
niliiister, Genet, weir) sent tiiihe l West to
ferment discord, and to instigate a hostile
expedition against the Spanish province
under the patronage. and authority of the
Drenchßepulilie l , which promised to open
to them the free navigation of the Missis
sippi river, Win once under the dominion
ofFrance. Secret societies, under French
influence, were org ized in many parts.
of the country;' 'with,th .airowed object of!
opposing the general measures of The ,
Federal administration in the West,- 1
Their reeolutions orient .denounced the
excise on distilled spirits, aid the acts'of
the government in its attempts to enforce
the law.! Newspapers, filled with inflam
matory speeches by members of Congress
favorable to the French party, were circu
lated with great, industry through ' every
town and settlement, while the friends of
the administration, the advocates of the'
Federal authorities, wore few and odious.
Such was the state of feeling in West
ern Pennsylvania, in 1794, which had de
veloped itself gradually and progressively
for nearly foer years after the passage of
the law, taxing distilleries, and generally
known as the "excise law."
A feeling of resistance had been mani
rested! from the first passage of the law in
1700; and the ' President, Washington,
FionalßLE MURDER is Sems.—A grog,
aware of its unpopularity, had recommend
dealer excitement preVails at present in the
ed a modification of its obnoxious features.
!province of Andalusia, in Spain, in cense-
At the next succeeding session, Congress
quenee of the discovery of a great crime.
adopted the suggestions, and modified the
A
law in 1791. But this concession was goat keeper named Tradilla, lived with
his wife and ten children in a lonely part
not sufficient; it seemed rather to strencrth
en opposition. The people demanded its of the mountains of Alcalo. One of his
unconditional repeal, and every expedient i daughters named Marie Joseph, determ
ined to marry a young farm laborer, nem
was resorted to for the purpose of defeating
its operations. Many refused to pay the edlAntonio de los Woe, who demanded her
duties in any form, and resistance to the hand of her father. .Tradilla received him
with great apparent courtesy, made him
Federal government, already began to as
sume the form of open rebellion. The stop all day, and at night provided him
President proceeded to enlUrca the law'
i with a sleepin place in a barn. When
but, as far us practicable, he omitted no , the visiter and nll the family were plunged
o I in sleep, Tradilla rose, slipped to the barn,
opportunity to strip it of its obnoxious lea-
. and bound the legs and arms of Antonio.
tures, and sought to allay excitement, and
to conciliate opposition by the influence He then cut his throat withiia razor. Ile
afterwards awoke his eldest son named
and popularity of those who were charged ,
Pedro, and told him to go to a deep ravine
with its execution.
For this purpose Gen. John Neville was at some distance, and dic , a hole. Pedro
appointed Collector for Western Penusyl- shortly after arrived with p his spade and
vania, and he accepted the appointment pickaxe at the place indicated, and there
found
He accept- his father with the dead body of
from a sense of public duty.
ed, however, at the hazard of his life, and Antonio. The young man started with
the loss dull his property ; fel he became horror, but 'Pradilla rudely told him to dig
p indi the a grave for thevictitn. He at first refuse
the object of d,
victim of an iubl i nce c
used
c gnation and
om All but intimidated by the dreadful threats of
munity.
his former revolutionary services, and his his father, lie set to work. As, however, !
well-known benevolence and charity to he did not get on fast enough, Tradilla
woke his wife and all the children, and
the suffering frontier people for years past,
were insufficient to shield him from popu- made them help him. Marie was among
them. On seeing the body of her lover
lar indignation.
General Neville had been one of the she fainted, but her father beat her until she
most zealous patriots of the Revolution, recovered, and then took a sort of malig
n man of great wealth'• and unbounded , nant pleasure in compelling her to work
benevolence. From his own resources !at the grave. From this time Maria could'
alone, he had organized, equipped and not bear the sight of her father, and fre
sUpported a company of troops, including quently shamefully ill treated her. One
his son as an officer, which ho marched day, a fortnight back, he tied her to a tree
. and beat her most severely. Her cries at
at his own expense to Boston, to re-enforce
the command of Gen. Washington in sup- traded her mother, brothers, and some
port of the Declaration of Independence. peasants to the spot. On seeing them Tra-
During the "starving years" of the early ;when
took to flight. lle,was pursued, but
settlements on the Upper Ohio and Rion-', ho
the ptfrsuers were about to seize hint,
onga hela, he had contributed g reatly to !he resisted furiously, and struck right and
left with a large stick. In so doing he
the relief and comfort of the destituteand!,
; broke the arm of one of his Utile children.
suffering prisoners ; and, when necessary,
he escaped, and secreted him
he divided hislast lour with them. In sea- !Even tuall y
, self among the rocks. His son Pedro in
sons of more than ordinary severity, when
his wheat matured, ho had opened his field formed the local authorities of the crimes
committed by his father. They sent a
to those who wore destitute of bread. By, i strong detachment of the civic guard to
blood and marriage he was related to some
Of the most distinguished oflicers qf the ! search the mountains, and rifler a while
Tradilla.was secured, and safely lodged in
Revolutionary. ,armies ; and such was hisl
jail of Modinii- d , He readily
popularity in the WeSt, that, had it been I th e
confessed his guilt and is to be brought to
possible, for any one to have enforced this
' 'lar 14 -''!' - 1 . ! Ltrial in the course of the menth,
unpopn tv,,,PnUertil Npv fie, / was,the
man. , [To ht,diCrilsiUk/ID.I , t ' '
i \VEST POINT.
The Board, of ;Visitors have . made their
ft , port to the Secretary of War. They
recommend 'extensive and , expensive eiSan.
ges :—Thati62 additional cadets betuirinitt
ed annually, two from each State; that the
pay, of the cad,oto be inereatled from E 124
a. month ,te.S2S, 20, frionth ;. that , the
pay utila 6uperintendent be incredsed
from ~82,00,0, to 841,000 i a,s.he has neorly
all the distingnished :scientific and other
gentlemen' who viait , Wet point, ,to enter
tain; that , the pay 'of' instructors in
Drawing ttrul French, in Practidal 'Engin
eering and. Artillery be inert ased ; that all
the secondar.y•, teachera. ,triltorii:frOna,tho
nyrny,ho allowedis 0 par,menth Mara Icay,
while employed. at West, Pe4int, (Ind.', that
the fencing master he 'allowed +s2oo.a year;
.001.12‘,1100 ,, bp upptePriatedl for the irri
media.bliPornPletion Pf, a riding hall ;,,that
fourortiVQ new buildings hd eredtCd lot the
accommodatiOtt of (ho profhasors tio.w lodg
ed in tlio b4rtael<N aAd:that the' dwellings
of nthers,,he'enlarged And. improved.; . that
the period of instruction. hEV, eXtetidtai to
fi.VA Yen r B 4 1 1 )0 thtt §tuli y , of "dis
pensed with,•Anclthat ancient and trio: ern
history, army. papers, as returnq.
physiditogy,' 4tui:the evicfoneakif
inttednOti. NOV the' increased
term . .c. ~11 ,„
=ME
=MEM
Ilow to Itender,4sistonce in Accidents.
In case of a fractured or dislocated limb,
let the sufferer lie on 'the ground until a
couch, door, gate or plank. can be precut-.
ed, for in raising him up he may die from
faintness or loss, of blood. When procur
ed; place the door or gate aloiigSido of him,
cover it with something soft, 'and let men
convey him steadily horrie,.but do not put
him in a vehicle of any kind.. In Fits, if
a person fall. into "one, let him remain on
the ground, 'provided his face be Nile . ; for
should it be fainting or temporary suspen
sion of the heart's nation,' you may'cause
death by raising him upright, or by bleat
ing ; but if the face be red, or dark color
ed, raise him on his seat, throw cold water
on his head immediately, and end for a
surgeon and get a vein opened, or fatal
pressure on the brain may ensue. In
hanging or drowning, expose the chest as
quickly as possible, throw ice water over it,
whilst the body is kept in a sitting pdsture.
In case of children in convulsions deluge
the head with cold 'water, and put the feet
into warm water, till medical aid can be
procured. In, case of poision, give an em
etic of a teaspoonful of mustard flour in a
teacupful of warm water, every ten min
utes, till vomiting ensues or medical assis
tance is obtained. In case of burns and
scalds, let the burnt part be bathed in a
mixture of turpentine and olive oil, equal
parts, till' the pain abateS; then dress it with
commou,cerate, and defend it from the air.
Jloy Killed and Eaten by.n Bear.
Xi Wo learn that a boy named Alden S.
Rose, about 16 years of age, an orphan
son of ' the late Samuel D. Rose, formerly
of this city; ‘vas'killed in this county, last
week, by nn hatirhiou4 bear, and; when
found, a large l portion of , the body of , the
unfortunate ,yooh had ' , been, devoured by
!hquayago animal, • This lad had been
resaling with ihe 'family Or ,his, brother,
some twel4e dr fillecnmiles NE. Or this
ittice ; ''and''had been sent to a cornfitild
somoi distance froth' thellieuse, 'forrciast
ing ,ears. Not returning, ras satin as ex
ected, the family becartie,,uppasv abont
him' ,
, whetithe
, husbaial arid "wife . rn"o4' nted
their herS6's; tiOdi' the elosS of die' day,
rind went in the direction he 'had gbn 6 ,l
to look forihirtall Arriving at the field,
they found, al..portion,oll the corn consid
drably brakqq,,,and l tramp,led down, and
while examining 4, an enormous he-bea i r
stiddehly isUo' from Mid adjoiniag, thick
et,rind Made directly 'toward' ihem, which
frighteded the,horseithemciman was' riding
and ;threw her ,off, Her husband sue.
.eeeded ,iA., wtting, her . on, the hors,e he
,was riding„' when they ,escaped from
• the
'fiirious'bdasr.” 'B6iiiral et the neighbors
'ColleCted the followirigirlorning, andcfifti
i
I .deeded i to the,field,i where they:fOUnd , the
rnigikatod.reroilint3Pf OM! unfortunato lad,
partly eaten up by • the, bear, as stated
. above.--Pordand paper:
iiij l :~`i_ i~ilf.~i ~.(A
Itiientber 41.
TEnntoLn
tearn from the
Brattleboro, Vt., Ertk,k,' . that!the' house df
Mr. Pot& :Moore, in Wardsboro, 'took fire
about ten o'clock ,P. M.; 4:3th inst., and
was burnt, with,all the furniture, clothing,
&c., together with six, of his children.
Mrs:Mocire had discoVered that there
fire, and:buil arisen from bed :nrid Intel);
dressed herself, at the'tifne,,the:tilarrri was
given by , the iJpe - p,her open
ing a door •to the bifdlt‘ part of the house,
the flames burst in upon hei, burning her
hands and face severely. At this moment,
the neighbor who discovered the fire rush
ed in at the front' door, and brought Out
Mrs. Moore and two chddren.who were in
bed with her. Four of the children slept
in the second story. An end was made
to get them out of the winiibivs at the
gable end of the house, but the fire
had made such progress that they could
not.enter. Two children ,were in a small
bed in n room which Mrs. M."oecupied ;
I and after the effort made to save the chil-
dren in the chambers, upon turning at
tention to their safety, it was found im
possible to save thorn, and all of the six
children were consumed in the devouring
element.
Upon his passing around to the back
side of the house near a window, the fath
er saw one of his little boys that had fall
en down from the upper part, burning in
the flames; he would have fallen to the
ground • had not a friend supported him—
and at the same time Mrs. Moore was so
overpowered With grief that sho became
deranged and had to be carried to a neigh
bor's house and guarded, or she would
have gone into the . fire to get her children.
It was ono of the most distressing scenes
ever witnessed in this vicinity, and the
sympathy manifested for the afflicted lam.
ily was very great. The children were
between four and eleven years of age—
four boys and-two girls. Their remains
were collected, and put into one coffin and
buried with appropriate ceremonies on
SatutdayYthe 11th inst. • • •
A few Practical Questions Answered.
Why is there always a strong draught
under the door, and through the crevices
on each side? Because cold air rushes
from the hall to supply the void in the room
c a used by the escape of warm air up the
chimney, etc.
If you open the lower sash of tho win
dow, there is more draught than if you open
the upper sash. Explain the reason of
this. If the lower sash be open, cold ex . -
' ternal air will rush freely into the room,
and cause a draught inwards; tut if the
upper sash be open, the heated air of the
room will rush out, and of course there will
be less draught inwards.
By which means is the room better ven
tilated by opening the upper or lower sash?
A room is better ventilated by opening the
upper sash, because the hot vitiated air,
which always ascends towards the coiling,
can escape more easily.
By which means is a hot room more
quickly cooled—by opening the upper or
the lower sash A hot room is cooled
more quickly by opening the lower sash,
!because the cold air can enter more freely
Ira the lower part of the room than at the
upper.
Why does the wind dry damp
linen !
Because dry wind, like a dr) .uonge, im
bibes the particles of vapor from the sur
face of the linen as fast as they are formed.
Which is the hottest place in a church
or chapel? The gallery.
Why is the gallery of all public places
hotter than the lower part of the building?
Because the heated air of the building as
cends, and all the cold air which can enter
through thedooes and windows, keeps to
the floor till it has become heated.
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their own business pay postageit looks
gentlemanly , :
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vance for the Republican, and, not permit
their payments to run for years.
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pape t tl, and then re,fuso , to take it from the
office..
vyi lilto the.ladios to .visit us; it . is , an
indication, of r,espect-,
We dislike 'to.see meh . tnito a city imier
and neglect those published' at lion e. •
We like •to see-subscribers 'call.regular
ly for their, paper% .c,v_an,illthey never in•
tend plying for them. It shows 041 t, 4 1e y
areseeking, miler
We dighlte to hear 'men' dictii(i
W ng to us
thacourse 'Nye should' pursue, aria' partiCu
larly by those who have not contribeted
cent to support us..
We, lilto to receive good, short,corprnu
nications, not as long as.the moral law.
Wo'Bislilto to see persons visiting our
office, handle the type ; peep over the cent
positor'3 shoulders to read the copy; carry
oil' the, exchanges;, ask such . questions us,
"who. yrote this
,communication, let me
see the copY;" . &c.
• We' dislike' ter hear of men horroividg
their neighbors' papers; especially those
who, arei ,worth double ,the amount .from
_OPP, t493(,;INTNYI- , ,! Ackrrow
ness of'soul.
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do 6 do ~ , • I V() 3 ,do . 0 moss a,
h 'Ossetian' do. 115 8 do 111 months. ~,, , ,
F
B months, 260 1 half ciolume,3olo ol2 C al
do ti months, - 400 I.do , do 1. 6 months, VI
do 12 months, 7001 do d do 12 00
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A liberal rodaation will ho made to Merchants and otfiern
who advertise by the year. . , by
Oar paper circulates In every iselghbor.h 0,0 0 . an d, is r e ad
~.., "
neatly uuesP•luntiltri in the county — nee trseretore' humus a
convun lent and chants mines rot the business men Of our
county—the merchant. manhunt° ,and 011 others—to extend
the knowledge of their lecation and Lowness We should
like to. Insert "A Card" for avert' Mechunio. Merchant, and
Professional man ID the cQucts.We .have limply if room
WithOlnello4ollChitig,OPoll 011 r residing malltinns.'end no man
In a legitimate business will lose by adverttung extensively—
for, matt sonvml Ws the more eitensiv.ly itiman advertises.
the greater will be his profits. r ; • ,
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Books, Jobs and Blanks, - . ,:t
Or EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTED.IN THE VlittY
BEST sTyLE,' AND ON TIIE SHORTEST
NOTICE. AT TUE OFFICE 01' Tlir s ,
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•
Cei t 'Sit't CO
Boon !ifker. the 'adjournment of the New
Hampshire Constitutional Conventten . :p
series of slietchei or ;variou.4 rutiers
of
tlnitc;d . y,apPeared;i:n the lAczn,ors . (N,
Whig. .They; wore 1 prepared by
~Prof.
C. D. SANBORN, 'of . Darn - 994th ~Collegol
himselfmemberrind a decided , : Whig.;
Amon&,them Was one of Gen.,,Piun" en,
which we :publish below. AS the testi
mony, of groan of, opposite politicalfaithi
with no motive to'extol Gent'PrEnci t
yond his merits,, it cannot fail lia,havv.94-
siderable weight With those ut ii'dietartee
who have not yet discovered exactly who
Gen PtEttOu hot.;
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
In draWing portraits Of the'distingtiiihed
members of the constitutional convention,
to pass Frnnk. Pierce onsioticed , 'Woulkbe
as absurd as to enEtet ono of thoAramas of
Shakspearo without• itspripeipolilipOl
give my impressions of the man as I saw
him in the Convention; •for I would not
undertone to vouch for the truth: pr false
hood of those veracious organs of public
sentiment at the capital, which have loaded
him in turn with indiscriminate praise
and abuse. As a presiding officer itwould
be difficult to find his equal. In proposing,
questions to the house, he never hesitates
or blunders.. In deciding points of order,
he is both prompt and impartial. HIS trek
ment of every member of the Convention
was characterized , by uniform' aliirtesy
and kindness. The deportment of lx' l ire=
siding officer of a deliberative bodY 001-
ly gives tone to the debates.
Mr. Pierce possesses unquestioned abil
ity as a public speaker. Few men in our
country better understand the means of
swaying a popular assembly, or employ
them with greater success. His forte lies
in moving the passions of those whom he
addressee. Ile knows how to call, into
vigorous action both the sympathies and
antipathies of those who listen to him. I
do not mean to imply by theso remarks
that his oratory is deficient in argument or
sound reasoning. On , the contrary, ,he
seiicis . ivitli great power upon the strong
points of his subject, and preset] . tS'thdin
clearly, forcibly and olOquently. As
prompt and ready debater, always prepared
for an assault or defence, ho has few
equals. In these encounters he appears
to great advantage, from his happy faculty
of turning little incidents unexpectedly oc•
curring to his own account.
A word carelessly dropped, or an un
guarded allusion to individuals or parties
by an opponent, is frequently converted
into a powerful weapon to assault 'by this
skillful advocate. He has been so much
in office that ho may be said , to have hew
educated in public life. He is thoroughly
versed in all the tactics of debate. He is
not only remarkably fluent in his elocution,
but remarkably correct. He Seldom mis
calls or repeats a word. His style is not
overloaded with ornaments, and yet he
draws liberally upon the treasurrof rhet
oric His figures arc often beautiful and
sinking, never incongruous. Lie isolway*
listened to with respectful atieution, if ho
does not always produce conviction. From
his whole course in the convention, adis
in :crested spectator could not fail to form
a very favorable opinion not only of his
talent and eloquence, but of his generosity
and magnanimity.
ABOUT RIGIIT
The New York Herald hits the nail on
the head, in the following extract, and ex
presses the views of a vast majority of the
people of the country, as the eleciion jil
November will undoubtedly prove :--
We have tried the whig party tbr the
lust four years, and know that they lire
selfish, scrambling, unprogressive party',
unsuited to this country of the go ahcal
)rineiplcs of our country.
pri.. . . ~.
We want, therefore, .to see the deml•
critic potty in poWer from stern' to APp,
from the President , in the ''Whitti•'ll6U4e
down io a page in Congreds , :4or , iitiqst
the . next terra of: casco, helieyinglilatilleir
general policy is more congc.inial vith,the
i i e
spirit of the . people Dr this country, arid
iiibro 'adopted I'd" extend our tifido; 'O' r
growth, our power titid itifi ithi
tienee,'er Y
w.orld,. than the timid standstill Politirtif
the present order of whiffs. Theidoino
cralleparly liave sboWn themse ‘ es to . pul
'Pegs . ino'ro of the Itornati 'spirit ell dr . 'o'sii.ll
and progresS , than. the' ichi,;sr . hritiole l, 4r
done ; and it is only by this spititithat the
.ppion„cap,ho ,presporcdditAact, , ,anil the
; a helition
', bei erALIFFIY . S,WPI VA aq, Rift
•48.wiri'du'iiiii 4 Lin ,f l iitiretinic: ~,.. '.
lii ,
.ggetihnrio l on."—The days
of titir'e+,idtl.
hood are the flowers of Sires, pliintediffild
Beerish(ld• imam: spring4lme Jild.by,tut
oran4)f)Laut,liao, whose constant cake atAd
watchfulness slickers thetn froip, the .cßld
'windy nccnseleSs storni, and whose
hand' causes thern'to bloom "and
and only to be.'gathered . by Him' when He
.thinks ,propec to ,'beautify His !heavenly
kingdom. Ahd Shen the darkness Wqr.
shadows them,, he serids„lbrth 4,90
alight; whcCdroiviii tearof gltidneSs upon
the "bosom' of' 'etich flOWei, • rtell' like tied•
made glistening iii the golden sun, WWI)
rises upon .tha ; approach of laifo!s,iturhcaor
days. •