" .._4.: VOL. 1. PRINTED AND PU BY BENJAMIN . 112111 E- • • • THREE DOIAADA AND Furri payable semi , -anntrally adva , in the year, $l 'will be charged .ceiveAhe paper free ollniatage,J $3 per annum. If not laid wi will be added to the' price .ofen WEEKLY Two DOLLAR'S per *anum, in advance, If not paid within be charged Advertisements A exceedin!' , charged $1 for three insertions. insertion. • Larger ones in pro • All advertisements will be 1 , but, unless the tiniefor is specified ,and will be charged. Yearly se: vestisers will be c including subscription to the pa • of keeping one advertiliement n •!; standing during the veer, and t et one in each papr r for three.s All letters addressed to the ed otherwise no attention will be r ! A❑ notices for meetings, which.-have heretofore • been charged 25 tents each, except Wetherill AT 7HE OLD. No. 65 NORTH FR fl EAST 5' THILEZ Doane - r14.0Y TRIG 0 • PIILLA.DEL ~ IVIANUFACTIA yvhite Lead dry and i Cal.; ground in Oil, $ •R. Red Lead, • W.• Lit hrage, Vitt I Cronick Yellow, , Sall do Green Ta I do Red E. I Patent Yellow d Sugar Lead., d,. Coperas Lu ~ 01. Vitriol _C0 ,, 1 Aq. Furtis Acil Muriatic Acid - ' 'Su ' I Epson( Salts L.l Tart. Acid ° Sup. Carb. Soda i R P :. Carros, Sub. Mere. Et I Refiners ofChamphor, Salt I &c. Offer for sale the, above ! Fidler with a general .asso . and Dye Stuffs, and every 0th.. 1 cal and Medicinal line. I Being manufacturers of nil under.the above head; they pl fply their friends and the publ ble terms. Window and Picture Pla Oct 21'1837 • N. Nathan grbFFER for sale at their l w %-, ly Grocery Store. Centre street, a prime assortment off nit of • Java. Rio, Laguim. St. Domingo and brow . N. Orleans, St. Croix, . white Havanna, loaf an Nev Orleans, West India and sugar house Imperial. Gun Powder Hylton, Pouchong,Ora 'co, Souchong and- - 2.0h Bakers, Chases, S ..... & Lingo, and sweet s Prepared Cocoa. Coco Reading, Carice, I la • John Bulls, Lobster. A Canton soy and Cum. ' Gherkin, 'Comma, pc ' Mixed..Qmon, Mango Lemon and French • Olives, capres, Ancho Cayenne pepper, all. • • Clovei. Mace, Nunn v . Rice, flour of rice, ate Can ants, Figs, Raisin Sweet and bitter aim Olive Oil, wine bitty.ri .z ., Preserved ginger, eht ' Herring, mackerel, a . White and colored w -Moulfled and dip' 6.1 Balm, variegated bro , r.'Old Madeira, old r Brown and_ -pale * v 01d hock, Litib6d, ri . 1 Sweet malagaonn i Malmsey, marseillei . Scotch. Irish, monon Annisette, anniseed 4 Cog.nac. champagne'„l Holland & coin, Gin s Jamaica Spirits Extra sup.trpart,lnfe Half Spanish an t d cu ". • Cut & plain and au China and crock, a geneml, assortment of I which they are disposed to ble terms. Heads of Faro are partietdarly invited to TFIE subscriberhas' and Storehouse on streets, a full assortment coal region viz : • Bari Iron of . auo Band and Hoop d ,Nails and F pike R Steel, Round & Sq Nails and Spikes Coal Shovels flaniwAre.i'Ben e All of which Iva is re Jan 13 • 9 NEW JOSEPH RESPECTFULLY• Pottsville &vicintt on hand, at:tbe come streets, next door large and elegant Dry Goods, With a c goers and Crockery purchased at the very Philadelphia market, • cent advance. AU kind of country for goods. tog N . -11 . hereby given, •-•- have been grant Register. of Ilichoylki Riekaid Bnici, , do Schuylkill county. estativare therefite to thirveubscriber may hive claims on • quested to in:event tli settlement: ' . 1 Jan 10 _ :51t • • • I WILL tif r A L cw Too To 'Mice. Tux 'maul or Tax rman 11110 " 1 "‘" Tim cIATI23I.OIIIz IW7** iTIV6i11"118 AND °Ulla" •_• • 1 • HED, Ai AN. ti Cattle per annti If not paid wit i 4 to all those who re- Exchange at New York, on i l ondOO, 74 a 74 per cent prem. - . • .1 To mall subscriber* n. the year, 50 cent* • ription. „ ! Saddleivorth.—The woolen manufacturef Saddleworth is in a depressed condition; t he: weavers are not earning more ini en average week; six or seven shillings per eekr it beconies a matter of difficulty for families of thre to eight individuals to existilet thew poor and, wretched operatives are not without hopes for the better, they are looking with anxiety to . the reeultetuf the enquiry of the Commissioners into their con dition. 1... i•• The Cotton 1 Trade.—The demand..for good a during the present week has been improving.d an advance his been obtained upon most ; d criptions of grey cloth. Cotton and materia , however, continue to take thelesd in the incra4 . a of price. At the present rates - intweft and warps, it is impossible for the mitidectures to replice .. their goods at_the priceiwhieli they . are 'noels; king; anefif the demand 'continues,. a further, d vanee in thepriee , of all kinds of cloth w il l !Un doubtedly take place..—Manchester Cfiron. 1 :4 -Hand Loons . Weavers.=-There is not a net workmen in Lancashire so imposed upon aaitbe a • d couon hand loom weavers. Last itiqek footle . =ilk weavers from the neighborlogni l of Little Moss Ashton. took their work to a ware house in Manchester, and were obliged to sob wit to a reeuction of .:E7 and upwards out of thine earnings, ur to be turned.off without work; rating than be entirely without employinent, they sign ed a paper to be reduced; scarcely a weaver takes his work to the warehouse, but they are obliged to submit to the reductions; hundreds of families are in a miserable state in many of the neighing.- yable eettwannual the year, $2 50 wt twelve lines will bb and 50 cents tor one rtion. sorted until ordered y are to be continued ccordingly. • ed $l2 per ante*; r—with the privilege exceeding 2 squares insertion tif a small. ceessive times. tor mast be post paid, aid to them. . and other notices erted gratis. wilt lie arriages and Deaths. titer, STREET, B. Aim or ARCH Sr MLA" ERS OF el, r .1 Alb. Emeuc ing towns round Manchester. , The American houses of Grant. Bell ar, Co. are about to resume business, to the great gratifica tion of a large circle of friends, by whom they arc esteemed fur their uniformly honorable !end prudent conduct. A dividend of Ws. in the rind will be paid elmOst immediately. • North Midland Railway.--The contractslfor the formation of the railway in the Eckinjtou district, have been taken by. Messrs. Nelson and Kitchen, of Halifax; the Beighton portion, by ?di. Rutherford of Wingerwortb; the-Treeton, by Mr. Jciel Buxton, the dontractor for building the new church; and the ilullbridge, by Mr. Jackson, o London. vs- r Sul ph Nitric Acitie r Caustic do Morphia • do Sulphur I de Narcot. es Mineral pa do. itre,Primstone, Borax, tinned articles, to ,em of Paints, Drags article in the CheMt- e articles enomemed go themselves to spp c on the most reascitia- On TueSday, one of the boiler of the Hasitiell colliery exploded, by which mea t several clf , thti workmen were severely scalded . e understand that the recovery of some of the is very doubt ful.—Sunderlo ad - Herald. ... . :from 6 8, to 24.30.1 48+ A; Co. lesale and retai' Fami 3 doors below Pda4et sh Grocories,comem • Coffee wn and Suiani ; lump Molasses • A landlord in Sussex has adopted a new Mode of correcting the evil consequent upon the gniwth of weeds. Whenever any of his farms are.finind to be overstocked with weeds; the rent is immedi ately raised, it being a maxim with the individual ' in question that, "if a tenant can afford ta i gruw weeds, he can .-afford to pay more rent." i 4 Horrid Murder.— Tbe . usually b eeaccable county of Westmoreland has been the scene of a most atrocious and cold blooded murder. A. person named Thomas Hunter, about' 32 ' years of age, residing at Langdale, in the parish of Orton, a butter dealer, ited,who acted as o..common.nat•rier between his own neighborhood and the market town of Kendal, saes Orton _hie • return home on Saturday eight,:viith'm - half a mile of his lawn house. Bing a - steady-and industrious man, he was know to be. frequently entrusted with large sums of nay , Ap end from Kendal, and the knowledge f thieditit donlitlesetempted hisimur derers to elstriititnition*Of tile - ihabolital act.— He was in tie habit iirleaving belie milli Fri day morning andretarrobg-frin-Xelididitit the Saturday evening about 9-o'clock.' On Satoirday he had r been commissioned to -bring homer *rune i articles for a neighbor; but not atriving at his usual:time, the neighbor walked out on the road ' to meet him, and had not gonefar before by met with Hunter's horse and cart. standing, IA the lane, but no appearance of their owner. An, a larm was given, and a few neighbors assembled and proceeded in search of Mt. Hunter. ' At a short distance and not more than half - - it' mile from bie'own door, they found the iinfortunate [Man lying across the road, a horrid spettacle, with the back part of his head blown cdfl `? At--the annual sale of Underwood, an, the:Acton place estate, by Messrs. Blunden and- Rolfe, the high price of Xtfi, per acre was obteiee4 f 4 only 12 years growth. 4. Manchester and _Leeds Eafhorry Co or-- Messrs. Faville & Sons, are the contractors 'for the Horbury line of five miles; Mr. William Billing ton has taken the Wakefield !indef one -mile, in 'eluding the spacious arch over Kirlfgate; the Leeds line has not yet been let, bet it as fully ex.. pected that Mr. M'lntosh will be the contiactor. In the Insolvent Debtor's Court, on Th4riday, Lord Edward Thyrthe was examined and:dis charged. His debts were stated at theencirmous sum of X 221,059; for £155,000 of which he bad redoived no consideration. Amon g his creditors is Mr. Thomas Duncombe, for £8,200. ' '• • : The contest for the Coronership of cinO of the divisions of the county . of Worcester hie j ust ter minated in favor of MT. Smith,' who hea, out of eight thousand votes, polled a majority , l ortwo hundred in•his favour. The remarkable*ettares of this contest are, the- immense numbet Of free holders who voted, and the large eaptitiditttre of .money: by the candidates; Mn. Smith sod Mr. Stokes having each spent £5,000, to obtain £2OO a year. that being the highest ref:annual:ion. yet received from the office.— Wereetter Anal 'Young 1 -. :e Pec- Teas, , a. . r ! Iceu !_t iunitz i Chocohtte . shells .• chovy. }Sauces . . 't ... r• 1 • ~ } Pickles Ce and Ginger andcassta Prunes nds, cnron , lemon, yup "• - codfish - • mon . x .2 ll P erm Candle n and yellow soap claret . . ocluttopaague Wlees nrilaga - in: tvood to; ' &lonia Sicily Wei. j hela & corn whiskey peppermint cordials pan tsh ¢ com brandy N. E: Raul , lot do on cigars d ed e a " 1 Ware ry Goods. &c. &e. all of oil the most reasona hat` and Tavern Keepers • on hand at his Store Centre and Rail t Road , f Goods, suitable for the ted steels edo do re do do o do o do al assaortrpent. ling at reduced prices. .1 CLAYTON. °OD& C. KERN aroma 'the eititens of that he constantlk keeps Centre and Callowhill the National Hotel, a eat of Sipple and Fancy selection of Wines," L.s , all of which have Be en owest cash prices• in the d will be sold nt 12/ per roduce taken In exchange 19 39—t1 five, • at letters Testenteolary to the eubseriber,• by the County, en the estate of Bed, late of Millersville, peksons indebted to said lnested to make pa,yinent ediately. and inch *be Id agility are likewise re authenticated, for R Y CHRIST, Administrator. ' 16— I. ENGLM. IRELAND. Theatre Royal—Visit of ifs B arL dfi ac y tic .Lord Lieutenant.—Thorsday night his Excellen. cy the Lord Lieutenant ifisited the Theatre in state. His reception was flattering in 'am. ex. divine. The bouse was throcged to suffocation. No command was ever so cornidinvenbrd by the public. Seats seemed to be opt of the question, unless where pre-engaged. There warno tin 7 seemly disturbance, unless such as heeded there occurred in the effort Id ofdain , , or keep places.— W hen his Excellency entered; the cheering was tremendous, and again and again the ontrin,well come t0p0,, , ,Aa his Excellency entered 'ibislar riage, in taking his departnre;the crowdivif the humbler elegies of our fellow.eithens the throng ed the area , in front of the- Theatre gave louder, it not more' earnest,, expreinien to their, lijre than those who hid gatheredwithinfts G. C. Bunton4 req. second ern of tbeite othy Bunton of this city, was last week tWorn is her Majesty's Court of Excheilifer, a in mbar of the lion Society of King's inn. iPi _ 4 - •14 . 11 1110 1 - 1, 0 , A S , ND p,; Lim _ Gr — An g ßA •- • • - ' - r i. N-D- ,- ,$•. - . , Je: . -L ADVEIMISEIR-6 ~. I i. -- , • -- -••• , r • i ,: . ..,., , . :.. - ^ - 7 ,. : '. -- -7 - 4`''' , 1 • • Y::{ 4 1 . -_. .... !_. .. •• •i. - , , . • , FEB • FOTTSVILLE, A. a, F ESDAYINO ; NING, UAaf 21,183841 The Dublin Freemalil resinata - that t . • removaktf Cj a. Chief Constableenile ion ~ 'Wen to En niskillen was for hey" g kept tw . noinricently improper velum in a house Most d to the pci• lice laurel* rot which tt rep#r w vent-to Gov ernment: ' -' - ' ' ... ligriettlyrrst an Comiterciall mud, as Inahmen,notpresstur sadefadien it the resumption of bummedi by e Agricultural and Commercial Bank, which, While sforktngi tem. duced so lariat! to the: adinnumment of ;Ag• ricultaral and Tradiriklbtenersts ofthe ' try, and Would , this tittle, if dot 'interrupted 1111 usual operations, have enrinbiedArthind bl • no less an amount. ken Vi r inle the re-ippearancii of the.Agrietillaral Bar* cheer the farrnece and gladden the pops ton of the .vanous districts to - erhich they are ow being circulated, gioom and' grudging, Ind Limy ,base been already evinced by- certain ival establishments, for this neuronal raped. po r stifiport, and general gonfidence viduchthep ed integrity; and well Mid - stability otlasfre -1 h Bank, -have produced amohg all clasind o r aMultrymeni;—Lisscriek Citrons • • ' the High Sheriff,Of Wexford waeoldige4 to cadent a detachment of the 110th Depot last *k• to protect his bailiffs di serstng !aides-for ti , in that county. Trade in lreland4thq.43eds - Mercury 4 ye that the state and proatiec of trade rende ,It probable that there will be ionsiderable suffering among the laboring cleasestduringthe winter. The monks of Mount Bellow, •re-establishing a branch of their , ordSr in clifoen Connempra. A tunnel] of the Bank of Ireland is about 4 be opened at Ennis. ' • _ SCOTLAND: Mainfiretures hs Edi l l o brag.—Tbe . want of manulactorrea in the linfi s g urhood of Edualtirirg. l e so lunge' desideratum, is; we are -happy; to - serve,hegining• to bitsupplied. .It is gene Ily known that a respectable I company has ne ly coMpleted the erection of *large large !silk manuf to- . ry, near Fountainbrioge: tint our respectable tid enterprising citizen, John Craig, Esq., of es-. tonholat has taken the start, in this parr tic endeavor to give employment to the wor ng population. We had the pleasure; on Tu y afternoon, to see the extenSive ap?nning.mill tot ' erected by Messrs. Craig; lin Salamander S t Leitit'commence working. This establishm nt, , whet it is fully set in 1110000. Will employ 00 individuals. The principle building is the spin? ning.room, an elegant oblong hall. 120 fed i by 66 feet, and containing about 2000 spindles, be sides spreading, drawing,' roving, and car og 'maohines. The engine l house contains o i 1 1,,d steam engines, upwards 0(30 horse/power ch , andthe counting-loose , heckfing, and re : g rooms, warehouses, stables, &c., all atta . forma complete and habileonie establish ent, the 'whole being splendidly lighted-with gas. On Thursday evening. t tie 7th curt., We of the heaviest castings ever made in this country, or perhaps in Europe, was completed in the Vulcan Foundry. This grad "article" of work manship is intended as o* e of ' the sole plates, with double condebsers , r the engine of that magnificent vessel, building in London, the ens glues fur which are to be jfitted up by our talen ted townsman, Robi. Napier, F,sq. This piece of workmanship, Weighing upwards of3i tone, and completed within 14 days, reflect great credit on Mr. D. Elder arid Mr 3. Allan, the able ' managers of the above mantioned'estansiveestab lishment. This vessel we learn is ,to ba Darned the Victoria, and the eine! of the vessel and the power °flier engines will excel! aey der 'boil,: and her engines are intended to mortal the rate of about .650 horse poWer.=.4olasgawfkreld) A number of the friendsand neighborns of Mr. Andrew May, farlier,,,Middieton, Paisley Road, invited hill to dinner in :Mr. Nen Cetiaickiaera Parkhousc,, on Wednesthiy the 29th nitypievious to his - leaving that district; and' then krisentell hiin with an elegant embossed Silver Seat box, bearing the following inieription:—.-rErcima few friends to Mr. Andrew 4sy, farmer , , Middleton, as a small mark of their esteem for ei tito as. a gentleman, and his obliging mewl s-a neigh bour,29th Nov. 16137. t •' ' . About ten . a`cteck on l Thursday . eteeiag, e gabbart man named Ca*pbeill, when goingdown a stair inliarvev Lace, Preeheock, hi a state or intoxication, stumbled and fell to the bottom.— He was taken. up quite ' Meer:tibia though the height from which he fall was, not more than six feet. Medical aisistanca was immediately pro cured, and- tbe unfortunate man bled, and rester ratives were restarted te, but without loam., it being discovered thatithe violence of the fall , dislocated his near. He survived but a fiw min utes after the accident.; The deceased was a young unmarried man. This is the sistwod cue in this town Within (out days, of young mess meeting an untimely end in - precisely 'similar circumstances, fronithe excessive nee of 'ardent spirits..—[Greentrock Arieertiser.] - i Death of Robt. tficoili. the Pod.—We regret to announce that yesterday this talented young man. departed this life at the residence Of Mei John Johnston. Newhaven.) Mr. Niaill Continue editor of the Leeds Tidies till within tire* few weeks, when the state of his health - forced him to;wig° a charge, the duties of.which.he per fOrMed with ciadit to , himeelf,. latufactioa, to those With whom he was connected, and benefit to the kiarty.wipse politics he supported* Mr. Rican is well known lui the author of a volume of poems, and iiitme beautiful pieces whigli ap. peered ni Tali Magatme and other perwalicelx, , -.Erlieburg Oserver.ll . ' We understand that; her Majesty tbew4iseen Dowager has been grticimudy pleased to Min . mate her intention al. sending a considerable. number of wadies, the workmanship of her own hands: to be dispose of at the ,riale of lo l lies Work, which is to take - . place in. the Areverebly Rwals lhe week attartnext, - in aid °film ere ction of i Mariners'Ehureirend fchagl at Leith. We nail this as a plessingipreir of the amiable dis. positioo andChristianleharseterof her Mapirty ard it comes with peculiar grace-from sae - .bol a deceased consort gloried in the name of a Whit.% --(Edinburg Calmat.) t - Pert. Dee, 24'—Wearrieg.—§loce . bum*, the weavers here have bee p generally manic:yeti' al thmigh we are sorry to yno advanmen ,ghe price of weaving lightigeodi has liken Volet f Within these ten day an advance. ofir.hairpen; ny pet oil has bun gi en by loom. of "the laid. ing house! miumbrei a ginghani. •'A , tionaldie: ' able quanlitjr• of light rill is daily iiriving bi'M t ' , ' the, west country; there are also some very rich patterns of Wane work front'.Paisley ries on. == IMIMEM ECZMTI We are ,„given to Understand ;llia! a stone; quarry hen lately been. diecoveied Wales; which produceastunes Ora very . snpenprAtlab7' 11 7* two ,thirty 6 -1 1 4tIrraii fegt In kfaltthi - 'and rrealrkefn tvrelire inches „square., 'fib. as a tie n • the etkength' ofono.ofthose.cillumne, s stride lan suds long andtaes wpie.re. irrui lately sub. Mulled to the fol iog Raying becuiplaced io ehorlitontal position, Owl supported bi • bearers at each end t is weight of tiailve tees wig placed in the centre before the stone broke. It is of imporhince for railways, forming continuous aliwpisreor ties, wined on the Dublin and Kiegatown railway, will'be. ap patent; which. from the faces whiih the stone. ' present, requiring Irate or niilabodr, ' render, it useful ,f.or building purposes generally. more particularly wino-applied 'in hit cifkind timbers.' In case of fire in Ware houses, o 0 Other large buildings where bond timber are the :walls kettetilly WI. in con-• ,iience of to resist being. no. able residt the action efs the fir whereas if stone *midget hilisgtha abets eioribed, thin would pot be thrinuer.- 1Two• br .three cargoes are said . to wa.the aye ot,shiputent fur the Liverpiol sod I s on don markets. The pt?egr - 4Fas ir a _community , pay be fairly tested by its triter arse, and this criterion.estab• fishes the fitetllia the prosperty of Swansea is advancing rapidly,. for an increase of .E 370 Per annum Was obtained at the letting of 1 our gates last Tuesday, which was a rise of about 15 per cent en the former taking r and increase, the ag. gregate income of the Tenet to about' £3OOO a year, and this despite of immense traffic on our various canals and rail roads. Chino* rates. 4fostr.On Friday, in punutance of diie notice given, the Church-wardens of the Parhib applied .fur.. Church rate Of six pence in thA pound; when the. Dissenters and others.. who Iked Toripetly ,withheld- their concurrer.ce, propo. ied a rate of eight pence inthe pound. with , * view, to the liquidation of arrears, and future harmonyf ; which was unanimously agreed tp. - I I , PORT Cannon, Feb. 13. 1838. Bastian, esq. You'will confer a favor on me by publishing in the Miners' Journal " the Report of. Mr. Barnard, to the House of Assembly of the State of New 'York. The subject of Education is one in which the citizens of a Republic have a deep interes4 and if the remark of the eminent civilian,i(dfontesgttieu on the Spirit of Law,) be tree; that the basis of a Republic is virtue,lhen tottit more than to others is the theme worthy of all cou• sideration. The lucid, cogent, and eon- elusive argument of the ton- gentlemen will commend itself to the sound judgment, pure Literals, and.plitriotinm of the com niimity. The Report was adopted by a niajwity honorable to the State and Nation-121 to 1.., M'C. Report of the Committee on Colleges, Academies and- Common **hoots, on - the memorial of Wm. G. Griffin and .174 Asszianr.x, 3atr. 48,—Mr. Barnard; from the committee on collegels, academies and common 'schools, to Whom was refer red the memorial' of William G. Griffin and others, asking the Legislature to enact slew to - prohibit' the praetice of prayttig, tsinging v rearling•the Bible, and other religi: ous exercise, in such schools, academies and seminaries of educatioti, as receiT9 aid from the public treasury . " . 1 'That the toniinittee have 'given to' this memorial the most Befi arid deliberate eorasideitition. • ' l'hey have teen deeply; impressed=with the importanee of sonti b at least of the questions rain d by the petitiSn% era, and birdied, directly or by ihiplice tion, in the object lhey rite pursuing, and the indispensable necessity, if possible, of having those questions' settled, and 'set' tie right, in the public' mind. In realm; mending that the prayer of the memorial late be not granted the committee would not deem their duty faithfully done, with. otit an effort to - show that their - conclusion's in the matter are sound and just; ibis be lieved that this can be shown to tbe Becht faction of the hauls, and it is hoped, to the satisfaction of the petitioners and of the country.' The substaipe 61tbe coMplaint in this memorial ss, that religious exercises , are tolerated in those public •sehtxils which ' participate in' the public bounty; and this practice they regard as a violation of the law of equality and the nghtsiofeonseience, as aiding to propagate, and engircti pecu liar. religious opinions at the public et pease, and teadintto; if nakatunally konn ing, a union•of church and state. . In order to understand the fikee and et feet of this complaint, it will be neecessary to look for a moment at our ardent ofpUb lie instruction, to consider whatur schoxile are4mir tonatitAtett Ind euppOrtedieatr. why they are, auslained and stittilosted 'as abet' are. i s . 1 _ ' . ' , it hippest' unfortunateli., thattwiPe fi ance does t not, alien that e,masa of y people are diaposed, to keep_oy and S u . 1 pclft , Silineielit , and eirenOsesyateta io( initructiolui fv themselves ,lig, volun , i 1 contributions, and it, - beeCattelt n • -, therefore, for this ta ke °Pelf, vase*". r m that tha.cointannity should make proaiejou for the support oteducation by law. ' This neeentity J_OS eaoy left in, !ibis ;State, ,aid, it Ilia beeb:lo4gti a nd isj)aw*, , ant l - 1 411 1 1 zoned be, the -se t t- and •aleady pokey !of di State toil:mobil+ aid in support of pub lid instrucliol MIME I ~µY" otkers. s i r, • --:- ~e~- ~ - ,~:; , ' • L l a l ' - '.... ~' ' ' .174, „I :: { 'Ty' i A. •4• - , . „ ),;(7 , ~ . _•. - . • ... „ ItMII ';‘).- ii ,pe, 'Alt,roleiu 7 copipion ,:. 00 I:lVslem 6013r•-•4* . sum is ilis,4ib ea ; 4444 3 5nY from tbeS ri in Paytuckit.. l: We. wages 4 41.4 1.1 0r 11 1.•4 1 , kasium. equal t Mit w.hick, is thus. [muted, and !Ilk* t '. income. of a hirde fu - devutea'te;t4iii purpose, is, -raised lof the, compolsury PT , CoteellS•of tali'. flout and spplied hi' they s on e`oll*#.—, Fiaqb illste complying with bertain•Pre lICt*NI • Mlitions, receives. a -iharw' ot these pub! . moneys.—The listrict Mies itself, if ' majority in it au fileatse, to_ e ; provide t 'proper house, and iccommoda tlons for . thielsChooL It contricti, l through, its trustiwith a qualified i tructor„ and provides' f ii thu payment of a y deficiency l , i . in the am nt of public tmi ito pay 'The. wages oft i mister, by ara bill 'Against those who•fiirthsh children to instructed. in this iplan ,it will be se , that while I .wo person i liable to taxation is allowed to escape the, put) , of eontributi n to the slip. port of popular 'education, rie individual is compelled[y any law. to educate, his chil dren at , all a i much less send them to the ..public•schntils. If he dilooBt to violate the •solemn obligation which hi ' position as a . • citizen, •It contractor with t impotitir:cin him to fit Ins proper minis° of education s' the part they • ate to,act in the common government, to do ao. j ,Especially is he liberty, if the will have the , all, to do so in any manner sot' utideF,, any masters wh KPliel to is re port of thii public schools, condition of any itur-pay in may hat) no children to • schools. Heins the same school fund, and like them. he contributes to the amount raised by tax' ion according to his ability.. Further th .41 this the law ti does not loblige him tog o: Ile is taxed for the sapport Of an indis ensable public institution', and if he havec hildren to be educated this institution s ~open to all others, and he is free to dv II himself of its direct adtentages or nut, ccording to his piesiarre.ll , ii i i Now it este these echo ' as we are to -suppose,' hat the &Wren lie petilicmaii ate -ace toted to resori, and in some cases, it; fair to presumei that it is found exceedingly inconvenient, perhaps impos sible, fa , these parents :. furnish their children the means o instruction any' where else: ' TheYere, refore, obliged to resort these schools of tak e the al ternate Of keeping their ildren in otter i l igrionithie;'ooll it is undo these circum itances,lhat they come elute the Legis. , , hinny witi the complaint, that, On resort- ing ta these schools, they ri nd im there a pr • rice introduced—that ofi dittoing in devo tional exercises which they deem highly offensive 'and objectionable. The grhunils ofobjecf4Ein to this practice, as far as we can gatithethem from the memorial, are tivo: ' 1 ' • • , I. That the Christian' religion is _thus supported or aided 'at the pnblic expenses. 2. That the rights - of equality and the Tight i Ur i conscience are thereby invaded, inanameh is 'the unguarded_ th inds of their children Ore thus exposed to be contami natest , . In'mglard ta the brat, of these positions, the committee would only say, that it is a mere error in fact. It is simply untrue . . These teachers are paid for. teaching, aad net the Iplray ing : No part of their wages -is for this ' service, or any other religious exercinl And thisiffist be exident from the feet that the wages of teachers are not in the 1 ' t affected by the consideration, whittle they pray or do not pray. In 4 rd to the other-ground of objec tion pr, owl by, the petitioners, we re mark ;.1, Whenever a number of persons 'associate together in public assemblage for any specific object, it is usual and per fectly e., mpetent for them to agree on the forms t proceeding, and the. terms..on ;which the common object, shall beirose icuted. This. determination of course be longs tq the majority; and it belongs es sentially to the power 'of the majority.to insist an any conventional/omits of pro- Ceeding while the body is together; not inconsistent with the common object. As for example, if it thea company of Friends, or their are in the . thajority, they array agree sit with their' hateon; if pot, thpy m 114) ay a to sirinlii - thein OM 'if the rosjori y Are Shaliers-; they Mildancei if Jews or.christiam% they May pray. Mid neuteli r in& been citsteeit is. the duty of the mi eerily 1101)1131e* The'only questino for 1 theta • • si - Whether' the farm or Ceremony, i ' on ,is in "itself decent and bi4ina ! flito itilli eot.in hostility to the Maiti;ptr -4 posepo the:associatinn.' ' .''' 1 ::' 5, -it li on'thie pritiCilia"that your Awn . otterr'suppnse the 'practice 4bi e,c! 4 ia- by the petitionetki its adopted . The prac tice ielnoupreeciribeil 'by ani•State itutho rim it is' R . :Matter whollyrefinied!in, 'the : decigim of the ... towns and dietriCie. A nia*t l ty"tof the liming sendlog - 6bilaren ioli OuWii.. school; *Ming fO'illtenr. Oil area,' i• they ' Mite 4 'right' tii'dti, may rightfully agree sad direct that:the proper business of the school shall be opened or `arwaw~s __t-~'~-ib 'fL'° -"- ST , 'Ao: • • r• • : :retitle-TO 4 . )17R. 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We Of .devatiourin:, , dtvidnatly % W i tmatiaier they isimaistirlhey il 9a.y practice the- like acts of-dsvotiixi-ut ilil i4 ll, TAlT4'eP4l.ltay, Joey requite - the - 010441 thing of their , children, whetherllithwilatli ,allyier in.a i social aseemblase:rTheinie.l l tice . l is, innocent , andi.geeisitt, And* k 09, 1 ,11 of. tie . principle.on illicit a tilootityocill luntartly associating with -themlittpurslllitij of in oliact,jumhich„theY are illvtildbt can properly dictate_ tatlist-goolority,4l6 l , l conventional.: terms- On -which, thipbady,i shall proem*. - -.• , :- . ±-'iiii . ..ti. - ..1 I But thevetitiOners ask fer.thajaidiagal of a /ate, to prohibit the practice compliikkil ned of. They ask a law to prevent-the ~ - jerky in a school -district. from Mini( in a matter which ia in itself,: innocent' is of necessity purely .contientionalr -Theii - ask for a law• to prevent a majority, • lisio.:&-•k ;-- elated aril meeting for'tho piwpisienCin;. / - titillation, from 'indulging in socialrayeto, and reading the Bible as a ileictilgidAtag, ercise. The argument for thurupplkiation; is,.that the, children of •the minority-are; exposed to, have their •minds: taintettsind corrOpleti by these religious actta--..• . P. ' It is u . , • übtedly true," that no prom,: and no - a ~, lotion of periwig, are•at.liberi ty to indulge in any:acts or practice ti the face of the • comtnunity, which*. bY)theil necessary ;Operation, are clculatedlocor ! : rupt arid debauch-the youth ullor the imati4 r); to incite to licentiousin or to enlnitt It is on this principle that the law williset . tolerate the' publiestion•of bbeasite boat* . and prints. As no,man has himself ii:right to rob or steal, so no man ;has aright'" • incite another man to rohor 'steal; snot iii no man has a right to trample on the SbNi.. mon law of public decency, so no it 1 a right to stimulate the passions of otbera 1 to the commission.of the like offenciec If then litwere true that the devetinciat practice complained of by the'petitiobeth i tended of necessity to the contateitattiOg Of the minds and motalVortheit it •Illilreti, `it ought undoubtedly to tie irreitter4 - 14: gal interlios - hien. Such is not, hiitraver,r. ‘, the opinion of, your comMittae. I it-is AI enough , to make out the ease, that - 1114'044 -titioners differ .in•-opiniod . with' these - Vai' resort to this.: practice, M• regaidllOl. character' an d pretensions of the xiilte' ' which-thelatter prof's& 1 The i petitioners have an undoubted right tcfpronoinice thit • ' religion to be a mere soperstitiotOnktfils. whole story a colleetionsf legends and - absurdities, as they eesni to do itilliislie. , . tit-ion; but this we apprehend i's net enough to make out a case - demanding its stipteez • sloe by legal authority. They, meetly fkrtber, and show that this religitio,llY-its necessary operation; is pernicious 'hitting effect on mind and morale,. tending Walk men freafrom all moral restraint, abil Mit them loose with excited and unbridled lions of Other and on society. IN • •1) this is -proved, then, 'undoubtedly, tiiig , ' the practice :of Kprayieg, Engine and reading the' Bible, to. be proltibittidlts schools. - And of emir*. the prdhibitibit must not stop there. If these Clnietiaa - practices are-interdicted by labeinichciobl e because, they contaminatesed Corruptti lib youth wlio there witness them; they i Must, •,,,, be interdicted 4sewhersiand everrittere •-, ' 0 withine Staff, .fiirtlursamerreascati-14Ir - - ,--- • the public reeding or the•Biblet'whot*:- '7.-2. in schools 'or elsewhere, las re.. neeit -,, - tendency• to vitiate public gentiesesi:iiittie incite.to'Univerodlasciviatantese, ability way ,to, weaken - and.. finally!•destreyilalf - sense ttc moral obligatiOn, then - 04 , 004 reading pf•tbe •Bible should lir *hit" ----', 4: by letyi r riot in one place,- but•talitl , ' '.,, ..:-.. and not ,only so,.but itoirotilif limtbilr .4 ' :-. of the community. to 04 an utter einitilie .. ... to the printing andioeirettlation itteeorit book. I, . ILii, E. 1 -- f.. 4 ;t : 1 1 1 4 * ' The,..tonunittee =it liuppoiseittbei • . _ r** these petitione the Ivesarst3reedyt tii -- - c•lttrY -,04.41 !the i Work - -Of probiliititsteitind excitation to. _ the extent hereuldicitediandl for oiirLitt,e*,:weehoild be quite tirrinifing to begiatitchinn expertment.in; thiitillispr - ter; ,at4litiati Upon antevidenikts We l yaf , _. have ottheperuiciousend - dinipireim 40.- -- meter getheboolt or 0e - religion of `wl 'WC , - - the petitioners complain: . • - , ' , :'l r Bo , t the prayer of thesec t meMorialistit: ~ preeenteforeonsideratiepanotber sub, eet or iiclitilt 3 Anomeiltel 4 -,, Th er-aak *tit* ' :readina of thellittle 'trochee's - lila* liel. probihilekarsittbit-404 of•coiltolt,taio utucAiwOurn-if it insynoti.Thieres4,,it ~ cannot , IntrOducedloeused there feilsW 1 . valitablepurPOsee - wArne ytunqetunitiltbte thilAlkt!lAtAgre•are`metightr.T.amik'Sk ii t' , the use of this book should be re titi4 se ; our, poNie _schools, 1 and- . why •it • ~ •withoul the lemplanier Of offenduitiurf = one7s„comicietor tijarint ii i gs". rights, , Waligyeasea on: whit to titaktihe majority in apubliniieltiol . 'Slit' a riglit t io read: the .Bilile as sweet!' i thi l € l4 o,_ 4? votion, Wallow ' *whilst , . .„ '..,.. me, altacteg Prgbo l . Jek,iilbtiqls4*-,4 mes cor ment indispensable ~ a "goo d 01 - 4 - 1 .. popular instruction. ~ .-. . 1 4iro bi concluded is ,of r + ,001 ; . 1v,,,, , 4 , , , i 4 11, •, 0. , ,•t . , Ili II ';:i--_= -_h~,t /~~ ~~k ~~q t -- r MEN .... .1 - 4 '. J , _ ..,, t • ffill , r ~ _ E
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