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No. 65 NORTH FR fl
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THILEZ Doane - r14.0Y TRIG 0
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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
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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
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-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
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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"
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HED,
Ai AN.
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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...
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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
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Morphia
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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
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Coffee
wn and Suiani
; lump
Molasses
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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
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Iceu
!_t iunitz i Chocohtte
. shells
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chovy. }Sauces
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~ } 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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'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 _ ' . '
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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
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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_
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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 ,
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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
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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 ,
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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
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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
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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
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theta • • si - Whether' the farm or Ceremony,
i ' on ,is in "itself decent and bi4ina !
flito itilli eot.in hostility to the Maiti;ptr
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posepo the:associatinn.' '
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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
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himato.4ll* . Q. twill': uichilld.t4 pray; rani
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mahtus ire/ - stint tily.ot tbitibliffitina ,
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9a.y practice the- like acts of-dsvotiixi-ut ilil
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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 •
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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 •-, '
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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" ----',
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by letyi r riot in one place,- but•talitl , ' '.,, ..:-..
and not ,only so,.but itoirotilif limtbilr
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of the community. to 04 an utter einitilie
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to the printing andioeirettlation itteeorit
book. I, . ILii, E. 1 -- f.. 4 ;t : 1 1 1 4 * '
The,..tonunittee =it liuppoiseittbei • . _
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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 ,
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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
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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 •
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•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 , .
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mes cor
ment indispensable
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popular instruction. ~
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