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13DUCATIOX.
Catlawis:i School.
It is with much plcasuro wc give public
ity to the following communication and ad
dress; for while it exhibits the ambition of
School-hoys in the pursuit of education, it
may be an incentive to future application.
The present generation will soon foilow the
summons of "the still small voice;" and to
the Youth of the country we must look for
materials to fill ihc Vacuum. How impor
tant then is the duty involved upon us in
preparing them for the various stages of
human action; and how pleasing to cheer
them on in the only true path to useful
ncss and fame! Rome rose from barbar-
ism to the highest pinnacle of re'fineirienf;
and the present degradation of her pedple
furnished a useful lesson when placed in
contrast with her former magnificence.
inc cause ot ner uowniai is recorded in
history. Let us then take counsel from
her misfortunes: Let us encourage the edu
cation of youth abolish luxury promote
industry reward mont punisli tlic vi
cious; and our institutions will rest in safe
ty. Let every young American remember
that he lives in a country where
all
men
are free and equal;" and that with virtue
and intelligence the poorest bdy stands an
equal chance with all others to obtain the
highest honors in the gift of the people
The dissemination of knowledge will alone
promote and support the greatness of dur
country; and while the School-boy drinks
eagerly and deeply at the intellectual foun
tain, wc shall have rlo cause to fear the
I continuance of that virtue, liberty) and i'hde-
(pendertec which at present distinguishes A
tnerlca above all other nations of the globe
Follow this path, young friends, and your
labors shall be richly rewarded.
Oi-rtXwiSsi. School, Oct. 25, 1837.
Jons S. Ingiiaw, Esq..
Sir In compliance with the request
of our fellow Pupils, wc hcrewiih Bend for publica
tion in your paper, a copy of an address delivered
, 'before th members of this school, by Joseph H.
Wooden, at a public kxainmalion winch took place
ion the inn inst;
H. W. McttEYNOIiDS,
FRANKLIN PAXTQN,
HEISTER DltOUST;
'l rise, fellow pupils, with much difli
dence, to perform the task which you have
.assigned me; but I trust you will easily ex
fcuse me; who as yet stands only on the
threshold of science, for wanting that style
laud force, and beauty of expression, which
pertain peculiarly to those who have pene
trat6d intd the interior apartments of her
' 'lettiplC. What shall be the theme of my
'address? What subject, whose conlempla
tion will at once entertain and instruct us
1 have selected education. What in edu
cation in its most extended signification? It
embraces all those infiuericcs whi6h operate
npon us from our earliest infancy fo the pc
Hod of our dissolution. In a more limited
View, it imports that mental culture which
$s obtained from schools. In this sense I
Shall consider it. We enter our school, at
first, with a mind indeed, which distinguish
?s us from the brute, but which is as yet
buried in darkness, Unsliapcn and rude.
A wc advance, step by step, our mental
oowors become developed, our mental en
jrgies excited. Our iddas, which were in-
:umbered with dross -and scattered about in
;haotick confusion, begin to stand forth in
Jimplc and distinct forms. Wc not only
Requite a knowledge of the branches which
ire treated of in our textbooks, butanoth
tr end is obtained which is perhaps the
more important; we acquire the faculty of
jxamining subjects, which are presented
'or consideration, with system, of deciding
' .villi judgment. Our mental vision be
1 omcs cleared from the motes of prejudice
Hid the films of fanatacismand superstition,
rfd thus by degrees we rise from the low,-
,'apoury, stagnant strata of the atmosphere
;1 mind, into those higher and nurer re
'ions, where the sun- of reason pours upon!
. i f.i . l : : ......
la ins uuuiuuuuu iiuu inviguraiing rays,
jlay I notgo farther, and say thatour souls,
' 1 1 . 1 1 1 A .1 1 . . , -
jlius uuuyaiu mm uauhuu, uru ouuer prcpa
, nil. whnn til rr frtiSl fnnnrn whlnfi ImmL m.
: . - . ...... . (v.. u.iiug 11 J
p earth is sevcrod to soar into the immc-
Liato presence of the Great frrst Cause, and
rlnk during ceaseless ages at the foirntain
jf unadulterated bliss? If wc examine his
Jry, and compare savage and barbarous
nth civilized and cultivated man, we shall
nu that lacis- support tuft vrew which I
Jivo tafcen. .book at ancient Egypt, the
pwty of science; In her precincts- frdm
1 the known world assembled those who
ould drink of the Pycrcan spring. The
"5JKS5""
arts were cradled there, ami sprung dptoi
perfection under the patronage of her Kings
and Nobles. The light of science emana
ting from her splendid domes spread a glo
ry around her and illuininatcd the earth.
Look at modem Egypt: A moral obscurity,
equal to that miraculous darkness which
once enveloped it, covers "the iaiul, and it
presents nothing interesting to the eye of
the traveller save the crumbling ruins of its
ancient magnificence. Look at Greece!
An ignorant and superstitious race trcadi
the soil which was once trod by Homer,
Socrates, and Demosthenes. Iler light,
which once shone witli unrivalled splen
dour, has gone out in darkness. Ignorance
has "wrapt in her mantle of night" the saV
agc hordes of Africa, Asia and Occanica;
and the philosopher and philanthropist t
like weep at their consequent wretchedness
and degradation; but their brow clears and
their eyo brightens as they survey those
lands where tho mists of ignorance have
been dissipated by tho beams of science,
Germany, France, England, and our own
happy land. How irresistibly the convic'
tion forces itself upon our minds, that ignor
ance debilitates and degrades, while knowl
edge exalts, ennobles and purifies the soul
of man. By the kindness of our friends ve
arc placed in circumstances where we. can,
if wc choose, enjoy the advantages of edu
cation. On us then it will entirely depend
to enlarge our rninds, improve our under
standings, and enjoy the consequent honor
and happiness"; or fo neglect bur present
advantages, and not only suffer the incon
veniences of ignorance, but the positive
misery which arises from a consciousness
of having misimproved our piivileges. Let
us act as wisdom dictates.
The following statement of abuses re
cently practised in New York, and very
judicious remarks on the severity and hard
ship on tho southern and western merchants
who trade with that city, we copy from
Hudson s Lxpress of the 14th instant:
"During the recent pecuniary difficulties
by which this city, more than" others, has
been afflicted, the law of arrest, as respects
non-resident debtors, has been pretty fre
quently invoked by creditors against south
ern and western merchants; and we have
heard of several cases of peculiar hardship
and cruelty. The writ has been served
out, not from any doubt of the ultimate sol
vency of tho debtor, or his integrity and in
clination to pay, but to obtain the guaranty
of some resident in the city in the shape
of bail, to save the difficulty and expense
of collection. Several instances have oc
curred in which gentlemen of tho highest
respectability and undoubted wealth, have
been hurried away from their hotels to the
prison, after dark, when they could not
readily procure security; and we know of
ono case where $4,500 were tendered to
the jailor as deposite for the payment of
ij7UU the next morning by au arrested
; debtor from Virginia, but ineffectually,- as
the jailar's duty was merely ministerial,
and he had no direction in the matter.
"We do not complain of the law, so much
as of the manner in which it is or has been
abused recently under the pretext of com
mercial sull'cring; and some of the acts of
treachery and cool dissimulation practised
with a view of ascertaining the intended
movements of th6 traveller, open quite an
edifying page in the old volume of human
nature. Old accounts, disputed items,
charges for interest unadjusted, Sic. have
been raked up, and although they were not
embraced in subsequent transactions and
accounts current, have been made the ground
1. - 1 . i .
wunt on which process oi capias has been
issued; and the claims have been settled.
not from a conviction of their justice, but
to procure liberty, ps in the disorganization
of trade and its principles, southern and
western merchants have not found it so easy
n mfitlpr in nlitnin Koil "
ANOTHER SNAKE STORY.
On Thursday last Mr. Robert Cooke, of
this borough, having been taken with a vi-
tinnt .t-. I! A P. 1
ujuiii vuiiiiuiig, wirew irom nis stomach a
snake six inches m length. The reptile is
of a mouse color; its back and belly exactly
corresponding in color with that animal is
perfectly formed afr to head, scales,- &c,
and as near as we can judge, belongs to tho
wator species. It may bo seen at the store
of Jacob Cooko & Co., who have preserved
it in spirits, (tho individual from whom it
came having, at tho impulse of tho moment,
thrown it into the fire, from which it was
not rescued in time to save its life.)
Mr. C. cannot hi any way account for its
lodgment in his"stotnach, other than that
about six weeks ago, wltilo on a gunning
excursibn in the neighborhood, ho took a
drink from a spring, since which time ho
has experienced singular sensations accom
panied by indisposition, but he is not n
ware of having swallowed anything uncom
mon at the time. Mithcy Telegraph.
The Rank of England has appointed
Mr. Cowcll "an agent to visit this country,
on tho business of the Governor and Com
pany of that Institution.
VAUIOCS MATTERS..-
rr
List of acts passed at the first s-ssion of the
twenty-fifth Congress.
An act to postpone the fourtli instalment
of depositos with the States.
An act authorizing a turthcr postpone
ment of payment upon duty bonds.
An act for adjusting tho icinaining claims
upon the late deposite banks.
An act to regulate Jhc fees of disfrict at
torneys in certain cases.
An act for tho relief of D. P. Madison.
A bill to authorize the issuing of treasu
ry notes.
A bill making additional appropriations
for the suppression of Indian hostilities for
the year one thousand eight hundred
-and thirty-s'dven.
A bill making additional" appropriations
for the year dhe thousand eight hundred
and thirtyscven.
A bill to continue in force certain laws to
the close of the next session of congress.
A bill to amend nu act entitled "An act
to provide for the payment of horses lost
or destroyed in the military service of the
United Slates," approved January 18,
1837.
Resolution directing the postage on letters
sent by' tho cypress mail to be paidjn ad
vance.
Attempt to 'Fire the General Post Office
at Jl'ashinglon Wc take the following
from the National Intelligencer of ycstei-
day.
"For several days past a report has been
in circulation in this city of an attempt to
set lire to the General Post Ofhcc, whicl
is now kept in tho large building formerly
occupied by Mr. A. Fuller, and known by
the name of the American Hotel, situated
at the comer of Pennsylvania Avenue and
Fourteenth street. Wo understand that a
bundle of papers which were placed on the
mantel-piece ol the rostmastcr General s
room, were found burnt, and the mantel
piece charred, when the room was entered
early on Sunday morning. Appearances
were tlierelore, much m lavor of the suSpi
cion that an incendiary attempt had been
made, probably at tho time when the watch
man was temporarily absent on Saturday
night, going his rounds in tlic other parts
of the building. Wc also understand that
an investigation has bean-instituted into the
circumstances by order of the Posstnaster
General; but of the result wc arc not yet
i -
apprized.
Church for sale. The Providence Cbur-
icr says that the Slicrill of Newport has ta
ken on execution, the "Six Principles Uab-
the same for sale at auction, on Tuesday,
tnc a-itii instant. What sort ol "donomi
nation of christians" are those who attend
tins church? "Six Principles!" The old
Israelites had ten; vide Exodus and Deute
ronomy. Tho Richmond Inquirer has sev
en; Jive loaves aud wo fishes. Vide the
late John Randolph. Wc knew of a church
in New Hampshire, of octagonal from, built
uy cignt ucnominations; each claiming i
f-ide, and each to have the whole in its turn
Is the Newport. Church like this? Oi
docs it mean that tho congregation have ac
tually six principle?? If so', which part of
ino uecaiogne do they takef We should
think they .hadjioHP, from their allowing
incir cnurcH to be sold by the Shcritl.
J he way to win a kiss. The late Mr,
Jarvy Jiust amuscd.us once with a story
told of a brother barrister on the Leicester
circuit. As tho coach was about starting
auer ureaKiast the modest limb ol the law
approached tho laridladjv a pietty Quaker
ess, who was seated behind the bar, and
said he could not think of going williou
giving her a kiss. "Friend," said she,
"thee must not do it." "Oh, by heavens,
1 will!" replied the eager hamster. 'Well
friend, a3 thou hast sworn, they may do
n; uui nice must not malic a practice of it
Gorging Pension Certificates. Two
complaints have been entered beforo tho
Hon. Judge Davis, of the U. States District
Court, lioston, against Abinthar White.
Justice of the Peace, of Dighton, charging
mm wnii iorging rcnsion rapcrs.
Aatt JACks in lMiclngan. Tho Salt
isprmgs at I ettabawassa, Michigan, are
equal to any in that state. The peninsular
oi micnigan prooably lies on a substratum
ol rock salt, the deposite of tlic saline o-
cean that once rolled over all the west be
yond the Allcghanies.
Kichard Jv. 1-rost, in New York, h
been held to bail in the sum of 85000, on a
cr-argo oi having caused the death of a Mr.
TTV. .. ..I. t I. l-
i runuii uy quacKery rrosi was a young
man, only a ypar or two since an apprentice
to the blacksmith business; but at the time
ol this circumstance was practising physic.
The Mils "To authorize an issue of
Treasury notes to the amount of ten mill;
ions of dollars," and requriugtho "postage
on all letters sent by the Express mail to bo
paid in advance," having passed both Hou
ses of Congress, have been approved and
signed by the President of the United States,
and arc now laws of tho land.
Dorcas Allen, a slave, was tried and ac-
iliuueu, at tne uctouer term of the U. S
Circuit Court for Alexandria, on a charge
of murder of her own child;
OCTOBER. ...
There is a richness in this "mellow
month, that all tho incipient bloom of spring
cannot exceed, nor, in our estimation, par
allol. There is a lesson, too, written in its
hundred features, that comes more impres
sively to tho heart, than all the prospective
attractions of a newer season. This is a
lesson that tells us of tho unerring decline
of Life; that is a promise that points to the
bright cycle of years spread out lor our ac
ceptance. The first is the injunction of
truth; the latter the picture oi a sinicss, a
joyful, and a happy life. Wo know that
existence is cerium to i.iu imu mo - ciii
and yellow leaf:" Wc have reason to be
lieve that when it has blossomed, and
bloomed, it will not, like the perennial
summer, blossom and bloom again.
For thisrca3on, it for no otlipr should wo
greet the return of this melancholy month
with pensive thoughts. Who that loves
Nature, can look upon an American forest
now, with careless eye, or witn tmenrap-
turcd soul! Callous, indeed, must bo the
heart that feels hot the instinct of love for
God and his works, rising up, like a mom
tor, to instruct his admiration, or to tern
per his ardor. The bright green of tho
summer, and the brighter emerald oi tnc
Spring, have hicrged into tho golden tinge
and the" crimson foliage, of the decay pf tho
year. The whole face of the earth, ap
pears, also, to have Icll tho changing hand.
The bending grain and the exuberance of
all the farmer's toil, have been gathered to
gcthcr like unto a sheaf of Wheat, and laid
up where"moth cannot come." Behold!
the declining sun is out! The rays of his
brightness, like the last strength of the dying
man, seem concentrating in one mighty ef
fort, to shed over hill-lop, valley, and plain,
a flood of light, stronger aud deeper .than
the farfamcd blaze that burst around the
Apostle Saul while journeying to Damascus.
Inanimate Nature! If the poncil of the artist
could not, from such a scene as this, draw
forth pictures worthy of a Rubens and
Raphael, then is the limner of tlic Heavens,
unfclt, and the bright creations of his mighty
hand, forgotten as soon as beheld. But
they are not so. For though inimitable in
all His works, mortal may pluck from the
hand of impariialiiy, a wrcatli fit for a con
queror's brow, when even in faint ideal, he
seeks to sketch the grandeur of tho crim
sonclothcd tree or the unspeakable beauty
of the Autumnal Sunset. Why speak of
llaliai her skies, and the long lingerings
ol her evenings magnificence? Why when
the broad sapphire of tho canopy, tipt with
the crimson hue of October, eve after eve,
seems brighter far, than aught of human
imagination Why tell us df tho fire-edged
cerulean, of other climea! Not! when the
reverential gaze is bent upon the workings
of Nature and tlieovcrchanging appearances
of her countenance, and all tho beautiful, the
sad and the magnificent, by turns, are open
ed out to the eye, there is no time to meditate
upon a brighter scene.
Ship of Ike Line Pennsylvania. The
Army and Naval Chronicle states "that
n 1 ry, . t ' 1 .1 .
wuimiiuuonj isiias. aieicari nas oeen ap
pointed to take charge of tho U. S. ship of
mo line I'cnnsyivania irom rnuadelphia to
Norfolk. It is altogether uncertain when
she will be ready to proceed; but it must be
before the close of tlic navigation, or tie
approach of tempestuous weather. We
have not understood whether the Pennsyl
vania is to be fitted for sea at an early day,
1.1 1. .1 1 . . .1 . .. ' ' "
.iiuiuuu muru is nine uouut mat the popu
lar will would sanction her immediate c
quipment." Pa. Jleporter.
Legislature of Tennessee Resolutions
have been adopted by tlic Legislature of
icnncsscc, directing a searching operation
into the state, condition and business of the
banks and their branches in that stale. We
learn also from our exchange papers that "in
the Senate, a resolution was introduced to
bring on tho election of U. S. Senator on
the 14th, and bills havo been introduced in
both Houses to repeal the present system
or internal Improvement, which will he
contested with great warmth. A resold
tion has been proposed for a new State
Hank based upon the credit of the common
wealth, and the funds derived from the
General Government under the distribution
act of June, 1830.";
Importation of Grain A report of the
Secretary of the Treasury to' the House of
Representatives, gives tho followingjis tho
amount of the importation of flour and
wheat into the United States for tl:
.ho pen-
ods specified:
In .he year ending 30th September, 1835
and wheat flour, 89,397 cwt; valuoS09,
G70 of wheat 238,700 bushels; value
8108,017.
Year ending 30th September, 1880, of
wheat flour 31, 507 cwls; value $02,341;
of Wheat 538,800 bushels; value 493.159.
From Oct. 1, 1830 to Jan. 1837,21,209
cwt. of wheat flour; value 878,7413,
405,030 bushels of wheat, value $3,091.
809. James Decker, who was found guilty at
the Oyer and Terminer, held in Goshen,
Orange Co. last week of enticing from het
parents and marrying her againls their con
sent, a girl under fourteen years of age
was sentenced to fifteen days imprisonment
in the county jail. Tho court wo under
stand, declared tho marriage valid and it is
said, that Decker intends to claim bin liri.ln
.is 6wn as sue is Jourteen years of age.
INTERESTING ITEMS.
Great Jiunli Jobber Taken. The great
bank robber, who with a forged check on a
Baltimore house drew 324,(100 Irom the
Charleston City Bank, has been taken at
Baltimore, by constable Jackson of that city.
Thcreward ol 80000 was a tremendous
utc for tho vigilance of tho Police from
Maine to Georgia, and clswherc. No less
than 19,000, was found on the person of
the thief.
Heal Estate has fallen in nominal value
in most parts of llio country. Will not
rents be Somewhat reduced in consequence?
Mr. Samuel Jlotvell, in York county, in
this' State, has raised, on a single vine, six
pumpkins bearing the enormous weights
of 195, 129, 85, 73, 01, and 39 pounds
from a single seed.
77ic condition of tho Tennessee banks
arc about to undergo tho ordeal of a search
ing operation, in compliance with a resolu
tion of the general assembly ol that state.
The member "tot merchants' .bonds which
has been laid over at New York, is 8388.
He-taken, Wc learn from tho Eric Ga
zette-, that John Ncvins, who broke jail on
the 28th ult, where lie was confined for
counterfeiting, was re-taken on Monday last
-,,, '. .7. i ,
in uiraru lowusiup.
They already begin to boat of their agri
cultural productions in the Territory of
Wisconsin. A Mr. Smith of Burlington,
in that Territory, has this year raised a
"common red beet" weighing fourteen1
pounds. Wc should consider it quite an
foicomjzou "red beet," liot easily to bo
beaten.
C. C. Mason. Esq., Treasurer of tho
State of Mississippi, died at Jackson on the
28th ult.
Fatal casualty. Mr. Allen Perry, of
Greenfield, Massachusetts, was instantly
killed by being caught in the machinery of
a cutlery, factory, at which he was at work
in that place, a few days since.
'Tis said pumpkins vines run so fast in
Ohio, that unless they are chained up over
night they can't be found next morning.
The Receipts of the Baltimore fc Ohio
Rail Road between Baltimore and Wash
ington, for the month of September, excee
ded 830,000; During tho same time tho
receipts on the main stem of ihc road wero
about 850:000 for the meritli of September.
The receipts for the year ending oil the 30th
September arc estimated at about $000,000.
James C. Leo, convicted of manslaugh
ter at Madison, Indiana, has been sentenced
to live years, ill the penitentiary, and a fine
of $500. Tlic idea of a fine for a murder
seems like making a jest of the matter.
The New Orleans Commercial Herald of
the 8th says, "The vator was so deep
yesterday at the Potter's Field, as to render
it imposs ble to bury the dead. Those who
were sent from the hospital were returned;
tlic' others are piled up ready for interment
when the water subsides the whole num
ber, however, amounted only to sixteen.
The burials at the Protestant and Catholic
cemctaries were only three; and the whole
number of interments on Friday was only
eighteen. We have no lime W comment."
The coronation of the Qucch of Fngland
will take place in May. Many foreign prin
ces, it is said, will witness" the ceremony.
Teas advanced from 40 to 00 per cent,
in London, during the month of August.
General Rawlings, and the other Com
missioners appointed by the State of llinois,
to dispose ofthc bonds created by tho State
for the purpose of internal improvements,
have succcded in New York in selling to
the amount of thtce millions of dollars; a
sum equal to their wishes, and on terms
very advantageous to tho Stale.
At Cincinnati, on the 11th inst. flour was
sold at 85,31 to 85,37 at tho canal, and
from store's $5,50 to !F5j,75.
At Louisville, on the 12th, superfine
flour is noted at 85,50 per barrel.
The ConVmercial and Rail Road Bank of
New Orleans, is advancing $10 per bale on
cotton.
The New Orleans Advertiser says that
General Houston will retire from the Presi
dency of Texas, with the expiration of tho
present tertrr and that he will be succeeded
by Goncral Mirabcau Lamar.
All the English papers on the" Liberal
side, Government prints included, are ad
vocating Vote by Ball6f.
Miss Grimke, a talented Carolina girl, is
lecturing in Massachusetts against slavery.
Tho Worcester Palladium pays her this
very pretty compliment: "The eloquence,,
pleasing address, and apparent sincerity of
that bright-eyed Carolinian, will make more
slaves than she' will ever emancipate."
A villian has been arrested in Ohio, char
ged with tho crimo of bigamy. Ho has a'
wife and two children residing in Meigs
county, and in July last married a young
lady in another part of tho Stato. He soon
after deserted her, and when arrested was
paying attentions to another youn$r lady.
Tho Cincinnati Post (.ays that there are now in
thai city four daily, four tri-wcekly, and twelve week
ly papers, andfotr monthly journals. There are
fourteen book esUiblinhmenU, and one liduso (Fur"-'
man A: Smithy have, during the last two years,
published' 600,000 volumcs-chicfly juvenile and"
school books.
Jacob Gideon, a revolutionary hero, and trumpeter
to General Wotfungton, is till alive, and celebrated
tho anniversary of the battle ofGermantown,-a few?
days since at Washington.
k n
v puuiic dinner was mvin n n.nni
M.
Lamar, at Mobile, on Tuesday last.